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'''Chocobo Digging''' is a [[hobbies|hobby]] in FFXI in which adventurers use [[Gysahl Greens]] to coerce chocobos into digging up items. To participate, an adventurer should make sure they have [[Gysahl Greens]] in their inventory, be riding a chocobo in an eligible and use either the command [[Command/dig|/dig]] or dig from the sub-menu. A chocobo must then move a minimum of 2 yalms in any direction and wait a minimum of 16 seconds to attempt to dig again. Finally until rank-ups are gained, there is a 100 items per real life day limit in effect.

== Skilling-Up ==
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!BGCOLOR="#8FBC8F" width="40%" align="center"|'''Digging Rank'''
!BGCOLOR="#8FBC8F" width="20%" align="center"|'''Area Delay (seconds)'''
!BGCOLOR="#8FBC8F" width="20%" align="center"|'''Dig Delay (seconds)'''
!BGCOLOR="#8FBC8F" width="20%" align="center"|'''Daily Item Limit'''
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|Amateur
|align="center"| 60
|align="center"| 16
|align="center"| 100
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|Recruit
|align="center"| 55
|align="center"| 11
|align="center"| 110
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|Initiate {{verification}}
|align="center"| 50
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"| 120
 
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|Novice {{verification}}
|align="center"| 45
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 130
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Apprentice {{verification}}
|align="center"| 40
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 140
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Journeyman {{verification}}
|align="center"| 35
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 150
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Craftsman {{verification}}
|align="center"| 30
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 160
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Artisan {{verification}}
|align="center"| 25
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 170
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Adept {{verification}}
|align="center"| 20
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 180
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Veteran {{verification}}
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 190
 
|- style="background:#FFFACD;"
|Expert {{verification}}
|align="center"| 10
|align="center"| 0
|align="center"| 200
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Digging on Horizon differs from retail Final Fantasy XI in that players can expect to receive a skill-up message in their log, each time one is achieved. This makes it far easier for adventurers to know how far their digging has progressed. Unfortunately at this time, there is no option within the menus to view what the adventurers skill is (unlike crafting skills which can be).

Ranking up follows the same pattern as crafting ie the 'amateur' is followed by the 'recruit' rank once level 10 is acheived. Upon ranking up adventurers will notice 3 improvements: the daily item limit is increased by 10, the delay between digs decreases and the zone delay before digging can begin is reduced. Please see the table to the right for a breakdown. Any rank with a {{verification}} tag is awaiting verification but can generally be assumed to be correct, judging from other players reports on discord.

The final and less noticable digging improvement is an increase in dig accuracy. Adventurers won't obviously notice this as the increase is only minor and other factors can also affect it (see moon phase below). The higher the level of digger, the more visible the increase will become.
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== Moon Phase ==
The current [[Moon Phase]] plays a significant role in the accuracy of your chocobos digging. As a rule of thumb, the closer the phase is to 50% the lower your accuracy will be. The current moon phase can be checked by using the command [[Command/clock|/clock]].

Generally adventurers looking to make the most profit will dig during a [[Moon Phase|full/new moon]] as their accuracy will be at its highest. Adventurers who are looking to acheive the most amount of skill-ups before they hit their daily dig limit will prefer to dig as close to 50% as possible. Lower accuracy translates into more dig attempts and thus more chance of skill-ups.

== Item Pools ==
Each [[:Category:Areas|area]] has it's own unique pool of items that can be dug up. These pools are shared amongst all adventurers and once empty, no further items may be dug on that particular in-game day. They refresh at the start of a new [[Vana'diel]] day (00:00), at which point items may be dug up once again. See below for a list of each diggable area and it's pool of items.

=== Item Pools by Zone ===
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===[[Batallia Downs/Chocobo Digging|Batallia Downs]]===
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===[[Buburimu Peninsula/Chocobo Digging|Buburimu Peninsula]]===
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===[[Bibiki Bay/Chocobo Digging|Bibiki Bay]]===
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===[[Carpenters' Landing/Chocobo Digging|Carpenters' Landing]]===
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===[[Eastern Altepa Desert/Chocobo Digging|Eastern Altepa Desert]]===
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===[[East Ronfaure/Chocobo Digging|East Ronfaure]]===
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===[[East Sarutabaruta/Chocobo Digging|East Sarutabaruta]]===
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===[[Jugner Forest/Chocobo Digging|Jugner Forest]]===
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===[[Konschtat Highlands/Chocobo Digging|Konschtat Highlands]]===
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===[[La Theine Plateau/Chocobo Digging|La Theine Plateau]]===
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===[[Meriphataud Mountains/Chocobo Digging|Meriphataud Mountains]]===
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===[[North Gustaberg/Chocobo Digging|North Gustaberg]]===
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===[[Pashhow Marshlands/Chocobo Digging|Pashhow Marshlands]]===
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===[[Rolanberry Fields/Chocobo Digging|Rolanberry Fields]]===
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===[[Sauromugue Champaign/Chocobo Digging|Sauromugue Champaign]]===
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===[[South Gustaberg/Chocobo Digging|South Gustaberg]]===
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===[[Tahrongi Canyon/Chocobo Digging|Tahrongi Canyon]]===
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===[[The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah/Chocobo Digging|The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah]]===
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===[[Valkurm Dunes/Chocobo Digging|Valkurm Dunes]]===
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===[[West Ronfaure/Chocobo Digging|West Ronfaure]]===
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===[[West Sarutabaruta/Chocobo Digging|West Sarutabaruta]]===
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===[[Western Altepa Desert/Chocobo Digging|Western Altepa Desert]]===
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===[[Yhoator Jungle/Chocobo Digging|Yhoator Jungle]]===
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===[[Yuhtunga Jungle/Chocobo Digging|Yuhtunga Jungle]]===
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==See Also==
* [[Chocobo Digging Guide]]
* [[The Chocobo Hot and Cold Game]]

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