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Sonic Adventure DX Chao FAQ                    \   \
By Rob James (SuperSonic67)                     \__/
Latest update: Version 3.6
V3.6 Completed on: 24/09/2005 Submitted on: 24/09/2005
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Contents
1.0     Introduction to the FAQ
1.1          Important notices
2.0     Frequently Asked Questions
2.1          Tips, Hints, and Extras
3.0     Introduction to Chao
4.0     Raising your Chao
4.1          Hatching a Chao
4.2          Caring for your Chao (feeding, petting etc)
4.2(1)          Understanding your Chao's Actions
4.2(2)          Rare and Unusual Chao Activities
4.2(3)          Animal-specific Chao Activities
4.2(4)          Making Chao Friends/Enemies
4.2(5)          Your Chao's Statistics
SUB             Hidden Statistics
SUB.1            Intelligence
SUB.2            Luck
4.3          Alignment (Hero/Neutral/Dark)
4.4          Evolution
4.4(1)          First Evolution
4.4(2)          Second Evolution
4.5          Mating
4.6          Death and Reincarnation
4.7          Chao Personalities
4.7(1)          Hidden Personality Attributes
4.8          Types of Chao
5.0      The Chao Black Market
5.1          Black Market Item List
6.0      The Chao Transporter
6.1          Drop Off
6.1(1)         Chao Copy
SUB            Tiny Chao Garden
SUB.1           Tiny Chao Garden Shop
SUB.2           Item Uses
SUB.3           Mini-games
6.2          Pick Up
6.3          Name
6.4          Good-bye
6.5          Quit
6.6          Porting to your GameBoy Advance
7.0      Chao Racing
7.1          Beginner Race
7.1(1)         Pearl Course
7.1(2)         Amethyst Course
7.1(3)         Sapphire Course
7.1(4)         Ruby Course
7.1(5)         Emerald Course
7.2           Jewel Race
7.2(1)         Pearl Course
7.2(2)         Amethyst Course
7.2(3)         Sapphire Course
7.2(4)         Ruby Course
7.2(5)         Emerald Course
7.3          Party Race
8.0      Special and Rare Chao
8.1          NiGHTs Chao
8.2          Character Chao (Sonic, Shadow, Official Tails, Amy,
Knuckles etc)
8.3          Chaos Chao: Angel, Devil, and "Light" Chaos Chao
SUB            Small Animal List (including locations)
8.5          Jewel Chao
8.6          See-Through Chao
8.7          Two-Toned Chao
8.8          Secret Eggs
9.0      Chao facial expressions
10.0     The Chao Lifecycle
11.0     Chao "Hats"
12.0     Important Information
12.1        Version History
12.2        Legal Information
12.3        FAQ Credits and Special Thanks
12.4        Contact Information
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1.0     Introduction to the FAQ
Hello and welcome to my FAQ.
I hope that you find this FAQ informative and useful when raising
your Chao, and I hope that you enjoy it, and take the time to read
it, as I spent a huge amount of time preparing it, writing it, and
doing the research needed to make it.
I hope it helps you to get a better understanding of Chao, and
above all, I hope you have fun raising your Chao, as they can be a
very satisfying pass-time. :)
1.1     Important notices
1 - finalchao decided to quit helping me with the FAQ, and
the parts he wrote, since they belonged to him, have been
removed and re-written, as I don't have permission to use
them. I have re-written the Tiny Chao Garden and all other
sections that finalchao wrote myself, so that I'm not
stealing his work.
2 - If I haven't replied to any e-mails you've sent me recently,
it's because I've been pretty busy. If you haven't recieved a
reply to any of your Chao-related e-mails, please resend them
and I'll do my best to respond. Also, if I haven't been on
MSN Messenger recently, it's because my yodathesoldier account
has decided it no longer works on MSN, so either use AIM, or
just send an e-mail to yodathesoldier@hotmail.com.
3 - I've ended up recieving a few viruses from random people from
time to time. I can't stress this enough - PLEASE don't put
my address in your address books. It usually means any viruses
you recieve, I end up recieving, and deleting them all can be
a hassle. Don't worry if I'm in any of your address books and
fear you may have unintenionally sent me a virus, none of them
actually have any affect because I simply don't open them.
Like I said, it's just a hassle having to delete a bunch of
virus e-mails from my inbox every few days.
4 - People, I cannot stress this enough.
For the love of god READ the FAQ BEFORE asking me questions.
BEFORE. PLEASE!
Recently I've found myself having to simply copy/paste parts
of the FAQ into replies to answer questions.
I did all the hard work so you could simply hit CTRL+F and
find everything you need. If it's not in the FAQ, e-mail me,
that's why I included my e-mail in the FAQ. But if I recieve
any e-mails about "OMG WUT'S THAT EGG AROUND MY CHOA IS HE
T3H EVOLVING?!?!!!" or "My chao is DRAWING!! Why?! Is it
RARE?!" I will NOT answer them.
You can read, right? Please do so.
5 - It's C-H-A-O. Not Choa. And the plural is "Chao". Not "Chaos".
Examples:
There were many Chao, and then SS67 got real angry at people
calling them Choa or Chaos, so he KILLED all of the Chao.
Also, I'm STILL receiving e-mail about Chao drawing.
Please stop. I know Chao can draw/paint.
Your Chao is not special because it can draw.
Also: If you don't put a subject on your e-mail, I'm not
going to open it. No subject = no open.
6 - I've switched AIM and MSN addresses due to people bugging me.
It was for Chao questions ONLY. I don't want to be your
friend. I don't want to know how you're so sad because you
can't get a girlfriend or whatever.
This goes for my email address, too.
yodathesoldier@hotmail.com is for Chao questions ONLY.
I have a separate email address for personal stuff, and
no, I'm not telling you what it is, or what my AIM/MSN
names are.
And as always, put a subject like "Chao" or "SADX Chao FAQ"
on your emails.
No subject = no open.
No open = no reply.
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2.0     Frequently Asked Questions (Read first please!)
(Please read this before e-mailing me questions. I wouldn’t want to
receive a question already answered in the FAQ)
Q: How do I pronounce “Chao”?
A: “Chow”
Q: Why can’t my Chao swim?
A: Your Chao doesn’t have enough “swim” points yet. It must have at
least 100 before it can swim. To get swimming points for your Chao,
give it animals that specifically increase swimming stats, like seals,
or otters for example. (see animal list for more information)
Q: My Chao doesn’t walk, it only crawls. How can I make it walk?
A: Similar to the above answer. It needs over 100 “run” points.
Q: Can I make my Chao have a certain facial expression?
A: The answer to this isn’t really known. I believe it has
something to do with the hatching process, determined by how
long you hold/shake the egg, or whether you throw it at a wall
to hatch it etc.
Many people have researched this before, and found that in some cases
it can be affected by how close to the egg your character before it
hatches. There is a section on facial expressions later in this FAQ.
Q: Can I make my Chao more intelligent?
A: The Mushrooms you can buy at the Black Market are known to improve
Chao intelligence. Some animals are also believed to affect it.
Q: How do I name my Chao now that the kindergarten is gone?
A: Grab the Chao, jump on the Chao Transporter, and select ‘Name’.
Q: How can I make my Chao wear a hat?
A: Giving a Chao certain animals give it the ability to wear one of the
many “hats” purchased from the Black Market. I’m pretty sure that
peacocks give Chao that ability, as well as a few other animals. I will
find out what animals have this attribute and make a note of them
in a later update.
(I recently received an e-mail stating that the three blue animals give
chao the ability to wear hats. The animals are mole, koala, and skunk.
Thanks to DOGUTCH@xxx.xxx [e-mail obscured for privacy reasons] for
this information.
Q: How can I remove my Chao's hat?
A: The only way to take off a Chao's hat yourself is to beat or throw
the Chao. The only other way is to wait for the Chao to remove it on
its own, which often takes a very long time.
Q: How can I make a Chaos/NiGHTs/Sonic/Shadow etc Chao?
A: See the special and Rare Chao section (section 8) of this FAQ.
Q: Can I make my Chao fly?
A: Yes, you can. Give it plenty of flying animals
(Parrots, Swallows, Peacocks) and it will eventually be able
to flap its wings and fly.
Take your Chao to a high place and let it walk off.
It may fall all the way, bounce high, and then fly after bouncing,
but some Chao fall for a short distance and fly before hitting
the ground. The large rocket shaped object in the Egg Carrier
garden is a great place for getting Chao to fly.
It may seem that you can't get up there with your Chao but you can.
Place your Chao at the bottom of the rocket, whistle, and when it
starts to chase you, run/jump/fly up the rocket and wait at the
top for your Chao, then simply let it walk off to encourage it
to fly.
Q: When porting to SA2:B, my Chao lost it's animal parts.
Why? Can I get them back?
A: The reason your Chao lost its animal parts is because SA2:B
doesn't recognise the animal parts from SADX, and vice versa.
Yes, you can get your Chao's parts back, by porting it back through
the GBA to SADX again.
Q: My Chao is drawing pictures. Is it normal?
A: YES. NOW STOP E-MAILING ME ABOUT IT!
Q: My Chao got a strange shape around him and when he came out he
was different. What does it mean?!
A: CTRL+F "Evolution" - Read it.
Q: How do I remove animal parts from my Chao?
A: In SADX, I don't think you can. Take them to SA2:B and get them
some skeleton dogs. That's the only way I'm aware of.
(E-mail me if you know any other ways)
Q: My Chao trips often. How can I stop this?
A: Your Chao's Luck level must be fairly low. Raise it by giving it
Mushrooms and Gold-coloured animals.
Q: Does time pass in the Chao garden when you are not there?
A: No, it doesn't. When you aren't there, your Chao remain in stasis,
so don't worry that your Chao will die or get hungry when you're not
there to feed it.
Also, when you're in one garden, time doesn't pass in the others,
either.
More coming soon!
If you have any more questions you would like to ask me, please send me
an e-mail to yodathesoldier@hotmail.com and you should have your reply
within a few days of your e-mail being received. :)
With your permission, I would like to add your questions to this section
of the FAQ.
2.1     Tips, Hints and Extras
Coming soon!
If you have some helpful hints or tricks you use in any aspect of Chao
raising, please e-mail me with them, and I will add them to the FAQ
in a later update. :)
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3.0     Introduction to Chao
Welcome to the colourful world of Chao! Come on in, make yourself
at home, and be careful not to sit on any eggs!
The Chao Gardens
The Chao Gardens are a Chao’s natural habitat. The Chao live
in these gardens in peace and harmony, far away from evil and
things with big, sharp, pointy teeth.
When you enter your first Chao Garden, take a look around.
You will find some eggs, a giant Game Boy Advance (The Chao
Transporter), a pool or area of water for the Chao to swim in,
some trees bearing fruit which can be shaken down for Chao to eat,
and some general nice scenery.
Chao Themselves
After getting to know the garden, amble over to the eggs. You can
either wait a few minutes for them to hatch naturally, or you can
speed things up by picking up the egg and rocking it for a minute
or two, then putting it back down, or simply by throwing it at the
wall, making it break. Either way, you now have a bundle of joy
known as a Chao!
Chao need a lot of care and attention. They need to be fed regularly,
be petted, picked up and carried, and generally well looked-after.
You must pay attention to how your Chao is acting at all times.
If your Chao is sat down, rubbing its eyes, it is upset. Chao usually
only cry like this when they have been over-fed, making them bloated.
It is common for Chao to do this when people are giving them fruit
after fruit to try to force a fast evolution.
If the Chao is sat down, rocking back and forth and staring at the
ceiling, it is bored. To give it something to do, get some animals from
the Adventure Mode, and enter the garden. Giving your Chao some of
these animals enables it to sing, or dance. When Chao do this, other
Chao in the garden often sit and watch, or join in. (Doing this can
help make Chao become friends, but that is a more complicated side of
Chao that I will talk about later in the FAQ.)
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4.0     Raising your Chao
This section of the FAQ will give you a basic guide to raising a Chao,
from birth till death. Remember that death isn’t always the end for a
Chao - If you’ve raised it well, it will be reborn and will start its
life over again.
4.1     Hatching a Chao
Hatching a Chao is probably one of the most simple and easy parts of
raising a Chao, as you don’t even need to do anything, as eggs hatch on
their own.
You can do something if you want, though, by picking up the egg, and
either rocking it or throwing it. Both ways speed up the process, but I
suggest you only throw an egg if you’re in a “I want a Chao NOW”
situation, as Chao hatched in this way are suspected to be less
intelligent than Chao hatched in other ways.
If you don’t want a Chao to hatch and you don’t want the egg, take it
to the black market and sell it. Simple.
If you don’t want a Chao to hatch, but want to keep the egg for a later
date, you could leave the egg in the water, where it won’t hatch.
4.2     Caring for your Chao
Caring for your Chao is simple, or complicated, depending on how you
want your Chao to grow up and evolve.
If you just want ‘any old Chao’, then it’s simple, but if you want a
special Chao, like a NiGHTs, or Chaos Chao, it’s a more complicated and
strict process. I go into detail about special forms of Chao later in
the FAQ.
Feeding
Raising ‘any old Chao’ is simple, due to the fact that you can give it
any animal, or fruit you want, at any time.
Simply buy something from the black market, or just shake fruit off the
trees when it’s hungry, pick up the fruit and walk to the Chao. It will
automatically take the fruit from you and eat.
You can tell if a Chao is hungry by watching it. If it’s hungry, it
will often stop what its doing, look down, and clutch its stomach
whilst looking very sad.
When a Chao does this, feed it soon, or it will end up starving and
will have to shake the tree itself in order to get some fruit (this
rarely happens. It takes a long time for Chao to become this desperate
for food).
You can also tell if a Chao is hungry by watching it while it’s eating.
If it is going at the fruit like a pneumatic drill, it’s very hungry.
When Chao eat like this, they can sometimes choke, but don’t worry,
this doesn’t injure them in any way.
If it’s just eating and making ‘mmm’ noises, it’s hungry, but not
starving. When Chao aren’t hungry, they will start to eat the food, and
then they will simply throw it over their shoulder.
Petting
Petting is also important in raising a Chao. Petting a Chao is the
fastest and easiest way of getting a Chao to like a certain character,
for example, petting the same Chao with Sonic repeatedly will make it
like Sonic. Chao can like many characters at once, though. Petting a
Chao with one person doesn’t mean it will start to dislike another.
When a Chao likes a character, when they whistle, the Chao will stop
what it’s doing, and run over to them.
4.2(1)     Understanding your Chao's Actions
Understanding what a Chao is feeling, and what a Chao wants by
watching what it's doing is a very important and essential part
to being a good Chao raiser.
In this section, I'll write a list of Chao expressions, sounds,
and actions, tell you what they mean, and give you ways in which to
react to each of them. If your Chao is doing something you don't
understand, or haven't seen before, read this section to find out
what it's doing, and why.
Positive Actions:
The positive actions your Chao can perform are usually pretty
obvious. It's easy to tell when your Chao is happy because it
will clap, laugh, cheer, smile etc.
(After whistling) Your Chao runs towards you with a heart above
its head - Your Chao loves you, and responded to your whistle.
Playing with other Chao - Your Chao are either indifferent to one
another, or are friends.
Holding hands with another Chao - Your Chao are good friends.
This section is far from complete, so if you see a Chao doing
something unusual, let me know.
Negative Actions:
Yawning - This shows that your Chao is tired. You may have been
waking your Chao up and causing it to not get enough sleep.
However, yawning can be perfectly natural. If your Chao has
merely been doing a lot and hasn't fallen asleep yet, it will
perhaps yawn once or twice before finally settling down.
(Thanks to Pikminherder for reminding me of this action.)
Crying - This shows your Chao has been beaten, or mistreated
by you. Beating often happens by accident. To make a Chao stop
crying, pet it and hold it lots. It could also be incredibly
hungry, or jealous of another Chao being treated better.
(the latter rarely happens)
Sitting, with swirly eyes, swaying on the spot - You beat your
Chao severley, it's been given temporary brain damage, you evil,
evil person, you!
Sitting down, rubbing tears from its eyes - Your Chao has been
over-fed, or starved.
It is having hunger pains, or it is simply bloated.
If you've fed it a lot recently, give it a break and leave
it to its own devices for a while. If you haven't fed it
in a while, grab some fruit and feed the poor thing!
Sitting, clutching its stomach - Your Chao has been over-fed or
starved. See above.
Sitting down, rocking back and forward - Your Chao is bored.
Try giving it something to do.
Shaking a tree - Your Chao is so hungry, it's trying to get its
own food. You haven't fed your Chao in a LONG time if this is
happening. (I believe that perhaps a greedy sort of Chao might
attempt this if merely a bit hungry, but I've not seen any
evidence to support the theory.)
Fighting with each other - Your Chao dislike each other.
Beating up other Chao/Stealing food - This Chao doesn't like
the other Chao, or is jealous of it.
Attacking you - It LOATHES you. You've probably been beating
it about and starving it. (Don't worry - This can't actually
hurt your character.)
"Neutral" Actions: (actions that could be taken as positive or
negative actions)
Eating food quickly - Your Chao is either hungry, or it is a
"Big Eater" Chao (a personality trait). Big Eater Chao simply
eat food quickly.
This can cause them to choke, but this isn't cause for alarm.
Choking - This doesn't hurt your Chao, it just stops them eating
for a couple of seconds. Don't worry about it.
Laughing and doing an odd, jumping dance - Your Chao wants
attention. If you're not near your Chao, it may run and skip
towards you with a heart above its head, as if you just whistled,
and then begin jumping and dancing to get your attention.
This usually means your Chao is spoiled, and thinks it can get
your attention whenever it wants. It's up to you if you ignore or
pay attention to it. (After some research into Chao becoming
friends/enemies, it seems that if you do pet your Chao after it
does this, any other Chao in view may get jealous. This can lead
to Chao disliking each other and becoming enemies. If you want
Chao to dislike each other, then go ahead and pet the little brat.
If not, teach it some manners! Either ignore it, or give it a
clip around the ear. Your choice.)
Sitting, eyes closed, smiling or frowning, hand to its mouth -
Your Chao would appear to be thinking. The smiling face would seem
to display that it is happy or contented, and the frowning face
would appear to be the opposite. Sometimes Chao may simply have
a blank look on their face when thinking, or just use their
normal facial expression. If this is the case, who knows what
your Chao is thinking about?
Sitting and smiling - If your Chao doesn't naturally have a
smiling face, and smiling is an odd occurance, your Chao is happy.
Sitting shows that it is bored, though. The Chao sometimes closes
its eyes when it does this.
Sitting, rocking back and forth, smiling - See above. The rocking
while sitting is also a sign of boredom, though.
(Thanks to Josh Wintz for pointing out these last three Neutral
actions.)
Drawing a picture of a character, or Chao, or other things -
Your Chao is simply drawing. Nothing particularly special.
Chao that draw Evil characters are perhaps leaning toward the dark
side, or are simply raised more often by that character than others.
Same goes with Chao who draw good characters.
More coming soon! (Probably)
If you have seen your Chao doing something you don't
understand, and isn't explained here, please e-mail me, with
a description of what it's doing (pictures if possible), and
I'll tell you what it means, and how to help your Chao.
You can also ask me on the SADX Board of GameFAQs. I'm there
almost every day, (SuperSonic67) but e-mailing is preferable.
4.2(2)          Rare and Unusual Chao Activities
Recently I recieved an e-mail from someone about Chao doing
something I haven't experienced before.
In SA2:B, a pair of Chao played "pass the skull" while
swimming. Literally batting the skull between them.
If you've seen your Chao doing something strange that hasn't
been mentioned in this FAQ, please e-mail me. My address is
in the contact information section.
4.2(3)          Animal-specific Chao Activities
The animals you give your Chao don't only change their
physical appearence and stats. Your Chao will now perform
different actions, determined by the animals they have
recieved.
Below is a table displaying these actions, researched and
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|Animal           |Action         |
|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|
|Deer             |Draws          |
|Rabbit           |Hops In Place  |
|Kangaroo         |Dances         |
|Elephant         |Sit-Ups        |
|Gorilla          |Hits its chest |
|Lion             |Break Dances   |
|Swallow          |Back flips     |
|Parrot           |Sings          |
|Peacock          |Poses          |
|Penguin          |Slides On Belly|
|Otter            |Backstroke     |(Needs 100 'Swim' points)
|Seal             |Rolls sideways |
|Skunk            |Farts          |
|Mole             |Summersaults   |
|Koala            |Blows kisses   |
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If there are any alternative actions, or if there are
any mistakes in the table, my e-mail address is in the FAQ.
Let me know if you spot anything.
4.2(4)          Making Chao Friends/Enemies
Imagine that all the Chao you own have a sort of friendliness
meter for all the other Chao in the garden. Making Chao
interact with one-another makes these 'friendliness meters'
go up. When Chao don't interact, the bar stays neutral,
and when Chao have negative interactions, the bar goes down.
To make two or more Chao become friends, simply treat
them equally, and help them to interact. For example, if one
Chao starts to sing or dance etc, grab one or more Chao and
put them near to it. Hopefully, they will listen, or even
join in dancing/singing with the other Chao.
These are positive interactions, and doing them often can
result in Chao becoming friends. When Chao are friends,
they do things like holding hands, eating and sleeping
at the same time, cheering each other up (they pat each
other's backs sometimes) shaking trees for fruit for each
other etc. (The last part only happens when one of the
'friends' is being starved by the owner, and the other friend
tries to help it by taking it fruit.)
To make two or more Chao become enemies, make sure that one
is mistreated, and one is treated extra-well. What I mean
by this is, starve the one, and feed the other often, and
pet it, and hold it etc, all in the other Chao's line of
site. This will make it jealous, and it will often throw
tantrums. Mistreating your Chao in this way can even make
it try to attack the character it hates. It will run up and
start punching the character, jump-kicking, and spin punching
etc. Chao that hate their owner often blow rasberries, also.
Anyway, back to the matter in hand - Chao becoming enemies.
Once your Chao hate each other's guts, they will sometimes
hit each other, steal each others fruit, push each other
over and blow rasberries at each other.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Both of these processes take a LONG time,
so please keep at it and just be patient.
Due to the amount of time it takes, it might be best
to use immortal Chao, so they won't die and have all your
hard work ruined (I am unsure whether Chao are still
friends/enemies with other Chao after they die and
reincarnate, as I have only ever used Chaos Chao for
this experiment).
Note - FuzzyHydralisk tells me that after reincarnation
Chao remain friends, once every Chao involved has
reincarnated. I assume that the same applies if Chao are
enemies.
As per-normal, any questions, e-mail me!
4.2(5)     Your Chao's Statistics
Each Chao has it's own unique statistics, or "stats".
Each sepperate stat represents how good your Chao is at certain
things.
For example, a Chao with it's highest stat being flying is Chao that's
best at flying. A Chao with equally high stats in two fields, for
example running and power, is a "running/power Chao", just like a Chao
with high a high flying stat is a "flying Chao."
The stats are shown in levels, 0 being the lowest, and 99 being
the highest. Your Chao grows in levels when you feed it fruit,
or give it animals.
For example, a normal piece of fruit from the Chao garden trees
raises the Chao's stamina stat, and a flying animal such as a parrot
raises it's flying stat.
The stats are represented in a sort of table, or chart, that you
can see when you pick up your Chao, or feed it.
I have made an ASCII version of the table to show you in
greater detail:
(please note: The stats and levels shown here are just random
numbers used to show you what the Chao's stat table looks like,
and what it all means)
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|        NAME-OF-CHAO         |   This can be up to seven characters
|-----------------------------|   long.
|Swim                      103|   The number on the right indicates
|Lv.13    [][][][][][][][][][]|   how many "stat points"* a Chao has.
|                             |
|Fly                      1389|   The 'Lv' is the stat level of that
|Lv.34    [][][][][][][][][][]|   particular stat. The maximum level
|                             |   any Chao can reach is 99.
|Run                       803|
|Lv.27    [][][][][][][][][][]|   There are ten bars to fill. Once
|                             |   they are all filled, your Chao
|Power                      87|   raises by one level.
|Lv.9     [][][][][][][][][][]|
|                             |   When a Chao goes up a level,
|Stamina                   175|   you'll hear a chime and see "+#"
|Lv.14    [][][][][][][][][][]|   the # representing the number of
-------------------------------   stat points raised.
(Please note that the stats shown in the table above are not an
accurate representation of what points a Chao will have at that
level.  I just picked random numbers to use in the table.)
*Stat points determine how good your Chao is at something, and the
level just shows how many times the Chao has leveled up in that
stat section.
The Chao will "Level up" when the bar to the right of the 'lv'
reading reaches its limit, and starts over on the next level.
Chao get better and better the higher their stat points are.
EG. A Chao walks when it reaches 100, then takes 'Big Steps' when
it reaches 800 points, then later it actually runs.
(I've received an e-mail stating that a chao only requires 50 run
points to be able to walk. But I have not actually seen any
evidence of this being true. I've experimented and all my chao
seem to begin walking only after 100 run points. Perhaps there
is something different in the way the chao are being raised
or what food/animals are used)
(Note - This was confirmed by a couple of people, so I tested it
and payed a little more attention, rather than stuffing them with
food until they reached 100 run points. Although Chao do walk further,
more often, and faster the higher their run points. At certain levels,
their step size increases. You'll notice this if you give your Chao
a bunch of running fruit/animals for racing.)
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SUB     Hidden Statistics
Apart from the five base stats of Swim, Fly, Run, Power and Stamina,
your Chao has two background statistics that don't appear on your Chao's
stat table. These stats are Intelligence, and Luck.
The two play a part in how your Chao interact with items in the garden,
such as toys like the Jack-in-the-box, and how often they trip up, and
could even relate to how they act toward other Chao, how often they
perfrom certain actions and so on.
The simplest way to raise the Luck and Intelligence of a Chao is to use
Mushrooms.
Both Intelligence and Luck play a part in Chao races. In Sonic Adventure 2:
Battle, for example, there are tests throughout the races that test all of
your Chao's abilities. Flying, Power, Running abilities etc, but there are
also tests of Intelligence and Luck.
I'm not going to be going into much detail on these stats, as there's
already a separate FAQ by Steve W about them. If you do want to learn
more about Intelligence and Luck, read his FAQ.
SUB.1     Intelligence
Test of Intelligence: There's a point in certain races where your Chao
comes across a small platform, which a screen above it and several items on
the ground. Fruit, Sonic dolls and such. The screen shows which item is
required, and the Chao must pick up that item and carry it to the end of
the platform. If your Chao has sufficient Intelligence, it will pick up the
correct item and carry it to the end of the platform. If a Chao fails this
test, a time penalty is issued and the Chao cannot continue for a good few
seconds, which can seriously set you back in the race.
Intelligence caps at 100 points.
SUB.2     Luck
Test of Luck: Near the beginning of a number of races, your Chao will come
across a Jack-in-the-box. Your Chao's Luck level determines whether or not
the Jack comes out of the box and scares your Chao. With a high enough Luck
statistic, your Chao will move on and not get scared. If its Luck is too low,
your Chao will be scared into falling over, wasting several seconds, setting
your Chao back significantly in the race.
Luck also effects how often your Chao trips over. (In races, and in the Chao
garden) The more Luck it has, the less it will trip.
Luck caps at 100 points.
This is all I'll be describing about Luck and Intelligence. For more detail
and better explanations, check out Steve W's 'Chao Hidden Abilities' FAQ.
His guide also explains different ways of raising each stat, and what affects
each method creates.
Intelligence and Luck scores are affected by your Chao's personality. See
section 4.7(1) for more details.
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4.3     Alignment (Hero/Neutral/Dark)
Before you make a Chao evolve, you should decide whether you want it to
become a Hero, a Dark, or a Neutral Chao. For a Chao to become a Hero
Chao, you must raise it using Hero fruits, and for it to become a Dark
Chao, use dark fruits.
To see if a Chao is becoming a Hero or Dark Chao, watch as you feed it
repeatedly. Its colours will change slightly, and the shape of it’s
head may change also. Hero Chao get two little 'antennae' on their
heads, and a Dark Chao's 'point' becomes crooked.
When a Chao evolves and becomes a Hero, the floating ball above its head
will have turned into a halo, and if a Chao becomes Dark, its ball will
have become a spiky ball.
After Evolution, the Chao will now be bigger than it was before, and
any animal parts it had will be larger, and more exaggerated. If a Chao
has become a Hero, its eye colours will have inverted, the outside
turning black, and the inside turning white. A Dark Chao’s eyes will
turn blue.
(thank you to the people who pointed out the errors in this section.
They have now been corrected, and I'm sorry for any inconveniances this
may have caused. ^_^)
4.4     Evolution
4.4(1)     First Evolution
When a Chao’s stamina level reaches 100-200 points, it usually will
evolve. Some Chao take longer to evolve than others, and sometimes it
can be a long wait for a Chao to reach its second stage of life (or
third, if you count being an egg as a stage of its life).
When a Chao is going to evolve, it will sit down, and a cocoon will
form around it. When the cocoon disappears, you will see your new
evolved Chao.
4.4(2)     Second Evolution
I still need to do some research on Second Evolution, but these are the
principles and ideas of the process:
At some time after your Chao’s first mating season (the first time the
Chao sat down with flowers around it), it will be able to evolve again.
It doesn’t evolve in the same way, though, and doesn’t have a cocoon.
Chao are able to change in colour or shape drastically during second
evolution, but sometimes the change is barely noticeable.
After a Chao’s first mating season, give it an animal of a particular
type, for example, you want a flying Chao, give it a flying type animal,
like a parrot or peacock. This will influence the curve of its Second
Evolution, and the Chao will gradually change to become a flying Chao.
You may not notice the change, or it may be so obvious you can’t miss
it. I will add more to this section after I have studied it a little
more.
4.5     Mating
There comes a time in a young Chao’s life, when he must...
Well, anyway. After evolution, an adult Chao is able to mate.
You can tell when a Chao reaches it’s mating season when it sits down
and a ring of flowers grows around it.
During this time, another adult Chao may approach it. The two Chao will
then stand up, and rub noses to some strange music. Don’t worry - the
horrible sickly romance doesn’t last long, and the Chao pull apart, an
egg mysteriously pops out of the air. Congratulations! Your Chao just
had a child.
People have been experimenting mating many different types of Chao, in
order to see the results of the breeding, occasionally resulting in
See through Chao, opaque Chao, and even rare two-tone Chao, which are
covered later in the FAQ.
Feel free to experiment yourself with breeding, and if you get any
good-looking, or rare Chao, contact me (you should know my address by
now) and give me a description (and picture, if possible) of the Chao
you created, with a description of the two Chao you used to make it
also.
4.6     Death and Reincarnation
After about 5 or so Chao years (a Chao year is around 3-5 hours real
time), your Chao will die.
A cocoon similar to the one in which it evolved will form around your
Chao, but this isn’t always the end, so don’t grieve just yet!
If your Chao has been treated well throughout its life, the cocoon
will be pink in colour, and when the cocoon disappears, an egg will be
left. It hatches, and…It’s your Chao! It’s Okay! Rejoice! Hallelujah
…But if you’ve been a baaaad Chao raiser… The cocoon will be grey, and
there won’t be any eggs left behind. *sniff*
That was his favourite tree… and that’s where he learned to swim… I
just can’t believe he’s gone! *sob*
Ahem.
That was a glimpse of the future! The future if you raise Chao badly!
So play nice! *waves stick at you menacingly*
4.7     Chao Personalities
Chao all have their own individlual personalities.
Unfortunatley, you can't check your Chao's personality on SADX, due to
the absence of the Chao Doctor. (Perhaps he was fired.. He did make it
seem like he wanted the Chao to be ill.)
Personalities that your Chao can have include:
No personality (No advantages or disadvantages)
Big Eater (Chao eat fast)
Cry Baby (Chao cries at the slightest mistreatment)
Spoilt (Chao throws tantrums to get attention)
Carefree (They act pretty normal)
Curious (They act pretty normal)
Short Tempered (Tantrums more frequent, can become bullies more easily
than other Chao, begin to dislike other Chao faster than others.)
Energetic (These Chao play more, and are more active. For example,
they paint more, they sing and dance more and so on.)
Naive (Mate more frequently, and with more types of Chao.)
Many thanks to SuperFoopy for emailing me with the information
concerning Naive Chao.
I will finish this list soon. I haven't done much research on Chao
personalities yet, but it's on my to-do list. It shouldn't be too
long before I've got a more-full list of traits.
4.7(1)          Hidden Personality Attributes
Not only do personalities provide physical effects for your Chao,
but a hidden attribute which affects the Luck and Intelligence stats.
No personality (No known hidden attributes)
Big Eater (No known hidden attributes)
Cry Baby (Low Luck and Intelligence)
Spoilt (No known hidden attributes)
Carefree (No known hidden attributes)
Curious (Increased Intelligence, decreased Luck)
Short Tempered (Increased Luck, decreased Intelligence)
Energetic (No known hidden attributes)
Naive (Increased Intelligence and Luck)
I'm not going to go into any more detail on this section of the FAQ,
as the 'Chao Hidden Abilities' FAQ by Steve W covers it in far more
detail. If you want to learn more about Chao personalities, please read
his FAQ.
4.8     Types of Chao
You may have noticed that some Chao grow up to look different.
For example, flying Chao have two long protrusions on the back of
their heads.
All different types of Chao have their own unique colouration, and
even shape, due to the way they have been raised, what animals and fruit
have been used etc.
There will be much more coming in a later update on this section.
MUCH more. I will list the different types of Chao, and their
appearences, and give brief instructions on how to make them for
yourself.
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5.0     The Chao Black Market
This place is your local Chao shop, where you can buy rare coloured
eggs, fruit that just doesn’t grow on trees, and many a hat for your
Chao…But it don’t come cheap!
The rings you collect in the Action Stages is the currency used in the
Black Market, so find a level you know you can get plenty of rings in,
and do it over and over in order to save up your rings for the rarer,
more expensive purchases. You can also sell items here, like the half
egg-shells that remain from old eggs, hats you bought and don’t want
any more, any fruit, but you can’t sell your Chao, so don’t even think
about it!
The more emblems you get, the more items are unlocked for purchase in
the black market. I haven't discovered all the extra items yet, but
finalchao is comprising a list of all items purchasable from the
Chao Black Market. This is the incomplete version:
5.1    Black Market Item List
Type  | Item            | Cost| Description
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Egg   | White Egg       |  400| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Blue Egg        |  500| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Gray Egg        | 1000| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Green Egg       |  800| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Orange Egg      |  600| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Red Egg         |  500| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Aqua Egg        |  600| Slightly rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny Blue Egg  | 5000| Moderately rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny Green Egg | 8000| Moderately rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny Gray Egg  |10000| Moderately rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny Orange Egg| 6000| Moderately rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny White Egg | 4000| Moderately rare egg.
Egg   | Shiny Red Egg   | 5000| Moderately rare egg.
Fruit | Hero Fruit      |  120| Hero trait fruit.
Fruit | Dark Fruit      |  120| Dark trait fruit.
Fruit | Chao Fruit      |  200| Skill fruit.
Fruit | Heart Fruit     |  300| Egg-fertility fruit.
Fruit | Round Fruit     |   80| Delicious round fruit.
Fruit | Triangular Fruit|   80| Delicious triangular fruit.
Fruit | Cubicle Fruit   |   80| Delicious cubicle fruit.
Fruit | Mushroom        |  300| Very nutritious mushroom.
Hat   | Apple           | 2000| Huge apple!
Hat   | Bucket          | 6000| Worn out bucket.
Hat   | Cardboard Box   | 2000| Cardboard box.
Hat   | Empty Can       | 4000| Empty fruit can.
Hat   | Flower Pot      | 6000| Big flower pot.
Hat   | Paper Bag       | 4000| Grocery store paper bag.
Hat   | Pan             | 2000| Worn out pan.
Hat   | Stump           | 4000| Big tree stump.
Hat   | Wool Beanie     | 8000| Warm stripes.
Hat   | Watermelon      | 6000| Large watermelon
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More will be added to this list at a later date.
(If you can provide a larger list of items, then please
feel free to e-mail me any items I have not yet included)
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6.0     The Chao Transporter
The Chao Transporter is the giant Game Boy Advance in each of the
gardens.
You can pick up a Chao, and jump onto the large red button, to do a
number of Game Boy Advance related things with your Chao.
6.1     Drop Off
This option enables you to take a Chao from any of your SADX gardens
and send it to the GBA Tiny Chao Garden, a smaller, 2D version of
a Chao garden. (see Tiny Chao Garden section for more details)
6.1(1)     Chao Copy
If you don't have a Sonic Advance game pack in your GBA and want
send your Chao to the Tiny Chao garden, it won't be as straight-forward
a process as just dropping it off onto Sonic Advance.
Because there isn't a game pack in your GBA, the GameCube will provide
your GBA with a temporary Tiny Chao Garden which will disapear when you
turn off the GBA. Because it is only temporary, you can't save it.
As a precaution to prevent you accidentally losing your Chao because of
not being able to save, the Chao sent to the Tiny Chao Garden will only
be a copy of the one you sent, and you will keep the original on your
GameCube.
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The Tiny Chao Garden is basically a miniature version
of the Chao Gardens on SADX. It has a pond, mini-games
and even it's own shop. The Tiny Chao Garden is only
found on your GameBoy Advance, and to get to it, simply
connect your GBA to your GameCube (it doesn't need to
have Sonic Advance, or Sonic Advance 2 in it, but
using an SA game pack is better, as you can save).
Now grab a Chao, and jump on the Chao Transporter.
Select "Drop Off" and you can send your Chao to the
Tiny Chao Garden. If you don't have an SA game pack
in your GBA, it won't send your Chao to the Tiny
Chao garden, but will make a copy of it, and send
that instead, as a precaution, due to the fact that
without an SA game pack, you can't save the Tiny Chao
Garden (as explained in the Chao Copy section of the
FAQ).
SUB.1     Tiny Chao Garden Shop
To open the Tiny Chao Garden Shop, press the L button.
This is a list of all the items purchaseable:
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Item            |Price   |
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Orange          |30      |
Blue Squash     |60      |
Strawberry      |55      |
Sour Apple      |50      |
3-Sided Plum    |30      |
Pear            |55      |
Bitter Square   |70      |
Normal Egg      |0       |
Silver Egg      |500     |
Gold  Egg       |1,000   |
Ruby Egg        |5,000   |
Sapphire Egg    |7,000   |
Amethyst Egg    |8,000   |
Emerald Egg     |10,000  |
Garnet Egg      |12,000  |
Aquamarine Egg  |14,000  |
Peridot Egg     |16,000  |
Topaz Egg       |18,000  |
Onyx Egg        |20,000  |
Bugle           |1,000   |
Duck            |2 000   |
TV              |8,000   |
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Note: You may have to keep leaving and returning to the Tiny
Chao Garden if you are hoping to find a certain egg, as they
appear at random, and the less rare eggs appear much more often,
and are less expensive.
As you can see, the Onyx Egg is the most expensive, and rarely
appears in the Tiny Chao Garden. The Tiny Chao Garden eggs are
known as Jewel Eggs, which have special breeding properties
which are described later in the FAQ.
Earning rings
Earning rings in the Tiny Chao Garden can be a slow process
without Sonic Advance, or Sonic Advance 2, as the only
way to get rings is by use of the mini-games, as you can
only send rings to SADX or SA2:B, and not the other way around.
SUB.2     Item Uses
Fruits raise and lower your Chao's stats, and keep it balanced.
Using the right fruits, you can raise specific types of Chao
quickly and easily.
The only set-back is the rings. If you have a lot, it's fine,
but if you're using the Chao Copy method, the only way to get
rings is slowly, through the mini-games.
Here is a chart to show the effects of each fruit, so you know
which ones to use to make a certain type of Chao.
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Fruit        |Mood|Belly|Swim|Fly|Run|Pow|Stam|
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Orange       |  +1|   +2|  +3| -2|  0| +3|  +1|
Blue Squash  |   0|   +1|  +2| +5|  0| -1|  +3|
Strawberry   |  +2|   +2|  +4| -3| +4| -3|  +2|
Sour Apple   |  -1|   +1|   0|  0| +3| +4|  +2|
3-Sided Plum |  +1|   +2|  -2| +3| +3| -1|  +1|
Pear         |  +2|   +2|  -3| +4| -3| +4|  +2|
Square Fruit |  -3|    0|  +3| +1| +3| +2|  -5|
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Eggs - These hatch into Chao. Either wait for them to hatch
naturally, or you can pet them a few times.
Please note that you can only have one Chao at a time in the
Tiny Chao Garden, so if you already have a Chao and you
buy a new egg, you can't hatch the new egg unless you
remove the current Chao by sending it to SADX/SA2:B,
or letting it leave by mistreating it.
Bugle - Chao will play a few notes if you give this to them.
They get better after playing it three times.
Duck - The duck will float in the small pond. Sometimes, your
Chao rides it, but this is very rare.
TV - Your Chao will watch this when it gets bored. This raises
it's mood level.
Note: You cannot transport the Bugle, Duck, or television to
SADX or SA2:B, but you can transport any of the eggs or fruit.
SUB.3     Mini-games
To access the mini-games, click on the two miniature GBA's in the
corner of your Chao Garden. They each have their own game for you
to play.
Pairs
Pairs involves matching two of the same card to get rings.
The outer set of cards gives you 1 ring per card, middle square 3
rings, and the center square 5 rings. While your Chao is shuffling,
you can press the A button and make it trip. Make sure to do this
while it's pushing a card, as this way, when it trips, it will flip
a card over, allowing you to see what's on it.
Remember its position, and it can help you towards some extra
points. Get as many pairs as you can before time runs out to
earn as many rings as possible.
Rock Paper Scissors
This is a revamped version of the classic
Rock Paper Scissors game, played using cards.
You have three sets of cards at the bottom of the screen, and
you have to launch them at the cards spinning around above.
You must launch Rock cards (represented by a clenched fist)
at scissor cards (represented by a hand holding up two fingers,
in a "V" shape), launch Paper cards (represented by a flat, open
hand) at Rock cards, and scissor cards at paper.
The idea is, Rock blunt Scissors, Scissors cut Paper, and Paper
wraps Rock.
The cards at the bottom will reveal a diferent card after you launch
one. This is why you have three sets of cards at the bottom, to
keep options open for you so you have more of a chance of having a
card that will be effective. The more you hit, the more rings you
earn. Get as many rings as possible before time runs out.