Materia Caves
There are
four caves with special Materia in them.
There is one about half way up
the east coast of the Wutai continent (Left). To get to this one you need a
green, black or gold chocobo. Take the chocobo it the Highwind and fly over to
Wutai take the chocobo over the mountains and get off of it outside the cave.
Inside the cave is Mime Materia.
There is another cave on the far eastern section of the Mideel continent (right). To get to this Cave you need a blue, black or gold chocobo. Take the chocobo in the Highwind and land near Mideel walk the chocobo over to the cave and dismount. inside the cave is Quadra Magic Materia.
There is another cave in the North Corel Desert (below). To get to this cave you need either a black or gold chocobo. take the chocobo to the cave that takes you into Corel mountain in the Highwind and cross the river into the desert. on the eastern side of the desert is a cave dismount the chocobo and go into the cave. inside is HP<->MP Materia.
The final cave is on Round Island, a secret island that does not appear on the world map. It is in the top right hand corner of the map and the only way to get there is with a gold chocobo. From the Chocobo Ranch take the gold chocobo north and when you find a small round island completely surrounded by mountains and covered in forest you are there. Climb the mountains, dismount you chocobo in the forest and enter the cave. Inside is KoR (Knights of Round) Materia.
For information on how to get blue, green, black and gold chocobos click here.