The nine kinds
Activation Intel — 32 towers
Climb it and the district's intel appears on the map. First in every region, no exceptions.
Fiend Intel — 32
Combat assignments: beat the marked fiends the way the assignment asks (a stagger, a pressure, a specific element) for full marks. Each unlocks enemy intel and, done well, Chadley's simulator challenges.
Expedition Intel — 32 lifesprings
Lifesprings you scan; usually a short walk or a chocobo trick away. Cheap points.
Divine Intel — 18 crystals
Summon crystals, three per region. Each one found lowers the summon's strength in the simulator fight that gives you its materia; find all three and the fight is trivial.
Excavation Intel — 10 dig sites
Chocobo dig sites. The chocobo sniffs, you dig; a few are buried under intel-marked spots you have to reach first.
Chocobo Intel — 4
The region's chocobo: catch it and the region's traversal opens.
Classified Intel — 6
One per region, unlocked once the region's other intel is done: a harder fight, and the trophy for a fully catalogued region.
Moogle Intel — 7 emporiums
The moogle shops, each behind a round of Moogle Mischief. Moogle Medals buy cards and items; clearing the challenges raises the merchant rank that Moogle Lover wants maxed.
Phenomenon Intel — 28 protorelic parts
The protorelic chains, four parts per region, each tied to a minigame or activity. See the protorelic page.
Per region
| Region | Intel | Chapter | Chocobo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grasslands | 30 | 2 | The plain one |
| Junon | 24 | 3–4 | Climbs mountain walls |
| Corel | 30 | 6–8 | Dashes and slides on sand |
| Gongaga | 28 | 9 | Bounces off the mushrooms |
| Cosmo Canyon | 30 | 10 | Glides |
| Nibel | 23 | 11 | Leaps upward from water |
| Meridian Ocean | 4 | 12 | Gilgamesh Island |
The order
- Towers, then the crystals: the summon fight is the best reward in each region and the crystals make it easy.
- Fiend intel as you pass it, with the assignment read first — redoing one for full marks is the expensive part.
- Lifesprings and dig sites in one chocobo loop at the end.
- Classified last: it only appears when the rest is done, and the Director of Regional Intelligence trophy comes with it.
- Spend the points with Chadley before the next region; the materia he develops is region-specific.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 16 September 2026 and re-checked on 1 October 2026 against the trophy list and the guides of PowerPyx, Gamer Guides, Vandal and EliteGuias. Not from a playthrough: checked against the sources above. Still to confirm in-game.