--------------------------------------------------------------------- Chrono Trigger Walkthrough and FAQ v4.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ _ / ____| | | | | |__ _ __ ___ _ __ ___ | | | '_ \| '__/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \ | |____| | | | | | (_) | | | | (_) | \_____|_| |_|_| \___/|_| |_|\___/ |__ __| (_) | |_ __ _ __ _ __ _ ___ _ __ | | '__| |/ _` |/ _` |/ _ \ '__| | | | | | (_| | (_| | __/ | |_|_| |_|\__, |\__, |\___|_| __/ | __/ | |___/ |___/ Copyright Magus (shinra9@yahoo.com) 1999. Legal Stuff This entire FAQ is copyright Magus 1999. 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Don't edit, don't do anything to it and submit it without e-mailing me with permission first. You can however print it out for your own use, but sell it and I'm gonna getcha, bi-atch. To get in touch, e-mail me at shinra9@yahoo.com. My ICQ# is 34601221. My webpage is http://jump.to/magus Version History v1.0-Full Walkthrough, and one sub-quest. v1.5-TOTALLY finished the walkthrough (Lavos, and endings). Started on a character section. v2.0-Finished off all of the techs. v2.09-Added another site which hosts this. v2.099-Fixed up a little thing. v2.5-Added a Spekkio and Items section. v2.55-Added an FAQ section. v2.6-Added an Accessories,Armors,Helmets and weapons section. v2.7-More FAQs. v2.8-Added a Steal/Enemy chart, thanks to FFfanNo1. v2.9-Added a Tips section. v2.91-Added a FAQ. v2.95-Added two FAQs. v2.96-FAQs. v3.0-FAQs. v3.1-Big Tips update. v3.2-FAQs. v3.3-FAQs. v3.4-FAQs, big update. v3.5-FAQs. v3.6-FAQs. v3.7-More FAQs. v3.8-Tips. v3.81-Copyright Notice changed. v3.9-Mini Boss List, in Tips section. v3.91-Copyright Notice changed. v3.92-Copyright Notice changed. v4.0-Tips. v4.01-Seems like a waste of time, but I like ASCII art headings =) v4.02-Copyright Notice changed. v4.03-Copyright Notice changed. v4.04-Copyright Notice changed. v4.05-Copyright changed, Tips. v4.1-One of the biggest updates yet. I've never been able to turn this guide into what I've wanted it to be, this is almost it. My time was spent on completing other guides first, but I still devote a lot of time to this. Lots of tables, neatness, more tips, faqs, weapon locations, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Introduction 2)Characters and Techs 3)Walkthrough 4)Endings 5)Beat Spekkio! 6)Item List 7)Accessories, Armors, Helmets and Weapons 8)Upgrading? What? 9)FAQs 10)Steal/Enemy list 11)Tips 12)Acknowledgments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chrono Trigger is an exceptional RPG which every serious gamer should play. The masters of RPGs, Squaresoft, are the producers of this and it will keep you playing for ages. So here we go! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2)Characters and Techs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono --------------------------------------------------------------------- The main character, uses Lightning magic and is good at attacking. He comes from 1000 A.D. Tech List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyclone Attacks a group of enemies 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slash Hits foes on a straight line, also neutralizes 2MP Masa&Mune's tornado energy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightning Hits an enemy with Lightning 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spin Cut Does double normal damage to target 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightning2 Lightning which is more powerful and hits all 8MP enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Revives a dead ally 10MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Confuse Hits target 4 times. 12MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luminaire The best Lightning spell, hits all enemies. 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- The princess of Guardia Castle, uses Ice magic and is good for healing. She also comes from 1000 AD. Tech List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aura Restores some life (single target) 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Provoke Makes one enemy go into Chaos mode 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Ice damage to one enemy 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure Restores more life than Aura (single target) 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Haste Makes target's time bar go faster 6MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice 2 Stronger Ice damage to all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure 2 Restores all life (single target) 5MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Life 2 Revives and fully cures a dead ally 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono's friend, who is extremely talented (in stuff like weapons, repairing, etc.) Uses Fire and is an OK attacker who comes from 1000 A.D Tech List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flame Toss Burns enemies in a straight line 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hypno Wave Puts all foes to sleep 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Fire damage to one enemy 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Napalm Throws a grenade, area effect 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Raises defense to party member by one third 6MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire 2 Fire damage to all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Bomb Enhanced version of Napalm 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flare Ultimate Fire damage on all enemies 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- A legendary hero who was turned into a Frog. Lives in 600 A.D, and uses Water magic. Good all-rounder. Tech List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slurp Heals one person slightly 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slurp Cut Uses his tongue to strike one enemy 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Water Water damage on a single target 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal Heal your party, but not fully 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Leap Slash Jumps and slashes one enemy 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Water 2 Stronger Water damage on all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure 2 Cure one ally fully 5MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog Squash A giant frog squishes all enemies, the lower 15MP your HP the greater the damage --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- A robot from 2300 A.D, can't use magic but he can deal Shadow damage. Good attacker but slow. Tech List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocket Punch Hits one enemy 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure Beam Heals one person slightly 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laser Spin Hits all enemies with Shadow damage 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo Tackle Charge at an enemy 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal Beam Heals all allies, but not fully 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Uzzi Punch Damages one enemy with a strong punch 12MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Area Bomb Area attack which deals lots of damage 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shock Strong Lightning attack which hits all enemies 17MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- A very skilled female warrior who hails from 65 Million BC. She is very strong and fast, can steal things off enemies but her magic is limited. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiss Heals one person a little 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rollo Kick Jump kicks an enemy 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cat Attack Bites and scratches an enemy 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Throw Throws an enemy up and away 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Charm Steals an item from the enemy 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tail Spin Makes a tornado, damaging all enemies 10MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dino Tail Like Frog's Frog Squash, but uses a tail. The 15MP lower your HP the higher the damage --------------------------------------------------------------------- Triple Kick Kicks the enemy for about 5x normal damage 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wants revenge on Lavos. Is very skilled in magic, and his past is quite bleak. Hails from 12000 BC, and is quite a good all rounder. Uses all elemental magic. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lightning 2 Lightning attack on all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire 2 Fire attack on all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice 2 Ice attack on all enemies 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Bomb Shadow attack on one enemy 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic Wall Ups magic defense by 1/3 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Mist Shadow damage to all enemies 10MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Hole Sucks enemies into a black hole,low success rate 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Matter Strongest magic attack which uses shadow to hit 20MP all enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dual Techs --------------------------------------------------------------------- BTW, Magus has no Dual Techs so don't email me about missing out on his dual techs. The MP cost is different for each character, I'll put the first letter of their name followed by the cost (e.g C2MP means Crono, 2MP) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aura Whirl Recovers some HP for all of the party. Needs C 2MP Aura and Cyclone M 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Sword Ice damage to one enemy, needs Ice and Spincut C 4MP M 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Sword 2 Ice damage to all, needs Ice 2 and Confuse C 12MP M 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Whirl Damages all enemies in area with fire. Needs C 2MP Cyclone and Flame Toss L 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Sword Fire damage to one enemy, needs Fire and C 4MP Spincut L 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Sword 2 Fire damage to all, needs Fire 2 and Confuse C 12MP L 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- X Strike Strike an enemy in X formation, needs Slash and C 2MP Slurp Cut F 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Swordstream Attacks enemy with a water charged blade. Needs C 4MP Water and Spincut F 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spire Attacks enemy with a lightning charged blade. C 8MP Needs Lightning 2 and Leap Slash F 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rocket Roll Hit all enemies with a beam, needs Cyclone and C 2MP Laser Spin R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Cyclone Robo spins Crono at all enemies. Needs Spincut C 4MP and Laser Spin R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Super Volt Robo and Crono use lightning on all, needs C 8MP Lightning 2 and Shock R 17MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Drill Kick Crono launches Ayla into a kick, needs Cyclone C 2MP and Rollo Kick A 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Volt Bite Ayla, electrified, bites an enemy, needs C 2MP Lightning and Cat Attack A 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Falcon Hit Hits all enemies on a line, needs Spincut and C 4MP Rock Throw A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle/Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Antipode Ice and Fire damage, single target. Needs Ice M 2MP and Fire L 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Antipode 2 Ice and Fire damage, area effect. Needs Ice 2 M 8MP and Fire 2 L 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Antipode 3 Ice and Fire damage on all enemies. Needs M 8MP Flare and Ice 2 L 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle/Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Water Ice water hits all enemies, needs Ice and M 2MP Water F 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glacier Drop a glacier on a group of enemies, needs M 8MP Ice 2 and Water 2 F 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Cure Cure your whole party fully. Needs Cure 2 and M 5MP Cure 2 F 5MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aura Beam Recovers some HP for the party, needs Aura and M 1MP Cure Beam R 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Tackle Attack and enemy with Ice, needs Ice and Robo M 2MP Tackle R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure Touch Cures all party fully, needs Cure 2 and Heal M 5MP Beam R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Twin Charm Both combine to steal off an enemy, needs M 1MP Provoke and Charm A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ice Toss Ayla throws ice at one enemy, needs Ice and M 2MP Rock Throw A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cube Toss Ayla throws a glacier at the enemy, needs Ice 2 M 8MP and Rock Throw A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Punch Robo punches with a flaming fist. Needs Rocket L 2MP Punch and Fire R 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Tackle Robo slams the enemy with fire, needs Robo L 8MP Tackle and Fire 2 R 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Bomb Robo and Lucca set off bombs, needs Area Bomb L 15MP and Mega Bomb R 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca/Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Pin Frog hits an enemy with a fire charged sword, L 2MP needs Leap Slash and Fire F 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Bomb Bombs assist Frog in his attack, needs Mega L 15MP Bomb and Leap Slash F 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog Flare A giant frog attacks with fire, needs Frog L 20MP Squash and Flare F 15MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flame Kick Attacks enemy with a flaming foot, needs Fire L 2MP and Rollo Kick A 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Whirl A fiery tornado, needs Fire 2 and Tail Spin L 8MP A 10MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blaze Kick A fiery triple kick, needs Fire 2 and Triple L 8MP Kick A 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blade Toss Robo throws Frog at the enemy, needs Laser Spin F 2MP and Slurp Cut R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bubble Snap Robo is in a bubble and drops from above, needs F 2MP Water and Robo Tackle R 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cure Wave Fully restore party's HP, needs Cure 2 and Heal F 5MP Beam R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slurp Kiss Restores some of party's HP, needs Slurp and F 1MP Kiss A 1MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bubble Hit Ayla's in a bubble and drops from above. Needs F 2MP Water and Rollo Kick A 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Drop Kick They combine for a kick slash combo. Needs F 4MP Triple Kick and Leap Slash A 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Boogie Both dance, casting Stop on enemies. Needs R 4MP Charm and Robo Tackle A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spin Kick Robo throws Ayla, needs Rollo Kick and Robo R 4MP Tackle A 2MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beast Toss Throw an enemy, needs Rock Throw and Uzzi R 12MP Punch A 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Triple Techs --------------------------------------------------------------------- All triple techs involve Crono. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Marle/Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Delta Force A Shadow attack on all enemies. Needs Fire 2, C 8MP Ice 2 and Lightning 2 M 8MP L 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Marle/Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Arc Impulse Basically an X-Strike with the power of Ice. C 4MP Targets one enemy. Needs Ice 2, Spincut and M 8MP Leap Slash F 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Marle/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lifeline Once cast, whenever a party member dies he/she C 2MP will be revived once. Needs Cyclone, Life 2 M 15MP and Heal Beam R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Marle/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Kick Ayla does a Triple Kick powered by Lightning C 8MP and Ice. Needs Lightning 2, Ice 2 and Triple M 8MP Kick A 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Lucca/Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Delta Storm Shadow damage to all enemies, needs C 8MP Lightning 2, Fire 2 and Water 2 L 8MP F 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Lucca/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fire Zone A Cyclone with Fire damage to all. Needs C 4MP Spincut, Fire 2 and Laser Spin L 8MP R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Lucca/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gatling Kick Ayla does a Triple Kick powered by Lightning C 8MP and Fire, single target. Needs Triple Kick, L 8MP Lightning 2 and Fire 2 A 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Frog/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Triple Raid An X-Strike with Robo's help. Single target, C 2MP needs Slurp Cut, Slash and Robo Tackle F 2MP R 4MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Frog/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-D Attack An X-Strike with Ayla's help. Needs Slurp Cut, C 2MP Slash and Triple Kick, single target F 2MP A 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono/Ayla/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Twister Creates tornadoes which hit all. Needs Tail C 2MP Spin, Laser Spin and Cyclone A 10MP R 3MP The following Triple Techs require a Rock to be equipped on one of the party members to be able to activate. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Rock-Frog/Marle/Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- After completing the sub-quest invovling Cyrus, go to the Denadoro Mountains and go through until you reach the part where the Free Lancer is throwing rocks at you. Put Frog in your party, he'll catch one and it will be the Gold Rock. Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Dream Like a Frog Squash but more damaging. Needs F 15MP Frog Squash, Life 2 and Laser Spin M 15MP R 3MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Rock-Magus/Marle/Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Black Rock is found in the room in Enhasa, with the solitary Poyozo Doll. Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Eternal Massive Shadow damage on all. Needs Dark Magus 20MP Matter, Fire 2 and Ice 2 Marle 8MP Lucca 8MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- White Rock-Marle/Lucca/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Found in the Black Omen. Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Poyozo Dance Tornadoes causing Chaos to all enemies, needs M 1MP Provoke, Hypno Wave and Tail Spin L 1MP A 10MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Rock-Magus/Robo/Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Found in the Giant' Claw, 600 AD. Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Omega Flare All enemies suffer Shadow damage. Needs Dark M 8MP Bomb, Laser Spin and Flare R 3MP L 20MP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver Rock-Robo/Frog/Ayla --------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to the Nu twice at the Laruba Ruins in 65 Million BC. Name Effect Cost --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spin Strike I think it's a Leap Slash, but damage R 4MP multiplied by 4. Single target, needs Robo F 4MP Tackle, Leap Slash and Tail Spin A 10MP From Cosmo2- In the triple tech section, you confused Blue Rock and Silver Rock. The locations are correct, but Blue Rock invokes Omega Flare and Silver Rock invokes Spinstrike. From Teferi- You forgot to switch the characters as well. Magus: Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3)Walkthrough --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: 200g It's morning, and your Mum is asking you to wake up...pass this sequence, and when you are downstairs, talk to your Mum to recieve 200g. Now go outside, and I suggest you head into the Guardia Forest (to the left) to build your levels up to about 5 or 6. You don't have to, but it will make it easier for you later on. Once that is done, head to Leene Square (up the top). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Leene Square --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Silver Points, Marle There are lots of things for you to do here. First, there are plenty of mini-games you can do to get Silver Points. These can be exchanged into money, or used at other mini-games. My suggestion is to either keep on betting at the races (in the middle of the first screen you enter) to get Silver Points, the top left screen to fight Gato, or to go to the top right screen and enter the soda drinking contest. ********************************************************************* YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING EVENT!!!!!! ********************************************************************* Either way, gain up some Silver Points (more than 40 will do) and head to the tent at the right of the first screen. This is the House of Horrors. Play the second game, and it is to copy the clone's movements. This is vital for later on, you'll see why. Once you copy his movements, you will acquire a clone of Crono. You'll need it if you want to...oh, I don't want to spoil it for you. ********************************************************************** Now you can exchange the rest of your SP for money, and if you want you can buy a Lode Sword from Melchior, in the middle of the first screen, as it will help a lot. Now go up, and you will bump into Marle, your next party member. Talk to her, then pick up her pendant and give it to her. When she asks if she can go with you, answer no. When she asks again, answer yes. Now follow these steps: Go to the right, and talk to the girl who is missing her cat. Go to the left, and talk to the cat once (don't eat the stuff on the table!!!). Lead it to the girl. Now, if anyone asks, don't convince Marle to trade her pendant. Go back down the bottom and talk to the girl on the fountain. Lucca will have set up her invention, so go up and on the way, Marle will want some candy. Just wait, and when she is done, keep on going up. Talk to Lucca, try the machine (left pod unless you are on a super high level, 80+) and then talk to Marle. She will try it, but something will go wrong. Go in after her. Now if you are playing a New Game +, you may want to enter the right pod to face Lavos straight away! It's the quickest and hardest ending. Good luck. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 600 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Power Glove, Tonic You'll be warped to a canyon. Go left, into a large screen. Work your way through to the bottom, collecting two chests on the way, and exit to the map. Head to the Market (lowest building on the right) and buy a few Tonics, you can afford it. Then head into Guardia Castle. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guardia Forest/Castle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Power Tab, Shelter, Tonic, Ether, 100g, Bronze Mail. For the items in Guardia Castle, I suggest returning to 1000 A.D to collect there first before picking them up in 600 A.D In the castle, watch the scene and go up. Speak with the King, then if you want to rest, go left and downstairs. If not, go right, go up the stairs until the very top. Leave the chests alone, open them in 1000 A.D. Go and speak to the Queen, who is actually Marle. She will disappear and then get out of here. On the way you'll meet Lucca. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cathedral --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Tonic x3, Ether x2, 100g, Revive, Naga-ette Bromide, Maiden Suit, Steel Saber, Speed Belt, Heal, Mid-Ether, Shelter, Defender, Iron Sword Now get out, and go to the cathedral to the left of the castle. Talk to the nun at the top left, and they will all turn into enemies. Kill them, and another one will appear. It will get killed by Frog, your next party member. Head to Guardia Forest and build up until you get the Flame Tech for Lucca, Slurp Cut for Frog, and Slash for Crono. Now rest at the Inn if needed, and go back to the cathedral. Go up to the organ in the upper left, and press A to play it. A door will open up, enter it. Here is another good place to build your levels, 7+ is sweet. First, go to the right and pick up the treasures. Go up the stairs, enter the room and collect the treasures, and then go to the drawers and press "A" to collect a Naga-ette Bromide. Some enemies will rush in, kill them. Now go up, to the left of the spikes, and press the skull. The bucket on the left has a Magic Tab. Get it by pressing A, and return to the bottom floor. Don't go up the middle yet, go to the right and up the stairs. Go into the upper door, and try to leave. Beat the enemies, and then enter the secret door on the right wall. It will be a Magus shrine (a shrine to me...how cool...kidding.). Pick up the treasures and leave. You may have to battle the enemies if unlucky. Now return to the bottom floor and go straight up into the middle door. Save, and head up the stairs, and slide down the ones on the right. Head up, press the skull, and go up. Keep going left, and head down twice. Go up the stairs, grab the treasure, and head into the room you just opened up. Defeat the enemies, grab the treasure and play the organ. Now go all the way around again, except there will be an opening on the wall. Enter, go up the top, save, and enter the next room. You will now battle Yakra. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are 7+, this is easy. Just keep on attacking, and use Crono and Frog's X Strike. Also heal with Frog, this one is over very quickly. Open the chests (the REAL chancellor is in one), and head back to Guardia Castle. Go back up to the Queen's room to get Marle back. Go back to the canyon where you came from, and talk to the blue thing (a gate) to get home. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Ether x3, Mid Tonic x5+(number of guards you knocked out), Shelter x2, Lode Sword, 1500G, Bronze Mail You'll land back in Leene Square. Head back to Guardia Castle. That stupid Chancellor is at it again, and he will send you to jail. But first, a trial. If you followed the steps I told you to follow in Leene Square, you should get off okay. Answer the questions truthfully, and the verdict makes no difference: you will be sent to jail. There, the Chancellor will change the verdict to execute you! In the cell, if you were charged not guilty, you will have a pack and a mug to take. The pack is an Ether, the mug is a free source of HP/MP. Now, if you want to gain some levels (maybe) and acquire lots of items, keep annoying the guards out front until they come in. You will kill them both and are free to explore. Otherwise, you can wait until Lucca saves you. If you do get out, go free and explore. You can kill guards in one shot by waiting until they face away from you, and pressing A. Search their bodies for a Mid Tonic, better than beating them. Somewhere, you will find a prisoner, help him. He will prove useful later on. Also, there will be a path leading you outside. Scale the walls downward to get some items. In that room, there is a black hole, press A to climb down and receive some more items. Eventually you will find the exit; the supervisor will give up 5 Mid Tonics if you search him. Go out and face the Dragon Tank. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Tank --------------------------------------------------------------------- First, aim all attacks at the head (normal attacks). Heal when needed too. When the head is gone, start attacking the body. 8+ is a fine level, and this is too easy. Now you will run, with Marle, out to the Guardia Forest. Go right and you will find a gate... go in it, and get transported to... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2300 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. When i walk into the Trann Dome in Chrono, all I can see is smoke. Is that how it is supposed to be? It's a ROM. Would that have anything to do with that, or is that how it looks in the SNES cart? Please help!!! A. No, use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer. From Xerain: Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is better to change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put it to one of the 16B settings. Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 320x240x16B VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution. These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them (If you even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come up with any more tips I'll be sure to let you know. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Iron Helm The year 2300! Whoa! Head outside and to the structure below. It's the Trann Dome. Buy what you need, rest in the Enertron. Now exit, and go to hte upper right to reach Lab 16. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lab 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Lode Sword, Lode Bow, Ether, Berserker This is full of thieving rats. So avoid them. This is a great place to build up your levels as well....there will be chests along the way so pick them up too. Usually the direction is to go up, if not, to the upper right. You will exit soon, and meet another huge structure, the Arris Dome. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Arris Dome --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Mid-Ether x2 There will be lots of people surprised to see you. Use the Enertron before going downstairs. Go to the left, and through the girder maze. At the end, you will face the Guardian. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guardian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Level 9+ is sweet...just use normal attacks, maybe Crono's Cyclone tech if needed. First, kill off the two Bits, as if you attack the Guardian first they will all do a super move on you. Once they are gone (it won't take long), pummel the Guardian with normal attacks. The Bits will revive, so take them out again, and repeat once more to kill the Guardian. Enter the door at the top. You will see a dead person, and grab some seeds off him. Open the chest, head back to catch the rat. Hold B down to run, and A to catch it. Once you do, it will tell you that the passcode is L&R&A. Go back, re-surfacing to use the Enertron if needed, and then enter then passcode at the console with a sparkling thing on it. A passage to the door on the right will appear, enter the door. ********************************************************************* From Alan Berck: Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and setL to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order. From Mitchell Mebane: I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few tips for you. You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM, it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data tothe computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, orthe keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assignthe L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that keyenters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shiftkeys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use ajoystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain them, though.) Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.) Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a good keyboard :-) There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think. Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out. Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!! ********************************************************************* Fight your way through this small room, and enter the next big room. BTW, with the Enertron nearby, this is an excellent place to build up your levels. No crap. In the big room, work your way to the top, more on the left side. Enter the door and you see a record of what happened..in 1999. The destruction of the world by Lavos!!! Now you're on a mission to stop that from happening. Go back up to the top, and talk with Doan to recieve a Bike Key. You'll need it to get through Lab 32 safely. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lab 32 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Race Log Go to the upper right to reach Lab 32. Inside, talk to the bike thingy, and robots will come out. Then a racing dude will appear, fend off the robots and challenge you to a race. This is easy, just keep circling around him and save your boosts till the end. You can also walk through the path instead of racing, you will gain some levels and acquire the item which records your speed when doing the race. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Proto Dome --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: None Now head to the building at your lower right. Defeat all the enemies, go up and find a robot (Robo), who will be your next party member. Lucca will repair him and you will have to leave a character behind (I chose to leave Lucca behind, it's up to you). Then head out and up to the Factory. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Factory --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Shelter, Hammer Arm, Titan Vest, Plasma Gun At the Factory, use the panel in front of you. An enemy will drop down, just use attacks to defeat it. Now go up, and to the right elevator. Take the ladder to the lower floor, go left and grab the Robin Bow. Now get on the conveyor belt, and get through three rooms of enemies. Then hold down so you can get off. Go down, and up the ladder. Go up, and to the right to pick up the chest. Go into the door, and get the codes (B,B and X,A). Grab the chests, go out, and into the door on the left. Get through here, and you will be at the control panel. Enter both of those codes, and then go down the ladder and left. Go up the door to get another code, XABY. Now return to the entrance (you may want to go back to Proto Dome for the Enertron). This time, go into the left elevator. Follow the path, and activate the panel in the room with the lasers. Grab the chests, and either go down the ladder or elevator. Enter the code, and turn the power back on. Something goes wrong, so escape, using the ladder (elevator doesn't work). On the way out, you'll meet Robo's "friends". They'll beat him up, and the turn on you. Use Marle to heal, and use Crono's Cyclone. When they are gone, you'll head back to the Proto Dome. Lucca will repair Robo, and then you'll head into a gate. --------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Time --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: None Whoa! Weird. Talk to the guy in the middle. Whenever he says "Hey", he's got something to say. Try to leave and he'll say hey, and tell you to go into the door above. There you'll meet Spekkio and learn magic. You can also try to beat him to recieve some items. Once that is done, you can either go back to your own time, or gain up lots of levels. To go back, go in the portal which says 1000 A.D. To build up, go into the 65 Million B.C one, and once in there, go to the map. Go right and when you reach the village, head to the upper right, you will find a hunting range. Find the Nu (either at the top platform at the bottom right, or at the top left or right, it's random). He will take you down to 1 H.P with his attacks, but he won't kill you. Everytime you beat him, you get like 30 tech points, and heaps of EXP, so do this until you think you are ready to move on. Return here often to build up. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Speed Tab, Magic Tab Ok, barge in on someone's house...Anyway, get out and head to the south-east, that's where Melchior's Hut is. Before you do, you may want to look around, first in the Elder's House for some items, then to the Market to laugh at prices higher than what Bill Gates earns. Once you reach Melchior, he'll tell you there's a vortex which will take you back to Truce, so head into the mountains above (Heckran Cave). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heckran Cave --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Ether x2, Mid Ether, Magic Scarf, Taban Vest This should be easy for any RPG gamer to get through, just that in the middle of the cave, where you can either go into the door at the bottom left or bottom right, go in the bottom right first to grab some treasure, then into the bottom left. There, walk through the water and save. Now you'll have to face Heckran. He's quite easy, level 12-15 or so is good. Just don't hit him when he challenges you to, otherwise he'll counterattack. When you beat him, jump in the whirlpool and go to into Lucca's House, speak to Taban and take the armor. Now go to Leene Square, and warp back to the End of Time. Now, you can either go to 600 A.D or be a psycho like me and level up major in 65 Million B.C (Level 18? Hmm...). Levelling up will help a lot, though. To Level 16 or 17 is good. Once you've done that, head to 600 A.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 600 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Shelter, Ether, Jerky, Power Tab, Shelter, Gold Helm Get out of the canyon, and go downwards towards the bridge. Speak with all of the knights there, and head up to Guardia Castle. Go right and into the kitchen, speak with all the people there too. Now leave and when you do, the chef will give you a Jerky. Take that to the knights at the bridge. Make sure your party is Crono, Marle and Lucca (with the Ice Sword and Fire Sword techs), then go across the bridge. You will see Ozzie, and he will send skeletons after you. If you have Lighting 2 for Crono, this should be too easy. Keep going until you get to the end, and face Zombor. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zombor --------------------------------------------------------------------- As I said, make sure you have Marle and Lucca with you. Use Fire Sword on the lower body, and Ice Sword on the upper body. The person which isn't required for a tech can damage the other part or heal, and the last person to hit him will get all of their MP stolen. Go to the nearest Inn, rest. If you got the Naga-ette Bromide in the Cathedral, the north most house on the west block will contain a guy who wants it, talk to him and then open the drawer for a Tab. Now go east and enter the Denadoro Mountain. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Denadoro Mountain --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Ether, Mid Ether x4, Revive x2, Mid Tonic x2 500G, 300G, 600G, Shelter, Hero Medal, Magic Tab, Silver Erng, Silver Stud, Bent Sword This should be quite easy to get through without directions, but first, go straight up into the waterfall. There, you should acquire a treasure of some sort. Then head back and go up the path to the left, you'll meet Tata, the supposed "Hero". After that, head upwards and follow the easy trail. Once you reach the two Free Lancers standing on a waterfall, beat them, and then go down the left-hand side of the waterfall. Hold left, you'll fall on a platform containing treasure. Then fall to the right, pick up the treasure, and head to the right, you'll appear on a path you just went on. Keep going on past that part, when you reach the Kiwala (white creature), keep talking to it for a Magic Tab. Keep going on until you reach a cave, this is where Masa and Mune are. Before entering though, make sure that you have Lucca in your party (with the Hypno Wave tech). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masa and Mune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Hypno Wave straight away, and focus all your attacks on one member. Fire Sword and Uzzi Punch worked well for me, this is just a warm-up battle.... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is pretty tough. Whenever it says "storing tornado energy", use Crono's Slash tech to get rid of it. Use one person to heal (Robo preferably, he's got Cure Beam which cures multiple targets) while the other two use an attack like Ice Sword or Fire Sword. Robo's Uzzi Punch once again comes in handy here. It's hard, but it'll be over soon. Once you've beaten them, you'll get the Masamune, and get warped out of here. Go down to Porre, and head into Tata's Home. Get the Hero Medal from Tata, and go into the Cursed Woods. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cursed Woods --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Shleter, Magic Scarf, Mid Tonic, Bent Hilt Go all the way up to the top, and go down the bush to get into Frog's home. Talk to him, but he won't join you. Open both of the apple like chests to get an accesory and the other part of the Masamune. Melchior's name will be on the sword, so visit him. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melchior' Hut --------------------------------------------------------------------- He'll tell you you need a special stone to forge the Masamune back together...so head to the End of Time and warp to 65 Million B.C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 Million B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Berserker, Third Eye At first, you'll be attacked by a group of Reptites. Use Crono's Lightning 2 to take care of them. More will come, and so will somebody who will beat them up for you. Finish all the rest, and have a conversation with Ayla (your new party member). After that, head down the canyon, and left to find the village. Go into the meeting site, and join the party! Keep talking to Ayla throughout it and she will challenge you to a "game" to win the Dreamstone. It's a soup drinking contest, have that turbo A button pressed down! After you win, you'll kinda fall asleep, and next morning you will find out the Gate Key is missing! Before going after the thief, you may want to trade with the merchant in the bottom-right most hut. You'll need the items he has, but you need to collect Petals, Fangs, Horns and Feathers to trade. The easiest way to collect them is to go fight the Nu at the Hunting Range, he gives you three of each whenever you beat him. Ruby Vests are critical for some of the bosses which you will fight later on. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name Payment Needed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flint Edge 3 Fangs 3 Horns --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Helm 3 Feathers 3 Horns --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Gun 3 Fangs 3 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Vest 3 Fangs 3 Feathers --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sage Bow 3 Horns 3 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stone Arm 3 Feathers 3 Petals Once that is done, go south into the Forest Maze. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Forest Maze --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Mid Tonic x3, Revive x2, Mid Ether x2, Heal, Shelter First, you'll meet Kino and have a short conversation. For a maze, this is easy. Grab all the chests you can see, and if your'e stuck at any point, search for a vine or a ramp which will take you lower/higher. Once you get to the very bottom of the screen, first go up to collect the treasure before exiting. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reptite Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Mid Ether x2, Full Tonic x2, Rock Helm, Ruby Vest, Full Ether In this place, drop down the holes to get from room to room. Soon you'll reach a big room with a Reptite guarding some treasure. The room after that has a path which leads left, unless you want to go back to the start, avoid that path and head straight. Soon you'll meet Azala. Whatever you respond won't make a difference, you'll have to fight Nizbel. I suggest having Robo and Marle in your party. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel --------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, you'll need to shock Nizbel with Crono's Lightning to deal any decent damage to him. Then whack him with Ice Sword, Ice Sword 2 if possible, and use Robo to heal or use Uzzi Punch. After the battle, Azala will hand you back your key. Then you'll appear back in the village, and say goodbye to Ayla. Head back to the time gate and warp to 1000 A.D, Medina Village. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Masamune Go to Melchior's hut and show him the Dreamstone. He'll take one of your other members downstairs to fix it. It won't take too long, just don't talk to them. Once the Masamune is fixed, take it to Frog. Finally, he'll join you. Now back to the End of Time so that Frog can learn magic, and take him back to the Hunting Range in 65 Million B.C to gain some levels, and if your'e good enough, to get Water 2. After that, take Marle into your party and go to 600 A.D, east of the Denadoro Mountain to find the Magic Cave. Enter the Magic Cave, and Frog will use the Masamune to get through. Pass through this very easy section and read the soldier's note, something about Juggler's in Magus' Lair. Then head out, and up into Magus' Lair. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus' Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Mid Ether x4, Shelter x2, Barrier x2, Magic Tab x2, Mist Robe x2, Slasher, Dark Mail, Revive, Speed Belt, Magic Scarf, Doom Finger Whoa...Magus' Lair! That's where I got the name of my website from (shamless plug coming up), please visit it at http://jump.to/magus :-) Go inside, and go to the left corridoor first. Go up, collecting all the treasure on the way, and then go to the right and do the same. Something strange is going on... a save point will appear in the middle of the entrance hall. Step on it, and that fat bastard Ozzie will appear. He'll say something about defeating all 100 of his monsters. If you think he's lying, I dare you to count all of them. Defeat his henchmen and then go back into the left corridoor. Go up, fighting enemies if you want, and soon you'll meet Slash. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slash --------------------------------------------------------------------- Damn, he's got Crono's techs! The easiest way to kill him is to use Arc Impulse (a triple tech, requires Crono's Spincut, Frog's Leap Slash and Marle's Ice 2) if your three characters aren't hurting. If they are, use either Frog or Marle to cure, and use a dual tech (if it's Frog, X-Cut, if it's Marle, Ice Sword 1 or 2). Once you defeat him, he'll attack again, use the same tactic. Pick up the Slasher, and then use a shelter at the save point. Then head to the left corridoor, and talk to the kids surrounding the treasure. They'll turn into Shadows, easily fried by Lightning 2 (or any other level 2 elemental spell). Grab the treasure and head up. You'll fight Flea...rather a fake Flea. Be careful, whoever hits him/her will have their MP drained. Then you'll be taken into battle with the real Flea. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ouch. She/he's quite hard, as she/he (I'll just call Flea it) keeps using status changing spells (Chaos, Sleep). This time use Frog and Crono's techs (Spire, X-Strike) and use Marle for healing and recovery. It will take a while. Now go back to the main entrance. You can either head back to where Slash was to save and restore, or just go on the teleporter in the centre. Once you do, follow the path until you reach Ozzie. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ozzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- Extremely easy, just don't hit Ozzie! Instead move the cursor around to target the switch chain thingies. Hit all four of those targets and you'll win. The right save point is a save point, the left one a teleporter. Head into the teleporter, follow the stairs and then enter Magus' inner sanctum, which looks extremely cool. Head into battle with him. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is very hard. He keeps on changing barriers, and whatever magic he casts is the type you have to use against him. I still used Crono, Frog and Marle in my party. Attack him with Frog to change his barrier, and use your most powerful type of magic on him. When he risks casting a spell, quickly fire up Arc Impulse (Triple Tech), and then after he casts it get ready to cure. Use Marle and Frog to cure (Double Cure is great) and then repeat the process over again. Once you beat him, something will happen, dragging all of you into a gate... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 Million B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, your'e back in Ayla's place...after a few events take place, Kino runs in and says that the North Ruins are on fire. Head there, and listen in on Ayla's conversation. After that, get some new items at the trading hut. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Item Name Payment Needed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aeon Blade 3 Fangs 3 Horns --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Bow 3 Horns 3 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Gun 3 Fangs 3 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magma Hand 3 Feathers 3 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Helm 3 Feathers 3 Horns --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Vest 3 Fangs 3 Feathers Now head up to the Dactyl's Nest. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dactyl's Nest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Mid Tonic, Mid Ether, Meso Mail The enemies here give you some nice amounts of EXP, so level up if you want. Follow the path, which is usually go up a ladder, around, up a ladder again... and you'll reach the top soon. Ayla will be there, with some Dactyl's. Take Frog and Marle out, and add Robo to your party. Then fly south, and into the Tyrano Lair. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyrano Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Full Ether x2, Full Tonic, Mid Ether, Tonic, Revive, Cera Topper, Meso Mail Head in and go down the stairs on the right. Find Kino and follow him back upwards. He'll open the left path. Get through the easy castle, using switches (usually skull heads) to get through. Most of the time you'll have the switch in a room on the right, and it will open up the door in the middle. There'll be a room coming up with two switches, and if you press them, monsters fall from the sky =) Exit to the right. Soon you'll reach a very annoying teleport room, where most tiles take you to another place in that room. Teleport around to grab the treasure, then exit via the stairs. Now, fight Nizbel 2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy, just use Lightning like you did with the first Nizbel and Twister (Triple Tech) if you have it. Follow the steps you did to take care of Nizbel one and you'll be fine. After the battle, go outside. There's three switches on the floor, the top switch is a save point, the left switch makes the floors open and the right switch summons enemies to battle with you. Enter the skulls' mouth for a chest, then head in the middle door. Soon, you'll reach a bridge which leads outside, change Robo with Lucca. Fight Azala and the Black Tyrano. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Tyrano/Azala --------------------------------------------------------------------- First, concentrate everything on Azala. Fire Sword 2 works very well here. Once he's done, just attack the Tyrano until he says "Removing Defense". He'll start counting down, whack him with everything you have until he reaches 0. Heal, and repeat the process again. Lavos falls to the Earth...and the Tyrano Lair is gone. Go into the crater which is left, and enter the gate. Which will take you to.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12000 B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Black Rock, Magic Tab Reality aside, I think this place looks cool! With all the palaces and so forth...plus they have some pretty cool music. If I could live somehwere, it would be here...but enough said, let's get on with it! Get out of the cave you are in and head east. Enter the Skyway and stand on the teleporter to be taken to Zeal, the floating continent. Sounds like FF3. Anyway, go into the first palace there, Enhasa. Inside will be three books on tables scattered around the place. You have to open these elemental books in this order: Water, Wind, Fire. Water is on the right side of the room, Wind at the top, and Fire near the entrance. Change your party to Crono, Frog and Marle. Go into the door which just opened up, near the Fire book. Inside are six Nu's, beat them by using your second level elemental spells (Lightning 2, Water 2, Ice 2) and if you have them, use Glacier (Frog and Marle' dual tech) to really hurt them. You'll get heaps of EXP and two tabs. If you need to heal find the healing circle (there's one in each palace), and then head to the next Skyway. Go in, and when you get out, go west to reach another Skyway, which will take you to the other side of the Floating Continent. Enter the palace of Kajar and do the same with the books, although I've forgotten the locations of them it should be easy :-). A door will open somehwere, go in and grab the Black Rock from the Poyozo Doll. Get out, and go in the caves until you reach the main castle. Here, find the healing circle (should be to the left somewhere) and speak to the person with the sapling, and tell her to grow it. Do this if you want to get the *best* ending. Then go to the upper right doorway and into the room where Janus and Schala are. After the guard comes, follow Schala, only to find out you can't open the sealed door with Marle's pendant. Go to the left, speak to the sleeping Nu to get through, and then go up to the Mammon Machine. Press A to charge the pendant, then go and open the door you couldn't before. Before heading on further, put Lucca, Crono and Frog in your party. Have them all equip Ruby Vests, and then continue on. You'll meet Dalton, who will summon a Golem to get rid of you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golem --------------------------------------------------------------------- With this trick, this is easy. Whatever attacks you do are what it does, so just use Fire attacks (see the purpose of the Ruby Vests?), mainly Fire Sword 2. Use Frog to Heal. But if you win or lose, you still get captured. Watch the nice little scene that goes on. But what's not nice is that the Prophet sends you back to where you came from. 65 Million B.C. Damn, you can't even get back in! So head to the End of Time, and talk to the old guy. He'll tell you to go to 2300 A.D, where there are heaps of doors just like the one you opened in 12000 B.C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2300 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Full Ether x2, Power Tab, Hit Ring, Elixir, Wallet, Charm Top, Gold Stud, Gold Erng, Magic Tab, Lumin Robe Open up the doors with the seals in Bonger Dome, Trann Dome and the Arris Dome. You should pick up some extremely cool items, including the Gold Stud (MP use cut by 75%! Sweet!). So don't miss out. When you've picked them up, head to the Sewer Access, just below Lab 16. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sewer Access --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: 600G, Rage Band, Bolt Sword The enemies here are extremely easy, and so shouldn't need too much help here. There will be a piss easy boss on the way through, one shot can kill him. Go through, and exit via the ladder. Then head to the Keeper's Dome. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Keeper's Dome --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Epoch Ok, there's a weird ass Nu hanging around, talk to him and then go to the north door. Inside, read all of the shiny things to read notes on Balthasar and his creation. Once you get around, you'll see his creation...the Wings of Time/Epoch! The Nu will come around, ask you to give it a name, tell you the controls, and after that, off you go!!! Just whatever you do, don't go to 1999 A.D unless you want to face Lavos. Now remember those seals? There's a few chests just like that, so let's head back to 600 A.D and grab them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 600 A.D-1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Blue Mail/Vest, Red Mail/Vest, White Mail/Vest, Black Mail/Vest, Power Ring. There are chests in these locations: Truce Inn Guardia Castle Porre Elder's House Guardia Forest Magic Cave Head to all of these locations and open the chests. If it says, "Something inside is reacting, do you want to take it out" say no. You'll get something better in the future. This is what I mean when I say "upgrading". Now warp to 1000 A.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things you can collect: Safe Helm, Swallow Go to all of those locations to pick the chests up, but there is no Magic Cave. However, there is the Heckran Cave, where there will be some chests for you. Also, head to the blue thingy (Forest Pyramid) above Medina to grab one of two chests. One contains a really good helm, the other a pretty crappy weapon. Take the Helm, which I believe is on the left. Also, put Lucca in your party, and visit her home. Talk to Taban to recieve some armors for her. Now head back to 600 A.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 600 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to the chests which you said no to. Open them now to recieve a weaker type of armor than what you got in 1000 A.D. And then head to 12000 B.C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12000 B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Power Tab Go west and enter the Terra Cave. It's the home of the Earthbound Ones, as opposed to the Enlightened Ones. Don't buy weapons yet, you need more money. Go down to the bottom and right. Put Ayla in your party, and either Marle or Lucca. Go up until you reach the Imp and the Beasts. Fight them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Imp and Beasts --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Ayla's Charm to steal a pretty sweet helm from the Beasts. Now use Fire on the Red Beast, Ice on the Blue. If you don't have them, use Lightning or some attacking techs. After you beat them, use Rock Throw on the Imp and it's all over. From Ryan Ham: Hi, Your walkthru is great, really helping me. One thing though, on the part just before The mountin of Woe, about the beasts and the imp. You said to use fire on the red, and ice on the blue, I used fire on the red, ad it did 0 damage, when I used fire on the blue, it did at least 500 damage. I think you got those two mixed up. Head back to heal, then go up into the Mountain of Woe. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mountain of Woe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Shield x2, Barrier x3, Lapis x2, Full Ether x2, Lode Vest, Lode Helm, Time Hat, Shelter, Ruby Knife This is a top notch place to gain levels. Put Ayla and the person whose levels and techs you want to build up in your party. There will be these enemies called the Rubble who only appear once. They will lock your party down (no techs or items), but with Ayla you can kick it's arse easily. It gives you 100 tech points, so that's sweet. Also, you can steal great weapons here, better than you can buy at Terra Cave. Explore this area carefully, it should be easy for you to grab everything. The exits are in the northwest corner for the first screen, at the very far east for the second, northeast for the next one and in this screen, there are no enemies, just some stuff. Put Ayla and Robo in your party. Go north to face Giga Gaia. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Gaia --------------------------------------------------------------------- I found this quite easy. First, he'll deal some damage, cure with Robo and Ayla. Then use your most powerful attacks (Luminaire, Shock) to get rid of the arms. Dual and Triple techs are great too. Once the arms are gone, pummel the body. The arms should come back, rinse, lather and repeat. Hey... what the hell is Melchior doing here? Anyway, the Mountain will collapse, so get back to the Terra Cave. You'll have a conversation which involves that Dalton guy coming in and doing something, along with Janus and Schala. After that, talk to Melchior to recieve a Ruby Knife, which will help destroy the Mammon Machine. Get out of here, go east to the Skyway and back up into the Enlightened World, into Zeal. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: None Go into the Mammon Machine's room. You'll find out it's been moved. So head into the main/middle corridoor, and at then end you'll find Dalton. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton --------------------------------------------------------------------- He's too easy. Almost the same as Golem, you should just pound him with phyiscal attacks and your most powerful magic spells. After that, you can go back and heal on the healing circle, or just head right into the gate. Which leads to the Ocean Palace. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Palace --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Aeon Suit, Rune Blade, Star Sword, Shock Wave, Aeon Helm, Demon Hit, Elixir, Sonic Arrow, Kaiser Arm Okay, before venturing forth, here's a word of advice. Put Crono, Lucca and Marle in your party. The enemies here are usually Scouts, and there are three types: Blue, Red and Yellow. You can only use Ice on the Blue, Fire on the Red and Lightning on the Yellow otherwise they will heal themselves. Second, you'll most certainly come across and Jinn and Barghest, kill the Barghest first as it is easier to kill the Jinn then. Save, talk to Masa (or Mune?) and then head into the room below you. The way to go is into the south door, but you want to pick up some nice treasure. The SW and SE rooms yield some nice items. When going into the SW room, follow the left edge around to the bottom, and then keep going right to reach a secret treasure chest. Watch out and pick up all the treasures, they're awesome. Once that's all done, go back into that first room and use the south exit. Save, and then go down the stairs. There will be lots of hard enemies and large groups of them too, so don't hesistate to use your best spells. Follow the path all the way down, and you'll find Mune (or Masa? Probably Mune). Go into the next room and save (use a shelter, trust me). Then head onto the elevator, and use the sparkling tab to get down. There are lots of enemies here, use your best attacks (Delta Force may work nicely). Once you are at the bottom, go up, and either to the east or west. Destroy all the enemies in these rooms, pull the switch on the wall and then repeat for the other room. A walkway in the middle will open up, cross it. Save and shelter, and then make your party as Crono, Marle and Frog. Equip the party with Ruby Vests, or things which protect against Fire. Go up, and face the Golem Twins. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golem Twins --------------------------------------------------------------------- With the Ruby Vests, this is easy. Use Fire Sword 2, Frog to Heal and occasionally Leap Slash. There! That's all to it. Ok, unequip Crono of the good things he has. Trust me. Go forward, and up to the Mammon Machine. Crono will use the Ruby Knife, no, the Masamune, and chaos will rule. You'll now face Lavos. If you want to beat him, go ahead, if not, read on. Everyone will "die", and the Prophet will come along, revealing himself to be the great Magus!!! He'll face Lavos but get his powers drained. Crono will then wake up, go up to Lavos and press A. Then Lavos and Crono will disappear, the "Floating Continent" will sink into the sea, and tidal waves whack the crap out of everyone below. Whoops. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Village to the Blackbird --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: None You'll wake up without Crono. Now pick three people in your party (put Ayla in your party though) and head to the Commons. Dalton will show up after you talk to the Elder, and capture you and your Epoch. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackbird --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Your own stuff back Whoo....you've been captured. Now head up the ladder and climb it. The air ducts are your way to travel. Press A on top of the lights to look down. Head to a ladder somewhere near the top left corner to reach one of your member's equipment. Now use an exit to get out, and start rampaging around everywhere, entering all the rooms to search for your items. If you have Ayla, head south to the door and pretend to be sick. The guard will come and Ayla will smack him good. Go out, and left into the room with your money. Exit, go north, and you'll find two doors, enter the left one, and take your items back. Exit, go north and climb the ladder, into the ducts. Move all the way east, south, east, then north. Head west, and climb down the ladder, to get one person's equipment back. Exit this room via the south door, head east, enter the door and get another character's euqipment. One more. Climb the nearby ladder, into the ducts, head west, south at the crossroads, south again at the crossroads, then west, and climb down the ladder to pick up the last chest. Exit the room and move north. You'll enter a new screen soon, the room on the left has a ladder leading up to the deck. The Turrets here use Lock All on you, but when you kill them you get heaps of tech points and EXP. Sweet. Get to the end, and you'll face a Golem Boss. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golem Boss --------------------------------------------------------------------- Just attack it. He can't hurt you. You'll see Dalton flyling below. You'll jump down and fight him. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use all that you have, even though he's damn easy, it makes it quicker. He'll call Golem Boss, but he's gone. Oh no, Epoch out of control!!! Follow the commands and you'll land back in the Commons. From here, head to the North Cape (which is north). Go to the shimmering dot and touch it to meet Magus. Here, you can either get him in your party or fight him. I strongly suggest getting him, as he has all elemental magic and VERY good shadow magic! Now he tells you that the Guru of Time can bring Crono back to life. So head in your Epoch (now controllable!) and fly to the End Of Time. The Black Omen will rise up, ignore it until the very end. BTW, always keep Magus in your party from this point onward. If you didn't want Magus to join... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This will be one of the toughest battles yet. The secret here is to use Ice 2 and Cure 2 as often as you can, as Ice 2 deals the most damage and Cure 2 heals you up fully. Whenever the great one attacks, retaliate with Ice 2, then wait to see how much his next hit does before killing you. Of course, if you get down below 200 HP, heal. After the battle, pick up the Amulet, and he'll blabber on about the End of Time, and how the Guru can help you bring Crono back... --------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Time-2300 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Chrono Trigger Get to the End of Time, and talk to the Old Man, who is actually the Guru of Time! Go to Spekkio so that Magus can learn Shadow magic, and then try to leave. The Old Man (Gaspar) will talk to you about the Chrono Trigger, and how to use it to bring Crono back. But bringing Crono back is a sub-quest, and is not neccessary although I recommend you do it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquests --------------------------------------------------------------------- Purely optional, but these quests are damn worth it. And always keep Magus in your party, not only because he's good, but so he can learn his Shadow magic faster. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 1: Saving Crono --------------------------------------------------------------------- Head to 1000 A.D and pick up the clone of Crono at his house (I told you you would need it!) and then head to 2300 A.D, to the Keeper's Dome. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Keeper's Dome --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: None Talk to the Nu. It will execute a program, sending three dolls to help you on your way through Death Peak. After that, turn him off, and head outside and into the mountain to reach Death Peak. A suggested party is Robo, Magus and Frog. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Death Peak --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Magic Ring, Vedic Blade, Wall Ring, Memory Cap, Giga Arm, Brave Sword, Star Scythe, Dark Helm The three dolls here will aid you on your journey. In the first screen, RUN to the first doll and speak to it. It will turn into a tree, hide behind it until the wind dies down. Keep repeating this process, remembering to always run otherwise you will get blown off. Now explore your way through, and you will reach a flat area with a save point. Save, then head into the left cave. You'll face a Lavos Spawn. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn --------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT HIT THE SHELL! It will kick the crap through you if you do. Aim all attacks for the head (Uzzi Punch, Leap Slash and Dark Bomb). It will go soon, and there are three of these on the mountain. Go up, to the right, and re-enter the cave. Go down, hit the switch, then head back to the Save Point. Save of course, then head up through the middle, and when you are outside again, you'll face another Lavos Spawn. Go left, in this screen there will be a doll who says that it's very slippery or something like that. My advice? Run across the ledge, as fast as you can. Or you'll end up back at the Save Point. In the next screen, head down into the next screen and reach the last doll. I've forgotten what it said, but go down and kill the Spawn, and push the shell up to the ladder you can't reach so you can climb it. Up the top of the ladder, enter the next screen, go up the top and watch a sequence, and you'll have Crono back! Yay! Now you'll arrive at the End Of Time, talk to Gaspar and everyone but Crono to learn more about the subquests. "In the middle ages, a woman's sheer determination brings a forest back to life" - Subquest 2 "A fugitive in the Middle Ages, Ozzie, maintains an evil hideout" -Subquest 3 "There's a task to be done in the future, where machinery originated" -Subquest 6 "And there's a very special stone that can shine its light on each generation, from the distant past to the far future" -Subquest 5 "There's the ghost of a lofty knight, slain by Magus in the Middle Ages, who haunts the present" -Subquest 4 "There's an object in the middle ages that sparkles like a rainbow" -Subquest 7 "One of you is close to someone who needs help, find this person.. fast" -Subquest 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 2: Reviving the Dead Forest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Lapis x2, Aeon Suit, Full Tonic, Hyper Ether, Aeon Helm, Muscle Ring, Memory Cap, Full Ether, Power Tab, Green Dream In 12000 B.C, you talked to the woman about planting the seed, right? Go to 600 A.D and to the continent where Porre is. There will be a house and a whirlpool in the middle. Go into the house, speak with Fiona and Marco, then put Marle, Frog and Magus as your party. Head into the whirlpool. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whirlpool --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lots of treasure here...and enemies. Hold run to get most of them. Head down one screen, and catch Retinite to fight it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Retinite --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Ice or Water magic on the bottom first, as it lowers it's defense. Then attack it with all you have, and repeat with the top. Keep curing, don't forget, and Leap Slash is handy here. Don't use any other magic spells. After this, grab the rest of the treasure and put Robo in your party. Speak to Fiona, then leave him with her. Go to 1000 A.D and into the shrine to pick up Robo. BTW, one of the nuns sells good defense items. Go out, and you'll appear in a camp. You'll discuss something, and you'll have control of Lucca. Go right and into the red gate. you'll be in her room, go down the stairs and into the main room. Her mum will be there, go to the white panel and enter L,A,R,A to stop her from dying. Half-dying. It doesn't matter if she dies or not. Go back into the Gate, you'll meet Robo and grab the Green Dream (whenever you die, you regenerate. Once). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 3: Ozzie's Fort --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember that green fat piece of crap? Well, he's still around in 600 A.D. Dump Ayla, Magus and probably Robo in your party, and go to his fort. It's on an island in 600 A.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ozzie's Fort --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Full Ether, Magic Tab, Sight Cap, Dash Ring, Magus' Best Equipment Head in and Ozzie will see Magus. And run. So follow him, and soon you'll have to face Flea Plus. It's not really a boss, just whack him and he'll run after a short while. Next is a screen with monsters which just come and leave as fast as they came. You'll understand. After that, you'll face Super Slash. Just attack him as fast as you can. After that, you'll be in a room with Ozzie and a treasure chest. Ignore it, and head to the exit. An Imp will try to take it but die. Ozzie will run. Grab the chest, and before exiting, go to the very right wall and go down to reach a secret room with Magus' best equipment. Now go out and face Ozzie, Flea and Slash. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ozzie, Flea and Slash --------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't go for Ozzie! They'll do a triple tech on you. First, Charm an item off each of them, then pound either Flea or Slash (Flea is who I went for) and then the other will run, leaving just Ozzie to beat. Use Shadow magic, Uzzi Punch and your other stronger techs. Head up to meet Ozzie again. Hit the switch, fall down, and then just head back into the room. A cat will come in and make Ozzie fall down a pit. If you go to Medina Village in 1000 A.D, everything is cheapo!!! Go there to stock up on items and etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 4: A Ghost Named Cyrus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Toma's Pop, Tools, Hyper Ether, Elixir, Siren, Valkerye, Shiva Edge, Kali Blade, Nova Armor, Moon Armor, Magic Tab Go to 600 A.D, the Choras village, and go in the Cafe. Talk to the person drinking beer, and Toma. Then go to 1000 A.D, and to Toma's Grave. Go behind the tombstone, press A, then go in front of it and press A. He'll tell you the location of the Rainbow Shell (another quest). Now go to the Cafe and talk to the beer drinker who will say you can borrow his tools. Go into a house nearby and talk to his wife to get the tools. Go to 600 A.D and give the tools to the guy in the Cafe. Go to his house and they will get to work at the Northern Ruins. Go to it, and defeat all of the monsters but don't open any chests. Then go back and let them repair it again, at a cost of 2000g. Then go back to the ruins, to the west wing and into the door there. You'll get the Masamune upgraded when you speak to the grave. Go back to the carpenter, he'll fix the rest of it up. Now go through, not opening any chests but still talk to them. If they say "something inside is reacting" answer "no" and continue on. Once you've seen everything, go to 1000 A.D and open all of the chests here. Then go back to 600 A.D to collect them again. Now put Frog in your party, head to the Denadoro Mountains in 600 A.D. Go through again until you reach a part where a Free Lancer is throwing rocks at you, Frog will catch one and it will turn into a Gold Rock. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 5: The Sun Stone --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Sun Stone/Moon Stone, Wondershot, Sun Shades Go to 65 Million BC and into the trader's hut. Get a Ruby Armor, equip that, the Red Mail and Red Vest on your party. If you don't have them, just equip Ruby Armors. Now go to 2300 A.D and find the Sun Palace (talk to Lucca at the End Of Time to see what it looks like). Enter and face the Son of Sun. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Son of Sun --------------------------------------------------------------------- It's like roulette. Only use physical attacks, no magic. You can't hit him, only the fireballs around him. But only one of them is the right one, the one which will deal damage to him. So it's a matter of guess and whack as fast as you can before he spins them around. With the Red/Ruby Armor/Vests it should be easy, as if you guess wrong he'll do a Fire attack which your armor will defend. Otherwise, if you hit the right one, go nuts and rush it. After that, go up, and collect the Moon Stone. Head to 65 Million BC, and find the Sun Keep (on an solitary island). Place the Moon Stone there, and go to 2300 A.D, and into the Sun Keep. The stone's gone. Go to the Keep in 600 A.D. It's there. So head into 1000 A.D, and to Porre. There'll be a sparkling house, go into it and talk to all of the liars. Go to the Snail Stop, buy the Jerky, and head to 600 A.D. Enter the house and GIVE the Jerky to the woman. Now back in 1000 A.D, the house will still sparkle but the guy will give the stone to you. Place it back in the Sun Keep, then go to 2300 A.D to get it back as the Sun Stone (you have to have Lucca in your party). Now go to Lucca's House in 1000 A.D, she and her dad will forge the Wondershot (a weapon for herself) and the Sun Shades (attack up by 1/4...sweet). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 6: Where Machines Originated --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Magic Tab x2, Vigil Hat, Lapis, Megaelixir, Full Ether, Crisis Arm, Terra Arm Put Robo in the lead of your party and go to the Geno Dome in 2300 A.D. Enter, talk to the machine and you will get access to the Geno Dome. Now put the characters you want to level up in now, as this conveyor belt is a top-notch place to build up your levels. Once that is done, go right. If you talk to the sparkling thing it will ask you if you want to go down the chute. Do this repeatedly to gain lots of levels (you end up back at the entrance). Right in front of you is a pod, press the switch to open it (for purposes later on). Go to the west , and fight the two enemies there. But don't go up that path, instead head to the one next to it. You'll see a computer and some enemies, kill them. Talk to the computer to grab some info. Next open up the pod nearby, it's a charging station. Then go to the door on the left, and go up. Hit the left and rightmost switches, then go back to the charging station next to the computer. Stand in it until you have this thing wrapped around you, then RUN to the pod below the switches. You'll open the door, go in and grab the doll. Get charged again and RUN to the pod above the entrance. Go in the door that opened up and grab the treasure (plus 50000G!!) Now go around and up on the conveyor belt, watch the robot at the top. Then go back, enter the first room for some treasure and some enemies. The other room is an elevator, get in there. Once out, you can head south for a save point. Then go to the door in the north wall, and go through the passage. There will be a voice speaking to you... anyway, go up, defeat the enemies, and go into another elevator. You're back in the main room. Go left just like the robot did and hit the switch there to change the direction of the conveyor belt. Then go back and down. Hit the laser switch, and then go back to get charged. Now RUN as fast as you can, back to the conveyor belt, and into the remaining pod. You'll open the door, grab the treasure and make the robot follow you back to the place where you killed the two enemies when you first entered this main room. Then go up, and place the robot in front of the other to short-circuit them. Grab everything and go back to the elevator. Go up, and save. Equip Robo with the best things you have, and go west. You'll see his girlfriend, Atropos, and you'll have to fight her with just Robo. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Atropos --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use either Area Bomb or Uzzi Punch and you've got this one in the bag. Don't forget to heal. Run at the switch in the wall above you with Robo, it'll open and let you in. Then go out and to the west, climb down the ladder, into the door, through the east and pick up the treasure. Then head back up, and continue going straight. You'll fight some Laser Guards, and when they are all gone put the dolls on the green switches, go forward and fight the Mother Brain. BUT before that put Robo, Crono and Magus in your party. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mother Brain --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, full on attacks, nothing else. Use Shock, Luminaire and Lightning 2/Dark Mist. Don't stop to heal or anything, because it's just too easy. BTW, don't worry about the two side computers, one Shock or Luminaire can take 'em out. When she's dead, you'll get some weapons. The dome will close down pernamently, and that's it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 7: The Rainbow Shell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Power Tab x3, Full Ether, Sight Cap, Blue Rock, Lapis, Mid Ether, Frenzy Band While doing subquest 4, you should have spoken to Toma, right? He showed you the location of the Giant Claw, a cave which holds the Rainbow Shell. Head to it in 600 A.D. Enter, read the note, and go through the door at the bottom. Hey... doesn't this look like the Tyrano Lair? Duh...it is! Keep on moving through it, as it is very easy to find your way around. Soon you'll reach a screen with three switches, the middle is a save, the left to open up a pit and the right to drop monsters. You escape by falling down the pit. Soon after that, you'll end up at the previous entrance to the Tyrano Lair. Once you fall down into the cell which held the Laruba civilians captive, make your way to Kino's cell, save, put on fire protection, go up, and fight another Tyrano, the Rust Tyrano. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rust Tyrano --------------------------------------------------------------------- It will use that stupid countdown attack every now and then, so be careful. When it's counting, pound it with all you have. When it's not, just heal and attack. Be careful, the longer the battle goes, the shorter the countdown gets. And the bigger the damage. Go forward to grab the Shell, but it's too damn heavy!!! So exit, and you'll appear in Guardia Castle. The King's soldiers will collect it for you. Now put Marle in your party and go to Guardia Castle, 1000 A.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guardia Castle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Lapis, Hyper Ether, Elixir, Prism Helms/Prism Dress, Prism Specs, Rainbow The King's on trial...for selling the Rainbow Shell! Find the courtroom, and try to get in. You'll fail, so head down to the new wing of the castle, where the Shell is. You'll need to grab a piece to show that it's all a hoax set up by the Chancellor. So get to the Shell, read the note, grab a shard and head back to the courtroom. They still won't let you in, but Marle will think of a way to get in. She crashes in through a window, and then the Chancellor will reveal himself to be Yakra number something. You've gotta fight him. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra XIII --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Haste if you have it, if not, just use your most powerful Triple Techs, and Dual Techs. He'll you some pretty powerful attacks, if you're hurting, use Frog or Robo to heal and the other two to pound him. Watch the scene, and Melchior will come up and ask you to meet him in the treasury. But, go back in the courtroom, pick up the shiny thing (Yakra Key), and find the locked chest in one of the rooms adjacent to the stairway. Unlock it and the real Chancellor will appear. Back in the treasury, at the Shell, Melchior will make you either a Prism Dress or 3 Prism Helms. Dress is the best ladies' armour, Helms are the best Helms. If you have the Sun Stone, talk to him again and he'll make you the Prism Specs and Rainbow. Rainbow is the most powerful sowrd for Crono, Prism Specs ups attack power by half. Put them on Crono and you've got yourself a war machine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subquest 8: The Black Omen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Things You Can Collect: Megaelixir x6, Magic Seal, 30000G, Magic Seal Vigil Hat, Elixir x2, Nova Armor, Haste Helm Zodiac Cape, Power Seal, Speed Tab x4, White Rock To get in, fly to 12000 BC, 600 AD or 1000 AD, fly under it and get in. If you destroy it in 12000 BC, it won't appear again, but if you destroy it in 1000 AD, you can go back to 600 AD and do it all over again. A very, very nice way to gain some levels. Ok, I say make your party Ayla, Robo and either Crono or Magus. Crono would be best for this situation as if you have the Rainbow and Prism Specs you can do a heap of damage. Robo's the healer and Ayla can Charm a whole heap of good stuff. The enemies to Charm off are the bosses, Flyclops, Synchrite, Ruminator and Goon. You'll get Gold Erng and Stud, Megalixirs and Nova Armors :-) Before you enter, there will be Laser Guards at the door. A good dose of Lightning 2 or a Falcon Hit will dispose of them. Inside, you'll meet Queen Zeal and she'll bring out the Mega Mutant. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Mutant --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, it's got lots of very damaging attacks. Every now and then it will pull off an attack which will take you down to 1 HP, so use techs which hit both halves of the monster. Keep going north, and to get a save point, kill all of the monsters there (don't forget to Charm). Then head north, and kill the panels to continue. Keep on heading north, fight some hard battles and step into the teleporter. You'll be heading down an elevator now, and whenever you move you'll be fighting a battle (well, for me anyway).Get through this next room while picking up the very important treasures, and soon you'll be in a room with two Nus and a save. One of them will ask you something about do you want to wake up, if you choose wake up, you'll be sent off the ship. The other one sells items. Continue heading north, and you'll reach a room with a queue of Ruminators. Kill them to get through, and follow the path around, south past that Tubster enemy, and in the room with a teleporter, ignore it and go west for a Speed Tab. Then go in the teleporter. Head into the next room, north west, east past those enemies, north and east to reach some chests. To the west of here is a save, save and go north to face the Giga Mutant. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Mutant --------------------------------------------------------------------- Only use magic here, I suggest putting Magus and Crono in your party for this one. Watch out, the top counters with a MP drain, the bottom with a Lifeshaver. Just use your most powerful magic (Dark Matter, Luminaire, Shock, Flare, delta Triple Techs) to get this over with. Go back and use a Shelter, you'll need to be back to full strength. Go north into the teleporter, onto the elevator and exit up top. Continue north until the panels, save and face the Terra Mutant. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terra Mutant --------------------------------------------------------------------- My strategy was to just hit the top, as the bottom is healed by magic. Single magic attacks (Dark Bomb) work nice on the top, otherwise use dual/triple techs which are only aimed at the top. Don't try touching the bottom half at all. A chest here contains the White Rock. Go north all the way to reach a Lavos Spawn. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn --------------------------------------------------------------------- It's twice as good as the ones on Death Peak. Hit the head only with your most powerful attacks. Go north, face the panels, and save. Equip some Blue armor (to your healer) and get ready for a long fight/s. In the next room or so will be the Mammon Machine, Queen Zeal will appear and fight you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Queen Zeal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Having Frog here is quite useful. Pound her to death, and when she uses Halation, have Frog use Frog Squash and have someone Cure right after that. Always cure your party, otherwise they'll be wiped out real quick. When you beat her, she sends you into the Mammon Machine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mammon Machine --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hard. If you physically hit it, it's defense wil go up, if you magically attack it, it's power increases. It's also got two phases, dormant and active. Use active to kill, dormant to heal. My tip? Conserve MP, and use physical attacks (Crono, Rainbow, Prism Specs, whoo-hoo!). Now your'e on top of the Omen. If Magus is here you can watch a battle of words go on, and if you do have Magus there his music will play in the background of the battle (sweet!). Anyway, you'll still have to fight her. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whoa. One head, two hands. Charm the Hands for a Prism Dress/Helm. Killing the head will end the battle. Heal very often and use your best attacks on the head (Triple Techs, Antipode, Ice/Fire Sword, Swordstream, etc.) and when you half-kill it, it uses Halation and then a MP buster. I suggest using a Megaelixir after that, then pounding it again. Good luck. After she's gone, she'll mumble something to Lavos, the Black Omen will be destroyed and you'll be near...Lavos. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Final Battle with Lavos --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, four ways to get here. The first is through the Black Omen, second the bucket in the End of Time, third the teleporter in Leene Square and fourth the Epoch. There is also the part in 12000 BC, when Crono sacrifices himself. You can fight Lavos at these points in the game to get different endings: At the start of the game, through the teleporter After your first trip back from 600 AD Just after you get to the End of Time Before getting the Hero Medal Between getting the Hero Medal and Masamune After you get the Masamune, before seeing Frog. After Frog has the Masamune, before facing Magus for the first time After beating Magus and before the Tyrano Lair After Tyrano Lair, before Lavos in the Ocean Palace After seeing Schala opening the door (don't charge your pendant) At the end of the game, after the subquests To hell with that, let's beat him! BTW, if you fight on the Epoch, you'll lose it in the end. The Epoch, that is. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Shell --------------------------------------------------------------------- This part only applies to those who came in any other way than via the teleporter and at the Ocean Palace, I think. First, it assumes the form of previous bosses. They are Dragon Tank, Guardian, Heckran, Zombor, Masamune, Nizbel, Magus, Black Tyrano, and Giga Gaia. After you beat each one, it will give you time to rest. Go up to the shell to fight again. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Tank --------------------------------------------------------------------- First, aim all attacks at the head (normal attacks). Heal when needed too. When the head is gone, start attacking the body. This is too easy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Guardian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Just use normal attacks, maybe techs to get it done faster. First, kill off the two Bits, as if you attack the Guardian first they will all do a super move on you. Once they are gone (it won't take long), pummel the Guardian with normal attacks. The Bits will revive, so take them out again, and repeat once more to kill the Guardian. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heckran --------------------------------------------------------------------- He's quite easy. Just don't hit him when he challenges you to, otherwise he'll counterattack. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zombor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Use Fire magic on the lower body, and Ice magic on the upper body. The person which isn't required for a tech can damage the other part or heal. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is pretty tough. Whenever it says "storing tornado energy", use Crono's Slash tech to get rid of it. Use one person to heal (Robo preferably, he's got Cure Beam which cures multiple targets) while the other two use an attack like Ice Sword or Fire Sword. Robo's Uzzi Punch once again comes in handy here. It's hard, but it'll be over soon. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel --------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, you'll need to shock Nizbel with Crono's Lightning to deal any decent damage to him. Then whack him with Ice Sword, Ice Sword 2 if possible, and use Robo to heal or use Uzzi Punch. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is very hard. He keeps on changing barriers, and whatever magic he casts is the type you have to use against him. Attack him with Frog (with the Masamune) to change his barrier, and use your most powerful type of magic on him. When he risks casting a spell, quickly fire a Triple Tech), and then after he casts it get ready to cure. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Tyrano --------------------------------------------------------------------- Just attack the Tyrano until he says "Removing Defense". He'll start counting down, whack him with everything you have until he reaches 0. Heal, and repeat the process again. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Gaia --------------------------------------------------------------------- I found this quite easy. First, he'll deal some damage, so cure. Then use your most powerful attacks (Luminaire, Shock, etc.) to get rid of the arms. Dual and Triple techs are great too. Once the arms are gone, pummel the body. The arms should come back, rinse, lather and repeat. After all the bosses, you'll fight the Lavos Mouth, where the teleporter people end up at. Full scale attacks are required, don't stop. Keep pounding him with your best spells, and heal if required. That's one part of him dead. If you came in through the bucket or Black Omen, a Gate and save are here. The Gate takes you back to the End of Time. If you want to know which party I used for the battle ahead, it was Crono, Magus and Robo. Waste all the Speed Tabs on Robo, Magic Tabs on Magus and Power Tabs on Crono. Now head up forward, and you'll fight the Lavos Machine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Machine --------------------------------------------------------------------- It will attack you straight away, heal and get rid of the arms as fast as you can. The right arm has more HP than the left, use your most powerful attacks and spells on it. Once they are gone, wait for the body/head to use Obstacle and then you can attack it. Whack it as hard as you can, as if you take too long it will use an extremely damaging attack on you. It shouldn't be too hard though. When it's dead, it will make a speech and watch the scene. After the scene, get ready for the final battle. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Core --------------------------------------------------------------------- Very annoying, your'e in some sort of warp. Watch out for Rock of Ages and Evil Star, heal right after that. Meanwhile, use your best group attacks while healing (with Robo). Don't be afraid to use your items up. The Core is on the right, and the others are the bits (left is the healer, middle is the body). First, concentrate on the two bits, and when they are gone go for the Core. It will regenerate the bits, and then go for the Core. Once that's gone, go for the bits and they may revive the Core. If they do, just keep hitting the Core until it dies and go for the bits. The healing bit is a bugger, take that out too. Persist and it will die. Then you'll be swallowed into a time warp, and the ending will play.... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4)Endings --------------------------------------------------------------------- Depending on the conditions in which you fought Lavos, you can get one of these endings: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Game Over. Lose to Lavos to get this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.Behind the Scenes. At the start of the game, through the teleporter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Something's wrong with Guardia Castle...After your first trip back from 600 AD and before going into Guardia Castle. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.The Nu. Just after you get to the End of Time, and before you go to 600 AD again. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.Tata' Discovery. After Zombor, before getting the Hero Medal --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.Assorted. Between getting the Hero Medal and Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.The Gurus. After you get the Masamune, before you give it to Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Frog and Magus. After Frog has the Masamune, before facing Magus for the first time --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.The Reptites. After beating Magus and before the Tyrano Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.The Prophet. After Tyrano Lair, before Lavos in the Ocean Palace --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.The Girls Chat. After seeing Schala opening the door (don't charge your pendant) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.No Crono. Don't revive Crono. 12a Have the Epoch 12b Don't have the Epoch --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.Complete Ending. Do all of the subquests and revive Crono. 13a Have the Epoch 13b Don't have the Epoch You get New Game + this way. --------------------------------------------------------------------- So there are all the endings, I won't spoil them for you. I mean, what happens in them. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5)Beat Spekkio! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Like many other people I know, at first I had trouble beating Spekkio. So here's a guide on how to beat him and what you'll get after you do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono on Level 1-19 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spekkio will have 800HP, and will appear as a white Kiwala. Honestly, this is quite easy. Put Marle and Lucca in your party, and fire up the elemental spells, and including the Triple Tech. You get 1 Magic Tab and 5 Ethers for winning. From RPGenius- At Level 11 Spekkio is actually a frog. Magus:Okay, I made a mistake then. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono on Level 20-29 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spekkio will have 2200 HP, and will appear as a blue Goblin. Just use the same tactic from above, maybe use Ayla. You'll get 1 Magic Tab and five Mid-Ethers for winning. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono on Level 30-39 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spekkio will have 4800 HP, and will appear as a red Omnicrone. I suggest using Crono, Frog and Robo. Robo can heal while Frog and Crono can do some serious damage via Swordstream and Spire. Triple Raid is good too, you'll get 1 Magic Tab and 5 Full Ethers for your efforts. From Cosmo2- On Spekio Level 30-39, you mentioned that Triple Raid might help, however, all physical attacks always miss on Spekkio. Magus: I'm pretty sure that didn't. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono on Level 40-98 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spekkio will have 10000 HP, and will appear as Masa & Mune. It's hard, now that you have Magus, wait until you get his Dark Matter spell. Combine that with Crono and Frog and you are unstoppable. You'll get 1 Magic Tab, 1 Speed Tab, 1 Power Tab and 10 Elixirs for your efforts. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono on Level ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spekkio will have 20000 HP, and will appear as a pink Nu. This is hard. But stick to the Crono, Magus/Robo, Frog formula and you will be fine. For your efforts you'll get a whopping ten of each: Magic Tabs, Power Tabs, Speed Tabs and Megaelixirs!!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6)Item List --------------------------------------------------------------------- Selling things nets you half of the price that you bought it at. Fangs, Feathers, Horns, Petals-Exchanged for items in the Ioka Hut. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Barrier- Increases magic defense by 1/3, or cuts magic hits by 1/3. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bike Key- Lets you ride the jet bike. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chrono Trigger- Lets you revive Crono. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Clone- Also lets you revive Crono. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dreamstone- Lets you forge the Masamune. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Elixir- Restores one member's HP and MP to the max. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ether- Restores 10 MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Ether- Restores 60 MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Tonic- Restores 500 HP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gate Key- Lets you use the gates to warp around. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal- Heals ally of all status. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hyper Ether- Restores all MP for one ally. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerky- Give to a lady in Porre. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lapis- Restores 200 HP for all allies. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic Tab- Ups Magic by 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Megaelixir- Restores the party's HP and MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mid Ether- Restores 30 MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mid Tonic- Restores 200 MP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Moon Stone- Vital for a sub-quest. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pendant- Open seals. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Meal- Recovers from "?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Tab- Ups Power by 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prism Shard- To prove King Guardia's innocence. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Race Log- Records your Jet Bike speed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Revive- Revives an ally from the dead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Knife- The Masamune, needed to destroy the Mammon Machine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Seed- Hope for the people in the future. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shelter- Recovers party's HP and MP at a Save Point. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shield- Ups physical defense by 1/3, or cuts attacks by 1/3. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Speed Tab- Ups Speed by 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Stone- A charged Moon Stone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Toma's Pop- Sprinkle this on Toma's grave. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tonic - Restores 50 HP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tools- Give this to the person in Choras. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra Key- Free the Chancellor. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7)Accessories,Armors,Helmets and Weapons --------------------------------------------------------------------- Accessories --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amulet Equipped by Magus, Prevents Status Change If you beat him you'll recieve this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bandana Equipped in Speed +1 beginning --------------------------------------------------------------------- Berserker Lab 16, Attack automatically 65 Million B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Rock Kajar Lets you use triple tech Dark Eternal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Rock Giant's Claw Lets you use triple tech Omega Flare --------------------------------------------------------------------- Charm Top 2300 A.D (Sealed Success of Charm up chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dash Ring Ozzie's Fort Speed +3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Defender Cathedral Vigor +2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea Vest Defeat Flea in Magic Defense +12 Ozzie's Fort --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frenzy Band Giant's Claw 80% Counter attack rate --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Erng 2300 A.D (Sealed Maximum HP up by 50% chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Rock Denadoro Mts. Lets you use triple tech Grand Dream --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Stud 2300 A.D (Sealed MP use cut by 75% chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hero Medal Denadoro Mts. Ups critical hit rate of Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hit Ring 2300 A.D (Sealed Strike +10 Chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic Ring Death Peak Magic +6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic Seal Black Omen Magic and Magic Defense up --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic Scarf Cursed Woods, Magic +2 Heckran's Lair, Magus' Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Muscle Ring Whirlpool Vigor +6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Ring Guardia Forest Power +6 (Sealed Chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Seal Black Omen Attack, defense, power and vigor up --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Glove 600 A.D (First Power +2 visit) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Power Scarf Ayla is equipped Power +4 with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prism Specs Guardia Castle, Maximum attack power Rainbow Shell quest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rage Band Sewer Access 50% Counter attack rate --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ribbon Marle is equipped Strike +2 with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sight Scope Lucca is equipped Shows enemy's HP with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver Erng Denadoro Mountain Maximum HP up by 25% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver Rock Laruba Ruins, Lets you use triple tech Spin Strike 65 Million B.C, from the Nu --------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver Stud Denadoro Mountain MP use cut by 50% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Speed Belt Cathedral, Magus' Speed +2 Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Shades Lucca's House, Sun Ups attack power Stone quest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Eye Nu at the Hunting 2x Evade Grounds --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wall Ring Death Peak Magic Defense +10 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallet 2300 A.D (Sealed Turns Exp. into G chest) --------------------------------------------------------------------- White Rock Black Omen Lets you use triple tech Poyozo Dance --------------------------------------------------------------------- Armors --------------------------------------------------------------------- Selling these nets you half of the price that you would buy it at. Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aeon Suit Ocean Palace, Defense +75 9000 Whirlpool --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Mail 1000 A.D, sealed Defense +70, Absorbs "Shadow" ---- chest (upgrade) hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Vest 600/1000 A.D, Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of ---- sealed chest "Shadow" hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Mail 1000 A.D, sealed Defense +70, Absorbs "Water" ---- chest (upgrade) hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Vest 600/1000 A.D, Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of ---- sealed chest "Water" hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bronze Mail Guardia Castle Defense +16 520 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Mail Magus' Lair Defense +45, Magic Defense +5 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flash Mail Man in Terra Cave Defense +64 8500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloom Cape Magus is equipped Defense +84 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Suit Porre Market Defense +39 1300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hide Tunic Crono is equipped Defense +5 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron Suit Man at Trann Dome Defense +25 800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Karate Gi Man at Leene Defense +10 300 Square --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lode Vest Mountain of Woe Defense +71 8500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lumin Robe 2300 A.D, sealed Defense +63, Magic Defense +5 6500 chest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Maiden Suit Cathedral Defense +18 560 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Meso Mail Tyrano Lair, Defense +52 ---- Dactyl's Nest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mist Robe Magus' Lair Defense +54 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Moon Armor Northern Ruins, Defense +85, Magic Defense +10 ---- 1000 A.D, sealed chest (upgrade) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nova Armor Northern Ruins, Defense +82, Protects status ---- 600 A.D, sealed chest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prism Dress Rainbow Shell Defense +99, Cuts Magic attack ---- quest by 1/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Raven Armor Ozzie's Fort Defense +76 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Mail 1000 A.D, sealed Defense +70, Absorbs "Fire" ---- chest (upgrade) hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Vest 600/1000 A.D, Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of ---- sealed chest "Fire" hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Armor Ioka Trading Hut Defense +78, Cuts "Fire" by 80% ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Vest Ioka Trading Hut Defense +45, Cuts "Fire" by 50% ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Taban Suit Lucca's House, Defense +79, Speed +3/"Fire" ---- late game guard up --------------------------------------------------------------------- Taban Vest Lucca's House, Defense +33, Speed +2/"Fire" ---- early game guard up --------------------------------------------------------------------- Titan Vest Factory Defense +32 1200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- White Mail 1000 A.D, sealed Defense +70, Absorbs "Lightning"---- chest (upgrade) hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- White Vest 600/1000 A.D, Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of ---- sealed chest "Lightning" hits --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zodiac Cape Black Omen Defense +80, Magic Defense +10 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Helmets --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aeon Helm Ocean Palace, Defense +33 7800 Desert Whirlpool --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beret Porre Market Defense +17 700 --------------------------------------------------------------------- BronzeHelm Leene Square Defense +8 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CeraTopper Ayla is equipped Defense +23 ---- with this (I think) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Helm Death Peak Defense +35, Cuts "Shadow" hits ---- by 50% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloom Helm Magus is equipped Defense +42, Protects status ---- with this (I think) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glow Helm Man in Terra Cave Defense +25 2300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Helm Guardia Castle Defense +18 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Haste Helm Black Omen Defense +35, 50% less time ---- between attacks --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hide Cap Crono is equipped Defense +3 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron Helm Trann Dome Defense +14 500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lode Helm Mountain of Woe Defense +29 6500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Memory Cap Death Peak, Defense +30, Prevents "Lock" 20000 Whirlpool --------------------------------------------------------------------- MermaidCap Steal from Imp in Defense +35, Cuts "Water" hit ---- Terra Cave by 50% --------------------------------------------------------------------- OzziePants Steal from Ozzie Defense +45, Whenever in battle,---- in Ozzie's Fort you'll have a status effect --------------------------------------------------------------------- Prism Helm Rainbow Shell Defense +40, Magic Defense +9, ---- quest locks status --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Helm Steal from Imp in Defense +35, Cuts "Lightning" ---- Terra Cave hit by 50% --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rock Helm Ioka Hut, Reptite Defense +20 ---- Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Safe Helm Forest Pyramid Defense +38, Cuts physical ---- damage by 1/3, or ups defense by 1/3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sight Cap Ozzie's Fort, Defense +30, Prevents "Chaos" 20000 Rainbow Shell quest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Taban Helm Lucca's House Defense +24, Magic Defense +10 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Time Hat Mountain of Woe Defense +30, Prevents "Stop" 30000 and "Slow" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vigil Hat Black Omen, Geno Defense +36, Protects status 50000 Dome --------------------------------------------------------------------- Weapons --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Aeon Blade Ioka Hut Attack +70 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alloy Blade Man in Terra Cave Attack +110 21000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bolt Sword Sewer Access Attack +25 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Demon Edge Man in Terra Cave Attack +90, 1.5x hit on Mg 17000 enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flint Edge Ioka Hut Attack +40 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron Blade Melchoir; Leene Attack +7 350 Square --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kali Blade Northern Ruins Attack +150 ---- sealed chest 600 A.D/1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lode Sword Melchoir; Leene Attack +20 4000 Square, Lab 16 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mop Charm from Nu at Attack +1 ---- Hunting Grounds --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainbow Rainbow Shell Attack +220, 70% critical hit ---- quest rate --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Katana Melchior's Hut Attack +30, Magic +2 4500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shiva Edge Northern Ruins Attack +170, 4x damage at ---- sealed chest, critical 1000 A.D (upgrade) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slasher Steal from Slash, Attack +43, Speed +2 ---- Magus' Lair --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slasher 2 Steal from Super Attack +155 ---- Slash, Ozzie's Fort --------------------------------------------------------------------- Star Sword Ocean Palace Attack +125 25000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steel Saber Cathedral Attack +15 800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Swallow Forest Pyramid Attack +145, Speed +3 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vedic Blade Death Peak Attack +135 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wood Sword Crono is equipped Attack +3 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bronze Bow Marle is equipped Attack +3 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Comet Arrow Man in Terra Cave Attack +80 7800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Bow 65 Million B.C Attack +60 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron Bow Truce Market Attack +15 850 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lode Bow Lab 16 Attack +20 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Bow Factory Attack +25 2850 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sage Bow Ioka Hut Attack +40 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Siren Northern Ruins, Attack +140, Random "Stop" ---- sealed chest, 600 A.D/1000 A.D --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonic Arrow Ocean Palace Attack +100, Random "Slow" 10000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Valkerye Northern Ruins, Attack +180 ---- sealed chest, 1000 A.D (upgrade) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Gun Lucca is equipped Attack +5 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Auto Gun Man at Trann Dome Attack +15 Not Much --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dart Gun Truce Market Attack +7 800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream Gun Ioka Hut Attack +60 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Megablast Terra Cave Attack +80 9800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Plasma Gun Factory Attack +25, Random "Stop" on 3200 machines --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Gun Ioka Hut Attack +40 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shock Wave Ocean Palace Attack +110, Random "Chaos" 11000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wonder Shot Sun Stone quest, Attack +250, Damage can vary ---- Lucca's place --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bent Hilt Frog's House Attack +0, Necessary to ---- recover Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bent Sword Denadoro Mts, from Attack +0, Necessary to ---- Masa and Mune recover Masamune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brave Sword Death Peak Attack +135, 2x hit for ---- Mg enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bronze Edge Frog is equipped Attack +6 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Demon Hit Ocean Palace Attack +120, 2x hit for ---- Mg enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flash Blade Man in Terra Cave Attack +90 18000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Iron Sword Cathedral Attack +10 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masamune Melchoir fixes Attack +75 ---- this for you --------------------------------------------------------------------- *Masamune Cyrus' Grave, Attack +200, 2x hit for ---- Northern Ruins Mg enemies quest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pearl Edge Man in Terra Cave? Attack +105, 1.5x hit for 22000 Mg enemies --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rune Blade Ocean Palace Attack +120, Magic +4 24000 *Masamune being the Masamune 2nd Edition, after you complete the Northern Ruins Quest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Big Hand Man in Terra Cave? Attack +105 18000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crisis Arm Geno Dome quest Attack +1, Attack changes below ---- 10 HP --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doom Finger Magus' Lair Attack +50 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Arm Death Peak Attack +135 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hammer Arm Factory Attack +25 3500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kaiser Arm Ocean Palace Attack +120 21000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magma Hand Ioka Hut Attack +70 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Megaton Arm Man in Terra Cave Attack +90 15000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mirage Hand Denadoro Mountains?Attack +30 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stone Arm Ioka Hut Attack +40 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terra Arm Geno Dome Attack +150 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tin Arm Robo is equipped Attack +20 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Where Found Ability/ies Cost(If Needed) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dark Scythe Magus is equipped Attack +120 ---- with this --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doom Sickle Ozzie's Fort Attack +160, Attack up when ---- ally falls --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hurricane ???? Attack +135 35000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Star Scythe Death Peak Attack +150 ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10)Upgrading? What? and what's this New Game +? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upgrading is the art of waiting patiently to get better items. I'm talking about the sealed chests. When you go up to them in 600 A.D, examine it and choose not to take the object out. Then, go to 1000 A.D, pick up the "upgraded" item, then return to 600 A.D and recieve the normal item. And the New Game +. Well, to get it, you've got to complete everything the walkthrough says, you can't skip a subquest, kill Magus, or not revive Crono. After you're done, reset the console, and you'll get a New Game + option that allows you to start a New Game, while retaining the level and items, weapons, armor etc. of an already saved save slot. Cool, huh? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11)FAQs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. How long will this take to finish? A. Improper, low levels, and no sub-quests will probably be 20 hours plus. Follow the guide, good high levels and all sub-quests? 40 hours plus, but it's worth it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. When i walk into the Trann Dome in Chrono, all I can see is smoke. Is that how it is supposed to be? It's a ROM. Would that have anything to do with that, or is that how it looks in the SNES cart? Please help!!! A. No, use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer. From Xerain: Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is better to change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put it to one of the 16B settings. Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 320x240x16B VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution. These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them (If you even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come up with any more tips I'll be sure to let you know. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. When I'm in the Arris Dome, entering the password, I enter it but can't seem to go anywhere, help? A. A door opens on the top right-hand corner, and a platform should drop. Hold L,R and then press A, that might work. I've had many questions about this, it's usually just the way you're pressing the buttons. From Alan Berck: Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order. From Mitchell Mebane: I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few tips for you. You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM, it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD. I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file (ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys, this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain them, though.) Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.) Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a good keyboard :-) There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think. Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out. Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. I've noticed that sometimes in battle the screen will flash when I make an attack, and the damage I do will be much more. How do I do this; is it random or am I doing something to make it happen? A. It's called a critical hit. This is random, although there are some items which up your critical hit rating (see the list). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. Is there a certain level you need to be on to defeat a boss? A. No, not really, but from the last boss you fought till the next one, you should at least gain 3 or 4 levels, if not 6. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. Where's the Frenzy Band? A. Good question. Anyone know? Send in to shinra9@yahoo.com From Prodius72: I have some info regarding your FAQ you recently posted about Chrono Trigger. It's a great FAQ, and i wanted to contribute, so here it is: im pretty sure i know where to find the Frenzy Band. i have it right now in my game and i have narrowed it down to a few possible places that i could have gotten it from, so this could drastically narrow your search: It could be in 600 ad in the mountain castle where you get the rainbow shell in a chest, or it could be in 2300 AD in either Geno Dome or one of those small domes where you just walk in and open the door w/ the pendant. It could even be in a dome w/ people, but its definately not in the sewer access or anything like that. Sorry, i cant remember the exact location, but if your still looking for it this should narrow your search. Later. Magus: It's in the Giant's Claw of 600 A.D, in the room to the left of the one where there are the monsters and switches, you'll know when you see it. From RPGenius- This item gives u a 80% chance of counterhit, just like the Rage band except Rage band is only 50%. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. If you have the Chrono Trigger (CT) instruction booklet, you'll notice that under The Weapons List there is somthing called the Fleaver. Being one of the best CT players I know, I have come to think that it is for Crono, IF by any chance it's real. I've found everything in the game, so I'm really anxious to find something new, and also to see what color it is (cuz' I only keep the coolest looking swords/weapons!) A. I'm pretty sure (from other sources) that the Fleaver was changed at the last moment to the Slasher. Any know the real story? Or am I right? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.How do you get in the basement in 2300A.D. from the Arrisdome? and Q.Hello, i would like to say that you have a great sight and your SDIII and CT guides are without a doubt, the best out there, however, i did not write you just to kiss your ass, For i have just spent the last half hour playing Chrono trigger for the Snes9x trying to enter in the damn password for the console in the underground dome. (the one with the two consoles and the rat). i know that the code is L+R+A but when i go to the right console, it just doesn't work. In your guide you say, "it's how you push the buttons" but beleive me, i have tried every possible way there is and have not gotten any results. Is it the Snes9x? Am I just a big idiot? Does God hate me? How have others solved this problem? Any further help you could give me would be great because im desparate to finish this masterpiece. Thank you for your time and keep writing those great game guides. A.Okay. This is the question that EVERYONE asks. HOLD L&R (L, not left, R, not right), then press A. Do this at the right booth. A door should open up in the top right hand corner! Enter! From Alan Berck: Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order. From Mitchell Mebane: I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few tips for you. You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM, it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD. I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file (ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys, this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain them, though.) Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.) Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a good keyboard :-) There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think. Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out. Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hello. I've recently downloaded Chrono Trigger for my ZSNES player and it's working great, except that after I press the Y button to go to the Character Swap screen, it freezes when I try to quit the menu. Do you have any tips for me to get around this? When Ayla joins the team, you are forced to get her on your team via this screen, so I can't further my game until I can figure out a way around this problem. Thank you for your time. (This problem encountered by two people) A.Okay, first sorry for the late response. These two mails got lost in the mountains of mail I recieve a day. Now this seems to be a really common problem! The only thing I can think of that is wrong is that the site where you got this from has a dodgy ROM. If you could both tell me the site from which you acquired the ROM, and if they are the same, that's probably your problem. From Tabitha Jensen- You've got to play with sounds on (find the option in your emulator). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.This may seem like a dumb question, but is there any way to save Schala? I've noticed that if you have Magus, one of the ending variations is of him searching for her. I thought maybe because of the subquest where you're supposed to save someone close to you that your supposed to save her. A.I'd love to save her, but unfortunately you can't. Sorry! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.i was just wondering if you could tell me more clearly how to get Crono back. i went to his house, but his clone wasn't here. thanks A.This part is detailed at the start, at the Leene Square fair. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hello I was looking at your faq and when i was told to enter domes the dome was just blanketed in cloudes and i couldnt see the players. But I'am using an emulator since i missed the cahnce to buy chrono trigger iam just wondering if i could take away these clouds so i can see what to do when iam in a certain dome thanks alot A. Okay. Here it is again: Use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer. From Xerain: Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is better to change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put it to one of the 16B settings. Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 320x240x16B VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution. These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them (If you even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come up with any more tips I'll be sure to let you know. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. just wondering some thing , i use to always go with Crono Alya and marle..but is Frog good enough to replace alya? i mean i would have to start giving him some magic tabs but my frog is at lvl28 while alya is at lvl 29 and im at the Zeal Place... A. Sure! Just build up those levels! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Also i dont get it ....useing the stones like the black or gold stone to pull off a triple tech...but crono isnt in it and i forgot...couldnt you not get rid of crono outta your party? A. Well, Crono is unavailable for a while at the end... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.b4 you enter the right door in the way back where you see the Nu and a guy trying to make "tabs" i forgot how you make the Nu talk to you or give you some magic tabs.........but what really werid is before you enter the room to the right there are two book Caes and the 2nd one above that theres something Sparkling..wondering if i could get it? A.Hmm...I don't think so. For either question. From JDemon14: hey i just wanna say that your FAQ is great. i was looking at the questions and 1 of the questions was about a shining object on top of the double bookcases and you said you doubt it can be reached but it can. to get it you have to go in the room with the people making the tabs and check the wall on the bottom right and you'll get the object. the object is a tab but i don't remember which 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.where can i get a doom sickle for magus? A.In Ozzie's Fort. It's right here- After that, you'll be in a room with Ozzie and a treasure chest. Ignore it, and head to the exit. An Imp will try to take it but die. Ozzie will run. Grab the chest, and before exiting, go to the very right wall and go down to reach a secret room with Magus' best equipment. Now go out and face Ozzie, Flea and Slash. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Do you know what Level ** for chrono is or means. I used the game genie code because i was curious. Does it mean that he stays the same level because he never gains levels, hp, or mp. i heard it means that he's on level 99 but why doesn't he hav enough hp and mp. i don't get it. can u help me out? A.I think it does mean level 99. as for the hp/mp thing, I think it's because of the codes, that you can't make them higher. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Arg, with the subquest where you revive Crono, the first part, the first doll thing that helps you when it turns into a tree. Ok, well the problem is I get behind it, but the wind still blows me away. I've even leaned against the tree. Is there any reason for this? A.Push up against the tree. Keep moving up against it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.i need help i am in 2300 a.d and the than dome and the arris dome are all fogged up and i cant findgaurdian A. Okay. Here it is again (AGAIN AND AGAIN!!! DO PEOPLE READ AT ALL?) Use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer. From Xerain: Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is better to change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put it to one of the 16B settings. Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 320x240x16B VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution. These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them (If you even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come up with any more tips I'll be sure to let you know. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hello. I just got back Chrono on CT but i have a question... In your FAQ it said that to have Magus in your party u have to NOt fight him when youu meet him at that one plac in 12000 BC. Before reading your FAQ i didnt know better and i fought him anyway. Is there a way i can get Magus on my team besides doing a plus game? A.Sorry, but I think you're stuffed. I believe there's no way to get him back. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.ok ok ok .. i know chrono trigger is a very old game but i still think it rocks!!! (Magus: HELL YEAH!) so anyway ... during "the fated hour" if you talk to the old man at the end of time he'll tell you of different quests and stuff you can do to get more exp and shittos like that ... but there's one i did not find on your walkthrough at GameFAQs ... what is the solution to the subquest where the old man says "one of you is close to someone in danger, find this person FAST" A.That's the Black Omen/Zeal Palace/Queen Zeal quest. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.sorry to bother you but, I am here in the game 2300 A.D Enter the door at the top. You will see a dead person, and grab some seeds off him. Open the chest, head back to catch the rat. Hold B down to run, and A to catch it. Once you do, it will tell you that the passcode is L&R&A. Go back, re-surfacing to use the Enertron if needed, and then enter then passcode at the console with a sparkling thing on it. A door on the right will open, enter it. any way i am using the snes9x emulator and whenever i try to press in lr then a nothing at all happens! u know why? Please reply as soon as possible if needed. Thank you and God bless. and Q.Sup dude. This is kinda wierd (actually just sad) but I just recently downloaded SNES's Chrono Trigger Rom for my pc. I am in some futuristic world called Arris Dome and I kinda need your help. I talked to all the people there, bought some good stuff from that merchant, went down into the hole, killed the boss with the 2 little minions, found the dead man with the seed/secret of the rat, caught the rat and know the password. Unfortunately, when I go back to the computer console, I can't type in the password. I know that the password is Left, Right, A but the game isn't allowing me to enter it in. Do you what I am doing wrong? I tried it for like 30 minutes, but it just won't let me, and without it apparently I won't be able to get any further because in your walkthrough it says I need to find out that the world is going to be destroyed in 1999 and that when I tell this to Doan, he will give me the key to the bike. I would appreciate any help you could offer. Thank and I appreciate it. P.S.: Attached to this message are the saved games. The first 2 saved slots is after I killed the boss, found the dead man with the seed/secret of the rat, and finally caught the rat. As you can see (if you want) I can't input the password that the rat told me. The third slot is after I killed the boss, and found the dead man with the seed/secret of the rat but not catching the rat. As you can see (again if you want) at this point Lucca still tells me that there is a password needed for the console to open the right door. So basically when I catch the rat and learn the password I lose the ability to use that information to enter into the computer console for some reason?:( A. Finally! I've got your solution!!! From Alan Berck: Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order. From Mitchell Mebane: I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few tips for you. You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM, it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD. I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file (ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys, this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain them, though.) Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.) Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a good keyboard :-) There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think. Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out. Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hello, Magus I was seaching through Gamefaqs, and i found your document. I've got a question to ask you aobut chrono trigger: Currently in my game, all my characters are unable to learn future TECHS, such as Magus can learn only up to Dark bomb, cuz the next tech requires 60000+ tech points, which will take forever. So everyone's tech has stopped tracks, which means i have not seen any of those dual or triple techs. But anywayz, do you have a clue why its like this? A.Yes. It's called a challenge. Don't stop building up those tech points, it is possible!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hi Magus. First off, thanx for this awesome walkthrough of Chrono Trigger, it's seriously helped me. Right now, I'm on Zeal, and that MP buster is seriously hurting me. I don't know how to equip items like Mega Elixer to save my MP. How do you eqip items?!? A.Equip items? No, when it's your turn to make a move, instead of hitting attack or tech, select Item, and then you'll have a full list of your items. Select the item you wish to use, and voila. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hey Magus, what's up? I have a question about Chrono Trigger. I can't find the Crono clone! I'm using your guide to the game. The only thing I might have screwed up on is that I got the clone after I lost Crono, not before,in the very begining of the game. I've searched all over the game world, but to no avail. Help me out here! A.Yup, I reckon you've stuffed it big time, as the clone is only available at the start. From Blank Sinatra: -You can go back and play the house of horrors game, and aquire the clone after chrono goes to the big Gate in the sky. Just build up those silver points and practice your mimicing skills. After you win the clone itll be sitting in chrono's bedroom. From Urs: -It appears to me that the clone´s availability depends on which part of the game you are in. I got it after some serious action, after I defeated Magus for the first time in 600BC. It is now in my room and ready and waiting to help me revive Crono (or so I think as he just vanished 5 minutes ago.) At an earlier point of the game I went back to the present and completed the 2nd house of horrors game without getting the clone, so I tried again later and-Bingo-there it was. From MoleHybrid: -I'd just like to say, you CAN get the Chrono clone after the beginning of the game. When Belthasar's clone (the Nu) tells you about it,you can win it afterward.Go into the tent of horrors, and give the guy the silver points. You just have to pay money if you mess up this time, more if you mess up earlier. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Hey i Jus was Lookin throuGH my old rpgs and i Picked Up CHroNo trIggER. i started playin it again and i got to magus at the north cape(second battle.) Well i have always gotton him before when beating the game but this time i decided to fight him. well i killed him and i was wondering when the FroG(glenn) would turn back into a human. i have looked through all the walkthroughs and none of them say n e thing about when the frog turns bak to glenn if u fight magus. pLeasE write bak thank your so much. A.I think he turns back into a human in the ending. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.I have Chrono Trigger on my Computer and I'm using Snemul. I read your Faq and thought you might be able to help me. Whenever I get in a battle, Magus attacks one of his own team members or he attacks without me telling him to. He has that funny star on his head too and he won't stop until I heal him or he gets attacked. What is the problem and how can I solve it? A.This means he's in Chaos mode. You're probably wearing the Ozzie Pants, if you're not, then you've been hit with a status change by the enemy. The item Heal will fix this. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.I have a question for your Chrono Trigger FAQ: Where is Marle's best weapon, The Valkerye? A.Northern Ruins (A Ghost Called Cyrus quest). It needs to be upgraded however. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.How do you open up the black boxes? A.You need to charge up the pendant in 12000BC first. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.After defeating Son of Sun, I can't seem to get the Stone in the door!!! A.There's no door...it's on a platform. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10)Charm List --------------------------------------------------------------------- I've only listed enemies that you can Charm something from. I might consider doing a HP/MP enemy list. Maybe. Monster Place Charm Twin Charm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Acid Factory Barrier --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alien Black Omen Magic Tab Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibite Hunting Grounds 2 Horns 2 Horns --------------------------------------------------------------------- Anion Hunting Grounds 2 Petals 2 Petals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Avian Rex Dactyl's Nest Feather --------------------------------------------------------------------- Azala Tyrano Lair Magic Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bantam Imp Mountainn of Woe AlloyBlade --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beast Terra Cave Rainbow Helm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bellbird Denadoro Mountain Heal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Tyrano Tyrano Lair Power Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob Black Omen Barrier Magic Ring --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Beast Terra Cave MermaidCap --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Scout Ocean Palace Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cave Ape Tyrano Lair Fang --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cave Bat Heckran's Cave Revive --------------------------------------------------------------------- Croaker Hunting Grounds 2 Fangs 2 Fangs --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cybot Black Omen HyperEther Power Meal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton Ocean Palace Power Meal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton Plus Epoch Power Meal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Debuggest Geno Dome Elixir Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Defunct Northern Ruins Elixir Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Display Geno Dome Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Evilweevil Reptite Lair Dream Gun Feather --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fly Trap Reptite Lair Dream Bow Petal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea Plus Ozzie's Fort Flea Vest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flyclops Black Omen Gold Stud --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fossil Ape Giant's Claw Lapis MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Free Lancer Denadoro Mountain Barrier --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gargoyle Mountain of Woe Big Hand --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gato Leene Square Power Meal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Gaia, Head Mountain of Woe Speed Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Mutant, Bottom Black Omen Hit Ring --------------------------------------------------------------------- Giga Mutant, Top Black Omen Wall Ring --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gigasaur Giant's Claw Barrier Ruby Armor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gnasher Cathedral Revive --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold Eaglet Forest Maze Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golem Zeal Palace Magic Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Goon Black Omen Elixir Nova Armor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Ozzie Ozzie's Fort OzziePants --------------------------------------------------------------------- Green Imp Guardia Forest Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hetake Guardia Forest Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hexapod Sunken Desert Barrier Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Incognito Black Omen MuscleRing --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ion Hunting Grounds 2 Feathers 2 Feathers --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jinn Ocean Palace Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jinn Bottle Heckran's Cave Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kilwala Mystic Mountains Petal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Krawlie Sewer Access Mid Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn, Head Death Peak Elixir Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn, Head Black Omen Haste Helm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn, Shell Black Omen Safe Helm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laser Guard Geno Dome Full Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Leaper Giant's Claw Elixir Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lizardactyl Giant's Claw HyperEther --------------------------------------------------------------------- Macabre Death Peak Ether Full Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mage Northern Ruins Barrier --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus North Cape MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mammon M. Black Omen MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Man Eater Mountain of Woe Pearl Edge --------------------------------------------------------------------- Martello Black Omen HyperEther --------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Eater Lab 16 Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Mutant, Bottom Black Omen Vigil Hat --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Mutant, Top Black Omen Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Megasaur Reptite Lair Aeon Blade Fang --------------------------------------------------------------------- Metal Mute Black Omen HyperEther --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mohavor Sunken Desert Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- MotherBrain Geno Dome Blue Mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mud Imp Terra Cave Speed Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel Reptite Lair Third Eye --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel II Tyrano Lair Third Eye --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nu Hunting Grounds Mop --------------------------------------------------------------------- Octopod Lab 16 Mid Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ogan Denadoro Mountain Shield --------------------------------------------------------------------- Omnicrone Magus' Lair Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ozzie Ozzie's Fort OzziePants --------------------------------------------------------------------- Panel Black Omen Speed Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Poly TruceCanyn Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Proto 2 Arris Dome Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Proto 3 Factory Full Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Proto 4 Geno Dome Barrier Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rain Frog Hunting Grounds 2 Feathers 2 Feathers --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reaper Northern Ruins Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Beast Terra Cave Elixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Scout Ocean Palace Barrier --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reptite Tyrano Lair Mid Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Reptite Reptite Lair Magma Hand Petal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Retinite, circular Sunken Desert Speed Tab core thingy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rolypoly Heckran's Cave Mid Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruminator Black Omen MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Runner Mystic Mountains Horn --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rust Tyrano Giant's Claw Red Mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scouter Ocean Palace Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sentry Northern Ruins Full Ether HyperEther --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shist Dactyl Nest Petal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shitake Reptite Lair Petal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Son of Sun, Eye Sun Palace Black Mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- Son of Sun, Fire- Sun Palace Elixir balls --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stone Imp Mountain of Woe Mid Ether --------------------------------------------------------------------- Super Slash Ozzie's Fort Slasher 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Synchrite Black Omen Gold Erng HyperEther --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tadpole Cursed Woods Mid Tonic --------------------------------------------------------------------- TerraMutant, Bottom Black Omen Power Seal --------------------------------------------------------------------- TerraMutant, Top Black Omen MuscleRing --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terrasaur Tyrano Lair Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tubster Black Omen Elixir Power Tab --------------------------------------------------------------------- Volcano Tyrano Lair Lapis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Winged Ape Forest Maze Fang Ruby Vest --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra XIII Guardia Castle MegaElixir White Mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal Black Omen MegaElixir MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal, Left Arm Black Omen Prism Helm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal , Face Black Omen MegaElixir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zeal, Right Arm Black Omen PrismDress --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11)Tips --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Benjamin Han: There is actually a easier way to beat twin Golem. First you cast boogie. Then cast twister two times. then use boogie again then repeat step two. Keep on doing this until you kill it. (twister does over 2,000 points of damage). --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Matthew Pace: I'm sorry but this Benjamin Han person is stupid (Magus:a bit harsh?). The easiest way to kill the Golem Twins is for Chrono to use Luminaire and Lucca and Frog to use Frog Flare. This takes a lot of magic but you can get it back before any more real major battles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Cosmo2- Sorry to send you another mail, but I thought you might like to tell players the following about Lucca and Marle. Lucca's attack magic is second only to Magus's. I recently started over complete, New Game-not+. Lucca, who is now Lv24, has about 35mag, while everyone else only has from 15 to 20 (except Marle, who has 27). This makes up for the fact that her shots are weak until very late in the game, about when you lose Chrono, and her Wonder Shot can do some kick&%$#@ damage. Mine once did 4000+ with one hit, but since the damage is random, it sometimes does a measly 25-50. Also, even though Marle's HP and physical stats are low in the first 50 or so Lvls, she's still worthhaving along for your high MP and her array of curative magics. I have a suggestion for Blackbird. With Ayla and two others, as you said, take all the good EQ off your party members, so that all your good Eq is in your Items list. The items chest is one of the easiest to find, and once you do find it, you have the best armor and weapons for all three people. The thing is, once you find the actual chests containing the weaker armor you had earlier, you have to re-equip the good armor. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From MettleGoblet: If you manage to kill the lavos spawn shell on death mountain it gives MEGA experience because it has 20,000 hp and it may also give you a prism edge --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Alan Berck: Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order. Also, on the black bird, if you don't get any of the stuff back, you'll find most of it on the Epoch. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Mitchell Mebane: I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few tips for you. You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM, it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD. I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file (ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys, this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain them, though.) Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.) My other tip is a way to get TONS of money. When you're leveling up on the Hunting Range in 65,000,000 B.C., wait until you've got 99 Petals, Fangs, Horns, and Feathers. Now, go trade them for stuff (it doesn't really matter what.) In the hut with the trade guy, it's the top right one, you can buy stuff from a guy (with regular money, not the trade stuff.) Sell the stuff you traded for to this guy. Since the trade stuff is practically useless later on, except to get the Ruby Armor, this is a GREAT way to get rich. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From JDemon14: hey i just wanna say that your FAQ is great. i was looking at the questions and 1 of the questions was about a shining object on top of the double bookcases and you said you doubt it can be reached but it can. to get it you have to go in the room with the people making the tabs and check the wall on the bottom right and you'll get the object. the object is a tab but i don't remember which 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Lone Jester: -I have something else I have to add to your strategy guide on Chrono Trigger. In your FAQ, there was a question about the Nu and the sparkling tabs in Zeal. There is a way to reach that sparkling tab. From where you see the tab,, simply walk in the room and search the wall, and be happy when you find a brand new magic tab. As for the Nu that is in the same room, just go to Zeal Palace and talk to the Nu on the walkway in the middle of the room. He will ask you to scratch his back. When you are done, that music that plays when you find a tab will sound and the screen will say "Found the Nu's scratch point" or something like that. Now head back to the Nu in the library and talk to him. You will scratch his back and he will eventually turn up a magic tab. See you around. -You ever notice in Chrono Trigger that when Lucca gets the Wondershot, her damage she deals to enemies varies a lot (sometimes over 3,000 and other times under 100)? Well, instead of giving Chrono the Prism Specs, give them to Lucca and the Wondershot will live up to it's name by dealing over 5,000 damage to enemies, all depending on what her level is and how many tabs she has been getting (for me, I was at level 86 and the power stat was maxed out.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- From KC135E- Hi, I'd just like to say nice FAQ. However regarding your steal list, if you Twin Charm Yakra XIII you get the Wolf Lobe Blade. Unfortuneatly its not in your inventory when you go to equip it, but its cool to see it just show up on the status bar. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Lord999: Contrary to popular belief, there are TWO ways to get programmer's ending. -1. The way you described, by beating up Lavos right at Mellinial Fair. 2. There is one other way, and it's for the suicidal. The first time you face Zeal in the Underground Palace, she summons Lavos. (It's the part where Chrono gets killed). This fight is near impossible without the best armor, but you can beat Lavos in this form. I believe he has 65,665 hit points. This is near impossible, but I've been able to do it. I'll send you a Zsnes snapshot if you want to prove my point. Oh, and I do own the real game, both PSX and SNES. The same trick works on PSX. -1. That sparkly thing I think is a power tab. This is damn trick that the game plays on you but here it is. Go into the room above the shiny thing. Talk to the Guru and he'll say that those Nu's have hidden some stuff around. Now, go to the middle part of the right corner of room (directly above where you think the shiny thing is) and press A. You'll get a Tab. If you don't fumble around, it's there. 2. Frenzy band. You find it in the Forest Maze in 65 BC. You can steal off those jerks in Black Omen too. It's worthless. All it does is make you beserk forever. Get the Third Eye instead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Owen Yates: I have had extensive experience playing Chrono Trigger, considering I bought it just after it came out. (That's a big achievement down here in Australia (Magus:YES! Aussies rule the world! Well, I'm Chinese, but I live in Australia...that's good enough! Whoo!), I had to pay $130(@ $104 US) for it, and I have never regretted it. Anyway, as I consider myself to be somewhat of an expert on the game, I thought that I would offer some alternative boss strategies. Dragon Tank: I usually attack it with Crono's Cyclone attack, and get Lucca to shoot it in the head Black Tyrano: I usually use Crono, Ayla & Robo in this battle. I keep attacking Azala, and get Crono to cast Lightning 2. When the Black Tyrano gets to the countdown thingy. I usually use Crono & Ayla's double tech Volt Bite which does around a 1000 damage. As well as Robo's Robo Tackle which does around 500. Golem Twins: I usually use Crono, Ayla & Robo for this fight (my favourite team :) ). I get Ayla & Robo to cast the Double Tech boogie, which freezes both of the Golems (not always first time). Then I use Ayla & Crono's Falcon Hit attack, to hit both of them for around 1500 damage. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Patrick: I notice that you state that the Rubble's in the Mt of Woe can only be fought once. Not so! If you fight a Rubble and head to a save point on that SAME level then you will be able to fight the rubble over and over if you reset after you save. Apparently the game brings back all monsters as long as you do not change levels. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Wvyern437: **************************BOSS LIST********************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Lucca Have Crono/Frog use X-strike and Lucca use Flame Toss. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Tank --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca Use regular attacks on the head until it dies, then use Cyclone or Fire Whirl. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robot Dude --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Marle Kill the bits with normal attacks, then concentrate on the body. Fire/Lightning do 0 damage. Hitting the body while the bits are still alive results in a delta counter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo's Pals --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca/Marle (Lucca works better) Use Fire Whirl on the center of each line. Two per line should wrap it up. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Heckran --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Marle Use Lightning and Antipode. When he says, "Go ahead and attack," wait for a counterattack break or you'll get a waterwave down your throat. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Zombor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Marle (the robot sucks!) Use Lightning on the bottom (?) and physical attacks on the top. Heal up, this guy's a pain. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masa and Mune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Robo (sigh) Use Hypno Wave to put them out, then concentrate on one. They can't operate apart. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MasaMune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Robo Use Dual Techs like Fire Punch and Fire Sword (if you've got it) and Slash when he stores his Tornado energy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Whoever Stun him w/Lightning and kill him, it's not rocket science. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slash --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Robo Triple Raid and you'll be rewarded with his nifty sword. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Flea --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Robo Be careful! This chick/dude uses status-effecting magic. Store up on the Heals and Triple Raid or X-strike whenever possible. She doesn't have much HP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Marle This is by far the hardest boss yet. Hit him repeatedly with the Masamune, and wait for his barrier to switch to Water. Then, use Ice Water, Ice Sword, and Swordstream to bring his HP down. When he starts casting a spell, hit him with physical attacks until he casts Dark Matter, then heal up and do it again. He'll die eventually, i promise. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Frog Use physical/lightning techs like Spire and Volt Bite. Charm for a 3rd Eye. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Azala&Black Tyrano --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Frog Arm Fire armor, if available. Use magic on Azala till she dies, then wait for the Black Tyrano to lower its defense. Attack it with your most powerful techs, and brace yourself for the flame attack it uses when the counter hits 0. It also bites you to steal HP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golem --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whoever Good luck, you'll need it. You don't have to kill it, but it really helps in the EXP. department. It copies attacks, physical being the worst, so don't hit it. Change up elemental magic attacks as quickly as possible, because you have a short gap between when it copies and when it attacks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Krawlie --------------------------------------------------------------------- Your best. Hit him hard, he's really easy. Watch out for his attack, though. It lowers you to 1HP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Ayla He's easy, just smack him with powerful techs. He counterattacks with Iron Orb. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GolemTwins --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, your most magic-resistant character. Arm Crono and Frog with White Mail/Vest and open up with Lightning2, then concentrate on each Golem with Spire to chew away the HP. The third person, unless it's Ayla, should simply sit there and heal themselves so they can gain EXP. If it's Ayla, you can use Volt Bite. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doesn't matter. You're gonna die. --------------------------------------------------------------------- GolemBoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whoever's on the Blackbird. Hit him as hard and as fast as you can, because he never attacks and eventually gets away. He's worth a nice chunk of EXP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton Plus --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blackbird folks. He uses opposite magic attacks on you, and a Slash-like attack, along with Iron Orb. Not too tough. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog alone, or three others. This is an optional battle, and I suggest you don't fight it if it's your first time through the game. Magus will join you if you spare him, and his Dark Matter attack is oh so sweet. But if you do choose to battle him, use Frog, and forget the Masamune. Use a Bravesword if you've got one. Wear magic-absorbing armor (doesn't matter what, he uses everything equally it seems) and equip the Frenzy Band. It works beautifully. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Spawn --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus, Ayla, Marle Charm it's head for an Elixir and use Cat Attack and regular attacks on the head. Hitting the shell will result in a nasty needlespin counterattack. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Retinite --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus, Frog, Crono Kill the core with Confuse and use Ice/Water to destroy the leg/body defense. Then use Confuse and alternate from Magus to Frog weakening its defense. Cast spells between every Confuse and it'll drop like a fly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- AtroposXR --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo I hate Robo and I never use him, and I pay for it now because he knows Heal Beam. Here's how you beat Atropos with this crappy robot. Arm the Black Mail to absorb her Laser Spin attacks, your best Hand and Safe Helm if you've got it, and a Frenzy Band. Works perfectly; you might have to heal up with the beam thingy if you don't have the Safe Helm. You're rewarded with her ribbon, which ups his Speed by 3 and Mg. Defense+10. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mother Brain and Display --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robo, Magus, Ayla Charm the Mother Brain for Blue Mail and use a 2nd level element spell to knock out the Displays, then kill the Mother Brain with your best techs. You'll get the Terra Arm (Robo's best weapon) and the Crisis Arm (which sucks but is said to do 9999 damage on a critical hit; never seen it myself). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Son of Sun --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus, Crono, Frog Arm Red Mail/Vest/Armor, you'll need it. Use Black Hole to off some of the flames. It's a guessing game, pick the right flame with a normal attack and it'll hurt him. Pick the wrong one and he'll counterattack. Hit him and he'll counterattack with Flare, the most powerful Fire type spell in the game. So don't do that. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Rust Tyrano --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus, Crono, Ayla Just like the Black Tyrano, without Azala. Don't wait for it to drop its defense, it's already down. Hit it with Triple Kick, Luminaire and Dark Matter (basically, go for the throat). Charm for Red Mail. Heh, coulda used that BEFORE you fought him, right? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra the Somethingth --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle, Ayla, Lucca Charm it for something good, I forget. Twin Charm it for some dummied item (rumor?). Well, use Antipode2/3, whichever you've got, and use Cube Toss (best Ice attack in my opinion). i forgot where i left off, so let me just finish up...i noticed a glitch in the tips section on some CT websites; when they say, "Destroy the left bit first", the player automatically assumes their left, but sometimes they mean the left of the enemy. It's never too clear, so for future reference, I always mean the character's left or right. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Magus, Ayla or Marle This is the easiest boss yet. Lavos will copy previous bosses up to the Black Tyrano; that means HP, defenses and attacks. Easy. Even easier if you fly the Epoch to 1900 AD, but i'm sure that's no mystery to anyone. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Again --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Magus, Ayla or Marle Be sure to have your status-protecting gear on, and don't bother equipping the Charm Top on Ayla, if you've got her. She can't charm Lavos. Instead, give her PrismSpecs or the Greendream or something. He's a bit annoying, but not too tough, even for first time players. He'll open up with mass destruction, so heal up with Ayla (Marle works better). Return fire with Luminaire and Dark Matter, and Triple Kick at every opportunity. When the arms die, wait for Lavos to cast Obstacle (lowers his defense) and lay in on him with your muscle techs. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Core --------------------------------------------------------------------- Whoever you beat Lavo Again with Lavos Core can be quite difficult. Whatever happens, do NOT cast a mass destruction spell when you first get in the battle. He'll counterattack with something nasty like Crying Heavens, which does somewhere around 1000 damage. Instead, Triple Kick the left (that's your left) bit. It should die. Wait for the right bit to lower Lavos' defense, then attack with your Luminaire and Dark Matter. The core is only the muscle of the team, the right bit is the brains. Kill the right bit and your worries are over. It'll revive the others after a time, so be quick about it. Another possible strategy, if you've killed off Magus... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Again --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Marle I picked this combo because of their triple tech, Final Kick. It's quite a damage dealer. Marle comes in great handy with her curative magic and Life2 (you should have it) is just what the doctor ordered. Use Triple Kick and Luminaire until you've done in the arms and he uses Obstacle, then use Final Kick (It's a good idea to have Ayla or Crono equip the Gold Stud...I hate stopping to refill MP). Keep Marle's turns open as much as possible as well...don't do anything stupid like shoot Lavos with her crossbow. Her spells don't really cut it in the damage department, so leave her open to play nurse. That way you can go fight the Core with full strength. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos Core --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Marle, Ayla Not much different...use Triple Kick on the left bit and Luminaire when it drops its defense. If something should happen to Ayla, a single crossbow shto and Confuse should do the job, if you have the Valkerye equipped. When it gets down to the right bit, use Final Kicks whenever possible. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From RedScarlet- Hi there. I was looking at my faqs on Chrono Trigger and saw you updated yours as well. I read through those tips, and didn't see a little strategy I use, so I guess I'll tell ya if you want to add it. One really easy way to get past those 2 annoying Golemtwins is to have Lucca in your party. Use her, Crono, and Frog (preferably), and make sure to equip any fire protection armor you have. Going through the game the first time, you should have 1 Red Plate (absorbs 100% of fire damage)and 1 Red Vest (absorbs 50% of fire damage), if you did the 'Black Box upgrading' trick. Equip those if you have them, and then equip the remaining character with either a Ruby Vest or Ruby Armor (traded in Ioka for Petals/Fangs/Horns/Feathers). Now, your characters have extremely high protection against Fire, so have Lucca do her best Fire attacks over and over, Fire 2 or Flare, if you have it, work well. If you don't have Flare, have Lucca and Frog do their Double Tech 'Line Bomb', which will hit both Golemtwins at the same time. The Golemtwins will always mimic the last elemental attack done to them, which would be fire, and you should have either 50%,80%,150%, or 200% protection against it, which should make them die without having to heal even once. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Khin§ath First off, let me congratulate you on your mad writing skillz used when writing your Chrono Trigger FAQ for www.gamefaqs.com. It was a pleasure to read something that wasn't dry or un-humorous like some of the FAQ's I've seen. I would like to point out something of a flaw (or mix-up, or bad taste in accessories, or something...) made by dear ol' Lord999 in the following passage... 2. Frenzy band. You find it in the Forest Maze in 65 BC. You can steal off those jerks in Black Omen too. It's worthless. All it does is make you beserk forever. Get the Third Eye instead. Methinks either: 1) He got Frenzy Band confused with Berserker, or... 2) He doesn't realize the TRUE power of the Frenzy Band. What the Frenzy Band does is, like in the item description, gives one character an 80% chance of counter-attacking an enemy hit. While Berserker makes one attack the moment their combat guage is filled, Frenzy Band is a much better alternative. You know how some bosses/enemies use counter-attacks when you attack them, right? Wish I could think of a better example, but the best I could think of is the Lavos Spawn. If you hit the Spawn's shell, it does a nast needle attack thing that hurts like HELL...but it can then attack again almost immediately. It seems unfair that he gets a free hit like that, and can attack immediately afterwards. That's exactly what the Frenzy Band does. Let's say you sacrifice wearing the Prism Specs on Chrono to equip the Frenzy Band, then head to the Black Omen to take on some of those blasted flying things I hate (I can't remember if they're Goons or Flyclops, but they look like giant dogs with wings that appear rather early in the level). Anyhoo...let's say one of the things decides to whack at Crono when Crono's battle guage is say...half full. Crono automatically hits the thing right back (Think about it: Rainbow sword=70% chance for critical hit) doing a good piece of damage (especially if he gets a critical hit)...PLUS his attack guage is still half full, meaning he can attack again in a matter of a couple of seconds. As an added bonus, any time you counter-attack an enemy attack, you are not susceptible to being counter-attacked yourself by an enemy counter-attack. *Reads last sentence* Alright...this calls for an example...(and now that I think about it...probably the best way to kill the shell of the Lavos Spawn). Please keep in mind the following scene is PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. I haven't tested it, but if it works, it'd be kick-ass. If someone wants to test it, then by all means go for it! Lets go back to the Lavos Spawn. You equip everyone with Frenzy Bands. If you have enough HP and a high enough defense rating, have some brave soul whack that shell! When it does its multiple person counter attack, everyone gets a free counter-whack at the shell...without being counter-attacked! Now, you've just hit the Spawn four times, using one character's turn! Have someone in your party heal everyone, and then have the third person in your party attack, so he counter-attacks, then you counter-attack his counter-attack...I think...and so on. The only reason I could see this not working is if the Frenzy Band doesn't react to counter-attacks the enemy performs on you, and only reacts to normal attacks. I hope you are able to get the word out about the difference between the Frenzy Band and Berserker, as the Frenzy Band is VERY useful to beating down most of the smaller monsters that usually take 2-3 hits to kill, as well. P.S. I'm too lazy to proofread --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Flamen: I also have a good way to beat Giga Gaia. If you have a low level (like 20 -25) Have Marle, Crono, and Ayla. Have marle be the Healer and crono and Ayla keep doing Falcon Hit. Use Falcon Hit on the arms first then when they die use it on the head. It does a HELL of alot of Damage (1000-2000!!!) It'll take him out in like 5-10 rounds. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From l2anmachan: About the L+R+A thing, All of them are wrong. The only reason L+R+A isnt working, is because you are using an emulat0r that runs in Windows. Windows doesnt read more then three keys pressed down at a time. DOS, however, can read as many keys as you want to press. A DOS emulat0r will let you do L+R+A with no problem. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From ryan: -hi, i downloaded chronotrigger for my zsnes, and i wanted a walkthrough, and i came across yours. i noticed that throughout your walkthrough people would submit tricks that they had, so i wanted to submit one that i found. in 65,000,000 bc, when you fight the nu, i noticed that you get a lot of feathers, horns, etc. eventually, i found myself with 99 of each, and i noticed that the aeon blade sold for 6000 some g, and the magma hand sold for 5000 some g, so i cashed in all of my extra items that i had gotten from the nu, and turned them into aeon blades, and magma hands, and when i sold them, i had about 300,000g!! with that money, i then went and bought 99 full tonics, and 99 revives, and still had a ton of money left. i also did this when i first went to 65,000,000 bc, and i bought a demon edge. my prior strongest weapon gave me about 55 or 65 attack power, and the demon edge raised it to about 95, so i was very powerful. i just thought that this trick, being very useful, was worth mentioning. i also wanted to mention that your walkthrough is one of the best ones i have seen. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Loren Jones: -First I wanted to congratulate you on writing a REALLY good FAQ to (IMHO) the single best RPG (and probably comsole game) of all time. I was hoping I could help address some of these questions for you. Just a bit of background, I have the actual cart (not a rom) that I have played through (New Game +) at least 7 times. All of my characters are at ** level (Except for Magus who's at Lvl. 91). I'll put the original question with my two bits. =) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Do you know what Level ** for chrono is or means. I used the game genie code because i was curious. Does it mean that he stays the same level because he never gains levels, hp, or mp. i heard it means that he's on level 99 but why doesn't he hav enough hp and mp. i don't get it. can u help me out? A.Lvl. ** is the same as level 99. When your character hits that point they WILL (barring any cheat codes) have 999 HP & 99 MP. As well as a few other maxed stats. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Q.Arg, with the subquest where you revive Crono, the first part, the first doll thing that helps you when it turns into a tree. Ok, well the problem is I get behind it, but the wind still blows me away. I've even leaned against the tree. Is there any reason for this? A.When you walk against the wind on Death Peak you stay in place. When you run you move. Once you've found a nice safe place behind one of the trees stop running and you'll stay in place instead of slipping around the trunk. ----