The No-Nonsense Guide to Chrono Cross (50 Events) by Elranzer AOL Instant Message: Elranzer Version: 2.0 (fixed errors, now prettier!) ------------------------------------- This FAQ is copyright 2000 to me. Don't copy or plagarise, it's naughty! ------------------------------------- This is a "quickie guide," you will not find boss stratagies, item or spell lists, nor every possible character. Why? Well, I only wanna help you beat the game, and let you explore it yourself. Find the extra characters yourself, it's much more rewarding for you to actually find him/her than for me to just tell you what to do. This is best printed with Microsoft Word, or any of Linux's pathetic clones of Word. Total Pages: 10 (about) ------------------------------------- 1. Mystery Dungeon (The Demo!!) ------------------------------------- - Find your way to the pillar of light thingie - Step on the glowing magenta platform - Enter the gate ------------------------------------- 2. Aruni Village ------------------------------------- - Talk to Marge (Mom) - Go to the docks and talk to Rena (NOT Lenna!!!) - Get a Shellfish Window Skin from the item stand - Get the Shark Amulet from some guy in his basement - You may get the Heckran Bone under the bed in the bar - DO NOT let Poshul (the dog, I think that's what it is) join you!! - Leave ------------------------------------- 3. Lizard Grotto ------------------------------------- - Push the boulder in front of the cave, fight the first Kodomo - Use the cliff to leap onto the second Kodomo - You must just chase and fight the third Kodomo, then fight Mama Kodomo - Exit left to the beach, it's all straight forward to... ------------------------------------- 4. ANOTHER WORLD ------------------------------------- - Go to Aruni and talk to Marge and Rena - Go to the North Cape and examine the tombstone - Fight Karsh, Sugar Lou, and Salton - Name Kid (not Kidd!!) but DON'T let her join you (second option, three times) - Rena and Poshul joins (this is the ONLY way to get Rena!) - With either Kid or Rena/Poshul, procede to the Hidora Swamp ------------------------------------- 5. Hidora Swamp ------------------------------------- - Go northwest, find a guy who will give you the Radioactive Suit - Leave for now, go to the Mountain Pass ------------------------------------- 6. Mountain Pass ------------------------------------- - Cool music, go up the ladder - Here, get the Skull for a character named Skull (not Skarl!!!) - Also get the Rindou Flowers and the Giant Egg (near the bird) - Go back to the first screen, exit left, fight Sugar Lou and Salton ------------------------------------- 7. Telmina ------------------------------------- - Go to the statue at the top of town (get Kid, maybe) - Go to very east side of town, give flowers to Grenn (not Glenn!!) - Choice one: Get Alf - Talk to him in the bar - Choice two: Get Slash - Talk to Mikki on Magical Dreamers ship - Choice three: Get Pierre - In Smithy, get his Badge from little boy outside - You cannot get all three on one regular game, wait until you beat it... ------------------------------------- 8A. Alf to SnakeBone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - In Telmina, find Korcha's boat - The rest is easy, fight up the cliff ------------------------------------- 8B. Slash to SnakeBone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - Find Slash in waterfall in east woods - Get Pink Bag, use it to lure Gels to sleeping plant monster with pollen - Go through tree, be sure to block the hole with the cricket monsters inside ------------------------------------- 8C. Pierre to SnakeBone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - Go through front gate (not too sure on this) ------------------------------------- 9. Conservatory Outside ------------------------------------- - Observe that the front door is locked - The key is in the top right corner of the Dragon-feeding den ------------------------------------- 10. Snakebone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - "Radical Dreamers" was this whole section only! - Rotate snake statue, fall in trap - Fight guards, take clothing, go in west rooms - In Kitchen, talk to Grenn, then go to his room, he'll write the statue combo. - In east rooms, try to take the pendant, fall into another trap - Fight Luchianna's Frankenstein Onion Knights - Back in entrance, use correct combo on snake statue - Go west, to library (is this Belthaser...?) Search around, fight li'l Marcella - Talk to old man, go back to large room, search pillars for a switch - Fight guards, take elevator-throne to high levels, go in right door - Fight Yamaneco, then there's some scenes, I won't spoil much now... ------------------------------------- 11A. Gardove - Mamacha's Mission ------------------------------------- - Do NOT opt to save Kid (all top choices to Korcha) - Get Hips for Skull from trading girl near the boat - Talk to Mamacha and everyone else in Gardove - Take Korcha's boat to Telmina, go to entrance, see Grenn - Go back to boat, you'll get Grenn and Mamacha, go to Foggy Sea east of Elnide - Do the "Pirate Ghosts" section then return to Gardove for Doc and Kid ------------------------------------- 11B. Gardove - Korcha's Mission ------------------------------------- - Opt to save Kid yourself (bottom choices to Korcha) - Get Hips for Skull from trading girl near the boat - Take boat to Telmina, you cannot get Grenn, but get Gillbert anyway - Go to Beach, use Kid's Bag of Star Dust to wormhole back HOME - Go to Hidora, fight Pipapipa and get flute, use it at north most section - Fight Giant Hidora Insect, then Kracken thingie, the get Razzle the fairy - Procede until you fight Hidora Centipede, get medicine, return to Gardove - Be sure to chase and catch Mel if you want her later (Only with Korcha) - Get Kid, procede to "Pirate Ghosts" section (Go to the Foggy Mist) ------------------------------------- 12. Pirate Ghosts ------------------------------------- - Go to the foggy shroud between Elnide and the Circle of Death - Once the ghosts attack, observe that the main door is locked - Kill all skeletons and talk to all pirates to find the key - Find your way to deck, fight the jelly-like Diamond Jar ------------------------------------- 13. Smoking Solitary Island ------------------------------------- - Fight Harlequin (Tsukuyomi), get her Moon Glasses accessory (a good one) ------------------------------------- 14. SnakeBone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - Get Luchianna. You can, you know... ------------------------------------- 15. Aruni Village (HOME) ------------------------------------- - Talk to old fisherman near Rena, he'll take you to Water Dragon's Shrine - Here, make your way to the Water Dragon, he'll give you the Icey Breath ------------------------------------- 16. East Coast of Elnide (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Go through Death Fire Mountain, use Icey Breath to freeze the lava - You should be sick of the next area by now... ------------------------------------- 17. Dragon Tower (Mystery Dungeon) ------------------------------------- - Solve each of the puzzles and bosses (I'll let you figure them out) - After Sun Face thingie, it's same old as the demo, you know what to do - Yamaneco and SnakeBone Master are here, I won't spoil what happens... ------------------------------------- 18. ABSTRACT WORLD and Beyond ------------------------------------- - Shake an apple from the tree, Spriggan comes out - Go in her house, she'll join you (Yes, Spriggan's all woman!) - Go north to weird room, follow Serge in each door he goes in (from your floor) - Harlequin joins! Now leave, you'll be in Hidora (HOME) - Try to go through the Wormhole on the beach, and the Mountain Pass - Go to Aruni, talk to Marge, fight Radius, now go through Mountain Pass - Get Zappa and Bancliff in Telmina ------------------------------------- 19. SnakeBone Conservatory ------------------------------------- - With Radius, enter through woods entrance (Slash's path) - Get Skull's Shoulders in the waterfall, if you haven't already - Now in the dungeon, talk to Ishito, he'll join only if Radius is there - Go to Telmina, you can now use a blow-up raft where Slash's ship used to be ------------------------------------- 20. Mysterious Triangle ------------------------------------- - Swim to the bottom, get the Star Fish Crest ------------------------------------- 21. Sky Dragon's Shrine (Crecent Isle) ------------------------------------- - Check chest, fight Star Child, get him ------------------------------------- 22. Mabulle ------------------------------------- - Talk to Toma 14, everything you can say, and the other guy - Sleep in the "inn," talk to Irenes the Mermaid at night ------------------------------------- 23. Fargo's Zelbess ------------------------------------- - Try to go through door at bottom of boat (you can't, but Kenja will) - See Sneff's magic show, then talk to Fargo, attempt to play Roulette - Go to Inn, see manager in a worry at his cat, be turned into cats by Sneff - Go up ladder in Inn, get the Magnet Handle - Play Fargo at Roulette again, he'll lose, now go through that door - Fight Kenja, get the Crab Key - You can now get Irenes and Mikki here on the boats ------------------------------------- 24. Circle of Death (Hurricane) ------------------------------------- - Use the Crab Key from the raft - Enter, you'll see the Masamune (Grand Lion) - After chat, go to Solitary Island, talk to Radius, get Looking Glass ------------------------------------- 25. Island of Bones ------------------------------------- - Get Pile O' Bones for Skull in cave at northwest of first screen - Find your way to the left-most mirror (go down through the snake skeleton) - Fight Garai (the coolest character in the game, too bad you can't be him...) - Get Elranzer, use it to smash the Masamune in the Circle of Death ------------------------------------- 26. Mysterious City (Circle of Death) ------------------------------------- - Make your way to the center building (Kevin the killer car is real hard) - In this mall-type place there's a way too familiar area from Chrono Trigger - Fight Miguel here, and the city will be destroyed (Sky Dragon will get you) ------------------------------------- 27. Telmina/SnakeBone (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Go to the bar, there's a hidden room here, get either Zoah or Karsh - Go to SnakeBone Conserve. and talk to Ishito in a west room from entrance - Go to the sewer grating near the kitchen, first find and turn off the valve - Back in the first section, now you can cross, turn off a second valve here - Next screen, turn the valve up, then go back around to the other side - Turn it down, then procede, you'll fight a big bug, then the Evil Chef - After all that, head toward the library, you'll fight Guardian and Mecha - Escape to the library, fight Mecha again, then escape out the window - Guardian will now join, you can now leave ------------------------------------- 28. Gardove ------------------------------------- - Fight Orlha (Serge's ex-girlfriend?) - You'll get her Broach, give it back once you're Serge again to join you ------------------------------------- 29. Hidora Swamp ------------------------------------- - Look around, you'll find Skull's Spine in a cave ------------------------------------- 30. Island Ruins (Water Dragon Shrine) ------------------------------------- - Some guy'll give you Skull's Ribs, now he's all good to go - Skull'll join in Telmina, the house near SnakeBone Master's Statue ------------------------------------- 31. Solitary Island ------------------------------------- - Many people will join, but Harlequin leaves (FOR GOOD!!) - Triggers the Kid/Evil Serge event ------------------------------------- 32. Sky Dragon's Shrine ------------------------------------- - Talk to him to trigger the Dragon Quests - Trigger the events by talking to the Sky Dragon (ANOTHER) - There are eight dragons, one for each element - Remember to Loot (Fargo), each dragon has an element-blocking armor - They are the most basic elemental enemies (ie. Use opposite element spells!) - Opposite element characters deal and recieve 2X damage - Same element characters deal and recieve 1/2 damage - Same element spells will HEAL them - There may or may not be a specific order, but this one works ------------------------------------- 33. The Water Dragon (HOME) ------------------------------------- - Go to the Water Dragon's Shrine (Fairy Island) - He's at the bottom, of course ------------------------------------- 34. The Fire Dragon (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Go to Death Fire Mountain - Go to the lava waterfall room, go down the first fall and into the door - The dragon is the little one, not Salamander ------------------------------------- 35. The Green Dragon (HOME) ------------------------------------- - Go to ANOTHER Hidora Swamp, get the Cactus (Pipapipa has it) and Flower - Go to HOME Hidora Swamp, use the Pipa Flte near the second Pipapipa - The Hidora Bug will take you to World's Naval - Here, get Leia, and deafeat ALL the Walking Mosquitos and Giant Birds - If you did, the Tyrano will appear, behind him is the Green Dragon - Be sure to cast any non-green spell if the dragon casts Green Earth ------------------------------------- 36. The Black Dragon (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Bring Fargo to see his HOME self on the Zelbess - After the Magical Dreamers concert, go to Mabulle and defeat ALL the Efts - Go to ANOTHER Mabulle and the dragon is in the cave - You may NOT have to fight him for the Black Crest if you've got Pierre ------------------------------------- 37. The Earth Dragon (HOME) ------------------------------------- - On the Earth Dragon's Shrine (Sandy Island), go into the big patch o' sand - You should be in a cave, go left and down, get the dynamite from the guy - You must kill and push each turtle into the geyser holes - The dynamite blows up the right-most turtle - Jump into the new geyser and fight the dragon (STEAL HIS YELLOW PLATE!) ------------------------------------- 38. The Sky Dragon (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Go back to his shrine, FIGHT! ------------------------------------- 39. Gardove (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Show the broken crystal to Delia and Stiena, get the Six-Slotted Amulet - Show this to the guard of Stiena's tent in HOME Gardove - Bring Stiena to The Dragon Shrine ------------------------------------- 40. Dragon Shrine (HOME) ------------------------------------- - Just like the ANOTHER one, except no bosses, solve all riddles - Put the Amulet in the slot at the entrance - Fight Human Yamaneco in the elevator room - Go down, and place the giant egg in the center to get Dragon Child - Go up, go into the main room, you'll see what happens... ------------------------------------- 41. Circle of Death (HOME) ------------------------------------- - If you have Grenn, he can now equip the Elranzer Sword - Take Stiena and go to one of the glowing holes - Uh-oh, time for Disk Two ------------------------------------- *** Disk Switch Made Easy *** ------------------------------------- - If you got a Pro Action Replay or something, you'll need to swap - Be familiar that the Playstation has 1X and 2X speeds - Put in an American disk; pull up your spring or whatever to get it to load - Watch now! When you see it change from 1X to 2X speed, quickly switch disks ------------------------------------- 42. Isles of the Fates ------------------------------------- - Go to each island - The third one should have a fight with the Fates ------------------------------------- 43. Eerie Chronopolis ------------------------------------- - A surprise battle ahead - Find a hatch in a computer room; go into the basement - Use the remote-controlled robot to turn on a bridge - In the main room, go right to the stairs room - Spriggan's Learner's Cap is in the bottom-most chest here - Go to floor two, in a room you can activate the elevator - Go to floors three and four, observe everything, you cannot get into one room - Go to the first floor, on the docks, talk to the blue ghost (he should leave) - Go to the room you couldn't enter, get the Card Key to the basement - In the basement, there's another cool scene - Now that the seventh dragon is here, the seventh element is activated ------------------------------------- 44. Dragon Falls (HOME or ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - The falls are just east of the Mountain Path - The pillars may be in either ANOTHER or HOME's falls, depending on whatever - Use the two Crystal Fragments on the pillars - You'll now get the Chrono Cross spell and item, place it in Serge's first slot - Note the colored balls that appear in battle now ------------------------------------- 45. The Masamune Quest (HOME) ------------------------------------- - You'll need Riddle and Karsh - Fight Sugar Lou and Salton at Island of Bones (ANOTHER) - Go to the hidden island on the northeast corner of Elnide (HOME) - Use the pendant (I think) and this'll trigger a fight with Dario - The Masamune turns into the smashing swallow, Grand Dream (Masadoreen?) ------------------------------------- 46. Solitary Island ~ Lucca's House ------------------------------------- - Go to the island, you'll see Kid - If you have the Grand Dream, you'll enter a dream - In Lucca's house, look around, there's a trap door in the upper-east room - In the first room, press L2, Triangle, L2, and Triangle on the machine - You'll get Kid's Level 7 Attack - You'll need Lucca's Super Deluxe Ice Ray from one room to kill the flames - Reach Kid, the dream's over ------------------------------------- 47. Mysterious Triangle (ANOTHER) ------------------------------------- - Take Star Child; fight the Giant Jellyfish at the bottom of the sea - The Jellyfish is weak only to Fire, not even physical attacks! - Now take the flying boat to Floating Dinopolis ------------------------------------- 48. Floating Dinopolis/Star Shrine ------------------------------------- - Here is pretty straightforward, defeat the six elemental Dolls - You can use Trap Elements to get the Doll's summons spells - At the end, you'll encounter the Lunar Dragon - Notice the order of colors of which he changes into, write them down - If you beat him, the Frozen Flame gets lost in a time warp - You'll get the Time Egg ------------------------------------- 49. The Beach (HOME) ------------------------------------- - Talk to the three familiar characters - Use the Time Egg (The Chrono Trigger) on the pink Wormhole when you're ready ------------------------------------- 50. Grand Finale: Into the Tesseract ------------------------------------- - Method One: KILL! You'll get the Bad Ending - Method Two: Save ?????? (I'm not spoiling it now!) - You must cast spells, make the balls appear in order of the Lunar Dragon - For me it was: Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Black, White, and the Chrono Cross - It helps if you build everyone to Slot 8 and have each element in Slot 1 - Use healing spells so Frozen Flame won't counter and screw up your ball order ------------------------------------- *** New Game + *** ------------------------------------- - You'll have the Time Egg to fight Frozen Flame at any time - The Pass will transform Serge to anyone you want from your party - The Speed Control lets you Fast-Forward or Slow the ROM with L2 or R2 - The game remembers who you had when you beat Frozen Flame for later - The following only apply to New Game + ------------------------------------- *** Secret Programmer's Rooms ------------------------------------- - Beat Frozen Flame with ONLY Serge at the beginning of a New Game + - Use M-Erase, No Clothes, High Muscle, Mana Feeble, and Wall at least - Do not waste turns with attack magic, use only physical attacks, it's easy! ------------------------------------- *** Character Cross *** ------------------------------------- - In New Game +, go to ABSTRACT WORLD, use the Chrono Cross item - You'll pull in all characters you had at beating the game before ------------------------------------- *** Get All the Characters *** ------------------------------------- - This is annoying and redundant, but if want them all (including Harlequin)... - Work your way up to getting Harlequin - Beat the game; this saves her to the list - Now beat the game three more times (for Alf/Slash/Pierre and Korcha/Mamacha) - Each time, use the Character Cross to get all your previous characters - You MUST get Harlequin first! - Remember, it pulls ONLY who you had when you beat the game! - Use Fast-Forward A LOT (hold R2) ------------------------------------- *** Ozzie, Slash, and Flea *** ------------------------------------- - Go to the End of Time (the circle of islands near Elnide in HOME) - Go into the door, talk to the blob, and run around the room three times - Bring Spriggan - Cast M-Erase right away to block Flea's Charm Spell - When each is weakened, use Spriggan to finish them off, he'll Morph them! - You need the Learner's Cap from Chronopolis - Slash (Spriggan) can do a Triple Tech with Serge and Kid ------------------------------------- *** Ginger X *** ------------------------------------- - Another "food name" enemy, he's the big bonus Emerald Weapon-type boss - He's where the Earth Dragon was, but in ANOTHER WORLD - You really NEED the Yellow Plate, you'll probably have two in New Game + - I think you can fight him in a regular game ------------------------------------- General Thanks... ------------------------------------- - 1. Square Japan - for the game (www.square.co.jp/~cross) and FF4 and 6 - Seiken Densetsu 3 and Romancing SaGa 3 are good too, I didn't like FF7 or 8 - 2. BuyRite VideoGames - for importing it and the Chrono Clock (buyrite1.com) - 3. ToastyFrog - for help where I was stuck, with his HUGE FAQ (toastyfrog.com) - 4. BlurYamaneko (Steven Hand) for shameless plug for me and my 'upcoming' site - BTW, check out BlurYamaneko's boss guide; since mine has no boss, uh, guides - 5. Elranzer - for obvious reasons - 6. GameFAQS.com - For updating my FAQ on time, every time - 7. DigiCube - For FF Syphonic Suite and FF3 Eternal Legend of the Wind - 6. Absolutely NO ONE ELSE !!!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------- ... but NO-Thanks ! ------------------------------------- - 1. Importers who DON'T carry the Chrono Cross soundtrack (hint, hint) - 2. People who ask me for copies of this game (Answer: NO!) - 3. People who've never played Chrono Trigger and think this game is a new series - 4. Sega - for always making the worst systems, EVER - 5. Working Designs - for NOT releasing Popful Mail on PSX (smashing Sega CD) - 6. Anyone who think Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is the best arranged soundtrack - 7. Anyone who thinks Final Fantasy 8 F.L.W.V. is the best arranged soundtrack - 8. Anyone who thinks FITHOS LUSEC WECOS VINOSEC means anything in Latin