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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. v4.11-Email guidelines. Some people out there are getting annoying. v4.2-Tips! v4.21-Sites added. v4.3-Full monster list added. v4.31-Revisions here and there. v4.4-HUGE tips update, thanks to Ben!!! v4.5-Added party ratings. Also split the guide up so you don't have to download as much. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)Charm/Enemy list 11)Tips 12)Codes 13)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. DC: Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Ratings --------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 37 possible parties you can make. I'll give you the pros and cons of each one. Instead of wasting KB, I'll put the character descriptions here. Ayla is very strong and fast, can steal things off enemies but her magic is limited to damage spells, while she does have a heal spell, but it's not too effective. Triple Kick and Dino Tail are very useful though. Crono is a very good attacking character, with not only his sword but also with his magic (Lightning). There will be more than a few situations in which you will find his various offensive spells useful. However, that's about it, the only other spell that doesn't deal damage is Life, but that's quite useful. If he could heal, it would be great. Frog is a very versatile character. He has a great selection of Water magic, a nice attack power and he can heal when he needs to. While the effect of Heal cancels out his Frog Squash, both are useful when used separately. A great all rounder. Lucca is a good offensive magic user (Fire). Most of her spells deal damage and it's the later ones that make the difference in battles (Flare is devastating). But her physical attack strength isn't that good, and her non offensive magic isn't too useful. Marle is a versatile magic user. She has healing spells, some various effect spells, and a couple of offensive spells (Ice). You'll be wanting her in your party for her plethora of healing spells, as she won't do much good in the attacking department. Magus is probably the best offensive magic user (Shadow). Not only does he have a large selection of Shadow spells to choose from, he also has the Fire/Ice/Lightning 2 spells, which are invaluable. He is also a decent physical attacker. Robo is like Frog, he's versatile all around. Not only can he cure, he has spells that can deal a lot of damage, and he is also a great physical attacker. When you've got spells like Uzzi Punch, Shock and Heal Beam all on the same character, you can't lose. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Crono, Frog --------------------------------------------------------------------- Very good physical attack power. Frog and Ayla can heal to some extent, so if you're low on HP, you can turn to something other than items. All three have some power magic spells that they can use. But I suppose they could do with a better healer. Their triple tech is great as it deals Shadow damage. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Crono, Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Good magical strength. Ayla can heal to some extent, but I wouldn't rely on Ayla for healing... Ayla and Crono have good physical power, but Lucca really isn't the sort of person you'd use for attacking. All three have their big magic spells that can really hurt. The triple tech that these guys have is very handy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Crono, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- This party is pretty good as they are strong magic wise. Crono has good offensive magic spells and is a great attacker, Ayla is a great attacker and has some damaging magic spells, and Marle is the best healer in the game. Ayla and Marle can also use their Twin Charm to good use, and the Final Kick Triple tech is pretty handy as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Crono, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This party is not only strong physically, but magically as well. Crono and Magus will take care of all of your magic and attacking needs, and Ayla is great with her fists as well. Just don't think that you can really heal yourself to a point of safety by using Ayla's weak healing spell. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Crono, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite a useful team. These guys can all attack and use their magic well. And with Robo in, you can heal with Ayla and Robo to a certain extent as well. Their triple tech is kind of useful, but it's not the best triple tech there is. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Frog, Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- This party's strength is in Frog's and Lucca's magic, and Frog's and Ayla's attack power. Otherwise, they're weak at healing, and while the magic is good, the physical attack power isn't that strong. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Frog, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite a useful party. Ayla and Frog can dish out damage physically, while Marle can heal and damage the enemy magically. Ayla and Marle can also use Twin Charm when needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Frog, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite a strong team offensively, as Ayla, Frog and Magus can attack well, and Frog and Magus (especially Magus) have powerful magic spells they can use. One downer though is that Ayla can't heal very well, and you really need Frog to be doing something other than healing. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Frog, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- A very nice team. They all pack a punch physically, and Robo's healing spells are better than Ayla's. However, you'll mainly be wanting Robo to get up there and smack the enemy's lights out, along with Frog and Ayla, either magically or physically. This team can do both. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Lucca, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- It's the all female team! (Cue Charlie's Angel's music). Here, the attack power may be a little weak overall, but magically, Lucca and Marle can really do some damage. Marle is also a great healer, so that's one problem fixed. Use Ayla to attack, Lucca to cast her Fire spells and then have Marle heal or use Ice spells. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Lucca, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is alright. Magus is a great offensive character magically and physically, Lucca is great magically, and Ayla is great physically. However, Ayla can't hea; very well so you'll need to stock up on healing items. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Lucca, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here, Ayla can dish out damage physically, Lucca can cast those hot spells, and Robo can a)dish out damage with his fists, b)cast big spells, and c)heal when needed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Marle, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- A pretty good pairing. Ayla is great with her fists, Marle can heal, and Magus absolutely canes in the magic department. The only thing missing here is a good overall attack power. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Marle, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quite evenly balanced team here. Ayla is a good attacker, Marle can heal and do some magic damage, and Robo can heal/attack/do magic damage. A well balanced team. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ayla, Magus, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is okay. They can all deal good damage physically, and Magus and Robo work well in the magic department. Robo can heal as well, but you really need him to be attacking, and Ayla's healing magic isn't that good. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Lucca --------------------------------------------------------------------- Here, Crono and Frog are great attackers, and Lucca is good with her magic, and Frog can heal to some extent, but you really want him to be dealing damage instead of healing. However, Delta Storm is a very handy triple tech. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a quality team. Crono and Frog can really pack a punch, both physically and by using magic, while Marle can heal and deal some magical Ice damage every now and then. Arc Impulse is also a great Triple Tech. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is also quite a good team, it just lacks a quality healer. Frog can heal, but he shouldn't be healing when he can whoop some ass. These three are all strong magically and physically, and you should be able to whoop some ass with this group. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a very handy team to have. They are all strong physically and can all whoop some ass magically. Robo and Frog can heal as well, so it's more versatile than having to wait for one character's turn all the time. And Triple Raid is very effective. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- What this party lacks is a good physical attack base, as you've only got Crono to do that for you. However, Crono, Lucca and Marle all have some nice elemental magic, and Marle can heal. Plus you've got the very nice Delta Force tech. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- The party would be good if Lucca was a good healer. This party is very strong in terms of magic, decent in terms of physical attacks, but in terms of healing, suck because there are no healers here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team can really give out a whipping by using their powerful plethora of magic spells, and Crono and Robo are good attackers as well. Robo is your healer here, but you really need him out there kicking some butt instead of healing, so maybe use Lucca and some items. Fire Zone is a decent Triple tech. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Marle, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is pretty good. Both Crono and Magus can really kick some arse magically and physically, and Marle is there to heal and join in the magic fest. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Marle, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a pretty handy team to have. Crono and Robo are good attackers and magic users, while Marle and Robo can heal, so if one's not free, you've always got someone else to rely on. The triple tech Lifeline can really save your butt in most situations. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Magus, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is all power. They can all deal some great damage physically and magically, and Robo can heal. It's hard to see you failing with this team...but sometimes Robo can get tied up healing instead of dealing damage. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Lucca, Marle --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is OK. They lack in physical attack power but they make it up for their strength in magic. Marle is a great healer and can deal some damage with her magic, Frog can attack and use his magic well, plus heal if needed, and Lucca is great with Fire magic. Many of this group's dual techs really kick butt. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Lucca, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This party is very good in the magic department, Frog and Lucca have great Water and Fire magic, and Magus is a magic powerhouse. However, your only healer here is Frog, and when he's healing you might be needing him to attack or use magic, so that's a drawback. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Lucca, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again, this party is strong in the magic department, as all three are capable of casting big damage spells. Frog and Robo can also deal good damage with their weapons, and both of them can heal, so you've always got one person to back the other up. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Marle, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a very destructive team. While Marle sits back and heals (occasionally use her Ice spells), Frog and Magus can cut sick either physically or magically. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Marle, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kinda the same as the Frog-Lucca-Robo party, except that now you've got three healers. You should mainly use Marle to heal, and just attack with Frog and Robo, dipping into your magic inventory every now and then. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frog, Magus, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a power team. These three all all pretty good in physical attacks and magic, and both Frog and Robo can heal, so you don't have to keep relying on one person. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca, Marle, Magus --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a decent team. Here, you have Lucca to use her powerful Fire magic, Marle to heal and use her Ice magic, and Magus to attack and use his Shadow and elemental magic. The thing that lets this team down is that their physical attack rating isn't too good. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca, Marle, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This team is kinda like the one above, except this time, Robo has a better physical attack power but less variety in magic. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucca, Magus, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a very strong team. Magically, you have three very capable characters that can hurt the enemy real bad. Physically, Magus and Robo should be able to handle the situation. Robo can heal to some extent as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Marle, Magus, Robo --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is like the team above except that now it's got a main healer, so you don't have to worry about breaking Robo's attack pattern. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yakra --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Lucca Have Crono/Frog use X-strike and Lucca use Flame Toss. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon Tank --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca Use regular attacks on the head until it dies, then use Cyclone or Fire Whirl. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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.) DC: 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 Grounds. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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.... Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Masa and Mune --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Lucca, Robo (sigh) Use Hypno Wave to put them out, then concentrate on one. They can't operate apart. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Whoever Stun him w/Lightning and kill him, it's not rocket science. 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 Grounds 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slash --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Robo Triple Raid and you'll be rewarded with his nifty sword. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nizbel 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Ayla, Frog Use physical/lightning techs like Spire and Volt Bite. Charm for a 3rd Eye. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crono, Frog, Ayla He's easy, just smack him with powerful techs. He counterattacks with Iron Orb. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lavos --------------------------------------------------------------------- Doesn't matter. You're gonna die. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalton Plus --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blackbird folks. He uses opposite magic attacks on you, and a Slash-like attack, along with Iron Orb. Not too tough. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. Wvyern's Tactic: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Son of Sun --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magus, Crono, Frog