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Version History

v1.0-Full Walkthrough, and one sub-quest.
v1.5-TOTALLY finished the walkthrough (Lavos, and endings). Started on a 
character section.
v2.0-Finished off all of the techs.
v2.09-Added another site which hosts this.
v2.099-Fixed up a little thing.
v2.5-Added a Spekkio and Items section.
v2.55-Added an FAQ section.
v2.6-Added an Accessories,Armors,Helmets and weapons section.
v2.7-More FAQs.
v2.8-Added a Steal/Enemy chart, thanks to FFfanNo1.
v2.9-Added a Tips section.
v2.91-Added a FAQ.
v2.95-Added two FAQs.
v2.96-FAQs.
v3.0-FAQs.
v3.1-Big Tips update.
v3.2-FAQs.
v3.3-FAQs.
v3.4-FAQs, big update.
v3.5-FAQs.
v3.6-FAQs.
v3.7-More FAQs.
v3.8-Tips.
v3.81-Copyright Notice changed.
v3.9-Mini Boss List, in Tips section.
v3.91-Copyright Notice changed.
v3.92-Copyright Notice changed.
v4.0-Tips.
v4.01-Seems like a waste of time, but I like ASCII art headings =)
v4.02-Copyright Notice changed.

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Contents
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1)Introduction
2)Characters and Techs
3)Walkthrough
4)Endings
5)Beat Spekkio!
6)Item List
7)Accessories, Armors, Helmets and Weapons 
8)Upgrading? What?
9)FAQs
10)Steal/Enemy list
11)Tips
12)Acknowledgments

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1)Introduction
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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!

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2)Characters and Techs
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Crono
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The main character, uses Lightning magic and is good at attacking. He 
comes from 1000 A.D.

Tech List

Cyclone- Attacks a group of enemies for 2 MP. 
Slash-Hits foes on a straight line for 2 MP. Also neutralizes 
Masa&Mune's tornado energy. 
Lightning- Hits an enemy with Lightning for 2 MP. 
Spin Cut- Does double normal damage to target for 4 MP. 
Lightning 2- Lightning which is more powerful and hits all enemies for 
8 MP.
Life- Revives a dead person for 10 MP.
Confuse- Hits target 4 times for 12 MP.
Luminaire- The best Lightning spell, hits all enemies for 20 MP.

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Marle
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The princess of Guardia Castle, uses Ice magic and is good for healing. She also 
comes from 1000 AD. 

Tech List

Aura- Restores some life (single target) for 1 MP.
Provoke- Makes one enemy go into Chaos mode for 1 MP.
Ice- Ice damage to one enemy for 2 MP.
Cure- Restores more life than Aura (single target) for 2 MP.
Haste- Makes target's time bar go faster for 6 MP.
Ice 2- Stronger Ice damage to all enemies for 8 MP.
Cure 2- Restores all life (single target) for 5 MP.
Life 2- Revives and fully cures a dead person for 15 MP.

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Lucca
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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

Flame Toss- Burns enemies in a line for 1 MP.
Hypno Wave- Puts all foes to sleep for 1 MP.
Fire- Fire damage to one enemy for 2MP.
Napalm- Throws a grenade, area effect for 2 MP.
Protect- Raises defense to party member by one third, costs 6 MP.
Fire 2- Fire damage to all enemies, 8 MP.
Mega Bomb- Enhanced version of Napalm, costs 15 MP.
Flare- Ultimate Fire damage on all enemies, costs 20 MP.

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Frog
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A legendary hero who was turned into a Frog. Lives in 600 A.D, and uses Water 
magic. Good all-rounder.

Tech List

Slurp- Heals one person slightly for 1 MP.
Slurp Cut- Uses his tongue to strike one enemy for 2 MP.
Water- Water damage on a single target for 2 MP.
Heal- Heal your party but not fully for 2 MP.
Leap Slash- Jumps and slashes one enemy for 4 MP.
Water 2- Stronger Water damage on all enemies for 8 MP. 
Cure 2- Cure one ally fully for 5 MP.
Frog Squash- A giant frog squishes all enemies, the lower your HP the greater 
the damage for 15 MP.

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Robo
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A robot from 2300 A.D, can't use magic but he can deal Shadow damage. Good 
attacker but slow.

Tech List

Rocket Punch- Hits one enemy for 1 MP.
Cure Beam- Heals one person slightly for 2 MP.
Laser Spin- Hits all enemies with Shadow damage for 3 MP.
Robo Tackle- Charge at an enemy for 4 MP.
Heal Beam- Heals all allies but not fully, costs 3 MP.
Uzzi Punch- Damages one enemy with a strong punch, 12 MP.
Area Bomb- Area attack which deals lots of damage, 15 MP.
Shock- Strong Lightning attack which hits all enemies for 17 MP.

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Ayla
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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.

Kiss- Heals one person a little for 1 MP.
Rollo Kick- Jump kicks an enemy for  2 MP.
Cat Attack- Bites and scratches an enemy for 3 MP.
Rock Throw- Throws an enemy up and away for 4 MP.
Charm- Steals an item from the enemy for 4 MP.
Tail Spin- Makes a tornado, damaging all enemies for 10 MP.
Dino Tail- Like Frog's Frog Squash, but uses a tail. The lower your HP the 
higher the damage, 15 MP.
Triple Kick- Kicks the enemy for about 5x normal damage, 20 MP.

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Magus
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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.

Lightning 2- Lightning attack on all enemies for 8 MP.
Fire 2- Fire attack on all enemies for 8 MP.
Ice 2- Ice attack on all enemies for 8 MP.
Dark Bomb- Shadow attack on one enemy for 8 MP.
Magic Wall- Ups magic defense by 1/3 for 8 MP.
Dark Mist- Shadow damage to all enemies for 10 MP.
Black Hole- Sucks enemies into a black hole, hardly works, costs 15 MP.
Dark Matter- Strongest magic attack which uses shadow to hits all enemies for 20 
MP.
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Dual Techs
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BTW, Magus has no Dual Techs so don't email me about missing out on his dual 
techs.
Crono/Marle

Aura Whirl-Recovers some HP for all of the party. Needs Aura and Cyclone.
Ice Sword-Ice damage to one enemy, needs Ice and Spincut.
Ice Sword 2-Ice damage to all, needs Ice 2 and Confuse.

Crono/Lucca

Fire Whirl-Damages all enemies in area with fire. Needs Cyclone and Flame Toss.
Fire Sword-Fire damage to one enemy, needs Fire and Spincut.
Fire Sword 2-Fire damage to all, needs Fire 2 and Confuse.

Crono/Frog

X Strike-Strike an enemy in X formation, needs Slash and Slurp Cut.
Swordstream-Attacks enemy with a water charged blade. Needs Water and Spincut.
Spire-Attacks enemy with a lightning charged blade. Needs Lightning 2 and Leap 
Slash.

Crono/Robo

Rocket Roll-Hit all enemies with a beam, needs Cyclone and Laser Spin.
Max Cyclone-Robo spins Crono at all enemies. Needs Spincut and Laser Spin.
Super Volt-Robo and Crono use lightning on all, needs Lightning 2 and Shock.

Crono/Ayla

Drill Kick-Crono launches Ayla into a kick, needs Cyclone and Rollo Kick.
Volt Bite-Ayla,electrified, bites an enemy, needs Lightning and Cat Attack.
Falcon Hit-Hits all enemies on a line, needs Spincut and Rock Throw.

Marle/Lucca

Antipode-Ice and Fire damage, single target. Needs Ice and Fire
Antipode 2-Ice and Fire damage, area effect. Needs Ice 2 and Fire 2.
Antipode 3-Ice and Fire damage on all enemies. Needs Flare and Ice 2.

Marle/Frog

Ice Water-Ice water hits all enemies, needs Ice and Water.
Glacier-Drop a glacier on a group of enemies, needs Ice 2 and Water 2.
Double Cure-Cure your whole party fully. Needs Cure 2 and Cure 2.

Marle/Robo

Aura Beam-Recovers some HP for the party, needs Aura and Cure Beam. 
Ice Tackle-Attack and enemy with Ice, needs Ice and Robo Tackle.
Cure Touch-Cures all party fully, needs Cure 2 and Heal Beam.

Marle/Ayla

Twin Charm- Both combine to steal off an enemy, needs Provoke and Charm.
Ice Toss- Ayla throws ice at one enemy, needs Ice and Rock Throw.
Cube Toss-Ayla throws a glacier at the enemy, needs Ice 2 and Rock Throw.

Lucca/Robo

Fire Punch- Robo punches with a flaming fist. Needs Rocket Punch and Fire.
Fire Tackle- Robo slams the enemy with fire, needs Robo Tackle and Fire 2.
Double Bomb- Robo and Lucca set off bombs, needs Area Bomb and Mega Bomb.

Lucca/Frog

Red Pin-Frog hits an enemy with a fire charged sword, needs Leap Slash and Fire.
Line Bomb-Bombs assist Frog in his attack, needs Mega Bomb and Leap Slash.
Frog Flare-A giant frog attacks with fire, needs Frog Squash and Flare.

Lucca/Ayla

Flame Kick-Attacks enemy with a flaming foot, needs Fire and Rollo Kick.
Fire Whirl-A fiery tornado, needs Fire 2 and Tail Spin.
Blaze Kick-A fiery triple kick, needs Fire 2 and Triple Kick.

Frog/Robo

Blade Toss- Robo throws Frog at the enemy, needs Laser Spin and Slurp Cut.
Bubble Snap- Robo is in a bubble and drops from above, needs Water and Robo 
Tackle.
Cure Wave-Fully restore party's HP, needs Cure 2 and Heal Beam.

Frog/Ayla

Slurp Kiss-Restores some of party's HP, needs Slurp and Kiss.
Bubble Hit-Ayla's in a bubble and drops from above. Needs Water and Rollo Kick.
Drop Kick-They combine for a kick slash combo. Needs Triple Kick and Leap Slash.

Robo/Ayla

Boogie-Both dance, casting Stop on enemies. Needs Charm and Robo Tackle.
Spin Kick-Robo throws Ayla, needs Rollo Kick and Robo Tackle.
Beast Toss-Throw an enemy, needs Rock Throw and Uzzi Punch.
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Triple Techs
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All triple techs involve Crono.

Crono/Marle/Lucca
Delta Force-A Shadow attack on all enemies. Needs Fire 2, Ice 2 and Lightning 2.

Crono/Marle/Frog
Arc Impulse-Basically an X-Strike with the power of Ice. Targets one enemy. 
Needs Ice 2, Spincut and Leap Slash.

Crono/Marle/Robo
Lifeline-Once cast, whenever a party member dies he/she will be revived once. 
Needs Cyclone, Life 2 and Heal Beam.

Crono/Marle/Ayla
Final Kick-Ayla does a Triple Kick powered by Lightning and Ice. Needs Lightning 
2, Ice 2 and Triple Kick.

Crono/Lucca/Frog
Delta Storm-Shadow damage to all enemies, needs Lightning 2, Fire 2 and Water 2.

Crono/Lucca/Robo
Fire Zone-A Cyclone with Fire damage to all. Needs Spincut, Fire 2 and Laser 
Spin.

Crono/Lucca/Ayla
Gatling Kick-Ayla does a Triple Kick powered by Lightning and Fire, single 
target. Needs Triple Kick, Lightning 2 and Fire 2.

Crono/Frog/Robo
Triple Raid-An X-Strike with Robo's help. Single target, needs Slurp Cut, Slash 
and Robo Tackle. 

Crono/Frog/Ayla
3-D Attack-An X-Strike with Ayla's help. Needs Slurp Cut, Slash and Triple Kick, 
single target.

Crono/Ayla/Robo
Twister-Creates tornadoes which hit all. Needs Tail Spin, Laser Spin and 
Cyclone.

The following Triple Techs require a Rock to be equipped on one of the party 
members to be able to activate.

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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.

Grand Dream-Like a Frog Squash but more damaging. Needs Frog Squash, Life 2 and 
Laser Spin.
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Black Rock-Magus/Marle/Lucca
The Black Rock is found in the room in Enhasa, with the solitary Poyozo Doll.

Dark Eternal-Massive Shadow damage on all. Needs Dark Matter, Fire 2 and Ice 2.
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White Rock-Marle/Lucca/Ayla
Found in the Black Omen.

Poyozo Dance-Tornadoes causing Chaos to all enemies, needs Provoke, Hypno Wave 
and Tail Spin.
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Blue Rock-Magus/Robo/Lucca
Found in the Giant' Claw, 600 AD.

Omega Flare-All enemies suffer Shadow damage. Needs Dark Bomb, Laser Spin and 
Flare.
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Silver Rock-Robo/Frog/Ayla
Talk to the Nu twice at the Laruba Ruins in 65 Million BC.

Spin Strike-I think it's a Leap Slash, but damage multiplied by 4. Single 
target, needs Robo Tackle, Leap Slash and Tail Spin.

From Cosmo2-
In the triple tech section, you confused Blue Rock and Silver Rock.  
The locations are correct, but Blue Rock invokes Omega Flare and Silver 
Rock invokes Spinstrike.

From Teferi-
You forgot to switch the characters as well.

Magus: Thanks!

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3)Walkthrough
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1000 A.D
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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).

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Leene Square
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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. 

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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. 

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Now you can exchange the rest of your SP for money, and if you want you can buy a 
Lode Sword from Melchoir, 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.

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600 A.D
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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

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

Now get out, and go to the cathedral to the left of the castle. Talk to the nun 
at the top left, and they will all turn into enemies. Kill them, and another one 
will appear. It will get killed by Frog, your next party member.

Head to Guardia Forest and build up until you get the Flame Tech for Lucca, 
Slurp Cut for Frog, and Slash for Crono. Now rest at the Inn if needed, and go 
back to the cathedral. Go up to the organ in the upper left, and press A to play 
it. A door will open up, enter it. Here is another good place to build your 
levels, 7+ is sweet. First, go to the right and pick up the treasures. Go up the 
stairs, enter the room and collect the treasures, and then go to the drawers and 
press "A" to collect a Naga-ette Bromide. Some enemies will rush in, kill them. 
Now go up, to the left of the spikes, and press the skull. The bucket on the 
left has a Magic Tab. Get it by pressing A, and return to the bottom floor.

Don't go up the middle yet, go to the right and up the stairs. Go into the upper 
door, and try to leave. Beat the enemies, and then enter the secret door on the 
right wall. It will be a Magus shrine (a shrine to me...how cool...kidding.). 
Pick up the treasures and leave. You may have to battle the enemies if unlucky. 
Now return to the bottom floor and go straight up into the middle door. Save, 
and head up the stairs, and slide down the ones on the right. Head up, press the 
skull, and go up. Keep going left, and head down twice. Go up the stairs, grab 
the treasure, and head into the room you just opened up.  Defeat the enemies, 
grab the treasure and play the organ. Now go all the way around again, except 
there will be an opening on the wall. Enter, go up the top, save, and enter the 
next room. You will now battle Yakra.

Yakra   

If you are 7+, this is easy. Just keep on attacking, and use Crono and Frog's X 
Strike. Also heal with Frog, this one is over very quickly.

Open the chests (the REAL chancellor is in one), and head back to Guardia 
Castle. Go back up to the Queen's room to get Marle back. Go back to the canyon 
where you came from, and talk to the blue thing (a gate) to get home.

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1000 A.D
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You'll land back in Leene Square. Head back to Guardia Castle. That stupid 
Chancellor is at it again, and he will send you to jail. But first, a trial. If 
you followed the steps I told you to follow in Leene Square, you should get off 
okay. Answer the questions truthfully, and the verdict makes no difference: you 
will be sent to jail. There, the Chancellor will change the verdict to execute 
you! 

In the cell, if you were charged not guilty, you will have a pack and a mug to 
take. The pack is an Ether, the mug is a free source of HP/MP. Now, if you want 
to gain some levels (maybe) and acquire lots of items, keep annoying the guards 
out front until they come in. You will kill them both and are free to explore. 
Otherwise, you can wait until Lucca saves you.

If you do get out, go free and explore. You can kill guards in one shot by 
waiting until they face away from you, and pressing A. Search their bodies for a 
Mid Tonic, better than beating them. Somewhere, you will find a prisoner, help 
him. He will prove useful later on. Also, there will be a path leading you 
outside. Scale the walls downward to get some items. In that room, there is a 
black hole, press A to climb down and receive some more items. Eventually you 
will find the exit; the supervisor will give up 5 Mid Tonics if you search him. 
Go out and face the Dragon Tank.

Dragon Tank

First, aim all attacks at the head (normal attacks). Heal when needed too. When 
the head is gone, start attacking the body. 8+ is a fine level, and this is too 
easy.

Now you will run, with Marle, out to the Guardia Forest. Go right and you will 
find a gate... go in it, and get transported to...

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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.
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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 the upper 
right to reach Lab 16.

Lab 16

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

There will be lots of people surprised to see you. Use the Enertron before going 
downstairs. Go to the left, and through the girder maze.
At the end, you will face the Guardian.


Guardian

Level 9+ is sweet...just use normal attacks, maybe Crono's Cyclone tech if 
needed. First, kill off the two Bits, as if you attack the Guardian first they 
will all do a super move on you. Once they are gone (it won't take long), pummel 
the Guardian with normal attacks. The Bits will revive, so take them out again, 
and repeat once more to kill the Guardian.

Enter the door at the top. You will see a dead person, and grab some seeds off 
him. Open the chest, head back to catch the rat. Hold B down to run, and A to 
catch it. Once you do, it will tell you that the passcode is L&R&A. 

Go back, re-surfacing to use the Enertron if needed, and then enter then 
passcode at the console with a sparkling thing on it. A door on the right will 
open, enter it. 

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From Alan Berck:
Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to 
point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then 
A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, 
joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set
L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order.

From Mitchell Mebane:
I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few
tips for you.

You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A
sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM,
it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.
I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file
(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to
the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or
the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign
the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key
enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift
keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,
this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a
joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its
buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can
connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the
keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis
eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain
them, though.)
Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have
this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.)

Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, 
and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a 
good keyboard :-)

There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think.
Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out.
Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!!
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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

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

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

At the Factory, use the panel in front of you. An enemy will drop down, just use 
attacks to defeat it. Now go up, and to the right elevator. Take the ladder to 
the lower floor, go left and grab the Robin Bow. Now get on the conveyor belt, 
and get through three rooms of enemies. Then hold down so you can get off. Go 
down, and up the ladder. Go up, and to the right to pick up the chest. Go into 
the door, and get the codes (B,B and X,A). Grab the chests, go out, and into the 
door on the left. Get through here, and you will be at the control panel. Enter 
both of those codes, and then go down the ladder and left. Go up the door to get 
another code, XABY. Now return to the  entrance (you may want to go back to 
Proto Dome for the Enertron).

This time, go into the left elevator. Follow the path, and activate the panel in 
the room with the lasers. Grab the chests, and either go down the ladder or 
elevator. Enter the code, and turn the power back on. Something goes wrong, so 
escape, using the ladder (elevator doesn't work). On the way out, you'll meet 
Robo's "friends". They'll beat him up, and the turn on you. Use Marle to heal, 
and use Crono's Cyclone. When they are gone, you'll head back to the Proto Dome. 
Lucca will repair Robo, and then you'll head into a gate.

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Whoa! Weird. Talk to the guy in the middle. Whenever he says "Hey", he's got 
something to say. Try to leave and he'll say hey, and tell you to go into the 
door above. There you'll meet Spekkio and learn magic. You can also try to beat 
him to recieve some items. Once that is done, you can either go back to your own 
time, or gain up lots of levels. 

To go back, go in the portal which says 1000 A.D. To build up, go into the 65 
Million B.C one, and once in there, go to the map. Go right and when you reach 
the village, head to the upper right, you will find a hunting range. Find the Nu 
(either at the top platform at the bottom right, or at the top left or right, 
it's random). He will take you down to 1 H.P with his attacks, but he won't kill 
you. Everytime you beat him, you get like 30 tech points, and heaps of EXP, so 
do this until you think you are ready to move on. Return here often to build up.

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Ok, barge in on someone's house...Anyway, get out and head to the south-east, 
that's where Melchior is. 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

This should be easy for any RPG gamer to get through, just that in the middle of 
the cave, where you can either go into the door at the bottom left or bottom 
right, go in the bottom right first to grab some treasure, then into the bottom 
left. There, walk through the water and save. Now you'll have to face Heckran. 
He's quite easy, level 12-15 or so is good. Just don't hit him when he 
challenges you to, otherwise he'll counterattack. When you beat him, jump in  
the whirlpool and go to Leene Square. 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.

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Get out of the canyon, and go downwards towards the bridge. Speak with all of 
the knights there, and head up to Guardia Castle. Go right and into the kitchen, 
speak with all the people there too. Now leave and when you do, the chef will 
give you a Jerky. Take that to the knights at the bridge. Make sure your party 
is Crono, Marle and Lucca (with the Ice Sword and Fire Sword techs), then go 
across the bridge. You will see Ozzie, and he will send skeletons after you. If 
you have Lighting 2 for Crono, this should be too easy. Keep going until you get 
to the end, and face Zombor.

Zombor

As I said, make sure you have Marle and Lucca with you. Use Fire Sword on the 
lower body, and Ice Sword on the upper body. The person which isn't required for 
a tech can damage the other part or heal, and the last person to hit him will 
get all of their MP stolen.

Go to the nearest Inn, rest. If you got the Naga-ette Bromide in the Cathedral, 
the north most house on the west block will contain a guy who wants it, talk to 
him and then open the drawer for a Tab. Now go east and enter the Denadoro 
Mountain. 

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This should be quite easy to get through without directions, but first, go 
straight up into the waterfall. There, you should acquire a treasure of some 
sort. Then head back and go up the path to the left, you'll meet Tata, the 
supposed "Hero". After that, head upwards and follow the easy trail. Once you 
reach the two Free Lancers standing on a waterfall, beat them, and then go down 
the left-hand side of the waterfall. Hold left, you'll fall on a platform 
containing treasure. Then fall to the right, pick up the treasure, and head to 
the right, you'll appear on a path you just went on. 

Keep going on past that part, when you reach the Kiwala (white creature), keep 
talking to it for a Magic Tab. Keep going on until you reach a cave, this is 
where Masa and Mune are. Before entering though, make sure that you have Lucca 
in your party (with the Hypno Wave tech). 

Masa and Mune

Use Hypno Wave straight away, and focus all your attacks on one member. Fire 
Sword and Uzzi Punch worked well for me, this is just a warm-up battle....

Masamune

This is pretty tough. Whenever it says "storing tornado energy", use Crono's 
Slash tech to get rid of it. Use one person to heal (Robo preferably, he's got 
Cure Beam which cures multiple targets) while the other two use an attack like 
Ice Sword or Fire Sword. Robo's Uzzi Punch once again comes in handy here. It's 
hard, but it'll be over soon.

Once you've beaten them, you'll get the Masamune, and get warped out of here. Go 
down to Porre, and head into Tata's Home. Get the Hero Medal from Tata, and go 
into the Cursed Woods. 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. Melchoir's 
name will be on the sword, so visit him.  

Melchoir' 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.

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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. Once that is done, go south into the Forest Maze.

Forest Maze

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

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. It's over soon.

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.

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Go to Melchoir's hut and show him the Dreamstone. He'll take one of your other 
members downstairs to fix it. It won't take too long, just don't talk to them. 
Once the Masamune is fixed, take it to Frog. Finally, he'll join you. Now back 
to the End of Time so that Frog can learn magic, and take him back to the 
Hunting Range in 65 Million B.C to gain some levels, and if your'e good enough, 
to get Water 2. 

After that, take Marle into your party and go to 600 A.D, east of the Denadoro 
Mountain. 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.

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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. Defeat his henchmen and then go 
back into the left corridoor. Go up, fighting enemies if you want, and soon 
you'll meet Slash.

Slash

Damn, he's got Crono's techs! The easiest way to kill him is to use Arc Impulse 
(a triple tech, requires Crono's Spincut, Frog's Leap Slash and Marle's Ice 2) 
if your three characters aren't hurting. If they are, use either Frog or Marle 
to cure, and use a dual tech (if it's Frog, X-Cut, if it's Marle, Ice Sword 1 or 
2). Once you defeat him, he'll attack again, use the same tactic.

Pick up the Slasher, and then use a shelter at the save point. Then head to the 
left corridoor, and talk to the kids surrounding the treasure. They'll turn into 
Shadows, easily fried by Lightning 2 (or any other level 2 elemental spell). 
Grab the treasure and head up. You'll fight Flea...rather a fake Flea. Be 
careful, whoever hits him/her will have their MP drained. Then you'll be taken 
into battle with the real Flea.

Flea

Ouch. She/he's quite hard, as she/he (I'll just call Flea it) keeps using status 
changing spells (Chaos, Sleep). This time use Frog and Crono's techs (Spire, X-
Strike) and use Marle for healing and recovery. It will take a while.

Now go back to the main entrance. You can either head back to where Slash was to 
save and restore, or just go on the teleporter in the centre. Once you do, 
follow the path until you reach Ozzie.

Ozzie

Extremely easy, just don't hit Ozzie! Instead move the cursor around to target 
what seems to be air. 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 look 
extremely cool. Head into battle with him.   

Magus

This is very hard. He keeps on changing barriers, and whatever magic he casts is 
the type you have to use against him. I still used Crono, Frog and Marle in my 
party. Attack him with Frog to change his barrier, and use your most powerful 
type of magic on him. When he risks casting a spell, quickly fire up Arc Impulse 
(Triple Tech), and then after he casts it get ready to cure. Use Marle and Frog 
to cure (Double Cure is great) and then repeat the process over again.

Once you beat him, something will happen, dragging all of you into a gate...

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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, and then head 
up to the Dactyl's Nest.

Dactyl's Nest

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

Head in and go down the stairs on the right. Find Kino and follow him back 
upwards. He'll open the left path. Soon, you'll battle 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.

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. 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. Soon, you'll reach a bridge 
which leads outside, change Robo with Lucca. Fight Azala and the Black Tyrano.

Black Tyrano/Azala

First, concentrate everything on Azala. Fire Sword 2 works very well here. Once 
he's done, just attack the Tyrano until he says "Removing Defense". He'll start 
counting down, whack him with everything you have until he reaches 0. Heal, and 
repeat the process again.

Lavos falls to the Earth...and the Tyrano Lair is gone. Go into the crater which 
is left, and enter the gate. Which will take you to..

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Reality aside, I think this place looks cool! With all the palaces and so 
forth...plus they have some pretty cool music. If I could live somehwere, it 
would be here...but enough said, let's get on with it! Get out of the cave you 
are in and head east. Enter the Skyway and stand on the teleporter to be taken 
to Zeal, the floating continent. Sounds like FF3. Anyway, go into the first 
palace there, Enhasa. Inside will be three books on tables scattered around the 
place. You have to open these elemental books in this order: Water, Wind, Fire. 
Water is on the right side of the room, Wind at the top, and Fire near the 
entrance. Change your party to Crono, Frog and Marle. Go into the door which 
just opened up, near the Fire book. Inside are six Nu's, beat them by using your 
second level elemental spells (Lightning 2, Water 2, Ice 2) and if you have 
them, use Glacier (Frog and Marle' dual tech) to really hurt them. You'll get 
heaps of EXP and two tabs. 

If you need to heal find the healing circle (there's one in each palace), and 
then head to the next Skyway. Go in, and when you get out, go west to reach 
another Skyway, which will take you to the other side of the Floating Continent. 
Enter the palace of Kajar and do the same with the books, although I've 
forgotten the locations of them it should be easy :-). A door will open 
somehwere, go in and grab the Black Rock from the Poyozo Doll. 

Get out, and go in the caves until you reach the main castle. Here, find the 
healing circle (should be to the left somewhere) and speak to the person with 
the sapling, and tell her to grow it. Do this if you want to get the *best* 
ending. Then go to the upper right doorway and into the room where Janus and 
Schala are. After the guard comes, follow Schala, only to find out you can't 
open the sealed door with Marle's pendant. Go to the left, speak to the sleeping 
Nu to get through, and then go up to the Mammon Machine. Press A to charge the 
pendant, then go and open the door you couldn't before. 

Before heading on further, put Lucca, Crono and Frog in your party. Have them 
all equip Ruby Vests, and then continue on. You'll meet Dalton, who will summon 
a Golem to get rid of you.

Golem

With this trick, this is easy. Whatever attacks you do are what it does, so just 
use Fire attacks (see the purpose of the Ruby Vests?), mainly Fire Sword 2. Use 
Frog to Heal. But if you win or lose, you still get captured. 

Watch the nice little scene that goes on. But what's not nice is that the 
Prophet sends you back to where you came from. 65 Million B.C. Damn, you can't 
even get back in! So head to the End of Time, and talk to the old guy. He'll 
tell you to go to 2300 A.D, where there are heaps of doors just like the one you 
opened in 12000 B.C.

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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

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

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.

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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

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.

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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.

Head back to heal, then go up into the Mountain of Woe.

Mountain of Woe

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 Melchoir 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 Melchoir 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

Go into the Mammon Machine's room. You'll find out it's been moved. So head into 
the main/middle corridoor, and at then end you'll find Dalton.

Dalton

He's too easy. Almost the same as Golem, you should just pound him with phyiscal 
attacks and your most powerful magic spells. 

After that, you can go back and heal on the healing circle, or just head right 
into the gate. Which leads to the Ocean Palace.

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Okay, before venturing forth, here's a word of advice. Put Crono, Lucca and 
Marle in your party. The enemies here are usually Scouts, and there are three 
types: Blue, Red and Yellow. You can only use Ice on the Blue, Fire on the Red 
and Lightning on the Yellow otherwise they will heal themselves. Second, you'll 
most certainly come across and Jinn and Barghest, kill the Barghest first as it 
is easier to kill the Jinn then.

Save, talk to Masa (or Mune?) and then head into the room below you. The way to 
go is into the south door, but you want to pick up some nice treasure. The SW 
and SE rooms yield some nice items. When going into the SW room, follow the left 
edge around to the bottom, and then keep going right to reach a secret treasure 
chest. Watch out and pick up all the treasures, they're awesome.

Once that's all done, go back into that first room and use the south exit. Save, 
and then go down the stairs. There will be lots of hard enemies and large groups 
of them too, so don't hesistate to use your best spells. Follow the path all the 
way down, and you'll find Mune (or Masa? Probably Mune). Go into the next room 
and save (use a shelter, trust me). Then head onto the elevator, and use the 
sparkling tab to get down. There are lots of enemies here, use your best attacks 
(Delta Force may work nicely). 

Once you are at the bottom, go up, and either to the east or west. Destroy all 
the enemies in these rooms, pull the switch on the wall and then repeat for the 
other room. A walkway in the middle will open up, cross it. Save and shelter, 
and then make your party as Crono, Marle and Frog. Equip the party with Ruby 
Vests, or things which protect against Fire. Go up, and face the Golem Twins.

Golem Twins

With the Ruby Vests, this is easy. Use Fire Sword 2, Frog to Heal and 
occasionally Leap Slash. There! That's all to it.

Ok, unequip Crono of the good things he has. Trust me. Go forward, and up to the 
Mammon Machine. Crono will use the Ruby Knife, no, the Masamune, and chaos will 
rule. You'll now face Lavos. If you want to beat him, go ahead, if not, read on.

Everyone will "die", and the Prophet will come along, revealing himself to be 
the great Magus!!! He'll face Lavos but get his powers drained. Crono will then 
wake up, go up to Lavos and press A. Then Lavos and Crono will disappear, the 
"Floating Continent" will sink into the sea, and tidal waves whack the crap out 
of everyone below. Whoops.

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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

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. Sorry, but I seem to have lost 
the locations of the chests...so look for it soon.

You'll enter a new screen soon, the room on the left has a ladder leading up to 
the deck. The Turrets here use Lock All on you, but when you kill them you get 
heaps of tech points and EXP. Sweet. Get to the end, and you'll face a Golem 
Boss.

Golem Boss

Just attack it. He can't hurt you.

You'll see Dalton flyling below. You'll jump down and fight him.

Dalton

Use all that you have, even though he's damn easy, it makes it quicker. He'll 
call Golem Boss, but he's gone. 

Oh no, Epoch out of control!!! Follow the commands and you'll land back in the 
Commons. From here, head to the North Cape (which is north). Go to the 
shimmering dot and touch it to meet Magus. Here, you can either get him in your 
party or fight him. I strongly suggest getting him, as he has all elemental 
magic and VERY good shadow magic! Now he tells you that th 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. 

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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.

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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.

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Subquest 1: Saving Crono
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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

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

The three dolls here will aid you on your journey. In the first screen, RUN to 
the first doll and speak to it. It will turn into a tree, hide behind it until 
the wind dies down. Keep repeating this process, remembering to always run 
otherwise you will get blown off.

Now explore your way through, and you will reach a flat area with a save point. 
Save, then head into the left cave. You'll face a Lavos Spawn.

Lavos Spawn

DO NOT HIT THE SHELL! It will kick the crap through you if you do. Aim all 
attacks for the head (Uzzi Punch, Leap Slash and Dark Bomb). It will go soon, 
and there are three of these on the mountain.

Go up, to the right, and re-enter the cave. Go down, hit the switch, then head 
back to the Save Point. Save of course, then head up through the middle, and 
when you are outside again, you'll face another Lavos Spawn.

Go left, in this screen there will be a doll who says that it's very slippery or 
something like that. My advice? Run across the ledge, as fast as you can. Or 
you'll end up back at the Save Point. In the next screen, head down into the 
next screen and reach the last doll. I've forgotten what it said, but go down 
and kill the Spawn, and push the shell up to the ladder you can't reach so you 
can climb it. Up the top of the ladder, enter the next screen, go up the top and 
watch a sequence, and you'll have Crono back! Yay! Now you'll arrive at the End 
Of Time, talk to Gaspar and everyone but Crono to learn more about the 
subquests.
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Subquest 2: Reviving the Dead Forest 
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In 12000 B.C, you talked to the woman about planting the seed, right? Go to 600 
A.D and to the continent where Porre is. There will be a house and a whirlpool 
in the middle. Go into the house, speak with Fiona and Marco, then put Marle, 
Frog and Magus as your party. Head into the whirlpool. 

Whirlpool 

Lots of treasure here...and enemies. Hold run to get most of them. Head down one 
screen, and catch Retinite to fight it.

Retinite

Use Ice or Water magic on the bottom first, as it lowers it's defense. Then 
attack it with all you have, and repeat with the top. Keep curing, don't forget, 
and Leap Slash is handy here. Don't use any other magic spells.

After this, grab the rest of the treasure and put Robo in your party. Speak to 
Fiona, then leave him with her. Go to 1000 A.D and into the shrine to pick up 
Robo. BTW, one of the nuns sells good defense items. 

Go out, and you'll appear in a camp. You'll discuss something, and you'll have 
control of Lucca. Go right and into the red gate. you'll be in her room, go down 
the stairs and into the main room. Her mum will be there, go to the white panel 
and enter L,A,R,A to stop her from dying. Half-dying. It doesn't matter if she 
dies or not. Go back into the Gate, you'll meet Robo and grab the Green Dream 
(whenever you die, you regenerate. Once).

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Subquest 3: Ozzie's Fort
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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

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.
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Subquest 4: A Ghost Named Cyrus
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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.
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Subquest 5: The Sun Stone
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Go to 65 Million BC and into the trader's hut. Get a Ruby Armor, equip that, the 
Red Mail and Red Vest on your party. If you don't have them, just equip Ruby 
Armors. Now go to 2300 A.D and find the Sun Palace (talk to Lucca at the End Of 
Time to see what it looks like). Enter and face the Son of Sun.

Son of Sun

It's like roulette. Only use physical attacks, no magic. You can't hit him, only 
the fireballs around him. But only one of them is the right one, the one which 
will deal damage to him. So it's a matter of guess and whack as fast as you can 
before he spins them around. With the Red/Ruby Armor/Vests it should be easy, as 
if you guess wrong he'll do a Fire attack which your armor will defend. 
Otherwise, if you hit the right one, go nuts and rush it.

After that, go up, and collect the Moon Stone. Head to 65 Million BC, and find 
the Sun Keep (on an solitary island). Place the Moon Stone there, and go to 2300 
A.D, and into the Sun Keep. The stone's gone. Go to the Keep in 600 A.D. It's 
there. So head into 1000 A.D, and to Porre. There'll be a sparkling house, go 
into it and talk to all of the liars. Go to the Snail Stop, buy the Jerky, and 
head to 600 A.D. Enter the house and GIVE the Jerky to the woman. Now back in 
1000 A.D, the house will still sparkle but the guy will give the stone to you. 
Place it back in the Sun Keep, then go to 2300 A.D to get it back as the Sun 
Stone (you have to have Lucca in your party).

Now go to Lucca's House in 1000 A.D, she and her dad will forge the Wondershot 
(a weapon for herself) and the Sun Shades (attack up by 1/4...sweet).
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Subquest 6: Where Machines Originated
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Put Robo in the lead of your party and go to the Geno Dome in 2300 A.D. Enter, 
talk to the machine and you will get access to the Geno Dome. Now put the 
characters you want to level up in now, as this conveyor belt is a top-notch 
place to build up your levels. Once that is done, go right. If you talk to the 
sparkling thing it will ask you if you want to go down the chute. Do this 
repeatedly to gain lots of levels (you end up back at the entrance).

Right in front of you is a pod, press the switch to open it (for purposes later 
on). Go to the west , and fight the two enemies there. But don't go up that 
path, instead head to the one next to it. You'll see a computer and some 
enemies, kill them. Talk to the computer to grab some info. Next open up the pod 
nearby, it's a charging station. Then go to the door on the left, and go up. Hit 
the left and rightmost switches, then go back to the charging station next to 
the computer. Stand in it until you have this thing wrapped around you, then RUN 
to the pod below the switches. You'll open the door, go in and grab the doll.

Get charged again and RUN to the pod above the entrance. Go in the door that 
opened up and grab the treasure (plus 50000G!!) Now go around and up on the 
conveyor belt, watch the robot at the top,\. Then go back, enter the first room 
for some treasure and some enemies. The other room is an elevator, get in there. 
Once out, you can head south for a save point. Then go to the door in the north 
wall, and go through the passage. There will be a voice speaking to 
you...anyway, go up, defeat the enemies, and go into another elevator. 

You're back in the main room. Go left just like the robot did and hit the switch 
there to change the direction of the conveyor belt. Then go back and down. Hit 
the laser switch, and then go back to get charged. Now RUN as fast as you can, 
back to the conveyor belt, and into the remaining pod. You'll open the door, 
grab the treasure and make the robot follow you back to the place where you 
killed the two enemies when you first entered this main room. Then go up, and 
place the robot in front of the other to short-circuit them. Grab everything and 
go back to the elevator. Go up, and save. Equip Robo with the best things you 
have, and go west. You'll see his girlfriend, Atropos, and you'll have to fight 
her with just Robo.

Atropos

Use either Area Bomb or Uzzi Punch and you've got this one in the bag. Don't 
forget to heal.

Run at the switch in the wall above you with Robo, it'll open and let you in. 
Then go out and to the west, climb down the ladder, into the door, through the 
east and pick up the treasure. Then head back up, and continue going straight. 
You'll fight some Laser Guards, and when they are all gone put the dolls on the 
green switches, go forward and fight the Mother Brain. BUT before that put Robo, 
Crono and Magus in your party.

Mother Brain

Ok, full on attacks, nothing else. Use Shock, Luminaire and Lighting 2/Dark 
Mist. Don't stop to heal or anything, because it's just too easy. BTW, don't 
worry about the two side computers, one Shock or Luminaire can take 'em out.

When she's dead, you'll get some weapons. The dome will close down pernamently, 
and that's it.
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Subquest 7: The Rainbow Shell
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While doing subquest 4, you should have spoken to Toma, right? He showed you the 
location of the Giant Claw, a cave which holds the Rainbow Shell. Head to it in 
600 A.D.

Enter, read the note, and go through the door at the bottom. Hey...doesn't this 
look like the Tyrano Lair? Duh...it is! Keep on moving through it, as it is very 
easy to find your way around. Soon you'll reach a screen with three switches, 
the middle is a save, the left to open up a pit and the right to drop monsters. 
You escape by falling down the pit.

Soon after that, you'll end up at the previous entrance to the Tyrano Lair. Once 
you fall down into the cell which held the Laruba civilians captive, make your 
way to Kino's cell, save, put on fire protection, go up, and fight another 
Tyrano, the Rust Tyrano.

Rust Tyrano

It will use that stupid countdown attack every now and then, so be careful. When 
it's counting, pound it with all you have. When it's not, just heal and attack. 
Be careful, the longer the battle goes, the shorter the countdown gets. And the 
bigger the damage.

Go forward to grab the Shell, but it's too damn heavy!!! So exit, and you'll 
appear in Guardia Castle. The King's soldiers will collect it for you. Now put 
Marle in your party and go to Guardia Castle, 1000 A.D

Guardia Castle

The King's on trial...for selling the Rainbow Shell! Find the courtroom, and try 
to get in. You'll fail, so head down to the new wing of the castle, where the 
Shell is. You'll need to grab a piece to show that it's all a hoax set up by the 
Chancellor. So get to the Shell, read the note, grab a shard and head back to 
the courtroom.

They still won't let you in, but Marle will think of a way to get in.  She 
crashes in through a window, and then the Chancellor will reveal himself to be 
Yakra number something. You've gotta fight him.

Yakra XIII

Use Haste if you have it, if not, just use your most powerful Triple Techs, and 
Dual Techs. He'll you some pretty powerful attacks, if you're hurting, use Frog 
or Robo to heal and the other two to pound him.

Watch the scene, and Melchoir will come up and ask you to meet him in the 
treasury. But, go back in the courtroom, pick up the shiny thing (Yakra Key), 
and find the locked chest in one of the rooms adjacent to the stairway. Unlock 
it and the real Chancellor will appear.

Back in the treasury, at the Shell, Melchoir will make you either a Prism Dress 
or 3 Prism Helms. Dress is the best lady's armour, Helms are the best Helms. If 
you have the Sun Stone, talk to him again and he'll make you the Prism Specs and 
Rainbow. Rainbow is the most powerful sowrd for Crono, Prism Specs ups attack 
power by half. Put them on Crono and you've got yourself a war machine.
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Subquest 8: The Black Omen
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To get in, fly to 12000 BC, 600 AD or 1000 AD, fly under it and get in. If you 
destroy it in 12000 BC, it won't appear again, but if you destroy it in 1000 AD, 
you can go back to 600 AD and do it all over again. A very, very nice way to 
gain some levels.

Ok, I say make your party Ayla, Robo and either Crono or Magus. Crono would be 
best for this situation as if you have the Rainbow and Prism Specs you can do a 
heap of damage. Robo's the healer and Ayla can Charm a whole heap of good stuff. 
The enemies to Charm off are the bosses, Flyclops, Synchrite, Ruminator and 
Goon. You'll get Gold Erng and Stud, Megalixirs and Nova Armors :-)

Before you enter, there will be Laser Guards at the door. A good dose of 
Lightning 2 or a Falcon Hit will dispose of them. Inside, you'll meet Queen Zeal 
and she'll bring out the Mega Mutant.

Mega Mutant

Ok, it's got lots of very damaging attacks. Every now and then it will pull off 
an attack which will take you down to 1 HP, so use techs which hit both halves 
of the monster.

Keep going north, and to get a save point, kill all of the monsters there (don't 
forget to Charm). Then head north, and kill the panels to continue. Keep on 
heading north, fight some hard battles and step into the teleporter.

You'll be heading down an elevator now, and whenever you move you'll be fighting 
a battle (well, for me anyway).Get through this next room while picking up the 
very important treasures, and soon you'll be in a room with two Nus and a save. 
One of them will ask you something about do you want to wake up, if you choose 
wake up, you'll be sent off the ship. The other one sells items.

Continue heading north, and you'll reach a room with a queue of Ruminators. Kill 
them to get through, and follow the path around, south past that Tubster enemy, 
and in the room with a teleporter, ignore it and go west for a Speed Tab. Then 
go in the teleporter.

Head into the next room, north west, east past those enemies, north and east to 
reach some chests. To the west of here is a save, save and go north to face the 
Giga Mutant.

Giga Mutant

Only use magic here, I suggest putting Magus and Crono in your party for this 
one. Watch out, the top counters with a MP drain, the bottom with a Lifeshaver. 
Just use your most powerful magic (Dark Matter, Luminaire, Shock, Flare, delta 
Triple Techs) to get this over with.

Go back and use a Shelter, you'll need to be back to full strength. Go north 
into the teleporter, onto the elevator and exit up top. Continue north until the 
panels, save and face the Terra Mutant.

Terra Mutant

My strategy was to just hit the top, as the bottom is healed by magic. Single 
magic attacks (Dark Bomb) work nice on the top, otherwise use dual/triple techs 
which are only aimed at the top. Don't try touching the bottom half at all.

A chest here contains the White Rock. Go north all the way to reach a Lavos 
Spawn.

Lavos Spawn

It's twice as good as the ones on Death Peak. Hit the head only with your most 
powerful attacks.

Go north, face the panels, and save. Equip some Blue armor (to your healer) and 
get ready for a long fight/s. In the next room or so will be the Mammon Machine, 
Queen Zeal will appear and fight you. 

Queen Zeal

Having Frog here is quite useful. Pound her to death, and when she uses 
Halation, have Frog use Frog Squash and have someone Cure right after that. 
Always cure your party, otherwise they'll be wiped out real quick. When you beat 
her, she sends you into the Mammon Machine.

Mammon Machine

Hard. If you physically hit it, it's defense wil go up, if you magically attack 
it, it's power increases. It's also got two phases, dormant and active. Use 
active to kill, dormant to heal. My tip? Conserve MP, and use physical attacks 
(Crono, Rainbow, Prism Specs, whoo-hoo!).

Now your'e on top of the Omen. If Magus is here you can watch a battle of words 
go on, and if you do have Magus there his music will play in the background of 
the battle (sweet!). Anyway, you'll still have to fight her.

Zeal

Whoa. One head, two hands. Charm the Hands for a Prism Dress/Helm. Killing the 
head will end the battle. Heal very often and use your best attacks on the head 
(Triple Techs, Antipode, Ice/Fire Sword, Swordstream, etc.) and when you half-
kill it, it uses Halation and then a MP buster. I suggest using a Megaelixir 
after that, then pounding it again. Good luck.

After she's gone, she'll mumble something to Lavos, the Black Omen will be 
destroyed and you'll be near...Lavos.
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The Final Battle with Lavos
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Ok, four ways to get here. The first is through the Black Omen, second the 
bucket in the End of Time, third the teleporter in Leene Square and fourth the 
Epoch. There is also the part in 12000 BC, whn Crono sacrifices himself. 

You can fight Lavos at these points in the game to get different endings:

At the start of the game, through the teleporter
After your first trip back from 600 AD
Just after you get to the End of Time
Before getting the Hero Medal
Between getting the Hero Medal and Masamune
After you get the Masamune, before seeing Frog.
After Frog has the Masamune, before facing Magus for the first time
After beating Magus and before the Tyrano Lair
After Tyrano Lair, before Lavos in the Ocean Palace
After seeing Schala opening the door (don't charge your pendant)
At the end of the game, after the subquests

To hell with that, let's beat him! BTW, if you fight on the Epoch, you'll lose 
it in the end. The Epoch, that is.

Lavos Shell

This part only applies to those who came in any other way than via the 
teleporter and at the Ocean Palace, I think. First, it assumes the form of 
previous bosses. They are Dragon Tank, Guardian, Heckran, Zombor, Masamune, 
Nizbel, Magus, Stone Tyrano, and Giga Gaia. Use the tactics that you did before 
to beat them. After you beat each one, it will give you time to rest. Go up to 
the shell to fight again.

After all the bosses, you'll fight the Lavos Mouth, where the teleporter people 
end up at. Full scale attacks are required, don't stop. Keep pounding him with 
your best spells, and heal if required. 

That's one part of him dead. If you came in through the bucket or Black Omen, a 
Gate and save are here. The Gate takes you back to the End of Time. If you want 
to know which party I used for the battle ahead, it was Crono, Magus and Robo. 
Waste all the Speed Tabs on Robo, Magic Tabs on Magus and Power Tabs on Crono. 
Now head up forward, and you'll fight the Lavos Machine.

Lavos Machine

It will attack you straight away, heal and get rid of the arms as fast as you 
can. The right arm has more HP than the left, use your most powerful attacks and 
spells on it. Once they are gone, wait for the body/head to use Obstacle and 
then you can attack it. Whack it as hard as you can, as if you take too long it 
will use an extremely damaging attack on you. It shouldn't be too hard though. 
When it's dead, it will make a speech and watch the scene. After the scene, get 
ready for the final battle.

Lavos Core

Very annoying, your'e in some sort of warp. Watch out for Rock of Ages and Evil 
Star, heal right after that. Meanwhile, use your best group attacks while 
healing (with Robo). Don't be afraid to use your items up. The Core is on the 
right, and the others are the bits (left is the healer, middle is the body).
First, concentrate on the two bits, and when they are gone go for the Core. It 
will regenerate the bits, and then go for the Core. Once that's gone, go for the 
bits and they may revive the Core. If they do, just keep hitting the Core until 
it dies and go for the bits. The healing bit is a bugger, take that out too. 
Persist and it will die. Then you'll be swallowed into a time warp, and the 
ending will play....

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4)Endings
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Depending on the conditions in which you fought Lavos, you can get 
one of these endings:
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1.Game Over. Lose to Lavos to get this.
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2.Behind the Scenes. At the start of the game, through the teleporter.
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3.Something's wrong with Guardia Castle...After your first trip back 
from 600 AD and before going into Guardia Castle.
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4.The Nu. Just after you get to the End of Time, and before you go to 
600 AD again.
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5.Tata' Discovery. After Zombor, before getting the Hero Medal
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6.Assorted. Between getting the Hero Medal and Masamune
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7.The Gurus. After you get the Masamune, before you give it to Frog
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8.Frog and Magus. After Frog has the Masamune, before facing Magus for
the first time
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9.The Reptites. After beating Magus and before the Tyrano Lair
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10.The Prophet. After Tyrano Lair, before Lavos in the Ocean Palace
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11.The Girls Chat. After seeing Schala opening the door (don't charge 
your pendant)
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12.No Crono. Don't revive Crono.
12a Have the Epoch
12b Don't have the Epoch
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13.Complete Ending. Do all of the subquests and revive Crono. 
13a Have the Epoch
13b Don't have the Epoch

You get New Game + this way.
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So there are all the endings, I won't spoil them for you. I mean, what 
happens in them. 
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5)Beat Spekkio!
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Like many other people I know, at first I had trouble beating Spekkio. 
So here's a guide on how to beat him and what you'll get after you do.
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Crono on Level 1-19 
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Spekkio will have 800HP, and will appear as a white Kiwala. Honestly,
this is quite easy. Put Marle and Lucca in your party, and fire up 
the elemental spells, and including the Triple Tech. You get 1 Magic 
Tab and 5 Ethers for winning.

From RPGenius-
At Level 11 Spekkio is actually a frog. Magus:Okay, I made a mistake 
then.
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Crono on Level 20-29
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Spekkio will have 2200 HP, and will appear as a blue Goblin. Just 
use the same tactic from above, maybe use Ayla. You'll get 1 Magic 
Tab and five Mid-Ethers for winning.
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Crono on Level 30-39
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Spekkio will have 4800 HP, and will appear as a red Omnicrone. I 
suggest using Crono, Frog and Robo. Robo can heal while Frog and 
Crono can do some serious damage via Swordstream and Spire. Triple 
Raid is good too, you'll get 1 Magic Tab and 5 Full Ethers for your 
efforts.

From Cosmo2-
On Spekio Level 30-39, you mentioned that Triple Raid might help, 
however, all physical attacks always miss on Spekkio. Magus: I'm 
pretty sure that didn't.

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Crono on Level 40-98
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Spekkio will have 10000 HP, and will appear as Masa & Mune. It's 
hard, now that you have Magus, wait until you get his Dark Matter 
spell. Combine that with Crono and Frog and you are unstoppable. 
You'll get 1 Magic Tab, 1 Speed Tab, 1 Power Tab and 10 Elixirs for 
your efforts.
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Crono on Level **
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Spekkio will have 20000 HP, and will appear as a pink Nu. This is 
hard. But stick to the Crono, Magus/Robo, Frog formula and you will 
be fine. For your efforts you'll get a whopping ten of each: Magic 
Tabs, Power Tabs, Speed Tabs and Megaelixirs!!!!

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6)Item List
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Fangs, Feathers, Horns, Petals-Exchanged for items in the Ioka Hut.
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Barrier- Increases magic defense by 1/3, or cuts magic hits by 1/3.
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Bike Key- Lets you ride the jet bike.
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Chrono Trigger- Lets you revive Crono.
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Clone- Also lets you revive Crono.
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Dreamstone- Lets you forge the Masamune.
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Elixir- Restores one member's HP and MP to the max.
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Ether- Restores 10 MP.
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Full Ether- Restores 60 MP.
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Full Tonic- Restores 500 HP.
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Gate Key- Lets you use the gates to warp around.
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Heal- Heals ally of all status.
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Hyper Ether- Restores all MP for one ally.
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Jerky- Give to a lady in Porre.
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Lapis- Restores 200 HP for all allies.
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Magic Tab- Ups Magic by 1.
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Megaelixir- Restores the party's HP and MP.
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Mid Ether- Restores 30 MP.
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Mid Tonic- Restores 200 MP.
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Moon Stone- Vital for a sub-quest.
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Pendant- Open seals.
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Power Meal- Recovers from "?"
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Power Tab- Ups Power by 1.
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Prism Shard- To prove King Guardia's innocence.
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Race Log- Records your Jet Bike speed.
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Revive- Revives an ally from the dead.
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Ruby Knife- The Masamune, needed to destroy the Mammon Machine.
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Seed- Hope for the people in the future.
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Shelter- Recovers party's HP and MP at a Save Point.
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Shield- Ups physical defense by 1/3, or cuts attacks by 1/3.
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Speed Tab- Ups Speed by 1.
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Sun Stone- A charged Moon Stone.
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Toma's Pop- Sprinkle this on Toma's grave. 
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Tonic - Restores 50 HP.
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Tools- Give this to the person in Choras.
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Yakra Key- Free the Chancellor.
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7)Accessories,Armors,Helmets and Weapons
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Accessories
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Amulet-Prevents Status Change
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Bandana-Speed +1                                     
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Berserker-Attack automatically
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Black Rock-Lets you use triple tech Dark Eternal
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Blue Rock-Lets you use triple tech Omega Flare
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Charm Top-Success of Charm up                             
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Dash Ring-Speed +3                                      
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Defender-Vigor +2                                     
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Flea Vest-Magic Defense +12                               
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Frenzy Band-80% Counter attack rate                      
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Gold Erng-Maximum HP up by 50%                             
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Gold Rock-Lets you use triple tech Grand Dream
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Gold Stud-MP use cut by 75%                            
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Hero Medal-Ups critical hit rate of Masamune            
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Hit Ring-Strike +10                                   
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Magic Ring-Magic +6                                     
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Magic Seal-Magic and Magic Defense up
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Magic Scarf-Magic +2                                     
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Muscle Ring-Vigor +6                                     
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Power Ring-Power +6                                     
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Power Seal-Attack, defense, power and vigor up        
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Power Glove-Power +2                                     
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Power Scarf-Power +4                                     
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Prism Specs-Maximum attack power
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Rage Band-50% Counter attack rate                       
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Ribbon-Strike +2                                    
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Sight Scope-Shows enemy's HP                             
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Silver Erng-Maximum HP up by 25%                              
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Silver Rock-Lets you use triple tech Spin Strike
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Silver Stud-MP use cut by 50%                            
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Speed Belt-Speed +2                                     
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Sun Shades-Ups attack power                             
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Third Eye-2x Evade                                     
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Wall Ring-Magic Defense +10                               
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Wallet-Turns Exp. into G                            
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White Rock-Lets you use triple tech Poyozo Dance
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Armors
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Aeon Suit-Defense +75                                  
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Black Mail-Defense +70, Absorbs "Shadow" hits          
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Black Vest-Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of "Shadow" hits  
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Blue Mail-Defense +70, Absorbs "Water" hits           
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Blue Vest- Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of "Water" hits    
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BronzeMail-Defense +16                                  
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Dark Mail-Defense +45, Magic Defense +5                  
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Flash Mail-Defense +64                                  
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Gloom Cape-Defense +84                                  
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Gold Suit-Defense +39                                  
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Hide Tunic- Defense +5                                   
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Iron Suit-Defense +25                                  
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Karate Gi-Defense +10                                  
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Lode Vest-Defense +71                                  
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Lumin Robe-Defense +63, Magic Defense +5                  
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Maiden Suit-Defense +18                                  
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Meso Mail-Defense +52                                  
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Mist Robe-Defense +54                                  
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Moon Armor-Defense +85, Magic Defense +10                 
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Nova Armor-Defense +82, Protects status                
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Prism Dress-Defense +99, Cuts Magic attack by 1/3          
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Raven Armor-Defense +76                                  
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Red Mail-Defense +70, Absorbs "Fire" hits            
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Red Vest-Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of "Fire" hits     
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Ruby Armor-Defense +78, Cuts "Fire" by 80%             
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Ruby Vest-Defense +45, Cuts "Fire" by 50%             
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Taban Suit-Defense +79, Speed +3/"Fire" guard up       
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Taban Vest-Defense +33, Speed +2/"Fire" guard up       
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Titan Vest-Defense +32                                  
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White Mail-Defense +70, Absorbs "Lightning" hits       
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White Vest-Defense +45, Absorbs 50% of "Lightning" hits| 
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Zodiac Cape-Defense +80, Magic Defense +10                 
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Aeon Helm-Defense +33                                  
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Beret- Defense +17                                  
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BronzeHelm-Defense +8                                   
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CeraTopper-Defense +23                                  
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Dark Helm-Defense +35, Cuts "Shadow" hits by 50%      
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Doom Helm-Defense +29                                  
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Gloom Helm-Defense +42, Protects status                
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Glow Helm-Defense +25                                  
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Gold Helm-Defense +18                                  
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Haste Helm-Defense +35, 50% less time between attacks  
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Hide Cap-Defense +3                                   
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Iron Helm-Defense +14                                  
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Lode Helm-Defense +29                                  
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Memory Cap-Defense +30, Prevents "Lock"                
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MermaidCap-Defense +35, Cuts "Water" hit by 50%        
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OzziePants-Defense +45, Whenever in battle, you'll have a status effect                            
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Prism Helm-Defense +40, Magic Defense +9locks status   
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R'bow Helm-Defense +35, Cuts "Lightning" hit by 50%    
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Rock Helm-Defense +20                                  
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Safe Helm-Defense +38, Cuts physical damage by 1/3, or ups defense by 1/3    
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Sight Cap-Defense +30, Prevents "Chaos"               
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Taban Helm-Defense +24, Magic Defense +10                 
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Time Cap-Defense +30,  Prevents "Stop," "Slow"         
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Vigil Hat-Defense +36, Protects status                
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Aeon Blade-Attack +70                                   
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Alloy Blade-Attack +110                                  
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Bolt Sword-Attack +25                                   
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Demon Edge-Attack +90, 1.5x hit on Mg enemies          
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Flint Edge-Attack +40                                   
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Iron Blade-Attack +7                                    
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Kali Blade-Attack +150                                  
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Lode Sword-Attack +20                                   
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Mop-Attack +1                                    
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Rainbow-Attack +220, 70% critical hit rate          
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Red Katana-Attack +30, Magic +2                        
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Shiva Edge-Attack +170, 4x damage at critical          
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Slasher-Attack +43, Speed +2                        
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Slasher 2-Attack +155                                  
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Star Sword-Attack +125                                  
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Steel Saber-Attack +15                                   
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Swallow-Attack +145, Speed +3                        
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Vedic Blade-Attack +135                                  
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Wood Sword-Attack +3                                     
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Marle
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Bronze Bow-Attack +3                                    
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Comet Arrow-Attack +80                                   
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Dream Bow-Attack +60                                   
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Iron Bow-Attack +15                                   
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Lode Bow-Attack +20                                   
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Robin Bow-Attack +25                                   
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Sage Bow-Attack +40                                   
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Siren-Attack +140, Random "Stop"                  
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Sonic Arrow-Attack +100, Random "Slow"                  
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Valkerye-Attack +180                                  
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Lucca
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Air Gun-Attack +5                                    
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Auto Gun-Attack +15                                   
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Dart Gun-Attack +7                                    
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Dream Gun-Attack +60                                   
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Megablast-Attack +80                                   
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Plasma Gun-Attack +25, Random "Stop" on machines       
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Ruby Gun-Attack +40                                   
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Shock Wave-Attack +110, Random "Chaos"                 
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Wonder Shot-Attack +250, Damage can vary                
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Frog
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Bent Hilt-Attack +0, Necessary to recover Masamune    
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Bent Sword-Attack +0, Necessary to recover Masamune    
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Brave Sword-Attack +135, 2x hit for Mg enemies          
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Bronze Edge-Attack +6                                    
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Demon Hit-Attack +120, 2x hit for Mg enemies          
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Flash Blade-Attack +90                                   
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Iron Sword-Attack +10                                   
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Masamune-Attack +75                                   
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Masamune, after the Northern Ruins quest-Attack +200, 2x hit for Mg 
enemies          
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Pearl Edge-Attack +105, 1.5x hit for Mg enemies        
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Rune Blade-Attack +120, Magic +4                       
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Robo
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Big Hand-Attack +105                                  
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Crisis Arm-Attack +1, Attack changes below 10 HP       
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Doom Finger-Attack +50                                   
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Giga Arm-Attack +135                                  
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Hammer Arm-Attack +25                                   
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Kaiser Arm-Attack +120                                  
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Magma Hand-Attack +70                                   
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Megaton Arm-Attack +90                                   
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Mirage Hand-Attack +30                                   
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Stone Arm-Attack +40                                   
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Terra Arm-Attack +150                                  
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Tin Arm-Attack +20
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Doom Sickle-Attack +160, Attack up when ally falls      
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Hurricane-Attack +135                                  
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Star Scythe-Attack +150                                  

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10)Upgrading? What?
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Upgrading is the art of waiting patiently to get better items. I'm 
talking about the sealed chests. When you go up to them in 600 A.D, 
examine it and choose not to take the object out. Then, go to 1000
A.D, pick up the "upgraded" item, then return to 600 A.D and recieve
the normal item.

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11)FAQs
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Q. How long will this take to finish?

A. Improper, low levels, and no sub-quests will probably be 20 hours plus. 
Follow the guide, good high levels and all sub-quests? 40 hours plus, but it's 
worth it.
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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.
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Q. When I'm in the Arris Dome, entering the password, I enter it but can't seem 
to go anywhere, help?

A. A door opens on the top right-hand corner, and a platform should drop. Hold 
L,R and then press A, that might work. I've had many questions about this, it's
usually just the way you're pressing the buttons.

From Alan Berck:
Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to 
point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then 
A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, 
joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set
L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order.

From Mitchell Mebane:
I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few
tips for you.

You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A
sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM,
it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.
I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file
(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to
the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or
the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign
the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key
enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift
keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,
this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a
joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its
buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can
connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the
keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis
eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain
them, though.)
Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have
this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.)

Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, 
and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a 
good keyboard :-)

There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think.
Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out.
Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!!

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Q. I've noticed that sometimes in battle the screen will flash when I make an 
attack, and the damage I do will be much more.  How do I do this; is it 
random or am I doing something to make it happen?

A. It's called a critical hit. This is random, although there are some items which
up your critical hit rating (see the list).
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Q. Is there a certain level you need to be on to defeat a boss?

A. No, not really, but from the last boss you fought till the next one, you should
at least gain 3 or 4 levels, if not 6.
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Q. Where's the Frenzy Band?

A. Good question. Anyone know? Send in to shinra9@yahoo.com

From Prodius72:

I have some info regarding your FAQ you recently posted about Chrono 
Trigger.  It's a great FAQ, and i wanted to contribute, so here it is:  im 
pretty sure i know where to find the Frenzy Band.  i have it right now in my 
game and i have narrowed it down to a few possible places that i could have 
gotten it from, so this could drastically narrow your search:  It could be 
in 600 ad in the mountain castle where you get the rainbow shell in a chest, 
or it could be in 2300 AD in either Geno Dome or one of those small domes 
where you just walk in and open the door w/ the pendant.  It could even be 
in a dome w/ people, but its definately not in the sewer access or anything 
like that.  Sorry, i cant remember the exact location, but if your still 
looking for it this should narrow your search.  Later.

Magus: It's in the Giant's Claw of 600 A.D, in the room to the left of the one
where there are the monsters and switches, you'll know when you see it.

From RPGenius-
This item gives u a 80% chance of counterhit, just like the Rage band except 
Rage band is only 50%.
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Q. If you have the Chrono Trigger (CT) instruction booklet, you'll notice that 
under The Weapons List there is somthing called the Fleaver. Being one of 
the best CT players I know, I have come to think that it is for Crono, IF by 
any chance it's real. I've found everything in the game, so I'm really anxious
to find something new, and also to see what color it is (cuz' I only keep the 
coolest looking swords/weapons!)

A. I'm pretty sure (from other sources) that the Fleaver was changed at the 
last moment to the Slasher. Any know the real story? Or am I right?
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Q.How do you get in the basement in 2300A.D. from the Arrisdome?

and

Q.Hello, i would like to say that you have a great sight and your SDIII and CT 
guides are without a doubt, the best out there, however, i did not write you 
just to kiss your ass, For i have just spent the last half hour playing 
Chrono trigger for the Snes9x trying to enter in the damn password for the 
console in the underground dome. (the one with the two consoles and the rat). 
i know that the code is L+R+A but when i go to the right console, it just 
doesn't work. In your guide you say, "it's how you push the buttons" but 
beleive me, i have tried every possible way there is and have not gotten any 
results. Is it the Snes9x? Am I just a big idiot? Does God hate me? How have 
others solved this problem? Any further help you could give me would be great 
because im desparate to finish this masterpiece. Thank you for your time and 
keep writing those great game guides.

A.Okay. This is the question that EVERYONE asks. HOLD L&R (L, not left, R, not
right), then press A. Do this at the right booth. A door should open up in the
top right hand corner! Enter!

From Alan Berck:
Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to 
point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then 
A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, 
joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set
L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order.

From Mitchell Mebane:
I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few
tips for you.

You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A
sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM,
it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.
I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file
(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to
the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or
the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign
the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key
enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift
keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,
this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a
joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its
buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can
connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the
keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis
eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain
them, though.)
Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have
this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.)

Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, 
and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a 
good keyboard :-)

There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think.
Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out.
Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!!

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Q.Hello. I've recently downloaded Chrono Trigger for my ZSNES player and it's 
working great, except that after I press the Y button to go to the Character 
Swap screen, it freezes when I try to quit the menu. Do you have any tips for 
me to get around this? When Ayla joins the team, you are forced to get her on 
your team via this screen, so I can't further my game until I can figure out 
a way around this problem. Thank you for your time. (This problem encountered
by two people)

A.Okay, first sorry for the late response. These two mails got lost in the
mountains of mail I recieve a day.
Now this seems to be a really common problem! The only thing I can think of
that is wrong is that the site where you got this from has a dodgy ROM. If
you could both tell me the site from which you acquired the ROM, and if they
are the same, that's probably your problem.

From Tabitha Jensen-
You've got to play with sounds on (find the option in your emulator).
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Q.This may seem like a dumb question, but is there any way to save Schala?  
I've noticed that if you have Magus, one of the ending variations is of him 
searching for her.  I thought maybe because of the subquest where you're 
supposed to save someone close to you that your supposed to save her.

A.I'd love to save her, but unfortunately you can't. Sorry!
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Q.i was just wondering if you could tell me more clearly how to get 
Crono back.  i went to his house, but his clone wasn't here.  thanks

A.This part is detailed at the start, at the Leene Square fair.
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Q.Hello I was looking at your faq and when i was told to enter domes 
the dome was just blanketed in cloudes and i couldnt see the players.  
But I'am using an emulator since i missed the cahnce to buy chrono 
trigger iam just wondering if i could take away these clouds so i can 
see what to do when iam in a certain dome thanks alot

A. Okay. Here it is again:

Use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's 
like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer.

From Xerain:
Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is better to 
change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put it to one of the 
16B settings.
Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 320x240x16B 
VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution.
These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them (If you 
even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come up with any more 
tips I'll be sure to let you know.
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Q. just wondering some thing , i use to always go with Crono Alya and 
marle..but is Frog good enough to replace alya? i mean i would have to 
start giving him some magic tabs but my frog is at lvl28 while alya 
is at lvl 29 and im at the Zeal Place...

A. Sure! Just build up those levels!
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Q.Also i dont get it ....useing the stones like the black or gold stone 
to pull off a triple tech...but crono isnt in it and i forgot...couldnt 
you not get rid of crono outta your party?

A. Well, Crono is unavailable for a while at the end...
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Q.b4 you enter the right door in the way back where you see the Nu 
and a guy trying to make "tabs" i forgot how you make the Nu talk to 
you or give you some magic tabs.........but what really werid is before 
you enter the room to the right there are two book Caes and the 2nd one 
above that theres something Sparkling..wondering if i could get it?

A.Hmm...I don't think so. For either question.

From JDemon14:
hey i just wanna say that your FAQ is great.  i was looking at the 
questions and 1 of the questions was about a shining object on top of 
the double bookcases and you said you doubt it can be reached but it 
can.  to get it you have to go in the room with the people making the 
tabs and check the wall on the bottom right and you'll get the object.  
the object is a tab but i don't remember which 1.
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Q.where can i get  a doom sickle for magus?

A.In Ozzie's Fort. It's right here-
After that, you'll be in a room with Ozzie and a treasure chest. Ignore 
it, and head to the exit. An Imp will try to take it but die. Ozzie 
will run. Grab the chest, and before exiting, go to the very right 
wall and go down to reach a secret room with Magus' best equipment.
Now go out and face Ozzie, Flea and Slash.
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Q.Do you know what Level ** for chrono is or means. I used the game 
genie code because i was curious.  Does it mean that he stays the same 
level because he never gains levels, hp, or mp.  i heard it means that 
he's on level 99 but why doesn't he hav enough hp and mp. i don't get 
it. can u help me out?

A.I think it does mean level 99. as for the hp/mp thing, I think it's 
because of the codes, that you can't make them higher.
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Q.Arg, with the subquest where you revive Crono, the first part,  the 
first doll thing that helps you when it turns into a tree.  Ok, well 
the problem is I get behind it, but the wind still blows me away.  
I've even leaned against the tree.  Is there any reason for this?

A.Push up against the tree. Keep moving up against it.
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Q.i need help i am in 2300 a.d and the than dome and the arris dome 
are all fogged up and i cant findgaurdian

A. Okay. Here it is again (AGAIN AND AGAIN!!! DO PEOPLE READ AT ALL?)

Use the 1-5 buttons on the keyboard to change the graphics settings, it's 
like that. But when you take the fog off, you can't see the text. Bummer.

From Xerain:
Rather than turning off the offeneding background using ZSNES, it is 
better to change the video mode. Go under config and select video. Put 
it to one of the 16B settings.
Use the 640x480x16B VESA2 setting, and if it runs slow, use the 
320x240x16B VESA2 for similar effects, but lower resolution.
These are general ZSNES tips for all Roms. I am aware you may know them 
(If you even use the rom, that is), but your readers may not. If I come 
up with any more tips I'll be sure to let you know.
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Q.Hello. I just got back Chrono on CT but i have a question... In your
FAQ it said that to have Magus in your party u have to NOt fight him 
when youu meet him at that one plac in 12000 BC.  Before reading your 
FAQ i didnt know better and i fought him anyway.  Is there a way i can 
get Magus on my team besides doing a plus game?

A.Sorry, but I think you're stuffed. I believe there's no way to get him
back.                                   
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Q.ok ok ok .. i know chrono trigger is a very old game but i still 
think it rocks!!! (Magus: HELL YEAH!)

so anyway ... during "the fated hour" if you talk to the old man at 
the end of time he'll tell you of different quests and stuff you can 
do to get more exp and shittos like that ... but there's one i did not 
find on your walkthrough at GameFAQs ... what is the solution to the 
subquest where the old man says "one of you is close to someone in 
danger, find this person FAST"

A.That's the Black Omen/Zeal Palace/Queen Zeal quest.
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Q.sorry to bother you but, I am here in the game 

2300 A.D 
Enter the door at the top. You will see a dead person, and grab some 
seeds off him. Open the chest, head back to catch the rat. Hold B down 
to run, and A to catch it. Once you do, it will tell you that the
passcode is L&R&A. 

Go back, re-surfacing to use the Enertron if needed, and then enter then 
passcode at the console with a sparkling thing on it. A door on the 
right will open, enter it. 
 

any way i am using the snes9x emulator and whenever i try to press in 
lr then a nothing at all happens! u know why?

Please reply as soon as possible if needed. Thank you and God bless.

and

Q.Sup dude.  This is kinda wierd (actually just sad) but I just recently
downloaded SNES's Chrono Trigger Rom for my pc.  I am in some futuristic
world called Arris Dome and I kinda need your help.  I talked to all the
people there, bought some good stuff from that merchant, went down into
the hole, killed the boss with the 2 little minions, found the dead man
with the seed/secret of the rat, caught the rat and know the password.
Unfortunately, when I go back to the computer console, I can't type in
the password.  I know that the password is Left, Right, A but the game
isn't allowing me to enter it in.  Do you what I am doing wrong?  I
tried it for like 30 minutes, but it just won't let me, and without it
apparently I won't be able to get any further because in your
walkthrough it says I need to find out that the world is going to be
destroyed in 1999 and that when I tell this to Doan, he will give me the
key to the bike.  I would appreciate any help you could offer.  Thank
and I appreciate it.

P.S.:  Attached to this message are the saved games.  The first 2 saved
slots is after I killed the boss, found the dead man with the
seed/secret of the rat, and finally caught the rat.  As you can see (if
you want) I can't input the password that the rat told me.  The third
slot is after I killed the boss, and found the dead man with the
seed/secret of the rat but not catching the rat.  As you can see (again
if you want) at this point Lucca still tells me that there is a password
needed for the console to open the right door.  So basically when I
catch the rat and learn the password I lose the ability to use that
information to enter into the computer console for some reason?:(


A. Finally! I've got your solution!!!

From Alan Berck:
Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to 
point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then 
A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, 
joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set
L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order.

From Mitchell Mebane:
I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few
tips for you.

You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A
sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM,
it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.
I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file
(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to
the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or
the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign
the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key
enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift
keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,
this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a
joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its
buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can
connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the
keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis
eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain
them, though.)
Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have
this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.)

Magus: Which means...assign L,R and A all to one key on the keyboard, 
and press that to activate the door! It's so simple! (Lucky I've got a 
good keyboard :-)

There's also a combo input button for ZSNES, in the Misc section I think.
Go into Misc, then Key Comb. and muck around there to figure it out.
Thanks Alan and Mitchell!!!

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Q.Hello, Magus
I was seaching through Gamefaqs, and i found your document. I've got 
a question to ask you aobut chrono trigger: Currently in my game, all
my characters are unable to learn future TECHS, such as Magus can learn
only up to Dark bomb, cuz the next tech requires 60000+ tech points, 
which will take forever. So everyone's tech has stopped tracks, which 
means i have not seen any of those dual or triple techs. But anywayz, 
do you have a clue why its like this? 

A.Yes. It's called a challenge. Don't stop building up those tech 
points, it is possible!!!

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Q.Hi Magus.  First off, thanx for this awesome walkthrough of Chrono 
Trigger, it's seriously helped me.  Right now, I'm on Zeal, and that 
MP buster is seriously hurting me.  I don't know how to equip items 
like Mega Elixer to save my MP.  How do you eqip items?!?

A.Equip items? No, when it's your turn to make a move, instead of 
hitting attack or tech, select Item, and then you'll have a full list 
of your items. Select the item you wish to use, and voila.

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Q.Hey Magus, what's up?  I have a question about Chrono Trigger.  
I can't find the Crono clone!  I'm using your guide to the game.  
The only thing I might have screwed up on is that I got the clone after 
I lost Crono, not before,in the very begining of the game.  I've 
searched all over the game world, but to no avail.  Help me out here!

A.Yup, I reckon you've stuffed it big time, as the clone is only 
available at the start.

From Blank Sinatra:
-You can go back and play the house of horrors game, and aquire the 
clone after chrono goes to the big Gate in the sky.  Just build up 
those silver points and practice your mimicing skills.  After you win 
the clone itll be sitting in chrono's bedroom.

From Urs:
-It appears to me that the clones availability depends on which part of 
the game you are in. I got it after some serious action, after I defeated 
Magus for the first time in 600BC. It is now in my room and ready and
waiting to help me revive Crono (or so I think as he just vanished 5 
minutes ago.) At an earlier point of the game I went back to the present 
and completed the 2nd house of horrors game without getting the clone, so 
I tried again later and-Bingo-there it was.

From MoleHybrid:
-I'd just like to say, you CAN get the Chrono clone after the beginning 
of the game. When Belthasar's clone (the Nu) tells you about it,you can 
win it afterward.Go into the tent of horrors, and give the guy the silver 
points. You just have to pay money if you mess up this time, more if you
mess up earlier.
 
 

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Q.Hey i Jus was Lookin throuGH my old rpgs and i Picked Up CHroNo 
trIggER. i started playin it again and i got to magus at the north
cape(second battle.) Well i have always gotton him before when beating 
the game but this time i decided to fight him. well i killed him and i 
was wondering when the FroG(glenn) would turn back into a human. i have 
looked through all the walkthroughs and none of them say n e thing about
when the frog turns bak to glenn if u fight magus. pLeasE write bak 
thank your so much.

A.I think he turns back into a human in the ending.                                                                     

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Q.I have Chrono Trigger on my Computer and I'm using Snemul.  I read 
your Faq and thought you might be able to help me.  Whenever I get in 
a battle, Magus attacks one of his own team members or he attacks 
without me telling him to.  He has that funny star on his head too and 
he won't stop until I heal him or he gets attacked.  What is the 
problem and how can I solve it?

A.This means he's in Chaos mode. You're probably wearing the Ozzie
Pants, if you're not, then you've been hit with a status change by the
enemy. The item Heal will fix this.

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Q.I have a question for your Chrono Trigger FAQ:
Where is Marle's best weapon, The Valkerye?

A.Northern Ruins (A Ghost Called Cyrus quest). It needs to be 
upgraded however.

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Q.How do you open up the black boxes?

A.You need to charge up the pendant in 12000BC first.
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Q.After defeating Son of Sun, I can't seem to get the Stone in the
door!!!

A.There's no door...it's on a platform.

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10)Monster/Steal Chart by Eric (FFfanNo1)
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 |              Chrono Trigger Monster Treasure Chart v3.2               |
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     FINALLY, I've COMPLETELY filled in all the info that I know in this
version of Chrono Trigger Monster Treasure Chart! Now, only the info in the
chart with question marks are those monsters that you can't steal from
because Ayla did not join your group yet or that the monster used the "Lock
All" attack which disables you from using Techs and Items (well, there are
more reasons than that).
     To the people who are new to the Monster Treasure Chart series, this
chart tells you what you get from the monsters you are fighting with by
stealing using Ayla's "Charm" Single Tech, Ayla's and Marle's "Twin Charm"
Dual Tech, and what you may win after the battle. Some monster may have
secret items that are not listed in the instruction booklet that you can
get by stealing! There's also a location of the monster in this chart for
you Chrono Trigger fans who forgot where some of the monsters are located.
One more thing, if you steal all the items from a monster, you might or
might not receive anything from that monster after the battle.

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 |   Monster Name    |  Location  |          Steal          |    Won     |
 |-------------------|------------|-------------------------|------------|
 | (Crane)           | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | (Save Point)      | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | (Switch)          | Ozzie'sFrt | ---------- | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Acid              | Factory    | Barrier    | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Alien             | Black Omen | Magic Tab  | Shield     | Shield     |
 | Alkaline          | Factory    | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Amphibite         | HuntingRng | 2 Horns    | 2 Horns    | 2 Horns    |
 | Anion             | HuntingRng | 2 Petals   | 2 Petals   | 2 Petals   |
 | Atropos XR        | Geno Dome  | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Avian Chaos       | GuardForst | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Avian Rex         | DactylNest | Feather    | ---------- | Feather    |
 | Azala             | TyranoLair | Magic Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Bantam Imp        | Mtn of Woe | AlloyBlade | ---------- | ?????????? |
 | Barghest          | OcenPalace | Shield     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Base              | NorthRuins | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Basher            | Blackbird  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Beast             | Terra Cave | R'bow Helm | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Beetle            | GuardForst | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Bellbird          | DenadoroMt | Heal       | ---------- | Heal       |
 | Bit               | Arris Dome | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | BlackTyrano       | TyranoLair | Power Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Blob              | Black Omen | Barrier    | Magic Ring | Barrier    |
 | Blue Beast        | Terra Cave | MermaidCap | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Blue Eaglet       | GuardForst | ?????????? | ?????????? | Heal       |
 | Blue Imp          | TruceCanyn | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Blue Scout        | OcenPalace | Shield     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Blue Shield       | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | Tonic      |
 | Boss Orb          | Black Omen | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Bug               | Factory    | Heal       | ---------- | Heal       |
 | Bugger            | Arris Dome | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Byte              | Blackbird  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Cave Ape          | TyranoLair | Fang       | ---------- | Fang       |
 | Cave Bat          | HeckrnCave | Revive     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Crater            | Lab 16     | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Croaker           | HuntingRng | 2 Fangs    | 2 Fangs    | 2 Fangs    |
 | Cybot             | Black Omen | HyperEther | Power Meal | HyperEther |
 | Cyrus             | NorthRuins | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Dalton            | ZealPalace | Power Meal | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Dalton Plus       | Epoch      | Power Meal | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Debugger          | Factory    | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Debuggest         | Geno Dome  | Elixir     | Shield     | Shield     |
 | Deceased          | ZenanBrdge | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Decedent          | Magus'Lair | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Defunct           | NorthRuins | Elixir     | Lapis      | Lapis      |
 | Diablos           | Cathedral  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Display           | Geno Dome  | Elixir     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Dragon Tank       | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Egder             | SewerAcces | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Evilweevil        | ReptitLair | Dream Gun  | Feather    | Feather    |
 | Fly Trap          | ReptitLair | Dream Bow  | Petal      | Petal      |
 | Flea              | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Flea Plus (1st)   | Ozzie'sFrt | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Flea Plus (2nd)   | Ozzie'sFrt | Flea Vest  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Flea?             | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Flunky            | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Flyclops          | Black Omen | Gold Stud  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Fossil Ape        | Giant'sClw | Lapis      | MegaElixir | Lapis      |
 | Free Lancer       | DenadoroMt | Barrier    | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Gargoyle          | Mtn of Woe | Big Hand   | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Gato              | LeeneSquar | Power Meal | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Giga Gaia (Head)  | Mtn of Woe | Speed Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Giga Gaia (L.Arm) | Mtn of Woe | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Giga Gaia (R.Arm) | Mtn of Woe | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Giga Mutant (Btm) | Black Omen | Hit Ring   | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Giga Mutant (Top) | Black Omen | Wall Ring  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Gigasaur          | Giant'sClw | Barrier    | Ruby Armor | ---------- |
 | Gnasher           | Cathedral  | Revive     | ---------- | Revive     |
 | Gnawer            | CursedWood | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Goblin            | DenadoroMt | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Gold Eaglet       | ForestMaze | Ether      | ---------- | Feather    |
 | Golem             | ZealPalace | Magic Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Golem Boss        | Blackbird  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Goon              | Black Omen | Elixir     | Nova Armor | Elixir     |
 | Great Ozzie       | Ozzie'sFrt | OzziePants | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Green Imp         | GuardForst | Tonic      | ---------- | Tonic      |
 | Gremlin           | Magic Cave | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Grimalkin         | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Grinder           | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Groupie           | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Guard             | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | Tonic      |
 | Guardian          | Arris Dome | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Heckran           | HeckrnCave | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Hench (Blue)      | Cathedral  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Hench (Purple)    | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Hetake            | GuardForst | Tonic      | ---------- | Tonic      |
 | Hexapod           | SunkenDsrt | Barrier    | Lapis      | Lapis      |
 | Imp Ace           | TruceCanyn | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Incognito         | Black Omen | MuscleRing | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Ion               | HuntingRng | 2 Feathers | 2 Feathers | 2 Feathers |
 | Jinn              | OcenPalace | Lapis      | ---------- | Lapis      |
 | Jinn Bottle       | HeckrnCave | Shield     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Juggler           | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Kilwala           | Mystic Mts | Petal      | ---------- | Petal      |
 | Krakker           | Death Peak | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Krawlie           | SewerAcces | Mid Ether  | ---------- | Mid Ether  |
 | Lavos (Body)      | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos (Head)      | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos (Right Arm) | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos (Left Arm)  | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Core (Left) | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Core (Mid)  | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Core (Rght) | ?????????? | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Spawn (Hd)  | Death Peak | Elixir     | Elixir     | Elixir     |
 | Lavos Spawn (Hd)  | Black Omen | Haste Helm | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Spawn (Sh)  | Death Peak | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Lavos Spawn (Sh)  | Black Omen | Safe Helm  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Laser Guard       | Geno Dome  | Full Tonic | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Lasher            | OcenPalace | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Leaper            | Giant'sClw | Elixir     | Shield     | ---------- |
 | Lizardactyl       | Giant'sClw | HyperEther | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Macabre           | Death Peak | Ether      | Full Ether | Ether      |
 | Mad Bat           | Cathedral  | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Mage              | NorthRuins | Barrier    | ---------- | Lapis      |
 | Magus             | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Magus             | North Cape | MegaElixir | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Mammon M.         | Black Omen | MegaElixir | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Man Eater         | Mtn of Woe | Pearl Edge | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Martello          | Black Omen | HyperEther | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Masa              | DenadoroMt | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Masa & Mune       | DenadoroMt | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Meat Eater        | Lab 16     | Ether      | ---------- | Ether      |
 | Mega Mutant (Btm) | Black Omen | Vigil Hat  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Mega Mutant (Top) | Black Omen | Elixir     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Megasaur          | ReptitLair | Aeon Blade | Fang       | Fang       |
 | Metal Mute        | Black Omen | HyperEther | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Mohavor           | SunkenDsrt | Shield     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | MotherBrain       | Geno Dome  | Blue Mail  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Mud Imp           | Terra Cave | Speed Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Mune              | DenadoroMt | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Mutant            | Lab 16     | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Naga-ette         | Cathedral  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Nereid            | SewerAcces | Ether      | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Nizbel            | ReptitLair | Third Eye  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Nizbel II         | TyranoLair | Third Eye  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Nu                | HuntingRng | Mop        | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Octoblush         | HeckrnCave | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Octopod           | Lab 16     | Mid Ether  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Ogan              | DenadoroMt | Shield     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Omnicrone         | Magus'Lair | Ether      | ---------- | Ether      |
 | Outlaw            | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Ozzie             | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Ozzie             | Ozzie'sFrt | OzziePants | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Ozzie             | ZenanBrdge | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Pahoehoe          | DactylNest | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Panel             | Black Omen | Speed Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | PeepingDoom       | Black Omen | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Poly              | TruceCanyn | Ether      | ---------- | Ether      |
 | Proto 2           | Arris Dome | Tonic      | ---------- | Tonic      |
 | Proto 3           | Factory    | Full Tonic | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Proto 4           | Geno Dome  | Barrier    | Elixir     | Barrier    |
 | R Series          | Factory    | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |  
 | Rain Frog         | HuntingRng | 2 Feathers | 2 Feathers | 2 Feathers |
 | Rat               | Arris Dome | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Reaper            | NorthRuins | Elixir     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Red Beast         | Terra Cave | Elixir     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Red Eaglet        | ForestMaze | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Red Scout         | OcenPalace | Barrier    | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Reptite (Brown)   | TyranoLair | Mid Tonic  | ---------- | Mid Tonic  |
 | Reptite (Green)   | ReptitLair | Magma Hand | Petal      | Petal      |
 | Retinite (Body)   | SunkenDsrt | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Retinite (Core)   | SunkenDsrt | Speed Tab  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Retinite (Legs)   | SunkenDsrt | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Roly              | GuardForst | ?????????? | ?????????? | Tonic      |
 | Roly Bomber       | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Roly Rider        | GuardForst | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Rolypoly          | HeckrnCave | Mid Tonic  | ---------- | Mid Tonic  |
 | Rubble            | Mtn of Woe | ?????????? | ?????????? | Mid Ether  |
 | Ruminator         | Black Omen | MegaElixir | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Runner            | Mystic Mts | Horn       | ---------- | Horn       |
 | Rust Tyrano       | Giant'sClw | Red Mail   | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Scouter           | OcenPalace | Lapis      | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Sentry            | NorthRuins | Full Ether | HyperEther | Full Ether |
 | Shadow            | Lab 16     | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Shist             | DactylNest | Petal      | ---------- | Petal      |
 | Shitake           | ReptitLair | Petal      | ---------- | Petal      |
 | Side Kick         | Black Omen | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Slash             | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Son of Sun (Eye)  | Sun Palace | Black Mail | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Son of Sun (Fire) | Sun Palace | Elixir     | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Sorceror          | Magus'Lair | ?????????? | ?????????? | Mid Ether  |
 | Spekkio           | EndOfTime  | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Stone Imp         | Mtn of Woe | Mid Ether  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Super Slash (1st) | Ozzie'sFrt | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Super Slash (2nd) | Ozzie'sFrt | Slasher 2  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Synchrite         | Black Omen | Gold Erng  | HyperEther | HyperEther |
 | T'pole            | CursedWood | Mid Tonic  | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Tank Head         | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Tempurite         | HeckrnCave | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | 
 | TerraMutant (Btm) | Black Omen | Power Seal | ---------- | ---------- |
 | TerraMutant (Top) | Black Omen | MuscleRing | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Terrasaur         | TyranoLair | Lapis      | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Thrasher          | OcenPalace | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Tubster           | Black Omen | Elixir     | Power Tab  | Elixir     |
 | Turret            | Blackbird  | ?????????? | ?????????? | Mid Ether  |
 | Vamp              | Magic Cave | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Volcano           | TyranoLair | Lapis      | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Winged Ape        | ForestMaze | Fang       | Ruby Vest  | Fang       |
 | Yakra             | Cathedral  | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Yakra XIII*       | GuardCstle | MegaElixir | White Mail | ---------- |
 | Yodu De           | GuardCstle | ?????????? | ?????????? | Tonic      |
 | Zeal              | Black Omen | MegaElixir | MegaElixir | MegaElixir |
 | Zeal (Left Arm)   | Black Omen | Prism Helm | ---------- | ?????????? |
 | Zeal (Mask)       | Black Omen | MegaElixir | ---------- | ---------- |
 | Zeal (Right Arm)  | Black Omen | PrismDress | ---------- | ?????????? |
 | Zombor (Body)     | ZenanBrdge | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
 | Zombor (Legs)     | ZenanBrdge | ?????????? | ?????????? | ---------- |
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* - You might also receive an Iron Blade by stealing from Yakra XIII.

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11)Tips
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From Benjamin Han:

There is actually a easier way to beat twin Golem. First you cast boogie.
Then cast twister two times. then use boogie again then repeat step two. 
Keep on doing this until you kill it. (twister does over 2,000 points of 
damage).
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From Matthew Pace:

I'm sorry but this Benjamin Han person is stupid (Magus:a bit harsh?). 
The easiest way to kill the Golem Twins is for Chrono to use Luminaire 
and Lucca and Frog to use Frog Flare. This takes a lot of magic but you 
can get it back before any more real major battles. 
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From Cosmo2-

Sorry to send you another mail, but I thought you might like to tell 
players the following about Lucca and Marle.  Lucca's attack magic is 
second only to Magus's.  I recently started over complete, New Game-not+.  
Lucca, who is now Lv24, has about 35mag, while everyone else only has 
from 15 to 20 (except Marle, who has 27).  This makes up for the fact 
that her shots are weak until very late in the game, about when you 
lose Chrono, and her Wonder Shot can do some kick&%$#@ damage. Mine 
once did 4000+ with one hit, but since the damage is random, it 
sometimes does a measly 25-50.

Also, even though Marle's HP and physical stats are low in the first 50 
or so Lvls, she's still worthhaving along for your high MP and her array 
of curative magics.

I have a suggestion for Blackbird.  With Ayla and two others, as you 
said, take all the good EQ off your party members, so that all your good 
Eq is in your Items list.  The items chest is one of the easiest to find, 
and once you do find it, you have the best armor and weapons for all three 
people.  The thing is, once you find the actual chests containing the 
weaker armor you had earlier, you have to re-equip the good armor.
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From MettleGoblet:

If you manage to kill the lavos spawn shell on death mountain it gives 
MEGA experience because it has 20,000 hp and it may also give you a 
prism edge
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From Alan Berck:
Hi! I'm here just to say that you have very nice FAQ. I would like to 
point out that on some emulators, the keyboard will read the L + R then 
A password as the L and R repeting.To make it work, get a joystick, 
joypad, any other controller with 2 buttons. then plug it in, and set
L to one button and R to another. then press all 3 in the correct order.

Also, on the black bird, if you don't get any of the stuff back, you'll 
find most of it on the Epoch.
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From Mitchell Mebane:
I read your Chrono Trigger FAQ, it is one of the best, and I've got a few
tips for you.

You stated that many people have said that they can't push the L+R+A
sequence, at the Arris Dome in 2300 A.D. Well, the problem isn't your ROM,
it isn't your emulator (this only occurs on emulators,) it's your KEYBOARD.
I had a heck of a time with this, until I read the ZSNES help file
(ZSNES.FAQ). The problem lies in the way the PC keyboard sends its data to
the computer. You can only press a certain number of buttons at a time, or
the keyboard cancels out the others. A couple ways around this are: assign
the L, R, and A buttons to one key, such as Page Up. Then, pressing that key
enters the code. Another way is to assign them to the Ctrl, Alt, and Shift
keys. Since the PC keyboard accepts any combinations of the modifier keys,
this works also. The final way, my personal favorite, is to simply use a
joystick. I've got a Microsoft SideWinder gamepad, and it is SWEEEET! Its
buttons are almost exactly the same as the SNES gamepad. Also, you can
connect up to four SideWinder pads together, this, in combination with the
keyboard, lets you use all the players in a MultiTap game. A Gravis
eXterminator gamepad would work well, too. (I'm not sure if you can chain
them, though.)
Another way to fix this is to emulate on a Mac. The Mac keyboards don't have
this problem (at least the iMac keyboards don't.)

My other tip is a way to get TONS of money. When you're leveling up on the
Hunting Range in 65,000,000 B.C., wait until you've got 99 Petals, Fangs,
Horns, and Feathers. Now, go trade them for stuff (it doesn't really matter
what.) In the hut with the trade guy, it's the top right one, you can buy
stuff from a guy (with regular money, not the trade stuff.) Sell the stuff
you traded for to this guy. Since the trade stuff is practically useless
later on, except to get the Ruby Armor, this is a GREAT way to get rich.

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From JDemon14:

hey i just wanna say that your FAQ is great.  i was looking at the 
questions and 1 of the questions was about a shining object on top of 
the double bookcases and you said you doubt it can be reached but it 
can.  to get it you have to go in the room with the people making the 
tabs and check the wall on the bottom right and you'll get the object.  
the object is a tab but i don't remember which 1.

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From Lone Jester:
-I have something else I have to add to your strategy
guide on Chrono Trigger.  In your FAQ, there was a
question about the Nu and the sparkling tabs in Zeal. 
There is a way to reach that sparkling tab.  From
where you see the tab,, simply walk in the room and
search the wall, and be happy when you find a brand
new magic tab.  As for the Nu that is in the same
room, just go to Zeal Palace and talk to the Nu on the
walkway in the middle of the room.  He will ask you to
scratch his back.  When you are done, that music that
plays when you find a tab will sound and the screen
will say "Found the Nu's scratch point" or something
like that.  Now head back to the Nu in the library and
talk to him.  You will scratch his back and he will
eventually turn up a magic tab. See you around.

-You ever notice in Chrono Trigger that when
Lucca gets the Wondershot, her damage she deals to
enemies varies a lot (sometimes over 3,000 and other
times under 100)?  Well, instead of giving Chrono the
Prism Specs, give them to Lucca and the Wondershot
will live up to it's name by dealing over 5,000 damage
to enemies, all depending on what her level is and how
many tabs she has been getting (for me, I was at level
86 and the power stat was maxed out.)  

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From KC135E-

Hi, I'd just like to say nice FAQ.  However regarding your steal list, 
if  you Twin Charm Yakra XIII you get the Wolf Lobe Blade.  
Unfortuneatly its not in your inventory when you go to equip it, but 
its cool to see it just show up on the status bar.

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From Lord999:

Contrary to popular belief, there are TWO ways to get programmer's 
ending.

-1.  The way you described, by beating up Lavos right at Mellinial 
Fair.

2.  There is one other way, and it's for the suicidal.  The first time 
you face Zeal in the Underground Palace, she summons Lavos.  (It's the 
part where Chrono gets killed).  This fight is near impossible without
the best armor, but you can beat Lavos in this  form.  I believe he 
has 65,665 hit points. This is near impossible, but I've been able 
to do it.  I'll send you a Zsnes snapshot if you want to prove my point. 
Oh, and I do own the real game, both PSX and SNES.  The same trick 
works on PSX.

-1.  That sparkly thing I think is a power tab.  This is damn trick 
that the game plays on you but here it is.  Go into the room above the 
shiny thing. Talk to the Guru and he'll say that those Nu's have hidden 
some stuff around.  Now, go to the middle part of the right corner of 
room (directly above where you think the shiny thing is) and press A.  
You'll get a Tab.  If you don't fumble around, it's there.

2.  Frenzy band.  You find it in the Forest Maze in 65 BC.  You can 
steal off those jerks in Black Omen too.  It's worthless.  All it does 
is make you beserk forever.  Get the Third Eye instead.

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From Owen Yates:
I have had extensive experience playing Chrono Trigger, considering I 
bought it just after it came out.
(That's a big achievement down here in Australia (Magus:YES! Aussies
rule the world! Well, I'm Chinese, but I live in Australia...that's
good enough! Whoo!), I had to pay $130(@ $104 US) for it, and I have 
never regretted it. Anyway, as I consider myself to be somewhat of an 
expert on the game, I thought that I would offer some alternative boss 
strategies.

Dragon Tank: I usually attack it with Crono's Cyclone attack, and get 
Lucca to shoot it in the head

Black Tyrano: I usually use Crono, Ayla & Robo in this battle. I keep
attacking Azala, and get Crono to cast Lightning 2. When the Black 
Tyrano gets to the countdown thingy. I usually use Crono & Ayla's
double tech Volt Bite which does around a 1000 damage. As well as Robo's
Robo Tackle which does around
500.

Golem Twins: I usually use Crono, Ayla & Robo for this fight (my 
favourite team :) ). I get Ayla & Robo to cast the Double Tech boogie,
which freezes both of the Golems (not always first time). Then I use
Ayla & Crono's Falcon Hit attack, to hit both of them for around 1500 
damage.

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From Patrick:
I notice that you state that the Rubble's in the Mt of Woe can only be
fought once.  Not so!  If you fight a Rubble and head to a save point on
that  SAME level then you will be able to fight the rubble over and over
if you reset after you save.  Apparently the game brings back all
monsters as long as you do not change levels.

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From Wvyern437:

**************************BOSS LIST**********************************

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Yakra
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Crono, Frog, Lucca
Have Crono/Frog use X-strike and Lucca use Flame Toss.
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Dragon Tank
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Crono, Lucca
Use regular attacks on the head until it dies, then use Cyclone or 
Fire Whirl.
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Robot Dude
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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.
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Robo's Pals
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Crono, Lucca/Marle (Lucca works better)
Use Fire Whirl on the center of each line. Two per line should wrap 
it up. 
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Heckran
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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.
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Zombor
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Crono, Lucca, Marle (the robot sucks!)
Use Lightning on the bottom (?) and physical attacks on the top. Heal
up, this guy's a pain.
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Masa and Mune
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Crono, Lucca, Robo (sigh)
Use Hypno Wave to put them out, then concentrate on one. They can't
operate apart.
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MasaMune
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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.
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Nizbel
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Crono, Ayla, Whoever
Stun him w/Lightning and kill him, it's not rocket science.
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Slash
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Crono, Frog, Robo
Triple Raid and you'll be rewarded with his nifty sword.
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Flea
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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.
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Magus
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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.
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Nizbel 2
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Crono, Ayla, Frog
Use physical/lightning techs like Spire and Volt Bite. Charm for a 
3rd Eye.
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Azala&Black Tyrano
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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.
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Golem
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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. 
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Sir Krawlie
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Your best.
Hit him hard, he's really easy. Watch out for his attack, though. It 
lowers you to 1HP.
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Dalton
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Crono, Frog, Ayla
He's easy, just smack him with powerful techs. He counterattacks 
with Iron Orb.
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GolemTwins
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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.
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Lavos
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Doesn't matter.
You're gonna die. 
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GolemBoss
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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.
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Dalton Plus
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The Blackbird folks.
He uses opposite magic attacks on you, and a Slash-like attack, along 
with Iron Orb. Not too tough.
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Magus
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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.
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Lavos Spawn
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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.
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Retinite
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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.
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AtroposXR
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Robo
I hate Robo and I never use him, and I pay for it now because he 
knows Heal Beam. Here's how you beat Atropos with this crappy robot. 
Arm the Black Mail to absorb her Laser Spin attacks, your best Hand 
and Safe Helm if you've got it, and a Frenzy Band. Works perfectly; 
you might have to heal up with the beam thingy if you don't have the 
Safe Helm. You're rewarded with her ribbon, which ups his Speed by 3 
and Mg. Defense+10.
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Mother Brain and Display
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Robo, Magus, Ayla
Charm the Mother Brain for Blue Mail and use a 2nd level element 
spell to knock out the Displays, then kill the Mother Brain with 
your best techs. You'll get the Terra Arm (Robo's best weapon) and 
the Crisis Arm (which sucks but is said to do 9999 damage on a 
critical hit; never seen it myself). 
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Son of Sun
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Magus, Crono, Frog
Arm Red Mail/Vest/Armor, you'll need it. Use Black Hole to off some 
of the flames. It's a guessing game, pick the right flame with a 
normal attack and it'll hurt him. Pick the wrong one and he'll 
counterattack. Hit him and he'll counterattack with Flare, the most 
powerful Fire type spell in the game. So don't do that. 
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Rust Tyrano
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Magus, Crono, Ayla
Just like the Black Tyrano, without Azala. Don't wait for it to drop 
its defense, it's already down. Hit it with Triple Kick, Luminaire 
and Dark Matter (basically, go for the throat). Charm for Red Mail. 
Heh, coulda used that BEFORE you fought him, right?
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Yakra the Somethingth
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Marle, Ayla, Lucca
Charm it for something good, I forget. Twin Charm it for some dummied
item (rumor?). Well, use Antipode2/3, whichever you've got, and use 
Cube Toss (best Ice attack in my opinion).

i forgot where i left off, so let me just finish up...i noticed a 
glitch in the tips section on some CT websites; when they say, 
"Destroy the left bit first", the player automatically assumes their 
left, but sometimes they mean the left of the enemy. It's never too
clear, so for future reference, I always mean the character's left or 
right.
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Lavos 
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Crono, Magus, Ayla or Marle
This is the easiest boss yet. Lavos will copy previous bosses up to 
the Black Tyrano; that means HP, defenses and attacks. Easy. Even 
easier if you fly the Epoch to 1900 AD, but i'm sure that's no mystery
to anyone.
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Lavos Again
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Crono, Magus, Ayla or Marle
 Be sure to have your status-protecting gear on, and don't bother 
equipping the Charm Top on Ayla, if you've got her. She can't charm 
Lavos. Instead, give her PrismSpecs or the Greendream or something. 
He's a bit annoying, but not too tough, even for first time players. 
He'll open up with mass destruction, so heal up with Ayla (Marle 
works better). Return fire with Luminaire and Dark Matter, and Triple 
Kick at every opportunity. When the arms die, wait for Lavos to cast 
Obstacle (lowers his defense) and lay in on him with your muscle techs.
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Lavos Core  
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Whoever you beat Lavo Again with Lavos Core can be quite difficult. 
Whatever happens, do NOT cast a mass destruction spell when you first
get in the battle. He'll counterattack with something nasty like 
Crying Heavens, which does somewhere around 1000 damage. Instead, 
Triple Kick the left (that's your left) bit. It should die. Wait for 
the right bit to lower Lavos' defense, then attack with your Luminaire
and Dark Matter. The core is only the muscle of the team, the right 
bit is the brains. Kill the right bit and your worries are over. 
It'll revive the others after a time, so be quick about it. 

Another possible strategy, if you've killed off Magus...
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Lavos Again
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Crono, Ayla, Marle
I picked this combo because of their triple tech, Final Kick. It's 
quite a damage dealer. Marle comes in great handy with her curative
magic and Life2 (you should have it) is just what the doctor ordered. 
Use Triple Kick and Luminaire until you've done in the arms and he 
uses Obstacle, then use Final Kick (It's a good idea to have Ayla or 
Crono equip the Gold Stud...I hate stopping to refill MP). Keep 
Marle's turns open as much as possible as well...don't do anything 
stupid like shoot Lavos with her crossbow. Her spells don't really 
cut it in the damage department, so leave her open to play nurse. 
That way you can go fight the Core with full strength.
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Lavos Core
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Crono, Marle, Ayla
Not much different...use Triple Kick on the left bit and Luminaire 
when it drops its defense. If something should happen to Ayla, a 
single crossbow shto and Confuse should do the job, if you have the 
Valkerye equipped. When it gets down to the right bit, use Final 
Kicks whenever possible.

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From RedScarlet-

Hi there.  I was looking at my faqs on Chrono Trigger and saw you updated 
yours as well.  I read through those tips, and didn't see a little strategy 
I use, so I guess I'll tell ya if you want to add it.
   One really easy way to get past those 2 annoying Golemtwins is to have 
Lucca in your party.  Use her, Crono, and Frog (preferably), and make sure 
to equip any fire protection armor you have.  Going through the game the 
first time, you should have 1 Red Plate (absorbs 100% of fire damage)and 1 
Red Vest (absorbs 50% of fire damage), if you did the 'Black Box upgrading' 
trick.  Equip those if you have them, and then equip the remaining character 
with either a Ruby Vest or Ruby Armor (traded in Ioka for 
Petals/Fangs/Horns/Feathers).
    Now, your characters have extremely high protection against Fire, so 
have Lucca do her best Fire attacks over and over, Fire 2 or Flare, if you 
have it, work well.  If you don't have Flare, have Lucca and Frog do their 
Double Tech 'Line Bomb', which will hit both Golemtwins at the same time.  
The Golemtwins will always mimic the last elemental attack done to them, 
which would be fire, and you should have either 50%,80%,150%, or 200% 
protection against it, which should make them die without having to heal 
even once.

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From Khinath

First off, let me congratulate you on your mad writing skillz used when
writing your Chrono Trigger FAQ for www.gamefaqs.com. It was a pleasure
to read something that wasn't dry or un-humorous like some of the FAQ's
I've seen. I would like to point out something of a flaw (or mix-up, or
bad taste in accessories, or something...) made by dear ol' Lord999 in
the following passage...


2. Frenzy band. You find it in the Forest Maze in 65 BC. You can
steal off those jerks in Black Omen too. It's worthless. All it does
is make you beserk forever. Get the Third Eye instead.

Methinks either:

1) He got Frenzy Band confused with Berserker, or...
2) He doesn't realize the TRUE power of the Frenzy Band.

What the Frenzy Band does is, like in the item description, gives one
character an 80% chance of counter-attacking an enemy hit. While
Berserker makes one attack the moment their combat guage is filled,
Frenzy Band is a much better alternative. You know how some
bosses/enemies use counter-attacks when you attack them, right? Wish I
could think of a better example, but the best I could think of is the
Lavos Spawn. If you hit the Spawn's shell, it does a nast needle attack
thing that hurts like HELL...but it can then attack again almost
immediately. It seems unfair that he gets a free hit like that, and can
attack immediately afterwards. That's exactly what the Frenzy Band
does. Let's say you sacrifice wearing the Prism Specs on Chrono to
equip the Frenzy Band, then head to the Black Omen to take on some of
those blasted flying things I hate (I can't remember if they're Goons or
Flyclops, but they look like giant dogs with wings that appear rather
early in the level). Anyhoo...let's say one of the things decides to
whack at Crono when Crono's battle guage is say...half full. Crono
automatically hits the thing right back (Think about it: Rainbow
sword=70% chance for critical hit) doing a good piece of damage
(especially if he gets a critical hit)...PLUS his attack guage is still
half full, meaning he can attack again in a matter of a couple of
seconds. As an added bonus, any time you counter-attack an enemy
attack, you are not susceptible to being counter-attacked yourself by an
enemy counter-attack. *Reads last sentence* Alright...this calls for an
example...(and now that I think about it...probably the best way to kill
the shell of the Lavos Spawn). Please keep in mind the following scene
is PURELY HYPOTHETICAL. I haven't tested it, but if it works, it'd be
kick-ass. If someone wants to test it, then by all means go for it!

Lets go back to the Lavos Spawn. You equip everyone with Frenzy Bands. 
If you have enough HP and a high enough defense rating, have some brave
soul whack that shell! When it does its multiple person counter attack,
everyone gets a free counter-whack at the shell...without being
counter-attacked! Now, you've just hit the Spawn four times, using one
character's turn! Have someone in your party heal everyone, and then
have the third person in your party attack, so he counter-attacks, then
you counter-attack his counter-attack...I think...and so on. The only
reason I could see this not working is if the Frenzy Band doesn't react
to counter-attacks the enemy performs on you, and only reacts to normal
attacks.

I hope you are able to get the word out about the difference between the
Frenzy Band and Berserker, as the Frenzy Band is VERY useful to beating
down most of the smaller monsters that usually take 2-3 hits to kill, as
well.

P.S. I'm too lazy to proofread

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From Flamen:

I also have a good way to beat Giga Gaia. If you have a low level 
(like 20 -25) Have Marle, Crono, and Ayla. Have marle be the Healer 
and crono and Ayla keep doing Falcon Hit. Use Falcon Hit on the arms 
first then when they die use it on the head.
It does a HELL of alot of Damage (1000-2000!!!) It'll take him out 
in like 5-10 rounds.
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12)Acknowledgments
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Wvyern437-For the awesome Boss List. Good stuff.

Eric C. (FFfanNo1)-And everyone who helped him on the Monster Treasure 
Chart. It's a killer, thank you so much for letting me, and others use it.

Squaresoft-Ultimate legends. Could you think of a better game producer?

Ken-He's always here, and always has and will be. Thanks.

Xerain-For the emulator graphics tips.

Alan and Mitchell-For that LRA stupid thingy. 

Anyone who's sent in anything!!

Magus-shinra9@yahoo.com
