Chrono Cross Strategy Chart 1

From opening to first Jyakotu House
Last updated on April 1, 2001

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1. [Aruni Village (アルニ村): Home]

In this village young people are keen on getting necklace made of scales of Kodomo-Ohtokage (child big lizard).
Serge goes to the pier late to the waiting time with Rena and ordered to get the scales by himself.
If you find "Bone of Hekeran (ヘケランの骨)" under the bed in the back room of the pub, you can recruit Poshul by giving it to him. Poshul is playing in the ground in front of Village Headman's house. To give or use a key item you have got, push square button and select the item. The Village Headman is also in the ground and gives you some battle lessons.
If you go into the house next to the pub and talk to the father of Kiki, you can get "Shark Tooth Amulet".

Key Item: Shark Tooth Amulet (サメの歯のお守り), Bone of Hekeran (ヘケランの骨)
New Member: Poshul

2. [Lizard Rock (トカゲ岩): Home] southwest of Aruni village

Catch the three Kodomo-Ohtokages:
1. close one side of the cavity with a big pink rock beside it and drive the child lizard into the cavity
2. just run after the child lizard until you catch it
3. jump onto the child lizard from the perch
When you beat the third child lizard, a parent lizard appears.

Boss: parent lizard

3. [Opasa Beach (オパーサの浜): Home] southwest of Lizard Rock

Serge hears a voice calling him when he is talking to Rena, and thrown away to another world.

4. [Opasa Beach: Another]

An old man talks to Serge and says Rena is looking after children in Aruni village.

5. [Aruni Village: Another]

On the pier, Rena says Serge died by drowning 10 years ago and his mother died soon after. She asks you to go his tomb at Wind Singing Cape.

6. [Wind Singing Cape (風鳴きの岬): Another] northwest of Aruni village

At the tip of the cape, you find the tomb of another Serge. When you are checking the tomb, a group of Acacia knights leaded by Karsh appears and tries to arrest you. Then, Kid appears and fights against the knights with you. After the battle, she asks you to take her with you. If you recruit Kid at this point, you cannot recruit Rena. As you can recruit Kid later, you'd better reject her here.

Boss: Acacia Knights with Karsh

7. [Aruni Village: Another]

If you did not recruit Kid at the cape, Rena become your member when you wake up in Aruni Village. If you did not recruit Poshul in Home World, it becomes your member with Rene. If you have Shark Tooth Amulet (サメの歯のお守り), you can recruit Luchydan. To recruit it, go to see the father of Kiki, show him Shark Tooth Amulet and attempt to go out from the room

New Member: Rena, Luckydan

8. [Drowning Valley (溺れ谷): Another] northeast of Aruni village

You are told not to go up to the upper layer of the valley but you can go up by lying that you are the psychic they are waiting for. On upper layer, you can get three key items.
You fight against Acacia knights again when you go out of the valley.

Key Item: Skull (しゃれこうべ) (answer yes when Skarll ask you to find his body), Flower of blue gentian (青リンドウの花), Big egg (大きな卵)
Boss: Acacia Knights

9. [Terumina (テルミナ): Another] northwest of Drowning Valley

When you enter the town, Grenn is talking to the woman of flower shop. He wants to get blue gentian to tribute to a tomb of his brother, Dario, but the woman does not have it today. If you have the flower and go to the tomb at the southeast end of the town, Grenn and Riddle ask you to give it to them.
There is a big statue of Colonel Jyakotu straight north of the entrance of the town and a man is polishing it. After you talk to him and hear about Jyakotu Thanksgiving Festival, Kid appears and they decide to go Jyakotu House to know why Karsh attempted to arrest Serge. If you haven't recruited Kid, you can get her here.
There are three routes to get into Jyakotu House. On each route, you recruit Slash, Alf or Pierre.

Key Item: Prototype Teleshifter (試作テレシフター) (You get it when you recruit Kid. This is to change your party member. To change the member, push square button and choose this item on world map or save point.)
New Member: Kid

Route A: with Slash

Go to the dressing room for the band Magical Dreamers (second floor of the big ship anchoring west end of the town) and talk to a guy. Then, Miki appears and ask you to find Slash who went into Kagekiri Forest. This forest has a secret route going into Jyakotu house. Accept it and go to the forest.

[Kagekiri Forest (影切りの森): Another] east of Terumina
As you see Slash being attacked by a monster, help him and go after him. If you talk to him watching at a paper, he asks you to take him with you. His sister is likely in Jyakotu house and he is looking for the route to go there. Check the treasure box near there and get a sachet in it. Check the paper again and then you can get scapula for Skarll. Check plants in the forest with the sachet and berry for a certain plant comes after you. Child monsters in the forest like the berry but they only eat same colored berries as themselves. Find the same colored child monster as the berry you got and lead them to the big monster that is sleeping on the route. If you take red child monster, you can get a frame without battle. Otherwise, you have to fight against it and cannot get the frame. After that, you go forward and fight against Acacia knights leaded by Zoah. At the end you get into the Jyakotu House from a well.

Key Item: Sachet (におい袋), Scapula (いかった肩甲骨)
New Member: Slash
Boss: Tengulf, Acacia Knights with Zoah

Route B: with Alf

Recruit Alf in the bar by just talking to him. Then go to the tomb at the southeast of the town and ask Korcha sitting near his boat to take you to the Jyakotu House. Pay 100G to him and he takes you to the back of the house. You go up the cliff to the house.

New Member: Alf
Boss: Acacia soldiers, Wingal&Scalf&Wingel

Route C: with Pierre

Talk to Pierre in the back room of smith. Get "Hero's Badge (勇者のバッヂ)" from a child playing in the garden and pass it to Pierre. Talk to him again to recruit him. After you got Pierre, go to Jyakotu House (north west of Telmina), talk to the guard in front of the gate and get into it beating soldiers.

New Member: Pierre
Boss: Acacia Soldiers, Acacia Knights

10. [Jyakotu House (蛇骨館): Another]

Go to the dragon house at upper right end of the site. The dragon breeder offers you a mini game to feed dragons. Win the game once (you can choose any number of times to feed) and you can get a key of the main house from the cupboard at the upper right corner of dragon house.

Go into the main house from the front and put any number at the switch that is left of the first door. It's a trap and you fall down to the lower floor. Kid appears and you fight against a group of soldiers. After winning the battle and putting on the clothes of soldiers, go through the left lattice door. Go into the dining room from the first door and listen to Grenn. Go after him going back to the corridor and go into the soldier's room from the third door. Then, you see Grenn writing numbers to the wall. Check the wall to get the number.

Go back to the center room where you fought with soldiers and go through the right lattice door. Two soldiers are protecting the door of treasure room. If you talk to them, they ask you their password but do not answer any and wait for a little while because the right answer is "silence". In the treasure room, first take the three armors hanged side by side, and then take the item lightening on the side wall. It's another trap and you are driven to the next room.

The room is the laboratory of Lutianna and you are forced to fight with Advanced Balbu for her to get some data. There is a cage with Tumalu in it at the left corner of the room. Unlock it to recruit Tumalu later. Go out from the room to the corridor, go up the stairs and put the number you got from Grenn at the trap switch.

Go in the big room and go to the library from the left door. Talk to a girl called Marcella and then an old man (Prophet of Time) tells you about two parallel worlds. Marcella is one of the four leaders (Shitennou) of Acacia Knights and she attacks you. After beating her, the Prophet tells you the way to go up to the upper floor from the big room.

When you go back to the big room, Tukuyomi comes to you and warn you not to go forward but you just ignore it. There are 4 posts at the left side of the room. Check the back of the second far post. A seat comes down from the upper floor. To go up to the upper floor, check the seat and push the switch. As there is a save point at the left end of the corridor on the upper floor, you would better save your data here.

When you go in the second left door, you meet Colonel Jyakotu and Yamaneco. Then you know Kid is the famous thief "Radical Dreamer" and she is looking for "Frozen Flame". However, Yamaneco says it is not here. Anyway, Yamaneco is an inveterate enemy of Kid and you fight against Yamaneco. But the one you beat is only a shadow of Yamaneco. Then, Riddle (a daughter of the colonel) appears. Kid holds her as a hostage and tries to escape from there but gets injured shielding Riddle and you escape to the sea.

Boss: Advanced Balbu, Marcella, Yamaneco


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