Chrono Cross Walkthrough

This Chrono Cross walkthrough aims to make sure players achieve a perfect game. This means guiding players to discover every item, explore every area, and fully experience everything the game has to offer.

In this guide, we use a direct walkthrough approach leading you to the locations of all of the items in the game, strategies for fighting the bosses, and more.

Chrono Cross Walkthrough

Choose an area from the list for the full Chrono Cross walkthrough.

Disc 1

• An Ancient Fort – Chasing Phantoms in One’s Dreams
• Arni Village – Where the Tides Start to Turn
• Cape Howl, Lizard Rock, and Opassa Beach  – A Calling From Beyond Time
• Another Arni Village – Nothing has Changed but Everything!
• Cape Howl – A Reminder of One’s Former Self
• Hydra Marshes and Fossil Valley
• The Port Town of Termina – The Pride of the Acacia Dragoons (Decision Point)
  • Viper Manor Bluffs | The Path of the Magician, Guile
  • Shadow Forest | The Path of the Rocker, Nikki
  • Viper Manor | Ze Path of ze Swordsman, Pierre
• Viper Manor – Where Lies the Key to the Past
• Guldove – Where Ripples Become Waves (Decision Point)
  • Helping a Friend | Guldove
  • Helping a Friend | Termina
  • Helping a Friend | Hydra Marshes
  • Helping a Friend | Back to Guldove
  • Helping a Friend | Back to Termina
  • Leaving a Friend Behind | Guldove
  • Leaving a Friend Behind | Termina
• Hermit’s Hideaway – Meeting With the ‘Other’ Swordsman
• From Pirate Ship to Ghost Ship – A Mariner’s Worst Nightmare
• On to Water Dragon Isle – In Search of the Dragon Blue
• Fort Dragonia – Ancient Dragons’ Dreams in Ruins
• Temporal Vortex – Where Lost Souls Wander
• The Lost Portal – Isolation of People From the World
• Termina – Knight or Day?
• Marbule & the S.S. Zelbess – The Village of the Demi-Humans
• The Masamune – The Blood-Stained Sword of Evil
• The Dead Sea – A Place Forsaken by the Gods
• A Portal Reopened – And the Planet Began to Shake
• Back to Viper Manor – A Captive Audience Awaits
• Surprise Attack! – Pursuers With Heavy-Hearts
• To the Sea of Eden – Optional Quests
• To the Sea of Eden – Through the Hidden Holes in Time

Disc 2

• The Arbiter of Time – On Whom the Three Fates Smile
• Terra Tower – Caught in an Echo of Time
• Chrono Cross – The Point Where Destinies Meet
• For All the Dreamers – Our Planet’s Dream is Not Over Yet

New Game+

Once you’ve beaten the game, you can access New Game+ and Continue+, which will allow you to start a New Game or Continue with all of your previous stats, levels, equipment, and elements—with some caveats.

New Game+ allows you to face a special trio that you weren’t able to in your first playthrough. You can also experience new endings.

Here’s some useful info about New Game+ in Chrono Cross.