Frequently Asked Questions

1.    You can't play as Glenn or Schala, and you can't get Schala back after the Ocean  Palace disaster. There are only seven characters in the game: Crono, Marle, Lucca, Frog, Robo, Ayla and Magus. There's no hidden character.

2.    You can't access the other continents in Zeal and you can't enter the Blue Pyramid in 600 AD. But you can enter the Blue Pyramid in 1000 AD, the Sun Palace in 2300 AD and the Sun Keep in all eras (12,000 BC: only after Zeal's disaster).

3.    If you are playing the PC-emulator version of Chrono Trigger, there may be a bug: when you enter the domes in 2300 AD, there's only a grey fog. With the ZSNES emulator, you should be able to remove it by pressing the "3" button.

4.    If you are playing the PC-emulator version of Chrono Trigger, there may be a bug: in Arris Dome's underground, you may have problems while trying to enter the L+R+A code. With the Snes9x emulator, you should be able to remove the bug by changing your keyboard buttons: players usually use "A" and "Z" as their L and R buttons. We suggest to replace them with "B" and "V" or with "Ctrl" and "Space". Then, all you have to do is to press and hold the "B" and "V" buttons, and to press "D" (the A button).

5.    In the Programmers' Ending, a guy says he could fix the broken map for 10,000,000 Gold. It's a joke: you can only get 9,999,999 Gold.

6.    If you build up Ayla's level to 73, you get the Iron Fist. If you raise it to 96, you get the Bronze Fist, which does 9999 damage at critical.

7.    When you must prevent Lucca's mother from being crippled, you must press A twice, while facing the machine, and then slowly enter "L,A,R,A". There must be a Beep after each letter.

8.    The EGM player's guide talks about "Bagu's hidden cabin". The EGM printed a retraction stating that they had made a mistake. Here's what they meant: "Playing Chrono Trigger and thinking back to the time you found Bagu's hidden cabin in the forest in ZeldaII."

9.    Here's how to get a New Game +: you must finish the game at least once through the Black Omen (beat Zeal and then Lavos). Then, when starting a new game, "NewGame+" should appear next to "NewGame" on the game-select screen. Then, choose one of your saved games, and you'll start with all stuff you had in that game, except money and "important" items like Masamune.

10.    If you have problems to find the Magic Cave (the way to Magus), here's how to find it: first, you must fix the Masamune and give it to Frog in the Cursed Woods. He will join you. Then, look towards the Denadoro Mounts (where you found the broken Masamune). To the east of the Denadoro Mts. there's a stand-alone mountain. Place yourself on the huge rock that is at its base, and press A.