CHRONO CROSS THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION: Party Recruitment Guide

As usual for the early days of my guides, I am still working on this, If you do not see screenshots on a section it most likely means I have not finished it.

There are three major choices you will make in this game which will lock some party members from being recruited on the current playthrough.

Branch 1: Travelling with Kid
Accept: Kid.
Reject: Leena, Kid.

Availability: Shortly after travelling to the other world for the first time.

Branch 2: Choosing a guide.
Guile.
Pierre.
Nikki.

Availability: After talking to the man polishing the statue, where Kid would once more ask to join the party if you did not recruit her during the first branch.

Branch 3: Save Kid or Leave Kid Alone.
Save Kid: Orcha, Razzly, Mel.
Leave Kid Alone: Glenn, Macha, Doc.

The real question you should be asking yourself is why this matters? You see, towards the end of each playthrough of this game you will be able to call back all allies you have recruited from previous playthroughs, which is the only way in which you can recruit ALL party members due to the branches above.

Managing to recruit all party members will give you a very special reward, but more on that some day 😉

Availability: After the starting dungeon.

• Party (Serge): You start the game as Serge.
• Requirement (Poshul): Get Heckran Bone from under the bed of the restaurant to the right of your house.
• Party (Poshul): Give Poshul the Heckran Bone.
  Note: When you have to “Give” an item this is done with a different button from the one used for dialogue, press X (Xbox) to open the item list and select the item you want.
• Requirement (Mojoy): Get Shark Tooth from the basement on the house to the left of the restaurant.

Availability: After defeating Mama Komodo.

• Tech: When talking to Leena choose “I Remember” then “We’ll never forget this day”.

Availability: When visiting the other Cape Howl for the first time.

• Party (Kid): Kid joins your party.

Refuse three times by choosing “Refuse”, “……” and “No thanks”

• Party (Leena): Leena joins your party shortly after in Another’s Arni Village.
• Party (Kid): Kid joins your party eventually.

Note: Yes, there is no point in accepting Kid other than the extra dialogue and earning some boss stars I guess.

Availability: Shortly after the events in Another’s Cape Howl.

• Branch Party (Leena): Leena joins your party shortly after in Another’s Arni Village.
• Party (Mojo): Go to the room where you got the Shark Tooth and show it to the Fisherman then attempt to leave.

Availability: As soon as you leave Another’s Arni Village.

• Requirement (NeoFio & Skelly): Get the Safety Gear from the Captain.

Availability: As soon as you leave Another’s Arni Village.

• Requirement (Skelly): Tell the man by the ladder you are exorcists then agree to help the Skeleton Head to get the Heavy Skull.
• Requirement (Draggy): Steal the Big Egg by taking the path downstairs to the Southwest of where you agreed to help Skelly, ignore the soldier’s warnings when going down.

Availability: After passing through Another’s Fossil Valley.

• Branch Party (Kid): Talk to the man polishing the statue after Kid leaves, she will come back for you to finally accept her into the party.

Availability: After talking to the man polishing the statue, where Kid would once more ask to join the party if you did not recruit her during the first branch.

• Party (Guile): Talk to him inside the bar and ask for his help.

• Item (Hero’s Medal): When starting the second Branch talk to the Blacksmith (Zappa) on his workshop, then to the Mysterious Swordsman (Pierre) on the room below, then talk to the kid running around just outside the Smithy’s workshop. Go back to Pierre and return his Medal, then accept to go with him.
• Party (Pierre): Give Pierre the Hero’s Medal.

• Party (Nikki): Enter the large ship on the west of Termina and talk to the man on the first room you can enter, then accept Miki’s offer. Leave Termina and enter the Shadow Forest to the east, then find and follow a man trying to play music to a monster, after a fight he will go inside a cave behind a waterfall. Once you talk to him inside the cave your consent is no longer relevant.

Note: Yes, this branch having three choices is the only reason you need to do an entire third playthrough.

Availability: This will depend on the choice you made on the second branch.
If you chose Nikki then you have already accessed this area.
If you chose anyone else this area will be accessible after the events in Viper Manor.

• Requirement (Skelly): Go to the cave behind the waterfall and examine the letter, then pick up the Angry Scapula.

• Requirement (Pip and Luccia): Past the two guards to the right where you are dropped, interact with the necklace to be dropped on a cage. After a fight interact with Pip and open his cage then talk to Luccia on your way out.
• Requirement (Skelly): After the Branch choice talk to the Element Trader NPC and leave after you can choose the Trade option, accept the Pelvic Bone piece.
• Key Item: To the left of the Element Trader you will see a scene between Orlha and Doc, return to the bar after speaking with Direa and Steena and interact with the dwarf in the back to receive the Green Tinkler.

Availability:

Talk to Korcha.

• Party (Orcha)
• Party (Razzly)
• Party (Mel)
• Party (Kid)

Talk to Macha.

• Party (Glenn)
• Party (Macha)
• Party (Doc)
• Party (Kid)

Note: Again, it matters very little what you choose in terms of Kid being with you.