Chrono Cross: How To Get The True Ending

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Courtesy of New Game Plus, it's possible to get a whopping 12 endings in Chrono Cross. But ten of these – all of which require that New Game Plus file – are played for laughs or offer fresh insight into the world. Either way, they're most assuredly noncanon.

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Of the two endings possible on a brand-new file, there's really no spinning the fact that one's uplifting and the other is remarkably not. Indeed, the "bad ending" is such a bummer (and so very easy to get) that there must surely be players out there in the history of the game who assumed it was the only ending and ran away from Chrono Cross forever.

Let's avoid that. Our guide will tell you how to get the best ending in Chrono Cross, also known as the "true" ending. It only takes a few key steps, but trust us, they're pivotal. Expect massive spoilers.

It would be an easy thing to tell you to get the ChronoCross key item near the end of the game and then face the TimeDevourer. But that's only the tail end of the path to the game's true ending. Instead, let's go down the line, step by step, to make absolutely sure you get what you're after.

Karsh hands the Tear of Hate to Serge (well, Lynx) after your party returns from Home World's Dead Sea. There's a long-standing joke about the flawless serendipity of Karsh, who was previously obsessed with ending "Ghost Boy", offering up an item with such a distinctly fitting name.

As for the Tear of Love, Serge gets this immediately after retrieving his body. Both of these items are obtained automatically, but we're noting them nonetheless due to the important role they'll play in your bid for the true ending.

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