This guide covers the earliest point at which you can recruit all party members.
 
 
Eventually I will expand into the missable techniques and endings among other things cause reasons.
 
 
Spoilers. Obviously…
 
 

Work In Progress

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.
 
 
 

Branching Paths & New Game+

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: Upon your first visit to Another World’s Cape Howl for the first time.
 
 
Branch 2: Choosing a guide.
 
Guile.
 
Pierre.
 
Nikki.
 
Availability: After talking to the man polishing the statue in Termina.
 
 
Branch 3: Save Kid or be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
 
Save Kid: Korcha, Razzly, Mel.
 
Be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥: Glenn, Macha, Doc.
 
Availability: After the events in Viper Manor.
 
 
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 😉
 
 
 

Home | Arni Village

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.

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

Home | Opassa Beach

Availability: After defeating Mama Komodo.
 

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

 

 
 

 
 
 

Another | Cape Howl | Branch 1

Branch 1 – Travelling with Kid

 
Availability: Upon your first visit to Another World’s Cape Howl for the first time.
 
 

Accept

 

• Party (Kid): Kid joins your party.

 

Reject

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

• Party (Leena): Leena joins your party when talking to her in Another World’s Arni Village.
• Party (Kid): Kid joins your party eventually.

 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Note: Yes, there is no point in accepting Kid other than the extra time alone with her.
 
 
 

Another | Arni Village

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

• Branch Party (Leena): Leena joins your party when talking to her in Another World’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.

 

 
 

 
 
 

Another | Hydra Marshes

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

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

 

 
 
 

Another | Fossil Valley

Availability: As soon as you leave Another World’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.

 

 
 

 
 
 

Another | Termina | Branch 2

Availability: After passing through Another World’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.

 

 
 

 

Branch 2 – Choosing a guide

 
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.
 
 

Guile

 

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

 

 
 

 
 

Pierre

 

• 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.

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Nikki

 

• 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.
 
 
 

Another | Shadow Forest

Availability: This will depend on the choice you made on the second branch.
 
If you chose Nikki then you have already accessed this area and the cave where you need to go.
 
If you chose anyone else this area will be accessible when you return to Termina for the first time after the events in Viper Manor.
 

• Requirement (Skelly): Go to the cave behind the waterfall at the west of the Forest where the giant plant is and examine the letter, then pick up the Angry Scapula.

 

 
 

 
 
 

Another | Viper Manor

Availability: At the end of Branch 2.
 

• Achievement: Shortly after switching to night time there will be a barn full of dragons and an old lady who will introduce you to the Dragon Feeding Minigame, feed 100 dragons.
   
   
   
  Note: You can cheat by using the slow motion. If it makes you feel any better in the original PS1 version you had to wait until New Game+ to be allowed to cheat.
• Requirement (Pip & Luccia): Take a right on the room where you disguised yourself as an Acacia Private and interact with the two guards who will ask for a password (Say nothing if you want to avoid the fight), then inspect the Silver Pendant on the wall to be dropped on a cage. After a fight interact with Pip and open his cage then talk to Luccia on your way out.

 

 
 

 
 
 

Another | Guldove | Branch 3

Availability: After the events in Viper Manor.
 

• Requirement (Skelly): After the Branch choice talk to the Element Trader NPC next to Korcha by the docks and leave after you can choose the Trade option, accept to fulfill their request to get the Pelvic Bone piece.
• Key Item (Green Tinkler): Enter the bar to watch a scene between Orlha and Doc, go talk to the Shaman Direa and Steena, then interact with the dwarf in the bar to receive the Green Tinkler.

 

 
 

 
 

Branch 3 – Saving Kid

 
Availability: After the events in Viper Manor.
 
 

Save Kid

 
When Korcha asks whatCHA gonna do select “Find a way to save her”.
 

• Party (Korcha): Korcha will join temporarily shortly after the branch begins, then permanently later on.
• Party (Razzly)
• Party (Mel)
• Party (Kid)

 

 
 

Be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

 
When Korcha asks whatCHA gonna do select “…I don’t know” like an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
 

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

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

Another | Termina

Availability: After returning from Guldove.
 

• Party (Greco):
   
   
   
  If you chose to abandon Kid find Glenn in the entrance of Termina before proceeding with the next step.
   
   
   
  Head to where Glenn was praying with Riddel earlier on the East side of Termina and talk to Greco and follow him into his house, then accept for him to help you.

 

 
 
 

Another | Shadow Forest

Availability: This will depend on the choice you made on the second branch.
 
If you chose Nikki then you have already accessed this area and the cave where you need to go.
 
If you chose anyone else this area will be accessible when you return to Termina for the first time after the events in Viper Manor.
 

• Requirement (Skelly): Go to the cave behind the waterfall at the west of the Forest where the giant plant is and examine the letter, then pick up the Angry Scapula.

 

 
 

 
 

 
 
This is all about CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION – Branching Paths & New Game+; I hope you enjoy reading the Guide! If you feel like we should add more information or we forget/mistake, please let us know via commenting below, and thanks! See you soon!