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Shadow Forest

CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION guide · Serge enters the underground caverns beneath the manor ruins

Shadow Forest serves as an infiltration route to the underground cavern systems and well beneath Viper Manor. Traveling through requires tracking down Nikki, navigating watery passages, and luring small creatures to clear away a massive sleeping beast. In Home World, the subterranean channels leading to the manor ruins can also be accessed to find rare items and complete side objectives like recruiting Funguy.

Items

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AeroSaucer: Defeat the Bulb guarding a treasure chest in the western section of the forestAroma Pouch: Inside a treasure chest hidden in the cavern behind the lower waterfallAngry Scapula: Found by inspecting the interior of the waterfall caveMushroom: Acquired from a man hiding in the underground waterway tunnel leading toward the manor

Secrets

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Luring a small colored monster into the mouth of the sleeping Quadffid by using the scent from the Aroma Pouch makes it swallow the creature and clear the blocked underground path.Delivering the subterranean Mushroom to the man cooking in the waterfall cave turns him into Funguy, immediately recruiting him into your party.

Key fights

Zoah, Solt, and Peppor

Enemies: Zoah, Solt, Peppor

Threats: Heavy physical blows from Zoah alongside element-teaching combos from Solt and Peppor

Weaknesses and resistances: Yellow (Zoah), Yellow (Solt and Peppor)

Tactics: Focus attacks to eliminate the weaker squires Solt and Peppor first before countering Zoah with Green element magic

Rewards: Copper, Tablet, Knee Pad

Enemies

Bulb

Weak to RedSteal / drop Bushbasher (rare drop), Seed (common drop)

Aggressive plant-like monster encountered across the forest paths.

Gerridae

Weak to RedSteal / drop Deluge (can be copied/trapped)

Water strider insect skimming along underground pools and streams.

Wraith

Weak to WhiteSteal / drop Mythril

Undead fiend found lurking in the damp cave corridors.

Tips

In the remaster, you can activate the built-in battle boost or speed-up features to quickly kite the colored monsters without getting caught by roaming woodland enemies.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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