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Chrono Cross Remaster: Radical Dreamers

How to Get and Use the Good Backbone

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The Good Backbone is a Key Item found in Chrono Cross Remaster: The Radical Dreamers Edition. Read on to learn all about the Good Backbone, how to get the Good Backbone, as well as how to use the Good Backbone.

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How to Get Good Backbone

Get Good Backbone at Hydra Marshes (Another World)

Good Backbone location

Before leaving Guldove (Another World), go to Orlha's Bar and talk to the drunk dwarf inside to get the Green Tinkler.

Next, go to the Hydra Marshes (Another World). Head north and use the Green Tinkler on the tall green plant blocking the path. Enter the cave up north, then go east. In the next cave, go south past the monsters until you see a Potpourri and a cave to its east. Enter the cave to get the Good Backbone.

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How to Use Good Backbone

Good Backbone
Good Backbone Chrono Cross Remaster
Description A spine with good posture that must have come from a grandma's loving training in its former life.
How to Use Collect all Skeletal parts and bring them to Skelly's grandma in Termina (Another World).

Use Good Backbone to Recruit Skelly

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The Good Backbone is one of the items required if you want to recruit Skelly to your team. There are a total of 6 bones scattered across El Nido and you need to get all of them to get Skelly.

Once you have all the bones, Skelly will leave your party but you can find him again in Termina (Another World). Go inside the house to the right of Viper's statues to trigger a scene. Afterwards, exit then enter the house again and talk to Skelly to recruit him.

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