Chrono Cross Remaster: Radical Dreamers

How to Recruit Van and Unlock Level 7 Tech Skill

Chrono Cross Remaster - VAN BANNER

Van is a character in Chrono Cross Remaster: The Radical Dreamers Edition. Read on to learn how to get Van, how to unlock his level 7 Tech Skill, and usable Weapons!

How to Recruit Van

Story Chapter Termina (Home World)
Missable? No
Van Recruitment Steps

Recruit Van at Termina (Home World)

Head North of Zappa's Smithy

Chrono Cross Remaster - Van
As Lynx, go to Van's house past Zappa's Smithy in Termina (Home World). Go inside the house and proceed to the room on the right-hand side.

Tell Him Your Intentions with the Frozen Flame

Van Recruitment
Speak to Van in his room and watch the scene play out with the landlord.
Chrono Cross Remaster - Van Joining the Party.png
Afterwards, say that you are serious about finding the Frozen Flame. Upon hearing this, Van will join your party.

Van Character Profile

Van
Van
Innate Element Green
Age 14 Origin Termina
Height 4'11" Weight 88 lbs.
Build Smallish Dominant Hand Left-handed
Description
A sarcastic young artist who often thinks about the situation of his life at the moment. Much of his thoughts stem from his upbringing and the misguided values of his father.

Van Attacks

Weapon
Boomerang
Weak (High%) Normal (Mid%) Fierce (Low%)
Boomerang Left swathe (all) Right swathe (all)

Should You Use Van?

Van is a Below Average Character

Rank Description
B Tier.png There's no benefit to having Van in your party. Everything he can do, a different character can do all while having better stats.

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How to Unlock Van Level 7 Tech Skill

Automatically Learned at 35 Star Levels

Van Piggy Boink Deposit
Piggy Boink is Van's level 7 tech skill and it's automatically learned at 35 star levels.

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Power Can Be Increased with Savings

Piggyboink
You can add more power to Van's Piggy Boink by depositing money to his Piggy Boink. Each 100G added increases the damage by 3% up to a maximum of 21% damage increase. Adding more increases the risk of the piggy bank breaking.

Termina (Home World) Walkthrough

Van List of Tech Skills

Single Tech Skills

Name Lv. Description
Jump Throw 3 A Tech Skill learned from a correspondence course.
Wet Paint 5 Throw artist's paintpots all over the place. Has the ability to change the Field Effect color at random.
Piggy Boink 7 Set your precious piggy bank onto your foe.

List of All Character Tech Skills

Van Weapons

List of Weapons

Name Atk Hit %
Copper Shot 48 84
Ironerang 50 84
Iron Shot 51 85
Silverang 53 84
Silver Shot 54 85
Rockerang 57 85
Stone Shot 58 86
Private Deck 58 87
Prismarang 62 86
Prism Pellets 63 87
Pack of Lies 63 87

List of All Weapons

Van Story Explained

Misery in Both Worlds

Van, both in Home and Another World, has a tough relationship with money. Serge can first meet Van in Termina (Another World), where Van is wealthy, but unhappy due to the fact that his father focuses more on earning money than spending time with his son.

On the other hand, the Home World Van is poor and about to be evicted of his home due to his father's painting career not taking off.

It's Not All About Money

Once the Van you recruit sees his counterpart, he realizes that his situation is rather complex - that the way his father acts in both worlds is his way of coping with the loss of his wife and it's hard to put the blame on anyone because no one is actually at fault of their actions.

Van later understands that true wealth lies in the will to keep on going for the sake of their loved ones despite all adversity. He carries this thought with him as he journeys alongside Serge to find the Frozen Flame, hoping that it will give his loved ones a better future ahead.

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Pip Pip

Red Users

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Miki Miki Draggy Draggy Greco Greco Doc Doc

Black Users

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Janice Janice Mojo Mojo Skelly Skelly Grobyc Grobyc

Blue Users

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Leena Leena Irenes Irenes Pierre Pierre Orlha Orlha

Green Users

Karsh Karsh Razzly Razzly Radius Radius Glenn Glenn
Sprigg Sprigg Turnip Turnip NeoFio NeoFio Van Van

Yellow Users

Norris Norris Viper Viper Zoah Zoah Poshul Poshul
Funguy Funguy Mel Mel Leah Leah Sneff Sneff

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