How to Get All Characters

This is a route guide choice to getting all the characters in Chrono Cross Remaster: Radical Dreamers Edition! A huge roster of 45 characters each with their own unique recruitment requirements and conditions makes it tough to recruit all of them. Read on to know how to unlock all characters and the ideal playthrough choice to get all and the best characters in the game!

Can You Recruit All Characters in One Playthrough?

Not All Characters Can be Obtained in a Single Playthrough

Not all characters can be obtained in a single playthrough. There are several characters that becomes missable if a certain character is recuited and vice versa. This is a scene guide on how to be able to recruit all 45 characters and not a full guide on recruiting each individual character. For a full list of all characters and their recruit conditions, see our guide below.

List of Characters and How to Recruit

How to Get All Characters

Reject Kid's Offer at Cape Howl

Involved Characters
Kid	Leena

Upon Serge's arrival in Cape Howl (Another World), you'll be confronted by Karsh, Solt, and Peppor. After the fight, a scene where Kid will ask to join your party will happen. Decline her offer three times to ensure that you'll get Leena.

Kid Will Still Join the Party Later Despite Declining

Do not be wary of declining Kid's offer of her joining your party. She will still rejoin the party later on. Agreeing to her offer early on will only make you miss out on Leena which is arguably one of the better characters in the game.

Best Characters by Element

Recruit Anyone but Recruit a Different One on NG+ Runs for a Guide to Viper Manor

Involved Characters
Guile	Nikki	Pierre

Before getting to Viper Manor, you'll have three options for characters to get which are Guile, Nikki, and Pierre. Recruiting one of the three will render the rest of the choices unrecruitable for the rest of the game.

Recruit Guile for First Playthrough

At the start of the game, the better characters you'll have will be Kid and Leena which means you'll have a Red and a Blue innate on your team. The rest of the guides are blue innate characters as well so if you want to avoid a same color team, Guile is the best character to have even if he only starts getting stronger on the later stages of the game.

Save or to Not Save Kid

Save Kid Recruitable Characters
Korcha	Mel	Razzly
Do Not Save Kid Recruitable Characters
Macha	Glenn	Doc

This is a major branching point in the game and will affect the game's story by a whole lot which will of course, affect the characters you can meet along your journey.

Do Not Save Kid to Get Glenn

Glenn is one of the strongest characters in the game but choosing to save Kid will lock him out of your current playthrough as a playable character. Do not fret as Kid will return to your party later even without your help.

Get All Characters in NG+

Requires Three Additional Playthroughs

By using the Chrono Cross in Sprigg's house, you'll be able to recruit all characters you have already recruited on your previous playthroughs. The earliest you can possibly recruit all characters in the game is by finishing the game at least three times due to the three unique characters you can recruit as a guide when going to Viper Manor. You'll also need to choose to save Kid if you haven't already and vice versa at least once.

To get back to the Dimensional Vortex and re-recruit your former party members, you'll need to complete the Fort Dragonia (Home World) quest, then use the Astral Amulet on the portal in Hydra Marshes (Home World). Once inside Sprigg's house, simply pull up the item menu and use the Chrono Cross to get back your previously recruited characters.

Defeat the Time Devourer with Harle in the Party

The primary mechanic of the Chrono Cross is to be able to recruit your whole character roster from the previous game after completing it. If you let Harle leave your party then she won't be included in your re-recruited roster in NG+. Use the Chrono Cross in Opassa Beach as Lynx with Harle in your party to complete the game with her in your roster.

Go to Sprigg's House and Use the Chrono Cross

Once you have obtained every possible character you can recruit in each subsequent playthrough, go to Sprigg's house and use the Chrono Cross. This will allow you to recruit back all the characters you got so if you were able to choose each guide and choose to save and not save Kid, you'll be able to get all missable characters!

NG+ Guide

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