Chrono Trigger Guides

Hunting Grounds

Once you arrive back in Prehistory, you might find that your hard-earned gold is of limited utility. To upgrade your equipment, by and large, you're going to need to do some hardcore bartering with the trader in Ioka. The trader accepts four different items in various combinations, but without a guide you're going to be left guessing as to what combinations result in which items. Lucky for you, of course, we have a guide somewhere on this very page.

Trading Items

First, note that the item selection changes several times throughout the game; with that in mind, here are the items you can pick up:

Trading Hut First Visit Mammoth Tusk 3 Fangs and 3 Horns Stone Helm 3 Feathers and 3 Horns Ruby Gun 3 Fangs and 3 Petals Ruby Vest 3 Fangs and 3 Feathers Shaman's Bow 3 Petals and 3 Horns Stone Arm 3 Petals and 3 Feathers

Trading Hut After Meeting Magus Primeval Blade 3 Fangs and 3 Horns Stone Helm 3 Feathers and 3 Horns Dreamstone Gun 3 Fangs and 3 Petals Ruby Vest 3 Fangs and 3 Feathers Dreamstone Bow 3 Petals and 3 Horns Magma Hand 3 Petals and 3 Feathers

Trading Hut After Acquiring Chrono Trigger Ruby Armor 10 Fangs, 10 Feathers, 10 Horns and 10 Petals

Hunting Enemies

Now that you know what you need to get, well, what you need, there's the matter of getting it; this is where the Hunting Range itself comes into play. Many enemies in this era drop or charm these items, but the Hunting Range is the best way to get a lot of the items quickly. When you're in the hunting range, you can see a few different groups of monsters, outlined below, that will drop or charm various combinations of these tradable items.

Prehistoric Frog
Prehistoric Frog Bestiary #: 079	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	16	100	1	1	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	128	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	64	0	0	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Feather			Feather
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Tongue			None
Prehistoric Frog 2 Bestiary #: 079	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	16	100	1	1	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	Unknown	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	66	0	0	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Fang			Fang
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Tongue			None
Prehistoric Frog 3 Bestiary #: 079	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	16	100	1	1	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	Unknown	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	66	0	0	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Horn			Horn
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Tongue			None

Ion Cloud
Ion Cloud Bestiary #: 080	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	17	152	1	1	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	Unknown	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	72	0	0	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Bronze Blade			Feather
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Stretch			None
Ion Cloud 2 Bestiary #: 080	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	17	152	50	9	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	128	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	72	0	2	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Petal			Petal
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Stretch			None

Nu Bestiary #: 125	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	1	1234	1	1	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	Unknown	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	248	0	30	Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
	Charm			Drop
	Mop			None
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Head Butt [HP 1] Head Butt [1 Damage]			None

Note: These Nus have a special kind of dropped item: they drop three of each tradable item with every victory, and the first time you beat one you'll also get a Third Eye. You can only find these guys when it's raining in the hunting grounds, too, and randomly in one of the three locations marked on the map below. You can find and beat all three if you are patient, but after that you'll have to leave and re-enter the map to get more.

Hunting Grounds Map