The Trial

You regain control locked in prison, with only a save point and some Ethers (depending on your trial outcome) for company. The Chancellor has secretly changed your sentence to execution regardless of the verdict. Time to escape.

Two Escape Options

You can break out of prison two ways. Your choice affects how much fighting you'll do, but both paths lead to the same destination.

Option 1: Wait for execution. Do nothing for about one minute of real time. Soldiers escort Crono to the guillotine, then Lucca bursts in and knocks out all guards. She joins immediately and you start exploring with most enemies already defeated. Choose this if you're minimizing character levels for an upcoming secret at the End of Time.

Option 2: Break out yourself. Rattle the cell bars by pressing against them three times. When the guard comes to beat you up, knock him out. Fight your way through the prison solo until Lucca shows up later. More fighting, but more experience.

Prison Exploration (Option 1)

If Lucca rescued you, grab the Bronze Armor from the chest in the execution room, then the Mid-Potion from the chest on the left. Free Fritz from the guillotine on the right - he'll reward you later at Truce Market.

Walk down through the gate; the guard is knocked out. Search his body for a Mid-Potion. At the fork, take the upper path. Run far left and search another body for a Mid-Potion. Head up the stairs and across the walkway to reach four stairways.

Fight the Blue Shields (22 XP each), then take the top left exit. Run to the far left open cell, go up and through the hole in the wall. Outside the castle, run right and climb down to the first platform. Walk to the gap between platforms and continue down. On the third platform, run left and climb down to the final platform with a hole. Go inside to find a hidden cell with a Shelter. Check the black hole in the floor to climb down to another cell containing the Silver Sword and 1500G. Equip the sword immediately. Climb back up and return to the four stairways; take the top right exit to reach the save point.

Prison Exploration (Option 2)

If you broke out yourself, fight the guard outside your cell and use the cup in the corner to restore health. Grab the Ethers from your bed (1-6 depending on trial outcome). Head east down the lower stairs and across a bridge to find a guard watching a cell. Knock him out from behind, then open the chests inside for 2 Ethers and 2 Mid-Potions. An Omnicrone attacks afterward.

Return to the room with Blue Shields. Wait for them to turn away before attacking. Take the upper left exit for a fight with undead enemies and a preview of what's to come, then go to the upper right.

Fight guards on the bridge and sneak past others by approaching from behind and pressing A to knock them out. Each knocked-out guard drops a Mid-Potion. Find another Mid-Potion in the chest near Fritz. Free Fritz from the guillotine, then go through the gate behind him to find the Bronze Armor.

Head out the northwest exit and across the walkway to the four stairways. Bottom left has a Shelter. Top left leads to the hidden cell with the Silver Sword and 1500G (see Option 1 for exact directions). After getting the sword, take the top right stairway toward the light.

Before the Boss

You're now out of the dungeon and in the grey castle walls. If you took Option 2, fight a couple guards and Lucca shows up to knock out the last one. Search his body for 5 Mid-Potions. The paper on the ground gives Dragon Tank hints. Use a Shelter at the save point if needed.

Boss: Dragon Tank

Castle Escape

After defeating the Dragon Tank, Crono leaps on it and stabs his sword down, destroying it completely. The Chancellor arrives with two men to fix the tank, but it explodes and destroys part of the bridge. The Chancellor and his men cling to each other over the gap - walk across them to continue.

Grab the Shelter from the chest on the first landing. When you reach the Main Hall, soldiers chase you toward the exit. At the castle entrance, you're surrounded - but Marle arrives and confronts her father. She refuses to stay and joins your party.

The party flees into Guardia Forest with soldiers in pursuit. You're cornered, but a time gate appears offering escape. Step through and vanish into the unknown - you'll emerge in a ruined future.

Treasure Summary