Chrono Trigger Walkthrough

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19. The Guru on Mt. Woe

Enemies:	Rubble, Gargoyle, Bomber Bird, Stone Imp, Death Lily
Treasures:	Platinum Helm, Barrier Sphere x3, Lapis x2, Hi-Ether x2, Shield Sphere x2, Shelter, Platinum Vest, Time Hat, Magic Capsule

Once you arrive at Mt. Woe, you'll fight a Rubble, who gives 100 Tech Points. After you defeat it, head to the north. Fight the imps and then curve around to grab the treasure chest. Afterwards, head back to where you fought the Rubble and go left up the chain. After the fight, go up the next chain like a ladder to get to the next area.

Fight the Rubble off to the left, then turn right and fight the two Gargoyles. After the next battle, turn and go right to get the chests and fight another Rubble. This Rubble, unlike every other on the mountain, will regenerate if you leave the mountain and come back. In this way, you could potentially learn many of the good techs for characters that you've neglected in a short amount of time. After grabbing the chests, you can go to the northwest corner for another chest, then wind to the middle of the raised platform for another chest. Afterwards, head to the right, across the chain, fight a battle, and make your way down another chain ladder. Exit out via the right chain bridge.

Right of the Death Lilys are two chests - one involves a combat - and north of them, after the fight, lies an opportunity for two chests, but only if you want to fight two Death Lilys and three Gargoyles. Whether you do or not, cross to the right, save your game, and climb up the chain ladder. A shelter might be nice because after the next area with two chests - as well as a Magic Capsule in the lower-right corner - you're about to fight a boss.

Giga Gaia
Giga Gaia Bestiary #: 188	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	32	9500	50	7	15
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	224	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	3000	3000	30	Dark Ages / Mountain of Woe
	Charm			Drop
	Speed Capsule			None
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Commencing Arm Restoration			None
	Strategy
	Weird parties, in this case Ayla, Robo, and Crono, sometimes work best. If you have it (which you should after this mountain), use their Triple Tech Twister right off the bat to take out Giga's hands and deal significant damage to his head. Ayla and Crono should use Thunder Chomp over and over while Robo uses Rapid-fire Fist. He will not take many hits at all, and if he does ressurect his hands, just hit him with another Twister.

Attack Arm Bestiary #: 190	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	32	2000	60	14	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	128	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	0	0	0	Dark Ages / Mountain of Woe
	Charm			Drop
	None			None
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Combo: Dbl. HandBlaster [Fire] Combo: Dark Plasma [Shadow] Arm Attack [HP 1/2] GaiaMagnade [Fire]			None

Defense Arm Bestiary #: 189	Level	HP	Attack	Speed	Magic Power
	32	2000	40	14	10
	Defense	Evade	Light Def.	Shadow Def.	Water Def.	Fire Def.
	127	128	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal
	Exp	G	Tech Points	Era/Location
	0	0	0	Dark Ages / Mountain of Woe
	Charm			Drop
	None			None
	Enemy Techs			Enemy Counters
	Combo: Dbl. HandBlaster [Fire] Combo: Dark Plasma [Shadow] Water Rise [Water] Reviving Head With Defense Arm			None

Afterwards, Melchior will be released and Mt. Woe will collapse. Back in Algetty, Schala will come and explain that she has turned her back on the Mammon Machine, which will awaken Lavos. Dalton will come and abduct Schala. Afterwards, talk to Melchior and he'll give you a Ruby Knife and you're told to go to the Ocean Palace to stop the Mammon Machine and the queen.

Chapters
1. The Millennial Fair	2. The Queen Returns	3. The Queen is Gone	4. We're Back!
5. Beyond the Ruins	6. The Factory Ruins	7. The End of Time	8. The Village of Magic
9. The Hero Appears	10. Tata and the Frog	11. The Rare Red Rock	12. Footsteps! Follow!
13. The Masamune!	14. Magus' Castle	15. Forward to the Past	16. Unnatural Selection?
17. The Magic Kingdom	18. Break the Seal!	19. The Guru on Mt. Woe	20. What Lies Beyond?
21. Lavos Beckons	22. The New King	23. The Time Egg	24. The Fated Hour
25. The Moon Stone	26. Ozzie's Fort	27. Cyrus and the Masamune	28. The Rainbow Shell
29. King Guardia's Trial	30. Fiona and the Sunken Desert	31. The Genocide Dome	32. Preparing for Lavos
33. The Black Omen	34. The Final Battle (Part 1)	35. The Final Battle (Part 2)

Chrono Trigger NDS Supplement
1. Lost Sanctum	2. Purge the Forest!	3. The Golden Hammertime	4. Crono and the Amazing Technicolor Stone
5. Learn to Hate Emerald Mountain	6. Building a Bridge	7. Under Siege	8. Our Heavenly Idols
9. Dimensional Vortex	10. Antiquity Abuse	11. Gifts in the Present	12. The Future is for Burning
13. Devouring Time

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Chrono Trigger Walkthrough

19. The Guru on Mt. Woe

Giga Gaia

Attack Arm

Defense Arm