Dimensional Vortex
General Information
Chrono Trigger
Era: 12000 B.C., 1000 A.D., 2300 A.D.
New Area Music: Primitive Mountain (Strath)
Items: Angel's Tiara (12000BC Strath), 3 Mid Tonics (65KKBC Guardia Prison Tower), FROZEN CLIFFS, VOLCANO, TRL
Enemies:
- 12000BC Dactyl Nest: Avian Rex, Cave Ape, Shist
- 12000BC Mt. Woe: Bantam Imp, Gargoyle, Rubble, Stone Imp
- 12000BC Cathedral: Diablo, Hench, Mad Bat
- 12000BC Guardia Forest: Beetle, Blue Eaglet, Hetake
- 12000BC Lab 16: Crater, Meat Eater, Octo Pod
- 12000BC Sunken Desert: Hexapod, Mohavor
- 12000BC Magus's Lair: Juggler, Roly, Vamp
- 12000BC Slath: Pink Imp, Slate Imp
- 65KKBC Tyrano Lair: Avian Rex, Reptite (purple), Terrasaur, Volcano
- 65KKBC Ocean Palace: Lasher, Thrasher, Mage
- 65KKBC Truce Canyon: Blue Imp, Roly
- 65KKBC Guardia Prison: Guard
- 65KKBC Sewer Access: Nereid, Rat
- 65KKBC Geno Dome: Debuggest, Proto 4
- 65KKBC Black Omen: Alien, Blob, Boss Orb, Side Kick
- 65KKBC Hallowed Falls: Ogan Chieftain, Ogan Youth
- FROZEN CLIFFS, VOLCANO, TRL
Bosses: Alabaster Shade, Crimson Shade, Steel Shade
The Dimensional Vortex is a rip in the fabric of space-time that appears in three eras: 12000 B.C., 1000 A.D., and 2300 A.D. A temporally unstable zone, the dimensional vortex features several fragmentary locales, possibly lost pieces of other timelines or histories. Entering the vortex takes one to the Planar Interstice, a short hallway with a teleporter pad at the end. Much of the vortex exists of random areas—eight per vortex entry, so 24 overall. In between the areas are Nameless Caves providing rest and safety, including a final Nameless Cave called the Twilight Grotto. The zones also include one dungeon per each vortex entry, yielding much treasure. The dungeons are 12000 B.C. - Frozen Cliffs, 1000 A.D. - Volcano, 2300 A.D. - Temporal Research Lab. The end of the vortex holds a boss fight with a shade (whether Lucca's Crimson Shade, Marle's Alabaster Shade, or Crono's Steel Shade). Defeat takes the party back to the normal timeline. These are the random location sets possible from each vortex entry point for each respective era.
- 12,000 B.C.
.-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 1: ||Set 2: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Dactyl Nest ||Mountain of Woe | |Mountain of Woe ||Dactyl Nest | |Manolia Cathedral ||Guardia Forest | |Guardia Forest ||Fiendlord's Keep | |Site 16 ||The Sunken Desert | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 3: ||Set 4: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Manolia Cathedral ||Guardia Forest | |Site 16 ||Strath | |The Sunken Desert ||Dactyl Nest | |Strath ||Site 16 | |Mountain of Woe ||Manolia Cathedral | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 5: ||Set 6: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Site 16 ||The Sunken Desert | |Fiendlord's Keep ||Guardia Forest | |Mountain of Woe ||Site 16 | |The Sunken Desert ||Dactyl Nest | |Strath ||Fiendlord's Keep | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 7: ||Set 8: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Fiendlord's Keep ||Strath | |The Sunken Desert ||Manolia Cathedral | |Strath ||Fiendlord's Keep | |Manolia Cathedral ||Mountain of Woe | |Dactyl Nest ||Guardia Forest | '-----------------------''-----------------------'
- 1000 A.D.
.-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 1: ||Set 2: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Tyranno Lair ||Ocean Palace | |Ocean Palace ||Tyranno Lair | |Abandoned Sewers ||Hallowed Falls | |The Black Omen ||Truce Canyon | |Geno Dome ||Abandoned Sewers | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 3: ||Set 4: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Truce Canyon ||Prison Towers | |Abandoned Sewers ||Geno Dome | |Geno Dome ||The Black Omen | |Ocean Palace ||Hallowed Falls | |Hallowed Falls ||Ocean Palace | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 5: ||Set 6: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Abandoned Sewers ||Geno Dome | |Hallowed Falls ||Truce Canyon | |Truce Canyon ||Tyranno Lair | |Geno Dome ||Prison Towers | |Prison Towers ||The Black Omen | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 7: ||Set 8: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |The Black Omen ||Hallowed Falls | |Prison Towers ||The Black Omen | |Ocean Palace ||Prison Towers | |Abandoned Sewers ||Tyranno Lair | |Tyranno Lair ||Truce Canyon | '-----------------------''-----------------------'
- 2300 A.D.
.-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 1: ||Set 2: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Forest Maze ||Mudbeast Den | |Mudbeast Den ||Ancient Keep | |Heckran Cave ||Curious Village | |Fiendlord's Keep ||Forest Maze | |Denadoro Mountains ||Fiendlord's Keep | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 3: ||Set 4: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Fiendlord's Keep ||Heckran Cave | |Forest Maze ||Fiendlord's Keep | |Mudbeast Den ||Arris Dome Substructure| |Ancient Keep ||Mudbeast Den | |Curious Village ||Denadoro Mountains | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 5: ||Set 6: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Arris Dome Substructure||Denadoro Mountains | |Heckran Cave ||Arris Dome Substructure| |Ancient Keep ||Forest Maze | |Denadoro Mountains ||Curious Village | |Forest Maze ||Mudbeast Den | '-----------------------''-----------------------' .-----------------------..-----------------------. |Set 7: ||Set 8: | |-----------------------||-----------------------| |Ancient Keep ||Curious Village | |Curious Village ||Denadoro Mountains | |Denadoro Mountains ||Fiendlord's Keep | |Arris Dome Substructure||Heckran Cave | |Heckran Cave ||Arris Dome Substructure| '-----------------------''-----------------------'
Thanks to Seferaga for the convenient tables
Name Origin
- "Strath" means a wide, flat river valley.