PrinceWatercress plays Chrono Trigger (Super NES) - Part 26 of 70

In this entry, we head to the Tyrano Lair and tear stuff up as we look for Azala.

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World Map (65,000,000 B.C.) (by Rick Burns)

Tyrano Lair Map (by Rick Bruns)

When you enter the Tyrano Lair, you can only enter the passage to the right at the start. When you do, you'll be able to go into the basement of the lair and face some brown Reptites. Believe it or not, the brown Reptites are stronger than the green ones that we faced in the Reptite Lair. Be sure to open the cell with the four cavemen in it to let them out, then continue further down to find out that Kino has been kidnapped. Beat up the three Reptites near the cave, then go up to the cell door and press A. Ayla will climb in and eventually bust Kino out, and Kino will repay you by opening up the left path in the entry room.

As you get through the outside parts of the castle, you'll face enemies such as the Arian Rex from the Dactyl Nest as well as the Volcano. Unlike the Shist/Pahoehoe, attacking the Volcano will cause it to attack all the other monsters on the battlefield, including itself. You'll also face the Terrasaur, which is a more powerful version of the Megasaur from the Reptite Lair. Just like with the Megasaur, you can shock it to take it out.

The buttons near the monsters will drop them into the cell that the four cavemen were in, so you don't have to fight them unless you want to. The nearby room with the fake treasure chest as well as the real one containing the Full Tonic will drop you into the cell, where you will have to fight any enemies you dropped into it. If that happens, any enemies you fought on the way to the Full Tonic room will re-spawn.

You'll soon come across a maze-like area where there are multiple treasure chests, but when you enter certain areas, the screen will fade to black and you'll be warped from one area to another. By walking around in all the areas where you can, you can find out where all the warps are where they can take you, and by scoping every tile of the area, you'll eventually be able to get even the Meso Mail in the northeast corner that you can't just walk up to and take.

After this, there will be a closed doorway, and you'll need to hit the switch in the next room to open it. You'll need to step on one of two floor buttons to open up the room with the switch you need to hit, but one of them will also unleash a Volcano and a Terrasaur.

Once you open that gate, you'll face Nizbel II. Be sure to use the save point behind him before fighting him. When you fight Nizbel II, hit him with Lighting three times, but no more. Keep hitting him with strong attacks the rest of the time. When Nizbel II releases his stored electrical energy and attacks the whole party with it, heal up. (Frog and Ayla's Slurp Kiss is really good for this, since it's only 1 MP from both characters and heals everyone for 300 HP or more.) After that, hit Nizbel with Lightning three times again, keep smacking him around again and heal up big time when necessary. Nizbel II will have the same attacks as last time; he'll just be more powerful.