Chrono Trigger (Item)

"It is pure potential. By unleashing a specific course of events, it can have a powerful effect on time."

— Gaspar

The Chrono Trigger is an important egg-like item that appears in both Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.

Chrono Trigger

In Chrono Trigger, the Chrono Trigger is an egg-like item given to Marle and her party by Gaspar to help bring Crono back to life after he is killed by Lavos. Gaspar says that the egg has the potential to revive Crono. He also says that to hatch it, you have to treat it like an egg, though like an egg, it may or may not hatch.

Afterwards, the party travels to 2300 AD and talk to Belthasar. He reveals to them that Death Peak has the power to restore life. However, he says that the "deceased must be important to the space-time continum" and that they must have a clone identical to the deceased person. He also tells them that the magician, Nolstein Bekkler, can make clones and hint that he is at the Guardia Millenial Fair.

The party then travels to 1000 AD and find Bekkler at the fair. They play a game and depending on how long they stay in it, the price for the clone will be lowered. They eventually win the game and the clone of Crono is brought to Crono's house. So the party goes to his house, takes the clone, and head to 2300 AD to the Keeper Dome.

At the dome, Belthasar tells them they must next go to Death Peak. He brings out a Nu that had its memory banks implemented with a program that will help them climb the mountain. Three entities fly out of the Nu and head to Death Peak. Belthasar's message ends and asks that they shut off the Nu, which they do. They then head to Death Peak.

They travel to the mountain and climb it with the aid of the three entities from Belthasar's program. Along the way, they overcome various monsters and Lavos spawns. When they reach the summit, Marle releases the Chrono Trigger. Her pendant reacts to the egg and sends power to the egg. Eventually, they pop up where they fought Lavos just before Crono was killed, though time has been frozen. They replace the clone with Crono, who suddenly starts moving, making the mission of reviving Crono a success.

Chrono Cross

In Chrono Cross, it is called the Time Egg, and it has the power to grant one mobility between Opassa Beach and the Darkness At The End Of Time to fight the Time Devourer.