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[[Image:Dreamstone_Sprite.png]][[Crono]]'s party discovers from [[Melchior]] that the Masamune was forged from Dreamstone and that the sword cannot be repaired without this precious stone. However, since [[Present|1000 A.D.]], Dreamstone has been lost for ages. Crono travels back in time to Prehistory (65,000,000 B.C.) to retrieve this stone, which in the possession of [[Ayla]], the Ioka Village chief. The stone is passed on to the chief with each generation, marking it as a symbol of power and leadership. Ayla awards Crono with a sample of the stone after being beaten at a soup-chugging contest. The stone is stolen by [[Reptite]]s prior to this event and must be reacquired.

Since Crono can trade [[Petals]], [[Fangs]], [[Horns]], and [[Feathers]] for weapons made from Dreamstone at the [[Ioka Village Hut|Trading Hut]], it could also be considered a form of currency; though less valuable than natural materials. The North American versions of the game states that Dreamstone was used as money, but this is incorrect; Melchior merely states in the original that it was an ore valued above gold. Naturally occurring in the planet, Dreamstone is an exceptional conductor of the elemental energy of [[Lavos]], even able to channel it for external use and store it for periods of time. It may be capable of channeling energy or magic well in general; and simply, people of the Prehistoric Era had not developed magical affinities, so its worth then was sorely underestimated.