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Hunting Grounds

Guide by  Rangers51
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Once you arrive back in Prehistory, you might find that your hard-earned gold is of limited utility. To upgrade your equipment, by and large, you're going to need to do some hardcore bartering with the trader in Ioka. The trader accepts four different items in various combinations, but without a guide you're going to be left guessing as to what combinations result in which items. Lucky for you, of course, we have a guide somewhere on this very page.

Trading Items

First, note that the item selection changes several times throughout the game; with that in mind, here are the items you can pick up:

Trading Hut First Visit
BladeMammoth Tusk3 Fangs and 3 Horns
HelmetStone Helm3 Feathers and 3 Horns
GunRuby Gun3 Fangs and 3 Petals
ArmorRuby Vest3 Fangs and 3 Feathers
BowShaman's Bow3 Petals and 3 Horns
ArmStone Arm3 Petals and 3 Feathers
Trading Hut After Meeting Magus
BladePrimeval Blade3 Fangs and 3 Horns
HelmetStone Helm3 Feathers and 3 Horns
GunDreamstone Gun3 Fangs and 3 Petals
ArmorRuby Vest3 Fangs and 3 Feathers
BowDreamstone Bow3 Petals and 3 Horns
ArmMagma Hand3 Petals and 3 Feathers
Trading Hut After Acquiring Chrono Trigger
ArmorRuby Armor10 Fangs, 10 Feathers, 10 Horns and 10 Petals

Hunting Enemies

Now that you know what you need to get, well, what you need, there's the matter of getting it; this is where the Hunting Range itself comes into play. Many enemies in this era drop or charm these items, but the Hunting Range is the best way to get a lot of the items quickly. When you're in the hunting range, you can see a few different groups of monsters, outlined below, that will drop or charm various combinations of these tradable items.

Prehistoric Frog
Prehistoric Frog
Prehistoric Frog
Bestiary #: 079
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
16
100
1
1
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
128
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
64
0
0
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Tongue
None
 
Prehistoric Frog 2
Prehistoric Frog 2
Bestiary #: 079
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
16
100
1
1
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
Unknown
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
66
0
0
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Tongue
None
 
Prehistoric Frog 3
Prehistoric Frog 3
Bestiary #: 079
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
16
100
1
1
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
Unknown
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
66
0
0
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Tongue
None
 


Ion Cloud
Ion Cloud
Ion Cloud
Bestiary #: 080
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
17
152
1
1
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
Unknown
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
72
0
0
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Stretch
None
 
Ion Cloud 2
Ion Cloud 2
Bestiary #: 080
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
17
152
50
9
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
128
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
72
0
2
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Stretch
None
 


Nu
Nu
Bestiary #: 125
Level
HP
Attack
Speed
Magic Power
1
1234
1
1
10
Defense
Evade
Light Def.
Shadow Def.
Water Def.
Fire Def.
127
Unknown
Normal
Normal
Normal
Normal
Exp
G
Tech Points
Era/Location
248
0
30
Prehistoric / Hunting Grounds
Charm
Drop
None
Enemy Techs
Enemy Counters
Head Butt [HP 1]
Head Butt [1 Damage]
None
 


Note: These Nus have a special kind of dropped item: they drop three of each tradable item with every victory, and the first time you beat one you'll also get a Third Eye. You can only find these guys when it's raining in the hunting grounds, too, and randomly in one of the three locations marked on the map below. You can find and beat all three if you are patient, but after that you'll have to leave and re-enter the map to get more.

Hunting Grounds Map

Hunting Grounds Map
Nu's Only Happy When It Rains
Nu's Only Happy When It Rains
Nu's Only Happy When It Rains
Frogs Travel in Packs
Frogs Travel in Packs
Frogs Travel in Packs
Frogs Travel in Packs
Ions Don't Belong Here
Ions Don't Belong Here
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