Sonic Adventure 2 Chao FAQ by EDekar
Created on June 22nd, at 12:16 PM
Updated on July 1st, at 7:46 PM
Version History
-1.0- Concept FAQ written out
-1.5- Information filled in
-1.6- Various sections updated, also added the What's Up? and
Frequently Asked Questions Sections.
-1.7- Got that accursed Seed information, and a few more FAQ's.
Look for the seed info just after the hat info, or in the
FAQ's.
-2.0- 'Nuther Kindergarten class, a few more FAQ's. Not much new
info out right now. Seeds & Fruits and Racing Stuff sections
added.
CONTENTS
-Introduction
-Chao Hatching
-Chao Basic
-Chao Advanced
-Seeds & Fruits
-Racing Stuff
-Author's Note
-My Chao
-What's Up?
-Frequently Asked Questions
-Contact Information
-Credits
-Legal Note
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to FAQ #3. This, obviously, is a FAQ for the recently
released game, Sonic Adventure 2. It covers the aspects of raising
a Chao from its basic infant form up to a full-fledged racer. Not
that a Chao needs to be raised to race, of course.
CHAO HATCHING
First up is how to hatch your Chao. Simply walk up to the egg
you wish to hatch, pick it up with the B button, and hold down
the button. Now just move your analog stick to one side and hold
it there. The egg will be gently shaken by your character. After
a little while, set the egg back down (DON'T throw it). Your Chao
will hatch soon after. Be sure to grab a nut from a nearby tree
and feed it to your newborn Chao. They're typically pretty hungry
after hatching.
One other note, NEVER strike your Chao if you can avoid it. It
makes them terribly angry, and will very easily drop their
performance.
CHAO BASIC
First off, there are 3 basic types of Chao:
* Dark Chao - A miscreant Chao that likes to play pranks.
Black with red as a secondary color.
By getting this chao, you unlock the Dark Garden.
* Neutral Chao - A completely normal Chao.
Starts off as a light blue.
* Hero Chao - A kind and polite Chao with a halo.
White in color with blue as secondary.
By getting this chao, you unlock the Hero Garden.
Anyone can raise these kinds of Chao. A common misconception
I've seen recently is that you need a Hero Seed to raise your
Chao into the Hero form. This is quite simply, not needed. There
is a simpler means of raising your Chao into the form you want.
First off, decide which kind of Chao you would like, if you don't
want to keep them Neutral. For the sake of example, we'll say you
want a Dark Chao. Now then. Go to the 1P mode, and choose Stage
Select. Go to Chao World, and choose either Shadow, Rouge, or
Eggman as your character. Hatch the egg you want to raise to a
Dark Chao. After it's hatched (remember to do so gently!), pet
it over and over. You'll see it gradually change color towards
black.
After a while, it will stop changing color. All you really
have to do at this point is raise it as you would any other Chao.
The only exception is, make certain you raise it with a Dark
character. This way, it will definitely evolve into a Dark Chao.
Both of my Hero Chao's were raised the same way, using Hero
characters.
Another thing to mention is, Chao have stats. There are 7
of them for all Chao. They are as follows.
* (SWM) - Swimming Ability
* (FLY) - Flying Ability
* (RUN) - Running Ability
* (PWR) - Relative Strength and Power
* (LCK) - Luck. Goes up in increments of 100. Raise by
guessing the correct box when opening a treasure
chest in Chao Adventure 2.
* (INT) - Intelligence. Raise by eating a Smart Fruit.
* (STA) - Stamina. Increase by feeding your Chao.
As far as I know, all of these stats can be raised one way
or another. I'll get into that next.
As you adventure through the game, you'll come across two things.
Animals and Chaos Drives. Animals are self-explanatory. Chaos
Drives on the other hand, are those sticks of glowing color that
machines drop. There are advantages and disadvantages to both, as
you'll soon see. These animals and drives come in four basic
colors, though there are some exceptions.
The colors affect things as follows:
Yellow + to SWM
Purple + to FLY
Green + to RUN
Red + to PWR
Animals will have a colored border around their picture. That
is how you know what class an animal belongs to. Let's go over
the animals and their benefits now.
Red Class Animals SWM FLY RUN PWR
- Bear 4 -8 2 18
- Tiger -4 -8 10 18
- Gorilla -2 -4 2 20
Green Class Animals
- Rabbit 0 4 20 -8
- Cheetah -4 -4 20 4
- Boar -2 -6 16 8
Purple Class Animals
- Parrot 0 24 -10 2
- Peacock 6 24 -8 -6
- Condor -10 30 -12 8
Yellow Class Animals
- Seal 20 -8 0 4
- Otter 22 -2 4 -8
- Penguin 18 6 4 -12
Special Class Animals (blue border)
- Raccoon 10 6 2 4
- Sheep 4 6 10 10
- Skunk 4 6 6 4
Imaginary Class Animals (orangish border)
- Dragon 10 2 4 16
- Unicorn 8 6 18 0
- Phoenix 6 16 2 8
Ghost Class Animals (black border)
- Bat 4 20 4 4
- Half Fish 16 0 4 12
- Skeletal Dog 4 4 16 8
One thing to mention about Ghost Class animals, is that they
affect your Chao in rather odd ways. A bat will turn your Chao
into a ghost (no legs), and the other ones can have some strange
effects as well. Keep that in mind should you use Ghost Animals.
And those are all the animals that you can pick up. As for
where to find them, I'll list that by character and stage.
Sonic --------------------------------------------------
1. City Escape | Raccoon Rabbit Skunk Sheep Unicorn
4. Metal Harbor | Seal Penguin Peacock Raccoon Phoenix
5. Green Forest | Rabbit Cheetah Parrot Raccoon H. Fish
11.Pyramid Cave | Condor Peacock Bat Sheep S. Dog
15.Crazy Gadget | Bear Tiger Seal Skunk Phoenix
16.Final Rush | Peacock Condor Penguin Sheep Dragon
Cannon Sonic | Cheetah Rabbit Parrot Skunk Dragon
Knuckles --------------------------------------------------
2. Wild Canyon | Peacock Condor Cheetah Sheep Dragon
6. Pumpkin Hill | Cheetah Boar Bat S. Dog H. Fish
8. Aquatic Mine | Penguin Seal Condor Skunk Dragon
12.Death Chamber | Tiger Gorilla Rabbit Skunk S. Dog
14.Meteor Herd | Penguin Seal Rabbit Sheep Phoenix
Cannon Knuckles | Otter Seal Cheetah Raccoon Unicorn
Tails --------------------------------------------------
3. Prison Lane | Tiger Gorilla Otter Sheep Unicorn
7. Mission Street | Boar Rabbit Gorilla Sheep Phoenix
10.Hidden Base | Penguin Otter Tiger Skunk H. Fish
13.Eternal Engine | Condor Parrot Boar Raccoon Dragon
Cannon Tails | Seal Otter Bear Raccoon Phoenix
Shadow --------------------------------------------------
4. Radical Highway | Cheetah Boar Seal Raccoon Unicorn
9. White Jungle | Peacock Parrot Bear Skunk Dragon
11.Sky Rail | Bear Tiger Condor Sheep Phoenix
14.Final Chase | Otter Penguin Tiger Skunk Phoenix
Rouge --------------------------------------------------
2. Dry Lagoon | Otter Penguin Peacock Sheep Unicorn
5. Egg Quarters | Gorilla Bear Parrot Skunk H. Fish
8. Security Hall | Parrot Condor Tiger Raccoon Phoenix
12.Mad Space | Parrot Peacock Gorilla Raccoon Phoenix
Cannon Rouge | Boar Cheetah Condor Skunk Dragon
Eggman --------------------------------------------------
1. Iron Gate | Gorilla Tiger Rabbit Skunk Dragon
3. Sand Ocean | Parrot Peacock Bat Raccoon S. Dog
6. Lost Colony | Rabbit Boar Bat Raccoon S. Dog
7. Weapons Bed | Seal Otter Cheetah Sheep Phoenix
13.Cosmic Wall | Rabbit Cheetah Otter Sheep Unicorn
Cannon Eggman | Bear Gorilla Seal Skunk Unicorn
Another thing to mention is on Chaos Drives. All Chaos Drives
increase their relative stat by 8, and drop nothing else. They
also don't alter the appearance of your Chao in any way. Also,
Chaos Drives can be found on any stage with machines, generally.
The colors are random, so you just have to hope you get what you
want.
Alright, last Basic thing I can tell you. When you give your
Chao an animal, it will give your Chao 2 things. One, it will
change the Chao's appearance. Two, it will give them an
additional little action they can do anytime they feel like. I'll
list the known actions here.
Animal Action | Animal Action
Bear Roar | Phoenix Wags tail
Boar Dashes | Rabbit Hops around
Cheetah Face washing | Raccoon ? Unknown ?
Condor ? Unknown ? | Otter Swims on back
Dragon Breathes fire | Seal Rolls around
Gorilla Beats chest | Sheep Somersaults
Parrot Sings | Skunk Farts (ewww...)
Peacock Struts arrogantly | Tiger Sharpens nails
Penguin Slides on belly | Unicorn Bucks feet
If anyone notices any actions for the Ghost Class Animals, let
me know and I'll put 'em in. Also, sometimes a Ghost animal can
cause the dot above your Chao to turn into a flame. Quite nifty
looking if you have a Dark Chao. (bwahahaha!)
CHAO ADVANCED
This is where I let you know what kind of evolutionary paths
you can take, besides the 3 basic forms. There are a total of
4 intermediate paths you can take. Besides those, you can also
mix types for the Advanced Paths. The following is the
intermediate path.
Green Animals ---> Sonic Chao. Develops spikes on head like
Sonic.
Yellow Animals ---> Alien Chao. Head elongates and gets two
small fin-like things on head.
Purple Animals ---> Nights Chao. Two jester cap-type things grow
out of the head and curve down a bit.
Red Animals ---> Dragon Chao. The head sort of turns into a
horizontal spike.
I don't know what the Advanced Paths look like quite yet I'm
afraid. I'll let you guys know pretty as soon as I find out.
Another advanced thing that very little is currently known about,
is the Chao Kindergarten. You can ask the Principal questions about
Chao raising, check on the health of your Chao, or have your Chao
learn whatever lesson is being taught in the classroom. Also, this
is only a partial list of the classes you can take...so if you see
a class I don't have, let me know of that too.
Kindergarten Classes
- Bell
- Tambourine
- Drums
- Trumpet
- Castanet
- Cymbal
- Maraca
- Song
- Spin Dance
- Step Dance
- Go-Go Dance
- Shake Dance
- Drawing
- Exercise
One of the Advanced things that was just recently brought to light
are the hats. There are 3 known hats in existence, listed here.
- Pumpkin
- Egg Shell
- Skeleton's Skull
Simply grab one of these from the garden and hand it to your Chao.
If they like it, they'll put it in and they'll have a hat. Keep in
mind however, that it can only be removed by throwing or hitting your
Chao. Although I've also been told that they'll take it off after
a while if they get bored with it.
SEEDS & FRUITS
Ah, the last Advanced thing I can think of. How to plant the seeds.
Well, I think I'll show you exactly what I was told. Just as soon as
I pick the clearest, most concise e-mail I got on how to do so. Thanks
to everyone else who told me how though, I'm glad you told me.
Anyway, all you have to do is hand the seed to a Chao that has won
a shovel (trowel, whatever) in the races, and the watering can. Your
Chao will then wander around, pick a spot, and plant the seed.
Here is a list of the seeds that have been found so far, made by
the inestimable Mike Iseri. Keep in mind that the Forbidden Seed
was added by me.
" -Seeds Discovered
Tall Seed
Creepy Seed
Vitality Seed
Power Seed
Tasty Seed
Wonder Seed
Forbidden Seed
Rare Seed (Can't be that rare if I found it lol) "
The only other thing to mention are the Fruits that can be
found in Chao Adventure 2. As soon as I have a good list of them,
I'll throw it up here. The only fruits I currently know of are these:
-Fruits Discovered
Triangle Fruit - A triangle shaped fruit.
Square Fruit - A square shaped fruit.
Round Fruit - A round shaped fruit.
Wonder Fruit - ? (Don't remember...)
Chao Fruit - Increases skills.
Heart Fruit - Makes Chao lay an egg.
Hero Fruit - Makes your Chao favor the Hero side.
Dark Fruit - Makes your Chao favor the Dark side.
(Luke...I am your father...)
(Sorry, couldn't resist ::grins widely::)
Smart Fruit - Raises intelligence.
RACING STUFF
For all those wonderful things that Racing can net you. First off,
I give you a lovely list of the toys you can get from each of the races,
courtesy Mike Iseri.
" Here is a list of all the toys that you can win in the races.
-Must win the 3rd difficulty level
-Beginner Races
Crab Pool...............Shovel
Stump Valley............Watering Can
Mushroom Forest.........Rattle
Black Canyon............Toy Car
-Must win the 5th level difficulty level
-Jewel Races
Topaz......................Broom
Peridot....................Picture book on how to plant seeds
(A must to plant trees)
Aquamarine.................Sonic Doll
Garnet.....................Pogo Stick
Onyx.......................Box Of Crayons
Diamond....................Bubbles
-Challenge Mode
-Win toys by completing the row
1st row....................Beach Ball
2nd row....................Jack in the Box
3rd row....................Television
(To gain access to the third row, you must beat the first 2 rows)
-Dark Races
Win the second race........Beach Ball
Win the fourth race........Radio (Changes music, your Chao must
turn it on himself) "
Thanks kindly for that chart Mike, I appreciate it.
Anyway, the only other benefits to racing besides the toys would be
two things. 1. You get to look at the courses. They can be pretty
cool sometimes. 2. You can test your Chao's prowess and have it make
a name for itself. Besides, you can always bring your Chao online.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Well, that took more time than I thought it would...but regardless,
I'm glad I could help everybody out. Just remember to let me know if
there's something I missed or screwed up on. I don't mind getting
e-mail, so long as it doesn't ask inane questions or use excessive
dewd speech. I HATE that stuff... ::sighs::
MY CHAO
I have 5 Chao right at the moment, but only 4 are worth listing.
Note: This isn't up to date as of July 1st. Too much to worry
about right now. I'll update it when I get around to it.
Rafa, Hero Sonic Chao
SWM - 071
FLY - 083
RUN - 220
PWR - 077
LCK - 100
INT - 015
STA - 044
Appearance: Rabbit ears (ugh), Unicorn crest, no legs. Don't care
for her appearance very much, personally.
Malak, Dark Dragon Chao
SWM - 035
FLY - 031
RUN - 033
PWR - 067
LCK - 300
INT - 035
STA - 050
Appearance: Flame dot, Dragon horns, Dragon feet, and purple wings.
Definitely evil looking.
Seava, Hero Advanced Alien Chao
SWM - 222
FLY - 072
RUN - 031
PWR - 017
LCK - 000
INT - 015
STA - 058
Appearance: No feet, Penguin eyebrows, Seal flippers, and Otter
whiskers. Honestly, I like this one's appearance.
Raen, Dark Night Chao
SWM - 006
FLY - 015
RUN - 012
PWR - 012
LCK - 000
INT - 007
STA - 007
Appearance: Right now, he's an infant without any feet. He's
subsisted on nothing but Bats so far.
WHAT'S UP?
This section is for those unanswered things that I just don't know
about yet.
- Can you mix the Advanced paths like the first game? Thus making
a Dragon Alien mix? At this point, it looks like you can.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Obviously, this is for those questions that I get asked quite
a bit. I'll just list 'em and answer 'em here.
Q.HOW DO I PLANT THE SEEDS?
A.All you need to do is have one of your Chao win a trowel and the
watering bucket. Then give the seed to that Chao and he'll plant
it.
Q.WHY ISN'T MY CHAO EVOLVING?
A.Patience my friend, patience. All good things come with time.
My Dark Dragon Chao, Malak, took forever and a day to evolve,
so don't let it get to you. Your Chao will evolve eventually.
Q.WHERE DID MY TOYS GO?
A.Your Chao has them stored in Dark Space. I'm kidding. The Chao
that won the toys can pull them out of thin air to play with them.
That's the only time you'll ever see those toys, except of course
when you're planting Seeds.
Q.WHY CAN'T I GO TO THE KINDERGARTEN WITH MY CHAO?
A.Very simply, it's because you're in Story mode. Leave Story mode,
and play the game in Stage Select. That'll let you move about
Chao World freely.
Q.WHEN WILL MY CHAO DECIDE TO MATE?
A.When it's good and ready. Honestly, no one really knows. It just
seems to take a lot of time, that's all. My first was Seava, and
none of them have decided to mate since then. It's been almost a
week, so you can see what I mean when I say it takes a while.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you wish to speak with me, send me an e-mail to the following:
[email protected] . I should respond within a week...it
would be sooner, but I've been having ISP difficulties recently.
On top of that, I've been getting around 25 new messages a day, and
that's hard to keep up with. I'll get there eventually. Lastly,
please please please make certain your question is already answered.
One other thing, please don't be offended if I don't respond to your
e-mail. I've got 54 new messages in my inbox at the time of this
writing, and I'm trying to save time by not replying to things that
don't really need it. Just know that I am thankful if you're sending
in information I missed or somesuch. Trust me, I'm reading all of
those messages, even if I can't respond to 'em all.
CREDITS
My brother, who helped me gather all this godforsaken data.
CJayC, 'cuz he's just cool...I mean, who else could do his job?
Black Cat, for mentioning the Tambourine and Drums.
beardedorange, for mentioning Go-Go Dancing.
Wenske, for letting me know about Shake Dancing.
XeNoGeArZ, for reminding me of the Chao Worlds.
Todd Denham, for info on the hats.
Mike Iseri, for Seed and Toy information. Thanks much, Mike!
LEGAL NOTE
There isn't one yet. I'll just use the basic stuff for now.
This document is copyright EDekar, 2001, all rights reserved.
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Beyond that, please let it be known that the most current form of this
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