Tales of Eternia Minigames Guide: Every Game and Where It Is

The minigame board has twelve entries, and five of them own a Steam achievement in the Remastered release: the raft race at the Rasheans river pier, Chamballoon in Chambard, the speed-eating contest against Kong the Man, and the two Craymel Express runs. Craymel Ball is not a location. It is played in Mintche, the academic town in Inferia, so any list that gives Craymel Ball a location of its own beside Mintche is double-counting one stop. Locations, payouts and titles below are original-release data from the 2000 PlayStation game and its 2005 PSP port, because Bandai Namco has published no minigame list for the remaster.

• Five minigames carry an achievement. Everything else on the board pays a title at best.
• Craymel Ball and Mintche are one entry, not two.
• The remaster adds a skip function and a mid-game retry to minigames, so a failed attempt costs seconds instead of a walk back to the counter.

Every Minigame at a Glance

The roster is the original release's, because that is the only complete minigame list this game has ever had. Read the location column as the map and the reward column as what the Remastered achievement list confirms on top of the old titles.

Official source: Tales of Destiny II Mini-Games (RPGClassics shrine, original 2000 release)

The Rasheans River Race

The race starts at the pier in Rasheans, the village the story opens in: get down the river and collect gels on the way. The acceleration button is the whole skill ceiling, and the original guide's rule is to use it only on the wide straights, because anywhere else you mostly crash.

The payouts split by attempt, which is the part worth knowing. From the second clear onward, the race pays one Apple Gel for every four gels you collect, making it the most reliable repeatable gel source in early Inferia.

The original release asked for a time under 1 minute 6 seconds for Reid's Master Coxwain title. The Remastered achievement only refers to a record time and publishes no target of its own, so 1:06 is the old benchmark rather than a confirmed cutoff.

Craymel Ball Is Played at Mintche

Craymel Ball and Mintche are one entry, not two. The game is played inside Mintche, the academic town built around the university, and it appears as two separate items only in lists that mix a game with its own venue.

The mechanic is a two-colour ball game. Your character and the ball each carry a colour, like colours repel and opposite colours attract, so the reliable way to score is to stand on the opposite side of the ball from your opponent and push it toward them. Crystals switch your own colour while the ball's colour shifts over time, which turns a pushing contest into a fight over position. The original release paid Reid's Pro Roller title on disc 1 and Master Roller on discs 2 and 3, and there is no Craymel Ball achievement, so this is a title-only chase.

Three remaster notes change the game around it. The official change list confirms that dungeon gimmicks and minigames which required colour identification in the original were subtly redesigned so they can be read without relying on colour, which is the one entry on that list that plausibly touches Craymel Ball. The same list states that the questions for the Tales quiz in the academic town were completely revamped, so an answer sheet from the PlayStation or PSP version is worthless. The official English change list spells the town Mintz while PlayStation-era guides spell it Mintche; both refer to the same place.

The original Namco guide book is digitised on archive.org, and the scan above comes from its minigame chapter, which covers Craymel Ball and the quiz event.

Official source: Namco Official Guide Book: Tales of Eternia (archive.org scan)

Chamballoon in Chambard

Chamballoon is the balloon game in Chambard, and it is the minigame achievement most players already have: King of Balloons sits at 2.3 percent globally as of October 17, 2026, against 1.4 percent for Master Coxswain. Balloon popping has no timing gate, which is the usual reason a minigame clear fails, so start here when you are ticking the list off.

The original tactic still describes what you will be doing: slash as fast as you can and do not stop. Placement changes between challenges, so there is no route to memorise, and wide-hitting artes are the recommendation, with Tempest Strike named as a good fit. If your loadout is thin at that point in the story, the artes and combos guide covers cheaper multi-hit options.

The Stone Game at Barole

Barole's stone game is the arithmetic one: players take stones off a pile, and whoever takes the last stone loses. The original documentation gives a rule rather than a trick, and it is short enough to memorise. If after your move every remaining pile is a multiple of four, you are guaranteed to win; otherwise you are guaranteed to lose. The clear pays Reid's Mathematician title and a Melange Gel, and the title counts toward the ten-title achievements.

The Cooking Contest in Chambard

The contest hands you a set of ingredients and asks for a specific dish. Level the recipe you are asked to cook to at least 4 first, then read the judge's wording, because a phrase such as zesty is a hint at the extra ingredient rather than flavour text. Farah's three cooking titles, 3-Star Chef, Kitchen Star and Warrior Chef, all come out of this single contest, which makes it the densest source of titles on the board. Ingredients and recipe levels are on the recipes and cooking guide.

The Rest of the Board

Seven entries remain, and they matter mostly for titles. What the original documentation adds beyond the table above is one tactic each.

One entry needs a remaster caveat. The original ties Reid's Star Dancer title to clearing the dance over 8.00 points in two-player mode, and this release is single-player only, which the Steam listing confirms by carrying no co-op or multiplayer category. Star Dancer is therefore the one title on the old list you should not assume you can still earn the old way. The Celestia checkpoint order and the events that close off minigame titles are collected on the sidequests and missables page.

What the Remaster Changes About Minigames

Four entries on the official change list touch minigames directly.

Skipping has a cost the list does not spell out: a skipped minigame awards neither its title nor its achievement, so if you are chasing King of Balloons or Master Coxswain, the skip is a convenience you have to consciously decline. Mid-game retry is the opposite case. The original's real penalty for a botched run was replaying the approach before another attempt, and removing that penalty is what makes the six-second margin on the river race far less intimidating.

Official source: Tales of Eternia Remastered: full list of new features and improvements (official change list)

Minigame Achievements and Their Rarity

Two caveats on reading that table. The official achievements page lists 50 achievements and shows 27 of them without signing in, so the visible slice rotates and these percentages move daily; the top three rates were read on October 17, 2026, the two Craymel Express ones during launch week. And Speed-Eating Champion is not Carousel Sushi. It is a separate contest against Kong the Man, and neither the original guide nor the change list gives its location, which makes it the one minigame achievement with no documented place to go and play it. The achievements and trophies guide puts these five into a rarity-ordered route.

Official source: Tales of Eternia Remastered achievements (Steam Community)

FAQ

Where is Craymel Ball in Tales of Eternia Remastered? In Mintche, the academic town in Inferia. Craymel Ball is the game and Mintche is the venue, and there is no separate Craymel Ball location anywhere in the world.

Can I skip minigames in Tales of Eternia Remastered? Yes. The official change list confirms both a skip function and a retry that restarts a minigame mid-play. Skipping gives up the title and the achievement attached to that game, so it is a convenience rather than a shortcut to the reward.

What is the target time for Master Coxswain? The original 2000 PlayStation release asked for under 1 minute 6 seconds on the Rasheans river race, and that figure comes from PlayStation-era documentation. Bandai Namco has published no target for the remaster, so treat 1:06 as the old benchmark.

Do minigame titles carry into a second playthrough? Not at launch: the transfer list covers character information, learned techniques and skills, items, Lens availability, cooking recipes, commands and both encyclopedias, with titles explicitly excluded. The day-one v.2.0.0 patch then added titles to the carryover, so they do transfer on the current build. The new game plus guide breaks down the rest of the list.

Related Guides

• Tales of Eternia Achievements and Trophy Guide - five minigame achievements sit in there, with a rarity-ordered route.
• Tales of Eternia Titles Guide and How to Earn Them - for most of the twelve games here, the title is the only reward worth having.
• Tales of Eternia Sidequests and Missable Events - the Celestia checkpoint order and the events that close off minigame titles.
• Tales of Eternia Recipes and Cooking Guide - recipe levels and ingredients, which is what the cooking contest tests.
• Tales of Eternia Original vs Remastered - what else the 2026 release changed beyond the minigame board.