Chaos Drive

For the experience increasing gem in Sonic Unleashed, see Chaos Orb.

Chaos Drive
A Chaos Drive, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic Adventure 2
Game appearances	Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Appearances in other media	Archie Comics Sonic X Chao In Space
Statistics and overview
User(s)	Amy Rose Blaze the Cat Dr. Eggman E-123 Omega Knuckles the Echidna Miles "Tails" Prower Rouge the Bat Shadow the Hedgehog Silver the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog
Purpose	Raising Chao stats Charging the Action Gauge
Description	Small glowing crystals.

The Chaos Drive (カオスドライブ, Kaosu doraibu^?) is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is crystallized Chaos Emerald energy that is usually contained in devices. They seem to be a power source for robots. The Chaos Drives were initially designed by Prof. Gerald Robotnik as a means of transferring energy to living tissue, as part of his work on Project Shadow.

Game appearances

Sonic Adventure 2

Chaos Drives first appeared in Sonic Adventure 2 under the name Chaos drives, where they served as power source for G.U.N. robots, much like how Animals are used for Badniks. Collected and used with Chao at Chao Gardens, they enhance a Chao's specific skills:

Image	Color	Swim	Fly	Run	Power	Stamina	Mood
	Green	+0	+0	+24	+0	0	+1
	Purple	+0	+24	+0	+0	0	+1
	Red	+0	+0	+0	+24	0	+1
	Yellow	+24	+0	+0	+0	0	+1

With the right combination of animals, color of Chaos drives and depending on who is raising the specific Chao can alter the outcome of the Chao to appear similar to a character.

When playing as either Tails or Eggman, collecting Chaos drives in a stage also replenishes some HP.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

The icon for Chaos Drives, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

The Chaos Drives appear once again in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) along with Light Cores, both of which replenish differing amounts of energy to the Action Gauge (Chaos Drives restore the most). Incidentally, Chaos Drives also appear as the icon for the Gauge Up Item Box which fully restores the Action Gauge when collected. Unlike in Sonic Adventure 2, where Chaos Drives slowly fall to the ground for characters to pick up, Chaos Drives home onto the playable character the moment one of Eggman's robots are destroyed. They are not used for raising Chao, as Chao Gardens are not present in this game.

In other media

Archie Comics

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, a Chaos Drive is revealed to be the power source of E-123 Omega.

Chao In Space

Chaos Drives, from Chao In Space.

In the Chao In Space animated short, a Chao dreams of being given seven Chaos Drives which cause the Chao to form a golden cocoon and emerge in a super transformation, parodying the effect of the Chaos Emeralds on Sonic the Hedgehog.

Trivia

• Sometimes, in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) after going to Rouge's section in Shadow's version of Kingdom Valley, a Chaos Drive will glitch and become stuck in the ground.

Gallery

Artwork

Puyo Puyo!! Quest

Sprites

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

Screenshots

Gallery
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Chaos Drives in the Chao Garden, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle A Chaos Drive affecting a Chao, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

References

Sonic Adventure 2

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Main article | Scripts (Hero, Dark, Last) | Staff | Manuals | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Pre-releases (The Trial) | Re-releases (Battle, 2012)

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

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Main article | Script (Sonic, Shadow, Silver, Last) | Staff | Manuals | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery