Zhou Yu

Crimson Cloud
Class Attack Affinity

Attributes

Staf

Slash 10

38

Heaven

Aggression (A) 9

Morass 9

Jolt 8

Battle of Nanjun (Sun Quan's Forces) - Within 5 minutes of starting the

battle, rescue Gan Ning by defeating Xu Huang, Zhu Gai, and Yin Shu.
From your initial location, head west, and follow the curved route to reach
Wang Lang. Defeat him to unlock the nearby gate, and continue along the
route to arrive at Niu Jin's base. During this time, Chen Jiao and Xun Yu will
launch a surprise assault on your main camp (Ling Tong), but you can ignore
them to save time. Ling Tong is quite capable of defending himself. Once
you've taken care of Niu Jin, the path will split into two. Regardless of which
route you take, you'll need to eliminate either Man Chong or Cao Hong to
unlock the final barricade that separates you from Gan Ning.
To rescue Gan Ning, you need to make sure you personally defeat these three
officers: Xu Huang, Zhu Gai, and Yin Shu. This means that you need to land the
final hit on each of them to trigger the treasure notification. Once this is
complete, a cutscene will play to confirm the rescue. However, it seriously
takes over a minute for the treasure notification to appear due to an influx of
messages on the screen.
If you do this within 5 minutes, the weapon box will appear in the base
southwest of Cao Ren's location (enemy commander). Don't forget to pick it up
before dealing with Cao Ren!

Lu Xun
Crimson Swallow
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Swallow Swords

37

Heaven

Cyclone 10

Survival 9

Jolt 9 Uplift 8

Battle of Yiling (Wu Forces) - When the messenger mentions Liu Bei's
disappearance, find and defeat Liu Bei within 5 minutes.
This is another one with a strict time limit. You can drastically simplify this
mission by using a powerful weapon with Cyclone. In fact, Lu Xun's Swallow
Swords is one of those powerful weapons due to its multi-elemental C3. I highly
recommend finding a Swallow Swords weapon with Cyclone on it. Even at low
levels (e.g. Cyclone 2), the C3 attack will absolutely decimate officers. If you
don't have a Swallow Swords with Cyclone, then visit the Blacksmith and try to
find one. Use weapon tempering if you must.

When the stage begins, follow the objectives on screen, and defeat Zhang Yi,
Jiang Wan, and Deng Zhi to defend your main camp. Once all three are
eliminated, a messenger will appear and notify you of Liu Bei's disappearance.
This is when the timer starts (5 minutes).
To find Liu Bei, you'll need Han Dang to succeed with the fire attack. The game
will order you to capture the northeast garrison to lure out various officers so
that Han Dang can sneak through and initiate the fire attack. Ignore this order
because it takes way too long to execute this plan. Instead, you're going to
want to expedite the fire attack by assisting Han Dang and facing the enemies
head-on. Therefore, you should babysit Han Dang the entire time and defeat
every generic officer that obstructs his path (Wu Yi, Huang Quan, Fei Yi, Chen
Shi, Zhao Guang, Yan Yan, and Wu Ban). As you can see, that's a lot of officers
that you'll need to defeat in a short time period. When Han Dang crosses the
central bridge and reaches the woods area, this triggers the fire attack and
ultimately, Liu Bei's appearance.
Unfortunately, the game will throw a ton of dialogue at you before Liu Bei's
arrival, so you will need to camp at his location and wait for him. From the
woods area, proceed east until you reach a 4-way intersection. From here,
make a left turn to encounter Ma Dai. You can defeat him if you wish, but your
main goal is to reach the western garrison at the end of this narrow road. When
Liu Bei finally appears, he'll receive a huge stat buf, which means that
defeating him via direct damage will take forever. Luckily for you, if you have
Cyclone on your weapon like I suggested, you can deal % damage and laugh at
his insanely high defense stat.
If you do this within 5 minutes, the weapon box will appear in the northeast
corner of the map.
Update (v1.3): There's an easier way to obtain this weapon, courtesy of Uncle
Sham.
"Similar to what you suggest with escorting Han Dang around, before you kill
the three officers attacking your camp at the beginning, you can move out
onto the frontlines instead. The garrisons will open and you can take out the
officers who would normally block Han Dang.
The battle won't progress until you kill the three officers originally marked (will
remain marked on your map) attacking your camp, so you can kill all the
officers that rush out from the garrisons, then take out the three marked ones,
and Han Dang will have a clear route to the fire site as they won't mention Liu
Bei hiding until after those three are dead, so you can start the 5 minute then."

Sun Shangxiang
Princess Wheels
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Wheels

41

Heaven

Inferno 10

Thorns 9

Awe 9

Enlightenment 8

Battle of Xiangyang (Sun Jian's Forces) - When Sun Jian issues an order to
infiltrate Liu Biao's castle, defeat Lu Gong within 2 minutes.
This one is similar to the star requirement for the stage, but the diference is
that you're timed this time.
Start by proceeding north to engage with Huang Zu. His defeat will actually
cause Lu Gong to automatically retreat after ~8 minutes, so you have to hurry
to Lu Gong before then. Continue north to Deng Ji's location, and defeat him to
induce Liu Biao's counterattack. You need to nullify this assault by capturing
three garrisons in the vicinity (i.e. defeat the officers guarding each one). I
recommend capturing the garrisons in this order: left (Cai Mao), middle (Xiang
Lang), and right (Su Fei). This will open the closed gate on the east side of the
map and trigger Sun Jian's order to infiltrate the castle. Perform an interim save
here to be safe.
You now have 2 minutes to rush to Lu Gong and defeat him. Call your horse,
and proceed through the eastern gate that recently opened. Next, follow the
curved path up north to reach Zhang Hu, ignoring both Wen Pin and Kuai Liang
along the way. Defeating Zhang Hu will lower the bridge that leads into the
castle and force Lu Gong to retreat, regardless of how fast you've been playing
through the stage. Therefore, locate Lu Gong on your map, and quickly
intercept him before he exits the map.
The weapon box will appear in the northeast area of Liu Biao's castle.

Gan Ning
Godly Flail
Class Attack Affinity

Attributes

Flail

Venom 10

40

Heaven

Resolve

Induction 9

Velocity 8

Battle of Hefei (Wu Forces - Hypothetical) - Defeat Li Dian and Yue Jin.
First of, make sure you're playing the hypothetical version of Hefei and NOT
the historical one!
If the requirements seem simple, that's because they are. Play through the
stage normally until the drawbridge that leads to Hefei Castle is raised to
prevent your invasion. Lu Su will then suggest that you take the western route
to reach Hefei Castle, and ladders will be built to make this possible. When you
climb the ladder, Li Dian will appear. Make sure you personally defeat him.
Eventually, you'll reach the front of Hefei Castle, and you'll be ordered to defeat
Zhang Hu to lower the aforementioned drawbridge. Doing this enables

engineers to construct a siege ram to break through the castle's doors. You'll
then need to defeat a cluster of officers in front of the castle to provide a safe
environment for the ram to operate. This triggers Yue Jin's appearance. Make
sure you personally defeat him.
The weapon box will appear in the southwest corner of Hefei Castle. You'll need
to proceed up the stairs to discover it.
Note: The in-game description (in the Gallery) tells you to defeat Li Dian and
Yue Jin "before the ram is destroyed". It's actually impossible to get the ram
destroyed (believe me, I tried). This is because the ram is needed to break
through Hefei Castle and provide access to Zhang Liao (enemy commander). If
it was possible to destroy the ram, you would never be able to finish the stage!
Therefore, I've neglected that specific part from my requirements above.
Sun Jian
Imperial Tiger
Class

Attac Affinit
Attributes
k
y

Nine Rings Blade 49

Heaven Inferno 10 Aggression (A) 9 Thorns 9 Resolve

Assault on Xuchang (Wu Forces) - Within 12 minutes of starting the battle,

set fire to Xuchang Castle and personally defeat Li Dian and Yue Jin.
This one is already easy to begin with, but there's an even simpler way to do it
that allows you to finish in 4-5 minutes.
The basic idea behind the fire attack is that you're supposed to create a
diversion to lure Wei officers towards you. This clears a path for Lu Xun's unit to
reach the floodgates and eventually set fire to Xuchang Castle. To follow
through with this plan, simply head east at the start and target Xiahou Yuan.
This lures out Wang Yi, and once both of them are defeated, this lures out
Zhang Liao. His defeat lures out Guo Huai, Xu Huang, and two more generics.
Finally, their defeats allow you to reunite with Lu Xun by the reservoir in the
north part of the map.
Of course, that's what the game wants you to do. However, you can skip all of
this by literally taking Lu Xun's route to the reservoir. This means that you
should travel along the edges of the map to reach the reservoir. At the start,
head east, and make your way towards Xun Yu instead of Xiahou Yuan. Defeat
Xun Yu to unlock the gate in front of you, and now, you'll have a clear path to
the reservoir! Lu Xun will even follow you and ignore every officer along the
way...
When you arrive at the reservoir via either method, activate the switch to drain
the water and discover a hidden passage below. Entering this hidden passage
will trigger an ambush from Li Dian and Yue Jin. You must land the final hit on

both of these officers to earn the 5th weapon. Once they're defeated, Lu Xun
will set fire to Xuchang Castle.
If you do this within 12 minutes, the weapon box will appear at the center of
the maze-like area, located to the right of the central, octagonal base.

Taishi Ci
Demon Rods
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Twin Rods

54

Heaven Slash 10 Aggression (B) 9

Rigidity Thorns 8

Pursuit at Shouchun - Defeat Jia Xu's unit before it can reach Sun Quan.
This is a really easy one if you know what to do. Travel north at the start, and
cross the bridge. This causes Cao Pi to retreat to the northwest base. When you
see his icon start moving on your map, turn around and travel all the way to
the southeast part of the map outside the castle. You'll need to go through the
castle to get here. Meanwhile, as Cao Pi crosses the bridge in the northern part
of the map, he'll order his engineers to destroy the bridge. This triggers Jia Xu's
surprise assault in the south, but the only person who will be surprised is Jia Xu
because you'll be there waiting for him. Simply surprise and assault Jia Xu and
his two allies, Fei Zhan and You Tu, to complete the objective.
The weapon box will appear in the northwest base of the island you're currently
on. You'll need to defeat a gatekeeper to gain access to this building.
Note: The in-game description (in the Gallery) tells you to prevent Jia Xu's unit
from reaching Wu's main camp. However, Jia Xu can actually enter the castle,
and you'll still get the 5th weapon. You will only fail if he gets really close to
Sun Quan.

Lu Meng
Crimson Fury
Class Attack Affinity Attributes
Pike

47

Heaven

Cyclone 10

Jubilation 9

Survival 9

Triumph 8

Battle of Fan Castle (Wu Forces) - Defeat Guan Yu (1st appearance) within
3 minutes of starting the battle.
As you can deduce from the requirements, this is a quick one. It's also a
relatively stress-free one.
Travel west at the start, and take out the gatekeeper to gain access to Guan
Yinping. Her defeat will open a nearby gate and provide a direct route to Guan

Yu (southeast of Fan Castle). All you have to do now is rush to Guan Yu and
"break your alliance".
If you do this within 3 minutes, the weapon box will appear by the bridge east
of Fan Castle.

Huang Gai
Tiger's Edge
Class

Attack Affinity

Attributes

Arm Blade

55

Frost 10

Heaven

Agility

Triumph 9

Explosive 8

Battle of Chibi (Sun Quan's Forces) - Defeat 8 officers of Wei's vanguard

while preventing them from reaching the alliance's main camp.
The 8 officers that you have to personally defeat are Zhang Nan, Cao Xiu, Sima
Yi, Zhu Ling, Yuan Huan, Wang Lang, Lu Qian, and Xiahou Dun.
When the stage begins, head west to the docks area and await the arrivals of
Zhang Nan and Cao Xiu. Try to defeat them as quickly as you can, then travel
to the northern dock at the top of the map. At approximately 1:30 into the
stage, Sima Yi will mobilize and arrive at this dock. Intercept him here and put
a stop to his arrival.
Once Sima Yi is defeated , start heading south to Yuan Huan's position. At
approximately 2:30 into the stage, Xiahou Dun will arrive in the south with Lu
Qian and Zhu Ling. Also, Wang Lang will be at the altar to try and cancel the
prayer ceremony. This means that all 5 remaining officers will be in the
southern region. If you made it to Yuan Huan's position by then, you'll be able
to intercept any officer that tries to head north and invade your main camp.
Defeat any officer that attempts to migrate north, then head to the altar
(Zhuge Liang's position) to clean up any remaining members of the Wei
vanguard.
The weapon box will appear on the dock directly southwest of your main camp.
You must pick it up before boarding the fire ship because it becomes
inaccessible after the fire attack.

Zhou Tai
Void
Class

Attac Affinit
Attributes
k
y

Curved Sword 40

Heaven

Thunder
10

Explosive
Aggression (B)
Jubilation 9
9
8

Battle of Shiting (Wu Forces) - Successfully execute Zhou Fang's "false

surrender" plot, then within 2 minutes and 30 seconds, defeat Sima Shi and
Sima Zhao.
This is a fun one to obtain because the game really makes you work for it, so it
feels very rewarding when you succeed. Your Zhou Tai will need to be capable
of quickly killing officers. This means that you can resort to the usual powerful
weapons like Bow & Rod, Throwing Knives, etc. with Cyclone to boost your
chances of success. If you're intent on using Curved Sword, then it will be more
difficult but definitely still possible. Get him to a high level (40+), use all
ofensive-based skills (e.g. Attack Boost, Mighty Roar) and attributes, and save
your Musou and Rage meters if you wish to succeed with the Curved Sword.
Secondly, having Red Hare helps tremendously because you'll be asked to
travel from one corner to the map to the opposite, as well as quickly dispatch a
few officers along the way. If you don't have Red Hare, then you MUST perform
the "Zhou Tai" movement to quickly travel across the map. With his Curved
Sword, you can perform the "Zhou Tai" movement by constantly jumpcanceling his jump attack. In other words, repeat this over and over: X, Square
(in air), X, Square (in air), X, etc. For X360 users, it's A, X (in air), A, X (in air), A,
etc. This helps you get from point A to point B quickly and is actually faster
than most horses' running speeds. Here goes:
1. You start of on an island in the southeast part of the map. There is a bridge
to your west and one to your north. Do NOT cross either bridge and kill a
gatekeeper, or you will spoil Zhou Fang's plan and fail. Instead, do what the
game says at the start, and capture the two bases in your vicinity.
2. Upon doing this, Zhou Fang will lure Cao Xiu to the southeast base. You'll be
asked by Lu Xun to capture the southwest base to hide there and create the
illusion of a retreat. To reach this place, you'll need to head west through a
bridge.
Warning: Do NOT cross the western bridge until Lu Xun issues the order.
Otherwise, you will sabotage the plan (i.e. be spotted by the enemy) and fail.
When he finally issues the order, cross the western bridge, and kill the
gatekeeper to arrive at a base. Defeat the unit commander inside to clear a
path to the southwest base. However, let your allies capture the southwest
base, and instead, WAIT at the current base. Yes, just wait. This reduces the
distance you'll need to travel to get to Cao Xiu in step 3. Perform an interim
save here.
Note: From step 3 and onward, you should be riding on Red Hare or using the
"Zhou Tai" movement with his Curved Sword.
3. When Zhou Fang lures Cao Xiu to the southeast base, he'll set fire to this
base. As soon as Zhou Fang's message pops up on the screen ("Now we've got
you!"), rush to Cao Xiu and defeat him ASAP. During all this commotion, the

message "Zhou Fang's strategy was a success!" will appear on screen, and
that's when the timer starts (2 minutes and 30 seconds).
4. Once Cao Xiu is defeated, waste no time in crossing the western bridge
again, and start heading north to the northwest base. Cao Xiu's defeat will
trigger Sima Yi's arrival with his two sons. As you head north, you will run into
Sima Shi. Try your best to ignore Wang Yi in this area and quickly dispose of
Sima Shi.
5. Finally, make your way to the northwest base, killing a gatekeeper along the
way to open the front gates. You'll be running low on time at this point, so do
your best to quickly defeat Sima Zhao.
If you managed to succeed within 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the weapon box
will appear outside the northwest base on the west side of the map.

Ling Tong
Raging Winds
Class

Attac Affinit
Attributes
k
y

Three Sectional
Staf

39

Heaven Inferno 10 Desperation

Explosive
Thorns 8
9

Battle of Ruxukou (Wu Forces) - After lowering the drawbridge, capture all
6 Wei garrisons within 5 minutes and 40 seconds.
This one is straightforward, but you have to be able to defeat officers at a
decent rate. You basically have to perform the objectives on screen within a
time period (5:40).
Head west at the start, and defeat Xu Huang to unlock a path to the
drawbridge. When you approach the drawbridge, this triggers Zhang Liao's
appearance and a cutscene. Once Zhang Liao is defeated, the drawbridge will
be lowered, and Lu Meng will issue an order (somewhat) to capture the 6 Wei
garrisons. This is when the timer starts (5:40).
There are three garrisons to your north and three to your south. To capture
each one, you simply have to defeat a gatekeeper to gain access and then
defeat the officer(s) inside guarding it. I chose to capture the three to the north
first simply because your allies will head south, so by the time you get there,
they will have made some progress towards capturing those. Therefore, I did it
in this order:
Northern garrisons: 1. Cao Hong -> 2. Cao Ren -> 3. Xue Ti
Southern garrisons: 4. Yue Jin -> 5. Xiahou Dun -> 6. Man Chong and Niu Jin

Ultimately, it doesn't matter which order you choose. It's all about how fast you
can kill the officers.
If you do this within 5 minutes and 40 seconds, the weapon box will appear at
the center of the wooden area where you had to capture the 3 southern
garrisons.
Note: Don't try to be clever and capture the northern bases before triggering
Zhang Liao's appearance. If you capture any of the northern bases before
defeating Zhang Liao, Cao Cao will mobilize his entire army, causing Lu Meng's
plan to fail.

Sun Ce
Conqueror's Roar
Class Attack Affinity Attributes
Tonfa

37

Heaven

Flash 10

Vigor 9

Induction 9

Aggression (B) 8

Conquest of Wujun (Sun Ce's Forces) - Defeat Taishi Ci twice within 5

minutes of starting the battle.
You'll need to lure out Taishi Ci initially by causing havoc to his army. When the
stage begins, ignore the 1st garrison in front of you to save time. Instead, head
towards the 2nd garrison to the east to capture it (i.e. defeat gatekeeper + unit
commander inside). This clears a path to the 3rd garrison. When you enter the
3rd garrison, a regular soldier will call for Taishi Ci, and this triggers his
appearance by the 1st garrison that you skipped earlier. Backtrack to this
location, and defeat him to force his withdrawal.
You'll now have to sit through quite a bit of dialogue, but you should stay in this
area and be ready to advance south into the nearby castle. When the castle's
doors open, enter and defeat both Ze Rong and Xue Li to open the back gates.
Proceed south through this gate to induce an ambush from a prideful Taishi Ci.
This time, his stats have been significantly raised, but since this is an early
story stage (i.e. low stage difficulty), you shouldn't have any problems dealing
with him again. The treasure notification will appear after a ton of messages.
If you do this within 5 minutes, the weapon box will appear in the base directly
west of Liu Yao's castle.

Sun Quan
Emperor's Might
Class

Attack Affinity

Attributes

Sword

52

Flash 10

Heaven

Velocity 9

Vigor 9

Protection 8

Battle of Liang Province (Coalition Forces) - Defeat Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and

Han Sui while preventing the defeat of every Wu officer.
The only person you really have to worry about is Zhu Zhi, who likes to get
defeated about a minute into the stage. Therefore, head east to Zhu Zhi's
position at the start, and help him fight of all the regular peons. Yes, peons will
defeat him.
From here on out, it's "father knows best". As long as you follow all of Sun Jian's
orders, your allies will survive the battle. If you start going of on your own,
then your allies will start dropping like flies. Therefore, after Zhu Zhi is safe,
head to the northwest garrison, and defeat the unit commander there to
capture it. This triggers Bian Zhang's order for his 1st and 2nd regiment to
invade your main camp. Sun Jian will then tell you to advance south down the
west side of the map to contribute towards the pincer attack. Follow his orders,
and travel south to defeat Ma Wan. This enables you to re-enter your main
camp from the west and complete the pincer attack.
The pincer attack will heavily shift the morale bar towards your favor and
guarantee the survival of your allies. From here, continue to follow Sun Jian's
orders, and defeat any officer that tries to rush your main camp (Yan Xing,
Liang Xing, Cheng Yin, Zhang Heng, and Ma Teng). Their defeats will trigger Ma
Chao's and Ma Dai's arrivals, as well as Han Sui's advance north. For this
specific 5th weapon, you don't have to personally defeat any of them. As long
as you or your allies defeat the 3, you'll earn the weapon.
The weapon box will appear in the base northwest of Cheng Yi's position. It's
the one directly south of all the stairs at the center of the map.

Xiaoqiao
Illusion Fan
Class

Attack Affinity

Attributes

Iron Fan

36

Flash 10

Heaven

Explosive 9

Fury

Whirlwind 8

Assault at Xinye - Rescue the panda before Sun Quan reaches the first
checkpoint.
This one is really easy. The first checkpoint refers to the gate in front of Yu Jin.
Travel south at the start, and defeat a gatekeeper to progress. This will trigger
an ambush from Zhang Liao and Zhang He. When you defeat them, the east
gate will open. Cross the eastern gate and continue forward to a dead end,
ignoring the path on your right. You will find a panda here being assaulted by a
few wolves and tigers. At the same time, Sun Quan will start moving towards
the first checkpoint (Yu Jin). All you have to do is defeat a few wolves and tigers
before then to rescue the panda. You'll first receive "treasures" from the panda,
and after a few messages, the real treasure notification will pop up.

The weapon box will appear at a dead end shortly after the first checkpoint.

Daqiao
Butterfly Staf
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Pugil Stick

32

Heaven

Flash 10

Swiftness

Whirlwind 9

Spurt 8

Defeat Gan Ji - Defeat Gan Ji twice* within 8 minutes of starting the battle.
This one does require you to be fast, but the objective is clear. You start at the
bottom part of the map, and your goal is to reach the entrance of the throne
room at the top part of the map. This is where Gan Ji appears for the second
fight.
If you decided to equip Daqiao with her EX weapon, the Pugil Sticks, then you
can quickly move across the map by repeatedly jump-canceling your jump
charge attack. In other words, repeat this over and over: X, Triangle (in air), X,
Triangle (in air), X. etc. For X360 players, it's A, Y (in air), A, Y (in air), A, etc.
You'll be as fast as Red Hare (if not, faster) with this movement!
At the start, head north to enter a city area ("Luoyang Inner Ward"). Gan Ji will
appear here after summoning a purple fog, so defeat him to open the gate in
front of you. When you cross this gate, the path will split in two. You have to
make a right turn and proceed with Sun Quan to the green marker on the map.
When you get there, regular phantom soldiers will appear. Defeat them all to
open the nearby gate. From now on, you'll need to head north and defeat
various phantom officers to progress to the entrance of the throne room and
ultimately, Gan Ji again. They will appear in this order:
1. Liu Yao and Yuan Shu -> 2. Xu Gong and Yan Baihu -> 3. Sun Jian and
Xiaoqiao -> 4. Two unit commanders -> 5. Gan Ji
If you do this within 8 minutes, the weapon box will appear in the same place
where you just defeated Gan Ji (throne room's entrance).
Note: You may have noticed an asterisk on the word "twice" in the
requirements above. This is because you can actually defeat Gan Ji several
more times BEFORE you reach the throne room's entrance. Recall that the path
splits in two after you defeat Gan Ji for the 1st time. Well, if you take the left
path instead and follow Zhou Yu, you will end up taking an alternate path to the
throne room's entrance. You will cross paths with Gan Ji several times via this
route, but these battles will NOT count for the 5th weapon. To earn the 5th
weapon, you must defeat him once in the beginning and again at the throne
room's entrance.

Ding Feng

Goblin Chakram
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Circle Blade 51

Heaven Venom 10 Velocity 9 Protection 9 Induction 8

Battle of Guangling (Wu Forces) - Within 9 minutes of starting the battle,

successfully execute the surprise raid and defeat Sima Yi.
This is another one where you're required to defeat a high number of officers in
a short time period. Of course, Ding Feng happens to be the EX owner of Circle
Blade, one of the most powerful weapons in the game with Cyclone present.
The Circle Blade's charge attacks can be modified and improved by holding
down the charge before attacking. This means that you can hold down Triangle
(Y for X360), release the charge, and then press Triangle again to perform an
alternate attack. The improved C5 (let's call it "charged C5") with Cyclone is
absolutely devastating due to a preposterous amount of elemental attacks
(over 5!). Basically, this means that it will wreck officers in one blow, even at
low Cyclone levels (e.g. Cyclone 2). I highly recommend putting Cyclone on this
weapon to simplify this mission, or it'll be very difficult otherwise. Of course,
you're always free to use a diferent weapon if you like.
When the stage begins, your initial goal is to reach Xu Huang's location and
execute a surprise assault from behind. You can do this by traveling along the
mountain path at the top part of the map. As you travel west along this path,
you'll need to defeat various enemies to slowly progress towards Xu Huang and
launch the surprise raid:
1. Dong Heng -> 2. Gatekeeper -> 3. Dai Ling -> 4. Gatekeeper (go around the
arbalests, and ignore Wen Pin along the way) -> 5. Wang Shuang -> 6. Xu
Huang
Xu Huang's defeat will open the gate southeast of your current location. Exit
via this gate, and proceed south to assault Pang De in the central garrison,
ignoring Dong Chao's catapult unit along the way. Next, head west and take
care of Zhang Liao to unlock the doors of a nearby western garrison. When you
enter this garrison, Niu Jin's army of fire archers will launch an ambush. You'll
need to defeat Niu Jin, Wei Ji, and Yan Rou to halt the ambush and clear a path
to Sima Yi (finally). Quickly approach Sima Yi and drop him like a leaf in
autumn.
If you do this within 9 minutes, the weapon box will appear on the stairs by the
central base.

Lianshi
Falcon Strike
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Crossbow

43

Heaven

Venom 10

Morass 9

Velocity 8

Thorns 8

Battle of New Hefei Castle (Wu Forces) - Defeat Man Chong before he
reaches Wu's main camp.
This is a simple one. Play through the stage normally until Lu Xun issues an
order to penetrate the castle from both sides. This happens after the ram is
destroyed. Choose to enter the castle from the west, and you'll arrive at an
outdoor area with two floors and a few ballistae. From here, you can play the
stage normally again, but make sure to monitor Zhou Tai's unit on the east.
When Zhou Tai's unit penetrates the castle, start heading towards Man Chong's
position by exiting the castle. Shortly after Zhou Tai defeats Yue Jin inside the
castle, Cao Rui will activate the wind generators. This is the trigger for Man
Chong to advance south. Of course, you will already be there waiting for him.
The weapon box will appear on the far east end of the ballista area. You'll need
to proceed up the stairs to discover it.

Lu Su
Deadly Incisors
Class

Attack

Affinity

Attributes

Rake

50

Heaven

Slash 10

Thorns 9

Survival 9

Fear 8

Battle of Runan (Wu Forces) - Defeat Wang Yuanji and Zhang Chunhua
within 8 minutes of starting the battle.
When the stage begins, Sima Yi will separate you from Lu Xun and Lu Meng.
The goal is to reunite with your allies in the central base. The area will be
marked on your map, so you'll know the exact path needed to reach your
destination. Unfortunately, this 5th weapon is somewhat annoying to obtain
because regardless of how fast you are, you'll need to wait on your allies to get
there as well. Of course, the sooner you reach the central base, the sooner your
allies will too. It's to prevent you from having to wait too long, so you definitely
still want to reach the central base ASAP.
Begin by advancing north to Zhu Ling's position, and ignore him completely in
favor of the nearby gatekeeper. You'll now be in a fan room. Guo Huai will use
these giant fans to blow wind at you and impede your progress. Call for your
horse, and travel to the northwest corner of the room (i.e. make a right turn,
then a left one) to discover a ladder. Climb the ladder to encounter Guo Huai,
and defeat him to open the eastern gate. When you cross this gate, you can
ignore Xiahou Mao completely and target the lone gatekeeper instead to arrive
at a room with pyrocannons.
This room is quite annoying because it'll take longer to complete than you
think. First, destroy all of the pyrocannons in the room to trigger additional Wei
reinforcements. They will continually spawn from the nearby gate. The game

will order you to seize the one remaining pyrocannon to deal with the
reinforcements. I find it faster to ignore this order and fight normally, but I
guess that depends on how strong your Lu Su currently is. Once you have
defeated ~8 unit commanders, Deng Ai will finally decide to take you on
himself. The gate to Deng Ai will now open, and his defeat will provide a direct
path to the central base.
When you get there, you're going to have to wait on your allies (assuming you
arrived quickly enough). At this point, you can either roll your eyes as your
allies waste precious time, or you can take this time to clear your surroundings
to prepare for the subsequent (and final) fight. When your allies finally arrive, a
cutscene will play to introduce Wang Yuanji and Zhang Chunhua to the battle.
Use your built-up rage from having to wait on your allies earlier, and unleash it
on the two women. Or better yet, literally do it by using a True Rage attack.
If you do this within 8 minutes, the weapon box will appear in front of a row of
arbalests to the west of Sima Zhao.

Han Dang
Stormy Pike
Class

Attack Affinity Attributes

Short Pike

47

Heaven

Frost 10

Explosive 9

Swiftness

Velocity 8

Defense of Jiangxia (Wu Forces) - Maintain the defensive lines against 3

different Wei assaults without losing either of the eastern garrisons.
Head west to Guan Yu's position at the start while ignoring every other enemy.
The more enemies you ignore, the more allies you'll have when Wu and Shu
reform their alliance. When you reach Guan Yu, defeat him, as well as Zhang
Fei, to trigger a cutscene and Wei's arrival. You will have to defend against
three diferent assaults while keeping all of your allied officers alive (i.e. a
successful defense).
1st assault: Wang Yi will come from the north, so defeat her to defend the
western area.
2nd assault: Next, head over to the eastern garrison (Ma Zhong's position). The
shortest route involves traveling to the center of the map, jumping of a clif up
north, then proceeding east to reach the garrison. Xu Huang will eventually
appear here, so intercept him and take him out to defend the eastern area.
Before you leave this area, make sure to clear the eastern garrison of all
remaining peons! This garrison WILL fall if you leave and let Ma Zhong do all
the work.
3rd assault: Finally, Xiahou Dun will appear in the central area after Xu Huang's
defeat, and Xu Zhu will accompany him shortly afterwards. Converge to this

area to eliminate them both and defend the central area. This completes the
defense of all 3 areas.
If you kept the two eastern garrisons from falling, then the weapon box will
appear in the northeast garrison.