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Dynasty Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends FAQ/Walkthrough
Version 1.0
February 11th, 2003
By Brian Nii (bnii@hawaii.edu)
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
II. VERSION HISTORY
III. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DYNASTY WARRIORS 3 AND XTREME LEGENDS
IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
V. FIFTH WEAPONS
VI. ITEMS
VII. WALKTHROUGHS
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
IX. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION
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Wei, Wu, and Shu...
An age of 3 Kingdoms carved out of one vast land.
Hidden within the epic history of this period are the stories of the vanquished.
The mighty Hero, who could not see that his time had come, and gone.
The noble General, whose bravery and valor earned him a glorious death.
The lovely Enchantress, whose shining beauty landed her the leading role in a tragedy.
The passionate Visionary, whose dreams grabbed people's hearts, and led them to ruin.
In later years, many came to see amongst these tales, the seeds of their own dreams.
Dynasty Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends.
But for the whims of fate, these stories, too, would have carved a place in history.
- From the Dynasty Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends manual
Dynasty Warriors 3 Xtreme Legends is an expansion disc for Dynasty Warriors 3. It contains
seven new Musou Mode storylines involving the Free Mode exclusive characters (excluding Fu Xi
and Nu Wa) from the previous game. It also features new weapons and items, as well as
allowing customization of bodyguard units. By using a Dynasty Warriors 3 save file you can
import your previous characters and play the new Xtreme battles and Challenge Modes. In order
to play the Musou Modes for the other characters you need to have the original Dynasty
Warriors 3 to load the data.
This FAQ/Walkthrough assumes you've familiar with Dynasty Warriors 3 and doesn't go into
detail about the basics. There are a few small changes from DW3 listed below, but the general
game play remains the same as its predecessor.
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II. VERSION HISTORY
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Version 1.0 (2/11/03) - First completed version of this FAQ. Finished Diao Chan's and Zhu
Rong's Musou Mode walkthroughs. Added comments on obtaining some of the fifth weapons.
Version 0.3 (2/08/03) - After replaying a few battles over again, revised walkthrough for Yi
Ling (Zhang Jiao) and Wu Zhang Plains (Yuan Shao). Finished Dong Zhou's Musou Mode
walkthrough.
Version 0.2 (2/07/03) - Completed the Walkthrough for Zhang Jiao's and Yuan Shao's Musou
Modes. Began Walkthrough for Dong Zhou's Musou Mode. Added bodyguard items to the Items
section. Reformatted the FAQ to make it a bit easier to read.
Version 0.1 (1/31/03) - First version of this FAQ. Completed the Walkthrough for Lu Bu's and
Meng Huo's Musou Modes.
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III. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DYNASTY WARRIORS 3 AND XTREME LEGENDS
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- Lu Bu, Diao Chan, Dong Zhou, Yuan Shao, Zhang Jiao, Meng Huo, and Zhu Rong are now playable
in Musou Mode.
- The seven new Mosou Modes feature Xtreme versions of previous battles with new events.
- All characters are unlocked in Free Mode.
- Two new difficulty levels have been added (Novice and Very Hard).
- Four new Challenge Modes have been added.
- Fifth weapons are now available to obtain in Very Hard difficulty.
- A fourth weapon element has been added (wind).
- New items are available.
- Bodyguard customization is now available. You can select unit type (Shu, Wei, Wu, etc.),
growth type (which abilities to concentrate on improving), and uniform color.
- Bodyguards have 3 levels of each weapon type. They can also equip a special bodyguard item.
- Bodyguards can now attack if given a Defense order and have two new orders (support and
shield).
- Bodyguards gain separate experience from the main character. Each unit type gains its own
experience.
- Bodyguards gain experience much more slowly. However, bodyguards are now shared between all
the characters so you won't have to gain experience for each of them.
- In Free Mode instead of having normal bodyguards you can choose to have a second character
accompany you instead. This allows for the use of Double Musou attacks.
- Losing a weapon deadlock now reduces your Musou gauge to zero.
- A new combo rating system now evaluates high scoring combos.
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IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Q: I received a "Corrupt Data" message when I loaded the game!
A: It seems that by either design or accident Dynasty Warrior 3 data that has been modified
with either a Gameshark or Codebreaker cannot be read by the game. It's still under
investigation as to what is actually causing this to occur.
Q: I can't play Musou Mode for the other characters!
A: In order to play Musou Mode for the other characters you need to load data from the
Dynasty Warriors 3 disc. This allows you to play the Challenge Modes from the original game
as well. You can load the DW3 disk by selecting the Original option in the game menu.
Q: My game froze! What do I do?
A: This is a much more common occurrence in XL than it was in the original game. Sometimes
the gate freezes. At other times the game music stops and you are unable to finish the battle
even after defeating the last officer. In either case, simply open and re-close the tray. If
all goes well the music will start up again or the game will unfreeze. This has worked for me
the few times this strange occurrence has happened to me. It seems to happen more often than
not if you have been playing for an extended period of time and there are a lot of effects on
the screen at once.
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V. FIFTH WEAPONS
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The weapon locations here were taken from Muni Shinobu's Fifth Weapon FAQ and are listed here
for convenience. There are quite a bit of FAQs with strategies on getting fifth weapons, so I
won't go into detail on them here. In order to obtain a fifth weapon you will need to play on
Very Hard difficulty. As you might expect, playing on Very Hard difficulty isn't exactly a
walk in the park. In fact, Very Hard difficulty makes Hard Difficulty look easy by
comparison. In Very Hard difficulty the enemies both give and take extreme amounts of damage.
Privates are unbelievably strong. Generals block your attacks 99% of the time. And even Real
Musou attacks barely do any damage. Just surviving the battle is almost impossible let alone
trying to get the requirements for the fifth weapon. It should be noted that the fifth
weapons aren't necessarily any stronger than the fourth weapons, but some of them have a red
item effect (such as Lu Bu's) that allows you to get the benefits of a special item without
having to waste an equipment slot on it. Note that if you only have Xtreme Legends you will
only be able to obtain fifth weapons for characters whose stages require the Xtreme version
of the battle. When you've meet the requirement and the item appearance message appears on
screen, you can check its location by using the history option in the start menu.
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Xtreme Legends Characters
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Lu Bu
Stage: The Battle at Chi Bi (Xtreme)
Side: Lu Bu's Forces
Requirements: When the Wu forces arrive, defeat Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, and Taishi Ci.
Diao Chan
Stage: Diao Chan's Escape (Extreme)
Requirements: Defeat Lu Bu and he will drop the weapon.
Dong Zhou
Stage: The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains
Requirements: Keep Fan Chou alive until allied reinforcements arrive.
Comments: Make sure to defeat Pang Tong to prevent the catapult attack.
Yuan Shao
Stage: The Battle at Hu Lao Gate
Requirements: Defeat Diao Chan before the enemy ambush troops appear. Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Cao
Cao, and Sun Jian must be alive.
Zhang Jiao
Stage: The Nanman Campaign (Xtreme)
Requirements: All civilians must escape (reach the gate at the bottom of the map).
Comments: Clear a path to the bottom gate and the civilians should move.
Zhu Rong
Stage: The Siege of He Fei Castle (Xtreme)
Requirements: Defeat Zhou Yu, Xiao Qiao, Cao Pi, Zhen Ji, and Diao Chan.
Comments: The weapon should appear after the event where Zhu Rong and Meng Huo declare that
they're the strongest couple.
Meng Huo
Stage: Assault on the Wu Territory (Xtreme)
Requirements: Defeat in order Lu Xun, Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, and Lu Meng.
Comments: Taishi Ci is a bit past Gan Ning.
Fu Xi
Stage: The Battle at Wan Castle
Requirements: Defeat Dian Wei, Xu Huang, and Xu Zhu.
Nu Wa
Stage: The Yellow Turban Rebellion
Requirements: Defeat Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei in less than five (?) minutes.
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Shu Characters
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Zhao Yun
Stage: The Nanman Campaign
Requirements: Defeat all enemy generals. You do not have to defeat Meng Huo six times or any
of the sub generals.
Guan Yu
Stage: The Battle at Fan Castle
Requirements: Defeat in order Pang De, Lu Xun, Gan Ning, and Lu Meng.
Comments: Defeating Lu Meng will cause Lu Xun and Gan Ning to retreat. When the Wu forces
arrive Lu Xun is located to the southwest, and Gan Ning and Lu Meng are to the north.
Zhang Fei
Stage: The Battle at Mt. Ding Jun
Requirements: Run down the center hill on a horse, and then defeat Cao Hong.
Ma Chao
Stage: The Battle at Cheng Du
Requirements: Defeat the general on the center path before Pang Tong is killed.
Huang Zhong
Stage: The Battle at Yi Ling
Requirements: Defeat Zhu Ran before the fire attack, then defeat Lu Xun.
Wei Yan
Stage: The Battle at Yi Ling
Requirements: Defeat all enemy generals and gate captains.
Jiang Wei
Stage: The Battle at Yi Ling
Requirements: Defeat all enemy generals and sub generals.
Pang Tong
Stage: The Battle at Chi Bi
Requirements: After the fire attack, defeat Xiahou Dun.
Zhuge Liang
Stage: The Battle at Chi Bi
Requirements: Get 1000 KO's.
Liu Bei
Stage: The Battle of Jie Ting
Requirements: After Ma Su gets surrounded, defeat Xing Pi and rescue Ma Su.
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Wei Characters
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Dian Wei
Stage: The Battle at He Fei
Requirements: After Taishi Ci's death event, defeat Lu Xun then Gan Ning.
Xu Zhu
Stage: The Seige of He Fei Castle
Requirements: Defeat all playable enemy generals.
Zhang He
Stage: The Battle of Jie Ting (Xtreme)
Requirements: Defeat in order Xu Zhu, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Cao Zhen, Dian Wei, and Xu
Huang.
Zhen Ji
Stage: The Battle at Guan Du
Requirements: Enter three camps that are not the supply depot, then defeat Chun Qiong at the
supply depot.
Comments: You must go through all four camps and the fourth one must be the supply depot.
Before you enter a camp save the game. If it is the supply camp do a soft reset (L1 + R1 +
Select + Start) and reload the save game. Then go and clear all the other camps before the
supply depot (the supply depot position is determined at the start of the battle).
Sima Yi
Stage: The Seige of He Fei Castle
Requirements: Defeat in order Lu Xun, Lu Meng, Sun Shang Xiang, and Gan Ning under nine
minutes.
Xu Huang
Stage: The Battle at Tong Gate
Requirements: Defeat all enemy generals except Han Sui and Ma Chao. Cao Cao must meet Han Sui
and Han Sui defects.
Zhang Liao
Stage: The Battle at Guan Du (Xtreme)
Requirements: When the arrow towers appear, before the north castle wall falls, eliminate all
archers on the arrow towers.
Comments: The Mountain Quiver is helpful here, as would be anything that powers up your arrow
attacks (Huang's Bow, Fire Arrows, Lightning Bow). And no, using archer bodyguards won't
work.
Xiahou Yuan
Stage: The Battle at Tong Gate
Side: Cao Cao's Forces
Requirements: Han Sui must defect.
Xiahou Dun
Stage: The Battle of Jie Ting
Requirements: Defeat Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, and Ma Chao before Ma Su breaks through.
Comments: Don't head up the hill towards Ma Su or he will break through.
Cao Cao
Stage: The Battle of Mt. Ding Jun
Requirements: Defeat Huang Zhong.
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Wu Characters
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Zhou Yu
Stage: Assault on the Wu Territory
Requirements: Defeat Liu Yong before the Zhou Yu and Sun Ce divide their forces. Taishi Ci
must defect.
Lu Xun
Stage: The Battle at You Ting
Requirements: Zhou Fan must survive for 10 minutes. Cao Xiu and either Zhang Pu or Zhang He
must be alive.
Comments: Remember that Zhang Pu and Zhang He are enemy units.
Taishi Ci
Stage: The Battle at He Fei
Requirements: After Zhang Liao's attack event, defeat Zhang Liao.
Comments: When Sun Quan retreats to the southeast, follow him and he will jump across the
broken bridge. Shortly after Zhang Liao will attack.
Huang Gai
Stage: The Yellow Turban Rebellion
Requirements: Without defeating any other generals, defeat in order He Yi and Zhang Bao.
Lu Meng
Stage: The Seige of He Fei Castle
Requirements: Defeat Zhang He and Xu Huang, enter the central area to trigger the archer
event, then defeat Xu Zhu, then Man Chong and Cao Rui.
Gan Ning
Stage: The Battle at Yi Ling
Requirements: Break through the Stone Maze, then defeat Zhuge Liang.
Da Qiao
Stage: Surprise Attack on Liu Biao
Requirements: After Sun Jian's death event, defeat Cai Mao.
Xiao Qiao
Stage: Assault on the Wu Territory
Requirements: Defeat Yan Bai Hu and Wang Lang.
Sun Shang Xiang
Stage: The Battle at Fan Castle
Requirements: Defeat Guan Ping before the flood event.
Sun Ce
Stage: Surprise Attack on Liu Biao
Requirements: After Sun Jian's death event, defeat Cai Mao.
Sun Quan
Stage: The Battle at He Fei
Requirements: Before Taishi Ci is killed, defeat in order Zhang Liao and Xu Zhu.
Sun Jian
Stage: The Siege of He Fei Castle
Requirements: After passing the arrow and wind trap halls, defeat Zhang He and Xu Huang.
Defeat Man Chong and Cao Rui when they appear, then defeat Xu Zhu.
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VI. ITEMS
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New Items
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All of the battles listed refer to the Xtreme versions.
Mountain Quiver
Effect: Increases the number of arrows you begin a battle with.
How to obtain: Dropped by enemies or found in boxes.
Comments: The usefulness of this item depends on how much you use arrow attacks. It's not bad
but there are much more useful items to choose from. It's a must have if you're going after
Zhang Liao's fifth weapon though.
Mountain Pouch
Effect: Increase amount of health restored by meat buns.
How to obtain: Dropped by enemies or found in boxes.
Comments: Remember that not only does this item benefit you, but also your bodyguards as
well.
Bronze Flask
Effect: Increases the power of charge attacks.
How to obtain: Dropped by enemies or found in boxes.
Comments: The effect of this item is barely noticeable. You're much better off using the
Tiger Amulet instead.
Divine Helm
Effect: Prevents dizziness from strong attacks.
How to obtain: The Battle of Chi Bi (Lu Bu's Forces) - Defeat all generals and sub generals
for the item to appear.
Comments: This item could be useful in Very Hard difficulty, where just about any enemy
attack will likely end up stunning you. On other difficulty levels it's not as useful.
Scroll of Accuracy
Effect: When knocked down, attack power doubles but defense decreases.
How to obtain: The Battle at Mt. Ding Jun - Defeat Huang Zhong for the item.
Comment: This might seem great for the higher difficulty levels, but the fact that your
defense drops puts you at considerable risk for the damage you will take if you're hit.
Imperial Harness
Effect: While riding a horse you can knockdown all enemies.
How to obtain: The Battle at You Ting - Defeat Gan Ning and Sun Shang Xiang for the item to
appear.
Comments: Combined with the Red Hare Saddle and Musou Armor, this item can let you reach main
generals in record time.
Seven Stars Blade
Effect: Increases points gained from combo attacks.
How to obtain: Score over 1000 points in the Combo Mania Challenge Mode.
Comments: This item is useful if you're trying to get the Musou Armor item (see below).
Lightning Bow
Effect: Allows you to shoot lighting arrows.
How to obtain: The Battle at Yi Ling (Yellow Turban Forces) - Huang Zhong must survive for 10
minutes for the item to appear.
Seal of Darkness
Effect: Doubles the duration of the Imperial Seal.
How to obtain: The Battle at Guan Du (Yuan Shao's Forces) - Enter the inner castle gate for
the item to appear.
Comments: Instead of depending on the Imperial Seal it may be a better idea to use the Elixir
or Way of Musou items instead.
Beast Harness
Effect: Shows the location of the last ridden horse or elephant on the map.
How to obtain: Clear the Speed Demon Challenge Mode in under 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Comments: This item could be useful if you use Red Hare or other mounts frequently.
Marching Drum
Effect: Increases the rate at which your unit's morale increases.
How to obtain: The Nanman Campaign (Yellow Turban Forces) - Defeat Zhuge Liang for the item
to appear.
Comments: This is a great item for the Xtreme Musou Modes, since the majority of the time
you'll be playing as the main general. The faster your main army's morale increases the
better.
Divine Gauntlet
Effect: When attack is doubled attacks deal damage to blocking enemies.
How to obtain: The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains (Dong Zhou's Forces) - Defeat Zhao Yun, Wei Yan,
Jiang Wei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Ma Chao for the Supply Team to appear. The Supply Team
moves from the northwest gate to the southwest gate.
Comments: This could be useful in combination with the Scroll of Accuracy, but for all the
trouble in getting this item it's not worth the effort.
Master's Cloak
Effect: Automatically recovers when knocked in air.
How to obtain: Knock over 100 enemies in the Balancing Act Challenge Mode.
Comments: This one is worthless, considering that it is very easy to recover manually just by
tapping the L1 button.
Legendary Scroll
Effect: When using a Musou attack blocking enemies take damage.
How to obtain: The Siege of He Fei Castle (Nanman Forces) - Defeat Zhuge Liang for the item
to appear.
Comments: This could be useful in Very Hard difficulty, considering that A) you're going to
be using your Musou attack frequently and B) enemies block 99% of your attacks in that
difficulty mode. Combine this one with the Way of Musou item and maybe an Elixir.
Musou Armor
Effect: Arrows will not stun you or knock you off a mount.
How to obtain: Get either 12,000 combo points in a battle, or accumulate 99,000 combo points.
Comments: So hard to get, but it's definitely worth it, especially in the harder difficulty
levels where archers are everywhere. Combine with the Red Hare Saddle and Imperial Harness
for record setting clear times.
BG Healing Scroll
Effect: Allows a bodyguard to heal once in battle.
How to obtain: Clear Ironman Challenge Mode with more than 350 points.
Comments: Since bodyguards only have one equipment slot, it would be a better idea to use the
BG Peacock Urn or BG Tortoise Amulet to increase their durability instead.
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Bodyguard Items
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Bodyguards can now equip three different types of each weapon, as well as a single bodyguard
item. These bodyguard items (indicated by the BG in the name) can be found in the various
weapon boxes and item bags dropped by defeated generals and officers. As with character
items, the odds of receiving a better BG item increases as the difficulty level increases, if
the character's Luck rating is high, and/or if the enemy is defeated using a high scoring
combo attack.
BG Peacock Urn
Effect: Increases the Life maximum of each bodyguard.
Comments: Useful in the beginning when your bodyguards are low on Life. As they mature it
should be replaced with either the Tiger or Tortoise Amulet.
BG Dragon Amulet
Effect: Increases the Musou maximum of each bodyguard.
Comments: This one is pretty useless as it has very little effect on your bodyguard's Musou
attacks.
BG Tiger Amulet
Effect: Increases the Attack of each bodyguard.
Comments: Since the bodyguards in XL are much more aggressive than they were in DW3, an
increase in Attack can certainly be useful.
BG Tortoise Amulet
Effect: Increases the Defense of each bodyguard.
Comments: Since the bodyguards in XL are much more aggressive than they were in DW3, they
will take a lot more damage. Increasing their Defense goes a long way to keeping them healthy
in battle. This goes double for bow/crossbow bodyguards.
Huang's Bow (BG)
Effect: Increases the Arrow Attack of each bodyguard.
Comments: If you plan to use bow/crossbow bodyguards exclusively, this item will prove to be
useful.
BG Shell Armor
Effect: Increases the Arrow Defense of each bodyguard.
Comments: Archers tend to target you rather than your bodyguards, so this item isn't very
useful.
BG Speed Scroll
Effect: Increases the movement speed of each bodyguard.
Comments: The Speed Scroll's effect is pretty negligible. Not that bodyguards need speed
since they can pretty much teleport to your location.
BG Wind Scroll
Effect: Increases the attack range of each bodyguard.
Comments: The Wind Scroll's effect is pretty negligible.
BG Elixir
Effect: Increases the Musou recharge rate of each bodyguard.
Comments: The Elixir's effect is pretty negligible.
BG Healing Scroll
Effect: Allows each bodyguard to recover Life once per battle.
Comments: Depending on how often your bodyguards get KO'd this can be quite useful.
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Bodyguard Weapons
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Swords: Good attack power and range.
Types: Iron Sword, Long Sword, Elder Sword
Comments: Attack style is similar to Huang Zhong, Zhou Yu, Xihaou Yuan, etc.
Spear: Long reach and good attack power.
Types: Spear, Dragon Spear, Crescent Blade
Comments: Attack style is similar to Zhang Liao, Lu Meng, etc.
Pike: Long reach and attack arc.
Types: Long Pike, Heavenly Spear, Tiger's Chin
Comments: Attack style is similar to Ma Chao, Jiang Wei, etc.
Bow: Good range and attack power.
Iron Bow, Steel Bow, Gale Bow
Crossbow: High attack power but lowers defense.
Iron Crossbow, Steel Crossbow, Wind Crossbow
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VII. WALKTHROUGHS
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Note: These walkthroughs assume that you are playing Normal difficulty. If you are playing
Hard difficulty the enemy officers will be much tougher and your allies will die much more
frequently. If you are playing on Very Hard difficulty you can pretty much throw strategy out
the window, as even surviving the battle will be nearly impossible, much less getting your
allies to survive.
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LU BU'S WALKTHROUGH
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"I am the lord of Musou!"
In the Three Kingdoms novel, Lu Bu kills his lord and joins Dong Zhou after the latter
presents him the magnificent steed Red Hare. With Lu Bu as his bodyguard, Dong Zhou begins a
reign of terror that ends only after Lu Bu kills him, thanks to a plot by Diao Chan to drive
a rift between the two of them using her beauty. Shortly after Lu Bu establishes himself as a
lord of his own and fights against Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao. Unfortunately, Lu Bu is
betrayed by his officers and is captured and killed by Cao Cao.
What would have happened if Dong Zhou had not been killed by Lu Bu? What if Lu Bu had not
been executed by Cao Cao? Would the mightiest warrior who ever lived have united the Three
Kingdoms?
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The Battle at Hu Lao Gate
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The only major change in this battle from DW3 is that you are required to defeat Cao Cao, Liu
Bei, and Sun Jian in addition to Yuan Shao. Other that that it's pretty much business as
usual. Lu Bu starts out right in the center engaging Yuan Shu in front of the gate. When he's
destroyed you can pretty much take your time hunting down and eliminating all the other
generals on the map. Sun Jian starts right in front of the Hu Lao Gate, but unless you're
playing on Hard or Very Hard difficulty they won't get anywhere near Dong Zhou for the entire
battle. This gives you time to either go after Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north or Liu Bei
and Gongsun Zan in the northeast. Both are not any particular threat, although Guan Yu will
kill Hua Xiong instantly in an event when they meet up (and they will). Encountering Guan Yu
with Lu Bu will also cause another event to occur. If you're trying to backtrack as little as
possible, you'll probably want to kill Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei/Gongsun Zan, and
Sun Jian in a clockwise order on the map.
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The Battle at Guan Du
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Cao Cao faces a rather strange turn of events, as now he's the one attempting to siege the
castle instead of Yuan Shao. What he doesn't know is that Dong Zhou is actually hiding in one
of the outposts outside of the castle. The primary goal here is to prevent Cao Cao's forces
from entering the inner gate and finding that the castle is empty. Fortunately with Lu Bu
mowing down generals left and right that is not likely to happen anytime soon. Lu Bu starts
outside the north wall of the castle along with Zhang Liao and a few other officers as
backup. Xiahou Dun is the closest target so go ahead and take him out first. Then head on
over to the east castle wall, engaging Cao Ren along the way. During this time arrow towers
will appear on that side in an event, but they shouldn't be much of a problem (unless you are
trying to get Zhang Liao's fifth weapon). Xu Zhu is in the area, and Xu Huang appears as
reinforcements a while later from the southeast. Killing Xu Huang seems to stop the arrow
tower attacks. When the castle surroundings are cleared it's time to head up and destroy Cao
Hong and Zhang He to the northwest. Be careful as you approach Cao Cao's camp as there are
quite a bit of archers to make your life miserable. Then get some historical revenge for Lu
Bu by killing Cao Cao once and for all.
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The Battle at Wan Castle
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This is pretty much the same battle as last time, except Dong Zhou is the one in trouble
instead of Cao Cao. And the fact that Zhang Xiu has Liu Bei helping out this time. Lu Bu
starts out in the southeast corner of the map where he will quickly encounter Zhang Fei in an
event. When that is taken care of go help out Diao Chan with Hu Che Er at the front gate
where Dian Wei was in DW3. From there head for the inner compound by going around counter
clockwise and deal with Liu Bei and company. Liu Bei must be defeated to finish the stage, so
you might as well head for him now. When he's retreated, head for Zhao Yun who is probably
engaged in heated battle with Zhang Liao. With Zhao Yun and Liu Bei out of the way the path
is clear for Dong Zhou to make a break for it. Although having Dong Zhou escape also finishes
the battle you may as well deal with the rest of the officers while you're here. Guan Yu puts
up some smack talk when you meet him in the northwest, but will quickly fold under Lu Bu's
wrath. All that leaves is Zhang Xiu in the southwest, who for some reason is much harder to
defeat than Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were. Nevertheless, he shouldn't be too much of a problem
for a warrior of Lu Bu's stature.
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The Battle of Chang Ban
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It's time to payback Liu Bei for his impudent attack at Wan Castle. The only thing separating
him from Lu Bu are a few generals and a whole lot of soldiers. Unlike the previous Chang Ban
scenarios in DW3, this time you don't need to worry about killing innocent peasants (although
you can if you want to). All you have to worry about is Liu Bei escaping from the map. Liu
Bei seems to move a whole lot faster this time around, and if you worry about eliminating
everyone that crosses your path he will end up slipping through your fingers. Lu Bu starts
out in the northeast of the map and will have to mow a path south through the massive Shu
army. You can attempt to take the western path, but there are fewer generals to kill along
the way. Besides it's just more fun. Anyway, heading south to engage Zhang Fei will give you
a neat event before you beat him over the head with your halberd. Crossing the bridge on a
horse on the other path to Zhao Yun gets you another event. After killing the Tiger General
of your choice you can mosey on over in Liu Bei's general direction, perhaps beating on Zhuge
Liang along the way if you meet him. The only other thing you need to be aware of is that
Guan Yu will arrive to the southeast with reinforcements, but if you're taking the south path
you can just backtrack a bit and take him out without missing a beat.
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The Siege of He Fei Castle
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In yet another twist of fate, Lu Bu commandeers He Fei Castle and now the Wu forces are
laying siege to it. Unfortunately for you, 99% of them start out already in the castle and
seem to have inconsiderately locked all the gates to the castle. Adding to the mess is that
Lu Bu starts outside and Diao Chan is holding them off on the inside (if Diao Chan dies you
will lose the battle). This is somewhat of a difficult battle, but it isn't too bad if you
know what to do. And what to do is to head immediately over to the east area of the castle
and help Zhang Liao with Lu Meng. If you head to the west area to confront Gan Ning and work
your way from there Zhang Liao _will_ be killed. When Lu Meng has been defeated the east gate
will open and you can engage Lu Xun and Sun Shang Xiang in the center. Whichever general you
decide to go after, be aware that you will need to backtrack all around the front of the
castle to reach the other general as their respective gates will not open until they are
defeated. During the battle reinforcements will come on both sides, but won't be much of a
factor in the battle unless you are losing. You should also know that going to Diao Chan's
location will trigger an event and increase her morale. Sun Ce will not move from the center
area the whole time, so you will have to trigger the archer ambush in order to get to him.
Fortunately for you, Sun Ce is a horrible fighter. Not only will his erratic attacks miss you
half the time, but his Musou tends to cause him to overshoot his opponent. Make sure you have
the appropriate amount of hurt waiting for him when he lands.
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Diao Chan's Escape
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Diao Chan's Revenge is more like it. This stage is exactly the same as Guan Yu's Escape from
DW3, except for the fact that you're Lu Bu chasing after Diao Chan. And the fact that all the
remaining Shu, Wei, and Wu forces are slighting irked that you killed their lords and have
all come out wanting a piece of your ass. I hope your bodyguards are pretty buff for this
one. Anyway, this one is pretty straightforward. Just head north and kill everything that
crosses your path. At the first gate you'll run into two of your own officers who will try to
stop you with a little more than words. Show these two, soon to be dead, officers why it's
not a good idea to get in your way. Next up at gate two are Huang Gai and Gan Ning. Dispose
of them and head for gate three where Dian Wei and Xu Zhu will accost you. At gate four
you'll be double-teamed by the Peach Garden Oath brothers, minus Liu Bei whom you squashed
all the way back at Chang Ban. Finally Zhang Liao will wait for you at gate five.
Interestingly Zhang Liao's dialog glitches here and comes out sounding rather weird. Oh well.
Just smack him around a few times to jog his memory. He'll come around after you defeat him
and retire from the battle. All that's left is Diao Chan. Diao Chan must have learned
something from Lu Bu cause she's got a huge amount of life and a rock solid defense. Not to
mention she has 8 very skilled bodyguards who aren't too proud to smack you if your back is
turned to them. If you're not built up considerably you're going to be in for a tough fight.
Note that if you're fast enough you can catch up to Diao Chan before she reaches the third
gate. Not that it matters much, but you can get some time points for beating her quickly.
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The Battle at Chi Bi
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Now that Diao Chan and Zhang Liao are back with us, it's time to finish off Dong Zhou once
and for all. Lu Bu's forces will in be north where Cao Cao was in the original, while Dong
Zhou's forces will be in the south where Sun Quan was. Diao Chan will stay at the base camp
while Lu Bu attacks from the west while Zhang Liao attacks from the east. Not much will
happen for the first part of the battle, but as you approach Dong Zhou's position to the
south Li Ru will begin his nefarious plan. When you reach the bottom half of the map, Li Ru
will sink all the ships in the middle, cutting you off from the north. I don't think killing
Li Ru will prevent this from happening. DW3 players will note that the map changes to the pre
fire attack layout of the original Chi Bi battle. To make matters worse, shortly thereafter
the Wu remnant forces of Huang Gai, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, and Taishi Ci will arrive in the
northeast to attack Diao Chan. Get back there ASAP to help her out, as once again if she is
defeated you will lose the battle. Once the former Wu generals have been completely wiped out
all that remains is to eliminate Dong Zhou.
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DONG ZHOU'S WALKTHROUGH
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"For my dreams! I will prevail!"
In the Three Kingdoms novel, Dong Zhou was an ambitious Han officer who plotted to usurp
power from the Emperor. After the Yellow Turban rebellion threw the Han into disarray he
quickly seized power and under the pretense of protecting the young Emperor ruled the kingdom
with an iron fist. With the mighty Lu Bu at his side Dong Zhou committed countless
atrocities. He held banquets at which he entertained guests by having people tortured or
executed. He raided a nearby village and proclaimed it as a victory over bandits. Although
many people tried to assassinate Dong Zhou (including Cao Cao), in the end they all failed.
However, one brilliant official plotted to use his talented and beautiful adopted daughter
Diao Chan to bring about the end of Dong Zhou. Pledged to Lu Bu as his consort, Diao Chan led
Lu Bu to believe that Dong Zhou was making unwanted advances towards her. Dong Zhou, on the
other hand, was led to believe that Lu Bu was brutalizing her. Using her charm to drive both
men apart, Diao Chan eventually convinced Lu Bu to turn against Dong Zhou and kill him. After
Dong Zhou's death rejoicing spread throughout the kingdom and his corpse was publicly
displayed and spat upon by the citizenry.
What if Dong Zhou had not been killed by Lu Bu? Could he bring all of China under his iron-
fisted grip?
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The Battle at Hu Lao Gate
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This battle is the same as Lu Bu's version, except you start at the Hu Lao Gate so it's even
more straightforward. Just mow through Sun Jian and make your way around in a counter-
clockwise fashion eliminating Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and his brothers, Yuan Shao, and then Cao
Cao.
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The Battle at Guan Du
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The battle is the same as Lu Bu's version, except this time Dong Zhou (you) takes a more
direct approach in the battle by starting out in the southeast depot. Interestingly enough,
despite the fact that you're running attacking everyone, Cao Cao's forces still think you're
somewhere in the castle (a Dong Zhou impersonator perhaps?).
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Raid on the Rogue Fortress
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After his victory over the anti-Dong Zhou coalition and Cao Cao, on the way back to the
capitol Dong Zhou encounters a bandit fortress wreaking havoc with the surrounding villages.
Dong Zhou could care less about the peasants, but the fact that they are setting up house in
his territory is another story. He decides to have some fun by, of course, killing them all.
This battle takes considerably longer than its DW3 counterpart due to the fact that you're
going to need to backtrack considerably throughout the battle. Dong Zhou starts out at the
south entrance, but he's going to have to go all the way around to the west gate to get
inside. After clearing the gate head up north to deal with the Lieutenant nearby. From here
you'll need to head in a counter-clockwise fashion taking out the Lieutenant to the south and
northeast in order to open the inner gate where the final Lieutenant awaits. When all the
Lieutenants have been defeated Dian Wei appears outside the fortress to the northwest and
makes his way around to the southeast corner of the map. Since the south gate remains locked
during the entire battle you'll have to walk all the way back to the west gate in order to
chase after him. Once you're outside past the corner Xu Zhu will appear in the southwest to
trap you between the two of them. Show your displeasure by heading back and killing him. Then
head back and finish Dian Wei off. I'm not sure whether or not the order you defeat them in
makes a difference on which one appears in the last battle, as the one you defeat last (Dian
Wei in my case) retreats an appears later in the final battle, whereas Xu Zhu gets killed.
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The Battle at He Fei
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This is probably the most annoying battle in the game, as Wu units will be popping out
_everywhere_ on the map like cockroaches. While this isn't too bad on Normal, people playing
on the higher difficulty levels will have their hands full keeping everyone healthy. Dong
Zhou starts out in the northwest base camp, Lu Bu is at the center, and Diao Chan and Zhang
Liao are stationed at the southwest. Your initial opposition includes Ling Tong who is
guarding the southwest path to the center area, Cheng Pu and Lu Meng in the center and Xu
Shang to the northeast. Your first job is to clear the map of as many generals as you can
before the fun starts. The center area is a good choice since it's the closest to your
starting position. Lu Meng will start taunting Lu Bu early in the battle, which will send him
charging recklessly towards his position. Lu Bu can pretty much take care of himself, but you
might as well help him with Lu Meng after dispatching Cheng Pu nearby. Be careful of
approaching the southwest path leading to Sun Ce too soon, as this will trigger one of many
ambushes on the map. I'm not sure exactly what triggers each ambush, but it certainly seems
to work if you try heading towards Sun Ce. There are about three ambushes in total, and they
will all generally occur miles away from your current position. They are in approximate order
1.) Taishi Ci will attack your base camp from the east. 2.) Gan Ning and Zhou Tai will attack
in the center. 3.) Lu Xun will attack in the southeast near the broken bridge area. Once Lu
Xun is dealt with Sun Ce will have run out of surprises and you can finally approach him for
the final battle. Unfortunately, he's stationed in a rather fortified position with lots of
backup units and archers in the vicinity so it won't be too easy for you. After what you've
just faced, chances are you're probably going to want to take your time to enjoy smacking Sun
Ce around for the whole mess he's put you through.
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The Battle at Tong Gate
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This battle is much more difficult than it was in DW3 since you can't get Han Sui to defect
this time, and Ma Chao gets reinforcements. Add this to the fact that you're going to get hit
from two directions and you only have Zhang Liao as backup, and you can see that this is
going to be an uphill battle all the way. Hou Xuan, Yang Qiu, Han Sui, and Ma Chao are
stationed at the gate, while Cheng Yin, Li Kan, and Cheng Yi are coming around to the north
to attack you. Hou Xuan makes a tempting target of opportunity as he's outside of the gate,
but there are also quite a bit of archers stationed there as well. Not to mention that Ma
Chao will start heading for Dong Zhou shortly after the battle starts. Your best bet is to
lure Hou Xuan away from the gate and deal with him there. When Ma Chao comes charging out
that's your cue to head north and start a one-man rampage against Cheng Yi and Li Kan's
forces. Once they're taken care of continue along the northern route and destroy Cheng Yin.
If all goes well Zhang Liao should keep Ma Chao's forces tied up by the gate. It should be
noted that defeating Pang De will cause Ma Chao to retreat back into Tong Gate, but it's a
bit risky since Pang De is quite strong and Ma Chao will most certainly be nearby. With Cheng
Yin gone the way is open for a surprise rear attack against the gate. Waiting for you in the
northwest though is another surprise as Zhang Fei makes a surprise guest appearance as
reinforcements for Ma Chao. He's not any particular threat, so beat him up and send him
packing. As soon as you enter Tong Gate seek out and destroy Han Sui and Yang Qiu as quickly
as possible. Once Ma Chao's officers are done for it's time to take on the big man himself.
Use caution while you fight as he has quite a tight defense and can quickly counter sloppy
attacks. His bodyguards are pretty formidable as well, so hopefully your own bodyguards are
up to the challenge.
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The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains
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In this variation of the classic battle, Dong Zhou marches against Liu Bei at Wu Zhang
Plains. Dong Zhou starts in the southeast, Liu Bei in the northwest, and between the two are
a whole lot of Shu soldiers and generals. While this battle isn't as hard as the next one,
that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. Start things off by heading north towards Pang Tong,
who's manning the catapults. I don't know where the catapults are aimed at since he's never
had a chance to actually shoot them. When he's taken care of, turn your attention to Zhao Yun
who's hanging out in the northeast. After you're done with him Wei Yan should be around the
north bridge area. Defeat him and the path to Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei is clear, but you're
probably out for more blood, so head for the large central fort where Ma Dai is stationed. Ma
Chao will arrive to reinforce the base, but he's little more than a speed bump at this point
in the game. When the center base is cleared head to the southwest where the remaining Shu
officers Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao are. Zhang Fei will come to back them up, but you probably
know how to deal with him already. While you're raising havoc on the west side of the map,
Wang Fang will arrive on the east side to reinforce you, which is nice but it doesn't really
matter since most of the Shu forces will probably have been wiped out by now. After the
southwest is cleared head back up to Liu Bei's area and show him your mad dictator skills.
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The Battle at Chi Bi
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This is just not your day. Not only have Lu Bu, Diao Chan, and Zhang Liao turned against you,
but the remnant Shu, Wei, and Wu forces, irked that you killed their lords, have all decided
to gang up on you as well. If you can survive this one you can truly call yourself King of
the Three Kingdoms. Dong Zhou starts out to the south and must fight his way through to Lu Bu
and Diao Chan. Both of them must be defeated to win the battle. Lu Bu starts out in the
northwest and will quickly hack his way through your forces. Diao Chan will wait at the north
camp guarded by Gao Shun and Wei Xu. Zhang Liao and Song Xian will engage your forces to the
east. You'll probably want to save Lu Bu for last, so start heading counter clockwise to
engage the forces to the east. While you are fighting Shu reinforcements (Zhang Fei and Guan
Yu) will arrive near the southwest by Zhuge Liang's prayer structure. If they're causing
problems you'll probably want to head back to deal with them. After a certain amount of time
has passed, Dong Zhou will tell Li Ru to do something. Li Ru will launch a fire attack that
will cause heavy damage to both Lu Bu and your own forces. Unfortunately, the wind will
change direction and end up blowing the fire back towards you. This does not look too good.
To make matters worse, Wei reinforcements (Dian Wei and Xiahou Dun) show up to the southeast
to attack. From this point on the battle becomes one giant slugfest. Be patient and defeat
the generals one by one as they present themselves. As long as you're consistently defeating
officers your morale should hold up for the battle. Eventually you'll head up to confront
Diao Chan and Lu Bu, who are of course considerably powered up. If you don't have elite
guards at this point expect a difficult battle.
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DIAO CHAN'S WALKTHROUGH
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"The most beautiful flower on the field of battle!"
In the Three Kingdoms novel, Diao Chan was considered to be the most beautiful and talented
dancer in all of China. Her adopted father used her in a plot to drive a wedge between the
tyrant Dong Zhou and his adopted son; the mighty Lu Bu. Diao Chan used her charms make Lu Bu
fall madly in love with her. She pleaded with Lu Bu to save her from the lecherous advances
of Dong Zhou. While she was telling this to Lu Bu, Diao Chan at the same time told Dong Zhou
that Lu Bu was mistreating her badly and she wanted to escape from his wrath. This led to bad
feelings between the two men, who both wanted Diao Chan for themselves and thought that the
other was mistreating her. Eventually things came to end when Lu Bu took up his halberd and
slew Dong Zhou. After Dong Zhou's death Diao Chan became Lu Bu's concubine (wife?) and stayed
with him until his death when he was captured and executed by Cao Cao. Her final fate remains
unknown.
What if Lu Bu had not slain Dong Zhou? Could Diao Chan's beauty win against the terrible
might of Dong Zhou and Lu Bu?
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The Battle at Hu Lao Gate
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This battle is the same as Lu Bu's version, except you begin in the southeast area. You'll
probably want to start off attacking Sun Jian as he's the closest. After he's defeated,
proceed to engage the remaining generals at your discretion.
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The Battle at Guan Du
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This battle is the same as Lu Bu's version, except you begin inside of the castle near the
entrance. Fight the generals around the castle wall in a counter-clockwise direction,
circling back to deal with Xu Huang when he appears. Then repeat for the other side of the
river.
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The Battle at He Fei
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This battle is the same as Dong Zhou's version, except you begin in the southwest corner. At
the start of the battle engage Ling Tong on the way to the center area. Cheng Pu should be
around the area when you reach the center. Defeat him and then proceed to take on Lu Meng.
When the center is cleared head for Xu Shang to the northeast. Around this time the remaining
Wu forces should appear on the map. It's probably easier to head back to the center and deal
with Gan Ning and Zhou Tai before going after Taishi Ci in the northwest. Lu Xun should
appear shortly after at the southeast. When all the remaining Wu officers are defeated, head
for the southeast area to mop up Sun Ce's remaining forces.
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The Battle of Mt. Ding Jun
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Zhuge Liang has prepared a nasty little trap here at Mt. Ding Jun, and if you're not careful
Dong Zhou will be torn to pieces unless you act fast on this one. Lu Bu takes the center
route up the mountain while Diao Chan (you) take the side road. Dong Zhou stays back at base
camp to the north where he's supposedly safe. As Huang Zhong and Lu Bu clash on the
mountainside, head south until you meet up with Zhuge Liang. At this point Zhuge Liang will
spring his trap and Guan Yu's forces will attack Lu Bu from the side. A few moments later a
second ambush party springs out from both sides at Dong Zhou's camp led by Zhao Yun and Zhang
Fei. Quickly finish off Zhuge Liang, as you will need to get back ASAP to help out Lu Bu.
While Lu Bu can take care of himself, his forces aren't so lucky and will quickly buckle
under the combined assault of Huang Zhong and Guan Yu's soldiers. You'll probably want to
deal with Guan Yu first since he's closest to the base of the mountain. After he's taken care
of, finish off Huang Zhong on the mountainside. If you're lucky Dong Zhou should be running
around in a panic back at base camp, but he's probably not too happy right now. Head back
north and pick a side, clear out the general, then repeat for the opposite side. When the Shu
ambush units are all dealt with, it's time to head back all the way to the south and take on
Liu Bei. It doesn't really matter if you take the mountain or the side path, although you may
deal with fewer soldiers taking the side path.
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The Battle at Yi Ling
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This battle is pretty brutal, especially for someone like Diao Chan who's not exactly a
powerhouse on the battlefield. You won't have to worry about Lu Bu, but you will have to
worry about yourself, as the opposition is rather heavy throughout the entire battle. Zhang
Liao is stationed to the northwest, Lu Bu to the southeast, and Diao Chan is smack dab in the
middle. The closest target is Ma Chao, but he's waiting in a small fortification surrounded
by a great deal of units. It will take you some time to even get to him, much less defeat him
quickly. Meanwhile Zhang Liao will be having his hands full with Huang Zhong in the
northwest. In fact you'll probably hear them calling for reinforcements throughout the
battle. Take your time and deal with Ma Chao before going to help them out. As you approach
the northwest Zhao Yun will probably make an appearance to the east, followed by Huang Quan
to the northwest. Things will really hit the fan when Wei Yan arrives to back him up. At this
point it's going to get quite ugly. Try to remain calm as you bash your way through to each
general. The fighting will intensify to the point where Li Jue and Guo Si will eventually
retreat because the fighting is so severe. Don't worry about it. Just take your time and deal
with the enemy officers. Once the northwest is secure, if Gao Shun is still alive he will
begin preparations for a fire attack. If Zhao Yun is still around, be sure to deal with him
before the final push to Liu Bei's camp. If the fire attack is successful, Lu Bu's forces
will mobilize to attack the Shu camp to the southwest. If you want to take a shortcut through
the stone maze, expect an ambush inside as well as some heavy opposition when you get out.
Zhuge Liang will arrive to back Liu Bei up, but you can easily ambush him from behind if you
take the maze route. Try to draw Liu Bei away from the southwest area as there are quite a
bit of archers and backup units in the area.
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The Battle at Chi Bi
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This battle is the same as Lu Bu's version. The same basic strategy applies here, except you
might have a harder time since you'll be playing as Diao Chan. Having eight elite guards will
definitely help here.
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Diao Chan's Escape
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This is basically the same as Lu Bu's version, except much harder. The remaining Shu, Wei,
and Wu officers are out for Dian Chao's blood, while all the queen of maracas wants is to be
left alone in peace. If Diao Chan isn't buffed out by now, she's going to have one hell of a
time with this one. Anyway, Diao Chan starts out immediately in battle, accosted by two
slightly irked former associates. While she starts reminiscing about the good old days,
you'll need to be jamming on the square button bashing away at them. When the two are dealt
with the first gate will open and some bandits will appear to the north, much to Diao Chan's
dismay. Said bandits are actually Wu remnant forces led by Lu Meng and Taishi Ci. Don't be
too hasty pressing the start button to skip the dialog here. All the playable generals here
have new and exclusive dialogs with Diao Chan. After listening to these two rant, deal with
them the same way you dealt with the first two. After Lu Meng and Taishi Ci (I am Taishi Ci!)
are gone, gate two opens and we're on to the next round of fun. Xiahou Dun has been waiting
for you, but you have to love the pre fight dialog between Zhang He and Diao Chan. It gets a
chuckle out of me every time I hear it. Anyway, after showing them the true power of beauty
gate three opens and it's on the last duo of Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. Huang Zhong sounds
rather upset doesn't he? Too bad for him he's not ten years younger. Deal with him and spear
boy and proceed to the final gate. Another of Lu Bu's officers greets you outside, followed
by good old Zhang Liao (who for some reason seems to be muttering his line). Something about
the times we live in. Speak up! Anyway, after both have been bashed to death you've probably
guessed from the intro that your last opponent will be Lu Bu. Lu Bu will let you go only if
you can prove you're a better warrior than he is. Considering Diao Chan's skills that might
be a problem, but if you've survived all this that must surely count as something. Make
judicious use of your bodyguards to distract and defend, and eventually Diao Chan will chop
down the mighty tree known as Lu Bu.
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MENG HUO'S WALKTHROUGH
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"The great and powerful overlord of the Nanman has come!"
In the Three Kingdoms novel, the king of the Nanman Meng Huo was captured and released 7
times by Zhuge Liang during his campaign against the southern tribes. Each of Meng Huo's
tactics were countered by Zhuge Liang. When he was released for the seventh time, Meng Huo
wept in gratitude and promised never again to rise against the people of Shu.
What if Meng Huo had defeated Zhuge Liang? What if it was Meng Huo who had defeated Zhuge
Liang 7 times? Could the king of the Nanman defeat the tactics of the Sleeping Dragon using
only brute force?
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The Nanman Campaign
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Compared to the battle in DW3 this one's a cakewalk. The only thing that you might have
problems with is the fact that it takes just about forever for Meng Huo to go anywhere cause
he moves so slowly. The fact that you're going to be walking all over the map doesn't help
any. You'll want to commandeer a horse ASAP so it would be a good idea to build up Meng Huo's
points so he won't get thrown off the first horse he comes to. If you have the Red Hare
Saddle that's even better. You begin at the main compound in the southwest of the map and the
closest general is Ma Chao to the east so get walking. When he's finally dealt with you'll
begin the arduous task of walking all the way down the mountain. Unless you are extremely
lucky and one of your officers gets knocked off his elephant, in which case you can create a
handy short cut by smashing through the gates blocking the west and east areas. From here you
can either head for Liu Bei's main camp or Zhuge Liang's position to the west. Note that in
order to win the battle both of them must be defeated (in fact Zhuge Liang must be defeated
in all of Meng Huo's battles). Heading into Liu Bei's camp gets you an encounter with Sun
Shang Xiang and an archer ambush. Heading to Zhuge Liang's position just gets you ambushed.
Since you're going to absolutely hate Zhuge Liang by the last battle, we might as well beat
on him first. If you've played DW3 you'll notice that the scene where Meng Huo meets Zhuge
Liang is taken from the 3rd Meng Hou encounter from the original Nanman battle. After Zhuge
Liang beats a hasty retreat due to "unfamiliar terrain", head on up to Liu Bei's camp and
clean house up there.
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Assault on Cheng Du
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Zhuge Liang claims his defeat was due to the unfamiliar terrain of Nanman and he would not
have lost if he were fighting on familiar territory. So Meng Huo decides to bring the fight
to the enemy and invade the heart of Shu at Cheng Du. At the beginning it might seem like a
four on two mismatch, but Zhuge Liang has some tricks up his sleeve. The moment you head for
his position Zhao Yun and Pang Tong ambush Zhu Rong from behind. When you head back to help
there's another surprise waiting for you. Apparently Zhuge Liang has disguised some soldiers
as Nanman troops and sent them to ambush you on the way back. While this might seem confusing
at first you can tell between your troops and the enemy by either looking at the close up map
(enemies are red) or by whether or not they look at you intently when you approach them.
Enemies will always look at you, while your forces will ignore you completely. In large
groups it's just easier to start swinging at everyone. When Zhao Yun and Pang Tong are
defeated Zhuge Liang has yet another surprise for you. He sends a second group of disguised
troops in your midst. While you already know how to deal with this, unfortunately Wu Tugu and
King Mulu decide just to start attacking everyone, including your forces. When this happens
you'll need to come back and knock some sense back into the two. Fortunately, when you defeat
one of them they both will withdraw from the battle. Once you have your forces reorganized
you can finally head towards Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and finish them off.
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The Battle at Chang Ban
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Zhuge Liang tells Meng Huo that the only reason he won is because he used a surprise attack,
and says that he could never win if they fought a head to head battle. So Meng Huo agrees to
face him directly at Chang Ban. This version of the Chang Ban battle differs from all the
others in that Liu Bei is attacking rather than fleeing. Not that it really matters much
since he's going to be destroyed either way. Meng Huo starts out in the southeast corner of
the map, Zhu Rong faces off against Guan Yu in the center, and Liu Bei is all the way up in
the northwest. Across the bridge to the north of Meng Huo are no less than 7 Shu generals
waiting for you including Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang. Since Liu Bei isn't going anywhere you
may as well head north and take on the entire Shu army. When you reach the bridge area and
event will occur between Zhang Fei and Meng Huo, after which you are free to pretty much take
out everyone in the vicinity. Zhuge Liang will of course retreat when you defeat him. After
the northeast area is clear it's pretty much moping up from there. Chances are good that Zhu
Rong will actually defeat Guan Yu by the time you get to the center area. When he's defeated
all that remains is to destroy Liu Bei. Considering that Zhuge Liang had plenty of time to
prepare for this one, it's surprising that there aren't any surprises for this battle like
the last one. That will change shortly in the next one though.
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The Battle at Yi Ling
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Since you killed Liu Bei in the last battle Zhuge Liang is now serving Sun Quan. He tells you
that the only reason you won was because of superior numbers. So now he's offering a
challenge against you with the might of the Wu army. Meng Huo, of course, accepts this
challenge since it doesn't matter how many soldiers Zhuge Liang brings since he'll smash them
all anyway. It's a good attitude to have, but unfortunately the battle won't be that easy.
Meng Huo and Zhu Rong will start out in the middle of the map surrounded by Cheng Pu to the
north and Zhu Huan to the south. Zhu Ran is isolated up in the northwest corner of the map,
and Sun Quan is to the southeast guarded by Gan Ning. It looks like an easy battle, but one
of the conditions of victory is to defeat both Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang is
nowhere to be seen. That can't be good news for you.
First off you'll want to defeat Cheng Pu and Zhu Huan as quickly as possible to give you some
breathing room. As the battle progresses Zhuge Jin will appear to the northwest to reinforce
Zhu Ran. Chances are good that they will quickly annihilate the Nanman forces stationed there
unless you immediately come to their rescue. Unfortunately, Lu Xun will also arrive to the
northeast while you're heading there and launch a fire attack against your forces. As if that
wasn't enough Zhuge Liang will eventually appear to the south near the Stone Maze, where he
will instantly defeat Dong Tu Ne in an event by making him believe that there are ghosts in
the maze. Unless you defeat each general in a timely manner as they appear, the three
assaults from different directions will definitely cause you some serious hurt. It may be a
good idea to go after Zhuge Liang first as the southeast corner where Sun Quan is location
has some serious defenses there. After he's retreated (yet again) defeat the remaining
generals before confronting and killing Sun Quan.
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Assault on the Wu Territory
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Now that he's lost a battle using superior numbers, Zhuge Liang tells Meng Huo that his
specialty is in siege battles. Meng Huo tells him that that's fine with him. He'll crush
Zhuge Liang's forces no matter where they are. The Wu fortresses have the same layout they
did in DW3, but knowing Zhuge Liang he's probably not going to make it easy on you. Meng Huo
and Zhu Rong start out in the north area. Since the gate to the west is closed you have no
choice but to head south. As you head down the path Zhuge Liang will close the gate leading
to his location. Meng Huo will express his disappointment verbally, but decides to play along
with whatever Zhuge Liang has is mind. In the southeast fortress you'll run into Lu Meng.
Defeating him will open the gate to the northeast fortress where Lu Xun is waiting. Defeating
him will open the gate to the west from your initial starting position. Now you'll have to
backtrack all the way back to the gate. Fun. When you reach the northwest fortress Gan Ning
will attack. Defeating him will open yet another gate to the southwest fortress.
Interestingly enough the fortress appears to be empty. That is until Taishi Ci ambushes you
there. Defeating him will open the gate to the east that leads to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang
has prepared himself by stationing dozens of archers in the area, so defeating him won't be
easy. Upon his defeat Zhuge Liang, you guessed it, retreats from the battle yet again. At
this point Meng Huo tells him that he won't win no matter where he hides himself. Zhuge Liang
says that the reason he lost was because the Wu fortresses were so weak defensively. Meng Huo
tells him to get the biggest, strongest castle he can find and he'll say siege to it.
Unfortunately for you, Zhuge Liang does just that.
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The Siege of He Fei Castle
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Zhuge Liang goes to the largest, strongest castle he can find, that being He Fei Castle.
After learning the fates of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, Cao Cao agrees to help Zhuge Liang, as Meng
Huo is a considerable threat to him. Actually, if Cao Cao had any brains whatsoever he would
just turn Zhuge Liang over to Meng Huo, as everyone that has gotten in his way so far has
been completely annihilated, but I digress. Meng Huo's strategy, of course, is to charge
straight in and slaughter anyone between himself and Zhuge Liang. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang
knows this and has planned an appropriate welcome for you.
Meng Huo starts in front of the castle main gates, which surprisingly are wide open. Of
course the moment you step through them you will be ambushed. Not that it really matters. If
fighting Cao Hong in the center doesn't appeal to you, you can go in through the west area
where Zhang He is, or the east area where Cao Ren is. If you're anything like Meng Huo you'll
probably want to take the direct approach and go through the center straight for Zhuge Liang.
This will, however, cause the main gates to close behind you and Cheng Yu will appear from
the southeast and attack the forces outside. From this point on it's basically a free for all
inside of the castle. There isn't too much strategy involved here. Just go around the area
killing generals in a methodical manner. Defeating Zhuge Liang will cause him to surrender
and grovel at your feet for forgiveness. Just kidding. He will of course retreat. This leaves
you free to hunt down the remaining generals. When the Wei generals are wiped out head on
over to Cao Cao and show him exactly why people who listen to Zhuge Liang's advice are never
heard from again.
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Battle of Ru Nan
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Zhuge Liang tells Meng Huo that the reason he lost was because of incompetent officers. Meng
Huo tells him that he's running out of excuses. He then tells Zhuge Liang to find the
greatest officers in China, gather as many soldiers as possible, hole himself inside the
largest fortress he can find (besides He Fei Castle which he already demolished previously),
and set as many ambushes and traps as he wants. After this battle, if Zhuge Liang is defeated
he will have no excuses left, and will finally have to admit that no matter what strategy or
tactics he uses, Meng Huo will always be able to overcome it with brute force.
This is hands-down the most difficult battle in the game. Meng Huo basically is telling Zhuge
Liang to bring it on, and bring it on he does. This battle is a twisted version of the Yellow
Turban Rebellion, with Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Sima Yi playing the parts of the Zhang
brothers. And yes, you must defeat all of them to win. For reasons I'll go into later it is a
good idea to attack Zhou Yu first, followed by Sima Yi, and finally Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu is
stationed t
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