Game Name: Dynasty Warriors 4
Available On: Playstation 2(PS2){best system}
Released On: March 25, 2003
Author: Tony Quach aka Master Tony
Contacts: AIM- TTQ8025, E-mail -
[email protected]
*Note*
If you plan on e-mailing me please read the section below the Introduction.
That way I don't block you and delete your e-mail.
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0.1 - Legal Stuff
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This is MY Item FAQ. Which means you cannot sell it, copy it, or put it on
your webpage. I spent my own time writing this, and it wasn't made for people
to steal and say they wrote it. If you lie and steal, the world will crush
you eventually. First, I would like to address Muni Shinobu. You are the
Dyntasy Warriors King! Your FAQs are the best, and most of these items that
I received was through the greatness of his writing. I know it's hard to
translate Japanese to English, so I tried to figure out how to get items and
translate it in a more detailed way. I hope you know that 90% of these items
were gained through you! Thanks Muni Shinobu!!!!
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0.2 - Versions
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1.0 - 4/17/03 Started Item FAQ
1.1 - 4/18/03 Elaborated on STATISTICS more, Added contributions and a
section in the credits, added new area for great item pick ups, added a few
things to the Q&A section, fixed Dynasty Warriors 4 intro picture thingy at
the top, added Legal Stuff, and updated INTRODUCTION
1.2 - 4/25/03 Conclusion as to how item levels affect statistics, added
hilarious conversation Muni had with spammer, added more contributions,
Storm Harness effect added, and updated Q&A
1.3 - 5/06/03 Changed layout of items(A bit clearer to see, still working
on it), Added Fun With Idiots section, contributions added, Added Tips
section, and updated Q&A
FINAL UPDATE - 6/28/03 Updated Q&A stuff, added contributuions, removed Fun
With Idiots, changed e-mail address, tried to fix up all tiny errors, and
removed all Charge Bracer comments. Sorry for removing you guys, but there
were just so many contributions that I started to get e-mails that flamed
me for not putting them on the FAQ.
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1.0 - Table of Contents
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0.1 - Legal Stuff
0.2 - Versions
1.0 - Table of Contents
1.1 - Introduction
1.2 - Controls
1.3 - Statistics
1.4 - Q & A
1.5 - Tips
2.0 - Items
2.1 - How To Get Good Items
3.0 - Credits
3.1 - Legal Stuff
*NOTE: You may press at anytime the Ctrl+F to do a word search. Just type
in the numbers to find them more easily. Let's say you want to go to the Items
section. Instead of scrolling and looking press the Ctrl and F at the same
time and type in 2.0 and Vwa-lah! You're at the "Items" section!
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1.1 - Introduction
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This FAQ will help you in Dynasty Warriors 4. I decided to write this FAQ
because I simply love the game. This is my 2nd contribution to GameFAQs and
I hope it is used appropriately. I think Dynasty Warriors 4 is a mix of
action/RPG/strategy. The action comes from fighting obviously and it's got
a bit of RPG because you have a defensive and offensive level and you can
level up by collecting points after games. This game has tons of strategy
also because you have to find the quickest route to get rid of all the generals,
and it requires quick decisions when an ally asks for help. The game is
absolutely outstanding and well worth the money. You may contact me via e-mail
or AIM. I've listed these at the top of the FAQ. Any contribution will be
added to my FAQ and credit WILL be given. Any tips or hints can always help
this FAQ out. Also, it never hurts to drop a line telling me how good/helpful
my FAQ is. Good comments make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. ^_^
I'd like to ask CONTRIBUTORS to pay attention to this. Lately, I've received
a lot of e-mails regarding the horses. I'd like some solid proof if they
actually have those effects. The Hex Mark I'll be testing myself some time
later down the road. I'd like e-mailers to know a few things before e-mailing
me.
1) Do not e-mail me multiple times to get attention. I will simply delete
them all and block you.(happened twice already)
2) Do not steal information from Muni's FAQ and say that you discovered it.
By copying and pasting it in my e-mail you clearly did not write this yourself.
3) This runs with number 2. I've formatted each item section in a style which
I think the reader can "read". Don't send me a bunch of words all in lowercase
with no periods or grammer at all. If it's not readable it's not
contributional. Period!
4) No flamming! Yeah, I will admit that I did look at Muni's work to get most
of my items. That's why I say that this FAQ is nearly a translation of his,
but with a little more detail. Don't send hate mail to me if I've clearly
credited him.
5) I cannot post multiple contributions, so if you happen to not get anything
posted it was either because too many people sent me e-mails or that you were
not descriptive enough. I've received a grand total of 37 e-mails regarding
the effects of the Hex Mark and Lightning horses.
6) Being a FINAL update it means that I've moved on to my next game. I will
add in whatever seems to fit. Anything that seems like garbage or a teeny
tiny bit useful I'll just delete.
Contributor: Eko
http://www.geocities.com/muni_shinobu/faq/conversation_1.html
This link will warp you to a hilarious conversation between Muni and a spammer.
Now, this is how you deal with spammers. Kudos to Muni and his intelligence
and Eko for sending me this awesome link!
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1.2 - Controls
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Control Pad------------------Moves your character
Left Analog Stick------------Moves your character
Right Analog Stick-----------N/A
Square(S)--------------------Basic Attack
Triangle(T)------------------Charge Attack
Circle(O)--------------------Musuo Attack
X(X)-------------------------Jump
L1---------------------------Guard/Defend
L2---------------------------Turns off/on life bars of ally/enemy
L3---------------------------N/A
R1---------------------------Pulls out bow
R2---------------------------Switches between large and small map
R3---------------------------Taunt
Select-----------------------Switches bodyguard actions
Start------------------------Goes to menu screen
~Note~
Some people don't know what L3 and R3 are(like me). If you press down on the
left analog stick it is considered to be L3. Pressing down on the right analog
stick is R3(now I can do that Baldur's Gate cheat, heh heh). It's just a little
FYI.
~Note2~
This game requires a Playstation2 controller. Unlike DW3 or DW3:XL this game
requires the use of R3. The playstation dual shock controllers never had R3
or L3 programmed into them. This is why a playstation controller will not
work on DW4.
Contributor: Billy Bissette
Personal Comment: Wow, my boss told me a totally different thing. I work at
a GameStop store, and having someone tell me how a controller functions leaves
me in the dust. Boy, do I feel like an idiot. ^_^
The PSX Dual Shock 1 controllers have L3/R3 buttons. Games like Tobal 2 on
the PSX used them.
The main difference between the PS2 DS2 and the PSX DS1 is simply the
inclusion of pressure sensitive buttons, which DW4 does not utilize.
Why don't DS1 controllers work? Koei simply didn't code support for
them. Personally, I see little reason why even the original PSX digital
controller isn't supported, as the only function that would be lost is your
taunt. (Well, you'd lose the option of the analog stick for movement, but
you can still use the D-pad for that.)
Now admittedly, there could be some hardware related reason why they
decided to block out the DS1. The PSX went through a few incarnations of
analog controllers with varying properties. But even then Koei wouldn't
really have an excuse for blocking out the controller rather than letting
the person simply play without the taunt/announce control.
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1.3 - Statistics
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In DW4 you must concentrate on HP and Defense. These 2 combinations will
prolong your existence in the world of DW4! Remember to always pick up every
single shield and meatbun pack. As they say,"A good defense is a good
offense." In this case it is true because having more life means that you
can enter Musou attack much quicker with more life to spare. Also, with a
strong defense you can maintain a state in Musou attack much longer since
you can sustain hits. Attack and Musuo is nice to have, but in the long run
you'll want more defense than offense.
I'm thinking why not elaborate on each statistic while this section is up.
I'll finisht his up when I have time, but I'd like some feedback on "Luck".
HP- Also known as Hit/Health Points. This is your life in Dynasty Warriors
4. If this is zero you lose. If your HP turns red you can activate your True
Musou attack. To gain more HP you can either grab the Dim Sum(+10 Life) pickups,
or equip a Peacock Urn
Musou- You can refer to this as MP(Magic Points) if you want. Musou is the
very essence of DW4 that makes the game unique. Your musou bar is used to
enter a musou attack, or use your Orb power. During musou attacks you are
invulnerable to damage and can deal great damage to enemies. You can increase
your musou by grabbing Fairy Wine bottles, or equipping dragon amulet.
Attack- The damage you inflict to enemies. Attack is important for someone
who has lots of musou. You can increase attack by picking up various swords
dropped by officers, equipping Tiger Amulet, or picking up a War God's Axe.
Defense- The damage you can sustain from enemies. Defense is very important
with HP. With lots of defense and HP you can las a lot longer. You can increase
this by grabbing shields dropped from various officers, equipping Tortoise
Amulet, or picking up War God's Armor.
Speed- Speed is the quickness in which your character moves. With high speed
you can run past enemies with ease and skip tot he last boss if you'd like.
The way to increase speed is by equipping speed scroll, or picking up speed
shoes.
Jump- Jump is the how high your character can, well......JUMP! Jump isn't
a huge importance in the DW4 universe, but it's important if you face
elephants. The only way to increase jump is by equipping jump shoes.
Bow Attack- Bow attack is the damage you inflict by using your bow. Bows are
weak, but under the arms of a few characters they can wield awesome power.
You can increase bow damage by equipping Huang Zhong's Bow, or by using XIahou
Yuan or Huang Zhong. Their arrow attacks are higher than others.
Bow Defense- Bow defense is the ability to sustain damage against arrows.
Arrow damage has been toned down from DW3 and DW3:XL, so this item is more
uselss. You can increase its' effect by equipping Nanman Armor though.
Ride Attack- The damage you inflict on a horse. This item is pretty useless
unless you're riding the Shadow Runner. It's hard to stay on a horse, but
by being able to never get knocked down you can deal tons of damage. Try using
Ma Chao equipped with this. You can increase its' effect by equipping Horned
Helmet.
Ride Defense- The damage you sustain while riding a horse(not in that way
^_^). This is pretty useless unless you ride Shadow Runner. Increase the
effect of this statistic by equipping Cavalry Armor. Give this to Ma Chao
and rule the plains.
Musou Charge- The ability to charge your Musou bar quicker through ATTACKS.
In DW3 and DW3:XL you were given the ability to manually charge the elixir
with CIRCLE, but now it is done through attacking only. Still good, but not
as good as before. To increase this effect you can equip an Elixir.
Charge Attack- The damage you inflict through charge(triangle) attacks. Any
attack resulting in a press of the triangle button is considered charged.
Whether it be on ground, in the air or on a horse. To increase the effect
just equip Herbal Remedy.
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To increase its' effect equip a Seven Star Sash.
Throughout RPG history Luck has been something that befuddles all players.
There is no true defintion as to how LUCK actually works. It varies through
all games. I've made a section devoted to this to find out what people think
about Luck. I think Luck effects items statistically. I'm also starting to
believe that it effects item drop rate as well. Being able to prove this you
can checkout my Q&A section to hear about my 3 easy rounds at Xu Chang. Luck
seems to effect them, but I may have been lucky. Maybe I can get some solid
proof from some people out there. I don't expect any bashing though!
Contributor: Wolf
Personal Comment: I think we all know what luck did in XL. The instruction
booklet stated that it would increase the efficiency of an item when you
picked it up. I'm not so sure on the defensive levels, but hey, I never tested
it out.
I have only played DW3, and dream of what DW4 would be like. Anyways, in DW3,
it effects many things. For example, it effects the damage an enemy soldier
will deal in effect with your defense. For example, extremely low luck may
get a stronger attack from an enemy soldier more often. Extremely high, and
this will rarely happen. Luck also effects item drop rate, BG item and weapon
drop rate (for XL), and it will effect how high the ability of the item or
weapon is. The level difficulty also effects this greatly, more then luck
does actually. If there are any questions about what luck affects, I may be
able to answer them, may not.
This section will be left opened for the time being. At the moment I have
no plans on updating this FAQ until DW4:XL is released. The release date that
I know of now is November of this year. I will still accept e-mails, but under
my new address. I won't reply to anything that has no punctuation, no e-mail
title, and anything that can be answered in my FAQ. I will also not reply
to "Who's your favorite character?" and "I can't get (insert item name)" I
have done the best that I can to describe on how to get an item.
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1.4 - Q & A
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I await your e-mails if you have any difficulties getting an item. I will
not reply to items with statistical boosts. If I find a question that is
answered here in this FAQ I will most likely flame you and block you, so please
read through this FAQ. Questions on my other FAQ could have been answered
90% of the time if the person read through my FAQ. Remember that Ctrl+F will
bring up the find index and search for keywords for you. Another thing to
remember is to title your e-mail "DW4 Item Q&A". I plan on making a Duel FAQ
and possibly a character FAQ, but not sure who yet so it helps me out if things
are titled correctly.
Q: Will I receive credit for contributing?
A: Yes, you will receive 110% credit for your contribution
Q: I sent you an e-mail. Why haven't I received a reply or why isn't my
contribution on there?
A: First of all, getting around 15 e-mails a day that are usually filled with
flammers, or hard to read e-mails is very difficult to manage. Usually 1 out
of 5 e-mails will be replied, because your e-mail probably had a question
that could be answered in this FAQ or an Intsruction Manual, or it was a bit
useless. Not to be a jerk or anything, but I really don't need to know things
such as how good you think an Herbal Remedy is. When you make your own FAQ
you can say whatever you want. Fair enough?
Q: Where is the best place to get items?
A: I go to Battle of Xu Chang on Liu Bei's side. I can get a total of 5 items
there. The stage is hard, but well worth it. Recently I've been going to Race
For The Nan Territory on Allied side as well.
Q: Hey, I contributed! Why didn't you post up my contribution?
A: Let's see, it may be because you either: typed in a different language,
didn't use correct grammer so I decided to delete it, not detailed enough,
no proof of how to get the item, does not make sense, too many contributions
on a particular topic(excluding LUCK), flammed me before, sent the same
e-mail more than once to get attention, and/or you asked a question that could
be found in the instructions booklet or has no relative content to my FAQ.
I am sick of getting asked questions as to why certain characters start with
one item attachable and others get 3. Look in the instruction book!
Q: Why do you have "Unknown" items?
A: Because I haven't found them yet. Right now I'm currently busy with work,
school and my little sister.
Q: Does Luck effect the items you get?
A: That's a good question. From my experience I'd say yes, but I'll never
be able to prove this. I have a Lv.15 Seven Star Sash and I equipped it for
3 rounds in Battle of Xu Chang on Easy(this was a trial). With a total of
18 items I received 11 that were somewhat high, which was my Herbal Remedy
at Lv.10 and others at around Lv.9. So far it seems like the abundance of
items, such as meat buns, hasn't changed much. It seems to kind of effect
item stats, but again, this is "Luck" after all and I might've been "Lucky".
I can't really prove this at this point, but I'm jsut going to leave it as
is and say, "Screw Luck!" ^_^
Q: Man, I don't have any orbs! How can I get Orbs?
A: It's totally random. I got my first one in the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
It was a Lv.1 Fire Orb. Be patient and it'll come to you. Try playing on Normal
too. I first played through Musuo mode on Easy and got 1 orb, but when I played
again with the same character on Normal I received 4. It might be luck, but
I think it makes sense to say that difficulty has an effect on Orb appearance.
Q: Hey, I got an Orb, but it doesn't work. How do you use them?
A: Well, first off you need to equip an Orb prior to the start of a stage.
The next thing to look out for is your musou bar. If it's not max you cannot
activate your Orb. The only way to use your Orb without a max musou bar is
by acquiring a Lv.10 weapon. You also have to do a charge attack to initiate
it. I noticed that some characters might not have an elemental attack on a
few charge attacks. I use Yue Ying and her S,S,T cannot perform an elemental
strike.
Q: What's the best Orb?
A: I can't really answer this yet, because I don't have a Vorpal Orb, but
out of the other 5 I'd rank from best to worst: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Blast,
Poison. Fire is nice because it slowly burns away my opponents HP. I like
Ice, because a frozen general is like a free kill. Ice goes well for only
a few warriors though. Lightning is okay, but if you try to do a S,T or
S,S,S,S,T it won't knock them in the air and that annoys me. Also, if your
lightning finished off a general you don't get weapon experience. Blast hurts
enemies while they block, but only a small amount. Poison just plain sucks.
By the time you get the chance to hit them a second time the poison will
dissolve away.
Q: How come you're always at Battle of Xu Chang?
A: Because you can get a total of 5 items in that stage. On Easy you can easily
build up lots of items at a rapid rate. Just go through the Musuo mode with
a Shu character and once you get the stage opened visit it in Free Mode to
get lots of items. I'll have a list as to who will drop item boxes.
Q: Who do you use?
A: Well, I like using Yue Ying, Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, Zhang He, Pang Tong, Lu
Bu, and Xiao Qiao. These are my favorite characters. It's hard to choose
between them, but I maxed out my Zhou Yu first and Xiao Qiao second. Probably
because they're husband and wife. Yue Ying would be 3rd though since she can
kick anyone's butt :)
Q: (Note- this is more of a contribution) I'd like to contribute information
on your saddles. From my sources, the Hex Mark Harness gives you luck up,
and the lightnign harness gives ride attack up.
A: Well, at the moment I'm pretty sure most of you read Muni's FAQ and got
this information from his FAQ. I cannot post answers at this moment until
I have solid proof that these give the actual bonus. I've received nearly
40 e-mails now. I'm to the point where I'm about to change my e-mail address.
If you don't have proof as to if it works or not, I cannot post it up. Please
provide solid information. Too many contributors sent these in, so
unfortunately I can't post yours up.
*Note* Storm Harness has been solved, but Hex Mark is next.
Q: How do you open up Battle of Xu Chang?
A: Well, you could always checkout Muni Shinobu's Stage Flow Chart FAQ. It
shows you hot to open every single one. Though, it's a bit hard to read I'll
try to translate it for you. This is straight from Muni's FAQ now, so credit
is given to MUNI SHINOBU. You must activate the Fire Event and the Zhuge Liang
must PRAY FOR THE WIND SUCCESSFULLY at the Battle of Chi Bi.
Q: Are bodyguards resetable through the CAW menu? How long did you take to
write the FAQ?
A: To reset bodyguards go to the Edit Mode on the menu screen(after title
screen). Then select the Edit Bodyguard portion to recreate your bodyguard
units. Keep in mind that if you intend on creating a bodyguard team over one
that is maxed out it'll erase them! I'd say that I put in a good 5 hours in
on this FAQ. I spend more time reading e-mails from people than with the FAQ
itself. I'm actually to the point where I think I can wrap it up and make
a final update.
Q: Are you gonna write more Dynasty Warriors 4 FAQS?
A: At the moment I'd like to make a DUEL FAQ, but I'm very limited on my time.
I started playing Phantasy Star Online on my GameCube and that's eating my
time up. I do plan on for sure making a .hack//MUTATION FAQ once it comes
out. I might make some more FAQs for DW4 as time passes. Maybe some time around
DW4:XL comes out?
Q: What? They're making a DW4:XL?
A: Yeah, it's suppose to come out in November 12, 2003. I work at a GameStop
and we're taking reservations on it already. Of course, I got mine already.
It's gonna be $30 like the last XL unless they plan on doing a before the
minute price change. I've received emails about this. I'm saying that I've
reserved my DW4:XL, and I haven't yet received the actual copy of the game!
Happy now!?!?!? :)
Q: What's gonna be in Dynasty Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends?
A: At the moment I have a little information on the game. The only possibility
is enhancing the CAW(creataa a warrior) feature, and they WILL have more
items(perhaps more then DW3:XL). Also, I've heard the ability to play through
one player and choose another warrior as your bodyguard has been put in
again(seems like they purposely leave this out to make a cheap rip-off of
XL series). Supposedly you can erase your character again and 3 new challenges
will be put in. So far that's all I know of. Of course you can visit
www.gamestop.com to see if there's any information, or unless you live in
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota you can visit my GameStop shop and I can give you
any information needed.
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1.5 - Tips
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Contributor: Twoski
Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong have Charge attacks in which
they wield bows. If they equip Huang Zhong's Bow, this increases
the damage of those moves. So, stacking Tiger Armlet, Herbal
Remedy, and Huang Zhong's Bow would be a worthwhile strategy.
Ma Chao has a great charge attack while riding on a horse. Although he can
only equip 4 items you could make a generic character and get to equip 5.
With that extra item it can create a character far superior than that of Ma
Chao. I personally liked my CAW(Create A Warrior). His name was ZhouTony(Wu's
my favorite) and once he was maxed out I equipped on him: Shadow Harness,
Lightning Orb, Elixir, Horned Helmet, Tiger Amulet, Cavalry Armor, and Reach
Scroll. With Reach Scroll and Elixir you'll easily hit people and fill your
musou bar in seconds flat. Your Tiger Amulet and Horned Helmet shall increase
attack and Cavalry Armor is there to protect you while you ride the
unknockable Shadow Runner.
Keep in mind that defense should go over offense when playing on Hard. With
a solid defense you'll stand more of a chance against tougher officers.
Musou Elixir has been degraded a bit. Your musou bar will charge faster when
you attack and not when you manually charge. It's still useful, but sometimes
a Wind Scroll takes a better spot Elixir.
Contributor: Makien
Forgot to include something I had noticed. Holding down the R1 button for
the bow for longer periods of time makes the view zoom in. This I found
especially useful for the Bridge Melee(Challenge mode) cause you
can pick off the crossbowmen without them even seeing you. In foggy conditions,
zooming in not only magnify the target area, but also makes the area seem
much less "foggyish"
Declining duels will cause a drop in morale. Causing a TIE in a duel will
not. It's best to duel and run around in a circle if you know you can't win.
(Ex: Lu Bu on Hard)
Try saving Musou attacks. Right when an enemy is about to hit you push
Circle(not hold). By doing this you'll be safe for the time being. Charge
up your musou bar again by attacking and if someone manages to hit you push
Circle(not hold), so you won't get a full combo on you. What I use Musou for
is to protect my life. Instead of getting hit by someone 6 times I'd prefer
getting hit once and tapping Circle so I can break their combo. This protects
my life.
Every general has a certain "back off" point. If you run away from certain
generals you may notice them run away. This is not because you are running
too far away in a sense that they chased you too much, but they have an
invisible line where if you cross they will run away. A cheap thing to do
is to step into the line to draw them near and to then step behind the line
and shoot arrows at them or do a few quick hits before going behind the line.
Some characters however will go pass this line eventually. When certain stage
triggers happen they could still advance and follow you for a long time. Also,
some characters just plain like to chase you(Ex: Lu Bu).
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2.0 - Items
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Items are broken down into 3 main categories in Dynasty Warriors 4. You can
equip a saddle, orb, and 4-6 special items. I'll list these items in order
from top left to bottom right. Going from left to right now.
Example)
££££££££££££££££££
£ Name of Saddle £ *Number* <-Refer to bottom for tips
££££££££££££££££££
Appearance: The graphic of the horse
Effect: What the horse's ability is
Commonly Used By: DW character who rides it the most
Side: Which side I played(In CAPS)
Item Found At: Stage where the item can be found(In CAPS)
Valuable Item Location: Where the item appears
How To Get: Quick summary on how to obtain the item
How I Got It: A very detailed explanation as to how I got the item
+Failures+
Errors that will caue no events to pop up and the such. This is important
to read if you cannot get this item. These are things you might be doing wrong.
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| Saddles |
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££££££££££££££££££££
£ Red Hare Harness £
££££££££££££££££££££
Appearance: A red horse with decorative horsey clothes.
Effect: Fastest horse in the game
Commonly Used By: Lu Bu, Guan Yu
Side: LU BU
Item Found At: BATTLE OF XIA PI
How To Get: See Guan Yu meets Red Hare event(southeast peninsula). Cannot
kill any generals(including sub).
Valuable Item Location: Near Red Hare
How I Got It: I played on Normal and I was using Lu Bu. I played in my Musuo
mode with my little brother(Gan Ning). I ran towards the peninsula located
towards the south and waited for Guan Yu to show up. I saw him running at
me and I ran away form him(leaving him alone with Red Hare). Once I saw an
event where Guan Yu climbed onto the horse me and my brother double teamed
him and I finished him off. Seconds later an item box appeared near Red Hare
and I picked it up.
+Failures+
I experienced a point where Guan Yu did not go to red Hare, but instead went
to the east(right) side of the castle. I later discovered the reason for this.
My Zhang Liao killed Xu Zhu. I set the difficulty on Normal to prevent this.
If Guan Yu doesn't head toward Red Hare you should avoid him as well. The
first time you should see him is when he's running toward your Red Hare on
the peninsula.
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£ Hex Mark Harness £
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Appearance: Dark grey horse with blue and white saddle
Effect: Unknown(checkout Q&A as to why this hasn't been updated)
Commonly Used By: Liu Bei
Scenario: YELLOW TURBAN(MUSUO MODE ONLY)
Item Found At: CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIU BEI
How To Get: You must first play the Yellow Turban Fort Defend Battle. Then
select the Liu Bei Invasion battle. Now, while playing Liu Bei Invasion you
should see Zhao Yun instead of Zhang Fei. Defeat Zhao Yun and Guan Yu before
the back-up troops appear. After that invade LIu Bei's castle and fight Liu
Bei until the Item Report appears. You'll either need to kill his surrounding
soldiers or lower his health a little bit.
Valuable Item Location: Left of the entry point in Cao Cao's castle.
How I got it: I had to use 2 players for this one. Me and my friend killed
both officers quickly. I wiped out Guan Yu real quick, while he dueled Zhao
Yun and killed him. After that Liu Bei tried to charge at us, and we eliminated
all his privates around him and the item report appeared.
+Failures+
Speed is the key here. If you kill Guan Yu or Zhao Yun and the message that
says you defeated them appears AFTER Huang Zhong appears you'll need to reset!
You MUST play Musuo mode! The reason for this is because if you play Yellow
Turban Fort Defend Battle, Zhao Yun will take the place of Zhang Fei in the
Liu Bie Invasion battle. Make sure you're playing MUSUO MODE.
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£ Storm Harness £ *1*
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Appearance: Yellow horse with yellow tail
Effect: Ride Attack+12 (solution towards the bottom)
Commonly Used By: No one
Scenario: LU BU
Item Found At: CAMPAIGN AGAINST CAO CAO
How To Get: Circle around behind Yue Jin's secret ambush party. To do this
you must head right and down. You'll see an ambush party of Xu Huang. Kill
him, and one of your generals will inform you about other ambush parties.
A flashing white dot will appear south of the castle on the left side of the
map. Head down to Cao Cao's caslte and head left and up, so you are to the
rear entrance of the castle. Yue Jin's ambush party will run away, and after
a few minutes Xiahou Dun will appear in the empty section to the top left
area of the map. Kill him and the item report shall appear.
How I got it: First I headed to the right and rushed down the path. After
Zu Huang made an appearance I killed him and circeld behind Xiahou Yuan and
a hidden ambush party appeared(Yue Jin). Yue Jin immediately escapes and
Xiahou Dun appears minutes later. I ran up and killed him and then my Item
Report appeared. I went towards Cao Cao and picked my item up and finished
the stage.
Failures: You have to circle behind Yue Jin, so don't go through the left
side of the map. Other than that, I don't see how this could be failed.
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£ Shadow Harness £ *2*
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Appearance: Black Horse
Effect: Cannot fall off horse
Commonly Used By: No One
Scenario: SHU
Item Found At: BATTLE AT TONG GATE
How To Get: Make Han Sui think about defecting, and before Han Sui defects
cause him to decline Cao Cao's offer.
Valuable Item Location: Bottom right area of map against right wall
How I got it: This is confusing so listen up! First, you'll want to kill as
many officers as you can, but not so many in which it'll cause a quick victory.
What I first did was killed the 4 generals in the bottom right area of the
map. After this I stayed near Han Sui and made a pathway for him and Cao Cao.
After they met up Cao Cao tried to convince Han Sui to defect in an EVENT.
After this happened I started to kill EVERYTHING on the board excluding Cao
Cao. Kill every single general and sub-general on the board and try to get
rid of most of Cao Cao's units. Once Cao Cao had nearly 10% of his troops
left with one morale star Han Sui refused to defect and my item report appeared.
+Failures+
This one is VERY frustrating to get. Just always play through the stge,
because you never know if it'll appear or not. Basically, if you get Han Sui
to NOT defect the item should appear. Just try to work fast and play on easy
for sure! This may take a few tries so don't give up!
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£ Elephant Saddle £
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Appearance: Elephant mounded with armor
Effect: Begins stage mounted on a slow elephant
Commonly Used By: Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, and other Nanman generals
Scenario: NANMAN
Item Found At: CAMPAIGN OF NANMAN
How To Get: Ride an elephant into Zhuge Liang's camp
Valuable Item Location: South of Meng Huo's castle
How I got it: After clearing the Nanman Musuo mode I played it again as Huang
Gai on easy. I used his triangle attack to knock my allies off their elephants.
After I stole an elphant I charged my musou until it maxed. Next I ran into
Zhuge Liang's camp and received my precious item report. I walked all the
way back down and picked the item up in a little southern wall in Meng Huo's
castle.
+Failures+
You must not even take a step into Zhuge Liang's camp before entering with
an elephant. Make sure you arrive out of the forest on an elephant and venture
into Zhuge Liand's camp until the Precious Item report appears. If you're
afraid of getting knocked down then enter in with a Musou Attack.
+------+
| Orbs |
+------+
Orbs are new to the Dynasty World. Orbs functioned in DW3, but were attached
to weapons initially. Now, in DW4 you can choose what you want to equip on
your weapon. There's a catch though, because you'll start with no orbs and
you have to have your musou bar at max to have it take effect. Unless you
have your Lv.10 weapon! So, remember that to use orbs you have to have a max
musou bar(unless you have a Lv.10 weapon), you have to equip the orb(duh!),
and you have to use a charge attack. A 6 square combo will not pull off
elemental hits. You have to use the Triangle button! Also, the higher the
level of an Orb the higher its' effect will play. These items are received
rarely in item boxes, so there's no sure way in getting one yet.
Example)
£££££££££££££££
£ Name of Orb £
£££££££££££££££
Appearance: Color of Orb/Graphic Display During Gameplay
Effect: What the Orb does
Advantages: My opinion on how good it is
Disadvantages: My opinion on how bad it is
My Level: My current Orb level
Where I Got Mine: Stage where I received my Orb(In CAPS)
Side: Which side I played(In CAPS)
Difficulty: The level of difficulty the item was obtained
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£ Fire £
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Appearance: Red/Sets fire to enemies
Effect: Burns HP, your opponent will lose health slowly while they burn
Advantages: Slowly hurts your opponents HP(like poisoning)
Disadvantages: Fire damage done is minimul, but works well against officers
My Level: 4
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: ALLIED FORCES
Difficulty: Hard
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£ Lightning £
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Appearance: Lightning bolt from the sky
Effect: Damages other enemies in the surrounding area
Advantages: Hurts enemies around the lightning and adds extra damage
Disadvantages: Can steal your kills and cause your weapon experience to be
a couple of points. Disturbs most DW character's S,T and S,S,S,S,T attacks.
My Level: 4
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Jian Ye
Side: WEI
Difficulty: Hard
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£ Vorpal £
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Appearance: Purple smoke with a red slash mark
Effect: May kill enemies or damage officers severely
Advantages: Kills enemies and damages officers based on percentages
Disadvantages: Doesn't work a whole lot like it used to
My Level: 3
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: ALLIED FORCES
Difficulty: Hard
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£ Ice £
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Appearance: Ice shards brush off
Effect: Freezes enemies in ice
Advantages: Freezes enemies and keeps them from moving
Disadvantages: The ice doesn't work 100% of the time and doesn't do extra
damage
My Level: 3
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: SHU
Difficulty: Hard
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£ Blast £
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Appearance: Bluish white circles
Effect: Damages enemy even while defending
Advantages: Can easily level up weapons when fighting officers
Disadvantages: Too weak in damage and doesn't break the enemies defense
My Level: 3
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Si Shui Gate
Side: ALLIED FORCES
Difficulty: Hard
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£ Poison £
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Appearance: Purple and green bubbles
Effect: Causes defense to fall by roughly 10%-25% for 5 seconds
Advantages: I honestly don't see any. The graphic looks cool though
Disadvantages: The effect lasts so little that by the time you recover to
hit them again for extra damage they'll have recovered from the poison.
My Level: 4
Where I Got Mine: RACE FOR THE NAN TERRITORY
Side: ALLIED FORCES
Difficulty: Hard
+---------------+
| Special Items |
+---------------+
There are 2 types of items. Statistical items and Aid items. Some items will
have a Level on them while others just have special effects. The Level on
an item determines how much bonus it gives. I've added these asterisks(*)
with numbers indicating side notes on some items. Scroll to the bottom to
take a look at these.
I've tried coming up with a formula as to how effective the Leveled items
are. The max for an item is Lv.20 and I assume for the most part you multiply
the level by 3 to get its effect, but this would not make sense for speed
and jump. I know the max for a speed scroll isn't 12, because I have a Level
15. Right now I'm going to assume that for Peacock Urn and Dragon Amulet you
multiply the level by 3 to get it's effect. For Tortoise Amulet, Nanman Armor,
Huang Zhongs Bow, Cavalry Armor, and Horned Helmet theie effects are
multiplied by 2. Finally we have Tiger Amulet, Speed Scroll, Jump Boots, Seven
Star Sash, Elixir and Herbal Remedy which have a multiplied effect of 1.
Example)
I equip......
Lv.18 Peacock Urn(x3)
Lv.15 Dragon Amulet(x3)
Lv.9 Tiger Amulet(x1)
Lv.19 Tortoise Amulet(x2)
Lv.14 Nanman Armor(x2)
I get a stat boost of.....
+54 HP
+45 Musou
+9 Attack
+38 Defense
+28 Bow Defense
Just like in DW3 the max for HP is 60. By using this forumla of easy
multiplication I can find that a Lv.20 Peacock urn multiplied by 3 would in
fact give me 60 HP. The same goes for Musou. I noticed this while playing
Si Shui Gate. I played that stage on Hard over and over again and received
3 Lv.20 Peacock Urns. If this is the case then lv.20 is the maximum for an
item. If not, then I'll have to rework my formula. When I equip a Peacock
Urn I can see a fairly large increase in my life, so I assume it's 60. I'll
find a way in which I can prove my theory later.
My conclusion comes to an end. Each item truly does increase its' effect by
multiples. My final statement is that Peacock Urn and Dragon Amulet give you
+60 for stats. If you checkout your character's statistics after you equip
the Peacock Urn you'll see their HP drastically increase. This indicates how
much is grown. By equipping Tiger Amulet you'll see a pinch increase. This
proves that Peacock Urn and Dragon Amulet has a 3x increase judged by their
Level. I'm not to sure as to how Herbal Remedy, Elixir, Tiger Amulet, Speed
Scroll, Seven Star Sash and Jump Shoes fit together. I'll assume that their
level will give you an additional of that stat added to your character.
~Note~
I listed where I got my item and on what difficulty. This does not mean that
you are guaranteed the item. I only listed the area incase someone wanted
to contribute and tell me where they got a maxed item, so that I may test
it out. I'm pretty sure certain stages hold certain items. For example, in
the Yellow Turban Rebellion you will most likely NOT get an Elixir. Why? From
my experiences I have not seen one. Me and my brother have probably spent
a good amount of time in that stage, because it's a nice place to level up
new characters. I've never seen ONE elixir there.
Name: Peacock Urn
Appearance: Golden urn shaped as a peacock
Effect: Raises your max HP
My Level: 20
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: Shu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Dragon Amulet
Appearance: Necklace with blue beads
Effect: Raises your max Musou
My Level: 20
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: Allied Forces
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Tiger Amulet
Appearance: Yellow necklace with a tiger tooth in the middle
Effect: Raises your Attack
My Level: 19
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: Allied Forces
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Tortoise Amulet
Appearance: Necklace with a tortoise attached in the middle
Effect: Raises your Defense
My Level: 19
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: Shu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Speed Scroll
Appearance: Brown cloth(scroll?)
Effect: Raises your Speed
My Level: 15
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: Wu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Jump Boots
Appearance: Yellow boots with springs
Effect: Raises your Jump(really, jump boots raise Jump! ^_^)
My Level: 20
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: Shu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Huang Zhong's Bow
Appearance: A wooden bow
Effect: Raises your Bow Attack
My Level: 10
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Hu Lao Gate
Side: Dong Zhuo
Difficulty: Normal
Name: Nanman Armor
Appearance: 2 piece wooden armor
Effect: Raises your Bow Defense
My Level: 15
Where I Got Mine: The Two Qiaos
Side: Wu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Horned Helmet
Appearance: Helmet with horns
Effect: Raises your Ride Attack
My Level: 17
Where I Got Mine: Race For The Nan Territory
Side: Allied Forces
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Cavalry Armor
Appearance: Sturdy armor
Effect: Raises your Ride Defense
My Level: 18
Where I Got Mine: Wu Zhang Plains
Side: Wei
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Seven Star Sash
Appearance: Sash with an oval coin-like object in the middle
Effect: Raises your Luck
My Level: 15
Where I Got Mine: Yellow Turban Rebellion
Side: Han Forces
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Elixir
Appearance: A yellow pouch
Effect: Raises your Musou Charge
My Level: 15
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: Shu
Difficulty: Hard
Name: Herbal Remedy
Appearance: A red pouch
Effect: Raises your Charge Attack
My Level: 15
Where I Got Mine: Battle of Xu Chang
Side: Shu
Difficulty: Easy
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£ Art of War £
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Appearance: Orange stick with a silver dragon head
Effect: Increases the longevity of Attack, Defense, Speed, and Musou Pick-Up
items
Scenario: DONG ZHUO
Item Found At: CAMPAIGN AGAINST SUN JIAN
Precious Item Report: Supply team starting from the bottom left near the
castle and moves south through the gate
How To Get It: Quickly enter the castle that Sun Jian resides in. After
entering his troops will vanish and the Wu family will appear. Defeat 4 out
of either Sun Shang Xiang, Sun Ce, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, or Zhou Tai.
How I Got It: I had a Red Hare equipped and ran towards the castle. Once in
I activated the mini event where Sun Jian disappears and pops out near Dong
Zhuo. Once here I circled back to duel Sun Shang Xiang. Then I moved left
to kill Zhout Tai and Lu Meng. Finally I continued left to finish off Gan
Ning. I waited for the Supply Captain to show up and killed him quickly.
+Failures+
If you spend too much time outside the caslte and don't enter before Sun Jian
disappears you cannot get the item. You must also personally defeat 4 out
of the 5 Wu generals. I suggest keeping bodyguards off or equipped with
bows/crossbows. Do not let anyone steal your kills!
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£ Survival Guide £ *3*
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Appearance: Red stick with a yellow dragon head
Effect: When your health is in danger you get Attackx2
Scenario: WU
Item Found At: THE TWO QIAOS
Precious Item Report: Below the center bottom bridge. Where Dong Zhuo will
appear
How To Get It: Rescue Da Qiao and then Xiao Qiao
How I Got It: I ran up to Da Qiao and killed everyone around her and then
the same to Xiao Qiao afterwards. Very simple
+Failures+
The only way you could miss this item is if you save Xiao Qiao first, so don't
do that! Otherwise I don't see how you could miss it.
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£ Bodyguard Manual £
££££££££££££££££££££
Appearance: Green stick with a bronze head
Effect: Bodyguards become stronger
Scenario: SHU
Item Found At: GUAN YU'S ESCAPE
Precious Item Report: Halfway in the section after the 5th gate.
How To Get It: Defeat Xiahou Dun after the 5th gate
How I Got It: It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you use Guan Yu. All you really
need to do is beat your way through the stage and once you see a message about
Xiahou Dun's unit in pursuit of carriage just get past the 5th gate. Just
wait in the section after the 5th gate. Kill him in this section and Item
Repot should appear.
+Failures+
Play as Guan Yu. I can't stress this more than enough. Make sure you wait
for Xiahou Dun AFTER the 5th gate. The section where you exit should be where
you should be waiting for Xiahou Dun. Once he is killed by your hand the item
report shall appear just a few in front of you.
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))))Alternate Method((((
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Contributor: Eko
Personal Note- I would like to greatly thank Eko for this contribution. I've
tried literally 22 times in getting this item. To my surprise, using Guan
Yu was an actual smart thing to do. I would attempt with Lu Bu all the time.
A thousand thanks to Eko!
Appearance : mmm, I forget the color. It loooks like
the other stick with dragon head.
Effect : Bodyguards become stronger.
Scenario : SHU
Item Found At : GUAN YU'S ESCAPE
Precious Item Report : red box(crate) at the last
enemy stronghold (near the escape point).
How To Get It : Let Xiahou Dun catch up with you AFTER the 5th gate.
How I Got It: I recommend using Guan Yu. Because if you use another character
and Guan Yu & the carriage already arrive at the escape point, the stage will
end. If you use Guan Yu, as long as you don't go to the escape point the stage
won't end. The trick is simple. Just clear the 5th gate and wait for Xiahou
Dun AFTER the 5th gate. After he catches up with you, he will say something
like "Finally we meet". Then the valuable item report will show.
+Failures+
This item annoys me a lot. I failed many times. Then I realized my mistake.
I always met Xiahou Dun between the 4th and 5th gate. If you do that, the
item report won't show up.
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£ Way of The Musou £
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Appearance: Blue stick with white dragon head
Effect: Allows you to use your True Musou attack regardless of HP
Scenario: WEI
Item Found At: GUAN YU'S ESCAPE
Precious Item Report: Supply Team right from the 4th gate
How To Get It: Enter the 5th gate and kill the supply captain
How I Got It: I would advise to you that a Red Hare Saddle be equipped. First,
start off by running near the carriage and damaging it until it gets very
low HP. Dodge Guan Yu while you do this, and once you're done head forward.
To get the supply team to appear you need to pass the 5th gate and run back
toward the entry point to the right of the 4th gate. Once the supply captain
appeared I rushed over to him and killed him to pick up the item. After this
Guan Yu was about to head through the last gate, so I ran over to the carriage
and slashed it twice to complete the game.
+Failures+
Make sure you run to the END of the 5th gate. Once the supply captain appears
you should run towards it. If you followed my steps in damaging the carriage
you shouldn't worry about Guan Yu completing this stage. Without a Red Hare
this is close to impossible.
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£ Power Scroll £
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Appearance: Yellow scroll with Chinese lettering
Effect: Won't lose weapon deadlocks
Scenario: YELLOW TURBAN</pre><pre id="faqspan-2">
Item Found At: YELLOW TURBAN FORT DEFEND
Precious Item Report: Supply Team on top left of map heading to top right
How To Get It: Kill Zhao Yun and Guan Yu
How I Got It: This one shouldn't even need explanation. After I killed Zhao
Yun and Guan Yu I had my Red Hare set and ready for me. I raced toward the
supply captain and killed him to recieve the item.
+Failures+
Remember that YOU must kill Zhao Yun and Guan Yu. Do not set on your bodyguards
if you think they're too strong!
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£ Wind Scroll £
£££££££££££££££
Appearance: Blue scroll with Chinese lettering
Effect: Increase your weapon range
Scenario: SHU
Item Found At: BATTLE AT XU CHANG
Precious Item Report: Top left area of the map
How To Get It: When prompted to choose between to protect the ladder or defeat
Xu Zhu you must succeed in both.
How I Got It: I got it by myself by waiting for Xu Zhu to appear. I waited
on the left area of the map and once he appeared he dueled me right away.
I beat him and proceeded towards the bridge. I used a Red Hare and easily
got there to defend the ladder. After it successfully built I received my
precious item report.
+Failures+
Protecting the bridge first may be easier, but those little Private soldiers
can build up, so it's best to fight Xu Zhu first. I don't see how you can
fail this, but I'll add contributions here.
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Contributor: Gene Otrovsky
Just a quick observation about getting both "Rear Secured" and "Ramp
Deployed" messages in Battle of Xu Chang. I've gone through the scenario at
least 15 times (both Shu and Wu, Free and Mussou mode), and apparently you
can vastly increase your chances of "catching two birds with one hand" by
fiddling with the game's timing as follows:
1. When you start the stage, ignore Man Chong - the Wei general in the center
of the map - in fact, don't even go near him. Instead, go forward and take
out Cao Xiu, Zhen Ji, Hu Zhen (Dian Wei's sub-general) and Xiahou Dun. I
usually get those done in under 5 minutes, so that may be a factor.
2. Then double-back to Man Chong; I think that when you approach him (or kill
him), within 30 seconds both the Ramp Deployment and Xu Zhu's attack events
occur. Of importance that these 2 events seem to ONLY occur after you go after
Man Chong. This is crucial. [In theory methinks you could finish the stage
without the two events ever occurring, but I've yet to test that out; in any
case, Man Chong seems to be the event trigger.]
3. After that, I just kill Man Chong (since I'm right there), 9 times out
of 10 I have enough "blue" guys near the Ramp to protect it long enough to
deploy (and with Xiahou Dun dead, no officer opposition); if I feel insecure,
I can spend 30 seconds pulling off charge/musou attacks to give the ramp some
breathing room, but I've yet to have the thing destroyed after Xiahou Dun's
death (and I've only defended it once). All that's left is to run back to
your camp and kill Xu Zhu.
4. Notes - I played on Normal, I had Red Hair Saddle equipped (for speed),
and yes, you can get the Wind Scroll that way. The method was generally devised
as a simpler way of beating the stage (all I have to do afterwards is go up
the ramp and kill Cao Cao). The officers I kill before Xiahou Dun are
"insurance" against allied officer losses (if I leave them alone, they tend
to wipe out half my army).
So there you have it, my 3.5 pence on this. Don't know if you want to include
it anywhere, but thought I'd share. Cheers.
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£ Fire Arrows £
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Appearance: An arrow with a flaming tip
Effect: Sets your arrows on fire for more damage
Scenario: WU
Item Found At: UNIFICATION OF JING
Precious Item Report: Supply team from the right of the castle moving to the
upper right area of the map
How To Get It: Defeat Zhou Xin before the announcement of the all-out attack
How I Got It: I headed right on my Red Hare and killed Wang Lang's sub-general
quickly. Then I ran to the upper area of the map to wait for the supply team
and killed it. Simple as that.
+Failures+
If you kill Zhou Xin and it says "(Insert your cahracter name here) has
defeated Zhou Xin" AFTER the all-out attack message you have to play it over
again. Make sure you kill Zhou Xin very quickly!
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£ Charge Bracer £ *4*
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Appearance: Silver armlet
Effect: Withstand damage during your charge attacks
Scenario: Yuan Shao
Item Found At: Campaign Against Sun Jian
Precious Item Report: Supply Team slightly south of the castle
How To Get It: Enter the castle before enemy back-up troops appear
How I Got It: I equipped my trusty Red Hare and ran inside. After the supply
team appears you'll have a VERY small amount of time to reach it before it
disappears. Get moving!
+Failures+
Like most failures you must enter the castle BEFORE the back-up troops appear.
If you enter at the exact moment it still won't appear.
~Notes~
*1* Storm Harness DOES increase ride attack. Lucky for you guys I have no
life, so what I did was measure damage. I played Yi Ling on Hard using my
MAXED out Zhou Yu equipped with NOTHING except for a RED HARE. I measured
the ride attack that he did on a private, which came out to be about 1.6
centimeters. I did a soft reset and this time I equipped the STORM HARNESS.
I played with the same character, same equipment, and same side as before(Wu).
I ran up to the exact private that I hit before and slash. This time I measured
about halfway between 1.95 and 2 centimeters. To be specific it was roughly
1.975. Now, how do we go about figuring how much Ride Attack this horse gives?
Luckily, I have 2 memory cards and I made many duplicate files incase the
time came when I had to test this out. I loaded a previous file where I had
an almost maxed out attack on my Zhou Yu. What I did was played a stage to
max out his attack. Now I was ready to test this thing out. I first went to
Yi Ling on HARD on WU side using ZHOU YU. I attacked on my Red Hare and did
the usual 1.6 centimeters of damage. Next, I did a soft reset and equipped
my trusty Lv.6 Horned Helmet. I went into Yi Ling once again with the same
exact setup except with my Lv.6 Horned Helmet. Now I attacked and did about
1.925 centimeters of damage. What does this tell me? If a Storm Harness does
1.975 centimeters of damage and a Red Hare(which doesn't get that so called
Ride Attack bonus) does 19.25 centimeters of damage, I can then assume that
a Lv.6 Horned Helmet increases the same bonus as a Storm Harness. I will
conclude that a Storm Harness increases Ride Attack by 13. Since Ride
Attack+12 is 1.925 and I'm about half a centimeter off I'd say one more Ride
Attack should balance it out.
*2* Shadow Harness
Contributor: WilHiteWarrior
My Comment: I checked this out, and it seemed like it worked. I'm not sure
if a Horse Event is absolutely necessary though, because I do remember not
getting one myself.
I think i might have figured out the other requirement for the shadow saddle.
It seems that if you are not on your horse when the horse event takes place
then then the item wont show up. I double-checked this, but you might want
to test it to be sure.
*3* Survival guide requires you to fall down and get up for the effect to
take place. Once your life is red and you fall down and get up THEN your attack
will double. The effect lasts as long as War God's Axe(30 seconds).
*4* So far I've concluded that Charge Bracer makes you immune while you are
about to execute a charge(triangle) attack. When you press triangle your
character will have some white air sucking into them. This little process
is your charge. While you are doing your charge(or sucking up air as it looks
like) you are immune from attacks. This can be useful for certain characters
while others will just completely find it useless. I found it nice with Xu
Zhu's S,S,S,S,S,T attack. Also, while charging your musou you will not be
disturbed from attacks. All in all, I'd say that you should avoid this item,
because it is not as useful as other items. For me in order of importance
is: Tortoise Amulet, Wind Scroll, Elixer, Peacock Urn, Tuger Amulet, Bow
Armor. The last item is usually a throw in. Usually I use Bow Armor, but on
occasion I use a Horned Helmet.
Contributor: Nelson Liu
In DW4, you STILL given the ability to MANUALLY charge the elixer with CIRCLE!
Does English version differ from Japanese version? (I doubt) And you probably
wanna mention in your FAQ, that an Elixer actually cause you perform a
*SHORTER* musou even though it helps you to gain your mosou bar faster. For
example, if you have Zhen Ji with MAX Mosou bar, hold your circle bottom,
and she will perform six flute blast, but with Elixer she only perform five
times! It is comfirm in JAPANESE website, if you're Chinese or Japanese
yourself, go take a looK! Plus with my experiences, I would say Elixer never
really work UNLESS......... you have Lv14 or higher! (My friend has Lv16 and
it does gain a lot faster musou bar, while my Lv10 doesn't really see the
result)
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2.1 How To Get Good Items
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I thought I'd throw in a section where I could post any comments or
contributions here. I'll post some of my thoughts here, and I'll await for
others.Let's start off by stating some obvious reasons on how to get good
items.
1) Make sure you play on Hard. I've seen a Lv.15 Peacock Urn on Normal, but
odds are that on Hard the high statistical items are more abundant
2) Try to avoid charging Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and/or Cao Cao. The reason for
this is that usually the maps with Shu forces will have a commanding officer
of Liu Bei. By having 1 Player's maxed character on that stage and Player
2's weak Liu Bei it'll make the game easier for you. If you did charge them
it's still okay, but I would advise for you to stop. Either way use 2 player
as a decoy. Meaning hide them far in the back behind your troops.
3) Equip Seven Star Sash, from my experiences it seems that it gives a bonus
to item pick up. The item drop rate seems to increase a bit, but some sergeants
are suppose to drop certain items. An example would be on the Yellow Turban
Rebellion when you fight one of Zhang Liao's sub-generals named Lu Pi. There
are a few sergeants around him and onoe of them ALWAYS drops an item to double
your speed.
4) Try to avoid using characters that are already on the board. An example
would be playing as YUE YING on SHU side at BATTLE OF XU CHANG. Yue Ying is
initially there, so being her would be like having -1 general. Make sense?
You want as many allies as you want. It'll make the game easier
As of right now my "Item Charging" stage would have to be BATTLE OF XU CHANG
on HARD. You can get 6 items on this stage. I'll post who drops the items
on the stage in my next update(I'm too eager to get this up on gameFAQs).
I play as Lu Bu and I usually play with a friend who's either Gan Ning or
Xiahou Dun. When I'm suppose to choose between protecting hte bridge and
defeating Xu Zhu I'll wait for Xu Zhu to appear and duel him or kill him.
Then I head over to protect the bridge. By this time there should be a bunch
of people around Liu Bei. I usually eliminate all of these guys and then kill
generals. I save once I hit around 200-300 kills I save. Also, once I see
Cao Cao's sub general Jia Xu I save before killing him, because he's usually
the last one that drops an item. If I didn't get what I liked I keep reseting
until I'm pleased.
While I was working today my little brother found that by playing the Race
For The Nan Territory on the ALLIED FORCES with a difficulty of HARD he could
get very good items. Since the stage is short and quick he was able to get
2 items for each run. Averaging about 6 minutes per try while riding his trusty
Red Hare and using his maxed out Zhou Tai. My brother was able to get all
those nice items there. The people who drop them are WANG PING and CAO HONG.
Not to mention the +12 Defense you can get there. Dropped by XU HUANG(+4
Defense) and CAO REN(+8 Defense). The stage is quick and a great place to
get items and get some nice defense.
Contributor: Onehappyelf
Try playing on Yi Ling with Hard Difficulty on Wu Side. Here's a lsit of who
drops the items.
Subordinate officers who drop the item (who the subordinate is under)
Item 1 - Zhang Bao (Wei Yan)
Item 2 - Guan Xing (Yue Ying)
Item 3 - Guan Suo (Huang Zhong)
The other two items are on main officers
Item 4 - Wang Ping
Item 5 - Ma Dai
That's it guys! I'll post more in my next update sometime next week. Remember
that any contributions will be posted and credit will be given!
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3.0 Credits
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Thanks to gameFAQS for accepting this FAQ
Thanks to James at kongming on the acceptence of my FAQ
Thanks to Muni Shinobu, you're a legend!
Thanks to my dad for being a great role model
Thanks to my mom for not dieing on me
Thanks to my brother(Andy) for helping me get items
Thanks to my good friends that are always trying to pester me
Thanks to KOEI for making a spectacular game
Thanks to SONY for creating the all mighty and powerful PS2
Thanks to you(the reader) for reading my FAQ
Thanks to my boss at GameStop for those awesome discounts ^_^
Thanks to Pepsi Twist
Thanks to Muni Shinobu again! You're that important :)
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~Contributors~
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Thanks to Eko Sulistyo for the Bodyguard Manual
Thanks to Eko Sulistyo for sending me a link with Muni's conversation
Thanks to Eko Sulistyo for fixing my "Elixir" and "Contributor" typos
Thanks to Billy Bissette's correction on the PS2/PS1 controllers
Thanks to Alex Garnet on my typo on "Race For The NAN Territory"
Thanks to Vinh Ngo for my typo on Campaign of Nanman
Thanks to gKaiser for correcting a bunch of my typos
Thanks to Gene Ostrovsky for a detailed explanation on Wind Scroll
Thanks to Twoski for information on Huang Zhong and Xiahou Yuan
Thanks to Onehappyelf for a great place for finding nice items
Thanks to Wolf on his opinion on LUCK
Thanks to loppyc on some typos in getting Shadow Harness
Thanks to WilHiteWarrior for info on the "Horse" event in Tong Gate
Thanks to Makien on the bow "zoom-in" feature
Thanks to Nelson Liu on his Elixir comment
Thanks to Jesse Haglund for fixing my Unification of Jing typo
In closing I'd like to say thank you for all the e-mails. I didn't reply to
all of my e-mails, and those either had nothing to do with the game, had
bashing, was in the FAQ, and/or could not be understandable. The FAQ will
be left as is, and I apologize for any recent e-mails I may have trashed.
Time has moved on and being an employee at GameStop the game is a bit outdated
so I'm playing the newer titles. The FAQ will be re-edited when Dynasty
Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends comes out though. The release date is November at
the moment. I have no intention of updating until the release of DW4:XL and
I hope I provided you with the best of the best! Thank You! And a side note,
I never got into checking for how "Luck" works, and as for Charge Bracer I
never really used it, so I say pass on it and don't worry about it. All
characters should equip a Peacock Urn, Tortoise Amulet, Elixer and Wind
Scroll anyways. Any extra item capacity should be Tiger Amulet and a Horned
Helmet or something.
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3.1 Legal Stuff
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If you see this FAQ anywhere else it has been stolen. This FAQ is only gameFAQS
and KONGMING material. If it is seen ANYWHERE else please contact me ASAP,
so I can bust out a can of whup azzzz......butt :)
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