Fourth Weapons

Fourth weapons are pretty easy to come around in Orochi Warriors. All you need to do is play a 3, 4, or 5 star level on Hard. I have not confirmed this yet, but apparentaly beating any level on Chaos will net you the Fourth Weapon as well.

Unlike old SW/DW title, fourth weapons don't come with set skills. They just have ridiculously high attack (100 for Lu Bu and Tadakatsu ). You can modify the weapons however you like. So in my opinion, its not worth Weapon Fusing until you've picked yourself up a fourth weapon.

Just to clear up some confusion, the fourth weapons aren't special at all, they just have REALLY high attack power. You can get more than one fourth weapon and use them in fusions. The fourth weapons are simply in weapon boxes that are normally in the levels. As long as you have it on at least Hard/3 Stars you should get at least one, if not two fourth weapons per play through per character. Yes, all three of your characters can potentially get a fourth and, no, its not that rare

Also, its worth mentioning that anyone can pick up the box and ALL three characters get a weapon.

Happy Hunting!

Horses

Unfortuneatly the only unique horses you can get are Red Hare and Matsukaze. You get one or the other, randomly, at the start of each stage when you have Level 10 Cavalier equipped. The generic horses you start with get better as your Cavalier level increases. Here's the generals that unlock Cavalier upgrades.

1. Zhang Liao
2. Mituhide Akechi
3. Yoshihiro Shimazu
4. Ieyasu Tokugawa
5. Ma Chao
6. Yoshimoto Imagawa
7. Guan Yu
8. Liu Bei
9. Keiji Maeda
10. Lu Bu

Those are listed in the easiest order to unlock the characters. You should be able to get up to Level 5 after just starting the game.

Unlocking the Level 8X Stage
credit Xegaldis

On Level 7 of each story mode, do the following -

SW: Get 1000 kills.
Shu: Escape Edo Castle in 2 minutes with your allies.
Wei: Defeat Da Ji within 1 minute of her defection.
Wu: Have Sun Jian's army join yours within 3 minutes of the start of the battle.


Personal Items

Personal Item Requirements (PIR) are listen under Character names in the "Character Unlock" Section below. You can play on any difficulty setting. confirmed by kakusei

As for what the personal items do, they're really aren't that magnificent:

1. They increase the strength of your R1 abilities.
2. Unlock the fourth background

That's it...

Character Unlock

Wu Story

Starting Characters

Sun Ce
PIR: Wu Level 4 - In five minutes save Sun Jian and Defeat Pang De. Get 500 KOs in no time limit.

Ieyasu Tokugawa
PIR: Wu Story 1 - Sun Ce cannot be in your party. In 10 minutes defeat the ambushes, get 200 KOs, witness the Sun Ce / Ranmaru event.

Hanzo Hattori
PIR: Wu Story 6 - Lure the 4 generals into the castle and beat them there, defeat the two bridge guards, defeat the generals on the east, defeat 300 KOs, after the bridge falls defeat Zhou Tai.

Unlockable Characters

Zhou Yu – beat Wu level 1
PIR: Wu Story 3 - Escort Sakon to the middle, defeat the 4 Shimazu generals that charge after Sakon's plan, get 200 KOs.

Ranmaru Mori - Beat Wu Level 1
PIR: Wu Story 2 - In 7 minutes, defeat generals on the way to Sakon, defeat task leader after enemy fire attack, defeat ambush led by Ling Tong, defeat Sakon when Zhou Yu tells you to, defeat Gan Ning after he is charged with an ambush the foil it, beat everyone but Lu Xun, get 300 KOs.

Taishi Ci – beat Wu Level 2
PIR: Wu Level 5 - Defeat all generals up to Sun Quan and get 300 KOs.

Kotaro Fuuma - In Wu Level 2X, beat him after all supply houses have been saved and all captains reach the base
Note: This one can be a bit annoying if you don't go in prepared. The bases are easy enough to retake, however, the Supply Captains are idiots. The one on the far right and the one on the far left will march around the outside and use the West and East Gate, repsectively, to get back in. However, the middle Suuply Captain uses the main entrance. if you save escorting him for last, he'll try to wade through territoy that is now infested by Kotaro's troops. So, just retake and escort the central supply captain first and you should be fine.
PIR: Wu Story 6 - In 10 minutes, beat the NE Officer, Cao Ren, and Zhen Ji (in that order), and get 300 KOs.
Note2: Do not destory the bridge.

Lu Meng – beat Wu level 3
PIR: Wu Level 7X - In 4 minutes beat Tadakatsu and get 100 KOs.

Sakon Shima - Beat Wu Level 3
PIR: Wu Level 8X - Defeat general in the south, beat captains on the boats, suceceed in the fire attack, beat Date, get 300 KOs.

Nouhime - Stop all messengers in Wu Level 3X
Note: Definition of ANNOYING. DONT WASTE TIME KILLING ANY GENERALS UNTIL YOU BEAT ALL MESSENGERS. First of all make sure you have Impulse and Cavalier on. I use Kotaro just because he's good on a horse and fast off a horse. As soon as the level starts take out all three gate captains. Your gate captains are your best friends because they'll hold off Messengers you miss. Three messengers will have already appeared. Hopefully you're still on your horse. Quickly kill all three and then head south, this is where the messengers appear. Kill them as they appear and only leave the south if one gets away. Also, try to keep your gates, however, DONT go retake one unless ur chasing a messenger in that general direction. There is no message congratulating you for beating all the messengers, so just keeping killing until they stop coming.
Note2: You cannot have Nobunaga in your team!
PIR: Wu Level 2X - All supply captains reach the main camp.

Kunoichi - Escort all peasents in Wu Level 4X
Note: Pretty easy. Just make sure that everytime you save someone, that you rush back to the beginning and kill the genreal there. If you attack the one closer to the exit, the person you're trying to protect might get killed by the other general
PIR: Wu Level 5X - Go to where Zhang He will appear and beat generals, beat Zhang He and his generics, get 100 KOs, meet with Da Qiao.

Inahime - Beat Wu Level 5
PIR: Wu Level 6X - Get all allies to Keiji and get 300 KOs within 20 minutes.
Note: This is also what you have to do to unlock Keiji.

Sun Shang Xiang – beat Wu Level 5
PIR: Wu Level 7 - Rescue Sun Jian and Sun Quan, Get 300 KOs, beat Dong Zhou, Zhang He, and Sima Yi. Beat generals until the special item message comes up.

Da Qiao – In Wu Level 5X, meet Da Qiao first
Note: Easy. Just go straight towards the yellow. She and Sun Ce have to meet, but you don't really have to worry about it. Sun Ce will head straight for her as well
PIR: Wu Level 4X - Get all the presents and get 300 KOs.

Zhou Tai – beat Wu Level 6
PIR: Wu Level 7 - Save Sun Jian and Sun Quan, get 200 KOs, Defeat Sima Yi. Meet Da Ji.

Keiji Maeda - In Wu Level 6X, lead all allies to Keiji before he gets bored
Note: Ugh.. did I say Nohime was annoying, well I lied. This is ANNOYING. I've done this a million different ways and this is the one that seems to work the best. First of all, DO NOT use Zhou Tai. If you do, Cheng Pu will arrive as reinforcement in the north and he dies very easily. Instead, don't use Zhou Tai and he'll appear instead. Now, basically what you're doing in this level is beating the drum whenever Lu Meng tells you to, and then leading the general to Keiji's fort. However, it's not as easy as it sounds. Your generals are idiots and will stop to kill every last enemy. Also, Keiji will send out ambushes every now and then that you're going to have to deal with. You're going to need an EXCELLENT general killer and a pretty good crowd clearer. I suggest Nagamasa or Kotaro for general killer. Start the mission off by ignoring Lu Meng, instead clear out the entire north. Work quickly, focus on Base Captains, generals, and troop leaders. Head South though the center of the boats doing the same. When you hit the bottom end of the center, head back west and deal with the base captains on that remote island. Finally head back north to your camp and hit the drums to summon up Zhu Zi. Plunge back into the boats and deal with more base captains and generals. Base Maintanence and Clog Maintanence is crucial. By that I mean, make sure you kill all enemy base captains, and kill handfuls of enemies that threaten your bases. Whenever Lu Meng tells you, go hit the drums. However, your priorities shoudl be, in this order: Keiji's enemy ambushes, base maintanence, drum hitting, and finally clog maintanece. By that I mean, killin the pockets of enemies that are blocking the south or north path to Keiji or the pockets of enemies that are blocking your generals' reinforcements from rear bases. The generals from the drums come in this order: Zhu Zi, Ieyasu, Zhou Tai, Ina, Hanzo. Once Hanzo is called you should be compeletely devouted to clog maintanence. YOur bases aren't as important, just get your boys to Keiji as fast as possible. He gets bored around 20 minutes after the level starts. You'll be really short for time. Also, final note be careful when attacking the generals near Keiji. If you get too close he'll call you out. You can screw up three times, but the third he'll get annoyed and come out. Also, don't trust your generals, make sure the area near Keiji is completely clear or else they won't approach the fort. You'll get message saying when each has reached and when they all do Kieji will say "You're on fire..." only when you recieve this message have you suceeded. Anything else and you haven't.
PIR: Wu Level 3X - Defeat Dong Zhuo, Zhen Ji, and Date

Sun Jian – Beat Wu level 7
PIR: Wu Level 8 - IN 15 minutes, get 300 KOs and infiltrate Koishi castle. No Sun family members can die.

Sun Quan – beat Wu Level 7
PIR: Wu Level 8 - Get all cannon bases, after all generals ahve been beaten kill Lu Bu

Shu Story

Starting Characters

Zhao Yun
PIR: Shu Level 7 - In ten minutes, get 100 KOs, beat Zhang Fei, beat Guan Yu, and suceed in the fire attack.

Xing Cai
PIR: Shu Level 1 - Zhao Yun cannot be in your party. In five minutes take the left path around, defeat Zhang He, and get 100 KOs.
Note: You should probably keep Yoshihiro Shimazu and Ginchiyo out of your team so they can protect Zhao Yun.

Yoshihiro Shimazu
PIR: Shu Level 2X - Get 300 KOs, suceed in Jiang Wei's plan, and beat Zhang He 2 minutes after plan is launched.

Unlockable Characters

Ginchiyo Tachibana - Beat Shu Level 5
PIR: Shu Level 7 - In 7 minutes defeat all the amush troops in the forts (knock down tower, follow scout, kill lone troop). Afte that, with no time limit, get 300 KOs, and kill Dong Zhuo.

Yue Ying - Beat Shu Level 2
PIR: Shu Level 3 - Defeat all ten messengers, take the back route to the castle, defat Yukimura when he charges, get 300 KOs.

Magoichi Saika - Beat Shu level 2
PIR: Shu Level 4 - Within 8 minutes rescue all allies and get 300 KOs

Jiang Wei - In Shu Level 2X, carry out Jiang Wei's plan
Note: Pretty easy. You just need to be able to see the guy ur luring to get him to follow you
PIR: Shu Level 3X - In 4 minutes, save all Hojo generals, have Pang De praise you, and kill Cao Ren.
Note: Having Wei Yan in your team will speed up convos and save time.

Yukimura Sanada - beat Shu Level 3
PIR: Shu Level 7 - Within 10 Minutes, defeat Guan Yu and get 300 KOs.

Wei Yan - beat Shu Level 3
PIR: Shu Level 4X - Find all ten Goemonn boxes in 2 minutes, defeat Kotaro Fuma, defeat Muashi, get 300 KOs
Note: Red Hare / Matsukaze REALLY helps!

Pang De – In Shu Level 3X, rescue all the Hojo generals
Note: Uh... I didn't save like one or maybe even two Hojo generals and I still got him. I think as long as you save a handful of them, Ujimasas Hojo being one of that handful, you'll be fine. Pretty easy.
PIR: Shu Level 1 - Defeat Zhang He and get 300 KOs.

Zhu Rong - Beat Shu Level 4
PIR: Shu Level 5X - Before allies are attack by both sides get 300 KOs (less than 3 minutes).

Meng Huo - Beat Shu Level 4
PIR: Shu Level 6X - Defeat Zhang He, Ina, then Lu Bu with all swordsmen alive. Get 300 KOs.

Goemon Ishikawa - Break all his boxes in Shu Level 4X
Note: There are ten boxes you have to break credit xegaldis. All of them are before the point where Goemonn is fighting Okuni. Also, make sure you defeat Musashi. This will buy you some extra time as he will hold Goemonn off at the escape point.
PIR: Shu Level 2 - Rescue Yue Ying in 4 minutes, get 300 KOs, defeat Zhuge Liang.

Date Masamune - Beat Shu Level 5X and clear all side missions
Note: Pretty simple. Just rush into the center with Magoichi and clear generals until Masamune compliments Magoichi by saying something about "he used himself as a decoy teo attack from the flanks.." After that, just make sure all other generals are dead, and then you're free to kill Date.
PIR: Shu Level 6 - In 10 minutes, beat Diao Chan, beat Kotaro, beat Cao ren and his generic, suceed in the fire attack, and get 100 KOs.

Yuan Shao - Beat Shu Level 6
PIR: Shu Level 7X - Defeat Dong Zhuo within 2 minutes of his arrival and get 300 KOs.

Musashi Miyamoto - In Shu Level 6X, open the dam and keep all the swordsmen alive
Note:: Fairly straight forward. Just escort Musashi to the castle in the center/south of the stage and beat Lu Bu before any of his swordsmen generals is killed. Mushasi will fight every last enemy so make sure you take care of base captains as you plow your way through. I had a level 40 Ginchiyo and a level 43 Yue Ying when I first did this and Lu Bu was a joke. Just keep spammin Yue Ying's jump charges on generals and Ginchiyo's R1 clears crowds very quickly.
PIR: Shu Story 6 - Get 1000 KOs

Zhang Fei - Beat Shu level 7
PIR: Shu Level 8X - IN 10 minutes, secure he enmey supply line, get 300 KOs, and beat Lu Bu

Zhuge Liang - Beat Shu Level 7
PIR: Shu Story 8 - Thwart all of Da Ji's plans, kill every general, get 300 KOs

Guan Yu - Beat Shu Level 7
PIR: Shu Level 8X - Secure the enemy supply line, get 300 KOs, and beat Lu Bu

Liu Bei - Beat Shu Level 8
PIR: Shu Story 8 - Thwart all of Da Ji's plans, kill every general, get 300 KOs

Samurai Warriors Story

Starting Characters

Oda Nobunaga
PIR: SW Story 1 - Before Cao Pi arrives (at 8 killed officers) defeat 500 enemies, 6-7 officers, form alliances with Guan Ping and Huang Zhogn, and keep Guan Ping and Huang Zhong over 80% HP.

Mitsuhide Akechi
PIR: SW Story 4 - Save Sakon and escort him without letting him take damage. Get 400 KOs.

Hideyoshi Toyotomi
PIR: SW Level 8X- In 7 minutes get 100KOs and take over Bai Di Castle.

Unlockable Characters

Guan Ping - Beat SW Level 1
PIR: SW Level 5X - In 12 minutes, escort the cavalry, get 200 KOs, kill Cao Ren when he advances, and kill Zhou Tai after Kanetsugu arrives.

Huang Zhong - Beat SW Level 1
PIR: SW Story 2 - Escort Toshiee to fire site, defeat in order: Dong Xi, Zhou Yu, Sun Shang Xiang, & Da Ji, get 300 KOs.

Ma Chao - In SW Level 2X, save all peasants and keep Ma Chao alive
Note: The trick here is to take all the bases surrounding the central area BEFORE saving Ma Chao. Once you save him, the peasants start moving and will die very easily. Start off by heading to the gate in the central/north area of the map and deal with the Gate Captain. Then head down and take the two Gates slightly left of the center of the map. Cross back over the bridge and save Ma Chao. The peasants will make their way into the center and be ambushed by Dong Zhuo from the east and Ieyasu from the north. Head North and deal with Ieyasu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and your generic officer will be able to deal with Dong Zhuo and keep them away from the Peasants until you get back. Once you beat all six ambush generals, follow the peasants into the stone sentinel maze. There's only two officers in here, deal with them both and clean up peons and then Ma Chao will escort them the rest of the way. Make sure you get the "Ma Chao Joins" Message before beating the level.
PIR: SW Level 3X - Rescue and escort Lu Xun, get 300 KOs, defeat 11 officers

Xiao Qiao – beat SW Level 3
PIR: SW Level 7X - Get 300 KOs, Defeat Zhang He, get all Messengers to escape point

Okuni - Beat SW Level 3
PIR: SW Level 4X - Protect all transport units, get 150 KOs, defeat Lu Bu in 1-2 minutes of his arrival

Zhang Jiao - Beat SW Level 3
PIR: SW Level 5 - In Minutes, defeat magicians, defeat Diao Chan, defeat the 3 generals in the southeast fort, and in no time limit, get 300 KOs.

Lu Xun – In SW Level 3X, get Lu Xun back to your base
Note: Very easy, I don't even remember doing it. Just go through the leve and you'll get him
PIR: SW Level 7 - In 12 minutes, stop falling rocks, beat Masamune, get 300 KOs

Dong Zhuo - Beat SW Level 4X without letting any money get to the Dong
PIR: SW Level 3 - In five minutes and in order, defeat Sakon, Xiao Qiao, and then Okuni. Then in no time limit get 500 KOs

Ling Tong – Beat SW Level 5
PIR: SW Level 6 - In 5 minutes, defeat Zhang He and get 100 KOs

Cao Ren - In SW Level 5X, save the Shingen-Ueguesi Army two mintues after the level starts, safely escort the horsemen, and then defeat Cao Ren when he rushes.
Note: Another simple one. Just escort the horsemen one at a time to the exit point. Whenever you get the chance rush south to defeat more generals and relieve stress from your main base. You only need to escort three horsemen. Cao Ren will challenge you even before the cavalary arrives.
PIR: SW Level 6X - Defeat fleeing generals, defeat SSX and Ina with 2 minutes, get 300 KOs

Sima Yi – In SW Level 6X stop Sima Yi’s plan by killing the two retreating generals
Note: You just need to act quickly. Have a good general killer (ie, Kotaro), rush to one general, kill him, rush to the other and kill him. Then all you need to do is beat Sima Yi.
Note2: There is some convo btw. Nobunaga and Sima Yi when I got him, so having Nobunaga in the team or having them meet might be a requiement. Not 100% sure.
PIR: Wei Story 6 - Get 200 KOs, beat the guard captains on the wall, THEN beat Oiichi within 3 minutes
Note: Head up the right side of the map to do this more quickly and then jump off the wall.

Kanetsugu Naoe - Beat SW Level 7
PIR: SW Level 5 - Within 4 minutes, defeat Da Qiao and Diao Chan and then in no limit get 300 KOs

Shingen Takeda - Beat SW Level 7
PIR: SW Level 8 - Defeat Lu Bu when he charges, defeat Da Ji 2 minutes after Lu Bu, get 500 KOs.

Kenshin Uesugi - beat SW Level 7
PIR: SW Level 8 - Within 8 minutes get all cannons, and in no limit get 500 KOs

Wei Story

Starting Characters

Cao Pi
PIR: Wei Level 2X - in 7 minutes beat Yukimura, the Nanzhong Reinforcements, and 400 enemies. DO NOT kill Zhao Yun.

Zhang Liao
PIR: Wei Level 3X - In 3 minutes, kill Kotaro, Hanzo, and Kunoichi. Kill 300 enemies with no time limit.
Note: In order to get Kunoichi to come out either beat Kotaro and Hanzo or defeat all the spy captains. The fastests way to do this is the run straight to the Northeast, beat Hanzo and Kotaro when they appear and then head straight over to the left to beat Kunoichi.

Xu Huang
PIR: Wei Level 1 - Defeat, in order, Xu Zhu, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Jiao. Defeat 500 enemies.

Unlockable Characters

Xu Zhu – Beat Wei Level 1
PIR: Wei Level 4X - Defeat the 4 generals in the center, defeat Shingen and Kenshin, defeat Imagawa's subgenerals when he arrives, do not allow any workmen into the castle.

Mitsunari Ishida - Beat Wei Level 2
PIR: Wei Level 3 - In seven minutes, defeat Mori Ranmaru and 300 enemies.

Zhang He – In Wei Level 2X, save Zhang He and protect the base
Note: Very easy. Just go beat the guy next to him and don't lose.
Note2: Apparently people have had problems with this. I figured out that Cao Pi and Zhang He need to meet in order for you to obtain him. Easiest way to do this is to just stick Cao Pi in your team. Yahtzee!
PIR: Wei Level 2 - Defend All 3 forts, reiforcements arrive succesfully, get 300 KOs.

Nene - In Wei Level 3X, beat both Nene clones in 4 minutes
Note: Also an easy one. 4 minutes seems short but it really isn't. First beat the spy captains to the center/west. Head north from there to take out the first clone then cut throught the center to take out the other. Of course, you need Cavalier and it probably helps to have cleared out all the other generals and troops before killing the spy captains just so no one knocks you off your horse.
PIR: Wei Level 8X - Protect Engineers, Defeat Keiji, Defeat Lu Bu, get 500 KOs.

Pang Tong - beat Wei Level 4
PIR: Wei Level 5 - Defeat the ambush generals, defeat Cao Cao and Sun Jian, get 200 KOs.

Xiahou Dun – beat Wei Level 4
PIR: Wei Level 6 - In five minutes, defeat Oichi and her sub generals, meet Da Ji, take the two gates that you are told to take, and get 200 KOs.

Xiahou Yuan – Beat Wei Level 4
PIR: Wei Level 6X - Save Zhen Ji, defeat all the magicians, defeat the fake Cao Pi.

Yoshimoto Imagawa - In Wei Level 4X, stop all ploy troops
Note: There's two things you need to worry about; killing all the engineers quickly enough and keeping your allies safe. However, the engineers appear too quickly to stop to help out your boys, so you're going to have towork quickly at the beginning. There are eight engineers and they appear in a counterclockwise circle, starting in the northwest (the next is SW, SE, NE, NW, SW, etc..) the their appearance rate increase after the you kill the third engineer, so after that you can't loiter at all! Just keep riding in a clockwise circle and you should be able to kill hem all. I had Level 7 Cavalier when I did this and my Zhang Liao coudl kill engineers in one hit from atop his horse. Anyway, that takes care of engineers, you still need to keep your boys safe while you ride around the camp. To do this you need to deal with the enenmy officers BEFORE the engineers appear. As soon as you kill the initial generals in the camp, ride imemadeatly NW, Shingen and his troops will arrive here. (this is where the first engineer will appear also). Kill as many of Shingen's generals as you can, saving Shingen for last. As soon as the first engineer appears leave Shingen's camp and kill the engineer. You probably have time to ride into camp and kill one more general before the second engineer arrives, but after that just ride in a counter clockwise circle aorund the camp so you're in the right area when the next engineer appears.
PIR: Wei Level 4 - Stop the engineer from making the bridge, kill Pang Tong before he escapes into the stone sentinel maze, and get 150 KOs.

Huang Gai – beat Wei Level 5
PIR: Wei Level 4 - Beat Xiahou Dun and get 100 KOs.

Diao Chan - Beat Wei Level 5X with Diao Chan Alive
Note: Very easy. Just beat the level.
PIR: Wei Level 7 - Beat all enemy officers expect Zhuge Liang and Dong Zhuo with all of your officers still alive.

Gan Ning – beat Wei Level 6
PIR: Wei Level 7X - In 3 minutes, save the two Yellow generals and beat Lu Bu. W/o a time limit, get 500 KOs.

Nagamasa Azai - Beat Wei Level 6
PIR: Wei Level 7 - Before Da Ji Defects, beat Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, and get 100 KOs.

Oichi - Beat Wei Level 6
PIR: Wei Level 5X - Save Diao Chan, Defeat Dong Zhou, and get 300 KOs.

Zhen Ji – In Wei Level 6X defeat all magicians and the Fake
Cao Pi
Note: Fairly simple, just defeat the magicians in the bases and then have Cao Pi rendevous with Zhen Ji. Upon their meeting, the Fake Cao Pi will arrive. Defeat him and then wait for another dialouge between Zhen Ji and Cao Pi. Cao Pi will tell Zhen Ji that everything is ok. If you're having trouble initiating this convo just stick Cao Pi in your team (credit xegaldis).
PIR: In Wei Level 5 - Defeat Hideyasu Toyotomi (ambush general), defeat Sun Jian, Defeat the cannon guard captain in the castle's first floor, defeat Cao Cao, defeat the three Orochi reinforcements, and get 200 KOs.

Cao Cao – Beat Wei Level 7
PIR: Wei Level 8 - In 5 minutes defeat Masamune and Keiji (after he leaves), and get 200 KOs.

Dian Wei – Beat Wei Level 7
PIR: Wei Level 8x - As soon as the level starts rush to Lu Bu and kill him, then get 300 KOs

Others

Zuo Ci - Beat All four main stories
PIR: Wei Level 8 - Get 300 KOs and beat Lu Bu

Lu Bu - Beat Lu Bu in every Level 8X stage (Shu, Wu, Wei, and SW)
PIR: Wu Stage 8X - get 1000 KOs in 9 minutes.

Tadakatsu Honda - Impress him in all Level 7X stages
Note: Impressing Tadakatsu means the following - Shu 7X, kill Lu Bu within two minutes of his arrival and keep all peasants alive; Wu 7X , when Tadakatsu shows up for the second time beat him in under 2 minutes; Wei 7X, get the south base as soon as the level starts; SW 7X, escort messenger to northeast base, keep all allied generals alive, and beat Lu Bu
Note(Shu): Not that difficult. You're just going to need a decent crowd clearer and a good general killer (as always I recomend Kotaro or a pimped out Guan Ping). Kill the first two generals, one of the is outside the fort at the beginning and may deal some damage to the peasants if you don't act quickly. I had plently of time from there to head down south and clear some generals for Yukimura. Main thing though, is getting over to the large northeastern area before the peseants do. This will halt the Orochi generals from doing any damage. From this point on just nurse the peasants, deal with Lu Bu and then do some peon killing. You'll probably even have time to go back and wipe out a bunch of generals (Guan Ping can take down packs by the second. After the level "ended" he said "Chalk One Up to Me" five times before the level really ended becasue I killed so many generals so quickly
Note(Wu): Nothing much to say here. Use a good general killer. Kotaro with Ice and Flash works wonders as always
Note(Wei): Easiest of them all. Charge straight down and kill the two generals attacking Tadakatsu's men
Note(SW): This one is really simple, but can be annoying if you don't know what to do. Reinforcements must show up!!. Escorting the Messenger isn't enough. Start by killing the two generals ahead of you. Head up and deal with Zhang He and the Orochi. Then head up and save the Messenger. Quickly clear a path to the far east base. Befor heading in save the lone general on the east side, he's the most likely to die. After that, head into the base and kill Lu Bu. Peon clear the way for your messenger then wait a few minutes for reinforcements to arrive before attacking Date.
PIR: SW Level 7 - Keep Kenshin, Shingen, and Kanestugu alive and have all officers except Da Ji dead. You don't have to get the KOs. Get 300 KOs.

Da Ji - Beat Every Level (Including X-Stages)
PIR: SW Level 2X - Defeat 200 enemies, Defeat Dong Zhuo and Ieyasu, Defeat Sima Yi.

Orochi - Unlock All other Characters
PIR: SW Stage 8X - In 8 minutes and with all allies alive, take the Stone Sentinel Maze to Bai Di Castle, Defeat the officer Guarding the Door, Defeat all enemy reinforcements, get 200 KOs.

This message was edited by BrokenKnights on Nov 26 2007.

I'll be adding little startegies for some of the trickier unlocks. Of course, the easiest way to do them all is just to set the game difficulty on Easy... but who wants to do that.

So far I've added strategies for:

Kotaro Fuma
Ma Chao

where is the dam for Musashi Miyamoto?

Funaoka Castle, its the one in the center/south of the map. Just go there and beat the officer. It's Lu Bu so have fun

This message was edited by BrokenKnights on Sep 22 2007.

Yay, I did unlock Kotaro. I wasn't sure if all the officers were in the castle or not, and I accidently killed Kotaro but it ended out, they were in the castle and I did unlock him =D

Added strategies for Nohime, Lu Xun, Jiang Wei, and Pang De. Nohime's probably the only one anyone will need advice with.

As soon as I start figuring out how to get Fourth Weapons and Unique Items, I'll get those up as well.

EDIT:

Added Nene and Zhang He strategies. They're pretty straight forward though.

How do You unlock the 8x stage.

I'm not 100% sure, but ive gotten it by beating Level 7 and Level 7X or just by beating Level 8.

Just thinking about the fourth weapons part. When you beat any level with a 4 or 5 star rating, and on Hard mode, do you get the fourth weapon for all three of your characters, or is it the one who delivers the final blow?

The first time I did it, I got it for all 3. I actually got 2 Obilvions for Yue Ying and 1 of each fourth for Ginchiyo and Mushasi. The second time, I took Nobunaga, Yue Ying, and Ginchiyo. I got one for GInchiyo and one for Nobunaga. Again, not 100% sure, but I just think there's a chance that the weapon boxes you pick up hold them.

NOTE:

Added all of Wei's Personal Item Requirements. Hopefully, will get more up today. School start tomorrow so I may not have time later in the week....

quote BrokenKnights

The first time I did it, I got it for all 3. I actually got 2 Obilvions for Yue Ying and 1 of each fourth for Ginchiyo and Mushasi. The second time, I took Nobunaga, Yue Ying, and Ginchiyo. I got one for GInchiyo and one for Nobunaga. Again, not 100% sure, but I just think there's a chance that the weapon boxes you pick up hold them.

OH! So that mean that you can Fuse two lvl four weapons in different waysfor one character. for example having one for pure might and another one for the heck of it??? Nice! Havn't yet got the hang of this with growth points, are there a maximum lvl or can you continue into Oblivion

The Fourth weapons are EXACTLY like the first, second, and third except that they have MUCH higher base attack. if you've been fusing weapons, then there's abosultely no diffrence. So yeah, technically you could have a bunch of Fourth Weapons with different stats, thats a lot of growth points though.

As far as level maximums, the most you can put on a stat like Fire, Absorb, Flash, etc.. is 10 and the most +Attack you can put on is 20.

And as far as when you get the weapon, I'm not sure what you mean. You pick up the nomral weapon boxes in the level and then you see if any of those were fourths after the level. I don't think you can just run through the level w/o picking up any boxes and still get a fourth just for beating it. If that were the case then my Yue Ying would've gotten another oblivion (her 4th weapon) on my second try.

hmm... man BK, your the best. How come you know so much? I got my game yesterday, together with a new phone and a laptop. So I've merely started on the shu story, gonna start playong 4 real at end of the week.

Clairified what "impress" means for Lu Bu and Tadakatsu. For Lu Bu, just beat him in all four levels and for Tadakatsu there's certain things you have to do. If you're having trouble with the 2 minute things, just put it on easy. It's not that difficult though.