--------------------------------------------------- Complete Walkthrough/FAQ for Destiny of an Emperor --------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0 Copyright © 2003 Aaron Ringgenberg This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. To ask for permission to use this guide, to give a suggestion, or if you have any comments in general, email me at chzn8r@hotmail.com. Credits: -My older brother Jon who introduced me to this game when I was just a young lad. -The webmaster of kongming.net, for providing me with some info and secrets I was unaware of before. -The ancient Chinese people for actually performing all the events that this game was based off of. -Capcom for making such an awesome game! ------------------ Table of Contents ------------------ I. About ----------- Walkthrough ----------- II. Getting Started III. The Yellow Scarves Rebellion IV. Dong Zhou V. Yuan Shu VI. Yuan Shao VII. Jing Zhou VIII. Shu IX. Wu X. Wei ---------- Appendices ---------- XI. Characters & Generals XII. Equipment XIII. Items XIV. Tactics XV. Experience Levels XVI. Game Genie Codes XVII. Version History --------- I. About --------- Destiny of an Emperor, released by Capcom on the NES in 1989, is a very underrated and not well known RPG. However, it is not only a long and enjoyable game, but it is based on a true period of ancient Chinese history, known as the Three Kingdoms period, which lasted about 50 years in the 200s A.D. If you would like to learn more about this story, there are many websites that have full information on the spectacular wars and unique people that shaped this period of the past. The largest site I know of, which covers every Three Kingdoms game, is www.kongming.net. There you can find full descriptions and history for any of the amazing characters that you learn of while playing this game. -------------------- II. Getting Started -------------------- An opening sequence shows 3 best friends, warriors Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu, swearing an oath of loyalty to each other in a peach garden in a small village. Afterwards, you learn of recent happenings from a wise man. In the little village talk to every person. One man, a merchant, will give you 200 gold and 1,000 rations, which are necessary for the start of the game. Also, there are two men standing next to each other: Song Ren and Song Yong. They will add their armies to your cause. However, they are both very weak. They won't be with you too long, so don't worry. Before you go outside, make sure to equip Liu Bei's, Guan Yu's, and Zhang Fei's weapons and armor, and give Liu Bei's dagger to Song Ren. When you go outside, go directly left to the castle Xu Zhou. When inside, go left and to the house in the trees. There you will meet Mi Zhe. He will join. Make him your active tactician. Now, go to the long building, shingled roof, no curtain on door. There's no name for this place, so we'll call it the eatery. Go in, and have Song Yong leave your party. He is weaker than Song Ren and Mi Zhe, and so you don't need him. Also, if you want a better chance for battles with higher EXP gain, fire Song Yong so you can fight him out in the open. Next, if you feel like using any of the 200 gold you started with, you can go to either of the two shops at the top of the town, one is the merchant's shop and the other is weapons and armor. Personally, I wait and save up for Leathers at this time. Whenever you need to heal your party, go to the closest building to the entrance to the town. That is the Inn. You can pay a small price there to cure all your armies. And lastly, to save the game, or in some cases invite Liu Bei to a newly conquered castle (Liu Bei becomes the emperor later), go to the medium building, shingle roof, plain door, no window. It's right above the Eatery and the food shop. You can find out how long you have to wait until your party increases a level when you save. Also note that if you ever run out of food, which is seldom because fort and castle battles give you a lot, you will be losing men every step you take out in the open, so get to the nearest food store quick. ---------------------------------- III. The Yellow Scarves Rebellion ---------------------------------- Now go to the palace and talk to the king. He says he is sick, and will make you his heir if you defeat the Yellow Scarves. So, our mission will be to crush the rebellion. For starters, your generals armies are very weak right now and you have little equipment. Spend time fighting battles outside against rebel, bandit, pirate, and brigand forces, and the occasional random general(s). You should get to level 4 before our next task, and have leathers for Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. and maybe a few bandanas to go around. Some elixer As wouldn't hurt, either. When you have done all this, follow the path directly west of Xu Zhou. Touch the camp entrance and Zhang Bao will make a threat to you, and the battle begins. *****BATTLE 1***** Zhang Bao - 299 Chen Yuan Zhi - 195 Rebel Force - 140 This is a rather easy fight. Start out by having Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu attack Zhang Bao, and have Song Ren and Mi Zhi use Lian Huo on Chen Yuan Zhi. Zhang Bao and Chen Yuan Zhi can both use Lian Huo, but rarely will it hurt. Once you have both of them down to below 100 men each, do an all out and finish them off. Zhang Bao will say you are too strong, and retreat. ****************** Enter the large middle tent in the camp and search the corner pot. You will find an Ax. Give it to Zhang Fei or Guan Yu. Give the replaced Flail to Song Ren, and his dagger to Mi Zhi. You should've gotten up to level 5 from that battle and learned Chi Xin. If so, go back to Xu Xhou, heal, and save. If not, fight random battles until you're at level 5. Then, head south of Xu Zhou and you will find another camp. Zhang Jao mentions you routing his brother and says the guy was a fool anyways. Now he gives out a threat! Time to fight! *****BATTLE 2***** Zhang Jao - 346 Zheng Mao - 153 Han Zhong - 204 Rebel Force - 120 Rebel Force - 100 This battle is a bit tougher than the last one, but not by much. Have Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu attack to get Han Zhong below 100 men, and have Song Ren and Mi Zhi use Lian Huo to bring down Zheng Mao. Once they're below 100, concentrate on just attacking Zhang Jao. Use Chi Xin to heal if necessary, and if Zhang Jao heals one of the other two generals, attack them again. After Zhang Jao has less that 100 men, do an all out attack. The battle will end shortly, and Zhang Jao will retreat. ****************** In the camp, enter the largest middle tent and obtain an Ax from a treasure chest. Equip it on Zhang Fei or Guan Yu, whoever didn't get the last one. After this, return to Xu Zhou, heal, save, and then go north to Qing Zhou. DO NOT ATTACK THIS CASTLE FROM THE FRONT! You would be confronted by Zhang Jao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, Zheng Mao, and Chen Yuan Zhi. The result would not be pretty. Instead, move around to the back of the entrance and press the castle from there. You will only meet up with Zhang Liang. *****BATTLE 3***** Zhang Liang - 259 Rebel Force - 120 Rebel Force - 100 Zhang Lian has no tactics. Immediately all out attack. If any of your men look about to die, pull out and use Chi Xin to heal them. This shouldn't happen, though. ****************** After the battle, DO NOT try and enter the city! You have not taken it over yet. If you do attack, you will be faced with all those generals I stated previously. However, you should now see a cave opened up behind Qing Zhou. Don't go in yet, because you can't get through if you're not a Yellow Scarves rebel. What you must do is wander the country until you meet up with Han Zhong, whose loyalty to Zhang Jao is quavery. If you battle him, you will capture him, but he may request a steed or money upon joining. Make sure you have a steed on hand, they can be bought at the merchant shop in Xu Zhou. Once Han Zhong is on your side, heal, save, and enter the cave. Put Han Zhong in front of your party, and talk to the man by the water. He will make a bridge. You may return Liu Bei to the front of your line, now. Cross, and then go left and up to get an Ax from a treasure chest. Equip it on whom you please, preferably Liu Bei. This cave is very small and easy to navigate. Find 3 men standing side by side. They are the Zhang brothers. Fight them. *****BATTLE 4***** Zhang Jao - 346 Zhang Bao - 299 Zhang Liang - 259 Your armies are now pitted against the 3 strong generals who previously retreated from you. However, you hold the brains and the superior numbers, so this will be a swift and sure battle. Have Liu Bei, Han Zhong, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu all attack Zhang Liang and Mi Zhi use Lian Huo on him, to wipe out his army first, because his is the smallest and physically strongest. After he is dead, go for Zhang Bao, but don't use tactics on him. Tactics are generally less effective against opposing tacticians. Heal your forces when necessary. Once he is dead, all out verses Zhang Jao. He may be able to use Chi Xin, but it won't make up for all the damage you do to him. Once they're all dead, you can wipe the dust off your armor with their faces for all I care. The rebellion is over. ****************** Exit the cave through the entrance in front of you. Enter Qing Zhou and go to the house up and to the right. Enter and talk to Chen Deng. He will join your force. Replace Han Zhong with him, because he has higher attack and much higher intelligence. You can make him your tactician, though he has the same intelligence as Mi Zhi. -------------- IV. Dong Zhou -------------- Return to Xu Zhou and talk to the king, who is lying on the bed in the back room. He will give up his rule to Liu Bei, who will in turn leave you in order to stay and rule. However, his son, Liu Fend, will be a worthy replacement, with more men, and slightly higher strength. Save the game and head south as far as you can go, until you get to another fort you haven't been to yet. When you enter, Sun Ce (ruler of the Wu kingdom) tells you he attacked, but failed because Dong Zhou's forces were too strong, and Yuan Shu didn't send reinforcements. He leaves you. Don't worry, this battle isn't at all as tough as Sun Ce said. *****BATTLE 5***** Hua Xiong - 439 Li Su - 299 Rebel Force - 100 Rebel Force - 100 Rebel Force - 140 These enemies know no tactics, so an all out straight from the start wouldn't be suicide, except that Xua Xiong has 162 strength, almost twice as much as any general you've fought so far! Plus, his immense army will take a few turns to bring down. Attack him and have Mi Zhi / Chen Deng use Lian Huo. When Hua Xiong is dead, all out to destroy the rest of them. ****************** In the camp, go to the back and talk to Yang Jin, who will join you. Have him replace Mi Zhi. Then, go into the right tent for an Ax. In the middle tent you'll find an Inn. Stay there if you must. Go back outside. If you want to go back to Xu Zhou to save, you may. Once ready, walk 8 paces west and 1 pace south of the entrance of the camp. Search the spot and find Chi Tu Ma, who is Lu Bu's best horse (you'll meet Lu Bu soon). The person who has Chi Tu Ma will be MUCH faster in battle, and probably go first every turn. I suggest giving it to Zhang Fei, if you want his strong attack first, or to your best tactic user, so you can get healings and other tactics in before other attacks in a battle. **Note: From here on for a while, make sure to always have a steed with you. Be on the lookout for Hua Xiong, and if you fight him, hopefully you can capture him! He can replace Yang Jin.** Travel west of the camp and immediately upwards to the cave there. On the first level of the cave, go either all the way left or right, go to the back of the floor, take the stairs and get about 1,000 coins in a chest. Return to the entrance to the cave. Go up the middle, go left or right, and take the fork downward. On the next floor, walk until there is a big fork. Go downward. Take the stairs, and on the next floor go left and up to the stairs. Obtain the Gold Key. Make your way back out of the cave. At the entrance, Guan Ping will be waiting there. He is VERY strong. Replace whatever tactician you have in your battle lineup with Guan Ping. Now leave and return to Xu Zhou to heal and save. Also get some more Elixer As while you're there. Go back to where the fork in the mountains by the cave is and go west. You will come to a fort- here you will face the mighty Lu Bu for the first time. *****BATTLE 6***** Lu Bu - 439 Li Ru - Rebel Force - 120 Rebel Force - 120 Just one report on Lu Bu will tell you he is the strongest general in the game. Thus, he is very dangerous to you and should be eliminated as soon as possible. Note that Guan Yu has very high intelligence- he will be using tactics for this battle. Have him keep doing Ye Huo on Lu Bu while everyone else attacks him until he is dead. Once he is, Li Ru shouldn't be too much trouble, and the battle will go quickly from there. After a threat, Lu Bu retreats. ****************** In this fort, go right and talk to Huo Hu, who joins you. Replace your current tactician with him. Now enter the central tent with the bushes around it. Talk to Cao Cao, who is the leader of the Imperial Army. He talks of not being able to catch Dong Zhou and says that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao have gone ahead to the castle of Lou Yang and he goes there also. Exit the camp, and return all the way back to Xu Zhou to heal and save. Drop off your old tactician, and replenish any Elixer As you've used up. You should have at least one on each person. Also get a few Gullwings for easy travel back Xu Zhou when you need it. Now then, travel north and west of fort Hu Lao Guan to get to Lou Yang. You will have to fight a few battles at gates before you fight the battle at the castle. Battles 7 and 8 will be walks in the park. However, the one at the castle will be just a little bit tougher. A general (I'm not sure who) will tell you he failed to take Lou Yang because Dong Zhou and Lu Bu are working together, and then he leaves you. But I think you can take on this next battle. *****BATTLE 9***** Dong Zhou - 439 Lu Bu - 439 Rebel Force - 180 Rebel Force - 180 OK- Dong Zhou doesn't have as much strength as Lu Bu, but he does have 20 more attack power, making him just as dangerous. They both have a lot of men... but you should take down Lu Bu first, because his attack is still the greatest. Have everyone attack except Guan Yu who should use Ye Huo. If you want more firepower, have Liu Feng use Ye Huo also, for he has very high intelligence also. Just be ready for big attacks from the enemies each turn until you have them both dead, because they still do a fair amount with under 100 men. When it is over, Dong Zhou and Lu Bu will retreat. ****************** When you talk into Lou Yang, you will see it has been burned and pillaged. This once grand capitol of China has been put to ruin. There are only 2 buildings you can enter. Bottom middle is an Inn, and top left is a house. In the floor in that house is a safe. Open it with the gold key to find the Gem sword. It is not a weapon. Give it to Zhang Fei for later use. Leave the city and continue westward to the next castle, where you shall fight Lu Bu once again. Make sure Zhang Fei is at the front of your army for this battle. *****BATTLE 9***** Lu Bu - 439 Cai Yong - 380 Hu Zhen - 299 Rebel Force - 150 Rebel Force - 120 On your first turn, have Zhang Fei use the Gem Sword on Lu Bu. When Zhang Fei uses the Gem Sword on Lu Bu, he will give a speech and then join you. He talks of Chi Tu Ma, whom you already got earlier. Now this battle is a cinch without Lu Bu fighting you. Just take care of these two loser generals the usual way. ****************** After the battle, replace Hua Xiong with Lu Bu in your lineup. Enter Yang Zhou castle. Stay at the Inn, then save. You cannot invite Liu Bei here, though it would seem you could because of the palace. Also, go to the lower right house and search in the pot for a Club. Give this to Lu Bu, and give his Ax to whoever is still using a flail. Also give Lu Bu Chi Tu Ma, because you want his super high attack to go first during battle. As soon as you leave the city, you will see another cave. Inside, go left at the first fork, and down at the next. On the next floor, grab the Club in the chest above you. Give it to Zhang Fei. Now go down and left and to the first staircase you see. This leads to the way out. I suggest you not go to Chang An right now. Fight some random battles in the area, and when you need healing go back to Yang Zhou. Always keep some gullwings with you. When you are ready to attack Chang An, go up to the gate before it to fight the first battle. *****BATTLE 10***** Dong Min - 380 Fen Chou - 399 Rebel Force - 180 Rebel Force - 180 Fen Chou has the great attack, so kill him first. All out once he is dead. ****************** Now attack Chang An castle. *****BATTLE 11***** Dong Zhou - 439 Jia Xu - 418 Zhang Ji - 362 If you had not brought Lu Bu to your side earlier, you would be fighting him now. This battle is much easier with him on your side. Have all physical attacks go on Jia Xu until he is dead, and have Guan Yu keep using Shui Xing and Ye Huo on Dong Zhou and Zhang Ji. Jia Xu is very dangerous, because he uses Shui Zing a lot, and it hurts. Be proud of yourself when this battle has ended. Dong Zhou is killed and peace returns to Chang An... ****************** ------------ V. Yuan Shu ------------ Now you enter Chang An. It is a giant monster of a city- the biggest in the game. It is a paradise. This will be your main headquarters until you occupy Nan Yang, much later. List of things to do here include buying Caps and Clubs for everyone, stocking up on Elixers and Power Pills, and inviting Liu Bei to the palace. When he has arrived, go speak with him. He tells you you've done a good job fighting and he lets you rest. He awakens you however, and summons you to the palace. A messanger has arrived from Cao Cao bringing ill news. He says general Yuan Shu has somehow aquired the Imperial Seal and calls himself the Emperor. This is a problem that must be fixed! Leave Chang An and travel south. Take the right fork through the mountains. The house you see to the left is not important until later. Attack the castle you see ahead. *****BATTLE 12***** Lei Bo - 643 Chen Ji - 531 Rebel Force - 200 Rebel Force - 220 This generals may see to have overwhelmingly large armies, but their attacks are really not great, and neither of them use tactics. Wipe out Lei Bo with attacks and Guan Yu using Shui Xing. Then all out to kill the rest of them. ****************** This is Yuan castle. Not a very important place. However, you can buy Padded armors here, which are much stronger than Leather armors. Buy as many as you can, but they are expensive. Give them first to anyone still wearing a Robe. Leave and continue south. From here on you will be fighting many generals with upwards of 500 men, and Rebel, Pirate, Brigand, and Bandit forces now have over 200 men apiece. Take the shortcut through the mountains and go west. You will come to a castle where you will fight two very powerful generals. *****BATTLE 13***** Ji Ling - 613 Zhang Xun - 675 Rebel Force - 230 Both of these generals have insanely large armies and attack to rival any of your generals due to the high AP they are given in this battle coupled with their almost 200 strength each. They are both equally dangerous, so use Power Pills to kill them quickly, and also have Guan Yu use Shui Xing. Tactics will be more effective than physical damage because both generals have very high defense. Once one of the two is defeated, then it should be safe to all out attack. **Note: These are the two strongest capturable men before Nan Yang, and I highly advise you to spend time trying to find and capture them so they can fight for you. Have the first of two you catch replace Liu Feng and the second replace Guan Ping.** ****************** This is Huai Nan castle. Fairly small, but you can both heal and save here. Spend some time in the field north of here trying to find Zhang Xun and Ji Ling before you go any further. You want those two generals ASAP. Also, around this point in the game, your health bars will change from pink to orange, because the number of men generals are getting is too great for the pink scale. There is a small fortress just to the north of here. The battle is of no importance to you. You will flatten it. Even farther north is a cave. It is medium sized and has only 2 floors and then a little one. It is not hard to navigate and contains 3 spears, so take a trip into it with some elixers on hand. Once you are about level 14, return to Huai Nan castle, heal and save. Now venture northward towards Nan Yang castle. The two gate battles are sinchy, just squash them. Now to Nan Yang. *****BATTLE 17***** Yuan Shu - 899 Yuan Yin - 643 Lu Fan - 817 Rebel Force - 250 Nan Yang would've been much tougher had you not had Lu Bu, because then there would be a mighty fighter against you as well as all the tacticians. Luckily, only Yuan Shu has somewhat of an attack. Focus on taking him out first, with everyone attacking except Guan Yu who should use Yan Re, which you learned at level 14. This battle may take a bit because all these generals can heal, but if you have power pills, you should be able to pick off one or two of them in one round apiece. Watch out for your health- have Zhang Xun heal if you're low (he has lowest attack). After the battle is over, you're given the choice weather or not to kill Yuan Shu for being a traitor, but you actually have to let him go. Oh well. ****************** -------------- VI. Yuan Shao -------------- Now that the battle is over, DO NOT TAKE A STEP NORTHWARD. Just enter Nan Yang RIGHT AWAY. Once you've gone in and healed and saved, take off all of Lu Bu's items and give them to Guan Ping, who will replace him. Give Chi Tu Ma to Zhang Fei now, though. He will keep him for a while. Now when you step outside and go a few steps north, you will be met with a horrifying battle. You don't have to fight this one, though. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu show up with immense armies and backing generals, and bully you for a turn. Lu Bu switches sides, seeing that he is on the "losing" side. That's why you took his stuff away. Now go back inside the castle and heal. Invite Liu Bei in and talk to him. He will thank you for killing Yuan Shu, but this is a typo. You didn't kill him and he's off with his big brother. Also, go to the northest corner of the town and talk to a man walking around. Buy the key from him, even though 4,000 is a lot, it is more than worth it later. Above Nan Yang you will face slightly harder rebel and other forces, but not very much harder. However now a new group of generals will meet you out in the open, and many now have over 1000 men and over 150 strength. The key to fighting them is to get their health below 1,000 as soon as possible. Above that number, their attacks will be great, but below they will be just average of what you're used to. Head north and west of Nan Yang and take a stop in a small cave. There are 2 people in here, and one you can't reach now. The one you can talk to is Zhou Cang, who will join voluntarily. He is stronger than Guan Ping, so replace him with Zhou Cang. Once you are at least level 15, head north and east to Bo Hai castle. *****BATTLE 18***** Lu Guang - 1037 Shen Pei - 1255 Gao Lan - 942 Rebel Force - 230 Rebel Force - 230 This is your first castle battle against generals of this caliber, and 2 of them have over 1,000 men. Luckily, one is a weak tactician, and the other will fall below 1,000 in just 1 attack. Simply, attack Lu Guang once, then focus attacks on Shen Pei until he is dead. Have Guan Yu use Yan Re every turn. Once Shen Pei is dead, then you can choose to all out or kill Lu Guang first, then all out. Shouldn't make much difference, just watch your health, because no one in your party is really higher than 700 men, if any. ****************** In Bo Hai, heal, then enter the left of the double house. Get the Gun Powder and go to the cave in the west. Use the powder to free Xu Zhe who is trapped. He will join you. Make him your tactician, because he is very intelligent. Note that he is going by the name Dan Fu, so there's no confusion. Now with him you can get past the woman blocking the bridge in Bo Hai. Get Wood Helmets for at least Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and if funds permit, for other generals in the front of your group. Continue east of Bo Hai until you see a gate in the middle of nowhere. Attack. *****BATTLE 19***** Xu Shou - 1255 Yan Liang - 1381 Wen Hun - 1449 Rebel Force - 230 This is a hard battle, but though you're outnumbered, you are a human and they are just NES intelligence. Wen Hun and Yan Liang have two insanely high attacks, and with their HP are hard to get below 1,000 immediately. In fact it will take at least 3 turns to get all generals below 1,000. Xu Shou has Yan Re and is not afraid to use it. Be ready to heal anyone who gets down to around 250, because they could be killed in one turn by consecutive hits on their armies. The main thing is to focus on Xu Shou and kill him, after Wen Hun and Yan Liang are under 1K men. Guan Yu should be using Yan Re every turn. Once you have routed this enemy force, you should be proud. Now, you will not face any of them again, which means if you meet up with Wen Hun or Yan Liang out in the open, hope that you can convert them, for they are as you saw very powerful. ****************** Enter this fortress and free the girl behind the bars. She gives you a letter. Before we do anything with this, you should go back to Nan Yang to heal and save. Also consider getting to level 17. Try to capture Wen Hun and Yan Liang or at least one of the two. Lu Guang is also pretty good. Now, travel to the castle east of Bo Hai. Go ahead and "go in", but actually this just gives the game a chance for you to talk to Zhao Yun. Show him the letter from his sister and he joins you. Fit him into your team, because he is one of the 5 what are called "Tiger" generals. He gains men every level, and has insanely high attack and intelligence. When the end of the game comes he will be your best man all around. Now, attack the castle. *****BATTLE 20***** Yuan Tan - 1594 Yuan Xi - 1519 Tian Feng - 1141 Rebel Force - 270 Attack Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi using power pills with Zhang Fei and whatever random generals you have. Guan Yu and Zhao Yun should use Yan Re every turn. Once Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are below one thousand, concentrate attacks on Tian Feng until he is dead. Once he is gone, all out attack. ****************** Now enter this castle, which is Guang Zong. Heal, and save (the building is at the far end of the city). Do not talk to the pink and white general in the middle until you've saved. Ok, now talk to him. He is blood of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and he wants to kill you. *****BATTLE 21***** Yuan Shang - 1672 Rebel Force - 230 Rebel Force - 300 Rebel Force - 230 Rebel Force - 300 Yuan Shang is a strong general. However, with only Rebel Forces as backup, you can take him down quickly. Have Guan Yu and Zhao Yun use Yan Re, and everyone else attack him. If he is not below 1000, then do another round, all attacking him. Watch out in case he uses Yan Re, for he is a capable tactician. Now, you can all out to kill him and any remaining rebel forces. ****************** Heal and save again, and continue eastward towards Ji Zhou, the castle where Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Lu BU, and others await you. Defeat the gate battles (#22 and 23, no special strats needed), and return to Guang Zong for a quick heal/save. If you are not level 18, get there, so Zhang Fei will have a little over 1,000 men. Make sure to get all generals at least 2 power pils and 1 elixer B each. Now, attack Ji Zhou. Yuan Shao will again say you killed his brother, but that makes no sense because he's in this next battle. *****BATTLE 21***** Yuan Shao - 1754 Yuan Shu - 899 Zhang He - 1317 Ju Shou - 1449 Lu BU - 1449 THIS BATTLE IS HARD, and in fact harder than first glance. Not only do all these generals, and there are 5 of them, have a mass army of over 7,000 men, but each of them is a strong fighter except Ju Shou, and all are expert tacticians except Lu Bu. Note that Lu Bu has now about 1,500 hit points, and will be doing over 300 damage a hit until brought down, and 150 until he is defeated. Basically, we take this battle slowly, one step at a time. First turn, have Wen Hun, Yan Liang, and Zhang Fei use power pills to attack Lu Bu. Have Guan Yu use Ji Rou to reduce enemy attacks, and Zhao Yun use Yan Re. Hopefully Zhang Fei got to do his attack before he was knocked below 1,000. He should do between 300 and 400 damage. Odds are you took some heavy damage, so have Guan Yu use Yin Xian now. Concentrate attacks and Lu Bu, and keep using Yan Re with Zhou Yun. save your power pills for Yuan Shao, whom you will kill last. After Lu Bu is dead, focus on Ju Shou. Go up the enemy line from him, killing them one by one. When only Yuan Shao is left, have everyone attack with power pils. Congratulate yourself, a lot, when they are all defeated. ****************** --------------------------- VII. Fighting in Jing Zhou --------------------------- Enter Ji Zhou, heal, save, and invite Liu Bei in. Talk to him and he tells you the land of Jing Zhou is in turmoil and you need to stop the fighting there. Before heading off, buy 3 sabres, for Wen Hun, Yan Liang, and Zhang Fei. I'd have you buy more, but only 2 towns away is your next weapon, which though expensive is very awesome, and you should save your money for some. Gullwing back to Nan Yang and save. Go left now and down the path. Following this path you will go by 4 houses, and then come to a castle. *****BATTLE 21***** Jin Xuan - 1317 Gong Zhi - 1197 Rebel Force - 350 Rebel Force - 300 Simple battle. All out if you want. These are not dangerous enemies. ****************** Enter Wu Ling castle. Heal, leave, and continue eastward along the path. Before attacking the next castle, which is hard, get to level 19. When you're ready, attack the castle. *****BATTLE 21***** Han Xuan - 1519 Huang Zhong - 1381 Wei Yan - 1317 Yang Ling - 1197 Rebel Force - 300 This battle has 2 of the strongest men in the game fighting you. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. Basically, have Wen Hun, Yan Liang, and Zhang Fei keep attacking Huang Zhong and then Wei Yan, and Zhao Yun should keep using Yan Re. Once they are dead, kill Yang Ling, and then allout to kill Han Xuan. ****************** Entering Chang Sha you see Huang Zhong and Wei Yan standing in the way. They will join you now. Replace Wen Hun and Yan Liang with them. Now, go to the weapon shop and buy as many Bows as you can afford. Now heal, leave, and go south. Enter the castle you see; you don't have to fight your way in. Go to the palace and talk to the leader. He will show you to your sleeping quarters. Then, he will attack you in your sleep. You wake up and enter a battle, with severely reduced armies. *****BATTLE 22***** Zhao Fan - 1594 Bao Long - 1255 Chen Ying - 1197 Rebel Force - 350 Rebel Force - 380 The only challenge to this battle is everyone starts with 200-300 men. Have Wei Yan use Yin Xian right away, and have everyone else attack Zhao Fan, but have Zhao Yun use Yan Re. Once everyone is back up to regular health, this fight will be a cinch. ****************** Now this town becomes completely docile. You can heal and save here, and invite Liu Bei in. He will siimply tell you that the fighting in Jing Zhou needs to be stopped. Guess its up to you to stop it. Every fight between here and the next castle will be simple because of your almighty bows. All out against anyone. The fight at the gate (#23) is simple. Now for the castle, which is not much harder. *****BATTLE 24***** Liu Du - 1672 Xing Da o Rong - 1519 Rebel Force - 380 Rebel Force - 350 Bows must be the cheapest weapons in the game. These battles are too easy with them. Oh well, guess its a lot quicker. The end of this battle restores peace to Jing Zhou. ****************** Enter Ling Ling castle. Heal and save. If you try and invite Liu Bei here, the scribe will say that Liu Bei is going to Gui Yang, the last castle you were at. You should visit him in a bit. First, go around the edge of the town to a house on the left, and search in front of the man inside. You'll find a sword. Equip it on Zhang Fei. It is only 1 attack, but does as much as 2 bow hits would. Though he won't get two hits anymore, now Power Pils can be used effectively again for hits of over 1000 damage. Now go back to Liu Bei in Gui Yang. You will probably meet up with a mighty tactician named Pang Tong on the way back... *****BATTLE 25***** Pang Tong - 3765 Rebel Force - 380 Rebel Force - 320 Rebel Force - 320 Pang Tong is... well strong. He has quite a good few men, and very advanced tactics such as Ji Mian, which stops you from attacking, Da Re, a fire spell capable of huge damage to one army, and Wan Fu, which allows a full heal of the target army. Ouch. Well, just never cease to attack Pang Tong. When hurt, heal. However, with your bows, you can kill him in two turns flat, and so just hope he doesn't use any of his big guns. ****************** When he's defeated, he'll join you. Yay. Replace Xu Zhe with him, and if you wish, put him in your battle party in place of Huang Zhong, due to his sheer mass of men and great tactical capablities. But, on the other hand, greater attack is better for now. Just let Pang Tong do his stuff from behind the fight. When you get back to Gui Yang, Liu Bei gives you a letter for Xu Zhe saying he needs to leave to care for his sick mother. Good thing you have Pang Tong. When you walk out of the palace, Xu Zhe says something he almost forgot. He is telling you to go see Zhu Ge Liang at his house, which is the third one down to the left of Nan Yang. Go there. Stock up on Gull Wings, you're gonna need em. Also note that the game music has now changed from the fun, upbeat squeeky noise, to a more mellow, epic sort of sound. This is how it will be until the end of the game. *****Zhu Ge Liang Scavenger Hunt***** When you arrive at Zhu Ge Liang's house, he is not there. You must go to Lou Sang villiage, where you began the game. Gullwing to Xu Zhou. Enter the small house and ask the man there, who will say Zhu Ge Liang was there but left. Now go back to his house, and the man there will refer you to Nan Yang. Go to Nan Yang, invite Liu Bei in. Talk to him and he says someone named Jin came and was looking for you. Now go back to Zhu Ge Liang's house one last time. You see Zhu Ge Liang sleeping. Talk to him but choose not to wake him, and he will awaken by himself. He says he will join but go to Gui Yang castle first. Now gullwing to Chang Sha and go down to Gui Yang and meet up with him in the palace. Finally! In rapid succession you just got the 2 best tacticians in the game. However, you can only use one of them, so you should make Zhu Ge Liang the acting strategist and now if you want, put Pang Tong into your party in place of Wei Yan. Also, around this time, your health bars should change from orange to light yellow. Now, go west to Ling Ling castle, heal, and save, and venture onward. Soon you should meet up with a pretty crazy battle... *****BATTLE 26***** Lu Bu - 7003 Rebel Force - 700 Rebel Force - 1000 Rebel Force - 1000 Rebel Force - 900 This battle is easier than it looks, though Lu Bu will take a while to kill, and he does around 800 damage a hit. Best ways to deal with him are power pils. If you have the tactic Da Re, it is also very effective, so have Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Pang Tong use it, while the others attack. Hopefully Lu Bu doesn't get any critical attacks before you kill him (and this time, you kill him for good). Also, if you have Bei Ji, that would be great right now, for double attacks. Yi Xin can also be good, to prevent Lu Bu from attacking. Whatever you do, just have fun killing the stupid traitor. ****************** Return to Ling Ling to heal and save. Now, I suggest you spend a lot of time building up levels, at least to 25. Yes it may seem like a lot, but this new area we've entered has many new generals and the rebel forces all have many more men. Plus, experience should come pretty quickly. Also note that from this point on there will be no more pirate, brigand, or bandit forces. Only rebel forces. Something else to keep in mind: make sure that Zhang Fei has your one sword equipped right now. Always keep him with at least 2 power pills at hand. Give Chi Tu Ma to Pang Tong. Then, if you get into a battle with some really big armies against you, have Pang Tong use Bei Ji and then Zhang Fei use a power pill- he will deal over 2,000 damage! Hong Shui is another great tactic right now. When near water, you can have Pang Tong deal over 1,000 damage to every opponent! Ouch. Travel past Ling Ling, down, up, around, down, left, etc... until you reach a house between some mountains. This is the gateway into the kingdom of Shu, a land ruled by Liu Bei's brother which is in turmoil right now. Time for you to step in. Before stepping in, make sure to have elixer Cs for everyone. ---------- VIII. Shu ---------- Head west until you reach a fortress. *****BATTLE 27***** Liu Kui - 3262 Zhang Ren - 3262 Rebel Force - ??? Rebel Force - ??? Rebel Force - ??? There are no tacticians on the other team, so this fight is pretty simple. Use Bei Ji on Zhang Fei, and just have everyone attack, on Zhang Ren first and then Liu Kui. Should be dead in a few turns. ****************** There is nothing of interest in this fortress. Continue northward. You will go through a series of twisting mountain paths. Also watch out around here, for you can meet up with Ma Chao and Ma Dai, who are two of the strongest generals in the game, especially Ma Chao. Eventually you will reach a castle with a gate. Defeat the gate (#28) and attack Fu Shui castle. *****BATTLE 29***** Yan Yan - 3262 Fa Zheng - 2965 Yang Huai - 2965 Rebel Force - ??? Rebel Force - ??? These opponents are all very capable. Yan Yan is both an expert fighter and a superb tactician. Yang Huai's attack is nothing to scoff at, either. I suggest you use Bei Ji on Zhang Fei, and have everyone attack except Pang Tong who should use Da Re on Yan Yan or Yang Huai. When they're dead, all out to win. ****************** Enter Fu Shui castle, heal, and save. Enter the palace, which cannot entertain Liu Bei. Go through the door to the right, and then you see a prison cell. Keep pushing your character against it, repeatedly tapping, or backing away and running into it. Eventually the door will break. Then talk to the man. Now go to the weapons shop. If you feel like making the switch from Bow to Sword, you can. You should probably just keep your bows until the next weapon after sword comes along. Also get copper helmets. Head northward once you are at least level 26. Attack the gate at the next castle (#30, I suggest using Hong Shui for an easy win). Now, let's attack Lou castle. *****BATTLE 31***** Ma chao - 3262 Ma Dai - 3110 Pang De - 2965 Rebel Force - 900 This battle is hard. You are facing Ma Chao, one of the 5 Tiger generals (you have 4 on your side right now), Ma Dai, his almost as strong brother, and Pang De, an obvious relative of Pang Tong and also an expert tactician. All of his tactics are dangerous to you, so I would recommend killing him first. But to start this battle, have Pang Tong use Bei Ji on Zhang Fei, and have everyone else cast it on themselves except Zhang Fei, who should use a power pill on Ma Chao. Next turn, have Pang Tong use Da Re on Ma Dai, and have everyone else attack Ma Chao, except zhang Fei who should use another power pil, on Pang De. After this turn, there shouldn't be much left of your opponent. All out attack to defeat them. Now, Ma Chao and Ma Dai will join you. Put Ma Chao in your line up in place of Huang Zhong, but keep him with you. Keep Ma Dai in the reserve. We still want Pang Tong leading the party. ****************** Enter Lou Castle. Note that you can gullwing here, so you can now go between older cities and here easily. Heal here, and go somewhere else to save if you want. Continue south of Lou and you come to a cave. In this cave is the Iron Ore, which you will really want. The cave is relatively small. Take the lower of the 2 pathways left at the beginning and its straight directions from there to the Iron Ore. Gullwing out to Lou when you have it. Then go back to Fu Shui, go a bit south of there, and hook around back up to a house, and give the ore to the blacksmith. Gullwing back to Lou, and return to Mt. Gang Tai (the cave). Take the path upwards this time to get through. When outside, go down and left, then hook back up to a fortress. This battle consists only of weak generals that you've probably faced many times out in the open before. Do not hesitate to kick their asses. Enter Mian Zhu Guan fortress. In the leftmost tent, there is a treasure chest with a battleax in it. Give the battleax to Zhang Fei and his Sword to Ma Chao. Leave and continue onwards. Attack the gate at the next castle. *****BATTLE 33***** Lei Tong - 3110 Wu Lan - 2965 Rebel Force - 850 Rebel Force - 850 Rebel Force - 1000 Though Lei Tong and Wu Lan both have great attacks, you totally outnumber them, outsmart them, and out hit them. Plus you've faced them both many times. Time to whoop them. ****************** Now Cheng Du *****BATTLE 34***** Liu Zheng - 4142 Gao Pei - 2872 Wu Yi - 3589 Wang Lei - 2827 Rebel Force - 900 This battle is much easier than it looks. The big "bad guy" Liu Zheng is very weak in strength and intelligence, despite his mass of soldiers. Gao Pei and Wu Yi are moderate, but you've beaten them before. Wang Lei is just crap. Use Bei Ji on Zhang Fei with his battleax, then have him power-pill attack Liu Zheng and then Wu Yi. Kiss them goodbye. Pang Tong should Bei Ji Zhang Fei the first turn, then do Da Re on Gao Pei. Everyone else can attack whoever. Voila, you win, Liu Bei now rules Shu. ****************** In Cheng Du, heal, save, and invite Liu Bei in. He says something about the blacksmith and your swords. Don't worry about that yet. Go buy battleaxes for everyone who doesn't have one yet (except of course Zhu Ge Liang). Get Chain Mails for everyone. Don't go back to the swordsmith yet. Spend some time around here facing battles and owning with your battleaxes. You can gain some quick levels. Get to at least level 29. Ok, now go to the swordsmith's house. He tells you he made 5 great swords and tells you what he named them. But they were stolen! Oh no! Don't worry. You'll find them in various places later on. Return to Cheng Du and talk to Liu Bei. He gives you a speech about how the world is all good right now, but he says Shu is too vast for him to control alone, so he makes Guan Yu the ruler of Chang Sha and Zhang Fei the ruler of Gui Yang. This is to help keep the peace in Jing Zhou, a very hostile area. But suddenly something happens. Some time passes, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have left. Now two messengers come and say that Cao Cao and Sun Ce both died. Uh oh. And, Wu is attacking Jing Zhou, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are barely holding on. You must go help them. First, gullwing to Chang Sha. Go to the palace and speak with Guan Yu, who offers his son to join your army. Good! Do the same at Gui Yang where Zhang Fei's son will join you. Alright, awesome. They are both a bit weaker in stats than their fathers but have the same men and all the stuff the two dads left with. Go back to Cheng Du and speak to Liu Bei. He says that Wu has invaded Jing Zhou. Head to Wu Ling first and fight the enemies there. *****BATTLE 35***** Fan Zhang - 4780 Chen Wu - 5014 Rebel Force - 350 Rebel Force - 300 Rebel Force - 320 This is your first fight against generals from Wu. These two are sort of strong, but with power pils and you battle axes, you'll have them routed in no time. ****************** Head to Gui Yang. Heal, save, and reload on power pils. Now go to Ling Ling to fight. *****BATTLE 36***** Ling Tong - 5516 Wu Fan - 5014 Rebel Force - 380 Rebel Force - 380 This battle is just as easy as the last one, because Ling Tong isn't that strong and Wu Fan doesn't have any dangerous tactics. Use power pils and whoop them. ****************** ------- IX. Wu ------- Get back to Cheng Du and talk to Liu Bei again. He gives another speech, and this time you'll do some butting in also. At the end of the speech, 3 people now claim the title of emperor. Woah. Go back to Gui Yang and you will find a bridge there now. Woah, cool. You can cross it and explore a bit if you want, but until you are level 31, stay close to Gui Yang. There are dozens of new generals in Wu, and many of them have immense strength, armies reaching over 10,000, and very vicious tactics. Stay near water, because Pang Tong can use Shui Long to do over 2,000 damage to every enemy. Always keep a fresh supply of power pils, especially on Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, who are your strongest attackers now. At level 30, your health bars should change to light blue. At level 31, heal and save. Take Pang Tong out of your battle party, but keep him with you. Put it Huang Zhong now. Give Chi Tu Ma to Zhao Yun. Heal, save, and head west and south of Gui Yang now. Generals to watch out for in this area, some you may have met while building up, include Tai Ci Si, Zhou Yu, Lu Sun, Lu Su, among others. Do not hesitate to try retreating if you face any of them. Attack the first castle you come to. *****BATTLE 37***** Gan Ning - 6069 Lu Su - 6365 Rebel Force - 1000 Rebel Force - 1100 Rebel Force - 1300 Gan Ning is a strong general, but he is the least of your worries. Lu Su has Ji Mian, Yi Xin, and Li Jian, which prevent you from attacking, prevent one general from doing anything, and cause one general to attack his allies, respectively. First turn, have everyone cast Bei Ji on themselves. Next turn, have everyone attack Lu Su with powerpils except Zhao Yun who should use Huo Shen. That will do over 3000 damage to anyone it hits, but probably won't hit Lu Su. One dose of that should be sufficient. Then just own the battle with your Bei Jied hits. ****************** Enter Jian An. Make sure everyone has at least 1 elixer D. Go to the back of the town and search in front of the lone tree for some Dead Wood. Now leave and head north into the cave in the mountains. In the cave, take the lower fork and take the stairs you see. Then go left and up on the next floor. The path to the saltpeter which you came for is straightforward. Gullwing out to Jian An when done. Talk to the man standing in place in the front part of the town. He will take your saltpeter and dead wood and make dam so you can get across the canal. Leave and head south. You will come to a fortress where you will fight a very hard battle... *****BATTLE 38***** Zhou Yu - 6365 Gu Yong - 5014 Kan Ze - 5259 Rebel Force - 1100 Ok, you're up against 3 tacticians. Zhou Yu is probably tied for the most dangerous in the game, next to Cao Pi, Si Ma Yi, and very few others. He is who you want dead the fastest. First turn, have everyone use Bei Ji. Then, have everyone attack except Zhao Yun who should use Huo Shen. You will probably have to heal often, since these guys love to use Hong Shui. Guan Xing should do the healing, he's your weakest man. Use power pils and just try to get Zhou Yu dead as fast as you can, and hope he doesn't ues Wan Fu too many times. Also note he has An Sha, which can wipe out an entire general of yours with one swipe. Hopefully someone has some ressurects, which we've not really needed so far. When you finally get Zhou Yu dead, get Kan Ze, and then all out to finish. An alternate way to start the battle would've been for Zhao Yun to cast Ce Mian the first turn to ward off enemy tactics for whatever number of turns it lasts. ****************** Gullwing back to Chang Sha. Reload on power pils and gullwings, and gull back to Jian An. Continue past the fortress you just beat until you get to another castle. *****BATTLE 39***** Zhu Ge Jin - 6365 Jang Qin - 5259 Han Dang - 5516 Rebel Force - 1100 This is a rather easy battle vs Zhu Ge Liang's bad brother. Whoop up on them with powerpils and Zhou Yun using Shui Long when he's Bei Jied. ****************** Enter Wu castle. Heal, save, and leave. Continue onwards. You come to the first confusing cave in the game. This one is big and stupid. Get to level 33 before going in, and make sure to have elixer Ds for everyone. Uhhh... I'll try to give directions, though if you can find a map somewhere on the internet (like my site http://cge.ffmyths.com) this would be much easier. The first two rooms are very small. Then there's a big floor. Follow the path around, then go down at the fork. On the next floor take the stairs right next to you, and on the next follow the plain path around. Again take the stairs next to you. On this floor, follow the path, go left at first fork, right at second, down at third. This leads you to Nu Long, one of the 5 swords. Give it to Ma Chao. Now backtrack to that last fork, and go right to get out of the cave. Go north for a darn long while until you come to a gate and a fortress. The gate is guarded by just Ding Feng. All out vs him, he's weak. Attack the fort now. *****BATTLE 41***** Chen Pu - 9326 Zhang Zhao - 8082 Bu Xi - 7003 Rebel Force - 1200 Rebel Force - 1000 The reason this fight will be tough is cuz you just went on a long journey since your last heal, so you probably are way down on tactic points. Use Bei Ji on Zhao Yun and Ma Chao only. Everyone should attack Zhang Zhao with whatever power pills you might have, but Zhao Yun should use Huo Shen. Good luck winning, a lot depends on if they use a lot of annoying tactics like Li Jian, Ji Mian, Yi Xin, and Wan Fu. ****************** Enter Po Yang fortress, which lovingly has a place to rest in. Leave and go southwest. Attack the gate, and then attack Jin Du. *****BATTLE 43***** Sun Yu - 13027 Zhang Hong - 10763 Zhu Zhi - 10261 Rebel Force - 1200 Rebel Force - 1000 These generals have huge armies. 2 are amazing fighters, 1 is an annoying tactician. However, with Bei Jied power pil attacks (on the tactician) and Bei Jied Shui Long uses, you should be able to take them down quickly. ****************** Be very happy, for Jin Du is on your gullwing list, you can go to and from here easily. Heal now. Before talking to anyone, buy crossbows for everyone except Ma Chao and Bronze Helmets for everyone. Now talk to the soldier in the middle of the town to initiate a fight. *****BATTLE 44***** Lu Meng - 14333 3 Rebel Force - ???? This is a strong general and even greater tactician. Use Bei Jei on everyone, then give him dose after dose of attacks. He may use Wan Fu, which would suck. Hope he doesn't! Don't use powerpils except with Ma Chao, because everyone else has double attack weapons. Huo Shen wouldn't hurt. When you beat him he runs off, saying you're strong but Tai Si Ci is stronger. Phhtt you've beaten Tai Si Ci a few times already I assume. ****************** Gull out of Jin Du to someplace where you can get powerpils and more gullwings and come back. Head south of Jin Du to find a house. Attack the group of pirates inside. They all have over 10K men but they're easy. Return to Jin Du and talk to a man who will give you Qing Long, another one of the 5 swords. Give it to Zhang Bao. Now, wander around the area, and attack the gates of the next castle if you wish (#44-46), but don't attack Jian Ye until you're level 38 so some of your guys have over 10K men. Also your health bars should turn dark blue about now. Now then, heal and save. Give Ma Chao's Nu Long to Zhao Yun just for this battle, because Zhao Yun has over 10K men and Ma Chao does not, so we want the best damage we can give out. Attack Jian Ye castle. *****BATTLE 48***** Tai Si Ci - 15769 Lu Sun - 11814 Rebel Force - 1100 Rebel Force - 1100 Rebel Force - 1300 Well, though you've probably faced both of these generals at random times before, this time they're together. And you can't just go all out with tactics, because this battle is a 2 parter, and any Bei Jis will not carry over to the next part. So, Bei Ji just Zhao Yun and Zhang Bao. Everyone should focus attacks on Lu Sun, though Zhao Yun should use Huo Shen once. I feel confident you should be able to take down these two with relative ease. But now comes part 2 of the battle... Sun Quan - 19087 Rebel Force - 1100 Rebel Force - 1200 Rebel Force - 1000 Rebel Force - 1300 Wow. Sun Quan is a monster. 228 strength with 240 AP to back it up, and plenty of men to keep him over 10K for a while. And, he has very high intelligence and some of our least favorite tactics like Ji Mian, Li Jian, and Yi Xin. So, start out with everyone using Bei Ji on himself. Next turn, have everyone attack except Guan Xing, who should use Huo Shen. If he fails to hit Sun Quan with it, try again with Zhao Yun the next turn. Just keep attacking turn by turn, and use any power pills Zhang Bao and Zhao Yun might have. Don't let anyone get down too low on health, because if Sun Quan does a super attack... **shudder**. Yeah, so just focus your energy and take this sucker down. After all, he wants to take over China, and so do you, so he's just kinda in your way. At the end he gives another speech, then dies. So closes the Wu chapter, for Liu Bei's army now occupies it all. ****************** ------- X. Wei ------- Enter Jian Ye, heal, save, and invite. Liu Bei says Cao Pi must die, and you should attack from "Jian Ye, northeast of here" which is an obvious mistake- you're in Jian Ye! Anyways, go to the weapon shops and replace your crossbows with Lances. Also give Nu Long back to Ma Chao. Do not buy the mail here for there is better armor at the next town. For now, just go outside to the east and wander around a bit. There are many new generals with armies reaching over 20 and 30K men, so you should definately do some leveling up. Generals to watch out for include Cheng Yu, Yang Xiu, Chen Qun, Cao Zhi, Guo Jia, When you reach level 39, head east and north of Jian Ye for your next fight. Attack the gate (easy fight, #49). Then attack the castle. *****BATTLE 49***** Zhang Liao - 13027 Cao Zhen - 10763 Rebel Force - 1900 Rebel Force - 1900 Rebel Force - 1800 This battle, though the opposing generals don't have too many men, is hard because they're BOTH strong warriors and elite tacticians, especially Zhang Liao. Bei Ji everyone and power pill Zhang Liao to death before he kills anyone with An Sha. If he does, don't worry about resurrecting, just kill the bastard. Cao Zhen can go next. Don't all out against these guys. I suggest using Shui Long once or twice with Bei Ji for whoopass potential. ****************** Enter Guang Ling castle and talk to the first person you see after the guard. This is Jiang Wei, a great tactician and good fighter, who gains men like all your other generals right now, and gets as many as Zhao Yun. He is so good that you should replace Huang Zhong with him. Keep the old fart around though, in case you need a backup when someone dies. Give Chi Tu Ma to Jiang Wei. In the middle of a town, a tree sticks out on the side. Search there to find Bo Ye, another sword. It is not as strong as the first 2 you got, but still stronger than any generic weapons. Give it to Guan Xing. Now go in the weapon shop and buy Plate Mail for everyone. Go back to Jian Ye and save. Build up to level 40. Heal, save, and continue past Guang Ling castle. You might consider getting some smoke pots. Oh and while fighting you should notice your health bars changed to a cool green. That's the last color. After a lot of walking you come to a gate. *****BATTLE 50***** Cao Pi - 20020 Cao Ren - 14333 Xia Huo Dun - 13665 Rebel Force - 1500 Rebel Force - 1800 Your first battle against the second hardest opponent in the game- Cao Pi. And, there's a very high chance you will be suprised as you enter the battle. So you're already starting a turn behind. Get everyone Bei Jied as soon as possible. Have Jiang Wei use Shui Long at least once, but more times if TP permits. Save the rest of your points for healing. Basically, gang up on Cao Pi with power pils before he can An Sha and Hong Shui you to death. He's your main worry and probably will be a real pain. If you can get him dead its smooth sailing from there. ****************** Gullwing first back to someplace with Power Pills so you can reload. Then gull back to Jian Ye, get more Elixer Ds and gulls, heal, and save. Get more smoke pots, because you've got to take that long hike again. This time we're going even further. Continue past He Fei fortress where you fought Cao Pi. Go across one bridge, then another, and then straight down. You will see a castle protected by some gates. Go in and attack! The first gate is just against some Caos (#51), but they're weak. The second (#52) is against some Xia Huo's. They're easy, too. Now, attack Ru Nan. *****BATTLE 53***** Cao Pi - 20020 Cao Zhang - 19087 Cao Ang - 18197 Xia Huo Mao - 16504 Rebel Force - 1800 Here's Cao Pi again, this time with a load of strong backup, including the 7th strongest general in the game, Cao Zhang. Yeah, that says something. You WILL be caught off guard in this battle, so you'll have a round of beating on you before you can even get going. Now on your first turn, everyone should use Bei Ji. Second turn, everyone attack Cao Pi with powerpils except Jiang Wei, using Huo Shen or Shui Long (depending where you initiated the battle). This will probably bring Cao Pi down below 5K. Do one more power pill attack and one more regular on him to kill him. Hopefully he never An Shaed anyone. You should be strong enough to all out after this to finish them. But wait! Si Ma Yi has arrived! And he's backstabbing Cao Pi! Sounds like a cool guy. Well, he kills Cao Pi and gives you his head. However, he says he claims Wei for his own, then does some crazy thunder on you, and you wake up in Jian Ye. ****************** Heal, save, and go talk to Liu Bei. He says Guan Yu's other son found you unconsious and brought you back to Jian Ye. He says you should go to Chang Sha to talk to him. So, do so! When you talk to him he says he knows Si Ma Yi's thunder tactic, and says the counter is to press up, up, down, down, left, right, up, down before the attack hits. Also restock on power pills here, and get everyone at least three of them. Now gullwing back to Jian Ye. Reload on gullwings and elixer Ds. Make sure you are at least level 44 before heading out. Huang Zhong should have his inventory full of them since he's not fighting. You will probably get to level 45 on the way. Upon reaching Ru Nan, touch the castle from the left side, so you are away from the water, because Si Ma Yi can use Shui Long. When it starts, you will first have to counter the thunder. If you mess up you are returned to Jian Ye. So don't mess up. Now, the battle starts. *****BATTLE 54***** Si Ma Yi - 40972 Xu Zhu - 20020 Dian Wei - 20020 Rebel Force - 1800 Rebel Force - 1500 You'll probly be caught off guard. Now, do a report on Si Ma Yi. He has 250 intelligence, so he will a) be able to hit any of your guys with his tactics successfully and b) it will be hard for you to hit him with tactics. He has Huo Shen and Shui Long, two tactics that hardly any of your opponents had before. He also has Bei Ji, so his attacks and tactics will be twice strength once he uses it. In addition, he has Wan Fu, and coupled with his 40K men, will mean a long, hard, tedious fight. And this isn't the only time you face him- you fight him 2 more times! Begin this battle with Bei Ji on everyone. Now, focus on killing Xu Zhu, and then Dian Wei. Don't use power pills - save those for Si Ma Yi. You can use Huo Shen a few times, but try and save tactic points for healing. You will be healing often because Si Ma Yi loves to hit everyone for 4K damage with Huo Shen. Do power pil attacks on Si Ma Yi until you get him down to around or below 10K. But, if you are in range of killing him in just one more turn, start that turn with Jiang Wei using Ce Mian so Si Ma Yi can't use Wan Fu. That should work and have him dead. ****************** Enter Ru Nan castle. Heal, and go to the weapon shop. Buy Steel Helmets for everyone. Now go back to Jian Ye and restock on Elixer Ds and Gullwings, and definately get some smokepots. Also go to Chang Sha or one of the places that has power pills and restock until everyone but Jiang Wei has 3, for Jiang should have ressurects. Save and gull back to Ru Nan and get ready to go through a big cave. Go through the little niche in the mountains at the back of Ru Nan. Go left at the first fork, left at the next, and right at the next. Go to the stairs. Don't worry about treasures you're passing by. They all suck, except one in the cave we're making sure to get, which is one of the 5 swords. On the next floor go left and then immediately up, which leads you around to the next stairs. Next part is very small, take the next stairs. So is the next. Keep going. On the next floor go towards the lava and through it. It won't hurt too much. Get only the first chest which has Wan Sheng in it. Give it to Zhao Yun. The other chests just have armor you don't need. Backtrack out of the lava and go up. Take the first set of stairs you see. Go down, and take the left of the the 3 paths. This takes you out of the cave. However, walking outside you see yet another cave. Argh. Inside, go left and follow the floor to the stairs. Go down and curve back up to the stairs downward. Follow that to a Halberd, the strongest weapon in the game. Give it to Ma Chao, give Nu Long to Zhao Yun, and Wan Sheng to Jiang Wei. Go back 2 stairs and this time go left at the fork. Follow this floor (has green ground) until a fork. Go diagonal up-right for Qing Guang. Give it to Guan Xing, and give Bo Ye to Zhu Ge Liang or Huang Zhong to hold, though it doesn't really matter. Go back down, right, up-right, up, and to the stairs. Grab the chest in your way (power pil) if you want and give it to Ma Chao who has the best weapon of anyone. Now you'll get out of the cave. Odds are you're level 47 by now. Hope you didn't use any tactics on your journey. You'll need them for the battles ahead. Go north and west to the next gate (#55). Use Huang Zhong and Zhu Ge Liang's spare elixer Ds to get everyone's HP back up. Now attack the gate. *****BATTLE 56***** Si Ma Yi - 40972 Yang Xiu - 20999 Jiang Gan - 19087 Rebel Force - 1900 Rebel Force - 1500 Uh oh. You may have all your tactic points, elixer Ds, resurrects, power pils, and the best physical army in the land, but you're up against 2 generals with Wan Fu, Ji Mian, and Yi Xin. Plus, you're close enough to the water where Si Ma Yi can use Shui Long and the other two can use Hong Shui. You're in for a rough ride unless you play your cards right. Start with a round of Bei Jis on everyone except Jiang Wei, who should use Ce Mian. Gang up on Si Ma Yi with power pills until he is dead, and whenever Ce Mian runs out, use it again. When Si Ma Yi is dead, you can stop using power pills and Ce Mian. Take out Yang Xiu and then Jiang Gan. These two wont last long against an army of Bei Jied warriors. ****************** Go past the fortress and head north to Chin castle. *****BATTLE 57***** Xun Huo - 25418 Li Dian - 23103 Wang Shuang - 20999 Rebel Force - 1800 Rebel Force - 1800 Odds are you have between 20 and 40 tactic points left, 0-2 power pils left on any given man, and you don't want to face another guy with Wan Fu. Don't use any Bei Jis. Take out Li Dian and Wang Shuang, then slowly work down Xun Huo. If you heal, make sure you save at least 15 tactic points. When he is in range of killing in one turn, use Ce Mian. Use your last power pils to kill the sucker. Take out his lackeys afterwards. If at some time before you kill him he An Shas someone, use a resurrect and then 3 elixer Ds or 2 and a heal, but like I said, be penny-pinching with your tactic points so you have that 15. ****************** In Chin castle you find out that Si Ma Yi controls a newly rebuilt Luo Yang castle. His very strong, intelligent sons are helping him guard it. Sounds like fun. Walk outside and you see a bridge built. You can go across it and wow! You're right next to Luo Yang castle! Don't fight yet. Gullwing to Chang Sha or Chang An and fill up on power pils- 3 for Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Guan Xing, 4 for Ma Chao. Fill the rest of your space with at least 3 resurrects spread out and at least 1 elixer D per person. Go to Xu Zhou to save. This is the closest place on your gullwing list that can attack Luo Yang- the path from Yang Zhou has been blocked off. Blow past the gates of Luo Yang, poorly defended as they are by the last remaining beleagured troops of Wei. If you're not level 50 by now, get to that by building up around Chin. Once level 50, gullwing to Ji Zhou. In there, go around the right wall to a house, where a man will raise your level to 51. This is the highest level. Cool. Return to Xu Zhou, heal, and save. If you're fully stocked, attack Luo Yang. =============================================================================== ******************************FINAL BATTLE PART 1****************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Si Ma Shi - 27965 Si Ma Zhao - 30767 Rebel Force - 180 Rebel Force - 150 Rebel Force - 150 Alright... let's see. Si Ma Yi's two loving sons which he seems to have raised well, because they're both very bright people. And they even try to taunt you into submission before every attack of theirs. What a nice thing to teach your kids. Begin the battle with Jiang Wei using Ce Mian and everyone else using Bei Ji. Each time Ce Mian runs out, use it again. These generals are dangerous and not afraid to use An Sha and Wan Fu. You will not need tactic points for anything but Ce Mian, because if you gang up on the two generals one at a time with powerpils, you can get them dead very quickly (Ma Chao will be doing insanely high amounts of damage). I really doubt you can get into a very big predicament fighting them, though I could be wrong. When they're dead, you obviously know there must be more, because you didn't fight Si Ma Yi. And here he is... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* =============================================================================== Si Ma Yi says its his destiny to rule, and you can't prevent. Well you can, just not in your tacticless condition. Though it may not seem like it, you can run from this battle. Either do that or use the Gui Han tactic. Fill back up on powerpils, heal, save, and come back. Now, you will not have to fight his sons, just the battle against Si Ma Yi and his henchmen. =============================================================================== ******************************FINAL BATTLE PART 2****************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Si Ma Yi - 40972 Yu Jin - 30767 Wei Xu - 27965 Cheng Yu - 24233 Xu Zhu - 20020 Alright, going into this battle, you should be confident, since you've taken on all the other foes this game could throw at you, and you outnumber these guys roughly 5:2 if you're on level 51. You also have the superior brains. Though they may have infinite TP, you know how to use them better. So, try not to get frustrated if you get An Shaed or repeatedly Huo Shened when Si Ma Yi is Bei Jied. Just know that you're superior to these punks. Kick it off with a round of Bei Ji. Wittle down Cheng Yu until he is dead- he is the most dangerous, with An Sha in his arsenal. When he's gone you can worry a bit less and focus on getting the fighter generals out of the way. If at any time someone dies, use 2 elixer Ds and 1 Jin Xian, to get them back up over 10K, and repeat this if they fall back under. You should be able to successfully revive 4 people if everyone has 1-2 elixer Ds. When only Si Ma Yi is left, spend a few turns attacking, and defend for however long necessary if he uses Ji Mian. If you get him down to about 15K, Jiang Wei should use Ce Mian followed by everyone else attacking with powerpils. Odds are this will kill him. If you accidentally get Si Ma Yi to low on health and he gets a chance he will Wan Fu and be fresh as new. And he will barage you with Huo Shens a lot. Hopefully you get him down to the right health and can finish him, because you only have so many powerpils and TP until you're a goner. If you win, he has some last sentiments, and then he dies. Yay. Congratulate yourself. Kiss the nearest person. No more fighting. Now its time for the ending pieces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* =============================================================================== The music changes to that of victory. Ahhh it sounds so sweet. Enter Luo Yang and gaze upon its majestic looks as a newly rebuild city. Everyone is talking of peace and happy things. Go to the scribe and invite Liu Bei in. If you want to fight Si Ma Yi again, don't save. Enter the palace. Talk to Liu Bei and hear his final speech: "Zhang Bao, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Guan Xing, Ma Chao, Zhu Ge Liang, Huang Zhong, my people. Finally peace reigns again. I thank you all for your devoted effort. Through this great trial, I have gained much wisdom. I will rule fairly but with an iron hand so that no uprising can threaten the peace again." Now its time for the credits! Yippee! We get to see lots of clips of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in many places they never were together to some funky music. Woohoo! Between each scene are some names, and portraits are displayed of characters. Capcom thanks you for playing at the end. Pat yourself on the back, give yourself a high five, whatever. You just beat on of the coolest RPGs ever. I haven't tried the sequel, maybe you should try it. ---------- Appendices ---------- -------------------------- XI. Characters & Generals -------------------------- Main Characters: Name Strength Intelligence Soldiers Note Liu Bei 180 225 314 Leader of your army, stops fighting to rule Guan Yu 245 180 Grows Mighty warrior in your army for long time Zhang Fei 250 75 Grows Second strongest fighter in the world Lu Bu 255 72 439 Strongest fighter in the world, traitorous Dong Zhou 162 72 439 Cruel ruler who burnt Luo Yang to the ground Yuan Shu 142 152 899 Tries to make himself emperor, fails Yuan Shao 170 140 1754 Mighty brother of Yuan Shao Zhao Yun 245 216 Grows Your best warrior at end game Huang Zhong 235 147 Grows Old yet strong and wise fighter Zhu Ge Liang 122 255 Grows Greatest tactician in the world Ma Chao 245 162 Grows Almost as strong in battle as Zhang Fei Guan Xing 237 175 Grows Guan Yu's powerful son Zhang Bao 240 150 Grows Zhang Fei's mighty son Sun Quan 228 207 19087 Assasinates Sun Ce to rule Wu Jiang Liao 204 225 Grows Great tactician/fighter, joins you late Cao Pi 216 204 20020 Devious ruler of Wei Si Ma Yi 180 250 40972 Kills Cao Pi to rule Wei, final boss Other Generals: Name Strength Intelligence Soldiers Bao Long 126 63 1255 Bu Xi 124 192 7003 Cai Yong 117 180 380 Cao Ang 180 84 18197 Cao Chun 168 48 13665 Cao Ren 180 156 14333 Cao Xiu 168 108 15034 Cao Zhang 242 168 19087 Cao Zhen 192 192 10763 Cao Zhi 132 220 13665 Chen Deng 94 157 153 Chen Ji 85 47 531 Chen Jiao 48 192 11841 Chen Lan 76 57 460 Chen Qun 72 228 24233 Chen Wu 161 115 5014 Chen Ying 136 42 1197 Cheng Yu 148 216 24233 Cheng Yuan Zhi 85 68 195 Dian Wei 222 48 20020 Ding Feng 120 184 15769 Dong Min 72 36 380 Fa Zheng 66 198 2965 Fan Zhang 185 90 4780 Fen Chou 153 36 399 Gao Lan 100 60 942 Gao Pei 172 88 2827 Gong Zhi 94 157 1197 Gu Yong 127 184 5014 Guan Ping 200 137 418 Guo Ji 128 72 418 Guo To 180 90 1317 Han Dang 180 115 5516 Han Xian 114 38 585 Han Xuan 136 126 1519 Han Zhong 80 30 204 Hou Cheng 192 108 18197 Hu Zhen 90 45 299 Hua Xiong 162 36 439 Huang Gai 217 103 9326 Huang Quan 66 165 2695 Huo Hu 80 175 236 Ji Ling 192 47 613 Jia Xu 18 220 418 Jiang Gan 136 180 19087 Jin Xuan 147 42 1317 Ju Shou 40 180 1449 Kan Ze 160 199 5259 Le Xin 168 72 29332 Lei Bo 142 76 643 Lei Tong 184 88 3110 Leng Bao 180 99 2024 Li Dian 156 108 23103 Li Feng 76 57 557 Li Jue 120 72 399 Li Ru 18 200 362 Li Su 99 45 299 Li Yan 90 160 2827 Liang Gang 85 28 506 Liang Ji 85 76 643 Ling Tong 161 103 5516 Liu Ba 99 176 2569 Liu Dai 168 84 26661 Liu Du 126 157 1672 Liu Feng 187 162 399 Liu Kui 110 110 3262 Liu Xun 132 99 3110 Liu Yang 126 126 1381 Liu Ye 60 180 16540 Liu Zheng 110 110 4142 Lu Fan 76 161 817 Lu Guang 160 50 1037 Lu Ji 57 161 11289 Lu Meng 130 225 14333 Lu Sun 215 240 11841 Lu Wen 168 132 22026 Lu Xiang 150 50 942 Ma Dai 225 175 3110 Ma Liang 59 211 1449 Ma Su 138 195 1754 Ma Yan 90 80 942 Ma Yuan Yi 76 34 177 Mao Jie 132 72 24233 Meng Da 154 132 3589 Mi Zhe 73 157 161 Niu Jin 204 36 20020 Pang De 212 200 2965 Pang Tong 99 240 3765 Shen Rei 60 130 1255 Si Ma Shi 192 220 27965 Si Ma Zhao 180 232 30767 Song Ren 80 100 110 Song Xian 168 60 13665 Song Yong 60 40 104 Sun Huan 215 115 16540 Sun Yi 172 46 15769 Sun Yu 210 180 13027 Tai Si Ci 230 123 15769 Tao Qian 90 160 2226 Tian Feng 120 160 1141 Wang Can 36 204 26661 Wang Gui 110 40 346 Wang Lei 135 132 2827 Wang Shuang 216 48 20999 Wei Xu 180 84 27965 Wei Yan 228 136 1317 Wen Hun 190 40 1449 Wu Fan 69 184 5014 Wu Lan 180 99 2965 Wu Yi 176 143 3589 Xia Hou De 168 132 16540 Xia Hou Dun 204 192 13665 Xia Hou Mao 180 84 16540 Xia Hou Shang 156 144 17349 Xia Hou Yuan 204 168 11289 Xing Dao Rong 168 31 1519 Xu Huang 216 108 18197 Xu Rong 90 117 314 Xu Sheng 195 103 11289 Xu Shou 40 170 1255 Xu Zhe 73 220 643 Xu Zhu 228 24 20020 Xue Rong 69 115 9326 Xun Huo 72 228 25418 Yan Liang 180 40 1381 Yan Yan 207 154 3262 Yang Huai 165 99 2965 Yang Jin 125 40 247 Yang Ling 168 42 1197 Yang Xiu 124 228 20999 Yu Jin 200 48 30767 Yuan Shang 170 140 1672 Yuan Tan 160 130 1594 Yuan Xi 140 120 1519 Yuan Yin 133 142 643 Zhang Bao 68 144 299 Zhang Hang 113 211 10763 Zhang He 210 150 1317 Zhang Jao 93 136 346 Zhang Ji 147 36 362 Zhang Liang 102 34 259 Zhang Liao 232 216 13027 Zhang Ren 207 165 3262 Zhang Xun 183 28 675 Zhang Yi 100 90 989 Zhang Zhao 140 240 8082 Zhao Fan 136 105 1594 Zheng Mao 93 34 153 Zhou Cang 215 85 506 Zhou Chao 140 20 346 Zhou Tai 180 45 10763 Zhou Yu 195 230 6365 Zhu Zhi 210 95 10261 --------------- XII. Equipment --------------- Armor: Name Cost Defense Found at Robe 100 20 Xu Zhou Leather 300 35 Xu Zhou, Chang An, Yuan Padded 800 45 Yuan, Nan Yang, Bo Hai, Ji Zhou Ring M. 2000 50 Chang Sha, Fu Shui Chain M. 4000 70 Cheng Du, Jin Du Splint M. 10000 85 Jian Ye Plate M. 30000 100 Guang Ling, Ru Nan Helmets: Bandana 50 10 Xu Zhou, Chang An Cap 150 20 Chang An Hood 500 40 Nan Yang, Bo Hai Wood H. 1000 60 Bo Hai, Ji Zhou, Chang Sha Copper H. 2000 70 Fu Shui Bronze H. 4000 80 Jin Du Iron H. 15000 90 Jian Ye Steel H. 40000 100 Ru Nan Weapons: Name Cost AP Found at: Dagger 50 10 Xu Zhou Flail 100 15 Xu Zhou, Chang An Ax 200 20 Chang An Club 500 30 Chang An, Yuan, Nan Yang Spear 1000 50 Bo Hai Saber 2000 70 Ji Zhou Bow 4000 80 Chang Sha, Fu Shui Sword 6000 120 Fu Shui, Cheng Du Battleax 10000 140 Cheng Du Scimitar 20000 150 Jin Du Crossbow 45000 130 Jin Du, Jian Ye Lance 65000 170 Jian Ye, Guang Ling, Ru Nan Bo Ye Found 190 Below a tree in Guang Ling castle Wan Sheng Found 190 Cave in Wei Nu Long Found 240 South of the exit at Wu's mountain pass Qing Long Found 240 Defeat the brigands south of Jin Du castle Qing Guang Found 240 Final cave past Ru Nan Halberd Found 250 Same cave as Qing Guang ------------ XIII. Items ------------ Bought Items: Name Cost Use Elixer A 20 Recovers 100 Soldiers Elixer B 50 Recovers 500 Soldiers Elixer C 200 Recovers 1,000 Soldiers Elixer D 500 Recovers 4,500 Soldiers Gullwing 100 Fly to a main city Power Pill 50 User does an attack of 2x dmg in battle Resurrect 100 Revives general along with 400 men Steed 200 Help sway general's into joining you Smoke Pot 200 Avoid enemies while traveling for short time Found Items: Name Where Use Chi Tu Ma On a square 8 spots west and 1 south of Fan Shui Guan fort Rider gains passive increase in agility Gold Key Cave before Lou Yang Open trap door to get Gemsword Gem Sword House in Lou Yang Sway Lu Bu into joining you Intro Letter Chen Cang fort Talk to Shui Jing in his house for good tips Gunpowder Bo Hai castle Destroy blocks by Xu Zhe in cave west of Bo Hai Silver Key Nan Yang, 4K to buy Open cell where Zhou Yun's sister is held Zhou Letter In fort where Zhou Yun's sister is captive Convince Zhou Yun to join you Iron Ore Mt. Gang Tai in Shu Give to swordsmith for him to make best weapons Deadwood By tree in Jian An Man in Jian An castle in Wu uses this and Saltpeter to make explosive to let you pass through Jian An Saltpeter Cave in northwestern Wu (west of bridge by Gui Yang castle) Used with Saltpeter ------------- XIV. Tactics ------------- Fire Tactics: Name TP Level Effect Lian Huo 2 2 Attack enemy for about 40 damage Ye Huo 4 8 Attack enemy for about 100 damage Yan Re 6 14 Attack all enemies for about 200 damage Da Re 8 22 Attack enemy for about 1000 damage Huo Shen 12 30 Attack all enemies for about 2000 damage Water Tactics: Name TP Level Effect Shui Tu 3 4 Attack enemy for about 80 damage Shui Xing 6 10 Attack enemy for about 120 damage Shui Lei 8 15 Attack all enemies for about 200 damage Hong Shui 12 21 Attack all enemies for about 1500 damage Shui Long 15 29 Attack all enemies for about 2500 damage Healing Tactics: Name TP Level Effect Chi Xin 3 5 Heal one ally for about 90 soldiers Tong Xian 5 13 Heal one ally for about 200 soldiers Yin Xian 10 16 Heal all allies for about 900 soldiers Wan Fu 10 23 Heal one ally's soldiers completely Jin Xian 4 28 Heal all allies by about 5000 soldiers Miscellaneous Tactics: Name TP Level Effect Wuo Jian 4 3 Fire attacks do half damage Cheng Nei 5 6 Reduces the defense level of a castle Qi Shou 4 7 Raise targeted general's agility Shui Jian 3 9 Water attacks do half damage Jie Ce 5 11 Undo any status changes caused by enemy tactics Ji Rou 5 17 Enemy attacks do 1/2 damage Yi Xin 5 18 Targeted general will not attack Bei Ji 8 18 Increases attack power of one ally Li Jian 6 20 Targeted general attacks himself and/or his allies Fu Bing 6 12 For a short time, user will do extra attack of 1/2 damage each turn on a chosen General Ji Mian 7 24 Enemies attacks do nothing Tui Lu 5 25 Retreat from battle Gui Huan 6 26 Teleport instantly to palace where Liu Bei is An Sha 10 27 Behead an enemy general Ce Mian 17 31 Enemies cannot use tactics for a few turns ---------------------- XV. Experience Levels ---------------------- 1 - 18 13547 35 181060 2 20 19 17040 36 202073 3 50 20 21232 37 225188 4 95 21 26263 38 250614 5 162 22 31797 39 278583 6 263 23 34884 40 309349 7 404 24 44579 41 343191 8 602 25 51944 42 380417 9 897 26 60045 43 421365 10 1267 27 68956 44 466408 11 1811 28 78759 45 515956 12 2518 29 89542 46 549978 13 3438 30 101403 47 627686 14 4634 31 114451 48 687775 15 6189 32 128730 49 750868 16 8210 33 144591 50 817116 17 10636 34 161957 ---------------------- XVI. Game Genie Codes ---------------------- Code Effect AEKPZZGT Buy 300 provisions for no money AEKPIZYZ + AEKPTZAP Buy 30,000 provisions for no money AENLULZL Dagger costs nothing AEVLKGZL Bandana costs nothing AENUKLGT Flail costs nothing AEXLXGGT Robe costs nothing AEXUOKGZ + AEXUXGPA Leather costs nothing AEUUXLGP Elixir A costs nothing AEXUVLGT Resurrect costs nothing AEXLVUEG Steed costs nothing AEEUKUEG Gullwing costs nothing NNVUUAOV Main character (Liu Bei) starts with 255 Intelligence (instead of 225). Also, T.P. (Tactical Points) goes up. AEKPLZLA Buy 3,000 provisions for $232 AEKPLZLA + AEKPGXET Buy 3,000 provisions for free ---------------------- XVII. Version History ---------------------- April 25th, 2003: Guide started, progress tracked on Classic Gaming Entertainment (my site at the time). May 21st, 2003: Walktrhough portion completed. 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