SENGOKU MUSOU 2 (SAMURAI WARRIORS 2) FOURTH WEAPONS GUIDE by Edward Chang (chang dot 459 at osu dot edu) v1.1 (3-20-06) Revision History v1.1 (3-20-06) Revised methods for Okuni, Nouhime. v1.0 (3-11-06) All methods completed. Some more FAQs added. v0.7 (3-9-06) More methods added. v0.6 (3-7-06) Added methods for about a third of the characters. v0.5 (2-28-06) Preliminary version. Stats and some FAQs included; methods to be included starting in the next revision. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Fourth Weapons List 3. Frequently Asked Questions 4. Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a guide for Koei/Omega Force's action game Sengoku Musou 2. Sengoku Musou 2 is the sequel to the popular Sengoku Musou, known in America/Europe as Samurai Warriors. Sengoku Musou 2 adds many new characters and features to the franchise. This guide is about each character's fourth weapon, a unique weapon that can be earned only by performing specific tasks on a specific stage. Fourth weapons have the highest base attack for that character as well as many useful bonuses. This FAQ makes use of SJIS encoding in order to display Japanese characters. I included this feature so that if you do not know Japanese, you can easily match up the characters on your TV screen to the characters in this guide. You will need to have support for viewing Japanese characters on your computer, however. Newer versions of Windows should have it built in; otherwise, you'll either need to get a program like NJStar Communicator, or you'll need to get Japanese character support for Internet Explorer and open this file in IE instead of Notepad/Wordpad. Go up to View and select Encoding, then pick Japanese (Auto-Select) to view the characters properly. The only website authorized to post this FAQ is www.gamefaqs.com. If you see this document elsewhere, not only are they posting without my permission, but they likely do not have the most current version of this FAQ. Emails to me asking questions already answered in the FAQ, even if the answers are not in the version you are reading, will be deleted without response. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. FOURTH WEAPONS LIST ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is ordered in the same order as the character select screen, so Sanada Yukimura comes first, Maeda Keiji comes second, and so on. Each section gives the name and stats of that general's fourth weapon and the stage it can be obtained on, with the methods to do so. Please note that fourth weapons must be obtained on Hard 難しい difficulty and that you must have finished that character's Musou Mode first, not including their Gaiden. Weapons need to be earned in Musou Mode, not in Free Mode; you can still use 2P to fulfill the conditions. The exceptions are Okuni and Ranmaru, who do not have Musou Modes; their fourth weapons are earned in the Infinite Castle by doing specific missions. Upon fulfilling the conditions for a fourth weapon, you will get either a Precious Item report (貴重品報告) or a supply team notification. Once this happens, you can check in your message history (情報履歴) to find where on the map the box or supply team has appeared. As an added bonus compared to the other Musou games, the weapons will show up as a mission (red dot or X on the map) so you'll always know where it is, a very nice touch. In the case of a box, which is handily colored in black unlike most boxes, all you have to do is break it open and pick up the item. In the case of a supply team, you have to chase the supply team down and defeat the captain to obtain the weapon before the supply team leaves the map. In Sengoku Musou 2, all 4th weapons have 8 slots for stat bonuses. Multiple bonuses for the same stat will stack; for instance, Sanada Yukimura's fourth weapon has two slots with Attack + giving him a total Attack bonus of +35, even though the maximum for a single slot is +20. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SANADA YUKIMURA 真田幸村 炎槍素箋鳴 Ensou Susanoo Stats: Base Attack 45 Fire Element Life +19 Attack +35 Defense +38 Horse +18 Musou Charge +32 In Yukimura's fifth stage, the Osaka Campaign (大阪の陣), you'll start in the castle. Defeat the general who comes up here and make your way downstairs and out. Defeat the enemy generals massed in the courtyard. Once the front gates open, the Tokugawa army will send a cannon to attack the castle. You must destroy the cannon before it begins firing. Around the same time, Inahime will come up towards the castle from the east and Date Masamune will charge from the west. Go east and defeat Inahime before she enters the castle. Now cross the courtyard to the west and head northwest to intercept Masamune. Defeat him as well before he enters the castle and you'll receive a precious item report. Enter the castle from the west door that Masamune was trying to enter and go up to the second floor to find the box with the weapon. Then just finish the stage normally. You'll want to seal all of the gates around the middle area to make things easier on your commander. Remember that the AI has a very tough time guarding Yukimura's C3-3. *Susanoo is a fire deity in Shinto. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAEDA KEIJI　前田慶次 天之瓊鉾 Ama no Nuboko Stats: Base Attack 50 Lightning Element Life +18 Attack +53 Horse +19 Musou Charge +49 On Keiji's fourth stage, the Battle of Hasedou (長谷堂の戦い), your simple goal is to get 1000 kills. By far the majority of the kills you will get will be in front of the third gate, when repeated waves of reinforcements show up to the south. Simply kill everything you can, and don't let too many enemies run away through the gates. Remember that you can remove your bodyguard (square on the bodyguard selection screen) if your bodyguards are stealing too many kills. Your ally generals will be ambushed by Date Masamune to the north and will probably start dying, but don't worry; Naoe Kanetsugu is the only one you need to keep alive, and he's pretty hardy. Once you've attained 1000 kills, the supply team will show up from the entry point southwest of the third gate and head southeast. Intercept them (good thing one of Keiji's specials is to call his horse), then hurry up to Kanetsugu and defeat all of the generals around him to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODA NOBUNAGA　織田信長 蛇之麁正 Orochi no Aramasa Stats: Base Attack 46 Wind Element Musou +18 Attack +35 Defense +16 Speed +18 Musou Charge +35 Attack Range +19 In Nobunaga's third stage, the Battle of Tedorigawa (手取川の戦い), you must assist five of your generals in retreating. The generals in question are Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie (柴田勝家), Maeda Toshiie (前田利家), Takigawa Kazumasu (滝川一益), and Niwa Nagahide (丹羽長秀). As you approach each general you'll get the mission to assist them in retreating, which involves defeating a nearby enemy general. After you defeat the general, your ally will retreat to the rear lines marked by the Xs. Be warned that if they encounter other generals along the way they may stop and fight, so defeat as many generals on your side of the river as possible. After all 5 have retreated, Nobunaga orders a counterattack. The supply team will appear just south of Kenshin's base and proceed southward. Defeat them and finish the stage normally. Be careful of the ambush near your home base late in the stage. *The Orochi is a mythical serpent beast in Shinto. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AKECHI MITSUHIDE　明智光秀 霊剣布都御魂 Reiken Futsumitama Stats: Base Attack 45 Lightning Element Musou +36 Attack +34 Defense +35 Attack Range +37 On his Gaiden, Mitsuhide Battle For Unification (光秀天下統一戦), the first step is to defeat Date Masamune, Maeda Keiji, Shibata Katsuie, Okuni, Sanada Yukimura, and Naoe Kanetsugu. Shibata Katsuie starts out close to your base, so you'll probably want to go after him first. As the stage progresses Maeda Keiji and Okuni will also charge your base, as will Yukimura and Kanetsugu. Date Masamune is camped out to the south. After defeating all of them, proceed towards Tokugawa's home base. After defeating some of the generals outside, Honda Tadakatsu will appear just inside. Approach him and it will trigger a mission to defeat him. At the same time Fuuma Kotarou will appear in the northeast, and the Akechi army will charge. This will prompt the supply team to show up a short while later from the north gate. Pick up the weapon, defeat Tadakatsu to open the door to Tokugawa, and then defeat him to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UESUGI KENSHIN　上杉謙信 天叢雲 Ama no Murakumo Stats: Base Attack 46 Ice Element Musou +19 Attack +50 Speed +38 Musou Charge +34 On Kenshin's Gaiden, Conquest of Kyushu (九州征伐), you must defeat a fair number of generals by yourself. First head up the left side of the map past the geyser area. You should get a scene momentarily where the geyser starts again, blocking your retreat. Make your way over towards Takeda Shingen, and on the way defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi, Hachisuka Koroku (蜂須賀小六), and Hori Hidemasa (堀秀政). Soon Nene and Maeda Toshiie (前田利家) will appear; defeat them as well. The next requirement is to head to the enemy home base in the northwest. However, if you have time you should clean up the rest of the map before you do so. Beware though that if you kill all the enemy generals outside, your army will charge the northwest base, and you must enter that base before they do to continue with the weapon's requirements. Once you enter, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Shimazu Yoshihisa (島津義久) will reveal themselves to be fakes, and the REAL ones will show up in the center of the map. At the same time Nouhime and Oda Nobutada (織田信忠) will come towards the northwest fort as well. You'll have all four of those generals (two of them being the fake Shimazus) on you, and you must defeat them all. Finally, Akechi Mitsuhide and Mori Ranmaru will show up. Defeat Mitsuhide first and then Ranmaru. This will cause the supply team to show up from the gate inside Kenshin's camp. Once you get the weapon, you're not done yet; you must fight the real Shimazus, who are both in hyper and both fairly hard. Their stats are so high that if you aren't maxed, you may not be able to even stagger them. You can use Kenshin's exploding doll special (R1+T) to attempt to dizzy them, but be prepared for a tough fight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OICHI　お市 木花開耶・菊 Konohana Sakuya: Kiku Stats: Base Attack 42 Lightning Element Life +34 Attack +38 Defense +34 Musou Charge +32 On Oichi's Gaiden, Revolt at Shizugatake (賤ヶ岳の変), begin by defeating some nearby enemy generals. Okuni will show up to assist you, and Nene will show up on Nouhime's side. Eventually Azai Nagamasa will try and charge out of his home base to assist you, but he'll be ambushed. Go up and defend him by defeating his ambushers. Now go all the way to the south and defeat Oda Nobunaga. Return and defeat Nouhime (beware, Nene will be in your way, and you can't defeat her yet). After you do so, Tachibana Ginchiyo and Inahime show up. Defeat them both. Okuni will also turn hostile around this time, but again, you cannot defeat her yet. Mori Ranmaru shows up as well; defeat him. Finally, you can now defeat Okuni and Nene, in that order. Nouhime will show up a second time, and the supply team will show up as well, from a gate on the left side of the center area. Pick it up and defeat Nouhime to finish. This weapon can be quite tough to get thanks to the sheer number of unique generals mobbing you and Oichi's only so-so crowd control. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OKUNI　阿国 日向天細女 Hinataame no Uzume Stats: Base Attack 44 Fire Element Attack +19 Defense +37 Speed +17 Jump +39 Musou Charge +35 To obtain this weapon you must clear the Priestess's Temple Donation Solicitation Pilgrimage (巫女の勧進行脚) mission in the Infinite Castle twice. Of course, you must successfully complete the mission playing as Okuni. The spawning of this mission appears to be somewhat random, so just take it as it comes up. The first floor in the mission has nothing special; on each of the three subsequent stages, you will have to defeat some subgenerals and then eventually a general such as Tokugawa Ieyasu or Oda Nobunaga. On the fifth and final floor of the mission, you'll come across Maeda Keiji fighting a fake Okuni. Defeat the fake Okuni to finish the mission. The second time you do this, Maeda Keiji will then say he has something for you and turn hostile. Defeat Keiji and he'll drop the weapon box with this weapon in it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAIKA MAGOICHI　雑賀孫市 獄焔火具土 Gokuen Kagutsuchi Stats: Base Attack 45 Fire Element Life +35 Attack +38 Musou Charge +20 Attack Range +39 Luck +12 This weapon wins my vote for the most annoying weapon to get. It certainly isn't the most difficult, but it sure is annoying. The conditions are simple enough - beat Nobunaga as fast as possible. The problem is that it's on Magoichi's fourth stage, Escape from Honnouji (本能寺脱出). As you probably noticed when you were completing his Musou Mode, this entire map is filled with mist and it never lifts, so you never know exactly where you are, and you don't have access to your map or minimap. In any case, keep a few tips in mind. Definitely equip a horse, and stick close to the walls. If you have to get off of your horse, for instance to fight a general, make sure you point your horse in the direction you were headed before you get off. That way you'll know which way to go when you get back on. Also fight as close as possible to your horse. If you get too far, you may never find it again! With that said you should study the map carefully at the stage preparation screen. Although it won't tell you such, you start in the southwest corner, facing north. Once the stage starts head northwards, hugging the wall to your left (which is the west wall). After a little bit of riding you'll see a villager being attacked by some bandits. Defeat the bandit leaders and continue on. A little further north you'll come across another bandit ambush. Save the villagers once again. This happens around the northwest corner. Now turn east (again by hugging the wall to your left) and continue forward. Another event will occur, this time with Mori Ranmaru and Nouhime appearing. Defeat them both. Continue east and you'll finally spot a fort (which is the fort in the northeast corner of the map). Defeat the general guarding the doors and enter. Now Nobunaga will finally appear in the fort. Defeat him as quickly as possible. At this point you SHOULD get the message saying that the supply team (輸送部隊) has appeared. But of course, you have no idea where, and I can't tell you which way they're going either. Ride out the south door of the fort (in other words NOT the door that you entered by) and go straight south. Once you hit a dead end, turn right (westwards). Keep going and you should be able to find the supply team. I encountered them a little bit away from the southwest corner, but again it's hard to tell exactly where they're going. Just to be safe, I'd save as soon as you get the message that the supply team has appeared, so you can reload if you aren't able to find them within a minute or two. Once you defeat them the stage isn't over; you have to find Fuuma Kotarou and defeat him. I found him along the east side of the map outside the fort, but it's possible that he shows up wherever he wants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TAKEDA SHINGEN　武田信玄 天孫降臨 Tenson Kourin Stats: Base Attack 48 Wind Element Life +18 Attack +20 Defense +37 Horse +20 Speed +19 Attack Range +19 In Takeda Shingen's fourth stage, the Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い), take Nagashino Fort right in front of you. You'll have to defeat the general outside to open the doors, then defeat both generals inside to do so. Afterwards proceed south and protect the other fort by defeating Sakai Tadatsugu (酒井忠次). At about this time Honda Tadakatsu and Hashiba Hideyoshi will proceed eastwards and attempt to pincer your commander's base from north and south. Defeat them both before they can enter the base. I'd take Tadakatsu first as Shima Sakon will go and delay Hideyoshi for you. I'd also take out Akechi Mitsuhide along the way since he'll be headed towards the fort in the southeast. Once this is done you'll get an event where it begins raining, thus nullifying Nobunaga's muskets. Shingen will order a charge and a few moments later the supply team will show up from the south gate, proceeding eastwards. Pick up the weapon, then defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE MASAMUNE　伊達政宗 大覇狩 Oohakari Stats: Base Attack 44 Ice Element Attack +37 Horse +34 Musou Charge +38 Attack Range +35 In his fifth stage, Decisive Battle of Mikatagahara (三方ヶ原決戦), your simple goal is to defeat all enemy generals except for Tokugawa Ieyasu while keeping all of your ally generals alive. The first thing you should do is ignore the central fort and take out the forts on the east and west sides. This will cause Miyamoto Musashi to get impatient and charge, at which point he'll fall into an ambush. The effect of the ambush is that he'll lose his hyper mode, so he'll be much easier to go in and kill. After taking the center fort, make your way around the map killing all of the other enemy generals. The only ones you won't be able to reach yet are Inahime and Ieyasu himself. Take the opportunity to take as many gates as you can too, as things are about to get a lot tougher. Once you enter Ieyasu's camp the doors will lock, and Ieyasu will reveal himself to be Hanzou in disguise. At the same time the real Tokugawa Ieyasu will appear outside the camp, and he and Inahime will charge your allies, as well as Honda Tadakatsu and other reinforcements to the north. You must defeat Hanzou as quickly as possible to open the gates. Then speed out and aid your allies, prioritizing those who have multiple generals on them. Killing generals speedily is of the essence, especially when it comes to Tadakatsu. Once you've defeated everybody except Ieyasu, the supply team will show up from the northwest gate and head eastwards. After they show up, all that's left to do is defeat Ieyasu to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOUHIME　濃姫 蛭コ Hiruko Stats: Base Attack 44 Wind Element Musou +38 Defense +36 Speed +37 Musou Charge +36 On Nouhime's fifth stage, Revolt at Honnouji (本能寺の変), you must succeed in the mission to defend Oda Nobutada (織田信忠), and then oddly enough you must let Mori Ranmaru die without triggering the mission to protect him, with Oda Nobutada still alive. As the stage starts, first defeat the two nearby enemy generals attacking Nobunaga. After the fire attack starts, make your way up the left side (you'll have to take a detour through the small alleys) and approach Oda Nobutada. This will trigger the mission to defend him, which you can succeed at by defeating both generals attacking him. Now return to Nobunaga's side and defeat the new generals attacking him. Watch out for Nobutada; if he gets in trouble you'll have to go and save, but of course that means Nobunaga himself might get into trouble. After awhile Akechi Mitsuhide will pop up on the east side. This will prompt Mori Ranmaru to charge Mitsuhide's position. Let him and take out any remaining generals trying to attack Nobunaga. After Ranmaru gets near Mitsuhide, do NOT approach either of them, as that will trigger the mission to protect Ranmaru. If you've already defeated everybody around Nobunaga, feel free to go up back to where Nobutada is and continue protecting him. Ranmaru will probably take quite a long time to die. Once he does, though, the supply team will show up from the west gate near Nobutada's position, conveniently enough. Pick it up and defeat Mitsuhide to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HATTORI HANZOU　服部半蔵 闇牙黄泉津 Inga Yomitsu Stats: Base Attack 44 Shura Element Attack +39 Speed +36 Jump +34 Attack Range +38 On Hanzou's Gaiden, Attack on Ueda Castle (上田城攻略戦), your two goals are to defeat Fuuma Kotarou and all of his clones, and then defeat Sanada Yukimura before defeating Sanada Masayuki (真田昌幸). First go up the left side of the map towards the small fort in the northwest corner. Defeat the general there and it will prompt Kotarou to show up nearby. At around the same time, the Sanada army will try and start a water attack on your army by sending some spies to the small fort just southeast of the northwest fort. Although you don't have to stop the water attack to get Hanzou's fourth, I highly recommend it as it stops your morale from plummeting, and the spies aren't too difficult. You'll need to defeat the three spy leaders (you can tell who they are because they have names over their head) to succeed. As a bonus, when you do succeed your map will fill in with all of the hidden passages. Now go back and defeat Kotarou. Upon doing so, he'll spawn copies of himself around the map. His three copies are in the southeast corner, just south of Yukimura, and in the back of the castle on the first floor, on the right side. Once you've defeated all three, now you must defeat Yukimura. This is unquestionably the hardest part of getting this weapon. Normally on this stage you would defeat Masayuki first, capturing the castle and causing Yukimura to lose his super-hyper status and just being regular hyper. But to get this weapon you'll need to defeat him first. If your stats are too low, you won't even be able to stagger him. Once you've defeated him (good luck) you will receive a precious item report. The weapon is in the back of the castle on the first floor, on the right side, behind where one of Kotarou's copies was. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MORI RANMARU　森蘭丸 神剣カムド Shinken Kamudo Stats: Base Attack 46 Ice Element Life +37 Defense +38 Speed +19 Musou Charge +37 Attack Range +14 The path to get this weapon is basically a continuation of the Infinite Castle mission events used to unlock Ranmaru in the first place. Once Ranmaru becomes usable, Akechi Mitsuhide's Request 3 (明智光秀の願い3) spawns on floor 41. You must accompany him through the next few floors. Upon clearing this mission, Maeda Keiji's Request 2 (前田慶次の願いその2) spawns on floor 31. Complete this mission as well and a new mission, Maeda Keiji's Request "The Truth..." (前田慶次の願い　真実は…) spawns on floor 46. Complete this mission and on floor 50 Maeda Keiji will decide to test you and turn hostile. Defeat him and you'll gain the weapon. Note that only the last mission need be done with Ranmaru to earn the weapon; you can clear the other missions using any character you want. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI　豊臣秀吉 三貴宇津皇子 Mibashira no Utsumiko Stats: Base Attack 42 Lightning Element Speed +60 Jump +40 Luck +60 In Hideyoshi's second stage, the Battle of Shizugatake (賤ヶ岳の戦い), you must defeat Maeda Toshiie (前田利家) and convince him to retreat before Shibata Katsuie orders him to charge, and then you must defeat Maeda Keiji when he charges your home base. Toshiie is holed up in the fort on the west side of the map. Katsuie very quickly orders Toshiie to charge, so pretty much the first thing you should do is ignore the mission to take the four forts on the east side and go towards Toshiie's base, entering from the east. Defeat the guard captain guarding the door, then charge in and defeat Toshiie. If he goes into hyper mode, it means that Katsuie ordered him to charge and you're too late. Once he's defeated his ally generals will also withdraw from the battle. Go back out and towards your own home base. Maeda Keiji will begin to charge your home base, but if you go and engage him up north chances are the other enemy generals will take out your base while you're doing so. It's better to let Keiji come to you; in the meantime, take out the generals that are already making their way to your base. Of course, I wouldn't let Keiji IN your base, because if your base commander is caught in the crossfire he'll quickly die. Keiji is of course in hyper mode, so be careful and fight him near a gate if possible for the health item. Remember that Hideyoshi's C7 is a throw (unblockable), though in general Hideyoshi's attacks come out so quickly anyway that it shouldn't be too bad fighting Keiji. Once Keiji is defeated, the supply team will appear from the gate near Toshiie's base and head southwards. Pick up the weapon and complete the stage normally. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONDA TADAKATSU　本多忠勝 闘尖荒覇吐 Tousen Arahabaki Stats: Base Attack 50 Fire Element Musou +15 Attack +37 Defense +53 Musou Charge +33 On Tadakatsu's Gaiden, Match Before Tenshou (天正御前仕合), you must defeat all of the following generals before they are able to enter one of the three forts on the map: Hattori Hanzou, Nene, Fuuma Kotarou, Maeda Keiji, Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojirou, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Date Masamune, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The enemies appear in four waves (i.e. ninjas, and then swordsmen, etc.) and the order is somewhat random. Once they do appear, the generals will head for one of the three forts on the map; if you draw near a general, you'll get a mission to stop him from entering whatever fort he is headed to, which also appears somewhat random. You must succeed in all 9 missions. If a general goes hyper mode, it means he's successfully entered the fort he was headed to and you've failed to get the weapon. It doesn't matter if the other named generals enter any of the forts, so prioritize the generals listed above first. This is much easier if you play on 2P and get the 2P to distract (but not defeat) the generals from reaching their goal while you take them on one by one. Once you've defeated all nine generals, the supply team will show up from a southeast gate and head northeast. Pick it up and kill the remaining generals to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INAHIME　稲姫 天之麻迦古弓 Ama no Makakoyumi Stats: Base Attack 44 Ice Element Attack +17 Defense +33 Jump +16 Musou Charge +36 Attack Range +38 In Ina's first stage, Attack on Odawara Castle (小田原城攻略戦), your simple task is to defeat all enemy generals other than Houjou Ujinao (北条氏直) and Houjou Ujimasa (北条氏政) personally. Be careful that you don't get your kills stolen by other generals or your bodyguard. Take full advantage of the midstage save system. The enemy generals outside the castle to the north and south are the ones most in danger of being killed by other generals, so prioritize them first. You must also defeat Fuuma Kotarou on the 2nd floor of the castle and the two generals hiding in the supply depot to the southwest as part of the conditions. Once you've defeated all of these generals, the supply team will appear from the northeast gate and head southwards. Intercept them to obtain the weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOKUGAWA IEYASU 徳川家康 煌刃獲加武 Koujin Wakatakeru Stats: Base Attack 48 Fire Element Musou +17 Attack +35 Defense +18 Speed +35 Luck +19 On Ieyasu's fifth stage, the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い), your goal is to defeat all enemy generals. You don't have to keep your allies alive, which is helpful. The only tricky part is that you do have to beat the generals that normally defect to your side if you play the stage normally. Yoshikawa Hiroie (吉川広家) and Mouri Hidemoto (毛利秀元) defect if you defeat Ankokuji Ekei (安国寺恵瓊), so leave them all alone for now. Start by just defeating enemy generals in the central area, and take out the enemy cannons too to stop your morale from dropping too much. After awhile, Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋) will start to waver on whether to defect to your side or not. Ieyasu will send Fuse Magobei (布施孫兵衛) to shoot at Kobayakawa to convince him. If Magobei reaches the mountain looking over his camp, Hideaki will defect, so you do NOT want this to happen. Rather, just stay away from Magobei and let him die. It might take awhile depending on the status of your morale. Once he dies, the western army will get a significant morale boost and all of the generals will charge your camp. Now you can defeat all of the enemy generals without worry. Once you defeated everybody except Ishida Mitsunari, the supply team will appear from the fort in the northwest, heading south. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISHIDA MITSUNARI 石田三成 志那都神扇 Shintasu no Shinsen Stats: Base Attack 45 Ice Element Musou +36 Defense +38 Musou Charge +35 Attack Range +37 On Mitsunari's Gaiden, the Edo Campaign (江戸の陣), you must fulfill a certain number of missions. First go to the eastern gate and defeat Mogami Yoshiaki (最上義光). This will open that gate. At the same time the north gate will open and your general Ukita Hideie (宇喜田秀家) will be lured into a trap. Go up there and you'll get a mission to save him; do so by defeating the nearby enemy generals. At this point some of your generals will go traitor. Defeat them - Yoshikawa Hiroie (吉川広家), Mouri Hidemoto (毛利秀元), and Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋). Return to inside the castle and defeat all of the generals inside in another mission. Once you do, Fuuma Kotarou will appear and attempt to sneak attack your base from a secret door that opens in the west. Go and defeat him before he can arrive at your base. Now defeat the one guard captain inside the east door of the castle to open a door and find a captured ally general, Ankokuji Ekei (安国寺恵瓊). You'll receive a mission to escort him back to your homebase. He's a little annoying since he stops to fight a lot of people, so clear out as many of the enemies as you can. He will be sneak attacked by some generals as he moves, so make sure you escort him personally. Now once you've done so, enter the castle proper from the north side (very important; if you enter the south side first and go in too far, you won't be able to get the weapon). Defeat the general there and you'll find a sealed door. Ekei will mention that there should be another path from the south side. Once this happens, the precious item report will trigger and the weapon appears on the bridge between the two parts of the castle. Now go to the south side and cross over to the north part of the castle, finding the weapon along the way. Beware as the stronger generals like Date Masamune and Honda Tadakatsu are lurking inside the castle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AZAI NAGAMASA 浅井長政 倭王八千戟 Waou no Yachihoko Stats: Base Attack 45 Lightning Element Attack +35 Defense +17 Horse +35 Musou Charge +56 On Nagamasa's third stage, Defense of Odani Castle (小谷城防衛戦), first proceed forward and defeat Hori Hidemasa (掘秀政) and Kani Saizou (可児才蔵). Proceed onwards and defeat Niwa Nagahide (丹羽長秀) and Kanamori Nagachika (金森長近) to take the northwest fort. Immediately head towards the fort in the center. Hideyoshi will break the walls and begin charging the castle. You need to defeat him before he invades the castle. Meanwhile the fort's doors will close and three more generals will ambush you. Defeat them all. At around this time Oichi will begin moving towards the northeast. Once she arrives, Maeda Toshiie (前田利家) and Ikeda Tsuneoki (池田恒興) will show up in the north. Defeat them. Now hurry to the fort in the southeast and defeat the generals attacking before Kaihou Tsunachika (海北綱親) is defeated. Nagamasa will then order his army to charge. This will cause the supply team to show up from the center gate on the west side. It'll head eastwards. Take the weapon and finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIMA SAKON 島左近 猛壬那刀 Takeminakata Stats: Base Attack 46 Wind Element Life +16 Attack +36 Defense +37 Musou Charge +34 Attack Range +12 On Sakon's fifth stage, the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い), your simple task is to defeat all enemy generals while keeping all of your allies alive. You don't need to defeat the generals that defect from your side, so you can ignore them unless they are swarming one of your allies. Once you've defeat all of those enemy generals, the supply team will show up from a gate along the south side of the map, heading west. Intercept them and defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu to finish the stage. The vast majority of enemies on this map are generic generals, so this shouldn't be too hard even despite the condition that you need to keep your allies alive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHIMAZU YOSHIHIRO 島津義弘 大鎚伊武岐 Ootsuchi Ibuki Stats: Base Attack 48 Wind Element Attack +34 Defense +35 Speed +54 Musou Charge +18 On Yoshihiro's fourth stage, Breakthrough at Sekigahara (関ヶ原突破戦), you must complete a number of missions personally. First defeat a few generals in the center area just to clear things out. Now head towards Ishida Mitsunari's position camped out in the southwest. A mission will pop up to defend him, which involves defeating the three enemy generals besieging him. Kill all of them yourself (i.e., no kill stealing). Now make your way towards Shima Sakon in the east to trigger the mission to defend him. Along the way, Tokugawa Ieyasu will probably order Hattori Hanzou to charge Mitsunari. If he does so, go down south and intercept Hanzou, and defeat him personally. Yoshihiro will then tell Mitsunari to gather in the center. Take out more generals in the center if you think Mitsunari will have problems. Then return to defending Sakon, which again involves defeating three enemy generals. After defeating those three, Ieyasu will order Honda Tadakatsu to charge. Defeat him as he comes down south and Yoshihiro will order Sakon to the center. Now go up to the northwest corner, and again defeat the three enemy generals besieging Tachibana Ginchiyo's camp. Afterwards Inahime will charge westwards, so go and defeat her. Once Ginchiyo reaches the center of the map, the real fun begins. A whole mess of Tokugawa army replacements suddenly appears, surrounding your allies in the general. You'll then get a mission to eliminate the Eastern Army, which basically involves killing every new general on the map. You must again do so personally. Be careful, Ginchiyo and Sakon have a nasty tendency to steal your kills, since they swing so much faster than you. Save after every successful kill on your part. Once you kill every general, the doors to Ieyasu's camp opens; at the same time a supply team will show up from the northwest corner, heading south. Grab the weapon and then return to defeat Ieyasu to finish the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TACHIBANA GINCHIYO 立花?千代 雷鋼須世理 Raikou Suseri Stats: Base Attack 44 Lightning Element Life +18 Musou +18 Attack +20 Defense +17 Speed +18 Musou Charge +20 Attack Range +17 Luck +19 On Ginchiyo's first stage, Conquest of Kyushu (九州征伐), first head eastwards across the bridge. After the ambush scene, defeat Shimazu Iehisa (島津家久). Continue eastwards to the fort in the northeast and defeat Shimazu Tadanaga there (島津忠長). Now loop down southwards into the fort where Shimazu Yoshihiro awaits. Defeat him and the doors will open. Head out the east side and go south - time for another ambush sequence. After this one, defeat Shimazu Toshihisa (島津歳久). Now go down to the main fortress where the boss of the stage, Shimazu Yoshihisa (島津義久), awaits. This will prompt Iehisa, Toshihisa, and Yoshihiro to show up as backup. All four of them will be in hyper mode. Now the tricky part - you must defeat IN ORDER Iehisa, Toshihisa, and Yoshihiro. This will prompt the supply team to show up from a gate to the northeast, which will head westwards. Ride northwest from the enemy base leaving Yoshihisa behind (if you defeat him, the stage ends!) to intercept the supply team. Despite having four hyper generals on you in the end, this is Ginchiyo's first stage, and her moveset is pretty darn good, so this shouldn't give you that many problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NAOE KANETSUGU 直江兼続 神直毘御剣 Kamunaobi no Mitsurugi Stats: Base Attack 45 Fire Element Musou +56 Defense +18 Musou Charge +51 In Kanetsugu's Gaiden, Uesugi Conquest (上杉征伐), your basic goal is to defeat Date Masamune, Honda Tadakatsu, Hattori Hanzou, and Inahime. First defeat the generals that begin charging your base. Soon Uesugi Kagekatsu (上杉景勝) will show up in the fort in the northeast. At the same time the Date army will show up in the north. Approach Kagekatsu and you'll get a mission to escort him to your base. Do so by defeating the nearby generals. As he draws near, Date Masamune will show up as well. Defeat him and Honda Tadakatsu, Hattori Hanzou, and Inahime will show up in the forts arrayed along the map. Maeda Keiji and Sanada Yukimura will assist you by taking Hanzou's and Inahime's forts, respectively, so you should first go after Honda Tadakatsu. Keiji and Yukimura are both pretty hardy, so you don't have to worry about them losing all that quickly (although you lose if either of them die, so be warned). After defeating Tadakatsu, Hanzou, and Ina, the supply team will show up from the gate north of the central plain and travel northeast. Catch up to them on a horse; then just defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu in the southwest corner to end the stage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NENE ねね 豊玉翔小太刀 Toyotama no Tobikodachi Stats: Base Attack 42 Ice Element Defense +37 Speed +38 Attack Range +37 Luck +38 In Nene's third stage, Battle of Komaki Nagakute (小牧長久手の戦い), you must save the detached force to the east, take Iwasaki Fort, and then defeat all of Hattori Hanzou, Inahime, and Honda Tadakatsu. The first thing you should do is leave your camp and immediately head to the east side of the map. The detached force is extremely weak and will lose quickly if you do not get to them right away. To save them, defeat Niwa Ujishige (丹羽氏重) and Ii Naomasa (井伊直政). Now enter Iwasaki to the immediate south and take it by defeating Sakakibara Yasumasa (榊原康政). This will prompt Tokugawa Ieyasu to move his camp to the west, while also causing Hanzou to sneak attack your base and Tadakatsu and Inahime to come and try and take back Iwasaki. It takes them some time to get there, so it's probably better to go back to your camp and defeat Hanzou. Hanzou will seal the doors so you'll have to use the ninja route just east of the main door to get in; you should defeat him before he reaches your main camp. With him defeated, return to Iwasaki and defeat Inahime and Tadakatsu. Beware, since Tadakatsu is in hyper mode. As an added bonus, defeating the pair nets you 2000 gold. Once this is accomplished, the supply team will appear from the gate to the left of the middle area. It should be easy enough to intercept them on a horse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FUUMA KOTAROU 風魔小太郎 闇御津破 Kuramitsuha Stats: Base Attack 44 Shura Element Life +19 Attack +37 Speed +38 Jump +17 Musou Charge +33 On Kotarou's Gaiden, Defense of Odawara Castle (小田原城防衛戦), you'll need to fulfill a number of missions. The first thing you should do is double jump over the ninja path in the wall and start defeating enemies in the southern area outside the walls. Pretty soon a siege device will appear as well. You need to destroy the siege device, but make sure you wait until AFTER the mission to destroy it has spawned before you do, or you'll screw yourself out of the weapon. Now proceed north and defend the front doors by defeating the three attacking enemy generals without letting Chiba Naoshige (千葉直重) die. Continue northwards and defend the northern fort by defeating the attackers without letting Houjou Ujiteru (北条氏照) die. At about this time Nene will infiltrate the castle, but ignore her for now. Go towards Hideyoshi's base and eventually Tokugawa Ieyasu and many reinforcements will show up inside the castle. Return to the castle and succeed in the mission by defeating all six Tokugawa army generals. Continue in inside the castle and you'll find that Nene has rigged the castle to explode. You'll get a mission to stop her plan. You must do so by defeating all bomb ninjas and all gunpowder kegs on the first and second floors. The placement is random each time, so search carefully. When you've gotten all of them you'll get the mission completed notice, so you'll be able to know if you've missed any. With that done climb up to the third floor and defeat Nene. Now finally save your ally general in the southwest corner, Ogawara Yasuhiro (小笠原康広). Once you've defeated the generals around him, he'll begin retreating towards the castle doors. Escort him along the way, as he'll be sneak attacked by Shima Sakon. Once he reaches the castle gates you're done. You'll get a precious item report and the weapon will appear inside the castle on the first floor. Pick it up and finish the stage normally. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIYAMOTO MUSASHI 宮本武蔵 石烈岩刀剣 Iwasaku Iwatsutsu Stats: Base Attack 48 Shura Element Attack +48 Musou Charge +35 Attack Range +50 On Musashi's third stage, Revolt at the Capital (京洛動乱) all you have to do is defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu before he retreats. He starts in the northwest corner and as soon as the stage starts he begins retreating eastwards. Ride up there and defeat him before he leaves and the supply team will appear from a gate along the east side, heading south. Pick up the weapon and complete the stage normally by allowing Toyotomi Hideyori to reach the escape point on the east side, then defeating Sasaki Kojirou when he shows up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q. I can't get these weapons! A. Make sure you are playing on Hard difficulty. Also, be sure that you are playing Musou Mode, not Free Mode. Q. I followed everything you said, and I still didn't get these weapons! A. If I tell you to defeat a certain general, usually you have to do it personally. That means the finishing blow HAS to be done by you. Not your bodyguard, not by Yukimura, but you. You should be able to tell if you did the finishing blow because you'll get the Experience +200 or whatever floating over your head and your general will say "Tekishou, uchitottari!" ("I defeated an enemy general!") or something similar. Barring that, it is possible that there are other conditions that I am not aware of, such as having to do things within a certain amount of time, or keeping ally generals alive. These methods are the ones that worked for me; if they don't work for you, power up your character and try again to do things faster, in case there is an unspecified time limit. Q. Can I play 2P? A. Yes, and in fact I recommend it for certain weapons. However, be careful that the 2P doesn't steal 1P's kills if it's important for a certain fourth weapon condition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. CREDITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks go to: Koei and Omega Force as usual. The only website authorized to post this FAQ is www.gamefaqs.com. If you see this document elsewhere, not only are they posting without my permission, but they likely do not have the most current version of this FAQ. Emails to me asking questions already answered in the FAQ, even if the answers are not in the version you are reading, will be deleted without response. This FAQ Copyright 2006 to Edward Chang. 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