Of course we have had the Lordyuanshu Dynasty Warriors 6 Walkthrough FAQ up for a while with pictures, descriptions of characters, unlock unlockable characters, DW6 Stage strategies and so on.

I have been getting a lot of emails asking for a .txt version of the Lordyuanshu DW6 guide so I went ahead and did it. It is more simple to read having it all on one page in text in front of you at once, or to print off.

Everything from the website version is compiled inside and submitted to the important places (aka Gamefaqs and our friends a Kongming.net). Lots of other emails come in asking for walkthrough FAQ submissions but I tend to ignore them

Also I have been getting feedback on my walkthrough a few days after submitting it to Gamefaqs. Just want all those users who emailed in to know that in due time I will look over any omissions or questionable strategies (I think my DW6 Fan Castle Wei Side needs a few more run throughs on hard to stop the flood and finish all three targets).

Dynasty Warriors 6 Text Walkthrough Guide. This FAQ should only be here, Gamefaqs, and at Kongming.net.

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• Dynasty Warriors 6 Musou Mode Walkthrough List
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Unlocking Guide
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Wei Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty
Target 1 – Defeat Guan Ping and Yue Ying within 10 minutes.
Target 2 – West River Camp, West River Fort, East River Camp and East River Fort do not fall for 15 minutes.
Target 3 – At least 7 of your units survive until victory.

Strategy – Managing the first 10 minutes of this stage is tough. You need to be efficient in defeat the attacking forces moving in on the four bases initially….and then you need to counterattack and kill Yue Ying and Guan Ping fast enough to be able to fight the next batch of enemy reinforcements attacking those bases. One really really dumb trick to Target 2 is you actually have to wait 15 minutes if you want to get this target. I went through this stage so many times achieving target 2 until I realized I was going through it too fast and not being credited with completing it, so make sure if you saved those northern bases to wait 15 minutes for your reward.

Start off by jumping off the cliff to the south and engaging Fei Yi, and then Gao Ding just to the east. Li Yan and Ma Dai attack from the east, so take them out and begin for Zhang Yi in the west, the last enemy attacking your bases. Keep heading this way until you get to Guan Ping’s base; he’s here with Yi Ji. Once he is done, Yue Ying’s base is but a stone’s throw away. Go east to get here and take out Shamoke while you’re here, but watch out for the flame breathing traps. And Yue Ying can carve you up with her bow attacks, so if you’re in close range make sure to take her out, or engage on horse.

Soon the enemy reinforcements will come (or they already will have come if you took a bit longer) but if you feel you were making good time you can go south and then east of Yue Ying’s base for Guan Xing, Wang Ping and Gao Xiang. If you want to get greedy you can go for Yin Shang (if he’s left) and Wei Yan in the southeast but Cao Pi can probably take care of that, plus the Shu reinforcements will arrive if you make a trip all the way there. So instead, jump down in the canyon by Guan Xing, and take out Wang Ping. Then race north to those four bases you have to protect as the reinforcements are bound to come.

Xiang Lang is in the east so he should be easy to engage if you’re around here with Wang Ping / Wei Yan. Then begin going east, taking out Zhang Bao, Guan Suo, Zhuo Ying and Liao Hua. Only a few enemy force should be left, like maybe Jiang Wan, Chen Shi, and then the group in the southwest main camp. Chen Zhen, Lu Yi, Deng Zhi, Wu Yi, Chen Dao, Zhao Tong, Zhao Guang, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei clutter this base up with Shu officers.

Shu Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 2 – Wei Yan does not withdraw.

Target 3 – Secure 16 or more enemy bases in 10 minutes (actually just total bases).

Strategy – The third target is a little odd because they’re not really your enemies bases, you just need 16 total. And you start off with 11. More importantly you’ll want to keep an eye on Wei Yan, escorting him north.

As you begin take out Xiahou Hui just north of you (assuming you’re in the southeast). From here head west all the way until you reach Xiahou He and the allied base he is attacking. Take him out, and then north a bit for Guo Huai and Sun Li. By this time Wei Yan should be getting mauled by enemy forces. Lots of times you’ll be positioned in the center – if that is the case, just go towards Deng Ai in the northwest and start wiping out generals.

If you wait, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Zhang Qiu, and Zhang He will be putting the hurt on Wei Yan. Once he is saved here you can work on the bases just north and then east of here. You will run into Liu Shao and Wen Pin as you begin to go this way.

All of the enemies that were attacking the plateau will be coming back to the north now. Just to the east is Cao Pi and his forces; Zhen Ji, Zhu Ling, Xiahou Wei, Chen Jiao and Jiang Ji. Two more bases are east of here and once you get them you should have target 3. You will have to go through Xiahou Mao, Cao Yu and Tian Yu along the way. This should net you Target 3. If not you may wish to mop up some additional enemies around the map like Cao Xiu (reinforcements) or Xu Yi / Dai Ling.

Otherwise, just head northeast. Xin Pi is outside the base, and then Zhang Lu, Sima Zhao, Sima Shi, Shen Yi, Ying Dan, Cao Zhi, Dian Man, Sima Yi and Cao Cao all await you inside.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Chi Bi; Pang Tong Huang Gai Zhou Yu best Cao Cao
• DW6 Battle of Xia Pi; Liu Bei, Cao Cao fight Lu Bu
• DW6 Stage Walkthrough FAQ; list of Dynasty Warriors levels
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Musou Mode Walkthrough List
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Unlocking Guide

Xue Zong will be right in front of you, and then Zhuge Jin just north by the northwest target. Shortly after getting there Gan Ning will drop in, and then Sun Shao a little later. If you can defeat Gan Ning quick just head to the next target to clear (southeast).

Lu Xun, Gu Yong and Lu Fan are by the floor ramp. Don’t fight them here or else you’ll fall in the lake. Once they are done you’ll want to aid your allies in the far east who are fighting Zhuge Luo, Zhang Cheng, Sun Shang Xiang, Sun Lang, and Ma Zhong. Once these three main attacking enemy forces are dissolved, you’ll see little around the map except for the mass of Wu in the southwest.

The enemy sends some reinforcement armies but they are smaller. Zhu Huan heads to the very southeast, so take him out and then Pan Zhang / Lu Dai just west of here. By this time, Zhang Zhao will be mounting an attack in the northwest and Ding Feng and Zhou Tai won’t be too far behind him.

This should leave Xu Sheng, Quan Zong, Cheng Pu and Yu Fan north of the docks. Zhu Ran and Taishi Xiang will be by Sun Quan but that is all that is left. If you survive the initial onslaught, accomplishing all three tasks is not that hard.

Wu Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 1 - Open any Castle Gate in 10 minutes.
Target 2 – Get through the Central Passage
Target 3 – Lu Xun and Gan Ning do not withdraw

Strategy – Obviously you will want to support the above two generals when they are in need. To begin, you should go through the central gate, defeating the Defense Captains and Zhang Qiu after you climb the ladder up. Destroying the gate will net you Target 1 and then you can head to the Central Passage for Target 2.

Xiahou Hui is guarding this ramp. It will go faster and faster as you take off more damage to the door. Once the door is almost broke, it’ll go so fast your character will have no shot even with a horse to stay on. And after you defeat Xiahou Hui you’ll have Wen Qin from the south and Man Chong, Liu Ye, and Guo Huai come from the west. This will take you some time to take down but it nets you Target 2. Lu Xun goes through here so he is taken care of but you may want to check on Gan Ning if he needs help in the east.

More enemy forces are in the west though. From the central passage you should go north (not up the stairs but north so you can go northwest) and you’ll run into Jia Kui. Further to the west is the large mass of Wei soldiers with Cao Rui, Cao Zhang, Sun Li and Liu Shao.

About this time, Cao Pi appears as reinforcements in the far east so you’ll have to hurry and go there next to protect Gan Ning. However, Lu Xun has probably gotten ahead of himself and ended up towards Zhang Liao.

By Zhang Liao is Zhang Hui, Chen Jiao, and Dai Ling. Cao Zhi runs up here too. You should go here and clear this out first because Cao Pi seems to go off in the south and conquer meaningless bases of yours. So go in further, taking out Xu Zhu, Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Wei and then you’ll be able to enter Cao Cao’s main area. Wen Pin, Xiahou He, Cao Yu and Cao Cao himself are here.

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Strategy – This is a tough one, especially considiering how risky it is going to save Cao Xiu in the center from Ling Tong, Gan Ning, etc. Much like Guan Du though you are fighting a large number of officers right away, so it’s fun to get involved in heavy battle within seconds of joining the battle.

Starting off I usually skip through Sun Lang, Xiao Qiao and get to Ling Tong. Lu Dai is with him but just take out Ling Tong because you have more work to do. Zhou Fang, Zhang Cheng, Chen Wu, Zhang Zhao and Gan Ning are all attacking Cao Xiu in the center base. Since he absolutely must survive, you need to go by him after taking out Ling Tong. Gan Ning then rushes the base.

Fortunately once all of that is cleared up there are just small groups of enemy units on the exteriors. Ding Feng and Lu Xun attack the base next so look for them to the north. Return back to the officers you skipped in the northwest like Sun Lang and Xiao Qiao. This completes Target 1. Taishi Xiang and Zhu Huan are also up here.

Sima Yi then needs help north of here with Sun Shao, Ma Zhong and Zhu Ran. You should still have ample time to take the two southwestern bases for Target 2. The southwestern most is tricky to get to and will take some time. Only Quan Zong is down there. Also you will want to aid the very northeast forces against Sun Huan and Xu Sheng. In the valley southwest of here are Ding Feng and Sun Deng. You’ll want to deplete these forces so your forces have an easy path to the southeast.

Lu Fan and Xue Zong protect the southeast base’s exterior and Zhuge Jin / Yu Fan protect Sun Quan inside the base. If you kept Cao Xiu alive and did so in a timely manner you should have no issue with Target 3.

Wu Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 -Secure 5 or more enemy bases in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Player maintains 40 % of life.

Target 3 – At least 7 of your units including Xiao Qiao must survive until victory

Strategy – The timed target is not really so much of an issue, but it is something that needs to be done in 10 minutes. But be conservative so you can accomplish Target 2 at the same time.

If you take the southmost path going west (sloping upwards) you’ll be able to reach Xiahou Hui, and then jump into the castle with Cao Xiu right after. You should be able to take him out before Cao Ren or other enemy forces reach the center castle.

Cao Ren though comes marching from the west with Jiang Gan, Xu Yi, and Xin Pi. An eastern force comes too so you’ll need to take out Dai Ling, Hao Zhao and Cao Zhen also.

Even once you clear out all the center forces you’ll have allies all over the map to aid. Going east to take out Wen Pin and Xiahou Shang is probably best because a boatload of Wei reinforcements come with Zhang Pu, Xue Qiao, and Zhang Qiu attacking you. The enemy forces defending the northeast fort and other areas begin to press onwards in attack mode. So once the enemy reinforcements are done for you still have Xiahou Ba and Zhang Liao to take care of in that northeast area.

You have probably neglected the southwest area long enough, and Xiao Qiao is down here and you definitely need her alive. Take out Jia Kui and then Hua Xin in the center-east, if your allies don’t do that already. All that is left is the enemy base – remember to fill up your health to ensure that 40% of it is there at the end.

Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Liu Shao and Sima Yi are east of the enemy base. After they are done, Cao Cao and his subgenerals Zhu Ling, Chen Jiao, Cao Hong, Cao Zhi and Cao Yu come after you. Of course you’ll want them all gone by the time you get ready to take Cao Cao on.

Lu Bu’s Forces – *** Difficulty

Target 2 – Take Shi Ting Northwest Camp, Wan Castle and Shi Ting Southeast Camp in 15 minutes.

Target 3 – At least 4 of your units survive until victory.

Strategy – This battle is more difficult than you’d think. But that’s only because Lu Bu is vulnerable and you’ll have to protect him (or whoever takes the commander spot for Lu Bu if you’re Lu Bu).

You’ll be positioned to head west through Yan Yu and Yu Mi, and to the Northwest Camp for Ou Xing and Yan Baihu. Others will come here to attack this base like Xue Li, Taishi Xiang and Fan Neng.

Race back to the northeast to aid those eastern allied forces against Zhou Xin. If you still have time go for Lu Fan and then soon Yuan Shu’s forces come and are planted all over the south part. Yue Jiu, Ji Ling, Lei Bo and Qiao Rui are in the southeast area and then the rest of Yuan Shu’s forces attack from the southwest.

Taishi Ci will also encounter you around here, so you have him, Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao, Yuan Yin, Chen Lan, Li Feng, Chen Ji, Zhang Xun and Liang Gang to deal with. Not to mention Liu Yong’s forces in Wan Castle. So try to separate them, then conquer. Having Lu Bu around helps.

Not much is left. Within Wan Castle is Zhang Ying, Chen Heng and Liu Yong. Then the forces in the southeast of Wang Lang’s, with Dong Xi. Make sure to help wherever the bulk of your allies are attacking so that 4 allied units survive for Target 3.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Jing Province; Sun Jian, Wu take Jing from Shu
• DW6 Xu Chang Invasion; by Sun Ce, and Sima Yi

Strategy – All timed targets, so you’ll need to be quick. Target 3 is the most difficult to achieve, so use someone with a high attack and make sure to kill most of the officer’s armies before you kill the officer, so you can get your KO count high. Generally you start off on the ledge by Chen Shi, Jiang Wan and Zhao Yun, so there is part of Target 2 finished.

Your allies in the west will flee. If you are feeling strong then go over there, you can slaughter a large amount of enemies in a short period of time. It is very dangerous though, with Ma Su, Ma Chao, Zhang Yi, Guan Suo, Wu Ban, and Wei Yan all over there. If you can manage to take that army out, the enemies ranks will be looking bare. You can then take the southwest camp, and then head to the East Watchpost to take that for Target 1. Around this time Zhang Fei and Fei Yi will probably run into you. You need to take out Zhang Fei anyway to complete Target 2.

Yue Ying and Deng Zhi come out after you after this. Once defeated, only Zhuge Liang, Gao Xiang, Lu Yi and Liao Hua protect Liu Bei. If you took a long time, Li Yan and Wang Ping may be a factor as reinforcements (but probably not).

Shu Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 1 -Take West Fort and Northeast Fort in 15 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat Sima Yi, Zhang He, and Cao Pi in 15 minutes.
Target 3 – Defeat all enemy units in 30 minutes.

Strategy – Target 3 is a little silly – 30 minute should be easy. You’ll have to go a little out of your way to get to the northeast base but you have two targets over there so it’s necessary.

Starting off you’ll want to watch Zhang He’s ambush to the south on Guan Xing. He brings Guo Huai, Zhu Ling, Cao Zhen, and Xu Yi with him. This is a critical moment in the stage so you’ll need to get here quick.

To the west are Meng Da and Xiahou Mao. Take them and the West Fort, and then you can begin to the north to Man Chong. From here I like to go all the way north and then east to ambush Zhang Lu. Then you can work your way all the way south, cleaning up Liu Ye, Wang Shuang and Zhang Pu.

Now you should be free to head to the northeast for Northeast Fort and Cao Pi. Since I’m usually making good time, I go north through the main fort because you can take out Chen Qun, Jiang Ji, Xue Qiao and Tian Yu quickly along the way. Then make your way east for an easy entrance into the Northeast Fort. You’ll need to take out Cao Pi, Dai Ling and Zhen Ji, but target 1 will be completed in the process.

If you don’t have much time left, go west to ensure you defeat Sima Yi in time. If you do have time, go east first for Deng Ai, Liu Shao, and Cao Rui.
Jia Kui and Sima Yi are in the western part of the enemy main camp, and Cao Cao is left alone in the center (this is assuming you route this route earlier and cleared out the other subgenerals).

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – **** Difficulty

Target 1 -Take West Fort and Northeast Fort in 15 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat 10 or more enemy units in 20 minutes.
Target 3 – Take all enemy bases in 20 minutes

Strategy – Not the hardest targets but this is a Diao Chan musou mode level so it’s not like you’re doing this with Lu Bu.

You’ll start in the southwest and just up ahead are Fei Yi, Yang Huai and Gao Pei. Leng Bao is coming around the corner from the north also. By the time these enemies are cleared, Liu Zhang’s and Cao Cao’s reinforcements arive. Wu Lan, Wang Fu and Li Yan approach from the center while Yan Yan and Dong He come from the northwest.

Before that you’ll want to help Lu Bu with Cao Rui, Cao Chun, Guo Huai and Cao Ren, and also take that southeastern base while you’re in the area. By the time you beat them you’ll have to help in the middle with Lei Tong and Gao Xiang, and then Zhang He’s reinforcements arrive in the northeast.

This must be a high priority because Lu Bu is up here and has trouble with Zhang He. Sometimes you even engage Cao Ren’s forces up here. Xu Yi is here too, and just a little bit later there will be more reinforcements with Dai Ling, Zhu Ling, Cao Zhen, Zhen Ji, Jiang Gan, and Cao Pi.

Maybe the hardest part of all of this is Target 3, because just taking Han Zhong means you win the stage. This is a problem because if you help Lu Bu, he’ll march into Han Zhong and eventually take it. If you leave Lu Bu alone while you collect bases, he’ll die. So you’re dealt with another of DW6’s classic cases of damned if you do damned if you don’t, but if you balance saving Lu Bu and getting the bases efficiently along the way, you may be able to collect them all. The biggest problem is the watchpost in the west because it’s hard to find time to rush all the way over there, but you may be better served to leave Yan Yan when he appears because then you’ll have to go that way to get West Fort back and then you can take the watchtower.

Deng Xian is at the Northeast Camp and once you take him out it’s smooth sailing to Han Zhong Castle. Inside the castle though are Fei Guan, Zhang Yi, Liu Xun, Fa Zheng, Wu Yi and Zhang Ren. Protecting the south part of the castle are Deng Zhi and Wu Ban.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang
• DW6 Campaign Against Yuan Shu Walkthrough

Strategy – You’ll start off on the elevated area in the center, but east of the Stone Sentinel maze, and with the army headed north. Take this route to eliminate Zhang Yi, Fei Yi and Chen Shi. Sometimes you’ll start off in the far west, with Ma Dai, Wu Yi and Guan Xing right by the base, then Wang Ping to the east. From here, go further east until the fire attack occurs to wipe out some more enemies like the three mentioned at the beginning. It would help if you detoured to the south to clear Zhang Bao, Gao Ding, Lei Tong and the dangerous Zhang Fei.

Note that you must break through the stone sentinel maze from the south gate. So once the fire attack commences be sure to only enter from the south gate and then hurry north to the center (you’ll have to wind to the north to get to the center, first through the east route and then more to the west). That said, you’ll want to clear all the eastern foes first so that Zhu Ran survives. Then you can worry about inside the Stone Sentinel Maze as it’ll take you a bit and Zhuge Liang is inside along with any other enemy officer you defeated. You will also need to defeat the stone statues with a few attacks (easiest mounted on a horse).

For the second Target you’ll need to fly around and capture those northwestern bases, which really isn’t that hard as the north one has Ma Liang / Gao Xiang / Zhang Yi / Liu Feng, a weak group. The west base usually has no generals or sometimes a random officer. The northwest is the enemy camp though with Huang Zhong and Liao Hua protecting the gate. Yi Ji, Deng Zhi and Chen Shi protect Liu Bei inside the enemy camp.

Shu Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 – At least 6 of your units survive for 10 minutes.

Target 2 – The Stone Sentinel Maze does not fall to enemy forces.
Target 3 – Defeat all enemy units in 20 minutes.

Strategy – Rather easy targets, but the second one means you’ll have to keep your eye out for enemy forces entering the maze, notably Lu Xun.

Most officers start off on the cliff by the watchpost. Take out Zhu Huan here and jump down by an enemy officer to the east. Mi Fang and Fu Shiren should be easy to find and Ma Zhong attacks a base to the south.

By the time you defeat all of those officers, the Wu Fire Attack commences. Your allied HP goes down 1 / 2 and Wu Reinforcements appear to the east in Jiang Qin, Xue Zong, Han Dang, and Gan Ning. It’d be more convenient if you were near the north as Gan Ning should be dealt with first before he wreaks havoc on your fleeing army. Now that the Stone Sentinel opens up you’ll need to protect it from invading Wu enemies.

After defeating the initial fire attack wu reinforcements, attack Zhu Ran, Zhu Zhi and Lu Fan who are running around on the ledge. A large force of Wu enemies then begin to enter the stone sentinel maze from the south, and then one from the west. Lu Xun heads the south forces with Ding Feng and Zhuge Jin while Ling Tong, Pan Zhang and Zhou Fang come from the west.

Not much should be left on the map if you took out all of the Wu fire attack reinforcements. Probably Sun Lang to the west and Lu Dai to the south, and then a bunch of officers by the enemy camp. You’ll want to hurry to finish within 20 minutes.

Xu Sheng and Yu Fan are outside the main enemy camp, just to the east. Within is Sun Quan, protected by Zhou Tai. Make sure to save before this if you can and avoid Sun Quan’s volley attack for a while.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang
• DW6 Campaign Against Yuan Shu Walkthrough

Allied Forces Scenario – **** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take Fan Castle West Post and Fan Castle South Fort in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Xu Huang does not withdraw.

Target 3 – Bases within Fan Castle do not fall.

Strategy – This is a tough one as once Fan Castle floods you’ll have a hard time stopping the enemy from getting at least 1 base. It depends where you start as you’re either going to focus on the west enemies or the south ones by Xu Huang. Usually it’s the latter.

So attacking Xu Huang are Xiang Lang, Liao Hua, Xiang Chong and Mi Zhu. Mi Fang is also to the south but once you hear about the discontent officers (from Cao Ren), hurry to Mi Fang as he will switch to your side. If you can hustle to Fu Shi Ren, he will join you too. But if it’s after the flood, both will choose not to defect! So you must hurry if you want to do this. Because not too long after you defeat one set of enemies and hurry to the other defecting officer, Guan Ping will arrive and the flood will commence. While you’re doing this back and forth traveling you’ll want to finish Target 1 up by taking the south fort and then the west post.

Since this is assuming you took the Xu Huang route first and then went to Fu Shiren, defeat the officers around here (Wang Ping, Wu Ban, Ma Liang) and then hurry to Fan Castle. Sima Yi and any allied officer has a problem if left alone for a second so protecting the bases is damn hard especially considering you have to take those two bases for Target 1 ahead of time.

Shen Yi and Liu Feng attack the southeast base. Zhang Bao heads to the southwest watchpost, Lu Yi / Yi Ji in the northwest, and Ying Dan / Guan Ping attack Cao Ren’s main base. Once this onslaught is dealt with, your army makes the counterattack.

Also other enemy forces that haven’t moved the entire battle begin to attack – Zhou Cang, Wang Fu and Chen Zhen notably. Only a few more reinforcement officers are left. First it’s Guan Suo and Guan Xing in the southeast and then Zhang Fei near Guan Yu’s camp. Those two are tough to deal with, you’ll definitely want to save before engaging if at all possible. I wouldn’t advise fighting them together – might be a good idea to isolate Zhang Fei and try to trample him to death if your horse is able enough.

Sun Jian’s Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 – Open Fan Castle West Gate or Fan Castle South Gate in 5 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in 10 minutes.

Target 3 – Player maintains 30% or more life throughout.

Strategy – For once we’re dealt with a more lenient life % rate at 30%. Still, you are going against Liu Bei’s main army and you are pressed to defeat Zhang Fei and Guan Yu in 10 minutes.

A few weaker enemy units start by your base. Take out Chen Zhen to the north, then Mi Zhu and Xiang Lang. Thing is you have 5 minutes to take out one of the gates so you’ll want to help one of them now. To the east is Lu Yi and Wu Ban by the Fan Castle South Gate. Defeating Wu Ban and the Guard Captains clears out the area for ladders and a siege ramp. Remember to account for the fact that the siege process in general takes forever so you may wish to skip a few of the aforementioned officers along the way to Wu Ban.

Once the door is taken out (or 5 minutes is up), the Shu army sends a boatload of officers to the south gate, including some of the real brutes. All told you’ll have Meng Da, Zhang Bao, Zhang Fei, Guan Suo, Wang Fu and God of War Guan Yu. Fortunately this makes for an easy completion of Target 2, though defeating all of those officers (especially when two of them are Zhang Fei / Guan Yu) is anything but easy.

The stage clears up after this and all of your targets are done, besides the 30% health maintaining one. Zhou Cang is in the southeast base, Guan Xing in the northwest, Liao Hua in the center or roaming, and Liu Bei at his northeast base. By the time you take out the two former generals, Wei reinforcements will be here to aid Liu Bei.

Zhu Ling, Xu Huang, and Yu Jin in the northwest, and also Xu Zhu, Jiang Ji, and Man Chong in the southeast. On top of that Sima Yi appears by Liu Bei with Yue Jin, Lu Jian, and Xu Shang. Take out one force at a time, preferably whichever exterior force you’re closest to first (likely Xu Huang), though both forces run into the castle anyway so you’re bound to run into them all.

Towards the enemy camp will be the rest of the reinforcements and Liu Bei’s subgenerals like Ying Dan, Wang Ping, Liu Feng, Ma Liang and eventually Xuande. There is not a lot of room to manuever around here which can be good but also bad if you’re being overwhelmed.

Shu Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 - Succeed in flooding the castle.

Target 2 – Guan Ping does not withdraw.

Target 3 – Take Fan Castle North Yard, Fan Castle South Yard and Fan Castle Watchpost in 10 minutes.

Strategy – Succeeding in these tasks is much easier than the previous two battles. At the start you are to clear the surrounding enemies so start with Dong Chao just north of you and then go by Fu Shi Ren and Mi Fang, who will defect and try to beat you up. Yu Jin also is around here, so take him out and then begin on the southeast officers; Dong Heng, Zhu Huan and Yue Jin. Worse yet Xu Huang will be hunting you down any minute.

By the time you take him out Guan Ping will make the flood scene occur. Jiang Qin is in the Fan Castle South Yard and you need to take this anyway, and then you can make your way through the Fan Castle Watchpost and then the Fan Castle North Yard for Target 3. Xu Sheng should be guarding the Fan Castle North Yard.

About this time there will be a couple enemy reinforcements en route, notably Pan Zhang and Lu Xun in the northwest and Sima Yi in the southeast. Really though there is not much else to do besides mop up the few enemies left in Zhu Ran, Jiang Ji, Man Chong, and Han Dang.

Dong Zhao and Sima Yi assault the south part of Fan Castle, and once they’re done you can make the final push on Niu Jin, Cao Chun, Xiahou Shang and Cao Ren. Cao Ren has incredible defense. Also if you took a bit longer, Gan Ning appears as more reinforcements in the center.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 – Open Fan Castle West Gate and Fan Castle South Gate in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Take all bases.

Target 3 – Player maintains 30% of life.

Strategy – This is a Diao Chan Musou Mode Stage.

Some of the targets are similar to the ones above but not exactly (for instance, you need to take both gates for Target 1 this time). This needs to be your focus right away – defeat the officers immediately around the west gate and then work your way to the east one. Plenty of officers meet you to the west gate, like Jiang Ji, Dong Heng and Xiahou Shang. Then Yin Shang and Man Chong right next to the gate. After they are all defeated hopefully you can take down the gate before the south units are in trouble.

Hurry south once the west gate goes. The problem is, the enemy forces charge towards the first gate that opens. So you’ll have to make haste going south and making the siege go quickly. Chen Jiao and Yu Jin are down here, and Cao Zhen drops from above. There really won’t be much at this gate once you break through it, you’re basically just doing this for Target 1.

Back at the west gate where the enemy is gathering (or the south if you took that one first) you’ll find Wen Pin, Dong Chao, Lu Jian, Cheng Yu, Cao Xiu, Hua Xin, and Deng Ai. Some impressive names but in DW terms they’re all generic officers. After they are all defeated is a good time to get the exterior enemy bases (ignore the northwest one for now).

Head inside to the center to fight Dai Ling, Wang Shuang, Sima Zhao, Lei Bo, Cao Chun, Zhang He, Guo Huai and then Sima Yi. They don’t all come at once of course, but you fight most of them at first and then Guo Huai and Sima Yi.

Probably while the above is going on, Xu Huang comes with friends; Wen Qin, Yue Jin, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Xu Shang, and Niu Jin. You’ll need to deal with them if you want to keep all of the enemy bases. Meanwhile, Zhang Xun and Dian Wei are guarding Cao Ren’s fort so you’ll need to dispatch them. Also, when Cao Ren uses his special and boosts his defense you should run because his attacks take off a ton.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang
• DW6 Campaign Against Yuan Shu Walkthrough

Strategy – As with any other ‘none of your units withdraw’ target, you’ll need to race around a lot initially until your morale gets higher and your allies can survive longer against the enemy (especially so on harder difficulties of course).

You’ll probably start off in the north, so head northeast to take out Liu Feng and Zhang Yi. Hurry to the west after this because Huang Zhong will be attacking your allies, along with Lei Tong, Yan Yan, Fei Yi, Zhang Yi, and Ma Su. Fortunately you have Xiahou Yuan around to help but you must get there quick to ensure he stays alive.

At this time the south base is being attacked by Meng Da and Ma Chao, but once this is cleared up you should be in position to take Mt. Cha Qi. The problem is some of your allies are getting ahead of themselves and attacking the enemy base, so you either need to help them first or take Mt Cha Qi very fast. The bottom has Wu Yi protecting the entrance and the top has Li Yan, Chen Dao, and Chen Shi.

Your attempt at saving all your officers will probably end once Zhao Yun’s reinforcements come, because you’ll either have to commit to him or to saving Xu Zhu at the enemy base. Tian Dong South Gate has a ton of enemy officers crawling around like Fa Zheng, Mi Fang, Ma Dai, Zhuge Jun, Zhou Cang and Zhuge Liang. Further inside is Deng Zhi, Ma Liang, Jian Yong and of course Liu Bei himself. As I’ve said before, Liu Bei is the most dangerous ruler to fight in my opinion because he’s fast yet still does a massive amount of damage, along with powered up defense.

Shu Forces Scenario – **** Difficulty

Target 1 – Defeat Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong survives.

Target 2 – Take Mt. Cha Qi and Mt. Ding Jun in 15 minutes.
Target 3 – None of your units withdraw.

Strategy – Another infamous none of your units withdraw stage. Good luck with Target 3 unless you have a character at a really high level.

First, you’ll have to hurry to take out Wang Ping in the northwest, and then Dian Man and Guo Huai up Mt Cha Qi a little.

Your own base just east of here is being bombarded by Dai Ling, Li Dian and Cao Zhang. Further east you’ll find more Wei soldiers on the attack in Yue Jin, and then more waves keep attacking. You’ll be hard pressed to survive because if you ignore Cha Qi for too long, Cao Hong will take out one of your allies. But you can’t ignore the waves of attacks. Xu Zhu comes from the center and Xiahou De and Yu Jin attack from the east. I generally take out Xu Zhu and race to Mt Cha Qi since evidently Zhuge Liang and Huang Zhong can’t handle Jiang Gan and Cao Hong ? (your allies on harder difficulties are just pathetic when left alone) You may be better served to just outright take Mt Cha Qi immediately since it’s such a morale boost and hope your eastern allies survive while you’re killing officers.

Anyway, take out Zhang He and his subordinate Cheng Yu. From here you can finish up the rest of the reinforcements and take care of Xiahou Yuan when he makes his move. First though the massive army in the east is led by Xu Huang (if you didn’t take him out earlier), Xiahou De, Cao Zhi, Yu Jin and Wang Shuang.

Then there’s the matter of Xiahou Yuan back to the west. If your allies can survive until now you’re in the clear. But you need to take out Xiahou Mao, Wen Pin, Han Hao and then Xiahou Yuan over here.

This leaves Cao Cao with little protection. Cao Xiu and Yang Xiu are at the north Ding Yun base. The feeble Cao Chun comes up at the West Gate, and then Hua Xin, Xu Shu and Cao Cao are at the summit.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – ***** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take Mt. Cha Qi and Mt. Ding Jun in 15 minutes.

Target 2 – Enemy forces do not enter Lu Bu’s Main Camp.
Target 3 – Win in 20 minutes.

Strategy – Win in 20 minutes. Sounds easy but it can be tricky especially with the reborn Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao here!

Since you’re probably starting off in the east, take down Fan Chou and Bo Zhang. Before heading off to Mt. Ding Jun, take out the enemies attacking your main camp in Cheng Yuanzhi, Ma Yuanyi and He Yi.

While you’re going to Mt Ding Jun you may wish to veer off and take the Xu Rong base ahead of time. Or just aid Lu Bu with Mt Ding Jun as Yu Fuluo and Deng Mao are at the north-most base, and then a mass of Turbans are in the base at the top of Ding Jun. Zhang Man Cheng, Liu Pi, Han Xian, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liao are there to fight you along with phantom soldiers also. Just hurry and take out the officers as Li Jue and friends are probably attacking your base now.

Other enemies jump down later to attack, but Hu Che Er and Li Jue are first. Then Guo Si, and then some forces from the east like Zhang Ji and Li Su. But you’ll probably need to assist Lu Bu in the center by defeating Dong Min and Li Meng.

There should only be the forces in the northeast, and then some random forces scattered about the screen. Until Hu Zhen and Niu Fu come as reinforcements (they attack the west via the north path, so meet them there). Mt Cha Qi is pretty bare so just take out Wang Fang and Hua Xiong to secure the northwest area of the map.

Take the lower east route to the northeast enemy base. This way you can finish off Zhao Hong, Yan Zheng and Pei YuanShao along the way. A massive group of enemies is stacked outside the base. Zhang Jiao, Sun Zhong, Guan Hai, and Li Ru are all out there waiting for you. Only Dong Zhuo is inside the base.

Remember with this stage like most other Lu Bu stages you need to defeat every enemy officer so hopefully you did that before climbing Mt Ding Jun so you can finish within 20 minutes.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang
• DW6 Campaign Against Yuan Shu Walkthrough

Strategy – Target 1 is tricky to achieve because the enemy will go ahead and lower the drawbridge and ruin everything for you. Thus you’ll need to take time out to lower the Drawbridge early on to achieve Target 1.

Starting off I like to go south and take on Pan Zhang, Ding Feng and Ling Tong. If you can manage to take them out fast enough you may as well take the Drawbridge to the east. Return west to your allied base that Dong Xi is attacking. Then look for the massive group of Wu enemies to the west attacking Xiahou Dun. Sun Shao, Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, Zhu Zhi, Sun Huan, and Zhou Tai are all here to destroy you. Of course only Zhou Tai is a unique character among them so you may wish to take him out and watch the others crumble before you.

Now that you have a minute, take Chao Hu West Fort for Target 1. Chen Wu and Han Dang are now attacking Chao Hu East Fort likely, with Lu Meng, Lu Dai, Zhou Fang and Zhu Huan. Not much longer and Gan Ning comes out in the southeast but Zhang Liao comes as reinforcements for you as well.

By this time your army should be assaulting the Wu Main Camp. Quan Zong, Zhuge Jin, Sun Quan and any other Wu survivor would be here. Strangely enough you need to defeat all Wu Generals in this stage but at the same time Sun Quan is very easy to defeat.

Wu Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Defeat Cao Ren and Xu Zhu in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Take Chao Hu West Fort and lower the Drawbridge in 10 minutes.
Target 3 – Defeat Zhang Liao within 2 minutes of his appearance.

Strategy – Interesting targets for this stage. Of course you’ll need to be paying attention for Zhang Liao’s appearance if you want Target 3 completed. Cao Ren is in the northwest base and Xu Zhu is roaming about in the center, and you’ll need to take a detour east early on for the Drawbridge as well.

Take out Hua Xin just to the north, and then you’re probably best off racing to the east where Cao Xiu, Liu Ye and Yue Jin are trying to protect the nearby base. Time to take Chao Hu West Fort and then you’ll see Xu Zhu nearby. He needs to be taken out for Target 2, and once you do start heading east for the Drawbridge. Take out Cao Zhen along the way if you’re making good time. Once the Drawbridge is lowered, you have Target 2 completed. But you still have to go to West He Fei Castle to defeat Cao Ren within 10 minutes. While you’re making your way back you will probably see Zhang Liao’s ambush (remember, you have two minutes to kill him for Target 3) and hopefully you still have time for that and Cao Ren’s defeat. If not, Zhang Liao will make his way to your camp and take it. The thing about his ambush is he tends to appear at random spots, often times away from where you are.

Thus you’ll need to rush towards him even faster since you only have 2 minutes to defeat him. He’ll also be loaded with subgenerals like Zhu Ling, Wen Pin, Cao Chun, Zhang Hu, Xiahou Mao, etc.

Also about this time, Yu Jin, Man Chong, Jia Xu, Wang Shuang, Chen Jiao, Li Dian and Xiahou Dun appear in the far northwest. Sometimes this group appears before Zhang Liao’s, sometimes after.

At this point you should just have the northeast forces (and all of your targets done). Zhu Guang and Xu Huang should be up here, along with any other enemy survivors. Also remember you just have to take the bases so you don’t necessarily need to defeat Xu Huang straight up.

Sun Jian’s Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 1 – Defeat Cao Pi in 5 minutes.

Target 2 – Take He Fei West Castle and Chao Wu West Fort in 20 minutes.
Target 3 – Defeat all enemy units in 30 minutes.

Strategy – The targets for this stage are kind of silly especially considering it is a max ****** difficulty. Defeating Cao Pi in 5 minutes basically involves you rushing to the He Fei West Castle which you have to capture anyway, and taking out Cao Pi immediately.

You may wish to veer off east to take out Man Chong quick, and then Yue Jin along the way north (via the west route). Take out Li Dian and go through the door – Yu Jin is inside but so is Cao Pi, your target. Yang Xiu is inside with some subgenerals like Wang Shuang but they are in the southeast part of the base – deal with them after Cao Pi’s death.

Begin to help your allies to the south if it’s not too late already. Take out Niu Jin and then Wen Pin in Chao hu West Fort for Target 2’s completion. Before you know it a large group of Wei officers come to the north part of this base, in Cao Chun, Jiang Gan, Chen Qun, Cao Zhi and Cao Ren. Of course Cao Ren is the one to watch out for but the group as a whole needs to be scattered. Shen Yi will probably be just to the right of this group if not with it.

You are probably going to have to abandon your attack to go save your allied camp from Zhang Liao (and Cao Xiu if he made it through). Meanwhile your attack forces will probably die off fighting Jia Xu and Ying Dan, but hurry to them and take that base once Zhang Liao is finished. Xiahou Dun in the northwest likely appears though and he’ll require a bit of your time, as he’s powered up too.

By this time, a mass of Wei forces should be coming to attack your crew via the northeast. Jia Xu, Ying Dan, Cao Hong, Chen Jiao, Cao Zhang, Cheng Yu, Zhu Ling and Cao Rui all should be pressing. A couple of enemy units take the back route (Xu Shu, Cao Zhen and Hua Xin). Cao Cao is very dangerous in this stage so despite him being all that’s left, use extreme caution.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – ** Difficulty

Target 1 – Defeat Sun Quan and Sun Ce within 15 minutes.

Target 2 – At least 6 of your units survive until victory.
Target 3 – Take He Fei West Castle and He Fei East Castle within 20 minutes.

Strategy – Another Diao Chan musou mode only stage. This one is much different than the other three stages as Lu Bu’s Forces begin in the southeast.

Immediately to your west is Sun Huan and Zhou Yu, along with Chen Wu nearby. From this point you may as well focus on He Fei Castle East Side and hurry along north (via the east route). Xu Sheng and Dong Xi should be the first two that you come to, with Ding Feng and Sun Quan being inside the base. You’ll accomplish half of Target 3 and Target 1 here.

It’ll be time to maneuver west after this, with Jiang Qin guarding the center, and then you can take the southwest route to Sun Ce’s base where he’s waiting with Ding Feng and Zhu Ran. About this time, Huang Gai and Lu Dai appear as reinforcements in the southwest (Zhou Tai in the northeast also).

North of here your army is fighting against the likes of Han Dang, Pan Zhang, Sun Jing and Zhu Zhi. Before laying siege on Sun Jian, take care of Zhou Tai and Xue Zong to the east. Or don’t both and just take out Zhuge Jin and any of Sun Jian’s other subgenerals laying by his camp, and then take out the Tiger of Jiang Dong himself. Watch out for when he uses his Special, you’re best running away and waiting or using triangle – charge attacks if you wish to attack.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Chang Ban; Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun defend Liu Bei

Wu Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Defeat Zhao Yun and Ma Chao in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Take Wu Ling Castle, Ling Ling Castle and Chang Sha castle in 15 minutes

Target 3 – At least 10 of your units survive until victory.

Strategy – Prepare for a Jian Yong ambush right away. Guan Xing then rushes in and Liao Hua a little later. Once this initial Shu onslaught is quelled you can take out Wang Fu to the east but then Cheng Pu at Wu Ling Castle is going to need your help. Guan Ping and Xiang Lang are in here along with numerous Lieutenants.

Watch your back as Hou Jin and Ma Chao are bound to rush in. Ma Chao needs to be defeated within 10 minutes along with Zhao Yun (who is with his subgeneral Fei Yi to the northwest). After you take Ma Chao out at Wu Ling you should have the castle, so head south to deal with the reinforcements. Liu Feng, Ma Liang, Chen Dao and Huang Zhong are all down there by Ling Ling.

You probably won’t have much time left to get Zhao Yun but you have to go through the Shu Main camp door quickly to get over to Zhao Yun’s side. You should at least have a few minutes left at this point – just skip Zhou Cang and Ma Su for now and get them later. After Zhao Yun is taken care of, help at Chang Sha where Meng Da, Zhuge Jun and Wei Yan are.

There should only be a few odd enemy units left at this point, notably Yan Yan, Ma Dai and Guan Yu at the Shu Main Camp. As always Guan Yu is dangerous and can kill a weak character very quick.

Sun Jian’s Forces Scenario – **** Difficulty

Target 1 – Score 500 or more KO’s in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in 10 minutes.

Target 3 – None of your units withdraw

Strategy – This is another ‘Sun Jian Exclusive’ stage, not the normal Wu scenario. It is extremely hard to keep up with all the Shu generals so good luck achieving Target 3 unless you have a well built up character and / or are playing on Easy / Normal.

To the north you’ll come across Chang Sha Castle being guarded by Chen Shi and Yi Ji. From here, let these allies go west whle you jump south to defeat Wang Fu, Gao Xiang and Meng Da in the far southeast.

Unfortunately after a short while a set of reinforcements come to ambush your party in the north. Jian Yong, Ma Liang and Liao Hua aren’t much fortunately. You need to deal with them quick as Zhao Yun in the southeast appears and Cheng Pu will be getting destroyed by Zhang Fei among others in the center. Guan Xing, Zhou Cang, Fei Yi and Zhang Fei are all clustered together at Wu Ling South Fort. Zhuge Jun and Xiang Lang come there a little later too. If you want to complete Target 2 you’ll have to rush in and kill Guan Yu pretty soon.

Meanwhile Guan Suo, Ma Su and Zhao Yun are attacking your main camp. The Main camp can last a bit with Sun Jian here but you don’t want to test it. Also your allies will be having problems with Yue Ying, Zhang Bao, Mi Fang, Liu Feng, Chen Dao and any other enemy general clustered together in Jiang Ling Castle.

Towards the south you should see Hou Jin, Yan Yan, and Ma Dai scattered about. Zhuge Liang protects Ling Ling Gate. Only the deadly Liu Bei is left, so you may wish to use your save if you have one left.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take Jiang Ling Castle and Chang Sha South Camp in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat 10 or more enemy units in 15 minutes.

Target 3 – Player maintains 60% life for 10 minutes.

Strategy – This is a Diao Chan Musou Mode stage. Another tricky target with #3. Be conservative although you need to take a few enemy camps for Target 1 too. You’ll probably start off in the south so attack Ma Liang in his base and then Guan Xing when he comes to attack.

Over to the west is Ma Su, Gao Xiang and Meng Da. By the time you defeat them a huge batch of enemy reinforcements litter the stage. Guan Yu is in the northwest while Zhuge Jun, Liao Hua and Jian Yong attack in the center. Yi Ji is just to the east and then you can take out Yue Ying’s base in the center. Xiang Lang and Guan Yu are probably in here too though so proceed with caution.

More enemy reinforcements now with Guan Ping and then Guan Suo attacking from the west. Your allies have probably taken Chang Sha South Camp by now so take out Jiang Ling Castle for Target 1. Zhou Cang is already in here, and Guan Ping is not too far behind.

Diao Chan in the far east will be needing assistance after all of this. Zhao Yun comes as reinforcements, and Zhang Fei, Mi Fang, and Fei Yi are already there.

At the enemy camp, Hou Jin, Zhuge Liang, Mi Zhu, Zhang Bao, Ma Dai and Liu Bei are fighting for their lives.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Shi Ting; Xiao Qiao, Zhou Fang surrender, Cao Xiu
• DW6 Xu Chang Invasion; by Sun Ce, and Sima Yi
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Lu Xun musou walkthrough
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Zhang Liao; DW6 Zhang Liao musou

Liu Bei’s Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take Fu Jiang North Watchpost and Fu Jiang South Watchpost in 10 minutes

Target 2 – Take Third Gate, Second Gate and First Gate in 10 minutes

Target 3 – Pang Tong does not withdraw

Strategy – The majority of your army takes the center route going northwest, but Pang Tong goes west. You’ll need to watch him as when he gets ambushed, you need to be there. It’s a big morale hit if he goes not to mention Target 3.

Take Gate 1 and then Zhang Yi will be right around the corner. Then you will have access to Fu Jiang South Watchpost to the east. After you take that you’ll see Wu Lan and Fei Guan closing on your army to the northeast, and Fei Yi / Meng Da in the west base. By this time your allies probably have taken Second Gate, which case Gao Pei and Zhuo Ying have appeared. Take them out along with Liu Xun nearby.

After the third gate you’ll come to Han Sui and a powered up Yan Yan. Careful here as he can kill you quick. Deng Xian and Liu Ba are in the next base but just hurry on towards Pang Tong as you don’t have much time left to get Fu Jiang North Watchpost but you need to save Pang Tong once Zhang Ren / Yang Huai surprise him at Luo Feng Po.

You should be left with just enough time to fly north to Fu Jiang North Watchpost for Target 1 completion. Lei Tong is to the east but he’s not really important to defeat. Just south of here though you may wish to clear out the enemies for Huang Zhong and friends. Leng Bao and Liu Han have some tricks for your allies.

Back in Cheng Du Southeast Fort where you left Liu Ba and Deng Xian, you’ll likely have Deng Zhi, Wu Yi, Ma Dai and Ma Chao roaming around. Ma Chao is the tough one in this stage so you may want to save and use caution around him.

After his defeat there is not much to defeat except lay siege to Liu Zhang. Only Lu Yi should be left for his subgenerals. You’ll even get some really late reinforcements in Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao, which I suppose would be useful on harder difficulties if the battle is long. Overall this is one of my favorite mid-level stages for building up characters. It goes fast enough and there are not many dangerous moments save for dealing with Ma Chao.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Campaign Against Yuan Shu Walkthrough

Strategy – These targets involving sustaining your Life level can be annoying and this one is no different. Unless you have a character built up well past the normal level in which you’d play this stage (think level 10-15) you probably won’t be able to achieve it, unless you are good and / or conservative. Most of these types of targets don’t require you to have 70%, but so it goes. Completing task 1 and 2 can be difficult without a quick horse to go from one side of the stage to the other.

The watchpost in the southwest is your first destination. Xue Zong and Xu Sheng will have to be taken out first, and then you’ll have to ring the glowing green gong on the southmost ship. This allows you to reach the southland and then jump off to the west to swim over to the watchpost.

Back on the other side Zhu Zhi should be around here. Now you’re either going to have enough time to go after Zhuge Liang, or you can keep heading east to the two forts for Target 2.

The former is harder to achieve as Sun Shao, Lu Meng, Yu Fan, Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang are all messing around up at the altar. This is a tough group to beat, and you don’t really have all that much time to kill Zhuge Liang. Even once you do, the fire attack is still likely to occur. If you’re really making good time and have a few minutes to go, you can go to the East Fort. You’ll have to be quick and hope that your allies took the North Fort too (which is likely actually). Pan Zhang is over by the East Fort, and Ma Zhong, Lu Dai, and Zhou Yu are just north a bit.

If you started in the northeast with Pang Tong you could have followed him to where he defects and then kill him (his defense and such is boosted). Zhou Yu and friends would be over here as well.

Sun Quan’s Allied Main Camp is generally abandoned by Sun Quan and his subgenerals (Han Dang, Quan Zong, Dong Xi and Zhu Ran). They make an attack on your base with Lu Fan, Huang Gai, Su Fei and any other Wu survivors. Fortunately this means you have help once you start to whittle down their forces.

Allied Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Huang Gai succeeds in burning Cao Cao’s ships.

Target 2 – Take West Barge and Central Barge in 10 minutes.

Target 3 – None of your units withdrawo

Strategy – As with any objectives that involve not having your units withdraw, you will need to bounce from one place to the next when allies get in danger. All while taking the central and west barges within 10 minutes and making sure Huang Gai doesn’t have anyone stopping him from the fire attack.

Generally you’ll start in the southeast or south, so taking out Li Dian at the nearby west base should be your first move. Zhang Yan, Jia Kui and Xu Huang then come north of here. Meanwhile, Zhu Ling, Man Chong and Han Hao are battling Lu Meng to the west. Yue Jin also ambushes Zhuge Liang’s unit and you need him alive for the wind prayer (good for morale). The best course of action is to take out Li Dian as fast as possible, then go west to take out the Zhu Ling / Man Chong / Han Hao triumvirate. At this time Zhang Yan and Jia Kui are at the south base where Li Dian was. Take them out and then race to Zhuge Liang’s altar.

Yue Jin should be here as he ambushes Zhuge Liang. Xu Huang is probably not too far behind. You must do this to protect Zhuge’s prayer being interrupted. If you can get it off fast enough, race into the Wei fleet and take the central and west barge as you probably won’t have another chance to do so before the 10 minutes is up.

By the time you finish Huang Gai will be heading to the center via the east side. You must aid him here as Jiang Gan and Yu Jin are near the east base, then as you go west you’ll come across Niu Jin, Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Lu Qian and Xu Zhu. Huang Gai will run past and burn Wei.

Your morale should be pretty high at this point assuming this has all been done somewhat fast. Now take your horse and go up the hill where Pang Tong defects and jump into the North Fort. There’s probably somebody like Dong Zhao or Cao Zhen in here. But quickly get into Wei’s fleet to save any attacking allies like Cheng Pu from Zhang He, who’s is one of the few Wei generals whose morale goes up from the fire. He’s dangerous and he may have Xu Shu or Cao Hong hanging around him.

Once the center is cleared you’ll have Cai Mao to the east and Jiang Ji / Yang Xiu to the west. Cao Zhi is sent to attack you to the east while Xun You, Cao Zhang and Cao Cao are in Cao Cao’s Main Camp. Not long after your assault, they’ll abandon their main base. While the ‘no units withdraw’ target may seem daunting it’s pretty easy so long as you race around early on to save generals, as once the fire attack happens your morale skyrockets.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario

Target 1 - Defeat Cao Cao and Sun Quan in 10 minutes

Target 2 – Defeat Zhuge Liang
Target 3 – None of your units withdraw

Strategy – Okay this is another wild Lu Bu stage. Since Zhuge Liang starts off on the map you’ll want to take him out soon. He doesn’t stay on the stage long. First though take out the first batch of enemies like Yue Jin and Zhuge Jin so that your allies can go south a little bit via the east path. Then go take out Zhuge Liang. From there your obvious destinations are the two leaders since you have 10 minutes to defeat both of them, a tall task considering you have to race across the stage.

I tend to jump off to the north after defeating Zhuge Liang and then take out Cao Cao. Neither of the rulers are powered up defensively in this battle. Though if you defeat Cao Cao, Dian Wei gets powered up (assuming he’s still alive). Likewise if you defeat Sun Quan, Zhou Yu will be powered up if he’s alive. Thus before taking out Cao Cao you might want to save yourself the trouble and take out Dian Wei first before he gets powered up.

After Cao Cao is defeated, Sun Quan will begin to charge the Wei fleet, especially if the fire attack succeeds. Zhou Yu will be to the south so you can take him out before Sun Quan. Unfortunately that’s not enough, you have to defeat every general. Just follow your forces to ensure none of them dies, but they’re pretty tough.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Wuzhang Plains; Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi
• DW6 Battle of Xia Pi; Liu Bei, Cao Cao fight Lu Bu
• DW6 Stage Walkthrough FAQ; list of Dynasty Warriors levels
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Musou Mode Walkthrough List
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Unlocking Guide

Target 2 – Defeat Zhang Fei.

Target 3 – Do not attack the Refugees.

Strategy – This has always been a terribly annoying level for Wei. In this one it might be worse since Liu Bei will not stop for you unless you kill the Refugees (thus forfeiting Target 3). Liu Bei runs straight to the docks and if you attack him do your best to keep him in front of you so he doesn’t roll away and keep running. It goes without saying that a solid horse is a must. If you don’t have a horse you will be in a world of trouble and you’ll probably have to just go straight to Liu Bei and hunt him down.

You’ll start in the northeast, but start riding west, south, and then east towards Liao Hua. This is the route you need to take. Defeat him and keep riding east (ignore the Peasant Captain). Eventually you’ll hook around back west once you go south a little, bringing you by Jian Yong.

West of here and a little south is Zhang Fei. He blocks this bridge and he’s an absolute chore to take out. Like Lu Bu at Hulao Gate, if you don’t have a sufficiently built up character you’ll stand no shot. Of course you could horse trample Zhang Fei if you have a good enough horse. But he’s very dangerous with his high attack and defense. Making matters worse, he’ll accidentally hop off the river sometimes.

After Zhang Fei go south and you’ll come to Yi Ji and Hu Ban. Might want to ignore them unless you’re making really good time, as you still need to go south to clear Guan Yu’s base with Chen Zhen, Chen Dao and Ma Liang also there. Hopefully at this point, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are still a decent amount east of you.

Han Hao and Li Dian are the last line of defense for Liu Bei. If that part of your army is in trouble go help out, because stopping Liu Bei and his massive army is hard to do by yourself as Liu Bei runs away from you and the others peg you. Mi Fang, Zhou Cang, Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei are the 5 officers down here. If you mess with the subgenerals even for a little bit you’ll be surprised how far Liu Bei gets from you. So either save towards the end or don’t risk that rat Liu Bei fleeing!

Liu Bei’s Forces Scenario – ** Difficulty

Target 1 – Score 300 or more K.O.’s.

Target 2 – At least 2 groups of Refugees reach the docks.
Target 3 – All Refugees reach the dock.

Strategy – As you can see for the Shu side, getting the Refugees to the dock is of vital importance. If they are all wiped out, you lose. On harder difficulties you have to be very quick in saving the Refugees as they don’t last long unattended.

You start off in the northeast corner generally (not the far far northeast corner but in that area) and you’ll be by Cao Hong, Han Hao and Yue Jin just to the southwest.

As you get on the raised area and are going west, you’ll see Liu Yan and Xiahou Ba to the west with Zhang He farther down as well. Notice the other enemy units around the map – some like Xun Yu and Yue Jin are attacking Refugee units, so if you want Target 3 to be completed you’ll have to sidetrack and ensure their survival.

Eventually Cai Mao, Xiahou En, Xiahou Shang, Xun You and Xiahou Dun appear in the far southeast. This is a huge force and one that is in the direct path of Liu Bei and his main entourage. Thus you’ll want to clear it quickly as pursuers from behind will be pushing as well. Defeating this group and taking this base is a big step in opening up the final path to the docks.

Hopefully it’s too late, but Jiang Gan, Wen Pin, Li Dian and Zhang Liao appear to the north, then Cao Cao’s main forces come by to the west, with Cao Cao himself heading a group with Jia Kui, Cao Zhang and Cheng Yu. Defeating Cao Cao does not net you victory in this one but he is the last group of reinforcements – you then need to escort any remaining Refugees to the docks.

Further Reading:

• DW6 He Fei FAQ; Gan Ning duels Zhang Liao, Cao Ren
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Unlocking Guide

Strategy – The timed targets can be very difficult to reach. It’s generally one or the other, because to aid the Main Gate siege you have to stick around and clear the area, while the West Fort and Palace West Post bases are in the northwest and require some time to get to.

You may wish to decide your route based on where you character starts off. Using someone like Sun Quan puts you to the left by Chen Qun and the West Fort. The West Fort looks like slim pickings but Cao Zhen appears to slow you down. From here you can go ahead and head east, north a little, then east again. You’re trying to get further in the castle so you can take the Palace West Post within 5 minutes for Target 2.

Once you quickly take this (it’ll probably get taken back at some point since it’s so deep into enemy territory), hurry back to the Xu Chang Main Gate to clear up the enemy officers and aid the siege. If you have a fast horse, you should be able to rush back there and defeat against Defense Captains messing with your siege weapons.

Before taking out the Watchposts for Target 3, dispatch the center officers like Song Xian, Cao Xiu, Chen Jiao, Yang Xiu, Bian Xi and Cao Hong. If a decent horse is at your disposal, riding around and up the stairs to get the Watchposts for Target 3.

Not much else at this point besides Cao Chun / Chen Deng. Though if you can’t get to Xun Yu fast enough, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Dian Man, Yu Jin, Yue Jin, Han Hao and some subgenerals come as reinforcements to the south. It’s your choice to go down there and take care of them or not.

Chen Gui and Dong Zhao are at the Xu Chang Main Camp with Xun Yu. Xun Yu can use the rockfalls but doesn’t provide much else for resistance.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 1 – Xu Zhu, Cao Pi, Zhen Ji, Cao Ren must be defeated in 15 minutes.

Target 2 – Enemy forces do not enter Lu Bu’s Main Camp.
Target 3 – Player maintains 50% of life meter.

Strategy – This battle is really no different than the last one under Sun Ce’s Forces, except it’s a ****** difficulty instead of ** stars. Also, instead of fighting a bunch of generic generals you are stuck with many of Wei’s best ones.

Cao Ren begins just north of you with Cao Chun. I tend to kill those two quick and then focus on the west route (or you can stay and espediate the siege process). Han Hao and Cao Zhen slow you a bit if you go west, but then you can go to the base just north of there and then east to enter Xu Chang.

Guo Jia and Cao Xiu ambush you along the west path (Kong Rong and Cao Hong are up there in the base too). As you head east into Xu Chang, you’ll meet Jia Xu, and then Man Chong, Bian Xi, Zhu Ling, Chen Qun and Xiahou Yuan. Chances are you’ll get the Xu Chang on fire scene coming up soon, or maybe earlier if you took the gate down earlier.

Through the second gate is where some of the tougher officers like Zhen Ji, Cao Pi and Xu Zhu are. Again, you can enter from the sides instead of waiting for the siege of the front gates. These generals are clumped together so it may be difficult to beat them all (or you may save time by defeating them all at once). Just north of here is Xun Yu, and then Yue Jin in the base east of here.

Around this time, the reinforcements for Cao Cao will come in Jiang Gan and Cheng Yu in the southeast. You’ll want to get after them so they don’t get into your base and ruin Target 2. Sometimes though they’ll head into Xu Chang to encounter you there. Still, you’ll have to watch for the northern forces you haven’t messed with yet, as Dian Man and Liu Ye make an assault on the west fort and eventually head south. Meanwhile Yu Jin should still be around protecting a base – other than that it should just be Cao Cao. As you get near his throne room, Xiahou Dun appears. He is on fire and is dangerous both with his attacks and his defense prolongs the battle. Fighting Cao Cao (or anyone at Xu Chang) is annoying in those closed quarters, plus you’ll probably have 1000 allies fighting him too at the same time to help clutter things.

Sima Yi’s Forces Scenario – ****** Difficulty

Target 1 – Open Xu Chang Inner Gate in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Enemy forces do not enter Sima Yi’s Main Camp.
Target 3 – None of your units withdraw

Strategy – As you will be able to see, this is not all that different from Lu Bu’s battle against Cao Cao. Begin siege on Xu Chang but watch out for Li Dian, Yue Jin and Dong Zhao ambushing you from above. Take off to the west for the base with Yu Jin.

Begin heading east to mop up the enemies in the first area of Xu Chang. Xin Pi, Xu Yi, Cao Ren, Xiahou Mao and Xiahou Dun greet you. Wen Pin, Xu Shu and Cao Zhen come later from above. The only way to achieve Target 1 is to defeat all of these officers first to clear the area for the siege weapons.

Through the gate you’ll find Cheng Yu, Cao Hong, Xiahou He, Xiahou Yuan and a few reinforcements come in the west and then east in Jiang Gan and Wen Qin.More tough officers to go through as Cao Pi emerges in the north with Zhen Ji, Dian Man, Lu Qian, and then Man Chong just west in the base. Might want to take the base first and Man Chong, but the other generals will trickle down to that area quick. Fortunately this is one of the last waves of enemies.

To the east is a Cao Rui led base and to the north is Cao Zhang. You probably won’t have to worry about him. After going up the stairs you’ll come across Liu Ye around the corner. All let’s that for Sima Yi is to conquer Xu Zhu and Cao Cao.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Shi Ting; Xiao Qiao, Zhou Fang surrender, Cao Xiu
• DW6 Jing Province; Sun Jian, Wu take Jing from Shu

Strategy – Unlocking Yuan Shao requires you to complete all three targets, but this is a tall task especially target 3. You will need a character built up a bit, especially on harder difficulties, and you’ll need to be able to quickly dispatch the rush of officers to Bai Ma and then Yan Jin. If you take too long one of the forts will fall and target 3 will be failed. Again, if you don’t have a built up character you’ll find this very hard, and probably impossible if you don’t have a fast horse.

Initially I like to take a big horse jump off the north cliff and go to Bai Ma (eastern fort of the two). Shen Pei and Xun Chen should just be breaking down the north base door, so take them out. Unless you can kill Xun Chen / Shen Pei really quick, you’re likely to see them burn the base and by the time you’re done with them, Yuan Tan runs in from the north. Like a lot of enemies in this level, Yuan Tan’s defense and attack is boosted. Thus, it’ll be hard to make short work of him, but try to get rid of him fast because Yuan Shang will be closing in on you, and then Yan Liang and his crew of Chen Zen and Yan Rou. Ideally you have Yuan Shang taken out before the latter group rides in, but it all depends on how built up your character is and how long it takes you to oust officers. Yan Liang is the once with the burning flame aura around his character – be wary of him because he’s powered up well.

Hopefully by the time you defeat him, Yan Jin to the west is still up. If you can manage to defeat the officers one by one in optimal time you should ride over to Yan Jin just a little before Yuan Xi / Wen Chou come in. Han Meng and Wang Xiu should be attacking the base – I generally have 50-100 soldiers left in Yan Jin depending on how long it took me to get there. Quickly clear these officers out, grab some health, and go NORTH of the base. The longer you can hold the enemy out of Yan Jin the more soldiers will build up there – if you end up fighting Yuan Xi and ultimately Wen Chou in there, you’ll lose soldiers quick and then the base will go. Worse yet, even if you’re outside Wen Chou often times just rides past you into the base. So, make sure you take out Yuan Xi before Wen Chou gets there because then you can focus on Wen Chou riding in with his horse to get him off of it. Wen Chou has two other brutes with him in Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang so it’s a great place to save if the situation gets bad.

With Wen Chou and Yan Liang dead, things definitely turn your way but you’re not out of the woods yet. Gao Lan generally attacks Yan Jin if the base doesn’t fall earlier (otherwise he’ll attack Bai Ma). He also is powered up defensively so it’ll require lots of hits, but make it quick. The other variable in this battle is Target 2, because I generally don’t have time to deal with the south officers so I ignore that issue and go towards Wu Chao in the northwest. Along the way you’ll see Cui Yan make his way south (with the intention of attacking Yan Jin’s south gate). You want to leave Yan Jin and Bai Ma untouched for as long as possible, so do so and make your way to the northwest.

At some point Yuan Shao will take his army out of Wu Chao with the intention of moving on Guan Du. This is when you get your horse and jump into Wu Chao, surprising Chunyu Qiong so he’s an easy kill. Then begin taking out corporals until Lu Wei Kuang comes, and soon enough you’ll have Wu Chao burnt. If you saved Yan Jin and Bai Ma, you’ll notice Zhen Ji appears east of Wu Chao. Likewise if you lost one of the two you’ll find Zhen Ji appear south of Wu Chao (near Cui Yan). Take her out either way.

After the Wu Chao fire attack, you’ll notice some generals like Xu You, Gao Lan (if alive) and Zhang He will join Cao Cao’s Forces. Some of them don’t if you take too long but if you have Yan Jin and Bai Ma saved, you definitely didn’t take too long. The last thing to do is take out Yuan Shao and his surrounding generals like Guo Tu, Ju Shou, Chen Lin, Liu Bao, Feng Ji and Tian Feng. Again, you absolutely do not want Guan Du West or Guan Du East Gate to fall so you must make haste in killing these generals, as the lower Guan Du gates surely have had enemies pounding on them for a while as is.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – ** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take Yan Jin Fort and Bai Ma Fort in 15 minutes.

Target 2 – Take Wu Chao Camp and Guan Du Castle
Target 3 – Score 1,000 or more K.O.’s

Strategy – Okay, the only timed thing is taking Bai Ma and Yan Jin within 15 minutes. Not a difficult task.

The layout is different than with Cao Cao’s forces as Chunyu Qiong and Lu Wei Kuang start of just north of you. Xun Chen is around here for Yuan Shao, as is Jia Xu for Cao Cao. Once the area is cleared, you might as well head to the nearby Yan Jin base. Xiahou Yuan, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Xu Huang, plus many other generals eventually congregate here. You can really slaughter a lot of enemies without having to go too far! Of course if your character is having problems you should probably back off a bit and let the enemies come to you in smaller packs outside the base. But if you can handle it, you’ll see a clear stage after the dust settles.

Plus, you have to seal Yan Jin fort anyway. After that, get Bai Ma and then head to Yuan Shao’s Main Camp. Along with Cao Cao’s Main Camp you’ll need to capture Yuan Shao’s, and then take his head. As usual his ballista bolt volley musou will bug you but if you let it run out, you should have no trouble taking him out afterwards. If you cleared out the west enemies and the ones at Yan Jin, you probably have some support with Lu Bu or some of his generals.

This leaves Cao Cao, who tends to take refuge in the southeast base. Don’t forget to take Cao Cao’s Main Camp to ensure Target 2. Target 3 is easy to get in this stage with all the enemy officers, especially once you get into Yan Jin base and fight 10+ officers in succession.

Further Reading:

• Dynasty Warriors 6 Dian Wei Musou story
• Destiny of an Emperor Yuan Shao Jing Zhou Walkthrough
• Dynasty Warriors 5 189 Ten Eunuch

Liu Bei’s Forces Scenario – ** Difficulty

Target 1 – Take South Watchpost in 10 minutes.

Target 2 – Defeat 7 or more enemy units in 15 minutes.

Target 3 – At least 9 of your units survive until Yuan Shu’s Main Camp is taken

Strategy – As you can tell, this stage is extremely similar to the DW6 Conquest of Wu stage. This time though you are Liu Bei’s forces moving on Yuan Shu’s massive army, starting off in the northeast part of the stage.

Generally I take the high road going south along the east wall. The nearby Peasants along the mountaintop will join you. They will tell you of Yuan Shu’s behavior. Keep riding south – you can jump down and take out Zhang Xun but I just keep going south to Yu She and Hua Xin. Soon you will get word of reinforcements to the southeast. Depending on how fast you took care of the two officers listed above, you may have time to hurry to the South Watchpost to take that quick to get Target 1 completed. You’ll need a fast horse to get there by the time the reinforcements arive, and I generally jump down and take out Yang Hong along the way back.

For those reinforcements, you will see Li Feng first, then Lei Bo then Yue Jiu. You’ll want to ride back and take out this new wave. Fortunately you get some support in the southwest in Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the Wu Forces. They can be left alone with Chen Lan and Yang Hong if you left those two alive.

Once the enemy reinforcements are cleared the enemy is then on the defensive and you can systematically make your way to Yuan Shu’s main camp. Yang Feng and Yuan Yin are in the central base while Yuan Yao occupies the west-most one. Not much else to do but take out Liu Xun in front of the main camp, and then Han Xian and whoever else Yuan Shu has in there besides himself. Careful of his lightning arrows though.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang

Sun Ce’s Forces Scenario – * Difficulty

Target 1 – Sun Quan and Zhou Tai do not withdraw.

Target 2 – Score 500 or more K.O.’s in 10 minutes.

Target 3 – Take North Camp and South Watchpost in 10 minutes.

Strategy – This is probably my favorite * difficulty stage for starting off new characters (building up Free Mode characters). There really is not much risk of difficult officers besides Taishi Ci and he’s not exactly Lu Bu either. Yuan Shu provides enemy reinforcements but half the time he dies before I even get to him.

Generally you start in the southeast, which case I usually jump in with a horse and surprise Yan Baihu and Yan Yu, kill them, and take their base. Then generally Zhang Ying in the northeast is left for your allies to defeat while Xue Li, Ou Xing, Dong Xi and Chen Heng are mopped up by you. Also, take the southwest watchpost when you get a chance.

Sure enough Yuan Shu comes as reinforcements with his massive army of Yuan Yin, Yuan Yao, Liu Xun, Yan Xiang, Ji Ling, Li Feng, Zhang Xun, Lei Bo, Chen Lan and himself Yuan Shu. Fortunately the Shu army comes as backup for your army. You may wish to go over here because you need to take the North Camp base within 10 minutes for Target 3.

Once they are dealt with (or you can ignore them and let Shu deal with it for now) go west towards Zhou Xin’s base. Yu Mi is north of there and then Taishi Ci and Taishi Xiang even further north. Taishi Ci is the biggest issue on this stage, as his defense is up really high and if he gets a few attacks in on you he’ll be doing massive damage. Making matters worse Taishi Xiang does a good job of backing him up so make sure you have allies with you. You may wish to take out Wang Lang in the west first to clear up some of your allies.

Now depending on what’s happening with Yuan Shu you can either go back and clear out his forces (plus Ji Ling’s and Yuan Yin’s) or you can take out Liu Yong / Yu Fan in the northwest. Yuan Shu is dangerously just because of the sheer amount of officers surrounding him, and because of his lightning arrow special.

Further Reading:

• Dw6 Battle of Han Zhong; Zhang He, Cao Pi, Zhao Yun
• DW6 Battle of Yi Ling; Sun Quan, Zhu Ran fire attack
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Fan Castle
• DW6 Mt Ding Jun; Huang Zhong battles Xiahou Yuan
• DW6 Cheng Du; Pang Tong leads to Zhang Ren, Liu Zhang

Cao Cao’s Forces Scenario – ** Difficulty

Target 1 – Open Xia Pi south or west gate within 5 minutes.

Target 2 – Take all bases in Xia Pi Castle within 15 minutes.

Target 3 – Within 10 minutes defeat Diao Chan and Zhang Liao.

Strategy – Starting off, I tend to go north to take out Gao Shun quick, and then proceed east. Most of the enemy officers take this route, like Cao Xing, Song Xian, Zang Ba, and Hou Cheng a little more to the northeast. Hou Cheng is stationary though so it may take a bit to get to him, plus Zhang Liao and Zhang Hu pop up too and charge the center base.

Once the floodgates are lifted you can just go on in, but Yuan Shu will come to support Lu Bu now. He comes with a ton of officers – Liang Gang, Li Feng, Yue Jiu, Chen Lan, Lei Bo, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Yuan Yao, Yuan Yin, Zhang Xun, Chen Ji and of course himself. Liang Gang will go after your main base (sometimes more officers do too) and most of the others just attack the far south base. Go there and you can kill a ton of Yuan Shu’s officers right then and there.

Unfortunately about this time Lu Bu will rush your own main camp! He’ll bring along Yin Li, Wang Jie, Xu Si, Diao Chan and whoever else is around. Take out Diao Chan and rush to Lu Bu’s base to secure it. Unless you’re close to his camp – if so just go take it and the surrounding bases and then rush to Lu Bu before he takes your main camp over. Again, remember to take all the Xia Pi bases for Target 2 (within 15 mins) and defeat Zhang Liao and then Diao Chan within 10 minutes for Target 3.

After taking his base, Lu Bu’s morale will go down and you’ll be able to actually harm him. But when you defeat Diao Chan his morale will go up for a bit as he goes crazy. You may wish to stay on your horse and trample him for a bit but to finish him off you might as well get on the ground, use your special and wail away.

Sun Jian’s Forces Scenario – *** Difficulty

Target 1 – Sun Ce, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu do not withdraw.

Target 2 – Enemy forces do not enter Sun Jian’s Main Camp.

Target 3 – Secure 6 or more enemy bases in 15 minutes.

Strategy – This is the hardest version of Xia Pi Castle and is exclusive to Sun Jian’s musou. There aren’t as many officers attacking initially but you’ll still want to take out Gao Shun and Wei Xu as you work on the nearby bases, and then Hou Cheng to the northeast.

After a short while you’ll hear about enemy reinforcements and it’s Yuan Shu again with his friends (Lei Bo, Li Feng, Liang Gang, Qiao Rui, Yuan Yao, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Yuan Yin). You’ll need to prevent them from entering your main camp if you want Target 2.

Once Yuan Shu’s forces are wiped out you can focus on the siege of Xia Pi Castle. Chen Gong and Wang Jie are on the west gate interior while Zhang Hu and Zhang Liao defend the south. Unfortunately at this point Lu Bu will just charge out after you and go even more insane once you kill Diao Chan. The idea is to coax Lu Bu from his main camp, then take the main camp to destroy his morale. At this point you can begin to do decent damage against Lu Bu especially with your charge attacks.

Lu Bu’s Forces Scenario – * Difficulty

Target 1 – Lead Diao Chan and Zhang Liao inside Xia Pi Castle within 10 minutes.

Target 2 - After defeating Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, take Liu Bei’s Main Camp.

Target 3 – Within 15 minutes, defeat 10 officers.

Strategy – Note that despite the * difficulty it’s more like a ** or *** because Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei are powered up, and all can make short work of a non leveled up character. A good steed trampling session goes a long way if you have good ones.

A good amount of Liu Bei’s officers are right on top of you, with Cao Bao to the north and Chen Dao, Liu Pi, Sun Qian, Mi Fang and Mi Zhu coming from the northeast / southeast. Once you have this initial wave cleared you’ll have to be careful in ousting Guan Yu to the north.

Now you can begin the siege on Xia Pi Castle. Clear the officers like Liu Feng, Chen Deng and Chen Gui around the castle but you’ll notice Hou Jin and Chen Shi jump from the top of the castle onto you as well. Try to get a gate open as fast as you can to make sure you get Zhang Liao and Diao Chan in the castle within 10 minutes.

Then you can focus on the rest of the officers but watch out as Zhang Fei will hunt you down soon enough. He’s a good officer to save before fighting with his powerful blows. Chen Qun, Jian Yong and Liao Hua are the last remnants of Liu Bei’s army. Just remember to take Liu Bei’s Main Camp for target number 2 before you take out Liu Bei.

Further Reading:

• DW6 Wuzhang Plains; Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi
• DW6 Chi Bi; Pang Tong Huang Gai Zhou Yu best Cao Cao
• DW6 Stage Walkthrough FAQ; list of Dynasty Warriors levels
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Musou Mode Walkthrough List
• Dynasty Warriors 6 Unlocking Guide