DoaE 3 Jing Zhou
CHAPTER 3: TURMOIL IN JINGZHOU
Having fled Cao Cao and unable to return to Yuan Shao, Liu Bei seeks refuge with his relative Liu Biao, governer of the Jingzhou Region. Remnant Yellow Scarves cause instability within and Cao Cao’s forces threaten with invasion from the north. Liu Bei’s small army must fortify their position before they can restore peace…
Jingzhou Region ——————- Treasure/Spells Locations: a. Lower left house, blue-capped pot (Fire-All Spell) b. Upper left house, mirror (Hi-Potion) c. Upper right house, dresser (Gold) Shop List ———– Potion…………………15G Hi-Potion……………250G Ether………………..500G Revive………………600G Status Cure?………..70G Status Cure?………100G Steed………………7500G Sword……………..2080G Spear……………..2950G Shield……………..1900G Helmet…………….1300G Helmet 2.0……….1500G
Enter Jingzhou, buy new gear, and enter the castle. Liu Biao and Cai Mao are here, and the party will have a discussion with them. Several towns are in revolt and Liu Biao will ask you to settle the matter. Leave out the western gate. There will two gates in this section of the world map but you cannot pass through. Go to Xinye, the castle just west of Jingzhou. A rebel will be here, and you will be in a short battle (600 HP). Just take him out and enter the city.
Xinye ——– Treasure/Spells Locations: a. Lower right house, dresser (Gold) Shop List ———— Hi-Potion…………….250G Super Potion………1500G Revive……………….600G Antidote…………………5G Steed……………….3000G Sword………………2500G Saber………………2900G Spear………………3500G Shield………………2480G Shield………………3900G Helmet……………..1800G Armor………………2500G Armor 2.0…………2300G (again, this is better for cheaper)
After resting, continue south and go east from the bridge to a village. There will be two rebels here; a scene will occur and another boss fight ensues.
Boss: Bandit Duo ——————– Halberd Bandit: 1200 HP Spear Bandit: 1200 HP
Neither bandit does outstanding damage, but as there are two of them you will want to be prudent. Concentrate your firepower on one of the bandits until they fall, then defeat the other one. The upper bandit is able to heal himself, so you may want to kill him first. After the fight, the remaining bandit will run off.
Village ——— Treasure/Spell Locations: a. Upper left house, mirror (Charm spell) b. Sima Hui’s house, bucket near bed (Gold) Shop List ———— Hi-Potion……………….250G Revive………………….600G Status Cure?……………20G Mute Scroll…………….380G Ether……………………500G Sword…………………3100G Saber………………….3400G Spear………………….4300G Shield………………….2480G Shield 3.0…………….3000G (more better and cheaper stuff) Shield 2.0…………….3300G Helmet………………..2050G Armor…………………3400G
Inside the village is even better gear at the shop, but not much else. Sima Hui lives in the upper-right house, you will vist him again later. Return to Jingzhou and enter the castle. Liu Biao is here; the brothers report on the rebels and he rewards them with control over Xinye. Liu Bei will take the throne, but soon messengers enter saying Cao Cao is attacking from the north. Leave Xinye and enter the cave to the northwest.
Jingzhou Cave —————– Enemies: Fat Soldier (230 HP), Sword Soldier (220 HP), Spear Soldier (220 HP) Treasures: Revive, Earth Scroll, Magic Stone (Max MP+20), Super Potion, Gold, Steed, X-Potion Spells: Hi-Cure, Scan
None of these enemies should pose a problem, although the Fat Soldiers often get high criticals. The cave is easy enough to get through. At the first fork, go left; the other path is a long way to a dead end. Thereafter, take each right for treasure and then left to continue on. Cao Cao’s forces are at the back of the cave.
Boss: Sworddancer ———————– HP: 1400
The boss will either attack or heal himself for 110. By this point you should have new limit breaks for most of your party; take advantage of them to easily slay this boss. Watch out for his powerful lightning attack though. Return to the Xinye throne room. The party will depart for Jingzhou. At the gate, Cai Mao is being bothered by another rebel.
Boss: Two-Sworded Rebel ——————————- HP: 2000
He will attack, heal for 150, or use an all-ice spell. Keep your health up and use your new limits to take him out. Cai Mao will tell you that Xiakou is under attack. Go to the southern castle that was locked before.
Xiakou ——— Enemies: Drummer (240 HP), Sword Elite (270 HP), Fencer (260 HP) Treasures: 5000 Gold, Armor, X-Potion, Revive, Mega Potion (HP, MP + 300), Shield, Speed Scroll Spells: Thunder-All
The Drummers can use lightning spells (either single or all-target) and the Sword Elite have speed-up and leaf-attack spells, but these enemies should not be overpowering. They do come in groups of four, though, and there are a lot of them, so make sure to heal up when needed. The layout of the castle is completely symmetrical, so it should not be difficult to navigate. The throne room is north of the entrance, but the door is looked; you will need to find and press the four switches around the perimeter. From the fork at the start, go right, getting the treasure from the pot, and go north at the hut. Follow the rampart; you will see a switch below you, then further on will be another switch. Press it and continue north. Open the pot on the far north wall, then head west, south, and down the stairs into the eastern courtyard. Proceed north to find two pots in the corner, then return south and go right at the fork to find the switch you saw earlier. Return to the stairs, turn south right after going up, then another left above the hut, then north again to the stairs to the western courtyard. Again, take the north path to find treasure, then go south and left to find the third switch. Head back onto the rampart and follow it west, searching the pot, and discovering the final switch. Follow this path south back to another pot and the entrance (you wish to leave and heal up), then head north to the now open throne room. Inside, the rebels kill the governer, then attack you.
Boss: Two-Sworded Rebel ——————————- HP: 2800-2850
This is essentially the same boss as before, although he does more damage and is a little faster. Again, use limit breaks and magic to defeat him. The party exits Xiakou. Make sure you got all the treasure, as the door is locked again. Restock and follow the rebels to the clearing east of Xiakou.
Forest Grove —————- Enemies: Eagle (270 HP), Spearman (280 HP), Archer (270 HP) Treasure: Super Potion, Steed, Revive, Full-Potion (HP MAX), Shield, 5000 Gold Spells: Ice-All (2nd Copy)
The enemies here are powered-up versions of ones you’ve seen before. Watch out for the Eagles: they now have a more powerful variant of the Sword Elites’ leaf-attack magic. The forest here sprawls around and it can be easy to get lost. At the first fork, first head up, grab the treasure, and go right off-screen, following the path to another pot. Return to the fork and this time go right to find a pot, then from this new fork go south and follow the path offscreen to find another one on a thin stretch of land. Return to the fork and take the other path. The trail will go on a while between screens until you reach another fork. Go left to get a pot and go along the bridge north of it for another pot. Then go right at the fork and follow the path right. Check the pot, heal up, and head down off screen. Cai Mao will be here talking with a rebel, but he will flee when the party enters.
Boss: Halberd Rebel ———————— HP: ~3200
The boss is harder than the rebels you have been facing; he does good damage and has powerful earth spells, as well as the ability to heal. Unload on him with limit breaks and magic if you get the chance, but always keep your health over 100 if possible. Hopefully he will not use the multi-target spell, as it is his most damaging attack. The party leaves to the right after Cai Mao, where they meet Liu Biao and another scene occurs (I think this is his death scene, as his text has breathing pauses and he disappears from Jingzhou following this). Back in Xinye, the party will have a discussion. Leave Xinye and go to the village north of Xiakou in the forest. Zhuge Jun is blocking your way and refuses to let you through. Return to the village where the bandit duo was. Sima Hui is in the northeast house here, talk to him and he will give you a letter. NOTE: If you want the treasures from Bo Wang Slope (the mountain path in this area) I would get them now as it will be easier. Scroll down to that section for directions.
Zhuge Liang’s Home ———————— Treasure/Spells: a. Lower house, twin pots in upper-left (Super-Ice Scroll) b. Zhuge’s house, mirror (Shield) c. Zhuge’s house, left basket (Alt. Status Cure? Spell) Go back to the forest village.
Show Zhuge Jun the letter and he will let you pass. Zhuge Liang is in the top house, enter and speak to him for a scene. Afterward head north to the tomb behind his house.
Tomb ——- Enemies: Imp (300 HP), Serpent (280 HP), Skull (290 HP) Treasure: Helmet, Spear, (MP+100), Remedy? Spells: Quake, Spirit
Liu Bei and tombs just don’t go together; this place is almost as bad as Emperor Jing’s tomb from DOAE2. The Imps now have the sleep spell, which is much deadlier than in most games: you will be out for 5 or so turns, and getting hit does not wake you up. The Skulls have Confuse, which is worse, making your party members attack targets at random. Walk through the small first room to the next hallway. From here, take the north path (through the braziers), then the north path again (through the statues), then the southeastern path down (go right past the braziers), then take the north door just to your right. You should be in a room lined with pots. Deal with the enemies here, get the spell and treasure, then heal up and enter the north room for the boss.
Boss: Spirit Woman ———————– HP: 4000
Luckily, she is an easy boss. Her leaf-attack spell does a lot of damage, but she rarely uses it, preferring to attack or heal herself. She will take a while to kill as she has quite a lot of health, but there should be no problems. She is also a summon and you will get her summon spell as reward.
Find your way back out of the tomb and return to Zhuge Liang. He will go with your party to Xinye. Plans will be prepared and Zhuge, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun go off to set ambushes. Take Guan Yu and go west to Bo Wang Slope.
Bo Wang Slope ——————- Enemies: Fat Soldier (390 HP), Mace Soldier (330 HP), Chain Soldier (310 HP) Treasure: Super Potion, Remedy?, Saber, 2000 Gold, Super Speed Scroll? (same battle images but different characters), Death Scroll, Elixer Spells: Leaf-All
Careful, these foes are made of tougher stuff than you have encountered before; all are decent at attacks and the Fat Soldier now has a multi-target fire spell. I would just flee as it is just Liu Bei and Guan Yu. Take the right path at the entrance for a pot, then head left and go left at the next fork for two more pots. Return to the fork and go right to the next screen. Going south at either fork leads to a pot, while at the last fork the pot is north and the next screen south. The first fork here is a false choice: only south is not a dead end. Open the two pots along the path and keep going to the next screen. Cao Cao’s troops are here to attack you.
Boss: Troop Leader ———————– HP: 2500
Keep Liu Bei in the back and have him heal while Guan Yu uses his limit breaks.The boss may use his earth spell; make sure you heal if he does so. Keep attacking him and he will fall. Reinforcements will rush in and surround you, but Zhao Yun will appear and set the forest ablaze. The army leaders will flee south, only to be caught in a pincer by Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei. Time for another fight.
Boss: Troop Leader & Troop Commander ———————————————— Troop Leader HP: 2500-2600 Troop Commander HP: ~2300
This can be a very difficult battle. Both bosses are strong, fast, and complement each other very well. Zhuge has no magic and is weak, so he will probably go down quickly, but there’s not much you can do about it. Launch as many Limit Breaks as you can while healing after pretty much every hit, and try using the summon magic if you have a breather. Like the Bandit Duo, concentrate on one person until they are dead. Once one of them has died, the battle becomes more managable. Heal up, throw everything you got at him, and make sure to revive Zhuge before the battle ends so he can get some experience. After the battle the leaders will retreat to the left (and off the cliff, apperently). The party returns to Xinye, where they are told (by whom I’m guessing is either Yi Ji or Lu Su) that Liu Zong has surrendered to Cao Cao. Liu Bei’s army abandons the city and escapes to the kingdom of Wu.