Dynasty Warriors 6 guide

Dynasty Warriors 6 guide
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Follow our Dynasty Warriors 6 guide for details on how to unlock various difficulty modes and extra characters, as well as tips on where to find horses.

Dynasty Warriors 6 unlockables

PS3 | Submitted by Zach Jaffe

Difficulty Modes

Chaos Difficulty
Clear Musou Mode with 1 character from Wu, Shu, Wei, and Other

Hell Difficulty
Beat Wei, Wu, Shu, and Other musou mode

Master Difficulty
Beat any musou mode on Easy or Normal

Very Hard Difficulty
Clear Musou Mode with any 1 character

PS3, Xbox 360 | Submitted by Inner Dudemons, Zach Jaffe

Unlockable Characters

Cao Cao
Clear Musou Mode with 3 Wei characters

Cao Pi
Deafeat Cao Pi within 5 minutes on Wu side of He Fei

Cao Ren
Succeed in Battle Objective 2 on the Lu Bu side of Fan Castle

Diao Chan
Clear Musou Mode with 1 character from each Kingdom

Dong Zhuo
Clear Musou Mode with Lu Bu

Gan Ning
Clear Musou Mode with 1 Wu character

Guan Ping
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Shu side of Fan Castle and finish battle with Guan Ping alive

Huang Gai
Succeed in Battle Objective 3 on the Wu side of The Battle of Chi Bi

Huang Zhong
Succeed in 1 battle objective on the Wei side of Ding Jun Mountain

Ling Tong
Succeed in Battle Objective 1 on the Wei side of the Battle of Shi Ting

Liu Bei
Clear Musou Mode with 3 Shu characters

Lu Bu
Clear Musou Mode with Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian

Lu Meng
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Wei side of He Fei

Ma Chao
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Wei side of Han Zhong Attack Defense Battle

Pang Tong
Succeed in 3 battle objectives at Cheng Du battle and finish battle with Pang Tong alive

Sun Ce
Succeed in Battle Objective 1 on the Sun Jian side of the Battle of Xia Pi

Sun Jian
Clear Musou Mode with 3 Wu characters

Sun Quan
Succeed in Battle Objective 1 on the Lu Bu side of The Battle of Chi Bi

Taishi Ci
Defeat him in the Battle for Wu Territory

Wei Yan
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Shu side of WuZhang Plains and finish battle with Wei Yan alive

Xiahou Yuan
Succeed in 1 battle objective on the Shu side of Ding Jun Mountain

Xiao Quio
Succeed in Battle Objective 3 on the Wu side of the Battle of Shi Ting

Xu Chu
He Fei, Wu side, Personally kill Cao Ren and Xu Chu

Xu Huang
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Wei/Wu side of Fan Castle

Yue Ying
Succeed in Battle Objective 1 on the Wei side of the Battle of Wu Zhang Plains

Zhang Liao
Clear Musou Mode with 1 Wei character

Zheng He
Succeed in 2 battle objectives on the Shu side of Han Zhong Attack Defense Battle

Zhou Tai
Succeed in 3 battle objectives on the Shu side of Yi Ling

Zhuge Liang
Clear Musou Mode with 1 Shu character

Dynasty Warriors 6 tips

Xbox 360 | Submitted by nielzen

Horse Locations

The yellow turban rebellion=

on the hill over southwest fort

the hu lao gate=

on the hill behind central fort to east

the battle for xia pi=

on the wall fromxia pi northwatchpost to Lu Bu´s main camp

thew conqest of wu=

on the other side of Niuzhu castle to the river on the bakside

the campaign against Yuan shu=

on the other side of Niuzhu castle to the river on the bakside

the battle of guan du=

i the forest by guan du westgate

the invasion of xu chang=

on the wallfrom the right stair by cao cao´s main camp to south

the battle of chang ban=

on the road around by the northwest bridge

the battle of chi bi=

on the island westwatchpost

th pacifiction of cheng du=

on the right side of Fu jang northwatchpost

the battle of jing province=

on the hill above jiang ling castle post by the waterfall

the battle of he fei=

on the hill north over chao hu northeastfort

the battle of mt.ding jun=

on the end of road below mt. cha qi

the battle of fan castle=

on the wall to fan castle southyard

the battle of Yi ling=

on the path inside stonesentinelmaze north entrance to the left

the battle of han zhong=

follow the river left from han zhong castle

the battle of shi ting=

on th left outside of wan castle south entrance

the battle of he fei castle=

behind westyard

the battle of wu zhang palins=

left of wuzhangwestfort and north of westfortwatchpost near the edge of the forest.

Iain Wilson
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