Play the Battle Of Hu Lao Gate with the allied forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Lu Bu. A valuable item message will appear. Unlike in Dynasty Warriors 4, Dong Zhuo
will not retreat. The item is on the wall of the gate surrounding Dong Zhuo.

Play the Battle Of Fan Castle with the Shu forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat
Cao Ren's sub officers before the flood attack. The weapon report appears after the flood
attack.

Play Escape From Chi Bi with the Allied forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat all
officers, not including sub-officers. Note: Make sure you personally kill all the
officers.

Play the Conquest of Nan Zhong with the Nanman forces. Defeat one of the seven juggernaut
units, then defeat the remaining ones in less than five minutes to get the Musou Armor.
This item prevents bow attacks from stunning you.

Play Escape From Chi Bí on the hard difficulty setting. Your task is to defeat all
enemy reinforcements quickly. This means that you should be able to defeat the
reinforcement before Cao Cao's own reinforcement says something along the lines of "Go on
first, I'll take care of things here!". You do not need to worry about sub-generals; just
get each major general as they show up. After you defeat Guan Ping, immediately go south,
as Sun Quan will show up in the southeast. Once you defeat Sun Quan, the precious item box
will show up in the little nook between where Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei appeared. Grab the
item, then go up and defeat Liu Bei to help Cao Cao escape.

Play the Battle Of Yi Ling with the Wu forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill Zhao
Yun before Zhu Ran initiates the fire attack. Then, make the fire attack succeed.

Play the Invasion Of Nan Zhong with the Nanman forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Jiang Quin and Gan Ning without the bridge being destroyed.

Play the Battle of He Fei Castle with the Wei forces. Defeat Jiang Qin, Pan Zhong, Sun
Shao, and destroy both rams to get the Tribal Remedy. This item recovers health for every
100 enemies defeated.

Successfully complete the game with Sun Ce to unlock Da Qiao.

Successfully complete any three Shu Story modes to unlock Jiang Wei.

Successfully complete the game with Ma Chao to unlock Pang De.

Play the Battle of Hu Lao Gate with Dong Zhuo's forces. Defeat Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian,
and Gongsun Zan to get the Survival Guide. This item doubles attack when knocked down and
your health is low.

Play the Battle Of Chi Bi with the Wei forces on the hard difficulty setting. Prevent the
destruction of the bridges (the wind and the fire). To do this. defeat Pang Tong, Zhuge
Lang, and Huan Gai.

Play the Battle of Xi Liang with the Yellow Turban forces. Defeat Ma Chao in less than
three minutes after he appears to get the Demon Band. This items allows Musou Rage to last
longer.

Play the Battle of Cheng Du with Liu Bei's forces. Defeat Zhang Ren in less than one
minute after he appears with his ambush troops to get the Hex Mark Harness.

Play the Battle Of Si Shui Gate with the Allied forces on the hard difficulty setting.
Defeat Lu Bu within five minutes of his arrival.

Successfully complete the game with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to unlock Liu Bei. Alternately,
successfully complete Musou mode with four Shu characters.

Play the Battle Of He Fei with the Wei Forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat at
least nine generals and lots of troops. Try to defeat Pan Zhang and his sub-officers at
the beginning. Try to kill Lu Meng and his sub-officers. When you get done killing his
sub-officers, the bride will probably collapse and he will run to the main camp. Do not
chase after him if he has a lot of life. Kill him if he has only a little life, then run
up to Taishi Ci and Zhu Zi. Eliminate them and their sub-officers. Make sure you kill a
lot of troops.

Play the Battle Of Chang Shan with the Yuan Shao's forces on the hard difficulty setting
and get 1,000 kills.

Play the Battle Of Xia Pi on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat Gao Shun before you get
the message that he is guarding the dam. You can get the message that he has begun
guarding the dam, but you must defeat him quickly after that. Then, just defeat Zhang
Liao. The precious item box will show up outside the castle just outside the south gate.
Because defeating Gao Shun makes the castle be flooded, you must to go in the castle from
the north gate and go through to the south gate. Then, just attack Lu Bu. You do not need
to defeat him; if you do not defeat him fast enough, he will get bored and run, then and
his troops will turn on him and capture him, making you win the stage all the same.