Play the Struggle for Nan Zhong with Meng Huo's forces. Defeat three entire units that
contain beastmasters within one minute of starting the battle to get the Tiger Collar.
This item allows you to start a battle with a tiger.

Successfully complete the game with any three Wu officers to unlock Huang Gai.

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 Battle Of Xia Kou with Huang Zu's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Ling Cao and Ling Tong within two minutes from the start of the stage.

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

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.

Successfully complete the game with Huang Zhong to unlock Wei Yan.

Play the Battle of Chi Bi with Cao Cao's forces. Defeat Zhuge Liang when his unit begins
to retreat to get the Art of War. This item allows boost items to last longer.

Play the Battle of Xia Kou on the hard difficulty setting. You must defeat Cai Mao and Gan
Ning before Ling Tong is defeated. Go up the left side first; Gan Ning will appear almost
immediately and kill Ling Cao, which will prompt Ling Tong to charge. Gan Ning is in
hyper mode for this battle -- be careful. Luckily, you will have Huang Gai and Ling Tong
also keeping him busy. Then, just go to the center section and defeat Cai Mao, who is
nowhere near as difficult. The precious item box appears just north of Cai Mao's
position.

Successfully complete the game with Xiahou Dun and Zhang Liao to unlock Xiahou Yuan.
Alternately, play half the character's Musou mode.

Play the Battle Of He Fei with the Wu forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat Zhang
Liao each time he appears. A valuable item message will appear. The item is on the wall
of the castle surrounding Cao Cao.

Play the Battle of Si Shui Gate with Dong Zhuo's forces. Kill Sun Jian at the very
beginning of the battle. The "A valuable item has been found" message will appear shortly
after you kill him. Note: You can do this with any officer, but there is a time
limit. You do not need to kill Sun Jian's Sub-Officers. This items prevents damage during
charge attacks.

Successfully complete the game with one officer from Shu, Wu and Wei to unlock Lu Bu.

Play the Battle For Wu Territory with Sun Ce's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Yan Baihu and Wang Lang.

Successfully complete the game with Lu Bu to unlock Diao Chan.

Successfully complete the game with Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and Sun Shang Xiang to unlock Sun
Jian. Alternately, successfully complete the game with Zhou Tai to unlock Sun Jian
quickly.

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.

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 Battle of Shi Shui Gate with the Allied forces on the hard difficulty setting.
Defeat 200 opponents in less than two minutes to get the Fire Orb.

Play the Battle Of Fan Castle with the Wei forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat
Guan Ping before the flood attack.

Play the Conquest Of Nan Zhong with Meng Huo's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, and Yue Ying before any of your officers defect to Shu.

Play the Battle Of Yi Ling with the Shu forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat Ling
Tong, Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and Sun Shang Xiang. Kill Sun Shang Xiang quickly; when you meet
her an intermission sequence will begin and she will run away.

Play the Battle of He Fei Castle with the Wu forces. Defeat Xu Huang and Xiahou Dun in
less than one minute from when they appear to get the Serpent Earrings. This item
increases your attack for every 100 enemies that are defeated.

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

Defeat Meng Huo each time that he appears during the Nanman Campaign to unlock Meng Huo.
Alternately, successfully complete the game with Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun in Musou mode.

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 Xia Pi with Lu Bu's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat all
the officers including sub-officers before Cao Cao arrives without any ally officer
dying.

Play the Guan Yu Escape level on any difficulty setting. Kill Zhang Liao immediately,
without letting him escape. Keep killing officers until about gate 3. The special item
message will appear. The item is at the beginning of the map. You should have a horse to
hurry back there before the caravan is destroyed.

Note: You must be in Musou mode. Play the Battle of Mt. Ding Jun with the Shu
forces. Defeat Xuahou Yuan before Cao Cao arrives. This item allows you to use True Musou
regardless of your health status.

Successfully complete Musou mode to unlock the credits.

Play the Battle Of Cheng Du with Liu Bei's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Try to
wipe out the south castle of enemies. eventually a valuable item message will appear. It
is acceptable to defeat the officer and the peasants in the castle.

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 Chang Shan with Yuan Shao's forces. After defeating Lui Bei, Guan Yu,
or Zhang Fei, defeat the remaining two generals in less than one minute to get the Red
Hare Harness.

Play the Battle of Jie Ting with the Shu forces. Defeat Xu Zhu, then defeat Sima Yi in
less than three minutes to get the Green Scroll. This item increases your attack but
lowers your defense.

Play the Battle Of Bai Di Castle with the Wu forces on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat
Ma Chao and Jiang Wei before you enter the castle.

Sometimes the special message will not appear immediately after you complete everything
required to obtain the item or message. If you must complete something before a special
attack, you will probably have to wait until the attack occurs for the message to pop up.
Before giving up on an item or weapon, double check the battle log to see if you missed
the message.

Successfully complete the game with any two Wei officers to unlock Zhang He.

Play the Battle Of Tong Gate with the Allied forces on the hard difficulty setting. Knock
Cao Cao off his horse before he crosses the Yellow River.

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

Play the Battle Of Tong Gate with Cao Cao's forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill Ma
Chao and Pang De before Han Sui has a chance to defect to Wei.

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.

While fighting someone difficult, such as a general or the Boss of the stage, set them on
fire with a charge attack or equipped item. It will drain their health until they hit the
ground. If you set them on fire and continuously juggle them in the air with an attack,
the fire will keep diminishing their health.

Play the Battle Of Mt. Ding Jun with the Wei forces on the hard difficulty setting. Kill
Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, and Guan Ping before Cao Cao gets there.

Successfully complete Cao Cao's Musou mode to unlock Yuan Shao.

Play the Battle of Wu Zhang Plains with the Wei forces on the hard difficulty setting.
Defeat Jiang Wei while Zhuge Liang is still alive to get the Shadow Orb.

Play the Battle of Guan Du with Cao Cao's forces. Defeat Yan Liang and Wen Chou in less
than 5 minutes after the battle begins to get the Storm Harness.

Play the Battle of He Fei Castle with the Wu forces. Defeat Cao Ren in less than five
minutes from the start of the battle to get the Wind Scroll. This item increases your
attack range.

Play The Trials Of Sun Ce on the hard difficulty setting. Defeat all of the Yu Ji Phantoms
and at least 50 troops.

Play the Battle Of Liang Province with Dong Zhuo's forces on the hard difficulty setting.
Take the east and west bases, then defeat Ma Chao and Pang De.