Romance of the Three Kingdoms X FAQ by Julian Alvarez(Flamingllama32) v 0.1 __ ___ ___ ___________|__|\__\__ / / /|\ ______ |_______ _______/\/ / / / | \ / __ \ _______| || | \ \ / / | | | | | \ / _____ \ || |_/ \ \ / / | | | | | || / \ | || / \ \/ / | | | | |__/ || || || / \ / | | | | ___ || || || \ / \ | | | | | \||\ || || \ / /\ \ | | | | | || \ || || |\ \ / \ \ __|__|__|__ | | | \_\___/ | || | \ \/ \ \ |____ ____| |__| \_______/__||__| /\__\ \ \ | | /__/ \__\ |_| ******************* *Table of Contents* ******************* 1-Basics -------- A.Controls B.Main Menu C.Starting a new Game -------------------- c1.Scenario c2.Registering Created Officers c3.Starting Options 2-Creating a new Character. ------------------------- A.Name B.Personal Info C.Portrait D.Abilities E.Skills F.Personality 3-Game Screen ------------- A.Strategy screen B.World screen 4-Dueling and Debating ---------------------- A.Debating a1.Debating rules a2.Debating screen a3.Debating skills B.Dueling b1.Dueling Rules b2.Dueling Screen b3.Dueling skills 5-Battles --------- A.Preparing Screen a1.Goal a2.Edit Troops a3.Gold a4.Food B.Unit Types C.Battle basics c1.Siege c2.Defending c3.Field D.Battlefields E.After battles e1.Winning e1a.Prisoners e1b.Transfering Governments e2.Losing 6-Campaigns ----------- A.How to start a campaign B.Campign Basics b1.Rank b2.Diplomacy C.After Campign c1.Winning c1a.Prisoners c2.Losing 7-Council Commands ------------------ A.Domestic Commands a1.Farm a2.Trade a3.Tech a4.Repair a5.Order a6.Expand B.March Commands b1.Battle b2.Build b3.Transport b4.Campaign b5.Rogue C.Military Commands c1.Establish c2.ecruit c3.Drill c4.Weapon c5.Ship D.Diplomacy Commands d1.Donate d2.Reconcile d3.Alliance d4.Discard d5.Solicit d6.Submit E.Tactics Commands e1.Inspect e2.Agitate e3.Destroy e4.Rumor e5.Conspire e6.Dirupt F.Personnel Commands f1.Search f2.Employ f3.Return G.Discipline Commands g1.Reward g2.Award g3.Confiscate g4.Banish H.Appoint Commands h1.Appoint Prefect h2.Order Transfer h3.Request Transfer h4.Transfer Government h5.City Policy I.District Commands i1.Establish i2.Edit i3.Policy 8-Castle Commands ----------------- A.Deliberate B.Council C.Visit D.Serve 9-Diplomacy Commands -------------------- A.Donate B.Reconcile C.Alliance D.Discard E.Solicit F.Submit 9-Domestic Facility Commands ---------------------------- A.Farmland a1.Farm B.Market b1.Trade b2.Buy Food b3.Sell Food C.Blacksmith c1.Tech D.Gate d1.Repair d2.Expand d3.Destroy E.Guardhouse e1.Order e2.Survey e3.Spy 10-Military Facility Commands ----------------------------- A.Barracks a1.Establish a2.Recruit a3.Drill a4.Upgrade a5.Edit B.Machine Yard b1.Weapon C.Shipyard c1.Ship 11-Civilian Facility Commands ----------------------------- A.Tavern a1.Request a2.Banquet a3.Private Unit a3a.Establish a3b.Recruit a3c.Drill a3d.Upgrade a3e.Disband a4.Agitate a5.Rumor a6.Disrupt B.Home b1.Resign b2.Relocate b3.Declare b4.Wait C.School of WAR/LDR/INT/POL c1.Train D.Exchange d1.Deal E.Bazaar e1.Buy e2.Sell F.Observatory f1.Forecast f2.Fortune G.Infirmary g1.Heal 12-Rogue Commands ----------------- A.Move B.Sieze C.Persuade D.Resign E.Disband 13-Interaction Commands ----------------------- A.World Screen a1.Assault a2.Talk B.Social b1.Talk b2.Gift b3.Drink C.Learn c1.LDR c2.WAR c3.INT c4.POL c5.CHA D.Other d1.Employ d2.Conspire d3.Diagnose 14-Skills --------- A.LDR Skills B.WAR Skills C.INT Skills D.POL Skills E.CHA Skills F.Other Skills 15-Information Screens ---------------------- A.City Information B.Force Information C.Officer Information 16-Cities/Special Facilities ---------------------------- A.Nei Bei B.Centeral Plains C.Xi Bei D.Ba Shu E.Chu F.Wu Yue 17-Special Facility Types ------------------------- A.Garrisons B.Schools C.Other 18-Copyright and Contact ------------------------ ******** *Basics* ******** Controls -------- _____ / / _____ / L2 \ | | / R2 \ / L1 \________|_|_______/ R1 \ |\_______/__________________\_______/| | L Sel. Start R | | ___ __ __ | | \ / |__| |__| T | |/--|--\ _____ _____ S O | |\--|--/ /_____\ /_____\ X | | / \ // L 3 \\// R 3 \\ | | --- /\\_____//\\_____//\ | | / \_____/ \_____/ \ | \______/ \______/ L2=Displays your Orders/Requests Info Displays Troop Info(During Battle) R2=Displays Small Map Displays Strength(Battle) L1=Jump to main character(In World Map) Change Direction Troop Facing(Battle) R1=Jumb to Nearest City/Base(World Map) Change Direction Troop is Facing(Battle) Directional Pad=Move Cursor Left Analog Stick=Move Cursor Right Analog Stick=Scroll Through Screen T(triangle)=Cancel/Return O(circle)=Display Info Quick Confirm S(square)=Skip through Text Return to home city(World Map) Speed Up X=Confirm Speed Up L3=Display Message History R3=Set to Auto(Battle/Campaign) Select everything in List Start=Disply Function Commands Sel.(select)=Display Help Main Menu --------- Continue-Load a saved game New Game-Start a New Game New Officer-Create a New Character Gallery-cHeck everything youve unlocked/gotten so far. Options-Change Game Settings. Starting a new game ------------------- Scenario-You could choose from 8 different scenarios(9 if Scenario 9 unlocked) S1-Yellow Turban Rebellion-2nd Mo.of 184 S2-Dark Clouds over the Capitols-9th Mo.of 189 S3-Thunder Roars From the Centeral Plains-3rd Mo.of 194 S4-Two Powers Collide at Guan Du-1st Mo.of 200 S5-A Dragon Rises as Chi Bi Burns-5th Mo.of 207 S6-Tremors of War Shake Han Zhong-7th Mo.of 217 S7-A Struggle between Old Enemies-4th Mo.of 227 S8-The Lonely Legacy of the Dead-2nd Mo.of 253 S9-Heroes across Time-1st Mo.of 250(Needs to be Unlocked) Registering New Officers ------------------------ New officers-Register Created Characters to be in the game New Force-Create a New Force with a Registered Created Character Assign-Assign a Created Character to a City/Force Default-Erase everything youve registered/assigned Starting Options ---------------- Difficulty-Change the difficulty level from Begginer to Advanced Mode-Choose between Historical or Fictional Events-Choose wether you want Historical events will happen ?-Needs to be unlocked Messages-Choose the speed of the Text Tutorials-Choose if you wants tutorials on or off Reports-Choose if your messages given to you are Detailed or Simple ones. Animations-Choose the speeds of the Animations throughout the game(Battles/Campaigns/World Map) Battles-Choose either if you want to view all the Battles your in,or select the ones you want to see Duels-Choose either if you want to view all the Duels your in,or select the one you want to see Debate-Choose either if you want to view al the Debates your in.or select the ones you want to see Vibration-Choose if you either want the Vibrations ON or OFF. Audio-Choose if you have Stereo or Mono audio output. Music Volume-Choose how High or Low you want the Game Music Volume. Effects-Choose how high or low you want the Effects Volume. Screen-Choose the Brightness and position of the screen. ************************** *Creating a New Character* ************************** Name-Choose what Name you want for your Character Personal/Main Info-Choose your Characters Gender,Birthday,Lifespan Father,Mother,Spouse,and Close Friend. Portrait-Choose how you want your characters portrait to look. Abilities-Choose your Characters Abilites/Stats and Fame. Skills-Randomize the skills your character will have. Personality-Choose your Characters Mindset,Personality,If he/she like Alcohol,and your characters Desire. ************** *Game Screens* ************** Strategy Screen- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |_____________B_______________| _____________________ | | | ||_________C__________| | || | | A || D | | || | |___||____________________| | || | __________ ________ | || | |____E_____||___F____| | G || | | || | | || | |_____________________|| | J | | | | | | _______ | | | | _________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | I | | | | | | | | | | | |_________________________________________________________| | | |_______| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A=Your Characters Portrait B=Displays the Date,Season,Ruling Force,and City Name C=Displays Your Characters Name D=Displays your Characters Fame and Gold E=Displays how many Days left for your Current and Active Orders F=Displays How much Days Left for your current Request G=Displays the Small Map H=Choose wich Facility Types you want to Go To I=Choose the Facility you want to go to J=Displays a Background World Map Screen ---------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------ ____________________ | | A | | || |-___-------------------------- | || || ||-----------------------| | F || || B || C | | || ||___||-----------------------| | || | |--------| |----------| |____________________|| | |---D----| |-----E----| | | | | | | _______ | || | _________________________________________ | || || | | || G || H | | || ||_________________________________________| | ||_______| | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A=Displays the Date and Province your in B=Your Portrait C=Displays yout Name,How mucj Fame and Gols you have. D=Displays how many days you have left for your current Order E=Displays how many day you have left for the current Request F=Displays Small Map G=Choose mode of Movement H=Choose How to move/city to move to. ********************** *Dueling and Debating* ********************** Debating -------- Debating Rules- Both officers issue commands that are judged based on the numbers in them. The first Officer to push the opposing Officer over the Edge Wins.The Higher your INT and CHA,the more you push the bar back.At the Beggining,the Higher the Numbers,the better.After a Succesful combo(three same colors in a row. or a Red,Blue,and Green in a row)The Lower the Number,the Better. Debating Screen- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ___ _______ _______ ___ | || ||___B___| |___D___|| || || A || C | | E || F || ||___||_______| ____|_______||___|| | |________G_________| | | | | | | | _______________________________________________________ | | | | | | | H | | | _____|_______________________________________________________|__ | | / ____|_______________________I__________________________________\_____| |/_/ | \_\ | | | J | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A=Your Characters Prtrait B=Your Characters Name C=Displays your characters status D=Your opponents Name E=Your opponents Status F=Your opponents Status G=Your Opponents Commands H=Your Commands I=The Intellect Meter J=The Combo Grid Debate Skills- The skills used for Debating are the CHA skills= Awe-Pushes the Intellect Meter every turn until replaced. Plead-Cancels the opponents Fault/Argue/Incite/Taunt. Refute=Counter the opponents Fault/Argu/Incite/Taunt. Fault=Pushes the bar a great distance Argue=Pushes the bar a Great Distance and cancel the opponents command Incite=Opponent cant do anything for two turns. Taunt=Pushes Opponent a Very Great Distance,and Incited. Dueling ------- Dueling Rules- You must deplete the opponents Health bar before he/she depletes yours. Each attack has a Strength,and a Weakness.The More Strength,The more damage you Deal.These are the Attack Relationships: _____ _____ / ___ Stab/Strike ___ \ / / /\ \ \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ \ / /| | \ \ \ / \/ ----------\ \/ Slice/Slash__________/ Swing/Sweep / \ | | / | | /| |\ | | / | | / | | \ | | /|____/ / \ ----- Evade| / \______ \|_____/ \ Dueling Screen- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ___ ____________________________ ____________________________ ___ | || | B | | D | || || A |----------------------------| |----------------------------| F || ||___|___________C________________| |_____________E______________|___|| | ______ ______ | | |______|______| | | |______|______| | | |______|______| | | G ____H | | ____ | | | | | | | J | | | | I | |____| | | |____| | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A=Challengers Portrait B=Challengers Health Bar C=Challengers Name D=Opponents Health Bar E=Opponents Name F=Opponents Portrait G=Challengers Combo H=Opponents Combo I=Challengers Avatar J=Opponents Avatar Dueling Skills- All the Dueling Skills are all WAR skills. Skill |Requirements ------------------ Recover|Evade x3-Recovers Health bar Shout |Slice x3-Recovers Will Scare |Slash x3-Recovers Wiil,and Depletes your Opponents Parry |Swing x3-Reverses Opponents Attacks. Counter|Sweep x3-Reverses Opponents Attacks,and Depletes Your Opponents Will Crush |Stab x3-Deals Great Damage Maul |Strike x3-Deals Great Damage and Depletes your Opponents Will ********* *Battles* ********* Preparing- --------- Before Every Battle,you must prepare for it.You must choose The Troops your going to send out,what Officers are going out to battle,and How much Gold and Food your going to have for the Battle.This is the Format for Preparing for a battle: Goal=Choose what/who your goal to attack is. Edit Troops=Choose what Officers and Troops are going out to battle. Gold=Choose how much Gold your going to have for the battle. Food=Choose how much Food your going to for the battle. Unit Types- ---------- There are 3 Types of Units:Foot,Horse and Bow.Each Type of Unit has atleast 3 Basic types of Units.Foots has Foot,Infantry,and Sentinel.Horse has Horse,Cavalry and Tiger.Finnaly,Bow has Bow,Crossbow,and Marksman.The Types also have some Special units.Like Foot Types have Savages,Armored,and Qing Elites,Horse Type has Elephants,but Bows dont have a Special unit.These are each Special units stats: Foot Types ---------- Foot ---- ATK=C DEF=C $ to Establish=1000 $ to Recruit=500 Infantry -------- ATK=B DEF=C Upgrades from Foot(Need a Foot Garrison,300 EXP.) $ to recruit=600 Sentinel -------- ATK=B DEF=B Upgrades from Infantry(Need Foot Garrison and Foundry,500 EXP.) $ to Recruit=700 Qing Elites ----------- ATK=A DEF=B To Get=Must trigger the Qing Yellow Turban Event with Cao Cao,or Capture one of Cao Caos citys that has one. $ to Reruit=1350 Savages ------- ATK=B DEF=C To Get=Most have a Savage Garrison. $ to Establish=2000 $ to Recruit=1000 Armored Troops -------------- ATK=C DEF=A To Get=Must have an Armored Garrison $ to Establish=1200 $ to Recruit=600 Horse Types ----------- Horse ----- ATK=B DEF=C $ to Establish=1400 $ to Recruit=700 Cavalry ------- ATK=A DEF=C Upgrades from Horse(Horse Garrison,300 EXP.) $ to Recruit=800 Tiger ----- ATK=A DEF=B Upgrades from Cavalry(Horse Garrison and Foundry,500 EXP) $ to Recruit=900 Elephant -------- ATK=S DEF=C To get=Must have an Elephant Garrison $ to Establish=3000 $ to Recruit=1500 Bow Types --------- Bow --- ATK=C* DEF=C $ to Establish=1200 $ to Recruit=600 Crossbow -------- ATK=B* DEF=C Upgrades from Bow(Bow Garrison,300 EXP) $ to Recruit=700 Marksman -------- ATK=B* DEF=C Upgrades from Crossbow9Bow Garrison and Foundry,500 EXP) $ to Recruit=800 ------------ Battle Basics ------------- Sieging- ------- How to Win-You must destroy the Council or take out the enemies Commanding Unit. How to lose-You only have 30 Days to complete a Siege,once those 30 days are up,youre going to Lose,or if your Main Unit is Taken Out you lose. Defending- --------- Win-You Must Defend your Council for 30 Days,or take out the enemys Commanding Unit. Lose-Enemies either take out your Commanding Unit,or your Council. Field- ----- Win-It counts if your the Offense or Defence offense-Destroy all the units within 30 days,or take out Commanding Unit within 30 days. defense-Destroy all units,for thirty days,or Take out Commanding Unit. Lose- offense-30 days are up,all your troops are destroyed,or the Commanding unit is taken out. defense-Your Commanding Unit is taken out. ---------------------- Battlefields/Geography ---------------------- There are 12 different Structures/Geography types. Gate ---- Found in:Sieges and defending Description: If you are sieging an area,you must destroy these to continue on. If you are defending,you must protect these and not let them get destroyed.The defense(blue bar)dependes on how much defense a city has. Council(outside) ------- Found in:Sieges and defending Description: If you are sieging,you must destroy this to get inside to the city. If you are defending you must protect this and not alow it to get destroyed.The defense(blue bar)depends on the citys defense(gate). Council(inside city) -------------------- Found in:Sieges and Defending Description: If you are sieging,you must destroy this to win. If you are defending,you must protect this,if its destroyed,you lose.The defense(blue bar)depends on the citys defense,citys domestics,and how large the city is. Wall ---- Found in:Sieges and Defending Description: Foot and Bow type units can climb over these. Town ----- Found in:Sieges and Defending Descriptions: These are found in city battles(inside).These are just obsacles that get in the way.Can be desroyed by Fire. River ----- Found in:all Battlefields Description: Another obstacle in the battlefield.If the current carrys a unit out of the battlefield,they are ren=moveed from the battle. To stop the Current from stopping you,you must know the ADMIRAL skill. Dam --- Found in:(outside)Sieges and Defending Description: Prevents the river from bieng in the way.When destroyed, water will continue to come out on a daily basis. Structure --------- Found in:Fields with structure built in them Description: If destroyed,structure will disapear from the world map. Defense(blue bar)depends on what type of structure it is. Wounds soldiers on top of them. Field ----- Found in:all battlefields Description: Heals wounded soldiers in a unit.Must use the wait command on top of it to heal. Forest ------ Found in:all battlefields Description: For the use of the Ambush Tactic. Swamp/Marsh ----------- Found in:All battlefields with rivers. Description: Slows down your troops.Hinders movement. Poison ------ Found in:Yun Nan,Yong Chang,and Jian Ning Description: Damages any troops standing on this. ------------- After Battles ------------- Winning ------- If you win a battle,you might get a chance to capture some officers and make them prisoners.You have three choices for each prisoner: HIRE:Have a chance to hire the prisoners you get.They dont always join you. RELEASE:Let go of the prisoner. EXECUTE:Kill the prisoner.The prisoners family will become your nemesis. If you win a siege battle,you have a chance to transfering your citys government to that city.If you do,all the officers in your old city will be transfered to that city.All the troops that were in the battle will also be transfered to that city, Losing ------ If you lose,some officers might get captured and become prisoners. They might defect and join the enemy,or theyll get released.Its an EXTREMELY small chance that theyll be executed.If you become a prisoner,the enemy will ask you if you want to join them.Its your choice if you want to defect or not =) *********** *Campaigns* *********** How to start a Campaign ----------------------- To start a Campaign,you/your soverign must be a Grand General rank,or higher.Each Rank can have a specific number of troops deployed during a Campaign.These are the Ranks and Troops allowed: GRAND GENERAL:5 troops Now,you must have ATLEAST 1 city in the area you want to campaign in.Before EVERY Campaign,you have a chance to ally with a force that is in the area your attacking.To do this Diplomacy,there has to be two other forces in the area your attacking.Then you have to send someone to go try to make an alliance with the opposing force. If you send yourself,and if the opposing force denies you,youll have a chance to debate their best debater to try to make an alliance. If you win,you make the alliance,if you lose,you dont make the alliance. To win the Campaign,you must control EVERY city in the region your attacking.If you LOSE all the citys that are yours in that region, you lose the Campaign.Also,if the Commanding Troop loses,you lose too.All the Citys that were captured by your force will become FREE CITYS. ------------------ After the Campaign ------------------ Winning ------- If you win a Campaign,you now control EVERY city in that region. You also get to choose the fates of all the prisoners YOUR troop captured.If another troop captuers prisoners,theyll choose the fate of the captured prisoners. Losing ------ You might become a Prisoner.Also,all the citys you captured will become FREE CITYS,and youll lose all your citys in that region. ****************** *Council Commands* ****************** COMING LATER.......... ***************** *Castle Commands* ***************** Deliberate ---------- Used by:Prefect,Viceroy,Soverign Descripton: You answer the civilians demands.proposals. Council ------- Used by;All ranks but Free Description: Go there to get an Order(Vassal),or vive orders(Prefect/Viceroy/Ruler) Visit ----- Used by:All Ranks Description: Visit and interact ti any officers in the facility. Serve ----- Used by:Free Officers Description: Propose to serve the ruler that currently is in control of that city. ******************** *Diplomacy Commands* ******************** To do Diplomacy Commands,you must go to another forces castle. To do Diplomacy commands as a Vassal,you must be given an order to do a Diplomatic Command. Donate ------ Donate 1000 Gold to raise Both forces Rlationship towards eachother. Reconcile --------- Give enemy force 5000 Gold to reconcile.(not enemys anymore) Ally ---- Ally with a Freindly/Trusted force. Discard ------- Break alliance with allied force,and become enemys. Solicit ------- Try to make another force submit to you. Submit ------ Submit to another force. **************************** *Domestic Facility Commands* **************************** COMING SOON.......... **************************** *Military Facility Commands* **************************** COMING SOON.......... **************************** *Civilian Facility Commands* **************************** COMING SOON........... **************** *Rogue Commands* **************** COMING SOON...... ********************** *Interaction Commands* ********************** COMING SOON.......... ******** *Skills* ******** COMING SOON........ ********************* *Information Screens* ********************* COMING SOON.......... ************************** *Citys/Special Facilities* ************************** COMING SOON........ ******************** *Special Facilities* ******************** COMING SOON........ ************************ *Contact and Copyrights* ************************ If you see any Errors or mistakes in my FAQ/GUIDE,please tell me via Email(Flamingllama32@aol.com)I will not respond to Bad Emails (Insults,Hate Mail,or questions already answered in my FAQ) This FAQ is not to be used by any other site except Gamefaqs (http://www.gamefaqs.com)without my permission.If anyone wants to use my FAQ in their FAQ,askme first before posting it in you Site.Its illegal to post it in their site without asking me. 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