SENGOKU MUSOU MOUSHOUDEN LEVEL 6 WEAPONS FAQ (v1.9, 10-6-04) by Edward Chang (chang dot 459 at osu dot edu) Revision History v1.9 (10-6-04) Details on Yoshimoto's, Hideyoshi's, Masamune's, Oichi's, Edit Spear's, and Edit Naginata's methods. v1.1 (10-2-04) Corrections and revisions throughout. More details on Ranmaru's, Hanzou's, Tadakatsu's, Nobunaga's, Mitsuhide's, and Nouhime's methods. v1.0 (9-30-04) Methods completed. v0.5 (9-28-04) First version. All stats listed, preliminary methods available for a few characters. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Listing by Character --Sanada Yukimura --Maeda Keiji --Oda Nobunaga --Akechi Mitsuhide --Ishikawa Goemon --Uesugi Kenshin --Oichi --Okuni --Kunoichi --Saika Magoichi --Takeda Shingen --Date Masamune --Nouhime --Hattori Hanzou --Mori Ranmaru --Hashiba Hideyoshi --Imagawa Yoshimoto --Honda Tadakatsu --Inahime --Edit Sword --Edit Spear --Edit Naginata 3. Miscellaneous Tricks 4. Credits 1. INTRODUCTION This is an FAQ for Koei's action game Sengoku Musou Moushouden, the expansion to their previous Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors). This FAQ deals with the Level 6 Weapons, the new weapons added for the expansion that are even more powerful (and therefore even harder to get) than the Level 5 weapons from the original Sengoku Musou. In Sengoku Musou, Level 6 weapons must be earned on Hell (窶冢ﾂ坂?? difficulty. Thus to get these weapons your characters would theoretically need to be relatively built-up, although there are ways around this (see the tricks section for details.) This FAQ makes use of SJIS encoding in order to display Japanese characters. I included this feature so that if you do not know Japanese, you can easily match up the characters on your TV screen to the characters in this guide. You will need to have support for viewing Japanese characters on your computer, however. Certain versions of Windows should have it built in; otherwise, you'll either need to get a program like NJStar Communicator, or you'll need to get Japanese character support for Internet Explorer (free from Microsoft) and open this file in IE instead of Notepad/Wordpad. 2. LISTING BY CHARACTER Each Level 6 weapon is listed here under its user, along with its stats and element, as well as how to get it. Characters are listed in the order in which they appear on the character select screen (unlike the original Sengoku Musou, Moushouden makes the characters appear in a pre-determined order, not in the order in which you unlocked them). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SANADA YUKIMURA Rensou Kaku Rakan (Tempered Spear 'Enraged Arhat') Stats: Base Attack 57 Fire Element Life +50 Attack +65 Mounted Attack +67 Musou Charge +65 In Sanada Yukimura's fifth lower stage (Battle of Yamazaki), succeed in the first mission by defeating Shibata Katsuie 柴田勝家 and Niwa Nagahide 丹羽長秀. Continue and succeed in the second mission by defeating Maeda Keiji before he enters the central mountain. Now defeat Takigawa Kazumasu 滝川一益, Takenaka Hanbei 竹中半兵衛, and Hashiba Hideyoshi before any of them enter the central mountain, and the supply team will appear in the western gate point in the cave to the north. They will head south; defeat the captain to pick up the weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAEDA KEIJI Gouhou Niouson (Sharp-edged 'Venerable Niou') Stats: Base Attack 60 Lightning Element Life +50 Musou +30 Attack +75 Defense +56 In Maeda Keiji's third stage (Dance of the Capital), the basic goal is to defeat 2000 enemies. The supply team will appear from the middle gate on the west side and head north. It doesn't matter at all whether your allies die or not, so just keep killing enemies and avoid killing too many gate captains. Niou is a guardian spirit in Buddhism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODA NOBUNAGA Shinmetsu Dairoku-ten (God-killer 'Dairoku-ten') Stats: Base Attack 58 Night Element Musou +50 Attack +67 Ranged Defense +66 Musou Charge +64 In Oda Nobunaga's fourth upper stage (Revolt at Honnouji), you must defeat all enemy generals (including Nouhime once she turns; she must be defeated before the last Akechi general is defeated) while keeping Oichi and Ranmaru alive. The supply team will appear from the east gate and head towards the gate inside the temple. Defeat the supply team for the weapon. Dairoku-ten is a demon king. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AKECHI MITSUHIDE Rasetsujin Kinrou (Demon Blade 'Gold Wolf') Stats: Base Attack 57 Lightning Element Life +45 Defense +69 Speed +47 Attack Radius +73 In Akechi Mitsuhide's fifth lower stage (Battle of Yamazaki), first protect the east and west gates as indicated by the first two missions. Now defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi. Upon getting near Mori Ranmaru, you'll get a mission to withstand his attack; stay near him without killing him for 1 minute, and he'll join your side. Now defeat Niwa Nagahide 丹羽長秀. Finally, with all of your generals still alive, clear the north cave of enemy ambush troops as indicated by that mission to make the supply team appear. They'll show up from the southeast gate and head for the gates next to the Oda home base. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISHIKAWA GOEMON Saijoumai Shishi (Siege Weapon 'Dancing Lion') Stats: Base Attack 59 Lightning Element Life +49 Attack +73 Speed +50 Attack Radius +55 In Ishikawa Goemon's first stage (Intrusion of Gifu Castle), collect all of the treasures and seal all of the gates on the first three floors. Now on the fourth floor defeat Kunoichi and then wait for the Oda army generals to show up. There will actually be two waves, so after defeating the first wave, wait for the second. Defeat Mori Yoshinari 森可成 last and he will drop the weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UESUGI KENSHIN Enkou Bishamon-ten (Firelight 'Bishamon-ten') Stats: Base Attack 58 Ice Element Life +50 Attack +69 Mounted Attack +72 Attack Radius +62 In Uesugi Kenshin's fourth stage (Attack of Gifu Castle), clear the battle outside of the castle normally. Once inside the castle, succeed in each mission to clear each floor quickly while defeating all generals present (equip the item that reveals castle maps to show the location of each general). Once you reach the top floor you'll get a precious item report; break the box and take the item. Bishamon-ten is the god of war, and Kenshin's favorite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OICHI Ruri Benten Kiku (Lapis Lazuli Benten 'Chrysanthemum') Stats: Base Attack 55 Lightning Element Defense +67 Ranged Defense +69 Speed +45 Musou Charge +68 In Oichi's fifth upper stage (Revolt at Honnouji), first defeat Akechi Hidemitsu 明智秀光 to stop the fire plan; now assist Oda Nobunaga, Nouhime, and Mori Ranmaru as each of those missions come up and help them escape to make the supply team appear in the northwest, heading for the northeast. Benten is the goddess of the arts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OKUNI Houzou Kisshouten (Treasured Parasol 'Kisshouten') Stats: Base Attack 56 Fire Element Life +47 Ranged Defense +72 Jump +50 Attack Radius +66 In Okuni's fourth stage, Dance at Kawanakajima, succeed in the very first mission to dance on top of the mountain. Now kill every subgeneral and general of both the Takeda and Uesugi armies except for Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin themselves. The supply team will appear from the northwest gate (right next to where you danced) and head eastwards. This can be very tricky to get as if a general is killed by the opposing army and not by you, you will fail to get the weapon. Uesugi Kenshin's subgenerals (especially the one attacked by Sanada Yukimura and Kunoichi) die very quickly; you'll have to be very quick about it. Matsukaze is essential. Kisshouten is a goddess of beauty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KUNOICHI Kaisen Kokuan Tennyo (Dark Heavenly Maiden of Destruction) Stats: Base Attack 55 Ice Element Life +44 Defense +66 Jump +42 Musou Charge +71 In Kunoichi's fifth upper stage (Summer Campaign of Osaka), simply fulfill all of the missions that show up with all of your generals still alive. Matsukaze Saddle and War Drum are a must. The supply team will appear from the map's center and head south; defeat the team captain for the weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAIKA MAGOICHI Byakuyou Yata-garasu (Brilliant Bird of Yata) Stats: Base Attack 57 Fire Element Life +43 Defense +68 Ranged Attack +75 Attack Radius +59 In Saika Magoichi's second stage (Gun Battle at Yamazaki), succeed in the first three missions (defeating the Oda advance party, sniping at Nobunaga from the north cave, then defeating the Oda army's second wave) and the supply team will appear around the middle of the east side of the map and head southwards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TAKEDA SHINGEN Sedai Shinju (Great Heavenly Pronouncement) Stats: Base Attack 59 Fire Element Life +46 Defense +75 Musou Charge +57 Attack Radius +75 In Takeda Shingen's fifth battle, upper route (Battle of Yamazaki), first defeat Shibata Katsuie 柴田勝家 and Niwa Nagahide 丹羽長秀. Now defeat Maeda Keiji before he enters the central mountain. At this point the map should be filled with mist. Defeat Hashiba Hideyoshi when that mission comes up next, and then Takigawa Kazumasu 滝川一益 and Takenaka Hanbei 竹中半兵衛 quickly. Fail in the mission to cross the Enmyouji bridge before the mist clears, and the Oda army should come charging. Now assist Uesugi Kenshin by defeating the generals near him and the supply team should appear in the eastern gate in the northern cave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DATE MASAMUNE Souryuu Ashura (Twin Dragon 'Ashura') Stats: Base Attack 56 Ice Element Musou +40 Defense +67 Mounted Attack +70 Attack Radius +71 In Date Masamune's fourth stage (Intrusion at Nagashino), the general requirement is to defeat all generals and subgenerals on both sides except for Oda Nobunaga while keeping your own generals alive. Nobunaga will begin withdrawing, as will Shingen. First defeat the Takeda army subgeneral just outside your base, then head for the center of the map. Most of the Takeda army generals should come charging. Defeat them, (make sure at least one is left alive); now head back to your main camp and defeat the Oda army generals that are attacking. Go back and defeat the last Takeda general, then charge their home base and quickly defeat Takeda Shingen's subgeneral and then Shingen himself. Now defeat all of the Oda army generals, and quickly charge the Oda camp and defeat Oda Nobunaga's subgeneral. The supply team will appear from the southeast corner and head north. You'll pretty much have to have Matsukaze to chase down the supply team (as well as defeat Shingen and his sub before they retreat). Once Nobunaga retreats to the top left gate point the stage ends, so make sure you get to the supply team quickly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOUHIME Mamushi ('Mamushi') Stats: Base Attack 56 Night Element Musou +49 Attack +61 Musou Charge +65 Attack Radius +73 In Nouhime's third stage (Battle of Anegawa), first defeat Asakura Kagenori 朝倉影紀 and Asakura Kagetake 朝倉影健; now assist Akechi Mitsuhide by defeating the generals in the center area (except Oichi), and then clear the southeast point of enemies before the reinforcements arrive. Now defeat all generals except for Asai Nagamasa, Oichi, and Asakura Yoshikage 朝倉義影; once the reinforcements arrive, the Tokugawa army will charge on Asakura Yoshikage. Assist them in reaching there and then defeat Yoshikage. If all of your generals are still alive, the supply team will appear from the middle gate on the south side of the screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HATTORI HANZOU Meisen Marishiten (Hell Borer 'Marishi-ten') Stats: Base Attack 56 Night Element Attack +74 Ranged Attack +69 Speed +48 Attack Radius +68 In Hattori Hanzou's third stage (Crossing of Iga), your general task is to guide Tokugawa Ieyasu safely while defeating all of the ambush parties, without letting Tokugawa meet with any of the ambush parties. Start by saving Anayama Baisetsu by defeating Akechi Hidemitsu 明智秀満. Enter the fort where Saitou Toshimitsu 斎藤利三 is and defeat him. Head eastwards and you should get a message saying that the Tokugawa army is moving northeast. Defeat the ambush parties that appear on all sides of the fort before Tokugawa arrives. Now immediately head north and slightly to the west, standing on the bridge; as soon as Tokugawa starts moving again, fresh ambush troops should show up. Defeat all of them (some will try to cross the bridge, and others will try to head south; you must defeat all of them) without letting Tokugawa meet with any of them and the supply team should appear. It will be from the west gate, heading towards the southwest. Marishi-ten is a demon king. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MORI RANMARU Kijin Gohou Tendou (Demon-swift 'Gohou Tendou') Stats: Base Attack 58 Ice Element Musou +46 Attack +69 Speed +47 Musou Charge +70 In Mori Ranmaru's fourth stage (Battle of Anegawa), first restore Niwa Nagahide's connection to home base by defeating the enemies that attack him (the first mission); now succeed in the next missions by assisting Maeda Katsuie 前田利家, defeating Saika Magoichi before he snipes Oda Nobunaga, and defeating Date Masamune. Now the Akechi Mitsuhide army will show up; with all of your generals still alive, enter the Tokugawa camp and defeat Hattori Hanzou and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The supply team will show up in the southeast and head north. The Akechi army is very powerful and will kill Tokugawa's subgenerals easily; this is much easier if you play with two players and have one player hang out in the middle area to take care of the Akechi army (except for Mitsuhide himself) once it arrives. Gohou Tendou is a guardian god. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HASHIBA HIDEYOSHI Sangai Tousen Monju (Transcendent Battle 'Manjusri') Stats: Base Attack 55 Lightning Element Defense +68 Ranged Defense +56 Speed +50 Musou Charge +62 In Hashiba Hideyoshi's upper fifth stage (Battle of Komaki Nagakute), you must clear missions 1-3 and 8. 8 does not trigger unless your general Ikeda Tsuneoki 池田恒興 remains alive. First, succeed in the first mission to eliminate the generals on the front lines. Now defeat Sakakibara Yasumasa 榊原康政 and Ii Naomasa 井伊直政 to keep Ikeda alive; by now, Honda Tadakatsu should've defeated Takigawa Kazumasa, which will trigger the second mission. Succeed in the second mission by defeating Honda Tadakatsu. Now defeat Ishikawa Kazumasa 石川数正 and Okudaira Sadamasa 奥平貞昌; the third mission will have you defeat Ookubo Tadayo 大久保忠世 and Ookubo Tadasuke 大久保忠佑, so succeed in that as well. Finally, defeat Hattori Hanzou once that mission appears (he'll warp into your home base); defeat him and the supply team will appear from the gate west of the central fort. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMAGAWA YOSHIMOTO Hougen Koumyou Henshou (Everbright Phoenix Eye) Stats: Base Attack 57 Night Element Musou +49 Defense +69 Musou Charge +75 Attack Radius +68 In Imagawa Yoshimoto's fourth upper stage (Battle of Komaki Nagakute), fail the first mission on purpose by heading towards Tokugawa Ieyasu's camp. Now defeat Ii Naomasa 伊井直政, Sakakibara Yasumasa 榊原康政, and Sakai Chuuji 酒井忠次 in any order. Defeat Honda Tadakatsu last (he MUST be last out of the last four, despite whatever the mission shows). Now defeat Inahime with all of your generals still alive, and the supply team will appear from the gate in the northwest, heading eastwards. Your generals in the southeast usually die the fastest, especially once Akechi Mitsuhide shows up as reinforcements, so charge for Ii Naomasa and kill him right off the bat (even before the mission shows up) then loop around to the south and try to take Sakakibara Yasumasa and Sakai Chuuji, as well as the two gates, before any damage is done to your generals. Honda Tadakatsu's morale will constantly be rising during this mission, so be quick about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONDA TADAKATSU Ressou Gou Enma (Splitting Spear 'Descending Enma') Stats: Base Attack 60 Fire Element Attack +72 Defense +75 Ranged Defense +71 Attack Radius +59 In Honda Tadakatsu's upper branch fifth stage (Battle of Komaki Nagakute), succeed in the first mission to take the central fort. Now succeed in the next two missions (to defeat Hideyoshi's generals hanging back, and to defeat the generals assaulting the middle fort) without letting a single enemy soldier into the fort. Troops will try to come in from the north door, but an ambush near your camp will make some enemy troops appear towards the south. Thus, you'll have to guard both gates without letting any enemies in. This is significantly easier with two players and just having the 2nd player guard the north door; as Tadakatsu, clear the south gate of enemies (there shouldn't be too many) then proceed to succeed in the given missions. Upon success the supply team will appear in the southeast, heading northeast. This stage is also the site of one of the rare items, so don't be confused if you get the rare item appearance message (the rare item appears out of the east gate, not the southeast gate; make sure not to chase the wrong supply team). Enma is a demon king. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INAHIME Seirei Tenkyuu Aizen (Beautiful Heavenly Bow 'Aizen') Stats: Base Attack 56 Ice Element Musou +47 Attack +63 Ranged Attack +72 Attack Radius +61 In Inahime's fourth stage, lower branch (Battle of Yamazaki), succeed at the following missions in order: prevent any of Akechi Mitsuhide's generals from breaching the Ten'ouzan, defeating Akechi Mitsuhide, prevent any of Hashiba Hideyoshi's generals from defeating Ten'ouzan. Hideyoshi's army will appear as soon as you succeed in the first mission, so as soon as you do, IMMEDIATELY go for Mitsuhide and kill him as fast as possible, then loop back and protect Ten'ouzan. Once you do, Hashiba Hideyoshi will start retreating southwards; meanwhile the supply team with the weapon will appear in the gate from his camp as well and head northwards. At this point you'll get a mission to prevent Hideyoshi from escaping, but you should ignore this and go for the weapon (since succeeding ends the stage). Keep in mind that if you fail the mission, the battle will end (though you'll still win), so you must get the weapon before Hideyoshi manages to escape. Aizen is the enlightened king of love and sex (hmm...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDIT SWORD Mikazuki Munechika ('Mikazuki Munechika') Stats: Base Attack 56 Fire Element Life +49 Attack +70 Speed +47 Attack Radius +60 In the fourth stage, Attack of Ueda Castle, clear the outside battle normally. Once inside the castle, succeed in every mission to defeat Kunoichi (twice on the first floor, twice on the second, once on the third floor, and twice on the fourth). Once you do, she'll drop the weapon. Mikazuki Munechika is one of the five legendary swords. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDIT SPEAR Otegine (Otegine) Stats: Base Attack 58 Lightning Element Musou +50 Attack +70 Mounted Attack +75 Musou Charge +65 In the second stage, Battle of Kawanakajima, play normally until you get the mission to assist Sanada Yukimura in descending from the mountain. Succeed with all your allies still alive and the supply team will appear in the south middle gate, and head eastwards. Defeat the captain for the weapon. Otegine is one of the three legendary spears. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDIT NAGINATA Goryou Sanemori Naginata (Naginata of Sanemori, the Guardian) Stats: Base Attack 57 Night Element Defense +68 Ranged Defense +75 Mounted Defense +73 Musou Charge +70 In the lower fifth stage, Summer Campaign at Osaka, first succeed in the mission to stop the Sandamaru cannon by defeating the guard captains on both sides of the main gate. Then defeat Sanada Yukimura as he charges your main camp. Defeat Gotou Matabei 後藤又兵衛 and enter the east gate of the castle; Sanada Yukimura will reappear and charge the main camp. Leave him alone until he achieves 200 kills; then, once Tokugawa orders a full-on assault of the castle, the supply team will appear near Gotou's initial position and head west. The trick part is that if Sanada enters your main camp, you lose instantly. Thus, he has to get 200 kills before you enter the main camp. This will be hard to do if other enemies are killing your allies. Thus, as soon as Sanada reappears, try to kill every other general (except for the commander) and retake any gates that might have been taken. If worse comes to worst, go over and stall Sanada until your gates can spit out more generic soldiers. Once he reaches 200 kills, he'll go into hyper-powered mode, so be very careful. After you win the battle, you'll have an in-castle battle, so prepare accordingly. 3. MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS LOWERING REQUIRED DIFFICULTY Moushouden includes a points system as rewards for playing the game. For instance, you'll earn 100 points for playing versus mode, 200 points for winning a free mode battle, 600 points for earning one ending for a character, and so on. If you trade in 100,000 points, you will actually lower the requirement for earning fifth weapons to Hard difficulty instead of Hell! Thus, if you're having problems earning a sixth weapon, try this. LUCKY CHARACTERS Moushouden adds the concept of "lucky characters". The lucky character is chosen at random each time the game is booted. You can tell who the lucky character is because the cursor will turn green (instead of the default blue) when you go over them on the character select screen. The lucky character generally gets better items and weapons, and also, during that playtime only, can earn fifth and sixth weapons at one difficulty level lower than normal. Thus, even if you did not spend the 100,000 points to lower the difficulty required to earn sixth weapons, the lucky character can still earn their weapon on Hard. RANDOM FIFTHS Once you unlock a character's sixth weapon, you'll actually start finding their fifth weapon as random drops (like you would first through fourth weapons). Even more incredibly, the stats on these fifths are not the same as the ones you had to earn, but are randomly generated. Thus, once you get a character's sixth weapon, it's quite possible to find fifth weapons that are better than that character's normal fifth weapon, or even better than the sixth weapon, if you're lucky. 4. CREDITS Thanks go to: Koei and Omega Force for the incredibly addictive game. Sengoku Musou Kanzen Kouryaku (http://pikkee7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/) for some of the retrieval methods used in this guide. This FAQ Copyright 2004 to Edward Chang. Redistribution in any form, including reprinting in electronic or print media, without express permission of the author is strictly forbidden.