Secret
characters:
Select "New Officer" at the main menu in the North American NTSC
version of the game. Choose "Create New Officer" from the new
officer menu. Choose the name option and enter one of the following
case-sensitive names as they appear, ignoring the order of the first and
last name boxes. For example, to enter "Abraham" as a last name
and "Lincoln" as a first name. A musical note will play, and an
officer will automatically be created and given type, ability, skills, and
gender. Select a birthdate, and their face and everything else will be
completed.
Abraham Lincoln Albert Einstein Ben Franklin Benedict Arnold Davy Crockett Jedidiah Smith Jim Bridger John Adams John Henry JohnPaul Jones Kit Carson Patrick Henry Paul Bunyan Paul Revere Pecos Bill Red Cloud Sam Houston Sitting Bull Thomas Edison William Cody William Seward
In the PAL version of the game,
enter one of the following case-sensitive names to unlock the corresponding
character.
Bai Qi
Chen Qingzhi
Fan Zeng
Han Xin
Kong Qiu
Li Ji
Lin Xiangru
Liu Bang
Sun Bin
Wang Jian
Xiang Ji
Yang Daiyan
Ying Bu
Ying Zheng
Yue Fei
Yue Yi
Change
characters:
Pause game play, select "Quit", set the CPU to control your
officer, then quickly hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 + Select.
A window allowing one of up to other eight officers to control will appear.
Better
created characters:
Get a 100% item completion in the game.
Bonus
created character portraits:
Get a 100% event completion in the game.
Hint:
Lu Bu:
To get Lu Bu, fight Dong Zhou during the Dong Zhou story in an all out war
when you move your own people. Take all your men and go straight for Lu Bu
as soon as you find him. Once defeated, take the officer that has him to a
very safe place and finish the rest of the level. Make sure to have powerful
people by starting from the beginning, as Lu Bu has 108 war ability. Be sure
to take Lu Bu quickly so there will be a better chance of getting him, and
you do not have to execute him. Note: Sometimes Diao Chan will appear. Take
her after defeating Lu Bu.
You can also get Lu Bu when you
are Sun Jian through diplomatic situations as follows. You must do this at
the beginning of the Anti-Dong Zhou coalition. It helps to have the special
created characters that can make people defect well. On the very first
diplomatic stage, check if his loyalty is low. At the beginning his loyalty
should still be low. Use your created characters to lower it further, then
try to hire. He may not go for it the first time. Keep trying and he will
eventually give in. However, you will have to reward him. If you do not, he
will quickly betray you. He is worth a lot of money when it comes to how
many battles you can win with him.
Hint:
Easy money:
Become a prefect in a city that is surrounded by friendlies, and have a city
near you that is on a front. It helps if the city on the front is fighting a
hopeless battle with one or no reinforcements (for example, against Ma Teng
in Scenarios 196 to 210). Learn how to increase your city's gold, either by
pillaging or by playing merchants. To play merchants, buy supplies when the
numbers are high, sell when they are lower. It is possible to buy for 11
gold, then sell for 7 gold, but not in the same council. Simply accumulate a
lot of money and your liege will assign you to support the city on the
front. Every time you properly support them, you will be given 500 gold, and
1000 fame and deeds. If you have someone under you with trade skill, use
them to buy and sell. Note: It helps if you are next to an enemy city that
will be taken over soon; this will cause many riots to lower safety to 0.
Pillaging will then always be successful, even if it is under your force.
Hint
Easy items:
If your fame is relatively high and you observe at the fields, the farmers
there will either give you money that they scraped together for you or even
better tell you that they found an item buried in the fields. This item can
be just about anything; even rare items.
Hint:
Acquire "green" skills: You can learn any of the skills: Persuade Reverse, Taunt,
Confuse, or Rumor. If you are training and another officer wishes to join
you, if they happen to have a green skill that you do not know, you have a
small chance to learn it after you have finished training. To increase the
probability of an officer coming to train with you, make sure you have a
high bond with them.
Hint:
Acquire "red" skills: To learn Fight (Tower), Plan (Factory), and Govern (Market), you
do not have to max your WAR, INT, and POL. Instead, just get an item and
make sure its effect is equal to your max. For example, if WAR maxs at 90
without Fight, then current WAR 80 + Seven Star Sword + Observing Tower =
WAR max is equal to 100 = learn Fight.To learn Charm, get the Awards of
Valor or Imperial Jade Seal; or max CHA and Observe Fields. To learn Guard,
make the Barracks Trust = 26+.
Hint:
Acquire "yellow" skills: You can learn yellow skills from any non-sage officer. To gain
Weather or Medicine, your officer must have at least a Friendly relation to
the officer with that skill. If Friendly, there is 1% to 10% chance of
learning. If Trusted, there is a 15% to 20% chance of learning. If Loyal,
there is a 25% to 35% of learning. If Sworn Brother, there is a 40% to 50%
chance of learning. Note: The percent chances are approximate.
Hint:
Acquire skills and tactics:
After your officer has a chance to get married and you get married, your
spouse will teach you skills and tactics from time to time. You can learn
any skill or tactic except the special skill for each set.
Please
select the first letter of the game's title below. If the word
"The" appears at the start of a title, ignore it and search for
the second word in the title:
