Bonus FMV sequence
At the "Opening Edit" screen highlight the "Replay" option, then hold L + R and press A. You will see all of the people from the gray army dancing.

At the "Opening Edit" screen highlight the "Replay" option, then hold Black + White and press A. You will see Zhu Rong singing.

Defender special item
In the Battle of Wu Zhang Plains under the hard difficulty setting as the Wei force, locate a place where an intermission sequence starts and you see shooting stars. A special item message should appear for the Defender. This is almost impossible to attain with one person. Both of your characters should be at full stats with their fourth weapon. This item will have your character's Defense x2 when close to death.

Diao Qiao's special item
At the Battle of You Ting, kill Zhang Pu and Zhang He. Her fourth weapon can now be located in the top left corner near the far left Gate.

Imperial Saddle special item
At the Battle of Yi Ling, as Shu forces, stop Lu Xun's fire attack and kill Lu Xun. A supply unit will now appear near the northern-most Wu gate. Kill the supply captain for the Imperial Saddle this is an item that allows the riding of any horse.

Jiang Wei's special item
Play at Jie Ting, under the hard difficulty setting and kill Cao Zhen and Zhen Ji. A supply team should show up near the gate to the northeast of Sima Yi.

Lu Bu's special item
Play the Hu Lao Gate level under the hard difficulty setting. Beat Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Lui Bei, and Gong Dzan. A supply team will show up near the mid-north gate. Swiftly kill the Supply Captain and he will have Lu Bu's fourth weapon, the Sky Scorcher. It has Lightning property and has an electrically charged fouth and fifth hit when you hit them to the ground, and a sixth hit.

Lu Xun's special item
Play as Lu Xun at the Yi Ling level under the hard difficulty setting. Kill Wei Yan as soon as you can to make his army retreat. When the intermission sequence of you saying that Zhuge Liang is not here starts to play, your officer will begin to make his fire attack. Look at the message history for the exact spot. Make sure that he sets the camp alight by killing any resistance, then kill off everything in the Stone Maze Trap, kill Zhuge Liang, and a special item can be found to the northeast of the Stone Maze Trap. Get it and finish the level. This weapon adds Speed +22, Musou Gage +75, Defense +43, and Radius +29.

Ma Chao's special item
Play as Ma Chao under the hard difficulty setting in the Tong Gate level. Ma Chao is the main general. They must kill General Han Sui, but he is on your side. First, you must kill Cao Ren and Cao Hong. Then, wait for Xu Huang to bring his army. Watch Cao Cao and make sure he moves away from Xaihou Yuan. Then, kill Xiahou Yuan. Wait for Cao Cao to move further up the field. Then walk across the bridge and go towards Cao Cao. Do not attack his men or him. He should walk across the bridge to the field. Cao Cao will then talk to Han Sui. Wait five minutes and do anything but attack Cao Cao. Han Sui should defect in time. Make sure you have Hex Mark or Red Hare when you kill Han Sui you must run to the gate on the top right corner of the screen. A supply unit will appear and try to retreat to there. Kill the supply unit and you will receive Ma Chao's fourth weapon, which gives Jump +21, Mounted Attack +60, Mounted Defense +60, and Reach+21.

Meng Huo's special item (Nanman forces)
In the Nanman Campaign under the hard difficulty setting, beat every general with Men Huo. A special item message will appear in the center of the level. Go to it and you will locate Meng Huo's fourth weapon. It adds +27 Attack, +54 Mounted Attack, and +54 Mounted Defense.

Lui Bei's special item
Play the Battle Of Yi Ling as Lui Bei under the hard difficulty setting. You will locate it at the top right of the radar awhile into the game. Lui Bei's fourth weapon is the Gold Moon Dragon.

Play the Battle Of Yi Ling under the hard difficulty setting with Lui Bei and with the Shu side. Kill Sun Shang Xiang, and after ten seconds the "Special item" message will appear. It is a bit further forward from Sun Quan.

Lu Meng's special item
Play the Battle At Fan Castle level and beat Guan Ping. A special item message will now appear. Lu Meng's fourth weapon will be in a box near Sima Yi (not on the castle, but on the ground).

Note: It is suggested that you have Lu Bu available for this strategy. Now select two player mode and The Battle of Hu Lao Gate level. Have Lu Bu as player one if he is your weaker character, or as player two if he is your stronger character. Move player one through the small canyon that leads up and behind the Fan Shui Gate. Fight your way through it until you get to the corner of the small canyon (i.e. where it turns to go further in). Stop at the corner (or fight your way only a bit further in so you can be safe, but always move back to that corner), Then, use player two to beat Lu Bu. A supply unit should in time appear directly next to player one in that small canyon. Run forwards, deeper into the canyon, until you locate the Supply Unit and its Supply Captain. Kill the Supply Captain then pick up the item he drops. Next, move player one into an really safe location then go on to beat Dong Zhuo eventually with your stronger, more powerful character in the player two slot. Make sure you are playing on the easy difficulty setting, and that your weaker character is in the player one slot. The game's difficulty is based on the strength of player one's character.

Nu Wa's special weapon
To get Nu Wa's fourth weapon, play the Battle At Wan Castle level and kill Dian Wei. A special item message will now appear.

Pang Tong's special item
Play as Pang Tong under the hard difficulty setting in the Cheng Du level. You must kill all the officers in the bottom part of the map that attempt to ambush you. The weapon will appear near Liu Zhang.

Play the Assault on Cheng Du level under the hard difficulty setting. Then after Pang Tong is surrounded by Zhang Ren, you must kill Zhang Ren. The special item message will now appear. The weapon is in a box in the northwest of the map.

Power Scroll special item
At the battle of He Fei, beat Gan Ning to get the Power Scroll. This item makes the deadlock a tie in which yours and your enemy's weapons are push upwards.

Zhang Fei's special item
Meet with enemies on the Chang Ban Bridge, Zhang Fei shout event then beat Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. The supply team will now appear at the entry point near Xu Zhu and towards the northeast entry point. Kill the supply team and you will obtain Zhang Fei's fourth weapon.

Zhang Jiao's special item
Choose free mode, and choose Zhang Jiao. Play the Yellow Turban Rebellion level as Zhang Jiao's forces under the hard difficulty setting. Make sure to run to Sun Jian's forces first. Fight until an enemy ambush appears. Zhang Jiao will say "Impudent fools." Zhang Jiao's fourth weapon will appear at the top of He Jin's castle. Near by the river will be a Life +10.

Zhen Ji's special item
Play the Jie Ting level under the hard difficulty setting. Then beat Jiang Wei and his fourth weapon can be located around Zhuge Lian's camp.

Zhou Yu's special item
Play as Sun Quan's forces at the battle of Chi Bi. Then wait for Zhuge Liang to blow the winds then beat Xiahou Dun and Zhang He. The special item message will now appear. Zhou Yu's fourth weapon can now be located in the center of the ship.

Zhu Rong (Nanman forces)
Play The Nanman Campaign level under the hard difficulty setting. Chose the Nanman forces and use Zhu Rong. Let two of the generals from your force retreat. When the morale get's low, Dong Tu Ne and Ahui Nan will say something like "We can do no more" and "This battle will do us no good". Once they are done saying that, they will retreat. After they retreat, the special item message for Zhu Rong's fourth weapon will appear.

Battle Of Chi Bi: 8000 kills
This trick takes a character with great stats and his or her fourth weapon (Lu Bu suggested). On the easy difficulty setting, choose the Battle Of Chi Bi. Choose Liu Bei forces. Kill everyone but not Cao Cao. When you see the message "Wei reinforcements have arrived", go to the two enemy gates at the left of the map. Kill the officer, but do not kill the Gate Captains. If done properly, all your forces will be busy with Cao Cao and will not bother the Gate Captains. Hack and slash all you want. The earlier you get everyone killed, the more kills you can obtain. A good player may be able to attain 9500 kills.

Battle Of Hu Lao Gate: Lu Bu's Defection
Play the Battle of Hu Lao Gate level under any difficulty setting. Then wait for Dong Zhuo to send Diao Chan to the front line. Then, wait for Diao Chan to die. After she has died, Lu Bu will throw a fit and head toward Dong Zhuo. You must be on Dong Zhuo's team for this to occur.

Battle Of Jie Ting: Easy level up
Start a two player game in free mode under the normal difficulty setting as the Shu side. With the already strong player, kill the officers and let the weaker player pick up the items. There is also a Musou +10 in the path in the center and a Life +10 at the top left corner of the summit. There are three weapon crates dropped by officers (Huang Quan, Cao Hong and Sun Li). You will almost certainly obtain a third weapon from one of them.

Guan Yu Escape: Hidden items
There is a Life +10 in between the two houses where you fight Khang He. There is a Musou +10 behind the second gate.

Hu Loa Gate: Hidden items
In Hu Loa Gate, on top of the Han Shui Gate is a Musou +10. On the Hu Loa Gate is a Life +10.

Nanman Campaign: Easy level up
Kill all the officers including Meng Huo every time he appears. This should get you not only very high stats (about Attack+20 and Defense+20 including the Gate Captains), but also your third weapon. Repeat this level a few times until you receive the third weapon or you are you happy.

Battle At Yi Ling: Easy attack level up
Play the level under any difficult setting. Obtain a second weapon for your character. Then, kill Gan Ning, Lu Meng and Cheng Pu with a 20+ hit combo or kill them with one Musou attack only. Gan Ning and Lu Meng together provide Attack +16. Then, kill Cheng Pu the same way to receive a total of Attack +18 for the entire level. Repeat this as desired.

Battle At Yi Ling: Easy defense level up
Play the level with a new character with at least their second weapon. Then kill Sun Shang Xian and Lu Xun with a 20+ hit combo for a total of Defense +16. Repeat this as desired.

Pong Tong Gate: Hidden items
You can get an easy Life +10 at the top left by your gate. To the top right of their gate is a Musou +10. Chose the allied team (not Cao Cao's) to do it in under seven minutes.

Surprise Attack On Liu Biao: Saving Sun Jian
In order to save Sun Jian from being crushed, you need to kill Kuai Liang before Sun Jian arrives at the area that he is usually killed in. Try going directly to Kwai Liang without fighting any Gate Guards or Lu Gong. This will stall Sun Jian. A second way to save him is to play as his character.

Yellow Turban Rebellion: Hidden items
There is a Musuo +10 near the Gate for the Yellow Turban to the far left. Head down close to the outside land and you will locate it there. The Life +10 is found just outside the river opening to the castle on the north side. There is also another Musou +10 at the second protrusion from the south on the West Castle Wall. There is also another Life +10 at the second protrusion from the north of the East Castle Wall.

Item upgrades
To obtain better upgrades, such as Tortoise Amulet +60, play the game under the hard difficulty setting in these stages and kill these characters for only items in that stage. Do not bother doing this on any level under Attack On Liu Biao.

Nanman campaign (Shu and Wu): Yong Kai, Dong Tu Ne.
You Ting (Wu): Man Chong, Cao Xiu, Hu Zhi, in box directly in front of Cao Xiu fort, to the side of Sima Yi in box.
Jie Ting (Shu): Du Xi, Deng Ai, Xin Pi.
Yi Ling (Shu): Ling Tong, Zhu Ran (Wu): Shamoke, Lei Tong, Wu Lan
Chi Bi (Wei): Cao Pi, Cao Hong, (Shu): Zhu Ran, Xu Sheng, Taishi Ci
He Fei (Wei): Zhu Huan, Han Dang, Jiang Qin.
Fan Castle (Wei): Second level of stage in box
Chang Ban (Shu): Li Dian, Xiahou En, Zhang He (Wei): Mi Zhu, Chen Zhen, Liu Qi
Guan Du (Wei): Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan.

Play under the normal or hard difficulty setting. Then go to the Assault On the Wu Territories level and play as Sun Ce's forces. There are four weapons in this stage. Three of them are held by officers, Zhang Ying, Chen Heng, and Yan Yu. The fourth one is in a box that will be diagonally left of your position as soon as you enter the fort on the bottom right of the map, where Liu Yong is at.

Play the Nanman Campaign under any difficulty setting. Meng Huo, Meng You, and Dailali Dongzou will all give you weapon boxes. They normally are a mix of second and third weapons.

Start a two player free mode game under the hard difficulty setting at the Battle Of You Ting level. Play as Sun Jian's forces. This stage is the perfect place to locate second or third weapons. Player one should be a fresh character you want the weapon for, while player two should be a maxed out character with the fourth weapon. When you begin the level, let player two take care of the Gate Captains, archers, and soldiers. Then, walk player one to the crates at the start of the beach and smash every one. One of them contains a weapon and another has an item. Move player two up the path to Liu Biao's castle. On the way, look for a crate. Kill the soldiers there with player two, then move player one to the crate and smash it. Pick up the contents, which almost always is a second or third weapon. Complete the stage with player two.

Easy third weapons
Go to the Surprise Attack On Lui Biao level with an already built up Lu Bu and the character you want. There are five weapon boxes throughout this level. Get those with the other character, not Lu Bu after killing every person on the level with Lu Bu, except for the main person. Then, kill the final person. There is also a Musou +10 and an Life +10 in the level. For a third weapon, play under the hard difficulty setting. If you do not obtain their second or third weapon, play on the other side.

Play the Battle of Mt. Ding Jun level on Shu forces. Then turn around and take the path Zhand Fei is taking. Kill Xiahou De to receive the weapons box. Go to where Xiahou Yuan is at and go right, then break open the box and pick up the weapons box. Next, locate and kill Cao Hond and pick up the weapons box for the last one in the stage. There is also a Life +10 to the right of Cao Cao, to the left of you. You should play the level under the normal or hard difficulty setting for a better chance at getting the third weapon. The weapon will give you better stats. For example, playing on easy results with Life +9, playing on hard results in Life +31.

Play the Battle At Tong Gate level in two player mode under the hard difficulty setting. Have one of the players be powered up and the other as the character that will receive the third weapon. Leave the first player where they start (unless there are enemies close by, then move them away). Have the second player go to the right. Hopefully they will start near Cao Cao. If not, then use someone that does to locate the box. Follow the hill to the left and when it makes a sharp turn keep going forward until you come across the coast. Then, follow it to the left until you locate a box that always has a weapon in it. Get it, then move him to safety. Use player one to complete the level. This may need to be redone if the found weapon is the player's second weapon.

Max out a character (with or without a fourth weapon). Now put a base strength character in the player one slot. The game adjusts its difficulty according to the first player's strength. Then, put your maxed character in slot two under the normal difficulty setting. Then play the Battle At Tong Gate. At the start of the battle, put your first player character in a safe spot nearby then kill Tong Gate Generals Ma Dai, Pang De, and Han Sui. By now Ma Chow will be occupied with Cao Cao then kill Cheng Yin and he will drop a weapon box. Keep the box on the second player's screen and have player one take the box. Have player two stand there and let his bodyguards take care of any units. Then, take player one to the northern-most point of Cao Cao's side of Tong Gate. Once there you will locate a box with a weapon inside. Take the weapon, then hide player one and kill Ma Chow with player two.

Preform a 20 or more hit combo to kill a general to get double the amount of the normal + Defense or + Attack bonus. For example, killing Gan Ning at Yi Ling with a big combo will give you +8 Attack instead of +4 Attack. Note: You must kill the general with the combo. Obtain at least an 8-hit combo to receive Attack/Defense +2 instead of +1.

Play under the hard difficulty setting with two players (one who has a fourth weapon and the other that needs a fourth weapon). Finish what is needed with the good character, then use the other character to pick up the fourth weapon. For example, to obtain Taishi Ci's special weapon, play the Assault On Wu Territory level with Lu Bu and his fourth weapon and Taishi Ci. Get Taishi Ci to safety. Kill every one but not Sun Ce. Then, use Taishi Ci to obtain his fourth weapon.

Opening gates
When fighting on a level with wooden gates, position your character against it and facing a gate. Try to fire an arrow through it, at the enemy soldiers on the other side. When you hit one, the gate will then open up.

Xu Zhu the elephant in opening
Enable the "Opening Edit option" code. At the scene where the player you select would be on an elephant hitting people, choose Xu Zhu. Play it to see Cao Cao on a elephant, but you will first see Xu Zhu taking the place of the elephant.

No death in hero's end in opening
In the hero's end part of "Opening Edit", put in one of these to see him/her order troops to battle while mounted: Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, Meng Huo, Zhu Rong, Diao Chan, Zhang Jiao, Fu Xi, and Nu Wa. About all the Wu characters have the scene with the boulder falling on someone try it with Huang Gai.

Zhou Yu singing and dancing
Play through Musou mode under any difficulty setting as Da Qiao or Xiao Qiao to have Zhou Yu as the singer/dancer in the ending sequence. He still has the woman's voice, and does the same exact dance.

Zhen Ji dancing
Complete the game with Dian Wei to see Zhen Ji dancing.

You can also see Zhen Ji dancing by finishing Musou mode with Zhang He.

Ending sequences

Complete Musou mode with Gan Ning to see several soldiers crowded around him while he is chugging beer out of a jug.

Complete Musou mode under the easy difficulty setting with Sun Jian. When you get to the Nanman level, make sure Zhu Rong does not die to see her in the ending sequence.

Complete Musou mode under any difficulty setting with Zhou Yu to see Sun Shang Xiang dancing in the ending sequence.

Complete Musou mode under any difficulty setting with Zhuge Liang to see Zhu Rong sing and dance in the ending sequence.

Complete Musou mode with Pang Tong to see his astounding Magic Show.

Complete Musou mode with Xiao Qiao to see Lu Xun singing and dancing.

Complete Musou mode with Lu Xun to see him give his sword to Sun Shao.

Complete the game with Dian Wei and Xu Zhu and they will fight for an onion during the ending sequence.

Complete the game with Sun Ce to see Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao dance during the ending sequence.

Complete the game with Zhang He to see him get up and dance next to Zhen Ji during the ending sequence.