Dynasty Warriors 3
Platform: Playstation 2

Different cheats and hints.

Black Shadow Special Item:
Play Huang Gai under the hard difficulty setting at the battle of Chi Bi for Allied forces. Follow orders to execute the fire attack against the Wei (Cao Cao's) forces. Defeat Zhang Liao (and possibly some other generals as well) before defeating Cao Cao. A "Special Item" should be found near the place of prayer at the southwestern end of the map. The Shadow Rod is a +44 attack weapon with 6 hits. It also adds +27 Musou Charge, +82 HP Max, +57 Defense, +52 Mounted Attack, and +23 Reach.

Hint: Buckler Special Item: This item prevents you from be overpowered while blocking. Play the He Fie level as the Wu side. Allow Taishi Ci to get killed in the arrow attack, then retreat with Sun Quan to the lower right corner of the level, to the broken bridge. You will jump over the bridge with Sun Quan. About five minutes later, Zhang Liao will attack Sun Quan. Defeat Zhang Liao and he will drop the item. This item is very useful when blocking, especially when fighting against Lu Bu.

Hint: Cao Cao's Special Item: Play the Yellow Turban level, on the Han side. You must defeat Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, in that order, without any gates being lost. Once you have done this, a supply team will appear on the northwest enemy entry point and will make its way to the entry point on the top center of the screen. Kill the supply captain to get the Cao Cao's fourth weapon, Wrath Of Heaven. This weapon is well worth the work. His sixth attack has a purple haze around it and will kill anyone on contact except a Boss.

Hint: Diao Qiao's Special Item: Kill Zhang Pu and Zhang He. Her fourth weapon can now be found in the top left corner near the far left Gate
Hint: Fu Xi's Special Item: At the Surprise Attack On Liu Biao level, play as Liu Biao's forces under the hard difficulty setting with Fu Xi. Kill Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Huang Gai. Fu Xi's fourth weapon may now be found on the left side of the map

Hint: Huang Zhong's Special Item: Play as Huang Zhong (Shu Forces) at the Mt. Ding Jun level under the hard difficulty setting. Defeat Xiahou Shang and the special item message will appear

Hint: 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.

Hint: Nu Wa's Special Weapon:
To obtain Nu Wa's fourth weapon, play the Battle At Wan Castle level and kill Dian Wei. A special item message will appear.

Hint: 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 try to ambush you. The weapon will appear near Liu Zhang.

Hint: Sun Quan's Special Item:
Play as Sun Quan under the hard difficulty setting on The Seige Of He Fe Castle level. Locate and kill Zhang He. A special item message will appear, revealing the location of Sun Quan's fourth weapon, the Master Wolf. The weapon should be located to the right of the pond in the middle of the castle.

Hint: Xiahou Yuan's Special Item:
Go to Mnt Ding Jun and select Xiahou Yuan under the hard difficulty setting. Wait for Huang Zong to shoot the arrow, then kill him. A special item will appear in the middle of the battlefield.

Hint: Xiao Qiao's Special Item:
Defeat Shyukuyuu (Zhu Rong). The fourth weapon can now be found to the east of the bridge at the northwest part of NanBan (Nan Man) map.

Hint: Yuan Shao's Special Item:
At the Battle Of Guan Du level, choose Yuan Shao and go east. Kill Xu Zhu and his troops. Go west. Kill Liu Bei and his troops. Go south. Kill Xiahou Dun and his troops. Go inside Cao Cao's castle, and kill everybody except Cao Cao and his guards. Have your bodyguards on crossbow and shoot Cao Cao's guards to death. After that, attack Cao Cao with Guan Yu, Yuan Shu, and one any other random general. Stand directly over Cao Cao when you get him killed. When the mission ends, you will get Yuan Shao's fourth weapon, the Shao Pride. It gives a Basic +90, Attack +20, Mosou Max +80, Defense +90, and Life +95. It has 8 electrically charged hits. Alternately, choose free mode and select the Battle At Guan Du level under the hard difficulty setting. Kill most of the generals outside the castle. A supply unit should appear towards the southeast. Kill them and get the weapon.

Hint: Zhang Fei's Special Item:
Meet with enemies on the Chang Ban Bridge, Zhang Fei shout event then defeat Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan. The supply team will appear at the entry point near Xu Zhu and towards the northeast entry point. Kill the supply team and you will get Zhang Fei's fourth weapon.

Hint: 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. 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 also be a Life +10.

Hint: Zhao Yun's Special Item:
Play the The Battle of Chang Ban level, Liu Bei Force scenario. Try to get a horse early. Wait until the message "Cao Cao's main force has arrived" appears. Go to the central area and fight with Liu Bei (near Xiahou Yuan). You may get an intermission sequence of Zhao Yun defending Liu Bei. Continue west and defeat Zhang He. Cut back to the east bridge (near to where you started) to defeat Zhang Liao. If you actually fight enemy troops on the bridge, you may get another intermission sequence of Zhao Yun standing off against the enemy. After you defeat Zhang Liao, the supply unit with the Zhao Yun's fourth weapon will appear. The supply unit appears in the west, near the gate where Zhang He originally was located. By the time your reach the unit, it may have traveled slightly northeast on the far north path. Zaho Yun's fourth weapon is the Fierce Dragon. It adds Basic +43, Attack +25, Defense +52, HP +74, and Musou Gauge +80. Fierce Dragon has a fire property. When you use it to do the 5-hit combo to throw an enemy into the air, he or she burns until they come back to its feet. As long as you continue to hit it with 5-hit combo and keep it in the air, it continue to drain out hit points. This is especially useful when killing Boss generals
Hint: Yellow Turban Rebellion: Easy Experience:
Play the level as the Han forces under free mode and the hard difficulty setting with a character who you want to make stronger. From where ever you start, go straight to the allied Gate in the bottom left corner and defeat the general who is attacking it. Then, go to the river where there is a scene of the it being frozen, Immediately run back to the gate earlier, without killing any more generals. Wait until Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and Cao Cao die, leaving the castle under siege. Wait until He Jin is under attack and help him. All that remains is to kill anyone who gets in your way. The Gate closest to Zhang Jiao is the only one that will send units your way. Getting a horse to go and close all the Gates is helpful. In doing this, you should be able to kill over 1000 to 2000 enemies, raising you five or six levels.

Hint: Item Upgrades:
To get 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 below 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.

Cheat Codes (English version):
Bonus FMV sequence:
Highlight the "Replay" option at the "Opening Edit" screen, then hold R1 + L1 + R2 + L2 and press X.

All generals:
Highlight the "Free Mode" icon at the main menu. Then, press R2(3), L1, Triangle, L2(3), R1, Square at the title screen. A cheer will confirm correct code entry.

All Shu generals:
Highlight the "Free Mode" icon at the main menu. Then, press L1, Square, Triangle, R2, L1, L2, L2, R1, Square, L1 at the title screen. A cheer will confirm correct code entry.

All Wei generals:
Highlight the "Free Mode" icon at the main menu. Then, press L2, L1, Square, Triangle, L1, L2, R1, R2, L1, L2 at the title screen. A cheer will confirm correct code entry.

Japanese Version:

All movies:
At the title screen, press L1, Triangle, R1, Triangle, L2, Square, R2, Square

All characters:
At the title screen, press Square, R1, Triangle, L1, Triangle, R2, Square, L2

All Shu generals:
At the title screen, press L1, Square, Triangle, R2, L1, L2, L2, R1

All Wei generals:
At the title screen, press Square, Triangle, L1, L2, R1, R2, L1, L2

All Wu generals:
At the title screen, press Triangle, L1, Square, R1, R2, L1, L2, L2

BGM Test option:
At the title screen, press Square, Triangle, Triangle, Square, L1, R1, R2, L2

Opening Edit option:
At the title screen, press R1, Square, L1, Square, R2, Triangle, L2, Triangle

Free mode all levels:
At the title screen, press R1, R2, L2, L1, Square, R2, Triangle, L1

Submitted by Peter Ngov

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