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Dynasty Warriors 9 (PC)

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Easy bonding

Acquire two hideaways. Then, send a letter to an officer from one hideaway, and travel to the second hideaway. Once you open the door to the hideaway, the officer will spawn next to the building outside. Simply talk with the officer to raise their bond level. Next, send a letter to an officer from the second hideaway, and return to the first hideaway. Repeat this process as many times as desired. Travel to major cities after each chapter so you avoid missing opportunities to speak with certain officers whom may be killed later in the game. This also helps with getting "The Ties That Bind Us" achievement.

Easy Gold early

Quick way to make easy gold very early in game (chapter 2). After capturing luoyang, the merchant with the fishing quest will give you 4 ultimate baits. Rather than using them in the guided fishing spot, instead use them in the moat immediately outside Luoyang moat. You will have a chance for gorgeous saddles that sell for 7500 each, strange atlrtifacts (2000 each) and other moderate sale items. Approximately chapter 3 you can unlock purchase of Ultimate baits and repeat this process as much as needed. My rough estimate is ~250k per 10 ultimate baits.

Easy money

Search for bandits, especially bandit chiefs and leaders (worth more). Kill bandits to get XP and items. Gather their items and sell them to vendors to get approximately 6,000 gold for each group of defeated bandits.

Fast Travel When You Can

It doesn't take a full two hours to go across China like Koei Tecmo claimed in previews last year, but it does take a while even with a hyper-fast horse. Make use of fast travel whenever you can to save time. As a reminder, any area of the map you've revealed at any point in time can be seen by any character you play. The only restriction on your fast traveling is whether the area you're going to is under enemy control.

Gameplay Strategy Tips

Get Red Hare asap - You unlock Red Hare for purchase by completing Guan Yu, Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu's storyline. Once unlocked purchase for $100,000. Best horse in the game. At level 1, it has higher stats than a lvl 100 birch.

Gold Crown: Get yourself a gold crown asap, it sucks all nearby items to you and it has a crazy range. very much worth the item slot.

Beast Mirror: Beast Mirrors increase the area of the map you unlock as you travel through it, the beautiful thing is these stack, so when exploring is your goal, stack 4 of them.

Fire Gems: Fire Gems are (IMO) the best for your weapons, they add insane damage to your attacks and with the new combat system, its seriously easy to keep the elements up.

Headshot: You can headshot most human enemies with a bow for them to die in one hit. Even on Choas mode. Head toward the great wall (Far north west) and head shot bandits on choas. Great source of gold, coins and exp.

Chen Pu: I found this new comer to the series to be one of the best characters to grind the 100,000 KO's on. Dude is smooth.

Hex Mark

Complete Liu Bei and Pang Tong's story mode.

Red Hare

Complete Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu and Guan Yu's story mode (in any order).

Shadow Runner

Complete Cao Cao's story mode.

Various Steam Achievements

Complete the indicated task to unlock the achievement.

Achievement	How to unlock
A Brush with Expertise	Obtained a High-class weapon.
A Gathering of Heroes	Unlocked 45 officers.
Collector	Obtained 20 gems.
End of an Era	Completed a key mission.
Epicure	Ate 100 meals.
Equestrian	Defeated 1,000 enemies while mounted on a horse.
Extensive Knowledge	Unlocked all battle entries in the Encyclopedia.
Fisher	Caught 30 items while fishing.
Flowers Amidst the Chaos	Unlocked all of the officers.
Golden Palace	Earned a total of 90,000 gold.
Graduation Day	Completed the tutorial for one of the kingdoms.
Helter-Skelter	Completed a mission within 1 minute.
Hideaway	Obtained a hideaway.
Interior Decorator	Obtained 10 pieces of furniture.
Legend of Jin	Completed the story of Jin.
Legend of Shu	Completed the story of Shu.
Legend of Wei	Completed the story of Wei.
Legend of Wu	Completed the story of Wu.
Like a Bird	Juggled an enemy in the air for 5 seconds.
Master of the Hunt	Earned a total of 5,000 Hunting Points.
Master of the Martial Arts	Obtained 30 weapons.
New Allies	Unlocked an officer.
Nimble Fingers	Performed synthesis 100 times.
One Warrior vs. a Thousand	Defeated 1,000 enemies in a single battle.
Sightseer	Discovered a scenic area.
Smasher	Defeated a powerful enemy.
Steady Worker	Obtained 30 items by using box traps.
Storm and Stress	Achieved a 1,000 hit combo.
Storyteller	Completed the stories of the kingdoms other than Wei, Wu, Shu, and Jin.
Sun Piercer	Defeated 1,000 enemies with bow attacks.
Sure Shot	Defeated 100 enemies with bow attacks.
Sword Brandisher	Defeated 100 enemies with assault attacks.
Sworn Friends	Formed a bond at the maximum level with another officer.
The Pinnacle of Might	Earned a total of 100,000 K.O.s.
The Ties that Bind Us	Formed a bond at the maximum level with 20 officers.
Thronged with Visitors	Obtained 10 hideaways.
Traces of a Hero	Completed a story.
Traveler	Discovered 35% of the locations in the game.
Unrivaled Warrior	Raised an officer's Attack to 900.
Vandal	Destroyed 100 structures.
Veteran Master	Raised an officer to the highest level.
Wanderlust	Discovered 75% of the locations in the game.
Winged Equine	Raised a horse to the highest level.