Orbs

Orbs are a concept that started in Dynasty Warriors 4. Rather than Elements activating in weapons, they are found as an item. Dynasty Warriors 4 had them as items as you would randomly pick up with a level of 1 to 4, but Dynasty Warriors 5 had them as special items you had to do certain requirements for on the Hard or Chaos difficulties. Dynasty Warriors 6 did not include Orbs or items, and like the earlier games and the Warriors Orochi series, just had the elements activating in the weapons.

Dynasty Warriors 4

 * Fire Orb: Temporarily sets fire to enemies; Enemies affected burn and lose damage over time.
 * Lighting Orb: Strikes enemies with lightning; Inflicts immediate damage that knock foes to the ground, also spreads out to other enemies in a specified area.
 * Poison Orb: Purple and green bubbles appear; Causes enemies' defense to fall from 10% to 25% for about 5 seconds.
 * Blast Orb: Bluish white circles appear; Damages defending enemies.
 * Ice Orb: Enemies are frozen in a congregation of ice; Keeps enemies from moving.
 * Vorpal Orb: Enemies are struck with a black smog and a red stroke; Has a chance of instantly killing soldiers and extra damage to generals.

Dynasty Warriors 5

 * Fire Orb: Temporarily sets fire to enemies; Enemies affected burn and lose damage over time.
 * Requirements: Battle of Si Shui Gate; Allied Forces; Get 200 KOs within the first two minutes of the start of the stage.


 * Ice Orb: Enemies are frozen in a congregation of ice; Keeps enemies from moving and have lowered defenses.
 * Requirements: Battle of Guan Du; Yuan Shao Forces; Defeat Cao Pi within 4 minutes of the start of the stage.


 * Light Orb: Breaks enemies' guards and damages them with a flash of light.
 * Requirements: Battle of Wu Zhang Plains; Shu Forces; Defeat Zhen Ji, Cao Ren, and Xu Zhu within five minutes of the start of the stage.


 * Shadow Orb: Can cause instant death to soldiers and heavy damage to officers, at the cost of automatically depleting the Musou gauge at activation.
 * Requirements: Battle of Wu Zhang Plains; Wei Forces; Defeat Jiang Wei before Zhuge Liang's death.