Dynasty Warriors 8/Story Mode

Story Mode in Dynasty Warriors 8 adapts concepts from Dynasty Warriors 4's Musou Mode system. When certain conditions are met, players can unlock bonus stages within the main story branch, save a character from certain death, or gain a tactical advantage. These changes culminate in hypothetical story routes for the Three Kingdoms and Jin.

Other characters have unique stories again, and their stages can be unlocked by clearing maps from other factions. They do not have any conditions that affect one another and are mostly non-historical. The Xtreme Legends expansion features an exclusive Story Mode for Lu Bu and his faction.

Each stage has a limited character selection (four being the maximum). Story Mode is two player friendly. Bolded names in the charts label the location of a character's fifth EX weapon while those highlighted in red denote their sixth EX weapon.


 * * used to indicate characters that only appear after achieving specific conditions.

Sixth Weapon Location
This chart displays the location of every sixth weapon owned by characters not selectable in any of the new Xtreme Legends stages. These can only be acquired in Free Mode.