In Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle, Character Cards are a prominent part of the game's battle system. These cards feature a particular officer from one of the four different factions of the main series. By including them into the battle deck, the characters they represent will appear and defend the player's bases until the opponent forces them to withdraw. Likewise, the enemy will also use their own deck which may vary for each stage and difficulty level.
The difficulty setting also determines how players may strategically select their own cards. Choosing Easy enables the player side to see what type of deck the opposing side has in their arsenal whereas Normal reveals it after players have already arranged their deck. By contrast, Hard adds an element of uncertainty by keeping the enemy's deck hidden right before the beginning of battle.
Only three types of cards are available in this game: attribute cards, obstacle cards, and rare cards. Though players start out with a few from each faction, more can be earned by winning battles or completing certain objectives. Additional rare cards may also be obtained by inserting a cartridge of Dynasty Warriors Advance into the player's Nintendo DS.
The following chart below lists down the full stats and attributes of every card used by the main characters. It also summarizes the secondary differences of each card type. With the exception of rare cards, the listed stats of both attribute and obstacle cards are based on their three stars form.
Attribute Cards
Red
Decked in red, attribute cards help increase the user's overall stats during battle. They also gain experience and level up each time the player wins several times. However, do note that these cards have less officer stats than the other types. Some card which gives player defense +50%, their stats are grow higher than normal ones.
Character Card | Card Number | Officer Type | War | HP | Men | ATK | DEF | HP (Bonuses) | Location |
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Xiahou Dun | 001 | Unique | 87 | 515 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | Xu Chang, Hua Bei, Great Wall (Easy), Xu Chang (Hard) |
Sima Yi | 003 | Unique | 43 | 349 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 69 | Xu Chang (Hard) |
Zhang Liao | 005 | Unique | 80 | 503 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 37 | He Fei, Xu Chang, Xi Liang (Easy) |
Xu Zhu | 007 | Unique | 102 | 695 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 60 | Great Wall (Easy), Xu Chang, Hua Bei (Normal), Xu Chang (Hard) |
Cao Cao | 009 | Unique | 77 | 713 | 41 | 6 | 14 | 62 | Hu Lao (Hard) |
Dian Wei | 011 | Unique | 102 | 659 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Xu Chang, Great Wall (Easy), Xu Chang (Normal), Wan Cheng (Hard) |
Zhang He | 013 | Unique | 80 | 467 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 45 | Hua Bei (Easy), Xu Chang, Xi Liang (Normal) |
Xiahou Yuan | 015 | Unique | 80 | 551 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Hua Bei (Easy), Chi Bi, Hu Lao, Shu (Normal), Xu Chang (Hard) |
Cao Ren | 017 | Commander | 78 | 455 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 55 | Xu Chang (Normal) |
Cao Pi | 019 | Commander | 50 | 424 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Chi Bi (Normal) |
Xu Huang | 021 | General | 77 | 503 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | He Fei, Xu Chang, Hua Bei (Easy), Chi Bi, Shu, Xu Chang, Xi Liang (Normal), He Fei, Xu Chang (Hard) |
Guo Jia | 023 | Strategist | 28 | 279 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Xu Chang (Normal) |
Xun Yu | 025 | Strategist | 30 | 279 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Xu Chang (Normal) |
Yu Jin | 027 | General | 72 | 479 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 79 | He Fei (Easy), Shu (Normal), He Fei (Hard) |
Sun Ce | 034 | Unique | 93 | 679 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | Jian Ye (Normal), Hu Lao (Hard) |
Gan Ning | 036 | Unique | 102 | 659 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 60 | Jian Ye, Great Wall (Easy), He Fei, Hua Bei (Normal), He Fei (Hard) |
Sun Shang Xiang | 038 | Unique | 78 | 479 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | Jian Ye (Normal) |
Zhou Yu | 040 | Unique | 61 | 489 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 27 | He Fei (Normal), He Fei (Hard) |
Lu Xun | 042 | Unique | 64 | 559 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 0 | Jian Ye (Easy) |
Sun Jian | 044 | Unique | 80 | 730 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 53 | Hu Lao (Easy), Wan Cheng (Hard) |
Zhou Tai | 046 | Unique | 80 | 599 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Chi Bi (Easy), Jian Ye (Normal), He Fei, Jian Ye (Hard) |
Sun Quan | 048 | Commander | 65 | 696 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 89 | Jian Ye (Normal) |
Lu Meng | 050 | Commander | 75 | 479 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 47 | Jian Ye (Easy) |
Taishi Ci | 052 | Commander | 96 | 659 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 90 | Hua Bei (Normal) |
Lu Su | 054 | Strategist | 40 | 279 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | Chi Bi, Jian Ye (Easy), He Fei (Normal) |
Huang Gai | 056 | General | 80 | 527 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Jian Ye (Easy), Wan Cheng, He Fei (Normal) |
Zhuge Jin | 058 | Strategist | 35 | 349 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 41 | Jian Ye |
Zhao Yun | 065 | Unique | 96 | 539 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 0 | Hu Lao, Shu, Nanman (Normal) |
Zhang Fei | 067 | Unique | 105 | 671 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | Chi Bi, Shu, Cheng Du, Great Wall (Easy), Cheng Du (Normal), Shu, Cheng Du (Hard) |
Ma Chao | 069 | Unique | 99 | 539 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 75 | Great Wall (Easy), Nanman (Normal), Cheng Du, Xi Liang (Hard) |
Zhuge Liang | 071 | Unique | 40 | 349 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 0 | Chi Bi (Hard) |
Guan Yu | 073 | Unique | 102 | 599 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 45 | Cheng Du, Great Wall (Easy) |
Liu Bei | 075 | Unique | 56 | 679 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Chi Bi (Easy) |
Huang Zhong | 077 | Unique | 83 | 455 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | Great Wall (Easy), Normal (Normal), Shu, Cheng Du (Hard) |
Wei Yan | 079 | Unique | 80 | 635 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
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Pang Tong | 081 | Strategist | 33 | 279 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Chi Bi Hard Mode only
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Jiang Wei | 083 | Commander | 82 | 639 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 75 | Nanman Normal Mode only
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Xu Shu | 085 | Strategist | 38 | 349 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Cheng Du Easy Mode only
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Zhou Cang | 087 | General | 78 | 539 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 63 |
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Guan Ping | 089 | Commander | 72 | 503 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 47 | Cheng Du Normal Mode Only
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Ma Dai | 091 | General | 82 | 539 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 95 | Always available in start of game
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Lu Bu | 098 | Unique | 148 | 1119 | 17 | 40 | 4 | 75 | Hu Lao Hard Mode only, cannot be obtained in Easy and Normal Mode
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Zhang Jiao | 100 | Unique | 62 | 679 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 80 | Easy Mode only
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Dong Zhuo | 102 | Unique | 65 | 679 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 125 | Unavailable in Hard Mode
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Meng Huo | 104 | Unique | 93 | 1019 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 107 | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Yuan Shao | 106 | Unique | 68 | 696 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 53 | Unavailable in Hard Mode
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Zhang Bao | 108 | Strategist | 62 | 419 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 63 | Xi Liang Easy Mode only
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Zhang Liang | 110 | Commander | 68 | 479 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Xi Liang Easy Mode only
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He Jin | 112 | General | 59 | 645 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 53 | Wan Cheng Normal Mode only
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Yuan Shu | 114 | Commander | 65 | 679 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 35 | Unavailable in Normal Mode
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Ma Teng | 116 | General | 77 | 798 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 0 | Unavailable in Normal Mode |
Obstacle Cards
Colored in blue, obstacle cards offer additional effects that can be invoked with the Obstacle Wheel. Players may even stack the same obstacle effect to raise the likelihood of obtaining it during the roulette. Like attribute cards, they may also level up after multiple uses.
Character Card | Card # | Officer Type | War | HP | Men | Obstacle | Note/Unlock Method
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Xiahou Dun | 002 | Unique | 102 | 730 | 23 | Fog |
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Sima Yi | 004 | Unique | 54 | 500 | 38 | Stun Earthquake |
Hard Mode only, cannot obtained in Normal Mode.
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Zhang Liao | 006 | Unique | 94 | 713 | 35 | Great Freeze |
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Xu Zhu | 008 | Unique | 121 | 985 | 23 | Stone Barrage |
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Cao Cao | 010 | Unique | 99 | 923 | 55 | Rally Confuse |
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Dian Wei | 012 | Unique | 121 | 934 | 17 | Earthquake | Wan Cheng Normal Mode
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Zhang He | 014 | Unique | 117 | 740 | 27 | Confuse |
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Xiahou Yuan | 016 | Unique | 94 | 781 | 29 | Drain Musou |
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Cao Ren | 018 | Commander | 95 | 645 | 32 | Freeze Throw Stone |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Cao Pi | 020 | Commander | 60 | 549 | 55 | Whirlwind Dud |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Xu Huang | 022 | General | 90 | 713 | 23 | Earthquake | Unavailable in Normal Mode
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Guo Jia | 024 | Strategist | 29 | 400 | 19 | Stun Insert Dud |
Normal Mode only, cannot obtained in Easy Mode, unavailable in Hard Mode
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Xun Yu | 026 | Strategist | 33 | 400 | 19 | Confuse Earthquake |
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Yu Jin | 028 | General | 86 | 679 | 25 | Steal Coins |
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Sun Ce | 035 | Unique | 121 | 879 | 39 | Whirlwind Insert Dud |
Hard Mode only
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Gan Ning | 037 | Unique | 121 | 934 | 17 | Fog Steal Coins |
Hard Mode only
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Sun Shang Xiang | 039 | Unique | 92 | 569 | 20 | Stun |
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Zhou Yu | 041 | Unique | 82 | 700 | 38 | Earthquake Stun |
Cannot be obtained in Easy Mode
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Lu Xun | 043 | Unique | 87 | 800 | 32 | Confuse Stone Barrage |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Sun Jian | 045 | Unique | 103 | 945 | 39 | Rally Drain Musou |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhou Tai | 047 | Unique | 94 | 849 | 17 | Freeze | You get this card automatically if you pick Blue Hero for the first time after deleted your data
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Sun Quan | 049 | Commander | 82 | 901 | 47 | Freeze Drain Musou |
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Lu Meng | 051 | Commander | 90 | 679 | 32 | Confuse (2x) | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Taishi Ci | 053 | Commander | 113 | 934 | 17 | Stone Barrage Fog |
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Lu Su | 055 | Strategist | 50 | 400 | 32 | Whirlwind Confuse |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Huang Gai | 057 | General | 94 | 747 | 29 | Rally |
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Zhuge Jin | 059 | Strategist | 41 | 500 | 19 | Whirlwind | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhao Yun | 066 | Unique | 113 | 764 | 35 | Great Rally | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhang Fei | 068 | Unique | 125 | 951 | 17 | Insert Dud | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Ma Chao | 070 | Unique | 117 | 764 | 29 | Stone Barrage | Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhuge Liang | 072 | Unique | 50 | 500 | 32 | Stun Confuse Whirlwind |
Hard Mode only, cannot be obtained in Normal Mode, unavailable in Easy Mode
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Guan Yu | 074 | Unique | 121 | 849 | 29 | Freeze Drain Musou |
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Liu Bei | 076 | Unique | 69 | 879 | 31 | Stun Fog |
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Huang Zhong | 078 | Unique | 98 | 645 | 23 | Earthquake |
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Wei Yan | 080 | Unique | 94 | 900 | 23 | Steal Coins (2x) |
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Pang Tong | 082 | Strategist | 37 | 400 | 19 | Fog Great Freeze Stun |
Cannot be obtained in Easy Mode
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Jiang Wei | 084 | Commander | 97 | 759 | 34 | Great Earthquake Insert Dud |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Xu Shu | 086 | Strategist | 46 | 500 | 25 | Confuse Whirlwind |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhou Cang | 088 | General | 95 | 764 | 25 | Earthquake | This card is automatically given
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Guan Ping | 090 | Commander | 86 | 713 | 25 | Freeze |
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Ma Dai | 092 | General | 99 | 764 | 25 | Fog Insert Dud |
Unavailable in Easy Mode
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Lu Bu | 099 | Unique | 179 | 1329 | 20 | Whirlwind Dud (2x) |
Nanman Hard Mode only, cannot be obtained in Normal Mode, unavailable in Easy Mode
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Zhang Jiao | 101 | Unique | 77 | 879 | 39 | Confuse Whirlwind Insert Dud |
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Dong Zhuo | 103 | Unique | 82 | 879 | 55 | Steal Coins (2x) |
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Meng Huo | 105 | Unique | 121 | 1319 | 47 | Stone Barrage | Nanman Hard Mode only, cannot be obtained in Easy Mode, unavailable in Normal Mode
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Yuan Shao | 107 | Unique | 86 | 901 | 55 | Freeze Throw Stone |
Unavailable in Normal Mode
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Zhang Bao | 109 | Strategist | 73 | 594 | 32 | Confuse |
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Zhang Liang | 111 | Commander | 82 | 679 | 25 | Earthquake |
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He Jin | 113 | General | 73 | 835 | 39 | Insert Dud (2x) |
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Yuan Shu | 115 | Commander | 82 | 879 | 47 | Steal Coins | Unavailable in Normal Mode
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Ma Teng | 117 | General | 99 | 1033 | 47 | Musou Drain (2x) | Xi Liang Normal Mode only
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Rare Cards
These golden-colored cards are the rarest among the three types. Players are often required to do certain tasks and achievements before unlocking them. Though few in number, they offer both stat bonuses and obstacle effects. But in exchange, they cannot gain any levels no matter what.
Character Card | Card # | Officer Type | War | HP | Men | ATK+ | DEF+ | HP+ | Obstacle | Unlock Method
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Xiahou Dun | 029 | Unique | 112 | 740 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 80 | Fog Stone Barrage |
Clear the Easy Mode and must win in Final Battle
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Zhang Liao | 030 | Unique | 107 | 700 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 70 | Great Freeze Rally |
Play Hard Mode first time (Wan Cheng)
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Zhang He | 031 | Unique | 102 | 640 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 60 | Confuse Musou Drain |
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Sima Yi | 032 | Unique | 46 | 600 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 50 | Stun Great Earthquake Whirlwind |
Play Hard Mode first time and Get Combo Bonus (Wan Cheng)
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Xu Zhu | 033 | Unique | 140 | 850 | 20 | 43 | 3 | 130 | Stone Barrage Steal Coins |
Play Normal Mode first time (Wan Cheng)
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Sun Ce | 060 | Unique | 110 | 700 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 40 | Whirlwind Insert Dud Great Rally |
Clear the Normal Mode and must win in Final Battle
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Gan Ning | 061 | Unique | 115 | 800 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 60 | Steal Coins Stone Barrage |
Get more Combos and KOs in He Fei (regardless of difficulty, maybe you need more action by killing most enemies)
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Zhou Yu | 062 | Unique | 76 | 550 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 30 | Great Earthquake Stun |
Play Hard Mode first time and Get KO Bonus (Wan Cheng). You must get ALL Bonus in one game HARD mode in order to unlock it.
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Zhou Tai | 063 | Unique | 97 | 700 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 80 | Great Freeze Fog |
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Sun Shang Xiang | 064 | Unique | 71 | 450 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 30 | Stun Fog |
Play Hard Mode first time and Get Time Bonus (Wan Cheng). You must get ALL Bonus in one game HARD mode in order to unlock it.
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Zhao Yun | 093 | Unique | 122 | 680 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 100 | Great Rally Stun |
Clear the Hard Mode and must win in Final Battle
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Zhang Fei | 094 | Unique | 153 | 780 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 60 | Stone Barrage Insert Dud |
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Ma Chao | 095 | Unique | 125 | 770 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 120 | Stone Barrage Great Earthquake |
Get first Combo Bonus in Normal Mode (Wan Cheng)
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Guan Yu | 096 | Unique | 128 | 720 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 80 | Great Freeze Drain Musou |
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Zhuge Liang | 097 | Unique | 56 | 450 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 30 | Great Freeze Great Earthquake Great Rally |
Play Second time in Hard Mode (Wan Cheng) and must get rare Zhang Liao, Sima Yi, Zhou Yu, Ma Chao, Sun Shang Xiang.
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Lu Bu | 118 | Unique | 179 | 1000 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 200 | Whirlwind Insert Dud |
Get >90 coins at the end of the game and must have Rare card Meng Huo and Dong Zhuo
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Dong Zhuo | 119 | Unique | 84 | 680 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 120 | Steal Coins (2x) Drain Musou |
Get >70 coins at the end of the game and must have Rare card Meng Huo
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Meng Huo | 120 | Unique | 115 | 800 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 100 | Great Rally Stone Barrage Fog |
Get >50 coins at the end of the game
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