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Event Collector achievement in Dynasty Warriors 8

Event Collector

Unlock all of the event scenes within the game.

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How to unlock the Event Collector achievement

  • EdgelandEdgeland
    02 Aug 2013 02 Aug 2013 17 Aug 2013
    Playing through the historical stages on story mode and then both unlocking and playing through the theoretical stages will get you the majority of these events. More so if you manage to complete all of the in-map objectives (E.g “destroy the arbalests!”, “Quickly get to Liu Bei!” etc.) However there are a few that won’t unlock this way, or at least didn’t for me and so I spent some time researching, and testing out and have brought all of the information I found here, into a guide on how to get some of the more obscure events.

    Wei:
    #24 “Father and children” (beneath ‘Strength Combined’ and above ‘A Warrior’s resolve’)

    On the Battle of Mt.Dingjun, wei story line, simply follow the stage as standard until Huang Zhong appears and heads to the north west of the map. All you have to do is sit back and let him kill the officer there (Xiahou De, I think), before he charges into the main camp. He will say a few lines and so will Xiahou Yuan and at this point he will probably get mobbed by Zhang He and a few others and subsequently flee, so just finish the level as normal after this to obtain the event.

    Wu:
    #15 “Fleeing Towards Hope” (beneath ‘Ambition Passed Down’ and above ‘Interupting the Raid’)

    Battle of Hefei. (This one may look like complicated, but it is actually quite simple- I’m just adding a lot of detail to try and be as helpful as possible.) Play as Sun Quan here, and select Taishi Ci once in camp to begin the historical playthrough. At the start, just ignore everything and stay still (Lu Su will start chatting if you’ve saved him en route to unlocking the hypothetical stages) Zhang Liao will appear, destroy a bridge and then run off. Head north with your troops towards the castle and, after you’re across, the bridge will raise, stranding you. Follow Sun Quan’s directions and follow the west path back to the base, killing everyone until you re-unite with Taishi Ci. At some point Sun Quan will order the retreat and a small escape point will appear, you must not go straight here if you want the scene to unlock. Instead, continue south from Taishi Ci’s base once the door opens and start to rescue your allies. As you near the second base along, Zhang Liao will attack and a scene will occur with him and Taishi Ci. Afterwards, defeat him and move to the main camp (A bit east, then north. If you can’t remember where it is Xia Ku is there at the minute). As you enter, Li Dian will trap you, so beat his ass, enter the base and kill Xia Xu. Afterwards, head to the east side of the base and ride up the stairs there, jumping over the Ledge with the green arrow to find yourself at the bridge that Zhang Liao destroyed at the beginning. You will be prompted to jump over it by a big yellow circle, so do so and (Finally) obtain the event. After which, it is a simple matter of beating down Zhang Liao to finish the stage.

    Shu:
    #3 “A Journey Without Light” (Beneath ‘An Illuminated Path’ and above ‘Rise of Tyranny’)

    The Yellow Turban Rebellion. I played as Liu Bei, though I’m not sure it matters. Play through the level until you split your forces east and west. Sometime shortly after, Peasants will appear in the big central village, begging to be saved. Guo Si will suggest, kindly, that you don’t save them. In order to obtain the scene, you must not save these peasants at all, so just ignore them and continue on to the end of the stage and defeat Zhang Jiao to obtain the event.

    #13 “The Prodigy’s Plan" (Beneath ‘The Face of Benevolence’ and above ‘The Children of the God of War’)
    Battle of Mt.Dingjun, Shu. You must have saved Pang Tong at the Battle of Chengdu prior to this (If someone would like me to elaborate on how to do that then please let me know and I will add it to the bottom of this). A lot of people online are after this event, and the only response is the battle of Chengdu, but actually you only need to have done that to allow Pang Tong to appear here, and so the event triggers. Just play the level as normal: begin, take the bases and proceed up the western path killing as you go. It may not seem like much has changed, but as you finish the stage Pang Tong will appear, right at the end of the event, and say a couple of lines.

    Jin:
    #7 "Narrow Ideals" (Beneath 'The Man of Virtue's Path' and above 'A Bloodline Curse')

    East Gates Battle. Play as Sima Zhao. This one requires a little standing around, in order to help your allies die, and i would definitely play on normal difficulty or above for the same puprose. From the starting point, remain standing without killing until either one of your officers dies (for me it was Hu Zan) or until the wu forces begin to retreat, this is to try to keep the morale bar low, again helping your own side to die. Personally, after Hu Zan died, I raced in and killed the three officers in the western base, triggering the retreat. Follow the remaining two green-boxed officers south, without killing them, and branch off east when Sima Zhao starts moaning about the plan. Zhuge Dan will go south with his forces and become ambushed there, as will Sima Zhao (You) to the east. Quickly kill the ambush officer near yourself and then wait in the area where they spawned. If you kept the morale bar low (I hadnt killed more than 100 men at this point) then one of the officers with Zhuge Dan should die. When one of them does, you will get a report from a messenger and Sima Zhao will task you with saving Zhuge Dan then retreating. As far as I can tell, that is the conditions for this event met- all you have to do now is finish the map by killing the officers on the way to Zhuge Dan. As you get near him, the ally officers with him should start dropping like flies, but Zhuge Dan himself should be fine. He will charge to a central garrison as you near him too, leaving some enemy officers behind in the base where he was ambushed. Not sure if this is essential, but after meeting up with him I killed all of his pursuers, but left those officers alive who were not chasing him. Once you have met up with Zhuge Dan, follow him to the north, killing all wu reinforcements when they appear and, at the escape point, you should be met with the event.

    I did all of these in story mode so I would recommend the same as I'm not sure if it works in free mode tbh. Still. Hope this helps and if anyone needs any other ones then let me know and I’ll see if I can work it out and update the post. Oh and let me know if you have any problems with my wording and I’ll try to make it a bit clearer.
    I also don’t take credit for finding these out, merely bringing the answers into all one place, as all of the information required for me to write the above was found around Gamefaqs, IGN, and a few other sites.
    Good luck.

    UPDATE: Cheers to both Psxfreak101 and OzzieDeath for their help with Shu #13, updated it without the need to worry about Cao Xiu.

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    psxfreak101Well, for what its worth I just played Mt. Dingjun, Shu Forces to try and unlock "The Prodigy's Plan" and Cao Xiu didn't even get a chance to defect as he got killed off rather quickly by one of my allies (probably because I was on Beginner and I had been rushing through the stage fairly quickly doing everything that was asked to that point). Figured I might as well finish the stage anyways, and sure enough "The Prodigy's Plan" played and unlocked at the end of the stage.

    So, long story short: I'm under the impression that the requirement for it is purely to play through the stage after saving Pang Tong at Cheng Du.

    While on that subject, all you need to do to save Pang Tong at Cheng Du (if you still want to add this to your solution) is to climb the ladder inside the Mianzhu Garrison (the Garrison that Qiao Zhou starts in) as that will trigger Zhang Ren appearing on the map but without triggering the cutscene where he injures Pang Tong (which is triggered by walking through the path on the east that Pang Tong takes). It doesn't even matter who you use, you can even use Pang Tong himself. Then just defeat him and complete the stage.
    Posted by psxfreak101 On 13 Aug 13 at 12:54
    AJ d LONE WOLFthanks for help just got my achivement
    Posted by AJ d LONE WOLF On 13 Aug 13 at 23:03
    OzzieDeathFor the prodigy's plan, went through and cao xiu was defeated. He said something along lines of we're good and Pang Tong responded. Finished the battle and it unlocked.
    Posted by OzzieDeath On 16 Aug 13 at 13:56
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  • Scorpionxx0Scorpionxx0
    09 May 2014 09 May 2014 09 May 2014
    found this handy guide over at the koei forums so this is just a copy and paste of that guide.

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    heres a link to the original post on the koei boards: http://s13.zetaboards.com/koeiwarriors/topic/7092138/1/
  • Flarus Dragon1Flarus Dragon1
    11 Aug 2013 05 Aug 2013
    My suggestion for getting this achievement is after you have played through a campaign first you can check to see if you have unlocked any of the branch off paths, (above or below main line) If you have not completed the objectives for those missions, that will help you unlock another event by doing these. ( If you are struggling with these check this forum originally provided by H20 Paladin onto TA http://s13.zetaboards.com/koeiwarriors/topic/7080371/1/ )

    My problem was i had gone through these mission prior and realised i had missed a few events. If this happens try to match up the events with the missions you have along the way. So for example if there is a gap, then an event for a branch off mission it is likely you need to fail the bonus objectives for that level. Some can seem harder than others like not getting Ally Character X to survive, but it can be easier if it says kill Character X after killing all other characters then just kill Character X ASAP and you shall fail the objective.
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