"on the surprise attack on leu beio if you wait until the flag has blown away. as soon as this happens attack sun ce and kill him and his men. a special item message will appear near the the boot on the west side of the map. go there and fight the gate captain then pick up the weapon and it will be the fifth weapon for the character you are using and it will work every time with every character. you can do this on any setting you want but the harder it is the more chance of it working there is. :)" - james

"this may be a small tip but it is useful. on every single battle you have make sure you don't run off without an army and if they are taking to long help them get rid of the enemy's in the battle." - mark

"If you are with the second weapon, do a combo with 4 hits and throw the enemy up, then, repeat without jump in the air, so, you can make a combo very high, the most of the generals give best items if you make a 30 or more combo, for example, the gate captains gave defense+2, without the combo, Defense+1(this double the power of the item..." - Eriol-Brazil

"To unlock the musou shield you must go to the Chalenge menu then choose Ironman chalenge and get 350 points. The musou shield(armor) makes you immune to being knocked off horses and elephants." - paul