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|8. BODYGUARDS |
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#TITLES#
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Titles have no effect other than indicating how much B.G. Points your
bodyguard has accumulated.
{Title} {B.G. Points}
Novice 0
Fighter 2000
Veteran 4000
Stalwart 6000
? 9999
The final Title is determined by the ability totals of the bodyguards unit at
level 20. This Title determines the elemental attack of the bodyguard unit.
{Title} {Requirements} {Element}
Stalwart None None
Master Max Life Flame
Expert Max Musou Lightning
Tiger Max Attack Blast
Phoenix Max Defense Ice
Dragon High Overall Vorpal
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#NUMBER#
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Number indicates the maximum number of bodyguards you can bring with you in a
stage. The maximum number of bodyguards available is eight.
{No. of B.G.} {B.G. Points}
2 0
3 500
4 1000
5 1500
6 2000
7 3000
8 4000
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#RANK#
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Rank determines the appearance of your bodyguards. Note that female
bodyguards do not change appearance.
{Rank} {B.G. Points]
Private 0
Sergeant 1500
Major 3000
Elite 4500
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#CLASS#
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Class determines the number of weapons available for your bodyguards.
{Class} {Weapon} {B.G. Points}
2 Sword, Bow 0
3 Spear 1000
4 Pike 2000
5 Crossbow 3000
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#LEVEL#
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Level determines the overall abilities of your bodyguards. For each level
gained your bodyguards increase in Life, Musou, Attack, and Defense. The
amount gained in each ability is determined by the weapon equipped by the
bodyguards when the gain a level. The maximum level for bodyguards is 20.
Bodyguards increase in level when they reach a certain B.G. Point total in
ONE stage.
{Level} {B.G. Point Total in One Stage}
1 0
2 & 3 300
4 & 5 350
6 & 7 400
8 & 9 450
10 & 11 500
12 & 13 550
14 & 15 600
16 & 17 650
18 & 19 700
20 750
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#B.G. POINTS#
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B.G. Points are gained depending on the number of enemies defeated by your
bodyguards, and the current health and number of bodyguards that you end the
stage with.
{Score} {B.G. Points}
Bodyguard K.O.'s # of K.O.s x 10
Bonus (Full Life) # of B.G. x 30
Bonus (Remaining) # of B.G. x 40
At the end of the stage assuming that you have eight bodyguards remaining at
full life you will get a maximum base bonus of 560 not counting B.G. KOs.
This means in order to gain levels after 13 bodyguards will need to defeat a
minimum number of enemies. Assuming that you have all eight bodyguards at
full life the minimum number of KOs is as follows:
[Level] [Minimum B.G. KOs]
14-15 4
16-17 9
18-19 14
20 19
The best stage for getting large amounts of B.G. KOs is The Yellow Turban
Menace. Simply set your bodyguard commands to Attack and let your bodyguards
rack up the KOs.
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#COLOR#
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Color determines the color of your bodyguard unit. Additional colors will be
unlocked as new Musou Modes are unlocked.
{Musou} {Color}
Shu Green
Wei Blue
Wu Red
Lu Bu White
Dong Zhou Purple
Yuan Shao Yellow
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#BODYGUARD GROWTH#
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Bodyguard growth is determined by the weapon equipped by your bodyguards when
they gain a level.
{Weapon} {Primary Growth} {Secondary Growth} {Weakest Growth}
Sword Life Musou, Attack Defense
Bow Life,Musou,Defense Attack
Spear Musou Life, Attack Defense
Pike Attack Life Musou
Crossbow Attack Life, Musou, Defense
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#BODYGUARD DEVELOPMENT#
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+======================+
|Title: Master |
|Requirements: Max Life|
|Element: Flame |
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Equip: Bow till level 3, Spear till level 7, Sword till level 20
{Levels} {Equip}
1-2 Bow (2 times)
3-6 Spear (4 times)
7-19 Sword (13 times)
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|Title: Expert |
|Requirements: Max Musou|
|Element: Lightning|
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Equip: Bow till level 3, Spear till level 16, Sword till level 20
{Levels} {Equip}
1-2 Bow (2 times)
3-15 Spear (13 times)
16-19 Sword (4 times)
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|Title: Tiger |
|Requirements: Max Attack|
|Element: Blast |
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Equip: Bow till level 8, Pike till level 17, Sword till level 20
{Levels} {Equip}
1-7 Bow (7 times)
8-16 Pike (9 times)
17-19 Sword (3 times)
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|Title: Phoenix |
|Requirements: Max Defense|
|Element: Ice |
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Equip: Bow till level 4, Spear to level 8, Sword till level 20
{Levels} {Equip}
1-3 Bow (3 times)
4-7 Spear (4 times)
8-19 Sword (12 times)
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|Title: Dragon |
|Requirements: High Overall|
|Element: Vorpal |
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Equip: Bow till level 7, Pike till level 13, Sword till level 20
{Levels} {Equip}
1-6 Bow (6 times)
7-12 Pike (6 times)
13-19 Sword (7 times)
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|Title: Stalwart|
|Requirements: None |
|Element: None |
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Your bodyguards will have this Title if they do not become any of the other
bodyguard types listed above.
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#BODYGUARD FAQS#
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Q. How to I get my bodyguards to follow me? They keep wandering off!
A. Bodyguards tend to follow you closely, unless you are on horseback. Then
they tend to get left behind fairly quickly. Unlike previous Dynasty Warrior
games bodyguards do not magically appear at your location when you leave them
far behind. They will attempt to follow you on foot, but they will
occasionally become stuck behind obstacles on the map. Cycling through the
bodyguard commands may help them to become unstuck, but this doesn't always
work.
Q: How do I get my bodyguards to attack? I set their command to attack but
they just sit there!
A: Sometimes you will need to move around a bit to get your bodyguards to
attack nearby enemies. Actually this is a misnomer, as bodyguards prefer to
attack enemies that are far away rather than ones that are right next to you
(And attacking you no less! Some bodyguards...). They also tend to attack
single targets en masse instead of multiple targets. There isn't anything you
can do about it. It's just some quirky bodyguard A.I.
Q: How do I get bodyguard weapons?
A: Gain B.G. Points. See the above section on Class.
Q: My bodyguards stopped gaining levels at 9999 points! What gives?
A: Bodyguards need to gain a minimum number of B.G. Points in a _single_
stage to gain levels. See the above section on Levels.
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#CHARACTER BODYGUARDS#
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The following information was provided by Kidd.
Depending on your relationship with other characters, it is possible for a
playable character to appear as a bodyguard for your character. When this
happens the character will appear with morale of 6 and follow you around like
a normal bodyguard. If you have a full Musou gauge and are near the bodyguard
character you can perform a double Musou attack as if you were with a second
player.
Character bodyguards can appear in both Musou and Free mode. There are
certain requirements for having a character appear as a bodyguard.
1. The most important factor in getting a character bodyguard is that the
character has a high degree of friendship with your character. For example,
Zhao Yun will most likely appear if you are playing as Liu Bei, while Guan Yu
will most likely appear if your are either Liu Bei or Zhang Fei.
2. The character will only appear if they were not initially present in the
stage.
3. Your army's morale must be at less than half.
4. Your Life must be at less than half.
5. Your army has 9 or fewer officers.
6. A certain amount of time must have passed (15-20 minutes).
If all of these requirements are met and a character bodyguard does not
appear, then it usually means that your character does not have a high enough
relationship with another character for them to appear as a bodyguard.
How does one increase the degree of relationship between characters? The best
way is to help characters that are "struggling". You can tell if you've
helped them or not if they make a remark when you approach them.
How does one decrease the degree of relationship between characters? The
easiest way is to defeat them in duels. The relationship between characters
does save between stages. For example, if you play Free Mode and repeatedly
defeat a Shu character with another Shu character, it is highly unlikely that
the character you defeated will appear to help you when you play in Musou
Mode.
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