SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 (EP)

This is a guide for getting the Treasure Trove trophy. It contains an Overview, a Walkthrough, a section on Battle Rank Conditions, and finally the Rare Weapons listed with all requirements. At the very end I've included Tips. The tips are not for everyone. I've included these only for people interested in how I made acquiring these weapons easier on myself. This guide was created using a machine language translation of information at this site https://jp.samurai-gamers.com/sengokumusou5/ that I reconciled and also my personal experience with getting the trophy.

Overview

- there are 15 rare weapons, one for each weapon category
- rare weapons cannot be dismantled or upgraded
- you may use co-op if you like
- play these in Free Mode
- must play on Hard or above
- you do not need to actually wield the weapon type that you are going after, the required main general can use any weapon
- not all the game's generals participate. Only the following generals participate: Mitsuhide Akechi, Nagamasa Azai, Hideyoshi Hashiba, Hanzo Hattori, Tadakatsu Honda, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Takakage Kobayakawa, Kanbei Kuroda, Toshiie Maeda, Hisahide Matsunaga, Mitsuki, Sandayu Momochi, Motonari Mori, Kazuuji Nakamura, No, Nobunaga Oda, Oichi, Magoichi Saika, Toshimitsu Saito, Sena, Katsuie Shibata, Shingen Takeda, Hanbei Takenaka, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Kenshin Uesugi, Shikanosuke Yamanaka, Yasuke.

Walkthrough

- each rare weapon is unlocked by completing two specific battles using two specific main generals, one for each battle
- the generals and the battles required to unlock each weapon are listed below
- the partner can be any other general
- complete both generals' required battle and meet the rank conditions in both battles
- the gold weapon will appear in the end weapon results screen once both battles' ranking conditions have been fulfilled

Battle Rank Conditions

- Achieve S Rank in every aspect of evaluation (Time, Total Kill, Officer Kill, Total Combo) in both battles. You don't have to achieve this ranking in one go. As an example: Say the first run of the battle results in S,A,S,S,S - shoot to get that A to an S on the next run for a second run overall total of S like this S,S,A,S,S. This will cover the Rank conditions. So if you're missing one S Ranking, you can replay and focus on achieving it. Just make sure that the Final Overall Result is S Rank as well. Once your net sub-rankings from all the overall S ranked runs for that particular battle is S,S,S,S you are good. Move on to the next.

Rare Weapon List, Required Generals & Required Battles

> Weapon Category ==> Rare Weapon Name
Required General: Battle Name / Who's Path - Chapter
Required General: Battle Name / Who's Path - Chapter

> Odachi ==> The Great Serpent Slayer
Nobunaga Oda: The Incident at Honnoji / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 6
Kenshin Uesugi: Joint Struggle with the Uesugi / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 2

> Blade and Matchlock ==> Heaven's Dread Star
Mitsuhide Akechi: Battle of Yamazaki / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 6
Nobunaga Oda: The Great Unifier / Reverie Chapter - Secret History

> Katana ==> Evil's Demise
Takakage Kobayakawa: Battle of Kozuki Castle - Mori Army / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 5
Nagamasa Azai: Final Battle for Odani Castle / Reverie Chapter - Secret History

> Twin Blade ==> Heavenly Twin Blade
Ieyasu Tokugawa: The Nobuyasu Affair / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 5
Shikanosuke Yamanaka: Final Battle for Kozuki Castle / Reverie Chapter - Secret History

> Spear ==> Demon's Revolt
Toshimitsu Saito: Battle of Akechi Castle / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 1
Katsuie Shibata: Battle of Tetorigawa / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 5

> Great Spear ==> Virtuous Wrath
Shingen Takeda: Battle of Mikatagahara - Takeda Army / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 4
Toshiie Maeda: Battle of Ino / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 2

> Naginata ==> Sun Goddess
Sena: Invasion of Suruga / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 3
Hideyoshi Hashiba: Battle of Yamazaki - Hashiba Army / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 6

> Sledge ==> Daikokuten's Mallet
Yoshimoto Imagawa: Annihilation at Okehazama / Reverie Chapter - Secret History
Ieyasu Tokugawa: Mayhem in Mikawa / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 2

> Gloves ==> Divine Thunder
Mitsuki: Battle of Anegawa River / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 4
Yasuke: Conquest of Kai / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 6

> Bow ==> Amenohajiyumi
No: Final Battle for Kanegasaki / Reverie Chapter - Secret History
Motonari Mori: Battle of Kozuki Castle - Mori Army / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 5

> Cannon ==> Sacred Flame Mortar
Kazuuji Nakamura: Battle of Kizugawaguchi / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 5
Magoichi Saika: Match in Eiroku / Reverie Chapter - Secret History

> Kusarigama ==> Harbinger of Disaster
Hisahide Matsunaga: Battle of Shigisan Castle - Matsunaga Army / Mitsuhide's Path - Ch 5
Sandayu Momochi: The Iga's Great Uprising / Reverie Chapter - Secret History

> Ninja Blade ==> Gale Slicer
Hanzo Hattori: Journey through Iga / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 6
Tadakatsu Honda: Battle of Mikatagahara (NOT Takeda Army) / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 4

> Drum ==> Sakura Princess
Hideyoshi Hashiba: Battle to Build Sunomata Castle / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 2
Hanbei Takenaka: Battle of Arioka Castle / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 5

> Talisman ==> The Moon's Divine Providence
Oichi: Battle of Kannonji Castle / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 3
Kanbei Kuroda: Battle of Takamatsu Castle / Nobunaga's Path - Ch 6

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Tips

I start with going over what I did with required generals then finally discuss partners

Required Generals

- A list of Required Generals: Mitsuhide Akechi, Nagamasa Azai, Hideyoshi Hashiba, Hanzo Hattori, Tadakatsu Honda, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Takakage Kobayakawa, Kanbei Kuroda, Toshiie Maeda, Hisahide Matsunaga, Mitsuki, Sandayu Momochi, Motonari Mori, Kazuuji Nakamura, No, Nobunaga Oda, Oichi, Magoichi Saika, Toshimitsu Saito, Sena, Katsuie Shibata, Shingen Takeda, Hanbei Takenaka, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Kenshin Uesugi, Shikanosuke Yamanaka, Yasuke
- Level 30 is more than fine for Hard
- Level 30 also unlocks all skills in the skill tree and gives all of them 8 item slots

So to get these generals to 30 I focused on the part they played in these two trophies:




- make up the difference via Training with stocked EXP

Now on to weapon attachments:

- play the above as often as possible on Normal difficulty. This increases the likelihood of obtaining Silver Weapons with 8 empty slots
- I had better success at getting this type of weapon on Normal than on Hard, so Normal wins in this case.
- Difficulty for Citadel Mode can be changed in the March screen

- I used the following attachments on my Silver Weapons with 8 empty slots:

Basic General
Attack / Increases Attack strength
Vitality / Increases Attack when you have ample Health
Wind / Inflicts unblockable damage
Rampage / Restores a certain amount of health for every 100 K.O.s
Fury / Increases Musou Attack strength
Courage / Increases damage dealt to enemy officers
Momentum / Increases the strength of Hyper Attacks
Dominance* / Increases the damage dealt by Ultimate Skills

Bow or Cannon General
Projectile Attack / Increases damage of Arrows and Guns
Vitality / Increases Attack when you have ample Health
Wind / Inflicts unblockable damage
Rampage / Restores a certain amount of health for every 100 K.O.s
Fury / Increases Musou Attack strength
Courage / Increases damage dealt to enemy officers
Momentum / Increases the strength of Hyper Attacks
Dominance* / Increases the damage dealt by Ultimate Skills

*Dominance is optional. Slot in something else if you do not use Ultimate Skills much.

- The setup makes these Generals very OP

- Items setup:
Cup of Vitality Lv 1, 2, 3 - Sword of Fury Lv 1, 2, 3 - Dango lv 2, 3

Partners

- a good partner should be able to pull all the S rank weight in most situations.
- bow and cannon can do this
- both can ramp up combo count quickly, kill quickly and easily deal with shield and spear units without putzing around

The higher the level of the partner the better. I used the following trophy to gain levels on my partner:



The attachment setup was a bit different than on my Required Generals since the focus is go, go, go, kill, kill, kill:


Attack* / Increases Attack strength
Range / Increases weapon's Attack range
Projectile Attack* / Increases damage of Arrows and Guns
Vitality / Increases Attack when you have ample Health
Rampage / Restores a certain amount of health for every 100 K.O.s
Fury / Increases Musou Attack strength
Courage / Increases damage dealt to enemy officers
Momentum / Increases the strength of Hyper Attacks

*someone over at steam did an analysis on combining Attack with Projectile Attack noting the damage increase was there but not double, instead it was 150%

- Items setup:
Cup of Vitality Lv 1, 2, 3 - Sword of Fury Lv 1, 2, 3 - Dango lv 2, 3