[semi spoiler] Rare Weapon Guide

[Zolfried]

I decided to compile and arrange a list of where all the rare weapon's can be obtained for all the characters in this game, as i found that all other guides i found was either messy, unorganized, or just translated from the japanese version. That last part is for most part fine and all, but some of the names have changed alot during the port. and it was enough maps i saw name changes for.. both big and small, that i decided to compile this list.

The list is ordered after how you unlock each map in the story and ive numbered the maps after the chapter in the story the map unlocks..

To get a rare weapon you need to fulfill 3 requirements.
1. Difficulty must be set to Hard or higher.
2. one of the 2 characters you select must be the one you intend to unlock the weapon for.
3. you need to win with an overall S rank. to earn that you need to get atleast 3 of the tasks S while the 4th can be A or S.

"s1, s2, s3" annotates secondary battlefields.
* annotates that this map you only control 1 character, i decided to note that because on most maps you can have your main character just solo the map and the character you intend to unlock the weapon for can sit back and idle. (exeptions apply, some maps are too hard to solo)


Hanbei Takenaka - Escape at Mt. Saijo (1-1)*
Ujiyasu Hojo - Battle of Hachimanbara (1-2)*
Naotora Ii - Invasion of Suruga (2-1)
No - Tsukui Reconnaissance(2-2)*
Nobunaga Oda - Battle of Mimase Pass (2-3)
Katsuie Shibata - Battle of Hitokotozaka (3-1)*
Yoshimoto Imagawa - Battle of Futamata Castle(3-2)*
Katsuyori Takeda - Battle of Mikatagahara (3-3)
Oichi - Battle of Noda-Fukushima (3-s1)
Nagamasa Azai - Battle of Noda-Fukushima (3-s1)
Sakon Shima - Siege of Nagashino Castle (4-1)
Muneshige Tachibana - Battle of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (4-2)*
Ginchiyo Tachibana - Protection of Katsuyori (4-3)
Aya - Battle of Tetorigawa (4-s1)
Kenshin Uesugi - Battle of Tetorigawa (4-s1)
Magoichi Saika - Battle of Ishiyama (4-s2)
Hisahide Matsunaga - Battle of Ishiyama (4-s2)
Kagekatsu Uesugi - Rescue of Kagekatsu (5-1)
Mitsuhide Akechi - Siege of Numata Castle (5-2)*
Ranmaru Mori - Escape from Azuchi (6-1)
Tadakatsu Honda - Flight through Iga (6-2)
Hanzo Hattori - Flight through Iga (6-2)
Takatora Todo - Battle of Yamazaki (6-s1)
Nene - Battle of Yamazaki (6-s1)
Hideyoshi Toyotomi - Yamazaki (6-s1)
Okuni - Reclamation of Numata (7-1)
Kotaro Fuma - Plans for the Uesugi (7-2)*
Lady Hayakawa - Battle of Wakamiko (7-3)
Ina - Battle of Kurokoma(7-4)
Munenori Yagyu - Defense of Numata (7-5)
Masanori Fukushima - Battle of Komaki-Nagakute (7-s1)
Kiyomasa Kato - Battle of Komaki-Nagakute (7-s1)
Kunoichi - Ueda Spy Battle (8-1)
Kojuro Katakura - Defense of Ueda Castle (8-2)
Nobuyuki Sanada - Assault at Kangawa (8-3)*
Kanbei Kuroda - Conquest of Shikoku (8-s1)
Takakage Kobayakawa - Conquest of Shikoku (8-s1)
Goemon Ishikawa - Battle of Matsuida Castle (10-1)
Masamune Date - Battle of Hachigata Castle (10-2)
Toshii Maeda - Battle of Hachioji Castle (10-3)
Mitsunari Ishida - Oshi Castle (10-4)
Ieyasu Tokugawa - Crossing of Hakone (10-s1)
Hidetada Tokugawa - Crossing of Hakone (10-s1)
Naomasa Ii - Crossing of Hakone (10-s1)
Koshosho - Invasion of Izu (10-s2)
Motochika Chosokabe - Invasion of Izu (10-s2)
Kojiro Sasaki - Battle of Toishi Castle (12-1)
Masayuki Sanada - Battle of Ueda Castle (12-2)
Gracia - Pursuit at Someyadai (12-3)
Yoshitsugu Otani - The Search for Gracia (12-s1)
Toyohisa Shimazu - Sekigahara (12-s2)
Yoshihiro Shimazu - Sekigahara (12-s2)
Keji Maeda - Battle of Hasedō Castle(12-s3)
Kanetsugu Naoe - Battle of Hasedō Castle(12-s3)
Musashi Miyamoto - Battle of Imafuku (14-1)
Yukimura - Battle of Sanada Maru (14-3)*
Kai - Pursuit of Ieyasu (14-4)
Sasuke - Battle of Domyoji (16-1)
Chacha - Breakthrough at Mt. Chausu (16-2)

side notes:
1. there is no ch 9-11-13-15 here because those are story chapters and no big battles occur.
2. 14-3 Battle of Sanada Maru is probably the best map to grind levels, you start the mission with super dense packs of enemies, and a mission to kill 1k soldiers. and using xp scrolls while you mow them all down really kicks your leveling into high gear...

[iammori]

Thank you for the organized information mate. This would also be good on the guide section as well!

[Zolfried]

I would, but i bought the game on PS4 and steam guides require you to have the game on steam in order to post guides :/

[DaForce0]

I really like how simple is to get rare weapons in this game, you just have to get S rank in the mission on hard instead of getting arbitrary objectives, number of kills, time limit and such.

[DeeeFoo]

Originally posted by DaForce0:

I really like how simple is to get rare weapons in this game, you just have to get S rank in the mission on hard instead of getting arbitrary objectives, number of kills, time limit and such.

Agreed. The SW4-II method felt a bit too convoluted, with all the different objectives you need to keep track of. Most other Warriors games do the S-rank method.