Excellence in Armament — Just do it! [EN]

Gotta Catch 'Em All — Poke... weapons in Valkyria Cronicles

Intro

So,% user_name%, you follow the instructions, but the stubborn princess Cordelia still does not like to award you with the medal? Then we have something to talk about.

The thing is, that the guides say simply "go and collect all the weapons," but they do not go further than the story missions (at best case). In fact, everything is a bit more interesting.

1. How it should looks

Here are some screenshots with all kinds of small arms in the game.

Rifles for engineers and scouts

Machine guns and flamethrowers for troopers

Anti-tank lances

Sniper rifles

2. Ruhm — the weapon from DLC "Behind Her Blue Flame"

Do you remember how, in Chapter 15, the Selvaria mercilessly fired from some imperial "wunderwaffe"? So, here it is.

Right now, without registration and SMS, you can get an advanced model of imperial weapons with home delivery.

To get Ruhm, you need to go to the "Extra" section in the main menu and complete the DLC "Behind her blue flame", after which you can hand it to any Trooper in your barracks.

Ruhm is not by chance the first in the list, as it will greatly facilitate your game in the future, and the complexity of the battles "Extra", as practice shows, is calculated that you have already got Ruhm.

3. Captured weapons in main campaign

There is already a nice guide about this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=383124164&insideModal=0

4. Captured weapons in DLC "Challenge Edy Detachment!"

The captured weapons and aces, from which it drops off, are in each of the missions of this DLC, which means that you need to go through ewery.

This add-on is on the second page under the "Skirmishes" tab in the "Book mode" and is a test mission for each class of units. In most of them, the opponent's aces can be found without problems, — more than half of the tests are aimed destruction all of enemy units on the map.

However, there are two missions where the ases were hid and the conditions of victory doesn't include the totaly extermination of the enemy.

Sniper Trial

Engineer Trial

Also, the catching of the aces in these missions can be combined with the passage to Rank A

5. Captured weapons in DLC "EXPERT Level Skirmishes"

And here is the most bittersweet part of the achievement for weapons.

DLC "EXPERT Level Skirmishes" introduces the difficulty level "Expert" in the "Skirmishes" tab in "book mode".

Main Features:

• You have no Edelweiss;
  
• You have no orders;
  
• You have no hope;
  
• The enemy gonna hurt your units really, really BAD;
  
• Your starting position will surprise you every time;
  
• The Expert complexity does not affect the obtaining achievement "Rank A in every mission".

List of weapons from missions of difficulty "Expert"

Outskirts of Bruhl / Windmill Plaza	ZM Kar 6(g)
Vasel Riverside / Barious Desert	ZM SG 6(g)
Kloden Wildwood	ZM MP 6(g)
Upper Frouzen	ZM Kar 7(g)
Marberry Shore	ATR-X1(Anti-Tank)
Naggar Plains	VB PL XX(g)
East Bank of Vasel	VB FW XX(g)

Some of survival tips

• Before hanging out here, maximally apgrade units into Uniforms and Blast suits in R&D Facility;
  
• Similarly, maximize the levels of all classes to 20;
  
• Get Ruhm and give it to Rosie;
  
• Try to avoid enemy fire in general — use the difference in your and imperial weapons range;
  
• Learn how to kill foot-soldiers by lancers;
  
• I'm serious. By lancers. Kill.
  
• There is no Achievement for passing on rank A in there, you can just wait some times;
  
• Remember that this ♥♥♥♥ was created with the expectation that it is realistic to go through the mission, if you guess what the author was thinking about.

6. Royal weapons

Her Highness throws royal weapons exclusively randomly. However, when you miss any certain weapon from the mission, you can save game in book mode before visiting the Audience Hall and re-enter to the location — the reward will be generated again every time.

If the last missing sample before the achievement is achieved becomes the royal gift, it will be like - "I was not in the mood to give you this rifle, than's why I can't award you with the Medal "Excellence in Armament" — from the point of view of gaming mechanics, Princess Cordelia such a b*tch.

Chapters & weapons

Chapters 10/11	Gallian-1R | Mags M1R | Lancaar M1R | GSR-1R
Chapters 12/13/14	Gallian-3R | Mags M3R | Lancaar M3R | GSR-3R
Chapter 15	Gallian-S1R | Mags M10R | Theimer M01R | GSR-10R
Chapters 16/17	Gallian-S10R | Mags M20R | Theimer M10R | GSR-20R
Chapter 18	Gallian-S20R | Mags M30R | Theimer M20R | GSR-30R

7. Wepons at the R&D Facility

By the time you get to this point, your Welkin Gunther will be so ducat coated that he can not only buy upgrades of weapons in the Workshop, but also invite to his squad barracks "Bruce Willis and the Acceleratеs" with a solo concert.

So this is a formal reminder— you have to buy ALL weapon upgrades at the R&D Facility to get the achievement.

Congratulations, %user_name%, you have successfully finished reading the guide. So, if you still think that you need this achievement, go and get it!

[SamTheNoodleMan]

A very nice guide. But I just got the achievement without the weapons from EXPERT Level Skirmishes and Ruhm from DLC "Behind Her Blue Flame". My last weapon is one of the Royal weapons.

[Barolb]

Just wanted to say thank you for the guide! I used this for reference, and learned a bit more about this game I didn't know much about!

I had a similar occurrence. I did not get all Expert Skirmish weapons, but got all challenge weapons, and all base game weapons during my second playthrough. I got as far as finishing Marberry Shore in Expert, and Fight for Ghirlandaio on my second playthrough. Just got the achievement.

[Rain]

@Mr Pie 5, i got all the base game weapons but achievement still ain't unlocking :(

[Mr Pie 5]

I just got the achievement without the expert weapons, the edy weapon, or the engineer trial weapon. I think you only need the base game weapons.