Dynasty Warriors 3/Musou Mode

Musou Mode in Dynasty Warriors 3 remains the same but with more stages, characters, and cutscenes than ever before. Officers of the Three Kingdoms are given a total of seven different battles whereas the founders of those respective factions (Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian) participate in ten stages. Players can now save their progress in the middle of a battle without restrictions so long as they do not play through another battle.

Every stage comes with a brief introduction that informs players of the situation at hand as well as the background story behind each one. Some scenarios also feature dialogue cutscenes that vary between different characters.

Like in Dynasty Warriors 2, unaffiliated characters cannot be selected during Musou Mode. Furthermore, this mode contains minor skirmishes that have no relation to the story whatsoever and only serve as filler. The endings for each faction change slightly depending on which character the player uses to finish the game.

Unlockable Characters
Characters who can be unlocked by completing Musou Mode with certain characters or by meeting specific criteria.


 * * can be unlocked by starting the game with a Dynasty Warriors 2 save file.

Alternatively, players may opt to unlock all characters in the English version of the game by inputting the following code on the menu screen: R2 (thrice), L1, undefined, L2 (thrice), R1,. The code sequence for the Japanese version is, R1, undefined, L1, undefined, R2, , L2.