Unlike [[[guide:dynastywarriors | Dynasty Warriors]]] which was a fighting game Dynasty Warriors 2 was the start of the 1 vs 100 Musou style of game play you are familiar with nowadays. There is not much to unlock or cover with Dynasty Warriors 2 so this guide encompasses all you can do in it.

Character Unlocking

This will detail how to unlock all 28 characters for use in Free Mode.

Shu

Character	Requirement
Zhuge Liang	Clear Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun & Guan Yu's Musou Modes.
Huang Zhong	Clear 1 Shu Musou Mode.
Zhang Fei	Initial unlock.
Zhao Yun	Initial unlock.
Guan Yu	Initial unlock.
Ma Chao	Clear 1 Shu Musou Mode.
Jiang Wei	Clear 1 Shu Musou Mode.
Liu Bei	Clear all Shu Musou Modes.

Wei

Character	Requirement
Xiahou Dun	Initial unlock.
Dian Wei	Initial unlock.
Xu Zhu	Initial unlock.
Cao Cao	Clear all Wei Musou Modes.
Xiahou Yuan	Clear 1 Wei Musou Mode.
Zhang Liao	Clear 1 Wei Musou Mode.
Sima Yi	Clear Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei & Xu Zhu's Musou Modes.

Wu

Character	Requirement
Zhou Yu	Initial unlock.
Lu Xun	Initial unlock.
Taishi Ci	Clear 1 Wu Musou Mode
Sun Jian	Clear all Wu Musou Modes.
Sun Quan	Clear all Wu Musou Modes.
Sun Shang Xiang	Initial unlock.
Lu Meng	Clear 1 Wu Musou Mode
Gan Ning	Clear 1 Wu Musou Mode.

Other

Character	Requirement
Diao Chan	Clear 1 Shu, Wei and Wu Musou Mode.
Lu Bu	The Battle at Hu Lao Gate: Get 1,000 KO's.
Dong Zhuo	Clear 1 Shu, Wei and Wu Musou Mode.
Yuan Shao	Clear 1 Shu, Wei and Wu Musou Mode.
Zhang Jiao	Clear 1 Shu, Wei and Wu Musou Mode.

Musou Mode

All characters go through the same 5 stages in Musou Mode regardless of who you pick, they all share the same first two stages that being Yellow Turban Rebellion & The Battle at Hu Lao Gate, the remaining three are based on which kingdom they belong to. Characters counted as Others have no Musou Mode and can only be used in Free Mode.

Kingdom	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5
Shu	The Battle of Chang Ban	The Battle at Yi Ling	The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains
Wei	The Battle at Guan Du	The Battle at Chi Bi	The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains
Wu	The Battle at Chi Bi	The Battle at He Fei	The Battle at Yi Ling

Dim Sum

All stages have a Dim Sum which increases max Life & Musou by 10, certain sides also have additional Dim Sum drops by defeating certain generals for even more increases. These are located in pots outside of the general drops.

Yellow Turban Rebellion

After Cheng Yuanzi is defeated go through the gate and head North until you can climb the wall, it is located at the Northern end of the wall. Yellow Turbans: Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Cao Cao.

The Battle at Hu Lao Gate

On Fan Shui Gate's East side. Dong Zhuo's Forces: Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian.

The Battle at Guan Du

Before the bend leading to Chun Yuqiong it is near a set of houses by the river.

The Battle of Chang Ban

Southeastern portion of the village near Liu Bei's Gate Captain. Liu Bei's Forces: Cao Pi (Cao Cao's sub general, appears after Cao Cao arrives Northeast of him heading through the village in the center of the map)

The Battle at Chi Bi

Northeast corner of the map. Sun Quan's Forces: Cao Pi (Appears after Fire Attack succeeds)

The Battle at He Fei

Island between Lu Xun & Xiahou Dun's starting positions. Sun Quan's Forces: Cao Pi (Cao Cao's sub general covering the West gate to his inner castle) Cao Cao's Forces: Sun Shang Xiang (Zhou Yu's sub general, starts near Dian Wei)

The Battle at Yi Ling

Near the center of the Stone Sentinel Maze. Liu Bei's Forces: Sun Shang Xiang (Sun Quan's sub general, starts near the Northwest entrance to the Main Camp)

The Battle at Wu Zhang Plains

The village near Dian Wei & Ma Chao's starting position in the East, between a small set of houses near the Eastern wall. Liu Bei's Forces: Cao Pi (Cao Cao's sub general to his West in the Main Camp)

Luminous Sword

This is a special sword drop which gives a higher than normal Attack increase at +10 regardless of the difficulty while others would go as high as +8, this sword is found in three instances.

The Battle of Chang Ban (Liu Bei's Forces): Xiahou En. The Battle of Chang Ban (Cao Cao's Forces): Zhao Yun. The Battle at He Fei (Sun Quan's Forces): Zhang Liao.