Sengoku Rance: Unofficial Expansion Guide (v0.4.5)
By Jack Sparrow
This document is meant to summarize all of the changes from the base game, as concisely and accurately as possible. If there is missing or incorrect information, please let me know so I can make this guide better.
NOTES:
- Anything marked as 'TBD' is not implemented in the current version of the mod, and may be changed or scrapped as development continues
- There are no planned release dates or ironclad schedules for mod updates; please have patience
- This guide is meant to organize/compile information about the mod and make it easy to find/read for players. If you want to see the original mod Change Log, it's here:
Sengoku Rance: Unofficial Expansion Change Log
Categories:
1X. Gameplay Changes
2X. Mechanic Changes
3X. New Events
4X. Changed Events
5X. New Factions
6X. New Classes
7X. New Characters
8X. Changed Characters
9X. New Skills
10X. Changed Skills
11X. New Items
12X. Changed Items
13X. New/Changed Dungeons
14X. Translation Changes
15X. Base Game Bugfixes
16X. List of Utility/Subcommanders
17X. FFA (National Mode) Changes
1X. Gameplay Changes
- Affection awards:
- When Rance is fielded with multiple cleared characters, the bonus affection point will now be randomly assigned, instead of using a priority list
- Genri can now appear in Tenshi Sect battles
- Iga War Declaration:
- You can now declare war on Iga immediately after Suzume's introduction, typically around turn 3
- Suzume's introduction can be delayed indefinitely, by not rebuilding Teahouse Nobu
- Suzume's introduction is also a requirement for the SES events, allowing you to delay their conquest of Yamato
- Utility Commanders/Subcommanders:
- Instead of one roster of 30 commanders, you now have two rosters with 30 in each
- The first roster is your normal one, with the same functionality as base game
- The second roster is your Utility roster, which contains Utility Commanders and Subcommanders
- There is now a 'Next Page' button in non-troop menus that allows you to switch to your Utility roster
- Utility Commander Abilities:
- Can be used for Search, Negotiation, and Construction events
- Can Scout before battle
- Can be used in Dungeons
- Can be used in Solo battles such as Botan Hunt or boss fights
- Can hold most items
- Can level up
- Can be given affection items/upgrades
- Don't take up space in your normal roster
- Utility Commander Restrictions:
- Can't participate in army battles
- Have their troop count capped at 1
- Still cost some NP to keep in your roster (Due to having a troop count of 1, they're generally low-cost)
- Generally have few/no events, aside from affection upgrades
- Upgrading their Attack, Defense, and Intelligence is pointless
- Subcommander Differences:
- All subcommanders (except Hibachi and Galmons) are also Utility Commanders, but not vice versa
- Most Subcommanders can do everything that Utility Commanders can do
- Most Subcommanders appear in the Utility roster
- Subcommanders participate in army battles as a 'sidekick' to another commander, like Sill in the base game
- Subcommanders have their own skills that they use after their leader has a turn
- Many Subcommanders start out as regular commanders, such as Ryouma
- Some Subcommanders start out as Utility commanders, such as Miki
- Randomized Gourds:
- The Iga Gourd now has a 50% chance to be in Iga and a 50% chance to be in the Miko Union
- The Akashi Gourd now has a 33% chance to be in Akashi, a 33% chance to be in Tanegashima, and a 33% chance to be in Tokugawa
- These two Gourds are hidden in the System Info menu, only appearing when they're broken
- Nobunaga's dialogue now mentions all 5 clans as a hint to the player
- Xavier now has events to conquer the 3 new Gourd clans
- Class Differences for Generics:
- Peasants, Animals, Red Oni, Blue Oni, and Infected now have unique class icons
- The 5 Monster Captain classes now have differently-colored class icons to differentiate them
- Generic youkai now have differently-colored portraits, based on class
- Generic youkai can now have the Cavalry class
- (FFA) Generic youkai now have unique names, instead of all being named ‘Youkai Captain’
- Certain unique/semigen commanders will have an event when they are recruited as ronin by a new clan (Takeda Generals, Katsuko/Torako, Himiko, Tanuki, Goemon, Ikkyu, etc.)
- Many female commander's recruitments are now labeled "Babe search" instead of "Talent search"
- Kensei's takeover:
- He actually removes all women when he takes over now; The Uesugi army is replaced with male units
- Rance's Diary won't get new entries from Uesugi anymore
- Any unique female units are sent to the ronin pool; Katsuko/Torako's base game H-scene will still happen if Houjou was conquered before this
- Katsuko/Torako will go to Houjou if it wasn't conquered before Kensei's takeover, starting an alternate set of events
- Increased Yamato's base NP by 1
- New Game Settings:
- There is now a menu with new settings that will appear before the New Game Bonus menu
- Permadeath setting:
- [1] None (Default)
- [2] Instant kill moves (Assassinate, Commander Snipe etc.) will not have an increased chance for permadeath
- [3] No permadeath
- Any of your units that are wiped out in battle will be exhausted for 3 turns
- AI units are unaffected by this setting
- Assassinate setting:
- [1] None (Default)
- [2] Assassinate 1/2 become preparation moves
- New Game Bonuses:
- Uesugi House Bonus upgrade:
- Unlocked by recruiting Kenshin, Ai, Katsuko, and Torako, then fielding them together
- The point cost is increased, but gives you all 4 of them
- Shimazu House Bonus:
- Unlocked by recruiting all 4 brothers and fielding them together
- Gives you the 4 brothers as troop commanders and Kurohime as a utility commander
- You start at war with Amazon (Agireda's version of Shimazu)
- Amazon has modified events
- The Shimazu blitz does not occur
- In routes with the Monster Army, Kurohime will be kidnapped during their introduction
- 2 brothers are randomly selected at the start of the run (hidden from the player)
- When the kidnapping happens, you must choose 1 of them to pursue Xavier
- That brother will leave your roster and appear in the modified Monster Army events
- (True/Isoroku route) The missing brother and Kurohime can be recaptured in South Africa
- Special Characters:
- More characters have been added, but there is now a cap of 5 special characters allowed per run
- Akuji Yamamoto
- Gou Zanma
- Hatsune Hirasaka
- Kathryn Lapucelle
- Leo
- Ramius Dreissen
- Reltih Adolf
- Rouga Zanma
- Satsu Takega
- Shibagami
- Tsuina Mibu
- 'Bonus Bonuses' menu:
- Hire More Troops!: +300 troops for starting commanders
- Extra Castle in Owari: Adds a fifth territory (Castle) to Owari
- Faster Reinforcements: Reduces wait from 5 turns to 3
- +3 Levels for Rance: There are 3 instances of this bonus
- +5 SAT: There are 3 instances of this bonus
- Removed the 'Intelligence King' bonus
- Intelligence King is now available by taking Gou Zanma as a new game bonus character or by recruiting Chizuko Yamada by sending letters to Zeth after sending letters to other countries
- Removed the 'Bonus Characters' bonus
- Shizuka and Gekkou are now always available
- SAT Bonuses:
- +5000 Gold bonus was removed
- Kazemaru’s SAT bonus with Hibachi was removed
- Rance can now upgrade Rance Attack to Brutal Attack with another SAT bonus
- Action Fan Bonuses
- Sill is no longer required for the Action Fan SAT bonuses
- There is no longer a SAT window (50-60 SAT etc.) for Action Fan SAT bonuses; they will remain available until you take them
- Reinforcement Letters
- There are now 3 options (Leazas, Zeth, Free Cities) for requesting reinforcements
- Each country has 9 possible units you can receive
- Rance’s Love is now obtainable from at least 1 unit in each country
- The 9 units are grouped into First-line, Second-line, and Extra
- When you request reinforcements for the first time, you’ll get units from that country’s First-line group
- The First-line group generally has stronger units; there are 4 of them
- Leazas First-line:
- Kanami
- Menad (Obtained in Kanami’s events)
- Rance’s Love
- Melfeis
- Leila
- Zeth First-line:
- Kaoru
- Wichita (Obtained in Kaoru’s events)
- Urza
- Magic
- Rance’s Love
- Free Cities First-line:
- Maria
- Rance’s Love
- Kasumi (Obtained in Maria’s events)
- Shizuka
- Rance’s Love
- Copandon
- When you request reinforcements from a second country, you’ll get units from that country’s Second-line group
- The Second-line group generally has weaker units; there are 3 of them
- Leazas Second-line:
- Yvette
- Haurein
- Yulan
- Zeth Second-line:
- Rizna
- Annis
- Chizuko
- Free Cities Second-line:
- Athena
- Sanakia
- Sel
- One unit from the Extra group will join you automatically when you enter a route
- Extra group units are all men; there are 2 of them per country
- One unit is powerful, but with conditions for recruitment
- The other unit gives useful items and has no restrictions
- Leazas Extra:
- Rick
- Take only Leazas reinforcements
- Only appears on Monster Army routes
- Ninja Master
- Personality Reversal Scroll
- Hanny Zippo
- Zeth Extra:
- Ghandi
- Take only Zeth reinforcements
- Only appears on Monster Army routes
- Rocky
- Frying Pan
- Hanny Zippo
- Free Cities Extra:
- Patton
- Take only Free Cities reinforcements
- Only appears on Monster Army routes
- Bernard
- Cute Photo
- Hanny Zippo
- Ninja Master, Rocky, and Bernard can get a +2 buff to all combat stats with the ‘Become More Manly’ SAT bonus
- Weaken Enemy Countries has scaling buffs on higher difficulties
- Gracia now only requires 1 SAT bonus instead of 2
- Instead of having all stats boosted, she now only gets +2 Intelligence/+2 Speed
- Added ‘Stop Using Child Soldiers’ SAT bonus to turn Unkei, Kaikei, and Joukei into Utility Commanders
- Requires you to have all 3 recruited
- Added SAT bonus to turn Architactician, Persuasive Monk, and Search Master into Utility Commanders
- Requires you to have all 3 recruited
- Madou can now be fought and Soul Binder can be sealed in Isoroku route
- Motonari now becomes uncursed immediately after Daidaara is defeated
- Kentarou will now have Nikkou equipped when he's in enemy factions, except in Archfiend Route
- All Musketeers now have Arquebus Shot in dungeons
- The 'Accept Reinforcements' event will now be visible even when you don't have spare NP, but it is still not possible to accept the reinforcements until you have enough NP for them
- Souun Reinforcement:
- While you are at war with Takeda or the Monster Army, Souun can appear with reinforcements (similar to Kenshin's mechanic)
- Requires you to be at peace with Uesugi
- Nogiku can now be captured with either Kiku or Hibachi
- Keikoku, Steve, and Souun will now appear as enemies in the Sekimei fight
- Kenshin reinforcement rewards:
- If you win a battle:
- Against a clan that is not Uesugi
- And Kenshin reinforced the enemy
- You will receive:
- An extra random post-battle affection point
- Also, if Rance participated in the battle:
- +2 girls in the diary
- Dokuganryu/Tokugawa Uniques:
- The final battle in Ezo will now include Masamune and any of his remaining wives, and you can now capture a wife in this battle
- When Dokuganryu conquers Tokugawa, they will now recruit all remaining tanuki in addition to Ieyasu
- After this, when you fight the last battle in Mikawa, any remaining tanuki will appear
- If Mikawa is the last Dokuganryu province, Masamune will also appear
- Asai-Asakura Castle battle:
- Yukihime, Midori Jinbo, and Ohatsu will appear in the final battle if they're still in Asai-Asakura
- New Emperor Race contestants:
- Kakusui
- Kii
- Gorou Kumano and Musou Suzuya are still part of the race, but their portraits will no longer be shown, making them ‘hidden’ contestants
- If you took the Shimazu House bonus, and Kazuhisa went after Kurohime, one of his brothers will replace him in the race
2X. Mechanic Changes
- Hide status:
- Some new skills (mostly for Archers) can give the Hide status, which is the inverse of Guard
- A unit with Hide percentage can pass attacks to other units in their row, with the same mechanic that Guard percentage uses
- The 'Ninjato Guard Swipe' skill will decrease Hide by a larger percentage than other attacks
- Dungeon Level Up:
- Your units will no longer get an instant level up when clearing dungeons
- Clearing dungeons will award you with 'Celebration Pokkuru' items, in addition to the standard item rewards
- Debuffs:
- Various skills have been added that can apply debuffs
- Debuffs have inverted arrows and are displayed in the same place as buffs
- Buffs/Debuffs can cancel each other out or replace weaker buffs/debuffs
- Status Cancel will remove buffs and debuffs
- Healing skills, except Auto-Heal, will remove debuffs
- Speed buff/debuff calculations:
- Speed buffs are no longer a static -4 delay; now they give -1 delay for every 7% of the buff (or +1 delay for every 7% debuff)
- Maximum for Speed buffs is -6 delay (or +6 delay for max debuff)
- The 'Support Fire' skill doesn't use the Speed stat; it's delay is based on Intelligence
- Higher Intelligence will give you more delay, keeping the skill in effect longer
- Takeda actions:
- Takeda can conquer Uesugi or Houjou (like they do in First Games)
- This will occur if:
- You control at least 8 provinces
- You are at war with Uesugi/Houjou
- You are not playing on 0-star difficulty
- Mouri actions:
- Mouri can conquer Akashi or Tanegashima (like they do in First Games)
- This will occur if:
- You have conquered Akashi or Tanegashima
- You have entered a route
- This will also occur if:
- You have conquered Akashi or Tanegashima
- You control at least 12 provinces
- Class Base Stats:
- Cavalry physical defense has been reduced from 30 to 20
- Cavalry now take triple counterattack damage when they attack a Guarding unit
- This stacks multiplicatively with Counterattack Rate Up and Wontonbokiri (which also stack multiplicatively with each other)
- Generic Monks now have 1 more action than base game
- Knights will now retain their Guard percentage when they attack
- Class Troop Cost:
- New Class Costs:
- 1: Peasants and Animals
- 2: Foot Soldiers, Archers
- 3: Hannies
- 4: Warriors, Monks and Infected
- 5: Knights, Ninjas, Miko, Tacticians
- 6: Diviners
- 7: Mages
- 8: Cavalry
- 9: Musketeers and Cannoneers
- Reduced the replenishment cost for Archers and Knights
- Class Max Troops:
- Reduced max troop ratio for Cavalry, Cannons, and Mages
- Increased max troop ratio for Animals and Peasants
- Magic Defense:
- Different classes now have different base Magic Defense, similar to base Defense
- Positive values indicate resistance to magic attacks
- [+10] Diviner, Mage
- [+5] Monk, Miko, Ninja, Knight
- Most classes are unchanged
- [0] Samurai, Archer, Musketeer, Cannon, Oni, Animal, Infected, Youkai classes, Monster classes
- Negative values indicate weakness to magic attacks
- [-5] Foot Soldier, Tactician, Cavalry
- [-10] Peasant
- Buff/Debuff Evaluations Cap:
- Battle Tactics, Steal Karma, and other similar moves that apply random buffs/debuffs are no longer capped at 29 evaluations
- The number of evaluations will continue to increase with your troop count as you go beyond 2900 troops
- Troop Design Retention:
- Several characters will keep their original troops instead of changing to the Oda aesthetic when recruited
- Tourin, Yoshikaze, Motonari, Inukai, Kenshin, Ai, Seigan, Masamune, Nogiku, Orime, Noir, Omachi
- Post-battle events will no longer prevent you from getting an affection item reward
- HP Troops:
- Are now affected by Reaper Scythe, Miko Storm, Death by Poison etc.
- Infect won't reduce their max HP anymore
- Damage received from Royal Guard Charge is now based on [Max HP] * 2
- Troop Count will always be 1 and can't be raised by any method
- Unity will now keep them at 1 HP instead of 1 troop
- Instant kill moves will now use their Level for calculation instead of troop count
- After being annihilated in battle, they will have 1 HP instead of 1 troop
- Healing items can now restore their HP
- All items that increase troop count can no longer be used/equipped on them
- Exclusive Nurse also cannot be equipped on HP troops
- Now have a 25% chance to level up after winning a battle
- Buildings Mod:
- Every province now has a special building slot, which is used for the new structures as well as the Training Grounds from base game
- Most provinces start with a structure, but they will be destroyed when you conquer the province
- If you vassal the province, the structure remains intact
- If you conquer the province, the structure is replaced by the Field or Ruins
- All buildable structures will be built from the Field/Ruins, which are functionally identical and have no effect
- Selecting a structure to build costs an action fan and replaces the selection options with a Construction option
- Construction of these structures doesn't cost any action fans, only the initial building selection has a fan cost
- Upgrading an existing building will cost another fan to select the upgrade option, then replace it with another Construction option that has no fan cost
- There are 2 types of structures:
- Generic Structures:
- Field/Ruins: No effect
- Walls:
- 10 Construction
- Enables defensive structure upgrades (Forts, Castles) in that province
- Upgrades to the Manor
- Manor:
- 15 Construction
- Enables defensive structure upgrades (Forts, Castles) in that province
- +1 NP
- Upgrades to the Upgraded Manor
- Upgraded Manor:
- Construction Cost = (Province NP * 3)
- Enables defensive structure upgrades (Forts, Castles) in that province
- +1 National Power
- Repeatable upgrade (like the base game NP mechanics)
- Unlike base game, provinces are not capped at 10 NP
- Statue:
- 3 Construction
- Has the Get Lucky ability
- Get Lucky gives a 5% chance for affection item drops to be upgraded by one level
- The 5% stacks additively for all structures you have with Get Lucky
- A Fading Screen can become a Taiko Drum, a Taiko Drum can become a Toku Kanou Screen etc.
- Each item can only be upgraded by one level, one time, so a Taiko Drum can't become a Ri Q Sen Cup etc.
- Get Lucky also increases the success rate of Operation Permits
- Upgrades to the Boob Shrine
- Boob Shrine:
- 15 Construction
- Has the Get Lucky ability
- Gives a one-time SAT event after you build it TBD
- Panties Altar:
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- Gives a one-time SAT event after you vassal the province TBD
- Unique Structures:
- Amazon Tribal Village (Amazon): TBD
- Arquebus Smithy (Tamba):
- 20 Construction
- +5 Troops per turn (Musketeers)
- Enables Shigehiko's recruitment
- Upgrades to Master Arquebus Smithy
- Botan Farm (Sado):
- 0 Construction
- Enables Pet Botan's recruitment
- Requires botan stew recipe to build
- Botan stew recipe is dropped by Biggy, the miniboss in Owari/Shinano's Botan Hunt events
- Curry Wolf (All): TBD
- Diviner School (Kazusa 2000): TBD
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- +5 Troops per turn (Diviner)
- Dousan Oil Well (Viper Oil Field):
- 0 Construction
- +20 to base Gold modifier
- Requires you to have Dousan and clear the Oil Pit
- Resets the dungeon rewards and adds a new boss
- Experimental Turret (Tamba):
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- +5 Troops per turn (Cannon)
- Enables Visber's recruitment
- Foot Soldier Training Grounds (Kyo):
- 20 Construction
- +5 Troops per turn (Foot Soldier)
- Enables Kyoko and Kyouko's recruitment
- Honganji (Naniwa/Mikan):
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- Enables Seigan's recruitment
- Hotwing Ranch (Shinano):
- 20 Construction
- +5 Troops per turn (Cavalry)
- Enables Mokko's recruitment
- Enables Katsuie's Cavalry upgrade
- Lab (Himeji): TBD
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- Master Arquebus Smithy (Tamba):
- 15 Construction
- +10 Troops per turn (Musketeers)
- Ninja Estate (Yamato):
- 20 Construction
- +5 Troops per turn (Ninja)
- Enables Gekkou's (and Shinobu's) recruitment
- Ritual Hall (Yamato): TBD
- Tanuki Garden (Mikawa):
- 15 Construction
- Requires Ieyasu and one of:
- Dousan
- Yuzumi
- Enables Ieyasu's subcommanders
- Tanuki receive extra affection when deployed in battle
- Teahouse Nobu (Owari):
- 15 Construction
- Enables Fuuka, Hachisuka, and Kazumasu's recruitments
- Enables Suzume's events/recruitment (which are required to declare war on Iga)
- Temple (Naniwa/Mikan):
- 20 Construction
- Has the Get Lucky ability
- +5 Troops per turn (Monks)
- Enables Genri's recruitment
- Unidentified Flying Object (Mikawa):
- Unbuildable, vassal-only structure
- Enables Kaguya's events/recruitment
- While you control it, it will heal 30 troops for all units at the start of every turn TBD
- This effect is buffed to 50 troops per turn after you repair it TBD
- Youkai Castle (Ezo): TBD
- Training Grounds Buffed:
- They still give +5 troops to all commanders of their class each turn
- When you visit them, you can select a commander of that class, and they will receive +3 affection
- The selected commander has a 100% chance to get a free affection upgrade
- After the first upgrade, the chance drops to 50%, then 25% etc. (halves with each visit, percentage is shared between all units of that class)
- Every turn that's a multiple of 5, the chance doubles, eventually returning to 100% if you wait long enough
- Training buildings now also give stat bonuses to all generic units of the corresponding class
- Arquebus Smithy: +1 Speed to Musketeers
- Diviner Academy: +1 Intelligence to Diviners
- Experimental Turret: +1 Speed to Cannons
- Foot Soldier Training Ground: +1 Defense to Foot Soldiers
- Hotwing Ranch: +1 Attack to Cavalry
- Ninja Estate: +1 Speed to Ninjas
- Temple: +1 Attack to Monks
- AI Scouting:
- If the player doesn't scout a battle, the AI has a random chance to scout
- Scout probability scales based on:
- AI difficulty
- Whether it's the last territory of the province
- How many AI units are not currently exhausted
- The battlefield advantage bonus will use the same semi-random percentage as the player's
- Solo battle skills:
- Battle Tactics variants
- More refined buff priority settings for the main classes
- In solo battles, buff quantity is based on level instead of troop count
- All forms are now present in solo battles, instead of being downgraded to Battle Tactics 1
- Ally Guard variants
- All forms are now present in solo battles, instead of being downgraded to Ally Guard
- Status Cancel variants
- All forms are now present in solo battles, instead of being downgraded to Status Cancel 1
- You can now recruit commanders with territory commands in vassaled provinces
- Healing can now affect battle rating
- Miko healing is 1/2 as effective as damage
- Non-Miko healing is 1/4 as effective as damage
- Auto-Heal has no effect on battle rating
- Hara is now more likely to declare war on you when at war with Ashikaga
- Peasant changes:
- Komatsu, Peasants, and Animals no longer affect your troop average
- Gold cost/sell value for Peasants/Animals has been heavily reduced
- Peasant/Animal troop gains after battle have been greatly increased
- Added Column skills that can target up to 3 allies/3 enemies
- HP units like Motonari can now receive more than 50% damage from a single attack
- Most attacks will still be 'soft' capped at 50% damage
- Only exceptionally strong attacks, high troop counts, or strong buffs/debuffs will 'break' through the soft cap
- HP units can now potentially take 100% damage from an attack
- Tanegashima Vassaling:
- When Tanegashima is vassaled, enemy Musketeers have a chance to misfire their weapons, damaging themselves instead of you
- Different battle dialogue plays when this occurs, with unique dialogue for Toshihisa/Iwami
- Yuzumi's battle dialogue now hints at the vassaling requirement for Tanegashima
- Vassaling is required for Visber's recruitment
- Added a new battle AI setting at game start:
- The Star rating and the AI setting are both displayed on the menu, default is 0-Star/Easy
- Easy
- +0 Points
- Only a little harder than base game, formations can be lax
- If any force conquers a province, all forces will stop attacking
- AI factions have +1 stat point in a specific stat for all generics of a specific class; differs by faction
- Hard
- +30 Points
- Fairly smart compared to base game, your formations will be vital for harder battles
- If any force conquers a province, that force will stop attacking
- (Kenshin Route) Xavier kills Emperor Race contestants faster
- (Kenshin Route) Xavier's first kill will be either Musou Suzuya or Gorou Kumano
- AI factions have +1 to all stats for all generics of a specific class; differs by faction
- Nightmare
- +60 Points
- The name says it all...
- Your losses do not restrict the AI from attacking
- Solo/Dungeon enemies have +3 Speed
- The AI is able to activate the effect of 'Pursuit Battle' if they have it
- (Kenshin Route) Xavier kills Emperor Race contestants faster
- (Kenshin Route) Xavier's first kill will be either Musou Suzuya or Gorou Kumano
- AI factions have +2 to all stats for all generics of a specific class, and +1 to all stats for generics of other classes; differs by faction
- All AI settings are (mostly) smarter than base game. The new AIs will, generally:
- Calculate counterattack damage better, resulting in less suicide attacks (Animals will always attack, no matter what)
- Calculate whether counterattack damage will be higher than damage dealt, accounting for equipped items (Peasants will always attack, as long as it won't kill them)
- Prioritize interrupting/focusing fire on units that are using preparation moves
- Focus attacks on your more fragile units such as Mikos, Tacticians, Diviners etc.
- Not attack with a solo Foot Soldier unless there's a good reason to
- Attack with a Foot Soldier if there's a fragile frontline target and it has another Foot Soldier to Guard with
- Be smarter with it's use of Defense Shikigami
- Prefer Guard Cancel over attacking with Monks
- Avoid using Witty Comeback if the player only has a slight advantage
- Skip turns less often with Monks/Tacticians
- Calculate the strength of HP troops using their HP instead of troop count
- Textbooks/affection items awarded after battle are no longer completely random. They are now based on a start-of-game variable, so save scumming will not change what you get in that run
- The award rates for Speed textbooks and higher affection items have been increased
- Maria's recruitment no longer requires Shigehiko's introduction
- Genri, Seigan, Souun, Ieyasu, and Masamune's start-of-turn recruitment events can now happen simultaneously with other start-of-turn events, making them appear sooner
- Start-of-turn recruitments now require 1 spare NP instead of 2
- Knights can now learn Enhanced Initial Guard
- Fleeing Warrior Hunt/Sticky Ground will display a VIP label on enemies that are uncapturable at the end of battle
- Animal class now has spear attacks
- Archer base troop scaling has been reduced
- All passive skills are learnable on all turns, there are no longer any skills that can only be learned on turns that are multiples of 3, 4, etc.
- Most skills can now be downgraded, e.g. changing Samurai Attack 2 to Samurai Attack, then upgrading it to Roundabout Charge
- Kenshin/Isoroku/Ran's equipped item will be unequipped when you enter their respective route
- (Archfiend Route) Xavier can only be harmed when Chaos/Nikkou are present
- (Archfiend Route) Miki can now be harmed when Chaos/Nikkou are present, but can't be killed
- (Archfiend Route) Kentarou can now be harmed/killed when Chaos/Nikkou are present, resulting in a unique Game Over event
- Senhime's battle requirement mechanics have been simplified
- In the base game, different types of battles had different effects/timers for her
- Now, she will leave after 3 turns of not being used for at least 1 of the following:
- Offensive battle
- Defensive battle
- Dungeon battle
- Solo/Boss battle
- Operation Permit battle
3X. New Events
- Holiday troops:
- On real-world holidays, all of your generic troops will appear to be a from a specific clan, to match the theme of the holiday
- Valentine's Day: Ashikaga
- Halloween: Dokuganryu
- Christmas/New Year: Shimazu (generic diviners only)
- Pluepet:
- Pluepet now has an event whenever he moves to a new province
- When he appears in Viper Oil Field, the Silver Eye Sect's events will start playing, including Alps' recruitment
- When he appears in Tamba, Visber will be recruited by Tanegashima
- Pluepet now has a chance to sell generic Zeth Mages to a random enemy clan that you are at war with
- During this event, the chosen clan will also recruit Eropicha if you have recruited Magic
- Hara Branching Storyline:
- If you capture 3 territories in Ise within 8 turns of starting your war with Hara:
- Mochitsuke escapes to Houjou to train and seek aid for Hara
- Some time after you conquer Hara, Mochitsuke will return, recapture Ise, and revive Hara
- After this, he will have All Guard Shikigami and his combat stats will change from 4/4/4/4 to 4/6/4/6
- He will also get his Negotiation buffed to 8 and Construction buffed to 4
- His niece Akane will also be part of his forces, preventing her panties/rape event (Houjou war declaration) from occurring for the rest of the game
- Akane is not recruitable, but appears in his events when you recruit him
- If you capture 3 territories in Ise when 9 or more turns have passed since starting your war with Hara:
- Mochitsuke commits seppuku like in base game
- If you have been at war with both Hara and Ashikaga for more than 8 turns:
- And both states are still standing,
- And Mochitsuke has not committed seppuku or escaped to Houjou,
- Shouji will punish Akihime and gives Mochitsuke control of Hara's finances/military
- Mochitsuke becomes Shouji's subcommander, granting him Diviner Target and Defense Shikigami
- Shouji and Mochitsuke will both commit seppuku when you conquer Hara
- Akihime will be recruited on conquer
- Akihime will also have her harem H-scenes like when you don't recruit her in base game
- If you conquer/vassal Ashikaga:
- And Hara is still standing,
- And Ikkyu was never captured/recruited,
- Ikkyu will go to Hara as a VIP
- Ikkyu and Akihime will force Mochitsuke to commit seppuku
- Ikkyu will be captured when you conquer Hara
- Hakkin Dasan now has 31 panda waves, with new event variations:
- There are different cutscenes between each set of 5 waves
- Beating every 5 waves will have new event variations and award items:
- 5: Unit Magnifier
- 10: Draft Paper
- 15: Hanny Zippo
- 20: Speed Textbook
- 25: Attack Textbook 2
- 30: Skill Textbook 2
- Beating all 31 waves will result in an alternate cutscene where you conquer Azai-Asakura (and H Yukihime) instantly
- Yukihime and Yoshikage are both captured and Yukihime's escape will not occur
- Hakkin's starting troop count is determined by how many waves you defeat
- [Starting Troop Count] = [Waves cleared]^2 * 44.4 (Rounded Down)
- The above formula won't apply if you beat 0 or 1 wave, to avoid a bug
- Shigehiko now has a power up event where he receives +1500 troops at the Musketeer Training Grounds. Only available if you recruited Maria
- Shigehiko now has a start-of-turn event that becomes available when you're at war with Takeda or Dokuganryu
- After this event plays, Musketeers will add 20 delay to any Cavalry unit they attack
- Suzume now has a power up event where she receives +500 troops at the Ninja Estate. Only available if you recruited Kanami
- If you recruit all 5 Ninja Rangers and have conquered Iga, they'll have an event that gives you 5 textbooks
- Added more warning events to help prevent a bad end in Isoroku Route
- Tutorials
- Added a tutorial event with 3G in Owari before chapter 2 begins; also hints at the time limit for healing Katsuie's injury
- Added a tutorial event with Kouhime that explains the new building mechanics
- Added a tutorial event to help understand Search events, Scouting, and Warzone Correspondent
- After Nogiku is introduced, a new start-of-turn event occurs to hint at the requirement for Hibachi/Kiku. There are 2 versions of this event, based on whether you have Kazemaru
- Defeating all waves of the Shimazu blitz will play an event that gives a Defense Textbook 2
4X. Changed Events
- Full Prison:
- The crowded prison message now uses Sprint's portrait
- There is now a warning message when you have over 20 prisoners (to hint at reduced capture rates)
- Kojika's Request:
- Kojika's event in Oda no longer requires you to have seen her Tenshi Sect event
- Botan Hunts:
- There are now 3 Botan Hunt events (Owari/Sado/Shinano), with different rewards available
- Starting on your fifth Botan Hunt event, doing the event in Owari/Shinano has a 50% chance for Biggy to appear
- Biggy is a botan miniboss that drops the botan stew recipe
- After getting the botan stew recipe, you unlock:
- Golden Botan battle (Sado)
- Golden Botan will only appear in Sado, after you've done at least 1 Botan Hunt there
- You must have recruited Kenshin, Katsuko, and Torako to trigger this fight
- This event rewards you with 5000 Gold
- Botan Farm (Sado)
- This building gives you the Botan utility commander
- Cow Rider
- The Botan Hunt event in Shinano has a 25% chance for Cow Rider galmon to appear
- Inukai's Duel:
- Inukai will now start with a variable number of nindoggies, depending on the turn count
- Turn 9 or lower: 0 dogs
- Turn 19 or lower: 1 dog
- Turn 29 or lower: 2 dogs
- Turn 30+: 3 dogs (like base game)
- If you have Kanami, she will join Rance in the duel
- Ieyasu Duel:
- Rance now visits the dungeons and finds Senhime before meeting Ieyasu
- After the H-scene, she joins you for the battle
- After the battle, she leaves like in the base game
- Ieyasu/Senhime's recruitments are still mutually exclusive
- Gigai's Challenge:
- Gigai's challenge has new interactions for
- Charm of the Immortal Fox Deity
- Rizna
- Ghost Motonari
- Shizuka
- (Hard/Nightmare) You can only select unexhausted units for this event
- The 3 assassin post-battle events have been changed
- During your first attempt at each battle, the assassins will have +15 levels
- If Suzume would be in the battle, she is removed
- Winning the battle gets you a Happy Pokkuru
- Losing restarts the battle automatically
- If you lost the first attempt, the assassins will have their base game levels after the battle restarts
- If Suzume would be in the battle, she is now present
- There is no reward for winning
- Gen Hiranuma, the enemy Archer from the prologue battle, now has Tactician Target and new dialogue to show new players how skills have changed in the mod
- Added a modified Houjou surrender scene for when you've met the requirements to recruit Masako
- The first Gourd event includes a hint about the randomized Gourd locations
- Xavier has conquer events for the new randomized Gourd factions
- Fuuka's recruitment event now hints at the fact that it would have become unavailable after a certain number of gourds break
- The 'Mino Triumvirate Rumors' event now has a hint about Dousan
- Events that are starred * now refund your action fan
- The Prison intro event is modified to hint at the negative effects from too many prisoners
- Ka Guya gives a hint that Naniwa's dungeon is the best place to get her materials
- Various events that have important effects have been given a purple 'important event' marker (Yoshikage, Natori, Stone Geezer, Ai, etc)
- Miki’s Events:
- Added Hirami Lemon hints to some of Miki's events
- You can now see Miki’s panties in the scene where Rance flips her skirt
- Masamune's event for the Murdering Stone item will now put it into your inventory instead of equipping it to him; Omachi's recruitment can occur without it being equipped to him
- Kanami's powerup event with Inukai is now repeatable every 25 turns
- Kurohime's +2 SAT event can only be used once per turn
- The Houjou girl rape event that puts you at war will no longer trigger after you've agreed to peace with them
- Shimazu Blitz:
- The Shimazu brothers can no longer leave the Monster Army before the blitz has occurred
- The Shimazu blitz now occurs as a proper end of turn event. It will not occur in the middle of the player's turn
5X. New Factions
- Amazon (Shimazu):
- Shimazu House Bonus version
- Replaces the Shimazu clan when you use the Shimazu House new game bonus
- Functionally identical, except Agireda is now a VIP until you defeat them
- Tweaked events to be centered around Agireda, the Otomos, and the Tachibanas
- Modified clan icons and start-of-turn banner
- You can invade Africa before entering a route, but will lose any gained territory once the Monster Army takes over
- The Shimazu blitz will not occur
- (Kenshin Route) Kazuhisa may be replaced by one of his brothers for the emperor race, depending on which brother is sent to rescue Kurohime
- Non-Bonus version
- If you conquer Battleship Nagato before entering a route, Agireda will lead an Amazon rebellion and take it back from you
- She is capturable, allowing you to recruit her early
- Getting her early gets you a new H-scene
- Otomo Sourin appears in the final battle, but is not capturable
- If you take Battleship Nagato from the Amazons, or enter a route, Shimazu will absorb all remaining commanders
- There are different events based on whether you captured Agireda or not
- If you captured her, the Shimazu blitz will only have 4 attacks
- If the Amazons still control Battleship Nagato when you enter a route, Shimazu will absorb it into their territory
- (Ran Route) If you captured Agireda in Battleship Nagato, and you kidnapped Kurohime to get the Shimazu brothers, Sourin Otomo will take control of the clan
- Oda Variants (Oda):
- They only appear in FFA
- Modified start-of-turn banners
- The Oda starting units have been split into 3 groups (Rance's Oda, Nobunaga's Oda, KR Oda)
- Rance's Oda:
- Rance
- Sill
- Kouhime
- Gracia
- Kaguya
- Ohatsu
- Nobunaga's Oda:
- Nobunaga
- Kichou
- 3G
- Edge
- Katsuie (Foot Soldier)
- Ranmaru
- Toshiie
- Mitsuhide
- Nagahide
- KR Oda: TBD
- KR Nobunaga
- KR Kouhime
- Katsuie (Cavalry)
- Gekkou
- Keiji
- Oni Horde (Takuga):
- Only appears in FFA
- Modified start-of-turn banner
- Includes Keikoku, Steve, Sekimei, and Minamoto
- Silver Eye Sect (Iga):
- Modified clan icons and start-of-turn banner
- Kakusui now appears in the tutorial battle with the Oda rebels, hinting at SES involvement
- SES events will start occurring after Pluepet's shop (randomly) appears in Viper Oil Field
- Pluepet's shop can appear in Viper Oil Field, from turn 10 onwards, after one of these conditions is met:
- You've gone to war with Iga
- You've conquered/vassaled Ise
- Once the SES events begin occurring, they will conquer Yamato after several turns pass
- The takeover can be delayed by the following events:
- Going to/being at war with Iga
- Conquering Iga
- Recruiting Inukai
- Inukai restoring Iga if you didn't recruit him
- Killing Danjou Kumo's double
- The '3Gs report on the cultists' event in Viper Oil Field
- The SES will not appear at all if you do Inukai's clear event where Suzume kills Danjou
- If you have Hayami recruited, a new variation of this event will play, and the SES will still appear
- If you don't conquer Iga before the takeover, or if you vassal Iga, the following will happen:
- The SES will replace Iga
- Inukai and Fukiya will die
- The Goninja won't appear/will die if they are still in Iga
- The following will occur after the takeover, regardless of whether Iga is still standing or not:
- Danjou won't randomly appear in battle with other clans, like he does in base game
- Hayami will no longer be recruitable
- Senhime will defect to the SES if you have her
- Senhime will automatically be deployed in battle if Rance is participating, even if you scouted and she wasn't there before
- If you also brought Suzume to the battle, Senhime will defect back to Oda
- If you have Kanami, Kakusui will steal her Decapitation Blade, making it an obtainable item for the player if Kakusui is recruited
- The turn after the takeover, the Ritual Hall will be built
- Several turns after the SES takeover, if Tenshiism is still standing, they will attack the SES and greatly weaken them
- During this event, Alps will die
- If Senhime defected to the SES, she will save Alps in this event, making Alps recruitable after SES is conquered or vassaled
- If Senhime saves Alps, the Ritual Hall will be destroyed during this event
- If you conquer the SES by battle:
- Danjou is killed
- Kakusui is captured, but her affection is capped at Hate
- If you have Inukai, an option becomes available to 'Sic the Dogs on Kumo'
- In this event, Inukai kills Danjou and the SES is conquered instantly
- Inukai dies in this event
- If you also have Gekkou, Inukai survives this event and is cleared instead
- Kakusui is captured, but her affection is capped at Hate
- If you vassal the SES:
- Danjou is given to Pluepet
- Kakusui is recruited at Normal and is clearable
- Hayami is cleared
- The Ritual Hall remains intact (unless Senhime saved Alps)
- Vassaling requirements:
- Get Hayami to Trust
- Select the 'Hayami Meets with her Dad' event in Yamato
- If the Tenshiist raid hasn't happened yet, wait for it to occur
- After seeing both events, the vassal option will become available
6X. New Classes
- Blue/Summoned Oni:
- Blue Oni can now be captured/recruited in FFA
- In story mode, 'Summoned Oni' (Blue Oni with Green sprites/portraits) can be captured/recruited from Houjou
- Damage multiplier buffed from 5 to 20 to match Monks
- Receives reduced damage from physical attacks
- TBD: Class will be reworked with new skills/stats in the future
- Green Oni: TBD
- Red Oni (FFA):
- Red Oni can now be captured/recruited in FFA
- Damage multiplier buffed from 5 to 20 to match Monks
- Receives reduced damage from physical attacks
- TBD: Class will be reworked with new skills/stats in the future
- Sniper:
- A fast ranged class that deals magic damage
- There are no generic Snipers
- Currently there are only 3 Snipers:
- Visber
- Shibagami
- Kaguya
- Spellblade:
- Generics can appear in Shimazu, Uesugi, and Mouri
- Spellblades deal hybrid damage that is half physical and half magical
- Rizna is now a Spellblade
7X. New Characters