How to Instantly Unlock Dong Zhou -- Total War Three Kingdoms
127Save file to unlock Dong Zhou: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AICwDfrW5YeeNT_T6xn9YSblL7zjjyrs/view?usp=sharing
This is a save file where you can unlock Dong Zhuo with ease, I rushed to Dong as Zheng Jiang, he will be right next to you on start, you can just delegate and you will automatically unlock Dong Zhuo in the campaign. (For me you didn't even have to battle Dong Zhou, simply copying the save file unlocked him)
Simple copy the save file in the link above to this directory:
Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Threekingdom\save_games
If you want to unlock Dong Zhou without cheating take a look here:
Disclaimer: I do not guarantee the campaign and battles will go exactly the same as my tutorial, however, the game should not differ too much. Either or, this is what worked for me and I have re-done this multiple times to find the most viable quick and easy way to unlock Dong Zhuo.
Faction: Ma Teng
Difficulty: Easy (Both campaign and battle)
Mode: Records
*IMPORTANT*
(Always keep your army outside of the town after you capture it to avoid being besieged. This gives you an advantage due to the mechanics of the game)
First Turn: Kill Yellow Turban Army, Capture town of Wudu, add accessories and followers to your generals and nobles, build an inn, upgrade horse pastures, create trade agreement with Han Sui, declare war on Dong Zhuo. DON'T FORGET TO MOVE YOUR ARMY OUT OF THE TOWN!!! (Do not worry about Gong Du, he should not attack you this entire game.)
Second Turn: Move army toward the border of your Wudu silk trader and Dong Zhuo's large town named Anding.
Third Turn: Continue moving army towards the border, Inn should have been built, accomplishing the mission given to you. Recruit Hua Lanli to accomplish the army recruitment mission (this allows for quick army replenishment when recruiting units next turn.) Upgrade silk trader.
Fourth Turn: Go to your reforms page, unlock regional commissioners for 8% recruitment reduction, stable should now be upgraded so recruitment of horses is not cheaper when also combined with regional commissioners, under Ma Teng recruit 4 raider cavalry, under Hua Lanli recruit 2 archer militia, under Pand De recruit 2 spear guards. Upgrade horse pastures to tribal horse camps.
Fifth Turn: Under Hua Lanli recruit 1 Jian Swoard Guards unit. (you will be making negative amount of gold, this is okay because you want to focus on replenishing your army as much as possible.) ***SAVE GAME AND RENAME SAVE FILE
Sixth Turn: Under Hua Lanli recruit 1 unit of Sabre Militia. Force March army towards the large town of Anding.
Seventh Turn: Make peace (if possible) with all at war factions excluding Dong (This will help prevent invasion of your land). Attack the large town, if not enough action points, attack next turn.
Eighth Turn: Capture the town and move your army outside of it. (Lu Bu will most likely attack and as stated before, you do not want to get besieged you will lose the battle due to the game mechanics, you have a slight chance of losing each time you fight LuBu and Guo Si so you will have to fight the battle manually.) During battle, use your cavalry to attack Lu Bu's cavalry units head on, giving enough time to kill the rest of Lu Bu's army. Try to focus fire your archers at Lu Bu's other commanders, then use your archers to flank the enemy after they run out of arrows. Lu Bu must be defeated in order to win the battle. Make sure to focus heavily on killing all commanders so they do not re-spawn. (This will force Dong Zhou to eventually spawn in place of those commanders in a weakened army but after defeating Lu Bu and Guo Si) Choose replenish option after the battle.
***If Lu Bu does not attack your or you do not see Lu Bu’s army at turn 8, reload the game from the save you made at turn 5, recruit army units to the max, and rush the town of Anding. Make sure to keep your army outside of the town and follow the previous steps as mentioned.
Ninth Turn: Guo Si should be seen visible in the area, either remain in the area encamped or attack. This battle will be easier, however, the more attrition your army has had the harder it will be. (duh) Make sure to focus on killing all but 1 commander. This will allow the army to retreat. Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu should now spawn in the army that retreated.
Tenth Turn: Kill Dong Zhuo's army. Should be fairly easy. First kill Dong Zhuo then Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo should pop up after the battle as one of the captured commanders, click the execute option and the death of Dong Zhuo event will take place.
Dong Zhuo will now be unlocked under the faction tab of "Tyrant"
Or, if you have a friend who already unlocked Dong Zhuo, simply have your friend lose to you in a campaign battle as Dong Zhuo.
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