Dynasty Warriors: Origins - How To Unlock All Officer Companions Including Lu Bu

Although you face tens of thousands of enemies throughout your travels in Dynasty Warriors: Origins, you're still bound to make a few friends. Some, in particular, might join your side as valuable allies. Here's our guide on how to unlock all companions in Dynasty Warriors: Origins.

All officer companions in Dynasty Warriors: Origins

There are 10 officer companions in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Prior to the start of certain missions, you'll be able to select one of them to accompany you. However, in most cases, this may depend on the faction/force that you're with at that given time.

This is possible, but only after completing a campaign. There are also some caveats:

• After finishing the campaign, you can load your clear save file and check the Inn. If you look at the Story tab, you will see that there are chapter replay points and battle replays.
• Chapter replay points let you restart from a specific portion of the campaign. The battles you tackle at this stage are still related to progression, so you can only pick a few officers depending on the faction that you're with.
• Battle replays allow you to pick engagements that you've already completed beforehand. These are one-offs (not related to progression). As such, you can choose any companion that you've unlocked. For instance, you can have Zhao Yun help you as part of Sun Ce's forces in a fight against Liu Yao and Yan Baihu.

The Dynasty Warriors: Origins companions offer several benefits in combat:

• Battle arts chains - If a companion is right next to you and you activate a battle art, they may also perform one of their own, causing extra damage.
• Extreme musou - If an officer's musou gauge is full, you can activate your own musou while the two of you are linked. This triggers an even more devastating ultimate ability.
• Officer switch and musou rage - When an officer's gauge is 100% filled, you can gain control of them temporarily. You'll be able to use their weapon skills, musous, and musou rage.
• Additional survivability - In some instances, an officer needs to survive a battle. If you select them as your companion, then they'll follow you around wherever you go, lowering the risk that they'd get surrounded by foes.

These Dynasty Warriors: Origins companions are part of Liu Bei's force:

• Guan Yu
  • Weapon: Green Dragon (Crescent Blade)
  • Skills: Azure Dragon Bellow, Divine Energy Domain, Relentless Whirl Slash (sp), and Rising Cloud Crusher.
• Zhang Fei
  • Weapon: Serpent of Yan (Lance)
  • Skills: Battle Cry Blast, Inner Fire Fury, Crouching Tiger Strike (sp), and Crushing Earth Gambit.
• Zhao Yun
  • Weapon: Dragon Heart (Spear)
  • Skills: Earth Shatter, Flying Dragon Rend, Aerial Assault (sp), and Dragon Flash.

These Dynasty Warriors: Origins companions can join you while doing missions for Cao Cao:

• Xiahou Dun
  
  • Weapon: Qilin Blade (Podao)
  • Skills: Immortal Blade, Sharp Fang Flurry, Sea of Flames (sp), and Burgeoning Devastation.
• Guo Jia
  
  • Weapon: Sword of the Savant (Sword)
  • Skills: Tornado Dance, Flying Dragon Slash, Absconding Slash (sp), and Divine Eagle Dance.
• Zhang Liao
  
  • Weapon: Twin Raptor Pikes (Twin Pikes)
  • Skills: Spinning Gale, Battle Roar, Wings of the Phoenix (sp), and Furious Dual Rush.

If you buddy-up with the Sun family often, then these officers can join you in bouts:

• Zhou Yu
  
  • Weapon: Flaming Lotus Staff
  • Skills: Furious Tiger Dance, Double Wave Slam, Chaotic Flurry (sp), and Vaulting Leap.
• Sun Shangxiang
  
  • Weapon: Heaven and Earth (Wheels)
  • Skills: Flying Ring Rend, Triple Tempest, Tornado Slam (sp), and Twin Tiger Blast.
• Huang Gai
  
  • Weapon: Raging Tiger Claws (Gauntlets)
  • Skills: Raging Tiger Rampage, Hurricane Kick, Ardent Energy Strike (sp), and Heaven and Earth's Wrath.

Last but not least, yes, it's certainly possible to have Lu Bu as a companion in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. All you need to do is complete the campaign. Since you mostly fight against Lu Bu in the story, you can select him as a companion in one-off battle replays.

• Weapon: Peerless Halberd
• Skills: Valiant Steed Blitz, Hellraiser, Boundless Launch (sp), and Divine Wrath.

That does it for our guide on how to unlock all companions in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. You can learn more about the aforementioned redoubtable general in our Lu Bu guide.