Player equipping Ancillary items in Total War: Three Kingdoms
Ancillaries or Ancillary items can be gained by the player over the course of a campaign in the Total War: Three Kingdoms. Similar to Ancillary system in previous games, Ancillaries can be attached or equipped by characters. When equipped to characters, they provide various bonuses and enable abilities.
Each character can have one ancillary of the five different types available. All characters come with at least a weapon, an armour and a steed with them.
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Quality[edit | edit source]
Items are categorised according to how likely they are to appear.
- Common
- Refined
- Exceptional
- Unique
Obtaining Ancillaries [edit | edit source]
There's a few ways to get ancillaries; player accrue them over time. Players can take them from defeated characters and can find them in random events. Certain provincial buildings create them as well[1] such as the Weapon Craftsmen, Armour Craftsmen and Forge building chain.
Types of Ancillary[edit | edit source]
Weapons[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Weapon Ancillaries (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Some characters of legendary repute can wield a greater variety of weapons than their contemporaries.
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Bladed weapons Type Wielder Axe Champion
Sentinel
ScholarDual Axes Champion
ScholarGreat Axe
(two-handed axe)Champion
VanguardJian
(double-edged sword)Sentinel
Commander
ScholarDual Jian Sentinel
Commander
ScholarSabre
(single-edged sword)Sentinel
Commander
Strategist
Scholar -
Polearms Type Wielder Spear Champion
Vanguard
Sentinel
HealerGlaive Champion
Vanguard
VeteranJi
(halberd)Champion
VanguardDual Short Ji Champion
Vanguard -
Blunt weapons Type Wielder Dual Chuí
(dual-wielded clubs)Scholar Two-handed Mace Veteran Gun
(quarterstaff)Healer
Armour[edit | edit source]
Mounts[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Mount Ancillaries (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
There are many different steeds or mounts of varying speed and strengh depending on their quality and rarity.
Followers[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Follower Ancillaries (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Followers can be attached to accompany characters. Each of them have a distinct skill, profession or background which provide benefits to the character according to the follwers' expertise.
Accessories[edit | edit source]
- Main article: Accessory Ancillaries (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Accessories include various books, scrolls, statuettes, tools, ceremonial and ranged weapons that characters carry on their person that provide various bonuses and abilities. Bows and crossbows can be used as secondary ranged weapons during battles.
References[edit | edit source]
| Total War THREE KINGDOMS gameplay mechanics | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Ancillary・Attributes・Background・Guanxi・Prestige (Faction Rank)・Legendary・Personality・Resilience・Satisfaction (Title Rank)・Skill・Specialisation・Traits・Unique・Wu Xing |
| Campaign | Assignment・Buildings・Court (Administrator・Council・Family Tree)・Diplomacy (Coalition・Vassal)・Event (Initial Dilemma)・Factions (Leader・Heir・Prime Minister)・Mission (Challenge)・Records・Reforms・Resources・Seasons・Treasury・Undercover Network |
| Battle | Ability (Unit Ability)・Army・Dueling・Formation・Fortification・Morale・Terrain・Siege (Siege Escalation)・Unit (Hero Unit・Retinue)・Weather |
| Miscellaneous | Advisor・DLCs・Locations (Commandery・County・Settlement)・Timeline |
