Total War: Three Kingdoms is a turn-based strategy real-time game developed by Creative Assembly. The game was released in 2019 and is the 12th mainline entry in the franchise. It received positive reviews from fans and critics praising its storytelling and characters.
Before its release, it was the most pre-ordered and fastest-selling title in the series and the most-played strategy game on Steam. The game was nominated for and won multiple industry awards, including Best Strategy Game.
Total War: Three Kingdoms Premise
The game follows the growing collapse of the Han dynasty in 190 AD. A young emperor is being manipulated by Dong Zhuo, a ruthless warlord who turns the country into chaos. To combat this, multiple warlords act against Dong Zhuo, each having alliances, ambitions, and motives. Whoever wins the war will be the one to lead China into the new generation as their dynasty takes over.
Total War: Three Kingdoms Main Characters
The base game has twelve characters and factions to choose from. Unlike past titles, characters don’t have specific roles and are unique entities with their own backgrounds and traits. There are additional characters to choose from with DLC, each adding a new, unique way to play the game.
- Cao Cao
- Dong Zhuo
- Gongsun Zan
- Kong Rong
- Liu Bei
- Liu Biao
- Ma Teng
- Sun Jian
- Yuan Shao
- Yuan Shu
- Zheng Jiang
- Zhang Yan
Total War: Three Kingdoms Video Games in the Series
Total War is one of the most famous real-time strategy game series. Since its inception in the early ’00s, the franchise has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling series of all time. The games in the franchise are as follows:
- Shogun: Total War (2000)
- Medieval: Total War (2002)
- Rome: Total War (2004)
- Medieval II: Total War (2006)
- Empire: Total War (2009)
- Napoleon: Total War (2010)
- Total War: Shogun 2 (2011)
- Total War: Rome II (2013)
- Total War: Attila (2015)
- Total War: Warhammer (2016)
- Total War: Warhammer II (2017)
- Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia (2018)
- Total War: Three Kingdoms (2019)
- Total War Saga: Troy (2020)
- Total War: Warhammer III (2022)
- Total War: Pharaoh (2023)
Total War: Three Kingdoms Cheat Codes
Unfortunately for players, Total War: Three Kingdoms does not feature any cheat codes. Any alterations to the game would be through mods, glitches, or exploits. Considering the game features multiplayer for players to journey through the campaign together, cheats would be an unfair advantage. It would also take away from the strategy aspect of the game.
Total War: Three Kingdoms Cheat Code FAQ
Are there cheat codes in Total War: Three Kingdoms?
There are no cheat codes in Total War: Three Kingdoms for players to use, but there are many mods for the game created by the community.
What are the achievements in Total War: Three Kingdoms?
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| The Empire, Long Divided, Must Unite | Playing as any faction, declare yourself Emperor of the Three Kingdoms. |
| The Mandate of Heaven | Playing as any faction, become emperor and win the game. |
| Huangdi | Playing as any faction, declare yourself emperor. |
| Han Shot First | Playing as any faction, someone else declares themselves emperor before you. |
| Humble Beginnings | Playing as one of the governor factions, become emperor. |
| Burning Down the House | Playing as Dong Zhuo, raze an emperor seat. |
| First Steps | Playing as any faction, capture a region. |
| To Dust | Playing as any faction, destroy any other faction. |
| Simply the Best | Playing as any faction, progress a character to the maximum rank. |
| Branching Out | Playing as any faction, unlock an entire single element of the reforms tree. |
| Satisfaction Guaranteed | Playing as any faction, win 66 duels. |
| Fair-weather Friend | Playing as any faction, turn a friend into a rival. |
| Settlers of the Han | Playing as any faction, capture 29 settlements. |
| GG No Re! | Playing as any faction, win a ranked match in multiplayer mode. |
| Jade Empire | Playing as any faction, control all jade resources on the map. |
| First Taste | Playing as any faction, control a single spice resource. |
| They Who Control The Spice… | Playing as any faction, control two spice resources. |
| …Controls the Universe! | Playing as any faction, control all 3 spice resources on the map. |
| Forbidden City | Playing as any faction, construct a faction palace. |
| One Arrow, Two Hawks | Playing as any faction, win a multiplayer co-op campaign. |
| An Ambush That’s Sure | Playing as any faction, successfully ambush and defeat any opponent. |
| Point Break | Playing as any faction, trigger a civil war in another faction. |
| Blood-drenched & Fancy Free | Playing as any faction, win 100 battles launched from the campaign map. |
| Now the Stuff of Dreams | Playing as any faction, complete a campaign on legendary difficulty. |
| A Land of Milk & Honey | Playing as any faction, make 8,888 income in a single turn. |
| Firestarter | Playing as Dong Zhuo, raze 11 settlements. |
| Though the Tortoise Lives Long | Playing as Cao Cao, trigger a proxy war. |
| One Hundred Thousand Troops | Playing as Yuan Shao, form 6 alliances. |
| Demolition Man | Playing as any faction, breach a wall during a battle. |
| If You Can’t Surrender, Die | Playing as any faction, kill 92,413 enemies. |
| If You Can’t Die, Surrender | Playing as any faction, capture 9413 enemies. |
| Friend of Winter | Playing as any faction, unlock every reform in a single playthough. |
| Live & Let Spy | Playing as any faction, make your spy become faction leader. |
| No Small Deed Left Undone | Playing as Liu Bei, make 6 allies. |
| White Horse General | Playing as Gongsun Zan, win 11 battles with White Horse Fellows. |
| Bandits of the Marsh | Playing as Zheng Jiang, construct a bandit lair. |
| Oath of the Peach Garden | Fight a battle with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei fighting on the same side. |
| Diaochan’s Revenge | With Lü Bu in your party, defeat Dong Zhuo in battle. |
| Party of Five | Have all 5 Tiger Generals in your faction. |
| Neighsayer | Playing as any faction, control all northern horse resources on the map. |
| Son of the Tortoise | Playing as the child of Cao Cao, proclaim yourself emperor. |
| Guangdong Coalition | Playing as any faction, defeat Dong Zhuo. |
| Take No Prisoners | Playing as any faction, execute 24 captives. |
| This is Total War! | Win a campaign having declared war on every faction as soon as you encountered them. |
| Frenemies | Playing as any faction, win 222 battles in multiplayer mode. |
| When the Sun Rises in the West | Playing as any faction, win every battle (including auto-resolve battles). |
| BFFs | Playing as any faction, form an alliance. |
| Good Luck, Have Fun! | Playing as any faction, win a multiplayer match. |
| Ill Omen | Playing as any faction, have a spy successfully complete an assassination. |
| Way of the Tao | Playing as any faction, win a single battle with 1 of each unit type. |
| Eye of the Beholder | Playing as any faction, attack Xiahou Dun with archers. |
| A Sharp Point Sticks Out | Playing as any faction, obtain the maximum level in any one character attribute. |
| Special Delivery | Playing as any faction, kill a Hero with a special ability. |
| Here Comes the Sun (Jian) | Playing as any faction, maintain 8 trade routes. |
| A Battle A Day Keeps The Doctor Away | Playing as any faction, win 7 battles with a Healer-type Hero leading your army. |
| History Repeats Itself | Playing as Dong Zhuo Raze Luoyang. |
| White Tiger Burning Bright | As Yan Baihu, achieve the highest level of the White Tiger Confederation pooled resource. |
| Many Faces, Many Names | Give out five titles to five different characters. |
| Honour Among Thieves | Use “”Share the spoils”” when the army loot has reached max loot. |
| Bandit Emperor | Win the game with a bandit faction. |
| That Still Only Counts as One | Win a battle against a foe with at least 1 elephant unit or a general with an elephant mount. |
| Lords of the South | When playing as Shi Xie, have 4 vassals that are also members of your family at the start of a turn. |
Yellow Turban Rebellion
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Double Happiness | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct at least 8 Prosperous Farming Estates. |
| Store Some Ice | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct a Concealed Fort. |
| There Will Be Fish Every Year | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct a Grand Fishing Port. |
| Dù Zǐténg Will See You Now | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct a House of Compassion. |
| River Crab Pond | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct a Garden of Divine Peace. |
| Don’t Cheat At The Games | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct at least 7 Communal Squares. |
| The Knights Who Say Qî | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, recruit at least 7 Youxia units. |
| Vase On A Table | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, construct a Yellow Turban Headquarters. |
| Lord of Heaven | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, unlock all Heaven reforms. |
| Lord of the People | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, unlock all People reforms. |
| Lord of the Land | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, unlock all Land reforms. |
| Mandate Regained | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, become the Yellow Sky Emperor. |
| The Yellow Sky Has Come | Playing as a Yellow Turban faction, complete a campaign. |
Eight Princes
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Fit For a Prince | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, win the game by any means. |
| Prince of War | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, research all military reforms. |
| Spies On Me | Playing as any Eight Princes, research all espionage reforms. |
| Civil Service | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, research all civic reforms. |
| Horse Armour | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, recruit 10 Cataphract units to your armies. |
| Upon Closer Inspection | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, construct the Grand Inspector’s Palace. |
| Sunny Side Up | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, capture the settlement of Luoyang. |
| Align of Duty | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, obtain more than 225 in any alignment. |
| Usurp Expectations | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, become the emperor and then win the game. |
| The World’s Protector | Playing as any Eight Princes faction, become regent, then win the game. |
The Furious Wild
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| I’m the Man | During a Nanman campaign, have all Nanman fealties under your control |
| Tiger King | Win a battle where an entire retinue was made up of tiger units |
| The Purist | During a Nanman campaign, complete a tech tree where all major reforms are to one side |
| The Barbarian Emperor | Playing as a Nanman, become the emperor of the Han, or establish the Nanman kingdom |
Mandate of Heaven
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| Restore the Empire | Playing as the Han Dynasty win the campaign. |
| Yellow Sky | Play as a Jiazi Rebellion faction and win the campaign. |
| The Librarian | Playing as Lu Zhi, collect all books. |
| Trophy Hunter | Playing as Prince Liu Chong, collect all trophies. |
A World Betrayed
| Achievements | Requirements |
|---|---|
| First Blood | As Lü Bu kill a character from your kill list |
| Among Men, Lü Bu | As Lü Bu Kill 25 characters from your kill list |
| Multi-Kill | As Lü Bu attack and win three battles in one turn |
| Like My Father Before Me | Reach greatness like your father and achieve five of Sun Ce ambitions before the end of year 200 |
| You Killed My Father, Prepare To Die! | As Sun Ce kill Huang Zu (In duel or battle) |
| Fear the Tiger more than the government | As Yan Baihu destroy Sun Ce faction |