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Revision as of 15:00, 27 January 2022

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires cover
Developers
Omega Force
Publishers
Koei Tecmo
Release dates
Windows December 23, 2021
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Hack and slash, Strategy, Open world
Themes China
Series Dynasty Warriors, Warriors
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires on IGDB
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires guide on StrategyWiki
Subseries of Warriors
Dynasty Warriors 4: Hyper 2005
Shin Sangokumusou 4 Special 2006
Dynasty Warriors Online Z 2006
Dynasty Warriors 6 2008
Shin Sangokumusou 6 with Moushouden 2012
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends 2014
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires 2015
Dynasty Warriors 9 2018
Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends Definitive Edition 2018
Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires 2021

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires is a singleplayer third-person hack and slash, strategy and open world game in the Dynasty Warriors and Warriors series.

It was first released in East Asia[1] with the available languages of Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean on December 23, 2021, and launched in 2 different edition for purchase: The normal edition and the Deluxe Edition. Deluxe Edition consists of all pre-order DLCs except one pre-order DLC in which it is only available for free within 14 days starting from Asian and Western launch date, and Season Pass DLCs.

A patch was released on January 14, 2022 to fix a bug in which the game supposed to give out a bonus gem if you have save game of Warriors Orochi 4, Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, Dynasty Warriors 9 or Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires.

English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages are scheduled to be updated on February 15, 2022 in conjunction of console release in Western hemisphere.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Game is supported with Season Pass which contains certain released DLCs in one package, pre-order DLCs and individual DLCs

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass DLC including 14 set of edit parts, 5 set of hideout customization DLCs and 4 additional types of soldiers, part of Deluxe Edition
Windows
Scenario/Gems/Ancient Officers Set Pre-order DLC, part of Deluxe Edition
Windows
Male Custom Zhao Yun Set Available for free if pre-ordered or purchased Deluxe Edition within 14 days starting from East Asian launch date (December 23, 2021) and Western launch date (February 15, 2022)
Windows
Guard Gem Pre-order DLC, part of Deluxe Edition
Windows
Far Eastern Palace Hideout customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Panda Palace Hideout customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
School Gymnasium Hideout customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Unisex Custom Azure Dragon Armor Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Unisex Custom White Tiger Armor Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Unisex Custom Vermilion Bird Armor Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Unisex Custom Black Tortoise Armor Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Male Custom Ogre God Set & Female Custom Fu Hao Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Male Custom Regal Set & Female Custom Empress Dowager Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows
Unisex Custom Cunning Concealment Set Character customization DLC, part of Season Pass DLC
Windows

Game data

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In-game general options menu
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In-game general UI options menu

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KoeiTecmo\Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires for Steam \*
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires\SYSTEMDATA\sinpmap.dat
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341200/pfx/[Note 1]
General settings are stored in registry while keyboard input setting is stored in %USERPROFILE%\Documents

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires\*.*
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1341200/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

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In-game graphics options menu

Input

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In-game input for action options menu

Audio

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In-game audio options menu

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
BGM, SE and Voice
Surround sound
5.1 option via external settings
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
English, French, German, Italian and Spanish will be available starting from February 15, 2022.

Manually change game's language

Registry edit to change game language
  1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KoeiTecmo\Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires for Steam \Graphic Setting.
  2. Find the language key and double click it.
  3. Change the value to the following corresponding list below:
    • 0 for Japanese
    • 1 for English
    • 2 for French
    • 3 for German
    • 4 for Traditional Chinese
    • 5 for Simplified Chinese
    • 6 for Korean
    • 7 for Italian
    • 8 for Spanish

Note: Game is not able to run if you changed to English, French, German, Italian or Spanish before the February 15, 2022 update

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 4460
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon R7 370
2 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) 16 bit stereo, 48KHz WAVE compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1341200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1341200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Known as Shin Sangokumusou 8 Empires (Japanese: 真・三國無双8 Empires)