Squad Stories & How They Work:
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Written by Rhomeo
A collection of the different Squad Stories, as well as a brief explanation on
how to unlock them.
-=How Do Squad Stories Appear?=-
Despite how it might initially seem, you do not need to use all the Squad members
involved in a story in order to unlock it. Both a friend and myself have confirmed
that using any of the characters in a story repeatedly will eventually trigger it
regardless of usage of the others. I haven’t confirmed if you need the others to
be in your active line-up yet, but I assume that isn’t necessary.
Unlocking a story seems to be similar to how it worked in Valkyria Chronicles 2,
in that you have to use a certain number of turns/complete a certain number of
arbitrary tasks with any of the characters involved with the Squad Story to unlock
it. The actual number of turns you have to take, units you have to kill, bases you
have to capture etc. are something I don’t know, but if anyone knows feel free to
hit me up.
Now, let’s move onto the actually important stuff. Not much to say beyond the
basics, but I’ll fill it out if more info becomes available. Ideally I would like
to also state the earliest you can set off these stories (as you obviously need all
members to trigger them) but that’s a secondary priority.
-=List of Squad Stories=-
A Chivalrous Heart – Earliest Available: Final Chapter
Christel, Minerva
A Mathematician’s Love (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Aoife, Hanna, Jascha
A Prayer for the Broken – Earliest Available: Chapter 3
Godwin, Nico, Rosetta
All the Single Ladies – Earliest Available: Chapter 6
Brittany, Millennia, Rita
Bad Luck, Good Luck (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter 5
Jimmy, Lily, Odin
Different/Identical (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Gertrude (Special), Vancey, Zaiga
Easy Platoon’s Problem Child (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Emmy, Simon (Special), Viola
Girl in the Iron Mask – Earliest Available: Chapter 4
Ferrier, Jean, Stanley
Honor, Pride and Regret – Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Fleuret, Mabel (Special), Rebecca
Like Old Times – Earliest Available: Chapter 3
Curtis, Eileen (Special), Laurent
Strive for Freedom (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Azusa, Norid, Scott
Reluctant Solitude – Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Louffe, Stahlschrott
The Debtor’s Calamity (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter 3
Connor, Jester, Teresa
The Navy’s Spirit (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter ?
Andre, Brian, Sergio
The Price of Skill – Earliest Available: Chapter 8
Aladdin, Leonhardt, Neige
The Pride of Fox Platoon (Translated poorly; likely called something else) –
Earliest Available: Chapter 8
Keigel, Ronald, Ryan
Treading New Ground – Earliest Available: Chapter 4
Aulard, Dan
-=Special Recruits=-
As special recruits squad stories come up, I’ll fill out how to unlock them here.
Eileen (Engineer): Allow Curtis to go into a Critical state during a mission and
then rescue him.
Gertrude (Lancer): Have 1,000,000 dct in your wallet in total, not cumulatively.
Mabel (Sniper): Complete 3 Squad Stories.
Simon (Shocktrooper): Get 250 kills in combat overall.
Tags: Valkyria Chronicles 4, PC, Xbox One, PS4, Swit
Written by Rhomeo
Where do I find my savegames?:
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X:UsersUSERNAMEDocumentsSEGAVC4
(You need to replace USERNAME by your actual user name in Windows)
The Post-Game Cenotaph Feature:
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Written by DangoStep
This guide will inform you about the Cenotaph feature unlocked post-game,
as well as some secrets regarding it!
So What is the Cenotaph Feature?
The Cenotaph feature is an option you can enter in Headquarters after you finish
the game. Here, you can spend DCT to bring back allies from the dead. So in a sense,
the permadeath system in this game is not a true-permadeath.
Honestly I haven’t reached a 'cap’ for how much DCT it costs to bring an ally back
to life. All I know is that the more an ally dies, the more you must spend. Let’s take
of our squaddies and not find out how much that cap is, yes?
Or if you have a character you hate and use them to charge to the frontlines only for
them to die 'permanently’ well at least if you change your mind, you can bring ’em back.
A noteable character you can bring back is Minerva’s second-in-command, Christel and
even Raz!
Other than the increased DCT cost, there is no penalty for bringing squaddies back
from the dead.
Wait. I Can Bring Back Raz and the Person that Accompanied Him?!
Yes you can. Initially however, you can only bring back the person that accompanied him.
You must fulfill a requirement before you can bring back Raz.
First, you must clear three hard skirmishes. If you tried unlocking Stahlschrott, which
is by finishing one of the Hard Skirmishes, then you just need to do two more, which are
on the same page as the skirmish required to unlock Stahlchrott.
Once you beat three hard skirmishes, you should get a prompt that says you unlocked an
episode. This episode is „Smells Like Dad” found in Chapter 13. Simply watch the episode
and you’ll also get a prompt that Raz’s name is on the Cenotaph, which means you can
spend DCT to bring him back.
Don’t worry. He’s back with you for good, and so are the other characters you
bring back.
Orders:
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Written by Hop2it
-=Scout=-
Lv.02 Evade Boost
Lv.10 All Evade Boost
Lv.16 Concentrate Fire
-=Shocktrooper=-
Lv.04 Attack Boost
Lv.12 All Attack Boost
Lv.17 Neutralize
-=Lancer=-
Lv.06 Demolition Boost
Lv.11 All Demolition Boost
Lv.19 Blast Resistance
-=Engineer=-
Lv.03 Healing Request
Lv.08 Emergency Repair
Lv.15 All Units Resupple
-=Sniper=-
Lv.05 Aim Boost
Lv.14 All Aim Boost
Lv.18 Penetration
-=Grenadiar=-
Lv.07 Explosive Boost
Lv.12 All Units Defend
Lv.17 Blast Boost
-=Mess Hall=-
5,000 Medic Request
4,500 First Aid
6,000 Fortify Armor
10,000 Healing Boost
12,000 Antidote
15,000 Rapid Deployment
18,000 Inspiration
20,000 Fortify Treads
21,000 Resupply
23,000 Fortify All Armor
25,000 Attack Weak Spot
-=Ship Orders=-
Radar
Bombardment
Rescue Squad
Emergency Fix
Start With
Defense Boost
Minerva’s
Direct Command
-=Empire=-
* Charging Through the Flames
* Mortar Support
* Partnered Blitz
* Recall
* Demolition Boost
* Target Weak Spot
* All Units Defend
* All Units Attack
Reviving dead characters:
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Successfully complete the main campaign to unlock the „Cenotaph” option in the HQ.
This allows you to use DCT to revive lost characters. Characters only need to be
revived if they have been hit with permadeath, which only occurs if a character is
put into a critical state and not rescued. The Cenotaph can revive permadeath
characters multiple times, but the DCT price increases for each death. There does
not appear to be any limit on the amount of times a character can be killed and
revived. Even plot-important characters can be revived, including Christel and Raz.
However, reviving Raz has a special requirement. To revive Raz, complete the
„Beneath The Frost” Hard skirmish to unlock the „Smells Like Dad” episode.
Watch that episode in Chapter 13 to unlock the ability to revive Raz and his
companion.
