Armored Core 6 | 8 AWESOME Secrets! 

Another thing to note when "sparing" Swinburne, when I first chose to do so I changed my mind just as he had turned his back to me and was about to fly away. I shot him in the back and it instantly killed him (he had about 50-75% health left) and Ayre even made a comment about it, asking me if I had learned to do that from Walter. Secret interactions within secret interactions!

Small spoiler for a single minor mission: Another awesome secret: In several mission you will fail due to scripted events or end up facing unexpected foes such as Balteus. Walter always pays you for these situations. For example in Defend The Strider you actually dont get the 500,000 for the job since the Liberation Front take it back in penalties, but youll see that you got a 500,000 bonus instead. Pressing details will reveal the bonus is "Compensation from Walter". Walter is a good dude.

5:30 Walter is the child in the drawing. His father set the fire off. When Walter talks about the scientist that abandoned his family and created the first augmented humans he's talking about his dad

The Nightfall visor also comes down when you assault boost or assault armor and stays for a couple seconds after, letting you turn the camera to see it.

7:52 the money Swinburne pays you is equal to the mission reward (the penalty is taking back the money for the mission since you didnt complete it) plus an additional 70,000 credits. So as he said, you did in fact still make out in the end by sparing him. Assuming you didnt pay out 70k+ in expenses fighting Rokumonsen.

The coral screaming is facts, if you put on the assault armor module, and you’re using a coral generator, you can clearly hear screaming! I’ve been using this combo since I got them, I noticed it instantly!

The coral weapon bit definitely seems intentional but I think the implication really depends on who uses them. Ayre's mechs use them and in that particular ending the OST is appropriately named "Cries of Coral" during the fight so it's as if she's leading them to fight for their right to exist. So depending on the endings you choose 621 is either burning them with every trigger pull as another resource or the coral is willingly aiding you as you fight for its liberation or symbiosis. Very cool potential lore bit

Nightfalls's visor is normally on the back of the "neck" of the head unit. However, when targeting an enemy, you can watch as the visor fold up over the head and deploys as a shield over the face.

I'm pretty certain that the child in the STV AI sketch is Walter, and it would somewhat explain his hatred for Coral, as it's research essentially killed his mother and drove his father mad

Another thing that could also reveal walter and carla's affiliation is your starting AC and weapon's manufacturer - it's RaD. When I saw that logo on my own starter AC's details in chapter 2 i was mindblown - the lore is definitely written into the game!

Me reading these comments and being an old raven since 1998 it just makes me so happy to see new people enjoying the series.

about the screams of the coral weapons, the firekeeper sounds absolutely shocked when we fight the coral powered spider

There is a wreck in the mission to eliminate Honest Brute that gives you a lore entry where it is stated that Carla is not old enough to have witnessed the Fires of Ibis. It's located high up on a balcony on one of the giant pillars in the early part of the mission. if you stay high up right from the get-go, you will find it.

Head canon: if your friends with Ayre when you use Coral weapons, they scream to instead terrify your opponent rather than scream in pain because they willingly help you rather then be fully manipulated.

In one of the earlier nagais logs I believe subject 2 is Carla and subject 1 might be walter, going of memory but i think subject 1 is losing his parents and is becoming emotionally withdrawn and subject 2 is trying to cheer 1 up and is said to be very adept at creating toys. Carla making most things for RaD. There's also some MTs that think Carla is lying since they say "she's too young to try and pass that stolen Valor "

10:54 A few other things about Nosaak: He is the person the debt collector from the note was looking for (this is really obvious when you fight him) and defeating him makes getting the S rank on this mission much much easier (it may even be required)

3:54 Top left (1) is RLF, the old man sat down is Father Domalyan, you can see Little Ziyi and her brother. The rest are likely the other named characters but unsure who is who. (2) is RaD, you can see Carla again sitting down, other two is likely her adjuntant and the traitor guy you hunt down. (3) are the Red Guns. (4) are the Vespers, you know who the snide one is. (5) are the assassin guys you fight in the arena, the one hiding is the same hidden guy you find in the Furnance mission guarding the chest. (6) is indeed Nagai, Carla and Nagai's other student. (7) are the hacker group of four, unsure who is who though.

The plasma thrower also does constant damage when doing the throw animation. You can hug enemies while using it and itll do constant damage on contact.

Cool interaction to include in the next secrets video, in chapter 3 when you fight V VII, if you tell him you'll let him go and then melee him, he'll die instantly and you'll get unique dialogue from Ayre.

Unfortunately, I never played in AC before this one. I think I’m a permanent fan now. This game is incredible, and it seems like the community is also an awesome one. Especially coming from destiny. Love the videos and I’m looking forward to the Lore ones!!

To add to Swinburne - instead of attacking him directly after encountering him, you could just walk next to him and stood next to him. He'll think that you are one of his own members and it would take a hilariously long time before he realized you weren't someone he knew (lol)

I’ve been playing for 6 hours and still can’t beat the first boss. I’m in love. I know this journey is gonna be a virtual experience that I’ll never forget.

The image at 4:53: Far left Is cinder Carla, the boy is Walter, the far right is professor Nagai and the middle is Walters father. Spoilers for chapter 5: Reading all the lore makes it basically certain that these are their identities. As assistant 2 is described as “has a knack for assembling toys” and “she will be sure to make the boy laugh”, Carla’s motto is “what’s the point if you can’t have a good laugh” and is an engineer for RaD. The artist who drew Carla as assistant 2 shows another image with a woman leading a crew with RaD materials in the background(the WRECKER head), the artist says that he could’ve sworn he’s seen the woman before and that she was the smartest of the group, this is because earlier on the artist drew Carla in the lab. The boy is described as “Reticent” and “sharper than he looks”, and he’s sent off to Jupiter with some of Nagais friends to take care of him, following the Fires of Ibis, whilst Nagai perishes in the Calamity. Nagai expects much from the boy and wants him to carry on Nagais legacy stated in a quote. Walter talks about his “friends” and the legacy he must carry on, this is Nagais legacy, and the friends are probably from Jupiter

This game is insane. I haven't felt this obsessed with a game in a long long time.

It's crazy that you said that it sounds like the coral weapons are screaming , a friend of mine was fighting me with those the other day and I said "why the hell is ur AC screaming" and he said "what are you talking about" . Now that I played through the rest of the game its starting to make sense

Here's a mechanic some don't know about: - Melee blade cancel: right before you pulse or laser blade extend, press the QB command and you will cancel the attack and dodge. - Missile cancel: Heavy weapons with recoil will cancel missile barrages you launch if you fire the heavy weapon mid barrage. I've only done testing on bi-pedal and reverse joints. I think it still works for all leg types, however.

I think the hissing noise when firing the coral weapons might be a general coral thing, because when ayre is talking you can hear a far less aggressive hissing around her words (less screaming, more staticy), it’s a little quiet but rather noticeable if you listen for it

About Nightfall's visor: it's folded to the back of the AC' head, and you actually can see it unfolds to the face every time you using assault boost and aim lock. It also folds back every time you enter garage after mission, and you can put a decal on it, so the Nigtfall's head is a very unique and cool part.

Just started the chapter 2 in AC6 ! Having a blast as a Souls fan playing this game so far . I was stuck against the last boss of chapter 1 for 3 hours yesterday haha... when i finally beat him i was like : " that's a FromSoftware game for real ! " . My GOTY 2023 so far ! 👍

I think ALLMIND is one of the biggest mysteries in the game. ALLMIND has access to Rubicon Research Institutes research data including Ibis series ACs and coral weapons and know all about the Coral Release project which was started by Prof.Nagai Assistant No.1 (walters father) and she commands PCA forces , one of the combat logs in Ocean Crossing mission mention that the PCA is taking orders from an AI so it's safe to assume that she is the one that send PCA forces to guard Watchpoint Alpha furthermore she is presumably the one who send Sulla and Balteaus to kill 621 at Watchpoint Delta. The stealth mechs 621 encounters in BAWS weapons factory that went silent are also sent by ALLMIND. Did Assistant No.1 created ALLMIND or is there a bigger master mind working behind the scenes ?

Love the Metroid Prime soundtrack in the backround. I'll have to get the secrets I found here now. Replay value in this game is high so this video helped out alot. Thanks :)

THe assault boost tech can also be used by turning left and right sticks in the same direction

For the first time, I knew about all the secrets except the coeal voices since it sounds like a energy stream to me. I have been quite addicted to this game after work. Soo good!

My favourite detail is how the head with the wide ‘ears’ has to fold its ears in to fit in the garage

night fall helmet visor go down whenever you do AB. if you use AB and then land quickly, then turn your camera to face the front of your AC, you can see the visor and it put away animations. very cool

Such an amazing game.

Thank you for the Armored Core 6 content, keep it comming!

I love the jab at AI art with the sketch artist.

I found took a scan and found a AC with a combat log and could not find out how to get to it until now, thanks to your video.

Frikkin awesome video man!

good video thank you for having a solid breakdown with no frills

Fun thing: After you accept to spare Swinburn, you can still kill him. I spared, then hit him with my sword which one-shot him. He cussed me out. And it didn't end up making me fight the other guy. I actually didn't know you could fight him.

Ty so much for helping with the log hunts!

in one of the first missions where you just shoot some LC and chopers, if you fly to the end of the arena theres a small passage where one of those robots that have encripted coms lies atop some wrecks, i cant remember if it gives you combat logs or anything but there is a comment from walter

Interesting that the melee attack thrust actually does increase the distance of the punch boost. I tested it with the Laser Lance and it had absolutely no effect on movement distance, so I figured it only affected melee tracking speed or something like that. But I guess the Laser Lance has built in thrusters, so that might explain why the booster stat doesn't apply.

Swinburne? This HAS to be SOME kind of "Patches" character!!🤘😀

Well that's just great, weapons i want will scream in horrific pain each time i use them. The second one sounded the most like a howl of the most terrible pain one could even dream about mustering onto another. Gave me goosebumps

9:38 When you use IA weapons they have somewhat similar sound, especially Aurora. So it might be not the "voice of coral", but something related to RRI tech. There's no IA generator to test armour sounds though.

Great tips, especially that quick turn!

hyped to see you go deeper into the lore

Coral is basically the Lifestream from Final Fantasy 7

You can add to your AB maneuvering by turning your camera in the same direction as your dodge. It's not as effective as Quickturn, but it does require less EN

For the head visor also it also covers the eyes during these following events, when you beaten an AC or an enemy the visor covers your lenses, when assault boosting and when using Assault armor, this also works whenever you lock on too. its a very very cool head.

Right hand fist with a left hand pile bunker(pulse sword for backup on the left hanger), is a mech fu powerhouse.

Good video. Just beat the game last night and was truly amazed. My first mech game, but played solely for the fromsoft name. These guys knocked it out of the park. Best studio out there nowadays.

ZeroLenny already beat the game punch-only, it was nuts

About the sketches: there are actually two artists, STV and STK. STK only has one sketch; it's of the Prof, the assistants and the boy. STK was killed in the Fires of Ibis. STV's sketches seem to be more contemporary, and I believe likely of the major factions in the game: RLF (the old man in one is Father Dolmayan), RaD (Familiar looking woman - Carla - in charge of mechanics), Redguns/Vespers ("Ugh never again" and "one of them gave me coffee", not sure which is which) Independent mercs/Assassins (the one where STV is hiding in the foreground) and The Branch (the one that talks about a group of 4 independent mercs and not meeting the 4th). I'm pretty sure that the "boy" is Walter, given that we know the Fires happened ~50 years before the game starts, Walter's story about the researchers (corroborating with Nagai's notes, meaning they were in close proximity), and his antagonism of coral as a whole.

2:00 Fun fact, the Double Trouble chainsaw also has a similar shield effect

Dude I’ve been trying to figure out how to get to that hidden AC & chest for DAYS! never thought I could get into those pipes!! Hell yeah

i love the fact that as you enter the pipe with the molten metal coming out of it i could hear the Magmoor Caverns theme from Metroid Prime 10/10 video just for that

Thank you for this interesting video!!

Dunno if you planned this hah, but i love that while youre doing the nosaak (smelting/lava) section in the video, youre playing the magmoor caverns theme from the metroid prime OST 👌👌

Actually cool secrets. nice to see someone not just click baiting. instant sub.

stoked for lore videos!

That 90 degree turn in charge is very useful, thanks.

your emblem is so absolutely clean

The thing with the Visor for the one head, you can actually see it deploy from behind and in front if you actually open your eyes, and not use photo mode lol

You even sprinkled the Metroid music on top. Subscribed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

You’re gonna laugh at this. Your first tip about the quick turn. For whatever reason when I read it, I only thought they were talking about being able to quick turn while boosting forward and never thought you could do it on the ground. Definitely taught me a lot of things. Liked and subbed.

some of the designs of the AC parts in the version of armored core are similar to the mecca in Eureka 7 and possibly Front Mission.. actually this whole idea about using coral as an energy source and it somehow mysteriously holds consciousness is similar to eureka 7 as well..

10:00 Ayre also shows distaste ater learning the Sea Spider used Coral for fuel. So yeah, its probably her people.

Walter is the boy, it's stated that assistant 1 also loves 'building' toys in another data log, along with the scientist hoping she'd help him smile. Whereas the boy is very good at keeping things to himself and is intelligent, whose father went insane and mother died working on the coral. This lines in pretty damn well with Walters personality and actions throughout the game, along with Carla 'asking' how he's doing almost like an older relative would but he just responds talking about us. The mystery is why she sounds so young while he sounds as old as he should. Which is brought up in game even with a datalog talking about how she's using 'stolen valor' because there's no way she could be that old. I'm curious on if she's an A.I. like chatty, or something else kept her young while Walter aged. Could even be she's a kid of the original Carla. Though I'm not content with any of these answers since there's nothing pointing towards it. Only she sounds much younger than she should.

It's very in line with AC's premise of a weapon sounding like it wastes literal lives every time it's fired. Especially a charged coral beam, that sounds like you're burning souls for this thing.

If you pay attention you can see the visor changing after fights, in the garage, and during assault boost. Sometimes the core may be in the way

Awesome video and I love the screams in the weapons. Definitely have to beat the game again. Question?..Will the game automatically give me the other endings?. Or do I have to watch what choices i make?

Loving the magma caverns theme

Good tip on the AB quick turn

7:50 You do get penalized but swinburne actually honors his words and gives you 200k. You can see it in the details section.

I didn’t beat it yet because I’ve been busy with writing my story but what I’ve played it’s actually amazing I love this game

I never even thought to use quick turn during AB that's actually so cool

The visor is on the back of the ACs head, you can see it when examining your mech in the garage. Also if you look at the head in combat when you overboost and recover from overboost you can see it quickly flip.

6:10 The visor can also be seen by activating the assault boost, after activating it stop and quickly turn the camera in front of your ac, you can see the visor goes off

Regarding Nightfall head.. you can go to training area and see its animation there.. lock on to a static enemy and turn your camera and BAM you see it!

Great video you kept surprising me

6:19 you can see the visor on the back of the helm, and when you lock an enemy the full animation of the visor flipping to the front actually plays out

the shade eye visor also work when you do assaults boost and if you fast enough to look to the front of the AC you could see it go back behind the head

Another use of the charged plasma thrower is it actually hits while spinning. It does rapid damage and can stagger nicely. I pushed a New LCs into a corner and used it stunlock and destroy it from 75% in a few seconds. Really shines during ACS overload because it hits multiple times if you are close enough while charging it and can hit again when they unstagger and dash away. Melee attack thrust also affects the range of your pre-melee boost and how fast you will close on your target. Both of which are also affected by your weight, booster, and I think generator. Your tracking/accuracy on melee is affected by FCS and I think all accuracy is affected by arm load, but I haven't confirmed if having a lighter arm load improves accuracy. I think it does though.

I love the coral voices take! That's a good idea

Definitely having fun with it. I'm almost about to start chapter 2! Only reason I'm going so slow is because every time the shop gets updated, I stop progression to farm up money to buy everything 😆

You can see the animation of Nightfall visor. It's before the battle with Raven in ''Defend old spaceport'' mission.

If you spin your camera around after boosting or target locking, you can actually see the visor flipping back into place

lord videos help my overall interest in the story while i play

I feel like if you're going for the true ending, refusing to use coral weapons would be thematically appropriate. Do you think that whenever you fire one of those coral powered guns you're actually killing the coral people?

I've seen shade eye actually change visor forms, and it is a badass sight.

Thanks for the tip... gonna abuse that quick turn later

Great video

Some of the hidden items are wild, you really have to take your time

One note: I think you misread the STK sketch file or misspoke. It’s not art made by an AI, it’s a real drawing by STK and it even says “STK’s notes” at the bottom. It’s simply saying that AI assimilated STKs style after the fact, which feels like From taking a jab at AI Artists while sticking with the theme of machines sucking the soul out of humanity.

The AC series has always carried itself with it's mech designs and voice acting. Haven't looked up the names but I'm pretty dam sure Walter is Colonol Mustang. Sounded like I heard the Kenshin eng actor and Dabi from Myhero too (which these guys have done tons of roles those r just what I can think of atm.) Was cool to see them able to cast some more well known voice actors.

Holy wow these tips are fuckin HUGE! That quick turn during the assault boost is crazy awesome! I know a lot of people hate him, but Balteus is by far one of my fav fights from any game EVER! That shit was absolutely AMAZING! I'm not done with my 1st playthrough, halfway through chapter 3, but so far Balteus is easily my fav boss. Holy shit I LOVE that fight. He tuned my ass up good for a hot minute. That free grenade launcher tho, that things is an absolute BEAST. I still haven't removed it since I got it. Give it a go if you haven't, that thing is sooooo much fun, n makes quick work of ANYTHING, shielded or not.