Armored Core 6 offers an immersive mech-based action RPG campaign with 5 chapters and over 40 unique main missions. As a mercenary pilot, you take on contracts to battle enemy forces and powerful bosses across diverse environments.
This comprehensive guide breaks down every mission, their objectives, walkthroughs, and rewards so you can fully complete the single-player campaign.
Overview of All Missions and Chapters
Here‘s a quick overview of the missions organized by chapters:
Chapter 1: The Outlands
- Illegal Entry
- Destroy Artillery Installations
- Grid Cleanup 135
- Destroy Transport Helicopters
- Destroy Tester AC
- Attack Dam Complex
- Destroy Weaponized Mining Ship
- Operation Wallclimber
- Retrieve Combat Logs
- Investigate BAWS Arsenal No.2
- Attack Watchpoint
Chapter 2: The Syndicates
- Infiltrate Grid 086
- Eliminate Doser Faction
- Ocean Crossing
Chapter 3: The Floating City
- Steal Survey Data
- Attack Refueling Base
- Eliminate V.VII
- Tunnel Sabotage
- Survey Uninhabited City
- Missile Launch Support
- Eliminate Enforcement Squads
- Attack Old Spaceport
- Eliminate "Honest" Brute
- Defend Old Spaceport
- Recover History Data
- Destroy Ice Worm
Chapter 4: The Depths
- Underground Exploration – Depth 1
- Underground Exploration – Depth 2
- Underground Exploration – Depth 3
- Ambush Vespers
- Survey Unknown Territory
- Reach Coral Convergence
Chapter 5: The Network
- Escape
- Capture Floating City
- Intercept Corporate Forces
- Breach Karman Line
- Shut Down Closure Satellites
New Game+ and New Game++ also offer alternate missions and endings.
Now let‘s break down each mission in detail.
Chapter 1: The Outlands
Illegal Entry
Objectives: Reach Catapult, Attain Merc License, Take Down PCA Helicopter
This introductory mission teaches basic movement, controls and combat. Follow markers to scan wreckage while battling security MT drones. After scanning final wreckage, defeat the boss PCA helicopter.
Rewards: 170,000 COAM
Destroy Artillery Installations
Objectives: Destroy Artillery Installations
Seek out and destroy heavy artillery turrets guarded by security forces. Use hit-and-run tactics – strike artillery weapons from behind then retreat to avoid damage.
Rewards: 100,000 COAM
Grid Cleanup 135
Objectives: Eliminate Dafeng MT Squad
Battle waves of shielded MT units and aerial drones. Use missiles to disrupt shielded ground units then finish them off with melee strikes during their vulnerability window.
Rewards: 68,000 COAM
Destroy Transport Helicopters
Objectives: Take Down Transport Helicopters
Fight through an industrial facility battling security forces. Seek out and destroy all four marked transport helicopters scattered throughout the complex.
Rewards: 80,000 COAM
Destroy Tester AC
Objectives: Destroy Tester AC
Boss battle against the melee-focused Tester AC. Keep your distance and avoid its devastating close-range attacks. Strike when it‘s vulnerable to deal optimum damage.
Rewards: 95,000 COAM
Attack Dam Complex
Objectives: Destroy MTs and Target Structures
With two allied mercs, battle MTs and destroy marked dam infrastructure. Defeat mini-boss security AC then sabotage final target structure atop dam.
Rewards: 190,000 COAM
Destroy Weaponized Mining Ship
Objectives: Destroy Mining Ship STRIDER
A solo operation to take down the weaponized STRIDER mining ship. Systematically destroy vital subsystems then defeat the central eye mechanism to detonate the vessel.
Rewards: 270,000 COAM
Operation Wallclimber
Objectives: Destroy Gatlings & MTs, Defeat Juggernaut
Fight past city wall defenses then scale a skyscraper to gather intel from an informant. Defend informant from elite Juggernaut AC in rooftop showdown.
Rewards: 330,000 COAM
Retrieve Combat Logs
Objectives: Gather 5 Combat Logs
Locate and retrieve combat logs from marked wreckage sites before time expires. Quickly traverse locations while avoiding threats.
Rewards: 10,000 COAM
Investigate BAWS Arsenal
Objectives: Destroy Enemies, Survey Interior
Infiltrate a munitions depot overrun by hostile autonomous weapons. Battle invisible stealth units using scanning maneuvers to expose then destroy them.
Rewards: 180,000 COAM
Attack Watchpoint
Objectives: Sabotage Facility, Defeat Balteus
Assault a well-guarded corporate security outpost. Battle squads of MTs, elite ACs, and heavy weapon emplacements leading to final showdown with boss AC Balteus.
Rewards: 380,000 COAM
Chapter 2: The Syndicates
Infiltrate Grid 086
Objectives: Reach Grid‘s Core, Destroy MTs and Bosses
Descend into an abandoned, partially collapsed urban infrastructure now controlled by hostile forces. Defeat MTs, elite ACs and heavy security mechs to complete infiltration.
Rewards: 160,000 COAM
Eliminate Doser Faction
Objectives: Eliminate Coyote MT Squad
Engage and destroy four waves of aerial coyote drones deployed by the extremist Doser Faction syndicate.
Rewards: 65,000 COAM
Ocean Crossing
Objectives: Destroy Sea Weapon
Ride a cargo container launched across a vast acid lake. Survive deadly environmental threats and defeat the Sea Spider aquatic mech boss.
Rewards: 330,000 COAM
Chapter 3: The Floating City
Steal Survey Data
Objectives: Gather Data Drones, Prevent Delivery
Locate and interface with data drones to steal corporate survey data then fend off security forces attempting to reclaim the intel.
Rewards: 100,000 COAM
Attack Refueling Base
Objectives: Sabotage Infrastructure & Defeat Ekromoi
Assault a well-defended seaside energy production and refueling base. Fight past base defenses then defeat advanced PCA security craft Ekromoi.
Rewards: 240,000 COAM
Eliminate V.VII
Objectives: Eliminate AC V.VII Swinburne
Engage and destroy AC V.VII Swinburne utilizing stealth and cover to avoid overwhelming enemy numbers and firepower.
Rewards: 200,000 COAM
Tunnel Sabotage
Objectives: Destroy Target Device & Escape
Infiltrate and collapse a critical enemy transit tunnel to disrupt regional operations. Destroy the central control device then escape before the countdown triggers impending detonations.
Rewards: 130,000 COAM
Survey Uninhabited City
Objectives: Disable ECM, Access Drones
Explore an abandoned urban center shrouded in electronic countermeasures fog. Disable fog emitters then gather data using exposed investigative drones.
Rewards: 380,000 COAM
Missile Launch Support
Objectives: Defend Missile Battery
Hold position defending missile battery against waves of attackers until launch sequence completes. Destroy all hostiles before they can sabotage launch operations.
Rewards: 160,000 COAM
Eliminate Enforcement Squads
Objectives: Eliminate Squads & Heavy Cavalry
Fight through syndicate security forces including heavy cavalry mechs blocking your team‘s extraction route to safety after a failed raid operation.
Rewards: 270,000 COAM
Attack Old Spaceport
Objectives: Destroy Targets & Secure Region
Assault and clear an abandoned spaceport overrun by smugglers and mercenaries. Battle multiple heavy security crafts and syndicate reinforcements.
Rewards: 320,000 COAM
Eliminate "Honest" Brute
Objectives: Destroy Mini-Boss Mech
Seek and destroy the brutish "Honest" Brute piloted by a rogue mercenary. Defeat this resilient brawling adversary in close-quarters combat.
Rewards: 50,000 COAM
Defend Old Spaceport
Objectives: Defeat Raven Boss
Return to clear out a resurgent attack on the spaceport by pirate forces. Destroy all hostiles then battle the advanced Raven boss AC to secure the region.
Rewards: 200,000 COAM
Recover History Data
Objectives: Gather Data from Wrecks
Search collapsed tunnel networks locating and scanning marked dig site wrecks to recover lost archived data records.
Rewards: N/A
Destroy Ice Worm
Objectives: Defeat C-Weapon Ice Worm
Boss battle versus a massive quad mech codenamed Ice Worm equipped with overwhelming size, armor and firepower. Destroy this behemoth to complete the chapter.
Rewards: 420,000 COAM
Chapter 4: The Depths
Underground Exploration – Depth 1
Objectives: Reach Exit, Defeat Nepenthes
Descent into a vast subterranean complex battling autonomous drones. Defeat the Nepenthes artillery platform boss mech guarding the depth exit.
Rewards: 250,000 COAM
Underground Exploration – Depth 2
Objectives: Reach Exit, Defeat Enforcer
Continue descending deeper underground through a high-security mechanical complex overrun by berserk defense systems. Destroy the formidable Enforcer boss mech.
Rewards: 300,000 COAM
Underground Exploration – Depth 3
Objectives: Infiltrate Core, Destroy Ephemera
Infiltrate the highly unstable reactor core guarded by complex internal defenses. Sabotage pressure systems then defeat Ephemera security AC protecting the complex.
Rewards: 270,000 COAM
Ambush Vespers
Objectives: Eliminate Elite ACs
Work with allies to ambush and destroy patrols of syndicate elite AC mercenaries equipped with high-grade combat mechs and weaponry.
Rewards: 180,000 COAM
Survey Unknown Territory
Objectives: Map Uncharted Caverns
Journey into a massive subterranean landscape filled with hostile natives and treacherous terrain. Survive the threats while mapping geographic data before extracting safely.
Rewards: 260,000 COAM
Reach Coral Convergence
Objectives: Defeat Bosses & Secure Area
Battle through acid lake corrosion fields to discover a bio-luminescent underground landscape. Defeat dual sub-bosses then secure the beautiful but deadly region.
Rewards: 520,000 COAM
Chapter 5: The Network
Escape
Objectives: Evade Pursuit, Rendezvous
Escape collapsing infrastructure and survive assimilation squads hunting your team. Endure deadly threats to reach safety at the marked rendezvous.
Rewards: N/A
Capture Floating City
Objectives: Defend Xylem Tower
Clear out hostile forces occupying a floating urban asset. Repel waves of incoming attacks attempting to overwhelm critical control infrastructure.
Rewards: 385,000 COAM
Intercept Corporate Forces
Objectives: Defeat Assimilated Forces & Freud
Battle a :arge strike team of partially assimilated corporate mercenaries led by the formidable boss AC designated Freud. Stop their salvage operations.
Rewards: 440,000 COAM
Breach Karman Line
Objectives: Destroy Interceptor Fleets
Aerial combat mission to destroy multiple clusters of orbital interception fleets blocking access to the thermosphere and vital asset network gateways.
Rewards: 470,000 COAM
Shut Down Closure Satellites
Objectives: Defeat Ayre
The final mission pits you in a 1-on-1 duel against the deadly Ayre – an elite notorious AC piloted by a lethal mercenary. Defeat Ayre to beat the campaign!
Rewards: 550,000 COAM
New Game+ and Alternate Missions
Completing the campaign once unlocks New Game+ allowing you to replay the story making different choices which impact outcomes. New missions are also introduced:
New Story Missions:
- Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech (Ch. 3 Decision)
- Defend Dam Complex (Ch. 3 Mission)
Alternate Versions:
- Attack Dam Complex (Ch. 1)
- Survey Floating City (Ch. 3)
- Underground Exploration – Depth 2 (Ch.4)
New Game++ offers an additional set of new narrative branches plus exclusive missions for a complete 3rd campaign run.
Completing All Objectives
Use this guide to help you systematically take on every mission and fully complete all objectives across the entire Armored Core 6 single-player campaign.
Maximize your rewards through optional secondary objectives and combat logs to earn money for purchasing upgraded weapons, parts and accessories.
Develop specialized combat mechs for the increasingly high-stakes battles culminating in tense one-on-one showdowns with lethal AC mercs and deadly autonomous platforms guarding corporate assets.
Savvy pilots will utilize the full spectrum of traversal, sensory, stealth and assault systems available to survive this action-packed mech combat campaign!
