Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon Core Parts Guide
Author: FuzionByte.
Genres: Action Adventure, Platformer.
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon directory.
Here is the Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon Core Parts guide which will help you find every Core part in the game of which there are 16, most of which are purchasable from the shop once you have completed certain missions.
In this guide we will go over how to acquire every Core part detailing off the requirements you need to meet. None of the Core parts will need to be equipped, acquiring them is enough to satisfy the needs as you work towards unlocking External Parts Collector.
You can see the Head parts you have available by going: Garage> AC Design> Assembly> Frame> Core.
The Core parts and where you can unlock them are as follows:
- CC-2000 Orbiter Core.
- BD-011 Melander Core.
- DF-BD-08 Tian-Qiang Core.
- VP-40S Core.
- Nachtreiher/40E Core.
- EL-TC-10 Firmeza Core.
- CC-3000 Wrecker Core.
- AC-J-120 Basho Core.
- 07-061 Mind Alpha Core.
- VE-40A Core.
- BD-012 Melander C3 Core.
- IA-C01C: Ephemera Core.
- AC-J-120/RC Jailbreak Core.
- EL-PC-00 Alba Core.
- CS-5000 Main Dish Core. (New Game +).
- IB-C03C: Hal 826 Core. (New Game +).
Cores are very important as they are exactly that, the core of your AC, where most enemies will be targeting giving its the largest surface area of a standard build and is where your Generator and Boosters are fitted.
Your core also determines the types of Arms and Legs you can have fitted as well so make sure you experiment and find a core that suits you best. There might be one you don’t like the aesthetics of, however, aesthetics won’t do you much good when you’re getting smashed back to a checkpoint in favour of a tougher Core.
CC-2000 Orbiter Core
Requirements: Default Core part.
Cost: Free.
The CC-2000 Orbiter is the default Core part you will have equipped at the start of the game.
BD-011 Melander Core
Requirements: Purchasable from the Parts Shop.
Cost: $195,000.
You will firstly need to unlock the Parts Shop which is done by completing the Destroy Artillery Installation mission which allows you to purchase the BD-011 Melander Core.
DF-BD-08 Tian-Qiang Core
Requirements: Purchasable from the Parts Shop.
Cost: $390,000.
The DF-BD-08 Tian-Qiang Core is available for purchase from the Parts Shop once the Destroy Artillery Installation mission has been completed.
VP-40S Core
Requirements: Purchasable from the Parts Shop.
Cost: $354,000.
The VP-40S Core becomes available for purchase in the Parts Shop which unlocks after you have completed the Destroy Artillery Installation mission.
Nachtreiher/40E Core
Requirements: Purchasable from the Parts Shop.
Cost: 275,000.
Once you have completed the Destroy Artillery Installation mission you will have access to the Parts Shop where you can purchase the Nachtreiher/40E Core.
EL-TC-10 Firmeza Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 11: Attack the Watchpoint.
Cost: $452,000.
Once you have completed mission 11: Attack the Watchpoint, the EL-TC-10 Firmeza Core will become available for purchase in the Parts Shop.
CC-3000 Wrecker
Requirements: Find the crate in Mission 12: Infiltrate Grid 086.
Cost: Free.
Procced through the mission to the first airlock where you get ambushed by the 2 cylindrical MT’s then follow the path around and up through to the upper level where you will see a smelter over to your left.
Carefully go through to the right side of the smelter and drop down, deal with the awaiting MT’s then turn around to find a crate which holds the CC-3000 Wrecker Core.
AC-J-120 Basho Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 14: Ocean Crossing.
Cost: $166,000.
Once you have completed Mission 14: Ocean Crossing concluding Chapter 2, the AC-J-120 Basho Core will become available for purchase in the Parts Shop.
07-061 Mind Alpha Core
Requirements: Achieve Hunter Rank 5.
Cost: Free.
You will receive the 07-061 Mind Alpha Core once you have achieved Hunter Rank 5 which you can do by collecting Combat Logs throughout the various missions in Armored Core VI.
You should, as long as you follow along with the Combat Log Collector guide, achieve Hunter Rank 5 once you take down V.VII Swinburne in Mission 17: Eliminate V.VII as well as having defeated the Tetra-Pod in the same mission.
VE-40A Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 26: Destroy the Ice Worm.
Cost: $570,000.
Defeating the Ice Worm in Mission 26 not only concludes Chapter 3, it also makes the VE-40A Core available to purchase in the Parts Shop.
BD-012 Melander C3 Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 28: Underground Exploration – Depth 2.
Cost: Free.
Once the Enforcer boss is down and you have completed Mission 28: Underground Exploration – Depth 2 you will receive the BD-012 Melander C3 Core after the de-brief.
IA-C01C: Ephemera Core
Requirements: Loot the Parts Container in Mission 29: Underground Exploration – Depth 3.
Cost: Free.
Make your way across to the dish where the lasers are firing at you then work your way round anti-clockwise dealing with the turrets as you go.
On the third strut digging into the cavern wall will be a PCA Weaponry patrolling, take it down then go to the end of the strut to find the parts container which holds the IA-C01C: Ephemera Core.
AC-J-120/RC Jailbreak Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 33: Escape.
Cost: Free.
You will, after Chapter 4 concludes be confined in a prison, enter the AC and fight your way out and through the city where you will be ex-filled back to Mission control where you will receive the AC-J-120/RC Jailbreak Core as a reward.
EL-PC-00 Alba Core
Requirements: Complete Mission 38: Breach the Kármán Line.
Cost: Free.
You will be able to access Mission 38: Breach the Kármán Line as long as you are going for the, The Fires of Raven Ending. Complete the Mission to be awarded the EL-PC-00 Alba Core.
CS-5000 Main Dish Core
Requirements: Conclude Chapter 2 on New Game+.
Cost: $519,000.
Ensure you have firstly completed your first playthrough attaining The Fires of Raven Ending then head through New Game + to the conclusion of Chapter 2 where you take down the Sea Spider in the Ocean Crossing Mission.
After this point the CS-5000 Main Dish Core will become available in the Parts Shop for purchase.
IB-C03C: Hal 826 Core
Requirements: Achieve the Liberator of Rubicon Ending on New Game +.
Cost: Free.
Through your first playthrough you should be aiming for The Fires Of Raven Ending, then on your second playthrough you should then be looking to achieve the Liberator of Rubicon Ending.
With Rubicon successfully saved, you will then receive the IB-C03C: Hal 826 Core after the credits have rolled.
That’s how you can find all 16 Cores throughout Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Which one are you using the most?
That’s the Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon Core Parts guide complete, I hope it helped you obtain every Core part.
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