Armored Core 6 Endings Guide: All Decisions Explained

There are multiple endings to The Armored Core 6, which are connected to different choices throughout the game. But once you decide, it removes the remaining choices, meaning you can’t change your decision for the current playthrough, even if you replay the mission.

The important thing to understand beforehand is that you can only unlock one ending per playthrough. You must complete three playthroughs to get all three endings in Armored Core 6.

How to Get the Fires of Raven Ending?

Here is an easy tip to unlocking the Fires of Raven bad ending in Armored Core 6. You must pick the first option from every Decision Mission you encounter in the game.

1. Chapter 3 (Mission 21) – Eliminate the Enforcement Squads.
2. Chapter 4 (Mission 31) – Intercept the Redguns.
3. Chapter 5 (Mission 37) – Intercept the Corporate Forces.

If you make the aforementioned decisions, you will end up with the “Breach the Karman Line” and the “Shut Down the Closure Satellites” missions ending, which will lead to the Fires of Raven ending in Armored Core 6.

How to Get the Liberator of Rubicon Ending?

We picked this ending as our second ending of Armored Core 6 because some Mission options led to this ending, which is only available in the second playthrough.

This way, you can experience everything that the game has to offer. Note that it is not necessary to get this ending in the second playthrough – so if you want to get this one as your first, you can skip the first two steps:

1. NG+ Chapter 1 (Mission 6) – Attack the Dam Complex and pick the “Refuse” decision when prompted.
2. NG+ Chapter 3 (Mission 19) – Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech.
3. Chapter 3 (Mission 22) – Destroy the Special Forces Craft.
4. Chapter 4 (Mission 32) – Ambush the Vespers.
5. Chapter 5 (Mission 38): Eliminate “Cinder” Carla.

Following the choice order mentioned above, you will end up with the “Destroy the Drive Block” and “Bring Down the Xylem” ending missions, eventually leading to the Liberator of Rubicon ending in Armored Core 6.

How to Get the Alea Lacta Est Ending?

Some choices required to obtain this ending are only available in the New Game++ version, your third playthrough.

1. NG+ or ++ Chapter 1 (Mission 6) – Attack the Dam Complex; pick the “Accept” decision instead when prompted this time.
2. Chapter 3 (Mission 19) – Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech.
3. Chapter 3 (Mission 21) – Eliminate the Enforcement Squads.
4. Chapter 4 (Mission 26-B) – Coral Export Denial.
5. NG++ Chapter 4 (Mission 33-B) – Eliminate V.III

By following this order of Decision Missions, you get the “MIA”, “Regain Control of Xylem”, and “Coral Release” ending missions, which lead to the Alea Lacta Est ending in Armored Core 6.

Note that if you follow the ending order mentioned in this guide, you can do all of the main missions given in the game and, hence, unlock the Stargazer achievement.