How Many Chapters Are In Armored Core VI?

Armored Core VI has a total of five chapters with 58 missions, none of which can be skipped. There are three different endings through two New Game+ modes, as well as alternative missions available for you to complete. Below, you’ll find a complete list of all chapters in Armored Core VI and all missions in them.

Armored Core VI Chapter List

The five chapters in Armored Core VI all have varying numbers of missions that you’ll need to complete to progress. However, some missions can only be completed in New Game+ and New Game++, with some alternative missions offered in these subsequent playthrough modes with varying changes.

At some points in the game, you’ll also have to make decisions regarding the game’s story, which impact the missions you can after. We’ve noted each decision below, as well as the decisions that impact the game’s first ending.

It’s important to note that if you make a decision in one playthrough and play its corresponding mission, the missing mission will remain locked until you make the alternate choice in a second or third playthrough.

The second chapter of Armored Core VI is the shortest within the game, while the third chapter is the longest. The remaining chapters – one, four, and five – are all around equal length.

Chapter One

Mission 1 [Prologue]: Illegal Entry
Mission 2: Destroy Artillery Installations
Mission 3: Grid 135 Cleanup
Mission 4: Destroy The Transport Helicopters
Mission 5: Destroy The Tester AC
Mission 6: Attack The Damn Complex
Mission 7: Destroy The Weaponised Mining Ship
Mission 8: Operation Wallclimber
Mission 9: Retrieve Combat Logs
Mission 10: Investigate BAWS Arsenal No. 2
Mission 11: Attack The Watchpoint

Chapter Two

Mission 12: Infiltrate Grid 086
Mission 13: Eliminate The Doser Faction
Mission 14: Ocean Crossing

Chapter Three

Mission 15: Steal The Survey Data
Mission 16: Attack The Refueling Base
Mission 17: Eliminate V.VII
Mission 18: Tunnel Sabotage
Mission 19: Survey The Uninhabited Floating City
Mission 20: Heavy Missile Launch Support

After mission 20, you’ll be required to choose between completing mission 21 or 22. The mission you skip on your first playthrough can then be completed in a subsequent playthrough.

Mission 21: Eliminate The Enforcement Squads
Mission 22: Destroy The Special Forces Craft
Mission 23: Attack The Old Spaceport
Mission 24: Eliminate “Honest” Brute
Mission 25: Defend The Old Spaceport
Mission 26: Historic Data Recovery
Mission 27: Destroy The Ice Worm

Chapter Four

Mission 28: Underground Exploration – Depth 1
Mission 29: Underground Exploration – Depth 2
Mission 30: Underground Exploration – Depth 3

After completing mission 30, you’ll need to select between missions 31 and 32. The mission you skip on your first playthrough can then be completed in a subsequent playthrough.

Mission 31: Intercept The Redguns
Mission 32: Ambush The Vespers
Mission 33: Unknown Territory Survey
Mission 34: Reach The Coral Convergence

Chapter Five

Mission 35: Escape
Mission 36: Take The Uninhabited Floating City

After completing mission 36, you’ll need to choose between completing missions 37 and 38, both of which unlock different endings. Selecting mission 37 unlocks missions 39-A and 40-A, as well as the game’s first major ending.

Mission 37: Intercept The Corporate Forces
Mission 39-A: Breach The Karman Line
Mission 40-A: Shut Down The Closure Satellites

Meanwhile, selecting mission 38 unlocks missions 39-B and 40-B, as well as the game’s second major ending.

Mission 38: Eliminate “Cinder” Carla
Mission 39-B: Destroy The Drive Block
Mission 40-B: Bring Down The Xylem

New Game+ Missions

When you start a second playthrough, you’ll unlock new and alternate (ALT) missions, as well as the ability to unlock the second ending to the game. The missions include the following:

[Chapter One] Mission 6 (ALT): Attack The Dam Complex
[Chapter Three] Mission 18-B: Prevent Corporate Salvage Of New Tech

We also want to point out that after completing mission 17 in chapter three, you’ll have a decision between completing the original mission 18 or the new mission listed here.

New Game++ Missions

After completing your second playthrough, you can start a third with New Game++, which unlocks several new and alternative (ALT) missions as well as the ability to gain the third and final ending.