How to Get Every Ending for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon on Xbox Series X (XboxSX)



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The Liberator of Rubicon

As you progress through the game, Ayre often asks you to save her “brother and sisters,” revealing Coral's potential when joined with humanity. You will want to accept missions from her specifically and assist the RLF whenever possible.

During Chapter 3/4, Ayre or the RLF will assign the following Decision Missions to you:

  • Prevent Corporate Salvage of New Tech - Chapter 3
  • Destroy the Special Forces Craft - Chapter 3
  • Ambush the Vespers - Chapter 4

Then, towards the end of the campaign, you’ll need to choose between two Decision Missions that carry far greater consequences for you than any you’ve previously encountered:

  • Intercept the Corporate Forces
  • Eliminate “Cinder” Clara

Choose Eliminate “Cinder” Clara to prevent Clara’s plan to destroy the Coral Convergence. Once you’ve defeated Clara, you’ll receive two final missions in which you must take out the Xylem’s engines to prevent it from ramming into the Convergence, then face off against Handler Walter in an AC. 

Once you’ve defeated Walter, the Xylem will crash into Rubicon, saving the Coral and bringing about a future where they can co-exist with humanity.

The Fires of Raven

To achieve this ending, you’ll just need to ignore any Mission Decision specific to Ayre and the RLF (or all that you can) and focus on those assigned by Handler Walter or Cinder Carla:

  • Tunnel Sabotage - Chapter 3
  • Eliminate the Enforcement Squads - Chapter 3
  • Intercept the Redguns - Chapter 4

When presented with the Decision Missions towards the end of the campaign, you should pick Intercept the Corporate Forces. This will lead to several missions, including:

  • Breach and Kármán Line
  • Shut Down the Closure Satellites

During these missions, you’ll have to fly through a stream of energy that’ll grant you unlimited flight capabilities as you destroy a fleet of Arquebus Interceptor ships,  guide the Xylem on a collision course to the Coral Converge and finally fight against Arye in an AC, the only thing preventing you from completing your mission.

Once you’ve defeated Ayre, the Xylem will crash into the Convergence, resulting in a massive explosion that sets Rubicon aflame and leaves it as a permanently dead planet.

Alea lacta Est

This is the game's true ending; however, you cannot complete it until you gain access to New Game++, meaning you’ll have to play through the game thrice. During a New Game+ playthrough, you’ll gain access to Analysis encounters, and ALLMIND will be learning from your tests.

This mechanic continues in New Game++, which brings a whole new player into the game. A new mission will appear (‘Obstruct the Mandatory Inspection’ in Chapter 1 and ‘Coral Export Denial’ in Chapter 3), and various changes will have been made to standard missions:

  • In Chapter 1, there’ll be an ‘Escort the Weaponized Mining Ship’ option opposite the ‘Destroy the Weaponized Mining Ship’ option.
  • During the ‘Attack the Watchpoint’ mission, the Sulla fight is augmented, and there are additional enemies to fight.
  • In Chapter 3, the helicopter at the end of ‘Survey the Uninhabited Floating City’ is replaced by an RLF AC, Thumb Dolmayan.

Before you face the Ice Worm (near the end of Chapter 3), ALLMIND will start spending direct mission requests. Moving forward, you’ll want to choose every ALLMIND-centric mission that comes your way, including:

  • The Decision Mission Eliminate V.III in Chapter 4
  • Reach the Coral Convergence in Chapter 4.

The conclusion of Reach the Coral Convergence will be different in that you won’t be incapacitated and will have to escape in the not-exactly-functioning mech. Then, a brand new mission titled MIA will appear.

Completing this mission will lead to ‘Regain Control of the Xylem.’ You’ll have to destroy the parasite modules within the Xylem’s hold and prevent the lockout process from completing. This will result in the final mission, ‘Coral Release.’ 

You’ll face off against the ALLMIND during this mission in a two-phase boss fight. Once you’ve defeated him, the Coral Release will begin, and a black hole will appear and start sucking in the Coral and spreading them across the universe. You’ll reactivate your mech alongside various others, and Ayre will explain that they’re now everywhere.

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