For conditional aces, replay on Veteran or higher, meet the mission’s trigger, shoot down the named target and finish the mission. PowerPyx lists 83 Assault Records, including 31 conditional aces. Use the mission table below after a campaign clear; a kill followed by quitting does not complete the collection step.
On this page
Plan one missing record at a time
- Open Data Viewer → Campaign Data → Campaign Assault Records and identify the missing record.
- After your campaign clear, replay the matching mission on Veteran or higher.
- Meet the trigger while preserving the main mission objective, then find and shoot down the named aircraft.
- Complete the mission and check the record and the matching aircraft’s special color.
The PowerPyx trophy walkthrough provides the viewer path, difficulty gate and mission-completion requirement. The wiki also notes a post-clear gate among conditional appearances, so post-story replay is the conservative collection starting point. This guide does not promise every ace appears during an initial campaign.
Conditional aces by mission
The table is an original condensed task directory from Ace Combat Wiki’s AC8 Aces page, compared with PowerPyx. Mission 14 has no conditional ace listed. Mission 23 has two sharing a trigger, while Mission 25 has two different triggers: the 30 rows cover 31 aces.
| Mission | Ace and aircraft | Preparation / trigger | Where the wiki says to look |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Gigas · Mirage 2000-5 | Clear the non-TGT MiG-21 group. | Central map |
| 02 | Crematio · A-6E | Down four aircraft within the opening three minutes. | North-northeast |
| 03 | Raia · F/A-18C | Intercept every bomber before White Valley Base is threatened. | East, with the Su-25SM wave |
| 04 | Auster · Gripen E | Enter the island tunnel from Anderson Port; the wiki excludes the Belta entrance. | Inside the tunnel |
| 05 | Custos · Su-25SM | Keep all allied LCACs alive through the first phase. | West when retreat starts |
| 06 | Flamma · MiG-31B | Destroy five TGTs within the opening three minutes. | North |
| 07 | Orcus · EA-6B | Use a chain reaction to destroy a Land Aegis. | Southern enemy group |
| 08 | Tessera · MiG-21bis | Clear all surface weapons without the TGT designation. | Southeast |
| 09 | Judex · MiG-29A | Break the secondary tread armor before the second slowdown line. | Northwest coast |
| 10 | Vorago · F-15C | Destroy an airship within 70 seconds of first laser designation. | Central map, with two F-14Ds |
| 11 | Larus · F-14D | Eliminate the Lux Lunae 55th group before finishing the Podarges. | Southeast |
| 12 | Imber · F/A-18F | Destroy all LCACs within the opening three minutes. | East-northeast |
| 13 | Sicarius · Su-47 | Destroy five radar towers before the transport’s halfway point; see timing difference below. | Western map border |
| 15 | Lupus · Su-33 | Destroy one Ladon, then hunt the ace before destroying the other. | Far northeast |
| 16 | Currus · F-16C | Watch for the explosive-drone launch event. | Northwest; source positioning differs |
| 17 | Avus · F-4E | Clear the second-phase TGTs before the B-1Bs reach halfway. | Northwest after mission update |
| 18 | Curis · F-15J | Destroy Shadow 24 and wait for the mission update. | Southern reinforcement group |
| 19 | Aleator · F/A-18E | Down all eight Su-47s appearing through the mission. | Enters from the northeast |
| 20 | Periodus · Su-35S | Hunt both B-2s threatening the transport; see one-versus-two discrepancy below. | Enters from the north |
| 21 | Alienus · EA-18G | Sink every hostile ship. | East; pursues the player |
| 22 | Caligo · Rafale M | Reach the Celaeno without detection. | Among later aircraft reinforcements |
| 23 | Milvus · A-10C / Cantrix · FA-36 | The wiki specifies clearing Gemma and Ventus within three minutes; see source-name difference below. | East; two separate records |
| 24 | Sabulum · Su-34 | Escort every allied LCAC to land without a loss. | South after final landing |
| 25 | Cinis · F-15E | Clear Land Destroyers and Land Aegis ships, including later Podarge deliveries. | South of the island |
| 25 | Silacrum · EA-36 | Pass beneath the wings of the moored Podarges. | Southeast |
| 26 | Lucidus · F-2A | Clear Cima Island’s ground targets. | Enters from the east |
| 27 | Stiria · Typhoon | Fly beneath the deck of a Megafloat spoke. | Northeast of the Megafloat |
| 28 | Harmonius · F-35C | Down five bombers in the opening five minutes. | With Tu-160 reinforcements |
| 29 | Prudens · Su-57 | Pass beneath an intact eastern-coast roadway bridge. | South of the combat area |
| 30 | Tegimen · F-22A | Destroy three missile dispensers before they launch. | Southeast after submarine surfaces |
Names identify the target; a skin reward is for the matching aircraft type. It does not unlock a new playable aircraft. Use Aircraft Sets to apply an owned color after the story.
Important differences between checked sources
- Mission 13: PowerPyx says five towers before transport landing; the wiki says before halfway. Aim for the earlier halfway condition rather than assuming the later window is enough.
- Mission 20: PowerPyx says at least one B-2; the wiki says both. Clearing both is the conservative attempt, not proof that two is the minimum.
- Mission 23: PowerPyx names Lux Lunae ace units; the wiki specifically names Gemma and Ventus. The required three-minute group is not resolved by those different descriptions. Use the wiki’s named groups as an attributed attempt and retain the mission result if it fails.
- Mission 24: PowerPyx leaves name and aircraft blank; the current wiki identifies Sabulum/Su-34. That name is a wiki report, not a first-party confirmation.
- Mission 26: PowerPyx spells the ace Lucidius and describes surface units; the wiki spells it Lucidus and specifies ground targets. The table follows the current wiki and keeps the difference visible.
- Mission 16: PowerPyx says position depends on the third ship. Treat northwest as the wiki’s location report, not a fixed spawn guarantee.
Do not mix a permissive timing description with an assumed guaranteed spawn. A repeatable failed condition, difficulty and exact target list are more useful than simply reporting that the ace is missing.
Mission 28: Harmonius and the Shadow records are different
Harmonius is the conditional F-35C ace: the checked sources agree on five bombers within five minutes. The wiki associates its appearance with Tu-160 reinforcements. That is separate from the Su-57 Lux Lunae 22nd Unit record chain, which PowerPyx links to destroying Shadow 24 in Mission 18.
A named-ace objective is also separate from an S-rank objective. For the latter, use the difficulty-specific S-rank reports. Killing Harmonius does not establish a universal score cutoff, and changing earlier campaign outcomes should not be presented as an S-rank requirement without evidence.
If the record did not appear
Check difficulty, campaign-clear state, mission, the trigger’s timer or surviving allies, the exact named kill and whether the mission was completed. A normal story unit is not interchangeable with a conditional ace. Return to the viewer after the clear before repeating a successful collection step.
Do not confuse an Assault Record with a mission medal, or a missing paint scheme with missing ownership. Use rank versus medal conditions for award questions. Exact patch behavior and unresolved trigger discrepancies remain outside a guaranteed route.
Directory adaptation attribution: Ace Combat Wiki contributors, AC8 Aces, CC BY-SA 4.0. The adapted directory is provided under that same license; triggers are condensed, gameplay planning and disagreement notes are added, and story biographies are omitted.
Sources & limits
Community reports are attributed, not tests performed by this site. Builds are unspecified unless stated.
- Ace Combat Wiki contributors: AC8 Aces ↗
Full current page read in native Chrome October 5. CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted directory and differences attributed above.
- PowerPyx: Assault Records and Enemy Aces ↗
Jack McBastard; launch guide. Current body checked, blank names and condition differences preserved.
- PowerPyx: A Record of Rivalry and completion requirement ↗
Read October 5, 2026. Launch-period information; exact game build unspecified.