All Ace Combat 8 Assault Records Ace Pilot locations and how to spawn them

The Assault Records section in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is a thing of joy if you want to take down elite enemies across the campaign. Each record is associated with an enemy Ace pilot.

In this guide, I will help you figure out the locations about 31 Ace pilots that will only spawn if you complete specific conditions.

How to find all enemy Ace Pilots in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve

There are 52 Ace pilots who spawn on their own. You will find them in the campaign, and you don’t need to do anything special to trigger them. They will appear at every difficulty level. To find them, you simply need to complete the campaign and take down the designated targets.

The real challenge is to find the remaining 31. These 31 enemy Ace pilots only appear when you complete missions at Veteran difficulty or higher. Each of them also has a specific condition you need to fulfill to make them appear on the map. The table below has all the information you will have to hunt them down.

Ace Pilot (Tac Names)	Mission	Requirement	Location
Gigas	Mission 01: Jokers Wild	Take down every non-target MIC21 that will appear in the second half of the mission. Once done, Gigas will spawn exactly in the middle grid of the map.
Crematio	Mission 02: Nomad	Shoot down at least five enemy aircraft within the first 3 minutes from the start of the mission. Crematio spawns typically in the north around the F1 grid.
Raia	Mission 03: Purple Magic Takes Flight	At the latter stages of the mission, shoot down all the TU-160s that are marked with the target. Once the SU-25SM attackers spawn in the north. You will find Raia’s F/A-18C Hornet in the east.
Auster	Mission 04: Fall of Numbered Fleets	You will find Auster parked inside the tunnel at Newfield Island. You will have to fly through it.
Custos	Mission 05: Retaking of Theve	Protect every LCAC. In the first part of the mission, Custos will spawn in the west around the B5 grid when all the LCACs are retreating.
Flamma	Mission 06: Attack on the Drinwich Airfield	Destroy at least six targets marked as target in the first three minutes of the mission. Flamma spawns around the F1 grid in the north.
Orcus	Mission 07: A Lifeline in the Dessert	Destroy a minimum of one Land Aegis using Chain Destruction. Orcus typically spawns in the south in the F7 grid.
Tessera	Mission 08: Retaking of Theve II	Destroy all non-TGT ground targets to make Tessera spawn in the southeast around the F7 grid.
Judex	Mission 09: Te Land Battleship Blockage	Destroy the Land Battlehsip’s Secondary Tread Armor before Second Slowdown Line. Judex typically spawns in the northwest in the C2 grid.
Vorago	Mission 10: Over the Rainband	Destroy an airship within 70 seconds after the first Spear attack. Vorago spawns in the middle with two F-14Ds. Refer to D5 grid.
Larus	Mission 11: Maximum Payload	Destroy the first three Podarges. The Shadows will arrive, and you have to take them down before Larus spawns at the H6 grid.
Imber	Mission 12: An Island in Darkness	Destroy all enemy LCACs within three minutes of the mission.
Sicarius	Mission 13: The People of the Lost Country	Destroy at least five radar towers before the C-130 ends. Sicarius will spawn in the western part of the map.
Lupus	Mission 15: Wings of Wax	Destroy any one of the two Ladons. Lupus typically spawns in the northeast around the G2 grid.
Currus	Mission 16: Singer	Destroy any two of the three terrorist ships, and the last one will launch drones. Carrus will spawn in the northwest around the A2 grid.
Avus	Mission 17: Land Battleship No. 3	Dreoys all the TGT enemies in the latter half before allied bombers reach the halfway point. Avus will either spawn in the northwest or the northeast after the mission updates.
Curis	Mission 18: Moonlight and Shadows	Shoot down the Shadow 24. Cris will spawn in the south around the E7 grid.
Aleator	Mission 19: Clearing the Lighthouse	Shoot down all the Su-47 Berkuts and the Aleator will spawn in the east.	To be added.
Periodus	Mission 20: Escort Orbiter	Appears when you destroy at least one B-2. It typically spawns in the north.
Alienus	Mission 21: The Star-Bound Bird	Shoot every enemy ship to make Alienus spawn in G4.
Caligo	Mission 22: Pursuing the HSCA	Approach the Calaeno undetected, and the Caligo will arrive as a reinforcement. It spawns around the D3 grid.
Milvus and Cantrix	Mission 23: The Destruction of Expo City	Shoot down all the Gemma Squadron and Ventus Squadron aircraft in less than thre minutes. Both Milvus and Cantrix will spawn in the east.
Sabulum	Mission 24: The Battle of Rocky Island Day 1	Protect all the LCACs until they land. Sabulum will spawn in the south.
Cinis and Silacrum	Mission 25: The Battle of Rocky Island Day 2	To spawn Cinis, destroy every Land Destroyer and Land Aegis ships. Fly between the moored Podarge’s wings and ocean surface. Cinis spawns in the south, while Silacrum spawns near the same spot.	To be added
Lucidius	Mission 26: Crossing Fleets	Destroy all ground targets on Cima Island, and Lucidius will spawn in the east.
Stiria	Mission 27: Fatsia, The Ocean Fortress	Fly through the Megafloat Spoke, and Stiria will spawn in the northeast around the E3 grid.
Harmonius	Mission 28: A Thousand Points of Light	Should at least 5 enemy bombers within the first 5 Minutes, and Harmonians will arrive with the reinforcement from the southeast.
Shadow 25	Mission 28: A Thousand Points of Light	First, shoot down Shadow 24 during mission 18, and shoot down all shadows except 22 in A Thousand Points of Light.	To be added
Prudens	Mission 29: Selene	Fly under the highway bridge around downtown Theve, and Prudens will spawn in the middle.
Tegimen	Mission 30: Song of Wings	Destroy at least three submarine-launched missile dispensers in the first half of the mission, and once the submarine surfaces, Tegimen will spawn in the southeast around the G6 grid.