on Google Preferred Source Google News Link copied to clipboard By Josh Broadwell Published Sep 17, 2026, 12:01 AM EDT Guides Head into the Heroic Games with a fighting edge
Image: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo via Polygon Add Us Add on Google Preferred Source Google News Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is a gigantic, overwhelming game, and even with all its tutorials, it's impossible to learn everything there is to know without some trial and error. Things like the build stat — new to Fire Emblem, if you skipped Engage — and the importance of paralogues, or how to fast travel on the world map are left for you to figure out on yourown. Or they would be without this guide.
Below, we've laid out 23 essential Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave beginner tips to help get you started.
Image: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo via Polygon Weekly activities in Fortune's Weave are the backbone of progression. Meals at the inn and giving gifts are how you raise support to recruit new units. Training at the arena helps you increase skill levels so you can pass exams for new classes, and performing temple service unlocks new blessings. There are other weekly activities , though these are the most important. Make sure to return to Dagsion once a week to do them.
If you just want more fights, go back to Dagsion to shuffle the available enemies on the world map. Dietrich can use Answerer's special ability to make enemies appear nearby on any map spot, too, and their level will be roughly the same as other random mobs that spawn in that area.
Press the Plus button to open the menu, and scroll over to the calendar. You'll see upcoming events, matches at the arena you can spectate for skill points, what the inn is serving, which plays are running, and character birthdays if you've begun a bond with them by giving them at least one gift. The calendar shows the next several days ahead, so you can plan with plenty of time.
Paralogues start appearing in September, and completing them is a way to make sure that character — usually one of the Flame Lords, with one or two exceptions — joins you in Act 3 as a guest character without you having to complete their entire first act. The other, non-playable Flame Lords also have paralogues, and the same applies to them. The trouble is timing. Paralogues pop up without fanfare, and they have very short deadlines. Like, sometimes you'll just get a few days. It's not easy to get them all on a single route, but you can replay later or get a few in one route and the others in another if you want to do them all.
If there's absolutely nothing else you want to do with your free time, head to the inn and choose auto-activities. You can send your team out to search for items, fight, or train, for a set number of turns. Depending on what you chose for them, they'll come back with class, combat, and skill experience, or search items and gold.
Image: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo via Polygon The city map, accessed by pressing the ZR button, shows icons for different vendors and important locations. When those are a yellow-y gold-ish color, it indicates there's something new or important happening there. For temples, it means the enshrined deity is holding public audiences. Attend them to get a free re…