All recruitable characters in Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave

Recruiting characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is an important feature in the early game — but a crucial one in later chapters. Regardless of the path you choose to play in Part 1, you’ll have a starting group of characters to play with. However, to win the Heroic Games, the protagonists of each path will need all the allies they can get.

To help you find the best units and form the strongest army you can, we’ve prepared this guide listing all the recruitable characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, along with the requirements each has to join your group. Besides, we also explain how the recruiting process works and how to raise support level.

[Ed. note: This guide contains spoilers for Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave so keep that in mind as you read through it!]

Update (Oct. 9): We’ve added a new section to this guide explaining how to merge units.

How to recruit characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

In Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, to recruit a character, you must first give them a gift to unlock the “Recruit” dialogue option. Then, you must meet their support level and renown level requirements in relation to the Flame Lord you are playing with (Cai, Dietrich, Theodora or Leda). Once they accept becoming part of your team, you can use them in battles and engage in other activities, like temple services.

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Some characters may have two other requirements in their “Conditions” tab: paralogues and negotiations. The former are unique missions that start appearing in Chapter 10 and are only available for a short period of time. On the other hand, negotiations are different for each character. One can make a request, giving you a side quest to complete, while others will ask for a certain number of items.

A character’s support and renown requirements are different depending on the protagonist you’re playing with. Some may not even be recruitable in specific routes. If this is the case, but you want to have that character on your roster, you can just play the path where that character is available. Characters you have already recruited on one route will still be available on the other, but you can only recruit characters during Part 1.

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Some characters, like Anatolia, will appear as “not recruitable,” but you can make her and other important characters part of your team in Part 3 by completing their paralogue missions in Part 1. Each Flame Lord has their own paralogue mission as well, and completing them is the quickest way to add them to your team without having to complete all paths to secure them. However, by completing only their paralogues, you will have partial access to them, which means that you can use them in battles, but they don’t appear in story-focused segments.

Below, you find a list of characters whose paralogue you must complete to have them in your team in the last part of the game:

• Anatolia
• Bertrand
• Cai
• Dietrich
• Leda
• Orchel
• Talimun
• Theodora

How to increase the support level in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

While you will steadily increase a Flame Lord’s renown level by progressing the campaign and completing side quests, you can utilize multiple methods to raise a character’s support level. Here are all the ways to obtain support points:

• Use link attacks
• Using support actions like buffs during fights
• Training together
• Gifting
• Meals
• Performing temple services together
• Watching a play in the theater
• Using the thermea

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For meals, temple services, attending the theater, and bathing in the thermea, you must always make sure to select the Flame Lord of the route you’re playing, if you want them to meet the recruiting requirement of a character.

All recruitable characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

The list below contains all the characters you can actively recruit by meeting their support and renown requirements. For a better understanding, we have structured the following table to have one column for each Flame Lord, allowing you to identify the support level and renown level each protagonist must be with a character to recruit them.

When a character’s requirement cell contains only “teammate,” it means that they are part of the initial party you obtain when playing such a path.

[Ed. note: If you’re viewing this guide on a mobile device, you may have to swipe left and right to see all the information on the tables below.]

Name	Negotiation/Paralogue requirements	Cai	Dietrich	Leda	Theodora
Alexandra	–	Support: 2 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 10
Benditz	–	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 2 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 1 Renown: 8
Bonaventure	–	Not recruitable	Not recruitable	Not recruitable	Teammate
Buccar	Clear Leda’s paralogue.	Not recruitable	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 8
Catania	–	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 1 Renown: 8	Support: 1 Renown: 2	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Dadao	Deliver 2 kothar gar fish.	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 2 Renown: 5	Support: 2 Renown: 5
Dante	Pay 8,000 gold.	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 2 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 6
Diego	Clear Orchel’s paralogue.	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 2 Renown: 8
Esmeralda	Complete Esmeralda’s request.	Support: 2 Renown: 7	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Fabio	Clear Dietrich’s paralogue.	Not recruitable	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Not recruitable
Fianna	Pay 3,000 gold.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Gaitz	Clear Bertrand’s paralogue and get to Chapter 12.	Not recruitable	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Not recruitable	Not recruitable
Goliath	Deliver 3 giants’ meat.	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Guzran	–	Support: 1 Renown: 2	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 1 Renown: 3	Support: 3 Renown: 8
Halvin	Deliver 10 dates.	Support: 3 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Inyoni	Pay 3,000 gold.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 1 Renown: 7	Support: 1 Renown: 9
Io	Pay 1,500 with Leda, or 800 gold with other characters.	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 2 Renown: 3 Show More	Support: 1 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 10
Jasmine	Pay 500 gold with Leda or 2,000 gold with other characters.	Support: 1 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 6
Jester	Complete Jester’s request.	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown : 9
Kiroc	Deliver 3 bottles of pure water.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 1 Renown: 4	Support: 1 Renown: 4	Support: 3 Renown: 10
Lilian	Pay 5,000 gold	Support: 2 Renown: 8	Support: 2 Renown: 8	Support: 2 Renown: 7	Teammate
Loretta	Deliver 3 iron swords.	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 10
Ludia	Complete Ludia’s request.	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Lysander	Deliver 5 Iron Spears.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Teammate
Majide	Talk to him three times and admit you wish to recruit him.	Support: 2 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 8
Mikaela	Pay 3,000 gold.	Support: 3 Renown: 5	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 8
Mu	Deliver 3 glirmosa.	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Nezha	Deliver 3 sandworm meat.	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 2 Renown: 6
Ninae	Deliver 1 paradise fish.	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 6
Noctula	–	Support: 1 Renown: 4	Support: 1 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 1 Renown: 3
Nuzzuo	Deliver 3 iron bows.	Support: 2 Renown: 6	Support: 1 Renown: 9	Support: 1 Renown: 7	Support: 1 Renown: 6
Nydine	Deliver 2 bronze axes.	Support: 1 Renown: 6	Support: 2 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Olympia	Complete Olympia’s request.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Peppe	Clear Bertrand’s paralogue.	Support: 1 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Not recruitable	Support: 2 Renown: 7
Peter	Deliver one rare ginji.	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Seteth	Complete Seteth’s request.	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Not recruitable	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 6
Sha Lan	Clear Anatolia’s paralogue and answer her questions correctly.	Not recuitable	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Not recruitable
Simon	Play heads and tails with him and choose tails to win.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 3 Renown: 6	Support: 3 Renown: 7
Sirocco	Complete Sirocco’s request.	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Teammate	Support: 1 Renown: 5
Sofia	–	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 1 Renown: 2
Tialla	Clear Cai’s paralogue and deliver 3,000 gold.	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 9	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 10
Tobias	–	Not recruitable	Not recruitable	Not recruitable	Teammate
Ultand	Complete Ultand’s request.	Teammate	Support: 3 Renown: 5	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 6
Ursula	Complete Talimun’s paralogue.	Support: 3 Renown: 10	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Not recruitable	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Yang Jie	Answer his questions correctly.	Support: 2 Renown: 3	Support: 1 Renown: 2	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 9
Zarcone	Refuse to pay 10,000 gold, then refuse to pay 1,000 gold, so you only pay 500 gold.	Support: 3 Renown: 8	Support: 3 Renown: 7	Support: 2 Renown: 5	Support: 1 Renown: 4

^{Table images: Intelligent System/Nintendo via Polygon} The following table contains the characters and Flame Lords that join your group in Part 2 and Part 3 if you have met their prerequisites. Note that if you have already finished a Flame Lord’s path in Part 1 and Part 2, you won’t need to meet the requirements below to recruit the respective Flame Lord in Part 3, as they’ll already join you.

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Name	Prerequisites	Arc
Anatolia	Complete her “Queen of the Erased” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Aswan	Joins automatically during the campaign as long as you were able to keep her alive in Part 2.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Bertrand	Complete his “Friendly Match with Bridgid’s King” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Cai	Complete his “Great Escape” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Centurio	Complete the “Rescue Centurio” side quest.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Creek	Complete the “My Late Sister’s Accessory” side quest in Part 1 and defeat him in Part 2.	Part 2 – War Arc
Dietrich	Complete his “Sealed-Off Past” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Hong Hua	Joins automatically during campaign.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Klapka	Joins automatically during the campaign as long as you were able to keep him alive in the first mission he appears in Part 3.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Leda	Complete her “Divisionary Tactics” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Nathan	Recruit Creek and use him to defeat Nathan in Part 2 Chapter 3.	Part 2 – War Arc
Orchel	Complete her “Orchel’s Regreat” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Tahonia	Joins automatically during the campaign as long as you were able to keep her alive in Part 2.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Talimun	Complete his “Secret of the Vansihed Carriage” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Theodora	Complete her “Missing Brave-Warriors Statuet” paralogue mission in Part 1.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc
Troy	Joins automatically during the campaign.	Part 3 – Salvation Arc

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How to merge characters in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Once you complete Part 3, Section 1 of the “Salvation Arc,” you unlock the option to merge units. Go to the Obelisk Chamber and interact with the Shrine of Causality. Choose the “Merge Causality” option and a screen with all your units will appear. A yellow double-arrow icon will appear over the ones you can upgrade by merging them with their other versions. To complete the process, you must pay 300 karma shards.

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As you begin Part 3, if you have finished more than one route and recruited the same characters as you played them, you have the option to choose the version of a unit you want to use during the last part of the campaign. However, you can still take advantage of all the time and money you invested in their other version by merging them into the main version. When you merge a character, you carry the best stats and skill levels they had on other routes.

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For example, I chose to have the Sofia I recruited in Theodora’s Path as my main version in Part 3, but I trained her in Leda’s Path to ride horses. If I want to, I can upgrade the former’s riding skill level by merging them.

If you’re new to Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, we can help you navigate the complex paths of causality. We have put together explainers on which character you should pick first, how to change heroes, and if you should play in casual or classic mode, so you can set up the campaign according to your preferences.

Fortune’s Weave is a massive game, that’s why we explain how long it will take for you to finish it. As you progress through the initial Heroic Games matches, you should focus on recruiting more characters, unlocking Boons of Salvation, and spending free time in the best way possible. Just don’t forget to visit the Perch and have a quick Bird Time session.