Even More Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started - Fire Emblem: Three Houses

[@billygoods22]

"you can tilt the controller to make the sprite run left or right" ppsh, I already knew that "you can press b or a to jump or flip your cape" WHAT

[@daenithriuszanathos9306]

No matter how many times I've tried, pressing a doesn't flip the cape. I might be doing something wrong, though.

[@HuyLe-dl4fm]

@@daenithriuszanathos9306 you can't lift the cape by pressing A tho. Byleth will lift the cape if you make him/her to stand still.

[@Azninjazn]

other way for me lol

[@hildahilda9468]

I was the opposite I knew you could jump but not run

[@daenithriuszanathos9306]

@@HuyLe-dl4fm Yeah, I figured as much that we don't actually control the cape lifting animation. Still, it's good to have this suspicion confirmed, so thank you!

[@okancihan2414]

*Things I wish I knew before I started* *May contain spoilers*

[@AussieManny]

Yeah, fuck that. I ain't even pressing play.

[@ConductorElcrest]

Video legit has a may contain spoilers

[@nikkoval8490]

Yeah, this title doesn’t make sense

[@MonkeyKing404]

Thing I wish I knew before playing: Try to recruit all students before a certain part of the game or else you you might be sad

[@elderberryva9282]

I don't know why but I thought you could recruit them during the war after you defeated them (instead of finishing them) and then they just died and yeah I was sad

[@0pine0]

Me right now 😢

[@spoopybingus3537]

My tip is too always be looking ahead at what class certifications are. It helps you plan out what skills you need to advance your characters in.

[@weatherboy2009]

Fancy Fox I did this on my 2nd and currently 3rd playthrough. Mapped out who I want in what role/class

[@pickedceasar1216]

Isn't that basic strategy rpg knowledge? 😂 Like once you learn about classes that should be the first thing you do. Hell the main mechanic of this game is literally planning out how each character will improve what skill so they can class properly Basically what you did was say the whole game was just one big tip

[@woolco]

@@pickedceasar1216 what if I want *all* the classes?

[@ARZiehm]

Why do people keep on passing around that if you press A on the loading screen it flips the cape? It literally doesn't. B does jump, and it is motion controlled but pressing A does nothing. I feel like this writer read this in another article and just tossed it in a video

[@gozzilla177]

@TurboSushi mine just does the cape flip if I press nothing that's all it does on screen.

[@wraithxiii5911]

it does, but i think it gets bug. when i first got the game, i could flip it, but after chapter 3 or 4 i coulnt anymore

[@Bullminator]

If there is something on screen it wont work. It only works screnless with no calendar.

[@juicyjuustar121]

Yeah. Your caoe will flip like that if you stand still, pressing A has nothing to do with it.

[@feep3534]

... Students do date after war just like you. First tip and already wrong. Yikes

[@Mellow_Yellow13]

@Zenithir So basically like in the old games (pre-Awakening) where only certain character pairings got paired endings if they reached an A-support together?

[@Mellow_Yellow13]

Zenithir I don’t need an S Support if I get a paired ending. Even if they don’t necessarily have romantic subtext, it’s just nice knowing paired endings are a thing even though students can’t date

[@mcdonkey500]

imagine unironically typing yikes

[@feep3534]

@@mcdonkey500 ... Students do date after war just like you. First tip and already wrong. Yikers*

[@jaredmorris306]

Also on the flayn tip you can advance all the way till the quest start as long as you don’t accept the prompt which literally states it ends the month it won’t end

[@shirox11]

You can romance characters. It just doesn't come to fruition till you beat the game.

[@Vaibryn]

It's IGN what do you expect xD

[@SonGoku5363]

@@Vaibryn Gamespot*

[@Vaibryn]

@@SonGoku5363 oof didn't even notice. Mainstream journalism is so trashy nowadays :'D

[@ddanbeatz186]

He spoke on the marriage at the end of the game

[@CENB71]

but wasnt it random? I remember my Bernie got an A rank with multiple guys but ended up with Ferdinand which i expect him to be with Dorothea.

[@oncebluemoon]

"so you can't play Matchmaker either" *Awakening/Fates stans have left the chat*

[@obara7366]

Honestly. I was so excited to match all these little darlings, now I'm super disappointed. I almost wish I found this out for myself organically.

[@tuvarkz]

Lies. The A supports between students can be quite heavy handed in the romance. Similarly, the student teacher A ranks already imply attraction from the student.

[@percyperriwrinkle]

TIP : If you get C support with either Manuela or Hanneman, you can acquire Experience Ring through a Paralogue Quest.

[@Khainiwest]

Oh that's helpful! thank you

[@reanschwarzer1525]

which paralogue quest!? and when

[@NickkTran]

I belive you have to recruit them to be able to do the paralogue

[@reanschwarzer1525]

@@NickkTran how do u recruit them? The option hasn't appeared yet I have both of them c rank.

[@NickkTran]

@@reanschwarzer1525 level up, they join around level 15

[@Freshhness]

In 2/22, use all your activity points before speaking to edelgard to make a game changing decision

[@kuvie9238]

Chris Nguyen you should be using all of your points every week if you explore anyways 💀

[@dasquirrelfish]

@@kuvie9238 no, that particular month if you talk to Edelgard it triggers a cutscene that automatically ends the explore, even if you have points left. (Black Eagles only though)

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

The game is so good, I'm low key addicted to it I downloaded fe heroes just to get more of my fe fix.

[@doodoomobah]

*so you have chosen... death*

[@oceansforce]

Jeffrey Yi I think he needs to pick a god and pray...

[@woolco]

@@doodoomobah *so, you have chosen debt*

[@WolfofPride]

*Pro Tip* After starting a new game with save+ you should considering spending all of your renown thus far to advance prof level to A right away

[@regiman222]

Makes sense, then you have the most money and action points, as well as acess to pretty much all facilities.

[@losnfjslefn8857]

That's what I did. Makes things a lot easier.

[@fightnight14]

Always the priority when playing Ng+ for sure

[@nonplayercharacter12333]

Took me two playthroughs to max it out. You can do that with weapon ranks too, so grinding is less annoying.

[@princevaliant]

@@regiman222 Access to Harem?

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

You don't have to wait until the end of the month to take that quest, you can do it right away and just don't enter the room- the game will allow you to spend activity points and explore without completing the quest. That, and it literally says before entering "entering this room will skip to the end of the month, do you want to continue?" So... Not like you even need the tip to learn.

[@Gerolanfalan]

Still somewhat easy to misinterpret. I thought if I waited, I'd lose Flayn for good.

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@Gerolanfalan Maybe, but I think the game does a good job warning you when there are consequences for the most part.

[@missquark_]

Whoever wrote the script to this just mass-skipped all of the dialogue and didn't talk to anyone in the monestary and then whines "waaaa, i don't understand diz game, itz haaaard!" 🤣

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@missquark_ Though sometimes the game does just fail. Like half the missing items have descriptions equally applicable to multiple characters. "Scared of ghosts" makes up a good chunk of Lysithea's supports... Not her's. "Deep connection to Rhea" not Cyril's, who mentions her every conversation, not Setheth, her _personal advisor_, or even Flayn who lives in the monastery... But Catherine. Then my absolute favorite, "someone who fights outside". This applies to literally everyone.

[@naoh.556]

CrazyDolphin omg I still hadn’t figured out it was Cathrine‘s! I was asking all the reasonable people like you mentioned: Cyril, Seteth, Marianne and Flayn. 🙃

[@megankarow2328]

recruit as many people as possible before chapter 12. just do it. trust me.

[@raijinssb]

Megan Karow my first run through i messed up badddd lost my dancer cuz the edelgaurd route too

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

_garon voice_ MY CHILD NOW

[@Xerin0]

I noticed that, from my experience, B support bypasses the stat preferences of students from other houses and lets you recruit them regardless of the stat rank The only exception that I'm aware of being that Catherine joins you after you hit lvl. 15 without question

[@regiman222]

A useful thing to remember when playing newgame+, spend renown to B rank characters and have them join your class

[@mikeylambda1322]

I love how the western audiences are more and more interested in these types of games

[@meledyne5059]

Weebs are taking over america!

[@pabloirusta4731]

I tried to buy it on amazon on Saturday (1 day after launch) and it was sold out. I couldn't believe it but it also made me really happy to see that such a good franchise is starting to get the appreciation it deserves.

[@TayNez63]

Us real gamers have already been addicted to FE for years

[@uglydayfif]

I love how if you take a game off of handheld it actually sells better. MHW doesn’t give me cramped hands and neither does this.

[@TayNez63]

@@uglydayfif when playing handheld it feels so small after doing most of my playtime on my tv. I've been waiting for another console FE since Radiant Dawn

[@bertbertowski8163]

Save your bait till u get to the fist full of fish event (I think that's what its called) it gives u between 2-4 fish with one bait and includes the expiriance from each fish to ur professor level

[@gabrielike1370]

I bought this game with no expectations as I never played any game like this and I gotta say it’s REALLY GOOD the whole teaching concept and the combat is super fun I’m onyl 4 hours into it and I can’t get enough

[@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226]

If you picked Black Eagles make sure to have two saves. You will be locked into a certain ending if you don’t meet the requirements on a certain chapter.

[@gabrielike1370]

Ronnie Shaw I picked the blue lion but thanks for the heads up🙏 I have gone further all my student are lvl 10+

[@Elokaynu]

@@sabbe_satta_bhavantu_sukhi7226 Oh my! I just got to this part earlier today.. (super slow and at like 20 hours) and I thought the event that happened prior threw me into a loop then BAM with this decision

[@missquark_]

If you love this game be sure to consider playing the Persona games as well, it's pure goodness too.

[@gabrielike1370]

Miss Quark I have played it the funny thing is I said it was ass when I say a gameplay video off it it’s until I decided to buy persona 4 golden that’s when my mind was blown 😂

[@oceansforce]

I feel something important to mention is that the rusted weapons that reforge into named weapons *Don’t stack with the ones that reforge to iron* check your stacks, if it’s iron you’re good to get rid of all of them!

[@FinalFayt1]

I haven't had any Rusted Weapons that reforge to iron. Only rusted ones that reforge to Silver, which is extremely handy. You get silver weapons for a third of the cost

[@oceansforce]

C.A. Parker You get a ton that reforge to Iron from the online connection stuff

[@kirigara9055]

Renown carries over to NG+ so get as much renown as you can in a play through.

[@VulturePilot]

Tip #1, Edelgard has the correct take on the situation in Fodlan. This message was brought to you by the Black Eagles gang.

[@DocCoolness]

False. - The Church

[@jeofjop]

Brought to you by the Black Eagles Strike Force*

[@veiledmystery7219]

I agree

[@dckillarobo]

Edelgard is a genocidal tyrant she is not in the right.

[@veiledmystery7219]

@@dckillarobo Okay we think she is in the right and you think she's not. There is no need to bash here like that when we are only speaking an opinion.

[@MogekoMagica]

*Tip 1:* You can have tea time with Flayn. *Tip 2:* You can zoom in on Flayn. *Tip 3:* You can make Flayn blush. *Tip 4:* You can protect Flayn. *Tip 5:* You can marry Flayn.

[@yellowbeard1]

AcciorraOfficial I ended up killing her on my first play through. Turns out on that mission if you go after Seteth first then Flayn they will both retreat, if you go for Flayn first they both die. The game gives no warning of this or indications that you should hit one before the other so she lives on my second play through

[@jaymanier7286]

She looks too young for me.

[@Lambchow143]

Kinda weird that you can kill them if you know what they really are lol

[@Itchy_Ninja_Go]

@@yellowbeard1 good to know. just did this. i vowed to stick to my choices on the first play-through and this def hurt the most.

[@firebluetoad3990]

yellowbeard1 Well damn, it’s a good thing I always prioritized defeating Seteth before Flayn in my second playthrough. I didn’t know you could do that. I would have been so sad if I killed Flayn, especially because I married her in my first playthrough.

[@likealaddertothesun]

What's even the point of tips to know before starting a game if they contain spoilers??

[@TheRmm1976]

It doesn't, really.. Very minor spoilers, if you want to call them that.

[@Kimyx3Angel]

Didnt really have spoilers. Nothing that will wow or surprise you no scene that would ruin from main story.

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

@@TheRmm1976 spoilers are spoilers man lol

[@chriskoloski32]

"You can't romance anyone" excuse me, these end credits where they say characters get married and have kids would like a word

[@oraliamachado880]

Yeah on my run Sylvain and Ingrid got married.

[@GriFFonRec4]

Iron weapons are GOOD. In some situations early game, EVEN when you have a plethora of steel weapons Iron weapons can be better because they have a lower WT stat. This stat can raise your AS stat and allow you to attack twice depending on the enemy AS. Usually if you can attack twice it's better than attacking once with a steel weapon UNLESS you are using a combat art or the character is just REALLY fast and attacks twice with the steel weapon.

[@lucaspastori8321]

but you don't really the ton of weapons that the game gives you that's all ^^

[@GriFFonRec4]

@@lucaspastori8321 Oh I'm sure. I'd say this advice is good for about 30 hours (on your first playthrough ofc). More advance weapons are lighter and stronger with higher crit (although they have WAAAAAAAY less durability (like 15 max) so even then Iron can STILL be good to have as backup.

[@fightnight14]

Iron+ is probably the most practical weapon in the game. I agree the lower weight makes it good not to mention moving around the map, the lesser the weight the longer your movement is

[@GriFFonRec4]

@@fightnight14 Not sure about that mechanic. Pretty sure the only way to effect movement is to buff, go a different class, or otherwise movement impairing areas like forest or deserts.

[@stug6974]

Hell, even a training weapon(+) can be incredibly useful with its low weight and great durability. Getting a follow-up attack and doubling your damage output will beat out the extra Might in most situations.

[@Owmxks]

An additional tip regarding forging: Some weapon types can be upgraded further past + For example a Steel Bow+ can be forged into a Long Bow or a Killer Edge+ can be forged into a Wo Dao

[@maibignutt6434]

playing for a week and just finished with the school phase. yeah, i'm pretty slow.....

[@dennism05678]

I'm 50 hours in, most of my characters in black eagle have two or more S+ in skills and I'm still in chapter 8 xD i get u haha

[@maibignutt6434]

@@dennism05678 holy..... is that even possible lol

[@dennism05678]

Yup it is haha just wanted to see some of the abilities u can get when u max a skill/ classes

[@iverne3025]

@@dennism05678 lol and I sat here thinking my 25 hours at chapter eight were quite impressive. Dayum

[@dennism05678]

That's why i love this game our time difference is way apart yet where in the same chapter xD

[@beyondparadisegaming]

The quest you get you can still look for the parts you need. You do not have to advance the month. it ask you if you want to.

[@darkbribe777]

TIP: it took me a while to find the info on the green triangles your units have in combat. the color of the triangle indicate how much health your battalion have on that unit. Green: means they are healthy yellow: half health red: almost dead

[@starrystudy00]

Fido Hula THANK YOU

[@Xmapavega929X2]

THANK YOU FOR THE CHAPTER 6 TIP!!!!! It saved lots of time to level up my students. Truly one of the BEST tips I've seen so far and only you talk about it. Bless your souls.

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

I didn't do it in my SS run. I regret it immensely and proceeded to follow the tip for every other playthrough.

[@MidnightBlackandVictoria]

Heres a tip- You can farm renown if you have the Ashen Wolves DLC. Just farm gold, buy seeds, and trade them for renown at the alter. 9900 gold worth of seeds gets you just under 1000 renown. If you have a ton of gold, trade it for renown BEFORE the final battle, and it will carry over with your other bonus renown. You also get 10000 if you finish the DLC side story.

[@ds2587]

I knew you could jump, but knowing you can cape flip too is a real game changer.

[@RShezmo]

Here's a tip from personal experience: In new game+ spend all your renown in increasing your professor level to the max and (this is optional) in the stats you'll focus your character to have. By doing those two things you'll be able to do more things in the monastery, that includes faculty training. Faculty training in the early stages it's key if you wish to recruit many units from other houses, since they have a stat check. If you want to lower those, you can also give them gifts, or invite them for tea to increase your support level. But having a high professor level makes recruiting other units incredible easier. To give some context of how useful this has been: I haven't done the Flayn quest where she's missing yet, however I've recruited a total of: 6 different students from other houses because I was able to raise my stats with faculty training.

[@majormetcalf1225]

Since your first tip was flat out wrong I kinda don’t really trust the rest of them.

[@lucaspastori8321]

@Major Metcalf no don't worry, the rest of them are fine :)

[@samthomas7253]

@@lucaspastori8321 except the one about felix. Training his authority / giving him a battalion can allow him to use battalions that give more than +5 attack, making his personal ability kinda redundant

[@957kakashi]

You can romance. Whoever you S rank *SPOILER* your character can marry at the end of the game. But it’s only one person and none of the students / allies can do it. You’re the only one and it’s just a lot less of a thing then it was in awakening or fates.

[@jeltevl8868]

Not really. Your allies/students marry each other to. You can even pick pretty much. In case of the students they marry the people you didnt pick. And then its a question who got A support with who first. So if you want two specific people to marry hold off to all other A supports till you get the one you want and then do that to ensure them marrying each other. How their marriage works for them is something you can read about during the credits.

[@justice7788]

Half way through the game, and finding about the no romance is very sad

[@Scoutzknives]

except there is romance, depending on who it is you give them a ring and love is professed. the video is quite misleading.

[@bentroei5346]

Plus, as someone else stated in another comment, I know that at least Ferdinand and Dorothea get married at the end of the game too if you get them to A support

[@lunastar7245]

There IS romance, you have to S rank the one you want to romance then the romance happens at the end of the game. I think after you beat the last boss I'm not sure.

[@Flareboxx]

Please make more of these videos! They're so helpful, and this is still just scratching the surface. You could list out which of the characters leave you at the time jump so we know which to avoid spending time on!

[@princessmorganoke]

Thanks so much for this!!! This is wonderful. I’m on the Flayn mission now so WOW I’m happy I saw this before ending the month 0.0

[@nxgrxmxncxr]

Regarding Tip 6: If you have a character on your team via the Mission Assistance mechanic, make sure they are NOT defeated. If you have a unit get defeated during Mission Assistance, you are no longer able to recruit or give gifts/lost items to them. It happened to me with Petra and I was devastated :,(

[@MikeyDLuffy]

Petra is my wife and it hurts me that you let her die....

[@princevaliant]

Reason I keep a save on every checkpoint. So I can travel back in time to undo any misfortune lol...

[@giovannibonfiglio9243]

Hey just a heads up, the romance thing is a bit misleading. You pick which student you marry prior to the final mission of the game. And then In the epilogue it shows what happened to Byleth and their chosen spouse This also expands to your students dating each other (from what I’ve played it seems to be whoever A ranks each other first) my dorothea married my Sylvain during the epilogue :)

[@AsterSea]

My man. Thank you.

[@giovannibonfiglio9243]

Elmore Evans I’m a bit shocked it’s slipped through gamespots fingers? There’s even a unique picture for every spouse you choose to marry as byleth haha.

[@shenai2187]

Thanks for that last bit, I'll try to keep that in mind as I always try to unlock all possible supports between my units. Poor Dorothea.

[@giovannibonfiglio9243]

Shenai id recommend playing their support till A (even if they don’t marry) I actually thought they were more or less a great couple

[@shenai2187]

@@giovannibonfiglio9243 Like I said, I'll try to see all supports, so I will :). And I actually like Sylvain, but he makes for a terrible romantic partner.

[@rebeccawheaton8520]

tip 1 is incorrect, students can marry each other at the end so yes you can play matchmaker and yes you can marry someone. why did you make that tip if you didn't finish the game?

[@nonplayercharacter12333]

Another reason to not waste rusted weapons. They never break, so if you want to grind out a unit's class exp and weapon level, give them a knowledge gem, go to an auxiliary battle, one with a forest, hide in a thicket and have them swing away until they master the weapon or the class. If the enemy's weapon breaks, even better. You have 100 turns to do this, so pick up two Knowledge gems and grind away.

[@CptTexas1]

"Dont give felix battalion" I don't think you look at stats. There are battalions that give extra strength, crit, and an evasion bonus. In late game, it is better to have one. Who cares about 5 dmg when he wont get hit and crits more?

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

Early game, it's ill-advised. Late-game or NG+ though? Go all out. House leader battalions and A-rank battalions tend to result in net gains. _king of lions corps cough_

[@DemonicMonkey88]

0:35 Implying that paired endings aren't a thing.

[@TheRedSoulofDT]

GameSpot; you or your students can’t date anyone. Me; bruh, at the end of the war you and your students marry. In fact, before the mission of the last chapter you get to pick which character you can marry (depends on which ones you have an A support for, also I recommend not doing male Byleth with Gilbert or Alois, those are unsatisfying I hear) and during the little snippets before the credits it’ll tell you which of your students married who (I played Golden Deer and surprisingly got Lorenz and Marianne to marry, I wasn’t expecting that but it was awesome) students you recruit can also marry students in your house (whichever ones have an A support they will marry)

[@MoistCrumpet]

I only just learned about tilting the controller yesterday, and it gave me an immense amount of amusement.

[@QiaraIris]

The rusted one was good to know as I've just been discarding them.

[@evelinecarolinelienhuaming1184]

Always Love Role Playing Game Mechanics System 😍😍😍

[@samueldegardin8122]

Should have played Fates , the support system was so weird

[@evelinecarolinelienhuaming1184]

@@samueldegardin8122 Challenging & Non Mainstream 😀😁😂

[@uchennaobi5985]

dang i had so many rusted weapons. I sold like 20 for 20 gold rip. Could have gotten a rare weapon

[@696Hellx]

Ye i sold like 10

[@Cneqq]

I literally discarded them on pickup since they took up space, oof

[@Legendalvin]

Rare rusted weapons needs smith level A+ and rare materials , so you wouldn't get any at all until the very late of Part 2.For the normal ones, they are the same from weapon shop , just cheaper.

[@Eikon_FF]

hahahaha

[@Zangelin]

@@Legendalvin Dude I was A+ before timeskip. You clearly didnt fish enough.

[@mrmustash1672]

1:22 this just happened to me today. It really soured my mood for the whole day.

[@eioda5027]

for it was changing the voice from en to jp, i just found out now and im already halfway through the game, (to those who didnt know, just goto the extra tab via main menu and select the voice option to change)

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

Many text are wrong lmao. So if you want to learn Japanese don’t do it this way

[@the1onlynoob]

Find a cat and you can press + - L R together to pet it Evil laugh: hahahahahahahaha

[@Elysiumsw]

When I recruit someone for the month I usually put them with Byleth in an adjutants spot to help build relationship.

[@missquark_]

This should be titled "Things that are clearly there but didn't bother to notice in my playthough"! Yes, fishing is clearly a free task, that's what the counter on top is for, this is not for decoration. There is no hourglass either when you confirm you want to fish either so, yeah, double confirmation for ya. About entering a certain building and it makes you go to the end of the month: The area is literally glowing and the game asks you to save, it should be clear in your mind that what is ahead is important plotwise... especially if you payed attention to the story and spoke to ppl around. Are you playing this game or you aren't? About bataillons or asking students for help: Whenever you get a quick tutorial make sure to try it out and investigate the mechanics asap, and by that i mean right away. Read, look at the menus, buy/recruit, save, and test it out on the spot. Merchants and gifts: They rarely come to town and are even in the calendar and posting board, so pay attention, the game litterally screams that this is very important. About picking items around: Whoever wrote this never played any RPGs! Do you think Link cares about ethics when he breaks stuff in people's house, in their face?😆 Anyway, you are a teacher, the Church confiscates/hides/indexes so much stuff in this game, as a representative of the church you're totally entitled to do it too, it's part of the job! Rusted weapons: Since when does a well made game like this one bugs you with tons of useless weapons scattered around? Of course you have to check if it has value, because chances are you want these items. New Game Plus: Nice of you to tell us but from the title you are talking about a first playthrough, so it would not affect what you have done do far. (If not, you probably find the game really hardcore and challenging because you were so much not paying attention to anything, therefore are still stuck on chapter 7 with a level 4 Hilda!) Loading screen: You have it all wrong, press the button to jump, tilt left or right to move, set the controler straight to stop/flash cape (gotta motivate the loading bar to go to the right faster, right?). This is bad journalism, please confirm what you state as facts by playing the game yourself before regurgitating whatever you read on the internet.

[@hexohead8479]

And the first tip is straight up wrong, you CAN marry people, seriously did these guys even played the game before spurting out these nonsense "tips"?

[@SvanEsch123]

Felix should actually eventually end up with a battalion, since his unique battalion gives more attack boosts than his personal skill. Only during the early game can Felix’s personal come in handy.

[@undyingforce]

Thank you! I am taking my time with this game and love all the tips.

[@TDM2895]

It’s a shame there are no romance options there are so many great characters

[@Scoutzknives]

there is definitely romance. the video is misleading on that point. its not the same as the past few fire emblems, as there is no child mechanic. but claiming you can't romance anyone, as the video suggests, is just wrong.

[@chriswhinery925]

Until this game I hadn't played an FE game since The Sacred Stones on the GBA (because of not owning Nintendo consoles, not anything to do with the games), but the way the supports worked in the GBA games what that the romance and marriage stuff happens in the endings of the characters. So you maximize support with a character B that is a valid marriage option for character A and in their endings it will tell you what kind of relationship they ended up with.

[@lunastar7245]

There is romance in the game it's just at the very end tho, both the male and female protagonist can romance a lot of the characters. If you want to romance a character you have to get there rank to S from what I've heard and seen.

[@TDM2895]

Scoutzknives oh that’s great news thanks for letting me know! 😁

[@TDM2895]

೫Luna Star7೫ brilliant news thanks for letting me know

[@socketyellow3]

I knew the loading screen was controlled by me but didn’t know he could jump

[@KevinTriforce]

Students can be married by the end though it has something to do with supports so you can do matchmaking but it won’t tell you until the credits

[@sonord2074]

You mention that Felix doesn't need a battalion but the same is also true for Catherine, who can also be seen as easily interchangeable with Felix and her skill is definitely more useful

[@CheckOutMyPokemons]

One thing I wish I knew was that you can't recruit members of other houses after the conclusion of part 1. Really need to make sure to raise their socials ASAP.

[@nickeldime6713]

Pretty sure the presents you buy from the venders are the exact same as the ones you find, they aren't worth any more motivation or support. The only thing that effects how much motivation/support a unit gets is whether or not that is a particular present they like (each unite has about 3 or 4 presents they like the most). Still a very good idea to buy them all, but they aren't anything special other than more presents.

[@miguelrg0503]

Actually with the students if you get a with certain combos at the very end they're put on the same card telling you that they got together

[@JCDGAMING01]

Felix can get a battalion that gives more stats than strength +5. His ability is only for early game before you have access to stronger battalions, and in the off chance his battalion withdraws it won’t be as detrimental.

[@Azelarc]

Yeah, the gambits and battalions are too OP to be left out. Felix can still use his ability once his battalion endurance runs out.

[@TemporalElpis]

"It never gets to a point where you can date any of them. Some S ranks have a suggestion of marriage" Lol what? 99% of the S ranks are literally marriage what do you mean you can't date anyone? Its exactly the same way marriage works for the last 2 Fire Emblem games, unless you were expecting Persona style dating or something.

[@alkwonagee7956]

Incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@crazy338866]

I gave Felix a battalion that grants him +4 phys attack so that he can gain the benefits of having a battalion while only losing 1 attack point.

[@destendgem]

You also shouldn't equip a Battalion to Catherine, but definitely give one Lorenz.

[@aviatinggamer9051]

You should still give Felix a battalion. His ability gives like +5 attack when he doesn’t have one. My Felix currently has a battalion that gives him +20 crit and like +5 or +8 attack along with some avoid and other stats. Rusted weapons that smith into a great weapon are dropped from monsters, mostly found in the non story related battles (versus exploring, resting, seminars) and not from the purple circles on the ground.

[@YuhuTBH]

Late game you'd probably want to give Felix his battalion as the benefits outweigh his personal "Lone Wolf" skill

[@herolumierelumanite1608]

Here's another tip. If you want to get all units, use Female Byleth and join Golden Deers.

[@Ower8x]

Well on Normal you can pull it of in any house you just have to grind those unlimited auxiliary battles till you have all the skills and stats where they are needed ...

[@Ower8x]

@Ronald weasley Well you need money to buy all the gifts so you still need to grind the battles ... so the best and fastest method would be to combine the 2 use the level up and battles to say focus on a few skills while to recruit a few characters while using the earned money to buy gifts for the rest ... Also with using the infinite battles to grind the skills you could theoretically get to the level within a month or 2 if you just keep repeating the battle over and over without advancing time that much ... While you can use the gifts only once you unlock the merchant and the gift stock is 1 limited and only refreshes once a month.

[@bettycreepersayuri-chan809]

Here's one. Linhardt like fishing apparently. That would have saved me so much time to recruit him, and maybe I could recruit Hilda in time if I knew that. God, I'm stupid.

[@thatguyukno41]

WELP every tome i got a rusted weapon i immediately discarded it 0.0 but now i know for my next playthrough good to know!

[@Azninjazn]

wait, arent like 3-4 of these explained to you in-game? you dont have to know them BEFORE you start

[@lorki3]

I like giving Felix Stride, using it up at the start of a battle, and then go nuts xd

[@fakhrulzainal5384]

The loading screen is important.

[@mitchell102]

White Heron Cup doesn't automatically occur. You have to select a unit beforehand. I thought I could just pick the day of.

[@seanizL]

And here I was playing thinking who was best waifu material hahah. Kind of disappointed considering it was there for the last fire emblem game I played

[@GoatedYukari]

You can marry but it’s right before the credits

[@Blood_War07]

The 3rd tip is something I really wish I knew

[@gizzylaserfoot2604]

PROTIP: use adjuncts every battle to help build support and level your weaker units.

[@dillonyoung5502]

what is that?

[@gizzylaserfoot2604]

@@dillonyoung5502 Once your renown increases, you have the option to "pair up" units in the units menu before a battle. Before a battle, press Y (maybe it's X?) on a unit to set an adjunct, and they'll be paired up for the battle, sharing EXP and gaining support.

[@starfire2125]

for #6, once you unlock the ability to add an adjutant that's a good compromise. Though I think you'll have to assign the adjutant to Byleth if you want to build support with them.

[@reanschwarzer1525]

the adjutant option. does it still build support on byleth when u put someone on byleth

[@starfire2125]

@@reanschwarzer1525 I think so but I need to test it more. Building support with someone from another house takes a lot longer.

[@shenai2187]

It builds support between any two units (main + adjutant) as long as they have the option to support each other (check in the support menu). This is how I got Petra and Cyril to support, when I hadn't even recruited Petra yet. Just use the main unit often enough in battle to gain enough points. (Petra was adjutant in this case)

[@shenai2187]

@Ronald weasley Interesting. I'm not sure about ALL, but I noticed yesterday that the adjutant will also gain support when the main unit gains support from being in range of another unit fighting. And of course, it also works if you use the main unit for healing. Sorry if that was unclear. Rallying works as well I would guess. In other words, any time the main unit gains support points with another, so does the adjutant.

[@WarMonkeyPlays]

Heh...the later battalions outweigh Felix's special ability. I would still recommend equipping him with a C+ battalion and view his ability as an "enrage".

[@RevolveR2011]

how do you get more bait for fishing every sunday? After the first week collecting everything in the monestary things dont respawn meaning you can use all the bait in one week of the month right?

[@t50overlord]

Fred fredBurger u can buy them from a merchant at the plaza

[@RevolveR2011]

@@t50overlord i guess i dont have the merchant unlocked yet. Just finished the 3rd month

[@ingrid5884]

Fred fredBurger Yeah a couple months out you will get a quest that upon completion unlocks you the Eastern and Western Merchants that you see in the video. Honestly just sit tight until then and only fish on good fishing days

[@BloodyRomance1313]

Felix is a good person to have battalions as he ranks highly in authority. I give him good mages or dracoknights.

[@adamahmad8800]

I JUST ordered my copy so this is good XD

[@mannyjr8979]

I got addicted after playing 2 hours

[@adamahmad8800]

@@mannyjr8979 I'm addicted too XD I got my copy a couple hours ago and oh my god

[@Blood_War07]

But... Characters will marry each other at the end

[@alexcampbell5375]

Felix AND CATHERINE have anti-battalion personal abilities. However later battallions outweigh the personal abilities greatly

[@SamaelBDS]

I'm tempted on just restarting my game now

[@ChloeSavannahWeeks]

I made mistake 3 tonight, and I’m not sure if I should just restart the game because I didn’t recruit enough members for my team 🙁

[@FragginCap]

Ok I’ve never played a Fire Emblem but people spoke a lot about features that were in previous releases. Romance, match making, multigenerations. I’m really disappointed that so many of these features have been removed. I feel like this CONSOLE version of Fire Emblem is somehow lacking a lot of content you’d find in a standard Emblem game

[@dragonzeroxiii2501]

"Lack lots of content" is a major overstatement. Tbis actuallt has alot more content then the previous games. And there is matchmaking and romance. Only at end game. And the multigenerational thing was specific to Awakening as its mechanic. Fates kinda...had it for no reason ?

[@wolfhunter98]

Kinda sad they didn't add romance and main character customization like the older games. But oh well, I'll still probably pick it up.

[@zachgrubes7387]

This game confuses me. I'm glad I decided to play it on easy casual mode cause I like it but the systems are confusing and I don't think losing battles would make me feel happy to continue.

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

You missing out the fun of this game bro. But I see where you coming from. The fun of this game is to plan on both short term and long term

[@gabrielluiscinco1935]

I noticed the weapon durability in my characters inventory were all refreshed after the 5 year time skip. Can anyone confirm? Also the Main character's signature weapon was refreshed after a certain point in the game before the time skip. So don't be stingy using those rare weapons

[@N0MoreZER0S]

If you choose the same class does everyone start over from level 1? I had some bad rng early on so I like the thought of starting over.

[@garrettaguirre2445]

ur wrong on the start most s ranks end in marrige and some students get married at the end of the game as well........

[@turaska3909]

You can actually play matchmaking. The male and female student does get married when they received A support with each other. I was surprised when Ashe and Ingrid got married in my playthrough.

[@Nathadegold]

I think it only works of they can get an A+ support?

[@turaska3909]

Nah, Ashe and Ingrid only goes to A

[@lunastar7245]

Really? Is this true? They said only the protagonist can romance.

[@turaska3909]

@@lunastar7245 Yes. I've already completed the game once.

[@joepeacock3740]

Yup I screwed up in September. I misread/rushed it and thought it would just end the day.

[@Allmightyimortal]

suggestion of marriage. All of them say let's get married. It's less of a suggestion and more like a red light with a cop sitting by it.

[@ItamarO93]

No.1 is very, vey wrong. Many characters share an ending should they reach A support (and if they have more then one, the one with the highest support points will win), and the player either marries or shares an ending with any character they got an A with and choose to give the ring to in a story even near the end of the game. It is very clear GameSpot didn't do a fact check.