Hey everyone!
A little while ago, I shared a growth calculator and build comparison tool I made for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. I've been working on it quite a bit since then, and I figured it was time to share an update!

Calculator:
https://bzega.github.io/fe-growth/calculator

What originally started as a simple way to calculate growth rates has turned into a much larger project. I've been adding features, collecting game data, and improving the tools for planning character builds.
What's new / improved:
Expanded character, class, and mount information: I've been manually collecting and organizing more of the game's data to make build planning easier.

Seed Mapper improvements: Continue investigating the game's predetermined level-up rolls by recording results and comparing different growth-rate combinations.

Build planning: Experiment with multiple character, class, and mount combinations, then compare their growth rates side by side.

Data and interface improvements: I've been working on making the information easier to access and use throughout the application.

Current features:
Growth Calculator: Calculate total growth rates using personal, class, and mount modifiers.

Multiple Builds: Create and compare different builds simultaneously.

Build Comparator: Compare builds stat by stat, including differences, ties, and overall growth totals.

Seed Mapper: Record level-ups and use different growth rates to narrow down possible RNG rolls. I’ve added stat floors, mount pair level growth and bonus stats, etc. for a more accurate stat calculation.

Character Database: Browse and sort character growth rates. I’ve also added a details/recruitment section that’s currently a major WIP and will be updated shortly.

Class Database: Explore class growth modifiers by tier. I’ve also added a details section that’s still a slight WIP

Mount Database: Compare mount growth bonuses and bonus stats by type and bond level variance.

What's next?
I'm currently finishing up another round of manual data collection. Once that's done, I'm hoping to take a little break from development, at least until the next DLC gives me more things to investigate!
There are still some features and improvements I'd like to make eventually, but I'm pretty happy with how far the project has come.

As always, I'd appreciate any feedback! If you notice incorrect data, encounter bugs, or have suggestions for additional features, please let me know.

Thanks to everyone who's checked it out!

hiii how yall doing, I need help with fe6, I wanted to patch it with the FE6 Numbers Patch and I wanted to know if there's s way to also patch that rom with a spanish translation patch, I did a little research and did a few tries but it seems its impossible to do with online patcher tools, does somebody know of an alternative? (if patching a rom twice is even possible to begin with) yk I can just play the game in english but there's a little charm to playing in my own language with the balances

POV Kagero gifting a box of chocolates
Request made by Yakoblin

I think Fortune weave has by far the highest death count of any Fire Emblem. Like the bbeg (in part 2) just ate 1 million people in the capital city. That on top of the fact that at the beginning of the game everyone is dead except for 4 "people" none of whom are people.

So if the population of the Capital of the empire has 1 mil and there are 3 Vassal Kingdoms with a total standing army of 150,000 soldiers, which if we take stats from WW2 would indicate a population of 3 mil in those kingdoms and add 500k civilians who live throughout the rest of the empire that's almost 5 million dead.

Maybe it's feh that has affected me but recent dancers and healers have the ability to dance or heal and get another action, so I've been thinking.

A dancer that could dance and get another action with restrictions (maybe they can't use dance till next player phase or get limited movement) so they can move again, either like canto to retreat back to safety or to switch weapons, use items, or fight an enemy, could work, or the opposite of attacking and getting a super niche galeforce dance action that give them the ability to refresh an ally if they kill their enemies but unable to attack again. It might sound broken but we had dancers dancing 2-4 units, dancer dancing diagonally too.

There could also be something like an healer dancing up close, like heal or mend that also give another action either at the same time or that let them use rods and then dance, to balance it you could leave dancer with low staff ranks (like how azura is stuck with c rank naginatas instead of B or A or S), not enough to learn crazy things like physics or warp to prevent them to dance from far away (depending on the game D or C), leaving them with heal, maybe restore to remove statuses, torch to illuminate areas affected by fog of war, the open lock thing or a worse hammern staff that give back some durability without fully repair things, call it repair, we already have one with Saphy.

Cause honestly dancer having weapons or magic tends to be a bit useless besides for a few defensive ones but even they worked in engage or geneology where weapon rank was fixed (safeguard, barrier blade, shielding arts) but Azura will rarely get C staff to equip the guard naginata unless you go out of your way to let her use it, sure they can chip damage or be useful for pair up, offensive/guard stance interactions, or to enemy phase and defend themselves to chip damage one enemy (like how Azura in the conquest map, chapter 9 if I'm not mistaken, or the early rev maps), but that's basically it.

So I beat the games a couple of days back and was taking the time to listen to some of the Part 3 tracks and noticed that I'm missing one song in the music player. Anyone know what this track is and where it plays? I'm assuming​​​​​ it's got something to do with the supports since it's between two songs that play during supports.

Rhea is probably the best fighter in the series. Considering that Nemesis scales with Byleth and Shez.... and Byleth needed help to beat Nemesis. And Rhea beat Nemesis alone

Title - any reward for killing Maria in chapter 7 with Lechner? I've been trying to do it but I think I'm a bit under level (still in t1 classes) and only have Catania and Guzran.

A homebody who lives in seclusion.
You may gain her trust, but good luck
convincing her to come outside.

Hey FE fans!! Anyone here know of any artists that do original work in the style of the GBA era FE games? If you can send me their twitter, instagram etc I’d love to check them out! Or resources on where to find said artists. Cheers!!

I will admit, I am absolutely guilty of this. I hated Raphael in 3H because of his too tight shirt and ugly face. I still don't like him to this day lol. Maybe it's petty. but I have to actually like a character for me to want to to use them, and design plays a part in that. Hortensia in Engage was another one, doesn't help she sounded annoying too. Maybe she's good but idc I couldn't stand her.

I've been thinking about this non-stop and the writing in this franchise is genuinely making me lose my mind. Remember the very beginning of Engage where the whole team is fighting by our side, and then suddenly the story restarts and they don’t know us? It turns out that epic opening wasn't even a flashback—it was just a magical coma dream inside Alear’s head. The human royals didn’t "forget" us, they literally hadn't even been born 1,000 years ago! Why couldn't the writers just give us a 30-second scene where Alear tells Lumera about the dream instead of leaving us totally confused for the first half of the game?

And don’t even get me started on the family tree nonsense. When Zephia magically stabs Marni through literal heavy steel plate armor with a tiny dagger, Veyle screams "SISTER!" and completely gaslights the entire player base. They aren't even full sisters! They are half-sisters with different dragon mothers, but the game completely erases their birth moms just for a cheap anime melodrama line. Who even was Alear's biological mom? The game treats her like a disposable footnote in Sombron's harem and never tells us.

The geography is a total joke, too. They board a massive battleship in Solm and act like they're setting sail on a perilous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. You look at the map and it’s a tiny central lake! It was a 30-minute local ferry ride where you could probably see the shore with binoculars, but they play epic music like it's a grand journey.

But the ultimate insult is what they just did with Fortune's Weave. We spent weeks and months watching Alear suffer, die, and finally crawl their way up to become the legendary 13th Emblem of Foundations. Then the new game drops, Nintendo hits a global reset button, jumps to a different timeline, and deletes the Emblems entirely. Like, hello?! Can you even call it "Fire Emblem" if there are literally NO EMBLEMS in the game? It’s a cheap corporate cash grab to slap the logo on a box while completely pretending the ending of the last game never happened. Nintendo's writing team went, ‘let’s forget about the story in the old game!’

Ok So I keep seeing A LOT of people saying "Where is X in part 3"?

"X is missing" , and all variants. So I made a quick little map for you to follow. Excuse the quality but Considering a lot of them often are crowded together, I had to do this. You can try zooming in the image. Some notes to consider:

-This ONLY applies to Chapter 2 in part 3. Characters move between chapters. But since Ch2 is the first time you can get them, here's where they are

-If you cannot find someone, try looking behind the quest givers or buildings. Some are kinda hidden.

- If someone died in your part 1 or 2 playthrough on classic and you didn't get them on other paths they will NOT show up

- You can get everyone back on Ch2. Search carefully. The green dots are those you havent talked to, blue dots are people you got alraedy, and white are npcs.

EDIT: This only works if you recruited EVERYONE. if you let someone die, or didn't recruit (or purposely ignored, looking at anti Dadao crew) they change position.

Some thoughts as I think more about Leda's route, her Part 3 supports (of those ive seen), and reading some criticisms of her route since she seems to be the most controversial one out of the four.

The comparison point between Dimitri from Three Houses is really really obvious, and that does invite a lot of comparisons of how both stories treated their respective lords writing and quality-wise. And while I agree to a good chunk of the Leda route criticisms, I do think by the end of it I still prefer how her revenge story goes compared to Dimitri's.

But laying out said criticisms I agree with: Buccar's betrayal not having a truly proper resolution (you only see why Buccar stays and maybe even why Leda still tolerates him in Cai's route); *to* an extent how much revenge and anger takes up Leda's character compared to Dimitri who at least has WC and his post-redemptiom chapters; the ending not feeling quite as satisfying or somberly cathartic as it was in Azure Moon; the offscreen death of Mahna who was Leda's primary antagonist (really egregious tbh); not enough scenes with her and Aswan especially (needed 3 more scenes at least).

Those are a notable amount of flaws, and I understand those that come away not liking or even disliking Leda's route after it, especially by how Part 2 and 3's narratives don't really allow for her to have a moment in the spotlight compared to Theodora, Bertrand, and Fortuna.

Despite that, call it a low bar if you like, I do really still love this route. Much of it due to how much FW allows Leda to be incredibly messy and act in ways that are straight up evil, like her attempt at subduing Orchel, or the cruel shit she says to Cai. How she lets her soul open for Balor to corrupt more just so she could get more power to win the games. Tbh its the same novelty I like Edelgard for as otherwise in another game, she would just be a villain—I cannot imagine for example the universe where Betrand or Ochel's routes took precedence, everyone would hate her lmao.

But otherwise, its the same reasons I like Dimitri for how they wrote her. Revenge consumed her life, to the point its the only reason she kept living after her massacre—the analogy of it being an unhealthy addiction is more prominent compared to Dimitri's. She is a broken woman with suicidal thoughts who blames herself for what happened in Kassite (as she unknowingly let Lechner in the city's walls), and her revenge against Bertrand is the only thing stopping her from slitting her own throat, as she NEEDS to blame someone to ease at her own guilt. Rose Tempest have seen the good and kindness in her, but don't know how to save Leda, all they can do is be there for her and do whatever they can to stop her from going off the deep-end. Her relationship with Olympia is such a big highlight. I like how Fire Emblem allowed for a female lord to be so messy and deranged, without feeling insecure by making sure she still acted cute for the audience to still like her for (CF Edelgard getting scared by rats and Byleth finding it cute my beloathed).

But speaking of avatars—that is probably why I love Leda's story at least a fair bit more than Dimitri's. It does not rely on Eshmel for her development anywhere near as vitally Dimitri's was with Byleth. I do think his ending is better, and having 24 chapters basically does give him a lot more time and moments to flesh Dimitri and his story out, but Byleth is such a sore point tbh.

By contrast, Eshmel shows up about 2-3 times to save Leda from death such as the Risen Dead Banquet. They otherwise do not become a major part of her development as a character, which I thank God for. And even if I do think the ending just barely justified why Leda wouldn't kill him right there on the ground​, I honestly appreciate that it was because of her own journey, her own sidecast, and her own justifications that lead her to sparing Bertrand's life.​ That she couldn't ignore the Arago conspiracy anymore, how Mahdel betrayed her twice but never did anything but show love to her (and sacrificing himself to save her), how Bertrand didnt resist anymore or beg for his life unlike Bjor or Balboa, Aswan pleading that Bertrand isnt the monster she thinks he is. Killing Bertrand is akin to Leda killing herself, and I honestly found it to be what I sorta wanted Dimitri's to be.

Dimitri's redemption is the most critical point of his story, but it unfortunately didnt land with me. Post-rodrigue Dimitri is a great character, and his supports are among the best in the game, and I love his ending—but the foundations of his redemption felt too rotten for me.

I found Rodrigue's death incredibly contrived. Byleth can use divine pulse, why are they letting Dimitri's other father figure die like how it happened with Jeralt? Maybe they think Byleth needs Dimitri to know the consequences of his actions and thus doesnt save him? That would be an interesting wrinkle for them as a chatacter if they actually could be treated as one.

Byleth holding Dimitri's hands in the rain is genuinely a really good scene as long as I'm headcanoning an AO3 Byleth's personality to them, otherwise I wish this scene could've been with any of the blue lions. Dedue especially. Speaking of, he should not be optional—I dislike how Dedue gets sidelined because of the possibility of not doing his paralogue. The only BL worth a damn of doing anything during Boar Dimitri's madness was Felix—I at least appreciate how Rose Tempest often didn't know what to do to help Leda, or helped her as much as they could while making sure to stop her from anybwirse thoughts. Byleth being central to his redemption gere takes it away from me due to how bland I find them.

And the fact that soon after, he gets "better" (I know he doesnt hes still mentally troubled) and comes to his old self again, I sorta don't like either. I really think a month of mourning and Dimitri processing Byleth's words, with him being unavailable as a unit up until that month's end, would have helped with showcasing the Battle of Gronder Field's affect on him. It feels like they wanted to rush this as much as they could so that players could play "good" Dimitri again.

I do overall think Leda's route had more issues writing wise than Dimitri's, but beyond me subjectively not being bothered by them as much, what really sealed the deal was the lack of an avatar as the central development for all of Parts 1 and 2. All of the Flame lords more or less solve their personal emotional conflicts (mostly) by the end of their routes before Eshmel and Fortuna take the spotlight. Their teams and their journeys were what saved them metaphorically, till Eshmel saves them literally in Part 2. Whereas Bylelth is a vital morality pet from beginning to end for each of the House Lords in 3H, and Byleth unfortunately is just too silent and bland for me to appreciate what they do for each one's route unless I headcanon fanfics for their personality.

Holy shit this got so long I apologize. All that said I dont dislike AM—probably still 3H's best story route tbh. I wish VW and CF got that same love. I just sorta wanted to lay this out for myself and see if any agree or disagree. I honestly really love the comparisons and contrasts between Dimitri and Leda.

TL;DR Byleth fucks up Dimitri's story a bit for me, I like Leda's because her team is more involved and very little Eshmel.

I like the music, but it doesn't really hit the same high FE usually does for me.

I think it's partially cuz when I'm playing a route, I feel like I'm just listening to the lord's themes and that's it. So it gets a little repetitive. And also at peak story moments like Leda chapter 11, it's still just the lord's theme for the map. Like imagine in Engage at Florra Port, they just played the normal Firene map theme instead of Fallen Petals.

What are y'all's thoughts?

So like… do they have an ending together? I was planning on getting it the whole game because I thought it would be both hot and a little funny, boosting their support to level 5 before I’d even finished my first route, and I kept their support up throughout the game to where they were each other’s closest allies, but once the end came… no paired ending. The first time they were paired with Fabio and Tobias respectively, so I replayed the final chapter, let Tobias die (sorry buddy :( ) chose Fabio as my Eshmel S-support, and then… Dietrich got paired with Mikaela and Theodora ended up alone.

I keep checking the wiki to see if something comes up but it just doesn’t. I’ve also heard that other A-support strings, like Theodora and Lilian’s, also don’t have paired endings, so I don’t really want to try the final chapter another time just to come up with nothing. The game’s been out for long enough and just got datamined, so I just want to definitively make sure whether they have an ending together or not.

Okay I've been trying to find this one romhack i saw a screenshot of with a wolf jagen in a "warwolf" class, like a whole entire wolf, cannot find anything specific enough to point to it, it's driving me insane do any of you know. Please

I beat Routeless Part 3 on Normal. Clocked in at around 10 hours. I know it's not the greatest achievement as others have done it on Hard. I would place Routeless Normal as more difficult than 4 Routes Hard.

Heres my tips. Please share your own below for anyone who wants to try. Really fun challenge. I recommend people try it while they wait for the DLC.

* Early game is hard as you have no money, no world map, no materials, and no weapons. I rushed Dungeons and sold weapons and accessories I wouldn't use to grind my way out of poverty and get Eshmel into Fortress Knight to grind armour ranks. You want Healing Armour as soon as possible to get some sustain, or you will keep running out of HP and be unable to heal. Troy can help with heals. Early weapon recommendation is a maxed out Short Spear. You can find a Pilum in one of the dungeons.

* World Map: dungeons are good early. You want at least 2 Diadem Keys to get Godhand, Avatar, and Trident. The carriages in Arago and near Megaira are really important to get online. The Megaliths are also super helpful as they're good dungeons and free Warp Points. Try to snag some Agarthium to level up Zerberus. Temples are good but optional. They give Warp Points, items, and money, but require rare materials. Credna is the most important since he upgrades the spear

* Characters: Eshmel is cracked. Fortress Knight into Castle Knight with Healing Armour carries most of the game. Lategame I went Trident for White Magic. Troy is absolutely ridiculous and can solo maps. Once you upgrade Zerberus and get Modified Weapon she's good to go. Victory gem helps Troy sustain. Hong Hua really wants White Magic Treatises or Arena to get online, which is really tough since you need to repair towns. I couldn't get this going till much later. In the meanwhile she outputs serious damage with Salamander but needs babying since she is squishy. White Magic is free XP

* Gate Missions: the first few are easy but you must explore the area ahead of time so you don't burn turns trying to unlock the world map routes. Always split into 2 squads. The later gate Missions with 2-3 gates are extremely tight as they're balanced around 4-5 squads and I failed the last one by a few turns and had to retry. You really need the warp points and carriages to make it. For the multi gate ones, I had Hong Hua deal with mobs and miasma and Troy assaulted the gate on her own. For the final, I rushed the top left gate with both, took some hits on Dagsion then circled back to the middle one then bottom. Extremely tight.

* Final Mission: actually pretty difficult. I had try run around and attack gates and then Eshmel and Hong Hua would solo Balor. You need to gun down healers as soon as possible. Hong Hua can block routes with Wandering Wall. The mission dragged so long I almost ran out of Heals. But you do need to take it slow and not overcommit. For the last phase, Hong Hua can Bolting a gate if you can't reach it by movement.

Good luck anyone who tries this!

Would really want to know who is a better partner for Cai after watching the Fire Emblem support conversations.

Been playing the game on Hard Classic, and after finally getting over the information overload from the first couple part 1's I've been having a blast. Even quickly replaying a couple routes for some better stats.

Then I got to part 3.

I dont know if it is burnout alone, but Im in the third section and am finding it super hard to continue. It is not necessarily difficult, but I do hate fighting undead. The boon sucks and I have trouble optimizing the free time. I really want to finish it but cannot find the motivation. Will story blow me away? Is it worth turning the difficulty down to speed things up?

I'm sure it's a hot take so please be gentle lol

If I recruit the same character in two or more different routes, as for example, Yang yie, how are things going to be in Part 3? Will the status of both characters "sum up" and become superstrong? Or will the game prioritize one version?

Thanks!

About a year ago I wanted to finally play all the way through Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentia, but the cartridge is seemingly dead. I have a 3ds XL and a 2ds. Is it worth going through the trouble of jail breaking one to try and save the cartridge or are there other methods I can try to fix it?