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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Starts With a Mercenary Turned Professor and a Continent Sliding Toward War
Your choice of house decides which war you fight, which students you recruit and how hard the game can get, so here is how the pieces fit together.
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A school year, then a war
Fire Emblem: Three Houses opens with a mercenary turned professor leading a class of noble students as a continent slides toward war. [1] If you are picking a house for the first time, that choice shapes the whole game.
The first half of the game is a school year at Garreg Mach Monastery. [1] The second half takes place five years later and is the war that your chosen house drags you into. [1]
Intelligent Systems' 2019 installment of the series takes place in the same universe as Fortune's Weave. [2] Unlike Fortune's Weave, Three Houses locks the player in with one hero for the whole game. [2]
Routes and the order to play them
The Blue Lions and Golden Deer each lead straight into a single route. [1] Crimson Flower is the shortest route at 18 chapters. [1]
Silver Snow is a variant of Crimson Flower in which you betray Edelgard at the end of Chapter 11 of Act One. [2] In that route you shift your allegiance to the Church of Seiros. [2]
The routes guide recommends playing Crimson Flower first, then Azure Moon and Verdant Wind, and leaving Silver Snow for last. [1]
Who you can recruit
Whichever house you pick, most students from the other two houses can be recruited. [1] The house leaders Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude cannot be recruited into other houses. [1]
Only the three house leaders and a few retainers loyal to them are off the table. [1]
Classes and the Dancer
Female characters have exclusive access to the Pegasus Knight, Falcon Knight, Gremory and Dark Flier classes. [2] Male characters have exclusive access to the Fighter, Brawler, Grappler, War Master, Dark Mage and Dark Bishop classes. [2]
Access to the Dancer class requires winning the White Heron Cup dance competition during Chapter Nine of Act One. [2] Winning it requires a character with at least 13 points in the Charm stat. [2] The Dancer can grant a second action to an allied unit during the same turn. [2]
Maddening difficulty and Renown
Three Houses lets you attempt its toughest difficulty, Maddening, from the start without completing a playthrough on normal. [2] In Maddening, experience is halved and enemies gain extra abilities such as commanders who leave their healing tiles and quick ambushes. [1]
Renown is the currency used for Saint Statues, Dragon Signs, the Pagan Altar and extra Divine Pulse charges. [1] A fully restored Saint Statue costs 10,000 Renown. [1] Renown can be earned in five ways, including side quests, tournaments and an MVP result in battle. [1]
New Game Plus lets you spend Renown to upgrade Professor Rank, boost Byleth's skill levels and unlock supports right away. [2]
What this means for your playthrough
If you are new to the game, the routes guide recommends starting with Crimson Flower and leaving Silver Snow for last. [1] Crimson Flower is also the shortest route at 18 chapters. [1]
If you want the Dancer, you need a character with at least 13 points in the Charm stat to win the White Heron Cup in Chapter Nine of Act One. [2] If you want a student from another house, most can be recruited, but Edelgard, Dimitri and Claude cannot. [1]
If you want the hardest setting, Maddening is open from the start. [2]
A fan rebuilds the monastery
A fan recreated the layout of Garreg Mach Monastery inside Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. [3] The fan, gh0st2_00, shared the recreation on Twitter. [3]
It includes the dorm buildings, the main hall and classrooms, and the market at the monastery entrance. [3]
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