

These are huge helps during battle, as is Lilith. The former damages enemies each turn, while the latter heals allies every turn. Depending on the Fire Emblem Fates route you take, you’re able to place a Dusk Dragon or Dawn Dragon in your castle. However, one of my favorite resources ties into the battling element. Think of it as a means of bolstering your army in the event of a permadeath run where you lose some characters. This lets you buy new allies, some based on ones you already have, to add to your army. People also have access to an Einherjar Shop. While the head patting minigame has been removed, people still get to hear the affectionate phrases that would have come as a result of touching the characters’ faces. It’s also where you occasionally get to wake up your spouse, if you’re married, or invite an ally in. This is where you can change your avatar’s hairstyle. Then, there’s the player’s Private Quarters. The Nohr armory is the only one with Killer weapons, but the Hoshido rod shop’s healing rods all have a better range than Nohr’s rods. That way, you’ll get a slight discount on the items. You want to try and shop for items when the clerk is someone who uses the kind of weapon you need.

Again, if you play the Revelation route, you get to have both the Hoshido and Nohr retailers at the same time. You’ll also be able to have two kinds of shops in your My Castle area, one for rods and staves and an armory.

When you’re there, you might also want to tell them your thoughts on their castle, give them an accessory as a gift, get their character card, or fight a match in their arena. Visiting someone else’s castle lets you take some of their resources as souvenirs, and stopping on their plots during a siege adds some of that item to your inventory. You’ll get two food providing plots and two gem plots in the Revelation, representing Hoshido and Nohr resources. Since you only get one kind of gem and food in the Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Conquest routes, many My Castle visits will be resource gathering missions. Food and gems can be used to make accessories, which change characters’ appearance slightly and provide boosts in My Castle battles, or to bribe prisoners so they’ll join your side. Gems are used at the Smithy for crafting. Food can be fed to Lilith to increase her level or used for meals that will boost allies’ performance in the following battle. Arena matches are automatic battles, where the character may be aided by his or her highest level companions. Both can be used for betting at the arena, with more awarded for wins. The food and gems are the crafting backbones for this entry. It starts with Private Quarters, Lilith’s Temple, some sort of field or forest for food, and a mine or spring for precious gems. In this other dimension, you get to completely arrange a village of your own. It’s your own little realm, known as My Castle. Everyone gets a little kingdom of their own in Fire Emblem Fates.
