Tempest Trials Guide: Rewards and How to Beat

You can fight consecutive battles through Tempest Trials at the Tower of Trials in Fire Emblem Engage. Learn about Tempest Trials' EXP rewards, how to beat Tempest Trials on difficulty levels 50 and above, and if Tempest Trials have permadeath!

Tempest Trials Rewards

You earn EXP and Materials via the Tempest Trials. EXP scales from difficulty levels 7-16, then remains set at 10-30-50 from levels 16 to 40.

Additionally, 40 is the max difficulty level you can fight the Tempest Trials in prior to the post game.

Material Rewards per Map

List of All Crystals

Rewards per Difficulty Level

If you want to claim the most EXP and rewards you can, it's recommended you take on the hardest difficulty level: Level 50.

Challenge Within -9 of Recommended Difficulty Level

To gain EXP, you have to challenge within -9 levels of the recommended Difficulty Level. The lower the recommended difficulty, the less EXP you get. If you exceed the recommended difficulty level, you can get a total of 90 EXP.

However, 90 EXP for three consecutive battles is quite low, so Tempest Trials aren't a worthwhile EXP farming method. Think of EXP as a bonus for completing Tempest Trials.

EXP Farming Guide

Drop Rate of Books is Very Low

The drop rate of Books is quite low at 0-1 per Tempest Trial. The walkthrough team made 21 attempts of Difficulty Level 50 and 10 attempts of Difficulty Level 41, and only 1 Book was dropped. If you want to farm Books, you'll need to be patient and persistent.

How to Beat Tempest Trials

Recommended Units and Party Composition

With High Avo Stat Formation

Units with an Avo stat of 196 and above are eligible for this formation. The more units you have with an Avo stat of 196 and above, the faster you'll be able to beat Tempest Trials on Level 50 difficulty. Below is the three-unit formation we employed.

1st Member of the Formation
Alear (M)	Emblem Ring	Marth
	Class	Griffin Knight
	Inherited Skills	・Sword Agility 5 (Inherited from: Marth) ・Avoid +30 (Inherited from: Marth)
	Weapons	・Armorslayer (Engrave: Sigurd)
	Avo Stat	205
2nd Member of the Formation
Diamant	Emblem Ring	Lyn
	Class	Swordmaster
	Inherited Skills	・Sword Agility 5 (Inherited from: Marth) ・Avoid +30 (Inherited from: Marth)
	Weapons	・Caladbolg (Engrave: Micaiah)
	Avo Stat	196
3rd Member of the Formation
Hortensia	Emblem Ring	Lucina
	Class	Wolf Knight
	Inherited Skills	・Bow Agility 5 (Inherited from: Lucina) ・Avoid +30 (Inherited from: Marth)
	Weapons	・Killer Axe (Engrave: Lucina)
	Avo Stat	203

Have 1 unit wield a heavy weapon

It's necessary to have 1 unit wield a heavy weapon, in order to deal more damage to Armored enemy units that attack you. In this formation, Alear wields the heavy weapon Armorslayer.

Steps on How to Beat Tempest Trials

With Normal Avo Stat Formation

1st Member of the Formation
Alear (M)	Emblem Ring	Marth
	Class	Griffin Knight
	Inherited Skills	・Dual Support (Inherited from: Lucina) ・Avoid +30 (Inherited from: Marth)
	Weapons	・Wille Glanz ・Armorslayer
2nd Member of the Formation
Framme Zelkov Seadall Yunaka Lindon	Emblem Ring	Corrin
	Class	Thief
	Inherited Skills	・Unyielding++ (Inherited from: Marth) ・Avoid +30 (Inherited from: Marth)
	Weapons and Items	・Carnwenhan ・Elixir
	Avo Stat	130-140

Rank A Support is Required

Dual Support buffs Avo with unit's support level with adjacent allies, so having Rank A support maxes out the Avo earned from the skill. As the main character, Alear is likely your character with the most Rank A supports among your units.

How to Get S Rank Support

Utilize Corrin's Dragon Vein

Corrin's Dragon Vein on Covert units creates fog that increases Avo. Utilize this with Marth's Perceptive and Avoid skills, and you'll have a powerful Avo-centric unit.

To utilize this, keep using Corrin's Dragon Vein adjacent to Alear, while having enemies come at you. Keep slowly progressing through the map this way (making sure to land on Engage meter tiles along the way) until you meet the enemy general.

Heavy weapons still needed

As with the previous formation, having at least 1 unit wield a heavy weapon to deal damage to Armored units is necessary in completing Difficulty Levels 50 and higher.

Do Tempest Trials Have Permadeath?

Tempest Trials Deaths in Classic are Temporary

In Classic Mode, your units will come back to life after dying in Tempest Trials. This can allow you to place units aggressively or even use some units to bait out enemy placements without suffering too much consequences.

▶︎ Permadeath Explained

How to Unlock Tempest Trials

Unlock Tempest Trials After Chapter 6

As you progress through the story, more maps and difficulty levels will be unlocked.

Story Walkthroughs

Fire Emblem Engage Related Guides

► Somniel Minigames and Things to Do

Things to Do at the Somniel