Ancient Well Guide: How to Get Joke Weapons, SP Books, and Other Items

The Ancient Well is a new feature added to the Somniel in Fire Emblem Engage version 1.3.0 as part of a Free Content Update. Read on for a guide on what items you can get from the Ancient Well, how to unlock the Ancient Well, and whether it is worth trading in the items you have.

Ancient Well Unlocks New Items

Exclusive Joke Weapons

List of Joke Weapons
Biting Blade	Swirlance	Lollichop	Croissbow
Confectioknife	Tiramistorm	Treat	Scroll Cake

The Ancient Well introduces a set of food-based Joke Weapons into Fire Emblem. Each of these weapons resemble a snack item of some sort ranging from candies to cakes and other confectionaries. Aside from their use as a weapon, they can be used as a recovery item making for an interesting gimmick.

Each of these joke weapons can be obtained at any star tier exchange with higher chances at higher star tiers.

Renewable Source of SP Books

Novice Books and Adept Books can be obtained from the Ancient Well at any star-level. This makes it a decent way to easily obtain SP Books for cheap. You'll also have better rates as you put more valuable items in the well, with chances to get Expert Books at 3 stars or higher.

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A Rank Weapons from 5-Star Tier

Since there's only a limited amount of A-tier weapons you can purchase from the armory, the Ancient Well offers another way you can get your hands on A-Tier weapons, such as those from the Brave set.

It will require a bit of luck, trial, and error, though as these only have a chance of dropping if you make 5-Star Tier exchanges.

Ancient Well Gives Access to Fell Xenologue

Trigger Cutscene with Vander to Unlock the Storyline

For players with the Expansion Pass DLC, players can return to the Ancient Well to trigger a cutscene with Vander and unlock the Fell Xenologue storyline.

How to Unlock the Fell Xenologue

How to Unlock the Ancient Well

Update to Version 1.3.0

The Ancient Well comes as a free content update for Fire Emblem Engage. You do not have to purchase the Expansion Pass to unlock recreation.

From the Switch Home Screen, hover over Fire Emblem Engage, enter the Options menu by pressing +. From there navigate to Software Update and download the latest version. Once the version on the upper left screen says 1.3.0 or higher, you'll unlock the Ancient Well at the Somniel.

Speak With the Blacksmith To Help Him Find His Missing Item

Once you boot up the game, head to the Somniel and speak with the Blacksmith. He'll ask for your help to retrieve an item he dropped by the well.

Bonus Weapons from the Well

Bonus Weapons
Represailles	Revanche

Interacting with the well will grant you two weapons, neither of which are what he's looking for. This lets you learn that dropping items in the well will let you receive different weapons in return.

How the Ancient Well Works

Exchange Unwanted Items for Better Items

Found in the Training Yard, The Ancient Well allows players to trade in up to five of their items for a chance to get a random assortment of items of equal or better rarity. Interact with the well to select items from your Convoy that you'd like to drop in.

The Upgrade Chance improves in quality depending on the Gold Value of the items you've put in. You'll have to complete a battle in the World Map before you can claim the rewards you've exchanged your items for.

List of Items Per Tier

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