Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes

Recruitment Guide: How to Recruit Units

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FEW3H - How to Recruit Characters
Players can recruit certain units in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes by using strategies to convince them to join the player's side! Read on to learn all the ways to recruit units using strategies, as well as how to get the resources to use them!

How to Recruit Characters

Different Methods to Recruit Characters


Recruit Using Persuade Strategy

FEW3H - Recruit Using Strategies
In each chapter of the main quest, you have the option to select which strategies you can use in the Battle Prep screen. One of these includes the option to recruit characters from other houses using the Persuade Strategy.

Choosing this consumes strategy resources, so be sure to complete all the side quests in the chapter in order to use all the Persuade Strategies before the main quest.

Hold the Right D-Pad to activate Persuade Strategy in battle

After selecting the strategy and starting the battle, you'll have to wait until the recruitable character appears in a stronghold.

Before battling the character, wait for the Persuade Strategy to appear on the left corner of the screen and hold the Right D-Pad to activate it. Defeat the character to successfully recruit them at the end of the chapter.

Note that some recruitable characters require a specific character in the field to persuade them. One example is Mercedes, which requires Jeritza to be present in battle to be successfully recruited.

Ignore a Side Mission to Recruit Byleth

Byleth requires a different strategy to recruit them to your party. In all routes, you must ignore the side mission to defeat Byleth as this permanently locks you out of recruiting them and access to two extra chapters. Focus on completing the main objective of the battle in order to recruit them at the end of the chapter.

How to Recruit Byleth

Exchange Renown to Unlock Secret Characters

FEW3H - Exchanging Renown
At the end of the game, players will be able to recruit certain characters unavailable for your first playthrough in exchange for Renown. Inspect the journal at the Personal Quarters in the camp and choose Spend Renown.

Characters purchased with Renown

Three Hopes - Rhea Rhea Three Hopes - Sothis Sothis Three Hopes - Arval Arval

These characters cost 60 Renown each, and since you can only get the currency from completing main missions and from volunteering at the Camp, you might have to play through the game more than once to farm renown if you want to unlock them all.

Renown Farming Guide: How to Get Renown Fast

Recruiting Route-Specific Characters

All Route-Specific Characters

Below is a list of all route-specific recruitable characters for each route.

FEW3H - Scarlet Blaze Scarlet Blaze FEW3H - Azure Gleam Azure Gleam FEW3H - Golden Wildfire Golden Wildfire
Ashe
Mercedes
Lorenz
Raphael
Ignatz
Lysithea
Marianne
Leonie
Yuri
Balthus
Constance
Hapi
Shamir
Byleth
Jeralt
Linhardt
Bernadetta
Dorothea
Petra
Lorenz
Raphael
Ignatz
Marianne
Yuri
Balthus
Constance
Hapi
Catherine
Shamir
Byleth
Jeralt
Linhardt
Bernadetta
Dorothea
Petra
Ashe
Yuri
Balthus
Constance
Hapi
Shamir
Byleth
Jeralt

List of All Characters

How to Get Strategy Resources

Capture Regions in the War Map

FEW3H - Obtained by Capturing Regions
Strategy resources can be obtained by capturing regions. The more regions you capture, the more strategy you can deploy that allows you to recruit more characters to your side.

Additionally, you also obtain more strategies to your arsenal as a reward for seizing regions.

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Related Guides

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Tips and Tricks

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Beginner's Guide
How to Change Character Appearance Which House Should You Choose?
Unit Details and Stats Explained How to Change Classes
How to Recruit Characters What Happens When a Unit Dies?
All Survey Spots and Rewards All Document Locations
What Do the Map Icons Mean? How to Awaken Units
How to Level Up Fast How to Get S Rank in Every Mission
What are Heroes' Relics and Sacred Weapons? How to Get Advanced and Master Seals Fast
How to Increase Support Fast Expeditions Guide
Best Gifts for Each Character List of Achievements and Awards
Item Drops Explained Pot Drops and Loot Guide
Gold Farming Guide What is Optimize?
How to Increase Morale and Effects Issuing Orders Guide
List of Weapon Attributes Weapon Triangle Explained
Perfecting Cooking, Chores, and Training How to Get Renown Fast
Earning Strategy Resources Guide Dialogue Choices and Missables
Combat Arts and Magic Traits How to Get Anna's Shop to Appear
Advanced Guides
Is There a New Game Plus? Is There a Church Route?
All Post Game Content Secret Characters and Unlockables
How to Unlock All Endings How to Get the Secret Ending
Who to Give the Merc Whistle To List of Innate Abilities
Game Settings
Controls and Best Settings Difficulty Mode Differences
Save Data Bonuses How to Bookmark Save

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