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Renown - Version 3 vs Version 4
Sep 23, 2026, 07:17 AM
Added Renown sources and amounts from the retail game (subquests, paralogues, audiences with the gods, route quests), theater and thermae unlock levels, confirmed exam and recruitment thresholds; reworded open questions
Oct 24, 2026, 07:54 AM
Completed Renown milestones through 12 and corrected missing Beginner exam data
11Renown is a standing level that Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave tracks for the player rather than for any one unit. It is not a currency you spend. It is a threshold the game checks in at least three separate places, which is what makes it worth its own page: a party can be strong enough for a fight and still be turned away from a certification exam, a recruit, or a road, because the number behind the player's name is too low.2233How Renown Is Raised4455Renown rises through main missions, subquests, paralogues and a handful of smaller events. Most of those sit in the between-match routine or in optional fights rather than in the main battles, so a large share of Renown accrues while you are preparing for the next opponent.6677SourceDetailStory progressClearing chapters on a route raises it.QuestsCompleted quests pay out gold and Renown together. Part I subquests pay up to 200 Renown each, most of them between 30 and 100.Helping townsfolkErrands and requests around Dagsion count toward it.The Adventure GuideA hint track presented by Anna that explains the game systems and pays Renown for engaging with them.Main missionsClearing each chapter's main mission raises it.ParaloguesEach of the nine Part I paralogues pays 150 Renown along with 20,000 gold and an item.Audiences with the godsWhen a shrine icon on Temple Row is coloured in on the map screen, the god can be visited for a short conversation that grants some Renown. It does not cost a turn.Route questsLeda's Perform Quests pay around 180 to 200 Renown each, Theodora's Send Supplies quests and Dietrich's Dread Warrior Challenges also pay gold and Renown.88What Renown Gates991010Certification Exams111112-The clearest gate is on reclassing. Pre-launch readings of the exam screens put the unlock for Specialty-tier exams at Renown level 4, and a walkthrough written from the retail game gives the same requirement: Renown 4, character level 20 and the class's weapon-rank grades. Every Advanced-tier class shown before launch listed Renown level 8 alongside a recommended character level of 35 and the individual weapon-rank letters, and a class guide written after launch gives the same Renown 8. As of September 2026 this wiki has not confirmed a Renown requirement for the Beginner tier, which is where most of the cast starts. Certification Exams sets out the letter grades themselves.12+Beginner exams require Renown 1, Specialty exams Renown 4 and Advanced exams Renown 8. Recommended character levels and weapon ranks are separate parts of certification. Certification Exams lists the tier checklist and each class page gives its proficiency requirements.13131414Recruitment15151616Recruiting a character outside the story runs on two bars at once: a support level between that character and the route's Hero, raised through gifts and shared meals, and a Renown level. Recruitment covers the method. Individual characters set their own minimums, and the requirements change from route to route. The figures below were first read off a pre-launch build; a recruitment guide written from the retail game has since listed every character's requirements route by route, and each pair matches one of its routes. Across that guide, Renown requirements run from 3 to 10.17171818CharacterSupport LevelRenown LevelNotesIo23Dietrich's route. The lowest pair recordedNoctula14Cai's routeLoretta35Theodora's and Leda's routesJester36Dietrich's routeNinae38Dietrich's route. The worked example used in the recruitment segmentSeteth310Leda's route. The steepest figure recorded, and described as suchSofia37 or 9Renown 9 on Cai's and Dietrich's routes and 7 on Leda's; she joins automatically on Theodora's1919The World Map20202121Renown reaches outside the city as well. Some checkpoints on the world map refuse passage while the level is too low, and the Urkulu Stronghold is the named example of a location gated that way. That makes Renown a soft progression lock on exploration as well as on units.22222323Reviews of the finished game describe the same pattern at a larger scale, with whole regions and paths opening up as Renown rises from story progress and side quests.24242525Dagsion Facilities and Quests262627-Renown also opens parts of the capital. The theater unlocks at Renown 7 and the thermae at Renown 8, each introduced by a tutorial quest on the bulletin board the first time through. Which of Dietrich's Dread Warrior Challenges are on offer depends on Renown as well, and some of Leda's drink recipe quests at the tavern ask for Renown 3, 6 or 8 before they can be turned in.27+Renown 7 opens watching plays, while Renown 8 opens acting and the Thermae. Leda's drink requests use Renown 3, 6, 8 and 10. Other thresholds improve training, meal effects, farming, recruitment and tribute rather than merely unlocking a new facility.282829-What Is Not Yet Documented29+Higher Renown rewards303031-As of September 2026 this wiki has not confirmed a Renown cap (the highest requirement on record is 10), or whether the level carries between the four routes the way support levels and temple Bless Levels do. The retail recruitment guide calls Renown a global value without saying whether that means across routes, so the question is left open here. No official presentation, press release or system explainer covers either point, and the exact Renown paid by main missions has not been collected on this wiki.31+The listed rewards continue beyond Renown 10: level 11 gives one Extra Large Bullion, and level 12 gives one Portrait of Yu Phas. A highest listed reward is not proof of a hard level cap. Renown checks and character Support remain separate conditions, and recruitment requirements vary by route.323233+Renown milestone table34+35+RenownUnlock or reward1No listed facility perk2World-map Feasts3Expanded inn menu; new Cai mentoring lessons4Specialty exams; improved Arena training; Cai mentoring lessons5Stronger meals; Cai mentoring lessons; Theodora Rousing Speech, better recruitment and more simultaneous deployments6Item-shop manuals; larger service tribute; Cai mentoring lessons7Watch at the Theater; armory +1 weapons; improved Arena training; Cai mentoring and extra farm plots; Theodora recruitment/deployment improvements8Advanced exams; Thermae; acting; Cai mentoring lessons9More bath types; stronger meals; more Cai farm plots; Theodora recruitment/deployment improvements10Armory +2 weapons; larger service tribute; Cai mentoring lessons111 Extra Large Bullion121 Portrait of Yu Phas36+Main missions, side quests, audiences with gods and Dietrich's Answerer's Cry encounters raise Renown. Audiences become available from Renown 2 when the calendar offers the holy-day event. The four routes also have their own recurring requests: Cai helps townspeople, Dietrich answers challenge letters, Theodora sends supplies and Leda performs.37+38+Related pages39+40+Arena, Theater, Thermae, Mentoring, Recruitment41+3342Related Pages34433544For the exams Renown gates, see Certification Exams and Classes. For the second bar behind bringing a character in, see Supports, and for the weekly routine the whole thing sits inside, see Between-Match Preparation.