Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave gift guide for every character

Giving the right present in Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is one of the quickest ways to improve support with recruitable allies. A character’s favourite item can provide a support increase comparable to sharing a beloved meal, although some preferences are far less obvious than others.

This guide covers gift categories, shops, reactions and recommended presents for every character. For more gaming and arcade news, visit the RETROCADE Arcade Blog.

How gifts work

Gift giving is available once per week for each character. Shops across Dagda stock presents, while Dagsion’s shopping arcade has a vendor and its lowtown tavern sells drinks, coffee and Cervi. Dagsion’s shops refresh and expand their stock when a new chapter begins.

Items are grouped into fashion, beauty, flowers, cooking, fermented drinks, beverages, coffee, training, weapons, military, horses, books, board games, vegetables, crafting, fishing and archery. Smaller categories include agriculture, travel and spicy foods. Check an item’s description before giving it away.

Common gifts have dark blue-green icons. Uncommon gifts use a lighter icon with a symbol in the lower-right corner, while rare gifts are lighter again and display a sparkle in the upper-left. Some characters prefer uncommon or rare gifts regardless of category.

Where to buy gifts

• Weapons and martial items: Brezarant, including Breston and Zoste.
• Fish: Fina, Raivo Port and Alecto.
• Fashion: Callianeira Port sells limited Eastern Black Silk, plus Eastern Earrings and Exquisite Rings. Breston has the Arrowhead Gem and Barsk Post Town sells skin balm.
• Horse items: Grand Aragon stocks them; Orens sells the cheaper Dagdan Beard Grass and Aguino has a horse-grooming kit.
• Sweets: Regia sells Honey Pastries, Orens has Fragrant Pastries and Megaira offers unlimited Saraminian Sweets after it becomes available. Jester and Loretta do not like Saraminian Sweets.
• Coffee: Megaira and Dagsion’s lowtown tavern.
• Books: Mahon Castle Town, Mons and Ribeira, which sells a strategy manuscript.
• Board games: Port of Pandora, Niiza Port and the Board Game Tactics book.
• Tea and beverages: Port of Pandora has Fodlan Tea, while Callianeira Port sells Eastern Tea Leaves.
• Cooking: Dagsion’s tavern and Alecto sell garum. Cookbooks appear in markets and Grand Aragon sells the Outdoor Cooking Set.
• Archery: Zoste has a bow repair kit, Breston sells Joint Relief Gloves, Ribeira has Wing Fletching and Dagsion may stock Decorative Arrows later.
• Paintings: Megaira sells a Shield Portrait, Mons sells a Pegasus Panorama, and some paintings are quest rewards.
• Vegetables: Regia has potted vegetables; Aguino, Kassite and Zoste sell pickled items. Zoste also has Odd Vegetable Seeds.

Understanding gift reactions

After a present is delivered, the game shows the support increase and one of five responses:

• They don’t like it: no support gain.
• They kind of like it: small gain.
• They liked it: moderate gain.
• They really liked it: large gain.
• They really liked it, with two yellow arrows: double points for a favourite item.

Category preferences usually apply to every item in that group, but exceptions exist. Nydine, for example, loves horse-grooming kits but not mane ornaments because she cares for orniuses, which have no manes. Every character has at least one favourite, although rare and expensive items make them difficult to identify. High-end presents can outperform ordinary category matches, and some characters favour rarity over type.

You do not need to discover every favourite to recruit allies. Strong reactions, meals at the inn and regular support activities are sufficient. If money or a scarce training item is tight, an acceptable present is still worthwhile. The Boon of Salvation gift discount is also worth activating early.

Best gifts by character

The list below gives each character’s known interests and the most useful presents. Bertrand is the exception: during Act 1, only Cai can give him gifts, and his biography identifies garum as his preference.

Alexandra to Fianna

• Alexandra: Likes virtuous parents, Bucephalus and talking about love. Give horse items such as beard grass, mane ornaments or a grooming kit, plus a Pegasus painting.
• Anatolia: Likes hexagram divination and round objects. Use the Bagua divination set from Osiris, uncommon or rare books and fashion items such as Eastern Black Silk or Tales of a Master.
• Benditz: Likes The Great August’s tactics and promising young people. Try weapons, tactical or military-history books, medals and board games.
• Bonaventure: Values knowledge, sages and foreign countries. Give books, garum or cooking-related items.
• Buccar: Likes loyalty, training, alcohol and Leda’s happiness. Fermented drinks such as ghosh and shosh, military goods and training items work well.
• Cai: Likes physical training and catching animals. Horse items, including beard grass, grooming kits and mane ornaments, are reliable choices.
• Catania: Likes sterling wares, people and meals. Coffee, paintings and any rare item marked with the light teal symbol and sparkle are recommended.
• Centurio: Likes serving Aurora’s temple and patrolling. Try spiritual items, coffee, martial-achievement medals, weapons, training equipment and board games.
• Dadao: Likes women, machines, food and fighting. All Cervi drinks and training items are effective.
• Dante: Likes herself, fast writing and dramatic subjects. Give coffee or books.
• Diego: Likes forest walks, medicinal herbs and Orchel. Archer equipment is best, including Decorative Arrows, Joint Relief Gloves and a bow maintenance kit; books and board games are secondary choices.
• Dietrich: Likes beauty, cats, sweets and his little sister. Pastries, paintings and items labelled for people who appreciate beauty suit him.
• Esmeralda: Likes handsome men, throwing her trident and maintaining fishing gear. Give fishing equipment such as hooks, rods, fish eyes or brined fish guts.
• Fabio: Likes suffering, forgotten feelings and dissecting beautiful things. Coffee, ghosh and light or aromatic shosh drinks are suitable.
• Fianna: Likes poetry, spicy food, coffee and trustworthy people. Books, coffee, tea and strong seasonings are good options.

Gaitz to Lillian

• Gaitz: Likes Sai tea, Ferghanan horses, duelling and calligraphy. Give weapons, tea or horse items.
• Goliath: Likes rampaging, food, animals and smoking meat. Meat, weapons, training items, ghosh, shosh and books are useful.
• Guzran: Likes booze, women, interesting people and young greenhorns. Give fermented drinks, including ghosh and shosh.
• Halvin: Likes vegetables, shopping, street performance and crowds. Use seeds, bulbs, potted vegetables, rare southern seeds, agricultural items, a magic trick set or sweets; pickled bulbs are not recommended.
• Inyoni: Likes family, hunting, farm work and bow maintenance. Archer items and fishing gear are strong choices.
• Io: Likes chivalry, discipline and his horse Rocinan. Horse items are best.
• Jasmine: Likes memories of her spouse, mercenary friends and getting rich. Board games, garum and cooking-related gifts work well.
• Jester: Likes the White-Maned Demon and fear in opponents. Try crafting knives, Eastern Black Silk, Honey Pastries, garum and cooking gifts. Honey Pastries are preferred over mellow or Simple Pastries.
• Kiroc: Likes theft, the open sea, ships and obedient underlings. Give flowers or fashion items.
• Leda: Likes family memories, songs, gemstones and applause. Fashion items, gemstones, paintings and beauty-related gifts are effective.
• Lillian: Likes gold, gemstones and older men. Fashion items and flowers are recommended; Eastern Earrings and a Blue Rose Bouquet are favourites.

Loretta to Sofia

• Loretta: Likes reliable people, sweets and friends. Pastries, including Simple Pastries, are suitable, but not Saraminian Sweets.
• Ludia: Likes writing stories, art and romance. Coffee, books and paintings are good choices.
• Lysander: Likes stargazing and dining with women. Use a ceremonial spear, training pillar, training weights or an Imitation Medal.
• Majide: Likes booze, women, fighting and strength. Fermented drinks, including ghosh and shosh, are recommended.
• Mikaela: Likes exercise and caring for others. Coffee, fermented drinks and training items work well.
• Mu: Likes making medicines, her parents and sweets. Give Cervi drinks, pastries or coffee.
• Nezha: Likes exercise, justice, fighting and good food. Vegetables, training items and board games are suitable.
• Ninae: Likes pitiable people, spirits, her keepsake necklace and the sky. Flowers, paintings and fashion items are effective; Eastern Black Silk is especially good, while the Exquisite Ring is only liked.
• Noctula: Likes the city, its people and brawling. Give training items such as a training pillar or weights.
• Nuzzuo: Likes tradition, honour and great power. Use the Outdoor Cooking Set, other cooking gifts or vegetables.
• Nydine: Likes her duties and caring for orniuses. Archer items, a horse-grooming kit and books are good options.
• Olympia: Likes music, dancing, instruments, songwriting and attention. Flowers, paintings, beauty items and board games are recommended.
• Orchel: Likes animals, music, cleaning, laundry and cooking. Give garum, cookbooks, the Outdoor Cooking Set, rare spices, paintings, books or agricultural gifts such as rare southern seeds.
• Peppe: Likes spirits, Brigid’s people, the sun and his hometown. Coffee, fishing equipment and board games are useful.
• Peter: Likes his mother’s cooking and ginji fruits. Cervi drinks, sweets, a pastry cookbook and board games are suitable.
• Seteth: Likes Seiros’s teachings, fishing, his daughter and hardworking people. Fishing items are the safest gifts.

Sha Lan to Zarcone

• Sha Lan: Likes delicious food, drinks and socialising. Give garum, cooking-related gifts or tea, but not Fodlan Tea.
• Simon: Likes deadly fighting and food from home. Vegetables, excluding potted vegetables, and training items are recommended.
• Sirocco: Likes the goddess Kalla, women and poetry. Fermented drinks, paintings, especially Portrait of Yu Phas, and books work well.
• Sofia: Likes food and the moment it is served. Give sweets, garum or cooking-related gifts.
• Talimun: Likes money, adventure, cinnamon and flirting. Fermented drinks, coffee, uncommon or rare books, board games and paintings are good choices.
• Theodora: Likes fighting, Yu Phas and seeing her people prosper. Portrait of Yu Phas is ideal; coffee, training, fashion, sturdy rucksacks and cooking items are tolerated.
• Tialla: Likes libraries, romance gossip, solitude and her grandfather. Give books, Cervi drinks or board games.
• Tobias: Likes drinking, fighting, singing and socialising. Fermented drinks, weapons, medals and martial-achievement items are suitable.
• Ultand: Likes caring for others, family, housekeeping and love stories. Give garum, books, cookbooks or cooking-related items.
• Ursula: Likes poetry, animals, shaded flowers and counting money. Coffee, board games, books, paintings and flowers are effective.
• Yang Jie: Likes alcohol, old tales, distant journeys and helping the weak. Fermented drinks and books are recommended.
• Zarcone: Likes money, violence, good women, vegetables and drinking with friends. Give vegetables, fashion items, Wing Fletching or Eastern Tea Leaves; other archery items are not preferred.

Plan your weekly gifts

Gift stock, character preferences and prices make planning worthwhile. Prioritise allies you want to recruit, buy scarce items when they appear and use meals at the inn to support everyone else. There is enough time to build relationships before the end of Act 1, so a tolerated gift is better than wasting a week.

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