Fire Emblem Heroes update (version 8.8.0.) released, patch notes

What’s In Store for the 8.8.0 Update

Thank you for playing the Fire Emblem Heroes game! Here’s an update from the Fire Emblem Heroes development team.

The following will introduce the new features and changes in the Ver. 8.8.0 update.

■ Heroes Journey has been updated

○ Available Memento Events feature has been updated.

With the release of the Ver. 8.8.0 update, each Memento Event can be unlocked with just 10 Memory Fragments, and the maximum number of Memento Events that can be unlocked during the event has been increased to six!

Note: The number of Memory Fragments you have, like Rapport and Memento Events, will still reset at the end of the event period. You cannot carry them over to the next time the event is held.

○ New Memento Events have been added!

■ Abyssal difficulty has been added to United Warfront

○ With the release of the Ver. 8.8.0 update, Abyssal difficulty is available in United Warfront!

Upon clearing it, you can receive rewards such as Dragonflowers, Divine Codes (Part 5), and more.

■ Updates to summoning events

○ Free 5★ Summons are available in Weekly Revival summoning events.

All players are able to choose a Focus Hero to summon for free after summoning 40 times on each event!

Starting 8/11/2024 12:00 a.m.(PT), this is the case for all Weekly Revival summoning events.

○ Heroes have been added to Weekly Revival summoning events.

A total of 18 additional 5★ Heroes have been added to the pool of Heroes who appear in Weekly Revival summoning events. These Heroes also appear in the 4★ Special Rate summoning category in other summoning events.

See the Weekly Revival Summoning Focus Schedule notification for details.

○ Legendary and Mythic Heroes have been added to Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix summoning events.

Nine Legendary and Mythic Heroes appear anew in Legendary & Mythic Hero Remix summoning events. The nine Legendary and Mythic Heroes who were added will not appear in normal Legendary or Mythic Hero summoning events from now on.

See the About Legendary & Mythic Hero Remixes notification for details.

■ New skills have been added for a Legendary and Mythic Hero

Of the Heroes that appear in Legendary & Mythic Hero Remixes, Claude: King of Unification and Ullr: The Bowmaster gained new skills.

○ New skills

・ B Skill

Fallen Star II
If unit initiates combat or【Deep Star】is active
on unit, inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foe, unit deals
+X × 5 damage (max 25; excluding
area-of-effect Specials), and reduces damage
from foe’s first attack by X × 3 during combat
(max 15; X = number of【Bonus】effects active
on unit, excluding stat bonuses + number
of【Penalty】effects active on foe, excluding
stat penalties). If unit initiates combat, reduces
damage from foe’s first attack by 80% during
combat. (“First attack” normally means only the
first strike; for effects that grant “unit attacks
twice,” it means the first and second strikes.)

If unit initiates combat, grants【Deep Star】to
unit and inflicts【Gravity】on target and
foes within 1 space of target after combat.

【Deep Star】
For 1 turn, if it is unit’s first combat initiated by
foe that turn, reduces damage from foe’s first
attack by 80% during combat (that turn only;
“first attack” normally means only the first
strike; for effects that grant “unit attacks twice,”
it means the first and second strikes).

【Bonus】
All effects that last “for 1 turn” or “that turn
only.” Includes bonuses granted by a skill
like Rally or Hone and positive status effects
(extra movement or effects like Dominance).

【Penalty】
All effects that last “on foe through its next
action.” Includes penalties inflicted by a skill
like Panic or Threaten and negative status
effects (preventing counterattacks, restricting
movement, or the effects of a skill like
Triangle Adept or Guard).

【Gravity】
Restricts target’s movement to 1 space through
its next action.

This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

・ C Skill

Guidance 4
Infantry and armored allies within 2 spaces
can move to a space within 2 spaces of unit.
Grants Atk/Spd+3 to infantry and armored
allies within 2 spaces of unit during combat,
and also, if those allies’ Spd > foe’s Spd,
neutralizes effects that prevent those allies’
follow-up attacks during combat.
Cannot use:

・ B Skill

Yngvi Ascendant+
Inflicts Spd/Def-5 on foe and neutralizes effects
that guarantee foe’s follow-up attacks and
effects that prevent unit’s follow-up attacks
during combat, and also, if decreasing the Spd
difference necessary to make a follow-up
attack by 10 would allow unit to trigger a
follow-up attack (excluding guaranteed or
prevented follow-ups), triggers
【Potent Follow 100%】during combat.

If unit initiates combat, unit can make a
follow-up attack before foe’s next attack.

【Potent Follow 100%】
Triggers an additional follow-up attack
immediately after unit’s standard follow-up
attack and deals damage = 100% of
unit’s normal attack damage (if unit cannot
make a follow-up attack, this effect triggers
when the standard follow-up attack would
occur; this effect is treated like a follow-up
attack, so effects like “reduce damage by
X%” still apply, but this effect is not affected
by effects that prevent follow-ups or
“attacks twice” effects; only highest
value applied; does not stack).

This skill can only be equipped by its original unit.

・ C Skill

Atk/Spd Oath 4
At start of turn, if unit is within 2 spaces of
an ally, grants Atk/Spd+6 and the following
status to unit for 1 turn: “Unit can move to
a space adjacent to any ally within 2 spaces.”
If unit is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants
Atk/Spd+3 to unit during combat.
Cannot use:

Claude: King of Unification and Ullr: The Bowmaster received new weapon skills to refine at the same time, so be sure to check the section of this notification labeled “New weapon skills and weapons to refine have been added” in conjunction with this section.

■ The lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals has been updated

With the release of Ver. 8.8.0, players are able to obtain Divine Codes (Ephemera 8) from events and exchange them from an updated lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals using the Compile Combat Manual feature.

Divine Codes (Ephemera 8) are able to be exchanged for the following Combat Manuals:

Notes:
・ The Combat Manuals added in this update can be compiled until 9/27/2024 11:59 p.m.(PT)
・ Divine Codes (Ephemera 8) may be obtained from events that begin after the release of Ver. 8.8.0, while Divine Codes (Ephemera 7) may continue to be obtained from events that began before the release of Ver. 8.8.0.

■ New weapon skills and weapons to refine have been added

The following Heroes can learn these new character-specific weapon skills at 5★:

Mercenary Lance
Hero who can learn this skill: Gatrie: Armored Amour

Tiger-Eye Axe
Hero who can learn this skill: Caellach: Tiger Eye

・ The weapons above can be upgraded in the Weapon Refinery after they have been obtained.
・ To learn weapon skills, tap Allies, then Ally Growth, and then Learn Skills.

The following weapons can be upgraded or gain additional special effects by using Arena Medals and Divine Dew:

Sun’s Percussors
Hero who can learn this skill: Byleth: Fell Star’s Duo

Spear of Assal
Hero who can learn this skill: Seteth: Seiros Adherent

Holy Yewfelle
Hero who can learn this skill: Ullr: The Bowmaster

Tiger-Roar Axe
Hero who can learn this skill: Dieck: Wounded Tiger

Failnaught
Hero who can learn this skill: Claude: King of Unification

Note: To access the Weapon Refinery, you must clear Book I, Chapter 13 in the main story and then clear the second Intermission map, The Rite of Blades.

■ The Arena has been updated

○ The Free Summon reward for getting five consecutive wins in Arena Duels has been updated.

The First Summon Ticket that you can get by getting five consecutive wins in Arena Duels has switched to one that works for Free Summon: Arena Reward 5.
The improvements made to Weekly Revival summoning events in Ver. 8.8.0 are reflected in Free Summon: Arena Reward 5.

See the notification entitled Free Summon: Arena Reward 5 to see which Heroes appear.

The switch to this Free Summon: Arena Reward 5 ticket began with the season starting 8/13/2024 12:00 a.m.(PT)

Note: The Free Summon: Arena Reward 4 summoning event will end at 8/31/2024 11:59 p.m.(PT) Please keep in mind that the Arena Reward 4 tickets cannot be used on the Free Summon: Arena Reward 5 summoning event.

○ Additional maps

We added five new maps for the season starting 8/13/2024 12:00 a.m.(PT)

■ Aether Raids has been updated

○ Some structures had their level cap increased.

・ Infantry School (O/D): up to level 13
・ Armor School (O/D): up to level 13
・ Cavalry School (O/D): up to level 13
・ Flier School (O/D): up to level 13

○ Aether Resort has been updated.

・ Two new songs have been added to the Concert Hall: “Hiya Papaya!” from the Fire Emblem Engage game and “Tension” from the Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn game.

■ Summoner Duels has been updated

○ You are able to increase your Favor Level to level 4,600.

This is in effect with the season starting 8/13/2024 12:00 a.m.(PT)

○ A new Captain Skill has been added.

・ Piercing Cold
At start of turns 2 through 5, if captain is within
6 spaces of a foe, inflicts Spd-7 and【Frozen】
on closest foes to captain and foes within
2 spaces of those foes.

【Frozen】
Reduces inflicted unit’s follow-up ability and
increases foe’s follow-up ability through unit’s
next action:

Increases Spd difference necessary for unit to
make a follow-up attack by X and decreases
Spd difference necessary for foe to make a
follow-up attack by X during combat (if foe’s
Def > unit’s Def, X = 10 + difference between
Def stats × 2; otherwise, X = 10). (For example,
if Spd difference necessary increases by 10,
Spd must be ≥ 15 more than foe’s Spd to make
a follow-up attack; stacks with similar skills.)

Note: New Captain Skills are able to be used in the season beginning 8/13/2024 12:00 a.m.(PT)

■ Additional Heroes are available via Heroic Grails

The following Heroes are available to summon using Heroic Grails:

・ Jarod: Nevassa General
・ Vaike: Sunbaked Stunner

■ Other Changes

○ Links to Learn with Sharena! have been added to the following in-game help pages.

・ Engage
・ Affinity Auto-Battles
・ United Warfront

○ A screen error regarding the Heroes’ merging display has been fixed.

Combat Manuals cannot be merged with one another. Also, if there is no duplicate Hero in the main barracks, an X symbol will appear on the Combat Manual to show that merging isn’t possible.

But it was confirmed that a bug occurred before this update if you possessed multiple Combat Manuals of different rarities when there wasn’t a duplicate Hero in the main barracks, resulting in the X symbol not showing.

The X symbol has become visible in this update.

○ The following weapon skills’ post-refinement graphics have been adjusted.

Dark Creator S
Hero who can learn this skill: Nemesis: King of Liberation

Creator Sword
Heroes who can learn this skill: Byleth: Proven Professor and Byleth: Tested Professor

Areadbhar
Hero who can learn this skill: Dimitri: Savior King

Crusher
Hero who can learn this skill: Annette: Overachiever

Freikugel
Hero who can learn this skill: Hilda: Idle Maiden

That’s all the news about the update!

We hope you continue to enjoy playing Fire Emblem Heroes.