Fortune's Weave Companion

Before you start

Bring multiple Physic-staff users; this is flagged as a good chapter to burn accumulated Concoctions

Free time this chapter

Karma Shards & Boons of Salvation: Increased Exp 10% (500 Karma Shards) or Gifts Discount 10% (300 Karma Shards) — named as the two best first buys.
Quests / the Bulletin Board: Check the Bulletin Board every time you're in Dagsion — new quests appear per chapter and are worth doing immediately.
Gifts: Give a gift to the first not-yet-bonded recruitable character you meet, to unlock Meals with them sooner.
Arena training: Wait for a weekend where possible — training costs half as much Gold on Saturday/Sunday.
Temple service & Blessings: Serve Credna's temple first — named as the best first Blessing to chase, for the Fog of War counter.
Meals: Spend a unit's Motivation on Training, Acting or Temple Service before restoring it with a Meal or the Thermae, so you don't waste a full restore on an already-full gauge.

Closing this chapter

Nathan can be recruited in this battle, but ONLY if Creek is already in the party AND Creek lands the killing blow on him — otherwise this recruitment opportunity is lost.† unverified
Nathan recruitment lost if Creek is not in the party or does not land the killing blow.

Recruits available now

Bonaventure† unverified
Joins automatically
Lilian† unverified
Joins automatically
Lysander† unverified
Joins automatically
Sofia† unverified
Joins automatically
Theodora† unverified
Starts in your army
Tobias† unverified
Joins automatically

Start now for later

Alexandra

Recruiting Alexandra on Theodora's route requires 1 support with her and 6 renown.

Give Alexandra a gift and pair it with a weekly meal, arena training, temple service, thermae or theatre session from the first free-time window, aiming for roughly one support-raising action with her per in-game week.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 1S support component of Alexandra's Theodora's-route gate.
Prioritise quests from the Bulletin Board and Adventure Guide, taking every Supply Mission as soon as it appears, alongside divine audiences and skirmishes, from the start of Theodora's route.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 6R renown component of Alexandra's Theodora's-route gate.

Benditz

On Theodora's route, Benditz requires 1S support and 8R renown.

Give Benditz a gift each in-game week, share meals with him at inns and pair with him in arena training, temple service, world-map feasts, theatre or thermae, aiming to carry his support to level 1 before Part I chapter 6.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 1S support component of Benditz's Theodora route gate, which is Benditz's own support level with the player.
Prioritise quests from the start of Theodora's route — especially Theodora's route-specific Supply Missions — alongside main-story progression, divine audiences and skirmishes to accrue the 8R renown the gate needs.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 8R renown component of Benditz's Theodora route gate.

Buccar

On Theodora's route, Buccar requires 3S support, 8R renown and clearing Leda's Paralogue.

Give Buccar one liked gift every in-game week (Rare Spices, Village Recipes, Mature Ghosh or Volcano Ghosh) and pair him with the player in meals, arena training, temple service, thermae or theatre until his support level reaches 3.† unverified
why: Satisfies the gate's 3S support component, which is Buccar's own support level with the player.
Gifts bought from the Shopping Arcade gift shop and the Tavern at Lowtown cheap-gift shop; other support activities per the Game8 support guide
Prioritise quests from the very start of the route — Theodora's specialised Supply Missions above all — plus divine audiences, skirmishes and main-story progression, to climb to 8R before recruiting Buccar.† unverified
why: Satisfies the gate's 8R renown component.
Quests are the largest single renown source; Supply Missions are Theodora's route-specific quest type
Accept Leda's Paralogue "Diversionary Tactics" inside its 9/2–9/8 window and clear it, since clearing it is what recruits Buccar.
why: Satisfies the gate's "clear Leda's Paralogue" component.
Paralogue "Diversionary Tactics", Theodora's route, chapter 10

Catania

On Theodora's route, Catania requires support level 3 with her and renown level 7 to be recruited.

Give Catania a liked gift every in-game week from the first free-time window and pair it with shared meals, arena training, temple service, theatre or thermae whenever they are available, building towards roughly three support-raising actions per required support level.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 3S component of Catania's Theodora-route gate, which is her own support level with the player, raised by weekly gifts and shared activities.
Prioritise quests from the start of the route, clearing Theodora's specialised Supply Missions as soon as they appear each week, alongside main-story progress, divine audiences, skirmishes and paralogues, to build towards renown level 7.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 7R component of Catania's Theodora-route gate, since quests are the largest single renown source and Supply Missions are Theodora's route-specific renown quest type.

Creek

Creek joins in Part II War Chapter 2 by being defeated in battle, but only if the Part I subquest "My Late Sister's Accessory" was cleared first, and missing that subquest forfeits the recruit.

Defeat Creek in the Part II War Chapter 2 battle to recruit him, having already cleared "My Late Sister's Accessory" in Part I.
why: Satisfies the gate component that Creek joins in Part II Ch. 2 only after being defeated in battle.

Timing not yet confirmed (1)

Timing not yet confirmed
Clear the Part I subquest "My Late Sister's Accessory", checking the Bulletin Board and NPC quest-givers from the first free-time window of Part I and completing it before Part I ends.† unverified
why: Satisfies the gate component requiring the Part I subquest "My Late Sister's Accessory" to be cleared before Creek can be recruited.

Dadao

On Theodora's route Dadao requires 2 support levels, renown level 5, and 2x Kothar Gar, with the earliest recruitment opportunity at Part I chapter 5.

Prioritise every available quest and Theodora's route-specific Supply Missions from the start of the route to bank renown towards level 5.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 5R renown component of Dadao's Theodora-route gate.
Give Dadao a gift and share one meal, arena session or equivalent support activity with him each in-game week until his support reaches level 2.† unverified
why: Satisfies the 2S support component of Dadao's Theodora-route gate, aimed at Dadao himself rather than a third party.

New paralogues/sidequests opened

No new paralogues or sidequests documented for this chapter.

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