Fortune’s Weave

Zarcone

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At a glance

Zarcone is a playable unit, recorded in the Commoner class at level 4. Available on all four routes; recruitment on 4 routes has a condition to meet (renown, a support level or a chapter). Highest growth rates: Dex 60% and HP 40%. Personal ability: Hatchet Man. 10 liked gifts documented, 2 of them loved. 4 support partners documented.

Guide rank D. An axe unit with 60% Dexterity growth and Hit +10 from Hatchet Man, so his axes land, but 30% Strength growth limits the damage. Game8 rates him A, KeenGamer B and Pocket Tactics C.† unverified Tier list

Gifts and meals

Loved

Liked

Likely, from their stated likes: Pickled Vegetables (vegetables ↔ vegetables); Aromatic Shosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Crimson Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ ghosh); Energizing Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ ghosh); Ginji Cervi (drinking with friends ↔ cervi); Jade Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Light Shosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Mature Dried Cervi (drinking with friends ↔ cervi); Mature Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Mature Shosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Pure-White Cervi (drinking with friends ↔ cervi); Rustic Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ ghosh); Southern Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Strong Cervi (drinking with friends ↔ cervi); Sun Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Volcano Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Weak Cervi (drinking with friends ↔ cervi); Young Ghosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Young Shosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented); Blue Shosh (drinking with friends ↔ fermented)◇ our recommendation: inferred from the character's stated likes, not a sourced gift table

Likes: Money, violence, good women, vegetables, drinking with friends

Meals

Recorded from the guide author's own game on Dietrich's route, across 12 dishes.

Likes

  • Pumpkin Souploves
  • Madazinsloves
  • Honey-Poached Pearloves
  • Coffee-Berry Pasteloves

Dislikes

  • Goat Roastdislikes
  • Garlic Seared Scallopsdislikes
  • Salt-Crusted Hamdislikes
  • Fish-Sauce Soupdislikes
  • Cheese-Coated Crayfishdislikes
  • Sweet-and-Sour Stick Bugsdislikes

Neutral: Sand Boar and Beans, Charred Fish Grill.

Bird-time answers

How Pale Raven sessions are scored is explained in how to read a character page.

Show 10 questions

  1. Good idea not fighting anyone who looks too dangerous. Whoever lasts longest... wins, right?

    Answer: Nod.

  2. Got parents? If you don't, you'd fit in with me and my pals just fine. You could join our bandit crew!

    Answer: Tilt your head.

  3. I thought I could get anything I want through plunder and fighting. But how can I get myself a family...

    Answer: Sing softly.

  4. If anyone gets robbed or snuffed out ... they shouldn't be so weak! Fight harder, that's what I say!

    Answer: Be intimidating.

  5. It's common sense to pick off the weaklings in battle. You look like easy prey to me!

    Answer: Be intimidating.

  6. People think bandits eat nothin' but meat. It's vegetables all the way with me. Keep that in mind.

    Answer: Nod.

  7. The guys in the Gaia Brigade left me for dead as soon as we lost our battle in the games. Cruel, huh?

    Answer: Nod.

  8. The mountains are like home to me. I should build me and my pals a castle up there, right?

    Answer: Spread your wings.

  9. There's no way I can give up on pillaging now! You know how many years I've been at it?

    Answer: Tilt your head.

  10. Weaklings like you end up as dinner. So try to fly extra-high so the arrows don't get you.

    Answer: Flap your wings.

Bird-time reactions (IGN wiki)† unverified

A fuller prompt->reaction table for this character, from IGN’s guide. See every character, searchable or this character’s recruitment questions.

Show 10 prompts

  1. “There's no way I can give up on pillaging now! You know how many years I've been at it?”

    Tilt your head

  2. “It's common sense to pick off the weaklings in battle. You look like easy prey to me!”

    Be intimidating

  3. “Got parents? If you don't, you'd fit in with me and my pals just fine. You could join our bandit crew!”

    Tilt your head

  4. “The mountains are like home to me. I shold build me and my pals a castle up there, right?”

    Spread your wings

  5. “Weaklings like you end up as dinner. So try to fly extra-high so the arrows don't get you.”

    Flap your wings

  6. “The guys in the Gaia Brigade left me for dead as soon as we lost our battle in the games. Cruel, huh?”

    Nod

  7. “I thought I could get anything I want through plunder and fighting. But how can I get myself a family...”

    Sing softly

  8. “Good idea not fighting anyone who looks too dangerous. Whoever lasts longest... wins, right?”

    Nod

  9. “If anyone gets robbed or snuffed out... they shouldn't be so weak! Fight harder, that's what I say!”

    Be intimidating

  10. “People think bandits eat nothin' but meat. It's vegetables all the way with me. Keep that in mind.”

    Nod

Recruit

Plan

Zarcone's Cai route gate requires 3 support levels, 8 renown, and a successful 'negotiate' event.

  1. Part I, chapter 1

    Give Zarcone a liked gift each free-time week, paired with meals, arena training, temple service, theatre or thermae sessions with him, from the first free-time window of Cai's route until his support reaches level 3.† unverified

  2. Part I, chapter 1

    Prioritise Kindness Quests and every other available quest (NPCs, Bulletin Board, Adventure Guide) plus main-story progress and skirmishes from the start of Cai's route to build renown towards 8R.† unverified

  3. Part I, chapter 5

    Choose the 'negotiate' option when Zarcone's recruitment conversation occurs on Cai's route.† unverified

Research notes
  • Give Zarcone a liked gift each free-time week, paired with meals, arena training, temple service, theatre or thermae sessions with him, from the first free-time window of Cai's route until his support reaches level 3. Why: Satisfies the 3S support component of Zarcone's Cai route gate.
  • Prioritise Kindness Quests and every other available quest (NPCs, Bulletin Board, Adventure Guide) plus main-story progress and skirmishes from the start of Cai's route to build renown towards 8R. Why: Satisfies the 8R renown component of Zarcone's Cai route gate.
  • Choose the 'negotiate' option when Zarcone's recruitment conversation occurs on Cai's route. Why: Satisfies the 'negotiate' extras component of Zarcone's Cai route gate.

Missing plan details

  • no chapter/renown-level correspondence found for Cai's route, so the 8R threshold cannot be tied to a specific chapter
  • no source describes what the 'negotiate' event requires, when it triggers, or whether a wrong choice is repeatable

Cai

Renown 8+ · Support level 3 · negotiate

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Once his Support and Renown are met, he asks for 10,000 Gold. Refuse, and he drops to 1,000 Gold. Refuse twice more and he asks for 10 Gold: pay it. Refusing a fourth time fails the recruitment.

Dietrich

Renown 7+ · Support level 3 · negotiate

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Once his Support and Renown are met, he asks for 10,000 Gold. Refuse, and he drops to 1,000 Gold. Refuse twice more and he asks for 10 Gold: pay it. Refusing a fourth time fails the recruitment.

Theodora

Renown 4+ · Support level 1 · negotiate

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Once his Support and Renown are met, he asks for 10,000 Gold. Refuse, and he drops to 1,000 Gold. Refuse twice more and he asks for 10 Gold: pay it. Refusing a fourth time fails the recruitment.

Leda

Renown 5+ · Support level 2 · negotiate

Recruitment chain

  1. Step 1 of 1

    Once his Support and Renown are met, he asks for 10,000 Gold. Refuse, and he drops to 1,000 Gold. Refuse twice more and he asks for 10 Gold: pay it. Refusing a fourth time fails the recruitment.

Build

Rank

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An axe unit with 60% Dexterity growth and Hit +10 from Hatchet Man, so his axes land, but 30% Strength growth limits the damage. Game8 rates him A, KeenGamer B and Pocket Tactics C.† unverified

Strengths

  • Dexterity growth 60%
  • Hatchet Man grants Hit +10

Weaknesses

  • Strength growth 30%
  • Defence growth 30% and HP 40% for a front-line unit
  • Speed growth 35%

More published ratings

  • KeenGamer tier list (read through a text mirror): B-Tier source

Recommended class path

Gladiator → Brigand → Warrior → Battlemaster† unverified

Base stats

Base stats as recorded at Level 4 (Commoner), before class modifiers.

HP27
Str8
Mag3
Dex12
Spd9
Lck7
Def5
Res4
Cha4

Growth rates

HP
40%
Str
30%
Mag
20%
Dex
60%
Spd
35%
Lck
30%
Def
30%
Res
25%
Cha
15%

Abilities

Full ability catalogue

Personal ability

Hatchet Man: When equipped with an axe, grants Hit+10.

Guide rating 2 out of 5 stars◇ our recommendation: this guide's own judgement, not a sourced fact A flat Hit+10 with an axe. Decent but unremarkable. Rate it yourself

  • Level 20: Vulgar Conduct: If foe's HP is less than or equal to 50%, grants Hit+20 during combat.
  • Level 35: Vulgar Conduct+: If foe's HP ≤ 50%, grants Hit+20, Atk+3 during combat.

Skills

Preferred

Axe Skill, Sword Skill

Non-ideal

White Magic Skill, Black Magic Skill

Spells and arts

Reason
DCBAS
Thunder
Mt 5 · Hit 75 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Blizzard† unverified
Mt 4 · Hit 80 · Crit 5 · Rng 1-2
Thoron† unverified
Mt 20 · Hit 55 · Crit 5 · Rng 1-3
Ice Blade† unverified
Mt 12 · Hit 75 · Crit 5 · Rng 1-2
Not yet documented
Faith
DCBAS
Heal
Mt 10 · Rng 1
Nosferatu† unverified
Mt 1 · Hit 80 · Crit 0 · Rng 1-2
Torch† unverified
Fortify† unverified
Mt 20 · Rng 1-5
Not yet documented

Combat arts† unverified

Every combat art Game8 lists for this unit, in Game8’s own order. Where the Japanese guides (GameWith and gamecap) say when the unit learns an art, the weapon skill and rank sit beside it.

Show all 7 combat arts

Supports

0 of 6 support conversations watched

How support ranks are raised and what they unlock is explained once, in how to read a character page.

Story and profile

Who they are

Bandits raised Zarcone, and he now leads the Gaia Brigade. He came to Dagsion when he heard about the Heroic Games. He likes money, women, drinking with his friends and, oddly, vegetables, and he enjoys pillaging and picking on those weaker than himself.

Zarcone is an axe user whose strength is accuracy. Dexterity growth is 60% and Hatchet Man adds Hit+10 whenever he holds an axe, so his swings land. Damage is the problem: Strength growth is only 30%. For a front-line fighter his Defence growth of 30% and HP of 40% are modest, and Speed at 35% means few double attacks. The guide rates him D. Gladiator, Brigand, Warrior, Battlemaster is the class line. Axe and Sword skills suit him, but White Magic and Black Magic do not.

He joins in Part 1 and is available on every lord's route.

Profile facts
Faction
Bandits
Gender
Male
Race
Human
Nationality
—
Age
29
Height
175 cm
Birthday
March 29
Voice actors
JP: 峰晃弘 · EN: Jonathan Fernandez
Interests
Tormenting the weak, pillaging† unverified
Family
—
Crest
—
Background
Japanese name
ザーコネ
Class on Fandom
Gladiator

Personality

Hides: personality notes, which can mention story events

Names, relatives and first appearances

Hides: titles, relatives and where they first appear in the story

Art
Zarcone

Zarcone, art from Game8's recruitment guide

Endings

Hides: this character's endings

Not yet documented: exploration talent.

Sources

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