Fortune’s Weave tier list for Cai’s route

How good each unit is when you play Cai’s route, from S to D. A unit’s tier moves with the route because the Renown needed to recruit them, and so how early they join, differs from route to route. Characters this route cannot recruit are left out.

The tiers combine published guides, a stat check and player comments, then the guide author’s own calls (marked ◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own call on this route). See the overall tier list for every route at once.

52 units are placed on Cai’s route: 10 in S, 10 in A, 4 in B, 14 in C and 14 in D. The S tier here is Cai, Peter, Ultand, Esmeralda, Orchel, Sirocco, Guzran and Noctula and 2 more. 4 units gain a step on this route because they join early or at a low Renown gate, and 15 lose a step to a high Renown gate. 8 placements are the guide author's own call. The written rule behind the tiers is on the overall tier list.

S tier on Cai’s route

CaiIn your party from the start: one step up.
PeterIn your party from the start: one step up.
UltandJoins by itself early in Part I: one step up.
Esmeralda◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
Orchel
SiroccoNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
Guzran◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
NoctulaRecruited at Renown 4, an early gate: one step up.
AlexandraRecruited at Renown 7, a middle gate: no change.
EshmelNo recruitment record on this route: no change.

A tier on Cai’s route

Tialla◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
LorettaRecruited at Renown 7, a middle gate: no change.
NinaeRecruited at Renown 6, a middle gate: no change.
Talimun
Anatolia
Nezha◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
Yang Jie◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
NuzzuoRecruited at Renown 6, a middle gate: no change.
Bertrand
Creek◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.

B tier on Cai’s route

GoliathRecruited at Renown 7, a middle gate: no change.
OlympiaNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
InyoniNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
KirocNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.

C tier on Cai’s route

Mikaela◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
DiegoNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
SetethRecruited at Renown 6, a middle gate: no change.
LilianNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
LysanderNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
SimonNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
MuNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
Dadao◇ our recommendation: the guide author's own callThe guide author's own call, used on every route.
HalvinRecruited at Renown 5, a middle gate: no change.
SofiaNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
CataniaNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
Centurio
Hong Hua
Troy

D tier on Cai’s route

JesterNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
DanteNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
UrsulaNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
LudiaNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
FiannaNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
IoNeeds Renown 10, the last gate: two steps down.
PeppeNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
NydineRecruited at Renown 6, a middle gate: no change.
ZarconeNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
MajideRecruited at Renown 5, a middle gate: no change.
BenditzNeeds Renown 9, a late gate: one step down.
JasmineNeeds Renown 8, a late gate: one step down.
Nathan
Aswan

Last updated 20 October 2026. Written and checked by the guide author; every record names its sources. See how this guide is sourced and what changed.