Fire Emblem Heroes update announced (version 7.0.0), patch notes

The next Fire Emblem Heroes update is on the way, with version 7.0.0 planned for next week.

The game will be receiving new content and updates. This includes new Memento Events in Heroes Journey, new weapon skills and weapons to refine, updates to Aether Raids, and more.

The full patch notes for the Fire Emblem Heroes version 7.0.0 update are as follows:

New Memento Events are being added to Heroes Journey

New Memento Events are being added!

The lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals is being updated

With the release of Ver. 7.0.0, players will be able to obtain Divine Codes (Ephemera 12) from events and exchange them from an updated lineup of Limited-Time Combat Manuals using the Compile Combat Manual feature.

Divine Codes (Ephemera 12) will be able to be exchanged for the following Combat Manuals:

Notes:
・ The Combat Manuals added in this update can be compiled until 28/1/2023 6:59(UTC)
・ Divine Codes (Ephemera 12) may be obtained from events that begin after the release of Ver. 7.0.0, while Divine Codes (Ephemera 11) may continue to be obtained from events that began before the release of Ver. 7.0.0.

New weapon skills and weapons to refine are being added

The following Hero will be able to learn this new character-specific weapon skill at 5★:

Retainer’s Report
Hero who can learn this skill: Hubert: Sinister Servant

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

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

Oracle’s Breath
Hero who can learn this skill: Nah: Little Miss

Reginleif
Hero who can learn this skill: Ephraim: Dynastic Duo

Tanngrisnir
Hero who can learn this skill: Marth: Royal Altean Duo

Athame
Hero who can learn this skill: Kronya: Gleaming Blade

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.

Summoner Duels is being updated

○ You will be able to increase your Favor Level to level 2,600.

This will be in effect with the season starting 13/12/2022 7:00(UTC)

○ A new Captain Skill is being added.

・ Tandem Form
Grants Atk/Spd+4 to captain during combat.
At the start of turns 2 through 5, grants “unit
can move to a space adjacent to any ally
within 2 spaces” to captain and allies
within 2 spaces of captain for 1 turn.

Note: The new Captain Skill will be able to be used in the season beginning 13/12/2022 7:00(UTC)

○ Only your Summoner Duels Combat Animation settings will be applied in replays.
Even if your opponent has their combat animations set to off, if you have yours set to on, animations will play in replays.

Aether Raids is being updated

○ Some structures will have their level cap increased.

・ Tactics Room (O/D): up to level 10

○ When Safety Fence (O)’s effect is triggered, it will now light up.

○ Aether Resort is being updated.

・ Two new songs will be added to the Concert Hall: “Enticing Dance” from the Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade game and “A Guide for the Future” from the Fire Emblem: Three Houses game.

Additional Heroes will be available via Heroic Grails

The following Heroes will be available to summon using Heroic Grails:

・ Nils: Wandering Star
・ Cervantes: Invincible General

Updates to the Allies Menu

○ We will improve it so that Rearmed Heroes can be set in the source ally slot in the Inherit Skill screen even if they are set as a favorite ally.

○ It will now be possible for a Hero who has been merged to +10, has 9,999 SP and is used as a target ally in Merge Allies to inherit skills, etc., by performing a merge.
Note: Their merge value will not increase past +10.

○ Ascended and Rearmed will be added to the Hero Type filter.

Other Changes

○ Auto-Battle Animations will be added to the Settings menu.
You will be able to set whether or not to play battle animations when using Auto-Battle separately from your other settings.

○ An issue in which the events on the map display inaccurately when Save skills are activated will be resolved.
When a Save skill is activated the Hero with the Save skill appears on top of the Hero they are protecting on the map. We will fix an issue in which, in some circumstances, the Hero being protected displays on top.

○ We will fix an issue in which, when Robin: Fell Tactician has an accessory equipped, the accessory stops being displayed in the middle of battle animations.

○ An illustration for Sonya: Dazzling Rabbits will be adjusted.

One of the illustrated poses for Sonya: Dazzling Rabbits will be adjusted.

Fire Emblem Heroes is planning maintenance starting on December 4 at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET, which should last about three hours. The new update will be up around that time.

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