History Mode Guide (Warriors)
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Map Guides
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| Base History Mode Maps
Fates DLC Maps
Shadow Dragon DLC Maps
Awakening DLC Maps
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Overview
In History Mode, maps from the Fire Emblem franchise are recreated as mission selection screens, where the player may attack enemy soldiers representing special missions. Clearing certain battles will advance the map's story, which may open up access to new missions in the form of enemy reinforcements. Each map has a "boss" enemy; clearing the mission they represent with complete the map, after which new missions represented by Space-Time Distortions will begin to appear.
The player is rated on their performance in three different categories; completion time, KO total, and damage taken. In most missions, acquiring an S-Rank requires you to finish in under 15 minutes, score 2000 KOs across the entirety of your team, and not take more than 80% damage across the entirety of your team. Some missions may have narrower time constraints, or omit certain categories from the scoring entirely.
Mission Types
Each mission fits into a specific sub-category within one of two larger categories.
Standard Missions
In these missions, the full map is used. The mission is cleared when the enemy commander is defeated, but the gates to the enemy base start out closed. The conditions to open the enemy base vary from sub-category to sub-category:
Targeted Elimination: A number of powerful enemy captains roam the map. The player must eliminate all indicated captains.
Ally Rescue: A number of allied captains are stranded in different locations across the map, each being assailed by an enemy captain. The player must eliminate the enemy captains while keeping the allied captains alive. If any allied captain is defeated, the mission is failed.
Fort Siege: A number of enemy forts are highlighted, and will periodically spawn powerful enemies throughout the mission. The player must capture all indicated forts.
Fort Defense: The player begins with control of three allied forts, and enemies will assault the allied forts. Enemy captains noted as Ruffians will attempt to enter the allied forts, after which the player only has one minute to defeat the Ruffian before the allied fort is captured. The player must eliminate all Ruffians while defending the allied forts. If any allied fort is captured, the mission is failed.
Pincer Escape: There are two different enemy factions on the map, attacking each other in addition to the allied forces. Much like Targeted Elimination, the player must eliminate the indicated enemy and rogue captains to open up access to their respective bases. Both enemy commanders must be defeated to complete the mission.
Shadow Elimination: Enemy summoning mages will continuously spawn shadow duplicates of the enemy commander. Additional enemies will spawn to assist the shadow duplicates by rallying their morale or advancing to heal them. The player must eliminate all summoning mages and shadow duplicates.
Rendezvous Disruption: Enemy captains are situated in enemy bases. During the mission, enemy escort troops will attempt to rendezvous with the captains. If they are allowed to meet up, the enemy captain receives a strength boost; conversely, if the escort troop is defeated before they can reach the captain, the captain will be reduced in strength. The player must eliminate all enemy captains.
Boss Missions: These missions are given unique titles, but will typically play out similarly to one of the above sub-categories. In some boss missions, the enemy commander themself may assault the allied base, or an additional enemy may spawn after the enemy commander is defeated.
Challenge Missions
In these missions, only a small portion of the map is used, and there are no forts or outposts. These missions tend to be shorter than standard missions.
Arena: The player faces six waves of enemy commanders. After each wave, the gold reward for the mission increases, and the player is given an opportunity to end the mission early by leaving through the gates. The sixth and final wave is significantly more powerful than the five before it and offers a large reward, but the player needs only complete the first five to acquire an S-Rank. Clear time is not scored.
Timed Onslaught: The player faces a large horde of infinitely-spawning enemies, during which they must score as many KOs as possible within the time limit. Enemies that carry Awakening Tonics spawn frequently, and use of Awakening Mode is encouraged. The mission ends once time runs out. Clear time is a fixed value, and therefore not scored.
Timed Attack: The player faces groups of enemies, and must score a specific number of KOs within the time limit. New reinforcements will spawn with each 100 KOs scored. Enemy captains will periodically attempt to boost morale, and should be defeated before they can do so. The mission ends once the KO goal has been reached. The KO score is a fixed value, and therefore not scored.
Restrictions
Some maps have additional constraints that will affect the battle. This is displayed on the selection screen.
Triangle Amplification: The Weapon Triangle has more prominent effects; swords will perform even stronger than usual against axes, but fare even poorer against lances, for example.
Reduced Healing: Healing items such as Vulneraries and staves cannot be used.
Time Constrained: The mission timer is reduced to 15 minutes. As 15 minutes is the standard threshold for an S-Rank, this is irrelevant if you are attempting to acquire an S-Rank.
Deploy Limit
Some maps restrict the units you can deploy.
Weapon Restrictions: Only heroes who wield a specific type of weapon, such as swords or tomes, can be deployed.
Story Restrictions: Only heroes from a specific game of origin can be deployed. Most boss missions carry this restriction.
Movement Restrictions: Only mounted or unmounted heroes can be deployed.
Gender Restrictions: Only male or female heroes can be deployed. Corrin and Robin count as female and male respectively, regardless of which costume is being used.
Once a mission has been cleared with an S-Rank at least once, the deploy limit will be removed, allowing you to freely replay the mission with whatever units you want.
Space-Time Distortions
Upon clearing the boss mission of a map, a number of strange vortexes will appear. Each of these vortexes is a difficult new mission, with a small associated story. Though the distortions will appear once the map is cleared, most of them cannot be accessed until the player meets certain conditions such as clearing every other mission on the map, or getting S-Ranks.
Anna's Mementos
Some missions are labeled as having two Anna's Mementos to find. Much like in Story Mode, the first Anna's Memento always appears once the player scores 1,000 KOs. The second Anna's Memento will appear once the player either scores 1,200 KOs, seizes five enemy forts, or scores 75 KOs with Dual Specials, depending on the mission. The requirement can be checked on the battle menu. The player cannot acquire both Anna's Mementos in one session, and must complete the mission with the first Anna's Memento before the second one becomes available.
A succinct guide to Anna's Mementos can be found here.
Once all Anna's Mementos for a particular illustration have been acquired, a very difficult mission will appear on the respective map themed after the events depicted in the illustration.
