Key Takeaways
- Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have officially announced the Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass, priced at $34.99.
- Wave 1 is available right now — the Four Weapons DLC adds prototype weapons for all four main heroes, modelled after the legendary Heroes’ Relics from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
- Wave 2 arrives Holiday 2026 — adding new wearable outfits, Godly Aid, and three new ally characters: Aurora, Smyrnos, and Jurab.
- Wave 3 arrives 2027 — the biggest wave, featuring full new story chapters for rival lords Bertrand, Talimun, Orchel, and Anatolia, plus new allies, classes, and more.
- A bundle of the game plus Expansion Pass is available on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop.
- The announcement was made via a trailer on the Nintendo Today app before releasing on Nintendo’s social channels.
If you’ve been loving your time in the Dagdan Empire since Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave launched on September 17, there’s fresh reason to jump back in today. Nintendo and Intelligent Systems have officially unveiled the Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass — and Wave 1 is live on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop right now, bringing the first batch of new content to the game less than a month after launch.
The Expansion Pass covers three waves of DLC stretching from today all the way into 2027, and the roadmap is a satisfying mix of immediate fan service and longer-term substantial additions.
Wave 1 — Four Weapons (Available Now)
Wave 1 is live today, October 15 (October 16 for most regions), and it’s a treat for anyone who came to Fortune’s Weave as a Three Houses fan. The DLC is called Four Weapons, and it adds prototype versions of the legendary Heroes’ Relics from Fire Emblem: Three Houses — one for each of Fortune’s Weave’s four main protagonists.
Here’s what each hero gets, based on confirmed weapon correspondences:
- Cai gets a spear modelled after Dimitri’s Areadbhar (Prototype VII)
- Theodora gets a bow based on Claude’s Failnaught (Prototype XI)
- Leda gets an axe inspired by Edelgard’s Aymr (Prototype V)
- Dietrich gets a sword based on Byleth’s Sword of the Creator
These are the signature weapons carried by Three Houses’ lead characters, reimagined as prototype relics that fit into Fortune’s Weave’s Dagdan Empire setting. For anyone who poured hundreds of hours into Three Houses, this is immediately meaningful fan service — and the weapons are functional additions to your arsenal, not just cosmetic items. The callback to Three Houses also ties into Fortune’s Weave’s own connection to that universe, set on the continent of Dagda to the southwest of Fódlan, where the goddess Sothis also appears.
Wave 2 — New Outfits and Godly Aid (Holiday 2026)
Wave 2 is confirmed for Holiday 2026 and is titled New Outfits and Godly Aid. It’s the most varied wave of the three in terms of content type. Players can expect:
- Additional wearable outfits for characters — more customisation for your heroes in and out of combat
- Godly Aid — a new gameplay system whose exact details haven’t been fully spelled out yet, but based on the name suggests some form of divine assistance mechanic tied to Fortune’s Weave’s themes of gods and fate
- Three new ally characters to recruit: Aurora, Smyrnos, and Jurab
The addition of new recruitable allies is the headline here for players who love building out their roster. Fire Emblem games live and die by their cast of characters, and three new personalities to bring into the Dagdan Empire’s arena fights during the holiday period should give returning players a genuine reason to dive back in.
Wave 3 — New Stories (2027)
Wave 3 is the big one, and it’s arriving sometime in 2027. This is a full story DLC — new narrative chapters following four of Fortune’s Weave’s rival lords who feature in the main game as antagonists or competing combatants in the Heroic Games. The confirmed characters for the new stories are:
- Bertrand
- Talimun
- Orchel
- Anatolia
This mirrors exactly what Three Houses did with its Cindered Shadows DLC — taking characters who existed on the periphery of the main story and giving them their own dedicated narrative arc. The Wave 3 announcement also confirmed new allies, classes, and more will come with it, suggesting this is a substantial content drop rather than a brief side story. For the rival lords that players encounter during Fortune’s Weave’s arena-focused campaign, getting full playable story chapters is exactly the kind of expansion that makes the Expansion Pass feel genuinely worth buying.
Price and Where to Buy
The Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Expansion Pass is priced at $34.99 in the US. Buying the pass now gives you immediate access to Wave 1, with Waves 2 and 3 unlocking automatically when they drop during Holiday 2026 and 2027 respectively — you don’t need to do anything extra when the future waves arrive if you’ve already purchased the pass.
A bundle of the base game and Expansion Pass together is also available on the Nintendo Switch 2 eShop for those who haven’t picked up the game yet and want to go all in. The price varies by region — in Australia it’s $54.95 AUD for the Expansion Pass alone.
Fortune’s Weave Has Been a Strong Launch for the Series
The DLC announcement comes at a good time. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave launched September 17 to solid critical reception — Nintendo Life awarded it an 8/10, noting that “the battles have never felt better” while acknowledging some pacing issues. The game was widely seen as a course correction after the more divisive Fire Emblem: Engage in 2023, returning to the atmosphere and world-building richness that made Three Houses connect with a mainstream audience.
Set in the Dagdan Empire — a civilisation far southwest of Three Houses’ Fódlan — the game follows four protagonists (Cai, Theodora, Dietrich, and Leda) whose fates are rewritten by a time-travelling soul — the player — sent back five years by the goddess Sothis to prevent the world’s destruction by the revived demon god Balor. The arena-focused structure of its Heroic Games tournaments, combined with deep tactical combat built on Combat Arts and Blaze Arts, gave it a distinct identity within the series.
With the Expansion Pass now live and a full roadmap through 2027, Intelligent Systems clearly has plenty more planned for the Dagdan Empire. Wave 1 is waiting on your eShop right now.
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