Fire Emblem Heroes Celebrates Third Anniversary With Hero Fest

By Jason Nieva @jnievaplayerone Published 02/04/20 EST

Fire Emblem Heroes is celebrating its third anniversary this month. Released on February 2, 2017, the game is a spin-off of the Fire Emblem franchise and released for the mobile platform. That said, what better way to celebrate a birthday than to have in-game events?

Here are some of the events that players can enjoy:

3rd Anniversary Hero Fests & Log-in Bonuses
- This is a series of Hero Fest events that each feature winners of past Choose Your Legends events.
  - 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 1
    - Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 8 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
    - This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 3.
  - 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 2
    - Active: February 8 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 15 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
    - This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 2.
  - 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 3
    - Active: February 15 at 2:00 a.m. ET until February 22 at 1:59 a.m. ET
    - This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 1.
A Hero Rises 2020
- This event lets players cast their votes on who the most popular hero is since the game was released.
- However some of the rules have been changed, but only a bit.
- The event is going to be divided into two parts: A Hero Rises 2020 online vote and an in-game Voting Gauntlet.
- Eight finalists of the online vote are then going to appear in a subsequent Voting Gauntlet to determine the lucky winner.
- The official schedule are:
  - Part 1: Online Vote (website)
    - Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 8 at 9:59 p.m. EDT
  - Part 2: Voting Gauntlet (in-game)
    - Active: February 28 at 2:00 a.m. EDT to March 4 at 10:59 p.m. EDT
3rd Anniversary Quests
- For three straight weeks, a series of quests is going to be available to all players.
- This is in addition to the three Hero Fest summoning events.
- Finish the quests in order to earn rewards like, among others, Orbs and Dragonflowers.
Guaranteed 5★ Special Hero Summoning Event
- Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT to March 1 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
- By being part of this special summoning event, players can add a Special Hero to their team and they're guaranteed to have a 5★ rating.
- The pool of 5★ Special Heroes for this event includes all the Special Heroes who were added to the game between the latter half of January 2019 and January 2020.