Fire Emblem Engage has tons of interconnected systems that can effect the player's experience and the options available in gameplay. One such system is the Donation system, allowing players to pour money into a region to receive a number of benefits and items in exchange.
While they start out at fairly low amounts, Fire Emblem Engage's donation requirements rapidly increase as a region's Donation level increases. This means players will end up needing to acquire huge amounts of Gold in order to reach the highest Donation level for each region. Here's a breakdown of the rewards by region. Since the cost of increasing the Donation level is the same for each region, it is only listed in the Firene section.
Firene
Firene is the very first region players gain access to, and it provides some very useful bonuses and resources to players who Donate to it. As with all regions, Firene requires increasing amounts of money for each level as seen below.
Level | Gold |
2 | 5,000 |
3 | 10,000 |
4 | 25,000 |
5 | 50,000 |
Increasing Firene's Donation level will raise the rate of Silver Corrupted Skirmishes spawning to 30%, and Gold Corrupted to 40%. It also provides the following benefits as the Donation level increases, in addition to a bounty of Bond Fragments:
Donation Level | Rewards |
2 | 5 Onion, 5 Cabbage, 5 Herb, 5 Tomato, 5 Potato, 5 Rare Vegetable, 5 Wheat Flour, 5 Apple, 5 Orange, 5 Peach, 5 Grapes, 5 Berries, 5 Rare Fruit, 5 Nuts. |
3 | Steel Lance (C-Rank Lance), Floral Outfit Set. |
4 | Spear (B-Rank throwing Lance), 2 Mere Donkey. |
5 | Venomous (S-Rank Heavy Lance that Poisons foes and can't follow up or strike first), Oceanic Outfit Set. |
Brodia
Brodia becomes accessible for Donations as soon as players have completed Chapter 7. As the Kingdom of Might, Brodia offers players a smaller but more focused selection of rewards where materials are concerned, both as rewards and as permanent loot boosts.
Maxing out Brodia's donation level boosts Silver Corrupted appearance rates to 40% and Gold Corrupted rates to 30%, flipping the boosts Firene provides.
Along with some Bond Fragments, players receive the following items:
Donation Level | Rewards |
2 | 10 Iron. (All Animal Adoptions Unlocked.) |
3 | Wo Dao (A powerful B-Rank Sword), Cliff Outfit Set, and 3 Steel. |
4 | Brave Sword (A-Rank Sword that always hits twice), 2 Rutile Marmots, and 1 Silver. |
5 | Divine Fist Art (S-Rank Martial Art Scroll), Mica Outfit Set, and 2 Silver. |
Increasing Brodia's Donation Level also raises the amount of Potato, Wheat Flour, Rare Fruit, Nuts, Rice, Beans, and Spices that are received when collecting resources after a battle in Brodia, along with raising the amount of Metal and Bond Fragments collected.
Elusia
Elusia becomes available in the Donation Menu after completing the rather brutal double-feature of Chapters 10 and 11, and offers some very useful rewards to players willing to overlook the fact that they're technically funding their enemy for a while here.Maxing out Elusia's donations provides a huge 70% boost to Gold Corrupted Spawns in the region, though Silver Corrupted stay locked at 20% at all levels. In addition to a bounty of Bond Fragments, as usual, players receive the following rewards for each level:
Donation Level | Rewards |
2 | Physic (C-Ranked Long Range Healing Staff). (All Animal Adoptions Unlocked.) |
3 | Bolganone (A-Ranked Fire Magic), Snowy Outfit Set. |
4 | Fortify (A-Rank AOE Healing Staff), 2 Vervain Deer. |
5 | Nodus (S-Rank Staff that fills an ally's engage meter), Starry Outfit Set). |
Solm
Solm becomes available in the Donation Menu shortly after Elusia, when completing Chapter 12. Solm is an excellent Donation Choice for earning a ton of Experience, since Silver Corrupted Spawns are boosted by 70% at max level, though Gold Corrupted spawns are locked at 20%.
Increasing Solm's Donation Level will provide the usual bounty of Bond Fragments, along with the following items:
Donation Level | Rewards |
2 | 5 Beef, 5 Pork, 5 Chicken, 5 Mutton, 5 Herring, 5 Salmon, 5 Cod, 5 Eels, 10 Rare Fish, 5 Milk, 5 Eggs, 5 Rice. (All Animal Adoptions Unlocked.) |
3 | Brave Axe (A-Rank Axe that always strikes twice), Dune Outfit Set. |
4 | Silver Greataxe (A-Rank Heavy Axe that Smashes but can't follow up or strike first), 2 Tartu Flamingos. |
5 | Fragarach (S-Rank Axe), Dusk Outfit Set. |
Is it Worth it?
Donating to the Regions can be very beneficial to players in the long run, providing players with some very valuable one-time rewards along with permanent benefits that can help with leveling up units and funding better weapons and gear. It is a heavy initial investment however, and many of the constant benefits rely on players engaging with the Skirmish mechanic more readily, so its usefulness is heavily dependent on the difficulty setting chosen and the player's playstyle.
Fire Emblem Engage is available for Nintendo Switch.
