Your First Steps to Dominance: A Beginner's Guide to Hero Development in Fate War (2025)

Introduction: Welcome to the Battlefield, Chieftain

Starting Fate War can feel overwhelming, but you can build power fast by following a few core rules. This guide is based on veteran experience and focuses on fast, efficient hero development for new and F2P players.

1. The Golden Rule: Primary vs Secondary Heroes

Only the primary hero’s talent tree is active in combat. The secondary hero contributes skills only.

Key insight: invest talent points only into heroes you plan to use as primary commanders. This prevents wasted talent points and keeps your roster efficient.

2. Your First Goal: The Hunter Secret to Fast Leveling

The fastest leveling path is PvE monster hunting, especially Black Forge targets. The Hunter talent tree is built for PvE only, not PvP.

Benefits of a Hunter leveling hero:

• More XP through talents like Forbidden Knowledge.
• More resources via Spoils of War.
• Lower stamina cost, letting you hunt more per day.

Veteran tip: dedicate one hero to max the Hunter tree. Use them as the primary commander and pair any hero you want to level as the secondary. This creates a reliable XP engine for your roster.

3. Smart Skill Upgrades: Max Your First Skill

Fate War lets you choose which skill to upgrade. Always max the first skill before touching any other skill. The first skill is usually the rage skill and has the biggest impact in combat.

4. Best Starter Heroes for New Players (F2P Friendly)

4.1 Kaltas: The Archer from the Trials

Kaltas is a skill-based burst damage Axethrower and one of the most F2P-friendly heroes in the game.

• Why he is great: mementos and insignias are earned free through Ancestral Trial chapters.
• Your strategy: push Ancestral Trial as far as possible to max him without using universal resources.

4.2 Baldur: The Free Legendary Berserker

Baldur is a strong infantry hero who can be upgraded from Rare to Legendary for free.

• Why he is great: Growth Pass provides the Transcendent Certificates needed to upgrade him.
• Your strategy: complete daily tasks during Growth Pass in the first week of a season. A Legendary Baldur jumps from about 3,600 to around 10,500 skill damage, which is a massive spike.

5. Build Your First Army: Simple Pairings

Focus on one strong march before building multiple weak ones.

Primary Hero (Commander)	Secondary Hero	Purpose and Synergy
Kaltas	Linda	High damage glass cannon Axethrower march.
Baldur	Rex	Tanky infantry march with strong defense.
Voll	Rex	Defensive frontline pairing that holds ground.

6. Quick Tips and Final Thoughts

1. Primary first: only the primary hero’s talents apply.
2. Hunt to level: use a Hunter hero to power-level your roster.
3. Skill #1 is king: always max the first skill.
4. Focus resources: build one strong march at a time.

Follow these rules and you will build a powerful account faster than most beginners. Good luck, Chieftain.