Not to be confused with theBase Camp, a similar mechanic inFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

Thebase system is a pre-battle management system which appears only inFire Emblem: Path of Radiance andFire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. In every chapter once it has been unlocked, the player is brought to the base first and can freely take their time there to manage theirunits' items and support relationships, view conversations to gain new items or recruit new units, and review reference material on their progress so far and on the game's characters. The player can choose to leave the base and move on to the next battle at their leisure once they have done everything they want to do, but they will also be allowed to return to the base from the followingpreparations menu.

Access

InPath of Radiance, the base first becomes available inChapter 8. InRadiant Dawn,Micaiah's party in Part 1 first gains access to the base inChapter 4, and in Part 2 it is first accessed inChapter 3;Ike's party in Part 3 can access the base from the very beginning, as can all parties in Part 4.

Facilities

Outfit/Items

The base allows access to the usual pre-battle inventory management services, allowing units to withdraw and deposit items from thesupply convoy (once the merchant caravan joins), drop unneeded items, trade with each other, and use stat-boosters andclass change items. InPath of Radiance, the market services are accessed through this menu as well.

Market

Once the merchant caravan is with the player's party, the player will gain access to the caravan's shopping services as well as the supply convoy.

• Armory:Muston's armory sellsweapons to the player. Unlike the armories of most games, he also sellsmagic tomes here.
• Shop:Aimee's shop sellsstaves and basicitems to the player. InRadiant Dawn, she also offers aBargains service where, for each chapter, she sells a limited selection of rare weapons and items which the player could not otherwise buy at that point.
• Sell Items:Jorge's antiques service allows players to sell weapons and items which they do not need in exchange for gold.
• Forge:Daniel's forging service allows players to forge more powerful weapons using pre-existing weapons as a base. This service is only available with Aimee's caravan and is not accessible in the generic army markets.

In later parts ofRadiant Dawn, when the merchant caravan is not present (as with theCrimean party in Part 2, andMicaiah's party in Part 3), the player's army will take over the market with generic soldiers manning each shop. In Part 4, the merchants will split up with the three different parties: Muston accompanies Micaiah's party, Aimee accompaniesIke's party, and Jorge and Daniel accompanyTibarn's party. Each will assume control of all market services, although the forge is still only available in Tibarn's party.

Manage

The Manage option allows players to manage two elements:

• Award Exp: Allows the player to allocate any accruedbonus experience to units.
• Skills: Allows the player to assignskills to units using anyskill scrolls they have collected, and to unequip skills from units to either free up capacity or, inRadiant Dawn, transfer them to another unit.

Support

Main article:Support

Supports (specifically buddy supports, in the case ofRadiant Dawn) are activated in this menu in the base. When playable units have gained enough support points to be able to increase their support rank, the player will be allowed to select them from the support menu to establish or improve their support relationship. InPath of Radiance, the conversation will take place immediately along with the support upgrade, but inRadiant Dawn only the support rank increase will happen and the generic conversations between the pair will occur in battle.

Info

Main article:Base conversation

At the beginning of every chapter, a set of base conversations will become available to view. Each conversations is ranked on its importance with stars; a one-star conversation will give no reward and can probably be safely missed, but a three-star conversation either contains useful story information or rewards the player with items, gold or even new playable units. Once the player leaves the base, any base conversations which they have not viewed yet will not be accessible in the next chapter or if they return to the base.

Library

Radiant Dawn adds the library, which allows the player to view three types of supplementary records:

• Records: Performance records for each completed chapter (showing the amount of bonus experience rewarded and the highest-performing unit in each chapter)
• Glossary: A dictionary which gives quick profiles of all major characters, nations, organizations, objects and concepts.
• Character Tree: A chart detailing relationships and connections between major characters. Selecting a character on the chart takes them to their Glossary entry.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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  The base's main menu inPath of Radiance.
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  The base's main menu inRadiant Dawn.

References

See also

• Castle
• Garreg Mach Monastery
• My Castle
• World map