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EXPonential Growth (Japanese:マミーの楽園Mummy paradise) is adownloadable content xenologue chapter inFire Emblem Awakening. As a xenologue chapter, it does not officially bear a chapter number; if all xenologues are purchased and its list is viewed at theOutrealm Gate, EXPonential Growth is the fifth one from the top in the North American version of the game. Officially in Japan and unofficially in North America, EXPonential Growth is part of the first series of DLC releases, a distinction that does not exist in the PAL regions.

This chapter was first made available on May 17, 2012 in Japan, February 28, 2013 to the general public in North America, and May2-3 in the PAL regions. North American players who purchased the Golden Pack prior to EXPonential Growth's official release were able to play the chapter a week early.

In this chapter, theShepherds are tasked with exterminating a group of aEntombed.

Plot

Main article:EXPonential Growth/Script

Upon arrival in a newOutrealm,Chrom is met by a localAnna, who explains (through a fake French accent) that a pack of Entombed have raided a nearby village and looted their crops, and requests his aid in defeating them. Chrom, despite questioning among other things the existence of vegetarian zombies and how there's a village inside the ruins they're in, reluctantly agrees to help, and Anna promises that he'll earn a lot ofa certain something for the trouble. After the battle, Chrom reports back to Anna, noting that the Shepherds have indeed grown stronger for the experience, and she invites him to return any time he could use the challenge.

Website summary

The Entombed are a rare variety of Risensoldiers, said to grant tremendous experience to those who defeat them. At Anna's request, Chrom moves to exterminate them.^[1]

North American eShop summary

They say you can get a lot of experience by exploring new lands...

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy
Defeat:Chrom orRobin dies, or the player's army is routed	1–6	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	17
Difficulty rating: ★★ Map dimensions: 23 columns by 24 rows	Block sizes: Japan: 40 North America: 40 PAL region: 40
Map phase music: "Young Light" fromNew Mystery of the Emblem Battle phase music: "Days of Training" fromNew Mystery of the Emblem Note: Due to known flaws in how the game's downloadable content system handles music, the game may fail to load the music assigned to this chapter. If this happens, the music normally assigned toskirmishes in the base game will play.
Pricing: Japan: ¥300 United States: $2.50 Europe: €2.49 United Kingdom: £2.29 Australia: $3.25 New Zealand: $4.25	Also available in: Golden Pack United States: $6.00 Europe: €5.99 United Kingdom: £5.39 Australia: $7.80 New Zealand: $10.20

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Available characters

Note: The returning characters list represents the minimum characterbase recruitable by the point the player can first access the Outrealm Gate. If more chapters along the main story path are cleared, or if anyparalogues are cleared, the player can have access to characters not listed here by the point the chapter is first started. Asbonus units are recruitable at the player's discretion, the returning characters list does not list them either.

Item data

There are no items available in this chapter.

Event tiles

• Column 4, row 11: Twelve squares north of the westernmost player deployment point
• Column 19, row 14: Nine squares north, one square west of the easternmost player deployment point

Enemy data

The total number of enemies that appear in this chapter is 17, distributed at random from among the following:

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Wlv Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Risen Entombed 1 Random 20 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 6 Blighted Claws Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 1 Random 20 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 6 Blighted Talons Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 10 Random 33 3 1 2 2 10 2 1 6 Blighted Claws Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 10 Random 33 3 1 2 2 10 2 1 6 Blighted Talons Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 20 Random 48 3 1 2 2 20 2 1 6 Blighted Claws Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 20 Random 48 3 1 2 2 20 2 1 6 Blighted Talons Underdog Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have Underdog; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 30 Random 65 3 1 2 2 30 2 1 6 Blighted Claws Underdog •Counter Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have top row's skills; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south. Risen Entombed 30 Random 65 3 1 2 2 30 2 1 6 Blighted Talons Underdog •Counter Even Rhythm •Odd Rhythm •Swordbreaker •Lancebreaker •Axebreaker •Bowbreaker •Tomebreaker •Miracle Will always have top row's skills; can have 0-1 more skill(s) at random Prioritizes escaping via the south.

Strategy

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Trivia

• This chapter is one of four non-skirmish situations inAwakening to include thepreparations phase to not adhere to the typical chapter deployment style ofChrom being the sole mandatory deployment; the others areThe Golden Gaffe,Infinite Regalia, andChapter 23 of the base game.
• This chapter is one of few in theFire Emblem series to not have a boss; other notable chapters with this quality areThe Golden Gaffe as well asChapter 29x (31x Hector) ofFire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
• Chrom appears to have met at least one of theAnnas in the past, yet the only one required to have been interacted with at the point the player can first play this chapter is the keeper of theOutrealm Gate. Given Chrom's reaction to first meeting the respective Anna characters ofParalogue 2 andParalogue 4 in the base game, combined with this chapter's Anna stating she is an alternate version of one Chrom knows, this may imply that the scenario of this chapter was written with having already played one of those paralogues in mind.
• Despite the chapter's enemies beingRisenEntombed, the only part of the chapter aside from their character name listings that refers to the Entombed as Risen isVirion's battle-entry line. This makes this chapter one of four inAwakening to include generic Risen that do not refer to the Risen as such in mandatory dialogue, the others beingChapter 1,Paralogue 16, andHarvest Scramble.
• This chapter is one of only two DLC chapters outside theEinherjar saga to include any mention ofOld Hubba, the other beingFive-Anna Firefight.
• This chapter andThe Golden Gaffe have their icons switched up in theOutrealm Gate menu. This chapter's icon isVictor andVincent, the two main story characters of the other chapter, while The Golden Gaffe's icon is anEntombed, which are the enemies in EXPonential Growth.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

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