Theworld map (Japanese:フリーマップfree map) is a gameplay navigation system introduced inFire Emblem Gaiden. In it, as opposed to the linear and uninterrupted chapter progression in most games in theFire Emblem series, the player can freely traverse the world at their own pace, fighting marauding bands of enemies which appear and visiting shops in between chapters, and starting said chapters whenever they so choose.

A traversable world map has appeared inFire Emblem Gaiden and its remakeShadows of Valentia,The Sacred Stones,Awakening, andEngage.Fire Emblem Fates,Three Houses,Warriors, andWarriors: Three Hopes each have world maps that cannot be directly traversed, but do show where selected battles are. In all other games—except forFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light—there is a world map present, but it is used only to show where the party is traveling between chapters, usually accompanied by narration.

Fire Emblem Gaiden andFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

InGaiden and its remake, the player moves bothAlm andCelica's parties around the world map, alternating between the two at their discretion. Movement across the world map is achieved by selecting the character, selecting the Move menu option, then picking one of the location's adjoining destinations. Uniquely in theGaiden system, the world map itself has its own turn count, in which a turn elapses every time either Alm or Celica move, or at command by selecting the Rest menu option.

Every battle withinGaiden is technically askirmish, with the main story mostly consisting of pre-defined skirmishes against set enemy groups posted at specific locations on the world map. In addition, more enemy groups are spawned from certain locations periodically, and will move at random around the map after a certain number of turns pass; these marauding groups can be fought on their own, and can also join up with other enemy groups (both pre-defined and marauding) and both be fought at once. Skirmishes are initiated by choosing to travel to a location with an enemy group posted on it; conversely, however, enemies can also advance on the player's location and initiate skirmishes themselves.

A small few locations—mostly villages, castles, fortresses, anddungeons—can be visited outside of battles, and in these the character in question can freely move around and interact with the locals. Some villages contain item exchange couriers who can send a specific item to the other character's party; however, these are limited in number and have only a finite number of uses.

InEchoes specifically, a red bar also displays the in-game date, season, and year. The season and year progress as eachAct is completed, while the number for the day increments by 1 each time Alm or Celica moves from one location to another without an enemy party, or returns to the world map from a battle, skirmish, dungeon, or village. This day number can reach up to 999.

World map ofFire Emblem Gaiden
Map	Location (Alm's route)		Location (Celica's route)
	Act 1		Act 2
	1	Ram Village	1	Priory
	2	Ram Woods	2	Novis Cemetery
	3	Fleecer's Forest	3	Novis Greatport
	4	Thieves' Shrine	4	Zofia Seaway 1
	5	Ram Valley	5	Zofia Seaway 2
	6	Southern Outpost	6	The Pirate Throne
	7	Southern Zofia 1	7	Zofia Seaway 3
	8	Southern Zofia 2	8	Seabound Shrine
	9	Deliverance Hideout	9	Zofia Seaway 4
	10	Zofia Gate	10	Zofia Seaway 5
	11	Zofia Castle	11	Zofia Harbor
	Act 3
	12	North Gate	12	Zofian Coast
	13	Northern Zofia	13	Mountain Highway
	14	Zofia Forest 1	14	Mountain Graveyard
	15	Forest Village	15	Mountain Village
	16	Forest Village	16	Valley Approach
	17	Desaix's Fortress	17	Dragon Shrine
	18	Zofia Forest 2	18	Desert Stronghold
	19	Sylvan Shrine	19	Northern Desert
	20	Forest Northside	20	Southern Desert
	21	Sluice Gate	21	Grieth's Citadel
			22	Temple of Mila
	Act 4
	22	Border	23	Dead Man's Mire
	23	Rigel Forest	24	Mire Boneyard
	24	Fear Mountain	25	Dolth's Keep
	25	Fear Mountain Shrine	26	Lost Treescape
	26	Nuibaba's Abode	27	Sage's Hamlet
	27	Rigel Plains/Rigelian Village	28	Duma's Gate
	28	Rigel Valley	29	The Swamps of Duma
	29	The Dragon's Maw	30	Duma Tower
	30	Rigel Falls
	31	Secret Shrine
	32	The Last Bastion
	33	Rigel Castle
Note: In Act 2,#11 Zofia Harbor has a route connecting it to#10 Zofia Gate; this route is not present in Act 1, and is removed once Act 3 begins.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

InThe Sacred Stones, the player navigates Eirika or Ephraim around the world map by directly selecting their destination. UnlikeGaiden orAwakening, on some occasions multiple chapters will occur on the same world map location and the player is not allowed to return to the world map between each of these chapters. Some locations also offer armories or vendors to be accessed on the world map, usually selling the same items available in the matching shops in the chapter in question; additionally, after the game has been cleared andCreature Campaign mode has been entered,secret shops can also be accessed from the world map, albeit with different stock than what was offered in the original chapters.

After the completion of every chapter fromChapter 8 onward, or after leaving the Tower of Valni or Lagdou Ruins, up to three bands of enemymonsters will randomly spawn on certain locations on the world map. Eirika and Ephraim cannot pass through any location presently occupied by a monster band, and must engage the monsters in askirmish before they can access or pass through the location again. This will usually not impede the player's ability to travel, especially later in the game, as the world map connects numerous paths between locations and usually provides an alternative.

Access to theTower of Valni is granted once Chapter 8 has been cleared. Access to theLagdou Ruins andMelkaen Coast is granted once Chapter 19 has been cleared.

World map ofFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
	Chapter	Location		Chapter	Location		Chapter	Location
1	Chapter 1	Border Mulan	10	Chapter 10A	Teraz Plateau	16	Chapter 16	Renais Castle
--	--	Castle Frelia	11/12	Chapter 11A Chapter 12A	Caer Pelyn	17	Chapter 17	Narube River
2	Chapter 2	Ide	13	Chapter 13A	Hamill Canyon	18	Chapter 18	Neleras Peak
3	Chapter 3	Borgo Ridge	9	Chapter 9B	Fort Rigwald	19	Chapter 19	Rausten Court
4	Chapter 4	Za'ha Woods	10	Chapter 10B	Bethroen	20	Chapter 20 Final Chapter	Black Temple
5	Chapter 5	Serafew	11/12	Chapter 11B Chapter 12B	Taizel	M	--	Melkaen Coast
6	Chapter 6	Adlas Plains	13	Chapter 13B	Za'albul Marsh	V	Tower of Valni
7/8	Chapter 7 Chapter 8	Renvall	14	Chapter 14B	Grado Keep	L	Lagdou Ruins
9	Chapter 9A	Port Kiris	14/15	Chapter 14A Chapter 15	Jehanna Hall
Note: Locations numbered inteal compriseEirika'sroute (Route A), while locations numbered insteel blue compriseEphraim's route (Route B). Locations listed with aRotten Claw icon in the chart can hostskirmishes. Locations listed with anIron Sword icon in the chart house anarmory, locations with aVulnerary icon house avendor, and locations with aMember Card icon house asecret shop.

Fire Emblem Awakening

InAwakening, the player directly navigates between locations on the world map by pointing the Circle Pad or directional pad, rather than having to explicitly select a destination; there is also the option to press the Start button at any time to be automatically taken to the location of the next main chapter. Allparalogues are exempt from the chapter order and can be challenged at any time and in any order once unlocked. All locations on the map, save for theOutrealm Gate and the Endgame's location, house anarmory which is occasionally taken over by the appearance of a travelingmerchant.

As withThe Sacred Stones,Risen bands periodically appear to createskirmishes, but this time the player is not forced to defeat them to enter or pass the location, although thearmory cannot be accessed while a Risen group is present. On rare occasions, two groups of Risen will appear on the same map location and are fought simultaneously, rewarding the player with both a sum ofgold and a rare item. Additionally,bonus units and the teams they lead will spawn on the map to be parleyed with when theNintendo 3DS console receives aStreetPass tag, andSpotPass bonus unit teams can be summoned to the world map at any time through the Wireless menu, with a maximum of ten allowed to be on the fully unlocked map at a time.

Access to the Outrealm Gate—and by extension, alldownloadable content—is granted afterChapter 4 has been cleared. Access to the six SpotPass paralogues, marked inorange, is granted onceChapter 25 has been cleared and the relevant SpotPass data has been activated on the save file.

World map ofFire Emblem Awakening
		Chapter	Location			Chapter	Location			Chapter	Location
O		Outrealm Gate		16		Chapter 16	The Mila Tree	7		Paralogue 7	Mila Shrine Ruins
P		Prologue	Southtown	17		Chapter 17	Fort Steiger	8		Paralogue 8	Dueling Grounds
1		Chapter 1	West of Ylisstol	18		Chapter 18	The Demon's Ingle	9		Paralogue 9	Verdant Forest
2		Chapter 2	The Northroad	19		Chapter 19	Valm Castle Approach	10		Paralogue 10	Mercenary Fortress
3		Chapter 3	The Longfort	20		Chapter 20	Valm Castle	11		Paralogue 11	Wyvern Valley
4		Chapter 4	Arena Ferox	21		Chapter 21	Plegia Castle	12		Paralogue 12	The Ruins of Time
5		Chapter 5	Border Pass	22		Chapter 22	Table Approach	13		Paralogue 13	Law's End
6		Chapter 6	Ylisstol	23		Chapter 23	The Dragon's Table	14		Paralogue 14	Desert Oasis
7		Chapter 7	Breakneck Pass	24		Chapter 24	Mount Prism	15		Paralogue 15	Kidnapper's Keep
8		Chapter 8	Border Sands	25		Chapter 25	Origin Peak	16		Paralogue 16	Manor of Lost Souls
9		Chapter 9	Plegia Castle Courtyard	E		Endgame	Grima	17		Paralogue 17	Divine Dragon Grounds
10		Chapter 10	The Midmire	1		Paralogue 1	The Farfort	18		Paralogue 18	Sea-King's Throne
11		Chapter 11	Border Wastes	2		Paralogue 2	The Twins' Turf	19		Paralogue 19	Conqueror's Whetstone
12		Chapter 12	Port Ferox	3		Paralogue 3	Peaceful Village	20		Paralogue 20	Mountain Village
13		Chapter 13	Carrion Isle	4		Paralogue 4	The Twins' Hideout	21		Paralogue 21	Warriors' Tomb
14		Chapter 14	The Searoad	5		Paralogue 5	Sage's Hamlet	22		Paralogue 22	Wellspring of Truth
15		Chapter 15	Valm Harbor	6		Paralogue 6	Great Gate	23		Paralogue 23	Garden of Giants

Fire Emblem Fates

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The world map inFates is more akin to a level select than a truly explorable world map. Each of the world map locations corresponds to one or more of the game's story chapters. As the player scrolls through the chapter select, the corresponding world map location is highlighted.

Much likeAwakening, bandits periodically appear to createskirmishes in theBirthright andRevelation campaigns. Additionally, the player can pay a fee to spawn a group of bandits when selecting a location of the map; a maximum of two groups of bandits may be present at any map location. Fighting two groups of bandits simultaneously is also more likely to reward the player with a rare item in addition to a sum ofgold.

Access to the Dragon's Gate—and by extension, alldownloadable content—is granted afterChapter 6 has been cleared.

World map of Valla inFire Emblem Fates
		Chapter	Location			Chapter	Location
15 19		Chapter 15 Chapter 19	Abandoned Town	23		Chapter 23	Floating Bridge
7		Chapter 7	Canyon Valley	24		Chapter 24	Castle Valla: Basement
18		Chapter 18	Floating Isle	25		Chapter 25	Castle Valla: Labyrinth
20		Chapter 20	Floating Isles	26		Chapter 26	Castle Valla: Throne Room
21		Chapter 21	Cursed Ruins	27/E		Chapter 27 Endgame	Castle Valla Ruins
22		Chapter 22	Lost Forest

Fire Emblem Engage

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Like inAwakening, the world map ofEngage has the player directly navigate between locations on the world map by pointing the control stick or directional pad, rather than having to explicitly select a destination; there is also the option to press the L button at any time to be automatically taken to the location of the next main chapter. Additionally, the player may press the X button to open a Fast Travel menu that provides a list of all currently accessible locations; selecting one will instantly transport the player there. Allparalogues are exempt from the chapter order and can be challenged at any time and in any order once unlocked.

Skirmishes can appear on the map, either formed from bands ofCorrupted, ruffians, or kingdom soldiers, and the player is not forced to defeat them to enter or pass the location.

World map of Elyos inFire Emblem Engage
	Chapter	Location		Chapter	Location		Chapter	Location
4	Chapter 4	Florra Mill Town	16	Chapter 16	Azure Coast	4	The Lady of the Plains	Plains of Swift Winds
5	Chapter 5	Firene Castle	17	Chapter 17	Florra Port	5	The Radiant Hero	Fort of Hope
6	Chapter 6	Mountain Settlement	18	Chapter 18	Route to Elusia	6	The Instructor	Sacred Tomb
7	Chapter 7	The Grand Crossing	19	Chapter 19	Givre Port	7	The Crux of Fate	Crossroads of Fate
8	Chapter 8	Brodia Castle	20	Chapter 20	Elusia Castle	8	The Azure Twin	Dark Ruins
9	Chapter 9	Fort on the Border	21 22	Chapter 21 Chapter 22	Lythos Castle	9	The Holy Knight	River of Light and Dark
10	Chapter 10	Destinea Cathedral	23	Chapter 23	Lava Fields	10	The Sage Lord	Bridges in a Row
11	Chapter 11	Shadowy Moor	24	Chapter 24	Mountainous Region	11	The Dawn Maiden	Frozen Fortress
12	Chapter 12	Tullah Desert	25	Chapter 25	Gradlon Temple	12	The Young Lion	The Binding Grounds
13	Chapter 13	Oasis Village	1	Budding Talent	Tea-Field Village	13	The Caring Princess	Forgotten Shrine
14	Chapter 14	Solm Palace	2	Mysterious Merchant	Bandits' Hideout	14	The Hero-King	The Broken Castle
15	Chapter 15	Northern Fortress	3	The Exalt	Arena of the Gods	15	The Connector	Garden of Memories

World map of parallel Elyos inFire Emblem Engage
		Chapter	Location			Chapter	Location
1		Fell Xenologue 1	Bracelet Altar	4		Fell Xenologue 4	Frigid Forest
2		Fell Xenologue 2	Verdant Garden	5		Fell Xenologue 5	Desert Stronghold
3		Fell Xenologue 3	Royal Road	6		Fell Xenologue 6	Fallen Somniel

Fire Emblem Warriors

The world map inFire Emblem Warriors is more akin to a level select than a truly explorable world map. Each of the 12 world map locations corresponds to one or more of the game's story chapters. As the player scrolls through the chapter select, the corresponding world map location is highlighted. The player may replay any chapter they like;skirmishes are not present. The Premonition chapter cannot be replayed.

World map ofFire Emblem Warriors
	Chapter	Location		Chapter	Location
--	Premonition	Unknown	9	Chapter 11	Dusk Castle
1	Prologue	Aytolis Castle	10	Chapter 12	Great Plain
2	Chapter 1	Aytolis City	3	Chapter 13	Kingswood
3	Chapter 2	Kingswood	11	Chapter 14	Fortified Citadel
4	Chapter 3	Dragon Valley	12	Chapter 15	The World Tree
5	Chapter 4	Desert Arena	11	Chapter 16	Fortified Citadel
4	Chapter 5	Dragon Valley	1	Chapter 17 Chapter 18	Aytolis Castle
6	Chapter 6 Chapter 7	Desolate Gorge	2	Chapter 19	Aytolis City
7	Chapter 8	Castle Sol	12	Chapter 20	World Tree
8	Chapter 9 Chapter 10	Ebony Volcano	12	Endgame	The Interspace*

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

• 
  Celica navigating the world map inGaiden.
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  Navigating the world map inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Navigating the world map inAwakening.
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  Alm navigating the world map inEchoes: Shadows of Valentia.

References

See also

• Skirmish