Fire Emblem Heroes Celebrates Third Anniversary With Hero Fest

Fire Emblem Heroes is celebrating its third anniversary this month. Released on February 2, 2017, the game is a spin-off of the Fire Emblem franchise and released for the mobile platform. That said, what better way to celebrate a birthday than to have in-game events?

Here are some of the events that players can enjoy:

• 3rd Anniversary Hero Fests & Log-in Bonuses
  • This is a series of Hero Fest events that each feature winners of past Choose Your Legends events.
    • 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 1
      • Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 8 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
      • This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 3.
    • 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 2
      • Active: February 8 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 15 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
      • This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 2.
    • 3rd Anniversary Hero Fest, Part 3
      • Active: February 15 at 2:00 a.m. ET until February 22 at 1:59 a.m. ET
      • This event features the winners of Choose Your Legends: Round 1.
• A Hero Rises 2020
  • This event lets players cast their votes on who the most popular hero is since the game was released.
  • However some of the rules have been changed, but only a bit.
  • The event is going to be divided into two parts: A Hero Rises 2020 online vote and an in-game Voting Gauntlet.
  • Eight finalists of the online vote are then going to appear in a subsequent Voting Gauntlet to determine the lucky winner.
  • The official schedule are:
    • Part 1: Online Vote (website)
      • Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT until February 8 at 9:59 p.m. EDT
    • Part 2: Voting Gauntlet (in-game)
      • Active: February 28 at 2:00 a.m. EDT to March 4 at 10:59 p.m. EDT
• 3rd Anniversary Quests
  • For three straight weeks, a series of quests is going to be available to all players.
  • This is in addition to the three Hero Fest summoning events.
  • Finish the quests in order to earn rewards like, among others, Orbs and Dragonflowers.
• Guaranteed 5★ Special Hero Summoning Event
  • Active: February 2 at 2:00 a.m. EDT to March 1 at 1:59 a.m. EDT
  • By being part of this special summoning event, players can add a Special Hero to their team and they're guaranteed to have a 5★ rating.
  • The pool of 5★ Special Heroes for this event includes all the Special Heroes who were added to the game between the latter half of January 2019 and January 2020.

You can view all the in-game events celebrating the third anniversary here.