Koei Tecmo has released a huge wave of information on the upcoming Fire Emblem Warriors Fates themed DLC that launches December 21, 2017 on Nintendo Switch and New Nintendo 3DS.

On the same day a new patch for the game (Version 1.3.0) will be released at the same time. You can find all the details and images in the gallery below.

■ DLC Pack #1 (Launches December 21)

◆ Additional Playable Characters

Azura

• Voiced by: Lynn
• Weapon: Lance
• Class: Songstress

Azura can restore the Musou and Awakening Gauges of nearby ally characters by singing a song.

Oboro

• Voiced by: Nozomi Sasaki
• Weapon: Spear
• Class: Spear Fighter

With Oboro’s “Counter” character skill, she can guard against an enemy’s heavy attack to generate a shock wave, as well as display the enemy’s stun gauge.

Niles

• Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
• Weapon: Bow
• Class: Thief

With Niles’ “Annihilation” character skill, the damage dealt by a critical hit increases dramatically if you are lucky.

◆ Additional History Maps

Grieving Beast

Azura’s mysterious song engulfs Corrin, who lost his mind and runs wild.

The Country Where the Gods Sit

Corrin’s party meets a girl with a face similar to the Demon King in a country while searching for siblings.

Ice Village

In order to conquer the village of the Ice Tribe, Corrin joins forces with a strange duo.

◆ Additional Costumes

Corrin (Female) – “Hoshido Noble”

Corrin (Male) – “Dark Blood”

Takumi – “Butler”

Camilla – “Maid”

Azura – “Dark Songstress”

◆ Clothes Destruction Support

Armor Break state model changes will be supported for the following Fire Emblem Fates characters: Corrin (Male), Corrin (Female), Azura, Xander, Camilla, Leon, Elise, Niles, Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, Sakura, and Oboro.

◆ Dedicated Weapons

• Azur – “Blessed Lance”
• Oboro – “Oboro’s Spear”
• Niles – “Niles’ Bow”

◆ Additional Weapon Traits

• “Mantle” – A weapon trait that further strengthens the attack power of character-exclusive wapons.
• “Swordbreaker,” “Axebreaker,” “Lancebreaker,” “Bowbreaker,” “Tomebreaker,” “Dragonstonebreaker,” and “Talonbreaker” – Weapon traits that increase the amount of damage dealt against enemies that possess a specific weapon.

◆ Additional Items

• “Bond Amulet” – By equipping this instead of a staff or vulnerary, you can develop your bonds more easily.

◆ Additional Bonding Conversations

Bonding conversations with the new playable characters have been added.

■ Version 1.3.0 Update (Launches December 21)

• Additional Weapon Rank – Adds the “Hero” weapon rank, which is higher than the “Brave” weapon rank:

  • Hero’s Sword
  • Hero’s Axe
  • Hero’s Lance
  • Hero’s Bow
  • Hero’s Tome
  • Hero’s Dragonstone

• Character Level Limit Increase – Increases the character level limit to 110.

• Additional Weapon Trait: Attacktaker – Increases the damage dealt for every 100 enemies you defeat. (This can be obtained via a random drop.)

• Additional Blessings – The following blessings have been added to the Temple:

  • Defense Blessing
  • Resistance Blessing
  • Absorbtion Blessing
  • Suppression Blessing

• Other

  • Adds support for the paid downloadable content pack, “DLC Pack #1 – Fire Emblem Fates“

  • Adds the ability to instruct fort commanders to restore HP from the strategy screen

  • Lowers the amount of enemies killed required to achieve an “S Rank” in History Mode in the New 3DS version

  • Bug fixes