Fortune's Weave route guide: when to switch paths
A spoiler-light route guide for choosing a first hero, switching paths, and planning the four campaigns without treating community guesses as rules.
The short answer: there is no best first route
Nintendo says Cai, Dietrich, Theodora, and Leda each have an individual storyline. The official overview also says you can play them in any order and pause one story to switch to another. Choose the premise you want to follow rather than an unverified “best route.”
Spoiler-light rule
On a first playthrough, let the next character you want to understand decide your move. Save route-order speculation for a later completion run.
A first-playthrough checklist
- Read the four official character premises and choose the one that makes you curious.
- In Dagsion, check whether recruiting, Blessings, training, or a bond is the preparation that helps your next battle.
- Make a separate save before switching and note the chapter, calendar events, and any branch you have not verified.
- Treat confident “optimal order” posts as leads until the game or multiple independent checks support them.
How to answer “when should I switch?”
Reddit search results repeatedly surface “when to switch routes?” and “all routes in one playthrough or one route at a time?” These are real player needs, but a discussion thread does not prove an optimal switch point. The reliable fact is the official ability to pause one storyline and move to another.
Our practical recommendation is to create a separate save before switching, record your chapter and calendar position, and keep the decision reversible. We will promote community reports to confirmed guidance only after in-game or multi-source verification.
Official: four heroes, flexible order, and route pausing. Community demand: route order, switch timing, and whether to play all paths in one run.