How to Marry and/or Hang Out with Route-Exclusive Characters (on the Route They’re Not In)

I wrote this guide a while ago and totally forgot to post it so here goes

YOU WILL NEED:

a hacked 3DS as usual



some sort of save manager (I like JKSM, svdt works too) (if it’s an extra data save, I believe you’ll need JKSM tho)



FEFTwiddler



Unassumingvenusaur’s same-sex marriage mod (if you want them to have any supports)

Short version: recruit whoever you want from the logbook or another castle, use FEFTwiddler to uncheck the “Recruited” and/or “Einherjar” boxes, and have that gay hack



Long version: First of all, if you plan to support with them and haven’t been using the same-sex mod before, using the mod on a file that you haven’t been using it on will tend to mess up supports. Either start a new file, or select “reset all supports” while you’re in FEFTwiddler later on. If you’ve been using it, you can just go on like normal

Next, recruit the character you want to marry from someone else. This can be a little dodgy if you want someone like Yukimura who almost nobody ever has on their team. If you’re having a lot of trouble finding the character you’re looking for, try searching castle-sharing places like /r/MyCastleFE or ask a friend to stick ‘em on their team for you

Once you’ve done that, go export your save in whatever save manager you chose. Now open your save in FEFTwiddler



Next to the name of the character you recruited, there should be two checkboxes marked Einherjar and Recruited. If either of them are checked (and at least one will be), uncheck them. Save, then go back to the save editor and import this save

Now, the recruited character should function as a normal unit. They’ll show up in shops, be able to be invited into your room, and they can get supports with you and whoever else supports the gay hack allows. Here’s some pics of our buddy Niles in Birthright as an example (note the text box color)



Note that you can also import units directly using FEFTwiddler if you happen to find a .fe14unit file of them. If you own the route they’re on, you can export the character from one of your own files.



If you just kinda want em to…hang out around the castle and don’t need them to have any supports, you can skip getting the gay hack. Either way, have fun with your new foreign friend

