FGO

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Fate/Grand Order
Alias(es)	FGO
Affiliation	Avalon Studio
Occupation/Role	Mobile gacha game; continuation and expansion of the Fate setting
Status	Active; Version 1.6, “The Sacred Round Table Domain Camelot,” has launched 280
First Appearance	Chapter 17, “Gacha Game” (as Tang Yao’s planned project) 17

Concept and Development

Tang Yao selected the Fate series as the basis for a gacha game because its Heroic Spirits, Servants, Classes, Skills, Noble Phantasms, and historical foundations naturally supported character collection and long-term story expansion. Her plan was to establish the setting through a Fate/Zero manga first, then use players’ attachment to its characters to support the game’s summoning system. 17

Avalon developed an early DEMO around Fate/stay night, using it as both the first chapter and tutorial. Tang Yao considered it essential groundwork for explaining the setting, while retaining Chaldea and the player’s role as a Master. 73

Internal testing began with Chaldea’s opening scenario and the Fate/Zero observation storyline. The second test ended with no critical issues and an exceptionally high seven-day retention rate; Tang Yao subsequently scheduled the public launch for the week Fate/Zero concluded, allowing manga readers to move directly into the game. 90 94

Gameplay

Master and Singularity System

Players take the role of a Chaldea Master candidate participating in the experimental Spiritron Transfer program. Their mission is to travel into the past, investigate historical anomalies known as Singularities, and prevent humanity’s future from disappearing. 90

• The opening sends the player to Singularity F in Fuyuki.
• A transfer accident places the player in a parallel world as an observer of the Fourth Holy Grail War depicted in Fate/Zero. 90
• The Fate/stay night storyline is incorporated as an “observation line,” serving as a sequel to Fate/Zero and an accessible introduction to the Fifth Holy Grail War. 73 97

Combat and Character Progression

FGO is a turn-based, card-style game centered on Heroic Spirits rather than player-created combatants. Its gameplay primarily involves fighting enemies rather than PvP. 101 217

• Heroic Spirits are divided into Classes and possess individual Skills and Noble Phantasms.
• Command Spells can compel a Heroic Spirit up to three times. 65
• Players receive Saint Quartz through story progress and use it to summon Heroic Spirits. 100
• Launch banners included a standard game banner and a limited banner featuring Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night characters. 100
• Character illustrations change as Servants level up; Avalon retained this feature while redrawing much of the cast to suit the parallel world’s aesthetic. 75
• The game includes a pity system, though summons are not automatically guaranteed within a low number of pulls. 100

Story and Character Focus

Tang Yao’s operating philosophy prioritizes scripts, character depth, and emotional connection over complex mechanics. FGO’s stories place the player at the center of relationships with its characters, making Heroic Spirits the primary source of player attachment and spending motivation. 100 113

• Each summoned Servant is presented with character art, voiced lines, and an introduction upon joining the player. 100
• Avalon treats even lower-rarity Servants as characters requiring polished illustrations, models, and stories rather than disposable gacha filler. 195
• The game’s lasting appeal is attributed to its stories, characters, and expandable Fate worldview rather than initial novelty alone. 113 164

Story Content

Prologue and Observation Lines

The game opens at the Human Order Preservation Institution, Chaldea. Following the Spiritron Transfer accident, the player witnesses key events from Fate/Zero, including Kiritsugu Emiya ordering Saber to destroy the Holy Grail. 90

The Fate/stay night observation line follows the Fifth Holy Grail War ten years after Fate/Zero. Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, and Matou Sakura, formerly seen as children in the manga, become central figures in this storyline. 91 97

Sixth Singularity: Camelot

Version 1.6 introduces the Sixth Singularity, “The Sacred Round Table Domain Camelot,” advertised as FGO’s largest main-story quest to date. Tang Yao wrote the chapter’s script herself. 228 277

• The Singularity takes place in 1273 Jerusalem rather than the Britain players expected. 280
• The Knights of the Round Table serve the Lion King’s distorted “Holy Selection.” 280
• Tristan appears as a story-limited Archer-class Servant with the Noble Phantasm Illusory Curse of Grief. 277
• Arash sacrifices himself with Stella Maris against the Lion King’s Holy Lance. 280
• Bedivere completes his 1,500-year mission by returning the Sword of Promised Victory to King Arthur. 280
• The chapter’s emotional reception prompted widespread player calls for an animated adaptation. 281

*Into the Night* Collaboration

FGO’s spring collaboration with Ru Mi’s Into the Night introduces limited collaboration Servants and the original event story “Cocoon of Stars and Chrysalis of Night.” Ru Mi provided the main outline, participated in production, and drew character illustrations for the event. 194 196 202

• The event’s promotional material featured a limited five-star Servant, Gatekeeper of Eternal Night. 194
• Avalon stated that the collaboration’s content volume could match a main-story chapter. 196
• The event drew in Into the Night readers, many of whom continued into FGO’s main story and summoning system after attempting the collaboration. 203

Release and Performance

Milestone	Documented result
Pre-download campaign	Reached 1 million pre-downloads before the final public test day. 98
Public beta launch	Recorded 3.41 million peak concurrent players and nearly 100 million yuan in first-day revenue. 101
FGO × Into the Night gacha pool	Earned 37 million yuan on its first day; Avalon publicly released the figure. 204
Rin Tohsaka promotional video	Reached nearly 100,000 followers for the Rin Tohsaka account within half an hour. 137
Rin Tohsaka × ANF video	Surpassed 2 million views. 141

Community and Promotion

ANF Integration

After Avalon acquired AnimationFan (ANF), FGO became central to the platform’s manga, game, video, and community strategy. ANF’s revamp prominently featured FGO banners, story updates, free artwork, account-linked gift packs, and collaboration pages. 120 127 128

• The FGO × ANF Fan Creation Contest accepted fan animations, MADs, guides, illustrations, manga, novels, videos, and cosplay. 130
• The FGO New Version Countdown unlocked bonus manga and novels daily, rewarded page sharing with limited gift packs, and offered a chance to summon a five-star Servant. 130
• FGO content helped attract creators from mainstream platforms to ANF, increasing both the site’s content library and the game’s exposure. 131
• ANF’s community culture was supported by formal bullet-comment etiquette and moderation guidelines intended to preserve the platform’s atmosphere during rapid growth. 132

Rin Tohsaka Virtual Idol

Avalon used Rin Tohsaka as a virtual idol rather than having conventional voice actors promote the game directly. Tang Yao performed the role while strictly maintaining Rin’s established personality, presenting the videos as if the character herself were playing FGO. 121 122 137

• Rin reacts to in-game cards, Noble Phantasms, and characters according to her established history and relationships. 137
• The format gave viewers a sense that a character from the Fate world was directly interacting with them. 137
• Rin’s videos drew casual users to ANF and converted some viewers into FGO players. 139
• Rin later hosted Avalon’s game-announcement livestream, where Tang Yao’s role as FGO’s scriptwriter became public knowledge. 228 229

Avalon Game Assistant Wiki

During Version 1.6’s pre-release campaign, the Avalon Game Assistant launched an FGO wiki. Initially populated by Avalon, it is intended to become a player-maintained knowledge platform covering story walkthroughs, Servant development, event information, character analysis, and strategy guides. 277

Key Associations

• Tang Yao — FGO’s creator and core planner; she led the initial DEMO, served as lead artist, influenced nearly every non-technical aspect of production, and wrote Version 1.6’s script. 17 215 228
• Avalon Studio — developer and operator of FGO; uses the game as a central component of its broader manga, community, livestream, and game-assistant ecosystem. 96 277
• Fate/Zero — manga foundation and narrative prologue for the project; its success was deliberately used to introduce the setting and transition readers into the game. 17 94
• Fate/stay night — incorporated as an observation line and direct continuation of Fate/Zero within the game. 73 97
• AnimationFan (ANF) — Avalon-owned two-dimensional video and community platform integrated with FGO promotions, fan creation, livestreams, and user conversion. 120 128 277
• Rin Tohsaka — Fate/stay night character used as FGO’s virtual-idol promotional persona; performed by Tang Yao. 137
• Ru Mi — creator of Into the Night and collaborator on FGO’s crossover event, contributing its main outline and character illustrations. 196 202