How can you say you’re a teacher if you can’t host a good tea party?
If you went into Fire Emblem: Three Houses thinking the most you would be expected to do is teach and fight, then you’re in for quite a shock. As it turns out, you’ll also be expected to host tea parties for your students and fellow faculty members.
What Are Tea Parties
Unlocked in Chapter 2 after giving Lorenz the Elegant Tea Set you receive as part of a quest from Ferdinand, Tea Parties allow you to have some one-on-one time with a student or fellow teacher in order to get to know them better.
So long as it’s their birthday or your relationship with them is at least C-Rank and they have time, you can invite anyone to the garden and have a quiet chat while sipping on tea. During this time, you can ask them an assortment of questions and depending on how engaged they are in the conversation, you’ll receive some rewards.
- Normal – Support Level Increase
- Nice – Support Level and Motivation Increase
- Perfect – Support Level and Motivation Increase; Potential +1 Charm for Participating Characters
Do note, however, that failing two conversation prompts in a row will result in a failure.
Okay, So How Do I Host The Best Tea Parties?
The easiest part about hosting tea parties is choosing the tea leaves you wish to use. You’ll typically find them lying around the school, but they can later be purchased from special merchants unlocked in Chapter 5. There are no wrong choices when picking which tea to brew for your guest, but picking the right one will reduce the amount of correct dialogue options needed to achieve a Perfect Tea Time by one, making the special fourth conversation prompt easier to unlock.
And this leads to the hard aspect of hosting tea parties: the dialogue options.
The dialogue options are vague, requiring you to give prompts for topics of conversation, instead of saying anything concrete. Therefore, you’ll need to consider the guest’s personality (along with any quirks you might have learned about them during the course of the story) to ensure the party goes off with a hitch.
As an example:
- Dorothea enjoys talking about romance and teachers she finds interesting, but won’t talk much about herself or her future aspirations.
- Contrary to Dorothea, Ingrid only cares about knightly matters and her future aspirations, completely ignoring anything related to romance.
Here’s a complete list of potential guests, as well as their likes and dislikes (I’ll list their favorite tea too if I happened to find it):
Alois (Bergamot)
Likes: Telling jokes, family, the knights, sweet, large flowers
Dislikes: Spicy foods, ghosts, sea travel
Annette (Almond)
Likes: Dressing up, early morning walks, dancing, washing clothes
Dislikes: Dirtiness, places that are hard to clean, coffee, laziness, dark places
Ashe (Angelica)
Likes: Taking care of children, stories about chivalry, sweets, travel, violets
Dislikes: Confined spaces, deceit, violence, ghosts
Bernadetta (Berry Blend)
Likes: Being alone, drawing, embroidery, music, reading, stuffed animals
Dislikes: Imposing people, overbearing fathers, talking to people
Caspar (Ginger)
Likes: Defeating evil, fighting
Dislikes: Inequity, liars, rain, time wasting
Claude (Chamomile)
Likes: Archery, feasts, curious topics, horse riding
DIslikes: Blind faith in the gods, leaving things to chance, being bound by common sense
Cyril
Likes: Helping Lady Rhea, practicing archery, small flowers
Dislikes: Rhea’s enemies, anyone who does his work for him
Dedue (Ginger)
Likes: Arts, Gardening, Flowers, Embroidery
Dislikes: Bothering Dimitri
Dorothea
Likes: Acting, singing, decorations, music, animals
Dislikes: Herself, conceited nobles
Dimitri (Chamomile)
Likes: Battle training, weapons, riding, physical training
Dislikes: Weak objects, selfishness, heat
Edelgard (Bergamot)
Likes: Debate, history, talented people
Dislikes: Old-fashioned values,c rests, chains, swimming, lsoing control, rats
Felix (Almyran Pine Needles)
Likes: Combat, hunting, high quality weapons, meat, spicy food
Dislikes: Chivalry, light-heartedness, sweets, his father
Ferdinand
Likes: Tea, justice, nobility, horse riding
Dislikes: Laziness, ignoble nobles
Flayn (Apple)
Likes: Learning new things, making friends, forget-me-nots, talking about love
Dislikes: Sleeping too much, Setheth’s over-protection
Gilbert (Almond)
Hanneman (Bergamot)
Likes: Neat & tidy workplaces, handkerchiefs, food cooked by others
Dislikes: Politics, cooking himself, corruption, untidiness
Hilda (Rose Petal)
Likes: Dancing, fashion, singing, flowers
Dislikes: Putting in effort, responsibilities, being tired, extreme weather
Hubert
Likes: Tactics & strategy, protecting Edelgard, intelligence
Dislikes: the Church of Seiros, people who bother Edelgard, gambling, clumsiness, heights
Ignatz
Likes: Art, the Goddess, the Four Saints, flowers, faraway lands, peace, landscapes
Dislikes: Stressful situations, lightning, those who dislike art
Ingrid (Mint)
Likes: Chivalry, food, meat, horses, knights
Dislikes: Hunger, lavishness, people from Duscur
Leonie (Angelica)
Likes: Competition, hunting, gardening, reusing old things, military arts, Jeralt
Dislikes: Decadence, debt, poisonous creatures, defeat
Linhardt
Likes: Freedom, fishing, naps, sleeping, sweets, reading
Dislikes: Blood, duty, politics, fighting, weapons
Lorenz (Rose Petal)
Likes: Art, nobility, red roses, tea
Dislikes: Coffeee, filth, injustice, bad smells, vulgarity
Lysithea (Sweet Apple Tea)
Likes: Cute things, lilies, sweets
Dislikes: Being perceived as a child, hard work, ghosts, bitter food
Manuela (Mint)
Likes: Cooking, dancing, needlework, refreshing drinks, singing
Dislikes: Bullies, cleaning & tidying
Marianne (Lavender)
Likes: Birds, flowers, reading, the Goddess
Dislikes: Cleaning up, crests, herself
Mercedes (Crescent Moon)
Likes: Baking, praying
Dislikes: Exercising, spicy food
Petra (Spice)
Likes: The Brigid Islands, family, ocean swimming, sunshine, climbing trees
Dislikes: Discrimination, idling, math
Raphael (Ginger)
Likes: Training, muscles, protein, his younger sister
Dislikes: Books, studying, leftover food
Shamir (Chamomile)
Likes: Archery, gambling, paychecks, thrown weapons
Dislikes: Centipedes, spiders, smooth-talking people
Setheth (Angelica)
Likes: Flayn, fishing, diligence, the Church
Dislikes: Those who dislike the church or Flayn
Sylvain
Likes: Board games, lively places, women
Dislikes: Jealousy, messy places, excessive heat
Likes: Telling jokes, family, the knights, sweet, large flowers
Dislikes: Spicy foods, ghosts, sea travel
Likes: Dressing up, early morning walks, dancing, washing clothes
Dislikes: Dirtiness, places that are hard to clean, coffee, laziness, dark places
Likes: Taking care of children, stories about chivalry, sweets, travel, violets
Dislikes: Confined spaces, deceit, violence, ghosts
Likes: Being alone, drawing, embroidery, music, reading, stuffed animals
Dislikes: Imposing people, overbearing fathers, talking to people
Likes: Defeating evil, fighting
Dislikes: Inequity, liars, rain, time wasting
Likes: Archery, feasts, curious topics, horse riding
DIslikes: Blind faith in the gods, leaving things to chance, being bound by common sense
Likes: Helping Lady Rhea, practicing archery, small flowers
Dislikes: Rhea’s enemies, anyone who does his work for him
Likes: Arts, Gardening, Flowers, Embroidery
Dislikes: Bothering Dimitri
Likes: Acting, singing, decorations, music, animals
Dislikes: Herself, conceited nobles
Likes: Battle training, weapons, riding, physical training
Dislikes: Weak objects, selfishness, heat
Likes: Debate, history, talented people
Dislikes: Old-fashioned values,c rests, chains, swimming, lsoing control, rats
Likes: Combat, hunting, high quality weapons, meat, spicy food
Dislikes: Chivalry, light-heartedness, sweets, his father
Likes: Tea, justice, nobility, horse riding
Dislikes: Laziness, ignoble nobles
Likes: Learning new things, making friends, forget-me-nots, talking about love
Dislikes: Sleeping too much, Setheth’s over-protection
Likes: Neat & tidy workplaces, handkerchiefs, food cooked by others
Dislikes: Politics, cooking himself, corruption, untidiness
Likes: Dancing, fashion, singing, flowers
Dislikes: Putting in effort, responsibilities, being tired, extreme weather
Likes: Tactics & strategy, protecting Edelgard, intelligence
Dislikes: the Church of Seiros, people who bother Edelgard, gambling, clumsiness, heights
Likes: Art, the Goddess, the Four Saints, flowers, faraway lands, peace, landscapes
Dislikes: Stressful situations, lightning, those who dislike art
Likes: Chivalry, food, meat, horses, knights
Dislikes: Hunger, lavishness, people from Duscur
Likes: Competition, hunting, gardening, reusing old things, military arts, Jeralt
Dislikes: Decadence, debt, poisonous creatures, defeat
Likes: Freedom, fishing, naps, sleeping, sweets, reading
Dislikes: Blood, duty, politics, fighting, weapons
Likes: Art, nobility, red roses, tea
Dislikes: Coffeee, filth, injustice, bad smells, vulgarity
Likes: Cute things, lilies, sweets
Dislikes: Being perceived as a child, hard work, ghosts, bitter food
Likes: Cooking, dancing, needlework, refreshing drinks, singing
Dislikes: Bullies, cleaning & tidying
Likes: Birds, flowers, reading, the Goddess
Dislikes: Cleaning up, crests, herself
Likes: Baking, praying
Dislikes: Exercising, spicy food
Likes: The Brigid Islands, family, ocean swimming, sunshine, climbing trees
Dislikes: Discrimination, idling, math
Likes: Training, muscles, protein, his younger sister
Dislikes: Books, studying, leftover food
Likes: Archery, gambling, paychecks, thrown weapons
Dislikes: Centipedes, spiders, smooth-talking people
Likes: Flayn, fishing, diligence, the Church
Dislikes: Those who dislike the church or Flayn
Likes: Board games, lively places, women
Dislikes: Jealousy, messy places, excessive heat
That’s it for hosting tea parties in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It’s not necessarily something you’ll spend a lot of time doing, but if you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right.
- This article was updated on August 3rd, 2019
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