Fire Emblem Heroes free pulls: how many Orbs you earn per month without paying

Every pull in Fire Emblem Heroes costs 5 Orbs. A free-to-play account that clears its routine content collects roughly 140–140 Orbs a month, which converts into 28–28 pulls on the New Hero banner. Below is where that currency actually comes from, source by source, and what it means against a hard pity of 120.

The table only counts sources that repeat every month. Story rewards, achievements and other one-off bonuses are listed separately: they are a big head start for a new account, but they do not pay the next banner.

Where the free Orbs come from each month

Source	Orbs / month	≈ pulls
Sunday login bonus1 Orb × ~4 Sundays	4	0
Tempest Trials	42	8
Forging Bonds	14	2
Grand Conquest	14	2
Monthly Quests	22	4
Squad Assaultper season, averaged monthly	44	8
Arenaadds to the total, amount varies by tier	varies	—
Monthly total (recurring only)	140	28

How far 28–28 pulls a month get you on the New Hero banner

Hard pity on this banner sits at 120 pulls, with soft pity kicking in around 1. Saving everything, a free player reaches hard pity in about 4 months, and the worst case for the featured unit (40 pulls) in about 1.5 months. With one month of pulls and no pity carried over, the chance of the featured unit is 65%; with two months saved it climbs to 92%.

Pulls per month (F2P)

0.1

Months to soft pity

Months to hard pity

1.5

Months to guaranteed featured

65%

Featured chance, 1 month of pulls

92%

Featured chance, 2 months of pulls

One-time boosts for new accounts

These pay out once per account. They are not part of the monthly figure, but a fresh Fire Emblem Heroes account can pull far more in its first weeks than the recurring total suggests.

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If you spend a little

The cheapest recurring purchase in Fire Emblem Heroes is by far the best Orbs-per-dollar deal in the shop. This is how much it adds on top of the free income:

With Feh Pass (~$9.49)+2–10 Orbs / month ≈ +0–2 pulls

Turn the monthly income into a plan

Type your current pity and the Orbs you already have into the Fire Emblem Heroes pity calculator to see your exact odds on the next banner, or use the savings planner on that page: it takes what you have, what you earn per week and the banner end date and tells you whether you will make it.

Open the Fire Emblem Heroes pity calculator How many pulls do you need in Fire Emblem Heroes?

The monthly figures for Fire Emblem Heroes come from fixed rewards (dailies, weeklies, endgame resets) plus a conservative range for events, which vary from patch to patch. One-time rewards are excluded on purpose.

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