A Peculiar Trend is a DLC quest given to Byleth by Anna in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. This quest can be completed many times and the rewards differ each month.
Quest Details
Wanted: Valuable Secrets. Compensation upon delivery.
Requirements
"Enemies in Auxiliary and quest battles are now in possession of Valuable Secrets of some kind. Steal or collect [three/four/six/seven] dropped Valuable Secrets, and you'll be rewarded."
Quest-Giver Dialogue
"It seems that there are some rare, valuable secrets circulating on the battlefield. I'd like you to collect a number of these for me, should you have an opportunity to do so."
Quest Completion Dialogue
"Ah, you've collected some trade secrets for me! I really, really appreciate it! I'll just take them... Hehehe, perfect... What? Nothing! Just talking to myself. See you later!"
Location
Given to you by Anna in the Dining Hall on the 1F for the Secret Book. In all subsequent months, she is in the Marketplace, except Chapters 10 and 11, where she is found at the outdoor lunch table near the Stable.
Rewards
- Random Stat booster (With an additional stat booster after Chapter 14)
- 100 Renown
- 200 Renown post-time-skip (+100 Renown per chapter)
Strategy
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Talk to Anna and if the player has any Valuable Secrets items, she will take them. Alternatively, the quest will automatically complete upon the start of a free day if it was previously accepted while Exploring and the player has obtained the amount of Trade Secrets required.
In most auxiliary battles, three Trade Secrets will be available, with only one dropped upon defeat (the other two must be stolen). Note that Trade Secrets will not appear during Paralogue battles.
Trade Secrets will only spawn if this quest is accepted and not completed, but the player is able to acquire more than the required amount while the quest is still active. In this case, the surplus will be stored in the convoy, and can be used towards the quest in the next month.
For example, with three Battle activity points, the player can obtain up to nine Trade Secrets on a given free day through auxiliary battles. If Anna requires four Trade Secrets for the quest, then on the following free day, the player will (automatically) turn in the quest and four Trade Secrets, but will still have five Trade Secrets remaining in their inventory that can be used for the next month's "A Peculiar Trend".