Airing Order Recommended
0 / 16 watchedMain line first, in the order it was released, then the spin-offs in any order you like.
Main line
Spin-offs
Chronological Order (Prequel First)
0 / 9 watchedBy when the story happens. Fate/Zero moves to the front, and the parallel-timeline spin-offs drop out because they have no fixed slot.
About Fate
Fate/stay night has three routes that start from the same night and then diverge completely: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel. Only one anime covers each. The 2006 Studio Deen series takes Fate, ufotable's 2014-2015 series takes Unlimited Blade Works, and three films from 2017 to 2020 take Heaven's Feel.
Fate/Zero is a prequel set ten years earlier, written on the assumption that you already know how the Fifth Holy Grail War ends. It aired in 2011, before either ufotable route adaptation existed, which is why the order debate never settles.
Everything else, Apocrypha, Grand Order, Prisma Illya, strange Fake, runs its own war in its own timeline and can wait until the main line is finished.
Good to know
The real choice is where Fate/Zero goes. Chronologically it comes first, but that hands you Heaven's Feel's ending early, and watching it second loses nothing. Skip the 2010 Unlimited Blade Works movie entirely. strange Fake's first season ran January 3 to March 28, 2026; a follow-up season is confirmed with no date. The three Fate/stay night routes are alternate versions of the same war, not chapters of one story.
