How to watch Fate/stay night in order

Main story (release order)

1. 1
   Fate/stay nightTV series · 2006 · 24 ep.
2. 2
   Fate/stay night - Unlimited Blade Works (Fate/stay night Movie: Unlimited Blade Works)Movie · 2010
3. 3
   Fate/ZeroTV series · 2011 · 13 ep.
4. 4
   Fate/Zero Season 2 (Fate/Zero 2nd Season)TV series · 2012 · 12 ep.
5. 5
   Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works - PrologueSpecial · 2014 · 1 ep.
6. 6
   Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)TV series · 2014 · 12 ep.
7. 7
   Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd SeasonTV series · 2015 · 13 ep.
8. 8
   Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. Presage FlowerMovie · 2017
9. 9
   Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost ButterflyMovie · 2019
10. 10
    Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel - III. Spring SongMovie · 2020

Specials, films & side stories (optional)

These aren't needed to follow the main plot. Watch them after the series they come from (by date).

• Fate/PrototypeOVA · 2011 · 1 ep. · Alternative version
• Fate/Zero: Please! Einzbern Counseling Room (Fate/Zero: Onegai! Einzbern Soudanshitsu)Special · 2012 · 6 ep. · Side story
• Fate/Zero CafeMovie · 2013
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya)TV series · 2013 · 10 ep. · Alternative setting
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya SpecialsSpecial · 2013 · 5 ep.
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Dance at the Sports Festival! (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Undoukai de Dance!)OVA · 2014 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2Wei! (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!)TV series · 2014 · 10 ep.
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2Wei! Shorts (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! Specials)Special · 2014 · 5 ep.
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2Wei Herz! (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!)TV series · 2015 · 10 ep.
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!: Mahou Shoujo in Onsen RyokouOVA · 2015 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2Wei Herz! Shorts (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz! Specials)Special · 2015 · 5 ep.
• Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season - Sunny DaySpecial · 2015 · 1 ep. · Alternative version
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!TV series · 2016 · 12 ep.
• Logres of Swords and Sorcery: Goddess of Ancient x Fate/Extella (Ken to Mahou no Logres: Inishie no Megami x Fate/Extella)Special · 2016 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Grand Order -First Order- (Fate/Grand Order: First Order)Special · 2016 · 1 ep. · Alternative setting
• Fate/Grand Order Farewell to 2016 - Guda Guda Order (Fate/Grand Order Toshiwasure Guda Guda Order 2016)Special · 2016 · 1 ep.
• Fate/ApocryphaTV series · 2017 · 25 ep. · Alternative setting
• Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Sekka no Chikai)Movie · 2017
• Fate/Apocrypha: Seihai Taisen Douran-henSpecial · 2017 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Apocrypha Recap (Fate/Apocrypha: Seihai Daisen Kaimaku-hen)Special · 2017 · 1 ep.
• Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan)Web series · 2017 · 13 ep. · Spin-off
• Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/LostroomSpecial · 2017 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Extra: Last EncoreTV series · 2018 · 10 ep. · Alternative setting
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Sekka no Chikai - Kuro Sakura no HeyaSpecial · 2018 · 1 ep.
• Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Irusterias TendouronSpecial · 2018 · 3 ep.
• Manga de Wakaru! Fate/Grand OrderSpecial · 2018 · 1 ep.
• Fate/strange FakeWeb series · 2019 · 1 ep.
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Licht Nameless Girl Mini Anime (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Licht - Namae no Nai Shoujo Mini Anime)Web series · 2021 · 3 ep.
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya the Movie Licht – The Nameless Girl (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Movie: Licht - Namae no Nai Shoujo)Movie · 2021
• Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of DawnSpecial · 2023 · 1 ep.
• Fate/strange FakeTV series · 2026 · 13 ep. · Alternative setting

Recaps (skippable)

• Fate/stay night TV ReproductionOVA · 2010 · 2 ep. · Recap
• Fate/Zero RemixSpecial · 2012 · 2 ep. · Recap

Order and relationships from Kitsu's media-relationship data (sequel / prequel / side story), dates and episode counts as listed there; checked 2026-11-15. Release order is the safest first-watch order.