How to get into the Fate series

FATE is originally a visual novel (VN) and light novel (LN) series that has  been adapted into manga and anime.   

I suggest watching FATE anime series in this order:

1. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (watch the 2014 TV series by Ufotable Studio, not the movie by Deen Studio): I suggest you start with this one to get familiar with the Fate world first.
2. Fate/Zero 
3. Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel (3 movies) 
4. Fate/Stay Night (2006):  the animation isn't good and the plot isn't faithful to canon. You can watch it or skip it, your choice.

After watching those first 3 series, then you can watch other Fate anime in whatever order you want. So far there are:

• Fate/Extra: Last Encore 
• Fate/Grand Order: First Order (movie)
• Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia - The Absolute Frontline Against Demonic Beasts (2019)
• Fate/Grand Order: Camelot (2021 movies)
• Today's Menu For the Emiya Family (spin-off)
• Lord El-Melloi Case Files
• Fate/Apocrypha
• Carnival Phantasm (parody)

Here is Fate/Zero Light Novel if you're interested in extra dialogues among the characters.

A timeline of how all the Fate projects relate to one another

There are also several other Fate series that have not been animated:

• Fate/Prototype (earliest script)
• Fate/Hollow Ataraxia
• Fate/Extra CCC
• Fate/Extella
• Fate/Grand Order (other Arcs)
• Fate/Unlimited Codes