Hazards

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Heavenly Arrows are a hazard present in Chapter 16x of Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.

“	Roy: There always seem to be traps where legendary weapons lie. Elphin: ...Perhaps they are meant to keep the unworthy from wielding them. Roy: Maybe so... But the traps are so intricate. I feel there must be something more to them than that.	”	— Roy and Elphin

Occasionally, a map will include a hazard where the terrain or architecture of a map itself can cause harm to the units participating in a battle. Hazards effectively trigger themselves independent of what either participating army wants, often at random or in a pattern, and have a variety of effects which range from simple damage to inflicting status conditions.

Examples of hazards

Warp traps

These first appear in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 then after a long absence, return in Fire Emblem Fates. In Thracia 776 Warp traps look like completely ordinary ground tiles, but if a unit ends their turn on one of these tiles, they will be involuntarily warped to a certain point on the map.

In Fates, warp traps function similarly, however, they instead become visible when triggered once, making them somewhat less frustrating than their Thracia 776 incarnation.

The following maps features warp traps:

• Fire Emblem: Thracia 776: Chapter 24x
• Fire Emblem Fates: Chapter 7 (Invisible Kingdom route only)

Lava geysers

These are a hazard present in volcanic locations, and were introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade. Geysers are normal ground terrain tiles which can be crossed as usual by any unit, but are distinguished with a red pattern. At the end of each enemy phase, any geysers which are currently being stood upon by a unit of any affiliation will erupt and inflict 10 damage.

The following maps feature lava geysers:

• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Chapter 8x
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: Chapter 28E
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: Chapter 18, subsequent skirmishes at Neleras Peak, Lagdou Ruins level 9
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn: Part 3 Chapter 8
• Fire Emblem Awakening: Chapter 18 has a variation on this hazard, where portions of the map will collapse and start to sink into the lava every few turns, transforming them into lava geyser-like terrain which inflicts 10 damage on any unit standing on them at the start of player phase.

Poison jets

A poison jet blasts an enemy Thief in Chapter 30H of Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

Poison jets were introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and are a feature of maps set in dank caverns. These protrude from the walls of these caverns, and at the end of the enemy phase, one random poison jet will go off and blast poisonous gas in a straight line of three tiles. Any units who are hit with a jet will sustain poison status.

The following maps feature poison jets:

• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Chapter 12x
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade: Chapter 30H
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: Lagdou Ruins level 5

Heavenly Arrows

The Heavenly Arrows were introduced in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade as a minor plot element in the Aureola sidequest. At the end of each turn, a Heavenly Arrow will rain down the length of the map in a straight line one tile wide, inflicting 10 damage on every unit in its path. Each turn will have its Heavenly Arrow descend from a different point across the top of the map.

The following maps feature Heavenly Arrows:

• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Chapter 14x
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: Tower of Valni level 8

Traps

These simple traps in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade are similar to Mines which have been previously laid on the map, and like Mines are indistinguishable from ordinary terrain. Each trap is a single-use hazard that will explode and cause 10 damage to a unit who treads on it. However, Thieves will automatically disarm the trap before it explodes if they are the ones to step on it.

The following map features traps:

• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade: Chapter 21x

Pitfalls

Pitfalls were introduced in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and in both appearances are used only on the same location: Oribes Bridge, in Daein. Pitfall tils are scattered across the respective maps, completely unmarked, and when a unit of either affiliation steps on one they will fall into it and sustain stun status for a single turn. After the stun wears off, the units are able to move out of the pit, but the pit becomes uncrossable terrain and cannot be stood upon even by flying classes. Pits act like a lower level of altitude while a unit is still in them, so anybody attacking a unit trapped in a pitfall gains the standard height-advantage bonuses on top of the pitfall victim's inability to retaliate.

The following maps feature pitfalls:

• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance: Chapter 23
• Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn: Part 4 Chapter 10

Spiked floor

The spiked floor activating in Death's Embrace.

This hazard appears only in a single DLC episode in Fire Emblem Awakening, where most of the map's terrain is lined with distinct spiked tiles. At the end of each enemy phase, a dark explosion occurs that instantly reduces the HP of all units standing on the spiked floor to 1, regardless of affiliation; units who stand on the proper ground surrounding the spikes are unharmed.

The following map features spiked floors:

• Fire Emblem Awakening: Death's Embrace

Gallery

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  A Heavenly Arrow in Chapter 16x of The Binding Blade.

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  A spike explosion in Death's Embrace in Awakening.

See also

• Magic Seal
• Mine