Wyvern Rider

For the promoted Archanean class, see Dracoknight. For the basic class in Thracia 776, see Dragon Rider.

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Wyvern Rider Artwork of the Wyvern Rider from the TCG. A proud flier with high stats. Weak against bows and magic.

Unit type(s) Unknown Weapon(s) Sword, Lance (Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776) Lance (The Binding Blade-Path of Radiance) Axe (Radiant Dawn, Awakening) Skill(s) Canto (Genealogy of the Holy War-Radiant Dawn Strength +2, Tantivy (Awakening)

The Wyvern Rider or Dracoknight (Japanese: ドラゴンナイト Dragon Knight, or 竜騎士 Dragon Knight) is a basic flying class which debuted in Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War and is present in all games since save for the Nintendo DS remakes. Based on the promoted Dracoknight of the first and third games in the Fire Emblem series, it was introduced as the basic form of a new class family independent from the Pegasus Knight which all ride wyverns. The class's primary weapon of choice was lances until Radiant Dawn, when they instead began primarily wielding axes; in Genealogy and Thracia 776, they could also wield swords.

The Wyvern Rider acts as a statistical counterpoint to the Pegasus Knight: whereas its pegasus-riding cousin is fast and frail, the Wyvern Rider is oriented in a bulky, powerful manner. Their strength and defense are both high, with lesser skill and speed compared to Pegasus Knights, and they share the same high movement and access to Canto as Pegasus Knights and other mounted classes. However, their resistance is abysmal even compared to other physical classes. They also share the Pegasus Knight family's weakness to bows and wind magic, in addition to their own weakness to weapons designed to be effective against dragons.

In almost all of its appearances, Wyvern Riders change class to become Wyvern Lords. The biggest exception is Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, in which the Wyvern Rider is instead the promoted class of the Dragon Rider. The Sacred Stones and Awakening both also introduce alternate promotion options for Wyvern Riders which can be chosen instead of the Wyvern Lord: The Sacred Stones allows them to instead become Wyvern Knights, while Awakening allows them to promote to Griffon Riders.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	40	10	0	7	6	0	11	0	9	--	B B
Thracia 776	24	7 (4)	1	6 (4)	6 (4)	0	9 (4)	--	9 (6)	9/4	E* ( E*)
The Binding Blade	20/19	7/6	--	3/5	5	0	8/7	0	7	10/9	D
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	20/19	7/6	--	3/5	5	0	8/7	0	7	10/9	D
The Sacred Stones	20/19	7/6	--	3/5	5	0	8/7	0	7	10/9	D
Path of Radiance	20/19	6	0	4	3	0	8/7	0/1	8	11/7	D
Radiant Dawn	20	7/6	0	5/3	5	0	9	0/2	8	12/7	D

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	25	15	22	21	30	26	15	9	--	B B
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A* ( A*)
The Binding Blade	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	25	D
Path of Radiance	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	?	?	A
Radiant Dawn	40	20	5	20	20	30	20	10	?	?	A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	50%	20%	3%	15%	10%	10%	15%	--	--	15%	0%	--
The Binding Blade	80%	45%	--	35%	30%	25%	25%	10%	--	--	--	--
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade	75%	40%	--	30%	20%	20%	20%	17%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	80%	45%	--	35%	30%	25%	25%	15/17%	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	80%	55/50%	10%	50%	40/45%	25%	55/50%	40/45%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	80/70%	65/45%%	0/25%	55/40%	55/65%	15/30%	45/40%	5/40%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Genealogy of the Holy War Thracia 776 The Binding Blade Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade The Sacred Stones Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Canto	Innate; hidden and unnamed in all except Radiant Dawn.
Awakening	File:Is 3ds strength +2.png Strength +2	Learned at level 1.

Class change

Genealogy of the Holy War, The Binding Blade, Fire Emblem, Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Wyvern Rider	After reaching level 20, at a home castle*/ After reaching level 10, using an Elysian Whip or Earth Seal*/ After reaching level 10, using a Master Seal, or after reaching level 21*.	Wyvern Lord

Thracia 776

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Dragon Rider	After reaching level 10, using a Knight Proof.	File:Bs fe05 eda wyvern rider lance.png Wyvern Rider

The Sacred Stones

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Wyvern Rider	Using an Elysian Whip or Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Wyvern Knight or Wyvern Lord
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Master class
Dracoknight	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Dragonmaster	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10, or reaching Level 21.	Dragonlord

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Wyvern Rider	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Wyvern Lord or Griffon Rider
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Playable Wyvern Riders

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Altena	Genealogy of the Holy War
Dean	Thracia 776
Milady	The Binding Blade
Zeiss	The Binding Blade
Heath	Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
Cormag	The Sacred Stones
Jill	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
Cherche	Awakening
Gerome	Awakening
Playable Wyvern Rider units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Wyvern Riders

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Papilon	Genealogy of the Holy War
Coruta	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776
Orton	Awakening
Vasto	Awakening
Enemy Wyvern Rider units in the Fire Emblem series.

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Wyvern Rider from the TCG.

• Generic portrait wyvern rider fe04.png

  The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

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  The generic Wyvern Rider portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	• Wyvern Rider • Dracoknight	• Used in all titles except Radiant Dawn. • Used only in Radiant Dawn (and Shadow Dragon as the original promoted class; see here.)
Spanish	• Jinete wyvern • Caballero dragón	• Wyvern knight; used in all games except Radiant Dawn. • Dragon knight; used only in Radiant Dawn.
French	• Chevalier wyverne • Chevalier dragon	• Wyvern knight; used in all games except Radiant Dawn. • Dragon knight; used only in Radiant Dawn.
German	Wyvernritter	Wyvernknight
Italian	• Cavaliere viverna • Cavaliere drago	• Wyvern knight; used in all games except Radiant Dawn. • Dragon knight; used only in Radiant Dawn.

See also

• Dragon Rider
• Wyvern Lord

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.