Butler

The Butler (Japanese: バトラー Butler) is an advanced infantry class debuting in Fire Emblem Fates. It is exclusive to male units, with the female equivalent being Maid. Units may promote to this class from the Troubadour class; Troubadours may alternatively promote to Strategist. Butlers may wield staves and daggers.

Butler Jakob as a Butler in Fates. Nohrian. A servant who defends his master with shuriken and staves.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Dagger, Staff Skill(s) Live to Serve, Tomebreaker

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	18	4	5	9	8	4	5	4	6	--	E E

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	50	28	31	33	33	32	29	29	8	--	B S

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Fates	0/75%	10/45%	10/55%	15/55%	15/55%	10/30%	5/45%	10/40%	--	--	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Live to Serve	Learned from Level 5 and up.
Fates	Tomebreaker	Learned from Level 15 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Troubadour	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Strategist or Maid or Butler
Promotion choice criteria: The player may freely choose. Maid or Butler is dependent on unit's gender.

Playable Butlers

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Jakob	Fates
Playable Butler units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Nohrian. A servant who defends his master with shuriken and staves.	暗夜の兵種。主人のために尽くす執事。 杖で主人を癒やし、暗器で主人を守る。

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Butler	A chief male servant of a household.
Japanese	バトラー	Officially romanized as Butler.
Spanish	Mayordomo	Majordomo (head butler)
French	Majordome	Majordomo
German	Diener	Valet
Italian	Maggiordomo	Majordomo
Korean	버틀러	Butler

Gallery

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  Jakob as a Butler in Fates.

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  Takumi in a Butler DLC Costume in Warriors.

See also

• Maid
• War Monk

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