Class change/Nintendo Switch games

This sub-page covers the class change stats for the Nintendo Switch games: Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Engage.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Class changing is achieved by completing certification exams, which require specific skill levels and seals. There are now four tiers of classes available:

• Beginner classes: Available starting from level 5, requiring Beginner Seals
• Intermediate classes: Available starting from level 10, requiring Intermediate Seals
• Advanced classes: Available starting from level 20, requiring Advanced Seals
• Special classes: Available starting from level 20, requiring Abyssian Exam Passes. These are DLC exclusive.
• Master classes: Available starting from level 30, requiring Master Seals. These are only options if the player has reached Professor level C.

Units can attempt a certification exam for any of these tiers if their level is high enough and they have the appropriate seal. These exams can be taken if a unit's skill level is not quite high enough, though this reduces the chances of the unit actually passing the exam and gaining access to the new class. A certification exam cannot be attempted if the unit's chance of passing it is less than 30%. The pass rate for certification exams is calculated using the formula below:

Pass rate = (100 - a × b) + (Unit's Luck stat / 2)
a = 40 for Beginner, Intermediate, and single-skill level Advanced classes
  = 32 for multi-skill level Advanced classes
  = 20 for Master classes
b = total number of lacked skill levels ("+" levels count as 1, entire letter levels count as 2)

Completing an exam also does not forcibly switch the unit to the new class, instead prompting the player if they would like to do so themselves. Upon passing a certification exam, the unit will have their base stats boosted to the class's base stats if they are lower, like in Shadows of Valentia. Changing classes will also provide the unit various class stat modifiers, as well as bonuses or penalties to certain growth rates. A unit's level is not reset upon class changing or gaining access to a class.

There are two classes that require a seal not related to their class's tier; the Dark Mage and Dark Bishop instead require the Dark Seal. Additionally, some specific classes are available only through events, and do not require passing an exam to obtain them. Byleth gains access to Enlightened One after completing Chapter 10. Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude all automatically switch to new classes at the start of Part 2: these classes are Armored Lord, High Lord, and Wyvern Master respectively. They later also gain access to stronger versions of these classes, those being Emperor, Great Lord, and Barbarossa. Additionally, the Dancer class is made available to a unit if they win the White Heron Cup in Chapter 9.

Classes and requirements

Class change options and requirements in Three Houses
Unique classes
Commoner	Noble	Dancer	Enlightened One	Armored Lord	Emperor
Default for certain units	Default for certain units	Win the White Heron Cup in Chapter 9 (student units only)	Byleth only; earned in Chapter 11	Edelgard only; earned in Chapter 13	Edelgard only; earned in Chapter 16
High Lord	Great Lord	Wyvern Master	Barbarossa	Death Knight
Dimitri only; earned in Chapter 13	Dimitri only; earned in Chapter 16	Claude only; earned in Chapter 13	Claude only; earned in Chapter 17	Jeritza only
Beginner classes
Myrmidon	Soldier	Fighter	Monk
D	D	D or D or D	D or D
Intermediate classes
Lord	Mercenary	Thief	Armored Knight	Cavalier	Brigand
Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude only D+, C	C	C	C, D	C, D	C
Archer	Brawler	Mage	Dark Mage	Priest	Pegasus Knight
C	Male only C	C	Male only C	C	Female only C, D
Advanced classes
Hero	Swordmaster	Assassin	Fortress Knight	Paladin	Wyvern Rider
Male only B, C	A	B, C	B, B	B, B	B, C
Warrior	Sniper	Grappler	Warlock	Dark Bishop	Bishop
A	A	Male only A	A	Dark Mage-certified units only A	A
Special classes
Trickster	War Monk	War Cleric	Dark Flier	Valkyrie
Thief-certified units only B, B	Male only B+, C+	Female only B+, C+	Female only B+, C	Female only B, B
Master classes
Falcon Knight	Wyvern Lord	Mortal Savant	Great Knight	Bow Knight	Dark Knight
Female only C, A, B+	C, A, A	A, B+	B+, A, B+	C, A, A	C, B+, A
Holy Knight	War Master	Gremory
C, B+, A	Male only A, A	Female only A, A

Class base stats

Class base stats in Three Houses
New class	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
Commoner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dancer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enlightened One	28	17	8	12	14	10	12	10
Armored Lord	38	17	8	12	6	10	17	8
Emperor	38	17	8	12	6	10	17	8
High Lord	30	16	7	11	13	9	13	9
Great Lord	35	17	8	12	14	10	14	10
Wyvern Master	30	17	9	13	19	11	14	11
Barbarossa	35	18	10	14	20	12	15	12
Death Knight	32	10	17	14	16	12	13	15
Myrmidon	20	7	3	6	6	4	5	2
Soldier	20	8	3	6	6	4	5	2
Fighter	20	8	3	6	6	4	5	2
Monk	20	4	8	6	6	4	3	4
Lord	25	9	6	10	10	8	6	3
Mercenary	25	9	6	10	10	8	6	2
Thief	25	9	6	11	11	8	6	2
Armored Knight	30	9	6	7	4	8	12	1
Cavalier	25	9	6	7	6	8	6	2
Brigand	28	10	6	7	7	8	6	2
Archer	25	8	6	8	7	8	5	2
Brawler	28	9	6	7	8	8	6	1
Mage	25	4	10	7	6	8	3	5
Dark Mage	25	4	10	7	6	8	3	5
Priest	25	4	9	7	6	8	3	5
Pegasus Knight	25	8	6	7	8	8	5	4
Hero	30	17	8	12	14	10	12	8
Swordmaster	30	17	8	12	14	10	12	8
Assassin	30	17	8	12	14	10	12	8
Fortress Knight	35	17	8	12	8	10	17	7
Paladin	32	17	8	12	14	10	12	8
Wyvern Rider	30	18	8	12	14	10	12	8
Warrior	32	19	8	12	14	10	13	8
Sniper	30	17	8	12	14	10	12	8
Grappler	32	17	8	12	14	10	14	7
Warlock	30	8	17	12	14	10	12	15
Dark Bishop	30	8	17	12	14	10	12	15
Bishop	30	8	15	12	14	10	12	15
Trickster	28	14	12	10	14	12	10	10
War Monk/War Cleric	32	17	10	10	10	10	14	11
Dark Flier	25	8	6	7	8	8	5	4
Valkyrie	25	5	10	10	9	9	9	13
Falcon Knight	32	18	10	14	20	12	13	14
Wyvern Lord	32	18	10	14	20	12	15	12
Mortal Savant	32	17	17	14	16	12	14	12
Great Knight	34	18	10	14	10	12	17	10
Bow Knight	32	17	10	14	16	12	14	10
Dark Knight	32	10	17	14	16	12	13	15
Holy Knight	32	8	15	14	16	12	13	16
War Master	33	20	10	14	16	12	15	10
Gremory	32	8	17	14	16	12	13	16

Class modifiers

Class stat modifiers in Three Houses
Class	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Cha	Mv
Commoner	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Noble	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Dancer	+0	+1	+0	+3	+3	+0	+2	+1	+2	+2
Enlightened One	+1	+2	+3	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2
Armored Lord	+5	+0	+0	+0	−3	+0	+5	+0	+2	+1
Emperor	+8	+0	+0	+0	−4	+1	+8	+0	+2	+1
High Lord	+3	+1	+0	+0	+3	+0	+1	+0	+2	+1
Great Lord	+5	+2	+0	+0	+4	+1	+1	+0	+2	+2
Wyvern Master	+2	+2/+1	+0	+3	+1/+0	+0	+1	+0	+2	+3/+0
Barbarossa	+3	+3	+0	+5	+2/+0	+0	+2	+0	+2	+4/+2
Death Knight	+5	+4/+3	+0	+0	+1/+3	+0	+3/+2	+3	+0	+3/+1
Myrmidon	+0	+0	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Soldier	+0	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Fighter	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Monk	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0
Lord	+1	+0	+0	+0	+1	+1	+0	+0	+2	+1
Mercenary	+1	+1	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0	+0	+1
Thief	+0	+0	+0	+2	+2	+0	+0	+0	+0	+1
Armored Knight	+3	+0	+0	+0	−2	+0	+4	−1	+0	+0
Cavalier	+1	+1	+0	+2	−1/+1	+0	+1	+0	+0	+3/+0
Brigand	+2	+2	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+1
Archer	+0	+0	+0	+2	+0	+2	+0	+0	+0	+1
Brawler	+1	+0	+0	+2	+2	+0	+0	−1	+0	+1
Mage	+0	+0	+1	+1	+0	+0	+0	+2	+0	+0
Dark Mage	+0	+0	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0
Priest	+0	+0	+0	+1	+0	+0	+0	+3	+0	+0
Pegasus Knight	+0	+0	+0	+2	+3/+1	+0	+0	+2	+0	+2/+0
Hero	+3	+2	+0	+0	+2	+1	+1	+0	+0	+1
Swordmaster	+1	+2	+0	+1	+4	+0	+1	+0	+0	+1
Assassin	+0	+0	+0	+3	+5	+1	+0	+0	+0	+2
Fortress Knight	+5	+0	+0	+0	−6	+0	+10	+0	+0	+0
Paladin	+2	+2	+0	+2	−1/+1	+0	+2	+2	+0	+4/+2
Wyvern Rider	+1	+3/+2	+0	+1	+3/+1	+0	+2	+0	+0	+3/+1
Warrior	+3	+3	+0	+0	+1	+1	+1	+0	+0	+1
Sniper	+0	+1	+0	+5	+0	+3	+0	+0	+0	+1
Grappler	+2	+1	+0	+3	+3	+0	+1	−1	+0	+2
Warlock	+0	+0	+3	+1	+1	+0	+0	+4	+0	+0
Dark Bishop	+0	+0	+4	+2	+0	+0	+0	+3	+0	+0
Bishop	+1	+0	+2	+1	+0	+0	+0	+5	+0	+0
Trickster	+0	+0	+0	+3	+4	+3	+0	+1	+0	+1
War Monk/War Cleric	+3	+2	+0	+1	+0	+0	+1	+1	+0	+2
Dark Flier	+0	+0	+0	+3	+2	+0	+0	+3	+0	+3/+1
Valkyrie	+1	+0	+4	+0	−2/+0	+0	+0	+1/+0	+0	+2/+0
Falcon Knight	+0	+1/+0	+0	+4	+5/+3	+0	+0	+4	+0	+4/+2
Wyvern Lord	+2	+4/+2	+0	+1	+4/+2	+0	+3	+0	+0	+4/+2
Mortal Savant	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+0	+2	+2	+0	+2
Great Knight	+5	+1	+0	+0	−4/−2	+0	+8/+6	+0	+0	+3/+0
Bow Knight	+2	+1	+0	+3	+1/+3	+1	+1	+0	+0	+4/+2
Dark Knight	+1	+1	+2	+2	−1/+1	+0	+2/+1	+3	+0	+3/+2
Holy Knight	+2	+1	+1	+2	−1/+1	+0	+1/+0	+4	+0	+3/+2
War Master	+3	+5	+0	+0	+2	+1	+1	+0	+0	+2
Gremory	+0	+0	+5	+2	+1	+0	+0	+4	+2	+1

Fire Emblem Engage

Class change is achieved by using a Master Seal at level 10 or higher. Personal classes only have one option, while generic classes have two. Class changing requires having proficiency for the weapons of the new class. Each promoted class has a unique skill that is learned at level 5, and is lost when reclassing to a new class.

Many classes have multiple versions with different weapon proficiencies. For example, there are three versions of General that wield one of swords, lances or axes; and there are two versions of Hero that wield swords and lances, or swords and axes. These versions are chosen between when changing class, and units only need the proficiency for their chosen variation of the class.

Class change options and stat gains in Engage
Base class	Advanced class	HP	Str	Mag	Dex	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	Bld	Weapon levels	Class skill
Dragon Child	Divine Dragon	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+3	A B	Divine Spirit
Noble (Alfred)	Avenir	+1	+1	+4	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	B A	Golden Lotus
Noble (Céline)	Vidame	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	B A B	Ignis
Lord (Diamant)	Successeur	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+0	+1	+1	S A	Sol
Lord (Alcryst)	Tireur d'élite	+1	+1	+0	+2	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	S	Luna
Wing Tamer (Ivy)	Lindwurm	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+0	+2	+1	+1	+1	S B	Grasping Void
Wing Tamer (Hortensia)	Sleipnir Rider	+0	+1	+2	+1	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	B S	World Tree
Sentinel (Timerra)	Picket	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	S	Sandstorm
Sentinel (Fogado)	Cupido	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	B A	Back at You
Sword Fighter	Swordmaster	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	S	Run Through
	Hero	+3	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+0	+1	+2	A C / A C	Brave Assist
Lance Fighter	Halberdier	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+0	+1	+1	S	Pincer Attack
	Royal Knight	+0	+0	+3	+1	+2	+3	+1	+2	+2	+1	A C	Reforge
Axe Fighter	Berserker	+3	+4	+0	+1	+1	+1	+0	+1	+1	+2	S	Smash+
	Warrior	+1	+3	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	A C	Merciless
Archer	Sniper	+3	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	+0	+1	+1	S	No Distractions
	Bow Knight	+3	+1	+2	+1	+3	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	C A / C A / C A	Careful Aim
Sword Cavalier Lance Cavalier Axe Cavalier	Paladin	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1	A / A / A	Pivot
	Wolf Knight	+0	+0	+2	+1	+3	+2	+0	+2	+1	+0	B A / B A / B A	Hobble
Sword Armor Lance Armor Axe Armor	General	+3	+3	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+0	+3	A / A / A	Swap
	Great Knight	+1	+1	+2	+2	+4	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	B B / B B / B B	Allied Defense
Sword Flier Lance Flier Axe Flier	Griffin Knight	+1	+2	+1	+3	+2	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	A C / A C / A C	Clear the Way
	Wyvern Knight	+4	+4	+2	+1	+0	+0	+3	-2	+1	+2	B B / B B / B B	Air Raid
Martial Monk	Martial Master	+4	+3	+0	+0	+0	+1	+1	-1	+1	+3	A S	Diffuse Healer
	High Priest	+2	+0	+3	+2	+1	+2	+0	+2	+1	+1	B S C	Self-Healing
Mage	Sage	+2	+0	+2	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	S B	Spell Harmony
	Mage Knight	+3	+4	+0	+2	+3	+0	+2	+1	+2	+2	B A / B A / B A	Chaos Style

See also

• Class change/Family Computer games
• Class change/Super Famicom games
• Class change/Game Boy Advance games
• Class change/GameCube and Wii games
• Class change/Nintendo DS games
• Class change/Nintendo 3DS games
• Class change/Spin-off games