Movement

Osian moving across the map; he has 6 movement, and so can move anywhere within a radius of 6 tiles (assuming no terrain obstacles).

Movement (Japanese: 移動 Movement), abbreviated Mov (Move in the GBA games and Radiant Dawn, Mv in Path of Radiance and Three Houses) is a statistic present in all Fire Emblem games that determines how far a unit can travel in a single turn. In the Fire Emblem series, the battlefield is arranged as a grid of square spaces, and so a unit's movement is equivalent to the number of adjacent spaces that unit may move in one turn. Additionally, in combination with weapon range, movement also determines the area in which the unit can attack any enemy units within that turn.

Overview

Movement represents the maximum possible per-turn distance, and is subject to numerous determining factors. The first and most obvious is that a player may simply not choose to move the full range and can just move anywhere within the movement area. Additionally, the ability to move around the map is hindered by the terrain, with certain types of spaces costing more than one movement to cross (such as forests or mountains) or completely disallowing being passed at all (walls and empty spaces).

Unlike other unit stats, a unit's movement is mostly static, can be altered only through class changing or items, and is not increased when leveling up. The exception to this rule is Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, in which movement has its own growth rate and thus a chance to increase (albeit a very small one, as every unit has a movement growth rate of 1-5%). Instead, a unit's movement is primarily associated with and dictated by its class, and can otherwise only be manipulated through stat-booster items like the Boots. Units that travel on foot generally have significantly lower movement than units mounted on horses, pegasi, or wyverns. When a unit promotes, their movement generally increases by an interval of 1 or 2.

Movement cost

Main article: Terrain

Lewyn's movement range on plains (to the left) and forest terrain (downward), demonstrating the effect of movement cost (see example).

The concept of movement cost or terrain penalty describes the effect had by types of terrain over a unit's movement. The movement cost value, associated directly with the terrain type, determines how many movement points held by a unit are consumed when attempting to cross a space. The standard cost for basic plains terrain is 1 movement point per space, and thus has no tangible penalty. Other terrain types such as forests have a higher movement cost, typically requiring 2 movement per forest space crossed, and thus limit the unit's movement distance should they be moved in that direction.

For example (pictured): Lewyn possesses 6 movement. On normal plains terrain, this allows him to move a maximum of six spaces away from his starting point, at a cost of one movement per plains space (pictured: his movement range to his left). However, were he to cross through two forest spaces, he would only be able to move a maximum of four spaces as each forest space has a cost of two movement per space (pictured: his downward movement range).

Different classes typically have different movement costs depending on the terrain. Typically, horse-mounted units like Cavaliers and Troubadours are penalized more for crossing forests and are incapable of crossing mountains at all, flying units like Pegasus Knights and Wyvern Riders are not hindered at all by terrain penalties, and non-mounted magic units are significantly less affected by the severe movement cost of desert terrain.

Unique to Genealogy of the Holy War is the road terrain, the only terrain which gives an inverted movement "cost": for all non-flying units, the terrain cost for roads is 0.7 movement per tile, boosting their movement by a factor of less than 1.5 while traversing roads. With the assistance of an unbroken stretch of road terrain, a unit's movement can be boosted by between 2 or 3 spaces.

Items and skills affecting movement

Items providing equipping bonus
	Item	Movement increase	Games
	Speed Ring	+5/+1 when in inventory.	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
	Leg Ring	+3 when in inventory.	Genealogy of the Holy War
	March Ring	+1 when equipped.	Three Houses
	Fetters of Dromi	+1 when equipped.	Three Houses

Items providing a permanent increase
	Item	Movement increase	Games
	Leg Ring	Permanent +2 increase when used.	Thracia 776
	Boots	Permanent +4/+2/+1 increase when used.	All titles except Gaiden, Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776 and Three Houses
	Shoes of the Wind	Permanent +1 increase when used.	Three Houses
	Sacred Galewind Shoes	Permanent +2 increase when used.	Three Houses

Items modifying the growth rate
	Item	Movement growth modification	Games
	Dáinn Scroll	+5% to strength and movement growth rates, -10% to speed growth rate, and +30% to defense growth rate when in inventory.	Thracia 776

Weapons, items, and skills affecting the stat
	Item	Effect	Games
	Freeze	Reduces target's movement to 0 for one turn.	Fates
	Numbing Claws	After hitting target, reduces target's movement to 0 for one turn.	Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
	Banshee Θ	Inflicts -5 debuff on the target on hit.	Three Houses
	Canto	Allows the user to move again and use up any leftover movement distance after completing an action.	Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Three Houses
	Celerity	+2 movement when equipped.	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
	Movement +1	+1 movement when equipped.	Awakening, Fates, Three Houses
	Acrobat	Allows the unit to cross all traversable terrain for a movement cost of 1 when equipped.	Awakening
	Rally Movement	+1 movement to all allied units in a 3-tile radius of the user for one turn, upon use of the Rally command.	Awakening. Fates, Three Houses
	Galeforce	Allows the user to move again fully if they defeat an enemy during the Player Phase; works only once per user per Player Phase.	Awakening, Fates
	Deliverer	+2 movement to the user when Pair Up is in effect.	Awakening
	Rally Heart	+2 strength, magic, skill, speed, luck, defense and resistance, and +1 movement to all allied units in a 3-tile radius of the user for one turn, upon use of the Rally command.	Awakening
	Surefooted	+1 movement and allows the unit to cross all traversable terrain for a movement cost of 1 when equipped. Works only if the user is in the Ballistician class.	Fates
	Immobilize	After hitting target, reduces target's movement to 0 for one turn.	Fates
	Seal Movement	Inflicts -1 debuff on the target on hit.	Three Houses
	Canter	Allows the user to move again with 2 movement.	Engage

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	Movement. The normal distance you can cross in 1 turn.*	１ターンで移動できる距離です 地形によっては短くなります
The Blazing Blade	Movement. The normal distance you can cross in 1 turn.	１ターンで移動できる距離です 地形によっては短くなります
The Sacred Stones	Movement. The normal distance you can cross in 1 turn.	１ターンで移動できる距離です 地形によっては短くなります
Path of Radiance	The unit's movement ability.	ユニットの移動できる能力です
Radiant Dawn	The unit's movement range. This varies depending on the terrain being crossed.	移動できる歩数 通過する地形によって変化
Awakening	Movement. Determines how many spaces a unit can move.	移動できる距離　高いほど、 多くのマスを移動できる
Fates	Movement. Determines how many spaces a unit can move.	移動できる距離　高いほど、 多くのマスを移動できる
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Movement. Determines how many spaces a unit can move.	移動力　高いほど、 多くのマスを移動できる
Three Houses	Determines how many spaces the unit can move.	移動できる距離。高いほど 多くのマスを移動できる。
Engage	Movement. Determines how many spaces a unit can move.	移動力。高いほど、多くのマスを 移動できる

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Movement	--
Japanese	• 移動 • 移動力	• Movement. Used from Genealogy of the Holy War onward. • Movement power. Used in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Gaiden, and Mystery of the Emblem, and when the stat increases on level up in Thracia 776. Written in hiragana as いどうりょく in the former three games.
Spanish	Movimiento	Movement
French	Mouvement	Movement
German	Bewegung	Movement
Italian	• Passi • Movimento	• Steps. Used in the Sacred Stones. • Movement. Used in Awakening, Fates, Shadows of Valentia and Three Houses.
Dutch	Beweging	Movement
Korean	이동	Movement
Simplified Chinese	移动	Movement
Traditional Chinese	移動	Movement

See also

• Terrain