Barbarian

Barbarian A savage thug with high Str/Spd, but low Def.

Unit type(s) Infantry (all titles) Barbarian (Mystery of the Emblem) Backup (Engage) Weapon(s) Axe Skill(s) Despoil, Gamble (Awakening)

The Barbarian (Japanese: 蛮族 Barbarian) is a basic infantry class which was introduced in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem. They are an axe-wielding class, which was found only among enemies except in Awakening, and they play a similar role and have similar stats to several other enemy-only axe classes, such as the Brigand, Bandit and Pirate; unlike these classes, Barbarians do not have any unique ability to cross terrain types that are otherwise difficult, if not impossible, to cross. Barbarians also are treated similar to an advanced class in the original Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem.

In Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem, Barbarians are a Basic class, but have high stat caps similar to a promoted class. Through hacking the game files, it can be seen Barbarians promote to Berserker.

Barbarians, like the other similar "criminal axe-fighter" classes, have very high strength and HP, as well as good speed. However, not only do they suffer from the traditional poor skill stat of axe-wielding classes, which along with the low accuracy of axes gives them poor hit rates, but they are also affected by terrible defense and resistance, with their high HP failing to do much to mitigate this. Among enemies, this makes them risky to fight carelessly but relatively easy to quickly damage and defeat.

When the class became playable in Awakening, they also gained the ability to promote to the Berserker and Warrior classes, like the Brigand, Pirate and other similar classes did in earlier games. However, no standard playable character in Awakening joins as a Barbarian, and the player's sole access to the class is through reclassing compatible units.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	30	8	--	0	4	0	8	0	6	--	Axe: 5
Genealogy of the Holy War	35	5	0	0	7	0	5	0	6	--	B
New Mystery of the Emblem	18	7	0	1	8	0	4	0	6	--	E
Awakening	22	8	0	3	8	0	3	0	5	--	E
Engage	26	9	0	0	5	0	2	0	4	9	A

Max stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	Axe: 20
Genealogy of the Holy War	80	20	15	15	22	30	20	15	6	--	B
New Mystery of the Emblem	60	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	32	--	A
Awakening	60	30	20	23	27	30	22	20	7	--	A
Engage	85	46	15	30	26	16	23	15	20	21	A

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Experience	CRP	Gold	Weight mod.	Capacity	Vision
Mystery of the Emblem	40	--	--	--	--	--
Genealogy of the Holy War	--	--	1,000	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Mystery of the Emblem	90%	50%	--	10%	20%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	0%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem	70/90%	40/50%	-20/0%	15/25%	20/15%	0%	0/50%	-15/5%	--	--	--	--
Awakening	50/90%	25/40%	0%	15/20%	20/30%	0/20%	5/20%	5%	--	--	--	--
Engage	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	--	0%	--	--

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

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Awakening	Despoil	Learned at Level 1.
Awakening	Gamble	Learned at Level 10.

Class change

Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Barbarian

Genealogy of the Holy War

The class a unit changes into in Genealogy of the Holy War is determined by the unit and not the class; however, no units change into or out of the Barbarian class.

Base class
Barbarian

New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Pirate and Barbarian	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Berserker

• Note that Barbarians are an enemy exclusive class so this is unused as a playable promotion option; it has been proven to be in the game through hacking promotion of an enemy unit.

Awakening

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Barbarian	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Warrior or Berserker
Promotion choice criteria: The player can freely choose.

Engage

Special class
File:Ma ns02 barbarian thief m.png Barbarian

Notable enemy Barbarians

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Garrick	Awakening
Risen Chief	Awakening (Chapter 2)
Roddick	Awakening
Teronda	Engage
Tetchie	Engage
Totchie	Engage
Mitan	Engage
Enemy Barbarian units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening	A savage thug with high Str/Spd, but low Def.	村を襲い、強奪する荒くれ者。 力と速さに優れるが、守備は弱い。
Engage	Fierce fighters with an insatiable rage. They possess great strength and speed, but little defense.	たくましい体躯を持つ荒くれもの。 力と速さに優れるが、守備は弱い。

Trivia

• In Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, Barbarians are near-exclusively associated with the regions of Anri's Way, where they roam along with degenerated dragons. They also appear in the Dragon's Table in this sort of role in Mystery of the Emblem.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Barbarian	A pejorative term for a human, or group of humans, who are believed by others to be uncivilized. It originated from Ancient Greek discourse, where Greek cultures typically dismissed all cultures outside their own as βάρβαροι bárbaroi, painting them as inferior to themselves.
Japanese	• 蛮族 • バーバリアン	• Officially romanized as Barbarian; used in Mystery of the Emblem (spelled in hiragana as ばんぞく), New Mystery of the Emblem, Awakening, and Engage. • Barbarian; used only in Genealogy of the Holy War, in which all class names are English loan words written in katakana.
Spanish	Saqueador	Plunderer
French	Barbare	Barbarian
German	Barbar	Barbarian
Italian	Barbaro	Barbarian

Gallery

• 

  The generic Barbarian portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.

• 

  The generic Barbarian portrait in Genealogy of the Holy War.

• 

  The generic Barbarian portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.

• 

  Action Replay codes showcasing a Barbarian promoting in Chapter 11 of New Mystery of the Emblem.

• 

  The generic Barbarian portrait in Awakening.

• 

  The generic Risen Barbarian portrait in Awakening.

See also

• Axe Fighter
• Bandit
• Brigand
• Corsair
• Fighter
• Oni Savage
• Pirate

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