Poison (status)

For the "poison damage" effect in Fates, see Poison Strike.

Poison Icon of the Poison status from Three Houses. Loses HP each turn.

Type Status effect First game Thracia 776

Poison (Japanese: ポイズン poison) is a recurring status effect which first appeared in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776. In most games it appears in, it inflicts small amounts of damage to the afflicted unit at the beginning of each of their turns until the condition wears off. In earlier games, if a unit with low remaining HP is affected, poison can kill the unit; from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia onward however, it is incapable of killing units.

In Engage, poison acts very differently, no longer inflicting damage at the beginning of a turn. It instead increases the damage a unit takes during combat. Poison can be stacked up to three times, with each stack increasing the damage the afflicted unit takes.

The use of weapons which inflict poison status was at first almost entirely exclusive to enemy forces, and the only poison-inflicting weapon which players can easily obtain in any game before Shadows of Valentia is Valaura in Radiant Dawn. While poison weapons can be stolen in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, this is not easy and requires very specific planning and effort to accomplish. In the case of Thracia 776, the game is coded so that player units cannot inflict the poison status effect; additionally, if a poison weapon other than Jormungand is stolen by the player's army, it is reverted to a basic non-poisoning weapon (e.g. Poison Bows turn into Iron Bows). Starting with Shadows of Valentia, poison weapons became more easily obtainable, by forging specific rusted weapons in Shadows of Valentia or Iron weapons such as Iron Sword using Venomstones in Three Houses. In Engage, nearly all knives are capable of inflicting poison, and their chain attacks can also inflict poison if capable.

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Game	Icon	Effect	Activation	Capacity	Notes
Thracia 776		Deals 1–3 damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	--
The Binding Blade	--	Deals 1–3 damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	Lasts for 5 turns.
The Blazing Blade	--	Deals 1–3 damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	Lasts for 5 turns.
The Sacred Stones	--	Deals 1–3 damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	Lasts for 5 turns.
Path of Radiance	--	Deals 1–3 damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	Lasts for 5 turns.
Radiant Dawn		Deals ? damage to the unit at the start of their phase.	--	--	Lasts for ? turns.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia		Deals 10 damage to the unit at the start of their phase. Leaves units with 1 HP if the damage would kill them.	--	--	--
Three Houses		Deals 10% of the unit's maximum HP as damage to the unit at the start of their phase. Leaves units with 1 HP if the damage would kill them.	--	--	Lasts for 3 turns.
Engage (One stack)		+1 damage dealt to unit during combat.	--	--	--
Engage (Two stacks)		+3 damage dealt to unit during combat.	--	--	--
Engage (Three stacks)		+5 damage dealt to unit during combat.	--	--	--

Items and skills affecting poison

Items and skills that restore poison
	Item/skill	Effect	Games
	Restore	Removes any negative status effects from an ally when used.	Thracia 776, The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Three Houses, Engage
	Antitoxin	Cures its user from poison.	Thracia 776, The Binding Blade, The Blazing Blade, The Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Three Houses, Engage
	Staff of the Saint	Removes any negative status effects from all allies when used.	The Binding Blade
	Latona	Removes any negative status effects from all allies when used.	The Sacred Stones
	Ashera Staff	Removes any negative status effects from all allies when used.	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
	Boon	Removes any negative status effects from adjacent allies at the start of the user's phase.	Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn
	Panacea	Removes any negative status effects from its user.	Radiant Dawn
	Sacrifice	Removes any negative status effect from an ally when used.	Radiant Dawn
	Recovery Roar	Removes any negative status effects from all allies within range when used.	Three Houses
	Great Sacrifice	Removes any negative status effects from all allies when used by a Qi Adept unit.	Engage
	Lifesphere	Removes any negative status effects when the user uses "Wait".	Engage
	Detoxify	Cures its user from poison at the start of their phase.	Engage

Skills providing immunity to poison
	Item/skill	Effect	Games
	Immune Status	User is immune to status effects.	Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Three Houses

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Binding Blade	??	??
The Blazing Blade	Ooooog... Poison slowly steals HP.	??
The Sacred Stones	??	??
Path of Radiance	??	??
Radiant Dawn	??	??
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Depletes 10 HP each turn.	毎ターン ＨＰが１０減少する
Three Houses	Loses HP each turn.	??

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Poison	--
Japanese	ポイズン	Poison
French	Poison
German	Gift	Poison
Dutch	Gif	Poison
Korean	독의	Poison
Simplified Chinese	毒	Poison
Traditional Chinese	毒	Poison