Soldier

Soldier Artwork of the Soldier from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game. Skilled with a lance, the Soldier has a high degree of accuracy and precision.

Unit type(s) Infantry (all titles) Beorc (Path of Radiance) Weapon(s) Lance Skill(s) Shove (Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn) Defense +2, Reposition (Three Houses)

The Soldier (Japanese: ソルジャー Soldier) is a basic lance-wielding infantry class which debuted in Fire Emblem Gaiden, and is present in all Fire Emblem series games except Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, Genealogy of the Holy War, and Fates. In the majority of games Soldiers are an enemy- or NPC-only class, and the class is playable only in Gaiden, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, and Three Houses.

When not a playable class, Soldiers are usually characterized as lowly and generic soldiers with no notable abilities, and so enemy Soldiers are typically weak and incompetent compared to other enemy units. They possess lower than average stats in every respect and, while easy to defeat, derive much of their strength from the sheer number of them often deployed. When a playable class, however, Soldiers are competent units on par with their infantry counterpart classes, the Myrmidon and Fighter, and tend toward possessing higher defensive stats in exchange for speed.

In Gaiden and Shadows of Valentia, the Soldier promotes to the Knight, which in turn promotes to Baron. In Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, the Soldier gains a new promoted form, the Halberdier, which in turn promotes to Sentinel in Radiant Dawn.

In Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Soldiers tended to replace enemy Cavaliers, and Paladins from in Mystery's version of indoor chapters from the original Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.

In Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, the Soldier is an unused class, which also has four variants alongside it, which are also unused: Sword Soldier, Spear Soldier, Axe Soldier, and Archer.

In Fire Emblem Fates, the Spear Fighter and Lancer classes appear to draw inspiration from Soldiers.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weight	Experience	Class Strength	Weapon Level
Gaiden	26	10	--	1	3	0	5	0	4	--	--	35	8	Lance
Mystery of the Emblem	18	5	--	1	3	0	3	0	6	--	--	32	--	Lance: 12
Genealogy of the Holy War	30	6	0	5	5	0	7	0	6	--	--	--	--	C
Thracia 776	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	--	5	6	--	--	--	E
The Binding Blade	20	3	--	0	1	0	0	0	5	6	--	--	2	E
The Blazing Blade	20	3	--	0	1	0	0	0	5	6	--	--	2	E
The Sacred Stones	20	3	--	0	1	0	0	0	5	6	--	--	2	E
Path of Radiance	20/18	4/2	0	4	4/5	0	4/3	0/1	6	10/8	13/10	--	--	D
Radiant Dawn	20	8	0	8	8	0	7	2	6	11	15	--	--	D
Shadow Dragon	16	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	6	--	--	--	--	E
New Mystery of the Emblem	16	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	6	--	--	--	--	E
Awakening	16	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	5	--	--	--	--	E
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	26	10	--	1	3	0	5	0	4	--	--	35	8
Three Houses	20	8	3	6	6	4	5	2	4	--	--	--	--	--

Soldiers in Genealogy of the Holy War also have a base value of 1,000 gold on hand.

Max stats

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Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon Level
Gaiden	53	40	--	40	40	40	40	40	4	--	Lance*
Mystery of the Emblem	52	20	--	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	Lance: 20
Genealogy of the Holy War	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	??	--	C
Thracia 776	80	20	20	20	20	20	20	--	20	20	A
The Binding Blade	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
The Blazing Blade	60	20	--	20	20	15	20	20	15	20	A
The Sacred Stones	60	20	--	20	20	30	20	20	15	20	A
Path of Radiance	40	20	15	20	20	40	20	20	?	?	A
Radiant Dawn	40	20	10	20	20	30	20	10	?	?	A
Shadow Dragon	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	32	--	A
New Mystery of the Emblem	60	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	8	--	A
Awakening	80	30	30	30	30	45	30	30	7	--	A

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon Level*
Gaiden	150%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Mystery of the Emblem	80%	40%	--	40%	40%	0%	40%	0%	--	--	--	--
Genealogy of the Holy War	100%	30%	10%	30%	30%	0%	30%	10%	--	--	--	--
Thracia 776	50/70%	20/30%	3/5%	15/30%	10/20%	10/20%	15/30%	--	--	15/30%	0%	--
The Binding Blade	80%	50%	--	30%	20%	12%	10%	25%	--	--	--	--
The Blazing Blade	80%	50%	--	30%	20%	25%	12%	15%	--	--	--	--
The Sacred Stones	80%	50%	--	30%	20%	25%	12%	15%	--	--	--	--
Path of Radiance	80%	40/35%	15%	50%	45/50%	25%	40%	35%	--	--	--	--
Radiant Dawn	70%	50%	20%	45%	50%	25%	40%	40%	--	--	--	--
Shadow Dragon	0/80%	0/45%	0%	0/45%	0/45%	0%	0/45%	0%	--	--	--	--
New Mystery of the Emblem	0/80%	0/45%	0%	0/45%	0/45%	0%	0/45%	0%	--	--	--	--
Awakening	40/90%	10/30%	0%	10/30%	10/30%	0/30%	5/30%	5/15%	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Player)	5%	5%	--	0%	-10%	-5%	5%	0%	--	--	--	--
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (Enemy)	120%	50%	--	50%	50%	0%	50%	0%	--	--	--	--
Three Houses	10%	0%	0%	5/10%	0%	0%	0%	-5/-10%	5%	--	--	+1

Click here for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class modifiers

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Movement
Three Houses	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Path of Radiance Radiant Dawn	Shove	Innate; hidden in Path of Radiance.
Three Houses	Defense +2	Class mastery. (60 class Exp required)
Three Houses	Reposition	Class mastery. (60 class Exp required)

Class change

Gaiden

Trainee-like class	Method	Base class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Advanced class
Villager	After reaching Level 3, at any Mila Shrine.	Soldier	After reaching Level 7, at any Mila Shrine.	Knight	After reaching Level 10, at any Mila Shrine.	Baron

Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Soldier

Thracia 776

Base class
Soldier

The Binding Blade

Base class
Soldier

The Blazing Blade

Base class
Soldier

The Sacred Stones

Base class
Soldier

Path of Radiance

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Soldier	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Halberdier

Radiant Dawn

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Soldier	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10 or reaching Level 21.	Halberdier	Using a Master Crown after reaching Level 10 or reaching Level 21.	Sentinel

Shadow Dragon

Base class
Soldier

New Mystery of the Emblem

Base class
Soldier

Awakening

Special class
Soldier

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Trainee-like class	Method	Base class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Advanced class	Method	Over class
Villager	After reaching Level 3, at any Mila Shrine.	Soldier	After reaching Level 7, at any Mila Shrine.	Knight	After reaching Level 10, at any Mila Shrine.	Baron	After reaching Level 20, at the Altar of the Titan.	Spartan

Three Houses

Base class	Certification requirements	Beginner class
Any class	Level 5 Beginner Seal D	Soldier
This class is available for any unit.

Playable Soldiers

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Lukas	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Forsyth	Gaiden, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Nephenee	Path of Radiance
Aran	Radiant Dawn
Playable Soldier units in the Fire Emblem series.

Notable enemy Soldiers

Enemy Units
Name	Game
Ephraim	Awakening (Champions of Yore 2 and Champions of Yore 3 only)
Enemy Soldier units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game Text (English) Text (Japanese) The Binding Blade An average soldier who has no special abilities.* ふつうの下級兵士 とりたてて目立った能力はない The Blazing Blade (class roll) Average footsoldiers possessing no unique abilities. Uses a spear in battle. ?? The Blazing Blade (help) An average soldier, who has no special abilities. ?? The Sacred Stones (class roll) Average foot soldiers possessing no unique abilities. They bear spears in combat. ?? The Sacred Stones (help) Average soldiers possessing no special abilities. ?? Path of Radiance Common soldiers of average abilities who wield lances in battle. ?? Radiant Dawn (class roll) Common soldiers who wield lances. What they lack in special skills, they make up for in reliability. ?? Radiant Dawn (help) Common lance-wielding soldiers of average abilities. They are known for reliability and strength. ?? Awakening An ordinary soldier. Wields a lance. ?? Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (class roll) Basic infantry who fight with lances. They have above-average strength and defense, and no notable weakness. ?? Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (help) A basic foot soldier who fights with lances. ?? Three Houses Skilled with a lance, the Soldier has a high degree of accuracy and precision. 槍の扱いが得意な者。 器用に武器を扱い 攻撃を当てることに長ける。 Warriors A class that specializes in using lances. Soldiers are strong against swords but weak against axes. Soldiers have good range and multi-directional attacks but leave themselves open to counterattacks. ??

Trivia

• Owing to their typical lowly status relative to other classes, Soldiers are rarely seen as bosses; the only Soldier to serve as a primary boss in the Fire Emblem series to date outside of skirmish situations is the Risen Chief of paralogue 3 in Awakening.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
English	Soldier	--
Japanese	• ソルジャー • 兵士ソルジャー	• Officially romanized as Soldier; this katakana rendering is used in all appearances except Fire Emblem: Three Houses. • Officially romanized as Soldier. In Radiant Dawn, all Japanese class names are spelled primarily in kanji (i.e. 兵士), with a foreign-language name in katakana applied as furigana (i.e. ソルジャー) and used as the basis for the romanized name in the class roll. This kanji name is also used in Three Houses, without the furigana.
Spanish	Soldado	Soldier
French	Soldat	Soldier
German	Soldat	Soldier
Italian	Soldato	Soldier
Dutch	Soldaat	Soldier
Korean	병사	Soldier
Simplified Chinese	士兵	Soldier
Traditional Chinese	士兵	Soldier

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Soldier from the Fire Emblem Trading Card Game.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in Mystery of the Emblem.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in Thracia 776.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in the Game Boy Advance games.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in Shadow Dragon.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in New Mystery of the Emblem.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Risen Soldier portrait in Awakening.

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  The generic Soldier portrait with allied colors in Awakening.

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  The generic Soldier portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  The generic Specter/Death Mask Soldier portrait in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  The generic Soldier portrait with allied colors in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

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  An enemy Soldier in Path of Radiance.

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  An enemy Soldier in Radiant Dawn.

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  Sylvain, as a Soldier, as he appears in battle Three Houses.

See also

• Recruit
• Spear Fighter
• Lancer

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