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List of recurring Fire Emblem musical motifs

Contact me if any of these are incorrect! I intend to make this a full page if it isn't considered worthless.

* = A non-Fire Emblem game. In effect, this is used for Smash Bros. and little else.

Multiple games

Specific to one game each

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

As well as Book 1 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

As well as Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Book 2 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

As well as motifs shared with Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 Exclusive

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

As well as motifs shared with Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.

  • "Cath", event theme associated with Cath
    • "Going My Way", event theme associated with Serra
    • "Merlinus", event theme associated with Merlinus

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade Exclusive

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

As well as motifs shared with Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Exclusive

Fire Emblem Awakening

Fire Emblem Fates

Full Game:

Birthright:

Conquest:

Revelation:

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Exclusive

  • "Prince of Darkness", event theme associated with Berkut
    • "Pride and Arrogance", boss battle theme for Berkut in Acts 3 and Act 4
    • "The Scions' Dance in Purgatory", boss battle theme for Berkut in Act 5
  • "Vestiges", event theme associated with Conrad
    • "Brother and Sister", event theme associated with Celica and Conrad
  • "The Heritors of Arcadia", credits and character endings theme
    • "Sea Winds and Travelers", theme played when visiting Novis Greatport, Zofia Harbor, and Furia Harbor
    • "A Distant Promise", event theme associated with Alm and Celica
      • "A Distant Promise AC", event theme
      • "A Distant Promise BC", event theme
    • "Twilight of the Gods", final map theme

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Fire Emblem Heroes

Fire Emblem Warriors

List of mutually exclusive playable units

Also known as Arran and Samson archetype units, these are two characters that cannot be recruited into the player's army at the same time. Be it one bans the other, or the chapters they are obtained on are mutually exclusive, or the events that conspire to allow them are mutually exclusive, for one reason or another the player may only obtain one of them at a time.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait arran fe01.png Portrait samson fe01.png In Chapter 16, there are two villages that will give each one of the two units. The left village contains Arran, and the right village contains Samson. Although left up to the player's discretion in this game, it is suggested by Book 2 of Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem that Marth chose Arran and Samson did not join his army.
Arran
Paladin
Samson
Hero

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait sonya fe02.png Portrait deen fe02.png In Act III, on Celica's route there are two bosses partway through the desert, Deen and Sonya. The player is then tasked with choosing which to defeat in battle, Deen in Northern Desert Battle and Sonya in Southern Desert Battle: the one not chosen is the one who joins you after defeating Grieth.
Sonya
Mage
Deen
Myrmidon

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Book 1

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait arran fe03.png Portrait samson fe03.png Same conditions as in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.
Arran
Paladin
Samson
Hero

Book 2

All units can be obtained in a single playthrough of Book 2.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Generation 1

All units can be obtained in a single playthrough of Generation 1. However...

The Corner Case
Unit A Group B Conditions
Portrait deirdre fe04.png Portrait tailtiu fe04.pngPortrait claud fe04.pngPortrait brigid fe04.png Deirdre leaves the army by being kidnapped in Chapter 3, after seizing the first castle. Only after seizing the second castle will Claud and Tailtiu appear, and can Brigid be recruited. Thus, not all units of Generation 1 can be used at the same time.
Deirdre
Shaman
Tailtiu, Claud and Brigid
Thunder Mage, High Priest, and Sniper

Generation 2

Children vs. Substitutes
Option A Option B Conditions
-- -- If a first generation female character gets married, then she and her husband produce children at the end of Generation 1 to go on to Generation 2. If she remains unmarried or deceased by the end of the generation, then the Substitute characters appear where her children would have gone. Substitute characters can coexist in a mix-and-match style with their child counterparts, but cannot coexist with their individual ones. For example, Deimne and Muirne can coexist with Larcei and Scáthach, but not with Lester and Lana.
Child units Substitute character
Axe vs. Axe
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait iuchar fe04.png Portrait iucharba fe04.png Iuchar and Iucharba are known for disliking each other, enough so that they can barely work together as is. When Larcei or Creidne talks to one of them after seizing the first castle in Chapter 6, the one you talk to is recruited and the other is barred from recruitment.
Iuchar
Axe Knight
Iucharba
Fighter

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Option A: Left Path
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Conditions
Portrait ilios fe05.png Portrait sleuf fe05.png Portrait misha fe05.png Portrait amalda fe05.png Ilios, Sleuf, and Misha are only encountered on the left path. Ilios cannot be recruited if Olwen is alive and in the army, or alive and captured. Amalda and Conomor both exist later on, but their recruiters are exclusives in routes. In this case, Amalda is recruited by Sleuf.
Ilios
Mage Knight
Sleuf
Priest
Misha
Pegasus Knight
Amalda
Paladin
Option B: Right Path
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Conditions
Portrait olwen fe05.png Portrait miranda fe05.png Portrait shannam fe05.png Portrait conomor fe05.png Olwen is not formally exclusive to the right path, but must be dead or unrecruited to recruit Ilios, who is exclusive to the left path. Miranda and Shannam are only available on the right path, and while both Conomor and Amalda are present later on, their recruiters are the exclusive characters in the other routes. In this case, Conomor is recruited by Miranda.
Olwen
Mage Knight
Miranda
Mage
Shannam
Swordmaster
Conomor
Paladin
The Second Corner Case
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait saias fe05.png Portrait ced fe05.png Saias and Ced are, for a very brief moment in time, both playable in Chapter 23 after recruiting Ced but before completion of the chapter where Saias will leave. If Ced is not recruited, Saias will remain for the rest of the game.
Saias
High Priest
Ced
Sage

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Option A: Northern Route
Unit 1 Unit 2 Conditions
Portrait larum fe06.png Portrait echidna fe06.png In Chapter 9, depending on the village visited, Roy decides to go either north, to save the enslaved miners, or west, to find the rebel group and collect information. If the right village wasn't visited, he follows the northern route and unlocks Chapter 10A.
Larum
Dancer
Echidna
Hero
Option B: Western Route
Unit 1 Unit 2 Conditions
Portrait elffin fe06.png Portrait bartre fe06.png In Chapter 9, depending on the village visited, Roy decides to go either north, to save the enslaved miners, or west, to find the rebel group and collect information. If the right village was visited, he follows the western route and unlocks Chapter 10B.
Elffin
Bard
Bartre
Warrior
Mutually exclusive characters
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait juno fe06.png Portrait dayan fe06.png At the end of either Chapter 16 or Chapter 16x, Roy will either go to Chapter 17A if the combined experience of Shanna and Thea is superior to the combined experience of Sue and Shin or Chapter 17B if Sue and Shin's combined experince is superior to Shanna and Thea's combined experince.
Juno
Falcon Knight
Dayan
Nomadic Trooper

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Mutually exclusive characters
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait geitz fe07.png Portrait wallace fe07.png At the end of either Chapter 22(E)/23(H) or Chapter 22x(E)/23(H), Eliwood/Hector will either go to Chapter 23(E)A/24(H)A if the combined levels of Eliwood, Hector and Lyn totals 49 or less or Chapter 23(E)B/24(H)B if their combined levels equals 50 or higher. Only Lloyd's variant contains Wallace, and only Linus' variant contains Geitz.
Geitz
Warrior
Wallace
General
Mutually exclusive characters
Option A Option B Conditions
Portrait karel fe07.png Portrait harken fe07.png At the end of Chapter 24(E)/26(H), Eliwood/Hector will either go to Chapter 25(E)A/27(H)A if the combined experience of Serra, Erk, Lucius and Priscilla is superior to the combined experience of Dorcas, Bartre, Guy and Raven or Chapter 25(E)B/27(H)B if Dorcas, Bartre, Guy and Raven's combined experince is superior to Serra, Erk, Lucius and Priscilla's combined experince. In Jerme's map, you must open at least 4 doors to get Karel, otherwise Harken appears instead. In Kenneth's map, you must defeat 3 promoted enemy units to get Karel, otherwise Harken appears instead.
Karel
Swordmaster
Harken
Hero

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Small portrait ena fe09.png Small portrait nasir fe09.png In Chapter 27, Ike and the Black Knight have an ultimate duel. If Ike managed to defeat the Black Knight, Nasir joins the player army during the preparations of Chapter 28. If the Black Knight survived, Ena is recruited instead.
Ena
Dragon Tribe (Red)
Nasir
Dragon Tribe (White)

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Small portrait arran fe11.png Small portrait samson fe11.png Same conditions as in Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light.
Arran
Paladin
Samson
Hero
Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Small portrait gotoh fe11.png Small portrait nagi fe11.png If Chapter 24x isn't visited, then Gotoh is acquired at the Final Chapter. Otherwise, you recruit Nagi at the end of the former and Gotoh is not obtained. Additionally, Tiki is intended to be mutually exclusive with Nagi, as one of the requirements to go to 24x is to have Tiki defeated. However, with the use of the Aum Staff, Tiki can be resurrected and fight alongside Nagi for the sole remaining chapter.
Gotoh
Sage
Nagi
Manakete

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Mutually Exclusive Units
Option A Option B Conditions
Small portrait sonya fe15.png Small portrait deen fe15.png Same conditions as in Fire Emblem Gaiden.
Sonya
Mage
Deen
Myrmidon

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Option A: Black Eagles/Crimson Flower Route
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Conditions
Small portrait edelgard fe16.png Small portrait hubert fe16.png Small portrait jeritza fe16.png During Chapter 1, Byleth is given a choice to lead one of the 3 Houses of Garreg Mach Monastery's Officers Academy. Choosing the Black Eagles class leads to the Crimson Flower or the Silver Snow Route. During Part I, the Black Eagles Route gives access to Edelgard and Hubert as playable units. If Byleth obtains a C+ support with Edelgard and sees an optional scene after talking to her during Chapter 11, the Crimson Flower Route can be chosen and unlocks Jeritza as a playable unit during Chapter 13. The other option leads to the Silver Snow Route and both Edelgard and Hubert leaves the party. They cannot be re-recruited in any way.
Edelgard
Noble
Hubert
Noble
Jeritza
Death Knight
Option B: Blue Lions/Azure Moon Route
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Conditions
Small portrait dimitri fe16.png Small portrait dedue fe16.png Small portrait gilbert fe16.png During Chapter 1, Byleth is given a choice to lead one of the 3 Houses of Garreg Mach Monastery's Officers Academy. Choosing the Blue Lions class leads to the Azure Moon Route and gives access to Dimitri, Dedue and Gilbert as playable units. They cannot be recruited any other way.
Dimitri
Noble
Dedue
Commoner
Gilbert
Fortress Knight
Option C: Golden Deer/Verdant Wind Route
Unit 1 Conditions
Small portrait claude fe16.png During Chapter 1, Byleth is given a choice to lead one of the 3 Houses of Garreg Mach Monastery's Officers Academy. Choosing the Golden Deer class leads to the Verdant Wind Route and gives access to Claude as a playable unit. He cannot be recruited any other way.
Claude
Noble
Unobtainable characters in Crimson Flower
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Conditions
Small portrait hilda fe16.png Small portrait catherine fe16.png Small portrait cyril fe16.png Small portrait flayn fe16.png Small portrait seteth fe16.png While Hilda, Catherine, and Cyril can be recruited during Part I in either the Blue Lions or the Golden Deer Routes, they cannot be recruited as early if Byleth choses the Black Eagles class. Flayn only can still be recruited during Chapter 6. If Byleth either didn't obtained a C+ support with Edelgard and unlocked an optional scene after talking to her during Chapter 11 or chooses to not protect Edelgard at the end of said chapter, the Silver Snow Route is unlocked, in which Seteth, Catherine, and Cyril will all automatically join the party at the start of the Chapter 12. This will also allow Byleth to recruit Hilda. If Byleth chooses the Crimson Flower Route, Flayn leaves the party and cannot be re-recruited in any way.
Hilda
NobleBlue Lions Verdant Wind/BrigandSilver Snow
Catherine
Swordmaster
Cyril
Commoner
Flayn
Priest
Seteth
Wyvern Rider

Minimum required units in each game

This lists the number of units that will be inevitably recruited to your team, no matter what happens. To play the game in such a manner is known as minimal, lowest, or fewest recruitment challenges, as the smaller numbers + potential loss of key units makes the games much more difficult.

Shadow Dragon (& the Blade of Light)

Gaiden/Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

To differentiate between units who are Echoes exclusive and available in the original Gaiden, the portrait used will be from Gaiden if they are available there.

Alm's party

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Portrait alm fe02.png Alm Fighter Act 1*/Prologue* Act 1
Portrait lukas fe02.png Lukas Soldier Act 1 Act 1
Portrait gray status fe15.png Gray Villager Act 1*/Prologue* Act 1
Portrait tobin status fe15.png Tobin Villager Act 1*/Prologue* Act 1
Portrait clair status fe15.png Clair Pegasus Knight Act 1 Act 1
Portrait clive status fe15.png Clive Cavalier Act 1 Act 1
Portrait mycen fe02.png Mycen Gold Knight Act 1*/Prologue* Act 4
There are 7* playable characters in Alm's Party.

Celica's party

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Portrait celica 01 fe02.png Celica Priestess Act 2*/Prologue* Act 2
Portrait mae fe02.png Mae Mage Act 2 Act 2
Portrait boey fe02.png Boey Mage Act 2 Act 2
Portrait saber status fe15.png Saber Mercenary Act 2 Act 2
Portrait conrad status fe15.png Conrad Paladin Act 2 Act 4
There are 5* playable characters in Celica's Party.
  • Due to the majority of the recruitment in Gaiden and Shadows of Valentia being done by talking to the characters outside of battle, it is possible to skip the recruitment by not talking to them.
  • In Gaiden, Gray blocks the exit of Ram village until Alm talk to him and joins his party. Due to a glitch, it is possible to bypass this, by saving and resetting the game after talking to Mycen a second time. NPCs will be in different positions, and now Lukas (or no one if already recruited) will be blocking the entrance, thus making Alm capable of leaving Ram without recruiting any of the villagers. In Shadows of Valentia however, recruiting Gray and Tobin is required to progress.
  • In Gaiden, recruiting either Mae or Boey is enough to progress while in Shadows of Valentia, recruiting both is required.
  • While recruiting Clair, Clive and Saber is also required to progress in Shadows of Valentia, they are all avoidable in Gaiden.

In total, Gaiden, at 5 (6 if Gray is not counted as skipped) units versus the usual 31, has the smallest required to obtainable ratio.
In total, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, at 12 units versus the usual 33, has one of the smallest required to obtainable ratios.

Mystery of the Emblem, Book 1

(New) Mystery of the Emblem

Genealogy of the Holy War

Thracia 776

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Portrait leif fe05.png Leif Lord Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait finn fe05.png Finn Lance Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait osian fe05.png Osian Axe Fighter Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait halvan fe05.png Halvan Axe Fighter Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait eyvel fe05.png Eyvel Swordmaster Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait dagdar fe05.png Dagdar Warrior Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait tanya fe05.png Tanya Bow Fighter Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait marty fe05.png Marty Brigand Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait machyua fe05.png Machyua Myrmidon Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Portrait brighton fe05.png Brighton Axe Knight Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Portrait lara fe05.png Lara Thief Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Portrait fergus fe05.png Fergus Free Knight Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Portrait karin fe05.png Karin Pegasus Rider Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Portrait nanna fe05.png Nanna Troubadour Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Portrait carrion fe05.png Carrion Cavalier Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Portrait selphina fe05.png Selphina Arch Knight Chapter 9 Chapter 9
Portrait cain fe05.png Cain Lance Knight Chapter 9 Chapter 9
Portrait alva fe05.png Alva Lance Knight Chapter 9 Chapter 9
Portrait robert fe05.png Robert Arch Knight Chapter 9 Chapter 9
Portrait mareeta fe05.png Mareeta Myrmidon Chapter 1 Chapter 12
Portrait glade fe05.png Glade Duke Knight Chapter 13 Chapter 13
Portrait deen fe05.png Deen Wyvern Rider Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Portrait eda fe05.png Eda Dragon Rider Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Portrait linoan fe05.png Linoan Cleric Chapter 13 Chapter 14x or 15
Portrait diarmuid fe05.png Diarmuid Ranger Chapter 21 Chapter 21
Portrait saias fe05.png Saias High Priest Chapter 12 Chapter 23*
There are 26 playable characters in Fire Emblem: Thracia 776.
  • Eyvel, Marty, Dagdar and Tanya are temporary: all leave at the end of Chapter 3 and are not rerecruitable due to not being forced. Eyvel cannot be rescued without Sara, who is skipped. Dagdar and Tanya can be skipped by killing or releasing Rumei in Chapter 8, or by having them dead before Chapter 3. Marty becomes an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Ronan is inside of a village.
  • To skip Safy, the player must not go to Chapter 2x, which can be accomplished by allowing at least one village to be destroyed.
  • Even if 2x is visited, if Lifis is killed or released, he cannot be recruited. However, 2x is never visited to begin with.
  • Dalsin is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional. As well, if Jubel is never rescued, he is unrecruitable.
  • Asbel is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional. As well, the chapter he is in, 4x, is skippable.
  • Hicks is inside of an optional village. At that, if Mafy is never rescued or 4x is never visited, he is unrecruitable.
  • Shiva is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Fred can be skipped by skipping 11x, which also skips Olwen.
  • Salem can be killed or released as an enemy unit.
  • If Salem is not recruited, 12x cannot be visited, skipping Perne, Troude and Tina. As well, Lara will never change class to Dancer.
  • Homer is inside of an optional village.
  • Ralph is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Every last one of the route split units and Sara are all optional for one reason or another.
  • Xavier is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Neither Conomor or Amalda can be recruited without either Miranda or Sleuf.
  • Ced can be skipped by warping Leif onto the seize tile in Chapter 23, or otherwise preventing Ced from arriving in time.
  • Galzus is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.

Thracia 776 has exactly half the cast as required recruitment. However, when Eyvel, Marty, Dagdar and Tanya are excluded the total becomes 22/52.

The Binding Blade

Due to the ending difference, some characters are required recruitment in the good ending but are free to skip in the bad ending.

Both Endings
Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait roy fe06.png Roy Lord Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait marcus fe06.png Marcus Paladin Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait alen fe06.png Alen Cavalier Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait lance fe06.png Lance Cavalier Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait wolt fe06.png Wolt Archer Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait bors fe06.png Bors Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait merlinus fe06.png Merlinus Transporter Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Small portrait elen fe06.png Elen Priest Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait dieck fe06.png Dieck Mercenary Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait wade fe06.png Wade Fighter Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait lot fe06.png Lot Fighter Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait shanna fe06.png Shanna Pegasus Knight Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait chad fe06.png Chad Thief Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Small portrait saul fe06.png Saul Priest Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Small portrait dorothy fe06.png Dorothy Archer Chapter 5 Chapter 6
Small portrait astolfo fe06.png Astolfo Thief Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait lilina fe06.png Lilina Mage Chapter 1 Chapter 8
Small portrait barthe fe06.png Barthe Knight Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait ogier fe06.png Ogier Mercenary Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait gwendolyn fe06.png Gwendolyn Knight Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait larum fe06.png Larum Dancer Chapter 10A Chapter 11A
Small portrait elffin fe06.png Elffin Bard Chapter 10B Chapter 11B
Small portrait melady fe06.png Melady Wyvern Rider Chapter 2 Chapter 13
Small portrait cecilia fe06.png Cecilia Valkyrie Chapter 8 or
Chapter 8x
Chapter 14
Small portrait sophia fe06.png Sophia Shaman Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Small portrait igrene fe06.png Igrene Sniper Chapter 14 Chapter 15
Small portrait fae fe06.png Fae Manakete Chapter 14 Chapter 16
Small portrait niime fe06.png Niime Druid Chapter 18A or Chapter 19B Chapter 19A or
Chapter 20B
Small portrait yoder fe06.png Yoder Bishop Chapter 5 Chapter 21
There are 29 playable characters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
Good Ending exclusives
Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait sue fe06.png Sue Nomad Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Small portrait zelot fe06.png Zelot Paladin Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait sin fe06.png Sin Nomad Chapter 9 Chapter 9
Small portrait zeiss fe06.png Zeiss Wyvern Rider Chapter 14 Chapter 16
Small portrait douglas fe06.png Douglas General Chapter 16 Chapter 16x
Small portrait juno fe06.png Juno Falcon Knight Chapter 20A Chapter 20A
Small portrait dayan fe06.png Dayan Nomadic Trooper Chapter 19B Chapter 20B
There are 36 playable characters in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
  • Lugh resides in a village that is completely optional to visit.
  • Clarine can be skipped if she never gets to intiate a talk with Roy.
  • All enemy recruits (not counting Melady) are avoidable, including...
    • Rutger, who is unrecruitable without Clarine.
    • For Ilia or the bad ending, Sin, who is unrecruitable without Sue.
    • Fir, who is unrecruitable without Noah.
    • Gonzalez.
    • Raigh.
    • Cath.
    • Garret.
    • Perceval.
    • For the bad ending, Zeiss.
    • Hugh.
    • For the bad ending, Douglas. However, to avoid recruiting him he must be killed before the end of Chapter 16.
  • For the Sacae good ending,
  • Noah, Trec, and Zelot (bad ending/Sacae good) can be skipped by having them die in Chapter 7 before recruitment, or ignoring them.
  • Geese is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Bartre and Echidna are both optional NPC units to recruit in their respective chapters.
  • In regards to the good ending exclusives...
    • Zeiss must be recruited and alive for Chapter 21x.
    • Although Juno and Dayan are presented as formally optional, they are required for their respective Chapters 20x.
    • Zelot is also required for access to the Ilian Chapter 20x.
    • To access Sacae, at least Sue is required, and to access Sacaean 20x, Sue and Sin are both required.
    • Douglas is forcibly recruited with no player input in Chapter 16x.
  • Karel does not exist on the bad ending path, and on the good ending neither Fir nor Bartre are recruited, which is required for his recruitment.

On the path to the good ending, there are 36 total characters recruited in the Binding Blade, albeit not all at once. From Ilia, it is 33, and from Sacae it is 34. On the path to the bad ending, regardless of route, there are 29 units available, all out of the usual 54.

Of note, in the bad ending path, Sacae will inevitably be passed over for Ilia as neither Sue nor Sin are recruited while Shanna is unavoidably recruited at the beginning. As well, it is impossible to obtain Aureola as that requires Douglas by association.

The Blazing Blade

In Lyn's normal tale, all characters are unavoidably recruited as part of the tutorial.

Lyn's Tale (Hard)
Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Portrait lyn fe07.png Lyn Lord Prologue Prologue
Portrait sain fe07.png Sain Cavalier Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait kent fe07.png Kent Cavalier Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Portrait florina fe07.png Florina Pegasus Knight Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Portrait wil fe07.png Wil Archer Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Portrait rath fe07.png Rath Nomad Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Portrait matthew fe07.png Matthew Thief Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Portrait nils fe07.png Nils Bard Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Portrait lucius fe07.png Lucius Monk Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Portrait wallace fe07.png Wallace Knight Chapter 9 Chapter 9
There are 13 playable characters in Lyn's tale.
  • Dorcas is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Erk and Serra are NPC units whose recruitments are optional.
Main Story (Both)

For sorting purposes, this list will be based on Eliwood Mode, as neither Farina nor Karla are recruitable anyway.

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Portrait eliwood fe07.png Eliwood Lord Chapter 7* or
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Portrait marcus fe07.png Marcus Paladin Chapter 11 Chapter 11
Portrait lowen fe07.png Lowen Cavalier Chapter 11 Chapter 11
Portrait rebecca fe07.png Rebecca Archer Chapter 11 Chapter 11
Portrait dorcas fe07.png Dorcas Fighter Chapter 4* or
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Portrait bartre fe07.png Bartre Fighter Chapter 11 Chapter 11
Portrait hector fe07.png Hector Lord Chapter 7* or
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Portrait oswin fe07.png Oswin Knight Chapter 12 Chapter 12
Portrait serra fe07.png Serra Cleric Chapter 5* or
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Portrait matthew fe07.png Matthew Thief Chapter 6* or
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Portrait merlinus fe07.png Merlinus Transporter Chapter 13* or
Chapter 16*
Chapter 14 or
Chapter 16*
Portrait lyn fe07.png Lyn Lord Prologue* or
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Portrait sain fe07.png Sain Cavalier Chapter 1* or
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Portrait kent fe07.png Kent Cavalier Chapter 1* or
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Portrait wil fe07.png Wil Archer Chapter 3* or
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Portrait florina fe07.png Florina Pegasus Knight Chapter 3* or
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Portrait ninian fe07.png Ninian Dancer Chapter 7* or
Chapter 17
Chapter 20
Portrait isadora fe07.png Isadora Paladin Chapter 11 Chapter 21
Portrait pent fe07.png Pent Sage Chapter 22 Chapter 24
Portrait louise fe07.png Louise Sniper Chapter 22 Chapter 24
Portrait nils fe07.png Nils Bard Chapter 7* or
Chapter 19
Chapter 28
Portrait athos fe07.png Athos Archsage Chapter 22 Final Chapter
There are 42 playable characters in Eliwood's tale.
  • The following are optional as a result of being enemy recruitments:
    • Guy
    • Raven, who is impossible to recruit to begin with as Priscilla is skipped
    • Legault
    • Heath
    • Geitz, if you went to his map in the first place let alone were able to recruit him without Dart
    • Harken, if he spawns to begin with
    • Vaida
  • The following are optional as a result of being NPC units who do not automatically join at the end of the chapter:
    • Erk
    • Lucius
    • Fiora
    • Rath
    • Farina
    • Karel
    • Karla, among other things
  • Try as one might, Merlinus is impossible to skip as he'll join anyway if his sidequest is passed up and his defeat in said sidequest is a game over condition.
  • Priscilla normally joins automatically even if her village is skipped, but by letting the brigands or pirates destroy her village, or letting Erk be defeated, this is skipped.
  • Dart normally joins automatically, but can be skipped by defeating him in The Port of Badon.
  • Hawkeye normally joins automatically even if he is not recruited, but if he is defeated this does not occur.
  • The recruitment criteria of Karla is so specific and obscure that not meeting them is far easier.

The Sacred Stones

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait eirika fe08.png Eirika Lord Prologue Prologue
Small portrait seth fe08.png Seth Paladin Prologue Prologue
Small portrait franz fe08.png Franz Cavalier Prologue Chapter 1
Small portrait gilliam fe08.png Gilliam Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait vanessa fe08.png Vanessa Pegasus Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Small portrait moulder fe08.png Moulder Priest Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Small portrait neimi fe08.png Neimi Archer Chapter 3 Chapter 3*
Small portrait artur fe08.png Artur Monk Chapter 4 Chapter 4*
Small portrait natasha fe08.png Natasha Cleric Chapter 5 Chapter 5
Small portrait ephraim fe08.png Ephraim Lord Chapter 5x Chapter 5x
Chapter 8
Small portrait forde fe08.png Forde Cavalier Chapter 5x Chapter 5x
Chapter 8
Small portrait kyle fe08.png Kyle Cavalier Chapter 5x Chapter 5x
Chapter 8
Small portrait orson fe08.png Orson Paladin Chapter 5x Chapter 5x*
Small portrait tana fe08.png Tana Pegasus Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 9*
Small portrait innes fe08.png Innes Sniper Chapter 15* Chapter 15*
Small portrait gerik fe08.png Gerik Mercenary Chapter 13* Chapter 13*
Small portrait tethys fe08.png Tethys Dancer Chapter 5 Chapter 13*
Small portrait saleh fe08.png Saleh Sage Chapter 5 Chapter 12* or
Chapter 15*
Small portrait duessel fe08.png Duessel Great Knight Chapter 3 Chapter 15* or
Chapter 10*
Small portrait knoll fe08.png Knoll Shaman Chapter 15* or
Chapter 14*
Chapter 15
Small portrait myrrh fe08.png Myrrh Manakete Chapter 8 Chapter 16
There are 18* playable characters in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones.
  • Ross and Garcia can be skipped as long as one of them is defeated in Chapter 2.
  • To avoid recruiting Colm in Chapter 3, Neimi has to die before the end.
  • To avoid recruiting Lute in Chapter 4, Artur has to die before the end.
  • Joshua is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Orson automatically leaves at the end of Chapter 5x with no means of re-obtaining him prior to Creature Campaign.
  • Amelia is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Certain characters are exclusive to Ephraim's route, as they can be skipped in Eirika's. These include Innes, Gerik, Tethys, and Saleh as a permanent party member.
  • To avoid recruiting Innes, Gerik and Tethys in Eirika's Chapter 10, Innes and either of Tethys or Gerik has to die before the end. The other becomes impossible to recruit permanently once one of them is dead.
  • To avoid recruiting Ewan in Eirika's Chapter 12, Saleh has to die before the end.
  • Marisa is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional, regardless of route.
  • Cormag is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional, regardless of route.
  • To avoid obtaining L'Arachel or Dozla, they must be defeated as NPCs during Chapter 11 of both routes.
  • Rennac is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional, regardless of route.
  • Syrene can have her recruitment skipped by having her die as an NPC unit.

Sacred Stones has 18/33 characters recruited, 21/33 factoring in temporary units on Ephraim's route. The total is 14/33, or 17/33, on Eirika's route.

Path of Radiance

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait ike lord fe09.png Ike Ranger Prologue Prologue
Small portrait boyd fe09.png Boyd Fighter Prologue Chapter 1
Small portrait titania fe09.png Titania Paladin Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait oscar fe09.png Oscar Lance Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait rhys fe09.png Rhys Priest Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait shinon fe09.png Shinon Sniper Chapter 2 Chapter 3*
Small portrait gatrie fe09.png Gatrie Knight Chapter 2 Chapter 3*
Small portrait soren fe09.png Soren Mage Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Small portrait mist fe09.png Mist Cleric Prologue Chapter 9
Small portrait rolf fe09.png Rolf Archer Chapter 2 Chapter 9
Small portrait tormod fe09.png Tormod Mage Chapter 15 Chapter 15
Small portrait muarim fe09.png Muarim Tiger Chapter 15 Chapter 15
Small portrait tanith fe09.png Tanith Falcon Knight Chapter 13 Chapter 18
Small portrait ranulf fe09.png Ranulf Cat Chapter 7 Chapter 23
Small portrait bastian fe09.png Bastian Sage Chapter 23 Chapter 24
Small portrait lucia fe09.png Lucia Swordmaster Chapter 23 Chapter 24
Small portrait elincia fe09.png Elincia Princess Crimea Chapter 5 Chapter 26
Small portrait ena fe09.png Ena Red Dragon Chapter 5 Chapter 28
There are 18 playable characters in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.
  • Gatrie and Shinon leave at the end of Chapter 7 and are not re-recruitable due to not being forced.
  • If Marcia does not survive Chapter 3, she will not be recruitable in Chapter 9, where she is still skippable.
  • Mia can have her recruitment skipped by not talking to her in Chapter 7, or having her die while an NPC unit.
  • Ilyana is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Lethe and Mordecai are not recruited if they are defeated in Chapter 9.
  • Kieran, Brom and Nephenee can be skipped if their cell doors are never open. If playing on Maniac Mode, having Ike escape before them also skips their recruitment.
  • Volke can be turned down when he offers to join.
  • Jill and Zihark can be killed in Chapter 11. Without Lethe or Mordecai, Zihark is unrecruitable.
  • Sothe can be turned down when he offers to join.
  • Astrid can have her recruitment skipped by not talking to her in Chapter 13, or having her die while an NPC unit.
  • Makalov is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional. Without Marcia, Makalov is unrecruitable.
  • Without Lethe or Mordecai, Stefan is unrecruitable. As well, if anybody else touches his space in Chapter 15, the Vague Katti is awarded without him.
  • Devdan is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Reyson's offer of help can be rejected. If so, then Ulki and Janaff are also not recruited.
  • Calill can be turned down when she offers to join.
  • Tauroneo is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Without Jill, Haar is unrecruitable. As well, Haar is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Geoffrey will not join in Chapter 25 if he did not survive Chapter 24. If it were possible to clear the map in a single turn, you would be able to skip Lucia and Bastian, but Geoffrey would become a required party member.
  • Largo can be turned down when he offers to join. As well, without Calill, Largo cannot be recruited to begin with.
  • Nasir is only recruited if the Black Knight is defeated by Ike, while Ena is the dragon obtained by default.
  • It is possible to reject recruiting any of Tibarn, Naesala or Giffca.

In summation, Path of Radiance, at 16/18 units versus the usual 46, has one of the smallest required to obtainable ratios.

Radiant Dawn

Awakening

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait robin f fe13.png Robin Tactician Premonition Premonition
Small portrait chrom l fe13.png Chrom Lord Premonition Premonition
Small portrait lissa fe13.png Lissa Cleric Prologue Prologue
Small portrait frederick fe13.png Frederick Great Knight Prologue Prologue
Small portrait sully fe13.png Sully Cavalier Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait virion fe13.png Virion Archer Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait stahl fe13.png Stahl Cavalier Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait vaike fe13.png Vaike Fighter Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait miriel fe13.png Miriel Mage Chapter 2 Chapter 2
Small portrait sumia fe13.png Sumia Pegasus Knight Chapter 2 Chapter 3
Small portrait lon'qu fe13.png Lon'qu Myrmidon Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Small portrait ricken fe13.png Ricken Mage Chapter 4 Chapter 5
Small portrait maribelle fe13.png Maribelle Troubadour Chapter 2 Chapter 5
Small portrait panne fe13.png Panne Taguel Chapter 6 Chapter 6
Small portrait cordelia fe13.png Cordelia Pegasus Knight Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait gregor fe13.png Gregor Mercenary Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait nowi fe13.png Nowi Manakete Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait olivia fe13.png Olivia Dancer Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Small portrait cherche fe13.png Cherche Wyvern Rider Chapter 11 Chapter 12
Small portrait henry fe13.png Henry Dark Mage Chapter 13 Chapter 13
Small portrait lucina fe13.png Lucina Lord Chapter 1 Chapter 13
Small portrait basilio fe13.png Basilio Warrior Chapter 4 Chapter 23
Small portrait flavia fe13.png Flavia Hero Chapter 4 Chapter 23
There are 23 playable characters in Fire Emblem Awakening.
  • Since all Paralogues are optional, any characters recruited from them are likewise optional. As a result, Lucina is the only required second-gen unit.
  • All Spotpass and DLC characters are optional.
  • Kellam is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Gaius is an enemy unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • If Chapter 7 is done before Cordelia arrives, she will instead appear at the end and still join the party.
  • Libra and Tharja are NPC and enemy units respectively and their recruitments are optional.
  • Say'ri can have her recruitment skipped by not talking to her in Chapter 15 and having her retreat while as an NPC unit.

In total, Awakening, at 23 units verses the usual 49, has one of the larger required to obtainable ratios.

Fates: Birthright

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait corrin m fe14.png Corrin Nohr Prince*
Nohr Princess*
Prologue Prologue
Small portrait felicia fe14.png Felicia Maid Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait jakob fe14.png Jakob Butler Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait rinkah fe14.png Rinkah Oni Savage Prologue Chapter 4
Small portrait kaze fe14.png Kaze Ninja Chapter 2 Chapter 4*
Small portrait sakura fe14.png Sakura Shrine Maiden Prologue Chapter 5
Small portrait azura fe14.png Azura Songstress Prologue*
Chapter 4*
Chapter 5
Small portrait subaki fe14.png Subaki Sky Knight Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait hana fe14.png Hana Samurai Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait saizo fe14.png Saizo Ninja Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait orochi fe14.png Orochi Diviner Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait silas fe14.png Silas Cavalier Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait hayato fe14.png Hayato Diviner Prologue Chapter 8
Small portrait takumi fe14.png Takumi Archer Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait kagero fe14.png Kagero Ninja Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait kaden fe14.png Kaden Kitsune Prologue Chapter 12
Small portrait ryoma fe14.png Ryoma Swordmaster Prologue Chapter 13
Small portrait scarlet fe14.png Scarlet Wyvern Lord Chapter 13 Chapter 13
Small portrait shura fe14.png Shura Adventurer Chapter 22 Chapter 22
There are 19 playable characters in Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright.
  • Since all Paralogues are optional, any characters recruited from them are likewise optional.
  • Since upgrading My Castle is optional, all units recruited from that are likewise optional.
  • All capturable, DLC, amiibo, and other bonus units are optional.
  • Both Felicia and Jakob will join either at Chapter 2 or Chapter 15, regardless of which gender of Corrin is chosen.
  • Kaze will leave at the end of Chapter 15 if he doesn't have an A-Support or higher with Corrin and cannot rejoin.
  • Hinoka, Azama, and Setsuna can have their recruitments skipped by not talking to Hinoka in Chapter 8 and having them fall as NPC units.
  • Oboro and Hinata can have their recruitments skipped by not talking to them in Chapter 9 and having them fall as NPC units.
  • Even though Takumi appears as an enemy unit, he will still be recruited at the end of the chapter if he was defeated.
  • Reina can have her recruitment skipped by not talking to her in Chapter 11 and having her fall as an NPC unit.

In total, Fates: Birthright, at 18/19 units verses the usual 42, has one of the smaller required to obtainable ratios.

Fates: Conquest

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait corrin m fe14.png Corrin Nohr Prince*
Nohr Princess*
Prologue Prologue
Small portrait felicia fe14.png Felicia Maid Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait jakob fe14.png Jakob Butler Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait silas fe14.png Silas Cavalier Chapter 7 Chapter 7
Small portrait elise fe14.png Elise Troubadour Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait effie fe14.png Effie Knight Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait arthur fe14.png Arthur Fighter Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait odin fe14.png Odin Dark Mage Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait niles fe14.png Niles Outlaw Prologue Chapter 8
Small portrait azura fe14.png Azura Songstress Prologue*
Chapter 4*
Chapter 9
Small portrait camilla fe14.png Camilla Malig Knight Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait selena fe14.png Selena Mercenary Chapter 10 Chapter 10
Small portrait beruka fe14.png Beruka Wyvern Rider Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait kaze fe14.png Kaze Ninja Chapter 2 Chapter 11
Small portrait laslow fe14.png Laslow Mercenary Chapter 12 Chapter 12
Small portrait peri fe14.png Peri Cavalier Prologue Chapter 12
Small portrait benny fe14.png Benny Knight Prologue Chapter 13
Small portrait charlotte fe14.png Charlotte Fighter Chapter 13 Chapter 13
Small portrait leo fe14.png Leo Dark Knight Prologue Chapter 14
Small portrait gunter fe14.png Gunter Great Knight Prologue Chapter 15
Small portrait xander fe14.png Xander Paladin Prologue Chapter 16
There are 21 playable characters in Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest.
  • Since all Paralogues are optional, any characters recruited from them are likewise optional.
  • Since upgrading My Castle is optional, all units recruited from that are likewise optional.
  • All capturable, DLC, amiibo, and other bonus units are optional.
  • Both Felicia and Jakob will join either at Chapter 2 or Chapter 15, regardless of which gender of Corrin is chosen.
  • Nyx is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Keaton is an NPC unit whose recruitment is optional.
  • Shura can be killed when offered to be spared.
  • To check: If Chapter 7 is done in 3 turns, what happens to Arthur and Effie. Can Chapter 7 be done in 2 turns, in which case what happens to Silas and Elise. If Chapter 13 is done in 2 turns, what happens to Benny and Charlotte.

In total, Fates: Conquest, at 21 units verses the usual 41, has one of the higher required to obtainable ratios.

Fates: Revelation

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait corrin m fe14.png Corrin Nohr Prince*
Nohr Princess*
Prologue Prologue
Small portrait felicia fe14.png Felicia Maid Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait jakob fe14.png Jakob Butler Chapter 1 Chapter 2*
Chapter 15*
Small portrait azura fe14.png Azura Songstress Prologue*
Chapter 4*
Chapter 5
Small portrait gunter fe14.png Gunter Great Knight Prologue Chapter 7
Small portrait sakura fe14.png Sakura Shrine Maiden Prologue Chapter 8
Small portrait subaki fe14.png Subaki Sky Knight Prologue Chapter 8
Small portrait hana fe14.png Hana Samurai Chapter 8 Chapter 8
Small portrait kaze fe14.png Kaze Ninja Chapter 2 Chapter 8
Small portrait rinkah fe14.png Rinkah Oni Savage Prologue Chapter 9
Small portrait hayato fe14.png Hayato Diviner Prologue Chapter 9
Small portrait takumi fe14.png Takumi Archer Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait oboro fe14.png Oboro Spear Fighter Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait hinata fe14.png Hinata Samurai Prologue Chapter 10
Small portrait kagero fe14.png Kagero Ninja Prologue Chapter 11
Small portrait camilla fe14.png Camilla Malig Knight Prologue Chapter 12
Small portrait beruka fe14.png Beruka Wyvern Rider Prologue Chapter 12
Small portrait selena fe14.png Selena Mercenary Chapter 12 Chapter 12
Small portrait kaden fe14.png Kaden Kitsune Prologue Chapter 13
Small portrait keaton fe14.png Keaton Wolfskin Prologue Chapter 13
Small portrait elise fe14.png Elise Troubadour Prologue Chapter 14
Small portrait arthur fe14.png Arthur Fighter Prologue Chapter 14
Small portrait effie fe14.png Effie Knight Prologue Chapter 14
Small portrait silas fe14.png Silas Cavalier Chapter 14 Chapter 14
Small portrait ryoma fe14.png Ryoma Swordmaster Prologue Chapter 16
Small portrait hinoka fe14.png Hinoka Sky Knight Prologue Chapter 16
Small portrait azama fe14.png Azama Monk Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Small portrait setsuna fe14.png Setsuna Archer Prologue Chapter 16
Small portrait scarlet fe14.png Scarlet Wyvern Lord Chapter 13 Chapter 16*
Small portrait xander fe14.png Xander Paladin Prologue Chapter 17
Small portrait leo fe14.png Leo Dark Knight Prologue Chapter 17
There are 31 playable characters in Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation.
  • Since all Paralogues are optional, any characters recruited from them are likewise optional.
  • Since upgrading My Castle is optional, all units recruited from that are likewise optional.
  • All capturable, DLC, amiibo, and other bonus units are optional.
  • Both Felicia and Jakob will join either at Chapter 2 or Chapter 15, regardless of which gender of Corrin is chosen.
  • Saizo, Orochi, and Reina can have their recruitments skipped by not talking to Saizo in Chapter 8 and having them fall as NPC units.
  • Benny and Charlotte are enemies units whose recruitments are optional.
  • Nyx and Shura are NPC and enemy units respectively and their recruitments are optional.
  • Scarlet will leave at the start of Chapter 18 and cannot rejoin.
  • To check: If Chapter 17 is done in 2 turns (confirmed to be doable), what happens to Laslow, Peri, Odin, and Niles.

In total, Fates: Revelation, at 30/31 units verses the usual 67, has one of the higher required to obtainable ratios.

Three Houses: Crimson Flower

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait byleth m fe16.png Byleth Commoner Prologue Prologue
Small portrait edelgard fe16.png Edelgard Noble Prologue Prologue
Small portrait hubert fe16.png Hubert Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait ferdinand fe16.png Ferdinand Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait linhardt fe16.png Linhardt Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait caspar fe16.png Caspar Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait bernadetta fe16.png Bernadetta Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait dorothea fe16.png Dorothea Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait petra fe16.png Petra Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait flayn fe16.png Flayn Priest Chapter 1 Chapter 7*
Small portrait jeritza 02 fe16.png Jeritza Death Knight Chapter 1 Chapter 13*
There are 11 playable characters in the Fire Emblem: Three Houses Crimson Flower route.
  • All Blue Lion students, Golden Deer students, Knights of Seiros, and Church of Seiros staff are optional.
  • All DLC units are optional.
  • Flayn will leave at the start of Chapter 12 and cannot rejoin.
  • Jeritza was added in update 1.1.0 and will automatically join; if playing a version prior to 1.1.0, he will not be available as a unit.

In total, Three Houses: Crimson Flower, has 9/10/11 units versus the possible 32.

Three Houses: Silver Snow

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait byleth f fe16.png Byleth Commoner Prologue Prologue
Small portrait edelgard fe16.png Edelgard Noble Prologue Prologue*
Small portrait hubert fe16.png Hubert Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1*
Small portrait ferdinand fe16.png Ferdinand Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait linhardt fe16.png Linhardt Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait caspar fe16.png Caspar Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait bernadetta fe16.png Bernadetta Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait dorothea fe16.png Dorothea Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait petra fe16.png Petra Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait flayn fe16.png Flayn Priest Chapter 1 Chapter 7
Small portrait seteth fe16.png Seteth Wyvern Rider Chapter 1 Chapter 12
Small portrait catherine fe16.png Catherine Swordmaster Chapter 3 Chapter 12
Small portrait shamir fe16.png Shamir Sniper Chapter 2 Chapter 12
Small portrait cyril fe16.png Cyril Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 12
There are 14 playable characters in the Fire Emblem: Three Houses Silver Snow route.
  • All Blue Lion students, Golden Deer students, Knights of Seiros, and Church of Seiros staff are optional.
  • All DLC units are optional.
  • Edelgard and Hubert will leave the party at the end of Chapter 11 and cannot rejoin.
  • Seteth, Catherine, Shamir, and Cyril will automatically join at the start of Chapter 12. Shamir can be recruited prior to this.

In total, Three Houses: Silver Snow, has 12/14 units versus the possible 35.

Three Houses: Azure Moon

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait byleth f fe16.png Byleth Commoner Prologue Prologue
Small portrait dimitri fe16.png Dimitri Noble Prologue Prologue
Small portrait dedue fe16.png Dedue Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1*
Small portrait felix fe16.png Felix Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait ashe fe16.png Ashe Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait sylvain fe16.png Sylvain Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait mercedes fe16.png Mercedes Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait annette fe16.png Annette Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait ingrid fe16.png Ingrid Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait flayn fe16.png Flayn Priest Chapter 1 Chapter 7
Small portrait seteth fe16.png Seteth Wyvern Rider Chapter 1 Chapter 12
Small portrait gilbert fe16.png Gilbert Fortress Knight Chapter 5 Chapter 13
There are 12 playable characters in the Fire Emblem: Three Houses Azure Moon route.
  • All Black Eagle students, Golden Deer students, Knights of Seiros, and Church of Seiros staff are optional.
  • All DLC units are optional.
  • Dedue will leave after Chapter 12. If the Paralogue "War for the Weak" has been done he will rejoin in Chapter 16; otherwise he is lost permanently.

In total, Three Houses: Azure Moon, has 11/12 units versus the possible 36.

Three Houses: Verdant Wind

Portrait Name Class First appears in Joins in
Small portrait byleth f fe16.png Byleth Commoner Prologue Prologue
Small portrait claude fe16.png Claude Noble Prologue Prologue
Small portrait lorenz fe16.png Lorenz Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait raphael fe16.png Raphael Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait ignatz fe16.png Ignatz Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait lysithea fe16.png Lysithea Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait marianne fe16.png Marianne Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait hilda fe16.png Hilda Noble Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait leonie fe16.png Leonie Commoner Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Small portrait flayn fe16.png Flayn Priest Chapter 1 Chapter 7
Small portrait seteth fe16.png Seteth Wyvern Rider Chapter 1 Chapter 12
There are 11 playable characters in the Fire Emblem: Three Houses Verdant Wind route.
  • All Black Eagle students, Blue Lion students, Knights of Seiros, and Church of Seiros staff are optional.
  • All DLC units are optional.

In total, Three Houses: Verdant Wind, has 11 units versus the possible 34.

Three Houses: Cindered Shadows

Main article: List of characters in Fire Emblem: Three Houses § Cindered Shadows DLC

All playable characters in this scenario are unavoidably recruited.

At 11 units versus the usual 11, Cindered Shadows has the highest required to obtain ratio possible.