Zofia's Call/Fleecer's Forest Battle

Fleecer's Forest Battle

Location Fleecer's Forest Boss(es) Brigand* Previous chapter(s) Ram Woods Battle Next chapter(s) Storming of Ram Valley Thieves' Shrine

Fleecer's Forest Battle (Japanese: 盗賊の森の戦い Thieves' forest battle) is the second map of the first act in Fire Emblem Gaiden and Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. In this map, Alm continues his journey through southern Zofia.

Map data

Chapter data

Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Alm dies	5	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	7	{{{third}}}

Units are arranged based on their position in deployment order after Alm.

Normal Hard

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Alm dies	6	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	7	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 22 columns by 20 rows

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Rout the enemy	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Alm dies	6	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	8	{{{third}}}
Map dimensions: 22 columns by 20 rows

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Character data

Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Characters
New units
None
Required characters
Available characters

Characters
New units
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Available characters

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Enemy data

Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Normal Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Hard

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str/Mag Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Brigand Brigand 1 1 26 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 -- Moves to attack if a unit is in range; moves to the nearest avoid-boosting terrain otherwise. Brigand Brigand 1 5 26 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 -- -- Archer Archer 1 1 24 9 1 2 0 3 0 4 -- --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Atk Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Brigands Brigand 1 1 26 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 -- Axe • Starts on supplies. • Moves to attack if a unit is in range; returns to his starting position otherwise. Brigands Brigand 1 5 26 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 -- Axe -- Brigands Archer 1 1 24 8 1 2 0 3 0 4 -- Bow • Bowrange +1 --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Atk Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Brigands Brigand 3 1 28 8 2 3 0 3 0 4 -- Axe • Starts on supplies. • Moves to attack if a unit is in range; returns to his starting position otherwise. Brigands Brigand 1 6 26 7 1 2 0 2 0 4 -- Axe -- Brigands Archer 1 1 24 9 1 2 0 3 0 4 -- Bow • Bowrange +1 --

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Boss data

Normal Hard

Brigand Level 1

Stats Max HP 26 Luck 0 Attack 7 Defense 2 Skill 1 Resistance 0 Speed 2 Movement 4

Item Skills -- Axe Weapons ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Brigand Level 3

Stats Max HP 28 Luck 0 Attack 8 Defense 3 Skill 2 Resistance 0 Speed 3 Movement 4

Item Skills -- Axe Weapons ✗ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

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• Note: This enemy is not classified as a boss in Gaiden.

Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

Gaiden

In Gaiden, this map is a bit more dangerous than the previous one. As usual, the victory condition is to rout the enemy. It is recommended to have the villagers hold back on tree tiles, and move Alm closer to the middle of the map, as he starts a bit far away. Let the enemies come to the player units, and kill the archer first, though this may prove to be difficult, as more likely than not, they will end their turn on a tree tile, boosting their avoid.

After the archer is killed, and if all the player units are in good condition, push forward and fight the approaching thieves. Any units that are in danger should retreat towards the small fort in the bottom left of the map. It is unlikely that they will be there long enough to restore HP, but if the fight somehow draws on long enough having units healed is useful.

At the very least, Alm should always be in capable condition for this fight due to his stats, so continue to push with Alm and any other units that have not been weakened and kill the rest of the bandits. Due to the number of enemies it is highly recommended to keep player units on the tree tiles.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

In Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, you start out only able to attack with Alm, Lukas, and Kliff. On turn 1, move Alm, Tobin, and Faye as far north as possible. Have Lukas injure the Archer from the south, move Kliff one step left, and move Gray up one and right one. On enemy phase, Brigands will attack Alm and Gray while the Archer retreats southwest.

On turn 2, move Alm just below the stairs. This cuts off the northern supplies and forces fleeing enemies to go southwest. Lukas should kill the Archer from the north. Move Gray left one and up two, then move Kliff up one and left one. Finally, have Tobin weaken the Brigand who attacked Gray and have Faye finish him off, both from forests. If Tobin got two kills last battle, he should level up here; he can't get Attack. On enemy phase, Alm, Gray, and Kliff come under attack. Kliff levels up, and needs to gain Speed.

On turn 3, have Alm finish the boss off. Have Gray weaken the Brigand who attacked Kliff from the north and have Kliff finish him from the west. Then have Tobin weaken the Brigand who attacked Gray from the forest and have Faye finish him from the south. She levels up; if she gets Speed, so much the better. Finally, move Lukas up one and right one so that the last enemies can't go too far west. At this point, the battle is won; on turn 4, Kliff, Faye, and Alm can finish the stragglers. If everything went well, Tobin should be ready to promote; Kliff only needs to survive one more battle and Faye only needs one more kill after bonus experience.

Map Turn Count: 4
Game Turn Count: 9

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	This gloomy wood has been prowled by brigands recently, making travel along its roads rather risky.	鬱蒼とした少し暗い森。 近年は盗賊が 多く出没するため 森の中を抜ける街道の 通行には危険が伴う。

Trivia

• This is one of the few maps in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia where the player unit's deployment positions were changed slightly from Gaiden; Alm's starting position was moved closer to his allies.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Fleecer's Forest Battle	--
Japanese	盗賊の森の戦い	Thieves' forest battle
French	Bataille: Forêt des brigands	Battle: Brigands' Forest
Dutch	Strijd: Stropersbos	Battle: Marauder's Forest
Korean	도적의 숲의 전투	Bandit forest battle

Gallery

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