Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones/Combat

Movement

Only mounted units can spend their remaining movement points after visiting house and villages.

Abnormal conditions

A unit may become afflicted by one of these abnormalities.

1. Sleep - unable to move
2. Silence - unable to use magic or staves
3. Poison - damages over time
4. Berserk - attack enemies and allies randomly
5. Petrify - unable to move

These conditions can remedied with a Restore staff.

Weapons

Weapon rank

Higher weapons ranks allow for the usage of better weapons of the corresponding weapon type. S-rank is the highest weapon rank and can only be earned by a promoted character. S-rank weapons gain a bonus of +5% crit.

Weapon and magic effectiveness

In battle, certain weapon and magic types are more effective verse other weapon and magic type, as such:

• Sword > Axe
• Axe > Lance
• Lance > Sword

Note: Reaver-type weapons reverse the above conditional expressions.

Advantageous weapons gain a bonus of +15% hit, +1 weapon might, while disadvantageous weapons are penalized -15% hit, -1 weapon might.

• Anima > Light
• Light > Dark
• Dark > Anima

Some weapons are effective versus specific types of units:

• Bow > Flying units

Terrain bonuses

• Peak: avoid +40% def +2
• Throne: avoid +30% def +3 (only affect physical defense)
• Gate: avoid +30% def +3
• Mountains: avoid +30% def +1
• Forest: avoid +20% def +1
• Fort: avoid +20% def +2
• Lake: avoid +10%
• House: avoid +10%
• Sand: avoid +5%

Any unit ending its turn on a fort, castle gate, gate, or throne will recover HP next turn.