- Not to be confused with the spell known as Nosferatu in the Japanese versions of the GBA games
—In-game description, New Mystery of the Emblem
Nosferatu is an offensive spell introduced as Black Magic in Fire Emblem Gaiden. It has been alternated between acting as a Light and Dark magic spell in the Fire Emblem series.
History in the Series[]
Originally introduced as Black Magic in Fire Emblem Gaiden, it appears as a Dark spell in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates.
It has appeared as a Light spell in Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Engage.
This tome is suitably named "Nosferatu" for its vampiric effect of absorbing HP from an enemy unit. It is especially unique in Gaiden, as it is the only weapon (apart from the Falchion and certain Amiibo weapons) that can damage Duma after his HP has been depleted to 52.
In Mystery of the Emblem and its remake, this spell may only be cast by female magic users.
In Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, Nosferatu can only be obtained in Chapter 6, during the second generation. In order to obtain it, Seliph must capture Isaach Castle before capturing Sophara castle, and must speak to Julia, after which she will obtain the Nosferatu, an A-Rank tome. Thanks to her major Naga blood, Julia is the only character who has access to Nosferatu and can wield it. (Theoretically, Deirdre can wield Nosferatu for the same reason Julia can, but the tome is not available in the first generation.) Conversely, if Sophara Castle is captured first, Seliph will give Julia the Aura tome, and Nosferatu will no longer be available for the rest of the game.
In The Sacred Stones, the Nosferatu tome is not available for purchase in any stores on the World Map, essentially meaning that only a few obtainable copies of the tome exist in any one given gameplay. Knoll joins the player's army with the tome as a starting item, and there is at least one available in a certain chest residing within the Tower of Valni. Furthermore, the shop at Narube River also offers this tome for sale when a battle takes place there, other than skirmishes in Creature Campaign.
In Three Houses, Nosferatu is a spell all Units can learn when their Faith stat has been tutored to a Rank D+.
Weapon Stats[]
Fire Emblem Gaiden[]
Name | Type | |||
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Resire |
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Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt |
0 | 50% | 20% | 1-2 | 2 |
Effect | ||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit; Capable of inflicting damage on Duma when his HP is ≤ 52. No HP cost. Locked to 50% hit rate. |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]
Name | Type | ||||||
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WLv | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | Worth |
1 | 24 | 12 | 90% | 0% | 1-2 | 10 | 4,800 |
Effect | |||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit; May only be used by female characters. |
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War[]
Name | Type | |||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Rng | Wt | Worth |
A | 50 | 14 | 70% | 1-2 | 12 | 10,000 |
Effect | ||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
B | 60 | 12 | 65% | 0% | 1-2 | 12 | -- | 5,200 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
C | 20 | 10 | 70% | 0% | 1-2 | 6 | -- | 3,000 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
C | 20 | 10 | 70% | 0% | 1-2 | 14 | 1 | 3,200 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]
—In-game description, The Sacred Stones
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
C | 20 | 10 | 70% | 0% | 1-2 | 14 | 1 | 3,200 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
A | 20 | 7 | 70% | 0% | 1-2 | 12 | 2 | 1,500 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt | WEx | Worth |
S | 20 | 6 | 85% | 0% | 1-2 | 7 | 4 | 4,000 |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit. |
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]
Name | Type | ||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
E | 24 | 8 | 90% | 0% | 1-2 | 2 | 2,400 |
Effect | |||||||
Restores user's HP equivalent to the amount of damage inflicted upon a selected enemy unit; May only be used by female units. |
Fire Emblem Awakening[]
Name | Type | ||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Worth |
D | 20 | 7 | 65% | 0% | 1~2 | ? | 980 |
Effect | |||||||
Usable only by Dark Mages and Sorcerers, recovers HP equal to half the damage dealt to enemy. |
Fire Emblem Fates[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Nosferatu |
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Avo | Rng | WEx | Worth |
D | Infinite | 7 | 70% | 0% | (-20%) | 1~2 | ? | 4000 |
Effect | ||||||||
Usable only by Dark Mages and Sorcerers, recovers HP equal to half the damage dealt. |
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia[]
Name | Type | |||
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Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | Wt |
0 | 60% | 0 | 1-2 | 2 |
Effect | ||||
Absorbs HP equal to damage dealt to enemy. |
Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]
Name | Type | |||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Rng | WEx | Wt | Worth |
E | 12 | 1 | 80% | 0 | 1~2 | - | 8 | - |
Effect | ||||||||
Restores HP equal to 50% of damage dealt to foe. |
Fire Emblem Engage[]
Name | Type | ||||||
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Rank | Uses | Mt | Hit | Crt | Wt | Rng | Worth |
D | ∞ | 9 | 85% | 0% | 7 | 1-2 | 100 |
Effect | |||||||
Engage Weapon. Light tome wielded by Emblem Micaiah. User recovers HP equal to 50% of damage dealt. |
Item Locations[]
Fire Emblem Gaiden[]
Method | Location |
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Learnt | Innate: Genny • Silque • Tatiana |
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Book 2: Enemy Thief (Ch. 17) |
Inventory | Book 2: Linde |
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War[]
Method | Location |
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Event | Second Generation: Ch. 6 - Have Seliph speak to Julia after seizing Isaach Castle. |
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Canis (Final) |
Visit | Ch. 14 - Village |
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]
Method | Location |
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Inventory | Raigh |
Treasure | Ch. 20A - Chest • Ch. 20B - Chest • Ch. 22 |
Vendors | Ch. 14 • Ch. 23 |
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Eliwood's Story: Enemy Shaman (Ch. 18) • Enemy Shaman (Ch. 22x) • Enemy Shaman (Ch 24) • Enemy Druid (Ch. 30) Hector's Story: Enemy Shaman (Ch. 19) • Enemy Shaman (Ch. 20) • Enemy Shaman (Ch. 23x) • Enemy Shaman (Ch 24) • Enemy Druid (Ch. 32) |
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Lyon (Ch. 17) |
Inventory | Knoll |
Treasure | Tower of Valni Floor 6 • Lagdou Ruins Floor 3 • Lagdou Ruins Floor 5 |
Vendor | Ch. 17 |
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Oliver (Ch. 17-4) |
Treasure | Ch. 22 - Chest |
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn[]
Method | Location |
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Inventory | Oliver |
Base Conversation | Part 4: Ch. 3 - View the Base Conversation titled "Naesala". |
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]
Method | Location |
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Dropped | Enemy Thief (Ch. 17) |
Inventories | Linde • Katarina • Eremiya (Bonus chapter-only.) |
Online Shop | -- |
Fire Emblem Awakening[]
Method | Location |
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Inventories | Tharja • Aversa |
Armories | Ch. 13 • Para. 14 • Para. 17 |
Merchants | Ch. 9 • Para. 3 |
SpotPass | Merric • Deirdre • Salem • Raigh • Sophia |
Double Duel | -- |
Non-canon appearances[]
Super Smash Bros. series[]
Nosferatu is the down special move of Robin in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
When using Nosferatu, Robin traps an enemy in a dark field in front of them, dealing 15% damage while healing themselves. Any other opponents caught in this attack are knocked back without damage. Nosferatu is considered a grab move and can hit through shields. It can be used only four times, and can only be used again after a cooldown time of 40 seconds, the longest of any of Robin's attacks.
The amount of Robin's damage restored depends on where Robin hits their opponent or their damage percentages. If attacking from the front, Nosferatu restores 13% of Robin's damage, but if attacking from behind, this restores 16% of their damage. The damage healed is mainly based upon percentage differences. If the enemy has 0% and Robin is at 999%, Robin will heal themselves by 300%, when Robin has 160% and the enemy has 0%, Nosferatu will heal Robin by 60%.
The first custom variant for this move is Distant Nosferatu, which can catch opponents from farther away, but has less of a damaging and healing effect. The second is Goetia, another dark magic tome exclusively in Fire Emblem Awakening; the move can pull in opponents and deals greater damage, but no longer heals Robin.
Fire Emblem Warriors[]
Nosferatu appears in the move sets for Tharja and Linde in Fire Emblem Warriors, as Tharja's standard Warrior Special and Linde’s Awakening Special, with both versions healing the user after use.
Dragalia Lost[]
Nosferatu appears in Dragalia Lost as one of Veronica's skills, who was a character released as part of the first Fire Emblem crossover event.
Nosferatu | |
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Deals shadow damage to surrounding enemies, and restores 5% of the damage inflicted as HP to the user. This recovery caps at 15% of their maximum HP. |
Etymology[]
Its Japanese name likely comes from the prefix "Re" (リ), used for many white magic spells in Gaiden, and the English "desire" (ディザイア). Alternatively, to "Resile" is to return to a previous position or state.
Its English name, "Nosferatu", is a Romanian word that is synonymous with "vampire", popularized by an unlicensed film adaption of Dracula which replaced, among other names, "Dracula" with "Nosferatu".
Trivia[]
- When this spell is cast on a wall or any other non-living obstacle, the wielder will still be able to leech HP from it. This can prove to be rather useful as such objects tend to lack resistance, thus returning the maximum amount of HP to the caster in question. (This is not true in Fates)
- Nosferatu is the only Dark Tome in Fire Emblem Fates.
- In Genealogy, Nosferatu uses the same animation as using the Earth Sword at long range. They also share the same life-steal effect.
- In Fire Emblem Warriors Nosferatu produces light effects when used by Linde and dark effects when used by Tharja during their Awakening and Warrior Specials, referrencing how the spell is classified in their respective games.