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“Strong against cavalry/armored units. For Marth.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Rapier is a special Sword that recurrently appears in a majority of the titles within the Fire Emblem Series.

Overview[]

In almost all of its incarnations, the Rapier is exclusively bound to Lord characters who function as the paramount figures of importance in their respective stories. Exceptions to this strict rule include Mystery of the Emblem, in which the dancer Phina is also able to wield the blade, alongside Thracia 776, Shadows of Valentia, Three Houses, and Warriors: Three Hopes in which all sword-wielding units may equip the blade.

This blade possesses the unique ability of allowing its wielder to be able to inflict effective damage against cavalry and armoured units; a trait that is shared with eight other weapons in the series, including the Wolf Beil, Mani Katti, Reginleif, the Regal Sword, Thani, the Wing Spear, the Noble Rapier and the Wing Sword. The Regal Sword is known to boast statistics that parallel that of the Rapier.

It is possible for the player to procure multiple Rapiers (apart from the mandatory one that almost every Lord character wields at the beginning of their respective games) in a single play-through of any given Fire Emblem title, specifically through the visiting of Villages, the raiding of Chests or simply purchasing them from a select few armories. The Rapier still remains elusive nonetheless, to the point where even the armouries selling them only carry limited supplies of the weapon.

Weapon Stats[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Name Type

Rapier

Sword

WLv Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt Worth
* 28 5 100% 10% 1 1 900
Effect

Bonus damage to Social Knights/Paladins and armored units.

*Marth only

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name Type

RapierFE3 Rapier

Sword

WLv Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt Worth
* 30 5 90% 10% 1 1 3,000
Effect

Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Lords and Dancers only.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]

Name Type

FE5rapier Rapier

FE5 Sword Icon Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
C 20 4 90% 10% 1 3 1 1,000
Effect

Effective damage against horseback and armored units.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga[]

Name Type

TRSRapier Rapier

TS Sword Sword

WLv WHp Power Hit Crt Rng Wt Worth
* 25 5 100% 3% 1 3 2,500
Effect

Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Runan only.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]

Name Type

Rapier Rapier

Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
Prf* 25 5 95% 10% 1 5 1 2,000
Effect

Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Roy only. Although its in-game description indicates otherwise, the Rapier in this game does not deal effective damage against Troubadours, Valkyries, Nomads and Nomadic Troopers.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]

Name Type

Rapier Rapier

Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
Prf* 40 7 95% 10% 1 5 2 6,000
Effect

Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Eliwood only.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]

“Effective against infantry.”
—In-game description
Name Type

RapierRapier

Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
Prf* 40 7 95% 10% 1 5 2 -
Effect

Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Eirika only.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Name Type

FE11rapier Rapier

FE12 Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt WEx Worth
E* 28 5 100% 10% 1 4** 2 1,120
Effect

Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units.

*Marth only.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Name Type

FE11rapier Rapier

FE12 Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Worth
E* 28 5 100% 10% 1 2 1,120
Effect

Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units.

*Marth only.

Fire Emblem Awakening[]

Name Type

Rapier FE13 Icon Rapier

SwordIconFE13 Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Worth
E* 35 5 90% 10% 1 ? 1,600
Effect

Effective against beast and armored units.

* Lords , Great Lords and Lodestars only.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia[]

Name Type

Echoes rapier icon Rapier

Echoes sword weapon type icon Sword

Mt Hit Crt Rng Wt
3 90% 5% 1 1
Effect

Teaches Echoes Sword Skill iconAnti-Cavalry, Echoes Sword Skill iconAnti-Armor,
Echoes Sword Skill iconSubdue, Echoes Sword Skill iconShadow Gambit, Echoes Sword Skill iconDestreza

Forging
Silver mark icon Golden mark icon Mt Hit Crt Wt
1 80 +1 +5
2 50 1 +2 +5 +5 -1
3 100 1 +3 +10 +10 -1

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

Name Type

FE16 Sword Weapon Icon Rapier

FE16 sword icon Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Wt Worth
E 40 7 95% 10% 1 ? 5 ?
Effect

Effective against cavalry and armored units.

Name Type

FE16 Sword Weapon Icon Rapier+

FE16 sword icon Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Rng WEx Wt Worth
E 45 9 95% 20% 1 ? 5 -
Effect

Effective against cavalry and armored units.

Fire Emblem Engage[]

Marth's Rapier[]

Name Type

MarthRapierFE17Sprite Rapier

FE17 Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Wt Rng Worth
D 7 95% 0% 3 1 100
Effect

Engage weapon. Avo+20, Sword wielded by Emblem Marth. Effective: Cavalry, Armored.

Eirika's Rapier[]

Name Type

EirikaRapierFE17Sprite Rapier

FE17 Sword Sword

Rank Uses Mt Hit Crt Wt Rng Worth
D 7 95% 10% 5 1 100
Effect

Engage Weapon. Sword wielded by Emblem Eirika. Effective: Cavalry, Armored.

Fire Emblem Heroes[]

Name Type

Rapier

FEH Sword Sword

Mt Rng SP Rarity
16 1 400 ✯✯✯✯✯
Effect

Effective against armored and cavalry foes. Grants Spd+3. If unit’s HP ≤ 75% and foe initiates combat, unit can counterattack before foe's first attack.

Item Locations[]

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light[]

Method Location
Inventory Marth
Armory Ch. 8Ch. 10Ch. 11Ch. 12Ch. 13Ch. 14Ch. 15Ch. 16Ch. 18Ch. 20Ch. 21Ch. 22Ch. 24

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem[]

Method Location
Dropped Book 1: Enemy Thief (Ch. 10)
Book 2: Enemy Thief (Ch. 15)
Inventories Book 1: Marth
Book 2: MarthPhina
Secret Shops Book 1: Ch. 14
Book 2: Ch. 11

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776[]

Method Location
Treasure Ch. 4 - Chest
Visit Ch. 6 - Village

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga[]

Method Location
Inventory Runan
Shops M26A • Razeria

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade[]

Method Location
Inventory Roy
Treasure Ch. 7 - Chest

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade[]

Method Location
Dropped Eliwood's Story: Enemy Myrmidon (Ch. 28)
Inventory Eliwood

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones[]

Method Location
Event Prologue
Treasure Ch. 9A - Village

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[]

Method Location
Inventory Marth
Armories Ch. 8 (x1) • Ch. 11 (x1) • Ch. 15 (x1) • Ch. 18 (x1) • Ch. 20 (x1) • Ch. 24 (x1)

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem[]

Method Location
Dropped Enemy Thief (Ch. 15)
Inventory Marth
Armories Ch. 15Ch. 19
Secret Shop Ch. 11

Fire Emblem Awakening[]

Method Location
Inventories ChromLucina
Merchants YlisstolBorder Wastes • The Searoad

Fire Emblem: Three Houses[]

Method Location
Dropped Enemy Sniper (Oil and Water)
Dropped Third army Assassin (The Sleeping Sand Legend)

Non-Canon Appearances[]

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.[]

The Rapier appears in the game under the possession of Marth. It allows Marth to strike enemies weak points much more easily.

Etymology[]

During the early 1500s, the rapier blade took on a rather prestigious status in Europe, where it was regarded as being extremely fashionable by the wealthier facets of society. Such a fact is more than apt in the context of the Fire Emblem Series, in which the Rapier's unique trait of being bound to Lord characters serves as a pivotal means to emphasize on the regal, venerated positions that they possess in the factions that they are respectively aligned to.

Trivia[]

  • The Florete blade closely resembles the traditional Rapier, not just due to the fact that they are bound to specific individuals in the respective games that they appear in, but also because they bear high Critical hit rates and are named after fencing swords (Rapier and foil respectively).
  • In spite of the fact that the Rapier is effective against almost all mounted and and armoured units (depending on the game in question), the in-game description of the weapon in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones states that it is "effective against infantry".

Gallery[]

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