Class change/Family Computer games

This sub-page covers the class change stats for the two Family Computer games: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem Gaiden.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

In Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, class change is achieved through the use of items specific to each class. Compared to later installments, only eleven classes—six base and five advanced—are connected into class change trees, with the vast majority—including the Lord—incapable of promotion at all.

All stat increases when changing class are based on the promoted class's base stats. If a unit's given stat prior to promotion is lower than the promoted class's base stat in the same, the stat is increased to the promoted class's base stat. If a unit's current stat is higher than or equal to the promoted base stat, the stat is unmodified.

Class change options and base stats in Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light
Item	Base class	Advanced class	HP	Str	Skl	WLv	Spd	Def	Mov
Knight Crest	Cavalier	Paladin	22	8	7	10	11	9	10
Hero Crest	Mercenary	Hero	24	8	14	10	14	8	7
Orion's Bolt	Archer	Sniper	24	7	10	10	14	7	7
Bishop's Ring	Mage	Bishop	22	3	1	10	14	8	6
Curate	22	3	1	10	14	8	6
Skydrake Whip	Pegasus Knight	Wyvern Knight	22	9	3	10	6	14	10

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Alm visits a Mila Shrine, the only occasions where class changing can be achieved.

In Gaiden, class changing is achieved by visiting any Mila Shrine. By interacting with the statue in the center of a shrine, the player is prompted to promote each unit capable of promoting, one at a time. Each class has a set threshold level for class changing; once they reach this, the player is notified that the unit can change class. Gaiden is the first game to feature a trainee class (the Villager) and third-tier advanced classes.

Alm and Celica both promote in events: Celica promotes to Princess by talking to a woman in Grieth's Fort after clearing it in Act 3, and Alm promotes to Hero when Celica talks to Halcyon in the Sage's Hamlet in Act 4. While Celica's initial class, Priestess, is not exclusive to her, no other Priestesses can promote to Princess. When promoting a Villager, the player is randomly offered a class to promote it to; if the option is not to the player's wishes, they may cancel and try again to get a different offered class. When a Dread Fighter promotes to Villager, they can promote again to any of the five options available to the Villager as usual, looping to the beginning of the class change tree.

Most stat increases when changing class are based on the promoted class's base stats. If a unit's HP, strength, skill, speed, or luck prior to promotion is lower than the promoted class's base stat, the stat is increased to the promoted class's base stat. If a unit's current stat is greater than or equal to the promoted base stat, the stat is unmodified; if every stat is higher than the promoted base stat, the unit receives +1 maximum HP (except for Celica, who receives no bonuses on promotion). A unit's movement is changed to the promoted class's movement, even if this would decrease the stat, and a unit's resistance is unchanged (unless promoting to or from Dread Fighter).

Level thresholds

Class change options and level thresholds in Gaiden
Trainee class	Level threshold	Base class	Level threshold	Advanced class	Level threshold	Adv. class (tier 3)	Level threshold	Trainee class
	Fighter	Event (Act 4)	Hero
Priestess	Event (Act 3)	Princess
Villager	3	Mercenary	7	Myrmidon	10	Dread Fighter	10	Villager
Cavalier	7	Paladin	10	Gold Knight
Soldier	7	Knight	10	Baron
Archer	7	Sniper	10	Bow Knight
Mage (M)	12	Sage
	Cleric	12	Saint
Mage (F)	20	Priestess
Pegasus Knight	12	Falcon Knight

Stat modifications

Class change options and base stats in Gaiden
Starting class	Promoted class	HP	Str	Skl	Spd	Luck	Def	Res	Mov
Fighter	Hero	36	16	14	14	10	10	+0	+1
Priestess	Princess	--	--	--	--	--	--	+0	+0
Villager	Mercenary	24	8	8	10	0	4	+0	+0
Cavalier	24	9	3	5	0	5	+0	+3
Soldier	26	10	1	3	0	5	+0	+0
Archer	24	9	1	2	0	3	+0	+0
Mage (M)	28	8	3	4	0	5	+0	+0
Mercenary	Myrmidon	30	11	11	14	0	7	+0	+1
Myrmidon	Dread Fighter	36	15	16	18	0	11	+15	+2
Dread Fighter	Villager	26	7	1	2	0	2	−15	−3
Cavalier	Paladin	28	12	5	8	0	8	+0	+1
Paladin	Gold Knight	40	18	7	12	0	13	+0	+1
Soldier	Knight	34	16	2	2	0	12	+0	+0
Knight	Baron	40	22	6	4	0	18	+0	+0
Archer	Sniper	30	12	6	6	0	6	+0	+1
Sniper	Bow Knight	40	16	8	8	0	10	+0	+3
Mage (M)	Sage	32	12	8	7	0	6	+0	+0
Cleric	Saint	30	10	1	2	0	8	+0	+1
Mage (F)	Priestess	36	5	1	1	0	1	+0	+0
Pegasus Knight	Falcon Knight	40	15	1	5	0	12	+0	+1

See also

• Class change/Super Famicom games
• Class change/Game Boy Advance games
• Class change/GameCube and Wii games
• Class change/Nintendo DS games
• Class change/Nintendo 3DS games
• Class change/Nintendo Switch games
• Class change/Spin-off games