Skill items

In Fire Emblem series games which feature the skills system, the teaching of new skills to units can occasionally be handled through the use of special items. These comprise a set of items which, when used or otherwise applied to a unit, bestow upon that unit a new skill. Depending on the game, these items are either single-use, or can be unequipped from a unit to be applied to another at will. As these items have few unique characteristics of their own, they are all summarized here.

Skill items in Genealogy of the Holy War

There exist no items which formally confer a skill upon a unit in the vein of later games in Genealogy of the Holy War. Instead, there are a number of bands and a few weapons which, when equipped for weapons or in a unit's inventory for bands, give the unit the effect of the skill in question. The effect is tied to the item/weapon and is removed when it is deposited into storage or sold into the pawn shop. Similarly, when a ring/weapon is in the possession of a unit, the matching skill does not appear in the unit's skills list.

• Miracle Sword (Miracle)
• Thief's Sword (Steal)
• Tyrfing (Miracle)
• Mystletainn (Critical)
• Killer Bow (Critical)
• Killer Ballista (Critical)
• Circlet (Miracle and Renewal)
• Renewal Band (Renewal)
• Paragon Band (Paragon)
• Thief's Band (Steal)
• Miracle Band (Miracle)
• Follow-Up Ring (Follow-Up)
• Bargain Band (Bargain)
• Knight Ring (Canto)
• Recover Ring (Recover)
• Return Band (Return)

Skill items in Thracia 776

Thracia 776 introduced a series of skill manuals, single-use items which permanently teach their skill to a unit. The available range of skill manuals covers only a small portion of the skills present in Thracia, and of these there is only one of each manual available in the course of the game.

Item	Skill	Uses	Worth	Availability	Notes
Vantage M	Vantage	1	8,000	Ch.12, capture/steal from enemy Cullough	--
Nihil M	Nihil	1	8,000	Ch.16A, capture/steal from enemy Conomor	--
Bargain M	Bargain	1	8,000	--	Unused.
Accost M	Accost	1	8,000	Ch.12x, chest	--
Adept M	Adept	1	8,000	Ch.18, steal from enemy Gustaf	--
Paragon M	Paragon	1	8,000	Chapter 6, village*	--
Luna M	Luna	1	8,000	Ch.16B, capture/steal from enemy Swordmaster	--
Miracle M	Miracle	1	8,000	--	Unused.
Sol M	Sol	1	8,000	Inventory: Ilios	--
Wrath M	Wrath	1	8,000	Chapter 8x, chest	--

In addition to these, there are a number of weapons which, when equipped, temporarily confer a skill upon the wielder. This works the same as it did in Genealogy of the Holy War, with the skill being removed when the weapon is unequipped.

• Paragon Sword (Paragon)
• King Sword (Charm)
• Shadow Sword (Nihil)
• Mareeta's Sword (Nihil)
• Beo's Sword (Vantage and Wrath)
• Blessed Sword (Miracle)
• Bragi Sword (Miracle)
• Dragon Lance (Vantage)

Skill items in Path of Radiance

Skill items in Path of Radiance, now portrayed as scrolls instead of books, work mostly the same as in Thracia 776, save for the fact that they are partially integrated into the base's skills menu, and must accordingly be used there instead of at any time as an item. Skill scrolls are one-use only; like pre-existing skills, removing a scroll skill from a unit deletes it entirely and does not return the scroll to the player to be re-used.

Item	Skill	Uses	Worth	Availability	Notes
Occult	See §Occult	1	--	• Chapter 13, chest • Chapter 16, base conversation "Stefan" • Chapter 27-1, dropped by enemy Hafedd • Inventory: Tauroneo	--
Adept	Adept	1	2,000	Chapter 17-4, dropped by enemy Halberdier (Easy/Normal/Difficult)/Sniper (Maniac)	--
Corrosion	Corrosion	1	2,000	Chapter 21, chest	--
Counter	Counter	1	2,000	Chapter 10, chest	--
Gamble	Gamble	1	2,000	Chapter 16, dropped by enemy Mage	--
Guard	Guard	1	2,000	Chapter 15, hidden treasure	--
Miracle	Miracle	1	1,000	Chapter 7, chest	--
Nihil	Nihil	1	2,000	Chapter 24, village	--
Parity	Parity	1	1,000	Chapter 21, chest	--
Provoke	Provoke	1	2,000	Chapter 20, dropped by enemy Sniper	--
Renewal	Renewal	1	--	Chapter 18, if the player refuses to recruit Reyson	Ena and Elincia only in the Japanese version
Resolve	Resolve	1	2,000	Chapter 27-1, chest	--
Savior	Savior	1	2,000	Chapter 24, village	--
Shade	Shade	1	1,000	Chapter 18, dropped by enemy Sage*	--
Smite	Smite	1	2,000	Chapter 20, village	--
Vantage	Vantage	1	2,000	Chapter 14, village	--
Wrath	Wrath	1	2,000	Chapter 18, chest	--
IID_FRAC90	Blossom	1	3,000	--	Unused; Sothe only.
IID_CHANT	Canto	1	6,000	--	Unused; transformed Herons only*.
IID_SWIFT	Celerity	1	3,000	--	Unused.
IID_HORROR	Daunt	1	2,000	--	Unused.
IID_IMPREGNABLE	鉄壁	1	1,000	--	Unused.
IID_TELEGNOSIS	Insight	1	3,000	--	Unused; Janaff only.
IID_ELITE	Paragon	1	3,000	--	Unused; Astrid and Geoffrey only.
IID_REINFORCEMENTS	Reinforce	1	3,000	--	Unused; Tanith only.
IID_CALM	Serenity	1	1,000	--	Unused.
IID_TEMPER	Tempest	1	1,000	--	Unused.
IID_BIGEAR	Vigilance	1	3,000	--	Unused; Ulki* only.

Occult

The Occult scroll (Japanese: 奥義の書 Esoteric Book) is the means by which mastery skills are assigned in Path of Radiance. Usable on any promoted beorc unit or any laguz unit at level 15 or higher, Occult teaches a unit fitting these criteria a skill dependent on their class.

Mastery skills taught by Occult
Mastery skill	Classes learned
Aether	Hero (Usable only through hacking) • Lord
Sol	Paladin • Valkyrie
Luna	General • Halberdier
Astra	Swordmaster
Colossus	Berserker • Warrior
Deadeye	Sniper
Lethality	Assassin
Stun	Falcon Knight • Princess Crimea • Wyvern Lord
Flare	Bishop • Sage
Roar	Beast Tribe (Cat • Lion • Tiger)
Cancel	Bird Tribe (Hawk)
Vortex	Bird Tribe (Raven)
Blessing	Bird Tribe (Heron)
Boon	Dragon Tribe (Red Dragon • White Dragon)

Skill items in Radiant Dawn

In Radiant Dawn, as in Path of Radiance, skill scrolls are integrated as part of the game's skill organization system. While skill scrolls are treated as normal items when not in use, they are applied to units through the base's skills menu. The primary change from the Path of Radiance system is that, with the exception of rare locked skills, a unit's initial skills can be unequipped from the unit and not permanently lost. When unequipped they are turned into a skill scroll which can be reassigned at will to another unit; as such, almost every skill has a matching scroll, and those which don't are either concerned with a class's unique functionality (Critical +10 and Canto), individual character traits (Sacrifice and Mantle) or are mastery skills.

Item	Skill	Worth	Availability	Remove from units	Notes
Howl	Howl	1,500	Part III Chapter 7, base conversation "Catfight"	Volug	Cat, tiger, wolf, and lion laguz units only.
Shriek	Shriek	1,500	Part IV Chapter 5, base conversation "Birds"	Vika	Hawk and raven laguz units only.
Quickclaw	Quickclaw	2,000	Part III Chapter 7, bargains	Kyza	Cat, tiger, wolf, and lion laguz units only.
Maelstrom	Maelstrom	1,000	Part IV Chapter 4, hidden treasure	Naesala	Hawk and raven laguz units only.
Wildheart	Wildheart	1,000	Inventory: Janaff	Volug	Non-heron laguz units only.
Sky Boon	Blessing	1,000	—	Leanne • Rafiel • Reyson	Heron laguz units only.
Earth Bounty	Boon	2,000	—	Ena • Nasir	Dragon laguz units only.
Blood Tide	Blood Tide	2,000	—	Ena • Gareth	Red Dragon laguz units only.
White Pool	White Pool	3,000	—	Nasir	White Dragon laguz units only.
Night Tide	Night Tide	2,000	—	Kurthnaga	Black Dragon laguz units only.
Shade	Shade	1,000	Part III Chapter 3, dropped by enemy Veyona	Ilyana	Beorc units only.
Stillness	Stillness	1,000	—	Volke	Beorc units only.
Corrosion	Corrosion	1,000	Part III Chapter 5, base conversation "Haar"	Bastian	Beorc units only.
Disarm	Disarm	2,000	—	Brom	Beorc units only.
Discipline	Discipline	500	Part I Chapter 3, Steal from enemy Burton Part II Chapter 2, hidden treasure	—	Beorc units only.
Miracle	Miracle	1,000	—	Ena • Mist • Pelleas	—
Resolve	Resolve	2,000	—	Skrimir • Tauroneo	—
Wrath	Wrath	1,000	—	Edward • Nealuchi • Nephenee	—
Cancel	Cancel	2,000	—	Haar • Leonardo	—
Adept	Adept	3,000	Part III Chapter 9, bargains	Soren • Zihark	—
Counter	Counter	1,000	—	Titania	—
Vantage	Vantage	2,000	Part I Endgame, chest	Mia • Naesala	—
Flourish	Flourish	3,000	Part III Chapter 3, bargains	—	—
Mercy	Mercy	1,500	—	Elincia	Elincia only.
Pass	Pass	1,500	Part I Chapter 9, base conversation "Jill"	Heather	—
Nihil	Nihil	1,500	—	Calill • Ike* • Nasir • Nolan	The Black Knight also has Nihil, but it cannot be unequipped.
Fortune	Fortune	3,000	—	Caineghis • Meg	—
Nullify	Nullify	1,500	Part II Endgame, dropped by enemy Axe General	Giffca	—
Provoke	Provoke	1,500	—	Shinon • Skrimir	—
Daunt	Daunt	1,000	Part III Chapter 8, base conversation "Siblings"	—	—
Paragon	Paragon	1,000	Part I Chapter 6-2, dropped by enemy Laverton	Astrid • Geoffrey	—
Renewal	Renewal	500	Part I Chapter 6, base conversation "Kurth"	Elincia • Ena	—
Imbue	Imbue	500	Part III Chapter 11, base conversation "Rivals"	Fiona	Non-magical units only. The Black Knight also has Imbue, but it cannot be unequipped.
Blossom	Blossom	2,000	Part III Chapter 3, tent	—	—
Celerity	Celerity	1,000	—	Tormod	—
Savior	Savior	6,000	—	Fiona • Tibarn	—
Guard	Guard	500	Part IV Endgame (3), base conversation "Rafiel", "Reyson", or "Leanne"*	Nailah • Sothe	—
Pavise	Pavise	2,000	Part IV Endgame (3), base conversation "Sanaki"	Tibarn	—
Beastfoe	Beastfoe	1,000	Part I Chapter 4, hidden treasure	—	—
Birdfoe	Birdfoe	1,000	Part IV Chapter 5, bargains	—	—
Dragonfoe	Dragonfoe	1,000	Part IV Chapter 3, hidden treasure	—	—
Parity	Parity	1,000	Part I Endgame, chest	Lucia	—
Gamble	Gamble	500	—	Kieran	—
Smite	Smite	1,000	—	Mordecai	—

Unused skill scrolls

Radiant Dawn also includes a few scrolls that are unused, with varying degrees of functionality.

Item	Intended functionality	Notes
Tempest	Intended to teach Tempest, a skill in Path of Radiance that does not exist in Radiant Dawn	Non-functional
Serenity	Intended to teach Serenity, a skill in Path of Radiance that does not exist in Radiant Dawn	Non-functional
Laguzguard	Intended to be a skill scroll version of the Laguzguard	—
Beorcguard	Intended to be a skill scroll version of the Beorcguard	—
Full Guard	Intended to be a skill scroll version of the Full Guard	Probably left unused due to presence of the Nullify skill
Knight Ward	Intended to be a skill scroll version of the Knight Ward	Non-functional
Troop Scroll	Intended to be a skill scroll version of the Knight Ring	Probably left unused due to Canto being a defined skill

Skill items in Awakening

In Awakening, no skill-teaching items exist in the core game itself, with education in skills being based around individual units and their classes. Occasionally in the game's downloadable content packages, new skills are implemented into the game and are made available to the player through corresponding skill-teaching items also implemented by the DLC packages. Should these items be transferred through StreetPass to a copy of Awakening which has not purchased the corresponding DLC package, they would appear as the placeholder "Outrealm Item" and would not be able to be used. The items are of one-time use, but can be obtained a virtually infinite number of times by repeatedly completing their DLC chapter.

Item	Skill	Uses	Worth	Availability	Notes
All Stats +2	All Stats +2	1	--	Champions of Yore 3, completion reward	--
Paragon	Paragon	1	--	Lost Bloodlines 3, completion reward	--
Iote's Shield	Iote's Shield	1	--	Smash Brethren 3, completion reward	--
Limit Breaker	Limit Breaker	1	--	Rogues & Redeemers 3, completion reward	--

In addition to these, there are a number of weapons which, when equipped, temporarily confer a skill upon the wielder. This works the same as in Genealogy of the Holy War and Thracia 776, with the skill being removed when the weapon is unequipped.

• Sol (Sol)
• Superior Edge (Swordbreaker)
• Leif's Blade (Despoil)
• Luna (Luna)
• Superior Lance (Lancebreaker)
• Vengeance (Vengeance)
• Superior Axe (Axebreaker)
• Titania's Axe (Patience)
• Astra (Astra)
• Superior Bow (Bowbreaker)
• Underdog Bow (Underdog)
• Superior Jolt (Tomebreaker)

Skill items in Fates

Item	Skill	Uses	Worth	Availability	Notes
Paragon	Paragon	1	0	Another Gift from Anna, select to receive	--
Armor Shield	Armor Shield	1	0	Unused content	--
Beast Shield	Beast Shield	1	0	Unused content	--
Winged Shield	Winged Shield	1	0	Unused content	--
Point Blank	Point Blank	1	0	End: Lost in the Waves, clear chapter	--
Bold Stance	Bold Stance	1	0	Unused content	--
Strengthtaker	Strengthtaker	1	0	III: The Changing Tide, clear chapter	--
Magictaker	Magictaker	1	0	II: Realms Collide, clear chapter	--
Skilltaker	Skilltaker	1	0	I: In Endless Dreams, clear chapter	--
Speedtaker	Speedtaker	1	0	V: Endless Dawn, clear chapter	--
Lucktaker	Lucktaker	1	0	I: In Endless Dreams, clear chapter	--
Defensetaker	Defensetaker	1	0	IV: Light's Sacrifice, clear chapter	--
Resistancetaker	Resistancetaker	1	0	V: Endless Dawn, clear chapter	--
Heavy Blade	Heavy Blade	1	0	Vanguard Dawn, dropped by enemy Samurai or Swordmaster*	--
Veteran Intuition	Veteran Intuition	1	0	Vanguard Dawn, dropped by enemy Diviner or Onmyoji*	If used by a base or special class, character must be level 10 minimum. Advanced classes may use at any level.
Aether	Aether	1	0	Vanguard Dawn, dropped by enemy Knight or General*	Cannot be used by base classes. If used by a special class, character must be level 25 minimum; if used by an advanced class, character must be level 5 minimum.
Warp	Warp	1	0	Witches' Trial, dropped by enemy Witch	Cannot be used by base classes. If used by a special class, character must be level 35 minimum; if used by an advanced class, character must be level 15 minimum.

In addition to these, there are a number of weapons which, when equipped, temporarily confer a skill upon the wielder. This works the same as in Genealogy of the Holy War, Thracia 776, and Awakening, with the skill being removed when the weapon is unequipped.

• Votive Candle (Miracle)
• Fujin Yumi (Acrobat)
• Brynhildr (Brynhildr)