Crests

For the gameplay mechanic from Fire Emblem Warriors, see Crests (Warriors).

A painting of Sothis surrounded by the crests.

“	They are power incarnate. They are said to have been bestowed upon humans by the goddess countless ages ago. They exist within the flesh, and are passed down through bloodlines. Those who carry Crests may excel at magic, display exceptional strength, or any number of boons.	”	— Hanneman to Byleth, on Crests

Crests (Japanese: 紋章 Emblem) are tokens of the goddess's power granted to humans on the continent of Fódlan. They are a hereditary aspect and can be passed on to a bearer's child; making it functionally similar to Holy Blood and Dragon Vein manipulative ability. Crests first appeared in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and are held by several characters appearing in that game and its spinoff Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.

Overview

Units in Fire Emblem: Three Houses who possess a Crest have altered capabilities in combat. Each Crest has a random chance of providing a bonus to certain actions. The type of action that will trigger the Crest's effect is always given in the Crest's description.

• "When using a weapon" means the Crest may trigger on any weapon attack or counterattack, but not on combat arts.
• "When using combat arts" means that the Crest may trigger on any attacking combat art.
• "When using Recovery Magic" or "Conserve uses of recovery magic" means that the Crest may trigger any time the bearer uses the Heal, Physic, Fortify, or Recover spells.
• "During Magic attacks" or "Conserve uses of attack magic" means that the Crest may trigger any time the bearer casts a spell not listed above as recovery magic.

Whenever a Crest triggers, a small black popup will appear above the character's name. The random number that determines whether the Crest effect triggers is drawn from the same string of random numbers that determines whether or not attacks hit and crit, and is drawn before the hit's random numbers are drawn. This means that Crests may "trigger" even on attacks that miss, but the effect will only be applied on attacks that hit.

In addition to the Crest's listed effect, all Crest-bearers may use any of the Heroes' Relics without losing HP after combat (non crest-bearers will lose 10 HP); if they bear the matching crest, they are able to use the Relic's unique combat art for weapon relics, be protected by Pavise and Aegis for accessory relics, and cast the associated spell for tome relics. Crest-bearers also receive augmented healing from sacred weapons if they bear the matching Crest.

Bloodlines

Bloodline	Hero's Relic	Sacred weapons	Bearers	Effects (Three Houses)	Effects (Three Hopes)*	Crest item
Ernest	N/A	N/A	Anna	20%/10%/5% chance to prevent enemy counterattacks when using a weapon.	?%/?%/10% chance to land a critical hit with strong attacks.	Thorn Dragon Sign
Macuil	N/A	Wind Caller's Genesis	The Wind Caller, Monica	20%/10%/5% chance to raise Mt by 5 during magic attacks.	?%/20%/10% chance to increase damage dealt by offensive magic.	Wind Dragon Sign
Seiros	Aymr*	Sword of Seiros Seiros Shield Labraunda	Rhea, Edelgard, Jeralt, Aelfric	70%/40%/20% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using combat arts and Staggering Blows.	50%/25%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by combat arts.	Sky Dragon Sign
Dominic	Crusher	N/A	Annette, Simon, Leda	20%/10%/5% chance to conserve uses of attack magic.	?%/10%/10% chance that weapon durability will not decrease when using offensive magic.	Crusher Dragon Sign
Fraldarius	Aegis Shield	Sword of Moralta	Rodrigue, Felix	40%/20%/10% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using a weapon.	20%/10%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by strong attacks.	Shield Dragon Sign
Noa	N/A	Scroll of Talos	Constance	20%/10%/5% chance to conserve uses of attack magic.	20%/?%/10% chance that weapon durability will not decrease when using offensive magic.	Bloom Dragon Sign
Cethleann	N/A	Caduceus Staff Amalthea	Flayn, Linhardt, Count Hevring, Viscount Lochin	50%/30%/15% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using recovery magic.	50%/25%/15% chance to increase the healing power of recovery magic.	Light Dragon Sign
Daphnel	Lúin	N/A	Ingrid	70%/40%/20% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using combat arts.	?%/25%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by combat arts.	Flame Dragon Sign
Blaiddyd	Areadbhar	N/A	Dimitri, Esmeralda	20%/10%/5% chance to double Atk and weapon uses for combat arts. Does not consume any additional weapon uses if it triggers on the second or subsequent hits of multi-hit combat arts, but still grants bonus Atk.	?%/20%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by combat arts in exchange for slightly increasing the weapon durability cost.	Grim Dragon Sign
Gloucester	Thyrsus	Axe of Ukonvasara	Lorenz, Lysithea, Count Gloucester	20%/10%/5% chance to raise Mt by 5 during magic attacks.	40%/20%/10% chance to increase damage dealt by offensive magic.	Craft Dragon Sign
Goneril	Freikugel	N/A	Hilda	50%/30%/15% chance to prevent enemy counterattacks when using combat arts.	?%/10%/10% chance to land a critical hit with combat arts.	Kalpa Dragon Sign
Cichol	N/A	Spear of Assal Ochain Shield Járngreipr	Seteth, Ferdinand, Duke Aegir, Count Bergliez, Baron Gillingr	50%/30%/15% chance to prevent enemy counterattacks when using combat arts.	20%/10%/10% chance to land a critical hit with combat arts.	Earth Dragon Sign
Aubin	Fetters of Dromi	N/A	Yuri, Cai	20%/10%/5% chance to prevent enemy counterattacks when using a weapon.	20%/?%/10% chance to land a critical hit with strong attacks.	Ice Dragon Sign
Gautier	Lance of Ruin	N/A	Sylvain, Margrave Gautier, Theodora, Cai	70%/40%/20% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using combat arts.	?%/25%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by combat arts.	Fissure Dragon Sign
Indech	N/A	The Inexhaustible	The Immovable, Bernadetta, Count Varley, Hanneman, Viscount Essar	20%/10%/5% chance to strike twice when using a weapon. Does not activate if the unit is using a brave weapon.	?%/10%/10% chance for a combat art to be ready again immediately after use.	Water Dragon Sign
The Beast	Blutgang	N/A	Marianne, Ursula	40%/20%/10% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using a weapon.	?%/10%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by strong attacks.	Storm Dragon Sign
Charon	Thunderbrand Suttungr's Mystery	N/A	Lysithea, Catherine, Duke Ifan	70%/40%/20% chance to raise Mt by 5 when using combat arts.	50%/25%/10% chance to increase the damage dealt by combat arts.	Lightning Dragon Sign
Timotheos	Hrotti	N/A	Hapi	20%/10%/5% chance to conserve uses of recovery magic.	20%/?%/10% chance that weapon durability will not decrease when using recovery magic.	Dark Dragon Sign
Riegan	Failnaught	Sword of Begalta	Claude	50%/30%/15% chance to restore HP equal to 30% of damage dealt when using combat arts.	?%/15%/10% chance to recover own HP when landing a combat art.	Star Dragon Sign
Chevalier	Vajra-Mushti	N/A	Balthus	50%/30%/15% chance to restore HP equal to 30% of damage dealt when using combat arts.	30%/?%/10% chance to recover own HP when landing a combat art.	Snow Dragon Sign
Lamine	Rafail Gem Ichor Scroll	Tathlum Bow	Jeritza, Mercedes, Dietrich	20%/10%/5% chance to conserve uses of recovery magic.	?%/10%/10% chance that weapon durability will not decrease when using recovery magic.	Aegis Dragon Sign
Crest of Flames	Sword of the Creator	N/A	Byleth, Edelgard, Nemesis, Sothis	20%/10%/5% chance to restore HP equal to 30% of damage dealt. 30% chance to either raise Mt by 5 or stop counterattacks if the first effect has been activated. Both effects have equal probability of occurring.	20%/?%/10% chance to recover own HP when landing a strong attack.	N/A

Note: A bold name means that character possesses a major Crest.

Crest item availability

The following table indicates what crest items are obtained automatically after finishing the indicated route. Other crest items can be bought for 1000 renown each at Byleth's journal. Only one of each can be obtained.

Crest items are available only in a New Game + save file.

Crest item
Thorn Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Wind Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sky Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✗	✗
Crusher Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✓	✗
Shield Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✓	✗
Bloom Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Light Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✗	✗
Flame Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✓	✗
Grim Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✓	✗
Craft Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✗	✓
Kalpa Dragon Sign	✓	✗	✗	✓
Earth Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✗	✗
Ice Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fissure Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✓	✗
Water Dragon Sign	✗	✓	✗	✗
Storm Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✗	✓
Lightning Dragon Sign	✓	✗	✗	✓
Dark Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Star Dragon Sign	✗	✗	✗	✓
Snow Dragon Sign	✓	✓	✓	✓
Aegis Dragon Sign	✓	✗	✓	✗

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Crest	--
Japanese	紋章	Can mean "crest" or "emblem". In the Japanese version, the icons for major Crests say "Emblem" in English text, rather than "Crest".
Spanish	Emblema	Emblem
French	Emblème	Emblem
German	Wappen	Coat of arms
Italian	Segno	Sign
Portuguese	Brasão	Coat of arms; mentioned in Heroes.
Korean	문장	Coat of arms
Simplified Chinese	纹章	"Crest" or "emblem".
Traditional Chinese	紋章	"Crest" or "emblem".

Gallery

• 
  A painting of the goddess associated with the Church of Seiros surrounded by the crests.
• 
  The Crest of Flames possessed by Byleth.
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  The artwork used by Dragon Signs in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes.
• 
  Byleth's Crest of Flames as shown by Hanneman's device.
• 
  Edelgard manifesting her Crest of Flames.

See also

• Holy Blood