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Unlock Potential

Unlocking potential is the process of upgrading a character's star rarity. It can be found under the Ally Growth menu.

Details[ | ]

All characters can be upgraded as far as 5 ★, one rarity at a time. When a character's star rarity is raised, the character's level is reverted back to 1 and his/her stats are also reset. You will also lose extra stat bonuses gained through merging allies. Skill Points (SP) and skills learned are carried over.

Unlike in most Fire Emblem games, a character's stats before "promoting" in this way are not taken into account, meaning that unlocking a character's potential before level 40 will not result in any lost stats. However, leveling up characters in battle or through the Level Up system is the most efficient way to gain SP. What this means is if a character's potential is unlocked before level 40, the player will miss opportunities to gain larger amounts of SP through leveling up in battle. SP is never lost for good, however, since defeating enemies always grants a small amount for the character who defeated them—it's simply more efficient to gain leveling up in battle or with shards and crystals.

Requirements[ | ]

By going to the Allies tab and selecting "Advanced Growth", you will find the option to "Unlock Potential". To unlock potential, you will need:

Rarity Next Rarity Feathers Required Badges Required Badge Type
★ ★ 20 Hero Feather Feathers 5 Badge
★ ★ 200 Hero Feather Feathers 10 Badge
★ ★ 2,000 Hero Feather Feathers 20 Badge
★ ★ 20,000 Hero Feather Feathers 20 Great Badge

The number of feathers required can be reduced by merging allies of the same rarity. The amount of the reduction is identical to the number of feathers that would have been gained by sending the merged unit home.

Badge by weapon type[ | ]

Each specific weapon type requires a specific color badge. Which badge needed is shown in the following table:

Weapon Type Badge Type
Icon Class Red SwordIcon Class Red BowIcon Class Red DaggerIcon Class Red TomeIcon Class Red BreathIcon Class Red Beast Red Scarlet Badge/Great Scarlet Badge
Icon Class Blue LanceIcon Class Blue BowIcon Class Blue DaggerIcon Class Blue TomeIcon Class Blue BreathIcon Class Blue Beast Blue Azure Badge/Great Azure Badge
Icon Class Green AxeIcon Class Green BowIcon Class Green DaggerIcon Class Green TomeIcon Class Green BreathIcon Class Green Beast Green Verdant Badge/Great Verdant Badge
Icon Class Colorless BowIcon Class Colorless DaggerIcon Class Colorless TomeIcon Class Colorless StaffIcon Class Colorless BreathIcon Class Colorless Beast Colorless Transparent Badge/Great Transparent Badge

In other languages[ | ]

Language Name
Japanese 覚醒
German Potential freisetzen
Spanish (Europe) Aumentar rareza
Spanish (Latin America) Aumentar rareza
French Améliorer le rang (★)
Italian Sblocca potenziale
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) 覺醒
Portuguese Aumentar potencial
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