Stone (weapon type)

''This article is about the series of weapons. For the weapon named "Stone" in FE5 see Stone (weapon). For the status condition in FE5 see Stone (condition)''

The Stone（石 Ishi）is a weapon type in Fire Emblem that originally was limited to Manaketes but have been expanded to Taguels as of Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Stones transform the user into their animal forms during an attack and then revert back to their human forms after the attack concludes. Stones have a fixed amount of uses before they break, much like ordinary weapons. In all other games but Awakening, Stones do not have weapon ranks, most likely due to the low availability of them, their infinite uses, or the small number of different stone types in each game.

Stones alters the stats of the unit when they attack and defend. Generally stones damage is calculated by the user's strength and the enemy's defense. Mage Dragon units deal magical damage though. On top of Manakete and Taguel units high growth rates, stones enhance their natural stats for battle.

Laguz, animal-human characters from the Tellius Series, similar to Manaketes and Taguels, do not use stones to shift forms. Instead they use a Transformation gauge to maintain their animal forms. However they do have Laguz Stones and Laguz Gems to fill or maintain their transform gauge, but these are not the same as normal Stone weapons.

Classes that use Stones

 * Manakete
 * Taguel

Dragonstones

 * Dragonstone
 * Firestone
 * Icestone
 * Magestone
 * Divinestone
 * Earthstone (enemy only)
 * Darkstone (enemy only)
 * Wyvernstone
 * Divinestone
 * Dragonstone+

Beaststones

 * Beaststone
 * Beaststone+