Rapier

Rapier
Concept artwork of the Rapier from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
First Seen	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
Weapon Type	Sword
Most Common Rank	Prf
Uses	Varies
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“Strong against cavalry/armored units. For Marth.”
—In-game description, Shadow Dragon and New Mystery of the Emblem

The Rapier (レイピア Reipia) is a special Sword that recurrently appears in a majority of the titles within the Fire Emblem Series. In all its incarnations, the Rapier is exclusively bound to Lord characters who function as the paramount figures of importance in their respective stories. Exceptions to this strict rule include Mystery of the Emblem, in which the dancer Phina is also able to wield the blade, alongside Thracia 776, Shadows of Valentia, and Three Houses in which all sword-wielding units may equip the blade. This blade possesses the unique ability of allowing its wielder to be able to inflict effective damage against cavalry and armoured units; a trait that is shared with eight other weapons in the series, including the Wolf Beil, Mani Katti, Reginleif, the Regal Sword, Thani, the Wing Spear, the Noble Rapier and the Wing Sword. The Regal Sword is known to boast statistics that parallel that of the Rapier.

It is possible for the player to procure multiple Rapiers (apart from the mandatory one that almost every Lord character wields at the beginning of their respective games) in a single play-through of any given Fire Emblem title, specifically through the visiting of Villages, the raiding of Chests or simply purchasing them from a select few armories. The Rapier still remains elusive nonetheless, to the point where even the armouries selling them only carry limited supplies of the weapon.

Weapon Stats

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Name				Type
Rapier				Sword
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
*	28	5	100%	10%	1	1	900
Effect
Bonus damage to Social Knights/Paladins and armored units.

*Marth only

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Rapier				Sword
WLv	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
*	30	5	90%	10%	1	1	3,000
Effect
Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Lords and Dancers only.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
C	20	4	90%	10%	1	3	1	1,000
Effect
Effective damage against horseback and armored units.

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Name				Type
Rapier				Sword
WLv	WHp	Power	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	Worth
*	25	5	100%	3%	1	3	2,500
Effect
Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Runan only.

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
Prf*	25	5	95%	10%	1	5	1	2,000
Effect
Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Roy only. Although its in-game description indicates otherwise, the Rapier in this game does not deal effective damage against Troubadours, Valkyries, Nomads and Nomadic Troopers.

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
Prf*	40	7	95%	10%	1	5	2	6,000
Effect
Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Eliwood only.

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

“Effective against infantry.”
—In-game description

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
Prf*	40	7	95%	10%	1	5	2	-
Effect
Effective against horseback and armored units.

*Eirika only.

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt	WEx	Worth
E*	28	5	100%	10%	1	4**	2	1,120
Effect
Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units.

*Marth only.

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Name				Type
Rapier				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
E*	28	5	100%	10%	1	2	1,120
Effect
Does bonus damage to horseback and armored units.

*Marth only.

Fire Emblem Awakening

Name				Type
Rapier				Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Worth
E*	35	5	90%	10%	1	?	1,600
Effect
Effective against beast and armored units.

* Lords , Great Lords and Lodestars only.

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

• Stats
• Forging

Name			Type
Rapier			Sword
Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	Wt
3	90%	5%	1	1
Effect
Teaches Anti-Cavalry, Anti-Armor, Subdue, Shadow Gambit, Destreza

Forging
★			Mt	Hit	Crt	Wt
1	80		+1	+5
2	50	1	+2	+5	+5	-1
3	100	1	+3	+10	+10	-1

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

• Rapier
• Rapier+

Name					Type
Rapier					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
E	40	7	95%	10%	1	?	5	?
Effect
Effective against cavalry and armored units.

Name					Type
Rapier+					Sword
Rank	Uses	Mt	Hit	Crt	Rng	WEx	Wt	Worth
E	45	9	95%	20%	1	?	5	-
Effect
Effective against cavalry and armored units.

Item Locations

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem

Method	Location
Dropped	Book 1: Enemy Thief (Ch. 10) Book 2: Enemy Thief (Ch. 15)
Inventories	Book 1: Marth Book 2: Marth • Phina
Secret Shops	Book 1: Ch. 14 Book 2: Ch. 11

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Method	Location
Treasure	Ch. 4 - Chest
Visit	Ch. 6 - Village

TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga

Method	Location
Inventory	Runan
Shops	M26A • Razeria

Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade

Method	Location
Inventory	Roy
Treasure	Ch. 7 - Chest

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

Method	Location
Dropped	Eliwood's Story: Enemy Myrmidon (Ch. 28)
Inventory	Eliwood

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Method	Location
Event	Prologue
Treasure	Ch. 9A - Village

Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Thief (Ch. 15)
Inventory	Marth
Armories	Ch. 15 • Ch. 19
Secret Shop	Ch. 11

Fire Emblem Awakening

Method	Location
Inventories	Chrom • Lucina
Merchants	Ylisstol • Border Wastes • The Searoad

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

Method	Location
Dropped	Enemy Sniper (Oil and Water)
Dropped	Third army Assassin (The Sleeping Sand Legend)

Non-Canon Appearances

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

The Rapier appears in the game under the possession of Marth. It allows Marth to strike enemies weak points much more easily.

Etymology

During the early 1500s, the rapier blade took on a rather prestigious status in Europe, where it was regarded as being extremely fashionable by the wealthier facets of society. Such a fact is more than apt in the context of the Fire Emblem Series, in which the Rapier's unique trait of being bound to Lord characters serves as a pivotal means to emphasize on the regal, venerated positions that they possess in the factions that they are respectively aligned to.

Trivia

• The Florete blade closely resembles the traditional Rapier, not just due to the fact that they are bound to specific individuals in the respective games that they appear in, but also because they bear high Critical hit rates and are named after fencing swords (Rapier and foil respectively).
• In spite of the fact that the Rapier is effective against almost all mounted and and armoured units (depending on the game in question), the in-game description of the weapon in The Blazing Blade and The Sacred Stones states that it is "effective against infantry".

Gallery

The Rapier, as it appears in the fourth series of the TCG.

Artwork of the Rapier from TearRing Saga: Utna Heroes Saga.

Concept artwork of the Rapier from Awakening.

Sprite of the Rapier from Fire Emblem Heroes.