Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Cheats and Tips

Remember the the minimum wager for a fight when you first enter an arena because the lower wage the easier the opponent. Exit out of the arena and reenter until you get matched against an opponent that you think you will be able to defeat.

Complete the indicated task to recruit the corresponding character.

Gordon (Archer):

Last part of tutorial Enemy, talk with Marth (automatically from the start if you're playing hard mode)

Riff (Priest):

Chapter 1 Visit the western village with Marth.

Kashim (Hunter):

Chapter 2 Enemy, talk with Sheeda.

Daros (Pirate):

Chapter 2 Enemy, talk with Marth.

Navarre (Myrmidon):

Chapter 3 Enemy, talk with Sheed.

Trim (Fighter):

Finish Chapter 3 with 10 or less characters.

Unil (Mage):

Finish Chapter 3 with 10 or less characters.

Dua (Mercenary):

Finish Chapter 3 with 10 or less characters.

Quatra (Knight):

Finish Chapter 3 with 10 or less characters...

Unlock Sound Room Option:

This feature becomes available when you complete the game.

Unlock Story Viewer Option:

Complete the game to unlock this feature where the conversations seen during the game session will appear for viewing.

Complete Chapter 6, 12, 17, 20 or 24 under the indicated conditions to unlock the corresponding optional side quest chapter.

Unlock Chapter 6x:

Have less than 15 characters, including Marth, at the end of Chapter 6.

Unlock Chapter 12x:

Have less than 15 characters at the end of Chapter 12.

Unlock Chapter 17x:

Have less than 15 characters at the end of Chapter 17.

Unlock Chapter 20x:

Have less than 15 characters at the end of Chapter 20.

Unlock Chapter 24x:

Have Chiki dead and no falchion.

The following bonus features become available options when you complete the game.

Unlock Story Viewer:

Complete the game (only the conversations seen during the game session will appear for viewing).

Unlock Sound Room:

Complete the game.

Reach the indicated chapter under the specified conditions to unlock the corresponding Gaiden chapter.

Unlock Chapter 6x:

Have fewer than 15 characters by the end of Chapter 6

Unlock Chapter 12x:

Have fewer than 15 characters by the end of Chapter 12

Unlock Chapter 17x:

Have fewer than 15 characters by the end of Chapter 17

Unlock Chapter 20x:

Have fewer than 15 characters by the end of Chapter 20

Unlock Chapter 24x:

Chiki dead and no Falchion

� Don't forget about side quest chapters...

When you finish chapters 6, 12, 17, 20 and 24, you will automatically unlock optional side quest chapters if you have fulfilled certain conditions. To unlock the first of these after chapter 6, the number of total units in your army must be 15 or less including Marth at the time you complete the chapter.

� To recruit Navarre to your army...

In Chapter 3, send Caeda to a space adjacent to Navarre�s and initiate a conversation with him using the special Talk command that appears. Remember, it has to be Caeda. Approaching him with any other character won't do the trick.

� Be smart about how you use arenas to maximize their usefulness:

When you enter an arena you can see how much gold you need to wager to ..

In Chapter 1 (Marth Embarks), get as many bows as you can and give them to Gordin. Next, you have to kill every enemy on the map except for the boss. Put Gordin in a space where Gordin can hit the boss but the boss can't hit you. All you have to do is keep Shooting him. Every time a shot hits you will get experience. Repeat this until you have leveled up Gordin. You may need to buy more bows.

First, the Triangle Attack is a move used by Palla, Catria, and Est. Put all of the sisters around the enemy, like Palla on top, Est on the left, and Catria on the right. When you enter battle, there's some dialoge and an attack thats like a critical hit. After you get the VIP card, you can get to the Secret Shops. There's one in Cp.17, north of the throne. One in Cp.21, in the middle of the southeast mountains. One in Cp.23, behind the throne. Finally, there's one in Cp.24, in the middle of the mountains. P.S. Does the shopkeeper seem familiar to you? P.P.S. Is Avatarist a good site to go to and what do I do if I find my Avatar?

Perform the actions below to recruit special characters:

� Athena (Myrmidon) - Chapter 6x / Talk to Marth

� Etzel (Sorcerer) - Chapter 17x / Clear the chapter without killing Etzel

� Horus (General) - Chapter 12x / Clear the chapter without killing Horus

� Hymir (Warrior) - Chapter 20x / Talk with Marth

� Nagi (Mamkute) - Chapter 24x / Clear the chapter

Perform the actions below to recruit additional units:

� Alan (Paladin) - Chapter 16 / Visit the village to the left with Marth

� Astria (Hero) - Chapter 13 / Enemy, talk with Midia

� Banutu (Mamkute) - Chapter 7 / Visit the village with Marth

� Beck (Shooter) - Chapter 13 / Visit the village with Marth

� Chainy (Commando) - Chapter 16 / Enemy, talk with Marth

� Chiki (Mamkute) - Chapter 19 / Enemy, talk with Banutu

� Daros (Pirate) - Chapter 2 / Enemy, talk with Marth

� Dua (Mercenary) - / Finish Chapter 3 with 10 or less Units

� Ellis (Cleric) - Chapter 24 / Automatically from the start

� Est (Pegasus Knight) - Chapter 18 / Enemy, talk with Marth

� Gato (Sage) - Final Chapter / Get it at the start (Only if you didn't go t..

Note: This trick works best with Marth and Caeda (after promoting her to Dracoknight). Any unit should be able to pull this off as long as you're willing to devote the time.

Required:

1. Any Chapter with an Arena and Venders

2. An available savepoint

3. At least one unit that can use healing staffs (two if early in the game)

4. Enough money to make at least one Arena wager.

Clear the map, but don't seize the endpoint! Move your units over to the area with the Arena/Venders, then save the game. Enter the arena once or twice (depending on unit strength). Heal your unit with the healer(s) and end the turn. You get experience as well as cash at the end of each battle and your healers gain exp from healing. With the venders right there, you can buy all the staff..

You can find good items online. The poleax and the silver lance are always available and there are a variety of other items that are available on different days. The killer lance and killer ax are available on tuesdays between 10 pm and 6 am. The brave sword is also available once a week.

Kill off every unit (besides Marth, of course) obtaiable up to Chapter 4. Before the first Battle Prep screen, Malledeus will tell Marth about reinforcements; these reinforcements will most likely be promoted units. This is a useful tip for players seeking a challenge. Unfortunately, this removes any possibility of a Marth- only playthrough of Fire Emblem, or which I like to call "Tyrant Runs". This is also useful for inexperienced players. Obviously, promoted and random units can make the game more fun or challenging.

These are "x" chapters, which are extensions of regular chapters. To access, you must have less than 15 characters survivng at a time. You must not recruit (or kill off) characters which you will not use. There are fairly strong new recruits in these chapters, and MOST are worth recruiting. The chapters are:

Chapters 6x, 12x, 17x, 20x, and 24x

For 24x, you can have more than 15 characters, but you must have Tiki, the manakete girl, dead and you cannot have the Falchion sword. An easy way around this is to just have Tiki hold the Falchion, then die. The sword is sent to your caravan, but it counts as being "lost", so you will be able to continue. In 24x, you will be able to recruit a super strong manakete, Nagi, and she replaces Tiki very well, and she will replace Gotoh a..