Children

Learn how to recruit children in Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest! Discover how they inherit stats, skills, and classes from their parents and how to optimize their growth.

So, you've been playing Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and noticed there are even MORE characters to recruit? Yep, you can actually marry off your units and then bring their kids into your army! It's a pretty neat system, but these kids are a bit different from your usual recruits. Their growth potential is directly tied to their parents, specifically their mothers.

Here's the lowdown: Children inherit their hair color, one of their mother's classes, some growth rate modifiers, and one skill from their mom. From their dad, they'll also snag a class and a skill. Think of it like this: their base growth rates are basically an average of the mother's growth rate and the child's base growth rate for each stat. So, who you choose as the mother can really swing their stats, for better or worse!

Just a heads-up, skills aren't passed down the moment you get them hitched. You'll get them when you actually start the Paralogue mission to recruit the child. To make sure you get the skill you want, move it to the very bottom of the Equip Skill list before you start the Paralogue.

There are a few special cases, too. Your main character, the Avatar, will always have a child named Kana, no matter their gender. Azura will always have Shigure, meaning she might end up with two kids if she pairs with a male unit who has a child linked to them. If you're playing as the Male Avatar, you can only have two children if you pair him with Azura. Female Avatars usually get two kids, unless they pair with someone like Shura who doesn't have a child.

When it comes to pairing units, try to balance physical and magical strengths. If a dad and his child are more physically focused, pairing them with a magically inclined mom might not boost their Strength as much as you'd hope, and could even hurt it. On the flip side, for defenses and Speed, it's often the opposite. Speed is super crucial in Fire Emblem, so try to patch up any low Speed stats whenever you can.

Your Avatar is a fantastic choice for a spouse, gameplay-wise, for pretty much anyone. Just remember that the Boon and Bane you picked for your Avatar will influence how your child, and Kana, turn out, so keep that in mind when making your choice.

And hey, don't stress too much about recruiting every single child. They're not essential to the main story. You could totally skip marrying anyone or completing their Paralogues, and the game will still progress just fine. This is especially true in Conquest, where time is tight for building support ranks. If you miss a kid or two, it's really not the end of the world. They're a great bonus, but not a requirement.

Quick Tip: If your army is already promoted and at a high level when you get to the child Paralogues, the child will come with an 'Offspring Seal'. Use this seal right after recruiting them and finishing the Paralogue. It'll instantly bring their level up to match your army's, saving you a ton of grinding. Just make sure you use the Offspring Seal *first* before any other kind of seal, or you won't be able to use it!