Children

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

Alright, so you've been playing Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation and you've probably noticed there are a LOT of characters already. Well, get ready, because you can actually marry your characters and recruit their kids into your army! These kids are pretty unique because their stats and growth rates depend heavily on their parents. Specifically, they'll inherit their hair color, one of their mom's classes, some growth rate modifiers, and one skill. From their dad, they'll also get a class and a skill. It's a neat system that lets you customize your army even further!

Figuring out a child's growth rates is actually pretty straightforward. For any given stat, you just add the child's base growth rate to their mother's growth rate for that stat, and then divide the total by two. This gives you their average growth rate. So, you can totally influence whether your child will be a powerhouse or a bit of a glass cannon, depending on who you choose as their mom.

Just a heads-up: skills aren't passed down the moment you get a marriage. You'll actually inherit them when you start the special 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. That way, you'll have control over which skill gets passed down.

There are a few special cases for who can have kids. The Avatar (that's you!) will always have Kana as their child, no matter your Avatar's gender. Azura always has Shigure, which means she can sometimes have two children if she pairs up with a male character who also has a child. If you're playing as the Male Avatar, you can only have two children if you pair him with Azura. Female Avatars can usually have two kids too, unless they pair up with someone like Shura who doesn't have a child.

The customization with these kids is pretty wild, but here are a couple of pointers. If a dad and his kid are more physically focused, pairing him with a mom who's magically inclined might not help your kid's Strength stat and could even hurt it. The opposite is true if they're magic-focused. However, when it comes to defenses and Speed, you can often patch things up. Speed is super important in Fire Emblem, so try to boost it if you can!

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

Honestly, these children aren't essential to finishing the main story. You could totally skip marrying anyone or recruiting any kids, and the plot won't change one bit. This is especially true if you're playing Conquest and don't have a ton of time to build up support ranks. So if you miss out on a kid or two, don't sweat it too much. They're helpful, but not required.

One last pro-tip: If your army is already promoted and at a high level when you get to a child's Paralogue, they'll come with an 'Offspring Seal'. Use this seal right after you recruit them and finish the Paralogue. It'll instantly level them up to match your army's current strength, so you won't have to spend ages training them from scratch. Be careful though – if you use any other type of seal *before* the Offspring Seal, you won't be able to use that free one anymore!