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Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Hints & Cheats

Unlockables

  1. Trial Maps

    To play the Trial Maps, you must beat the game and then select the "Epilouge" File. You can use the characters at the level you left them at with the weapons they had after the Final Chapter (Endgame:Repatriation).
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Clear Story Mode on any difficultyMap 1- Hillside Battle
    Clear Story Mode on Normal or DifficultMap 2-Lonely Isle
    Clear Story Mode on DifficultMap 3-Strange Turn
    Connect GBA with an English FE game insertedMap 4-Desperation
    Connect GBA with the American Fire Emblem game insertedMap 5-Escape
    Connect GBA with Sacred Stones insertedMap 6-Trapped
  2. Unlock characters.

    These characters can only be played on trial maps.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Beat the game three timesOliver
    Beat the game five timesShihiram
    Beat the game seven timesPetrine
    Beat the game ten timesBryce
    Beat the game fifteen timesAshanard
  3. Getting illustrations

    By beating the game, you can get some illustrations
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Complete the gameFire Emblem: Path of Radiance illustrations
    Connect GBA with the FE game pak in itFire Emblem illustrations
    Connect GBA with The Sacred Stones game pakFE: The Sacred Stones illustrations
    Connect GBA with Fuuin no Tsurugi game pakFire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi Illustrations (Japanese game only)
  4. Sound Room and theater

    The sound room holds the songs that you heard during the game and shows art work with each composition.

    The theater shows all of the cinematics that you saw during the game.

    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Complete Story modeSound Room
    Complete Story modeTheater
  5. Unlockable Characters

    Characters who join automatically will not be listed.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Speak to her with IkeMia(7)
    Speak to her with IkeIlyana(8)
    Speak to her with IkeMarcia(9)
    They will join if they survive in Chapter 9Lethe and Mordecai(10)
    Joins if you hire him at the start of Chapter 10Volke(10)
    Free them and speak to them with Ike in Chapter 10Nephenee and Brom(11)
    Free him and speak to him with Oscar in Chapter 10Kieran(11)
    Speak to him with Lethe or MordecaiZihark(11)
    Let her speak to IkeJill(12)
    Read the conversation before the ChapterSothe(12)
    Speak to her with IkeAstrid(13)
    Speak to him with AstridGatrie(13)
    Speak to him with MarciaMakalov(14)
    Move Lethe or Mordecai to the upper right area on the mapStefan(15)
    Finish Chapter 15Tormod(16)
    Finish Chapter 15Muarim(16)
    Speak with Soren, Mist, Rolf, Tormod, or SotheDevdon(16)
    Read the Conversation before Chapter 18, Finish Chapter 17, the accept his help in Chapter 18Reyson(18)
    Read the Conversation before Chapter 20Calill(20)
    Speak with IkeTauroneo(21)
    Speak with JillHaar(23)
    Must survive in chapter 24Geoffrey(25)
    Read the conversation before Chapter 25Largo(25)
    Joins if Dark Knight is not killed in Chapter 27Ena(28)
    Joins if Dark Knight is killed in Chapter 27Nasir(28)
    Speak to him with Rolf, then kill him with Ike.Shinon(18)
  6. Occult Scrolls

    Occult Scrolls are items that grant characters certain skills depending on their class and ONLY to promoted units. For example: An Occult used on a General or Hallberbier will give you Luna and on a Sniper you'll get Deadeye. There are only 4 so be careful on who you use it on.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Chapter 13: The top left chest on the Map.Occult Scroll 1
    Chapter 16: Talk to Stefan on the INFO at Base if you recruited him.Occult Scroll 2
    Chapter 21: Recruit Tauroneo or Steal it from him.Occult Scroll 3
    Chapter 27: Beat the boss.Occult Scroll 4
  7. Bands

    After you complete the game once and start a new file, some characters will have bands. These bands increase some stat growths to the characters who equip them. You can only equip one band per character. The characters that carry each band and the stat growth bonus of each one is:
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Oscar carries it.Paladin band (+5% HP, +5% SPD)
    Boyd carries it.Fighter band (+5% HP, +5% STR)
    Defeat the boss in Chapter 8.Soldier band (+5% HP, +5% DEF)
    Mia carries it.Sword band (+5% SKL, +5% LUCK)
    Shinon carries it.Archer band (+5% SPD, +5% SKL)
    Defeat the boss in Chapter 3.Thief band (+5% SPD, +5% SKL)
    Gatrie carries it.Knight band (+5% STR, +5% DEF)
    Jill carries it.Wyvern band (+5% STR, +5% DEF)
    Defeat the boss in Chapter 7.Mage band (+10% MAG)
    Marcia carries it.Pegasus band (+5% LUCK, +5% RES)
    Rhys carries it.Priest band (+5% LUCK, +5% RES)
  8. Fixed growth mode

    Beat the game once on any difficulty. Then start a new game. As soon as you start one, you will be able to play Fixed growths mode, so your growths are fixed. That means that your growths will go up by a certain amount, not random like before.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Beat the game once.Fixed growths mode
  9. Display Bonus EXP

    After beating the game on any difficulty setting, go to the options menu upon starting a new game, once again it doesnt matter which difficulty. At the very bottom it says "Bonus EXP Display" this means that after every map, before you save your cleared data for that particular map it will display an additional screen with a chart that adds up your gained B.Exp for that level. Not only is this a good way to see what you could have gotten but it tells you what they were worth.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Beat the game Once on Any DifficultyBonus EXP Display
  10. Rotating character's sprites

    When you press Y on any unit and bring up their status screen, you can rotate their sprite using the C-stick. This works on all types of units, even enemies. This can only be done after beating the game once on any difficulty.
    UnlockableHow to Unlock
    Beat the game once on any difficultyRotate character's sprite

Secrets

  1. Get Stefan

    Stefan is a secreat swordmaster. You can unlock him on Feral Frontier. To get Stefan you need to move Lethe or Mordacai to a square in the in the top-right corner. Starting from the top-right corner move 2 squares to the left and one down. If you move there Stefan will appear. If you move there with one of your two laguz he will join your party. If you move there with any Beorc than he will appear and give you his S-Level Sword called the Vague Katti. If you recruit him he comes with the sword.
  2. Get Ashera Staff

    The Ashera staff is a S level staff that heals all HP to all allied units. On the level with the priests, don't kill any and the priest will give you the staff.
  3. Knight Ring

    On level 19 you can get a secret item called the knight ring. To get do not kill the crows. First have one of the hawks talk to the crow king and then the crow will talk to reyson. After he talks to the hawks he will not attack your units. If you didn't kill any crows then he will give you a knight ring and then he will order the crows to retreat. If you did kill a crow he will Not give you the knight ring but the crows will still retreat. The knight ring is an equip item that gives a unit extra movement like a knight.
  4. How to obtain Rex Aura

    In the final chapter a Bishop has Rex Aura equiped which you cannot obtain in the game, but these 4 steps will help you obtain this item.

    1) Silence the Bishop
    2) Wound the Bishop, until his HP is at least under half
    3) The Bishop should use an Elixir to heal himself (if not, try weakening him further).
    4) By now, he should have de-equipped the Rex Aura, so you can steal it with a Thief.

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