Fire Emblem: Three Houses - How to Recruit Characters from Other Houses

Character Recruitment Guide

At the beginning of the game, you will need to choose which of the three student houses you would like to handle. Upon choosing one, your life as a professor will focus on teaching those from the chosen house. It is possible, however, to recruit students from other houses.

To do this, you must have reached adequate levels in their skills of interest. Mercedes of the Blue Lions, for example, will only join your house if you have high enough magic and bow levels.

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Members of the faculty can also be recruited as allies. Many of them are extremely powerful which can help you take on tougher battles as you progress through the story. Expect the conditions to recruit them to be more challenging than students’, however.

Why Do This?

There are a few important benefits of recruiting characters from a different house. For one, you can expand strategic options in battle by recruiting characters with very useful personal abilities.

Another thing to consider is that the game will progress five years in the story. This means that, as the three major territories start to wage war against each other, you will be pitted against former students you did not recruit. Some of them will grow into very powerful and troublesome foes. Getting them on your side prevents this and grants you their assistance instead. You will also be denying rival armies the utility offered by these characters.

It is still possible to recruit students after the game progresses five years, though you will have to defeat them in battle.

Note that house leaders cannot be persuaded to change colors. You are sure to meet two of them in battle later in the story.

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Use Mission Assistance

A temporary option in adding students from other houses is called Mission Assistance. Students can be borrowed for one month to aid you in combat. This is helpful because you will be able to test how the chosen student’s battle capability and skills mesh with your house’s units prior to recruitment.

Support Level

The stats and skills required to recruit a character will vary depending on your support level. When you reach higher support levels, the character that you want to recruit may lower their criteria. If you don’t have a support level yet, the criteria to recruit the character will remain unchanged. At support level C, most of the values required will slightly drop. However, at support level A, you can recruit anyone without restrictions.

Support Level and Skill

Support Level and Stat

List of Recruitable Characters

Below is a list of recruitable characters organized per faction.

Black Eagles House

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Black Eagles students.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Edelgard	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable Black Eagles: Will leave your party if you choose the Silver Snow route.
Hubert	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable Black Eagles: Will leave your party if you choose the Silver Snow route.
Ferdinand	Dexterity: 10 or higher	Heavy Armor: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Dorothea	Charm: 25 or higher	Authority: B or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Petra	Dexterity: 10 or higher	Riding:C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Caspar	Strength: 10 or higher	Brawl:C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Bernadetta	Strength: 20 or higher	Bow: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Linhardt	Magic: 10 or higher	Reason: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately

Information on Black Eagles Characters

Blue Lions

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Blue Lions students.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Dimitri	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable
Dedue	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable
Felix	Speed: 15 or higher	Sword: B+ or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Ashe	Charm: 15 or higher	Lance: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (Chapter 2 onwards) Black Eagles – Silver Snow / Blue Lions / Golden Deer: Leaves your party at the start of the post-time skip. Can be recruited again by defeating him in Chapter 15.
Mercedes	Magic: 15 or higher	Bow: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Annette	Magic: 10 or higher	Faith: B or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Sylvain	Charm: 25 or higher	Reason: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (Chapter 2 onwards) Female Byleth: Recruitable Immediately (Chapter 2 onwards)
Ingrid	Dexterity: 15 or higher	Flying: D or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately

Information on Blue Lions Characters

Golden Deer

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Golden Deer students.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Claude	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable
Hilda	Charm: 30 or higher	Axe: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately Black Eagles – Silver Snow: Cannot be recruited until Chapter 12 (Month of Lone Moon / 3rd Month) Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Cannot be recruited.
Lorenz	Charm: 20 or higher	Reason: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately Black Eagles – Silver Snow / Blue Lions: Leaves your party at the start of the post-time skip. Can be recruited again by defeating him in Chapter 16.
Lysithea	Magic: 15 or higher	Faith: B or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Leaves your party at the start of the post-time skip. Can be recruited again by defeating her in Chapter 14.
Raphael	Strength: 20 or higher	Heavy Armor: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Ignatz	Dexterity: 10 or higher	Authority: B or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Marianne	Magic: 10 or higher	Riding: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately
Leonie	Strength: 15 or higher	Lance: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately

Information on Golden Deer Characters

Ashen Wolves

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Ashen Wolves students. The stat and skill requirements are to be confirmed.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Yuri	Dexterity: 15 or higher	Faith: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (if Cindered Shadows side story is finished)
Constance	Magic:15 or higher	Flying: D or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (if Cindered Shadows side story is finished)
Balthus	Strength: 15 or higher	Brawl: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (if Cindered Shadows side story is finished)
Hapi	Resistance: 10 or higher	Riding: C or higher	Chapter 2 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (if Cindered Shadows side story is finished)

Information on Ashen Wolves Characters

Garreg Mach Monastery – Church of Seiros

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Church of Seiros characters.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Rhea	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Recruitable
Seteth	N/A	N/A	Chapter 12 onwards	Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Will not join the party in Chapter 11. Black Eagles – Silver Snow / Blue Lions / Golden Deer: Will join your party automatically
Manuela	N/A	N/A	Chapter 8 onwards	Level: 15 or higher
Hanneman	N/A	N/A	Chapter 8 onwards	Level: 15 or higher
Jeritza	N/A	N/A	Chapter 13 onwards	Not Recruitable Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Will join the party automatically in Chapter 13.
Flayn	N/A	N/A	Chapter 7 onwards	Joins automatically Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Will leave your party in Chapter 11.
Cyril	N/A	N/A	Chapter 5 onwards	Level: 10 or higher Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Not Recruitable Black Eagles – Silver Snow: Will join the party automatically in Chapter 13.

Information on Church of Seiros Characters

Garreg Mach Monastery – Knights of Seiros

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Knights of Seiros characters.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Alois	N/A	N/A	Chapter 11 onwards	Level: 15 or higher
Catherine	N/A	N/A	Chapter 4 onwards	Level: 15 or higher Black Eagles – Crimson Flower: Not Recruitable Black Eagles – Silver Snow: Will join the party automatically in Chapter 13.
Shamir	N/A	N/A	Chapter 6 onwards	Level: 15 or higher
Gilbert	N/A	N/A	Chapter 13 onwards	Blue Lions: Will join the party automatically in Chapter 13. Black Eagles / Golden Deer: Not Recruitable

Information on Knights of Seiros Characters

Non-Faction Characters

Here are the conditions needed in order to recruit the Non-Faction characters.

Character	Stat Requirement	Skill Requirement	Availability	Other Notes
Anna*	N/A	N/A	Chapter 3 onwards	Recruitable Immediately (joins automatically by talking to her)

*Expansion Pass only

Information on Non-Faction Characters

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