Fire Emblem Engage: What's the Level Cap?

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What is the Max Level in Fire Emblem Engage?

Stat Caps in Fire Emblem Engage

When Should a Unit be Promoted?

Fire Emblem Engage is the newest chapter in a 30-year history of the series. Long-time fans of Fire Emblem games know that each one has its own way of handling how units are promoted, how units are leveled, and what the level cap of each tier can be. In Three Houses, the level cap was level 99 for each unit.

In Three Hopes, it was raised all the way to 120. And looking back at Awakening, each unit had a top level of 30. Fire Emblem Engage however, does away with these types of level caps for a slightly different kind; Engage doesn't use level capping but instead opts for stat capping.

What is the Max Level in Fire Emblem Engage?

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The maximum level that any class can reach is 20. But while that is technically the level cap, players will be able to use Master Seals in order to move beyond the cap. Without resetting the unit's stats, a Master Seal brings the unit's level down to 1, and they can level past 20 this way. Once a promoted level of 20 has been reached, a character must use a Second Seal to change to the same class to reset down to 1 again. This does not reset the unit's progress, but instead retains their stats and allows the unit to keep growing.

There is an exception, of course; if a Second Seal is used to change from one class to another on the same tier, this may cause some stats to rise and fall based on the stat boosts from the class type. For example, if players change Louis' advanced class from the tankier Great Knight to the more even keeled Paladin, Louis will lose some of his strength, lose Armored, and gain additional resistance and other stats. This isn't from leveling down, however, but more from leveling away from the previous class.

Stat Caps in Fire Emblem Engage

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So since a player can continuously move from level 20 to level 1 without losing a single point of their stats, there is a cap on each individual stat. These stats are based on class. Base classes will have far lower stat caps than advanced classes, and special classes like Fire Emblem's Dancer and Thief have their own unique caps as well.

Class	Class Type	Hit Points	Strength	Magic	Dexterity	Speed	Defense	Resistance	Luck	Build
Archer	Base	68	38	20	45	32	23	24	28	14
Axe - Armor	Base	75	42	16	39	17	51	16	25	20
Axe - Cavalier	Base	69	40	21	41	37	27	29	30	12
Axe - Fighter	Base	94	46	17	23	29	20	11	23	20
Axe - Flier	Base	68	40	31	43	38	27	22	25	14
Dragon Child	Base	68	41	25	36	43	35	25	35	13
Lance - Armor	Base	75	42	16	39	17	51	16	25	20
Lance - Cavalier	Base	69	40	21	41	37	27	29	30	12
Lance - Fighter	Base	69	43	29	47	36	28	25	25	12
Lance - Flier	Base	68	40	31	43	38	27	22	25	14
Lord	Base	68-77	41-43	20-23	23-41	38-40	29-38	19-20	25-30	15-20
Mage	Base	43	26	40	28	30	20	40	24	11
Martial Monk	Base	55	28	41	26	28	20	39	29	13
Noble	Base	56-71	38-45	20-37	29-33	35-41	27-37	21-35	45-50	11-16
Sentinel	Base	63-67	35	27-28	33-47	41-49	28-33	26-31	33-37	12-16
Sword - Armor	Base	75	42	16	39	17	51	16	25	20
Sword - Cavalier	Base	69	40	21	41	37	27	29	30	12
Sword - Fighter	Base	67	40	20	37	41	27	22	33	12
Sword - Flier	Base	68	40	31	43	38	27	22	25	14
Wing Tamer	Base	47-60	26-31	39-40	25-36	34-45	19-31	40-51	20-53	11-15
Avenir	Advanced	71	45	20	33	35	37	21	45	16
Berserker	Advanced	96	49	17	23	29	20	11	23	24
Bow Knight	Advanced	68	38	23	45	37	23	29	30	14
Cupido	Advanced	67	35	28	33	49	28	31	33	16
Divine Dragon	Advanced	68	41	25	36	43	35	25	35	13
General	Advanced	86	47	16	39	17	55	16	25	25
Great Knight	Advanced	75	42	19	43	25	51	22	30	20
Griffin Knight	Advanced	68	40	37	48	49	27	35	35	14
Halberdier	Advanced	76	46	29	47	36	35	25	25	15
Hero	Advanced	75	45	20	37	41	34	22	33	16
High Priest	Advanced	55	28	45	31	32	20	48	38	13
Lindwurm	Advanced	60	31	40	25	34	31	40	20	15
Mage	Advanced	47	35	40	28	32	26	40	24	12
Martial Master	Advanced	66	38	41	26	28	27	39	29	15
Paladin	Advanced	77	45	21	45	37	35	29	30	16
Picket	Advanced	63	35	27	47	41	33	26	37	12
Royal Knight	Advanced	69	43	39	47	40	28	36	32	12
Sage	Advanced	43	26	48	34	30	20	44	30	11
Sleipnir Rider	Advanced	47	26	39	36	45	19	51	53	11
Sniper	Advanced	68	45	20	52	32	29	24	28	14
Successeur	Advanced	77	43	23	23	38	38	20	25	20
Swordmaster	Advanced	67	40	25	44	49	27	26	37	12
Tireur d’élite	Advanced	68	41	20	41	40	29	19	30	15
Vidame	Advanced	56	38	37	29	41	27	35	50	11
Warrior	Advanced	94	46	20	30	33	27	18	23	20
Wolf Knight	Advanced	69	40	26	41	45	27	33	34	12
Wyvern Knight	Advanced	83	46	31	43	38	35	22	25	18
Dancer	Special	64	36	31	29	43	24	26	39	15
Fell Child	Special	48	35	48	36	33	25	41	30	11
Thief	Special	60	43	22	51	42	33	23	30	13

The base classes with a range are based on which character has that starting class; for example, both Fire Emblem Engage's Celine and Alfred both start as base class Noble, but each of their stats have different caps. Also, the special classes of thief, dancer, and Fell Child all have to reach level 40 before a Second Seal can be used on them to reset their class down to 1; this elevated max level and requirement of reaching max level before using a Second Seal is unique to Special Classes only.

A unit's growth in a stat will be completely unique to them; each unit will have a different growth rate in each category. This partly is dependent on the player's luck; a level up is randomized within a stat growth window. However, it is mostly based on a characters' individual stat growth rate. For example, axe-wielder Anna has fast growth in Luck usually while her strength stat will grow far slower. Stat growth per level is also class dependent; for example, an archer's magic stat growth is around 0% per level.

When Should a Unit be Promoted?

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All this is to say that when players choose to use their Master Seals to promote a unit doesn't really matter. While waiting until a base class was level 20 has been massively important in previous Fire Emblem games, Engage's stat caps and easy access to Second Seals make the timing of this move much less important. The only exception to this rule are special classes, which must be their max level of 40 to receive a Second Seal.

Fire Emblem Engage is available now for Nintendo Switch.

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