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Kadmos Shield

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Kadmos Shield


Artwork of the Kadmos Shield fromWarriors: Three Hopes.


A shield that can stop armor-piercing attacks. Nullifies extra effectiveness against armored units.

Type

Item (Equipment/Shield)

First game

Fire Emblem: Three Houses

TheKadmos Shield (Japanese:カドモスの盾Cadmus shield) is an accessoryitem in the shield category ofequipment that debuted inFire Emblem: Three Houses. When equipped, it increases the physicaldefense of the wielder by 3, and negates any anti-armorbonus damage that could be dealt to the wielder. It carries noweight penalty.

Data

In the mainFire Emblem series

GameIconUsesWorthEffects and notes
Three Houses--5,000+3protection when equipped.
Weight: 0
Negatesbonus damage targeting armored units.

In otherFire Emblem series titles

GameIconUsesWorthEffects and notes
Warriors: Three Hopes--1,250+6defense when equipped.
GrantsNullify Armored Effect when equipped.

Locations

Three Houses

Dropped byChapter 17 missionCrimson Flower, enemyFortress Knight
TreasureChapter 19Silver Snow/20Verdant Wind,chest

Warriors: Three Hopes

TreasureChapter 13Scarlet Blaze:Reclaiming Fort Merceus,chest*

Flavor text

GameText
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Three Houses
A shield that can stop armor-piercing attacks.
Nullifies extra effectiveness against armored units.
鋭い攻撃にも耐えられる盾
重装特効無効
Warriors: Three Hopes
A shield that can stop armor-piercing attacks.
Nullifies effectiveness against armored units.
鋭い攻撃にも耐えられる盾
重装特効無効

Trivia

  • On the Crimson Flower route, there are only two enemies in the main story that can deal anti-armor effective damage after the Kadmos Shield is obtained:Dimitri withWave Attack andCatherine withFoudroyant Strike.
    • On the Silver Snow and Verdant Wind routes, there are no enemies in the main story that deal anti-armor effective damage after it is obtained, although it is possible to encounter enemies with anti-armor effective damage inskirmishes.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
LanguageNameDefinition, etymology, and notes
English

Kadmos Shield

FromCadmus (Greek:ΚάδμοςKádmos), the legendary founder ofThebes.

Japanese

カドモスの盾

Cadmus shield

Spanish

Escudo Kadmos

Kadmos shield

French

Écu Kadmos

Kadmos shield

German

Schild des Kadmos

Shield of Kadmos

Italian

Scudo Kadmos

Kadmos shield

Korean

카드모스의 방패

Cadmus shield

Simplified Chinese

卡德摩斯之盾

Cadmus shield

Traditional Chinese

卡德摩斯之盾

Cadmus shield

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See also

References

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RingsAccuracy RingCritical RingEvasion RingFetters of DromiDLCGoddess RingMarch RingPrayer RingSpeed Ring
ShieldsAegis ShieldAurora ShieldHexlock ShieldIron ShieldKadmos ShieldLampos ShieldLeather ShieldOchain ShieldSeiros ShieldSilver ShieldSteel ShieldTalisman Shield
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Items inFire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Permanent stat boostersAilell PomegranateAmbrosiaBlack PearlEnergy DropFruit of LifeGiant ShellGoddess IconGolden AppleMiracle BeanPremium Magic HerbsRocky BurdockSecret BookSeraph RobeSpeed CarrotSpeedwingSpirit DustTalismanWhite Verona
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ShieldsAegis ShieldAurora ShieldHexlock ShieldIron ShieldKadmos ShieldLampos ShieldLeather ShieldOchain ShieldSeiros ShieldSilver ShieldSteel ShieldTalisman Shield
StavesAsclepiusCaduceus StaffCirce StaffHealing StaffMagic StaffThyrsus
GemsChalice of BeginningsExperience GemKnowledge GemRafail Gem
Dragon SignsAegis Dragon SignBloom Dragon SignCraft Dragon SignCrusher Dragon SignDark Dragon SignEarth Dragon SignFissure Dragon SignFlame Dragon SignGrim Dragon SignIce Dragon SignKalpa Dragon SignLight Dragon SignLightning Dragon SignShield Dragon SignSky Dragon SignSnow Dragon SignStar Dragon SignStorm Dragon SignThorn Dragon SignWater Dragon SignWind Dragon Sign
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