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Recruitment Guide | Can You Recruit Everyone?

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This is a guide to Recruitment in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Read here to find out about how to recruit in FE3H, who you can recruit, and what the requirements are!

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How Do You Recruit Someone?

What is Recruitment?

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To recruit someone, simply choose the 'Recruit' option when talking to them. They will then either accept, or reject by being mildy interested, or disinterested altogether.

If rejected, a message shows a stat and a skill your character needs to have a certain level in in order to recruit them. If they accept, you have one final option to accept them into your house or decline them.

Alternatively, if you reach the required threshold, the student may approach you in the middle of the week and ask to join your house. Then, you can choose to accept them into your house or decline them.

The Best Way To Recruit Units

Increase Support Bond

Support Level Aproximate Recruitment
Skill Rank
None C
C C
B D
A* E

*A Support in Part 1 is only attainable in New Game+

The best way to recruits is to increase your bond with them. This will lower the required skill rank you need to recruit them.

This is best for units who require skills from classes that can be difficult to upgrade with free time. One example is Riding, which requires you to be a Cavalier.

Increase support bond by spending free time to eat with them, or better yet, having them battle with you in by asking for mission assistance.

Support and Romance Guide

Can You Recruit Everyone?

Yes, Except House Leaders and Right-Hand

It is possible to recruit everyone except House Leaders and their right hands. Here is our method to achieve this:

First off, pick a female character if you are not going to choose the Blue Lions house. This will instantly allow you to recruit Sylvain.

Do not spend free time or gifts on students who look for the skills your character is naturally attuned to, which are most likely Sword and Authority.

Alternatively, if you're thinking of focusing more on your Faith strength, do not spend time and gifts on those students who prefer it.

Over the course of the game, your skill level should rise enough to be able to recruit them even without a support level.

  • Sword: Felix
  • Authority: Dorothea, Ignatz
  • Faith: Lysithea, Annette

Once your preferred skills are enough to recruit those you want, upgrade either your Lance, Reason, or Bow skills in combat because this will allow you to recruit two people if you reach the skill level of C.

  • Lance: Leonie, Ashe
  • Reason: Linhardt, Lorenz
  • Bow: Bernadetta, Mercedes

You can also use Brawling or Axe weapons in combat but that will only allow you to recruit one person for getting proficient in that weapon.

  • Brawling: Caspar
  • Axe: Hilda

While doing this, make sure to try and build support with the students whose recruitment skills have a prerequisite class to improve in combat, and take Faculty Training in their respective skills.

These are harder to build so it will be useful to have the required recruitment level of these skills lowered by raising your support level with these characters to B.

  • Heavy Armor: Ferdinand, Raphael
  • Riding: Petra, Marianne
  • Flying: Ingrid

List of All Units' Recruitment Requirements

Blue Lions

Unit Req. for Recruitment Liked Skills Disliked Skills
Annette IconAnnette Magic Axe, Reason, Authority Bow, Heavy Armor
Ashe IconAshe Charm Axe, Bow Reason, Authority
Felix IconFelix Speed Sword, Bow, Brawling Reason, Authority
Ingrid IconIngrid Dexterity Sword, Lance, Riding, Flying None
Mercedes IconMercedes Magic Reason, Faith Sword, Lance, Axe, Heavy Armor
Sylvain IconSylvain Charm Lance, Axe, Riding Bow

Black Eagles

Unit Req. for Recruitment Liked Skills Disliked Skills
Bernadetta IconBernadetta Strength Lance, Bow Sword, Axe, Brawling, Heavy Armor
Caspar IconCaspar Strength Axe, Brawling Bow, Reason, Authority
Dorothea IconDorothea Charm Sword, Reason Faith, Riding, Flying
Ferdinand IconFerdinand Dexterity Sword, Lance, Axe, Riding None
Jeritza IconJeritza Joins during Black Eagles Route Sword, Lance, Brawl, Riding Faith, Authority
Linhardt IconLinhardt Magic Reason, Faith Axe, Brawling
Petra IconPetra Dexterity Sword, Axe, Bow, Flying Reason, Faith

Golden Deer

Unit Req. for Recruitment Liked Skills Disliked Skills
Hilda IconHilda Charm Lance, Axe Faith, Authority
Ignatz IconIgnatz Dexterity Sword, Bow, Authority Flying
Leonie IconLeonie Strength Lance, Bow, Riding, Battle training, Weapong maintenance. None
Lorenz IconLorenz Charm Lance, Reason, Riding Brawling
Lysithea IconLysithea Magic Reason, Faith, Authority Sword, Lance, Axe, Heavy Armor
Marianne IconMarianne Magic Sword, Faith, Riding, Flying Brawling, Heavy Armor
Raphael IconRaphael Strength Axe, Brawling, Heavy Armor Bow, Reason, Riding

Church of Seiros

Unit Req. for Recruitment Liked Skills Disliked Skills
Alois IconAlois Level None
Anna IconAnna Purchase the Expansion Pass Sword, Axe, Bow, Faith Reason, Authority
Catherine IconCatherine Level Sword, Brawling Reason
Cyril IconCyril Level Lance, Axe, Bow, Riding, Flying Reason, Faith
Flayn IconFlayn Joins at Chapter 7 Lance, Faith Heavy Armor, Riding
Gilbert IconGilbert Joins at Chapter 13 of the Blue Lions Route None
Hanneman IconHanneman Level Bow, Reason, Riding Heavy Armor, Flying
Manuela IconManuela Level Sword, Faith, Flying Reason, Heavy Armor
Seteth IconSeteth Joins at the Start of Part 2, except in the Crimson Flower Route Sword, Lance, Axe, Authority Riding
Shamir IconShamir Level Lance, Bow Faith

Ashen Wolves (DLC)

Unit Req. for Recruitment Liked Skills Disliked Skills
Balthus IconBalthus Complete Chapter 4 of the Side Story Sword, Axe, Brawl, Faith, Heavy Armor Lance, Bow, Flying
Constance IconConstance Complete Chapter 2 of the Side Story Sword, Reason, Authority, Flying Axe, Heavy Armor
Hapi IconHapi Complete Chapter 5 of the Side Story Reason, Riding, Flying Brawl, Authority, Heavy Armor
Yuri IconYuri Complete Chapter 6 of the Side Story Sword, Reason, Faith, Authority Lance, Axe, Riding, Flying

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