Anankos (chapter)

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Anankos

Location Castle Valla Ruins Boss(es) Anankos Previous chapter(s) Hear My Cry

“	We won't back down! This is my... This is our destiny! Ready your weapons! Fight for your friends! With the Seal of Flames... With the Fire Emblem on our side! We fight for our world!!	”	— Corrin

Anankos (Japanese: 透魔竜ハイドラ Tōma Dragon Hydra) is the endgame of the Revelation campaign in Fire Emblem Fates. In this chapter, Corrin challenges Anankos to bring peace to the world once and for all.

It is not possible to save the game, read supports, or return to My Castle during this chapter; the previous chapter and this one must be completed consecutively.

Plot

Main article: Anankos (chapter)/Script

Anankos reveals his full body in the astral void, to the horror of Corrin's army. Xander remarks on their situation to Ryoma: the princes of two kingdoms, bitter rivals, spending their last moments together. After Azura doubts their plight, Corrin rallies their army to believe in themselves. Invoking the Fire Emblem, Corrin declares they will fight for the world.

With Anankos finally slain, the royals all celebrate, and Azura thanks Corrin for fighting alongside her. Later on, Corrin is crowned the king/queen of Valla, and they thank Xander and Ryoma, now kings themselves, for offering land upon which to rebuild the kingdom. They pledge to work for the betterment of the kingdom and to believe in its people, with their brothers and sisters all encouraging and congratulating them. Gunter, who watched the coronation from afar, makes his exit.

Some time after the coronation, Corrin meets Azura by the lake where they first met her. Corrin asks if she's fine with relinquishing her rightful place as ruler of Valla to them, to which she replies that she is happy with her decision, stating that the Yato believes in them. Corrin promises to make Arete and the former king of Valla proud, and Azura sings for them. The two then discuss the origin of the song, with Azura guessing that Anankos was its author, writing it for the ones who would free him from his insanity through death. Azura suggests that Corrin could be the one to write the song's next part. The two return to the party to see Xander and Ryoma vowing to keep peace between Nohr and Hoshido, swearing this to Corrin themselves.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Defeat Anankos's core	Player	Partner	Other	Enemy	Third
Defeat: Corrin dies* or the player's army is routed*	1–13	{{{partner}}}	{{{other}}}	10 +∞	{{{third}}}
Preparations Battle Head Core {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}}
Map dimensions: 19 columns by 20 rows

Character data

Characters
New units
None
Required characters
Available characters

Note: The returning characters list does not include any characters recruitable in paralogues or xenologues, as the player may not have taken on any available paralogue chapters yet. The list also does not include any bonus units, as they are recruitable at the player's discretion.

Dragon Vein data

There are no Dragon Veins in this chapter.

Enemy data

Normal Hard Lunatic

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Anankos (Claws) Silent Dragon 40 2 61 24 14 20 20 17 24 16 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Vallite General 15 ∞ 56 33 0 23 11 14 34 18 5 Silver Lance • Silver Axe -- Vallite Berserker 15 ∞ 59 35 0 23 23 5 19 8 6 Silver Axe -- Vallite Sorcerer 15 ∞ 45 0 29 16 19 9 20 28 6 Ragnarok -- Vallite Adventurer 15 ∞ 46 22 25 14 30 9 13 29 6 Silver Bow -- Vallite Paladin 15 ∞ 51 27 1 22 22 14 26 22 8 Silver Sword • Silver Lance -- Vallite Dark Knight 15 ∞ 51 28 23 18 14 14 29 19 8 Fimbulvetr -- Vallite Wyvern Lord 15 ∞ 49 31 0 24 17 10 31 11 8 Silver Axe • Silver Lance -- Vallite Bow Knight 15 ∞ 48 24 0 24 25 11 19 23 8 Silver Sword • Silver Bow -- Anankos (Head) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 28 18 24 24 21 28 20 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Swordmaster 16 ∞ 49 26 2 24 29+1 16 19−1 20−1 6 Silver Katana -- Vallite Sniper 16 ∞ 52 27 0 28 25 12 24 16+2 6 Silver Yumi -- Vallite Falcon Knight 16 ∞ 48 23 18 20 26 19 19+1 31+1 8 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Onmyoji 16 ∞ 44 0 29 22 24 9 13 23+1 6 Rabbit Spirit -- Vallite Spear Master 16 ∞ 51 32 0 26 25 12 24+1 17+1 6 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Master of Arms 16 ∞ 55 30 0 21 22 13 26 15 6 Silver Club -- Vallite Master Ninja 16 ∞ 47 22 0 28 29+2 11 18 27 6 Iron Shuriken -- Vallite Oni Chieftain 16 ∞ 50 33 18 15 21 5 29 20+1 6 Rabbit Spirit -- Anankos (Core) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 33 23 29 29 26 33 25 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Hero 17 ∞ 55 29 0 28 25 14 25 16 6 Silver Sword -- Vallite Great Knight 17 ∞ 55 31 0 21 17 10 31 16 7 Silver Sword • Silver Lance • Hand Axe -- Vallite Dark Knight 17 ∞ 51 28 23 18 14 14 29 19 8 Silver Sword • Thunder -- Vallite Malig Knight 17 ∞ 48 28 22 17 12 5 26 22 8 Silver Axe • Thunder -- Vallite Mechanist 17 ∞ 52 27 0 24 19+2 13 27 19 7 Silver Shuriken • Silver Yumi -- Vallite Merchant 17 ∞ 56 32 0 20 18 15 29+1 19+1 6 Silver Naginata • Silver Yumi -- Vallite Great Master 17 ∞ 53 29 22 23 25 16 22+1 25+1 6 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Basara 17 ∞ 56 28 22 22 25 19 25+1 25+1 6 Iron Naginata • Tiger Spirit --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Anankos (Claws) Silent Dragon 40 2 61 26 16 22 22 19 26 18 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Vallite General 15 ∞ 57 36 0 25 11 14 38 19 5 Silver Lance • Silver Axe -- Vallite Berserker 15 ∞ 61 39 0 26 27 5 20 9 6 Silver Axe -- Vallite Sorcerer 15 ∞ 46 0 35 16 21 6 21 29 6 Ragnarok -- Vallite Adventurer 15 ∞ 46 23 24 18 30 9 16 30 6 Silver Bow -- Vallite Paladin 15 ∞ 51 29 1 22 22 14 28 24 8 Silver Sword • Silver Lance -- Vallite Dark Knight 15 ∞ 53 30 25 20 16 14 32 21 8 Fimbulvetr -- Vallite Wyvern Lord 15 ∞ 49 32 0 27 21 10 33 12 8 Silver Axe • Silver Lance -- Vallite Bow Knight 15 ∞ 48 25 0 26 27 11 20 24 8 Silver Sword • Silver Bow -- Anankos (Head) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 30 20 26 26 23 30 22 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Swordmaster 16 ∞ 49 27 2 26 33+1 16 20−1 21−1 6 Silver Katana -- Vallite Sniper 16 ∞ 52 28 0 32 28 12 26 17+2 6 Silver Yumi -- Vallite Falcon Knight 16 ∞ 48 24 18 23 30 19 20+1 32+1 8 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Onmyoji 16 ∞ 44 0 33 23 26 9 14 24+1 6 Rabbit Spirit -- Vallite Spear Master 16 ∞ 51 33 0 28 27 12 25+1 18+1 6 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Master of Arms 16 ∞ 55 31 0 23 24 13 27 16 6 Silver Club -- Vallite Master Ninja 16 ∞ 47 23 0 32 33+2 11 19 31 6 Iron Shuriken -- Vallite Oni Chieftain 16 ∞ 50 33 20 14 22 5 33 21+1 6 Rabbit Spirit -- Anankos (Core) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 35 25 31 31 28 35 27 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Hero 17 ∞ 56 30 0 33 27 14 26 17 6 Silver Sword -- Vallite Great Knight 17 ∞ 55 35 0 22 17 10 36 17 7 Silver Sword • Silver Lance • Hand Axe -- Vallite Dark Knight 17 ∞ 53 30 25 20 16 14 32 21 8 Silver Sword • Thunder -- Vallite Malig Knight 17 ∞ 48 29 24 20 16 5 27 23 8 Silver Axe • Thunder -- Vallite Mechanist 17 ∞ 52 28 0 28 23+2 13 28 23 7 Silver Shuriken • Silver Yumi -- Vallite Merchant 17 ∞ 56 33 0 22 19 15 32+1 20+1 6 Silver Naginata • Silver Yumi -- Vallite Great Master 17 ∞ 53 30 24 24 27 16 23+1 26+1 6 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Basara 17 ∞ 56 29 24 23 25 19 26+1 26+1 6 Iron Naginata • Tiger Spirit --

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Anankos (Claws) Silent Dragon 40 2 63 29 16 22 22 19 27 19 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status --

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Prf Def Res Cha Lck Con Mov Inventory and Skills Vallite General 15 ∞ 59 38 0 25 11 14 40+2 19 5 Silver Lance • Silver Axe Defense +2 • Natural Cover -- Vallite Berserker 15 ∞ 63+5 40 0 26 27 5 22 9 6 Silver Axe HP +5 • Gamble -- Vallite Sorcerer 15 ∞ 48 0 35 16 21 6 21 31 6 Ragnarok Malefic Aura • Heartseeker -- Vallite Adventurer 15 ∞ 48 25 26 18 30 9 18 32 6 Silver Bow -- Vallite Paladin 15 ∞ 53 31 1 22 22 14 30 24 8 Silver Sword • Silver Lance Elbow Room -- Vallite Dark Knight 15 ∞ 55 32 28 20 16 14 34 23 8 Fimbulvetr Malefic Aura • Heartseeker -- Vallite Wyvern Lord 15 ∞ 51 33+2 0 27 21 10 35 12 8 Silver Axe • Silver Lance Strength +2 • Lunge -- Vallite Bow Knight 15 ∞ 50 27 0 26 27 11 22 24 8 Silver Sword • Silver Bow Strong Riposte • Good Fortune -- Anankos (Head) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 33 20 26 26 23 31 23 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Swordmaster 16 ∞ 51 29 4 26 33+1 16 22−1 23−1 6 Silver Katana Vantage • Duelist's Blow -- Vallite Sniper 16 ∞ 54 30 0 32+2 28 12 28 17+2 6 Silver Yumi Skill +2 • Quick Draw -- Vallite Falcon Knight 16 ∞ 50 26 20 23 30 19 22+1 34+1 8 Silver Naginata Darting Blow • Camaraderie -- Vallite Onmyoji 16 ∞ 45 0 33+2 23 26 9 14 26+1 6 Rabbit Spirit Magic +2 -- Vallite Spear Master 16 ∞ 53 34 0 28 27 12 27+1 18+1 6 Silver Naginata Seal Defense -- Vallite Master of Arms 16 ∞ 57 33 0 23 24 13 29 16 6 Silver Club Underdog -- Vallite Master Ninja 16 ∞ 49 25 0 32 33+2 11 21 31 6 Iron Shuriken Poison Strike -- Vallite Oni Chieftain 16 ∞ 52 34 20 14 22 5 35 21+1 6 Rabbit Spirit Seal Resistance -- Anankos (Core) Silent Dragon 40 1 80 38 25 31 31 28 36 28 - Dragon Breath* Dragonskin • Immune Status -- Vallite Hero 17 ∞ 58+5 32 0 33 27 14 28 17 6 Silver Sword HP +5 • Gamble -- Vallite Great Knight 17 ∞ 57 35 0 22 17 10 37 17 7 Silver Sword • Silver Lance • Hand Axe Elbow Room -- Vallite Dark Knight 17 ∞ 55 32 28 20 16 14 34 23 8 Silver Sword • Thunder Malefic Aura • Heartseeker -- Vallite Malig Knight 17 ∞ 51 31+2 27 20 16 5 29 25 8 Silver Axe • Thunder Strength +2 • Lunge -- Vallite Mechanist 17 ∞ 54 30 0 28 23+2 13 30 23 7 Silver Shuriken • Silver Yumi Poison Strike -- Vallite Merchant 17 ∞ 58 33 0 22 19 15 33+1 20+1 6 Silver Naginata • Silver Yumi Underdog -- Vallite Great Master 17 ∞ 55 32 26 24 27 16 25+1 28+1 6 Silver Naginata -- Vallite Basara 17 ∞ 58 31 24 23 25 19 28+1 26+1 6 Iron Naginata • Tiger Spirit Seal Defense --

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Reinforcements

• At the start of the battle, one General, one Berserker, one Sorcerer, one Adventurer, one Paladin, one Dark Knight, one Wyvern Lord, and one Bow Knight will appear circling around the arena, starting from the top left going counterclockwise.
  • Each turn, up to two of the above will appear as reinforcements from the same spot they first appeared from. The units that appear are the first two in the order above that are dead, starting from the last unit to appear, looping from the Bow Knight to the General—e.g., on turn 1, if the General and Sorcerer are dead, the General and Sorcerer will respawn; if the Berserker, Sorcerer, and Wyvern Lord are dead and the Sorcerer was the last unit to appear, the Wyvern Lord and Berserker respawn; if only the Paladin is dead, then only the Paladin respawns; if no unit is dead, then no units are spawned that turn and the cycle is not advanced.
• Upon defeating both of Anankos's claws, his head will appear in the center of the map; it will not act on the turn it appears. Additionally, the following reinforcements will replace the first set (with the same spawning logic; the Oni Cheiftan loops back to the Swordmaster):
  • Swordmasters from the northeast corner of the map
  • Snipers from the northeast corner of the map
  • Falcon Knights from the northeast corner of the map
  • Onmyojis from the northeast corner of the map
  • Spear Masters from the northwest corner of the map
  • Masters of Arms from the northwest corner of the map
  • Master Ninjas from the northwest corner of the map
  • Oni Chieftains from the northwest corner of the map
• Upon defeating Anankos's head, his core will appear in its place; it will not act on the turn it appears. Additionally, the following reinforcements will replace the second set (with the same spawning logic; the Basara loops back to the Hero):
  • Heroes from the northwest corner of the map
  • Great Knights from the northwest corner of the map
  • Dark Knights from the northwest corner of the map
  • Malig Knights from the northwest corner of the map
  • Mechanists from the northeast corner of the map
  • Merchants from the northeast corner of the map
  • Great Masters from the northeast corner of the map
  • Basaras from the northeast corner of the map

Boss data

Main article: Anankos

Claws

Normal Hard Lunatic

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 61 Speed 20 Strength 24 Luck 17 Magic 14 Defense 24 Skill 20 Resistance 16

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 61 Speed 22 Strength 26 Luck 19 Magic 16 Defense 26 Skill 22 Resistance 18

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 63 Speed 22 Strength 29 Luck 19 Magic 16 Defense 27 Skill 22 Resistance 19

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- A

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Head

Normal Hard Lunatic

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 24 Strength 28 Luck 21 Magic 18 Defense 28 Skill 24 Resistance 20

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- S

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 26 Strength 30 Luck 23 Magic 20 Defense 30 Skill 26 Resistance 22

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- S

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 26 Strength 33 Luck 23 Magic 20 Defense 31 Skill 26 Resistance 23

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- S

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Core

Normal Hard Lunatic

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 29 Strength 33 Luck 26 Magic 23 Defense 33 Skill 29 Resistance 25

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- S

Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 31 Strength 35 Luck 28 Magic 25 Defense 35 Skill 31 Resistance 27

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Silent Dragon Level 40 Movement -

Stats Max HP 80 Speed 31 Strength 38 Luck 28 Magic 25 Defense 36 Skill 31 Resistance 28

Inventory Skills Dragon Breath* Dragonskin Immune Status Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- -- -- -- S

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Strategy

This section details unofficial strategies that may help with completion of the chapter. This may not work for everybody.

This is the final chapter of Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation, and you cannot save your progress after this chapter; thus, no changes to your army or inventory can be carried over. If you have been saving rare and valuable items like stat boosters, status staves, and the Bifröst for a rainy day, it's time to take out your umbrella.

The map begins with 8 enemies spawning in a circle. After these 8 enemies, no more than 2 enemy reinforcements will spawn on any given turn, meaning once you get past the first wave, the map becomes significantly easier. For this reason, the first priority should be taking out or disabling these enemies as soon as possible.

The Sorcerer, Adventurer, Paladin and Dark Knight spawn near enough to your units that your 6-mov units can reach and 1-range them without too much issue. The Berserker and Wyvern Lord are near enough for an 8-mov unit to reach at 1-range, and thus a mounted unit should be deployed near them to take them out. The General and Bow Knight are in similar positions to the Berserker and Wyvern Lord, except they are also 2 tiles away from Anankos' Claws, meaning they cannot be 1-ranged without leaving someone in Anankos' range. For this reason, if you cannot 2-range them to death on turn 1, hit the with a Freeze staff so they don't start moving towards your own units and locking them in place for when you dispose of them on turn 2. From there, any units not engaged in fighting Anankos or healing the Anankos-killers should remain near the reinforcement spawn points to kill the reinforcements as they spawn.

As the final boss of Revelation, Anankos is incredibly durable and highly damaging. He cannot double attack, but very few, if any units will be able to survive two consecutive attacks from him without healing in between. The best way to avoid taking too much damage from him is by using Pair Up and preparing a Dual Guard, which will allow a unit to survive two consecutive rounds of combat against him by virtue of simply blocking one attack altogether. The presence of infinite reinforcements can actually be a blessing here, as they can be safely attacked to build up your Dual Guard gauge, and do not spawn frequently enough to be particularly dangerous, especially when other units are killing them upon spawning. If a Dual Guard is somehow not quite in reach, be sure to keep a healer with Physic ready to heal them while staying out of Anankos's range.

In general, Corrin will likely be the main workhorse during this fight thanks to the sheer power the Omega Yato has against Anankos. With each passing phase, Anankos gets progressively bulkier and faster; before applying the Omega Yato's bonuses, Corrin will need to reach 20/22 speed to double his claws, 24/26 to double his head, and 29/31 to double all of Anankos's phases. Tonics, rallies, and Azura's Inspiring Song can help Corrin reach these speeds should they not be quite up to snuff.

Other than Corrin, other units can also help, especially on the Claws, as to avoid having to walk Corrin across the map. Units like Xander with a Siegfried, Takumi with a Fujin Yumi or even Oboro with a Waterwheel can handle the other Claw while Corrin handles one. Any 2-range Claw-killer can also remain at 2 range, where a healer can safely heal them with a Sun Festal, while 1-range Claw-killers would need to be healed via Physic. While any non-Corrin unit usually takes longer to take their Claw down, it is still faster than walking Corrin over to do the same thing.

Once both claws go down, his head becomes the new target. Also, reinforcements now spawn in the areas between where the claws used to be and the map border, and hence your other combat units should head there to spawn-kill the reinforcements that spawn 2 per turn. Fighting the head is much the same as fighting a Claw, aside from the head dealing 4 more damage and being slightly beefier.

Once his head has been defeated and his core has been revealed, approaching Anankos becomes somewhat trickier. His new breath has more range and, though less powerful in terms of raw might, will likely do even more damage due to being a magic attack. If the Head was defeated during player phase, it's OK to leave your units in range, as Anankos will not attack until the following enemy phase, though if the Head suicided on enemy phase, you need to move your units to safety the player phase immediately afterwards. Sun Festals no longer have enough range to heal safely, though healers like Elise and Sakura usually have enough magical bulk to just stay in range and tank attacks anyways. High-res units should be the ones helping Corrin with damage-dealing, such as Kaze with a Silver Shuriken, Shura with a Illusory or Silver Yumi or Hinoka with a Guard Naginata.

While not at all necessary, if the player feels like investing, Replicate can be a very effective and fun skill in dealing with Anankos, as it can allow one copy of Corrin to fight Anankos at all times, while the other one can stay behind to be healed, which will in turn heal the other copy.

Trivia

• This chapter is one of few chapters in the game where the preparations theme doesn't play during that phase of setup. In this case, the music from the preceding cutscene continues onto the battle preparations screen.
• This is the only endgame chapter in Fates not named after a lyric of Lost in Thoughts All Alone.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Anankos	--
Japanese	透魔竜ハイドラ	Tōma Dragon Hydra
Spanish	Anankos	--
French	Anankos	--
German	Anankos	--
Italian	Anankos	--
Korean	투마룡 아난코스	Invisible dragon Anankos

References

← Hear My Cry •	Anankos