Secret Book

Secret Book Artwork of a secret book from the TCG. Permanently increases Skill by 2.

Type Item First game Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light

The Secret Book is one of several enhancing items in the Fire Emblem series. Its function is to permanently increases the skill of any unit by, usually, two points. Exceptions to this are the original Archanea games, where this item adds five points.

The Secret Book is available in every game of the series other than Gaiden and the Jugdral games. Its equivalent in Thracia 776 is the Skill Ring.

Data

Game	Icon	Uses	Worth	Effects and notes
Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light		1	2,250	Increases skill by 5 points.
Mystery of the Emblem		1	10,000	Increases skill by 5 points.
The Binding Blade		1	8,000	Increases skill by 2 points.
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade		1	8,000	Increases skill by 2 points.
The Sacred Stones		1	8,000	Increases skill by 2 points.
Path of Radiance		1	8,000	Increases skill by 2 points.
Radiant Dawn		1	8,000	Increases skill by 2 points.
Shadow Dragon		1	2,500	Increases skill by 2 points.
New Mystery of the Emblem		1	2,500	Increases skill by 2 points.
Awakening	File:Is 3ds secret book.png	1	2,500	Increases skill by 2 points.

Locations

Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

Treasure	Chapter 17, chest
Secret Shop	Chapter 21

The Binding Blade

Treasure	Chapter 8, chest • Chapter 18 (Ilia route), village
Secret Shop	Chapter 21

Blazing Sword

Inventory	Eliwood's story: Canas Hector's story: Canas
Treasure	Eliwood's story: Chapter 12, village • Chapter 22x, chest Hector's story: Chapter 12, village • Chapter 23x, chest
Transfer data	After receiving the data from the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! bonus discUS or from a Monthly Nintendo demo machine in June 2003JP, transfer it into a savefile through the Transfer Data menu. Only one can be transferred per save file, and the transfer can only be done from Chapter 12 onward.

The Sacred Stones

Dropped by	Chapter 10 (Ephraim's route), enemy Fleet
Dropped by (Skirmish)*	Wight* • Deathgoyle* • Draco Zombie* • Elder Bael*
Treasure	Chapter 5, village • Chapter 11 (Eirika's route), chest
Secret Shop	Rausten Court

Path of Radiance

Dropped by	Chapter 12, enemy Raven (×1/×2)
Treasure	Chapter 14, village

Radiant Dawn

Steal from	Part 2: Chapter 2, enemy Maraj
Bargains	Part 1: Chapter 7 Part 3: Chapter 5

Shadow Dragon

Treasure	Chapter 17, chest
Secret Shop	Chapter 21

New Mystery of the Emblem

Dropped by	Chapter 6, enemy Bishop
Treasure	Chapter 11, hidden in the sand • Chapter 17, chest
Secret Shop	Chapter 21

Awakening

Dropped by	Chapter 13, enemy Risen Chief • Paralogue 23, enemy Priam
Treasure	Chapter 6, chest • Chapter 21, chest
Merchant (Anna)	Any location Higher chance at: Mount Prism • Origin Peak • Sea-King's Throne • Conqueror's Whetstone • Mountain Village • Warriors' Tomb • Wellspring of Truth • Garden of Giants
Renown bonus	630 Renown points; only one copy can be obtained through this means per save file.

Fates

This list may be incomplete.

Dropped by	Hoshido: Chapter 15, enemy ??? Neutral: Chapter 10, enemy Cavalier
Treasure	Nohr: Chapter 13, village
Vendor	Hoshido: Level 3 (limit 1) Nohr: Level 3 (limit 1)
Rank rewards	Battle Rank: 200 (limit 1) • Visitor Rank: 1000 (limit 1)

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Secret Book	--
Spanish	Libro secreto	--
French	Tome secret	--
German	Geheimbuch	--
Italian	Tomo segreto	--

See also

• Other permanent stat boosters
  • Body Ring
  • Dracoshield
  • Energy Drop
  • Energy Ring
  • Goddess Icon
  • Magic Ring
  • Manual
  • Seraph Robe
  • Speed Ring
  • Speedwing
  • Spirit Dust
  • Statue Frag
  • Talisman
  • Boots