Astra (weapon)

"Astra Blade" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Astral Blade, a combat art from Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia which is associated with this weapon.

Astra Concept artwork of Astra from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. A legendary sword.

Type Lance (Gaiden) Bow (Awakening) Sword (Shadows of Valentia, Heroes) First game Fire Emblem Gaiden

Astra (Japanese: 流星 Shooting Star) is a weapon first appearing in Fire Emblem Gaiden. In Gaiden, it is a lance which is an extremely rare random drop from gargoyles. It has an extremely high critical stat of fifty. In Fire Emblem Awakening, it is a bow with the effect of granting its wielder the Astra skill. In Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, it is similar to its Gaiden appearance, but is instead a sword. Using it enough times unlocks a combat art known as Astral Blade, which costs ten HP to use but increases hit rate by fifteen and allows the user to strike five times at half power. It is obtained by evolving certain Rusted Swords.

In Fire Emblem Heroes, the localization instead calls this weapon Astra Blade, and in this game it is a personal weapon of the Zofia's Call variation of Catria. In addition to boosting its wielder's Attack at all times, it also boosts its damage output based on how much higher the user's Attack is than the target's Defense, with no change in damage output should the target's Defense be the higher value.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
Gaiden		Lance	10	0	100	50	1	--	--	--	Restores 5 HP to the equipper at the beginning of their phase.
Awakening		B	14	--	75	5	2	30	0	2	Grants Astra when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units. Cannot be forged.
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia			10	2	100	50	1	--	2	--	Learned combat arts: Astral Blade (30 SP)

In other Fire Emblem series titles

Game	Icon	Type	Might	Range	SP cost	Refine cost	Prerequisites	Unusable by	Inheritable	Other effects and notes
Heroes (refine: Unrefined)			16	1	400	--	Silver Sword	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of ally, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat. Grants +3 HP. User can move to any space within 2 spaces of any ally within 2 spaces. If user's HP ≥ 25% at start of turn, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance, grants +⁠(number of spaces from start position of unit that initiated combat × 2; maximum: 8) attack to user, and inflicts −⁠(number of spaces from start position of unit that initiated combat × 2; maximum: 8) defense to foe during combat.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			18	1	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of ally, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat. Grants +5 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of ally, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat. Grants +5 HP and +3 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of ally, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			16	1	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Grants +3 attack. If user's attack > foe's defense, user deals +⁠([user's attack − foe's defense] × 50%) damage. If user initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of ally, grants +4 each to user's attack, speed, defense, and resistance during combat. Grants +5 HP and +4 resistance.

Locations

Gaiden

Dropped by

Any enemy Gargoyle (0.014% chance)

Awakening

Treasure	Infinite Regalia, chosen at random from a pool of other items.
SpotPass distribution	Available for download from June 7th, 2012JP/March 21st, 2013US/June 6th, 2013EU onward.

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Dungeon drops	The Inner Sanctum: Large pots (0.13%)
Forging	Compatible Rusted Swords (1 )

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Catria: Mild Middle Sister

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Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Awakening	May allow the wielder to strike five times at half damage. Trigger % = (Skill stat ÷ 2)	技÷２％で、ダメージ半分の５回連続攻撃
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	A legendary sword.	伝説の剣
Heroes (Unrefined)	Grants Atk+3. If unit's Atk > foe's Def, deals damage = 50% of unit's Atk minus foe's Def.	攻撃＋３ 自分の攻撃が敵の守備より高い時、 ダメージに（自分の攻撃－敵の守備）の５０％を加算
Heroes (Refined)	Grants Atk+3. If unit's Atk > foe's Def, deals damage = 50% of unit's Atk minus foe's Def. If unit initiates combat or is within 2 spaces of an ally, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 to unit during combat.	攻撃＋３ 自分の攻撃が敵の守備より高い時、 ダメージに（自分の攻撃－敵の守備）の５０％を加算 自分から攻撃した時、または、 周囲２マス以内に味方がいる時、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	Unit can move to a space within 2 spaces of any ally within 2 spaces. At start of combat, if unit's HP ≥ 25%, grants Atk/Spd/Def/Res+4 and an additional Atk+X to unit and inflicts Def-X on foe during combat (X = number of spaces from start position to end position of whoever initiated combat × 2; max 8).	周囲２マス以内の味方の、周囲２マス以内に移動可能 戦闘開始時、自身のＨＰが２５％以上なら、 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防＋４、 さらに、自身の攻撃が増加、敵の守備が減少 増加値、減少値は、 攻撃した側（自分からなら自分、敵からなら敵）の 移動前と移動後のマスの距離（最大４）×２

Trivia

• In Gaiden, Astra has the highest critical rate of any attainable lance in the Fire Emblem series; however, Astra ties for second-highest critical rate with an unused version of the Gáe Bolg in Thracia 776, both behind an unused version of the Gungnir in Thracia 776.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Astra	Used in Awakening and Shadows of Valentia.
Japanese	流星	Shooting Star; rendered as りゅうせい in Gaiden. The same name is used in Heroes.
Spanish	Astra	Uses the skill's English name, not the Spanish name Fobos.
French	Stellaire	Stellar, pertaining to stars; shares its name with the Astra skill.
German	• Astrum • Astra	• Latin: "star"; identical to the skill's temporary PAL English name from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, not the standard German name Astra. Used in Awakening. • Used in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
Italian	Astra	--
Dutch	Astra	--
Simplified Chinese	流星	Shooting Star
Traditional Chinese	流星	Shooting Star

Astra Blade

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Astra Blade	Used only in Heroes.
Japanese	流星	Shooting Star; identical to the name used in games other than Heroes.
Spanish	Hoja Astra	Astra blade
French	Lame stellaire	Stellar blade
German	Astra-Klinge	Astra Blade
Italian	Spada Astra	Astra sword
Portuguese (Brazil)	Espada astro	Astra sword
Traditional Chinese	流星劍	Shooting star shield

Gallery

Official artwork

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  Concept artwork of the Astra from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Screenshots

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  Basilio wielding Astra in Awakening.

Heroes artwork

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  The Astra Blade as it appears in Heroes.
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  Artwork of Catria: Mild Middle Sister with the Astra Blade.