Vestal

Vestal The generic Vestal portrait in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. An oracle sacrificed to Duma in ages past.

Unit type(s) Infantry Weapon(s) Black magic, White magic Skill(s) Teleportation

The Vestal (Japanese: ウェスタ Vesta) is a class appearing in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. It is a rare enemy that can only be found in three places; as a rare encounter in Lost Treescape and Duma Temple starting from Act 6 or as an enemy reinforcement in the battle against The Creation at the end of the Thabes Labyrinth. Stat-wise, it serves as a stronger variant of the Witch that also possesses the ability to Conjure more Witches to aid it.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	34	16	--	13	12	0	9	16	5	--

Miscellaneous stats

Game	Tier	Movement type	Weakness	Experience	CRP	Gold	Vision	Weight mod.	Capacity	Size	Unit type
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	--	Mages	--	200	1	--	--	--	--	--	--

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	70%	40%	--	35%	30%	0%	30%	25%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

All Vestals possess the Teleportation skill, although this is not technically tied to the class.

Class change

Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Special class
Vestal

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	An oracle sacrificed to Duma in ages past.	邪神の生贄に捧げられた 太古の巫女

Trivia

• The Vestal's portraits and models are edited versions of Rinea's portraits and models as a Witch, while their map sprites are completely identical.
• In dungeon exploration, the Vestal displays highly unusual behavior due to having drastically different settings for their movement and AI.
  • Their walking speed—the speed at which an encounter moves when they have not noticed Alm or Celica—is set to 2.10, which is faster than the running speeds of most other dungeon encounters (all other encounters have a walking speed of 0.50, and a running speed between 1.50 and 2.10).
  • Their running speed—the speed at which an encounter actively pursues Alm or Celica—is set to 120.00, faster than anything else in the game by a wide margin; this makes it near-impossible to escape from a Vestal once she begins chasing Alm or Celica.
  • Their search radius—the radius at which an encounter will investigate any noise, such as the breaking of pots or crates—is set to 40.00, which is much lower than other dungeon encounters (all other encounters have this set to between 70.00 and 150.00). This is the primary cause as to why Vestals may fail to track Alm or Celica, as they must get closer to the Vestal than usual to attract their attention; even if she discovers them, if they leave the search radius before the Vestal begins chasing them (0.7 seconds if the Vestal is investigating; 0.5 seconds if they were already discovered), she will not attempt to pursue and will merely investigate.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Vestal	Vestals were priestesses of the Roman goddess Vesta who took a vow of celibacy.
Japanese	ウェスタ	Vesta; from the Roman goddess of the hearth.
Spanish	Vestal	--
French	Vestale	Vestal
German	Vestalin	Vestal
Italian	Vestale	Vestal
Dutch	Vestal	--
Korean	베스탈	Vestal
Simplified Chinese	维斯塔	Vesta
Traditional Chinese	維斯塔	Vesta

See also

• Witch

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.