Mercedes - Fire Emblem: Three Houses Guide - IGN (2024)

Mercedes von Martrtiz is one of the Characters of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

A student of the Blue Lions House at Garreg Mach Monastery, Mercedes is a longtime friend of Annette from their time at the Mages Academy, and although she was once a noble of the Adrestian Empire, she is now but a commoner of the Holy Kingdom where she resides now - torn between her desire to work for the church, and the obligations of her noble bloodline.

• Birthday: 5/27 - Harpstring Moon
• Starting Class: Commoner
• Default Class Progression: Monk, Priest
• Starting Weapon: Training Bow, Heal
• Personal Ability: Live to Serve - When healing an ally with white magic, unit recovers same amount of HP
• Crest: Minor Crest of Lamine - Occasionally conserves uses of recovery magic.
• Likes: Praying, baking, sweets, needlework, ghost stories, adorable things, painting, reading, fragrant flowers
• Dislikes: Spicy foods, exercise
• Favorite Gifts: Tasty Baked Treat, Gemstone Beads, Armored Bear Stuffy, Goddess Statuette, Lavender
• Disliked Gifts: Whetstone, Riding Boots, Ancient Coin
• Lost Items: How to Bake Sweets, Fruit Preserves, Book of Ghost Stories

Default Skills and Proficiencies

Below are Mercedes's starting skills, as well as preferred skills highlighted in blue, and disliked skills highlighted in red. Budding talents, if available, are skills that can turn into preferred skills and grant a unique ability if trained in by Byleth.

How to Recruit Mercedes

In order to recruit Mercedes to a house other than the Blue Lions, you will need to impress her with a high Magic Stat (around 15-20) and a high Bow Skill (around C). Getting at least a C Support Rank with Mercedes can lower the threshold to recruiting her.