[FE7] [COMPLETE] Fire Emblem - The Lightning Hack [FE7 Rebalance - Featuring Str/Mag Split]

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Hello there everyone! Welcome to The Lightning Hack (FE7:TLH) main post!

This is a light rebalance of FE7 that not only features new classes, weapons and the usual QoL patches and gameplay changes, but also a fully working Str/Mag split mechanic!
The purpose of this hack was not only to finally cure my itch to work on something for FE7, but also give a base project for new FE7 hacks that can work with the new Str/Mag split, hopefully opening a lot of creative possibilities for future Blazing Blade projects.

Hope that you enjoy playing through it, and here’s the full list of changes:

Gameplay Changes
  • The premier mechanic: Full Str/Mag Split (by Tequila)! All classes now have separate Strength and Magic stat growths, just like in modern FEs. Every unit and class has been properly updated to accommodate this new change.
  • New classes (e.g. Jouster, Battlemage, Warmonk) as well as weapons (e.g. full set of knives for Thief classes, full magic weapons for all 4 physical types). This also include slight overall rebalances of vanilla classes and weapons.
  • Wallace and Fiora are now pre-promotes (General and Falcoknight respectively).
  • Ursula’s class changed to Battlemage. Renault’s class changed to Warmonk.
  • Snipers gain the mono-weapon crit bonus. Assassins can now steal items.
  • Innate crit bonus of promoted mono-weapon classes increased from +15 to +30.
  • Experience gain for healing/dancing/stealing increased from 10 to 15.
  • All effective weapons damage multiplier changed from x2 to x3.
  • Armories and Vendors all updated to accommodate the new weapons (and an extra, late game secret shop is now also available).
  • Supports are now earned at up to three spaces away, and are twice as fast.
  • Recruitment Alternatives: Eliwood can now recruit Fiora on ‘The Dread Isle’, while Karel can now recruit Karla on ‘Battle Preparations’ (Hector Mode+10/5 Bartre is still necessary, but if you have Karel he can simply talk with Karla first to recruit her).
  • Several QoL/Bug Fix patches, as well as new battle/magic animations. Credits of all works listed in the text file inside the download links.
  • Casual Mode & Fixed Growths Implemented: Casual Mode based on Mkol’s FE7 Plus, while Fixed Growths is available on the [FG] patch.
  • New patches available in the download links with the [LEM-HMB] tag, meaning “Lyn/Eliwood Mode - Hard Mode Bonuses”: in vanilla only Hector Hard Mode give HMBs to enemies, so with that in mind these optional patches instead implement HMBs on all hard modes available. Enjoy the increased challenge!
Classes Overview
Knight Crest

Cavalier [Sword Cav] (D Swords)

[M] = SALVAGED Male Generic
[F] = SALVAGED Female Generic

Paladin (D Swords/Lances)

[M] = SALVAGED Male Vanilla-Style Repal
[F] = SALVAGED Female Base

Jouster [Lance Cav] (D Lances)

[M] = SALVAGED Male Generic
[F] = SALVAGED Female Generic

Bastion (D Lances/Axes)

[U] = Nuramon Gold Knight v2

Knight [Original Armor Knight] (D Swords/Lances)

[U] = SALVAGED Generic Knight

General (C Swords/Lances D Axes/Bows)

[U] = Nuramon FE10-Style Marshall

Magus [Magic Armor Knight] (D Anima/Staves)

[U] = DatOnDemand’s Armage

Baron (D Swords/Lances C Anima/Staves)

[U] = Bulwark King by Leo Link

Hero Crest

Mercenary (D Swords)

[M] = SALAGED Male Vanilla-Style
[F] = SALVAGED Female w/Pants

Champion [Hero] (C Swords D Axes)

[M] = Nuramon’s Male Vanguard
[F] = Nuramon’s Female Vanguard

Myrmidon (D Swords)

[M] = Leo’s Male Myrmidon Alt
[F] = Leo’s Female Myrmidon Alt

Swordmaster (C Swords | +30 Crit)

[M] = Vanilla FE7 Karel (TLP v2)
[F] = Vanilla FE7 Karla (TLP v2)

Vandal (D Swords)

[M] = Leo_Link’s Blader Myrmidon Male Long Hair
[F] = Leo_Link’s Blader Myrmidon Female Ponytail

Dreadblade [Dread Fighter] (D Swords/Dark)

[M] = Nuramon Male Dread Fighter
[F] = Nuramon Female Dread Fighter

Soldier (D Lances)

[M] = Flasuban Male FE10-Style
[F] = Flasuban Female FE10-Style

Halberdier (C Lances | +30 Crit)

[M] = TheBlindArcher Male Halberdier
[F] = TBA/Black Mage Female Halberdier

Militia (D Lances)

[M] = Alusq Male Militia
[F] = Alusq Female Militia

Sentinel (D Swords C Lances)

[U] = Nuramon Sentinel

Lancer (D Lances)

[F] = SALVAGED Lancer

Diviner (C Lances D Staves)

[F] = RedBean Miko v2

Fighter (D Axes)

[M] = Leo’s Tellius-Style Clothing
[F] = Black Mage’s Long Hair v2

Warrior (C Axes D Bows)

[M] = Vanilla +Magic Axe
[F] = Female Long Hair Repal

Brawler (D Axes)

[M] = FE9 Fighter Original Style
[F] = FE9 Fighter Variant Style

Warmonk (C Axes D Staves)

[M] = FE13-Custom War Monk
[F] = FE13-Custom War Cleric

Ocean Seal

Barbarian (D Axes)

[M] = Skitty/eCut Male Headband
[F] = Skitty/eCut Female Barbarian

Pirate (D Axes)

[M] = Nuramon Male Variant
[F] = Nuramon Female Variant

Berserker (C Axes | +30 Crit)

[M] = Blue Druid’s Vanilla Repal
[F] = Alice’s Piratezerker

Thief (D Swords/Knives)

[M] = Pikmin Matthew Repal
[F] = Pikmin Cath Repal

Assassin (C Swords/Knives | Lethality)

[M] = Jaffar Brown Boots Repal
[F] = Ponytail +Skirt Repal

Orion's Bolt

Archer (D Bows)

[M] = Der’s Male Improved
[F] = Der’s Female Improved

Sniper (C Bows | +30 Crit)

[M] = ltranc Male Adventurer (Trickster Hat)
[F] = ltranc Female Adventurer (Trickster Hat)

Hunter (D Bows)

[M] = MeatOfJustice Male Hunter
[F] = MeatOfJustice Female Hunter

Ranger (D Lances C Bows)

[M] = Vanilla Male +Lance
[F] = Vanilla Female +Lance

Nomad (D Bows)

[M] = eCut Male Non-Sacaen
[F] = eCut Female Non-Sacaen

Wayfarer [Nomadic Trooper] (D Swords C Bows)

[M] = Nomad Trooper Male FE6 Style
[F] = Nomad Trooper Female Repal

Elysian Whip

Pegasi [Pegasus Knight] (D Lances)

[F] = OreoStyx Repal

Falcoknight (D Swords C Lances)

[F] = Flasuban Improved

Wyvernier [Wyvern Rider] (D Lances)

[U] = UltraFenix Repal

Dracoknight (C Lances D Axes)

[U] = Nuramon Armored

Guiding Ring

Wizard [Vanilla Mage] (D Anima)

[M] = GabrielKnight Hatless Mage
[F] = SaintRubenio FE7’s Long Hair

Sage (C Anima D Light/Staves)

[M] = UltraFenix FE8 Repal
[F] = Vanilla FE8 Lute Fixed

Truant [Alt Mage] (D Anima)

[M] = L95’s Male Light Mage
[F] = L95’s Female Long Hair Light Mage

Battlemage [Mage Knight] (D Swords/Anima/Staves)

[M] = DatonDemand Male Headband
[F] = DatonDemand Female Headband

Pilgrim [Monk] (D Light)

[M] = Eldritch Male Repal
[F] = Eldritch Female Repal

Bishop (D Light/Dark C Staves)

[M] = Eldritch Male Repal
[F] = Eldritch Female Repal

Shaman (D Dark)

[M] = Awakening Hooded Dark Mage
[F] = Awakening Female Dark Mage

Druid (C Dark D Anima/Staves)

[M] = Eldritch Abomination Generic Male
[F] = TytheBub Lyon Female Reskin

Curate [Priest/Cleric] (D Staves)

[M] = Eldritch Repal v2
[F] = Eldritch Improved Repal

Bishop (D Light/Dark C Staves)

[M] = Eldritch Male Repal
[F] = Eldritch Female Repal

Scholar (D Staves)

[M] = Male Vanilla Staff Shaman
[F] = Female Vanilla Staff Shaman

Darkrider [Dark Knight] (D Swords/Dark/Staves)

[U] = Leo_Link’s Dark Knight

Troubadour (E Swords D Staves)

[F] = Ponytail Troubadour Repal

Valkyrie (D Swords/Light/Staves)

[F] = Brober Ponytail Valkyrie

Items Overview

General Information

  • The same material on weapons now shares the same total uses.
  • Short Bow is now 1 range, giving bow users option to fight in melee.
  • Secret Book/Divine Icon buffed from +2 to +4 Skill/Luck.
  • Energy Ring now increases BOTH Strength and Magic by +2.
  • Magic Tomes are now of considerable lower weight (except siege).
  • Last chapter S Rank weapons now from FE8 w/buffs (+effective vs Fire Dragon).
  • Vanilla items removed or made unavailable: Poison Lance/Axe/Bow, Dragon Axe, Swordslayer, Emblem Weapons/Seal, Fell Contract (Ocean Seal promote thieves).

New Weapons

Physical Types

  • Levin Sword - Mt: 9 Hit: 65 Wt: 10 Crit: 5 Uses: 25 C Rank (Magic Sword)
  • Flame Lance - Mt: 11 Hit: 70 Wt: 10 Crit: 0 Uses: 30 B Rank (Magic Lance)
  • Compact Axe - Mt: 5 Hit: 85 Wt: 7 Crit: 10 Uses: 30 E Rank
  • Hatchet - Mt: 4 Hit: 80 Wt: 5 Crit: 0 Uses: 25 D Rank (1-2 Range)
  • Bolt Axe - Mt: 12 Hit: 70 Wt: 11 Crit: 5 Uses: 30 B Rank (Magic Axe)
  • Hunter Bow - Mt: 7 Hit: 80 Wt: 10 Crit: 0 Uses: 20 D Rank (Anti-Cavalry)
  • Cleave Bow - Mt: 9 Hit: 75 Wt: 10 Crit: 0 Uses: 20 D Rank (Anti-Armor)
  • Radiant Bow - Mt: 10 Hit: 70 Wt: 9 Crit: 0 Uses: 25 C Rank (Mag > Res)
  • Iron Knife - Mt: 2 Hit: 100 Wt: 2 Crit: 0 Uses: 40 E Rank (1-2 Range)
  • Steel Knife - Mt: 5 Hit: 85 Wt: 7 Crit: 0 Uses: 30 D Rank (1-2 Range)
  • Silver Knife - Mt: 10 Hit: 90 Wt: 5 Crit: 0 Uses: 20 A Rank (1-2 Range)

Magic Tomes

  • Galecut - Mt: 7 Hit: 85 Wt: 7 Crit: 0 Uses: 20 C Rank (Anti-Fliers)
  • Thoron - Mt: 11 Hit: 75 Wt: 12 Crit: 5 Uses: 25 B Rank (Brave Effect)
  • Holyspike - Mt: 6 Hit: 75 Wt: 7 Crit: 5 Uses: 20 C Rank (Anti-Cavalry)
  • Nebula - Mt: 6 Hit: 70 Wt: 10 Crit: 10 Uses: 25 B Rank (1-3 Range)
  • Demon - Mt: 8 Hit: 70 Wt: 8 Crit: 0 Uses: 35 D Rank
  • Carreau - Mt: 13 Hit: 65 Wt: 14 Crit: 0 Uses: 25 B Rank (Poison On Hit)

(Hand Axe C Rank | Light Brand D Rank | Flux E Rank)
(Weapons/Staves now grant at least 2 WEXP on attacks/casts)

That’s all of the most important pieces of information covered.
Enjoy FE7:TLH!

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[FE7] Fire Emblem 7 - Ashen PME (Submissions Open)
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This is definitely going to be a treat, I gotta try and do solo runs in this.

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would you say this is a top to bottom rebalance for normal and hard lyn/eliwood/hector routes. or is there a difficulty you would say is specifically balanced for playing through and providing feedback?

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Despite the new Str/Mag split implemented, it will still be mostly similar to vanilla difficulty wise, such as the stats of the playable units. But it can be considered slightly easier than vanilla, due to all the QoL patches and some gameplay additions (such as 1-2 range knives to help thieves, effective bows for archers to deal more damage against key bosses, etc).

I’m open for feedback on any difficulty! Try the one that you’re most familiar with.

Also important notification. I’ve uploaded a quick fix, same download links on OP, that fixes the following: the Bolt Axe wasn’t tagged properly as a 1-2 range weapon, both Pent and Louise’s inventory were updated, and a few enemy cavs had the wrong class for their weapon.

Simply download it again and patch a new FE7 file while maintaining your save.

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First the Sponge Patch featuring a playable Tactician, then that Legacy Patch, and now this?? Man seems like this is going to be a new experience to play the Blazing Blade with this rebalance! Looking forward to the Casual Mode, FE8 Style, new changes, and Lyn’s challenges in her game and stuff. That being said I’m currently playing the Sponge and Legacy rebalance patches so Im gonna give this a shot!

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I would recommend you to try the Blazing Silver

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I see plans for the Fixed Growth mode in the upcoming plans, I follow project intensely. Very excited for this; but I’m happy to play by applying my own patch for such a thing for the time being!

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I think i’m good on that. I want to try out rebalance romhacks for a new experience and a new fresh adventure for pure casualness. I appreciate the recommendation tho

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This has been a fun hack to play. I enjoy the updated graphics and choices you’ve used for animations and classes. One bug I’ve found so far, Aion’s bolting is still equipped even when Kishuna is present in 19x. If you have animation on and he targets a unit, the game freezes on the battle screen. If you turn animation off it proceeds like normal and he will miss since he is not supposed to do any damage. I can provide a save if this helps.

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Thanks a lot for the report, don’t worry about the save also, I managed to replicate on my end.

What happened that I pinpointed was the ‘Melee And Magic Fix’, a base patch that the Str/Mag split patch works on; it had an older version implemented, that made enemy tome users still target units while inside the magic seal aura, resulting in the “fight” that freezes the game.

I’ve implemented the proper updated version, that also fixes it. After playtesting it, enemy mages will now not target you inside the aura like in vanilla again, preventing the freeze.

It’s already up for download! Same links in OP; just patch in a new FE7 file with your save.
Not only that, but this also reminded me of two other QoL patches that I had forgotten:

  • Battle Stats w/Animations Off & Hold L Button to Skip Battle Anims (both by Tequila).

They’ve been also implemented in this same update, listed on the credits text file.

Thanks again for the report, and enjoy everyone!

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I’m willing to give this a shot, seems fun

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<_>

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Fix this please

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That’s part of other fixes that I’ve already found and took care off.

Not only that but v1.0 is almost ready, and will be uploaded soon for everyone!

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Is that one PME going to start again? I’m not gonna miss again

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:tada: v1.0 Released - Available For Download :tada:

With this, all of the important changes were finally implemented, and I now consider it complete!
I’ll still keep a lookout for any possible reports of glitches that might need to be fixed.

Here’s the full list of final changes, again all done and ready to play on the OP links:

  • Full FE8-Style Portraits (by Eldritch Abomination), w/fix for generic soldier frames.

  • Casual Mode Implemented: Based on Mkol’s FE7 Plus Hack, a new option will appear at the start of either Eliwood or Hector Mode to activate it for that save file. While it also had the option on Lyn Mode in FE7 Plus, there were reports that, if you do activate it in Lyn Mode, then you cannot change it in Eliwood/Hector Mode (and vice-versa). Even then, Lyn Mode already has a semi-casual mode where units that get defeated there still appear back on Eliwood/Hector’s, hence why I implemented it only on the main modes.

  • Fixed Growths Implemented: Works as a separate patch, the one with the [FG] tag at the end of the file name. More information on how the patch works here.

  • In Search of Truth: Cleave Bow drop fixed to appear in both Eliwood and Hector Modes.

  • Imprisoner of Magic: New Holyspike tome added as droppable, appears on all modes.

  • Several enemy generics had their class changed to some of the new classes (e.g. Myrmidons to Vandals, Soldiers to Militias, Archers to Hunters, etc).

  • Fixed some enemy mages in Lyn Mode having slightly higher Defense than normal.

  • The Dread Isle: Besides Florina, Eliwood can now also talk with Fiora to recruit her.

  • Battle Preparations: Besides Bartre, Karel can now also talk with Karla to recruit her, without the unscripted fight (Hector Mode+10/5 Bartre is still needed to make Karla appear, but once she does AND you got Karel, you can have him talk first with her instead).

Finally, to get Hector Mode’s A Glimpse in Time (Ch.19xx), you still need to both level up Nils in Lyn Mode and defeat Kishuna in the chapter before, but the requirements are easier:

  • Nils’ level experience requirement now reduced from 7 to 5.
  • Kishuna’s Magic Seal class has -2 less base Speed and Defense.

And that’s everything, do let me know anything else you might need to know!

Something else in regards to what was asked before; if I’ll immediately make a new hack/project with this one as base, I actually don’t have any plans to do it, again I’ll simply keep a lookout for any new reports of possible bugs or glitches that might appear and I’ll need to fix.

If anyone likes this hack and wishes to start a new project using this one as a base (full hacks, reskins, PMEs, etc), feel free to do so! Since it was created to not only play well by itself, but also to have all of the implemented classes/weapons/etc available for use.

So as a more official writing, I fully allow anyone to start a new project using this one as base.
Feel free to DM me. Or simply create your new topic, no worries! By all means take it easy.

Enjoy FE7:TLH!

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Is V 1.0 the most recent patch on the dropbox? Couldn’t tell, download doesn’t end in the patch version.

Two bugs I’ve found. Eubans doesn’t have the rank to use his weapon so he is unarmed. Eliwood’s promoted lance palette is off.

Was with first patch in DL, I downloaded what’s there an repatched, the Eliwood palette issue is still present.

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The Readme text file marks the version right at the first line, it’s v1.0 no problem!

As of the bugs, I noticed what is happening with Eliwood’s promoted palette, will be an easy fix that I’ll push soon. Now the other bug; just to confirm, do you really mean Eubans, the boss of ‘Kinship’s Bond’? Because he already has the weapon rank necessary to equip his Spear.

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Ah I meant Pascal, crazed beast.

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Got it. The new patch with the fixes will be up soon.

Update: The new patch is now up! Same download links on OP, simply download and patch a new FE7 file, while maintaining your existing save.

This fixes both Pascal’s weapon ranks, as well as Eliwood’s promoted palettes. Not only that, but a few other palettes from classes were also updated to be better looking. Enjoy everyone!

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and don’t forget to fix the description of weapons