If anyone is interested, I found “better than nothing” cheat solutions to sort of fake a casual mode. In FE5, I might just treat someone as “dead for the battle” if I feel like they should have died, and just purposely not use them until the following battle. Note that I just asked AI for something like this, and I haven’t actually tested these yet. I won’t be playing either of these for months yet.
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Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (FE4) Cheats
These are Pro Action Replay (PAR) codes, which work on emulators like SNES9x or hardware devices. They modify specific inventory slots, often tied to characters who naturally use staves (e.g., Claude for high-rank staves like Valkyrie). The Valkyrie Staff (item ID: 62) requires Major Blagi Holy Blood for use (which implies A-rank staff proficiency). If adding to a non-staff user, you may need to also modify their class or holy blood for compatibility.
Adding Valkyrie Staff with Infinite Uses
Use these to replace an existing staff slot with the Valkyrie Staff and set its durability to infinite (FF = 255 uses). The addresses below are for common staff-wielding characters’ slots; choose based on who you want to give it to. Activate in the menu or during gameplay.
For Claude’s Reserve Staff slot (common for Valkyrie):
Item Type: 7E400D62 (sets to Valkyrie Staff)
Infinite Uses: 7E400EFF (durability to FF)
For Ethrin’s Return Staff slot:
Item Type: 7E401462
Infinite Uses: 7E4015FF
For Edin’s Warp Staff slot:
Item Type: 7E401962
Infinite Uses: 7E401AFF
For a generic Rescue Staff slot (if unused):
Item Type: 7E401F62
Infinite Uses: 7E4020FF
For Diadora’s Silence Staff slot:
Item Type: 7E403162
Infinite Uses: 7E4032FF
If these overwrite something important, experiment with other staff addresses like 7E3FD162 (Live Staff for Ethrin) paired with 7E3FD2FF. Test on a save, as inventory slots rotate based on chapter/unit deployment.
Setting Staff Rank to A
FE4 doesn’t have direct rank modifiers; ranks are tied to class and Holy Blood. To effectively set staff rank to A (allowing Valkyrie use), grant Major Blagi Holy Blood (value: 20 in Holy Blood 3 byte) or change class to a high-staff user like High Priest (class ID: 38). Use these character-specific codes (subtract 24 hex for next character from Sigurd base).
For Sigurd (base for 1st Gen adjustments):
Holy Blood 3 (for Blagi): 7E2D4F20
Class (to High Priest): 7E2D4838
For Claude (natural staff user):
Holy Blood 3: 7E2D8F20 (offset from Sigurd: subtract 40 hex)
Class: 7E2D8838
For a 2nd Gen character like Celice (base):
Holy Blood 3: 7E312F20
Class: 7E311438
For other characters, calculate offsets (e.g., -24 hex per from base). Blagi Blood enables A-rank staves; combine with Valkyrie codes above.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (FE5) Cheats
These are Pro Action Replay codes. The Eternal Life skill (also called Immortal) prevents death by forcing lethal attacks to miss (units still take non-lethal damage but can’t hit 0 HP from combat). It’s encoded as 04 in Special Skill1 (a predefined hex value). To give it to all units, set Special Skill1 to 04 for each of the 36 character slots (covers all recruitable units; unused slots won’t hurt). Slots correspond to recruitment order (e.g., Slot 1: Leif, Slot 2: Finn). Activate before battles; works on emulators.
If you want combinations (e.g., Eternal Life + Steal = 06), adjust the value per the encoding (00: Normal, 04: Eternal Life solo, etc.). Skills are not pure bitflags but mapped combos.
Codes to Add Eternal Life to All Units
Set each to 04 (or your combo value) in Special Skill1 addresses:
Character 1: 7E52B404
Character 2: 7E52F504
Character 3: 7E533604
Character 4: 7E537704
Character 5: 7E53B804
Character 6: 7E53F904
Character 7: 7E543A04
Character 8: 7E547B04
Character 9: 7E54BC04
Character 10: 7E54FD04
Character 11: 7E553E04
Character 12: 7E557F04
Character 13: 7E55C004
Character 14: 7E560104
Character 15: 7E564204
Character 16: 7E568304
Character 17: 7E56C404
Character 18: 7E570504
Character 19: 7E574604
Character 20: 7E578704
Character 21: 7E57C804
Character 22: 7E580904
Character 23: 7E584A04
Character 24: 7E588B04
Character 25: 7E58CC04
Character 26: 7E590D04
Character 27: 7E594E04
Character 28: 7E598F04
Character 29: 7E59D004
Character 30: 7E5A1104
Character 31: 7E5A5204
Character 32: 7E5A9304
Character 33: 7E5AD404
Character 34: 7E5B1504
Character 35: 7E5B5604
Character 36: 7E5B9704
These prevent permadeath for all your units without revival items. Exceptions: Self-damage (e.g., Devil Axe), capture, or petrify can still kill.