Nidhogg

Not to be confused with Níðhöggr, a character in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Nidhogg Nidhogg as it appears in Heroes. Lck +10. Also known as the Serpent Bow.

Type Bow First game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Nidhogg (Japanese: ニーズヘッグ Nidhogg), also known as the Serpent Bow (Japanese: 蛇弓 Serpent Bow), is a bow introduced in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. It is one of the ten Sacred Twin weapons of the continent Magvel, and is the property of the Kingdom of Frelia.

History

Along with the other Sacred Twins, including its twin weapon Vidofnir, Nidhogg was used by Magvel's Five Heroes in antiquty to combat Fomortiis, the Demon King, owing to their great power over monsters. Enshrined together with Frelia's Sacred Stone centuries ago in the Tower of Valni, Nidhogg and Vidofnir are entrusted by King Hayden and Prince Innes to Eirika and Ephraim of Renais, for use against the Demon King once more.

Stats

In the main Fire Emblem series

Game	Icon	Level	Might	Weight	Hit	Crit	Range	Uses	Worth	WEXP	Other effects and notes
The Sacred Stones		S	18	7	80	0	2	30	--	1	+5 luck when equipped. Deals bonus damage to monsters and flying units.
Awakening		A	16	--	75	10	2	25	0	2	+10 luck when equipped. Deals bonus damage to flying units. Cannot be forged.

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)			14	2	400	--	Silver Bow	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat.
Heroes (refine: +Effect)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Red, blue, green, and colorless tome and breath foes cannot counterattack.
Heroes (refine: +Atk)			15	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +2 HP.
Heroes (refine: +Spd)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +2 HP and +2 speed.
Heroes (refine: +Def)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 defense.
Heroes (refine: +Res)			14	2	400	500 200	--	--	✘	Deals bonus damage to flying units. Grants +⁠(number of allies adjacent to user × 2) each to attack, speed, defense, and resistance to user during combat. Grants +2 HP and +3 resistance.

Locations

The Sacred Stones

Event

Chapter 17, end of chapter

Awakening

Treasure	Infinite Regalia, chosen at random from a pool of other items.
SpotPass distribution	Available for download from August 16th, 2012JP/May 30th, 2013US/August 8th, 2013EU onward.

Heroes

Method	Data
Unit (★★★★★)	Innes: Regal Strategician

Other appearances

Monster Hunter: Frontier G

Two variants of Nidhogg are present in the Wii U version of Monster Hunter: Frontier G, a massively multiplayer online RPG in Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise, accompanying the Chrom and Lucina armor sets as part of a crossover promotion. The standard brown-colored design from Awakening (Japanese: 双聖器ニーズヘッグＩ Sacred Twin Nidhogg I) accompanies the Chrom armor, while a white-colored variant (Japanese: 蛇弓ニーズヘッグＩ Serpent Bow Nidhogg I) accompanies the Lucina armor.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Lucina again wields Nidhogg in her guest appearance in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
The Sacred Stones	The Sacred Twin serpent bow. Luck +5.	双聖器『蛇弓ニーズヘッグ』幸運＋５
Awakening	Lck +10. Also known as the Serpent Bow.	幸運＋１０　蛇弓と呼ばれる弓
Heroes	Effective against flying foes. During combat, boosts unit's Atk/Spd/Def/Res by number of adjacent allies × 2.	飛行特効 戦闘中、攻撃、速さ、守備、魔防が 隣接している味方の人数×２だけ上昇
Heroes (Refined: +effect)	Magic and dragon foes cannot counterattack.	敵が魔法、竜の時、敵は反撃不可

Trivia

• Nidhogg is the only Sacred Twin weapon available in Fire Emblem Awakening (not counting Excalibur, which is representing the Archanean variant rather than the Magvel variant).
• Nidhogg and the Double Bow are the only weapons which gives a higher equipping stat bonus in Awakening (+10 Luck in Nidhogg's case) than in its original games (+5 Luck).
• In spin-off appearances post-Awakening, Lucina has been twice depicted as wielding Nidhogg as one of her primary weapons, in both Monster Hunter: Frontier G and Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. In Awakening itself, while Lucina can potentially wield Nidhogg through reclassing, there is no overt connection between her and it.
• The first refined effect of Nidhogg in Fire Emblem Heroes is internally referred to as 反撃抑制R魔竜, which roughly means "Counterattack Constraint Magic Dragon".

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Nidhogg	Common anglicization of Níðhöggr, the name of the dragon gnawing at one of Yggdrasil's roots in Norse mythology. Compare to the weapon's Sacred Twin counterpart Vidofnir, which is named after a rooster at the top of Yggdrasil.
Japanese	ニーズヘッグ	Nidhogg
Spanish	Nidhogg	--
French	Nidhogg	--
German	Nidhögger	German variant of Níðhöggr, as above.
Italian	Nidhogg	--
Portuguese	Nidhogg	--
Traditional Chinese	尼德霍格	Nidhogg

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Noire wielding Nidhogg in Awakening.

Heroes artwork

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  Nidhogg as it appears in Heroes.
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  The arrow used with Nidhogg in Heroes.

Other appearances

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  Artwork of Nidhogg (Chrom variant) from Monster Hunter: Frontier G.
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  Artwork of Nidhogg (Lucina variant) from Monster Hunter: Frontier G.