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| {{Shiren 5 Vita Locations Infobox
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| | name = フォーチュンタワー
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| | kana =
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| | romaji = Fōchun Tawā
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| | hepburn =
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| | image = The Tower of Fortune - Shiren 5.jpg
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| | description_en = Story Dungeon
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| | description_ja =
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| | entrance = {{Shiren5Vita|Nekomaneki Village}}
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| | goal floor = Miracle Alcove
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| | total floors = 35
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| | items = Yes
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| | items out = Yes
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| | gitan = Yes
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| | day night = Both
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| | id = All except {{Shiren5Vita|Swords}}, {{Shiren5Vita|Shields}} and {{Shiren5Vita|Bracelet}}s{{Citation needed}}
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| | rescues = 3
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| | rescues attempts = {{Data needed}}
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| | allies = 3
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| | new items = Yes
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| | shops = Normal & VIP shops, no Pick-A-Choice
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| | characters = {{Shiren5Vita|Shopkeepers}}, Allies, {{Shiren5Vita|Characters|Misc. Characters}}
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| | monster houses = Tower only: Normal, Special, Pop-ups
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| | visibility = {{Data needed}}
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| | spawn rate = 25
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| | turns = 2,000
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| | boss = {{Shiren5Vita|Reeva Statue}} and {{Shiren5Vita|Gr. Reeva Statue}}
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| }}
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| This '''walkthrough''' is made to provide advice, strategy, and tips to help newer players navigate and successfully complete the main dungeon or adventure in ''{{Shiren|Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Vita)}}''. A lot of the knowledge you will find here can help you with various other mystery dungeon style games, including outside of the ''Shiren the Wanderer'' franchise.
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| [[File:Shiren5-TowerOfFortuneLocations.png|right|frameless|701x701px|alt=Map of all sub-locations within the Tower of Fortune.|Map of all sub-locations within the Tower of Fortune.]]
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| ==The plot==
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| The main storyline of ''Shiren the Wanderer 5'' revolves around {{Shiren5Vita|Jirokichi & Oyu}}. This represents only a small fraction of the content available in the game. After beating the main dungeons and finishing the main storyline, you begin to unlock access to a much larger set of "Post-Credits" content.
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| ==Walkthrough==
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| The Tower of Fortune {{JA|フォーチュンタワー}} is the primary story location of Shiren 5 and is intimately tied to this location. It consists of multiple sub-locations and villages. It has many special aspects as compared to bonus dungeons. Each floor is a randomly generated set of rooms and passageways to explore. There is no entrance to a dungeon floor, the player just begins each floor in a random location on that floor, with no way to go back to the previous floor. The exit(s) on a dungeon floor are 1 or more staircases found somewhere on the floor. Details about each of the locations can be found below.
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| Some of the exits / passages shown above must be unlocked in various ways. This usually entails talking to every Character you can find, sometimes more than once on subsequent runs. There are virtually no choices to make in any of these plot-advancing Character interactions, you usually talk your way through unlocking everything. Most plot-advancing unlocks do not happen in Dungeons, as these are randomly generated. You can unlock allies or other side quest opportunities in Dungeons, there are no required unlocks necessary to advance the plot in Dungeons. The unlocks in Boss arenas can be particularly challenging.
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| The main adventure is generally linear, with the primary exception being able to choose which sub-path you'd like to climb for part of the journey (Tower of the Past, Tower of the Present, or Tower of the Future). These three towers are the same height and are also very similar in other ways except the monsters get a bit tougher from past -> present -> future, and they all ultimately lead to the same merged path going forward. Once you've reached the Top Floor location of a temporal tower for the first time, you win a Die of Fate specific to that tower and your run ends successfully at that point and you're transported back to Nekomaneki Village.
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| [[File:Shiren 5 - The Dice of Fate.png|frameless|left]]
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| Once you have all 3 Dice of Fate, the temporal towers change a bit. You never see the Top Floor locations after this, and, there are now additional exits on various dungeon floors leading to other temporal towers. If you use one of these alternate exits, you visit a Bridge rest location (and can chat with your allies), then you must exit on the other side to a different temporal tower, but at the same floor.
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| While the Bridge location must be unlocked as described above, each of the Events / Cutscenes and the Ouma Shrine Dungeon may only be completed once, and once completed, you never see those locations again. Once you pass it for the first time, there is now an unfettered two-way connection joining Inori Village and Nekomaneki Village. There are actually 3 exits from the Tower of Fortune Entrance initially. These 3 exits lead to the 3 temporal towers, but no matter which one you choose, the first time only, you get the Jirokichi grave cutscene, then on future runs, you go directly into the selected time-period tower. At some point during your ascent of a time-period tower, you'll get the opportunity to free a fox from a trap. When you get to the Top Floor location of each time-period tower, you meet what appears to be Shiren at three different stages of life, and you get a Die of Fate. When you begin a run with all 3 Dice of Fate in your possession, the Top Floor location is not available and you simply pass straight through to Hermit's Hermitage.
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| You can take all the time you want preparing and running back and forth between the two starting villages, but once you leave Nekomaneki Village and enter Destiny Trail, from there on out, you can only move forward or die trying.
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| [[File:Shiren5-TowerOfFortuneLocations.png|thumb|left|300x300px|alt=Map of all sub-locations within the Tower of Fortune.|Map of all sub-locations within the Tower of Fortune.]]
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| ''Shiren the Wanderer'' being a roguelike game makes it naturally filled to the brim with randomness. Every single time you enter any floor, it is randomly generated with randomly placed {{Shiren5Vita|monster}}s, {{Shiren5Vita|trap}}s, {{Shiren1DS|item}}s, and situations that simply can not all be accounted for. With this guide, we provide only general advice regarding what to expect for each of the floors and common tactics or strategies that a player can employ to handle the various monsters and situations you may find yourself in. This way, you can prepare yourself or try to improve your gameplay to help you out. Your own ingenuity will see you to success from there. As you grow accustomed to things, you should not have too much trouble with {{Shiren1DS|Table Mountain}}.
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| <small>"''Shiren the Wanderer'' is a short game. You could probably beat it in an hour. But ''you'' probably couldn't."</small>
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| Shiren came from the tradition of classic roguelike games. A full discussion of what that means is out of scope for this page and can be learned elsewhere, but in a nutshell, it means randomly-generated dungeons, punishing difficulty, and permadeath. Experienced roguelike players can probably beat the Tower of Fortune main dungeon without ever dying, but newcomers may find it more difficult to make progress.
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| ==Strategy==
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| Breaking from the classic roguelike formula somewhat, games in the Shiren series offer many ways for the player both to recover from disaster and to build up greater power to ease future attempts, though the specific mechanisms differ somewhat from game to game. Taking advantage of these mechanisms makes it much easier for players of all levels of experience to eventually beat the dungeon. Here are a few specifics for ''Shiren 5''. There are many ways to recover from disaster:
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| * Revival Grass and Undo Grass are relatively common in the early floors of Tower of Fortune. Keep these anywhere in your inventory <!--(including in pots where you can't take them out again)--> and they will save you from disaster. A Revival Grass will not only let you survive death but will also fully heal you, restore your strength, remove any status ailments, and make it your turn again. <!--(Hardcore roguelike players may scoff at how easy this makes the game compared to "real" roguelikes.)--> An Undo Grass will do all of that and also allow you the option to escape the dungeon with all your inventory intact. Each of these items will only work once then turn into Weeds, unless they're blessed in which case they will work their magic then lose the blessing, but otherwise remain intact for another use. Moreover, you may be able to get more of these items as rewards for solving puzzles in the starting villages, and, after your first few runs, you gain access to the Points Shop where in, you can buy more of these items for a nominal amount of points. In short, these are super powerful and super cheap, and they completely break the "permadeath" tradition of roguelikes. <!--(But hardcare players, fear not, there are many, many bonus dungeons in Shiren where it is very hard or outright impossible to get these items.)-->
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| * An Escape Scroll basically functions like the escape function of an Undo Grass. Except it's not automatic, you have to read it yourself before you collapse. And if you don't have any of these but want one, you can buy a Blank Scroll from the Points Shop in Nekomaneki Village and write one, so long as you've ever read an Escape Scroll previously. Writing on a Blank Scroll does not take a turn, so you can leave it as a Blank Scroll then suddenly decide you need to escape the dungeon, write Escape on it, and read it, all before anything else dangerous happens to you.
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| * There are loads of other common emergency supplies, too numerous to mention. You will need items that can give status to monsters, or buffs for Shiren and his allies.<!--(And in fact, the more skilled you become at Shiren, the more you realize that everything around you, including the items, monsters, traps, and terrain, represent opportunities to do interesting and potentially life-saving things.)-->
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| * Tagging your primary equipment is also a critical safeguard. If you get knocked out with tagged equipment, especially while adventuring in the Tower of Fortune, there's a very good chance your equipment will be waiting for you in the lost & found bin at the Sentry in Hermit's Hermitage.
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| <!--* There are two different Characters who will sometimes rescue you in an emergency, but you'll need to unlock them—see below.-->
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| * If all else fails, Shiren offers multiple ways for different players to help one another. Players can trade items with one another while their characters are still alive, and rescue one another in multiple ways after a player's character has died. It's even possible for a single player with multiple devices or multiple accounts to rescue themselves. <!--This being said, the game was originally released in 2010 in Japan, localized into English for the PlayStation Vita in 2016 and later on Nintendo Switch and Steam in 2020, so the player community isn't as large today as it used to be, so--> You may have to wait awhile before another player rescues you.
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| * Note that the PlayStation Vita offers the ability to backup and restore game state, opening up the possibility of "save scumming". <!--More info is available [https://www.playstationtrophies.org/forum/5952859-post2.html here].--> Whether you want to "save scum" or not, you should still backup your device and game state regularly in case your device is ever lost or stolen. <!--(For fans of the game, Shiren progress is at least as valuable as family photos, right?)-->
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| There are also ways to build up power across multiple runs, easing future runs:
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| * Build up the best sword and shield you can find. In ''Shiren 5'', these items have experience points and can level up. The more Fate Scrolls and Earth Scrolls you can apply to your main equipment, <!--(up to their maximum potential)--> the better. You can also upgrade one item each time you visit the Hermit's Hermitage blacksmith for 1,000 gitan.
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| * Find and save a few good bracelets. There are many great choices, but one great choice is the Monster Bracelet, which will let you see the locations of all monsters and Characters on the map. If you're taking advantage of the ways to recover from disaster listed above, you should basically never lose your durable items.
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| * Learn how to take advantage of Synthesis Pots and Mixer family monsters, to increase the upgrade values of your primary equipment faster then add useful magical runes.
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| * You probably won't be able to take advantage of most of these topics until after you've beaten the Tower of Fortune at least once, but the Crafting page has loads of info on how to improve your equipment and make better equipment.
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| * Hire Character allies. There are several different Characters who will join you as allies, most of whom will join you for free, each of which has different attacks, strengths, and weaknesses. When you're stronger and better at the game, you won't need allies and in fact may find them more annoying than helpful, but in the beginning, they can be enormously helpful. Unlike Shiren, Character allies retain their levels across multiple runs, so the more often you bring them with you, the stronger they get, permanently.
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| * Finish side quests and unlock things. As with most video games these days, you don't have access to everything from the get go, but must unlock some powerful and useful stuff. In Shiren, this basically means talking to every Character, usually more than once across multiple runs. There is no quest tracking dashboard in Shiren, but the game keeps track of the state of many different quests, some of which you will need to complete in the dungeon, but most of which can be completed in the starting villages or other rest areas. Basically, just talk to everyone in town at least once, go on at least one dungeon run, then talk to everyone again, and repeat until you get a feel for which Characters you no longer need to talk to and which will keep advancing quests. Advancing these quests can give you great bonus items and can give you yet more ways to recover from disaster. In particular:
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| * When you find a lost sparrow in the dungeon and rescue him, returning him to Sparrow's Inn, he will later offer to rescue you when you're in trouble in some <!--(but not all)--> dungeons for 500 gitan.
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| * When you come across a boy who cries and wants help rescuing his sister, and when you rescue his sister, the sister will later rescue you when you're in trouble in some <!--(but not all)--> dungeons for free. When she rescues you, the state of this side quest is reset and she will not rescue you again until you find the boy and young woman and rescue the young woman again.
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| Aside from building up power over the course of multiple runs, there are many tips and tricks that can help you win any given run. For example, don't fight in a room with multiple monsters, but instead retreat into a hallway to face monsters one at a time. Collect other equipment and items that help you, such a Monster Detector Bracelet. Keep a few emergency items in reserve, such as an Escape Scroll, and/or room-wide scrolls such as Confusion Scroll and Slumber Scroll. Learn how to use Synthesis Pots and Mixer monsters to your advantage. Learn about the amazing power of Blank Scrolls then keep one on you at all times. The definitive treatise on how to play and master Shiren 5 has not yet been written, but there is good information on this site related to Shiren 1 that is mostly still applicable to ''Shiren 5''. The ''Shiren 1'' Strategy page, and the ''Shiren 1'' {{Shiren1DS|Table Mountain Strategy}} page in particular, may be useful.
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| For better or worse, there is no easy way to teach another player how to master this game, and no better way to learn than simply by playing. It's randomly-generated, so no walkthrough will suffice, you must learn the various ways <!--(there's usually more than one)--> you can take advantage of what you have at hand <!--(not just items but monsters and traps as well)--> and learn how to maximize the ROI of any given situation. When you run across a situation that's particularly vexing, try asking your question on an online forum, such as the one at [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/106641-shiren-the-wanderer-the-tower-of-fortune-and-the-dice-of GameFAQs.com], or searching the archives of said forum.
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| ==Farming Opportunities==
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| Relative to bonus dungeons, it is trivial to farm items out of the Tower of Fortune. You don't need particularly strong equipment to beat this dungeon. Better still, most items are pre-identified for you. But, the variety of items is substantially less than in most any other location. This is a great place if you need cheap, common items such as Swift Grass, {{Shiren5Vita|Strength Grass}}, {{Shiren5Vita|Stomach Expander}}, and several lesser pieces of equipment. For example, if you want to stock up on huge numbers of Strength Grasses so you can max out your strength on a single run, taking many runs through this location may be your fastest way to collect enough. On the other hand, if you're looking for rare equipment or other rare rune ingredients, other locations such as {{Shiren5Vita|Merchant's Hideout}}, Inori Cave, and Lost Well are also easy to farm (with strong equipment) and yield a much greater variety of items.
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