Draft:Shiren 1 DS:Fusion

Melding Jars

Once the Melding Jar has been unlocked by completing the Gaibara's Pottery quest, this Jar can be bought from the Shops in Mountaintop Town. Powerful equipment and Staves can be created using Melding Jars.

Items that can be upgraded using Melding Jars are:

Weapons: The first item placed into the jar will absorb all others inserted subsequently, absorbing their upgrade power and any seals.

Shields: The first item placed into the jar will absorb all others inserted subsequently, absorbing their upgrade power and any seals.

Staves: Multiples of the same staff will be combined inside a Melding Jar, and the numbers of their charges/uses will added together.

Limitations

• Placing items other than these into a Melding Jar will have no effect, but will consume one of the jar's slots.
• Items can still be combined even if they are Unidentified.
• Items from a shop that have not been paid for will not combine with other items.
• One Melding Jar can be used to combine multiple types of items together, as long as there are enough slots within the jar.
• If an item with a seal is combined with another item that already contains that seal, there will be no effect and the seal will be wasted.

Removing Items

Items cannot be retrieved from a Melding Jar unless the jar is thrown and breaks, or an Extraction Scroll is used on the jar. Using an Extraction Scroll is considered a waste as it will only conserve a slot in the jar for every item that is removed. E.g. after 5 weapons are combined into one, and it is removed with an Extraction Scroll, there will only be one empty slot for use in the jar.

Melds & Seals

Shiren 1 DS - Example of all valuable seals.

Commonly referred to by fans as melds, marks or seals are valuable upgrades that can be melded to weapons and shields, giving them unique abilities. Unlike in later games, there are no slots for a set number of seals in Shiren 1,which means you can combine many seals into one item.

Seals can be removed by the ability of Grey Slimes and Red Slimes, which will remove any gold-plated seals first before others, but a certain type of weapon will always carry its inherent seal, which cannot be removed. Eg. a Sickle Slayer will always have the [Holy] File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Ghost.png seal.

Weapon SealsShield Seals

Positive Weapon Seals
Sprite	English	Japanese	Seal	Effect
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Golden Blade.png	Golden Blade	金の剣	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Gold.png	Won't lose power from Rusty Traps or Green Slime Family abilities.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Dragonkiller.png	Dragonkiller	ドラゴンキラー	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Dragon.png	Inflicts 200% damage to Dragon-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Minotaurs Axe.png	Minotaur's Axe	ミノタウロスの斧	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Critical.png	Can sometimes score a critical hit.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Sickle Slayer.png	Sickle Slayer	成仏の鎌	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Ghost.png	Inflicts 200% damage to Ghost-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Homing Blade.png	Homing Blade	必中の剣	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Homing.png	Never misses.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Razor Wind.png	Razor Wind	妖刀かまいたち	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal 3x.png	Simultaneously strikes the three directions in front of you.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Cyclops Killer.png	Cyclops Killer	一ツ目殺し	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Cyclops.png	Inflicts 200% damage to One-eyed-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Drain Buster.png	Drain Buster	ドレインバスター	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Drain.png	Inflicts 200% damage to Drain-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Bufus Cleaver.png	Bufu's Cleaver	ブフーの包丁	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Meat.png	Can sometimes carve Meat From the monsters you defeat.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Crescent Arm.png	Crescent Arm	三日月刀	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Star.png	Inflicts 200% damage to Exploding-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Air Slyer.png	Air Slayer	斬空剣	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Air.png	Inflicts 200% damage to Floating-type Monsters.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Kigny Axe.png	KignyAxe	キグニキングの斧	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Kigny.png	If current HP is less then or equal to 10% of maximum then attacks will score a critical hit.
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Pickaxe.png	Pickaxe (Modified by a Blacksmith)	つるはし	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Dig.png	Can dig through walls and won't break.
Negative Weapon Seals
Sprite	Weapon	Japanese	Seal	Effect
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Fragile Edge.png	Fragile Edge	使い捨ての剣	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Fragile.png	Weapon power will decrease with every hit dealt. Eg. base weapon power is 10, max decrease to -10
File:Shiren 1 DS - Weapon - Pickaxe.png	Pickaxe (Unmodified)	つるはし	File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Pickaxe.png	Can dig through walls by striking them, but has a chance to break.

Positive Shield Seals
Sprite	Shield	Japanese	Seals	Effect
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Gold Shield.png	Gold Shield	金の盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Gold.png	Won't rust from Rusty Traps or Green Slime Family abilities.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Dragonward.png	Dragonward	ドラゴンシールド	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Dragon.png	Halves the fixed damage of fire from Dragon-type Monsters.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Hide Shield.png	Hide Shield	皮甲の盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Hunger.png	Halves the rate in which Fullness decreases. 1 every 10 turns to 20 with no other items.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Spiked Ward.png	Spiked Ward	バトルカウンター	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Spiked.png	30% of damage taken from physical attacks from next to Shiren will be inflicted on the attacker.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Evasive Shield.png	Evasive Shield	見切りの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Evasive.png	Enemy attacks will miss ~45% of the time instead of ~20%.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Blast Shield.png	Blast Shield	地雷ナバリの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Star.png	Reduces damage done from exploding Traps and explosions from Exploding-type Monsters.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Walrus Shield.png	Walrus Shield	トドの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Thief.png	Protects your items and money from Thief-type Monsters.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Prism Shield.png	Prism Shield	プリズムの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Prism.png	Negates Skull Mage Family and Fog Hermit Family staff magic to 10 fixed damage.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Gaze Shield.png	Gaze Shield	ゲイズの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Gaze.png	Prevents you from being Hypnotized] by Gaze Family Monsters.
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Kigny Shield.png	Kigny Shield	キグニキングの盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Kigny.png	Will sometimes deflect an attack onto an adjacent entity.
Negative Shield Seals
Sprite	Shield	Japanese	Seal	Effect
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Fragile Shield.png	Fragile Shield	使い捨ての盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Fragile.png	Shield power will decrease with every attack taken. Eg. base shield power is 5, max decrease to -5
File:Shiren DS1 - Shield -Armor Ward.png	Armor Ward	重装の盾	File:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Heavy.png	Doubles the rate in which fullness decreases. 1 every 5 turns with no other items.

Examples

For purposes of illustration here are some examples:

Base	Additions	End Result
Katana +1	Polearm +4, Razor WindFile:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal 3x.png	KatanaFile:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal 3x.png + 5
Armor WardFile:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Heavy.png	Hide ShieldFile:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Hunger.png, Hide ShieldFile:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Hunger.png +3, Wood Shield + 5	1Armor WardFile:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Hunger.png + 8
Polearm	Wood Shield, Armor Ward, Homing BladeFile:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Homing.png	PolearmFile:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Homing.png, Wood ShieldFile:Shiren 1 DS Shield Seal Heavy.png
Knockback Staff [4]	Knockback Staff [3]	Knockback Staff [7]
Switching Staff [6]	Knockback Staff [5]	Switching Staff [6], Knockback Staff [5]

¹Melding a Hide Shield into an Armor Ward will not give the Armor Ward Slow Hunger - it will only remove the Armor Ward's Increased Hunger effect. You must meld a second Hide Shield into the Armor Ward to give it Slow Hunger.

Accidentally melded a breakable Pickaxe?

Combining the weapon with an unbreakable Pickaxe with the File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Dig.png seal will remove the File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Pickaxe.png seal. Adding another unbreakable Pickaxe to the weapon will add the unbreakable seal File:Shiren 1 DS Weapon Seal Dig.png.