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Accumulating '''items''' (crafting, improving and using them) is key to winning Shiren 5 and indeed all roguelikes. There are no {{Shiren5Vita|Location|dungeon}}s in ''Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate'' that are viable without having at least a few items, and usually you need many. ''Shiren the Wanderer 5'' has a large library of stock items organized into different categories. Figuring out the many unusual ways that items can interact with other items and {{Shiren5Vita|Monster}}s is a key {{Shiren|Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (series)|Shiren the Wanderer}} skill, and not easily taught or learned due to the depth and complexity of the game. Players can play hundreds or even thousands of hours of Shiren and still continue to learn additional tricks and tips for how best to leverage items. If an item seems like it's a bad one that you'd never want to use, odds are very good that there is at least one way to leverage it to your advantage, and usually more than one. On the flip side, items that seem good can have hidden downsides or might be used against you by monsters. | |||
{{Shiren5Vita|Shiren (Player Character)|Shiren}} (the player character) can carry 24 items in his main inventory. For some item types, one main inventory slot can contain a stack of identical items, otherwise an inventory slot can only contain one item. Pot type items can contain up to 5 non-pot items. Pots are equivalent to {{Shiren1DS|Jar}}s in {{Shiren1DSTitle}}. In the original ''Shiren the Wanderer'', it was possible to create a new jar inside a {{Shiren1DS|Jar of Change}}. In ''Shiren the Wanderer 5'', it is never possible to have a pot inside another pot. Several effects target an item or items (sometimes randomly) in Shiren's main inventory. But keeping items in pots to try to protect them from negative effects isn't necessarily the best choice, as there are also positive things that can happen to items in main inventory, and inserting an item in an unknown pot can destroy the item or lock it away indefinitely. Some items such as Dirt and flowers can only exist inside of Pots, and never in main inventory or on the ground. | |||
Items have a primary way to use them (e.g. swords can be equipped, peaches can be eaten, etc.), but there are often other ways to use the items as well, such as by throwing them at monsters, dropping them on the ground, or just selling them for cash. | |||
== | ==The {{Shiren5Vita|Item Book}}== | ||
''The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate'' has the concept of an '''Item Book'''. It is not an item itself as it never appears in your inventory, but it is a game state that players eventually unlock as they progress through the game. The first time the player tries the Lots Game in the basement of {{Shiren5Vita|Hotel Nekomaneki}}, they are given the Item Book by the Lots Game Character. Thereafter, any item the player identifies in any run is added to the Item Book. This allows the player to quickly reuse that name to name unidentified objects on any run. The Item Book also keeps track of which scrolls the player has ever read, which the player can then write on Blank Scrolls. If the player manages to add all 900 items to the Item Book, they are rewarded with a trophy or an achievement. | |||
== | ==Categories and the Item Book== | ||
The Item Book in ''Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate'' has a whopping 900 entries, broken down into 15 categories. The categories appear in this order in the Item Book, and within each category, the individual items are also listed in Item Book order for your convenience. (You can sort these tables in your browser by clicking on the sort triangle buttons, if you want to see an alphabetized list, then refresh your browser to return the list to Item Book order.) Click on a category name to see details about the category and all items in the category. Your game diary, the meta game state, tracks which items you've ever identified and which you've ever read for scrolls, which can then be used to name items in the current and future runs. There is also a trophy for completing your Item Book; see the {{Shiren5Vita|Trophies|trophies}} page for info. | |||
=== | ==See Also== | ||
{{Shiren 5 Vita Items Navbox}} | |||
== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Shiren 5 Vita Items]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:02, 14 January 2025
 | This article is a draft relating to Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Vita) for the PlayStation Vita. |
Accumulating items (crafting, improving and using them) is key to winning Shiren 5 and indeed all roguelikes. There are no dungeons in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate that are viable without having at least a few items, and usually you need many. Shiren the Wanderer 5 has a large library of stock items organized into different categories. Figuring out the many unusual ways that items can interact with other items and Monsters is a key Shiren the Wanderer skill, and not easily taught or learned due to the depth and complexity of the game. Players can play hundreds or even thousands of hours of Shiren and still continue to learn additional tricks and tips for how best to leverage items. If an item seems like it's a bad one that you'd never want to use, odds are very good that there is at least one way to leverage it to your advantage, and usually more than one. On the flip side, items that seem good can have hidden downsides or might be used against you by monsters.
Shiren (the player character) can carry 24 items in his main inventory. For some item types, one main inventory slot can contain a stack of identical items, otherwise an inventory slot can only contain one item. Pot type items can contain up to 5 non-pot items. Pots are equivalent to Jars in 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. In the original Shiren the Wanderer, it was possible to create a new jar inside a Jar of Change. In Shiren the Wanderer 5, it is never possible to have a pot inside another pot. Several effects target an item or items (sometimes randomly) in Shiren's main inventory. But keeping items in pots to try to protect them from negative effects isn't necessarily the best choice, as there are also positive things that can happen to items in main inventory, and inserting an item in an unknown pot can destroy the item or lock it away indefinitely. Some items such as Dirt and flowers can only exist inside of Pots, and never in main inventory or on the ground.
Items have a primary way to use them (e.g. swords can be equipped, peaches can be eaten, etc.), but there are often other ways to use the items as well, such as by throwing them at monsters, dropping them on the ground, or just selling them for cash.
The Item Book
The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate has the concept of an Item Book. It is not an item itself as it never appears in your inventory, but it is a game state that players eventually unlock as they progress through the game. The first time the player tries the Lots Game in the basement of Hotel Nekomaneki, they are given the Item Book by the Lots Game Character. Thereafter, any item the player identifies in any run is added to the Item Book. This allows the player to quickly reuse that name to name unidentified objects on any run. The Item Book also keeps track of which scrolls the player has ever read, which the player can then write on Blank Scrolls. If the player manages to add all 900 items to the Item Book, they are rewarded with a trophy or an achievement.
Categories and the Item Book
The Item Book in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate has a whopping 900 entries, broken down into 15 categories. The categories appear in this order in the Item Book, and within each category, the individual items are also listed in Item Book order for your convenience. (You can sort these tables in your browser by clicking on the sort triangle buttons, if you want to see an alphabetized list, then refresh your browser to return the list to Item Book order.) Click on a category name to see details about the category and all items in the category. Your game diary, the meta game state, tracks which items you've ever identified and which you've ever read for scrolls, which can then be used to name items in the current and future runs. There is also a trophy for completing your Item Book; see the trophies page for info.
