Shiren 1 DS:Shield

Shields (Japanese: 盾) are the only reliable way to defend against attacks in Shiren the Wanderer DS, as without one, Shiren's HP will rapidly diminish against ever-strengthening Monsters.

Upgrade Value - Can be upgraded to equal Max Upgrade value.
Base Strength - Shield power independent of upgrades.
Max Upgrade - Maximum upgrade potential number.

All shields have an unalterable base power value: Base Strength, and receive additional power through upgrades, in which all shields have a set Max Upgrade value which cannot be exceeded. The Upgrade Value number is shown next to the shield name as +[Value].

A shields Upgrade Value can only be increased by +1 by reading a Earth Bless Scroll with the shield equipped.

Combining shields in a Melding Jar will add the Upgrade Values of multiple shields together into the first inserted, as long as the Max Upgrade value has not been exceeded.

Shield Seals

See: Fusion

Some types of shields have inbuilt abilities (Seals), with various effects, including:

• The ability to return a part of physical damage taken.
• Increasing the chance of evading physical attacks.
• Protecting Items and Gitan from being stolen.
• Halving the damage of dragon fire.
• Reducing the rate of current Fullness depletion.

Melding Jars can combine many of these Seals into one item, creating an insanely dependable shield.

Curses

See: Curses

Shield Seals do not function while the item is cursed but the upgrade value will be preserved and still function for defense. Once equipped, the Shield also cannot be normally removed.

Rusting

Triggering Rusty Traps and Green Slime Family Monsters can decrease the Upgrade Value of shields and monsters level 3 and 4 can remove Seals.

A shield's minimum upgrade value is the same number as its Base Strength, but negative. Eg. a Blast Shield has a Base Strength of 3 but will continue to decrease until it stops at a minimum upgrade value of -3.

Grey Slimes and Red Slimes

The [Gld] Seal will be removed first, then the other seals in random order. When being attacked, your shield or weapon will either rust by an amount or have another seal removed from it, if available.

• Green Slimes: Decrease upgrade value by 1 each rust.
• Purple Slimes: Decrease upgrade value by 2 each rust.
• Grey Slimes: Decrease upgrade value by 1 each rust and can remove seals.
• Red Slimes: Decrease upgrade value by 3 each rust and can remove seals.

Exceptions

• Gold Shields can never rust because they cannot lose their inherent [Gld] Seal, though other weapons with this seal can rust by Grey or Red Slimes.
• Hide Shields can never rust.
• Wood Shields cannot rust by Rusty Traps but can rust by Green Slime Family Monsters (all levels).

Shields cannot lose their intrinsic ability, eg. a Hide Shield cannot have its [H] Seal removed. The [H] seal on a Bronzeward can be lost, however, because it is not intrinsic, but melded in.

Buying and Selling

• Shield base price: Shield cost without added inherent Seal Price.
• Upgrade value price: ${\text{Shield's upgrade value}}\pm {\text{ive}}\times {\text{(Buy+) (or) (Sell+) value}}$
• Total seal value: No change whether buying or selling.

Equations for Shield Price

Buying	$\color {Blue}{\text{Shield's base price}}\color {Black}+\color {Red}{\text{Upgrade value price}}\color {Black}+\color {Green}{\text{Total seal value}}$
Buying (cursed)	$\color {Black}(\color {Blue}{\text{Shield's base price}}\color {Black}+\color {Red}{\text{Upgrade value price}}\color {Black}+\color {Green}{\text{Total seal value}}\color {Black})\times 0.9$
Selling	$\color {Blue}{({\text{Shield's base price}}\times 0.3)}\color {Black}\pm \color {Red}{\text{Upgrade value price}}\color {Black}+\color {Green}{\text{Total seal value}}$
Selling (cursed)	$\color {Black}{\bigl [}\color {Blue}{({\text{Shield's base price}}\times 0.3)}\color {Black}\pm \color {Red}{\text{Upgrade value price}}\color {Black}+\color {Green}{\text{Total seal value}}\color {Black}{\bigr ]}\times 0.9$

Price of Individual Seals

When checking the 'info' of a shield with multiple seals, they will be listed in the above order. The Hide Shield [H] Seal and the Armor Ward Heavy [Hvy] Seals are mutually exclusive.

500	1,000	100	200	600	200	1,500	800	600	2,500	3,000	2,000

Shields

The following list are all the shields you can find, listed in alphabetical order.

Shield InformationBuying and Selling

Sprite	Name		Description	Attribute	Base Strength	Max Upgrade
	English	Japanese
	Armor Ward	重装の盾	A strong shield, but its weight increases current Fullness depletion.	[Heavy]	9	55
	Blast Shield	地雷ナバリの盾	Halves or reduces fixed damage from explosions.	[Blast]	3	8
	Bronzeward	青銅甲の盾	Shield made of bronze.	None	4	35
	Dragonward	ドラゴンシールド	Halves fixed damage from Dragon-type Monster fire.	[Dragon]	5	8
	Evasive Shield	見切りの盾	Makes it easier to dodge enemy attacks. Physical attacks will only hit ~55%[Data needed] of the time, rather than ~80%.	[Evade]	2	8
	Fancy Shield	見かけだおしの盾	A weak but good-looking shield that sells for a good price.	None	1	30
	Fragile Shield	使い捨ての盾	Although strong at first, the shield dulls with each hit.	[Disposable]	20	10
	Gaze Shield	ゲイズの盾	Prevents Hypnosis from Gaze Family Monsters.	[Gaze]	4	8
	Gold Shield	金の盾	A soft shield made of gold that cannot rust.	[Gold]	2	8
	Hide Shield	皮甲の盾	A light leather shield that cannot rust and decreases Fullness decline.	[Hide]	2	15
	Iron Shield	鉄甲の盾	A basic shield made of iron.	None	6	45
	Kigny Shield	キグニキングの盾	Will sometimes deflect a physical attack onto an adjacent entity.	[Kigny]	10	50
	Prism Shield	プリズムの盾	Negates Skull Mage Family and Fog Hermit Family magic to 10 fixed damage.	[Prism]	2	8
	Spiked Ward	バトルカウンター	Shield repels some enemy damage with a counterattack.	[Counter]	2	8
	Stormward	ラセン風魔の盾	Get a blacksmith to upgrade a Windshield +70. Added seals on the Windshield will be lost.	None	50	99
	Walrus Shield	トドの盾	Protects your items and money from thief-type enemies.	[Walrus]	2	8
	Windshield	風魔の盾	A strong shield made from a special metal imbued with the power of wind.	None	12	70
	Wood Shield	木甲の盾	Shield made of wood.	None	3	25

Sprite	Shield		Base Strength	Max Upgrade	Rune Price	Shop
	English	Japanese				Cost	Cost+	Value	Value+
	Armor Ward	重装の盾	9	55	200	3,200	30	1,100	9
	Blast Shield	地雷ナバリの盾	3	8	800	4,600	38	1,940	11
	Bronzeward	青銅甲の盾	4	35	None	600	6	180	1
	Dragonward	ドラゴンシールド	5	8	1,000	6,000	50	2,500	15
	Evasive Shield	見切りの盾	2	8	1,500	9,000	75	3,750	22
	Fancy Shield	見かけだおしの盾	1	30	None	10,000	100	3,000	30
	Fragile Shield	使い捨ての盾	20	10	100	4,100	40	1,300	12
	Gaze Shield	ゲイズの盾	4	8	3,000	11,000	80	5,400	24
	Gold Shield	金の盾	2	8	500	6,500	60	2,300	18
	Hide Shield	皮甲の盾	2	15	200	1,200	10	500	3
	Iron Shield	鉄甲の盾	6	45	None	2,000	20	600	6
	Kigny Shield	キグニキングの盾	10	50	2,000	32,000	300	11,000	90
	Prism Shield	プリズムの盾	2	8	2,500	17,500	150	7,000	45
	Spiked Ward	バトルカウンター	2	8	600	6,600	60	2,400	18
	Stormward	ラセン風魔の盾	50	99	None	50,000	500	15,000	150
	Walrus Shield	トドの盾	2	8	600	3,100	25	1,350	7.5
	Windshield	風魔の盾	12	70	None	18,000	180	5,400	54
	Wood Shield	木甲の盾	3	25	None	400	4	120	1

Rescue rewards

These shields are not found normally, and are obtained as rewards for successful rescues in specific locations. They are the same in appearance to their regular counterparts but have a much higher Max Upgrade potential. They are exclusive to the NDS port. For other rescue reward item locations see: Rescue Reward Items.

Shield InformationBuying and Selling

Sprite	Name		Attribute	Base Strength	Max Upgrade	Rescue Location
	English	Japanese
	Armor X	重装の盾改	[Heavy]	9	80	Final Puzzle 1 - 99 Ravine of Dead 11 - 50
	Blast X	地雷ナバリの盾改	[Blast]	3	40	Kitchen God 11 - 99
	Bronze X	青銅甲の盾改	None	4	60	Ceremonial Cave 1 - 29 Final Puzzle 1 - 99 Kitchen God 11 - 99
	Dragon X	ドラゴンシールド改	[Dragon]	5	40	Final Puzzle 1 - 99 Kitchen God 11 - 99
	Golden X	金の盾改	[Gold]	2	40	Final Puzzle 1 - 99
	Hide X	皮甲の盾改	[Hide]	2	50	Ceremonial Cave 1 - 29 Kitchen God 11 - 99
	Iron X	鉄甲の盾改		6	70	Ravine of Dead 11 - 50
	Spiked X	バトルカウンター改	[Counter]	2	40	Final Puzzle 1 - 99 Ravine of Dead 11 - 50
	Wood X	木甲の盾改	None	3	50	Kitchen God 1 - 99 Ravine of Dead 1 - 50

Sprite	Name		Base Strength	Max Upgrade	Rune Price	Shop
	English	Japanese				Cost	Cost+	Value	Value+
	Armor X	重装の盾改	9	80	200	6,200	60	2,000	18
	Blast X	地雷ナバリの盾改	3	40	800	8,400	76	3,080	22
	Bronze X	青銅甲の盾改	4	60	None	1,200	12	360	3
	Dragon X	ドラゴンシールド改	5	40	1,000	11,000	100	4,000	30
	Golden X	金の盾改	2	40	500	12,500	120	4,100	36
	Hide X	皮甲の盾改	2	50	200	2,200	20	800	6
	Iron X	鉄甲の盾改	6	70	None	4,000	40	1,200	12
	Spiked X	バトルカウンター改	2	40	600	12,600	120	4,200	36
	Wood X	木甲の盾改	3	50	None	600	6	180	1

References

• Rescue Reward item locations data obtained from Lord Gek on GameFAQ's Via Gabikun/ Official strat guide.
• Data via Akurasu.net
• Revised data via SexyPioneer's blog