Draft:Shiren 5 2020:Grass

Grasses (Japanese: 草) are edible items that appear in Shiren the Wanderer 5 and 5 Plus. There are thirty-four variants of them in total.

Grasses exists in all Shiren games, but this item category has been called "Herbs" in earlier games in the series. The terms grass, herb, and seed are interchangeable.

Grasses are single use consumables. The primary way to use them is to eat them, but you can also throw them at monsters, allies, or other characters to affect them if you hit. In addition to its main effect, consuming any grass also gives you 5 food value.

Grasses can be blessed or sealed, but not cursed. If sealed, they cannot be eaten, and does 2 HP of damage when thrown without any additional effect. Blessed grasses generally have double the effect, including the food value.

Revival Grass and Undo Grass work differently than other grasses, as their primary use is that they trigger automatically and revive you when you collapse, turning into Weeds in the process. Undo Grass also offers you the choice to escape the dungeon. Eating Revival Grass or Undo Grass produces no effect. Blessed Revival Grass and Undo Grass use up their blessing instead of turning into Weeds. It is possible to bless them again and get more uses out of them. Being revived by either Revival Grass or Undo Grass prevents you from getting the "win without collapsing even once" expert badge.

Gut Grass and Repeat Grass are the evil twins of Revival and Undo Grass respectively. Both of them will also trigger when you collapse, but they don't do anything. The order in which these items trigger seem to be Undo > Revival > Repeat > Gut, with the earliest copy of the same item triggering first.

Since many grasses are also rune ingredients, the runes appear in the chart below. As many common grasses make good runes, it is not a bad idea to try to mix them unidentified anytime you find a Mixer monster; not only will this often make a good rune, but it will also formally identify the grass type if successful. See Identifying Items for more info.

List of Grasses

Prior game equivalent items may or may not behave identically in Shiren 5 as they did in prior games in the series.

Grasses		Shops		In-Game Description	Usage Tips	Finding Tips	Sword Rune	Shield Rune	Prior Game ~Equiv.
English	Japanese	Cost	Value
Herb	薬草	50	17		Heals 25 HP. If your HP was already full, raises max HP by 1.		Lively (max HP +5)	Lively (max HP +5)	Medicinal
Otogiriso	弟切草	100	35		Heals 100 HP and all bad status ailments. If your HP was already full, raises max HP by 2.		Uplifting (max HP +10)	Uplifting (max HP +10)	Restorative
Heal Grass	いやし草	200	70		Heals 200 HP and all bad status ailments. If your HP was already full, raises max HP by 3.		Vitalizing (max HP +15)	Vitalizing (max HP +15)	Curative
Life Grass	命の草	500	175		Raises max HP by 4.		Energizing (max HP +20)	Energizing (max HP +20)	Life
Strength Grass	ちからの草	500	175		Heals 1 strength. If your strength was already at max, raises max strength by 1. If blessed and you're at max strength -1, it will only recover you to max strength.				Strength
Antidote Grass	毒消し草	100	35		Heals strength to max.		Anti-Drain (1.5x damage vs. drain monsters)		Antidote
Poison Grass	毒草	100	35		You lose 5 HP and 1 strength, and your speed will be halved for 10 turns. Throw it at monsters to poison them (if they don't deal poison themselves).				Poison
Power Up Grass	パワーアップ草	300	105		Your attack is enhanced for 10 turns.				Power Up
Upgrade Seed	成長の種	300	105		You gain Tinkerer status for 50 turns — your equipped weapon and shield gain experience much faster. Great to do this just before clearing a Monster House. Upgrade Seed + Monster House is also a great opportunity to rapidly level up a new sword/shield if you want to swap out your current sword/shield.		1 part of Blue Flame (shoot a blue fireball when fully healed)		Upgrade Seed
Perception Grass	めぐすり草	300	105		You see all traps on the floor. You lose this "invisibility sight" if you're blinded. Swing over traps to make them permanently visible.		Anti-Cyclops (1.5x damage vs. one-eyed monsters)	1 part of Agile (dodge attacks more often)	Eye Salve
Invincible Grass	無敵草	2000	700		You are inmune to damage for 20 turns.				Victory
Swift Grass	すばやさ草	300	105		Your speed is doubled for 10 turns.		1 part of Quick Hitting (sometimes hit twice)		Haste
Warp Grass	高飛び草	100	35		You or target creature are warped to another location on the same floor.		Anti-Floating (1.5x damage vs. floating monsters)		Warp
Dragon Grass	ドラゴン草	500	175		You shoot a fireball ahead of you for 70 damage. If you throw it, it does 45 damage.		Anti-Dragon (1.5x damage vs. dragon monsters)	Anti-Fire (halve fire damage)	Dragon
Stomach Expander	胃拡張の種	300	105		Raises max fullness by 5.				Big Belly
Stomach Shrinker	胃縮小の種	300	105		Lowers max fullness by 5.				Little Belly
Weeds	雑草	10	3		No magic effect. Does 2 HP damage if thrown as a projectile and you hit. Best use is simply to eat it for food value or use it as fodder item in a pot that destroys items.		Anti-Plant (1.5x damage vs. plant monsters)		Weeds
Revival Grass	復活の草	1000	350		If you collapse with this anywhere in your inventory (including in pots), you will revive with full HP, full strength, and all bad status ailments removed.	Can be purchased from the Points Shop for 30 points. Often found for sale in various town shops. You can get one of these via a Tanuki Password.			Revival
Undo Grass	やりなおし草	1500	525		If you collapse with this anywhere in your inventory (including in pots), you will be given the option to revive or to escape the dungeon. If you eat it, you are given the option to escape the dungeon.	Can be purchased from the Points Shop for 70 points. You can get one of these via a Tanuki Password.			Retry
Confusion Grass	混乱草	300	105		Confuses you or target creature for 10 turns.		Confusing (sometimes confuses monsters)		Confusion
Blinding Grass	目つぶし草	300	105		Blinds you or target creature for 10 turns.		Blinding (sometimes blinds monsters)		Blind
Sleepy Grass	睡眠草	500	175		Puts you or target creature to sleep for 5 turns.		Sedating (sometimes puts monsters to sleep)		Sleeping
Rage Grass	狂戦士の草	500	175		Affected creature loses control of its actions for 20 turns, attacking the nearest other creatures. Don't eat a Rage Grass or let yourself be hit by one if you can avoid it, especially when you're near a shopkeeper. (An Immunity Scroll prevents Enraged and every other status ailment.)				Rage
Cheery Grass	しあわせ草	2000	700		Raises your level by 1.	Found in several dungeons such as Merchant's Hideout. You can get one of these via a Tanuki Password.	Enhancing (upgrade value +3)	Enhancing (upgrade value +3)	Joyous
Angel Seed	天使の草	5000	1750		Raises your level by 3.	Found in several dungeons such as Merchant's Hideout. Sometimes drops in groups of 3 from UFO-type enemies. Also, if you get the best fortune from Madam Ateska in a dungeon, the next floor will have multiple Angel Seeds.	Augmenting (upgrade value +8)	Augmenting (upgrade value +8)	Angel
Unlucky Seed	不幸の草	2000	700		Lowers your level by 3.		Stupefying (sometimes levels down monsters when you hit them)	Stupefying (sometimes levels down monsters when they hit you)	Misfortune
SuperUnlucky Seed	超不幸の種	5000	1750		Resets you to level 1, 15 HP, and very little food in your belly.	Found in difficult bonus dungeons such as Primordial Chasm.	Perilous (sometimes reduces HP of monsters that you hit to 1)	Perilous (sometimes reduces HP of monsters that hit you to 1)	Ill Luck
Amnesia Grass	物忘れの草	2000	700		You forget all identified items, and all items now have new random descriptions.	Found in difficult bonus dungeons such as Primordial Chasm.			Amnesia
Imabikiso	忌火起草	2000	700		Curses or seals all items in your main inventory.	Found in difficult bonus dungeons such as Primordial Chasm.			Dark Fire
Fine Grass	楽草	50	17		Makes you feel happy (no effect).				Fun
Nymph Grass	ぬぐすり草	300	105		You unequip everything you have equipped, even if it's cursed.				Eve Salve (sic)
Dracon Grass	ドラコン草	500	175		You gain the Can. Arm Bracelet effect until you leave the floor. (Thrown items will penetrate everything and vanish.)				Dracon (sic)
Gut Grass	腹活の草	1000	350		This is the "evil twin" of the Revival Grass. You seem to revive but then die again right away.	Found in difficult bonus dungeons such as Primordial Chasm.			Riveval (sic)
Repeat Grass	やりなおせ草	1500	525		This is the "evil twin" of the Undo Grass. You are given the option to revive or escape, but either way it doesn't work and you die.	Found in difficult bonus dungeons such as Primordial Chasm.			Rerty (sic)