Shiren 1 DS:Armband of Regret

	Armband
Armband of Regret 痛恨の腕輪
EnglishJapanese Wear this and you may sometimes take critical hits from enemy attacks.
Information
Cost	10,000
Value	3,000

This Armband of Regret page is about the Nintendo DS release. For the Super Famicom release, see Shiren 1 SFC:Armband of Regret.

For the lore page, see Shiren:Armband of Regret.

The Armband of Regret (Japanese: 痛恨の腕輪) is an Armband introduced in the Super Famicom version of  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer.

Equipping this will cause Shiren to occasionally take Critical Hits from physical and most other attacks. In a critical hit, the monster's regular attack damage is approximately doubled. This will occur ~48-50% of the time that monster attacks do not miss (~80% without a Evasive Shield) therefore generally ~40% of the time that a monster attempts to attack Shiren.

Took a critical hit! Shiren took 92 damage from Swordgator!

^{The attack statistic of a Swordgator is 45}

The effect of this armband also persists in towns, but not while Shiren is a monster, or inflicted with the 'Riceball' status.

Limitations

Some attacks, such as fixed damage from Dragon-type Monster fire, or 5 damage from being thrown or rammed cannot become critical hits, as only attacks that derive their damage from the monsters attack statistic can have the damage value doubled.

Tips For Use

• The 'Took a critical hit!' message scrolls out of sight obscenely quickly, so that most players would not notice they had taken unnecessary damage from equipping this armband. Consider reviewing the message log to ensure that is the case.
• This armband makes equipping all Unidentified armbands in the Final Puzzle considerably more risky. As soon as a monster deals an amount of damage strangely high, check the message log for the critical hit message.
• It can be difficult to identity this armband while fighting Taur Family Monsters, as it is impossible to differentiate between the armbands effect, or a natural critical hit dealt by this type of monster.
• As they have no beneficial uses, Armbands of Regret can be sold at a Shop for a decent price of 3,000 Gitan.

Caution

If a monster attacks Shiren multiple times in one turn, all attacks can potentially be critical hits.

• Each strike that a Knifegator Family Monster makes each turn.
• Physical attacks from Double speed and double attacking monsters.

Locations

Drop Type	Road to the Hamlet	Table Mountain	Tainted Path	Ceremonial Cave	Ravine of the Dead	Kitchen God	Scroll Cave	Final Puzzle
Floor	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	All
Shop	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	All
Jar of Change	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	All
Walrus Drop	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	All
Rescue Reward	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Town Shops	Bamboo Village	Mountaintop Town	Underground Stream Village	Fay's Puzzle Reward	Cell Armor Family Drop	Egg Thing Family Drop	Rice Changer Family Drop	Trap Recycling # of Traps
	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	-	✗	N/A

Trivia

• Critical hits taken from Taur Family Monsters display they same 'Took a critical hit!' message as other monsters do with an Armband of Regret equipped.
• Keep an Armband of Regret equipped as a personal challenge to survive, even with occasional critical hits from monsters.

In Other Languages

Language		Name
English		Armband of Regret
Japanese		痛恨の腕輪