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Swords (Japanese: ) are equipable items that appears in Shiren the Wanderer 5 and 5 Plus. There are three hundred and twenty-eight of them in total.

Summary

These items are listed under "Swords" in the Item Book, but the game also calls them weapons in many places, and indeed many items in this category are not actually swords. The two terms are fully interchangeable on this wiki.

Swords and shields are very similar in terms of gameplay mechanics, so this section covers both categories.

The types of swords and shields (e.g. Ordinary Stick) are always identified, but you can't always tell how many upgrade points it has, or whether it is blessed or cursed. Equipping a sword or shield fully identifies it.

Swords and shields have an inherent power value, which is fixed and depends on the type of sword or shield. Roughly speaking, swords and shields of a more powerful type cost more, and require more experience to level up.

Swords and shields have an upgrade value, which ranges from -99 to +99. Swords and shields found on dungeon floors have an upgrade value of -1 to +3, and when it is -1, the item is cursed as well. Each weapon or shield also has an upgrade limit, which goes up as it levels up. The upgrade limit of a sword or shield usually reaches +99 as the item reaches level 8, but there are exceptions.

The total power of a sword or shield is the sum of its inherent power, its upgrade value, and power bonuses from runes. The damage formula in Shiren 5 is not known, but it appears to be a function of your level, strength, total sword or shield power, and the monster's stats.

Some swords and shields have inherent magic effects. For example, the Gold Shield cannot rust, and the Rusty Pickaxe can dig holes in walls at the risk of breaking. Swords and shields can also have magical enchantments on them called runes. Every inherent magic effect on a sword or shield, except Blazing Shield, can be turned into a rune via synthesis or mixing, but some runes do not appear as an innate effect on any sword or shield. Some items have inherent magic effects that improve as the items level up. Runes, on the other hand, have fixed power, equivalent to the corresponding sword or shield's innate effect at level 1. In effect, this means you can only have one magic effect at level 8 on each piece of equipment: the innate magic effect of your base sword or shield. All other effects are in rune form, and hence stuck at level 1.

Each sword or shield has a rune limit. If you try to add any more runes onto a sword or shield that is at its rune limit, the extra runes will be lost.

Swords and shields can gain experience points and level up, to a maximum of level 8. Typically, you will only find level 1 swords and shields in dungeons, but you can receive higher level items as rewards, and new items can also be based on higher level base items. As a sword or shield levels up, its inherent power, inherent magic effect (if any), upgrade limit, and rune limit usually increases, and it may also manifest new runes. The levels at which a sword or shield manifests new runes are fixed, and depend on the sword or shield type. A sword or shield family consists of the level 1 through 8 forms of a sword or shield.

Swords and shields can be blessed, cursed, or sealed. Cursed swords and shields cannot be voluntarily unequipped. Sealed swords and shields have their upgrade points and runes nullified until the seal is removed. (This can be a big reduction in effectiveness for highly enhanced swords and shields.) The effect of blessing on swords and shields has not been well researched. A blessing does help protect the item against being cursed or sealed by monsters or traps, however, it is generally not worth it to bless a sword or shield as the blessings wear off very quickly with normal use.

A pair of equipment items can resonate to produce a magic effect. Most resonance pairs are between a sword and a shield, while a few are between a sword or shield and a bracelet.

Swords and shields can be tagged. If you lose a tagged item, you can get it back from the sentry at Hermit's Hermitage. Tagging a sword or shield is one way to extract rare items or runes from a difficult dungeon. You can have at most 8 swords or shields tagged per save file.

List of Swords

For a list of all individual swords, see List of Swords. See also Shields and List of Shields.

Here are all sword families in Item Book order.

Family	Attack		Rune Slots		Total Exp. to Lv. 8	Base Innate/Rune Effect	Lv. 8 Innate Effect	Added Runes	Resonance	Finding Tips
	Lv. 1	Lv. 8	Lv. 1	Lv. 8
Ordinary Stick Family	2	15	5	∞	25,250			Lv. 8: Redeeming	Plain Targe Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Tin Blade Family	4	18	4	∞	31,570			Lv. 8: Rustproof	Tin Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Katana Family	6	22	4	∞	49,300			Lv. 8: Rustproof	Iron Targe Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Beast Fang Family	8	20	3	∞	37,900			Lv. 5: Rustproof	Beast Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Dotanuki Family	10	26	5	∞	44,250			Lv. 8: Enhancing	Wolfshead Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Bladite Family	12	25	4	∞	50,600			Lv. 4: Uplifting	Targite Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
								Lv. 8: Rustproof
Red Blade Family	14	27	3	∞	56,950			Lv. 3: Uplifting	Red Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
								Lv. 8: Flame Shot
Kabura Katana Family	16	30	2	∞	95,000			Lv. 8: Quick Hitting	Fuuma Shield Family: Damage +5	Reported locations: Lost Well (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops).
Fuuma Sword Family	25	35	∞	∞	175,000			Lv. 7: Flame Shot	Fuuma Shield Family: Damage +5 Helix Shield Family: Damage +10	Method 1: max out your bank account (just shy of 100M gitan). Method 2: ask the Hermit's Hermitage blacksmith to upgrade a Katana+99.
Dull Gold Edge Family	2	14	6	∞		Rustproof: Does not rust	No change	Lv. 8: Paralyzing	Gold Shield Family: Max Strength +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Bright Blade Family	3	17	6	∞	25,300	Redeeming: After missing twice, next attack will hit for critical damage	No change (despite description)	Lv. 5: Lively	Day Shield Family: Can read scrolls at night	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
								Lv. 8: Confusing
Rusty Pickaxe Family	3	14	9	∞		Wall Dig: Can dig walls but has ??% chance to break	??% chance to break (description states that chance decreases)	Lv. 5: Blinding		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Old Mallet Family	5	16	8	∞	31,700	Trap Busting: Can destroy traps and items but has ??% chance to break	??% chance to break (it is assumed that chance may decrease)	Lv. 5: Confusing		Reported locations: Rousing Paradise (pre-placed or monster drop).
Sky Splitter Family	2	12	5	∞		Anti-Floating: 135% damage to floating monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Water Cutter Family	4	15	7	∞	38,100	Anti-Aquatic: 135% damage to aquatic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Scythe Family	4	13	6	∞		Anti-Plant: 135% damage to plant monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Myopic Masher Family	5	16	6	∞	31,750	Anti-Cyclops: 135% damage to cyclopean monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Spry Shield Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Magic Masher Family	5	15	4	∞		Anti-Magic: 135% damage to magic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Drain Dagger Family	6	13	7	∞		Anti-Drain: 135% damage to draining monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Copper Cleaver Family	7	15	6	∞		Anti-Metal: 135% damage to metal monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Crescent Katana Family	7	14	6	∞		Anti-Explode: 135% damage to exploding monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Blast Shield Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Lizard Lasher Family	10	17	4	∞	63,500	Anti-Dragon: 135% damage to draconic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Snake Shield Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Nap Rattle Family	2	16	4	11	50,700	Sedating: 12% chance to inflict Asleep status for 6 turns	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Alert Bracelet: Sleep chance increased by 2%	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Shockuto Family	3	15	5	12	50,700	Paralyzing: 12% chance to inflict Paralyzed status	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Blurry Stick Family	4	15	5	∞	51,500	Blinding: 12% chance to inflict Blind status	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Sealing Keisaku Family	5	15	5	∞	38,000	Sealing: 12% chance to inflict Sealed status	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Baffle Axe Family	6	16	7	∞	38,000	Confusing: 12% chance to inflict Confused status	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Anti-Cnf. Bracelet: Confusion chance increased by 2%	Common in Tower of Fortune and elsewhere.
Hatchet Family	5	12	4	11		Critical: 22% chance to make a critical hit	38% chance	Lv. 5: Lively		Reported locations: Old Road (pre-placed or monster drop) Inori Cave (VIP shop) Rousing Paradise (pre-placed or monster drop)
								Lv. 8: Paralyzing
Shoddy Dirk Family	30	37	10	∞	103,000	Expendable: Every hit decreases weapon power	No change	Lv. 8: Critical, Quick Hitting	Shoddy Plank Family: Sword and shield can't rust (but still weaken from innates)	Reported locations: Underground Manor (free gift for districts 5-10) Inori Cave (regular shops)
Glass Dirk Family	35	42	4	11		Unsound: 50% chance to break	36% chance	Lv. 8: Stupefying	Glass Buckler Family: Immune to magic	Reported locations: Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Dirk of Debts Family	7	17	4	∞	38,100	Costly: Every hit costs 30 Gitan and does 130% damage. Without Gitan, power drops to 0	Every hit costs 250 Gitan and does 200% damage	N/A	Pauper's Plank Family: ~20% chance to make monsters drop 200-399 Gitan (replacing their normal drop)	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Master's Footprint (pre-placed or monster drop or regular shops)
Extreme Sword Family	20	30	5	∞	63,000	Focusing: Always crits, but has only 50% accuracy	71% accuracy	N/A	Rush Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Reported locations: Storm Forest (pre-placed or monster drop)
Violent Blade Family	12	20	6	∞	50,700	Obsessive: Can't move when adjacent to a monster	No change	Lv. 6: Anti-Cyclops	Mojo Bracelet: Chance to slow enemies	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
								Lv. 8: Blinding
Breeze Blade Family	2	13	6	∞		Tri-direction: Attacks in 3 directions	No change	Lv. 8: Energizing	Midnight Shield Family: Sword and shield can't rust	Reported locations: Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Burning Blade Family	9	16	4	∞	63,000	Flame Shot: When HP is full, shoots red flame for 8 damage	Flame does 25 damage	Lv. 5: Uplifting	Swap Shield Family: Increases flame damage by 1 level Flame does 30 damage if sword is level 8 or has a Blue Flame rune	Reported locations: Lost Well (VIP shops and Pick-A-Choice shops) Heavenly Lake (pre-placed or regular shops) Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed)
								Lv. 8: Anti-Explode
Wonder Pick Family	7	18	5	∞	127,000	Max Wall Dig: Can dig walls without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Blinding	Nirvana Board Family: Max HP +30	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (final reward / repeatable)
Sturdy Hammer Family	7	17	5	∞	127,000	Trap Killing: Destroys traps and items without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Confusing		Reported locations: Bizarre Tower (final reward / repeatable)
True Knife Family	1	8	10	∞		Accurate: Attack always hits	No change	Lv. 8: Critical	Anti-Parry Brce.: Thrown items always hit	Reported locations: Pitfall of Life (final reward / repeatable)
Pathetic Blade Family	2	38	1	∞	127,000			N/A	Pathetic Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets When both are Lv. 8: Can't equip 2 bracelets, but sometimes push back adjacent monsters 1 space	Reported locations: Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed)
Fox Kodachi Family	9	30	0	5	306,070	No innates, but the Clutch, Enlightening, and Anointing runes are exclusive and can't be synthesized or mixed into another sword.		Lv. 2: Energizing		Unlock both fox sister NPC allies; one can morph into both Fox items.
								Lv. 3: Clutch
								Lv. 5: Enlightening
								Lv. 7: Anointing
								Lv. 8: Healing
Kaburagi Family	25	40	∞	∞	305,535			Lv. 8: Critical, Quick Hitting	Helix Shield Family: Damage +10	Reported locations: Inori Cave (final reward / wish for it / repeatable)

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