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Swords (Japanese: 武器) are equipable items that appears in Shiren the Wanderer 5. 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. Runes are equivalent to Lv.1 innate effects.

Family	Attack		Rune Slots		Exp. to Lv. 8	Rune	Innate Effect		Added Runes	Resonance	Finding Tips
	Lv. 1	Lv. 8	Lv. 1	Lv. 8			Lv. 1	Lv. 8
Ordinary Stick	2	15	5	∞	25,250				Lv. 8: Redeeming	Plain Targe Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Tin Blade	4	18	4	∞	31,570				Lv. 8: Rustproof	Tin Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Katana	6	22	4	∞	49,300				Lv. 8: Rustproof	Iron Targe Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Beast Fang	8	20	3	∞	37,900				Lv. 5: Rustproof	Beast Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Dotanuki	10	26	5	∞	44,250				Lv. 8: Enhancing	Wolfshead Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Bladite	12	25	4	∞	50,600				Lv. 4: Uplifting	Targite Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
									Lv. 8: Rustproof
Red Blade	14	27	3	∞	56,950				Lv. 3: Uplifting	Red Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
									Lv. 8: Flame Shot
Kabura Katana	16	30	2	∞	95,000				Lv. 8: Quick Hitting	Fuuma Shield Family: Damage +5	Lost Well (VIP and Pick-A-Choice shops)
Fuuma Sword	25	35	∞	∞	175,000				Lv. 7: Flame Shot	Fuuma Shield Family: Damage +5 Helix Shield Family: Damage +10	Max out bank at Hotel Nekomaneki Ask Hermit's Hermitage blacksmith to upgrade a Katana+99.
Dull Gold Edge	2	14	6	∞	18,950	Rustproof	Does not rust	No change	Lv. 8: Paralyzing	Gold Shield Family: Max Strength +3	Common in many places.
Bright Blade	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 many places.
									Lv. 8: Confusing
Rusty Pickaxe	3	14	9	∞	19,000	Wall Dig	Can dig walls but has ??% chance to break	??% chance to break (description states that chance decreases)	Lv. 5: Blinding		Common in many places.
Old Mallet	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		Rousing Paradise (pre-placed or monster drop)
Sky Splitter	2	12	5	∞	63,500	Anti-Floating	135% damage to floating monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Water Cutter	4	15	7	∞	38,100	Anti-Aquatic	135% damage to aquatic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Scythe	4	13	6	∞	31,750	Anti-Plant	135% damage to plant monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Myopic Masher	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 many places.
Magic Masher	5	15	4	∞	38,100	Anti-Magic	135% damage to magic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Drain Dagger	6	13	7	∞	38,100	Anti-Drain	135% damage to draining monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Copper Cleaver	7	15	6	∞	63,500	Anti-Metal	135% damage to metal monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Crescent Katana	7	14	6	∞	50,800	Anti-Explode	135% damage to exploding monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Blast Shield Family: Attack and Defense +3	Common in many places.
Lizard Lasher	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 many places.
Nap Rattle	2	16	4	11	50,700	Sedating	12% chance to inflict Asleep	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Alert Bracelet: Sleep chance increased by 2%	Common in many places.
Shockuto	3	15	5	12	50,700	Paralyzing	12% chance to inflict Paralyzed	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Blurry Stick	4	15	5	∞	51,500	Blinding	12% chance to inflict Blind	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Sealing Keisaku	5	15	5	∞	38,000	Sealing	12% chance to inflict Sealed	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Baffle Axe	6	16	7	∞	38,000	Confusing	12% chance to inflict Confused	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Anti-Cnf. Bracelet: Confusion chance increased by 2%	Common in many places.
Hatchet	5	12	4	11	38,000	Critical	22% chance to make a critical hit	38% chance	Lv. 5: Lively		Old Road (pre-placed or monster drop) Inori Cave (VIP shop) Rousing Paradise (pre-placed or monster drop)
									Lv. 8: Paralyzing
Shoddy Dirk	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 (still weaken from innates)	Underground Manor (gift for districts 5-10) Inori Cave (regular shops)
Glass Dirk	35	42	4	11	103,000	Unsound	50% chance to break	36% chance	Lv. 8: Stupefying	Glass Buckler Family: Immune to magic	Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Dirk of Debts	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)	Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Master's Footprint (pre-placed or monster drop or regular shops)
Extreme Sword	20	30	5	∞	63,000	Focusing	Always crits, but has only 50% accuracy	71% accuracy	N/A	Rush Shield Family: Equip 2 bracelets	Storm Forest (pre-placed or monster drop)
Violent Blade	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	Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed) Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
									Lv. 8: Blinding
Breeze Blade	2	13	6	∞	50,800	Tri-direction	Attacks in 3 directions	No change	Lv. 8: Energizing	Midnight Shield Family: Sword and shield can't rust	Hunter Pond (monster drop or regular shops)
Burning Blade	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	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	7	18	5	∞	127,000	Max Wall Dig	Can dig walls without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Blinding	Nirvana Board Family: Max HP +30	Merchant's Hideout final reward (repeatable)
Sturdy Hammer	7	17	5	∞	127,000	Trap Killing	Destroys traps and items without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Confusing		Bizarre Tower final reward (repeatable)
True Knife	1	8	10	∞	127,000	Accurate	Attack always hits	No change	Lv. 8: Critical	Anti-Parry Brce.: Thrown items always hit	Pitfall of Life final reward (repeatable)
Pathetic Blade	2	38	1	∞	127,000				N/A	Pathetic Shield Family: If both are Lv. 8: Sometimes push back adjacent monsters 1 space Otherwise: Equip 2 bracelets	Merchant's Hideout (pre-placed)
Fox Kodachi	9	30	0	5	306,070				Lv. 2: Energizing		Unlock Koharu
									Lv. 3: Clutch
									Lv. 5: Enlightening
									Lv. 7: Anointing
									Lv. 8: Healing
Kaburagi	25	40	∞	∞	305,535				Lv. 8: Critical, Quick Hitting	Helix Shield Family: Damage +10	Inori Cave final reward or wish (repeatable)

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