Draft:Shiren 5 2020:Location

Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate has a large number of locations to unlock and explore. As with previous games in the series, the bulk of the game's content is only accessible post-credits, after beating the main storyline.

Introduction

Shiren 5 and Shiren 5 Plus locations can be broken down into six categories.

Starting Villages

Inori Village and Nekomaneki Village are starting villages. In these villages, the player can interact with a large number of shops and NPCs, advance quests, unlock game elements, and organize their inventory. Almost all other locations can be reached from somewhere within these two villages.

Hermit's Hermitage and Sparrow's Inn are also major rest areas, but they are different from the starting villages because traveling to these locations commits you to a dungeon run. As such they are considered parts of the main dungeon, Tower of Fortune.

Tutorial Dungeon

Ouma Shrine is a training dungeon that initially separates the two starting villages. It is only accessible at the beginning of the game.

Main Dungeon

Tower of Fortune is the main dungeon in Shiren 5, and the location where the main storyline takes place. It includes many dungeons and rest areas from Destiny Trail through Miracle Alcove. Some bonus dungeons can also be launched here, once they are unlocked. The game tracks expert badges for the Tower of Fortune as a whole.

Puzzle Sets

The two Training Facilities and Statue Cave contain premade puzzles, and each puzzle consists of a single floor. Entering a puzzle does not count as starting a run. You can replay a puzzle as often as you wish, and you can reset or leave the puzzle at any time. You cannot take items into or out of a puzzle, although some puzzle sets provide rewards for beating them.

Minigames

Explosion Rocks is a randomly generated game most akin to Minesweeper but with a Shiren twist.

Bonus Dungeons

The original Shiren 5 has 11 bonus dungeons. The PlayStation Vita version of Shiren 5 Plus adds another 16, and the Nintendo Switch and Steam ports add another 3, for a total of 30 bonus dungeons. The added dungeons were available as downloadable content in the Japanese version of Shiren 5 Plus, but are included for free in the English version.

Dungeons from the original Shiren 5 are accessible from unique locations, but only after being unlocked by completing various side quests. Once unlocked, you can jump to these dungeons from the Sparrow Transport. Dungeons exclusive to Shiren 5 Plus are accessed from the Dungeon Center in Nekomaneki Village.

The bonus dungeons tend to be much more difficult than the Tower of Fortune main quest. Many of these dungeons do not let you take items or Gitan in, and will remind you to store your items and Gitan if you try to enter with them on you. If you beat or successfully escape from a bonus dungeon, you keep all items and Gitan you obtained inside. In addition, each bonus dungeon has a final reward item that you get upon beating the dungeon. Most final rewards are repeatable.

Many dungeons have some sort of twist that emphasizes one particular aspect of Shiren play. For example, Merchant's Hideout focuses on shops, Page of Youth focuses on monster licenses, Sleeping Lands focuses on night, and so on. Some dungeons, such as Double Strike Trail and Garden of Destiny, have special rules.

Most dungeons start with a shorter end goal, but after you beat them once, the end goal becomes harder (usually 99F) and stays there, with no way to play the shorter version again. Beating the initial, shorter goal counts as a victory in your Adventure Log. The game does not track whether you have beaten the harder version of a dungeon.

The game tracks 8 expert badges for each dungeon from the original Shiren 5. To obtain an expert badge, you must beat the dungeon while adhering to a very difficult constraint, such as winning without ever directly attacking a monster. You can learn more about the specifics of each expert badge by viewing the expert badges in your Adventure Log and using the left shoulder button.

List of Locations

These locations are available in the original version of Shiren 5.

Category	Name		Prerequisite(s)	Entrance(s)	Start Lv.	Allies In	Rescues	Items		Time	Initial Fl.	Final Fl.	In-Game Description
	English	Japanese						In	Out
Starting Village	Inori Village	イノリの里	None	You start the game here From Nekomaneki Village, go west	1	0	N/A	Saved	✗	Day	None	None	None
Tutorial Dungeon	Ouma Shrine	オウマのほこら	Talk to Jirokichi	Go east from Inori Village	1	0	N/A	✓	✓	Day	3	3	None
Starting Village	Nekomaneki Village	ネコマネキ村	Beat Ouma Shrine	Go east from Inori Village (after Ouma Shrine is beaten) Beat Ouma Shrine	1	0	N/A	Saved	✗	Day	None	None	None
Main Dungeon	Tower of Fortune	フォーチュンタワー	None	From Nekomaneki Village, go east	1	3	3	✓	✓	Both	15	15	None
Puzzle Set	Training Facility	試しの修行場	None	NPC lady in the Inori Village Beginner House	1	0	N/A	Saved	✗	Day	1	1	None
Puzzle Set	Night Training Facility	夜の修行場	Talk to the NPC hermit near the north exit of Hermit's Hermitage	In Inori Village, talk to an NPC hermit in the Beginner House In Hermit's Hermitage, talk to an NPC hermit near the north exit	1	0	N/A	Saved	✗	Both	5	5	None
Puzzle Set	Statue Cave	石像の洞窟	None	Nekomaneki Village Dungeon Center (SW desk)	1	0	N/A	Saved	✗	Day	1	1	None
Minigame	Explosion Rocks	爆発の岩場	None	Nekomaneki Village Dungeon Center (NE desk)	1	0	N/A	✗	✓	Day	5	5	None
Bonus Dungeon	Underground Manor	地底の館	None	Nekomaneki Village Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1*	0	0*	✗	4*	Day	10*	99*	None
Bonus Dungeon	Inori Cave	イノリの洞窟	Beat Tower of Fortune	North end of Inori Village Beginner House	1	3	3	✓	✓	Both	42	99	Note: Pray to the Catstone
Bonus Dungeon	Pitfall of Life	人生の落し穴	Beat Tower of Fortune, Kojirouta side quest	North end of the Rich Man's House in Inori Village	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	25	99	Note: Cannot level up
Bonus Dungeon	Old Road	旧道	Beat Tower of Fortune, level up Koharu, Okon, and Gen	From Inori Village, exit south	1	0	3	✗	✓	Both	38	99	Note: Fullness depletes in real time
Bonus Dungeon	Onigiri Hollow	おにぎり穴	Beat Tower of Fortune, long side quest	In Inori Village, use the hole in the rock wall in the NE corner	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	20	99	Note: Exiting a room makes it vanish
Bonus Dungeon	Heavenly Lake	天上の池	Beat Tower of Fortune	In Nekomaneki Village, talk to an old man in the SE corner, by a barge floating on the river	1	0	3	✗	✓	Both	28	99	Note: Dropping items makes them vanish
Bonus Dungeon	Gen's Turf	ゲンさんのシマ	Beat Tower of Fortune, talk to old woman in Inori Village	In Nekomaneki Village, use a giant pot in Gen's House	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	30	99	Note: Control the monsters!
Bonus Dungeon	Bizarre Tower	異次元の塔	Beat Tower of Fortune, Tao side quest	Talk to the raccoon at the Tower of Fortune Entrance	1	0	0	✗	✓	Both	45	45	Note: Reach the Floor 15 stairs, which lead to a special floor
Bonus Dungeon	Destiny's Descent	運命の地下	Beat Tower of Fortune, wish for it in Inori Cave	Tower of Fortune Entrance, staircase in the center	1	0	3	✗	✓	Both	99	99	Note: Very mysterious dungeon
Bonus Dungeon	Primordial Chasm	原始に続く穴	Beat Tower of Fortune	In Hermit's Hermitage, use a giant pot inside the blacksmith's building	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: An even more mysterious dungeon
Bonus Dungeon	Lost Well	迷いの井戸	Beat Tower of Fortune	In Sparrow's Inn, talk to an NPC sparrow in the SW corner outside the inn itself	1	1	3	✓	✓	Both	30	99	Note: Can use upgraded items

List of Shiren 5 Plus-exclusive Dungeons

Category	Name		Prerequisite(s)	Entrance(s)	Start Lv.	Allies In	Rescues	Items		Time	Initial Fl.	Final Fl.	In-Game Description
	English	Japanese						In	Out
Bonus Dungeon	Hunter Pond	ハンターの池	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	29	50	Note: Steal items from monsters
Bonus Dungeon	Warning Valley	警告の谷	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✓	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Explore with a step limit
Bonus Dungeon	Page of Youth	青春の1ページ	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	29	50	Note: Use the Complicated Scroll
Bonus Dungeon	Rousing Paradise	わくわくパラダイス	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Monster spawning paradise
Bonus Dungeon	Merchant's Hideout	商人の隠れ家	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✓	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Consumable items are rare
Bonus Dungeon	Froggo's Fury	ガマラの逆襲	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	29	50	Note: Gitan will be tight!
Bonus Dungeon	Master's Footprint	玄人の足跡	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Mysterious, but no heal items
Bonus Dungeon	Aura Ruins	オーラの遺跡	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	10	30	Note: Monsters have auras
Bonus Dungeon	Sleeping Lands	眠りの大地	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Night	29	50	Note: Permanent night
Bonus Dungeon	Double Strike Trail	二撃の道	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: You and enemies fall in two hits
Bonus Dungeon	Gorger's Manor	食いしん坊の館	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	3	3	✓	✓	Day	50	50	Note: Get stuffed with special onigiri
Bonus Dungeon	Storm Forest	あらしの森	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Forest of the Field Knave
Bonus Dungeon	Monster Hotspot	モンスター集会所	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	99	99	Note: Monsters on floors where the 1st digit is 9
Bonus Dungeon	Perilous Rocks	波乱の岩場	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	50	99	Note: Monster houses are likely to appear
Bonus Dungeon	Trapper's Sandbox	ワナ師の箱庭	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	10	99	Note: Can only level by defeating enemies with traps
Bonus Dungeon	Aksys Challenge	ファミ通の挑戦状	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day	10	99	Note: Run away!

Nintendo Switch and Steam

Three additional dungeons are available in the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows port of Shiren 5 Plus.

Category	Name		Prerequisite(s)	Entrance(s)	Start Lv.	Allies In	Rescues	Items		Time	Initial Fl.	Final Fl.	In-Game Description
	English	Japanese						In	Out
Bonus Dungeon	Bladeless Wasteland	無刃の荒野	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	3	✗	✓	Day	25	99	Note: Can only defeat monsters with items
Bonus Dungeon	Cloister of Certain Doom	死線の回廊	None	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0	0	✗	✓	Day*	99	99	Note: Clear dungeon in set number of turns
Bonus Dungeon	Garden of Destiny	運命神の裏庭	Beat Tower of Fortune	Dungeon Center (NW desk)	1	0*	3	✗	✓	Day*	50	99	Note: Defeat enemies in one blow for bonus EXP