Draft:Shiren 3 Wii:Blacksmith

Introduction

The blacksmith Kumaji resides in his own house within Otsutsuki Village. You can easily identify this house as it has a large red banner on the front of it. He lives with his children Sato and Kasuke. The blacksmith in this game is fairly unique compared to other games in the Shiren franchise as he is actually locked from the player at the start. He is severely ill, thus incapacitating him and preventing you from utilizing his services right away. This won't be remedied until you finish what can be considered a side quest of sorts. The rest of this introduction tab will go into detail for unlocking the blacksmith while his services will be detailed further below. To unlock the Blacksmith, first speak with the daughter Sato who will be attempting to sell a riceball out front of the shop. They wish to do this to help their sick father and feed themselves. She will charge you 600 Gitans at first though you can barter to lower this price. However much you give them does not have a strong impact on the game. After doing this, you will want to speak with the sick blacksmith at any point during the game, as he will give you a story about himself and this trigger is needed to do the next part. After you speak with him, check his work bench in the room and start clicking your action button, you should find and obtain the tattered scroll key item. After this, you will want to speak with the blacksmith's ancestor in the past. You can do this at any time after unlocking the past, the earliest would be after completing Ochimizu Pass in the main story. Doing that opens up Otsutsuki Village in the past to you. Simply visit the blacksmith's shop in the past and speak with the ancestor while you have the tattered scroll in your possession. He will give you medicine for his distant relative and fix the scroll as well. Finally, return to the sick blacksmith and he will now provide his services to you after you enter any dungeon and return to Otsutsuki Village.

Services

Each of the blacksmith's services are limited to being utilized once per visit in this game. After which he will have some strange excuse such as running out of materials preventing the player from rapidly abusing his services. They will refresh upon entering and exiting any dungeon.

Temper : Temper your weapon or shield for 1500 Gitans. This will add +1 to the chosen weapon or shield, rarely it will instead add +3 to the item. Items can only be strengthened up to their maximum value by using this method.

Purge : Purge any seal on your weapon, shield, or armband for 5000 Gitan. This option can only purge additional seals added to an item through melding, it can not purge the original ability that comes with any given item. Doing this leaves the seal slot open for a new seal to be added.

Add Slot : Add a seal slot to your weapon, shield, or armband for 10,000 Gitan and a random item requested by the blacksmith. All 3 types of items can have their seal slots increased up to the maximum of 12. Performing this option will also have the blacksmith tell you a riddle regarding an item transformation. Please refer to the item transformation page for more details regarding that feature of the game.

Notes

Before the first time you speak with the blacksmith regarding adding a slot, make sure you save your game on the over world. By doing so you can save scum the item he requests of you. This can be really important to avoid missing out on using this feature anytime during a relevant part of your play through, as the blacksmith can ask for any item in the game without reservation. Often times he asks for extremely rare post game dungeon items that can be insanely difficult to come by. After you speak with him, should you save your game the item he requests of you will be locked. After the first time you use this feature, make sure that you always save your game before using the add slot feature to enhance your gear. He locks into his request item as soon as you use the feature, so you can reset if you don't like the next item he asks of you. Though doing this method can be slightly time consuming as you will have to constantly reload and re-add the slot to your item until a favorable request item appears.

Item Transformation

The blacksmith will give you a bunch of cryptic messages. If you fuse certain Weapons, Shields and Armbands with certain seals and offer to a Dragon Orb, they can transform into a more powerful item. Here are the instructions clean and clear. Some items might need to be brought back to the Smith or transformed using a Jar of Change.

Reference Table

Base		Slots	Extra Slot?	Equipment	Instructions	Blacksmith's Messgae
English	Japanese
Any weapon		4		Spark Sword	Plate the weapon, add 2 [Thunder] seals and then offer to a [Water] Dragon Orb.	A plated blade struck by Thunder twice will shock with water.
Dragon Killer	ドラゴンキラー	2	N	Flame Sword SH	Fuse with [Fire], and then offer to a [Spirit] orb. (Use for making a Kabra Reborn)	A sword born of Dragon and Fire when given Spirit will burn with flame
Katana	カタナ	4		Firebrand	Max out a Katana to it's limit, add the [Dragon] seal (Flame sword), two misc. seals and offer it to a [Fire] Dragon Orb.	This great sword evolves by being cloaked in fire.
Demon Slayer, Bronze Sword, Polearm	百鬼の剣,青銅の太刀, 長巻	3	N	Pyrite Sword	Fuse with [Thunder], [Steel] and then offer to a [Ground] Dragon orb.
Demon Shield, Bronzeward	百鬼の盾, 青銅甲の盾	5	N	Pyrite Shield	Fuse with [Thunder], [Steel],
Katana, Iridescent Sword, Watou, Fang Sword?	カタナ, 白鋼の剣, 倭刀	4	N	Cerulean Blade	Fuse with [Water], [Nature], add a misc seal and then offer the blade to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.	A foreign sword worked with Water, Nature, and finally Earth will turn it blue.
Iron Shield, Iridescent Shield	鉄甲の盾,白鋼の盾	5		Cerulean Shield	Fuse with [Water], [Nature], add two misc. seals and offer it to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.	Fusing an Iron Shield with Water, Nature, and finally Earth will turn it blue.
Genseki Sword, Meteorite Blade	玄岩の太刀, 隕鉄刀	4		Crimson Blade	Fuse with [Fire], [Illusion], add a misc. seal and offer to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.
Meteorite Shield, Genseki Shield	隕鉄甲の盾, 玄岩の盾	5		Crimson Shield	Fuse with [Fire], [Illusion], add two misc. seals and offer it to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.
Nodachi	野太刀	4	N	Blade Cleaver SE	Add the [Disarm] seal (Iron Hammer), [Fire], [Water] and then offer it to a [Steel] Dragon Orb.
				Shield Cleaver SE	Add the [Excavator] seal (Pickaxe), [Shadow], [Water] and then offer it to a [Steel] Dragon Orb.	A Nodachi that can dig, swathed in Shadow, Water, and Steel, will cut shields.
Any Weapon		9	Y	Sacred Sword	Add the following seals:[Spirit], [Steel], [Shadow], [Fire], [Water], [Nature], [Illusion], [Thunder] and then offer the weapon to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.	When an item is infused with all the elements, it gains great potential.
Any Shield		9	Y	Sacred Shield	Add the following seals:[Spirit], [Steel], [Shadow], [Fire], [Water], [Nature], [Illusion], [Thunder] and then offer the weapon to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.
Any Armband		3		Recovery Armband	Fuse with [Nature], [Spirit] and offer to a [Shadow] Dragon Orb.	An armband fused with Nature, Spirit, and Shadow have recuperative effects.
Any Armband		3		Happy Armband	Fuse with [Fire], [Water] and offer to a [Thunder] Dragon Orb.
Any Armband		9		Nullify Armband	Add the following seals:[Spirit], [Steel], [Shadow], [Fire], [Water], [Nature], [Illusion], [Thunder] and then offer the weapon to an [Earth] Dragon Orb.	When an armband reaches its elemental capacity, it dominates them.
Any Weapon		3		Life Sword	Add [Invigorant] (Mixer + Life Herb), [Vitalizer] (Mixer + restorative Herb) and [Stimulant] (Mixer + Medicinal Herb). Bring it to the Blacksmith?
Pickaxe	つるはし	5	Y	Adamant Pickaxe	Combine 5 Pickaxes together [Excavator] and bring it to the Blacksmith. (Requires an extra slot.)
Bulky Shield	重装の盾	5	Y	Satori Shield	Combine 5 Bulky Shields [Binge] and bring it to the Blacksmith? (Used for making a Stormward)
Kabra's Blade	剛剣マンジカブラ	6	N	Kabra Reborn	Fuse the following items onto a Kabra's Blade: (Suggested you fuse them onto another weapon and then fuse that weapon onto the Kabra's Blade safely using a melding jar.) Flaming Sword [Dragon], [Freezing] Ice Scroll, [Nature], [Reinforced] (Plating Scroll), Silver Arrow [Piercing] (Eat Mixer meat, step over the sword and then the silver arrows.), [Steel]. Raise the blade to +90 and take it to a dragon orb and raise it to + 99, then bring it to the Blacksmith.
Wind Shield	風魔の盾	7		Stormward	Fuse with: [Evasion], [Blast], [Satisfied] (Satori Shield], [Reinforced] (Plating Scroll), [Invigorant] (any shield + life herb.), [True Sight] (any shield + Identity Scroll) - A Japanese wiki states that you must max out the strength, combine all the seals and then insert the shield into a Jar of Change.

Notes

A huge thanks to Windywalk's guide for helping to confirm some instructions but a lot was still left unclear and needs to be tested. Korra Royal (talk) 00:25, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

TEMPORARY NOTES

Method for Crafting a Shield of Supreme Defensive Capability: (3/5) | It must be forged to the maximum capacity of six seals, and all seals must be filled.

Method for Crafting a Shield of Supreme Defensive Capability: (5/5) | The final three are Reinforced, Invigorant, and True Sight.

External Sources

Information on weapon transformation help thanks to the following sources.

[1]wii-siren3.memo-memo.info

[2]Dragon Orb Info and functionality thanks to miya.s16.xrea.com/

[3]http://siren3.otogirisou.com

[4]Full list of translated Shiren 3 weapon transformation methods thanks to Windywalk's GameFAQ's guide.

[5] Dragon Orb info and descriptions thanks to Echeclus11's GameFAQ's FAQ (Used with permission.)

[6] Info on how to make a Kabra Reborn: Post #4