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Swords, also called weapons (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

Swords and Template:Shiren5 are very similar in terms of gameplay mechanics, so this section covers both categories.

The type of a sword and shield (e.g. Template:Shiren5) is 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 Template:Shiren5 cannot rust, and the Template:Shiren5 can dig holes in walls at the risk of breaking. Swords and shields can also have magical enchantments on them called Template:Shiren5. Every inherent magic effect on a sword or shield, except Template:Shiren5, can be turned into a rune via Template:Shiren5, 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 Template:Shiren5 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. It is possible to find leveled-up equipment with runes built-in, for example reward items from beating a dungeon, or a new item based on a level-up piece of equipment. In these cases, the runes pre-placed on these items are the same runes that would have manifested if the item had leveled up normally.

A sword or shield family consists of the level 1 through 8 forms of a sword or shield.

Swords and shields can be Template:Shiren5. 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 Template:Shiren5 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 Template:Shiren5. If you lose a tagged item, you can get it back from the sentry at Template:Shiren5, although there are a few things tags don't protect against (such as a sword or shield being Template:Shiren5). 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 Template:Shiren5. See also Template:Shiren5 and Template:Shiren5.

Here are all sword families in Item Book order. Runes are equivalent to level 1 innate effects.

Family	Attack		Rune Slots		Exp. to Lv. 8	Template:Shiren5	Innate Effect		Added Runes	Resonance	Finding Tips
	Lv. 1	Lv. 8	Lv. 1	Lv. 8			Lv. 1	Lv. 8
Template:Shiren5	2	15	5	∞	25,250				Lv. 8: Redeeming	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	4	18	4	∞	31,570				Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	6	22	4	∞	49,300				Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	8	20	3	∞	37,900				Lv. 5: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	10	26	5	∞	44,250				Lv. 8: Enhancing	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	12	25	4	∞	50,600				Lv. 4: Uplifting	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
									Lv. 8: Rustproof
Template:Shiren5	14	27	3	∞	56,950				Lv. 3: Uplifting	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Common in many places.
									Lv. 8: Flame Shot
Template:Shiren5	16	30	2	∞	95,000				Lv. 8: Quick Hitting	Template:Shiren5: Damage +5	Template:Shiren5 (elite shops)
Template:Shiren5	25	35	∞	∞	175,000				Lv. 7: Flame Shot	Template:Shiren5: Damage +5 Template:Shiren5: Damage +10	Max out bank at Hotel Template:Shiren5 Ask Hermit's Hermitage blacksmith to upgrade a Template:Shiren5+99.
Template:Shiren5	2	14	6	∞	18,950	Rustproof	Does not rust	No change	Lv. 8: Paralyzing	Template:Shiren5: Max Strength +3	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	3	17	6	∞	25,300	Redeeming	After missing twice, next attack will hit for critical damage	No change (despite description)	Lv. 5: Lively	Template:Shiren5: Can read scrolls at night	Common in many places.
									Lv. 8: Confusing
Template:Shiren5	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.
Template:Shiren5	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
Template:Shiren5	2	12	5	∞	63,500	Anti-Floating	135% damage to floating monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	4	15	7	∞	38,100	Anti-Aquatic	135% damage to aquatic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	4	13	6	∞	31,750	Anti-Plant	135% damage to plant monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	5	16	6	∞	31,750	Anti-Cyclops	135% damage to cyclopean monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Attack and Defense +3	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	5	15	4	∞	38,100	Anti-Magic	135% damage to magic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	6	13	7	∞	38,100	Anti-Drain	135% damage to draining monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	7	15	6	∞	63,500	Anti-Metal	135% damage to metal monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	7	14	6	∞	50,800	Anti-Explode	135% damage to exploding monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Attack and Defense +3	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	10	17	4	∞	63,500	Anti-Dragon	135% damage to draconic monsters	310% damage	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Attack and Defense +3	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	2	16	4	11	50,700	Sedating	12% chance to inflict Asleep	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Sleep chance increased by 2%	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	3	15	5	12	50,700	Paralyzing	12% chance to inflict Paralyzed	26% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	4	15	5	∞	51,500	Blinding	12% chance to inflict Blind	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	5	15	5	∞	38,000	Sealing	12% chance to inflict Sealed	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof		Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	6	16	7	∞	38,000	Confusing	12% chance to inflict Confused	28% chance	Lv. 8: Rustproof	Template:Shiren5: Confusion chance increased by 2%	Common in many places.
Template:Shiren5	5	12	4	11	38,000	Critical	22% chance to make a critical hit	38% chance	Lv. 5: Lively		Template:Shiren5 Template:Shiren5 (elite shop) Rousing Paradise
									Lv. 8: Paralyzing
Template:Shiren5	30	37	10	∞	103,000	Expendable	Every hit decreases weapon power	No change	Lv. 8: Critical, Quick Hitting	Template:Shiren5: Sword and shield can't rust (still weaken from innates)	Template:Shiren5 (gift for districts 5-10) Template:Shiren5 shops
Template:Shiren5	35	42	4	11	103,000	Unsound	50% chance to break	36% chance	Lv. 8: Stupefying	Template:Shiren5: Immune to magic	Hunter Pond
Template:Shiren5	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	Template:Shiren5: ~20% chance to make monsters drop 200-399 Gitan (replacing their normal drop)	Merchant's Hideout Master's Footprint
Template:Shiren5	20	30	5	∞	63,000	Focusing	Always crits, but has only 50% accuracy	71% accuracy	N/A	Template:Shiren5: Equip 2 bracelets	Storm Forest
Template:Shiren5	12	20	6	∞	50,700	Obsessive	Can't move when adjacent to a monster	No change	Lv. 6: Anti-Cyclops	Template:Shiren5: Chance to slow enemies	Merchant's Hideout Hunter Pond
									Lv. 8: Blinding
Template:Shiren5	2	13	6	∞	50,800	Tri-direction	Attacks in 3 directions	No change	Lv. 8: Energizing	Template:Shiren5: Sword and shield can't rust	[[[Shiren 5 Vita:Hunter Pond|Hunter Pond]]
Template:Shiren5	9	16	4	∞	63,000	Flame Shot	When HP is full, shoots red flame for 8 damage	Flame does 25 damage	Lv. 5: Uplifting	Template:Shiren5: Increases flame damage by 1 level Flame does 30 damage if sword is level 8 or has a Blue Flame rune	Template:Shiren5 (elite shops) Template:Shiren5 Merchant's Hideout
									Lv. 8: Anti-Explode
Template:Shiren5	7	18	5	∞	127,000	Max Wall Dig	Can dig walls without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Blinding	Template:Shiren5: Max HP +30	Merchant's Hideout final reward (repeatable)
Template:Shiren5	7	17	5	∞	127,000	Trap Killing	Destroys traps and items without breaking	No change	Lv. 5: Confusing		Template:Shiren5 final reward (repeatable)
Template:Shiren5	1	8	10	∞	127,000	Accurate	Attack always hits	No change	Lv. 8: Critical	Template:Shiren5: Thrown items always hit	Template:Shiren5 final reward (repeatable)
Template:Shiren5	2	38	1	∞	127,000				N/A	Template:Shiren5: If both are Lv. 8: Sometimes push back adjacent monsters 1 space Otherwise: Equip 2 bracelets	Merchant's Hideout
Template:Shiren5	9	30	0	5	306,070				Lv. 2: Energizing		Unlock Koharu
									Lv. 3: Clutch
									Lv. 5: Enlightening
									Lv. 7: Anointing
									Lv. 8: Healing
Template:Shiren5	25	40	∞	∞	305,535				Lv. 8: Critical, Quick Hitting	Template:Shiren5: Damage +10	Template:Shiren5 final reward or wish (repeatable)