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Monsters are organized into "families". There are usually 8 monsters in each family, one at each of four power levels, x2 for day monsters vs. night monsters. Family members are substantially similar to one another in both appearance and other attributes, though higher-level monsters within a family tend to be much tougher, tend to be worth more experience points, and tend to have more dangerous capabilities. Pay attention to the color of the monster you are facing to know which level it is and thus which specific capabilities it has.

Monster Types

Monsters can have zero or more special types, each of which corresponds to different capabilities and/or vulnerabilities. All members of a monster family share the same set of types.

Monster Type		Swords	Shield	Rune	Notes
English	Japanese
Aquatic-Type	水棲	Water Cutter Type		(Anti-Aquatic)	They can also travel over water tiles.
Cyclopean-Type	一ツ目	Myopic Masher Type		(Anti-Cyclops)	Unclear what other special abilities they have.
Dragon-Type	ドラゴン	Lizard Lasher Type		(Anti-Dragon)	They also tend to be able to blast you with fireballs at long distances, sometimes even from other rooms.
Draining-Type	ドレイン	Drain Dagger Type		(Anti-Drain)	They also tend to have special attacks which degrade your stats (HP, strength, etc…)
Exploding-Type	爆発	Crescent Katana Type		(Anti-Explode)	They can also explode if they get very low on HP without dying.
Floating-Type	浮遊	Sky Splitter Type		(Anti-Floating)	They can also travel over water and air/void tiles.
Magic-Type	魔法	Magic Masher Type		(Anti-Magic)	They tend to have special magical attacks.
Metal-Type	金属	Copper Cleaver Type		(Anti-Metal)	They can also be weakened by splashing them with water from a Water Pot.
Normal-Type	ノーマル				Normal-Type monsters are not negatively affected by any specific items.
Plant-Type	植物	Scythe Type		(Anti-Plant)	It's unclear what other special abilities they have.

Monsters with none of the above special types are normal-type monsters.

In addition to the equipment and runes listed above, there are also secret pot effects that interact with these monster types. See the Runes page and the Secret Pots & New Items page for details.

Monsters in the game

Below you can find a link to all monsters that appear in the games, basic info about them and their abilities. Day forms first, followed by their night forms.

Special Enemies

For all non-standard enemies such as shopkeepers and bosses.

Shiren 5

The list of Monsters present in the Nintendo DS release of the game.

Shiren 5 Vita

The list of Monsters present in the PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch and Steam release of the game.

References

• English and Japanese monster names.
• Almost all of the content on the monster table was taken directly from the in-game text.
• Japanese monster type names.