Shiren 1 DS:Sanctuary Scroll

The Sanctuary Scroll (Japanese: せいいきの巻物) is a scroll introduced to the Super Famicom release of Shiren 1. Dropping a Sanctuary Scroll will make the space with the scroll on it into a "sanctuary" spot. If Shiren is standing on the scroll space, monsters won't melee attack Shiren. However, monsters will still use ranged attacks or throw Items at Shiren. Once put down or dropped, the Sanctuary Scroll will be stuck to the ground and can't be picked up.

- A Sanctuary Scroll that has been placed on the floor.

Once a Sanctuary Scroll has been placed or dropped on the ground, it cannot be picked back up.

Unlocking the Sanctuary Scroll

Because Sanctuary Scrolls cannot be found, purchased or created from a Jar of Change, instead, finding one to read so that the name can be written onto a Blank Scroll is virtually impossible.

Instead, the ability to obtain one using a Blank Scroll can be unlocked by completing Table Mountain at least once. Once you have completed this task, the game will note your accomplishment in various ways, but the most obvious is the Golden Condor icon when you load your save file.

Tips for use

• Sanctuary Scrolls will not work against hostile NPCs or Special Enemies.
• Putting one of these on the ground can save you when surrounded, especially in Monster Houses, however you will still be vulnerable to ranged attacks. Explosions (including Popster Tank Family attacks) can destroy a Sanctuary Scroll.
• You cannot pick up a Sanctuary Scroll that was created using a Blank Scroll that was already on the floor.
• Thiefwalrus Family Monsters, including transformed Shiren, cannot steal/pick up a placed Sanctuary Scroll.

Locations

Drop Type	Road to the Hamlet	Table Mountain	Tainted Path	Ceremonial Cave	Ravine of the Dead	Kitchen God Shrine	Scroll Cave	Final Puzzle
Floor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jar of Change	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walrus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rescue Reward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shop	Bamboo Village	Mountaintop Town	Stream Village	Fay's Puzzle Reward	Cell Armor	Hiding Egg	Rice Baby Family	Trap Recycling # of Traps
Yes/No	No	No	No	No	No	-	No	-

Trivia

• The Sanctuary Scroll and the Destruction Scroll are the only Scrolls that require a task to be completed to unlock creating them.
• Within the confines of normal gameplay, it should be impossible to obtain a genuine 'Sanctuary Scroll', and not a 'Blank:Sanctuary Scroll'.

External Sources

Gabikun's item FAQ.