Shiren 1 DS:Scroll of Need

The Scroll of Need (Japanese: 困った時の巻物) is a scroll introduced to the Super Famicom release of Shiren 1. If you are in a pinch, reading a Scroll of Need will cause one or more good things to happen:

• Cures Slow status.
• If there are 2 or more Monsters near you: Paralyzes all monsters near you
• If your current Strength is 1: Restores strength to 8.
• If you have cursed items equipped: Lifts Curses from all equipped items
• If you have 0 Gitan: Gives you several thousand Gitan (a random amount)
• If you are at hungry status: Restore fullness completely
• If you have low HP: Restores HP completely

Note that any and all of these that qualify will trigger (so if you have low HP, are surrounded, and have a cursed item equipped, reading a Scroll of Need will solve all of those problems at one go).

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	-	All	All	All	-	-	-	All
Shop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	All
Jar of Change	-	All	All	All	-	-	-	All
Walrus	-	All	All	All	-	-	-	All
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	Yes	No	-	No	-

External Sources

Gabikun's item FAQ.