Shiren 1 DS:Staff

Staves (Japanese: 杖) are a type of Items in  Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. They have a variety of effects, that the player can use by swinging or throwing them at Monsters and Characters.

Usage

Charges

All staves have charges, which are displayed as a bracketed value after the name (such as [5]). This represents the number of times the staff can be swung. (There is one type of staff, the Staff of Stability, for which the number of charges are completely irrelevant. Yet, it still has them.) Staves can hold up to [99] charges. Melding (see below) with a staff that already has [99] charges will cause the excess charges to be lost in the process. Each charge is worth 10% of the base value of the staff.

Melding a staff up to [99] charges unlocks the "Created a many-use staff" entry in the Adventure Log. 

Swinging

When Shiren swings a staff, he causes a magic bolt to fly away in the direction he is facing. This bolt uses one of the staff's charges. If the bolt hits a creature, it will apply the staff's effect. Bolts will travel until they hit a wall or the edge of the map - there is no limit to the range on bolts from staves. 

Bolts from staves do not miss. If they collide with a creature, they will hit them. 

Swinging a staff that has [0] charges will have no effect, but will still consume one turn. 

Throwing

Staves can also be thrown. Throwing a staff is much like throwing an arrow: the staff will fly up to 10 squares in the direction Shiren is facing. If the staff hits a creature, it will treat it as though the creature has been hit by a bolt from that staff - with the exception that the staff will be destroyed in the process. 

Unlike swinging, thrown staves can miss. 

Throwing a staff will work even if the staff has [0] charges. This means that if you have used up the charges in your staff, and are desperate for the effect,throwing it is a viable option. 

Melding

Multiple staves of the same type can be melded together by inserting them into a Melding Jar. Doing so will meld them into one staff with the combined number of charges from all of them. Thus, putting a Knockback Staff [3], a Knockback Staff [4], and a Knockback Staff [5] inside a Melding Jar will give you a Knockback Staff [12]. 

This process can be repeated as long as you still have staves and Melding Jars. For more on melding, see the Fusion page.

Staves

Base prices are for [0] charges.

Staff		Description	Shop
English	Japanese		Cost*	Cost+	Value*	Value+
Accelerating Staff	加速の杖	Causes target to move faster.	700	70	210	21
Bufu's Staff	ブフーの杖	Changes a monster into meat. Will turn Shiren into a riceball.	3,000	300	900	90
Doppelganger Staff	身がわりの杖	Transforms target into a "fake Shiren", which monsters will attack instead of the real Shiren.	1,500	150	450	45
Knockback Staff	ふき飛ばしの杖	Knocks target back 10 spaces, causing minimal damage.	500	50	150	15
Lightning Staff	雷光の杖	Does 20 damage.	2,000	200	600	60
Pain Sharing Staff	痛み分けの杖	Causes the target takes the same damage Shiren takes.	1,200	120	360	36
Sealing Staff	封印の杖	"Seals away" special abilities of the target.	1,500	150	450	45
Skull Staff	ガイコツまどうの杖	Staves from the Skull Mage family that cause a random effect on the target.	300	30	90	9
Staff of Happiness	ふき飛ばしの杖	Increases the target's level. Reflected bolts will give Shiren 500 Experience	500	50	150	15
Staff of Misfortune	不幸の杖	Decreases the target's level.	500	50	150	15
Staff of Paralysis	かなしばりの杖	Paralyzes the target.	1,500	150	450	45
Staff of Postpone	一時しのぎの杖	Warps the target to the stairs and paralyzes them.	500	50	150	15
Staff of Recovery	回復の杖	Restores the target's HP. Does 50 damage to ghost-type monsters.	1,200	120	360	36
Staff of Sloth	鈍足の杖	Causes target to move slower.	700	70	210	21
Staff of Stability	ころばぬ先の杖	Protects you from stumbling if kept in your top-level inventory. No effect when swung.	1,200	120	360	36
Switching Staff	場所がえの杖	Switches your position with the target.	700	70	210	21

References

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