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Accumulating items (crafting, improving and using them) is key to winning Shiren 5 and indeed all roguelikes. There are no dungeons in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate that are viable without having at least a few items, and usually you need many. Shiren the Wanderer 5 has a large library of stock items organized into different categories. Figuring out the many unusual ways that items can interact with other items and monsters is a key Shiren the Wanderer skill, and not easily taught or learned due to the depth and complexity of the game. Players can play hundreds or even thousands of hours of Shiren and still continue to learn additional tricks and tips for how best to leverage items. If an item seems like it's a bad one that you'd never want to use, odds are very good that there is at least one way to leverage it to your advantage, and usually more than one. On the flip side, items that seem good can have hidden downsides or might be used against you by monsters.

Shiren (the player character) can carry 24 items in his main inventory. For some item types, one main inventory slot can contain a stack of identical items, otherwise an inventory slot can only contain one item. Pot type items can contain up to 5 non-pot items. Pots are equivalent to Jars in Nintendo DS Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. In the original Shiren the Wanderer, it was possible to create a new jar inside a Jar of Change. In Shiren the Wanderer 5, it is never possible to have a pot inside another pot. Several effects target an item or items (sometimes randomly) in Shiren's main inventory. But keeping items in pots to try to protect them from negative effects isn't necessarily the best choice, as there are also positive things that can happen to items in main inventory, and inserting an item in an unknown pot can destroy the item or lock it away indefinitely. Some items such as Dirt and flowers can only exist inside of Pots, and never in main inventory or on the ground.

Items have a primary way to use them (e.g. swords can be equipped, peaches can be eaten, etc.), but there are often other ways to use the items as well, such as by throwing them at monsters, dropping them on the ground, or just selling them for cash.

The Item Book

The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate has the concept of an Item Book. It is not an item itself as it never appears in your inventory, but it is a game state that players eventually unlock as they progress through the game. The first time the player tries the Lots Game in the basement of Hotel Nekomaneki, they are given the Item Book by the Lots Game Character. Thereafter, any item the player identifies in any run is added to the Item Book. This allows the player to quickly reuse that name to name unidentified objects on any run. The Item Book also keeps track of which scrolls the player has ever read, which the player can then write on Blank Scrolls. If the player manages to add all 900 items to the Item Book, they are rewarded with a trophy or an achievement.

Categories and the Item Book

The Item Book in Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate has a whopping 900 entries, broken down into 15 categories. The categories appear in this order in the Item Book, and within each category, the individual items are also listed in Item Book order for your convenience. (You can sort these tables in your browser by clicking on the sort triangle buttons, if you want to see an alphabetized list, then refresh your browser to return the list to Item Book order.) Click on a category name to see details about the category and all items in the category. Your game diary, the meta game state, tracks which items you've ever identified and which you've ever read for scrolls, which can then be used to name items in the current and future runs. There is also a trophy for completing your Item Book; see the trophies and achievements pages for info.

Category Icons Count
Wearable
Swords Shiren 5 - Weapon.png 328
Torches Shiren 5 - Torch.png 3
Shields Shiren 5 - Shield.png 296
Bracelets Shiren 5 - Bracelet Icon.png 34
Edible
Grasses Shiren 5 - Grass.png 34
Onigiri Shiren 5 - Onigiri.png 9
Peaches Shiren 5 - Peach.png 4
Usable
Scrolls Shiren 5 - Scroll.png 53
Pots Shiren 5 - Pot.png 34
Staves Shiren 5 - Staff.png 24
Talismans Shiren 5 - Talisman.png 13
Arrows Shiren 5 - Arrow.png 11
Stones Shiren 5 - Stone.png 4
Other
Traps (Multiple) 33
Others (Multiple) 20
Rosetta Stone Shiren 1 DS - Golden City Tablet.png All

See Also

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Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Vita) - Items
ItemsItem BookItem ResonancesRosetta StoneSecret Pots and New ItemsTrapper Bracelet Mode
Arrows
List
Bracelets
List
Grasses
List
Onigiri
List
Dog OnigiriGold OnigiriGrilled OnigiriHuge OnigiriLarge OnigiriOnigiriRotten OnigiriSilver OnigiriSpecial Onigiri
Peaches
List
Hard PeachJuicy PeachPeachRotten Peach
Stones
List
Pots
List
Fever Pots
Scrolls
List
Blank ScrollBlessing ScrollCommend LetterFixer Scroll
Shields
List
Staves
List
Swords
List
Talismans
List
Torches
List
Miscellaneous Items

References