Draft:Shiren 5 Vita:Rune

In Shiren 5, Swords and Shields can be imbued with runes. Most runes are good, some are bad, while a few are situationally good.

Runes are primarily added via synthesis and Cross-Mixing. When you put two swords in a Synthesis Pot, The second sword's innate effect (if any) is converted into a rune and added to the first sword. Every rune that was on the second sword is then added to the first sword, in listed order, up to the first sword's rune limit. The same goes with shields.

A Mixer can be used like a Synthesis Pot, but it can also merge equipment with other kinds of items, such as a grass. Some runes resulting from a Mixer recipe does not appear as any sword or shield's innate effect, and therefore can only be obtained via a Mixer.

Some swords and shields manifest runes as they level up. These manifested runes are pre-determined and depend on equipment type.

Runes do not get more powerful as the base item levels up. If there is a sword or shield equivalent, a rune's power is the same as the sword or shield's innate effect at level 1.

You cannot add multiple copies of the same rune to a piece of equipment, but the names of runes are not always unique. For example, there is a Perilous rune for both swords and shields, and the effect triggers when you hit a monster (for the sword rune) or when a monster hits you (for the shield rune). There are two runes named "Anti-Blast" for shields only, and they grant you 50% and 100% protection against explosions respectively. They are referred to as Anti-Blast (1) and Anti-Blast (2) on this wiki.

When a piece of equipment is Sealed, runes and upgrade points have no effect.

Diurnal and Nocturnal runes cannot exist on the same shield. If you try to add both, the second one added will simply be lost.

Runes have an inherent order when they are listed on a weapon or a shield. This can help you cross-check whether you have all the runes you want on your equipment.

Runes add Gitan value to a piece of equipment.

The blacksmith in Hermit's Hermitage can remove one rune from one piece of equipment per visit. Mudster and Mudder can remove random runes from your equipment.

List of Runes

Sword Runes

Side	Order	Rune	Synthesis Material	Mixer Material(s)	In-Game Description	Notes	Sell Value
Good	1	Max Wall Dig	Wonder Pick		Can dig into walls without breaking	Wall Dig and Max Wall Dig are not mutually exclusive.	1750
Good	2	Accurate	True Knife		Direct attacks will always connect		1750
Good	3	Tri-direction	Breeze Blade		Attacks in 3 directions	Attacks 45 degrees to the left, ahead, then 45 degrees to the right (clockwise order). All three attacks cut corners. Does not stack with Flame Shot or Dispersing. Stacks with Healing.	1050
Good	4	Critical	Hatchet		Critical strikes happen more often		350
Good	5	Redeeming	Bright Blade		After missing twice, get a charge attack	After every 2nd miss, next shot will hit and be critical. With Tri-direction, only guarantees to hit 1 monster.	175
Good	6	Rustproof	Dull Gold Edge		Upgrade value will never decrease	Helps against low level Mudkins and Rust Traps. Can also be added by Plating Scroll and Plating Character.	175
Good	7	Flame Shot	Burning Blade		Shoots flames when HP is full	Shoots red fireball forward for 8 damage. Blue Flame overrides this effect. Be careful around Shopkeepers as the fireball can aggro them if they get hit by it.	700
Good	8	Confusing	Baffle Axe	Confusion Grass	May inflict Confused status		350
Good	9	Paralyzing	Shockuto	Paralysis Staff	May inflict Paralyzed status		350
Good	10	Sealing	Sealing Keisaku	Seal Staff	May inflict Sealed status		350
Good	11	Sedating	Nap Rattle	Sleepy Grass	May inflict Asleep status		350
Good	12	Blinding	Blurry Stick	Blinding Grass	May inflict Blind status		350
Good	13	Anti-Explode	Crescent Katana		Deals extra dmg to exploding monsters	+50% damage to Sweet Nut, Pop Tank, and Explochin monster families.	175
Good	14	Anti-Aquatic	Water Cutter	Desert Scroll	Deals extra damage to aquatic monsters	+50% damage to aquatic-type monsters. (Monsters can be multiple types)	175
Good	15	Anti-Floating	Sky Splitter	Warp Grass	Deals extra damage to floating monsters	+50% damage to floating-type monsters. (Monsters can be multiple types.)	175
Good	16	Anti-Cyclops	Myopic Masher	Perception Grass	Deals extra dmg to cyclopean monsters	+50% damage to Metalhead, Foly, Gazer, and Explochin monster families.	175
Good	17	Anti-Drain	Drain Dagger	Antidote Grass	Deals extra damage to draining monsters	+50% damage to Scorpion, Polygon Spinna, Absorbiphant, and Myriman monster families.	175
Good	18	Anti-Dragon	Lizard Lasher	Dragon Grass	Deals extra dmg to draconic monsters	+50% damage to Hopodile, Dragon, Firepuff, and Shagga monster families.	175
Good	19	Anti-Metal	Copper Cleaver	Iron Arrow	Deals extra damage to metal monsters	+50% damage to Karakuroid, N'dubba, Mixer, Scoopie, Pop Tank, and FO-Uβ monster families.	350
Good	20	Anti-Plant	Scythe	Weeds	Deals extra damage to plant monsters	+50% damage to plant-type monsters. (Monsters can be multiple types.)	1050
Good	21	Anti-Magic	Magic Masher	Ordinary Staff	Deals extra damage to magic monsters	+50% damage to Fearrabbit, Polygon Spinna, Gazer, and DJ Mage monster families.	175
Good	22	Lively		Herb	Increase max HP by 5		700
Good	23	Uplifting		Otogiriso	Increase max HP by 10		350
Good	24	Vitalizing		Heal Grass	Increase max HP by 15		1050
Good	25	Energizing		Life Grass	Increase max HP by 20		1050
Good	26	Stupefying		Unlucky Seed	May decrease level by 1	May reduce your target's level by 1 when you hit it.	2800
Good	27	Perilous		SuperUnlucky Seed	May change HP to 1	May reduce your target's HP to 1 after you hit it.	1750
Good	28	Enhancing		Cheery Grass	Basic value of weapon increases by 3	Sword's attack +3.	350
Good	29	Augmenting		Angel Seed	Basic value of weapon increases by 8	Sword's attack +8.	350
Good	30	Quick Hitting		2 different of (Swift Grass, Swift Staff, Swift Talisman)	May allow you to attack 2 times	All other rune effects are duplicated as well (e.g. Flame Shot, Tri-direction).	350?
Good	31	Bored		Lost Scroll	May inflict Apathetic status		350
Good?	32	Costly	Dirk of Debts		Pay Gitan to increase attack power	+30% damage for 30 Gitan per hit. If out of cash, sword attack drops to zero. This is definitely a good rune once you have more Gitan than you can spend. In dungeons where you cannot take items or Gitan in, it is a little more situational. Be cautious of any scrolls that you pick up while using this rune, as they could be Bankruptcy Scrolls.	350
Good	33	Refining		Upgrade Pot	Might upgrade when you change floors	The item's upgrade value might increase when you change floors.
Good	34	Healing		Heal Pot + Heal Bracelet	When you attack, you heal your HP	Seems to heal you for a portion of the damage you did to the monster (10% maybe?).	350
Good	35	Blue Flame		Oil Scroll + Upgrade Seed + Explosion Bracelet	Shoot blue flames when your HP is full	Item Resonance|resonance]] increases damage to 30. Be careful around Shopkeepers as the fireball can aggro them if they get hit by it.	350??
Good	36	Dispersing		Sharing Staff	Extra dmg will be dispersed next to you	When you defeat a monster, excess damage will transfer to an adjacent monster.	350?
Fox	25.1	Enlightening			Increases experience points earned	Only appears on Fox equipment. There is no way to synthesize it.
Fox	34.1	Anointing			Enemy-dropped items tend to be blessed	Only appears on Fox equipment. There is no way to synthesize it.
Fox	34.2	Clutch			When HP is low, you'll always crit	Only appears on Fox equipment. There is no way to synthesize it.
Bad	0.1	Wall Dig	Rusty Pickaxe		Can dig out walls, but can break	Wall Dig and Max Wall Dig are not mutually exclusive. Sword has chance to break only if digging.	175
Bad	4.1	Expendable	Shoddy Dirk		Gets weaker if direct attacks connect	-1 upgrade value per hit.	35
Bad	5.1	Trap Busting	Old Mallet		Destroys traps and items, but can break	Destroys trap or item directly in front of you when no monster is on top. Sword may break if so.	175
Bad?	5.2	Trap Killing	Sturdy Hammer		Destroys traps and items, never breaks	Don't swing on top of an item on the ground unless you want to destroy it. This is arguably a good rune, but the benefit is not very helpful and you might accidentally destroy items on the ground without meaning to, so it's been put on the bad side.
Bad?	31.1	Focusing	Extreme Sword		You will either miss or critically hit	50% chance of each. This rune is generally bad. Even with the Accurate rune your attacks can still miss.	350
Bad	32.1	Unsound	Glass Dirk		May break during a direct attack		350
Bad	32.2	Obsessive	Violent Blade		Can't move when a monster is adjacent	Skips turn if trying to move (not attack) while adjacent to a monster.	350

Shield Runes

Side	Order	Rune	Synthesis Material	Mixer Material(s)	In-Game Description	Notes	Sell Value
Good	1	CR Diet	Diet Shield		Fullness depletes at half speed	CR Diet and Hungry are not mutually exclusive.	175
Good	2	Anti-Fire	Snake Shield	Dragon Grass	Reduces fire damage	50% reduction.	1750
Good	3	Retribution	Counter Shield		Reflects some damage back at enemy		1750
Good	4	Agile	Spry Shield	Perception Grass + Perception Grass	Evades attacks more easily		1050
Good	5	Anti-Blast (1)	Blast Shield		Reduces explosive damage	50% reduction. There are 2 different shield runes called "Anti-Blast" and they are not mutually exclusive.	35
Good	6	Rustproof	Gold Shield		Upgrade value will not decrease	Helps against low level slime monsters + rust traps. Can also be added by Plating Scroll and Plating Character.	175
Good?	7	Unmoving	Steady Shield		Grants immunity to movement effects	Monsters, traps, and items can't move you. It can save you from being yanked into the middle of a monster house by a Fearrabbit. But it also prevents emergency teleports (Warp Grass, Swap Staff, Pinning Staff, etc.)	175
Good	8	Anti-Hypno	Anti-Gaze Trge		Grants immunity to hypnosis		1750
Good	9	Magi-Twister	Swap Shield		Magic bullet effects change into damage	Changes a magic attack against you into 10 fixed damage.	175
Good	10	Tiger Mom	Student Shield		Earn exp. when taking damage	Gain same experience points as damage taken.	350
Good	11	Pain Fueled	Bowl Shield		Fullness may refill when taking damage		350
Good?	12	Redirecting	Parry Shield		May deflect attacks to something nearby	With allies around, damage will be directed to them if there are no monsters around. Unlike the Spry Shield's effect, this rune only activates when there are other creatures around to redirect damage to.	350
Good	13	Anti-Theft	Lock Shield		Your possessions will never be stolen	Zalokleft family monsters can't steal your items.	350
Good	14	Anti-Burgle	Safe Shield		Your money will never be stolen	Froggo family monsters can't steal your gitan.	350
Good	15	Anti-Peck	Gyadon Blocker		Your items will never be pecked at	Gyadon family monsters can't eat your items.	175
Good	16	Lively		Herb	Your max HP will rise by 5		175
Good	17	Uplifting		Otogiriso	Your max HP will rise by 10		175
Good	18	Vitalizing		Heal Grass	Your max HP will rise by 15		175
Good	19	Energizing		Life Grass	Your max HP will rise by 20		175
Good	20	Stupefying		Unlucky Seed	Reduce attacker's level by 1	May reduce attacker's level by 1 when it hits you.	350
Good	21	Perilous		SuperUnlucky Seed	Reduce attacker's HP to 1	May reduce attacker's HP to 1 when it hits you.	1050
Good	22	Enhancing		Cheery Grass	Basic value of shield increases by 3	Shield's defense +3.	175
Good	23	Augmenting		Angel Seed	Basic value of shield increases by 8	Shield's defence +8	350
Good?	24	Costly	Pauper's Plank		Pay Gitan to boost your defense	Reduces damage by 15% for 30 Gitan per hit. If out of cash, shield defense drops to zero. This is definitely a good rune once you have more Gitan than you can spend. In dungeons where you cannot take items or Gitan in, it is a little more situational. Be cautious of any scrolls you pick up while using this rune, as they could be Bankruptcy Scrolls.	700
Good?	25	Diurnal	Day Shield		Reduce dmg taken from day monsters	Also increases damage from night monsters. Mutually exclusive with Nocturnal. Since daytime is much more common, it's been categorized as good.	1050
Good	26	Anti-Onigiri	Onigiri Shield		Prevents onigiri-morphing attacks	Protects player and items against being turned into onigiri.	2800
Good	27	Bit	Binary Shield		If 1st digit of HP is 0 or 1, reduce dmg	Halves damage taken if the rightmost digit of HP is 0 or 1.	1750
Good	28	Anti-Trap		Trapper Bracelet	Reduces chances of triggering traps
Good	29	Refining		Upgrade Pot	Might upgrade when you change floors	The item's upgrade value might increase when you change floors.	350
Good	30	Anti-Blast (2)		Immunity Scroll + Fort. Staff + Explosion Bracelet	Grants immunity to explosive damage	100% reduction. There are 2 different shield runes called "Anti-Blast" and they are not mutually exclusive.	350
Good	31	Ability Regen		Replenish Scroll	May refresh abilities when taking dmg
Fox	19.1	Critproof			Damage taken from crits will become 1	Only appears on Fox equipment. There's no way to synthesize it.
Fox	31.1	Curative			May remove bad statuses when attacked	Only appears on Fox equipment. There's no way to synthesize it.
Fox	31.2	Adaptive			Drops dmg from same monster type	Only appears on Fox equipment. There's no way to synthesize it.
Bad	1.1	Hungry	Heavy Shield		Fullness depletes at double speed	CR Diet and Hungry are not mutually exclusive.	350
Bad	4.1	Expendable	Shoddy Plank		Becomes weaker as you take hits	-1 upgrade value every time you are hit.	350
Bad?	9.1	Unfamished	Nirvana Board		Max fullness is 1, it won't deplete	Equipping this sets max fullness to 1 and fullness won't deplete. Beware of having it removed. This is very difficult to acquire and seems more dangerous than helpful, so it's been categorized as bad.
Bad?	23.1	Offensive	Rush Shield		Shield defense is 0, adds to attack	It's possible someone might want this in some situations, but it is very dangerous.	525
Bad	24.1	Unsound	Glass Buckler		May break when defending		350
Bad?	24.2	Nocturnal	Midnight Shield		Reduce dmg taken from night monsters	Also increases damage from day monsters. Mutually exclusive with Diurnal. Since daytime is much more common, it's been categorized as bad.	1,050

See Also

• Improving Equipment

References

• Original list. gabikun on GameFAQs.
• Rhaining's spreadsheet.