Shiren:The Winds of Kron
The Winds of Kron (Japanese: ???) are a gameplay element in Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer series titles.
Gameplay
As a gameplay element, the Winds of Kron act as an anti-grinding measure. Each turn ticks down an invisible counter until the winds blow a few times and eventually, you will be blown out of the dungeon. This will be treated as defeat. Moving, attacking, picking up items, dropping items, and idling while holding A + B will all remove a turn from the total counter.
Turns allotted
The number of turns the player is allotted before Kron blows them out of the dungeon is rarely ever consistent. It usually ranges from 1,000 turns to 2,000 turns. Not only can it vary from dungeon to dungeon in the same game but it can also vary by which level of the dungeon or which version of a game you're playing. In 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, the Winds of Kron give the player 1,000 turns in outdoor sections of Table Mountain while the indoor sections offer 2,000 turns. In 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 - The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion, the player is normally given 2,000 turns on the floors that contain Dragon Orbs while 
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 Portable cut the number of turns in half to prevent players from too easily grinding powerful equipment.
Warnings
Warnings occur in Shiren the Wanderer DS at 300, 200 and finally, 100 turns left before blowing the player out at 0 turns. This means you will have 700 or 1,700 turns before Kron will make himself known.
In towns
Under normal circumstances, locations such as Fay's Puzzles and towns like Natane Village don't ever blow the player out after a certain number of turns. In Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer, towns and Fay's Puzzles have a WoK value of 9,990 which will never decrease. Using cheats to force the counter will result in nothing happening in towns or villages while in Fay's Puzzles it will cause defeat. 
Appearances
For more about Table Mountain in specific media, see the following articles:
Games
| Shiren 1 | Save Surala | Moonlight Village | Shiren 2 | Magic Castle | Asuka | Shiren 3 | Shiren 4 | Shiren 5 | Tower of Slumber |
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| SFC | DS | SP | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | GB | PC | PCI | SP | GBC | DS | DC | PC | Wii | PSP | DS | PSP | DS | Vita | 2020 | SP | ||||
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Gallery
The first warning in The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.
The second warning in The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.
The third and last warning in The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.
The message in The Sleeping Princess and the Karakuri Mansion.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Winds of Kron | |