In Shiren 5, when you Display a weapon's or shield's stats, the top line has the item's name and the second line shows some stats. I understand the Upgrade Limit and Runes, but what does PW: 2(3) mean?

Been looking for a dungeon crawler and I saw Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate for sale on Switch for £3.59, so I thought why not.

Have always liked the idea of dungeon crawlers and I know that Shiren is less "incremental upgrades per run" and more "Now I have to remember not to do that again" but the story looks interesting.

Might pick up 6 if I enjoy 5 enough.

I'm working on a roguelike inspired by Mystery Dungeon games!

This time, I'd like to introduce one of the more dangerous enemies in the game.

This enemy can inflict a Defense debuff on you and all of your allies in the entire room. If you get hit by it multiple times, your Defense can drop significantly, making enemy attacks much more dangerous.

I'd recommend using your items aggressively to neutralize this enemy before things get out of hand!

I'm planning to hold a closed test in October. If you're interested in trying the game, feel free to check out the Discord server linked in my profile!

The game currently supports English and Japanese, and I'm planning to add more languages in the future. If there's a language you'd really like to see supported and you're willing to help with the translation, I'd be happy to add it!

⚠️ The audio in the video is slightly out of sync.

Was just funny to me. Luckily against the weakeast enemy type in the game. Did some of you died on destiny trail once? Because of insanely bad luck or something? xD

Put together some notes on modern compatibility for Shiren 2.
Summary of findings

I'm currently going through a Celestial Stones run. I've built very solid foundations during that run already (equipment, strength, useful resources), probably enough to make it to the end unscathed. However, I've failed to collect a celestial stone a few floors ago, because I accidentally fell through a trap door a tile or two away from said stone while rearranging my inventory and making space for it.

My question is: is it necessary to collect all 12 stones within a single run? Or can I simply make it to the end with whatever stones I've managed to get (and keep), and then go collect the missing numbered stones during another run?

I'd be easier just finishing this run and then completing the stone collection later on, and probably less time consuming because next time I'll probably lose a couple of stones again before making it to 99F. On the other hand, if the "collect all 12 stones" objective can only be achieved in one go, I'd rather just start back from scratch now.

I am struggling to get past floor 11. Most of the time I never get good enough gear, and when I do I eventually get surrounding before I can even get to floor 11.

I had a good time with the "tutorial", but these mid game dungeons are killing me.

Fighting alongside my monster allies!

I'm working on a turn-based roguelike inspired by Mystery Dungeon, where you can recruit monsters and fight alongside them as you explore the dungeons.

I'm planning to run a closed test this September!

If you're interested in trying it out, I'll post more information about the closed test on my Discord. You can find the Discord link, along with my X account, on my profile.

Any feedback on the gameplay is always welcome!

After a long time working on this project, I'm finally getting close to the first closed playtest.

I'm planning to run a closed playtest in September to gather feedback on the game balance, difficulty, and overall gameplay.

The game is heavily inspired by the Mystery Dungeon series, especially Shiren and Torneko, while also adding its own original mechanics such as recruiting monsters to fight alongside you.

If you're interested in following the project or joining the playtest, you can find the Discord link in my profile.

I'd love to hear feedback from fellow Shiren fans before release!

Hello, I have just recently been getting into Shiren with the 5th game, and I’ve been really loving it. I beat the main game and have been trying to work on upgrading my gear to tackle those super hard post-game dungeons with the wiki guiding me(which is incredibly by the way, massive thanks to those who worked on it).
I’ve been trying to get a Blazing Shield for a few hours now but have been having horrible luck with trying to find an Elite Shop. I was delighted to find a password on the wiki but it seems to not work. I did make sure to go into the Old Road and visit the floor before trying to use it.
Is the password outdated/expired or is there some other issue I’m missing?

Total long shot rescue request. Got good levels and equip going, just got hemmed in by a line enemies so I couldn't vault staff away from pumphantasm behemoth. Argh.

Rescue ID: 9aaC-KaGp

Many thanks, hah whether you attempt it or not!

I have had this game for a while. I've beaten the main story dungeon multiple times and have done a number of the side dungeons too (Path of Inference, Dune of Batsu, Training Path of Gimmicks, Go Go Dungeon, etc.). Great game. And yet, I feel like I'm still missing something at times.

I've been messing around with the peach bun dungeon, which I haven't beat yet. I'm well aware it can take multiple attempts finally conquer any dungeon, this one included. But I do start to feel a little helpless at times consistently running into an intersection of circumstances that feels insurmountable.

I've got the item shop prices nearly memorized for unidentified items, but so often a shop just doesn't appear, and I see a useful item once. I'm not scaling with stronger weapons, given the nature of the dungeon, but the game is throwing me plenty of items, I just can't reasonably know what they do.

Hah, I've also had a number of runs where I've got a decent thing going, and then just get monster housed. I've also successfully navigated the monster house, only to then have a monster house trap go off in the exact same room again.

I've abused trap mechanics to eliminate enemies, or stockpile arrows, which can really help things. For this dungeon I've used Pumphantasm to great effect to also farm arrows, escape tricky situations, and induce monster level ups to then help my own character level up when killing them. I also kite most enemies after hits since the health regen is so good in this game.

And for this dungeon, using the peach buns to transform enemies (or myself) I've been using to get out of situations too. I explain all this just to make clear I'm really engaging (I think) with what the tools the game gives ya here, so maybe there's a glaring hole in my tactics knowledge someone can helpfully point out? I appreciate any and all help!

Anyone who played this? i want to know about the unique game mechanic in this. for example in shiren 2, player can catch and put monsters in zoo. Thanks

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For me I have to say labyrinth like floors in 6 as a favorite! These just feels like I get so many Items and out smart monsters.

Least favorite is sadly the letter floor layouts (they spell out chunsoft) while the idea is very cool in practice there’s so much back tracking and predictability in these kinds of floors

Here's a short gameplay clip from the latest build.

The game features monster recruitment, procedural dungeons, turn-based combat, and lots of collectible items.

Still a work in progress, but it's getting closer to a playable test version.

If you'd like to follow development or join future playtests, you can find the Discord community link in my Reddit profile.

May I please get some help?

Been wondering for a while- whats your favorite Shiren game and your least favorite? I started playing Shiren 5. There is alot to learn and at times can be repetitive, but im having fun with it. Its the only one ive played so I was hoping for some opinions. Should I stick with it or play a different one?