First real dungeon of the game.
The dungeon is split into a number of areas, and there are a few overworld rest spots along the way.
Some areas feature a day and night cycle, while others are daytime-only.

This page assumes you're attempting to clear the main story in 1 adventure from a fresh save file.
The difficulty of Shiren 4 is high enough that reading this page isn't enough to ensure victory,
and even roguelike veterans often have to retreat until they get a feel for the game's balance.

If you're new to Shiren, or aren't up for the challenge, it's best to stock up on Escape Scrolls
and slowly upgrade equipment and obtain an assortment of powerful items instead.
※ Escape Scrolls can be found on the ground, or purchased from shops if they're in stock.

※ Spoiler Warning: This page includes spoilers for various locations in the game.

• Overview
• Strategy
• Floor Guide
• Monsters
• Monster Table
• Items
• Traps

Overview

Floors	36F	Day / Night	Day or Both
Bring Items	Yes	Allies	Yes
Unidentified	Weapons, shields, bracelets
Shops	Regular, Elite	Monster Houses	Regular, Sudden
Initial Enemies	Varies	Spawn Rate	Varies
Day Turns	410 (361)	Night Turns	268 (236)
Ominous aura	Yes (500 turns) Certain floors only	Winds of Kron	1st: 1700 4th: 2000
Clear Icon		Clear Bonus	10,000,000
Reward	None

※ Numbers in () for day and night turns is when the warning is displayed.

Monster Spawn Rates

※ Numbers in () for night is when a Night-Day Scroll is read.

Strategy

• Equipment / Items
• Abilities

Equipment / Items

Weapon

Main weapon

Linger on floors and hunt monsters to level equipment early game.

Runes

Aim to synthesize any type-effective or status inflicting weapons you find.

Shield

Main Shield

Linger on floors and hunt monsters to level equipment early game.

Runes

Bracelets

Staves

Projectiles

Abilities

Night monsters can be one-shot by most abilities until Devil's Navel,
but some like Dark Pandanigiri and Evil Sky Dragon require A rank or higher abilities.

Recommended Abilities:

Floor Guide

Introduction

Grilled Bananas restore 40 HP, so grill most bananas you obtain.
Save Swift Grass, Otogiriso, arrows, and other useful grass and scroll items for the first boss.
Save Seal Staff, Seal Talisman, Fear Scroll, Fear Talisman, and Banana Peels for the final boss.
Purify Pots should be used as a container for Mixer synthesis ingredients.
It's best to be Lv20 or so around Rakutata Village, and Lv30 or so around Eagle Valley~Devil's Navel.
Ideal equipment strength is around 20 for both weapon and shield.

Optional events in Boronga Village:

• Talk to the woman inside the Tavern to receive Undo Grass.
• Deposit Gitan from the tutorial dungeon into the Bank to receive Revival Grass.

Grasslands - Crocodile Swamp (1-5F)

Daytime-only.
Keep an eye out for main equipment, synthesis ingredients, and bracelets.
If you're attempting a single adventure clear, you need to be skilled enough to manage without ideal items,
so don't give up right away if you don't find powerful equipment - doing so just forms bad habits.

Walk along the edges of rooms between 3-5F in search of wood arrow and poison arrow traps,
and collect arrows from them by throwing rocks or other items onto the trap.
Hunt Froggos to gain enough money to purchase items, rest at the inn, and hone equipment in Gonchiki Village.
The inn fully replenishes your HP, fullness, and strength for 500 Gitan, so don't worry about losing strength.
Place pots near the exit so that they don't break from stepping on a Trip Stone.
Pots don't break when they're thrown by Bored Kappa, so they're safe.

Gonchiki Village

Buy all bananas, torches, and Storage Pots that are in stock.
If a Lamp Shield is in stock for 1500G, do whatever it takes to buy it.
Upgrade value +1 doesn't have a large impact in this game, and you won't be able to trade hits
with monsters in the second half either way, so prioritize buying items and resting at the inn.

Rocky Stretch - Snake Hole (6-10F)

First area to feature a day and night cycle.
Level up a Kumonigiri (6-8F) to Pandanigiri using items like Fear or Berserk talismans,
and then defeat it using direct attacks after inflicting a status condition to level up equipment.
Monsters with auras provide x2.0 experience points, and use a Growth Seed if you have one.
※ Unlike Shiren 5, talismans other than Seal Talisman don't remove auras in this game.

Hunt Zaloklefts (8-10F) for item drops.
Intentionally get hit by Firepuff (6-8F)'s special attack to grill bananas.
Step in place near the stairs at night after checking every room, and defeat night monsters
for experience points and item drops until you've used up all abilities before advancing.
Foul Morphs (8-10F) occasionally drop blessed Spoiled Bananas, which can be grilled.

It's ideal to reach Lv20 for Shiren and Lv3 for equipment before advancing to 11F.
If you have Storage Pots, try to save the following to synthesize on 26-27F:

• Sight Grass x 3
• Paralysis Staff
• Antidote Grass
• Desert Scroll

Perform Banana Morph Factory using a Foul Morph if you have a torch and poison arrows.
※ You can grill the bananas between 13-18F by having a Traproid create a Landmine.

1. Place important items in a hallway near the stairs room before sunset.
2. Shoot arrows at a wall or throw rocks on the ground.
3. Hold X and move toward a single arrow or rock to step on top of it.
4. Swap the item with an inventory item to place the single arrow or rock in your inventory.
5. Repeat until you have lots of single arrows or rocks in your inventory.
6. Equip the poison arrows and torch at night, and keep an item like Otogiriso on hand for emergencies.
7. Shoot poison arrows at Foul Morph to lower its attack and lure it into a hallway.
8. Place the Otogiriso underfoot, and have it change the single arrows and rocks into Spoiled Bananas.

Sea of Trees (11-12F)

Recommended to hurry to the next floor after checking rooms for items.
Strong Cart's arrows can deal knockback, so don't approach with direct attacks in rooms.
Scorpions (10-12F) can lower your strength, so don't linger unless you have a Cleansing Bracelet.
Dark Absorbiphants appear at night, so it's dangerous to use Cluster Confusion.

Rakutata Village

Buy all bananas, torches, and Storage Pots that are in stock.
The Purifier can remove curses and seals from items for 1000G if needed.

Optional - Deposit Gitan into the Bank to receive items:

Ruins of Laferriere (13-18F)

Things start to get a bit difficult from this area onward without a Heal Bracelet.
However, you'll be underleveled and will likely run out of items if you rush stairs this early,
so check rooms for items and utilize Porky Rocks dropped by Porky to conserve items.
Cluster Confusion + Room Cyclone can wipe out enemies, but it's rather risky.

Fearabbits attract you and other monsters to itself, so you can end up surrounded right away.
This area has large rooms, so they can be a big problem - use items like Fear Scroll if you get surrounded.
Porky's special deals 20 damage, so use items instead of approaching with direct attacks to keep your HP up.
N'twyn spawns both during the day and at night, so don't try to pick up items when your HP is low.
Have a Traproid create a Landmine to grill bananas if desired.

Step in place near the stairs at night after checking every room, and defeat night monsters
for experience points and item drops until you've used up all abilities before advancing.
If you have a Replenish Scroll, linger until Dark Villeaters appear and hunt them for items.
It's also possible to refresh abilities using Revival Grass or Undo Grass, but it's a gamble
whether or not you'll obtain an item that's worth the trade.
Don't fight Villeaters during the day.

⭐︎ For those that can't deal with night ⭐︎

Rush stairs between 13-18F, 21-25F, and 27-36F.

Dark Villeaters are extremely dangerous if you don't have a Super Torch or Monster Detector,
since they approach at double speed if they're in the same room as Shiren.
※ Maneater monsters inflict Afraid status instead of Paralyzed in this game.

Monkey Village

Have an optional conversation with the Monkey King.
Upgrade your shield at the blacksmith, and buy items from the shop.

Eagle Valley (19-20F)

Daytime-only.
Enemy attack power starts to get ridiculous from this point.
Kengo has high attack and HP, and can knock your equipped shield away.
Dagger Bee's special deals x2.0 damage and inflicts Confused status.
Sr. Yanpii hits like a wrecking ball, and its tackle deals damage and knockback.
Gyadon can peck a staff and reduce its remaining uses to 0.

Floating monsters rush toward you at the start, so it's easy to get surrounded.
Fight Kengo with your back against a wall so that your shield doesn't fly off a cliff.
Despite these dangers, be sure to check each room for items instead of rushing to the exit.
If there's a Sr. Yanpii with an aura, level it up and defeat it to gain lots of experience points.
Protect staves from Gyadon by inserting them into Storage Pots.

⭐︎ For those that can't deal with night ⭐︎

Linger on these floors and hunt monsters to level up.
This is basically the last area where you can fight during daytime if you can't deal with night.
Be careful of Kengo while checking rooms, and then step in place near the exit and hunt until the wind blows.
Hide behind a wall or object while waiting so that you don't get tackled by Sr. Yanpii right away,
and use arrows to soften it enough so that it can be defeated in one hit.

Lave Field (21-23F)

Daytime-only.
Trauma inducing Gyazas appear alongside Go Hams and Banana Morphs.
Gyazas convert most non-direct attacks and effects into 2 damage.
Go Hams boost the attack power of adjacent creatures and let them survive a fatal hit with 1 HP.
Banana Morphs transform an inventory item into a Yellow Banana, so don't let them act.
Concusschins have 83 HP and explode if you deal a total of 67+ damage without defeating it,
so use arrows, rocks, or unequip your weapon to ensure it doesn't explode.

It's somewhat safe to check rooms if your weapon has the Anti-Aquatic rune,
but otherwise consider rushing stairs instead of lingering very long.
Lava eruptions can be used to grill bananas.

Inn of the Wind

The Purifier can remove curses and seals from items for 1500G if needed.
Lost NPCs must be guided to this location to unlock the item shop, inn, and storehouse.

Devil's Navel (24-26F)

Daytime-only.
Consider rushing stairs on 24-25F if you feel good about your current level and stock of items.
Super Gazers and Curse Sisters can destroy items, so don't let them act if they're adjacent.
Dragons and Hipadiles hit incredibly hard and have high HP, so use items to deal with them.
N'mach (24-36F) disguises itself as an item and doesn't reveal itself until you try to use it,
so don't trust scrolls and grass you pick up from 24F onward.

Mixers (26-27F) appear, so synthesize equipment and combine staves.
Prioritize the Anti-Dragon and 1/2 Fire runes to make it a bit easier to linger.
If you have extra slots, synthesize runes that increase max HP for upcoming boss fights,
which include HP+20 (Life Grass), HP+15 (Heal Grass), HP+10 (Otogiriso), and HP+5 (Herb).

Weapon runes to aim for at this point:

Shield runes to aim for at this point:

※ Synthesizing Agile with 2 Sight Grass requires leveling up a Mixer.

⭐︎ For those that can't deal with night ⭐︎

The day and night cycle returns starting on 27F, so finish synthesizing on 26F.
Continue to hunt Lime Zaloklefts (24-30F) for item drops if possible.

Devil's Navel (27-30F)

Mixers continue to appear on 27F, so finish synthesizing if you didn't do so on 26F.
MC Mage's magic bullet effect is randomly selected from confusion, blind, transient, and 20 damage.
If a Kappa Pest is standing on an item, swing a Transient Staff or wait until night to claim the item.
Grimes lower weapon or shield upgrade value by 2 and can multiply, so unequip your equipment.
Continue to hunt Lime Zaloklefts (24-30F) for item drops if possible.
Remember, you want to save Seal Staff for the final boss.

Dark Pandanigiris and Evil Sky Dragons can't be one-shot with B rank abilities at night.
Evil Sky Dragon's special attack deals 50 fire damage from anywhere in the room, so stay in hallways.
That said, Evil Sky Dragons provide 1500 experience points, so try to defeat any that you see.

⭐︎ For those that can't deal with night ⭐︎

Rush stairs in hopes of reaching the boss before it turns to night.
If you get the transient effect from a MC Mage's magic bullet, go ahead and advance to the next floor.
To avoid wasting turns, don't approach Kappa Pest if it's standing on an item.

Mid Boss

This is typically the most difficult point of the main story.

Boss Moves:

• Direct attack - High power.
• Tackle - Lunges forward to deal damage, and then retreats.
• Poison Claw - Deals damage and lowers strength by 1.
• Instant Recovery - Cures all status conditions.

The boss moves at double speed, cures status conditions in 1 turn, ignores Sanctuary Scroll,
only takes 2 damage from thrown Gitan, and its tackle can close distances if you try to step away.
It doesn't have high HP for a boss, but you won't defeat it by trading direct attacks unless your level,
weapon, and shield are outstanding.

The boss fight occurs during daytime, so necklace abilities can't be used - you need to use items.
Status conditions aren't very effective even if the boss isn't immune to it, since it'll be cured quickly.
However, they become viable if you boost Shiren's action speed by eating Swift Grass.

Some strategies:

• Swift Grass + Knockback Staff + arrows
  • Create distance between you and the boss and shoot arrows.
• Swift Grass + Power Up Grass + healing items
  • Trade hits after boosting your speed and attack power. Requires lots of healing items.
• Empathy Staff + healing items
  • Deal damage using Empathetic status, healing as needed.
    The boss will cure Empathetic status, so prepare at least 5 uses worth to be safe.

Gold Palace (31-36F)

Rush stairs as fast as possible. It's fine to use up all items that aren't needed for the final boss.
Night monsters are far easier in this area compared to daytime, so you could cycle time of day
using a special door room and descend at night if you have a Super Torch.

Demon Scorp (31-33F) decreases strength by 2.
Chainhead (31-33F), Eligan (31-36F), and Cave Mamel (34-36F) hit very hard.
Grampa Tank (31-33F) fires 30 damage cannonballs and has incredibly smart AI.
Digestiphant (31-36F) absorbs status conditions to boost attack power by 2 stages.
Porko (34-36F) throws Porky Rocks that deal 20 damage within a range of 4 tiles.

Final Boss

Shiren is granted Swift status for this fight, so you get 4 actions for every 1 boss action.

Boss Moves:

• Direct attack - High power.
• Lightning - Deals 30~40 damage.
• Confusion - Inflicts Confused status.
• Knockback - Low power, deals kncoback.
• Call Monsters - Summons 4~6 monsters.
  • Digestiphant, Tiger Hurler, Porko.
• Instant Recovery - Cures all status conditions.

Incredibly high HP, summons monsters, inflicts confusion, cures status conditions, ignores Sanctuary Scroll,
only takes 2 damage from thrown Gitan, and due to story events, only performs 1 action every 4 turns.
Status conditions are very effective due to the action speed difference, and the only dangerous specials
are Call Monsters and Confusion.

Seal the boss immediately when the fight begins to avoid having to deal with summoned monsters,
and then use items like Banana Peel, Fear Scroll, Fear Talisman, Seal Staff, etc. to keep the boss disabled.
The boss is immune to Asleep, Decoy, and Paralyzed, so just keep that in mind and you should be fine.
It's possible to clear this fight without taking damage if you keep track of the turn order.

Monsters

List (Day)

List (Night)

Monster Table

• F = Lava
• S = Shop is possible
• E = Elite Shop is possible
• H = Monster House is possible
• N = N'dubba Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4
• M = Maneater Lv1 Lv2 Lv3 Lv4

Enemy Colors: Day Night

Items

• F = Floor, Monster (day)
• S = Shop, Monster (night), Maneater, Shiny Object (yellow), Peddler
• P = Presto Pot
• Z = Zalokleft
• E = Elite Shop, Shiny Object (blue)

※ Source: Shiren 4 Official Complete Guide.

Traps

※ Trip Stones are generated on 1-2F if Trap Scroll is read.