Necklace Abilities

Overview

Necklace abilities, also called techniques, are attacks that can only be used at night.
They are the primary means to deal damage to night monsters, and are first used
in Tower of Fortune during the main story.

Up to 8 abilities can be assigned to the necklace, including multiples of the same ability.
Wandering NPCs can teach you new abilities, and you can swap abilities at Hotel Nekomaneki.
Some abilities can only be learned by repeatedly using specific abilities.

With the exception of Staccato Wave, abilities can only be used one time each floor.
It's possible to replenish abilities by eating a peach, reading a Replenish Scroll,
being revived by Revival Grass / Undo Grass, or the Ability Regen rune taking effect.

Attack power of abilities increases as Shiren levels up or gains Super status.
Most abilities deal 2 damage to shopkeepers, but status effects still work on them.

Ability List
Categories
Formations
Sets

Ability List

Name	Power	Learning	Description
Ally Launcher	S (120)	Tradesman	Send an ally flying forward, damaging all enemies in their path. Piercing properties, and hits targets both ahead and behind you. Ally won't take damage. Highest power ability in the game. An ally must be in front of you to use this ability.
Kaboom Bullet	S (100)	Derived from Sticky Shot	Shoot a damaging bullet in a straight line. Defeats most monsters in a single hit.
Sticky Shot	A (80)	Apprentice	Shoot a damaging bullet in a straight line, then paralyzes. Weaker than Kaboom Bullet, but nice against blue aura monsters.
Mine! Mine! Mine!	A (65)	Starting ability	Shoot a damaging bullet in a straight line. Steals the enemy's aura, which remains active during the day. Red = Attack up, Blue = Defense up, Yellow = Swift.
Electrocute	A (60)	Level 16	Electric damage to a target in front and all adjacent targets. Damage increases by 10% per additional target. Unlike Electric Staff, Shiren and allies won't get hurt. Powerful when used after Crawling Confusion.
Concussive Cannon	B (50)	Level 20	Shoot a damaging + piercing 3 tile wide blast in a straight line. Defeats multiple targets, but lack of power is noticeable mid game.
Bi-Directional Blast	B (50)	Master	Shoot a damaging bullet ahead and behind you. Instantly defeats both enemies if you manage to land both bullets. However, it's hard to do so since night monsters move randomly.
Death-go-Round	B (40)	Level 32	Damages targets in a 1 tile radius. Damage increases by 10% per additional target.
Whack and Warp	B (40)	Derived from Death-go-Round	Damages targets in a 1 tile radius, and then warps you. Plays well with Crawling Confusion, especially for speedruns.
Onigiri Bonanza	B (30)	Master	Damages targets in a 1 tile radius, and then inflicts Onigiri. Obtain Rotten Onigiri (Water Pot) or Grilled Onigiri (Dragon Grass).
Dicey Distractor	B (30)	Tradesman	Damages targets in a 1 tile radius, and then inflicts Afraid. Night monsters can still hit you if they aim for a monster.
Room Cyclone	B (30)	Tradesman	Damages all targets in the room. It was nerfed from Shiren 4 (40 power), so it's not as useful.
Injury to Insult	B (30)	Derived from HP Divider	Damages all targets in the room. Deals x1.5 damage to enemies with an ailment.
Darkroom	C (20)	Derived from Room Cyclone	Damages all targets in the room, and then inflicts Blind. No reason to use this instead of Pot Party.
Pot Party	C (20)	Master	Damages all targets in the room, and then inflicts Hiding. Insanely powerful, since monsters can't break free on their own. However, be careful of Absorbiphants and Flamebirds.
Room Sealant	C (20)	Apprentice	Damages all targets in the room, and then inflicts Sealed.
Staccato Wave	C (20)	Sage in Hermit's Hermitage	Damages a target in front. Can be used repeatedly. It only deals ~20 damage, but nice for early game / Super.
Self-Help	-	Level 24	Grants Fast Regen. (+1 HP recovered per turn) Mostly used to support daytime fights.
Chakra Cleanse	-	Level 29	Auto-activates when you become afflicted with an ailment at night. Any ailment you become afflicted with will be instantly cured, so it's excellent to have in case you step on a trap at night.
Beacon of Light	-	Level 55	Grants Night Vision, letting you to read scrolls in the dark.
Three Screams	-	Level 99	Instantly defeats targets in front of you in 3 forward directions, but you don't gain experience points. (Hits targets around corners) Unlike Shiren 4, this ability can't defeat shopkeepers.
Transmogrification	-	Inori Cave (wish)	One-shot a target in front of you by turning them into an item. You don't gain experience points, and shopkeepers are immune. Item is selected from the floor table, with some exceptions: ・Monsters with fixed item drops always drop that item. ・Mixers, Zaloklefts, and Froggos drop what they ate or stole. The generated item is never blessed, cursed, or sealed. (Including normally cursed Nonary Bracelet and Itemphobic)
Last Stand	-	Apprentice	80% chance to one-shot all monsters, but you collapse if it fails. Always fails if there are no monsters on the current floor. You don't gain any experience points. Monsters can drop items when they're defeated by this ability. It looks like an explosion, but items and walls won't be destroyed. Decent for dungeons that let you bring in lots of Revival Grass.
Pyrrhic Piercer	-	Apprentice	Shoot a piercing bullet in a straight line that reduces HP to 1. Shiren's HP is also halved, and the bullet can't go through walls.
HP Divider	-	Apprentice	Halves the HP of all targets in the room. The target will be defeated if they were at 1 HP.
Room Healing Flash	-	Tradesman	Fully restores HP of you and any allies in the room. Nice to have when rushing stairs / speed running.
Crawling Confusion	-	Tradesman	Warps monsters on the floor to you, and then inflicts Confused. Monsters that didn't warp due to lack of space are also confused. Handy, but also risky since confused enemies can still hit you.
Reflecto	-	Master	Reflects all direct attacks for 1 turn. Damage dealt is equal to what you would've received.
Stairlight	-	Master	Reveals the location of the stairs on the map. Always include this, unless you're intentionally omitting it.
Jack in the Box	-	Clear Night Training Facility	Randomly performs an ability from all of the above. Support abilities and Last Stand can be chosen, so it's kind of bad.

Range	Type	Ability
Floor	Normal	Crawling Confusion
Special	Last Stand
Room	Normal	Room Cyclone	Injury to Insult
Room Sealant	Darkroom
Pot Party	HP Divider
Special	Room Healing Flash
Line	Normal	Kaboom Bullet	Sticky Shot
Mine! Mine! Mine!
Special	Pyrrhic Piercer	Concussive Cannon
Ally Launcher
1-Radius	Normal	Death-go-Round	Whack and Warp
Dicey Distractor	Onigiri Bonanza
Special	(None)
Front	Normal	Staccato Wave	Transmogrification
Special	Electrocute
Other	Special	Three Screams	Bi-Directional Blast
Self	Normal	Self-Help	Chakra Cleanse
Beacon of Light	Stairlight
Reflecto
Special	(None)
Varies	Special	Jack in the Box

Formations

Formations are special effects that occur based on character positions when an ability is used.
When multiple formation conditions are met, the higher priority formation is chosen.
Some formations only activate with abilities of a specific category.

Priority	Condition	Effect	Category
1	Surrounded	Warp	Room
2	5 Line	Restore 200 HP	Room
3	4 Line	Restore 100 HP	Room
4	3 Line	Restore 50 HP	Room
5	2 Line	Cure ailments	Room
6	Cross	Replenish 3 abilities	Room, Floor
7	Sandwich	Restore 20 HP	Room
8	Cornered	Deal more damage	Room, Single-target

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Warps you to a different location on the current floor. (Nullified by Unmoving rune)
Highest priority, and activates no matter what direction you're facing.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Doesn't activate with single-target abilities)

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Restores 200 HP.
Priority 2, and Shiren must be facing the line of enemies.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Other categories are untested)

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Restores 100 HP.
Priority 3, and Shiren must be facing the line of enemies.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Other categories are untested)

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Restores 50 HP.
Priority 4, and Shiren must be facing the line of enemies.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Other categories are untested)

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Cures negative status conditions.
Priority 5, and Shiren must be facing the line of enemies.
Often accidentally triggered in place of Cross formation. (Ability Replenish)
Activates with Room category abilities. (Other categories are untested)
Room Healing Flash appears to use ally positions for formations,
so you can restore HP and ailments at the same time if you have allies.

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Replenishes 3 abilities.
Pretty much exclusive to Crawling Confusion, but has the highest return.
Priority 6 - check the direction Shiren is facing to avoid triggering a higher priority formation.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Doesn't activate with single-target abilities)
It apparently also activates with Last Stand.

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Restores 20 HP.
Priority 7 - check the direction Shiren is facing to avoid triggering a higher priority formation.
Activates with Room category abilities. (Other categories are untested)
It appears to activate even when enemies aren't adjacent, provided they're spaced the same.

Cornered



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Boosts power of ability.
Priority 8, and there must be an impassable tile behind Shiren.
Activates with Room category and single-target abilities.

Sets

This section provides recommendations for ability sets.
Stairlight and Pot Party are extremely popular, and are included in most sets.

The idea is to choose abilities based on the purposes you want to have on hand,
and then fill the remaining slots with attack type abilities.

Purpose	Ability	Item Equivalent
Rushing stairs	Stairlight	Navigation Scroll Monster Detector + Transient Staff
Support	Chakra Cleanse Self-Help Room Healing Flash	Identify Scroll Immunity Scroll Heal Grass Heal Pot
Disable room	Pot Party Darkroom Room Sealant	Confusion Scroll Immunity Scroll
When you're surrounded	Pot Party Dicey Distractor Onigiri Bonanza Three Screams Reflecto Whack and Warp	Invincible Grass Slumber Scroll Warp Grass
Attacking (Floor)	Concussive Cannon Crawling Confusion + Electrocute Crawling Confusion + "Disable room" ability Last Stand (requires Revival Grass)	Night-Day Scroll
Attacking (Ranged)	Kaboom Bullet Sticky Shot Mine! Mine! Mine!	-
Attacking (Close range, One-shot)	Transmogrification Thee Screams Sticky Shot	Paralysis Staff
Attacking (Close range, Multi-use)	Staccato Wave Onigiri Bonanza (with Ability Regen rune)	Explosion Bracelet

Crawling Electrocute

Crawling Confusion
Electrocute
Stairlight
Pot Party x 1~2
Remaining: Transmogrification, Sticky Shot, Room Healing Flash, Kaboom Bullet, Staccato Wave

Crawling Pot Party

Crawling Confusion
Pot Party x 2
Stairlight
(Chakra Cleanse or Self-Help) x 0~1
Remaining: Transmogrification, Sticky Shot, Kaboom Bullet, Staccato Wave

Transmogrification

(Kaboom Bullet or Sticky Shot) x 1~2
Stairlight
Pot Party x 1~2
Remaining: Transmogrification

Balanced

(Kaboom Bullet or Sticky Shot or Mine! Mine! Mine!) x 3~4
(Electrocute or Three Screams) x 1~2
(Chakra Cleanse or Self-Help)
Pot Party x 1~2
Stairlight

Still Learning

(Kaboom Bullet or Sticky Shot or Mine! Mine! Mine!) x 3~4
Concussive Cannon x 1~2
Electrocute
Darkroom
(Chakra Cleanse or Self-Help)

Music Collection

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