Flowing Rune

流水の紋章 Ryūsui no Monshō

Rune Information

Type

Magic rune

Appears In

The Flowing Rune (流水の紋章, Ryūsui no Monshō, Flowing Water Rune) is a rune that appears in many games in the Suikoden series.

Information

The Flowing Rune is one of the runes of the five elements, its lower order variant being the Water Rune. Its effects mainly help to recover the stamina of the rune bearer and their allies. When attached to a weapon, it can help to slow recover the weapon wielder's wounds.

Data

Suikoden

Rune

Lv.

Spells

Effect

Flowing Rune

Value
15000 potch

1

Fog of Deception

Raises Evade percentage for all allies.

2

Rain of Kindness

Heals 300 HP and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

3

Water of Kindness

Fully heals and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

4

Mother Ocean

Revives, fully heals and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

Obtain	Data
Drop	Siren
Equip	No character comes equipped with this rune.
Found	Cave of the Past (chest)
Sold	No store in-game sells this rune.

Suikoden II

Rune

Lv.

Spells

Effect

Flowing Rune

Value
22000 potch

1

Protect Mist

Magic Repel percentage +20 for all allies.

2

Kindness Rain

Heals 300 HP and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

3

Silent Lake

No magic use for any, ally or enemy. Last for 3 rounds.

4

Mother Ocean

Revives, fully heals and cures all negative statuses for one ally.

Obtain	Data
Drop	Shiu Lin
Equip	Rulodia
Found	Muse City (given by villager in rune shop post-liberation)
Sold	Gregminster (rare find), Sajah Village (epilogue)

Suikoden III

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Suikoden IV

Rune

Lv.

Spells

Effect

Flowing Rune

Value
10000 potch

1

Breath of Ice

100 Water Damage to all enemies.

2

Kindness Rain

Fully heals and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

3

Silent Lake

No magic use for any, ally or enemy. Last for 3 rounds.

4

Mother Ocean

Revives, fully heals and cures all negative statuses for one ally.

Obtain	Data
Drop	No data
Equip	Warlock
Found	Treasure Hunt Map #4
Sold	No store in-game sells this rune.

Suikoden Tactics

Rune

Lv.

Spells

Effect

Flowing Rune

Value
10000 potch

1

Flowing Force (0-2 radius, 0-4 tile range, instantaneous cast.)

Changes terrain element to Water.

2

Breath of Ice (3x3 zone, 0-5 tile range, quick cast.)

30 Water damage to all units in range, changes terrain element to Water.

3

Kindness Rain (3x3 zone, 0-5 tile range, medium cast.)

Fully heals and cures all negative statuses for units in range, changes terrain element to Water.

4

Silent Lake (7x7 zone, 0-5 tile range, instantaneous cast.)

Inflicts Silence on all units in range, changes terrain element to Water.

Obtain	Data
Drop	No data
Equip	Simeon
Found	No location in-game contains this rune.
Sold	No store in-game sells this rune.

Suikoden V

Rune

Lv.

Spells

Effect

Flowing Rune

Value
14000 potch

1

Breath of Ice

100 Water Damage to all enemies. Can inflict Freeze status and damage (5% of max HP per turn).

2

Kindness Rain

Heals 300 HP and cures all negative statuses for all allies.

3

Silent Lake

No magic use for any, ally or enemy. Last for 5 rounds.

4

Mother Ocean

Revives, fully heals and cures all negative statuses for one ally.

Obtain	Data
Drop	Diamond Sun B
Equip	Bernadette
Found	Piece: Raftfleet (chest, Dahak), Beaver Lodge (chest), Sauronix Castle (chest), Intercepting Luger’s Fleet (Defeat ArcShip), Lelcar Campaign (Defeat Rune ArcShip), The Recapture (Defeat ArcShip), Final Defense Campaign (Defeat Rune ArcShip), Armes Pursuit Battle (Defeat Rune Archer), Childerich Pursuit Battle (Defeat Rune ArcShip)
Sold	No store in-game sells this rune.

References

Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), page 306
Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia, pages 112, 232