To get SS+ weapons in Shinobi Striker, you appraise Esoteric Scrolls (earned free) or Moonlight Scrolls (bought) at Tenten's Ninja Tools Shop while the weapon you want is in the current scroll lineup; there is no mission, master or shop purchase that hands one over directly. Since Season 10 began in May 2026, SS+ items stay in the lineup permanently, with new and returning ones taking turns, and the newest one as of November 2026 is Inferno Sword: Flame Control "Chidori", added on 29 October.
We built this from the official 2025 and 2026 roadmap letters and the 13th and 14th developer letters on the NARUTO site, Bandai Namco's Esoteric Scrolls lineup announcements on Steam, Siliconera's Season 8 report and the Shinobi Striker community wiki's weapon and scroll pages, checked in November 2026.
What SS+ Means and Where It Came From
Every weapon, outfit and ninja tool in Shinobi Striker carries a letter grade. The wiki's Ninja Tools Shop tables show C, B and A items for Ryo, and its scroll page describes S and SS items as the rarer pulls from appraisal. SS+ sits above all of them. It arrived with the Season 8 update in May 2024, when Siliconera reported the new SS+ tier alongside the first three items: Claw Edge "Kurama" for Attack, Inferno Sword "Flame Control" for Ranged and Sealed Blade "Totsuka Blade" for Heal. The wiki notes Claw Edge "Kurama" was the first SS+ item released.
What makes SS+ different is that each one rebuilds a famous character's fighting style inside a weapon. The developer letters describe them that way again and again: Shinobi-Ware "Kawaki" Model lets you use Kawaki's various powers and weapons, Sandspear "Shukaku" strikes with Shukaku's arm on a Strong Attack, and Inferno Sword "Flame Control" recreates Sasuke's Susano'o and Amaterasu according to the wiki. In practice an SS+ weapon changes your moveset, not just your damage numbers.
Each SS+ weapon is still locked to one class, the same as any other weapon. Pulling a Defense-type SS+ does nothing for your Attack loadout, so check the type before you spend scrolls on a lineup.
The Only Way In: Scroll Appraisal
Scrolls are the game's loot boxes. You take them to Tenten at the Ninja Tools Shop and choose Scroll Appraisal, and each appraisal rolls an item from that scroll's pool. The community wiki lists the scroll types and their odds in plain terms:
- Plain Scroll: low-ranking items or small amounts of Ryo, with no chance of S or SS items.
- Quality Scroll: mid-ranking items, no chance of SS items.
- Valuable Scroll: high-ranking items with a minimal SS chance.
- Esoteric Scroll: the highest-ranking items with a high SS chance. Every SS+ weapon page on the wiki lists Esoteric or Moonlight Scrolls as the unlock method.
- Moonlight Scroll: sold through PlayStation, Steam and the Microsoft Store. The wiki calls it the best odds of all, while Steam's Starter Pack listing says appraised Moonlight Scrolls give items "equal in rarity" to Esoteric Scrolls, so the two sources disagree on whether Moonlight odds are higher or simply equal.
- Kakashi Scroll: VR Mission drops with mission-specific items, not SS+ weapons.
So the practical rule is that only Esoteric and Moonlight appraisals are worth spending when an SS+ weapon is your target. Valuable Scrolls are better saved for duplicates and cosmetics.
Every SS+ Weapon Added to the Lineup in 2026
Bandai Namco posts each change as an "Esoteric Scrolls Lineup Update" on Steam and its official X account. Matching those posts against the developer letters and the wiki gives this record of SS+ weapons entering the lineup since Season 10 began:
| Lineup update | SS+ weapon | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 28 May | Black Staff "Daikokuten" | Defense |
| 11 June | Enchanted Sword "Ghost" | Heal |
| 25 June | Claw Edge "Kurama" (Rasen) | Ranged |
| 9 July | Timberblade "Hashirama Senju" | Attack |
| 23 July | Spring Tekkou "Cherry Blossom" | Heal |
| 6 August | Inferno Sword "Flame Control" | Ranged |
| 20 August | War Fan "Dreaming Moon" | Defense |
| 27 August | Nine Tails' Claw | Attack |
| 24 September | Water Sword: Tobirama Senju | Ranged |
| 7 October | Sage Arms "Monstrous Chaos" | Heal |
| 15 October | Black Sword: Akatsuki | Attack |
| 29 October | Inferno Sword: Flame Control "Chidori" | Defense |
Three of these were brand new for Season 10 according to the 13th developer letter: Daikokuten, themed on Isshiki Otsutsuki and built around cubes that suppress enemies; Cherry Blossom, whose held Strong Attack activates the 100 Healings Jutsu; and Kurama (Rasen), whose Strong Attack throws a Rasengan-wielding shadow clone. The 14th letter added four more for the 8th anniversary, including the Chidori version of Flame Control, which discharges absorbed jutsu in all directions with Chidori Stream. The others are returning items, which matches the roadmap's promise that new and old SS+ items would alternate.
Featured Types, Revival Festivals and Returning SS+
If you missed an older SS+ weapon, you have more chances now than in earlier seasons. The 2025 roadmap introduced the SS+ Revival Festival, which brought back Claw Edge "Kurama" and Sealed Blade "Totsuka Blade" from 24 April 2025, each with a small update to its moves. The April 2026 roadmap went further, saying SS+ items would be permanently available from the lineup from Season 10 onward and that earlier ones would return with new forms and abilities.
The 8th anniversary update in August 2026 then ran a Featured Type campaign that returned one popular SS+ weapon per type immediately after maintenance: Shinobi-Ware "Kawaki Model" for Attack, Inked Scroll "Holy Monk Likeness" for Ranged, Sand Spear "Shukaku" for Defense and Sealed Blade "Totsuka Blade" for Heal. The same update added an introduction movie of the featured lineup to the Ninja Tools Shop, so you can watch what a weapon does before spending scrolls on it.
The lineup changed roughly every one to two weeks through 2026, usually on a Thursday. Our guide to the Shinobi Striker shop rotation tracks the non-SS+ items in each update as well.
SS+ Weapons Sorted by Class
Because the lineup rotates by item rather than by class, it helps to know which SS+ weapons exist for the type you actually play. Combining the 2026 table with older items named in the developer letters and on the wiki gives this list as of November 2026:
- Attack: Claw Edge "Kurama", Shinobi-Ware "Kawaki" Model, Enchanted Sword "Demon Roar", Slashblade "Yellow Flash" (inspired by the Fourth Hokage's kunai), Passion Gear "Youth at Full Power" (themed on Rock Lee), Timberblade "Hashirama Senju", Nine Tails' Claw and Black Sword: Akatsuki.
- Ranged: Inferno Sword "Flame Control", Inked Scroll "Holy Monk Likeness", White Light Blade "Kamui" (based on Kakashi), Claw Edge "Kurama" (Rasen) and Water Sword: Tobirama Senju.
- Defense: Sandspear "Shukaku", Scientific Ninja Tool "Inventive Destruction", War Fan "Dreaming Moon", Black Staff "Daikokuten" and Inferno Sword: Flame Control "Chidori".
- Heal: Sealed Blade "Totsuka Blade", Tekkou: 8 Trigrams Palm, Enchanted Sword "Ghost", Sage Arms "Monstrous Chaos" and Spring Tekkou "Cherry Blossom".
The list may not be complete, since the wiki has not tracked every release, but it shows a useful pattern: Attack has the deepest pool, so an Attack player will see more relevant lineups than a Heal player across a season. Two names also appear twice with different types. Claw Edge "Kurama" is the original Attack weapon, while the 2026 Rasen version is Ranged, and the Chidori version of Flame Control is Defense while the original is Ranged. Read the type on the lineup announcement, not just the name.
Building a Scroll Budget for SS+ Pulls
Because SS+ weapons only drop from the top two scroll types, the real work is stockpiling Esoteric Scrolls between lineups you care about. The best free sources in 2026 are the Battle Road reward track, anniversary login bonuses such as the 8th anniversary campaign's up to 50 Esoteric Scrolls, and event rewards. Our guide on how to get Esoteric Scrolls lists each source with dates, and the league side of it is covered in our Ninja World League rewards guide.
A simple plan works well. Hold your Esoteric Scrolls through lineups that only carry types you do not play, then spend them in a block when an SS+ for your main class lands. Splitting the same stack across several lineups spreads your luck thin.
Anniversary campaigns can also let you test before you commit. The 7th anniversary in 2025 ran a free weapon and ninja tool trial with prototype versions of items such as Fourth Raikage's Gauntlet, and Bandai Namco Europe's August 2026 post lists weapon, ninja tool and ninjutsu trials in the 8th anniversary campaign that ran until 24 September 2026.
Mistakes to Avoid With SS+ Weapons
- Chasing an old tier list. Balance changes now arrive with regular maintenance roughly every two to four weeks, according to the 14th developer letter, and SS+ weapons are not exempt: patch 2.58 in October 2024 shrank the hitbox of Claw Edge "Kurama" midair attacks.
- Ignoring the type. As noted above, each weapon is locked to one class.
- Selling duplicates for Ryo by reflex. Since version 2.46, the wiki says duplicate A-rank and higher items return Exchange Tickets, and SS-rank duplicates return 150 tickets for Tenten's Exchange Shop.
- Mixing up SS+ weapons and Scientific Ninja Tools. Some SS+ items, such as Scientific Ninja Tool "Inventive Destruction", are weapon-slot Scientific Ninja Tools. Our ninja tools list separates the throwable tools from those weapons.
For how the top SS+ picks compare once you own them, see our breakdown of the best Shinobi Striker weapons for every class.
If You Would Rather Not Farm Scrolls
For PlayStation players who would rather skip the appraisal luck, the store's [NARUTO SAGE MODE] Prestige 25 modded save lists All Ninja Weapons Unlocked, alongside all clothes, accessories, jutsus, titles and DLCs, Prestige 25 at Level 100, and modded outfits that grant infinite ultimate, sub-weapon and jutsu. The page does not name individual weapons, so if one specific SS+ item is the reason you are looking, ask the store before ordering. Its title still says "Early Access" from before Naruto (Sage Mode) launched for everyone in August.
The save is PS4 and PS5 only, with no Xbox or PC version, needs active PlayStation Plus on the account being modified, and does not include the game. The full range is on the Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker store page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you buy SS+ weapons directly in Shinobi Striker?
No. They come from Scroll Appraisal while they are in the lineup. Moonlight Scrolls can be bought, but the weapon itself is still a random pull.
What was the first SS+ weapon in Shinobi Striker?
The community wiki names Claw Edge "Kurama", which arrived with the Season 8 update in May 2024 together with Inferno Sword "Flame Control" and Sealed Blade "Totsuka Blade".
What is the newest SS+ weapon?
As of November 2026, Inferno Sword: Flame Control "Chidori", a Defense-type weapon added in the 29 October lineup update.
Do old SS+ weapons come back?
Yes. Since Season 10, new and older SS+ items alternate in the lineup, and featured campaigns bring popular ones back.
Can Valuable Scrolls give SS+ weapons?
The wiki gives Valuable Scrolls only a minimal SS chance and lists Esoteric or Moonlight Scrolls as the unlock for SS+ weapons, so save Esoteric Scrolls for SS+ lineups.
Where are lineup updates announced?
On the game's Steam news feed and the official Naruto video game X account, usually on the day the lineup changes.