Guide Hub
Village in the Shade Guides and Walkthroughs
Find the currently live guide pages first, then move into the broader guide library for gameplay topics, village life, horror warnings and story coverage.
Released-game guides are grouped by player goal so readers can jump straight to the page they need without digging through a long article feed.
Browse practical guides, databases, village pages and story-sensitive walkthroughs in one place.
Guide Coverage
What this hub covers
Live guide pages
Fishing, tool upgrades, cooking, crafting, farming, money, hunting, release, modes, village and buying help
Guide groups
Game info, play styles and Kagatsu topics
Player tools
Search, filters, checklists and spoiler controls
Last checked
August 13, 2026
Core sources
- Official site
- Steam store page
- Verified in-game information
Start Here
New to Village in the Shade?
Use these pages first for early progression, farming systems, resource routes, nighttime exploration and the current game information.
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Main Story Walkthrough
Navigate all eight Rules, the Sacred Treasure routes, finale, endings and postgame without a fixed quest-log assumption.
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Rule VI Forest & Bird Ghost
Follow Rokkaku, the Deer Hunting License gate, Deep Mountain, the Forest clue puzzle, Abandoned House fire and the story Sacred Treasure whistle.
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Crops Database
Search the canonical normal Crop database by season, Field/Ridge/Paddy environment, growth, regrowth, raw price, seed unlock and downstream uses.
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Tea Tree & Matcha Guide
Follow the Tea Tree Sapling Contest gate, year-round planting, Spring harvest, Ridge cultivation, Scarecrow planning and Tea to Matcha processing.
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HP & Stamina Guide
Separate current and maximum HP/Stamina, recover current gauges with food, sleep and the Hot Spring, and follow Fox Shrine and Okami Pool upgrades.
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Clinic & Fainting Guide
Separate Kusunoki Clinic visits, daytime wildlife knockouts, Midnight defeat contexts, scripted Clinic wake-ups and the Shade-only ER Regular counter.
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Time & Sleep Guide
Understand the sleep transition, Stamina recovery, conditional Midnight wake-ups, the 11 PM, 05:00 and 06:00 boundaries and the Garden-only Miracle Whistle.
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Flowers Guide & Flower Database
Browse cultivated Flowers and Flower Seeds by season, growth, sell price, unlock source and Honey, Dryer, Dye, delivery, Shrine, request and gift relations.
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Processing Database
Search the repository-derived processed-goods database, follow multi-stage material chains, compare base/upgraded capacity and route outputs into Cooking, Chief Deliveries, Crafting and Catalog completion.
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Workbench Guide
Buy the 作業台, understand its ¥500 purchase and ¥375 sell values, use surrounding Storage Boxes, troubleshoot missing recipes and separate Workbench crafts from processing.
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Storage Boxes Guide
Get and craft the 木の収納箱, use Workbench and Dyeing Table nearby storage, and separate Storage Box Linking from global crafting, shipping and bag capacity.
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Bag & Inventory Upgrades
Find the Sazanka General Store's Large Bag and Very Large Bag prices, carry-capacity evidence, unresolved unlock gates and the boundary between carried inventory, Storage Boxes and Shipping.
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Brewing Barrel Guide
Separate Sazanka's first physical barrel from the Stage 3 recipe unlock, then search all verified Dashi, Beer, Wine, Sake and Shochu routes with exact timers.
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Milk Processor Guide
Unlock and craft the ミルク加工機, route Cow Milk to Cream, Cream to Butter, Goat Milk to Cheese and Soybean to Tofu, then check the upgraded machine.
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Charcoal Kiln Guide
Unlock 炭焼き窯 at the Shrine, build it with Brick and Coal, process confirmed wood materials into Charcoal in 30 minutes, and understand the Upgraded Kiln capacity boundary.
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Crafting Blueprint Unlock Sources
Trace confirmed machine, upgrade, utility and selected furniture blueprint sources across Helping Events, Shrine Skills and Midnight events.
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Chawantei Restaurant & Seasonal Menu
Check Rokkaku's seasonal dishes, prices, recovery values, opening hours and the same-dish three-eat Recipe rule without merging Festival or Meal Invitation food.
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Character Customization, Hairstyles & Clothing
Separate editable appearance fields, shop cosmetics, Tamatebako hairstyle boundaries, furniture editing and permanent name/mode choices.
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Villagers & Characters Database
Search the canonical named-villager database by stable ID, birthday, role, residence, household, relationships and facility association.
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Villager Schedules & Locations
Find known villager locations, separate normal presence from Friendship event windows and troubleshoot red !, green-heart and gray-heart markers.
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Meal Invitations & Sleepovers
Track Friendship eligibility, weekly gifts, invitation timing, recipe boundaries, private-room access and Sleepover prerequisites without inventing hidden probabilities.
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Shop Inventory Unlocks
Diagnose missing seeds, saplings, livestock and other shop stock by season, year, shipping, Contest, Plow, Greenhouse and future-patch status.
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Furniture & Decoration Sources
Find finished furniture and decoration sources across crafting, shops, Tamatebako, Festivals, Midnight rewards and Dyeing Table variants.
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Furniture Placement Guide
Place furniture at home, read the preview, understand item-specific garden scope and keep rotation, recovery and collision claims evidence-safe.
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Dyeing Table & Furniture Colors
Buy the 染色台, use Oil Press Dye on compatible furniture, check nearby Storage Box behavior and keep Catalog variants bounded by evidence.
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Resources, Materials & Item Uses
Search one reverse-use authority for item sources, building and tool requirements, processing chains, deliveries, requests and Keep/Sell guidance.
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Foraging & Gathering Materials
Find seasonal wild plants, insects and gathering materials by area, source method and major use.
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Insect Catching Guide
Follow the verified Bee ×5 Yuta route and Summer Beetle / Stag Beetle records, with capture, respawn, skill and completion boundaries kept explicit.
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Chief Deliveries
Track every Village Chief Delivery group, exact requirement and category reward, including Greenhouse, Bird Bath and Large Fish Pond progression.
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Buildings Database
Canonical Kisuke construction registry for new builds, renovations, costs, materials, build times, capacities and relocation actions.
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Building Placement
Check footprints, placement limits, capacities and moving boundaries separately from Kisuke construction costs.
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Shops & Prices
Search current shop stock, prices, provider relationships and short seasonal or progression labels.
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Daily & Weekly Checklist
Keep crops, livestock, relationships, processors, shipping, shops and seasonal opportunities moving without making every task mandatory.
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Weather
Understand Clear, Rain, Thunderstorm and Snow, confirmed watering boundaries, weather-gated anomalies and unresolved interactions.
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Shop Hours & Weekly Schedules
Compare facility opening hours, closure days, access overrides, story blockers and event-only vendors.
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Map, Areas & Key Locations
Canonical directory for major areas, facilities, routes, fishing spots, hunting grounds and seasonal location instances.
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Fast Travel & Movement
Compare return-home travel, movement speed, Quarry checkpoints and physical shortcuts without duplicating specialist mechanics.
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Year 2+ Progression & Late-Game Unlocks
Separate true Year 2 shop additions from shipment, Contest, building, story, friendship and postgame conditions.
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Beginner Guide
Start Here onboarding: opening priorities, safe defaults and the specialist guide for your next bottleneck.
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Fishing Guide
Find fish locations, seasons, times, rare white fish, cursed midnight catches, ponds and the best early money fish.
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Crab Pot Guide
Learn where to buy the カニかご, its ¥500 price and weekly limit, Fishing Spot placement, next-day catches and Nushi boundaries.
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Nushi Fish Guide
Find all six rare Nushi fishing variants, their documented locations and conditions, and how White Bait fits into rare-fish hunting.
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Tainted Crops & Fish
Find all 18 Tainted Crops and six Tainted Fish, with Mud Seed seasons, Midnight locations, stable base IDs and Nushi-use boundaries.
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Okami-buchi Guide
Learn where to offer Tainted Crops and Tainted Fish, how Nushi's Scale raises maximum HP, and when the Rain Whistle appears.
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Achievements Guide
Track all 52 Steam achievements with verified conditions for story, festivals, systems, collections and long-term milestones.
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Catalog Guide
Complete all 2,428 Catalog entries, track the 300/500/1,000 milestones and troubleshoot furniture, random, processed and postgame gaps.
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Fox Shrine Offerings
Find the Fox Shrine during Midnight exploration, learn the four offering rounds, review seasonal lists and increase max Stamina with Fox Fried Tofu.
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Nighttime Hub
Choose a Midnight goal and route to the canonical Midnight, anomaly, collectible, Shrine and progression specialists.
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Headless Japanese Doll Guide
Find the doll behind the Library, trigger its disappearance, follow it toward the Hunter Lodge and craft the repaired Japanese Doll.
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Crossroads Fishing Spot Yokai
Track the Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter yokai, their requests, Magatama choices, Jinbei and Bronze Mirror rewards.
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Stone Ghost Guide
Find the Midnight running stone in your garden, chase it with the Pickaxe and learn how the Shell Fossil reward works.
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Cow Ghost Guide
Fix the Cow Ghost event that blocks maximum livestock Mood, unlock the Livestock Whistle, and learn why the ghost can return after being dealt with.
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Tool Upgrade Guide
Canonical metal-tier graph, shared effects, Mold/Ingot inputs and unresolved Anvil recipe fields.
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Meteorite Tools Guide
Derived final Meteor Iron specialist for the Mold path, Meteorite Ingot ×5 inputs, final effects and bottleneck planning.
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Gold Axe Guide
Upgrade the Axe for Rule VII, make Gold Ingots, resolve the Gold Mold path, and clear the fallen trees blocking 憑き藪 progression.
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Rule VII Thicket Guide
Follow Sazanka, the Gold Axe gate, before-17:00 Thicket visits, Dog Ghost light combat and the Chipped Nata reward without fixed-date assumptions.
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Rule VIII & Great Hole Finale Guide
Complete the three Sacred Treasure routes, unlock Rock-Cutting Nata, use the correct Great Hole entrance, handle Kodama and Land God, and reach the final choice.
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Fruit Trees Guide
Learn how fruit-tree saplings are acquired and planted, how spacing and seasons work, and how Mango, Cacao, Banana and the wider verified list fit the Greenhouse.
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Horse Guide
Unlock the Horse through the Livestock Barn and Chinana, learn its Stable and care boundaries, enter the Horse Contest, and get Branded Horse Tail for Greenhouse progression.
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Tools Database
Handheld tool identity, acquisition and broad uses; detailed tier truth belongs to Tool Upgrades.
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Tool Controls & Effect Range
Open the Farming-Tool Circle, use Switch controls, water and sow continuously, change compatible tool ranges, and reconcile L / L1 contexts.
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Mushroom Cultivation
Trace Contest participation, Mushroom Kit shop eligibility, Garden Log placement, Autumn growth and the boundaries around timing and watering.
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Cooking Guide & Recipe Database
Learn cooking unlocks, search the canonical Recipe database, compare recovery fields and keep Recipe knowledge separate from dish ownership.
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Crafting Guide
Find machine unlocks, recipe sources, processing equipment, Sprinklers, Barrels, Furnaces and useful crafting priorities.
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Aging Barrel Guide
Unlock and craft 熟成樽, process Soybean into Miso and compatible meat-category inputs into Aged Meat, then review 熟成樽/改.
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Farming Guide
Learn fields, ridges, rice paddies, crop quality, season survival, Scarecrows, Sprinklers and cursed crops.
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Money Making Guide
Compare derived money routes by progression using specialist-owned values for fishing, mining, requests, farming, insects, ponds and processing.
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Best Crops Guide
Compare cultivation options by season, direct sale, regrowth, paddy, processing opportunity and explicit assumptions.
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Hunting Guide
Learn licenses, bows, traps, bait and how deer, boar and bears behave.
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How to Make Miso
Learn how Soybeans come from Edamame and how the Aging Barrel turns them into Miso.
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Old Mouse Coins & Glowing Mice Guide
Learn how Cheese, the Hoe, Old Mouse Coins and the Waterfall Fishing Spot well route all connect.
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Livestock Guide
Canonical species, juvenile/adult forms, prices, growth, products and numeric production cadence; care, housing and progression details stay with their specialist guides.
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Barns, Coops & Animal Housing
Compare poultry Coops, large-livestock Barns, Horse housing, capacity, footprints, upgrades and Hopper automation boundaries.
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Fodder, Pasture Grass & Silo
Canonical feeding pipeline for pasture, Feed Boxes, Hoppers, fodder storage and livestock feeding boundaries.
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Mining Guide
Search the Quarry Ore, Gem and material database by first floor, Ore Vein range, farming range, sell price and downstream use.
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Focus / Observe Guide
Use 注視 to inspect planted crop countdowns, livestock Affection and products, and villager Friendship, Likes and Dislikes.
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Quarry Floors Guide
Compare first appearance, ore-vein starts, best farming floors, Minecart stops and B120 routing.
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Villager Birthdays
Find all 14 villager birthdays, useful favorite gifts and what birthday gifting currently does.
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NPC Gift Database
Search every villager's liked and disliked items, birthdays, daily and weekly gift rules, source categories and reverse item reactions.
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Night Anomaly Database
Search all 18 Midnight anomalies by Plaque, random, weather, progression, location, tool, resolution and reward type; keep collection activities and the Quarry boss separate.
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Lost Book Database
Find all 55 Lost Books by number, region, access requirement, anomaly relation and collection status.
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Magatama Guide
Compare all four Magatama types, targeted seasonal yokai rewards, night pickups and Crossroads Shrine uses.
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Bronze Mirror & Sword Guide
Find the two later Shrine resources, compare Midnight, shop, Kappa, Nekomata and Quarry routes, and keep generic Mirror separate.
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Shrine Skills Database
Browse all 80 Shrine nodes, effects, repair stages, upgrade families and exact resource costs.
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Seasonal Festivals Guide
Dates, times, activities, limited festival items, rewards and preparation tips for all four seasonal festivals.
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Contests Guide
Plan every Day 27 judging event, prepare for Crop, Livestock or Horse S Rank, and track branding and contest-based unlocks.
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Requests & Delivery Guide
Separate random villager requests, 12 Helping Tasks and the 32-group Village Chief Delivery Catalog.
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Helping Tickets & Villager Unlocks
Follow the derived Helping Event network, delayed rewards, Kisuke dependencies and Plow, Bow, construction, hunting, cooking and processing unlocks.
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Rare Deer Guide
Learn how to identify Rare Deer, how to hunt it and what is still unknown about spawning.
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Seasonal Scarecrow Guide
Use 5×5 seasonal zones for outdoor crops and compare Scarecrows with fertilizer and Greenhouse farming.
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Village in the Shade Release Date
See the current Steam, Japanese and Western launch timing.
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Village in the Sunshine Explained
Learn how the safer route changes the way you play.
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Is Village in the Shade Scary?
Check the horror warnings, nighttime pressure and uncertainty.
Current Guides
What Can Readers Use Right Now?
These are the live entry points most readers need first, with released-game guides covering the systems players use every day.
Flowers Guide & Flower Database
Search the canonical cultivated Flower rows, reconcile the external seed baseline and follow category-level Honey, Dried Flower, Dye, delivery, Shrine, request and gift links.
Foraging & Gathering Materials
Find seasonal wild plants, insects and gathering materials by canonical area, source method, Fox Shrine use and year-round boundary.
Insect Catching Guide
Use the canonical Bee, Beetle and Stag Beetle route for Yuta's Helping Ticket, Summer tree context, ¥600 prices and unresolved respawn mechanics.
Shop Inventory Unlocks
Find why seeds, saplings, livestock and other items are missing, with separate season, year, shipping, Contest, Plow, Greenhouse, refresh, rotation and future-update rules.
Midnight & Haunted Shelf
Learn how Midnight unlocks, how Ghost Shelf controls work, what Wood Plaques target and why 05:00 and 06:00 are different.
Cursed Objects & Midnight Items
Index Shrine currencies, Wood Plaques, Midnight controls, anomaly relics, Nushi/Fox rewards and collectible-system boundaries without merging tainted crops or fish.
Bronze Mirror & Sword
A focused Shrine-resource authority for 銅鏡 and 剣, with derived skill demand, current shop prices and unresolved random-reward boundaries.
Milestone Awards & Rewards
Track game-internal cumulative milestones, Catalog letters, Excellence Award boundaries and their separate platform Achievement crosswalk.
Wild Birds & Bird Drops
See the current Seed, Sapling and other-item Bird Drop source table, the Bird Bath boundary, shop-unlock separation and the 20/100 counter split.
Save System & Autosave
Understand automatic checkpoints, Ver.1.09's five previous save states, Midnight boundaries and the separate Clear Data record.
Year 1 Calendar
Plan fixed festivals, Day 27 contests, villager birthdays, Spring system unlocks and flexible story timing across the first year.
Postgame
See what unlocks after the ending, how the Miracle Whistle works, what continues in village life and the best goals after story clear.
Mud Seeds & Cursed Crops Guide
Learn Mud Seed acquisition, all 18 Cursed Crops, seasonal outcomes, Giant candidates and the Okami Pool boundary.
Tainted Crops & Fish
Use the canonical Tainted Items database for all 18 Mud Seed crop variants, all six Midnight fish, giant candidates, stable base IDs and Nushi offering boundaries.
Hunting Licenses & Hunter Lodge
See all nine live Hunting Licenses, the Hunter Lodge unlock, Certificate turn-in baseline, Deer story gate and Pheasant's future Camp furniture dependency.
Hunting Traps & Bait
Compare Box Trap and Snare Trap targets, prices, passive versus active use, Hunting Bait support and placement boundaries.
Best Shrine Skills
See which Shrine skills are worth prioritizing for farming, stamina, fishing, hunting and general progression without relying on a fake universal tier list.
Sprinklers Guide
Learn how to unlock and use the three documented Sprinkler types, including watering coverage, Shrine costs and farming limitations.
White Bait Guide
Learn how to make White Bait, where its ingredients come from, and how it helps with rare fish and Nushi without being mandatory.
Livestock Unlocks
Learn how to unlock Goat, Pig, Turkey, Cashmere Goat and Horse, including Contest ranks, Chinana availability and Greenhouse-related products.
Animal Care, Mood & Product Quality
Raise Affection, separate Mood from quality, prepare animals for S Rank, resolve Cow Ghost issues and understand branded livestock products.
Quality & Branding System
Separate crop quality from contest branding, livestock product quality, High-Quality Goods and Greenhouse planning.
Beginner Hub
Derived Start Here routing for what to do first, which system owns your next question and how to avoid common opening mistakes.
Fishing Hub
A true fishing hub covering fish locations, season and time filters, rare White/Nushi fish, Tainted Fish, ponds and which catches should be sold or kept.
Tool Upgrade Hub
Canonical Anvil tiers, shared effects, Mold/Ingot inputs and bottleneck-based upgrade order.
Tools Database
Handheld tool identity, unlock routes, functions and the derived five-family upgrade boundary.
Chawantei Restaurant Menu
Browse Rokkaku's seasonal menu, prices, shared recovery stats and the same-dish three-eat Recipe rule.
Crafting Hub
A machine and processing hub covering unlock sources, Shrines, villagers, Sprinklers, Barrels, Furnaces and what to build first.
Workbench Guide
The canonical station authority for purchase, nearby storage, recipe visibility, machine and cooking-equipment boundaries and the 500-craft Builder counter.
Brewing Barrel Guide
Follow the complete Brewing Barrel authority for Sazanka Helping Ticket acquisition, Shrine recipe unlocks, 51 product routes, exact timers and the three-material upgrade.
Charcoal Kiln Guide
Follow the complete wood → Charcoal route, including Shrine costs, Workbench recipes, Coal separation, Furnace fuel and the Upgraded Kiln.
Farming Hub
A real farming hub covering soil types, crop quality, Scarecrows, Sprinklers, Greenhouse planning and common crop problems.
Paddy Farming Guide
Learn how to unlock the Plow, create Paddy fields, grow Rice, Wasabi and Lotus Root, and use the Greenhouse without confusing the two unlock paths.
Best Farm Layout
Plan Fields 1–3 around Watering Can range, Sprinklers, Scarecrows, Paddy Fields, fruit trees, livestock and Giant Cursed Crop spacing.
Fish Pond Breeding
Learn how same-species pond breeding works, how bait fits in, how 10-fish and 30-fish ponds differ, and what remains unverified for Nushi and Tainted Fish.
House Renovation
Compare structural house tiers, interior finishes and appearance-only exterior styles while Buildings and Chief Deliveries remain the canonical data authorities.
Farm Expansion Guide
Unlock Field 2 and Field 3 at the signed garden gates, compare the ¥5,000 and ¥20,000 payments, and decide when tools should come first.
Missables & Point of No Return
Separate permanent naming and setup choices from seasonal opportunities, expiring requests, ending save advice and content not proven permanently missable.
Economy Guide
A progression-based money guide covering fishing, requests, processing, crop quality, mining and what not to sell.
Best Crops Guide
A seasonal crop-comparison page covering direct sale, processing, Soybeans, regrowing crops and the difference between verified data and player-calculated rankings.
Gameplay Guide
A real hunting guide covering licenses, traps, fleeing animals and large-animal strategy.
Miso Guide
A practical Miso guide covering Soybeans, Edamame timing, the Aging Barrel and common mistakes.
Aging Barrel Guide
Machine-level authority for 熟成樽 and 熟成樽/改, including Shrine costs, Workbench recipes, Miso, Aged Meat and timing boundaries.
Old Mouse Coins Night Route
A short exact-answer guide covering Glowing Mice, Cheese, the Hoe, Old Mouse Coins and the 30-coin well reward.
Livestock Hub
Species, forms, prices, growth, regular products and production cadence, with clear links to care, feeding, housing, unlock and Contest authorities.
Livestock Whistle
Learn how the Cow Ghost route unlocks the Livestock Whistle, how to activate it on Switch and PS5, and which limits remain unverified.
Mining Hub
A targeted Quarry guide covering best floors, checkpoints, Pickaxe priorities and ore routing.
Quarry Floors & Ore Distribution
Use the dedicated distribution authority for first appearances, vein boundaries, recommended farm ranges and Minecart routing.
Hot Spring and Quarry B120 Boss
Reach Quarry B120F, defeat the boss and unlock the stamina-restoring Hot Spring.
Tamatebako Guide
Find the known Midnight candidate locations, chase the moving Tamatebako, break it and learn its reward categories.
Night Furniture Guide
Complete the current Night Furniture Catalog block, filter anomaly pools, separate blueprints from finished items, and follow special-chain and completion rewards.
Greenhouse Farming Guide
Use the Greenhouse for all-season crops, Paddy and fruit trees while keeping seed unlocks, Mud Seed and watering boundaries clear.
Piro's Grave Offerings & Rewards
Learn when Piro's grave unlocks, how to offer a Flower, what reward categories are documented and how Incense Bowl No.2331 fits into Night Furniture.
Tsukumogami Daruma Guide
Follow the “だるまさんがころんだ” stop rule, identify unusual stones, wait for them to become black Daruma, and break them with the Pickaxe.
Fujin & Raijin Guide
During Thunderstorm Midnights, clear the red and blue minions linked to Fujin and Raijin, use Fujin's wind phase to search, and handle Raijin's lightning attacks carefully.
Tengu Guide
Find Red and Blue Tengu during Midnight, buy the matching ¥500 candle, reveal color-linked pickups and collect four verified Night Furniture blueprints.
Red Cell Phone Ghost Guide
Find the ringing red phone, avoid answering too early, enter the phone booth while it is still ringing, get the Broken Cell Phone and complete Sazanka's reward chain.
White Ghost Guide
Follow the White Ghost toward the pass without falling too far behind, avoid triggering its chase state, and preserve the reward condition.
Mud Ghost Guide
Follow the Mud Ghost to choose between Mud Seed ×3 or the Ghost Flower Vase: dig for seeds, or leave them buried, water for 2 days, and collect the Vase during Midnight.
Bake Rabbit & Mountaintop Guide
Use the Deer Hunting License to reach the Mountain Summit during Midnight, trigger Bake Rabbit, and collect documented rewards such as the Jugoya Set and Pajamas.
Lantern Ghost & Tenome Guide
Break five purple lanterns, avoid Lantern Ghost sight, reset the Tenome chase and finish the final Village Plaza lantern.
Hyakume Guide
Find the single target-eyed Hyakume, clear black mist with glowing monuments, slow the crowd with Flashlight and finish with the Bow.
Nodzuchi Guide
Cut encounter grass, find Nodzuchi's red-glowing body, land three Sickle hits per exposed phase and repeat the burrow cycle for three rounds.
Dzunushi Guide
Bait Dzunushi's charge, reflect red-mist stones with the Pickaxe and land six successful counter hits in an open area.
Karakasa Guide
Bait four rainy Midnight umbrella ghosts into walls, carry them while stunned and place them on the eastern Jizo.
Yuki-onna Guide
Find the active snowy-Midnight grave, manage the baby-carrying penalty and use the village reset route to finish the delivery puzzle.
Birthday Calendar
A complete villager birthday calendar with useful gifts, seasonal planning and cautious birthday-bonus guidance.
Villagers & Characters Database
Search the canonical named-villager registry by stable ID, birthday, role, residence, household and explicit relationship edges, with derived links to owning system guides.
Villager Schedules & Locations
Find known villager locations, distinguish normal presence from relationship-event windows and troubleshoot event markers without invented timetables.
Clinic & Fainting Guide
Compare Clinic transport, forced treatment, HP=0 contexts, story wake-ups and the official ER Regular baseline without invented penalties.
Rare Animal Guide
A targeted Rare Deer page covering identification, Master certificates, safe hunting and what is still unknown about spawning.
Farm Systems Guide
A Seasonal Scarecrow authority covering 5×5 outdoor zones, 28-day duration, evidence boundaries and the fertilizer comparison.
Game Information
Release timing, platforms and PC specs in one place.
Play Styles
Village in the Sunshine, horror warnings and marriage questions.
Kagatsu Village
The village itself, its residents and the places players visit.
Buying and Help
Prices, editions and the quickest answers readers need.
Browse by Category
What Will the Guide Library Cover?
The category grid stays broad enough to help readers scan quickly, but each card now carries only the essential topics.
Getting Started
The first things a new player needs without wasting early time.
- Beginner Guide
- How to Save
- Controls
- Opening Priorities
Farming and Livestock
Crop and Flower growth, soil types, watering, crop quality, Wild Bird drops and animal care from released-game guides.
- Preparing farmland
- Crops and Flowers
- Flower Seeds and uses
- Quality & Branding
- Foraging & Gathering Materials
- Wild Bird drops
- Raising animals
Hunting & Wildlife
Locations, seasons, gear, licenses, Certificates and materials for fishing and hunting routes.
- How fishing works
- Fishing spots
- How hunting works
- Hunter Lodge and Certificates
NPCs / Gifts / Requests
Villager identities, birthdays, Friendship, gift preferences and the repeatable Request system.
- Characters and NPCs
- Favorite gifts and birthdays
- Villager Requests
- Friendship and events
Rules and Nighttime
The village code, the after-dark mood and what happens if you break rules.
- Village code
- Rule breaks
- Night restrictions
- Strange encounters
Story and Secrets
Spoiler-controlled story pages for the mystery under Kagatsu Village.
- Spoiler-free overview
- Hidden story
- Two ending choices
- Playable postgame
Items and Collectibles
A broad database for tools, materials and useful objects.
- Tools
- Crafting materials
- Seeds
- Key items
Collectibles and Completion
Long-term Catalog, platform and game-internal progress checkpoints.
- Milestone Awards
- Catalog completion
- Achievements
- Completion Roadmap
Fishing, tool upgrades, cooking, crafting, farming, hunting and scarecrow or fertilizer are now live as practical gameplay guides. Additional fishing and resource pages should be added only after they reach the same level of released-game verification.
Guide Updates
What Gets Added Next?
The library now grows through verified updates: practical systems first, then deeper routes, schedules and story-sensitive details as evidence improves.
First 24 Hours
Beginner basics, early priorities and the first choices players make.
First Week
Early farming, money-making, village routines, fishing and tool priorities.
After Story Verification
Deeper secrets, endings, character events and collectible routes as evidence improves.
How Guides Are Verified
What Do the Status Labels Mean?
The trust block stays short so the reader can tell how each guide is handled without reading another full explanation.
Confirmed
Official pages, storefronts or verified in-game information.
Preliminary
Trailer, screenshot or preview information that may change.
Awaiting gameplay verification
Details that need testing in the released game before they are published.
Outdated
Information replaced after patches, corrections or localization updates.
Find the Right Guide
I Want the Right Guide for My Situation
Jump to the pages that match the most common reader goals instead of forcing people to browse the whole hub.
I want to start the game
I want peaceful farming
I want the darker mystery
I want character information
I am deciding which version to buy
Guide Hub FAQ
Common Questions About the Guide Library
A short accordion keeps this section compact and easy to scan on mobile.
The core guide library is live, including beginner, farming, fishing, mining, hunting, crafting, cooking, livestock and nighttime pages. New pages are added as released-game details are verified.
Some details, such as complete schedules, exact drop rates and rare spawn conditions, are not yet documented precisely. Those pages describe the specific unknown rather than guessing.
Yes, but spoiler-heavy pages will always be labeled before you open them.
Official sources, storefronts and confirmed gameplay are checked before a page goes live.
Start with the Beginner Guide, then use the farming, fishing, money-making or nighttime pages that match the system you want to understand.
Final CTA
Start Exploring Kagatsu Village
Use the current guides now, then return for new verified farming, nighttime, character and story walkthroughs.
New guides are published only after the underlying information can be verified.
Core references
- Official site
- Steam store page
- Verified in-game information
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.