Spring Progression · One-Time Events
Helping Tickets & Villager Unlocks Guide
This is the authority for the one-time Helping Ticket unlock network: prerequisites, multi-day steps, immediate versus delayed rewards, system unlocks and the dependency edges that connect villagers to tools, shops and facilities.
Event records
12
System starts
Year 1 Spring 16
Physical ticket count
Unknown
Event dates
Conditional
System boundary
Helping Events are not ordinary Requests
Keeping these systems separate prevents the 100 ordinary Requests achievement, friendship rewards and repeatable request behavior from being silently applied to one-time progression events.
Helping Events
Helping Events are one-time progression chains.
helping-event
Ordinary Requests
Ordinary Requests remain repeatable/dynamic and are not incremented by Helping completion unless canonical game data proves it.
request
Ticket giver
The current records contain a Lin / Rin naming variant for the Spring 16 giver. The giver is not automatically added as a thirteenth Helping target, and Nago is not invented as an event.
Quick route
Recommended early priorities
These are dependency-aware recommendations, not a universal mandatory order.
01 · Kisuke
Get the Copper Pickaxe path
Acceptance/progression grants the Copper Pickaxe and opens the rockfall route needed by Sumire and Yoh objectives.
02 · Tobari
Open Plow progression
The Plow leads to Paddy farming, then Rice and Wasabi shop availability after the delayed mail/shop state.
03 · Shiroji
Start the multi-day Hunt chain
Trap placement, next-day inspection and follow-up reporting precede Hunting License and Trap shop availability.
Canonical event dataset
Every Helping event
Each card shows the structured event boundary. Unknown means the repository does not support a safe exact answer.
Repair the Crossroads Shrine
komako-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Gather the repair materials. → Complete the Crossroads Shrine repair sequence.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Crossroads Shrine / Shrine Skill Tree
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Clean the Village Chief Estate storage area
tobari-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Remove all trash and debris from the storage area.
- Immediate
- スキ, paddy-field hoe/tool
- Delayed / follow-up
- Plow, Rice seedlings and Wasabi seedlings access, Rice seedlings and Wasabi seedlings access
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Find the purple flower in the mountain area
sumire-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- kisuke-spring-help
- Steps
- Reach the mountain area near the Mountain fishing area. → Find the purple flower and return it.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Bow
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Catch a Yamame at the Mountain fishing spot
yo-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- kisuke-spring-help
- Steps
- Reach the Mountain fishing spot. → Catch and deliver one Yamame.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Kashiwa Mochi
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Bring Copper Ore
sazanka-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Deliver five Copper Ore.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Brewing Barrel, Anvil in the General Store the following day
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Bring Bees
yuta-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Deliver five Bees.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Beehive recipe
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Deliver Rin's lunch / bento
rokkaku-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Prepare the lunch. → Deliver it to Rin.
- Immediate
- Hangō, Hangō recipe, Boiled Egg recipe
- Delayed / follow-up
- None recorded
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Craft a Firewood Bundle
konno-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Craft a Firewood Bundle. → Deliver it to Konno.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Protective Nandina Seedling
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Find Tōki in the mountain area
hasumi-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Search the mountain area for Tōki. → Return Tōki to Hasumi.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Wall Calendar
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Clear the fallen rocks blocking the mountain route
kisuke-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Use the Copper Pickaxe obtained during the task. → Break the obstruction and open the route.
- Immediate
- Copper Pickaxe
- Delayed / follow-up
- Mountain route access, Tree Construction access, Remodeling / building progression
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Learn trapping and hunting
shiroji-spring-help · Year 1 spring 16 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Complete the trap tutorial. → Follow the multi-day hunting sequence.
- Immediate
- Salt Rice Ball
- Delayed / follow-up
- Hunting licenses become purchasable, Traps become purchasable
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Find Chinana's stone on the road toward the Mountain Pass
chinana-spring-help · Year 1 spring 17 reference
- Start
- rule-i-complete · helping-ticket-phase
- Prerequisites
- None recorded
- Steps
- Locate the stone on the road toward the Mountain Pass. → Carry it back to Chinana.
- Immediate
- None recorded
- Delayed / follow-up
- Cucumber Pickles, Pickling Barrel recipe
- Ticket required
- Unknown per event; do not infer one-ticket-per-event.
Unlock matrix
What each chain opens
Machine recipes, shop state, tools, facilities and system flags remain distinct reward semantics.
| Villager | Immediate reward | Delayed reward / unlock | Important boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| komako | None recorded | Crossroads Shrine / Shrine Skill Tree | This task is the bridge into Magatama and Shrine progression. |
| tobari | スキ, paddy-field hoe/tool | Plow, Rice seedlings and Wasabi seedlings access, Rice seedlings and Wasabi seedlings access | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| sumire | None recorded | Bow | AppMedia's current Chum item page attributes the Spring 16 blueprint to Sumire; exact in-game learning UI remains unverified. |
| yo | None recorded | Kashiwa Mochi | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| sazanka | None recorded | Brewing Barrel, Anvil in the General Store the following day | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| yuta | None recorded | Beehive recipe | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| rokkaku | Hangō, Hangō recipe, Boiled Egg recipe | None recorded | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| konno | None recorded | Protective Nandina Seedling | The sequence may involve payment or money handling; no public amount is assumed. |
| hasumi | None recorded | Wall Calendar | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| kisuke | Copper Pickaxe | Mountain route access, Tree Construction access, Remodeling / building progression | This opens access needed by other Spring tasks. |
| shiroji | Salt Rice Ball | Hunting licenses become purchasable, Traps become purchasable | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
| chinana | None recorded | Cucumber Pickles, Pickling Barrel recipe | Follow the event state and linked authority page. |
Dependency graph
Actual Helping-to-system edges
No inferred character relationship edges are added.
Copper Pickaxe / rockfall access
Copper Pickaxe / mountain fishing access
Plow progression and delayed Sazanka mail/shop state
Following-day mail/shop availability
Next valid Chinana visit
Preparation
Materials and costs
Only event requirements are mandatory for this page.
Komako: Wood ×15, Easy-to-Handle Wood ×5, Stone ×10, Rock Salt ×2, Copper Ore ×1.
Sazanka: Copper Ore ×5.
Yuta: Bee ×5. See the Bee route.
Yoh: Yamame ×1.
Konno: Firewood Bundle recipe/craft; separate ¥100 and ¥1,000 chronology is not merged into ¥1,100.
Optional machine materials: Beehive, Brewing Barrel and other construction recipes belong to their own authority pages and are not counted as Helping requirements.
Troubleshooting
Common blockers
FAQ
Helping Ticket questions
When do Helping Tickets unlock?
The Helping Ticket system starts at the Year 1 Spring 16 story milestone. Spring 16 starts the system; it does not complete every Helping event.
How many Helping events are there?
The current canonical dataset derives 12 Helping events from the structured event records. That is not a claim about the number of physical inventory tickets.
Can all Helping events be finished on Spring 16?
No. Individual events have conditional/reference timing, next-day steps, character availability and location dependencies. Chinana is unavailable in the reference Spring 16 flow.
Are Helping Tickets the same as Requests?
No. Helping Events are one-time progression chains. Ordinary Requests are repeatable/dynamic and use a separate system and counter boundary.
Why can't I reach Sumire's Purple Flower or Yoh's fishing area?
Kisuke's Helping progression grants the Copper Pickaxe during acceptance/progression; use it to clear the rockfall before treating those objectives as inaccessible.
Does Yoh unlock Chum?
The shared Fishing Baits record confirms Chum's Spring 16-era Helping boundary but leaves the NPC attribution unresolved. The page does not assign Chum to Yoh as a certainty.
Why is Chinana not available on Spring 16?
The current schedule-aware model treats Spring 17 as an earliest/reference interaction point, not a universal fixed date. Her later follow-up waits for her next valid visit.
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.