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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Crops Database
Search crops, flowers, fruit trees and greenhouse plants by season, price, growth time and unlock.
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Processing Database
Compare machines, processing time, output quantity and value added per machine-day.
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Resources Database
Find forage, hunting drops, ores and useful materials by season and location.
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Building Commissions
Plan commission reserves and learn which reward associations can help with progression.
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Buildings Database
Compare construction costs, materials, build times, capacities, house renovations and special facility unlocks.
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Shops Guide
Check shop hours, closed days, prices, seasonal stock, livestock unlocks, restaurant food and hunting licenses.
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Beginner Guide
Start with the right first-week priorities, early money methods, tool order, mistakes to avoid and what to unlock first.
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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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Tool Upgrade Guide
Learn the Anvil, upgrade molds, Copper to Meteor Iron tiers, best tool order and when to save ore instead of selling it.
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Tools Database
Find every main farming, mining, hunting and exploration tool, where to unlock it, and what upgrades change.
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Cooking Guide
Learn recipe unlocks, Rokkaku diner meals, best recovery foods, cooking stations and when food should be eaten, gifted or sold.
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Crafting Guide
Find machine unlocks, recipe sources, processing equipment, Sprinklers, Barrels, Furnaces and useful crafting priorities.
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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
Find the best current money routes, what to sell, what to keep and when processing beats raw sales.
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Best Crops Guide
Compare the strongest crops by season, including direct sale, processing, crop quality and regrowing-crop tradeoffs.
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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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Glowing Mice Guide
Learn how Cheese, the Hoe, Mouse Ancient Coins and the eastern well all connect.
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Livestock Guide
Learn animals, shelters, affection, S rank problems and current livestock bugs.
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Mining Guide
Find the best floors for Copper, Iron, Gold, Meteor Iron and more efficient Quarry runs.
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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 all 14 villagers by liked and disliked items, birthdays, gift sources and reverse item reactions.
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Night Anomaly Database
Search midnight anomalies by season, weather, location, trigger type, required tools and solution style.
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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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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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Rare Deer Guide
Learn how to identify Rare Deer, how to hunt it and what is still unknown about spawning.
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Scarecrow and Fertilizer Guide
Learn 5x5 scarecrow coverage, 28-day duration and what fertilizer really changes.
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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.
Beginner Hub
A first-year orientation page covering what to do first, which systems to unlock early, the best opening tool priorities and how not to stall your save.
Fishing Hub
A true fishing hub covering fish locations, season and time filters, rare white fish, cursed fish, ponds and which catches should be sold or kept.
Tool Upgrade Hub
A focused tool-upgrade page covering the Anvil, molds, major metal tiers, best upgrade order and when Pickaxe, Axe or Watering Can should come first.
Tools Database
A complete handheld tool reference covering unlock routes, functions, story uses and the five main upgrade families.
Cooking Hub
A cooking and recipe hub covering station unlocks, diner learning, villager recipes, recovery foods and the key difference between cooking and processing.
Crafting Hub
A machine and processing hub covering unlock sources, Shrines, villagers, Sprinklers, Barrels, Furnaces and what to build first.
Farming Hub
A real farming hub covering soil types, crop quality, Scarecrows, Sprinklers, Greenhouse planning and common crop problems.
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.
Processing Guide
A practical Miso guide covering Soybeans, Edamame timing, the Aging Barrel and common mistakes.
Night Secret Guide
A short exact-answer guide covering Glowing Mice, Cheese, the Hoe, Mouse Ancient Coins and the 30-coin well reward.
Livestock Hub
A livestock hub covering shelters, feeding, affection, product quality, fair ranks and current bugs.
Mining Hub
A targeted Quarry guide covering best floors, checkpoints, Pickaxe priorities and ore routing.
Birthday Calendar
A complete villager birthday calendar with useful gifts, seasonal planning and cautious birthday-bonus guidance.
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 practical scarecrow and fertilizer guide covering seasonal farming, 5x5 coverage and crop quality.
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
- First Week Priorities
Farming and Livestock
Crop growth, soil types, watering, crop quality and animal care from released-game guides.
- Preparing farmland
- Seeds and planting
- Watering crops
- Raising animals
Fishing and Hunting
Locations, seasons, gear, licenses and materials for fishing and hunting routes.
- How fishing works
- Fishing spots
- How hunting works
- Useful materials
Village Life
Kagatsu Village, daily routines, shops and the people who live there.
- Kagatsu Village map
- Shops and services
- Seasonal events
- Home decoration
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
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.
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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.