Midnight Event Guide
Village in the Shade Headless Japanese Doll Guide
Find the Headless Japanese Doll (頭のとれた日本人形) behind the Library during Midnight, place it anywhere inside your house, and wait several days. When it disappears on a later Midnight, go to the village entrance and follow the moving doll toward the Hunter Lodge. Investigate where it stops to recover the doll, the Japanese Doll Blueprint and the Japanese Doll Head.
You can use those parts at the Workbench to craft the repaired Japanese Doll.
English item and location names currently follow the site's Japanese-release terminology and may be updated after the official English localization can be verified on October 27, 2026.
Headless Japanese Doll — Short Answer
Where to find it
Behind the Library
When
During Midnight
What to do
Place anywhere at home
Wait
Several in-game days
Trigger signal
The doll disappears
Next location
Village entrance
Follow
Toward the Hunter Lodge
Final rewards
3 key items
頭のとれた日本人形
Headless Japanese Doll
日本人形の設計図
Japanese Doll Blueprint
日本人形の頭
Japanese Doll Head
Important trigger
The Doll Disappearing Is Part of the Event
If the Headless Japanese Doll vanishes from your house after several days, do not assume it was lost. Go to the village entrance during Midnight and look for the moving doll.
The complete chain
Find → place → wait → follow → repair
Finding the doll is only the first step. Keep the house trigger and the later moving-doll sequence together.
Find
Find the Headless Japanese Doll behind the Library during Midnight.
Place
Put it anywhere inside your house. No special room or furniture slot is documented.
Wait
Wait several in-game days. The exact universal delay is not currently confirmed.
Check
When it disappears on a later Midnight, go to the village entrance.
Follow
Find the moving doll and follow it toward the Hunter Lodge.
Investigate
Investigate where it stops near the Hunter Lodge to receive the three key results.
Craft
Use the recovered parts and Cloth at the Workbench to craft the Japanese Doll.
Step 1
Find the Headless Japanese Doll Behind the Library
During Midnight, check behind the Library near the stored-object area.
The Japanese event guide places the pickup behind the Library at the area with the fire-extinguisher box and cardboard boxes. The doll can only be picked up during Midnight.
Canonical wording: Behind the Library near the fire-extinguisher box and stored cardboard boxes.
Availability status
Midnight is verified; extra gate is not
No additional season, story, specific-date or separate Midnight-unlock requirement is published for this event in the current evidence. The page therefore does not invent one.
Steps 2–4
Place It, Wait, Then Check the Village Entrance
The disappearance from your house is a progression signal, not a failure state.
02 · Placed
Anywhere inside your house
You do not need a specific room or furniture slot—the doll can be placed anywhere inside your home.
03 · Waiting
Wait several days
The next phase does not start immediately. The exact number of days, and whether the delay is fixed or random, remains unresolved.
04 · Disappeared
Go to the village entrance
When the doll disappears on a later Midnight, go to the village entrance and look for the moving doll.
Steps 5–6
Follow the Moving Doll Toward the Hunter Lodge
When you find the moving doll at the village entrance, follow it without losing track of it.
Follow
Do not stop at the entrance
The doll moves on its own. Follow it toward the Hunter Lodge (狩人詰所) and investigate the place where it finally stops.
Final stop
Near the Hunter Lodge
The current source confirms the Hunter Lodge area, but not a more precise landmark or coordinate. This page keeps the final location broad rather than inventing one.
Step 7 · Final investigation
Collect the Doll, Head and Blueprint
Investigate where the moving doll stops near the Hunter Lodge.
Obtained
Headless Japanese Doll
頭のとれた日本人形
Midnight event pickup behind the Library; recovered again at the final investigation point.
Catalog No.2359
Obtained
Japanese Doll Blueprint
日本人形の設計図
Final investigation point after following the moving doll near the Hunter Lodge.
Blueprint record · no Catalog number asserted
Obtained
Japanese Doll Head
日本人形の頭
Final investigation point after following the moving doll near the Hunter Lodge.
Catalog No.2360
The Headless Japanese Doll is obtained again at the final investigation point. Placing it in your house does not permanently consume the event item.
Step 8 · Workbench
Craft the Repaired Japanese Doll
The Japanese Doll Blueprint permits the repaired doll recipe; use the canonical ingredient records below.
Workbench
Japanese Doll
日本人形 · Night Furniture · Catalog No.2327
×1
Headless Japanese Doll
頭のとれた日本人形
×1
Japanese Doll Head
日本人形の頭
×1
Cloth
布
The recipe uses exactly these three materials: Headless Japanese Doll ×1, Japanese Doll Head ×1 and Cloth ×1.
Unlock check
Blueprint + Workbench
If you have the parts but cannot craft the Japanese Doll, check that the Japanese Doll Blueprint has been obtained or registered and that you are using the Workbench. No extra wood, glue, thread, money or skill requirement is asserted.
Open the Crafting Guide →If you lose the event
The moving doll can be retried
Losing sight of the moving doll is not documented as a permanent missable failure.
Return to the original pickup area
Current Japanese guide data says that, later, you can return behind the Library to the place where the doll was left and pick up the Headless Japanese Doll again.
Retry timing is not published precisely. The source does not establish whether this works during the same Midnight or exactly how many days must pass.
What is still unresolved?
- Exact retry timing
- Whether house placement must be repeated after a failed follow
- Whether the completed event can recur
- Any special 05:00 behavior for this sequence
Troubleshooting
Why Isn't the Headless Japanese Doll Event Progressing?
Check the state of the chain before treating the event as broken.
Do not reload or replace the doll as the primary fix. First check the village entrance during Midnight, then use the Library-side retry behavior if the moving doll was lost.
Relationships
Where this event fits
This page owns the acquisition and repair chain; related guides own their broader systems.
Midnight Exploration
Midnight is the exploration system and owns the global 06:00 forced-return boundary.
Open Midnight Exploration →Night Anomalies
Headless Japanese Doll remains a related Midnight event and does not change the main 9-anomaly count.
Open Night Anomalies →Night Furniture
The completed Japanese Doll is Night Furniture. The Ghost Shelf/plaque collection overview remains on its system page.
Open Night Furniture →FAQ
Headless Japanese Doll questions
Where do I find the Headless Japanese Doll?
During Midnight, check behind the Library near the fire-extinguisher box and stored cardboard boxes.
What do I do with the Headless Japanese Doll?
Place it anywhere inside your house, then wait several in-game days.
Why did the doll disappear from my house?
The disappearance is the event trigger. Go to the village entrance during Midnight and look for the moving doll.
Where does the moving doll go?
It leads toward the Hunter Lodge. Follow it and investigate the place where it stops.
What if I lose the moving doll?
The event is not permanently missable on current Japanese guide evidence. Return later to the original pickup area behind the Library and pick up the doll again to retry.
Where do I get the Japanese Doll Head?
Follow the moving doll to its final stop near the Hunter Lodge and investigate that location.
How do I get the Japanese Doll Blueprint?
It is obtained at the same final investigation point near the Hunter Lodge.
How do I craft the repaired Japanese Doll?
At the Workbench, use Headless Japanese Doll ×1, Japanese Doll Head ×1 and Cloth ×1 after the Japanese Doll Blueprint is obtained.
Is the event permanently missable?
Losing sight of the moving doll does not permanently lock the event according to current Japanese guide data. Full repeatability after completion is not verified.
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.