Midnight Collection Guide
Village in the Shade Tengu Guide
Tengu (天狗) is a Midnight collection anomaly. Buy the matching candle from the red or blue seller, then search the village for color-linked glowing pickups, materials and random blueprints.
The goal is collection and survival. There is no documented conventional combat clear for Tengu.
English item and anomaly 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.
Short Answer
Buy a candle, then search by color
Tengu becomes much clearer when the seller, candle and pickup color are treated as one route.
Season
Summer onward
Time
Midnight
Red seller
In front of Rokkaku Restaurant
Blue seller
Village; exact spot unpublished
Candle price
¥500 each
Flashlight
Unreliable in this search
Reward path
Random blueprints
Known furniture
4 hanging masks
Seller Locations
Find the two candle sellers
One location is specific; the other remains a village-wide search until a reliable precise pin is available.
赤天狗 · Red Tengu
In front of Rokkaku Restaurant
茶碗亭の前
Speak with the red seller to purchase the Red Candle (赤い蝋燭) for ¥500.
青天狗 · Blue Tengu
Somewhere in the village
村内
The village-wide location is confirmed, but current reliable data does not publish an exact building, road or map pin. Speak with the blue seller to purchase the Blue Candle (青い蝋燭) for ¥500.
Both sellers are tied to the Tengu route. The exact trigger timing, candle purchase limit, candle duration and whether a candle can be reused are not established here.
Step-by-Step Route
How to run a Tengu search
Keep Midnight active and let the candle—not the normal Flashlight—define what you can see.
Enter Midnight
Start from the Midnight exploration system; Tengu is a night-only route.
Find a seller
Use the confirmed Rokkaku Restaurant frontage for Red Tengu; search the village for Blue Tengu.
Buy the match
Red Candle is for the red route; Blue Candle is for the blue route. Each costs ¥500.
Search glowing points
Carry the candle through the village and collect the color-linked pickups and any blueprint that appears.
Candle States
What changes with each candle?
The documented distinction is color visibility and pursuer color, not a stat or difficulty comparison.
No candle
The white state uses white pursuers and does not reveal the red- or blue-linked pickup layer.
赤い蝋燭
Red Candle
The red state uses red pursuers and reveals the matching color-linked glowing pickups. Price: ¥500.
青い蝋燭
Blue Candle
The blue state uses blue pursuers and reveals the matching color-linked glowing pickups. Price: ¥500.
Verified Rewards
Four Night Furniture blueprints
These are obtained through candle-lit glowing search points, not presented as direct seller drops.
Catalog No.2316
Hanging Fox Mask
壁掛け狐面
Random blueprint from candle-revealed village search points.
Catalog No.2317
Hanging Tengu Mask
壁掛け天狗面
Random blueprint from candle-revealed village search points.
Catalog No.2318
Hanging Hannya Mask
壁掛け般若面
Random blueprint from candle-revealed village search points.
Catalog No.2319
Hanging Okame Mask
壁掛けおかめ面
Random blueprint from candle-revealed village search points.
The complete blueprint pool, exact percentages, duplicate handling and guaranteed-new behavior are not published. These four masks are the current verified Tengu Night Furniture relationships.
Lost Books
Two titles are linked to the Tengu research
These links preserve the canonical 55-book dataset rather than inventing a new numbering system.
Lost Book No.28
命の火
Search south of the street vendors near the glowing stone.
Lost Book No.42
仮面のロウソク売り
Search the road between Kisuke's and Yuta's houses.
Ghost Shelf Context
The Tengu Wooden Plaque is a separate setup path
Do not confuse the plaque relationship with the candle search itself.
天狗の木札
Tengu Wooden Plaque
The plaque is associated with Tengu on the Ghost Shelf and can be found through Midnight glowing pickups. Current data does not establish that it is mandatory for every Tengu appearance or that it overrides the Summer-onward season.
Purifying Salt
Purifying Salt (清めの塩) placed on the Ghost Shelf suppresses documented paranormal or anomaly encounters. Use the broader Night Furniture guide for the exact scope boundary.
Review Night Anomalies and shelf relationships →Troubleshooting
Why did the search stall?
FAQ
Tengu questions
What is Tengu in Village in the Shade?
Tengu (天狗) is a Midnight collection and exploration anomaly. Its documented purpose is finding special color-linked materials and random blueprints, not clearing a conventional combat encounter.
When can Tengu appear?
Current data places Tengu from Summer onward, during Midnight exploration. It is not documented as a Summer-only event.
Where is Red Tengu?
Red Tengu (赤天狗) is documented in front of Rokkaku Restaurant (茶碗亭).
Where is Blue Tengu?
Blue Tengu (青天狗) is confirmed somewhere in the village, but a reliable precise location is not currently published.
How much do the candles cost?
Red Candle (赤い蝋燭) and Blue Candle (青い蝋燭) are each documented at ¥500 from their matching seller.
What does each candle reveal?
No candle produces the white state; Red Candle reveals red-linked pickups and Blue Candle reveals blue-linked pickups. The matching color also changes the pursuer’s color state.
Does the Flashlight work during Tengu?
The normal Flashlight may briefly light and then go out during this special search, so it is unreliable for finding the candle-linked pickups.
What rewards can Tengu provide?
The verified Tengu Night Furniture set is four hanging masks, obtained as random blueprints from candle-lit village search points. The complete pool and exact odds are not published.
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.