Midnight Anomaly Guide
Village in the Shade Yuki-onna Guide
Yuki-onna (雪女) is a snowy-weather Midnight puzzle, not a direct combat encounter. You begin while carrying a baby (赤子), find the active grave from 3 possible locations, and place the baby in front of it. Putting the baby down makes scouting easier but triggers a female ghost chase.
English anomaly and item 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.
Yuki-onna — Short Answer
Weather
Snow
Time
Midnight
Active grave
1 of 3 locations
Completion
Place baby at grave
While carrying baby
Slower movement
Normal pickup
Disabled
If baby is put down
Female ghost pursuit
Useful reset
Leave → re-enter
Night Furniture
雪だるま · 雪うさぎ
Lost Books
No.30 · No.44
Wooden plaque
None documented
Do Not Fight Yuki-onna
This is a grave-search puzzle. The encounter ends by bringing the baby to the correct grave, not by defeating Yuki-onna with a weapon. The female ghost is a pursuit hazard; no HP, damage value or required kill is documented here.
Encounter flow
How to clear the snowy Midnight grave puzzle
01
Confirm Snow + Midnight
The documented gate is snowy weather during Midnight. Snow enables the event; it is not published here as a Winter-only guarantee.
02
Choose your carry route
Keeping the baby avoids the female ghost chase but slows movement and blocks normal ground-item pickup.
03
Check the three grave areas
The active grave is not fixed. Search the three map-marker areas below and look for the grave interaction rather than a combat target.
04
Scout only if needed
Put the baby down only when the slower carry state makes searching impractical. A female ghost then begins pursuing you.
05
Leave and re-enter
Once the grave is identified, leave the village and re-enter. The documented reset route restores the baby-carrying start state.
06
Place the baby
Carry the baby to the active grave and place it in front of the grave. That completes the encounter; nearby baby-like anomaly creatures disappear.
Where is the grave?
Check the three possible grave locations
AppMedia's location map confirms three village markers. The current repository has no stable location-ID dataset or coordinate system, so these are map-relative landmarks rather than invented coordinates or official English place names.
Candidate 1
North-central village road
Use the road north of the 樹木建設 area as the first sweep.
Candidate 2
Central clinic-side road
Check the central road west / north-west of くすのき診療所.
Candidate 3
South-east village road
Check the lower road south-east of くすのき診療所, toward the southern village buildings.
Important: the three markers identify candidate areas, not a permanent grave coordinate. The active grave is selected for the encounter, and no exact visual cue beyond finding the grave interaction is asserted.
Keep carrying or scout first?
Safer
Keep carrying
No drop-triggered chase, but slower movement.
Faster search
Put baby down
Normal movement for scouting, with pursuit.
Fast finish
Scout + reset
Re-enter holding the baby again.
What happens if you put the baby down?
A female ghost (女幽霊) begins chasing you. This is not documented as instant failure and it is not a reason to fight the ghost. Use the time to identify the active grave, then leave the village and re-enter to restore the carry state.
Exact speed, contact damage, direct defeat method and pickup-again behavior remain open research questions.
The village reset trick
1
Put baby down
Only if you need to scout faster.
2
Find the grave
Identify which candidate is active.
3
Leave village
Exit the village area.
4
Re-enter
Start again holding the baby and head to the known grave.
The Japanese guide advice and the canonical anomaly note support this practical reset route. They do not establish a separate save reload, sleep, new-snow-day or permanent-random-seed rule, so none is claimed here.
Verified Yuki-onna rewards
雪だるま
Snowman — listed as Yuki-onna-linked Night Furniture. Guarantee and duplicate behavior are not verified.
雪うさぎ
Snow Rabbit — listed as Yuki-onna-linked Night Furniture. A separate gameplay report observed this reward, but this page does not claim it is the only or guaranteed outcome.
These are verified associations, not a complete loot table. Use the Night Furniture guide for the broader Catalog relationship.
No Yuki-onna wooden plaque
The current five documented Ghost Shelf plaque targets are 達磨, 手の目, 百目, 天狗 and 野槌. No 雪女の木札 is currently documented, and no plaque is required for this encounter.
Review the broad Night Anomalies index →Related Lost Books
No.30 · 口伝「真白き女」: the canonical record places it near the center of the Deer Hunting Ground and relates it to Yuki-onna.
No.44 · 雪夜の女と赤子: the canonical record places it near Hasumi and Sumire's home and relates it to Yuki-onna.
Open the Lost Books guide →Midnight timing boundary
This page owns the snowy-Midnight puzzle, not the whole night system. For the general 05:00 encounter nuance and the 06:00 forced return, use the dedicated system guide.
Open Midnight Exploration →Why cannot I clear Yuki-onna?
Yuki-onna questions
When does Yuki-onna appear?
Yuki-onna can appear during Midnight under snowy weather conditions. Do not treat every Winter Midnight as a guaranteed Yuki-onna encounter.
How do I beat Yuki-onna?
Find the active grave from the three possible locations, carry the baby there and place the baby in front of the correct grave. This is a delivery puzzle, not a direct combat encounter.
Where is the Yuki-onna grave?
The grave is not fixed. One of three candidate village locations is active for the encounter. Use the three map-marker areas in the grave section rather than searching one permanent coordinate.
Why am I moving slowly?
Carrying the baby reduces movement speed during the encounter.
Why cannot I pick up items?
Normal ground-item pickup is disabled while you are carrying the baby. This does not mean every encounter interaction is disabled.
What happens if I put the baby down?
A female ghost (女幽霊) begins pursuing you. Putting the baby down is not instant failure, so it can be used for a deliberate scouting route.
Can I search for the grave without carrying the baby?
Yes. The documented scouting route puts the baby down, searches the three candidate areas and then leaves and re-enters the village. The female ghost pursuit is the tradeoff.
What is the Yuki-onna reset trick?
After identifying the grave, leave the village and re-enter. The documented route starts you with the baby again so you can head directly toward the grave you found. Exact save-reload or sleep behavior is not claimed.
How many grave locations are there?
Three possible locations are documented for the active grave.
What rewards are associated with Yuki-onna?
Current sources associate the encounter with Night Furniture including 雪だるま and 雪うさぎ. The complete pool, guarantee status and duplicate rules are not independently established.
Does Yuki-onna have a Ghost Shelf plaque?
No Yuki-onna plaque is currently documented among the five known Ghost Shelf wooden plaques.
Which Lost Books are related?
The canonical related records are No.30 口伝「真白き女」 and No.44 雪夜の女と赤子. Their relation does not automatically make either book a Snow-only spawn.
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.