Village in the Shade · Wiki & tools

Plan your farm by day and your next safe route by night. Search item data, calculate recipe materials and prepare for specific supernatural encounters in Kagatsu.

PC reference · checked 18 October 2026

Japanese in-game item names are retained on this English page.

Start with the farming notes if you want a stable routine. Use the material planner before committing resources; use the encounter checklist before committing a night. Numbers come from gameplay tables, while recommendations explain the trade-off rather than promising one universally best route.

2,908 Item database313 Crafting & cooking16 Yokai guide

Beginner guideA practical opening route: control the size of your field, protect your seed budget, unlock useful requests and prepare food before exploring after dark.Crops & farmingChoose seeds by season and growing surface. Compare base prices, read the in-game planting notes and separate ordinary crops from cursed-crop experiments.Item databaseSearch the current item catalog by name or category. Find planting notes, acquisition clues and base prices without confusing shop cost with shipping value.Crafting & cookingBrowse 195 crafting and 118 cooking recipes. Check output quantities and ingredient requirements, then send a recipe directly to the material planner.Material plannerCalculate the ingredients needed for a target output, subtract your inventory and see the remaining shopping or gathering list for one recipe.Crop profit calculatorEstimate one planting batch using decoded seed costs and base crop shipping values. Adjust yield, actual sale price and extra costs to your own farm.Yokai guideRecognize each encounter before choosing a tool. These routes prioritize the condition that ends the event, rather than treating every yokai as a combat target.Night checklistChoose the encounter you are preparing for and tick off tools, recovery supplies and route checks. Progress is saved in this browser, not in your game save.Garden layoutBuild around daily travel, animal access and harvesting first. Use functional zones for crops, processing, livestock and decoration without blocking useful paths.Story & rulesTrack the eight village rules and read story context behind a spoiler gate. Rules, memory scenes and endings are different kinds of progression.

Version & evidence

Independent guide. Item names and descriptions use the Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean game text. The English guide currently retains Japanese item names; it does not claim an official English glossary. Base prices exclude quality, skills and shop modifiers. Database presence does not guarantee that an item is already unlocked.

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