Village in the Shade · Story & rules

Track the eight village rules and read story context behind a spoiler gate. Rules, memory scenes and endings are different kinds of progression.

PC reference · checked 18 October 2026

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

Eight rules, not eight endings

The achievement table verifies eight rule milestones and a garden-protection milestone. It does not establish eight endings. This page is a progression companion, not a complete ending decision tree.

Choose the mode for the story you want

The standard mode links ordinary village life with nighttime rule-breaking. The safer mode restricts that path. If your aim is the supernatural story, check the mode description at the start rather than expecting the same milestones in both modes.

Follow requests, then investigate

The early route introduces farming and village membership before the first nighttime rule is challenged. Afterward, return to daytime conversations and outstanding requests. Seeing one night event does not automatically satisfy every following chapter condition.

Do not go outside after 11 p.m.
Contribute to village life.
Do not approach strangers.
Do not expose another person’s secrets.
Do not leave the village without permission.
Do not answer voices from the mountains.
Do not search for lost things.
A wish requires a corresponding price.

Show story spoilers

Memories are evidence, not separate endings

Five memory records concern the old man, travelling merchant, hunter, village and carpenter. They connect personal histories to the village mystery. Keep track of what a character recalls separately from what a rule milestone confirms.

The central mystery

The village’s apparent peace is tied to sacrifice, wishes and losses. Later memories revisit a theft involving a sacred object and a sacrifice involving the carpenter’s family. Read these as story revelations, not as a shopping checklist or a reason to discard important items.

零の記憶

ほの暮しモードで記憶を見た

掟の壱

ほの暮しモードで1つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の弐

ほの暮しモードで2つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の参

ほの暮しモードで3つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の肆

ほの暮しモードで4つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の伍

ほの暮しモードで5つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の陸

ほの暮しモードで6つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の漆

ほの暮しモードで7つ目の掟を暴いた

掟の捌

ほの暮しモードで8つ目の掟を暴いた

ほの暮し庭

ほの暮しモードで庭を守った

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.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.

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.

Official game page · Steam language & product details