Village in the Shade: what Village in the Sunshine mode changes: horror and late nights, villager hearts, the extra recipes and outfits in the shops, cut-price magatama and mirrors, and the 142 items you can't get.
How is it different from Village in the Shade mode?
Farming, animals, fishing, hunting and village life stay; the horror events and late-night exploring are switched off. The mystery, villager hearts and some collectibles change with them.
You choose at the start and can't switch later.For the whole mystery and the late-night exploring, pick Village in the Shade mode.
01 / Differences
The main differences
Topic
Village in the Sunshine mode
Village in the Shade mode
Horror events & late-night exploring
Off
On
Main story
Partly rewritten, without the full mystery
The full mystery
Villager hearts
Up to stage 3
Up to stage 6
Dinners with villagers
Yes
Yes
Staying the night
No
Yes
Max health & stamina
Bought at Tagami General Store
Raised by late-night offerings
Magatama, Bronze Mirror & Sword
A tenth of the price at Tagami
Full price
Rain Whistle
Not available
Learned at the 6th late-night offering to the Lord
Quarry floor 120
No boss
A boss
02 / Shops
What changes in the shops?
Health and stamina: buy the items
Tagami General Store
The scales and the tofu go on sale one at a time, and you can keep buying the same day.
Lord's Scale×5
Health38hearts
All of them¥39,500
Fox's Fried Tofu×4
Stamina15bars
All of them¥19,500
Both, all of them¥59,000
When
Spring 5 of Year 1 at the earliest: once you've made your first harvest, an offering at the altar and the general store's shopping tutorial. If the story runs late, so does this.
The next one
After buying one, close the buy menu and open it again and the next is there; no need to wait a day.