What Village in the Sunshine mode changes

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

TopicVillage in the Sunshine modeVillage in the Shade mode
Horror events & late-night exploringOffOn
Main storyPartly rewritten, without the full mysteryThe full mystery
Villager heartsUp to stage 3Up to stage 6
Dinners with villagersYesYes
Staying the nightNoYes
Max health & staminaBought at Tagami General StoreRaised by late-night offerings
Magatama, Bronze Mirror & SwordA tenth of the price at TagamiFull price
Rain WhistleNot availableLearned at the 6th late-night offering to the Lord
Quarry floor 120No bossA 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.
See each one's price and what it raises

Magatama, Bronze Mirrors and Swords at a tenth of the price

Tagami General Store

Both modes sell them; what's on sale and how many change from day to day.

ItemSunshineShade
MagatamaRain Magatama, Twin Magatama, Child Magatama¥150each¥1,500each
Bronze Mirror¥250¥2,500
Sword¥500¥5,000

Extra stock

Only furniture recipes you haven't learned go on sale; which recipes and outfits are there changes from day to day.

Tagami General StoreExtra furniture recipes30
Street VendorClothes, headwear and hairstyles34
ChawanteiSimmered Pumpkin¥450

03 / Villagers & story

Villagers and the story

Villagers

Hearts
Up to stage 3
Dinners
As usual: the invitation comes after the stage 3 event
Staying the night
No
See the villagers' heart events

The village

Nago moves in
Through an event only this mode has
Hokora repair
As usual, with the same facilities and rewards
Quarry
No boss on floor 120
More farmland and story rewardsSpoilers
More farmland
Once Nago lives in the village and you've bought all the usual extra plots, a letter comes; buy more land where it says.
Your birthday
Once you've reached Year 2, a letter comes from the day after Nago moves in; then you can set your birthday.
Recipe letter
The chicken event brings one more letter, with the recipe for the Mayo Processor.
Rain Whistle
Not available: it's only learned from late-night offerings to the Lord in Village in the Shade mode, and buying all 5 scales doesn't give it.

04 / Not available

What you can't get

142 in all, among them the cursed crops and fish, the night furniture and the lost books. The red and black carp lanterns are in there too.

Open a group to see it; tap a name for the item's page.

Cursed Crops18
Cursed Fish6
Cursed Items17
Night Furniture33
Lost Books54
Lost Book: MysticalLost Book: DecreeLost Book: KagatsuLost Book: FugitiveLost Book: CalamityLost Book: UnbelieverLost Book: SoporificLost Book: God AboveLost Book: NamelessLost Book: Half-TornLost Book: ClothLost Book: SongLost Book: MacheteLost Book: WealthLost Book: GrotesqueLost Book: FireLost Book: DiaryLost Book: MurderLost Book: BovineLost Book: RodentLost Book: KitsuneLost Book: Fool's GoldLost Book: Pond LordLost Book: LamplightLost Book: DarumaLost Book: Black FigureLost Book: SnakeLost Book: Light of LifeLost Book: Sedge-HatLost Book: WomanLost Book: GuardiansLost Book: ChildLost Book: Last WillLost Book: VowLost Book: DiseaseLost Book: RitualLost Book: WishLost Book: I See YouLost Book: One-EyedLost Book: MistLost Book: SerpentLost Book: CandleLost Book: RainbogeyLost Book: SnowLost Book: TurtlesLost Book: God BelowLost Book: JournalLost Book: DaikonLost Book: NoticeLost Book: One-WayLost Book: UpdateLost Book: TreasureLost Book: TravelerLost Book: Footfalls
Farm Tools5
Wall Decor3
Key Items2
Small Items1
Other3

Related

More guides

All guides
40 Things to Know at the StartWhich choices you can't undo and what to do first: modes, saving, farming, money and tool upgrades.31 Tips for Later OnMoney, sprinklers, the greenhouse and more once you're settled in.Making Money: What to Do Early and Later OnFishing and requests early on; later, flowers into royal jelly, mulberry leaves into silk and crops into drinks, and how to plan the year.The Quarry: What Each Floor Holds and How to Go DownWhich pickaxe each rock needs, how to dig efficiently, which floors the ores and gems come from, which gems to keep, and the boss and the hot spring.

Data updated: 2026-11-03