Guides

Beginner guide: the first days

You play a child the village takes in. Rin is the chief. The official site says you choose Peaceful Life Mode when the game starts. Community guides add a 28-day month and a help ticket around Spring 16.

Last verified: 2026-10-28. Checked against public sources listed below.

Official labels identify the issuer, not independent confirmation. Unless two independent sources are named in a row, treat it as a single-source statement. Community-1 means one source; Community-2 means two community sources.
Fact	Value	Status	Sources
Mode select	Chosen when the game starts	Official	NIS America
Month length	28 days; four months make a year	Community-1	AppMedia
Help ticket	Around Spring 16	Community-1	AppMedia beginner guide
First tools	Dog whistle, storage, workbench mentioned in that guide	Community-1	AppMedia

Daytime farm plot in Village in the Shade with cabbage rows, a cow, and stone walls

Thatched house with neat vegetable beds and a dirt yard

Game screenshots: © Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. / NIS America, Inc. Source: official Steam listing.

Village in the Shade gameplay footage Official Nippon Ichi Software video. Click to load YouTube.

A first-week order that has a source

Meet Komako, talk to Rin, and take the field she offers. The official profile says that field comes from her.

AppMedia’s chart then points at a dog whistle, a storage box, and a workbench, with a help ticket around the 16th of Spring. That schedule is one guide’s map.

Crops die when the season ends. That line is also from the AppMedia calendar note.

Pick the mode on purpose

Peaceful Life Mode, also called Village in the Sunshine in some English copy and あんしん暮しモード in Japanese, removes the night threat. Community pages say you cannot switch later. The publisher only states that you choose it at the start.

Sources and verification

Source review updated 2026-10-28. Publisher statements and store listings may share a source; two links alone do not establish independent confirmation. Unless an independent cross-check is explicitly identified, treat a named publisher or store claim as a single-source statement. Access restrictions and disagreements are marked in the article.

S38: AppMedia — community beginner guidehttps://appmedia.jp/honogurashi/80254285
S55: VillageInTheShade.com — fan Peaceful Life Mode guidehttps://villageintheshade.com/modes/village-in-the-sunshine
S22: Noisy Pixel — editorial reviewhttps://noisypixel.net/village-in-the-shade-review/
S50: Steam Community — player reviewshttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3934250/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated

Questions

What should I do first?

Talk to Komako and Rin and take the first field. Then read the rules before you explore at night.

How long is a month?

AppMedia says 28 days. The official site does not print that number.

Can I change difficulty later?

The publisher says you choose the safe mode at the start. Two community guides say it cannot be changed. No patch note confirms a toggle.

Is it single-player?

Yes.

Where do I learn the rules?

The village rules page, with each rule’s confidence marked.

Updated 2026-10-28.