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Yokai and apparitions

After dark the mountain sends apparitions. Official pages confirm the night search. Names, spawn rules, and the floor-120 centipede come from community bestiaries. Spoilers start below the facts.

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
Night search	Flashlight and lost items	Official	Nippon Ichi midnight page
Vanish time	5:00 a.m.	Community-2	Ludens yokai table; Steam review comments
Roster	8 main apparitions plus others	Community-2	AppMedia list; Ludens table
Quarry boss	One-eyed giant centipede on floor 120	Community-1	AppMedia bestiary only; not found on the cited Ludens yokai page
Counters	Purifying salt, wooden tags, straw doll	Community-1	Ludens only

Night exploration in a stone alley, with a small character holding a blade

Dusk cliff path where a character carries a light above the trees

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

Spoiler: what players report

Reviews say one kind of apparition appears each night, and that you are sent home rather than given a death screen. Salt on the shelf is said to keep the night quiet. Wooden tags are said to force a specific encounter. A straw doll is said to take one hit.

Those countermeasures are one guide. The 5 a.m. vanish line has a second mention in Steam reviews.

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.

S39: AppMedia — community anomaly guidehttps://appmedia.jp/honogurashi/80258122
S35: Ludens — community yokai guidehttps://guide.ludens.com.tw/honogurashi/yokai/
S50: Steam Community — player reviewshttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3934250/reviews/?browsefilter=toprated
S5: Nippon Ichi Software — midnight explorationhttps://nippon1.jp/consumer/honogurashi/midnight.html

Questions

Is this a horror guide?

It describes the night system. The scare level is on the horror page.

Can I skip yokai?

Peaceful Life Mode removes the night threat.

What drops at night?

The official midnight page says unfamiliar lost objects may be found, without naming them in its text. Specific objects are community-reported.

How many yokai are there?

Community lists say eight main ones, plus others, plus the quarry boss.

Are names localized?

These are community translations. An official public English bestiary was not found, so localized names remain unresolved.

Updated 2026-10-28.