How time, deadlines and day/night work

The campaign premise gives Coen 30 days and 30 nights to save his family. Daytime and nighttime open different possibilities. Treat the next phase change as a planning boundary, rather than assuming all remaining time is interchangeable.

Before learning an ability, read both its point requirement and time cost. Our recommendation is to decide which encounter or route that upgrade will help with, then spend the time deliberately.

PowerPyx’s September 2 guide describes using Wait at a shrine to advance time. Standing idle does not advance it. This launch-period procedure has not yet been tested by Kingy.

1. Check the target’s sun/moon requirement and journal deadline; keep a separate save.
2. Reach a usable shrine and interact with it.
3. Inspect the Wait option and any displayed time information before selecting it. Stop if the cost is unclear.
4. Check the new phase, remaining time and quest state, then revisit the objective.

Published Withering Away totals disagree: some summaries count the visit to Anca, while another route includes a later medicine step separately. The Page-Turner branch adds another decision. Check every live prompt rather than budgeting the entire quest from one number.

The saved checklist records completed milestones. It does not simulate the game clock, predict every branch, or guarantee that every quest fits into one run.