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About Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
In Yog‑Sothoth’s Yard you inherit a long‑abandoned villa and turn it into a hotel. You hire unusual staff—Death, a dragon alchemist, a spirit‑hunter chef, and a bioroid maid—while strange guests arrive with mysterious events.
Wealth is built through mining, forest foraging, alchemy, and restaurant management. Oracles grant powers but may lower sanity, and your choices shape the world, leading to up to twenty‑three different endings.
01 / THE GUIDE
Hotel Construction
The dilapidated villa can be expanded into a luxurious hotel with multiple rooms. You can customize exclusive rooms for core staff, reflecting a boss who is heartless to customers but kind to employees.
Room design is visual and narrative; the game describes the villa’s transformation and the ability to tailor spaces for each team member without specifying hidden mechanics.
- Observe how each staff member reacts to room changes; dialogue may hint at future events.
- Balance aesthetic upgrades with functional needs to keep the hotel profitable.
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Forest Development
Beyond the hotel lies an expansive forest that, when developed, provides a variety of ingredients for the restaurant. Proper development yields plants and animals useful for cooking and alchemy.
Your cat form must explore the forest to gather abundant resources, which then supply the restaurant with ingredients as described in the source.
- Prioritize clearing forest areas that produce rare ingredients for higher‑value dishes.
- Track which forest zones yield the most alchemy‑relevant materials.
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Alchemy Workshop
Yevna the Dragon Alchemist works in the alchemy workshop, producing items that can preserve sanity. Raising your alchemy skill level unlocks more powerful creations, eventually allowing the crafting of transcendent items such as the Philosopher's Stone.
Collecting alchemy formulas is essential; they act as key items for sanity preservation and enable advanced crafting as the game explains.
- Maintain good relations with the dragon alchemist to keep production steady.
- Gather formulas early to ensure a supply of sanity‑preserving items.
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Employee Recruitment
You can hire a bioroid maid, a trainee Death, a dragon alchemist, and a spirit‑hunter chef, each with distinct backstories and personalities. Their stories unfold as you interact with them, influencing the narrative.
Some staff have unique options, such as the "Slaughter" toggle for Death, which the source presents as a choice for the player.
- Read each employee’s dialogue to uncover hidden story threads.
- Experiment with the "Slaughter" toggle to see how it changes interactions.
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Oracle Predictions & Sanity
Oracles provide predictions that can grant extraordinary powers, but consulting them may decrease your sanity level. Managing sanity is crucial to avoid confronting the truth too soon.
Balancing the benefits of oracle insights against the risk to sanity shapes strategic decisions throughout the game, as the description advises.
- Limit oracle consultations when sanity is already low.
- Use alchemical items that preserve sanity to offset oracle costs.
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