Yume Nisshi (夢日誌)/guide

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=Effects Guide=

This guide shows the fastest way to collect the effects. You can obtain all of the effects without having already unlocked the five extra doors in the Nexus, but unlocking them will allow you to travel much shorter distances.

Scrapbook (スクラップブック)
Save anywhere

In Usotsuki's dream room interact with the bookshelf to get effect.

Match (マッチ)
Become a match Appearance: Usotsuki's head turns into a match.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) The match is lit. Pressing it again will blow out the flame and she will be left with a black burnt-out head. Pressing it a third time will bring it back to red.

Location: Found in Snow World.

Practical Uses: Can be used in the Dark Maze to make the paths much easier to see, as well as being crucial to finding effects like the Rabbit and doing other things. It can also be used to kill Hanabatake, unique in it's ability to kill an NPC outside of using the Nail bat.

In the Snow World, walk downwards until you hit a brick wall, and interact with a nearby girl wearing winter clothing to obtain the effect.

Nail Bat (釘バット)
Have a nail bat Appearance: Usotsuki holds a nail bat.

Passive Effect: NPCs may move away from her.

Action: None.

Location: Found in School.

Practical Uses: This effect allows Usotsuki to kill or injure NPCs (which sometimes leave behind money).

In the Snow World, walk right until you find a floating stained glass window. Interact with it to enter the church, then go straight up and enter the doors to the School. Go up to the 4th floor of this place and head to the reverse side of the room, head inside the center door there and interact with the nail bat behind the closet.

Porcelain Doll (ビスクドール)
Become a doll Appearance: Usotsuki's hair becomes longer, and she is dressed in a pink doll outfit with a pink bow on head. If you are in possession of the Chocolate, a dripping heart will appear beside the entrance to Usotsuki's dream room on her dream veranda: interacting with it while the effect is equipped enables you to toggle the pattern on her dress between brown plaid and pink.

Passive Effect: The woman who makes up half of the Faceless Couple may follow you around; reversely, it will repel the man.

Action: (Shift) Causes Usotsuki to curtsy.

Location: Found in Doll Room.

Practical Uses: None.

Traverse the Dark Maze until you find blue double doors to the Blue Box World. Find a box with a flashing light and interact with it, then search for a small doll with a face and interact with it to obtain the effect.

Alternatively, enter the Desert World, go straight up and enter the box you find to the Crimson World; head right and interact with the capillary to enter the Doll World. From there you just need to search for the doll that gives you the effect.

Twintails (おさげ)
Tie twintails Appearance: Usotsuki tied her hair in pigtails or braids.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Usotsuki sits down/stands back up again.

Location: Found on the Strange Rooftop.

Practical Uses: None.

Traverse the Dark Maze, going mostly up, until you find a white thorny tree. Interact with this to enter Silent Hill. From the entrance go in a northwest direction until you find a large hole in the ground; enter this hole to the Snow Stack World. Go southeast to a tower, go inside, and head upwards to the roof. Depending on whether you interact with the red or blue ribbon you will get a different type of hairstyle; interact with the red ribbon for braids and the blue ribbon for pigtails.

Rabbit (うさぎ)
Become a rabbit Appearance: Usotsuki head changes into a rabbit's head, with floppy ears.

Passive Effect: Usotsuki travels at double her walking speed.

Action: (Shift) Usotsuki bounces.

Location: Found in Rose Garden.

Practical Uses: Can be used to travel through the dream world a lot faster, chase fast-moving NPCs and escape from Chasers a lot easier.

Travel from the Snow World to the Church and head straight up until you see a little red dot; interact with the dot and head left until you find a candle. Light the candle with the Match Effect and head right; you should enter the Rose Garden. From the entrance head up, up, right, and down, and then interact with the rabbit you should find.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Red Sea World, go inside and find a tree that will take you to the Rose Garden, and from there search until you find the rabbit.

Flower Crown (花かんむり)
Wear a flower crown Appearance: Usotsuki has a large white rose on top of her head.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Causes pollen to spray out.

Location: Found in Mural World.

Practical Uses: Can be leave up to 5 markers (i.e., pollen puffs) in the air, similar to the Poop Hair effect from Yume Nikki.

Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World and search until you find a crystal inside one of the boxes. Interact with this and then find a red tower with a door in the side; go straight down the hall to the end and interact with the crystal there. Go straight and interact with the star to enter the Mural World, and then search around until you find a white flower in front of one of the murals; interact with this to obtain the effect.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Mural World, then you can go straight there from the Nexus.

Horns (ツノ)
Grow horns Appearance: Usotsuki has brown horns.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Causes a red orb to appear between the horns.

Location: Found in White Plains.

Practical Uses: Can be used to make some NPCs stop moving, just like Yume Nikki's Stoplight.

Go from the Snow World to the church to the school. Head to the basement and head to the hospital; from here go up to the third floor, head to the reverse side of the room, and enter the door on the left. Head straight down the path and walk behind a shower curtain. In the Curtain World, head northeast and walk over a black splatter to see a strung-up figure in the sky; after you teleport, head left and interact with a headless Trisha with a fanged hole in her back. From inside go left a bit then up, and interact with the eye in the center of a pool of blood. Search around the White Plains for an ox or cow skull on a stick, and interact with it to obtain the effect.

If you have already unlocked the Mirror World, enter and search for a mirror that shows a hidden entrance behind Usotsuki. Go into the hidden entrance and into the White Plains and then look for the skull.

Proto (プロト)
Change the color of hair and clothes Appearance: Usotsuki's hair turns green, her dress turns grey, and her shoes turn indigo.

Passive Effect: The woman who makes up half of the Faceless Couple may follow you around.

Action: None.

Location: Found in "Real" Room.

Practical Uses: None.

Enter the Star World and search for an entrance to the Starry Path. Continue straight on this path until you enter the Chess World; from here go back and forth between the Starry Path and the Chess World until the Chess World turns black. Find a chessboard with two queens on it and walk between them, then go up the path to the Red Queen's room. Take off any effects you have on, walk behind the needle and interact with the mask on the wall. Walk straight down the hallway, up the stairs and go inside to a replica of Usotsuki's room; interact with the book on the desk to obtain the effect.

Snow Bug (ゆきむし)
Become a snow bug Appearance: Usotsuki turns into a small snow bug.

Passive Effect: Snow falls while the effect is equipped.

Action: (Shift) Causes it to snow, it will become heavier if you press it more than once. It's the equivalent of the Yuki-onna effect in Yume Nikki. For some reason, snow will not stop falling even after the effect is unequipped, it only disappears upon waking.

Location: Found in Snowy Forest.

Practical Uses: This effect can be used to float across certain barriers that Usotsuki cannot walk into by herself. It is also used to trigger the game's Flight event. It is needed to find both the Thorns and Chimera effects.

Go to Dark Maze and enter Silent Hill, then find and enter the Smokestack World. Find a second patch of snow with air rising from it, and walk on it to enter the Snow Forest; head left until you teleport, and then head in a northwest direction until you find a light stuck between two trees. Interact with the trees and then interact with the fairy you find.

Sack (ふくろ)
Wear a sack Appearance: Usotsuki wears a sack with a hole in it over her head, tied with a red ribbon.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: None.

Location: Found in Rainbow Forest World.

Practical Uses: None

Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World, search for a neon streetlight and interact with it. Inside the Neon Forest, search for a sack inside a circle of trees, and then interact with the sack.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Rainbow Forest World Forest, then you simply need to head inside and search for the effect.

Straw Hat (麦わら帽)
Wear a straw hat Appearance: Usotsuki wears a straw hat with a black ribbon on it.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Usotsuki tips the hat.

Location: Found in Flooded Garden.

Practical Uses: None.

Enter the Desert World and head straight up to the box leading to the Crimson Path; from here, go down and interact with the capillary to a field of plants. Head straight up the path to the fence and then walk right to a plant with a ribbon on it; interact with this to obtain the effect.

Eyeball Box (めだま箱)
Put on an eyeball box Appearance: Usotsuki's head turn into a box with an eye on each side.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Box drop to the ground, hiding all of Usotsuki's body inside it, all cube's eyes will then close.

Location: Found in Face Alleys/Mirror World.

Practical Uses: This effect allows you to return to the Nexus at will.

Go from the Snow World to the Church to the School. Head to the basement and head to the hospital; from here go up to the third floor, head to the reverse side of the room, and enter the door on the left. Head straight down the path and walk behind a shower curtain. In the Curtain World, head northeast and walk over a black splatter to see a strung-up figure in the sky; after you teleport, head left and interact with a headless Trisha with a fanged hole in her back. From inside go left a bit then up, and interact with the eye in the center of a pool of blood. Search around the White Plains for a tent surrounded by white walls; enter and then walk through the hands to the Mirror World. Search around, going south, until you find a wall of blue-eyed faces missing mouths; head south and find a box with an eye on it. Interact with this to obtain the effect.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Mirror World, then you can skip most of the above.

Scarf (スカーフ)
Wear a scarf Appearance: Usotsuki wears a purple scarf.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Causes the scarf turn into a hooded cloak held together with a blue flower pin.

Location: Found in the Desert.

Practical Uses: None.

Enter the Desert World and go southwest until you find a floating purple scarf; interact with it to obtain the effect.

Chimera (キメラ)
Become a chimera Appearance: Usotsuki turns into a chimera with lion's front legs, ears and tail. Her hair gets longer.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Usotsuki meows.

Location: Found in the Sewers.

Practical Uses: None.

Go to the Amoeba World and find and interact with a green plant that takes you to the library. Find a little hole in the wall and use the Snow Bug effect to enter the hole. Go up the vine to the Bird's Eye Park, then go left to the next room and go up to a room with a grandfather clock. Interact with it and then head left to the sewer, using the Snow Bug to cross over to the water. Find a grate with a hole it in, go inside and then interact with the NPC to obtain the effect.

Alternatively, you can reach the Bird's Eye Park by entering the Neon Forest and finding a staircase to the Subway, going left until you find an elevator. Go up this elevator and then head right to the entrance to the Bird's Eye Park.

Another way is to access the Red Maze by interacting with various Hell Gates found in tile paths around the dream world, such as the ones found in the Mural or Mirror Worlds. From in the maze, you need to find a Hell Gate with three "horns" and interact with it to enter the Sewers.

Thorns (とげ)
Grow thorns Appearance: Usotsuki grows thorns all over her body, her head is tilted, and she has three thorns for legs.

Passive Effect: Her speed is reduced with this effect on.

Action: None.

Location: Found at the rooftop of the part of the Office.

Practical Uses: None.


 * You must have the Snow Bug effect first and the Eyeball Box effect recommended.

Go from the Snow World to the Church, the School and then enter the Hospital. Go right up to the rooftop and use the Snow Bug to enter a hole in the roof, and then a hole in the wall. Go straight up and interact with the thorns to obtain the effect.
 * Note: This area is inescapable, so you will need to either use the Eyeball Box effect or pinch yourself awake to get out.

Ocarina (オカリナ)
Hold an ocarina Appearance: Usotsuki holds an ocarina, a type of flute.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Causes Usotsuki play one of a variety of tunes on it.

Location: Found in Egg World.

Practical Uses: None.

Access the Red Maze and interact with a Hell Gate with deer antlers. From here enter the Egg World, and then search for a white egg with a hole in it. Keep going inside the different eggs until you find an ocarina; interact with it to obtain the effect.

Bottled (びん詰め)
Become bottled up Appearance: Usotsuki becomes trapped in a glass bottle jar.

Passive Effect: Usotsuki is unable to move.

Action: None.

Location: Found in Plant Teleport Maze.

Practical Uses: None.

Go from the Dark Maze to Silent Hill, and head in a southwest direction until you reach a parking lot covered in blood. Walk into the center splatter to enter Inner Silent Hill; search around for a couple of teleportors and walk between them to the Plant Teleport Maze. In the first separated way, choose the right teleport, and in the second choose left, until you reach a wooden stick that leads you to a girl behind a bush. Interact with her to obtain the effect.

Kaleidoscope Wheel (カレイド)
Make a Kaleidoscope Wheel appear above your head Appearance: Usotsuki has a kaleidoscopic wheel floating over her head.

Passive Effect: In the Gameboy World, the field becomes colorful while this effect is equipped.

Action: (Shift) Show a random kaleidoscopic pattern on the screen.

Location: Found in Gameboy Maze.

Practical Uses: Pressing shift in Gameboy World will change the worlds' colours.

Go from the Dark Maze to Silent Hill to the Smokestack World; walk into a snow patch to the Snow Forest, walk left until you teleport and then search for the Cube House. Inside, go to the east room and enter the television to the Gameboy World A, follow the path and enter the building, walk left to a stairway to the Gameboy Dungeon. In the separated path use the upper-right stairs; on the beach find and interact a giraffe NPC that takes you to Gameboy Maze. Search for the entrance to the Gameboy Tower and go straight up to the top, and interact with the sky to obtain the effect.

Cage (ケージ)
Make your body turn into a cage Appearance: Usotsuki's lower body turns into a bird cage on two slim metal legs.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: (Shift) Causes Usotsuki to release the dove from her cage (if you have obtained it from a tent in the White Plains), then the dove will always return to Usotsuki's original dream room. When no dove is in the cage, pressing the shift covers Usotsuki's cage under the dress, and tied with a ribbon.

Location: Found in Apocalypse Mansion.

Practical Uses: None.

Go from the Amoeba World to the Library, and find and walk into an open closet to Apocalypse Mansion. Go right until you find a clock cat; go to the south of this cat and climb the ladder to a room that has a cage. Interact with the cage to obtain the effect.


 * For unknown reasons, this effect appears to be inaccessible in version 0.04+ since you can't enter the hidden door (possibly due to a bug). It is however accessible in version 0.05.

Pliant (ぐにゃぐにゃ)
Become soft and limp Appearance: Usotsuki's body becomes soft and malleable, causing her form to distort as she moves.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: None.

Location: Found in the Burning Room.

Practical Uses: None.


 * Available from version 0.05 onward. You must have the Match effect or Horns effect first. While not required, having the Nail Bat effect is recommended to speed up currency collection, as 100 money is needed to access one of the areas.

First kill NPCs for money or find some randomly on the ground in the dream world (the rooms in hospital have a number of such spots that twinkle where there is money). Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World, search for a neon streetlight and interact with it. Inside the Neon Forest, find an entrance leading underground. Continue along the path to the Train Station. Go left across the platform and take the elevator to the roof, then down to another elevator going down. Take the stairs to your left and follow the path back to the train station, where you'll be on the other side of the platform. Interact with the white creature to pay 100 money and board the train car. There is a small chance that instead of the usual green car you will be inside one with red seats and a lone shadowy figure. Take a seat and wait for Usotsuki to doze off and for the screen to fade to black. When she awakes, exit right through the gored bust into the Burning Room. Find a cluster of black figures and activate either the Horns or Match effect to reveal a wiggly shade in the middle. Interact with it to get the effect.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Rainbow Forest World door, you can skip the first part of the directions.

Older (おねえさん)
Become older Appearance: Usotsuki grows taller and appears more mature.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: None.

Location: Found on the Cliff.

Practical Uses: None.


 * Available from version 0.05 onward. While not required, having the Nail Bat effect is recommended to speed up currency collection, as 100 money is needed to access one of the areas.

First kill NPCs for money or find some randomly on the ground in the dream world (the rooms in hospital have a number of such spots that twinkle where there is money). Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World, search for a neon streetlight and interact with it. Inside the Neon Forest, find an entrance leading underground. Continue along the path to the Train Station. Go left across the platform and take the elevator to the roof, then down to another elevator going down. Take the stairs to your left and follow the path back to the train station, where you'll be on the other side of the platform. Interact with the white creature to pay 100 money and board the train car. You should be inside a car with green seats. Take a seat and wait a bit before exiting. Continue outside, go left, then up the cliff. Interact with the figure at the top.

Alternatively, if you have already unlocked the Rainbow Forest World door, you can skip the first part of the directions.

Curtain (カーテン)
Wrap yourself up in a curtain Appearance: Usotsuki is wrapped up in a white curtain and appears to hover above the ground.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: None.

Location: Found in Curtain World.

Practical Uses: Like the Snow Bug effect, it can be used to trigger the game's Flight event.


 * Available from version 0.05 onward.

Go from the Snow World to the Church to the School. Head to the basement and head to the hospital; from here go up to the third floor, head to the reverse side of the room, and enter the door on the left. Head straight down the path and walk behind a shower curtain. In the Curtain World, go southwest between parted curtains. Interact with the covered mannequin body to get the effect.

Centaur (馬)
Become a centaur

Appearance: Usotsuki becomes a centaur with horse ears and four legs. Her hair is tied in longer pigtails.

Passive Effect: None.

Action: Unknown.

Location: -

Practical Uses: None.


 * Not available from v0.03 on.

To get this effect, head to the cliff of headless Trishas and walk downwards, then walk between two purple pillars. Head straight up and interact with the door, then head downstairs; go up and right, interact with the door and head left, then head straight down in the next room. Interact with the thing under the cloak for the effect.

Pyramid Head (三角)
Put on a red triangle

Appearance: Usotsuki's head becomes a red pyramid.

Passive Effect: All chasers will run away from her.

Action: Unknown.

Location: Found in Silent Hill.

Practical Uses: This effect could be used to avoiding Chasers.


 * Not available from v0.03 on.

To get this effect, head to Silent Hill and from the entrance go right twice, down, right again, and up. You should find a bloody gate between a red streetlight and a yellow one; head inside this gate to Inner Silent Hill. The music should slow and the streets turn red. From here you must avoid the chasers and, from the entrance, go down, right, up, right again, up again, left twice, up again and finally right until you find the pyramid in a crossroads surrounded by blood and traffic cones. Interact with the pyramid for the effect.

=Doors Guide=

There are five extra doors in the Nexus that do not appear until you access the worlds from alternate paths; these instructions will tell you how to reach them.

Amoeba World
Go from the Dark Maze to Silent Hill to the Smokestack World and then the Snow Forest; go into the Cube House and into the east room and enter the television to the Gameboy World A. Inside, go into the building and go up until you reach the exit, walk to the end, and enter the Amoeba World.

Alternatively, go from the Snow World to the Church to the School to the Hospital, to the reverse side of the third floor, to the Curtain World. Entering this world will make the Amoeba World door appear in the Nexus.

Mirror World
Go from the Snow World to the church to the school. Head to the basement and head to the hospital; from here go up to the third floor, head to the reverse side of the room, and enter the door on the left. Head straight down the path and walk behind a shower curtain. In the Curtain World, head northeast and walk over a black splatter to see a strung-up figure in the sky; after you teleport, head left and interact with a headless Trisha with a fanged hole in her back. From inside go left a bit then up, and interact with the eye in the center of a pool of blood. Search around the White Plains for a tent surrounded by white walls; enter and then walk through the hands to the Mirror World.

Alternatively, you can also enter the Mirror World by taking the right Hell Gate from the Red Maze.

Rainbow Forest World
Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World, search for a neon streetlight and interact with it to enter the Rainbow Forest World.

Red Sea
Travel from the Snow World to the Church and head straight up until you see a little red dot; interact with the dot and head left until you find a candle. Light the candle with the Match Effect and head right; you should enter the Rose Garden. From here, search for a tree and enter inside to reach the Red Sea.

Mural World
Go from the Dark Maze to the Blue Box World and search until you find a crystal inside one of the boxes. Interact with this and then find a red tower with a door in the side; go straight down the hall to the end and interact with the crystal there. Go straight and interact with the star to enter the Mural World.

Alternatively, you can also enter the Mural World by taking the right Hell Gate from the Red Maze.