If you want to be the best player and want to learn detailed information about the routes of all characters in Winter Memories, check out our guide.
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All Character Routes
Basic Knowledge and Some Tips To Get You Started:
You must absolutely get the Skill “Power of Time” before anything else. It cuts nearly every action’s time cost by half.
Other Skills to prioritize are
- Infinite Film (No more Camera battery loss)
- Treasure Hunter (Needed for certain routes)
- Lockpicking (Needed for Kagami)
- Nightwalker (Needed for Kanae, and gives you more time for moneymaking activities)
- At least one of the Service Skills and Perversion Skills (For certain conditions requiring EXP in their respective Sex Bar)
- Social Skills One & Two (For easier Affection and Mood, and less time spent talking)
Time of Day
Morning | 08:00 – 12:00 |
Afternoon | 12:00 – 16:00 |
Dusk | 16:00 – 19:00 |
Evening | 19:00 – 00:00 |
Late Night | 00:00 – 03:00 |
Dawn | 03:00 – 08:00 Unplayable Time |
Addtional note: When an event gets triggered automatically in the (Time of Day) that generally means it will trigger when the time hits XX:00, i.e. the next hour. Otherwise, it has to trigger precisely when the Time of Day changes to the start of the next one.
Some Other Tips You Should Know
Daily Fortune
Generally, the first thing you should do in the Morning is to go to the Shrine and draw a fortune at the Omikuji. Utilize Save/Load to get the best possible fortune. It costs ¥100 so get your first paycheck by washing the dishes.
Drawing | Effects |
Best Luck | Blessed Boy buff (+8 to mood when talking and +8 affection for gifts) Bonus ¥500 |
Good Luck | Favored Boy buff (+5 to mood when talking and +5 affection for gifts) |
Luck | Lucky Boy buff (+3 to mood when talking and +3 affection for gifts) |
Bad Luck | -30 Stamina |
Terrible Luck | -50 Stamina |
Minigame Perfect Scores
Every Minigame that gives you money always has bonus money after you finish without a single mistake. And the bonus is always going to be higher than your own base payunless you’ve got a good gaming chair. So either Save before every Minigame, or don’t play too hastily. A low but perfect score pays over double what a high but imperfect score does.
Making Money
The Part-Time Waiter Minigame is the best paying Minigame. With a Perfect and High Score, You could generally earn around ¥6000 to ¥9000 per shift. Note that the Minigame says 60 minutes, but it actually just skips to the next Time of Day. I suggest playing it just before your current Time of Day ends. As taking it at 11:55 will just jump you to 12:00 instead of taking 60 minutes.
The next best paying Minigame only happens on 01/01. No it’s not the stalls at the shrine; It’s actually fishing. When you reach 01/01, you get to earn the “King of Games” Achievement”*, allowing you to skip Minigames entirely. This means you can fish instantly at the Levee, and sell it to the “Fisherman Man” NPC there too, who only appears on 01/01 and beyond. Remember to stock up on bait and use your idle time fishing.
*Play all 10 Minigames (12/31 you play the two stalls. 01/01 you play Calligraphy in the Tatami Room)
Menko & Levelling Up
The Menko Minigame is by far the easiest method to gaining EXP, unlocking new Skills, and actually become a pro Menkoer. Every new opponent you beat gives you 20 EXP and 15 Memories, plus an item. Remember to actually level up before you battle another NPC.
Yui (CV: Kotone Aruha 琴音有波)
Events | Task |
First Event |
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event | Only triggers on 01/01 and beyond
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Fifth Event |
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Rio (CV: Hinata Yuka 陽向葵ゅか)
Events | Task |
First Event |
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Filler Event A |
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
*Can be taken retroactively |
Miyuki (CV: Yuzuki Tsubame 柚木つばめ)
Events | Task |
First Event |
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Second Event |
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Third Event A |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
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Akari (CV: Honda Miki 本多未季)
Events | Task |
Introductory Event | Defeat Akari, Shiori, and Kouta in Menko |
First Event |
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Filler Event A | Defeat Akari, Shiori, and Kouta in Menko |
Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Filler Event B |
New Character: Mentai-kun inside the Mountain Trail Cave |
Fourth Event | New Character: Hikari on the Main Road
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Fifth Event |
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Kagami (CV: Ooyama Chiroru 大山チロル)
Requirements
Catch her while she is on a jog either at Main Road or Candy Shop.
Events | Task |
First Event | New Area: Kagami’s Home (Apartment 203)
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
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*The toy counts as a gift, so you may not be able to if you’ve reached gift limit.
Mizuki (CV: Yuzuki Akari 柚木朱莉)
Requirements
- Unlocked on 12/27 at Main Road, on the bridge
Events | Task |
First Event |
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Second Event |
New Area: Mizuki’s Home (Apartment 101) |
Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
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Suzuka (CV: Sawano Popura 沢野ぽぷら)
Requirements
- Unlocked on 12/26 at the River Beach Camp
Events | Task |
First Event | New Area: Suzuka’s Tent
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
Talk to Suzuka again to unlock the Hot Spring behind the camp |
Fifth Event |
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Shizuku (CV: Suzuka Minase 涼花みなせ)
Events | Task |
Introductory Event |
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First Event |
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
New Character: Kanae in front of the Condo (Needs Hikari completed as well) |
Kanae (CV: Nogami Natsuki 野上菜月)
Requirements
- Complete the routes of Shizuku and Hikari. You will spot her in front of the condo in the Morning.
Important tip: Kanae is inaccessible on Saturday/Sunday due to the bastard husband, until you complete her route
Events | Task |
First Event | The next day after you interact with her for the first time, talk to her at the Levee
New Area: Kanae’s Home (Condo at Main Road) |
Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
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Hikari (CV: Akiyama Haruru 秋山はるる)
Requirements
- Unlockable the day after the completion of Akari’s Filler Event B
Events | Task |
First Event | New Area: Akari & Hikari’s Home (Condo at Main Road)
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Second Event |
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Third Event |
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Fourth Event |
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Fifth Event |
New Character: Kanae in front of the Condo (Needs Shizuku completed as well)
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New Year Scenes
On the Morning of 01/01, you are given four three choices on whose scene you want to view. However, they have prerequisites.
Yui | Completed the Third Event |
Rio | Have the Skill “Footjob” |
Miyuki | Have been discovered by Miyuki that you leaked your trousers To do this, you have to overfill your Lust, get a scene for it, and talk to Miyuki after she discovers your sin. You must have splooged your pantaloons by 12/30 at the latest, because you talk to Miyuki the next day. |
Masakazu | This is Uncle. Technically he is a choice. |
Extra Stories
Chara X Chara events which only happen after all routes are complete.
When you complete all the routes, you gain the 4P Skill, which you will need to call upon certain pairings.
Events are as follows:
Yui X Mizuki |
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Rio X Shizuku |
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Miyuki X Kanae |
Miyuki X Kanae is a pain to achieve, so if you get their story, you are omega lucky |
Akari X Hikari |
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Kagami X Suzuka |
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Yui X Rio X Miyuki | Technically not a story, but you get some extra dialogue when you do 4P with them |
Secrets
Might update more another time when I remember to
Shrine Offering Box
Donations and their effects
Every ¥1,000 | Get a Hint to one of the 11 Achievements |
¥5,000 | Obtain Skill “Lady Luck’s Favor” This Skill gives you the Blessed Boy Buff from the Omikuji every day. You still need to unlock it in the Diary though. |
¥10,000 | Obtain the Time Travel Skill Warps you to World 01-01. Unlock this Skill at the end of 01/10. You only get this once per run, there is no repeating the donation reward. |
¥20,000 | Places a Big Red Button in the Living Room (Only shows up in Recollection Mode) |
5 Items | New Coax Skill: Kiss |
Sparkling Box | Every Heroine Affection +8 |
Refrigerators
Open up fridges to obtain an item. Not just the family fridge. You can raid the other heroine’s fridges as well.
Wild Greens Man
Is Was Menko Man from Summer Memories. He also lives in Apartment 202, and sells to you at Dusk over there.
Secret Shop
Apartment 102 and is only available at Late Night. The store also has all the prizes you would have missed out on in the Shrine Stalls after they’re gone.
Candy Store Gacha
After collecting all the heroine’s panties, you thief, also beat Uncle and Mentai-kun to obtain their panties undergarments. Next, go to the Candy Store and use the Gacha Machines. Be prepared to spend ¥20,000