Konohagakure
Land of Fire · KatonA village in the forest, at the heart of the continent. Nearby: the Forest of Death, Tanzaku and farming villages. The most techniques to learn.
Chapter 12 of 12
The world and its people
Five lands, villages and towns, day and night, the map, townsfolk and NPCs who remember.
The continent
The continent is 12,288 × 12,288 tiles — running from Konoha to another hidden village takes a quarter of an hour. Five lands, each with its own element, architecture, trees, herbs and rogues. Roads join the towns, and signposts stand at the forks.
Between the lands lie the wilds. The further from the walls, the deadlier — and the richer.
Five hidden villages
Kirigakure
Land of Water · SuitonMist, islands and swamps. Mist swordsmen, sharks off the coast, and pirates whose hideout isn't on any map.
Sunagakure
Land of Wind · FūtonA fortress among the dunes. No forests, so no forest ambushes. The only school of puppeteers, and the desert lotus.
Kumogakure
Land of Lightning · RaitonHigh in the mountains, among pines and storms. Storm warriors, snow wolves, birch and ginseng.
Iwagakure
Land of Earth · DotonCarved into the rock, among autumn forests and quarries. Bombers with explosive clay.
Towns and settlements
Beyond the shinobi villages: merchant Tanzaku, farming, fishing and shepherds' villages, outposts on the passes, woodcutters', hunters' and nomad camps.
Buildings have rooms, floors and stairs, shops, inns and banks. Signs hang over the doors, and doors can be locked with a key.
Day and night
A day lasts two hours. At night the lanterns light up, and in the wilds it gets truly dark. Every land has its own music and sounds.
Townsfolk
The streets are alive: passers-by, porters, flower sellers, dogs, cats, hens and birds. They step out of your way, and shopkeepers stand at their counters.
Some NPCs have a soul: a story, a character, needs and a memory. You talk to them out loud — they answer and remember what you told them and whether you can be trusted. Some topics only open once you've earned their trust or heard something from someone else.
The Forest of Death
Right next to Konoha grows an ancient forest with trees so huge their crowns hide the sky. Giant spiders, snakes and hornets, the chakra flower, giant wood — and the Heart of the Forest, from which nobody comes back empty-handed.
More about the history of the world — in the Chronicles of the Five Lands.
