Upon waking the hero learned the dragon's name is Ventuswill who through a series of events leads the rest of the castle staff (where Ventuswill resides) into believe the character is the Prince of the kingdom they have been expecting to visit. The protagonist has their fall softened by landing on the head of a rather surprised green dragon. One of the soldiers, miss understand the others orders ends up kicking the protagonist off the side of the ship, sending them plummeting to the ground below. The armed soldiers don't believe the protagonist when they say they have lost their memory so they threaten them by pushing them up to the edge of the ship, threatening them to kick them over board. Upon waking it is discovered that the protagonist has lost all their memories and has no clue as to what is occurring on the ship. A short battle ensues, leading to one of the soldiers hitting the protagonist on the back of the head causing them to black out.
However men in solider armor have stowed away on the airship and ambush the protagonist in attempt to get the item from them. The game starts out with the protagonist flying on an airship to deliver something of great importance to the kingdom of Selphia. It wasn't until 2019 that Rune Factory 5 was announced to be in development for the Nintendo Switch with former franchise staff, including series producer Yoshifumi Hashimoto, working on the title at Hakama. However, due to various circumstances, Neverland filed for bankruptcy on Novemand all future developments with the franchise were put on hold, including the European release of Rune Factory 4. Rune Factory 4 was very successful, becoming the best selling entry in the series and selling over 150,000 copies in Japan alone, so a fifth installment was quickly greenlit. An high definition port of Rune Factory 4 was later announced for the Nintendo Switch in 2019 called "Rune Factory 4 Special" that will be developed by Hakama Inc. In 2013 XSEED, who had previously worked on Frontier, published the fourth Rune Factory in the United States instead of Natsume, who had traditionally been the series' publisher in North America. Neverland returned as the game's developer and Marvelous published the title in Japan on Jfor the Nintendo 3DS, the franchise's debut on the platform. Rune Factory 4 is the sixth entry in the Rune Factory series that mixes fantasy RPG elements with the farming simulation gameplay found in the Harvest Moon franchise.