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Disney Dreamlight Valley might be a straightforward and approachable life sim, but that doesn’t make the early hours any less overwhelming. A wave of possible activities, investment opportunities, and enticing new areas to spend Dreamlight on washes over you as you start putting roots down in the valley.
While you can do pretty much anything you want without negative consequences, our Disney Dreamlight Valley beginner’s tips guide has some handy pieces of advice to keep in mind that will make the experience that much smoother and more enjoyable.
Note. It’s also worth bearing in mind that the launch day update seems to have made Dreamlight Valley slightly more unstable on Switch. Make sure to save before putting your system in Sleep mode, as there’s a high chance the software will crash when you wake it up again.
Disney Dreamlight Valley Starter Tips And Hints
First up in this list, you’ll want to spy on your neighbours…
Snoop around your neighbors’ homes
Once you see inside Mickey’s house or WALL-E’s truck once, you might think you’ve seen all there is. And you’d be wrong. Occasionally, you’ll run across new items or recipes, indicated with a sparkly aura like the one you see around items in the wild.
It’s not completely clear if raising your friendship level with the homeowner is what triggers the new discovery, but it’s worth checking every now and again either way.
Go home, you’re tired
Dreamlight Valley uses a stamina system, similar to other life sims, but it’s not quite as rigid as the likes of Stardew Valley. You can’t complete activities once you run out of stamina, but you won’t faint.
Eating a meal is the best way to recover your energy, but if you don’t have anything on hand or plan on saving ingredients for something else, just go home. Your energy bar refills completely as soon as you step foot inside.
Eat the good stuff
Eating entrees, a category which is limited to grilled fish for the first several hours of the game, gives you extra stamina in the form of a gold bar on top of your usual blue bar. It’s always a good idea to take a few entrees with you while you’re exploring and gathering materials.
Sure, you can fast travel back home – but it’s much quicker to just have a speedy snack.
Ignore Goofy’s stall (for a little while)
When you first meet Goofy, Dreamlight Valley introduces the upgrade system, where you invest your hard-earned coins into local businesses to help them grow. It may be tempting to do that with Goofy’s stall once it opens thanks to your initial investment – but you shouldn’t. The money is much better spent on Scrooge’s shop or saved for expanding your inventory.
Goofy’s stall, especially the meadow location, stocks items you can mostly find elsewhere, so you aren’t really missing out on anything.
Scrooge is your friend, though
Yes, we just recommended saving money, but you should spend at least the initial investment amount of 1,000 coins on Scrooge’s store as soon as possible. It gives you a new place to shop, but more importantly, progressing Scrooge’s questline is necessary for unlocking house upgrades.
Expand your inventory as soon as possible
Like most life games, Dreamlight Valley starts you off with a cramped little backpack. You can invest in storage options or sell things at Goofy’s stall, but the limitations quickly become apparent as you venture further afield or into character realms, most of which have no storage options.
The first expansion costs 5,000 coins – a hefty sum when you’re likely just getting 20 at a time for clearing away Night Thorns. There are some handy money-earning tricks, though.
Go fish. A lot
Fishing is one of the best activities you can do in Dreamlight Valley. There’s the obvious benefit of providing catches you can cook to restore stamina, but uncooked fish also sell for significant sums. Look for the red or blue bubbles in a pond for better chances of catching rarer fish, and then take your haul to Goofy.
Fishing spots respawn after a very short period, so by the time you come back from the stall, you’ll probably find two or three new ones already.
Enjoy the miner’s life
Mining is another solid method of acquiring high-value items. Look for the black, upright nodes around the edges of the meadow and the plaza for your best chance of finding rare gems. If the node has red or brown pieces sticking out of it, then you’re guaranteed a gemstone. These are sometimes a character’s preferred gift of the day, but if not, the best thing to do is sell them.
Like with fishing, mining nodes tend to respawn fairly quickly, so you won’t be short of places to swing your pickaxe.
Invite new friends
One of the earliest quests you take on is entering the castle with Merlin, where you learn about the existence of Realms. These are where you find characters such as Remy and WALL-E and have the chance to invite them back to the village.
More friends means more quests and items to unlock, and some of them are necessary for upgrading your tools.
Do your dailies
You get several straightforward tasks each day that can range from planting seeds to catching fish, and while it might seem like a waste of time when you have big plans for the valley, completing them is a solid and easy way of getting Dreamlight.
You need anywhere from a few hundred Dreamlight to 5,000 or more to unlock new Realms and biomes, so every bit helps.
Cook everything
Disney Dreamlight Valley forgives you for your cooking mistakes and always ensures you walk away from the stove with something useful, so there’s never any waste. When you find new ingredients, take them back home and see if you can figure out a possible new recipe by combining them with whatever else you have on hand.
Typically, the game defaults to the most logical dish if you try something unorthodox. Raspberries and carrots just turn into a basic veggie appetizer, for example. Wheat and fish, on the other hand, turn into fish sandwiches. It’s always worth trying just in case – especially since Dreamlight Valley is a bit stingy with handing over new recipe books in the early game.
We hope this guide helps you as you start out in Disney Dreamlight Valley. In addition to all the above, make sure to raise your relationship levels with your neighbors at every possible opportunity to unlock new quests and progress further in the valley.
Let us know how you’re getting on below!
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