BEGINNER'S GUIDE

You’ll find and meet plenty of Characters on your journey to restore the Valley, but you’ll meet some earlier than others! Here are some notable early Villagers you may want to befriend:

You can progress your Friendship Level with each Villager by completing their quests, having Daily Discussions, and giving them gifts.

Just like any great friendship, it'll take some time to foster your relationships, so be sure to chat and give gifts to your Villagers every day if you can! Each Villager has three Favorite Gifts that change daily and giving them is one of the fastest ways to increase Friendship. If you don't have their requested items, flowers and gems make great backup gifts.

Leveling up your Friendship with Villagers will unlock Character-specific quests and awards, including unique clothing and furniture items.

Once you reach Level 2, you'll also be able to assign Characters a role, allowing them to help you gather resources when you choose to Hang Out with them! Doing this will also help boost your Friendship Level, regardless of what Activity you do or role the Villager has. Changing a Villager's role is possible, but takes extra resources, so try to maintain a balanced mix when you assign them!

Although your home starts off small, you can upgrade it as you wish!

You'll first have to complete Scrooge McDuck's "Dreamlight Valley Economy 101" quest, accessible once you reach Friendship Level 2 with Scrooge, after which a construction sign can be found next to your House. Interacting with it and paying Scrooge McDuck's fee will unlock an elevator pad inside your home, allowing you to change room sizes, add more rooms and floors to decorate, as well as expand your shared storage!

As you continue playing, you'll find that you'll end up with a lot of items in your Inventory.

INVENTORY

Your Inventory is everything you can carry on your Avatar as you go about your day and pick up items. You'll start off with 21 slots, but you can expand it one row at a time in exchange for Star Coins directly in your Inventory.

However, getting to the maximum of 42 Inventory slots can be costly! So, if you're starting out, consider looking into other storage options below.

SHARED STORAGE

Shared storage is accessible across all Vintage Chests. You'll have one already available in your House and you can purchase more from Scrooge's Store. No matter where these are placed in your Valley, you'll be able to access the same items!

Upgrading your House will also upgrade your shared storage capacity.

INDIVIDUAL STORAGE

Individual storage applies to all other storage items in the Valley, from crafted chests to purchased wardrobes. Their capacity will be determined by the furniture item, with larger pieces holding more than smaller ones.

This storage method is useful for items that you want to keep but may not need all of the time, such as quest items!

Early on your journey, Merlin will show you the Dream Castle, which has been overtaken by some pesky Night Thorns. Once cleared, you'll be able to enter the Castle and discover plenty of adventures awaiting you.

Realms are areas accessible through the Dream Castle doors, each based on different Disney and Pixar films, and filled with new quests and Characters. You can unlock whichever Realm most interests you; however, you may find some slightly more useful than others in your early days:

RATATOUILLE REALM

Here you'll meet Remy, who will show you how to cook some delicious dishes! Once he's invited to the Valley, you'll have a restaurant where you can cook and eat whenever you run out of Energy.

Going back to this Realm is useful too if you want to cook using free Ingredients!

WALL·E REALM

Here you'll meet WALL·E, who will ask you to fix a garden in the Meadow after he's been invited to your Valley. Once it's fixed, he'll tend to it himself and let you harvest its crops! 

As you explore your Valley, you may notice that some areas have been blocked off by overgrown Night Thorns, just like the Dream Castle.  These locked areas are called Biomes, different regions that make up Dreamlight Valley, each filled with different resources and critters. You can unlock them as you wish just like Realms, but some might be more handy than others.

DAZZLE BEACH BIOME

Not only is Dazzle Beach one of the easier Biomes to get in terms of Dreamlight, it also has plenty of resources and Ingredients! Some of them are even Villager favorites, like seafood for Goofy or tomatoes for Remy.

There are lots of different resources to keep track of in the Valley and they're each used for something different. Here's an easy guide to remember what's what!

DreamSnaps are a recurring in-game photo challenge, where players compete and decorate their Valleys according to that week's theme.

To unlock DreamSnaps, you must first welcome Vanellope to your Valley by completing the "Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust" quest. This quest should begin as soon as you finish Scrooge McDuck's Level 5 Friendship Quest, "The Haunting of Dreamlight Valley".

You can participate by submitting your own DreamSnaps or by voting for your favorites!

Voting can earn you up to 50 Moonstones per week and the prize pot for submitting one is even bigger. Depending on the final ranking of your DreamSnap, you can earn up to 12,000 Moonstones for first place!

In addition to Moonstones, these challenges can also earn you Pixel Dust and a Reward Chest, which will reward you with various items according to your Pixel Dust Level.