Disney Dreamlight Valley is one of the most fun, exciting, and overall aesthetically pleasing new releases. In this game, you’ll be able to hang out with all of your favorite Disney characters in a village of largely your own creation. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life simulator of sorts in addition to being a capable and enjoyable Disney-themed adventure title.
This game has a stunning layout with exciting quests and missions involving your favorite Disney characters. Because this game is so comprehensive and complex, it can be a little difficult to start out sometimes. Therefore, in the article that follows, we’re going to help you get started in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Familiarize yourself with your items
In your in-game menu, you’ll see a section titled Collections. This is an incredible source of information o practically everything you’ll encounter in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Almost anything and everything constitutes a collection, and you’ll find everything from a compendium of characters to a guidebook for gems within your Collections interface. This is one of the first places you should go if you’re looking to get to know one of the characters better or if you’re looking for information on the various critters you’ll encounter.
You’ll also find all of the memories that you’ve collected within your Collections interface. This is also the place where all of your crafting recipes are stored. However, your Collections page isn’t just valuable for reading up on characters, critters, and recipes. You can also use this invaluable tool to have your collectibles evaluated so that you can see what they’re worth should you decide to sell them. You can also use this tool to check how quickly certain resources like fruits and vegetables take to grow, and well you’re getting on with various characters in your village. What better way to keep track of all your friendships?
Check your Dreamlight Valley map
In any situation where you’re exploring a place with which you are not inherently familiar, you’ll likely need to rely rather heavily on a map. Disney Dreamlight Valley is no different. Here, your map is your greatest tool. In addition to the usual uses of a map, such as plotting a course or seeing where you’re going or where you’ve come from, you can also use this map to see where all of the characters within your valley are.
You’ll also see that when a character has a quest for you to undertake, they’ll have a little indicator on their map icon. Your map will even show you when your crops are ready to be harvested.
Always keep food nearby
As with any other game that incorporates some degree of realism, you’ll need to keep food handy if you want the best Disney Dreamlight Valley experience. Most adventure games supply you with some kind of inventory or storage system wherein you can keep all the various collectibles you find. In Disney Dreamlight Valley, you have at your disposal your backpack. While your backpack is the best place to temporarily store all manner of mining, fishing, and foraging loot, it’s also a good place to keep a few snacks for your travels.
You don’t have to fill your valuable backpack slots with food, but this will keep you from having to head home every so often to replenish your energy levels. Another bonus is that if you keep food handy so that you can further bolster and overfill your energy bar, you’ll unlock the Well Fed bonus, which will give you a boost when moving about, allowing you to do so with greater speed.
Complete duties and challenges
Disney Dreamlight Valley, like many other adventure games, has a great many duties and challenges for you to partake in and complete. All you need to do is head to your Dreamlight menu, where you’ll find a list of all the objectives that you’re close to finishing.
Every duty and challenge that you complete will reward you with Dreamlight – the amounts of which will increase steadily and incrementally as you rise through the ranks. Most of these are relatively simple; however, some of the challenges will be quite tricky to complete.
Spend time with your Dreamlight Valley villagers
Where is the fun in having a valley full of Disney characters if you can’t actually spend any time with them? Luckily, in Disney Dreamlight Valley, you can! All you need to do is walk up to one of your many villagers and hit the dialogue option that reads Let’s Hang Out! Immediately when you start hanging out with a specific character, you’ll see a pink star above their head accompanied by a little meter.
This meter increases with the frequency and duration with which you spend time with your various villagers. Over and above denoting the level of closeness and friendship that you share with each of your villagers, this meter also gives you the ability to earn XP. You’ll also get all sorts of cool rewards simply by spending time with your villagers. For instance, reaching friendship level 10 with Mickey Mouse will give you the Fantasia fountain.
