Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to Upgrade All Royal Tools (2024)

In Gameloft’s Disney Dreamlight Valley, you can do many exciting activities alongside iconic Disney and Pixar characters, including fishing, mining, gardening, and cooking. Many of these tasks require the Royal Tools like the Pickaxe, Shovel, Watering Can, Fishing Rod, and the Hourglass Tool.

Some tools are available early in the game, while others need you to unlock different biomes and characters before you can get your hands on them. Upgrading these tools makes tasks easier and helps you complete different quests and move forward in the game. This handy guide will show you how to upgrade all the Royal Tools in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

To unlock the entire Dreamlight Valley, Dreamers will need to upgrade their Royal Tools to clear blocked paths in different biomes, like large mushrooms, ice blocks, and sea debris. Here's how you can upgrade them:

How to Upgrade Royal Pickaxe in DDV

The Royal Pickaxe is an important tool that is mainly used to mine gems and minerals, break rocks, and clear different obstacles. Players get it as part of the introductory quest, The Royal Tools, from a giant rock behind Scrooge’s shop in the Plaza.

The first two Royal Pickaxe upgrades are given by Maui after you unlock Moana’s Realm for 3,000 Dreamlight and complete his friendship level two and four quests, called The Great Maui and A Tale of Stone and Fire. In these quests, Maui will upgrade the pickaxe for you to clean up small and large sea debris.

To get the next two pickaxe upgrades, unlock the Frozen Realm for 4,000 Dreamlight and bring Elsa to Dreamlight Valley. Complete her friendship quests, ‘Breaking the Ice’ and ‘The Singing Ice,’ after which she will give you an enchanted pickaxe that can break any icy obstacles.

Similarly, you can get the next upgrade for the pickaxe by completing Jafar’s quest, "The Secrets of Eternity Isle," which lets you break small copper rocks. However, it’s only available with the premium expansion pack since Jafar was introduced in A Rift in Time. For the sixth upgrade, you'll need to do Merlin’s quest, "Village Project: Timeless Trash," to clear small glass stalagmites.

How to Upgrade Royal Shovel in DDV

The shovel is a useful Royal tool in Disney Dreamlight Valley that fans will need to dig holes for growing crops and vegetables, filling pits, and finding valuable items like Dream Shards and Night Shards. In addition to that, it also helps clear tree stumps blocking paths. You can find the shovel on the ground near Chez Remy in the Plaza. There are currently five upgrades available for the Royal Shovel in the game.

To get the first shovel upgrade, players have to unlock the Frozen Realm from Dream Castle and invite Anna to Dreamlight Valley. Once she becomes your neighbor, raise your relationship level to two and complete the quest The Ice Invitation. Players can then upgrade the shovel with the Shovel Blade to remove both large and small tree stumps.

To get the second and third Royal Shovel upgrades, you'll need to work with Scar from The Lion King movie. First, players have to unlock Scar by completing The Curse quest from Mother Gothel in Sunlit Plateau. Then, increase your friendship level with Scar and complete the quests Breaking Bones and The Circle of Life to be able to clear small and large wildebeest bones in the Dreamlight Valley.

For the fourth Royal Shovel upgrade, unlock Donald Duck by opening the Forest of Valor biome with 3,000 Dreamlight and finding him through the mysterious portal. After that, players will need to complete his friendship quest, "Villager of the Month: Donald," to upgrade the shovel. The fifth upgrade can be obtained from Merlin by completing his friendship quest, "Village Project: Timeless Trash."

How to Upgrade Royal Watering Can in DDV

The Royal Watering Can is a key gardening tool used to water crops. Surprisingly, it can also help players clear certain obstacles in the game. You can find it behind your house during The Royal Tools quest.

The Royal Watering Can has five upgrades. For the first upgrade, complete Merlin’s level eight friendship quest, A Dark Experiment, which will allow you to remove small mushroom patches.

To get the second upgrade, max your friendship with Merlin and finish his The Final Trial quest. This will let you clear big mushroom patches. For the third upgrade, complete The Fairy Godmother’s level two quest, Fire Alarm, to put out green fires around the valley with your improved watering can.

Players can get the fourth upgrade by inviting Mike Wazowski to Dreamlight Valley and completing his level two quest, Germs Abound. He’ll give you a special solution to upgrade your watering can so it can remove pollen from flowers. For the last upgrade, finish Merlin’s quest, Village Project: Timeless Trash, to clear small evil plants.

How to Upgrade Royal Hourglass in DDV

Royal Hourglass is used to collect Mist and other hidden treasures. Currently, two upgrades are available for Royal Hourglass that allow fans to remove Gray Floating Rocks and small and large Swirling Sand. You can upgrade it at the Timebending table. The first upgrade costs 5,000 Mist, and the second upgrade requires 3,000 Mist and the Ancient Core.

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Disney Dreamlight Valley

Life Simulation

Systems

OpenCritic Reviews

Top Critic Rating:76/100 Critics Recommend:79%

Franchise

Disney

Platform(s)

PC , PS4 , PS5 , Switch , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Apple Arcade

Released

December 5, 2023

Developer(s)

Gameloft

Publisher(s)

Gameloft

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

unity

ESRB

E For Everyone

How Long To Beat

27 Hours

Steam Deck Compatibility

not supported

X|S Enhanced

yes

Cross Save

Apple Arcade subscribers can carry their game progress over to any of their Apple devices within the Apple Arcade ecosystem - iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac - via cross-save

Cross-Platform Play

supports crossplay between all platforms except for PlayStation players

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