Disney Dreamlight Valley - how to upgrade your house


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If you're looking into how to upgrade your house in Disney Dreamlight Valley, this guide has everything you need to know. Being one of the most crucial places in the game, you want your base to have tonnes of storage for all your hard-earned items.

In this Disney Dreamlight Valley guide, we'll go over how to upgrade your house, the levels you can upgrade it to, and how to get star coins fast. If you want a home base, then you are going to need a lot of coins. Luckily, there are easy ways of getting them.

Now that you're playing the game, there's so much more to figure out. Here's what we know about the next Disney Dreamlight Valley update and how to get star coins fast. If you're looking for a little more, here's what we know about getting the watering can and fishing rod, and we take you through how to complete the cave puzzle in the With Great Power quest.

How to upgrade your house in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Unfortunately, you must do a handful of short quests before you can upgrade your house. This being said, save any coins you come across until they are done. These will come in handy later.

You must find Scrooge McDuck at his store and take on his quests to unlock your house upgrade. This will require you to invest in his shop to get it up and running. You then have to craft a few items to place them around the map, and then sell some gemstones to Goofy. This works as a tutorial for the game. Once you've completed those tasks, you'll have free reign of Dreamlight Valley!

You can acquire gemstones by simply breaking rocks. For this, you'll need a pickaxe, which can be found near the stones next to Scrooge's shop. Use this to break both the rocks on the ground, and the black rocks attached to the walls of each area. Generally, you will get some stone and coal from them. That being said, if you are lucky, you will get a gemstone.

We have a guide for upgrading your tools in Disney Dreamlight Valley to help you with this.

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What upgrades can you get for your house

There are a number of rooms and exterior renovations you can make to your humble abode in Disney Dreamlight Valley. The first upgrade you purchase will expand the size of your main room, and from there you can add extra floors and rooms. We've listed out the possible upgrades you can task Scrooge McDuck with below, as well as their Star Coin costs.

Interior house upgrades

  • First Expansion - 1000 Star Coins
  • Second Expansion - 2000 Star Coins
  • 6x6 Room - 1000 Star Coins
  • 8x8 Room - 2000 Star Coins
  • 10x10 Room - 3000 Star Coins

Exterior house upgrades

  • First Exterior Expansion - 2000 Star Coins (tidies up the exterior and adds extra storage)
  • Second Floor - 20000 Star Coins (adds a second floor and more storage)
  • Third Floor - 75000 Star Coins (adds a third floor and more storage)

How to get Disney Dreamlight Valley Star Coins

As you might guess from this tutorial, gemstones are the best way to get Star Coins in Disney Dreamlight Valley. There is a way of speeding up the process somewhat, and it's quite simple. Pick a friend and make them follow you. You will then upgrade your friendship passively when you do basic activities. Level up a friend's friendship level and you can specialise in skills.

Select the mining skill to get a boost in resources whenever you mine with them. Grab your friend with this skill, mine all of the rocks around an area, go back inside to reset the map and restore stamina, and then go out and farm them all over again. After a while, you should have tonnes of gemstones ready to sell to Goofy.

If you're looking for even more information on the game, we have a full list of food recipes, as well as the current realms available to explore. We also take you through how to change your clothes and hairstyles, plus how to craft signposts so you can organise all that extra storage in your house.

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