Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Upgrade Tools

Figuring out how to upgrade tools in Disney Dreamlight Valley is an important part of cleaning up the Valley and clearing room for more decorations, though the game isn’t too keen on telling you how to upgrade any of them.

Tool upgrades happen during friendship quests. Some of them are locked behind the final quest in a friendship line, though, so it may take some time to get them all.

How to Upgrade Tools in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Watering can upgrades

The watering can has two upgrades, which let you remove the big and small clusters of purple and pink mushrooms found in the Glade of Trust and Peaceful Meadow.

How to remove small mushrooms

Small mushrooms are found in Peaceful Meadow and the Glade of Trust.

To remove them, follow these steps:

1. Get the Royal Watering Can
2. Complete Merlin's quest "A Dark Experiment"
   1. You'll need to gather 20 mushrooms, 15 Night Shards, 3 Dream Shards, and 5 emeralds
   2. Use those Shards to craft 3 Purified Night Shards at a crafting table
   3. Return to Merlin with those materials and he'll upgrade your watering can

Now you can water those mushrooms to get rid of them!

How to remove big mushrooms

Big mushrooms are also found in the Glade of Trust, and they take a lot more effort to remove, mostly because the quest is a long one. Here's what you'll need to do:

1. Get Merlin to friendship level 10
2. Complete his "The Final Trial" quest
   1. Craft 5 Purified Night Shards (25 Night Shards, 5 Dream Shards)
   2. Grab the Falling Water from the Glade of Trust
   3. Plant and grow the Ice Heart
   4. Collect 25 mushrooms
   5. Return to Merlin with the materials and he'll upgrade your watering can again

You can now water the big mushrooms in the Glade of Trust to gain access to the second area and find some chests!

Pickaxe upgrades

The pickaxe has four upgrades, more than any other tool, and you can start working towards them early.

The first upgrade comes from completing Moana’s realm and getting Maui’s help. You can access Moana’s realm as soon as you enter the Dream Castle by exchanging 3,000 Dreamlight, though we do recommend completing Remy’s realm first.

How to remove coral chunks

Removing coral from Dazzle Beach requires getting to know Maui. Here are the steps:

1. Get the Royal Pickaxe
2. Unlock Moana realm (3,000 Dreamlight)
3. Get Maui to friendship level 4
4. Complete Maui's "A Tale of Stone And Fire" quest
   1. Grab his Scraping Stones from the Moana realm
   2. Make a five-star meal

That's it — you'll be able to smash the coral chunks now. They drop sand.

How to remove small ice shards

Ice shards appear in the Forest of Valor and the Frosted Heights. To remove the small ones, you'll need to take on Anna and Elsa's quests...

1. Get the Royal Pickaxe
2. Unlock the Frozen Realm (3,000 Dreamlight)
3. Bring Anna to the Valley
4. Bring Elsa to the Valley
5. Complete Elsa's "Breaking the Ice" quest
   1. Get 5 sunflowers from Dazzle Beach
   2. Grab the Ocean Water from Dazzle Beach
   3. Pick 5 lemons from the Forest of Valor and the Glade of Trust
   4. Use these materials to craft the Warmth of Summer Potion, then give it to Elsa

You can now destroy the small ice chunks around Elsa's home, which drop snow.

How to remove big ice shards

To remove the big ice shards blocking the way to the second area of Frosted Heights, you'll need to continue Elsa's quests.

1. Complete Elsa's quest "What Home Feels Like"
2. Complete Elsa's quest "The Singing Ice"
   1. Collect White Daisy (Peaceful Meadow), Red Falling Penstemon (Plaza), and Pink Bromeliad (Sunlit Plateau)
   2. Return to Elsa to get the Icy Bouquet
   3. Collect 5 Ice Chunks from the cavern
   4. Pick up the Vial of Freezing Water from the river in Frosted Heights
   5. Craft the Cold of Winter Potion and give it to Elsa

You can now destroy big ice shards, which drop snow.

Shovel upgrades

How to remove stumps

There is only one size of stumps in the Forest of Valor, so it's a lot easier to unlock the ability to dig them up. You'll need to bring Anna to the Valley first.

1. Get the Royal Shovel
2. Bring Anna to the Valley
3. Get Anna to friendship level 2
4. Complete Anna's quest "An Icy Invitation"
   1. Collect 10 Softwood, 4 Hardwood, 26 Iron Ore, 4 Coal Ore
   2. Craft Iron Ingots and 3 Tinkering Parts at a crafting station
   3. Craft the upgraded shovel blade at a crafting station

Now you can get rid of stumps, which drop hardwood as a nice bonus.

How to remove bones

There is only one size of bones in Sunlit Plateau, and unlocking them is part of Scar's questline. This will upgrade your shovel to be able to remove bones.

1. Get the Royal Shovel
2. Unlock Scar
3. Complete Scar's "Nature & Nurture" and "Friends Aren't Food" quests
4. Complete Scar's "Breaking Bones" quest
   1. Dig up 5 Lion's Claws from Sunlit Plateau
   2. Collect 5 Dry Wood and 5 Iron Ingots
   3. Craft the Lion's Claw Shovel Head at a crafting bench

Now you can remove wildebeest bones from the Sunlit Plateau! They drop clay as a reward.

We haven’t encountered a fishing rod upgrade yet, and there’s nothing extra you can do with the camera, but as new characters are added to the game (hopefully with new areas, too!) we may find out that there are even more upgrades to add to our tools.

If you're looking for more info about Disney Dreamlight Valley, check out our guides detailing How To Raise Friendship Fast, How To Upgrade Your House, How To Upgrade Tools, How To Earn Star Coins Fast, and How To Make The Ratatouille Recipe, as well as our general Tips And Hints guide.