Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to Upgrade All Royal Tools

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 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.

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Updated April 29, 2025, by Usama Ali: In Disney Dreamlight Valley, the Royal Tools are a set of special items that players receive early in the game. These tools can be upgraded by completing specific character quests, which allow players to clear larger obstacles and access new areas. With the release of two new expansion packs, A Rift in Time and The Storybook Vale, there are a bunch of new tools and upgrade paths. This guide has now been updated to include the upgrade paths for both new and old tools.

How to Upgrade Royal Pickaxe in Dreamlight Valley

The Royal Pickaxe in Dreamlight Valley 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 Royal Pickaxe can be upgraded multiple times to clear different types of obstacles. Here are the upgrades currently available in the game and how to obtain them:

Small Sea Debris Removal: Granted by Maui after completing his friendship quest "The Great Maui" in Moana's Realm. This allows you to clear small coral clusters on Dazzle Beach.
Large Sea Debris Removal: Obtained from Maui after finishing his friendship quest "A Tale of Stone and Fire." This upgrade enables you to clear larger coral formations on Dazzle Beach.
Ice Block Removal: Awarded by Elsa upon completion of her friendship quest "Breaking the Ice" after unlocking the Frozen Realm. This allows you to break ice blocks found throughout the Valley.
Small Copper Rock Removal: Available after completing Jafar's quest "The Secrets of Eternity Isle" in the A Rift in Time expansion. This lets you break small copper rocks on Eternity Isle.
Small Glass Stalagmite Removal: Earned by progressing through Jafar's questline in the A Rift in Time expansion until you unlock Merlin's quest "Village Project: Timeless Trash." Completing this allows you to clear small glass stalagmites in the Glittering Dunes.
Petrified Wood Removal: Unlocked by completing the introductory quest "Welcome to the Storybook Vale" in the Storybook Vale expansion. This enables you to clear petrified wood in The Bind.
Hunk of Marble Removal: Granted by Hades as part of his friendship quest "Mythic Restoration" in the Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Storybook Vale expansion. This allows you to break hunks of marble in Mythopia.

How to Upgrade Royal Shovel in Dreamlight Valley

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.

The Royal Shovel also has several upgrades that allow you to clear different obstacles. Here are all the currently available ones:

Tree Stump Removal (Small and Large): You'll need to unlock the Frozen Realm and invite Anna to the Valley. By increasing your friendship with her and completing her quest "An Icy Invitation," you'll receive the Shovel Blade upgrade, allowing you to dig up both small and large tree stumps.
Wildebeest Bone Removal (Small): To clear the smaller wildebeest bones in the Sunlit Plateau, you need to unlock Scar by completing Mother Gothel's quest "The Curse." Then, increase your friendship level with Scar and complete his quest "Breaking Bones." This will give you the Lion's Claw Shovel Head upgrade.
Wildebeest Bone Removal (Large): After completing the "Breaking Bones" quest, continue to build your friendship with Scar and complete his next quest, "The Circle of Life." This will reward you with the Roaring Shovel Head upgrade, enabling you to clear the large wildebeest bones in the Sunlit Plateau.
Trash Removal on Dazzle Beach: By completing Donald Duck's friendship quest "Villager of the Month: Donald" (after unlocking him in the Forest of Valor), your shovel will be upgraded to clear the piles of trash scattered on Dazzle Beach.
Small Rubble Removal (Eternity Isle): If you own the A Rift in Time expansion, you can obtain the Small Rubble Shovel Potion. This is crafted at the Timebending Table after progressing through Merlin's "Village Project: Timeless Trash" quest. When applied to the Royal Shovel, it upgrades it and allows you to clear small piles of rubble on Eternity Isle.
Large Rubble Removal (Eternity Isle): Also part of the A Rift in Time expansion, the Large Rubble Shovel Potion lets you clear larger rubble piles on Eternity Isle. This potion is crafted at the Timebending Table once you have reached Level 1 of the Royal Hourglass upgrades.
Mossy Log Removal (The Bind): In the Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time - Storybook Vale expansion, during Merida's introductory questline, "Clan DunBroch's Rules of the Hunt," you will receive an upgrade that allows you to clear the mossy logs found in The Bind.
Broken Teacup Removal (Everafter): Upon unlocking the Everafter area in the Storybook Vale expansion, Flynn Rider will grant you an upgrade through his introductory quest, enabling you to clear the broken teacups. However, you’ll need to finish “A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing” quest first, and then the “Curiouser and Curiouser” quest.

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How to Upgrade Royal Watering Can in Dreamlight Valley

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.

Like all other tools, the Royal Watering Can also has a bunch of upgrades. Here are all the current ones:

Mushroom Removal (Small and Large): To gain the ability to clear both small and large patches of those pesky mushrooms, you'll need to focus on your friendship with Merlin. By increasing your friendship level and completing his quests until you receive "The Final Trial," he will upgrade your Royal Watering Can. You need this upgrade before you unlock the Glade of Trust biome.
Green Fires Removal: While you might think water douses all flames, the green fires in the Forgotten Lands have a magical twist. To extinguish them, you'll need the help of the Fairy Godmother. Simply raise her friendship level to two and begin her quest "Fire Alarm." Completing this quest will upgrade your Royal Watering Can, granting you the power to clear these green fires.
Pollen Removal from Flowers: You can get another handy upgrade by inviting Mike Wazowski to Dreamlight Valley and completing his friendship level two quest, "Germs Abound." He'll provide a special solution that upgrades your watering can, allowing it to remove pollen from flowers.
Small Evil Plant Removal (Wild Tangle): In the A Rift in Time expansion's Wild Tangle biome, you can clear small evil plants after progressing through Jafar's questline until the end of "The Sands in the Hourglass." Following this, Merlin will offer the quest "Village Project: Timeless Trash," which rewards you with the upgrade to clear these smaller evil plants.

To clear the larger evil plants in the Wild Tangle biome, you'll need to upgrade your Royal Hourglass to Level 1.

Bubbling Mushroom Removal (Everafter): Within the Everafter area of the Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Storybook Vale expansion, you can clear bubbling mushrooms by progressing through Flynn Rider's friendship quests until you unlock and complete "An Old-Fashioned Heist." This quest requires Flynn to be at friendship level
You also need to unlock several characters beforehand, namely:
- Merida
- Mushu
- Mulan
- Buzz Lightyear
- Remy
- Olaf
- Stitch
- Vanellope
Mysterious Flame Removal (Mythopia): In the Mythopia biome of The Storybook Vale expansion, particularly in The Fiery Plains, you'll come across mysterious flames. Hades will upgrade your Royal Watering Can to remove these flames during his quest "A Moth to a Flame," which becomes available as you unlock that part of the biome.

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How to Upgrade Royal Hourglass in Dreamlight Valley

The Royal Hourglass is a special tool introduced with the A Rift in Time expansion that is used to collect Mist and other hidden treasures. Once you've unlocked the Royal Hourglass through "The Flying Metal Nuisance" quest, you can upgrade it at a Timebending Table.

The Hourglass upgrades cost Mist, starting at 5,000 and increasing by 5,000 Mist for each subsequent level. Currently, the fourth and final Royal Hourglass upgrade costs 20,000 Mist. You can gather Mist by clearing Swirling Sands, completing Eternity Isle Dreamlight Duties, and removing Splinters of Fate.

Can You Upgrade Royal Fishing Rod in Dreamlight Valley?

The Royal Fishing Rod is one of the first Royal Tools you'll get your hands on in the game, courtesy of a little help from Merlin and Goofy. It's your go-to for catching all sorts of fish in the various bodies of water scattered throughout the Valley and Eternity Isle.

Currently, there are no permanent upgrades available for the Royal Fishing Rod in Disney Dreamlight Valley that enhance its core function. While you can’t upgrade the Fishing Rod , you can improve your fishing efficiency by upgrading Moana’s boat. Upgrading Moana's Boat reduces the energy cost of using the Royal Fishing Rod by 2% per level. At the maximum boat level (10), the total energy cost reduction for fishing reaches 20%.

Can You Upgrade Royal Net in Dreamlight Valley?

charged royal net in disney dreamlight valley

The Royal Net is a unique Royal Tool introduced with the Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Storybook Vale expansion . The Royal Net is used to capture "Snippets" that are scattered throughout the Storybook Vale biome and return them to The Lorekeeper.

You can get the Royal Net as part of the main storyline of the Storybook Vale expansion, specifically during the quest "Welcome to the Storybook Vale." Currently, the Royal Net does not have any upgrades.

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