Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Get Hardwood

Some of the Disney Dreamlight Valley quests are downright fiendish when it comes to how many materials they require. Some of them ask for hardwood – a material that is particularly hard (wood) to find!

Whatever the reason you need a ton of hardwood, we’ve got you covered. Here’s our guide to where to find it and how to maximize your potential.

Hardwood Growing Guide

Where hardwood is found

Hardwood is the reddish-brown pile of branches found under trees in the following locations:

• clearing of trust
• Forest of Valor
• Sun-drenched plateau
• Frosty Heights
• Forgotten Lands

We recommend starting with the first two as they’re cheaper to unlock and don’t contain as many other types of wood, so you’ll tend to find Hardwood faster.

Hardwood will appear randomly under trees, and you can return to these areas to find more.

But if you don’t want to rely on the whims of fate to find your hardwood, here are some tips to make it spawn faster:

Step One: Unlock Forest of Valor

The Forest of Valor is the best place to get lots of Hardwood, so make sure you’ve spent the 3,000 Dreamlight required to clear the Nightthorns from the entrance.

Step two: deforestation

Apologies to nature, but our first step is to get rid of all the trees in the Forest of Valor. This will reduce the number of places Hardwood spawns, but don’t worry – we’ll get them back.

You can do this by going into the furniture menu and removing all the trees one by one. Make sure you do this in both areas of the Forest of Valor, including the one across the river, even if you can’t access it yet.

Step Three: Gather the Wood

Make your way through the Forest of Valor and collect all the softwood and hardwood you can find. This is to ensure the area can spawn more wood.

You can either do this by walking around and picking it up, or by going into the furniture menu, picking it up and moving it to a location so you can easily pick it up in one go.

Step Four: Replace large trees with small trees

Now that you have a forestless Forest of Valor, place plaza trees near the entrance or near the fast travel fountain for easier access. We went with eight, but you can do more or fewer trees if you like.

This will ensure that the hardwood spawns only under the plaza trees, which are much smaller and easier to find.

Step Five: Fast Travel

If you fast travel to another area and then fast travel back using the magical springs, the forest will reappear.

Step 6: Also cut down the glade of trust (optional)

Repeating the above steps with the Glade of Confidence (5,000 Dreamlight to unlock) allows you to fast travel between the Glade and the forest to maximize your lumber gains.

Step 7: Unlock the Shovel Upgrade (Optional)

You can also remove those pesky stumps anywhere with a shovel upgrade. In order to get the improved shovel, you need to complete some of Anna’s (from Frozen) quests:

These stumps can drop a lot of softwood and hardwood, so it’s worth getting them if you need something extra. But be warned – these quests can get a bit pricey in terms of materials and Dreamlight, so this isn’t necessarily the easiest option unless you already have a bunch of Iron Ore and Dreamlight to spend!

Results

It’s going to take a long time to get a lot of wood, but this is the best way we can think of to get it fast – for now. Let us know in the comments if you know any other tricks!

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If you’re looking for more information about Disney Dreamlight Valley, check out our guides on how to build friendships fast, how to upgrade your house, how to upgrade tools, how to earn Star Coins fast, and how to complete the Ratatouille -Craft recipe. as well as our general guide with tips and hints.