The Winter Ball update has arrived in Disney Dreamlight Valley, bringing with it one of the very last princesses missing from the valley. The process for unlocking Cinderella looks fairly different from recruiting most other characters, so it can be a bit tricky to work through.
While the vast majority of villagers are unlocked by stepping into magical Realms, there are some who are instead hidden away behind secrets found in the main valley. Cinderella is one such character, so locating and meeting her can be tough. Here’s how to unlock Cinderella in Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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How to get Cinderella in Disney Dreamlight Valley
To unlock Cinderella, you need to break the protective pumpkin enchantment in The Pumpkin and the Princess quest. She’s not in a Realm like most other valley villagers, and instead can be met while in the main valley once you’ve completed a specific set of tasks. Here’s everything you need to do to unlock Cinderella.
- Unlock Fairy Godmother.
- Find Cinderella’s shoe.
- Complete The Pumpkin and the Princess quest.
Unlock Fairy Godmother
Before you can begin the process of unlocking Cinderella, you first need to make sure you’ve unlocked Fairy Godmother. She first shows up in the quest Miracles Take Time, and is officially unlocked at the end of What’s Left Behind.
Fairy Godmother joins the valley after you fix all six Pillars around the valley and unlock the Forgotten Lands biome, where you can find her pumpkin house waiting. You first work through the Miracles Take Time quest, then Forgotten Memories: Friendship, Forgotten Memories: Trust, Forgotten Memories: Nurturing, and finally What’s Left Behind, at which point she’s unlocked as a villager.
Find Cinderella’s shoe in the Plaza
Sometime after unlocking Fairy Godmother, you’ll find a letter in your mailbox titled “Fancy footwear gone astray? See your Fairy Godmother today!” which asks you to find Cinderella’s shoe. Venture to the Plaza biome right in the middle of the main valley to start your hunt.
Cinderella’s shoe can spawn anywhere in this area after you’ve read Fairy Godmother’s letter. For me, it appeared right by the staircase that leads down into the Peaceful Meadow biome in the middle of the Plaza, but for you, it will likely pop up somewhere else. It can only appear in the Plaza, though, so this is the only place you need to check.
Complete The Pumpkin and the Princess quest
Once you have Cinderella’s shoe, you need to get to work on The Pumpkin and the Princess quest. Meet up with Fairy Godmother in her home, craft the Wish Enchantment, and grow the Small Spell Pumpkin.
Next, you need to place the outline for Cinderella’s house somewhere in the valley. When you have it where you want it to go for now, interact with Scrooge McDuck’s sign in front of it to spend 15,000 Star Coins so you can build it.
With Cinderella’s house now built, place the Spell Pumpkin close to the wishing well in the Plaza biome, then decorate around it with eight elegant, yellow, and blue furniture items. Interact with the pumpkin to free Cinderella and invite her to live in the valley.
All Cinderella friendship rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley
As you work on building your friendship with Cinderella, you’ll gain access to nine levels of rewards, plus unlocking the ability to hang out with her as soon as you reach level two. Here are all of Cinderella’s exclusive friendship rewards.
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| 2 | Window furniture item |
| 3 | Cinderella silhouette motif |
| 4 | 500 Star Coins |
| 5 | Cinderella chair furniture item |
| 6 | Button motif |
| 7 | 1,000 Star Coins |
| 8 | Cinderella birds holding a cloth furniture item |
| 9 | Cinderella Touch of Magic material |
| 10 | Cinderella dress clothing item |
There’s plenty more to explore in The Winter Ball update. Next, you might work on some tricky Winter Warmth Star Path duties, like planting vegetables that make great coaches and digging for special crystals underground, or work on unlocking the Sakura Blossom Dragon Community Companion.
