Handle With Care Disney Dreamlight Valley Quest Walkthrough

Handle With Care is Snow White’s first friendship quest in the Wishblossom Ranch expansion, and it sets the tone for your partnership with both her and your horse. The mission focuses on restoring the ranch’s damaged topiary and learning the basics of horse care, with several steps that can feel a bit hidden if you do not know where to look. This walkthrough takes you through every phase clearly, including resource locations, crafting requirements, and the horse-care mechanics tied to quest completion.

Snow White needs your help to bring the ranch back to life, and the first step is repairing the Care Blossom Topiary near the ranch entrance. To achieve that, you must collect a surprisingly long list of materials, craft decorative pieces, and demonstrate that you can reliably take care of your horse. Each stage teaches you a different mechanic—gathering, crafting, decorating, and bonding with your mount.

Step 1: Start the Quest and Reach the Ranch Entrance

When you begin the quest, follow Snow White as she leads you to the front entrance of Wishblossom Ranch. This area becomes your main hub for the early tasks. After speaking with her at the entrance, she immediately asks you to help restore the broken topiary.

If you have not completed the necessary steps in the Ghost Town story mission—specifically, lowering the bridge into Wishing Way—the quest will not fully continue. Make sure this is done before progressing further.

Step 2: Collect Materials to Repair the Care Blossom Topiary

The first major objective is rebuilding the topiary structure. Snow White needs four different resource types, each obtained through core gathering activities:

Required Materials

12 Drywood – Found on the ground beside trees across many biomes (Sunlit Plateau, Frosted Heights, Forgotten Lands, plus all areas of the Wishing Alps).
1 Rusty Hinge – Dig in the soil around Wishing Alps; the hinge is guaranteed from digging.
Pebbles – Common dig-up drops in multiple biomes, including Dazzle Beach, Forest of Valor, Sunlit Plateau, Forgotten Lands, and all Wishing Alps areas.
Pyrite – Mine rock spots in Wishblossom Ranch and Wishing Alps. Using miraculous pickaxe polish helps increase gem drops.

Turn In the Items

Return to the topiary near the ranch entrance. Interact with it and deposit all materials to complete the restoration phase. After this, speak with Snow White again to unlock the next objective.

Step 3: Gather Materials for Decorative Rock Gardens

Snow White now wants to brighten the area with natural decorations. This phase focuses on collecting crocuses and reclaimed wood.

You Need:

15 Reclaimed Barnwood – These planks appear scattered around the ranch environment.
Pink Crocuses
Purple Crocuses
Yellow Crocuses

Where to Find Crocuses

Crocuses grow primarily in Wishblossom Ranch, but you can also locate them in:

Silver Summit – Reachable by jumping the bridge with your horse.
Ranch Highlands – Accessible after crossing the second bridged area from Silver Summit.

Step 4: Craft and Place Four Blooming Rock Gardens

Once you’ve gathered all flowers and barnwood, visit a crafting table. (There is one close by in Wishing Way next to your house.)

Craft four Blooming Rock Gardens from the furniture tab.

Then return to the repaired topiary and place all four gardens around it using the furniture placement system. The game will not allow you to position them too close to the central sculpture, so leave some spacing around the structure.

Step 5: Equip Your Horse With Snow White’s Saddle and Take a Photo

After placing the decorations, speak with Snow White again. She rewards you with a custom saddle for your horse.

Do the following:

Head to your horse’s stable and open the customization menu.
Equip Snow White’s saddle.
Take a picture with your horse wearing the new gear. A selfie works, but make sure the horse is visible in the frame.

Step 6: Perform All Daily Horse-Care Actions

The final task focuses on bonding with your horse. Snow White explains that a well-cared-for horse begins to emit sparkling effects, signifying boosted performance like digging large clusters of holes at once.

To trigger these sparkles in a single in-game day, you must:

Pet your horse
Brush your horse
Feed all three of its favorite daily meals

Example: If Maximus wants caramel apples and apples that day, prepare those dishes and feed them in addition to any earlier snacks he requested.

Once all three categories are completed, the horse will be surrounded by glowing sparks for roughly 20 minutes, confirming success.

Mount the horse, then return to the topiary area near the ranch entrance to finalize the quest.

Completion and Rewards

After fulfilling the care requirements and checking in on the restored decorations, the quest concludes. You now have:

A restored Care Blossom Topiary
Four placed Blooming Rock Gardens
A boosted bond with your horse
Access to improved horse abilities like larger dig clusters

This mission also unlocks further progression with Snow White and sets you up for more advanced ranch quests.

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Handle With Care gently mixes exploration, gathering, crafting, and pet-management mechanics into a single quest that builds your relationship with Snow White and your horse. Though the material list is long and the care steps require attention, completing everything opens up more efficient horse abilities and a brightened-up ranch entrance. With this walkthrough, you can move through the steps smoothly and continue deeper into Wishblossom Ranch’s storyline. Play Now!

Handle With Care Disney Dreamlight Valley Quest Walkthrough: How to Repair the Ranch and Unlock Horse Sparks

Step 1: Start the Quest and Reach the Ranch Entrance