Our editor Alex has been playing Disney Dreamlight Valley since the beginning of Early Access. Here, he explains how to complete the quest "The Scientific Method."
In this guide, you will learn:
To unlock Jack Skellington in Disney Dreamlight Valley, the purchase of the recently released "A Rift in Time" DLC is not necessary. The famous Pumpkin King graces Disney Valley as part of the main game. However, if you are interested in the expansion, you can get it for $30 on Steam.
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This guide focuses on Jack's quest "The Scientific Method," meaning you must have unlocked the spindly protagonist from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." How to achieve this can be found in this guide.
If you have accepted Jack Skellington's quest "The Scientific Method" in Dreamlight Valley, your friendship is already at level 5. This time, you are to play the role of the Pumpkin King's lab assistant because the lanky monarch wants to explore potential connections between "The Forgetting" and the magic underlying his hometown, Halloween Town, in a "scientific" manner.
For you, "The Scientific Method" is initially about setting up Jack's future lab. And as is customary in Dreamlight Valley, this involves some gathering tasks. However, a change of location is necessary first.
To get started, meet Jack in Vitalys Mines and find the hidden room. You're familiar with this room from Simba's quest, "Seed of Memories." The Pumpkin King now wants to transform this space into his personal lab, for which he needs a slew of resources.
For the compilation of a scientific set for Jack to experiment with, you need to collect the following ingredients:
Once you have the required materials, go to a workbench and create a scientific kit. Now, return to Jack Skellington in the Vitalys Mines and hand him his new toys.
Well, now the experiments can begin, right? Wrong, because Jack still needs something to experiment with. In this case, it's 6 Night Shards, which are known to be found (or rather dug up) in the sparkling holes in the ground in all biomes. Alternatively, you can also transform an Onyx Stone into 3 Night Shards using a crafting bench.
After delivering the Night Shards to Jack (he's still in the Vitalys Mines), he begins with initial experiments that go awry. The shards turn into a giant Night Thorn, against which neither Jack nor you can do anything. So, the only solution is a visit to the powerful wizard Merlin.
Merlin will tell you that he has four differently colored potions, one of which might help eliminate the giant Night Thorn. However, Merlin is not getting any younger and can't remember which of the four potions is the right one. So, he asks you to enter his house and find all four potions for him. He has stored them in the following locations:
The exact locations of the potions can also be seen in the images below.
After acquiring all the potions, Merlin is once again not much help, as he only remembers that the right potion is "the opposite of a Night Thorn." Well, the solution is straightforward, especially since you can go by the colors here. If the Night Thorn represents forgetting and darkness, it can only be the yellow (yellow like the sun) potion. Moreover, the potion's description suggests that it enhances memory.
Let's get to grips with the night thorn with Merlin's potions. (Disney Dreamlight Valley, image by Pro Game Guides)
Now armed with this knowledge, return to Vitalys Mines and apply the contents of the yellow potion to the giant Night Thorn. It will shrink, leaving behind only a Night Thorn Sprout. Give the sprout to Jack Skellington, and you have successfully completed the quest "The Scientific Method."
Disney Dreamlight Valley has been available since December 5th for PC (Steam), macOS, PlayStation 5/4, Xbox Series X/S/One, and Nintendo Switch. The full version is priced at 40 dollars on all platforms, with the DLC "A Rift in Time" costing an additional 30 dollars.
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