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Platform: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4Release: 8/20/2025
Unlocking Lady in Disney Dreamlight Valley – Complete Quest & Puzzle Guide
After spending a solid evening (about 4-5 hours) chasing spaghetti storms and digging up dog bones, I finally pieced together everything needed to unlock Lady from The Lady and the Tramp and finish her friendship quests in Disney Dreamlight Valley. The breakthrough came when I stopped wandering randomly and treated it like a checklist: realm access, cheese key, kennel puzzle, then the spaghetti/meatball/cooking quests in the Valley.
This guide walks through every step I actually had to do, including the easy-to-miss cheese chunks, the eight buried key fragments, and the friendship quests tied to Remy, Merlin, the Beast, and the Cheshire Cat. As of the February 2026 update (patch 1.2.5), everything below is current.
Quick Overview
Time estimate: 4-6 hours to unlock Lady, plus 8–12 hours to clear all friendship quests.
Recommended player level: Around level 15 for smooth energy and tool usage (you can do it earlier, but it feels tighter).
Realm unlock cost: 6,000 Dreamlight to open The Lady and the Tramp realm.
Core challenges: Memory puzzle, cheese-based key crafting, 8-part buried key, spaghetti storms, meatball cleanup, and a cooking quest with Remy sabotaged by the Cheshire Cat.
If you follow the steps in order, you avoid the usual pain points: hunting for the last cheese block, missing a key fragment, or getting stuck on a bugged spaghetti orb.
Prerequisites Before You Start
6,000 Dreamlight to unlock The Lady and the Tramp realm door in the Castle.
Basic tools upgraded (Pickaxe and Shovel especially) so you can clear obstacles and dig quickly.
Characters unlocked & progressing: Remy, Merlin, the Beast, and the Cheshire Cat. Lady’s later friendship quests depend on story progress with these four. If her quests do not appear, advance their own questlines first.
For Lady & Tramp’s house: In my run, placing and constructing their home cost about:
10,000 coins
50 Stone
20 Iron Ingots
15 Wood (generic)
Treat this as a ballpark; patch tweaks can nudge numbers up or down.
Pro tip: Stock up on energy foods (coffee, pasta dishes, or any high-energy meals). The realm sections and clean-up quests burn through stamina quickly, especially on Switch or mobile where loading and stuttering can slow you down.
Step 1 – Open The Lady and the Tramp Realm
Step → Reach the Castle of Dreamlight.
Action → Go up to the top level and look to the upper-right of the fountain. Spend 6,000 Dreamlight to open The Lady and the Tramp realm door.
Result → You enter a sauce-covered street in front of Tony’s restaurant and begin the realm story that brings Tramp to your Valley.
Play through the main realm questline as prompted until Tramp moves into your Valley. At this point, Lady is not unlocked yet – you now get access to her separate quest chain back in the same realm.
This is Lady’s first quest and where most players lose time: the memory puzzle and the cheese-based key.
2.1 Talk to Lady at Tony’s Back Table
Step → Re-enter The Lady and the Tramp realm.
Action → Go behind Tony’s restaurant to the table in the back alley and talk to Lady.
Result → She explains she wants to help the critters stuck in the pound but her memory is muddled, triggering a memory puzzle.
2.2 Solve Lady’s Memory Puzzle
You see a scrambled image that works like a jigsaw: rotate and move pieces into the right spots.
Step → Interact with the memory board.
Action →
Rotate each piece in all directions if needed.
Start by matching big, obvious shapes (table edge, dog silhouettes, bright color patches).
Once corners and edges are right, fill the center.
Result → When the image is correct, the memory resolves and Lady regains her motivation to help the pound animals.
If a piece refuses to snap into place, you are usually off by a rotation. Rotating all four ways before moving on saved me a lot of trial and error.
2.3 Photograph the Lock & Collect Giant Cheese Pieces
Back in the pound, the animals are locked behind a big padlock. Lady wants to make a cheese copy of the key.
Step → Get the lock imprint.
Action → Go inside the pound, stand facing the door lock, and use your camera to take a photo as prompted.
Result → You obtain the imprint needed to model a cheese key.
Now you need five giant cheese chunks scattered around the realm, leftovers from the meatball storm. This is where I wasted the most time until I wrote them down.
Fabulous Fontina – In the main street, right in front of the Grill restaurant (the big central eatery).
Perfect Parmesan – By the left-hand door of Tony’s restaurant.
Massive Mozzarella – In the alley behind Tony’s restaurant, just behind the crafting station.
Magnificent Gorgonzola – In front of the crafting station near the realm’s entrance.
Incredible Asiago – Behind the crates in the recess of the alley right by the realm entrance.
Step → Run this loop once methodically instead of wandering: entrance crafting station → alley behind → Tony’s door → Grill front → small recess near entrance. Result → You should finish with all five cheeses without backtracking.
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2.4 Melt the Cheese & Make the Cheese Key
Step → Use the pizza oven.
Action → Go to the pizza oven in the alley behind Tony’s restaurant and interact with it when the quest marker appears. Talk to Lady afterward to receive the special item needed to finish the cheese key.
Result → The quest converts your cheese into a Cheese Key.
With the key in your inventory, head back into the pound and unlock the critter cage. One dog bed glows with a strange aura – interact with it to reveal another memory involving a mysterious dog.
When you exit the pound, the sauce storm worsens. Use your Royal Pickaxe to clear any meatball or debris blocking your way and return toward the portal to the Valley as the quest directs.
This is the “hidden shed” puzzle. A note reveals that dogs ate the key to the shed and buried the pieces around the realm. You must dig up eight key fragments by spotting bone-shaped ground patterns.
Difficulty is medium purely because it is easy to miss one. I recommend ticking them off in this order:
Fragment 1 – At your feet right after you read the note about the shed.
Fragment 2 – Left of the main entrance to the pound.
Fragment 3 – In the right-hand recess near the realm entrance.
Fragment 4 – At the end of the main street, to the left as you walk from the realm entrance.
Fragment 5 – In the alley behind Tony’s restaurant.
Fragment 6 – In the cul-de-sac with the huge meatball in that same alley.
Fragment 7 – Still in the back alley, just past the clothesline where you earlier found the tablecloth for the candlelit dinner.
Fragment 8 – In front of the house where Tramp was originally blocked by meatballs.
Step → Equip your shovel, look for bone icons on the ground, and dig. Action → Run the realm in a loop in the order above. Result → You will finish with all eight key parts and avoid re-searching the same corners.
Once you have all fragments:
Step → Go to any crafting station in the realm.
Action → Use the recipe in your crafting menu to combine the 8 key fragments into the Shed Key.
Result → Return to the pound and unlock the hidden area behind the barrier to claim a special Lady and the Tramp themed item.
After this quest, Lady finally moves to your Valley. Talk to her, place her and Tramp’s home, then pay Scrooge to build it using the coins and materials mentioned earlier.
Step 4 – Unlocking Lady’s Friendship Quests
Lady’s friendship questline is intertwined with other villagers. In my experience, her quests only appeared reliably once I had:
Remy unlocked with several restaurant quests completed.
Merlin well into his story quests.
The Beast living in the Valley with at least his early quests done.
The Cheshire Cat unlocked and introduced, including his tree.
If you do not see a new Lady quest after finishing one, raise friendship and push main quests with these characters, then check the quest log again.
Lady Friendship Quest 1 – “Spaghetti Problem”
Estimated time: 20–30 minutes. Difficulty: Easy but slightly chaotic because you chase moving spaghetti balls.
Step → Head to Dreamlight Castle.
Action → Enter the Castle and walk into the hall of realm doors. You will see a spaghetti storm swirling around.
Result → The quest begins as you chase the spaghetti.
Inside the Castle hall, run after the spaghetti orbs and interact with them to catch them. Once you have enough, return them to Lady.
Lady gives you a substitute nose so you can track the source of the problem by smell.
Step → Equip the substitute nose from your inventory.
Action → Follow the scent trail to Dazzle Beach (called “Plage enchantée” in French). On the main part of the beach you will find three spaghetti balls.
Result → Catch all three, then report back to Lady.
Repeat this one more time, this time following the trail into the Mystical Cave on Dazzle Beach.
Step → Track spaghetti into the Mystical Cave.
Action → Chase the spaghetti balls inside, pick them up, and return to Lady once the quest updates.
Result → Analysing these balls triggers a memory. Open it from your inventory, then talk to Lady to finish the quest.
Troubleshooting: If a spaghetti orb bugs out (gets stuck in scenery or will not let you pick it up), leave the area and come back, or fully reload the game. Patch 1.2.5 also added a “Force Progress” option in some quests; check your quest log if you remain stuck.
Lady Friendship Quest 2 – “A Life of (Meat)balls”
Here you clean up the aftermath of the spaghetti storm in several houses. Estimated time: 20–40 minutes. Difficulty: Easy; mainly travel and shovel work.
Step → Visit Lady & Tramp’s house.
Action → Inside, use your shovel to dig up and clear all the meatballs scattered around.
Result → The quest updates and Lady detects the smell of meatballs from elsewhere.
Then, follow the quest markers in order:
House of Ursula on Dazzle Beach – Clear all meatballs.
Goofy’s house in Peaceful Meadow – Clean up the mess.
Mickey’s house in the Plaza – Remove the remaining meatballs.
Step → After cleaning each house, talk to Lady as prompted. Result → Each cleanup advances the memory of the forgotten dog; by the end, only one fragment is still missing, setting up the next quest.
Energy tip: Cook a batch of pasta or coffee beforehand and keep it on your hotbar so you do not have to keep running back home, especially on mobile where loading can feel slower.
Lady Friendship Quest 3 – “Canine Cooking”
This is the most involved quest: it mixes digging, gifting, feeding critters, and cooking two dog recipes – one prank version, one correct. Expect 40–60 minutes depending on how ready your pantry is.
3.1 Calm Lady & Complete the “Errands”
Lady smells something odd at Remy’s restaurant and gets anxious.
Step → Meet Lady at Remy’s restaurant.
Action → Enter with her, then follow her outside when she becomes overwhelmed. She will suggest doing some activities around the Valley to relax.
Result → Three small tasks appear: dig for bones, give favorite gifts, and feed a rabbit.
Digging for bones (3 locations):
On the grassy slope in Peaceful Meadow leading down toward Dazzle Beach.
At the foot of the stairs between the Plaza and Peaceful Meadow.
To the right of the crop field in Peaceful Meadow.
Look for bone motifs on the ground and dig with your shovel.
Gifting & feeding:
Bring a favorite gift to any required villagers. Use the Collection → Characters menu to check current favorite gifts for efficient choices.
Feed a rabbit in Peaceful Meadow with a carrot. Approach slowly so it does not flee, then interact when prompted.
Step → Complete all three activities. Result → Lady feels calmer and is ready to re-enter Remy’s restaurant to talk things through.
3.2 Cook the First “Dog Recipe” with Remy
Back inside the restaurant, Lady finally remembers Remy. He suggests a special recipe just for dogs. The first version, however, is sabotaged.
Step → Talk to Remy with Lady present.
Action → He gives you a recipe using:
Purple fruit – Harvested from the Cheshire Cat’s tree.
Wheat
Peanuts
Egg
Result → Cook the dish as directed at Remy’s stove; Lady realises something is off – the Cheshire Cat has played a prank.
If you are low on ingredients, grow extra wheat ahead of time and keep peanuts and eggs stocked from Remy’s pantry to avoid multiple trips.
3.3 Confront the Cheshire Cat & Cook the Correct Recipe
Lady decides to confront the Cheshire Cat about the bad joke.
Step → Follow Lady as she tracks the culprit.
Action → Follow the paw prints that lead toward the Cursed Cave on Dazzle Beach.
Result → Inside or nearby, you get the correct recipe for special dog donuts.
The final recipe uses:
Dog Kibble – Provided by Remy.
Wheat
Peanuts
Egg
Step → Cook the correct recipe at Remy’s restaurant.
Action → Once cooked, take the dish and the dog bowl Remy gives you.
Result → Place the bowl next to the Cheshire Cat’s tree to trigger a final scene where Lady and the Cheshire Cat talk things out.
After this, the spaghetti/meatball chaos is resolved, Lady’s memories are restored, and you will have gained a big chunk of friendship levels with her, Remy, and the Cheshire Cat all at once.
Troubleshooting & Optimization Tips
Missing cheese or key fragments – Walk each location listed above in a fixed order. If one still does not appear, reload the game and recheck your quest log.
Spaghetti or meatball not interactable – Leave the biome, return, and try again. If that fails, restart the game. On some platforms patch 1.2.5 added a small “Force Progress” button to bugged quests – check your quest UI.
Energy issues – Batch-cook a high-energy meal and keep 10–20 portions before entering the realm so you do not waste time fast traveling home.
Platform notes:
Switch: Spaghetti storms can stutter. Let the camera settle before chasing orbs; sprinting blindly increases the odds of them clipping into scenery.
Mobile: Energy drains feel more punishing due to shorter sessions. Chain digging and cleanup tasks together while you are already out.
If you like speedrunning or following a video alongside this guide, use the big quest beats as timestamps: Cheese Key → 8 Key Fragments → Spaghetti Problem → Meatball Cleanup → Canine Cooking (two recipes). That structure mirrors the actual quest flow and makes it easier to jump to the part you need.
TL;DR – Lady Unlock & Quest Checklist
Step → Unlock realm. Action → Spend 6,000 Dreamlight on The Lady and the Tramp door (top-right of Castle fountain). Result → Access the sauce-soaked realm and bring Tramp to your Valley.
Step → Start Lady’s quest “Critters and Compassion”. Action → Talk to her at the back table behind Tony’s, solve the memory puzzle, photograph the pound lock.
Step → Make the cheese key. Action → Collect the 5 giant cheese pieces, use the pizza oven, talk to Lady, and unlock the critter cage.
Step → Solve the kennel riddle. Action → Dig up 8 bone-marked spots for key fragments, craft the shed key, open the hidden area. Result → Lady becomes available for the Valley.
Step → Place Lady & Tramp’s home. Action → Talk to Lady, set their house, pay Scrooge and provide materials. Result → They properly move in.
Step → “Spaghetti Problem”. Action → Chase spaghetti storms in Castle, Dazzle Beach, and the Mystical Cave using the substitute nose. Result → Unlock a memory and progress Lady’s story.
Step → “A Life of (Meat)balls”. Action → Dig up meatballs in Lady & Tramp’s house, Ursula’s house, Goofy’s house, and Mickey’s house. Result → Another big chunk of the forgotten-dog mystery.
Step → “Canine Cooking”. Action → Calm Lady by digging up bones, gifting villagers, feeding a rabbit; cook the first prank recipe, confront the Cheshire Cat, then cook the correct dog donuts with kibble. Result → Lady’s spaghetti saga ends, her memories stabilize, and you finish her main friendship questline.
Once you have run through all of this, Lady is fully integrated into your Valley life: her home is built, her story is complete, and you can focus on daily hangouts and gifts to push her to friendship level 10 at your own pace. The messy part – cheese keys, buried fragments, and rogue spaghetti – is behind you.
