✨ The Haunted Floating Festival has returned to Dreamlight Valley, and the event runs from October 7 until October 31.
This event invites you to return to the same floating island as last year... well, mostly the same! The event brings 4 new puzzles to unlock, with a new Haunted Mansion added to the floating island for you to explore. Puzzles 6, 7 and 8 are currently available, with Puzzle 9 arriving on October 18.
As this is a returning event, you also have the opportunity to complete the first 5 puzzles and unlock the exclusive rewards tied to them, with all five puzzles also available to complete now. So, if you're new to the event, there are currently 8 puzzles waiting for you on the island!
Like all Floating Festival events in the Valley, you can access the Haunted Floating Festival through the portal in the Plaza, or via the Fast Travel menu.
How To Complete Puzzles 6, 7 and 8
It looks like Gameloft have done something a little differently with these event puzzles. When I first entered the new Haunted Mansion on the floating island, I was expecting to complete just one puzzle. But as I continued exploring, I realised there was a bit more involved, and before I knew it, I had completed both Puzzles 6 and 7, with Puzzle 8 providing a nice and easy finish!
To make these new puzzles easier to follow, I’ve put together a visual guide that first walks you through unlocking the Bedroom door inside the Haunted Mansion, as this is where you’ll be able to continue with Puzzles 6, 7 and 8. I should also mention that when you first enter the Haunted Mansion, there's a clue inside a book at the end of the room (as shown in the image above) to help you complete the puzzle.
I actually really enjoyed this change of pace. The puzzles felt a little more involved than some of the previous Haunted Floating Festival challenges, and I liked having to explore the different rooms of the Haunted Mansion and work out how everything connected together. There’s a nice little progression to these puzzles, with the Bedroom door requiring to be unlocked before completing the challenges and each puzzle taking you all over the mansion.
Unlocking the Bedroom Door
Before you can complete Puzzles 6, 7 and 8, you’ll first need to unlock the Bedroom door at the end of the hallway.
To do this, you’ll need to collect two Haunted Key Fragments. The first comes from lighting four pumpkins throughout the Haunted Mansion using candles. The second Haunted Key Fragment is much easier to get, requiring you to chase the ghostly Zero fox throughout the mansion.
Once you have both fragments, you can craft the Repaired Haunted Key at a Crafting Station and use it to unlock the Bedroom door.
I’ve included the complete steps for unlocking the Bedroom door in the guide above, including where to find the candles, the key needed for the second chest, and a few other details.
Puzzle 6 — Release the Curse
Puzzle 6 sees you working with a combination pillar inside the Bedroom to recover a missing page from the Grimoire. Though before you can start this puzzle, you'll actually need to complete puzzle 7 first... as the puzzle clue you need is unlocked through puzzle 7.
After completing Puzzle 7, you’ll receive a clue showing different areas of the Haunted Mansion. You’ll need to explore these rooms and identify the symbols shown in the clue, before entering them into the combination pillar in the correct order.
The correct combination is:
1. Cobweb → 2. Cat → 3. Bat → 4. Hat
Once the combination is correct, you’ll be able to collect the Lost Magic Page and return it to the Grimoire in the Bedroom, breaking the curse and unlocking the Decorative Magic Seal furniture reward.
Puzzle 7 — Haunted Library
Puzzle 7 is a fun little book-sorting challenge that takes you around the different rooms of the Haunted Mansion.
You’ll begin by picking up "Boo! The Big Book of Bat Facts by Paul Tergeist", before moving through the Front Room, Hallway, Storage Room and finally the Bedroom, transferring each book to the correct bookshelf and collecting the next book that appears after transferring the correct title.
The photo above does not list the name of each book, I have outlined each one below:
The photo above does not list the name of each book, I have outlined each one below:
1. Boo! The Big Book of Bat Facts by Paul Tergeist
Collect From: Bedroom | Move To: Front Room Shelf
Collect From: Bedroom | Move To: Front Room Shelf
2. Frightening Flowers by I.M. Skaired
Collect From: Front Room | Move To: Hallway Shelf
Collect From: Front Room | Move To: Hallway Shelf
3. The Chilling Cosmos by T. Rick Ortreat
Collect From: Hallway | Move To: Storage Room Shelf
Collect From: Hallway | Move To: Storage Room Shelf
4. Terrifying Tunes by Major Frite
Collect From: Storage Room | Move To: Bedroom
Collect From: Storage Room | Move To: Bedroom
Once you’ve placed the final book back on the shelf in the Bedroom, you’ll need to complete an Event Memory Puzzle, before unlocking the Chomping Chest furniture reward. This Event Memory is the clue that you'll need to complete puzzle 6.
Puzzle 8 — Basement Door
Puzzle 8 is a much quicker one to complete.
Once the Bedroom is unlocked, you’ll find a key inside the mouth of the Lion Statue. Use your Pickaxe to break the statue and collect the Eerie Basement Door Key, then exit the Haunted Mansion and locate the eerie basement door outside.
Transfer the key to unlock the door, then enter the basement and collect the Eerie Basement Door furniture reward from the red chest inside.
Puzzle 9 — Ghost Hunt
Puzzle 9 of the event was unlocked on October 18, and this one was too easy to complete. To complete this puzzle, you'll need to photograph 10 ghosts inside the Haunted Mansion to remove them. You'll find all ghosts floating around the 4 rooms. Here's where to find them:
2 in Front Room
3 in the Storage Room
3 in the Hallway
Puzzle 9 of the event was unlocked on October 18, and this one was too easy to complete. To complete this puzzle, you'll need to photograph 10 ghosts inside the Haunted Mansion to remove them. You'll find all ghosts floating around the 4 rooms. Here's where to find them:
2 in Front Room
3 in the Storage Room
3 in the Hallway
2 in the Bedroom
Photographing all 10 ghosts completes this puzzle, and a reward pouch will appear for you to unlock the final reward of the event, the Ghost furniture item.
▶️ You can also watch a quick video on this puzzle here.
Last Year's Puzzles!
Photographing all 10 ghosts completes this puzzle, and a reward pouch will appear for you to unlock the final reward of the event, the Ghost furniture item.
▶️ You can also watch a quick video on this puzzle here.
Last Year's Puzzles!
I previously completed the first 5 puzzles of this event last year when the event was available, although I’ve only previously made video walkthroughs for Puzzle 4 and Puzzle 5.
You can check those out below, and yes... you'll notice quite a difference in my editing skills 😂 I've come a long way... I think!
Puzzle 4: Potion Brewer's House
Puzzle 5: Haunted Mansion
Thank you for joining me on this Haunted Floating Festival adventure! I hope this guide helps you work your way through the new Haunted Mansion puzzles and collect all of the new rewards. I’ll see you in the next journal entry!