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Stumped? Dig around the forest riddle solution in Disney Dreamlight Valley

You won't be stumped by this clue for much longer.

Once you’ve uncovered a clue from a gold treasure crack, the real adventure begins as you can then get to work searching the village in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Some hints are fairly tricky to solve, though, as is the case with the stumped? Dig around the forest riddle.

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There’s a slight hint in this riddle, but it’s a pretty vague one, which makes it decently tricky to determine where you need to go and what task needs to be completed. If you’re struggling to figure this one out, here’s the solution for the stumped? Dig around the forest riddle in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

Stumped? Dig around the forest riddle location Disney Dreamlight Valley

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The solution for the stumped? Dig around the forest riddle is a stump found in the Forest of Valor biome. You’re looking for brown tree stumps covered in small colorful mushrooms around this large area, which can be found near the east end of the island between Dazzle Beach and Frosted Heights.

Some stumps are quite small, while others are a lot bigger and easier to spot. The hidden treasure chest can drop from any stump that pops up around this area, so make sure you clear away all the stumps you come across until you find what you’re seeking. The Forest of Valor is one of, if not the biggest, biomes in the entire valley, so it’s perhaps the toughest one to search in the Treasure Hunt event.

To remove stumps for this quest, you need to equip and use your Royal Shovel. You may be tempted to reach for your Royal Pickaxe instead, but only your shovel is capable of clearing away this pesky obstacle. An actual axe would probably make the most sense here, but since we don’t have this tool yet, your shovel has to do for now.

The “stumped” portion of this riddle hints that you need to dig up stumps, while the mention of a “forest” points toward the Forest of Valor area. It’s certainly one of the tougher clues to solve, though, as the hints in this one are a bit more vague than most others.

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Since there’s no way to know which stump has the treasure you’re after, you have to clear away all of them until you manage to find it. They can spawn anywhere in the Forest of Valor, including in inconvenient corners and behind buildings, so check everywhere to ensure you don’t miss one. You might get lucky and find the chest right away, or you may instead have to break many stumps before you come across it. Just keep breaking them and you’ll eventually find what you’re seeking.

If you’re not sure what to do next after solving this riddle, the Treasure Hunt event has plenty of other tasks for you to get done. Start by searching for a gold treasure crack, then get to work solving the clues you acquire. Some of the riddles you might get include tip some purple caps somewhere swampy, beneath coral growth with a dazzling viewunder a pile of bone in a sunlit place, and don’t forget to put out the fires.


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Staff Writer at Prima Games & Destructoid covering a wide array of topics including Disney Dreamlight Valley, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft, Phasmophobia, general gaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022, transitioned to a Staff Writer in 2023, moved to Destructoid in March 2025, and joined Prima Games in September 2025. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.