As you progress through Disney Dreamlight Valley's Storybook Vale questline, you'll eventually discover that four of its residents—Merida, Flynn, Hades, and Maleficent—are slowly disappearing. Although helping the first three wasn't too tough, finding and saving Maleficent is another challenge in and of itself.
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Explore the waiting room of the Unwritten Realms
Immediately after completing the "A Storm of Stories" quest, you'll begin The Unwritten Realms: Maleficent's Gift. You'll first start this mission inside the Unwritten Realms, where you'll catch a glimpse of Maleficent slowly disappearing, much like Merida, Flynn, and Hades.
Talk to Maleficent and the Magic Quill
After ascending the stairs in the Unwritten Realms, you'll discover Maleficent roaming around. Talking to her reveals that she's been struggling to talk to a Magic Quill, who's taken on the form of an average corporate receptionist.
After calming her down, you'll talk to the Magic Quill, who, through various corporate jargon, reveals that they can't fix the Erasure right away. Instead, you need to wait in line by taking a numbered ticket. You'll quickly learn that Maleficent did the same, leading to her angrily ripping up the ticket and throwing its pieces on the floor.
Search for Maleficent's Ticket
With that exchange out of the way, it's time to find Maleficent's ticket so we can expedite the waiting process. You'll find three pieces in the following locations:
- Behind the Magic Quill
- Near several couches next to the waiting room's right-side gate
- Between a couch and two seats next to the waiting room's staircase
Once you have all three pieces, you'll be ready to solve this area's puzzle.
Change the Now Serving board to match Maleficent's ticket
All three tickets have numbers on them that you'll need to input into a "Now Serving" board near Maleficent. Rearranging each number reveals the solution as 9375. Interact with each number until you get this answer to expedite the queue, allowing you to talk to the Magic Quill once more.
Following a brief interaction with the Magic Quill, you'll unlock the waiting room's gate, letting you get one step closer to saving Maleficent.
Maleficent First Anchor Moment puzzle solution
Once you're ready to progress, head through the gate and talk to the Review Magic Quill. They'll open a portal for you, leading you to Maleficent's first Anchor Moment. Before you can claim this item, however, you'll need to solve a difficult puzzle.
In these puzzle rooms, you'll spot a 3x3 grid of question blocks that were previously featured in past Storybook Vale quests. Alongside these, you'll find several answer grids scattered around and dragon heads that you'll need to rotate.
Starting with the dragon heads, you'll have three total to rotate. You'll find them in the following locations:
- To your left when you first enter the grid's puzzle room. Rotate it until it is right-side up.
- Next to one of the puzzle's hint grids.
- Head into the rooms to your right. If you face the chest surrounded by flames, make a 180 turn and loop around the wall to find the next head.
Once you rotate all three heads, a door in the main room will open, revealing a fishing spot. Fish here to collect a missing tile you'll need for the large grid.
Next, you'll have several miniature puzzle grids to uncover. Here's a complete list of their locations:
- In the large puzzle grid's room. Spin the golden dial to find two dragon locations and three skull locations.
- Next to the first grid's location. You'll spot a second that reveals three skull locations.
- From this spot, look behind you toward the room's entrance to find another grid. Flipping it reveals a dragon on the large grid's right side.
- Head into the rooms to your right. Alongside a chest surrounded in flames and a dragon head, you'll find an upside-down grid revealing a dragon in the large grid's bottom right corner and left side.
These hints and the missing tile are all you'll need to solve this puzzle. Below is an image of the exact solution.
Four of the five dragon tiles will cover the middle-top, right, left, and bottom slots, with a fifth dragon in the bottom-right corner. Fill the rest in with skulls to progress through a door and collect Maleficent's first Anchor Moment.
Collecting Maleficent's first Anchor Moment and returning to her will wrap up Disney Dreamlight Valley's The Unwritten Realms: Maleficent's Gift quest. You'll now be ready to tackle its next part, The Spinning Wheel.
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