Disney Dreamlight Valley: How to Solve the Basement Door Puzzle

The Haunted Floating Festival is back in Disney Dreamlight Valley, this time with new puzzles and rewards. It is a limited-time event that will remain active until October 31, 2026. One of the new puzzles requires you to unlock the basement door from outside the haunted house. In this guide, we will explain how to solve the Basement Door Puzzle in Disney Dreamlight Valley for the Haunted Floating Festival.

The Haunted Floating Festival in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The Haunted Floating Festival is a time-limited event, taking place at a temporary floating island in the sky from October 7, 2026, to October 31, 2026. During the event, players can visit the new floating island and solve the puzzles to earn rewards. This is a returning event from last year. There were five puzzles last year, and four new puzzles have been added in this year’s event. Out of the four new puzzles, three of them are available, with the final one releasing later this month.

NOTE: If you have completed last year’s event, your progress will carry over.

Related Article: Complete Guide to The Haunted Floating Festival Event in Disney Dreamlight Valley

How to Get to the Haunted Floating Festival Island

There are a couple of ways to get to the Haunted Floating Festival Island to participate in the event. The first method is to find and interact with a mysterious new portal in the Plaza. Merlin will take you to the newly appeared portal in the Plaza. The new portal is at the center of the plaza, opposite the portal to the Dark Castle. Interact with the new portal to teleport to the Haunted Floating Festival Island.

Alternatively, players can use the quick “Teleport” button under the event tab of the game to get to the new floating island. To do so, open the Haunted Floating Festival section under the Event tab, and you will see the Teleport option on the page. Select the teleport option, and the player will spawn on the island.

How to Solve Basement Door Puzzle in Disney Dreamlight Valley

The Basement Door Puzzle is outside the haunted house to the right on the floating island. Accessing the basement door requires an Eerie Basement Door Key. You can only get this key by breaking a lion statue in the bedroom inside the haunted house. However, you will first have to unlock the bedroom using the Repaired Haunted Key.

NOTE: You can also reach the basement through the haunted house, but the right side of the basement is blocked.

How to Get the Repaired Haunted Key

For the Repaired Haunted Key, you need two of its fragments. One fragment is dropped by chasing after the ghostly fox inside the haunted house, and the other fragment is dropped by lighting all the pumpkins. Run across the haunted house and chase the ghostly fox until it drops the fragment. Go to the Basement, the door on the left inside the haunted house, to loot the chest to get the candles. There are two pumpkins in the basement that you can light up using the candles. Moreover, while you are in the basement, you will get a hint on breaking the statues using a pickaxe.

Exit the basement and go to the hallway to the bedroom to find the statue with a key. Break the statue to get the key for the chest in the basement. Go back to the basement to open the chest and get two more candles. Now, light up the pumpkins in the main room and the hallway to get the second haunted key fragment.

Once you have the two fragments, use the crafting station in the main room to craft the Repaired Haunted Key.

Get the Eerie Basement Door Key and Unlock the Basement

Once you are inside the bedroom, you need to break the lion statue with a key inside its mouth. This will drop the Eerie Basement Door Key. Pick up the key and leave the haunted house. Go to the right side of the house to find the basement door. Use the key to unlock it and head inside. This will take you to the blocked path in the basement inside the house. On the left is a chest that you can loot to get the pouch, which completes this puzzle.

Open the pouch in the inventory to get the Eerie Basement Door as a reward.