I froze at the edge of the fog while Eeyore stared at the Everoak like a man watching a locked attic. You had found his tail, but his slump was stubborn—flowers still brown, river still choked. I’m going to walk you through the few clear moves that finish Chapter 5 and send Eeyore toward something brighter.
How to complete Chapter 5: The Big Red Monster in Disney Dreamlight Valley
You know how a garden looks after a week without water? That’s Gloommeadow when I first stepped in with Eeyore.
I asked him why he was still gloomy. He told me the river was blocked back in Chapter 4: A Tail Tale, and the flowers had withered. The remainder of Chapter 5 is short, practical, and mostly about clearing that fogged corner of Gloommeadow so you can find the oddity in the Everoak Tree.
A down-to-earth note about gear before the action
I saw Eeyore’s ears perk up when I suggested making something brave-looking to face the unknown. You’ll craft two items: the Storybook Sword and the Heroic Helmet.
Materials for both:
- Four Hardwood
- 10 Tree Resin
- 10 Soft Limestone
- Three Rose & Cream Foxglove
- Five Driftwood
- Two Honey Agate
- Eight Sweet Chestnut
Where to find them: Hardwood under trees; Soft Limestone and Honey Agate from dark mining nodes; Tree Resin by digging; Driftwood from stumps; Rose & Cream Foxglove on the ground; Sweet Chestnut from trees. Everything spawns in Drowsybloom Acre and Gloommeadow, so you can farm both biomes without hopping servers or spending anything on the in-game shops.
Make both items at any crafting station in Drowsybloom or Gloommeadow. After crafting, talk to Eeyore: you’ll reach a wall of fog. He’ll admit he’s too scared to go on, and that’s when you take the lead. Near the wall you can grab Fog Dust from the sparkles; tell Eeyore you found it and plan to make a fog-busting brew.
A simple kitchen observation before mixing the potion
I’ve always thought of small potions like a quick soup—one wrong ingredient and the flavor fails. The Fog-Busting Potion needs four ingredients:
- Juniper Berries
- Golden Pattypan
- Plush Fish
- Truffle
How to get them: Juniper Berries grow on bushes in Gloommeadow. Golden Pattypan comes from seeds you can buy in Drowsybloom Acre—each plant takes 20 minutes to mature, so plant early if you want speed. Truffles spawn as wild herbs across both biomes and are the easiest to find.
How do I get Plush Fish?
You’ll need to fish orange ripples in Honeyglow Woods—those ripples are rare. If none appear, fish blue and white ripples until an orange one spawns; it’s random, but persistence pays off like a stubborn coin in an arcade machine.
Where are Juniper Berries and Golden Pattypan found?
Juniper Berries: Gloommeadow bushes. Golden Pattypan: buy seeds in Drowsybloom Acre, plant, and wait ~20 minutes. I recommend checking Steam or your platform store listings for the latest patch notes if spawn behavior feels off; the Dreamlight Valley team sometimes tweaks drop rates across Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC builds.
Make the potion at any cooking station, return to Eeyore and Pooh, then use the potion from your inventory. Your watering can will now pierce the fog, opening a small bottom-right section of Gloommeadow.
A backyard-style note before you search the Everoak
I treated the area like a cluttered attic—you move branches and find the odd sock. Enter the newly cleared corner and you’ll discover the “big red monster” lodged in the Everoak Tree.
Tell Pooh, clear the branches on the ground, and pick up the blue clothing pouch. Inside are a pair of big red pajamas you can wear. Equip them and return to Eeyore to complete Chapter 5; that conversation flows straight into Chapter 6: A Place for Eeyore.
The whole sequence is short but satisfying—materials are farmable in the two local biomes, the potion ingredients are straightforward, and the reward is more story than stat gain. I’ve walked this route and patched the fog twice with no extra purchases; you can too.
Ready to put Eeyore back together and argue with Pooh about bedtime costumes?