Star Path event tasks are often tricky to solve and complete because they have specific rules that don’t always make sense inDisney Dreamlight Valley. One of these duties asks you to mine for square Gems around the village.

Figuring out which Gems are square is surprisingly difficult, especially since not every Gem that is square-shaped works for this task. You have to mine certain specific ones to get this task done, so here’show to mine for square Gems inDisney Dreamlight Valley.

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Which Gems are square in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

There aresix Gemsthat qualify as square for the Star Path task that asks you to mine them. For all of these Gems, the shiny variants also count as square since they’re all the same item, just better quality.

Despite also being square-shaped,Onyx doesn’t countfor this task. Any Gems beyond the six listed here won’t work, as only these six are flagged as square for the purposes of the Star Path event task. This quest is a bit tricky since it doesn’t account for every square Gem you can mine.

Holding a Pickaxe by a rock node with blue Gems sticking out of it in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Mine for square Gems in Disney Dreamlight Valley

To finish the mine for square Gems duty in theGarden of Whimsy Star Path event, you need tomine 10 Gems that the game considers square.Focus on finding and miningAmethyst, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Spinel, and Topazto get this task done.

When working on this task, be sure to bring along a villager who specializes in mining. Characters you assigned this role to have a chance of finding extra Gems while hanging out with you. Any additional Gems they uncover won’t count for the Star Path task, but since you’re mining anyway, it’s still worth having some help so you can gather more to sell for Star Coins, craft with, store away, and use for quests.

Mining for Gems in disney dreamlight valley

Completing this duty gets you25 Tokensto spend in the Garden of Whimsy event. This is the most you may obtain from any single quest, so it’s certainly a task worth completing. If you need more Tokens, consider working ongiving gifts to a blonde,chatting with a curious young villager,giving Arendelle’s Queen her favorites, anddigging up a root vegetable with many eyesnext.

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