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The Ghost in the Portrait is Week 3 of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Season of Scares. To complete it, sabotage Oogie Boogie’s Lucky Wheel, collect five Zero Essence in the Mirror Lair, craft Real Ghostly Paint Thinner, and use it to free Zero from the correct portrait.
When the quest is available and what you need
The Ghost in the Portrait became available on October 7, 2026, as the third of six weekly Oogie Boogie quests. The Season of Scares event runs from September 23 through November 4, 2026. The immediate prerequisite is completing The Oogie Boogie Contract. To access the event chain, unlock the Peaceful Meadow, Scrooge McDuck’s Store, and Chez Remy; then check your Valley mail and visit Scrooge’s Store. Gameloft’s September 21, 2026 event announcement says that players who begin the first Oogie Boogie quest before November 4 can finish the remaining quests later at their own pace.
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How to complete The Ghost in the Portrait
- Enter the Mirror Lair. Go through the Strange Mirror in Scrooge’s Store and meet Oogie Boogie.
- Inspect the clues. Examine the Haunted Portrait beside the Lucky Wheel and the Memory in the Mirror Lair. Make sure Oogie’s latest Lucky Wheel Ticket is in your inventory, then talk to Oogie and Scrooge McDuck.
- Place the decoy gift. Put the Plain Gift Box on the table at the base of the staircase on the right side of the Mirror Lair’s first floor.
- Sabotage the Lucky Wheel. Use your Pickaxe on the wheel, then collect the five Lucky Wheel Cogs.
- Use the first paint thinner. Pick up the Ghostly Paint Thinner, add it to your Watering Can, and water Zero’s Haunted Portrait. Once the quest reveals Oogie’s trick, return to Oogie.
- Follow the portrait clues. Water the real Zero portrait in the Mirror Lair. When the quest says Zero is still trapped, speak with Merlin.
- Find the five Zero motifs. Interact with every Zero drawing in the Mirror Lair and water the motifs. Collect the Zero Essence that appears at each location.
- Craft the stronger thinner. At a crafting station in the Mirror Lair, combine all five Zero Essence to make Real Ghostly Paint Thinner. Use it from your inventory to upgrade the Royal Watering Can.
- Free Zero and finish the encounter. Water the correct Haunted Portrait again, then confront Oogie Boogie.
The quest’s objectives and reward are listed on the quest reference page.
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After watering the Zero motifs, look for the essence on the ground at these five Mirror Lair spots:
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- By the right-hand window display.
- Behind the right-side staircase.
- On the right-side furniture display table.
- Behind the skeleton display beside the vault door.
- On the stacked dice across from the skeleton display.
The Zero Essence item reference identifies these locations. Check the ground around each prop after watering its motif; the essence may not be on the display itself.
What the quest unlocks
Completing the quest unlocks Zero as a permanent companion. The quest page also lists five Lucky Wheel Cogs as a quest item. Gameloft’s Season of Scares announcement confirms Zero’s permanent-companion status during the event. A separate Zero character page still describes him as upcoming and unavailable; that conflicts with the event announcement and the quest-specific listing, so it appears outdated for this October 2026 quest.
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If your objective does not advance
Use the current objective text to identify which part of the sequence remains incomplete. Confirm that you watered the motif or portrait the objective names, collected every essence that appeared, and crafted Real Ghostly Paint Thinner with all five essences before trying the final portrait. These checks follow the quest’s listed steps; they are not confirmed fixes for a known widespread bug. If your quest state differs from those objectives, consult Gameloft’s official support or known-issues channels rather than relying on an unverified workaround.
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