Merida and Flynn Rider are two of several characters introduced inDisney Dreamlight Valley’s The Storybook Vale expansion. While you might be excited to welcome them to the Valley afterunlocking Meridaand the well-known trickster, it seems Flynn knows how to ruffle a few feathers in the Vale, at least from Merida’s point of view. She isn’t happy with Flynn giving her some pointers on her archery skills and wants to teach him a lesson with a friendly archery competition in her’Archery and Archrivals’level four Friendship Quest.
In addition to trying to sort the arguing pair out, completing Archery and Archrivals involves crafting and cooking, including making one ofDisney Dreamlight Valley’s cooking recipesin the Storybook Vale called Persimmon Sour Fondue.
Archery and Archrivals Walkthrough In Disney Dreamlight Valley (Merida Level 4 Friendship Quest)
How To Start Archery And Archrivals In Disney Dreamlight Valley
After completing Merida’s level two Friendship Quest called ‘Clan Dunbroch’s Rules of the Hunt,’ there are a few things to do to unlock Merida’s ‘Archery and Archrivals’ level four Friendship Quest, as follows:
Once you’ve done the above, speak with Merida and choose the ‘Archery and Archrivals’ option to begin the quest.
Remove The Wanted Posters From Flynn’s House And Bring Them To Merida
The first objective is totalk to Flynn, who tells you Merida has put his wanted posters around his house after the pair argued. Worse still, the posters still can’t get his nose right.Remove all five posters from around Flynn’s houseby interacting with them andspeak with Merida, who suggests cooking a feast could help make amends.
Make Persimmon Sour Fondue
Use the Persimmon Sour Fondue recipefrom Merida in yourinventoryto learn it. You must gather the ingredients below in The Bind to cookPersimmon Sour Fondue, a2-starDisney Dreamlight Valleydesert, as one of the Storybook Vale’s cooking recipes. To make Persimmon Sour Fondue, you need two of the following Storybook Vale fruitingredients, which you can find ontreesaroundThe Bind:
You should also collect at leasttwoof the above ingredients tocook two Persimmon Sour Fonduesto tick off the objective. Once you’ve cooked them, speak with Merida inside her cottage and watch her and Flynn have an entertaining argument. Merida suggests a friendly archery competition could help resolve things once and for all.
Place The Archery Contest Signs Around The Bind And Gather Materials To Make The Archery Targets
Place the five archery contest signsanywhere you wantaround The Bindby accessing them from your Furniture menu. It’s now time tocraft the archery targets, which you can make using the crafting table near your house once you find the followingresources:
It might take a little time for the Blue or Yellow Tale Cone Flowers to appear, but keep checking back, and they shouldn’t take too long to appear. Once you’ve craftedtwo archery targets, give them to Merida, who suggests holding the contest at the Fairy Trial location in the Wild Woods.
Meet Merida Inside The Wild Woods Fairy Tale Trial For The Archery Competiton
The final part of Archery and Archrivals happens inside theFairy Tale Trial in the Wild Woods, where you unlock Flynn Rider inDisney Dreamlight Valley’s A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing quest. Head to the Fairy Trialinside the portalin the Wild Woods andspeak with Meridato kick off the archery competition between her and Flynn. This part of the quest then involves several back-and-forth objectives between Merida, Flynn, and the archery targets as listed below:
Ticking off all the objectives above completes the ‘Archery and Archrivals’ quest, where it seems Flynn and Merida are friends again. You can now return to exploring Storybook Vale or work towards Merida’s next Friendship quest, which you can begin at Friendship level 7 afterunlocking Haydesand a few other Valley villagers.
