Dreamer Orb

A Dreamer Orb is the main collectable in Sackboy: A Big Adventure. They are spheres of pure creative energy that allow Sackboy to dispel the Uproar that Vex has left blocking the path on the World Maps. There are hundreds of orbs spread across the game and can be found with numerous methods. Plenty are left sitting out in the open whilst some are hidden inside containers. Others require specific tasks to unlock and some can only be found in optional side levels.

Story
For the most part of the story Sackboy is collecting Dreamer Orbs as a mean to advance through each world and catch up to Vex who is lurking at the end of each world. Up until the ending of The Interstellar Junction they serve only this purpose.

At the end of Nervous System however, Vex reveals that only someone pure can collect and hold on to the Dreamer Orbs. The plans that he "so carelessly dropped" during his initial attack on Loom were actually a way to get Sackboy to travel all over Craftworld and collect the orbs for him. He then proceeds to extract the orbs he needs from Sackboy to power his Topsy Turver machine.

Not much is said about the orbs after this low point but its assumed once Vex is defeated in The Center of Craftworld all the orbs were returned back to Sackboy.

Levels
Dreamer Orbs can be found inside every level in the game, whether in the level itself or contained within their scoreboard. Certain kinds of level have specific amounts:


 * Main Levels - 3 or 5 (depending on size)
 * Multiplayer Levels - 2
 * Race Levels - 3
 * Knitted Knight Trials - 3

With a couple of anomolies being:


 * A Big Adventure - 1 (the orb Scarlet uses to explain about Dreamer Orbs)
 * The Ripsnorter - 18

Orb Badges
Orb Badges are found on World Maps and can be used by Sackboy to deposit Dreamer Orbs to dispel any connected Uproar. The number of orbs required is printed on the face of the badge and the badge itself will only become active once the path has connected with it. There are numerous instances of these badges throughout the game. The Soaring Summit


 * First Badge - 1 Orb
 * Final Badge - 20 Orbs

The Colossal Canopy


 * Final Badge - 50 Orbs

The Kingdom of Crablantis


 * Final Badge - 90 Orbs

The Interstellar Junction


 * Final Badge - 130 Orbs

The Center of Craftworld


 * Final Badge - 160 Orbs

The Wonderplane


 * First Badge - 220 Orbs
 * Final Badge - 275 Orbs

Trivia

 * Dreamer Orbs in the final game contain a warped version of the level-specific sticker that's placed in the Sticker Book when all orbs are collected.
 * In the June 2020 Announcement trailer however, it can be seen that an image of Avalon Centrifuge is contained within an orb.
 * A remnant of this can be seen in the cutscene after N.A.O.M.I is defeated. When Vex extracts the orbs from Sackboy, various orbs can be seen containing both Avalon and Clive Handforth.
 * The name "Dreamer Orb" is most likely a reference to the music track "The Orb of Dreamers" by Daniel Pemberton which was the music that played over the introductory video in the original LittleBigPlanet game.
 * There are 328 dreamer orbs in total.