Disney has simply revealed a great deal of new content material for its hit life-sim journey sport, Dreamlight Valley–including particulars on the sport’s latest free replace and subsequent paid DLC. The announcement was made by way of a 23-minute showcase hosted by Dreamlight Valley group managers Rachel Annen and Ryan Blanchard, who kicked issues off by sharing a redemption code for a pair of free in-game socks (extra on these in a minute).
The hosts then moved on to debate the six free updates the sport has seen since its launch, together with its paid enlargement DLC, A Rift In Time. It appears one other free replace is on its approach to Dreamlight Valley, with a give attention to quality-of-life enhancements. The Sew Pleasant replace launches without spending a dime on December 4, and its so packed full of latest options, it is virtually bursting on the seams.
Final yr, Disney added Jack Skellington to the sport by way of The Pumpkin King Returns replace. Plainly Disney has determined to construct on this plotline for 2024’s vacation season, as Jack’s beloved Sally will be a part of him within the Valley when Sew Pleasant goes reside, bringing her patchwork model to the sport within the type of new furnishings, garments, and different customization choices.
Plot-wise, Sally has gotten misplaced exterior the Valley. It is as much as gamers to crew up with Jack to “make sense of Sally’s creepy-crawly messengers as they craft a plan to reunite together with her.” Later, as soon as Sally has settled in and adjusted to Dreamlight life, gamers might want to assist her embrace the artwork of quilting, determine the that means of her newest premonition, and arrange a spooky-sweet date night time with Jack, amongst different actions.
As for Sally’s Friendship Rewards, sport supervisor Guillame Sauveur confirmed the Dreamlight Valley crew stitched collectively a ton of patchwork loot to suit Sally’s spooky-cute aesthetic.
“Properly, impressed by [Sally’s] sense of fashion, you possibly can anticipate tons of patterns throughout clothes gadgets and furnishings,” Sauver mentioned, including that the brand new replace “Simply screams ‘Sally!'”
“This winter, we’ll be embracing the ethereal sides of the [holiday] season,” Courtney mentioned of the replace’s new Star Path. “You will get to step into your personal private fairytale with ice-adorned furnishings and produce a way of caprice to your Dream Snap submissions with a wand that produces snowflakes.”
The Sew Pleasant replace additionally introduces a brand new characteristic: magic-infused areas known as Floating Islands.
“These [Floating Islands] act as extra areas parallel to the Valley, the place gamers can adorn and let their creativity run free,” Sauveur defined as a time-lapse recording confirmed that Floating Islands have day and night time cycles. “Every biome within the Valley may have a Floating Island counterpart with the identical theme and ambiance [as the biome], however it’s going to begin as a clear slate. We plan to roll these out over time, and we’ll kick issues off with 4 floating islands within the Sew Pleasant replace.”
The first 4 Floating Islands are Plaza Island, Forest Island, Sunlit Island, and Frosted Island, and might be bought utilizing the sport’s predominant foreign money, Dreamlight. Floating Islands are roughly the identical facet as their ground-bound Valley counterparts, giving gamers double the actual property to brighten. Gamers may also be capable to go to one another’s Floating Islands throughout Valley Visits. All beforehand collected homes, furnishings, and decor–along with befriended villagers–will even be accessible to put on Floating Islands.
“Finally, the purpose is to supply ample house to create with out [the Floating Islands] feeling overwhelming,” Sauveur mentioned. “We may have extra to share in regards to the precise dimension of the Floating Islands just a little nearer to launch.”
The Sew Pleasant replace additionally features a new characteristic gamers have been requesting because the sport’s launch: the power to rotate gadgets extra simply. Beforehand, gamers might solely rotate gadgets in 4 instructions. As of Sew Pleasant’s launch, gamers will be capable to rotate gadgets in a complete of 16 completely different instructions, making home and furnishings placement a lot much less difficult.
Along with particulars on the Sew Pleasant replace, the Dreamlight Valley showcase additionally revealed a roadmap itemizing the contents of future free updates. The roadmap consists of an Aladdin- and Jasmine-themed occasion set to happen in early 2025, an Alice In Wonderland-themed replace scheduled for Spring 2025, and a tropical thriller gamers must remedy at Cranium Rock (house to Neverland’s pirates) someday in Summer time 2025.
Lastly, the showcase revealed Storybook Vale (Half 1), a paid enlargement that whisks gamers away to the titular world. Sadly, the likes of Maleficent and Hades have twisted the beautiful, peaceable setting right into a spooky world that gamers should navigate, fixing puzzles and serving to residents to revive Storybook Vale to its former glory. The enlargement options tons of latest collectible gadgets, together with new fish to catch, new berries to choose, and even harvestable lightning strikes–a reference to the gods of Mount Olympus and everybody’s favourite on-fire baddie, Hades. Hades’ feud with Maleficent has torn the realm aside, and references to each villains (and their origin tales) might be seen all through the DLC.
“Enlargement passes allow us to recapture the sensation that we gave gamers the primary time they stepped into the Valley, telling a complete new story with new villagers to satisfy, mysteries to unravel, and biomes to make all your personal,” inventive director Josh Labelle defined. “They’re an effective way for us to ship simply an enormous quantity of content material to gamers.”
Labelle additionally revealed that not like A Rift In Time–the sport’s first enlargement cross, which arrived in three parts–Storybook Vale will likely be advised in two elements. Half 1, titled Welcome To The Vale, launches on November 20. The second enlargement, known as The Unwritten Realms, is scheduled to launch someday in Summer time 2025.
“With this new format, you will get simply as a lot content material with out as lengthy of a wait,” Labelle mentioned.
Fortunately, gamers will not have to pay for Half 2 of the enlargement. Similar to with the sport’s preliminary, three-part enlargement, shopping for Half 1 of Storybook Vale will robotically unlock the second half of the story when it launches this summer time. Similar to A Rift In Time earlier than it, Storybook Vale will likely be accessible to buy for $30 USD when it launches on November 20. New gamers can buy the Disney Dreamlight Valley base sport, A Rift In Time, and The Storybook Vale by way of the Dreamlight Valley Enchanted Version bundle, which is out there for $80 USD. Gamers who buy and play The Storybook Vale by November 30 may also earn the Keeper Of Lore outfit without spending a dime (the merchandise will arrive by way of the in-game mailbox).
All in all, Dreamlight Valley gamers have tons of latest content material to maintain them busy nicely into subsequent yr. However for anybody desperate to get their palms on some Dreamlight Valley content material instantly, we have got you lined. Gamers can use the next codes to unlock free in-game loot proper now:
- “DDVSOCKS2024” unlocks two free pairs of Halloween-themed socks (thigh-highs and crew socks) for player-characters to put on in-game.
- “DDVBOWHB2024” unlocks a blue hair bow with a sparkle design on one half.
- “DDVJJACKET2024” unlocks a purple denim jacket with torn sleeves.