Disney Dreamlight Valley reveals The Storybook Vale DLC and more
October 29: The Disney Dreamlight Valley Showcase was held today, and it included the reveal of The Storybook Vale Expansion Pass.
The DLC adds a bunch of content to the game. Players can look forward to a new main story, new friends including Merida from Disney and Pixar’s Brave, Flynn Rider from Disney’s Tangled, and Hades from Disney’s Hercules, three new biomes to explore, and a royal net tool. The first part of The Storybook Vale arrives on November 20, 2024 with the second wave bringing even more content.
Here’s a trailer for The Storybook Vale DLC in Disney Dreamlight Valley:
The Storybook Vale DLC Trailer
Also shown today is a “Sew Delightful” update for Disney Dreamlight Valley, which is planned for December 4. It brings along Sally from Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, a brand-new Frost & Fairies Star Path that embraces the ethereal side of the season, and the Floating Islands gameplay feature that gives players special areas, parallel to the Valley, where they can freely decorate while preserving the layout of their existing Valley.
Note that Gameloft is planning new editions of the game for November 20 to accommodate all players, existing, and new. These are The Enchanted Edition, The Storybook Vale Bundle, and The Storybook Vale – Magical Edition. Early adopter bonus for players of The Storybook Vale provide a collection of dark academia-themed clothing.
We’ve got lots more coverage on Disney Dreamlight Valley here.
December 2: Patch notes for the new update are now available. We have them in full below.
Disney Dreamlight Valley Sew Delightful update patch notes
NEW CONTENT (AVAILABLE TO ALL PLAYERS*):
- A new character. Sally from Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas joins the Valley, bringing her signature patchwork style to her friendship quest rewards!
- A new Star Path. Add some winter whimsy to your Valley with the Frost & Fairies Star Path. Dabble in fae fashions for your Avatar and decorate with crystalline furniture items and other enchanting rewards.
- Even more rewards await! Players who claim all items from the Free and Premium tracks of the Frost & Fairies Star Path can continue the fun with a Bonus Rewards tab, featuring color variants and other rewards.
- The Gift of Giving event returns: collect Festive Wrapping Paper to create seasonal decorations and finish your festive fish collection with rare seasonal aquatic life.
- Do you want to craft a snowman? Alongside the Gift of Giving event, keep an eye out for a chest in your Plaza that will kick off a new seasonal task.
- New gifts under the seasonal tree! Make sure to play in late December to claim new seasonal surprises in the Dream Castle.
- Weekly rotation galore – check in each week for new DreamSnaps themes to win Moonstones – and save them up for delightful new optional content arriving in the Premium Shop.
- Save up those Star Coins: Scrooge McDuck’s Store receives new stock for sale, featuring items inspired by Disney’s The Lion King, and others from Villager homes.
- Olá! Disney Dreamlight Valley and The Rift in Time and The Storybook Vale will be available in Brazilian Portuguese as of the Sew Delightful update.
* Please note: Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Edition does not include seasonal Star Paths or the Premium Shop.
IMPROVEMENTS (AVAILABLE TO ALL PLAYERS):
DREAMSNAPS:
- Added a new feature “Top DreamSnaps of the Week”. This showcase will feature the top 3 images in each weekly challenge, in order of the highest-scored points among eligible players who agreed to share the submissions. Players can choose to opt-out of this feature. Due to compliance with certain rules and standards, PlayStation players are not eligible to participate in this feature.
OTHER:
- 4 Floating Islands themed after the Plaza, Forest of Valor, Sunlit Plateau, and the Frosted Heights Biomes arrive! Learn more in our dedicated blog here: https://disneydreamlightvalley.com/news/FloatingIslandExplainerBlog
- Give your Valley a new look with 16-point rotation! This feature allows players to rotate houses, landscaping items, and furniture to their heart’s content!
- Some pond-like furniture items (Relaxing Oasis and Watering Hole) will now feature some areas where water-based furniture and landscaping items can be placed.
TOP CHANGES AND BUG FIXES:
- Fixed an issue where non-bordered pathing displayed with a blunt North-most edge.
- Fixed an issue where some wall items displayed at the wrong angle in Scrooge McDuck’s Store or in player houses.
- Fixed an issue where Pumbaa requested pork-based recipes as gifts.
- Fixed an issue where some items were missing from the Collections menu.
- Fixed a variety of localization errors.
- Fixed an issue where the game may not display the current device time.]
- Added an icon on Touch of Magic Storage furniture items in the menu to indicate if they have items in them.
- Fixed an issue where Mulan can step too close to the player during the Selfie Animation.
- Fixed an issue where NPC’s may turn away from the player during a discussion.
- Fixed several visual issues and clipping with various clothing combinations.
- Improved the texture resolution on some items in Jack Skellington’s house on iOS.
- Fixed an issue where some dresses could become deformed when gliding.
- Fixed several furniture highlights in edit mode that would have a visual issue in the form of grey squares.
- Fixed an issue where the DreamSnaps menu would not load for some players.
- “The Drawings” quest: Intended as a ‘secret’ quest (similar to the “Keycard Pieces” quest in the Monsters, Inc. Realm), a quest tracker pop-up causing confusing has been removed.
- “A New Directive” quest: Fixed an issue where the BnL blanket would not spawn.
- “The Infestation” quest: Fixed an issue where the Night Mite Nests and Mega Night Mites would spawn in the incorrect places.
- “Archery and Archrivals” quest: Fixed an issue where players could not locate all of the Wanted Posters due to them spawning in unreachable areas.
- “The Company of the Wolf” quest: Fixed an issue where players could not located all of the buried items, or they spawned in unreachable areas or areas that could not be interacted with.
- “A Tale of Stone and Fire” quest: Fixed an issue where Maui would remain on Dazzle Beach.
- Added a popup on PlayStation to explain that when crossplay is disabled, DreamSnaps entries cannot be submitted.
- “Old Fashioned Heist” quest: Fixed an issue where Flynn would not enter fortress.
- “Purchase Error #12”: Added a popup to explain when there is a Premium Shop purchase desynchronization between the online and local save files.
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to cross the bridge between the Beanstalk Marshes and Mount Olympus.
- Fixed an issue where Tale Cone Flowers may spawn in an unreachable section underneath The Bind bridge, causing a soft lock when players attempted to pick them up.
- Fixed an issue where removing Inkies are sometimes not counted towards The Storybook Vale duties.
- Fixed several issues across the Storybook Vale biomes where items could fall into unreachable places.
- Fixed several issues across the Storybook Vale biomes where the player could clip into the environment.
- Fixed several issues across the Storybook Vale biomes where the camera would experience unintended collisions.
- Added a missing hint popup to the third Myth trial to suggest how to interact with a Royal Watering Can based puzzle.
- Fixed an issue where the harvesting VFX wouldn’t play when harvesting food from trees and bushes in the Storybook Vale.
- Fixed an issue where blockers/materials could spawn over the water surfaces.
- Fixed an issue where items could appear too close on the 3D preview in the Premium Shop.
- Fixed an issue where there was an empty tree patch in the Everafter biome.
- Fixed an issue on iPad where some textures in the Library of Lore were low resolution.
- Fixed an issue where the Snippet Wings were not in the Gliders category.
- Fixed an issue where several recipes resolved in a different dish than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the Lorekeeper was missing some voice overs.
- Fixed an issue where players could use Royal Shovel buff potions to obtain more memories than intended.
- Various other bug fixes, optimizations and improvements.
December 4: A trailer for the new update has been released. We’ve included it below.
