By The upcoming complimentary patch for Disney Dreamlight Valley lands later this week, centering on Pixar’s Inside Out. Dubbed Emotional Rescue, the patch opens a realm modeled after Inside Out’s Headquarters and brings Joy and Sadness to the Valley, along with an array of fresh scenery and outfits.
Once Emotional Rescue goes live on August 20, you’ll step through a door in the Dream Castle into the Headquarters realm ripped right from the film. Finish story quests straight out of the movie, then drop a mini Headquarters in your Valley so Joy and Sadness can move in. Completing their friendship missions—calming the Valley’s mood swings with Joy or curing Sadness’s literal rainy blues—nets you heartfelt prizes.
Between September 1 and 16, the Memory Mania Mini-Event returns as you hunt down Riley’s phone whenever it pops up around the map, trading it in for Inside Out 2 décor. A Retro Roadtrip Star Path piles on the nostalgia with vintage looks, retro furnishings, and a kitschy drive-in theatre vibe that turn your Valley into a mid-century summer postcard.
The Premium Shop also gets new stock, welcoming Lucky from 101 Dalmatians, plus sparkling Dream Styles for Anna (Frozen) and Tiana (The Princess and the Frog).
On top of all the new fun, this patch layers in sweeping quality-of-life upgrades: a rebuilt Star Path with streamlined Roles, lighter Routine Duties, and the ability to bring two sidekicks on your excursions instead of one. Looking at you, giant animal roster fans—you can now task Pua to shadow Moana or park Heihei outside Maui’s home.
The exhaustive changelog of tweaks, balancing, and bug fixes is waiting in the official patch notes.
Emotional Rescue Update Patch Notes
NEW CONTENT
- Enter the Dream Castle, open the fresh doorway, and slip into a realm straight from Riley’s mind.
- Befriend Joy and Sadness, stage an epic Dream Production, and boost Riley’s confidence before the big talent show.
- Pop a remote Headquarters on your map to invite Joy (and later Sadness), unlocking endearing questlines.
- Help Joy stabilize the Valley’s swinging moods and aid Sadness in chasing away the drizzles to scoop up cozy friendship gifts.
- Time for a Retro Roadtrip Star Path! Relive sun-drizzled summers—fish, hang out with pets, and snap nostalgic photographs with your Royal Phone. The reward track drips with retro outfits, a groovy Dream Style for Donald, a Rock & Roll Fox pal, and additional eye candy.
- Nostalgia cranks up from September 3 when Memory Mania returns. Spot Riley’s wandering phone for exclusive goodies, including the Nostalgia Capybara, through September 16.
- Weekly DreamSnaps challenges debut in Emotional Rescue—show off how you feel!
- Let the feelings flow when Lucky from 101 Dalmatians prances into the Premium Shop.
- Limited-time boutique stock also features Dream Styles for Anna (Frozen) and Tiana (The Princess and the Frog).
- Daily pop-ins to Scrooge McDuck’s Store may score previously unseen décor.
- Seasonal Moonstone bundles rotate anew; cosmetic packs will change with future drops.
* Heads-up: the Arcade Edition of Disney Dreamlight Valley excludes seasonal Star Paths and the Premium Shop.
STAR PATH
Explore a rebuilt Star Path featuring new weekly Routine Duties, inventive task varieties, and more rewarding milestones that give you fresh objectives every Wednesday.
Core tweaks to the Duty system
- Hero-centric duties (except Joy and Sadness, who are new) are on pause.
- You won’t be asked to grind tasks tied to characters you’ve never unlocked.
- Day-one duties now offer enough Tokens to clear the free reward lane outright.
- Any extra tokens roll toward Bonus-tier goodies.
- Memory Orb chores have been slashed.
- Restaurant-specific duties are temporarily disabled.
- Crafting Training Manual chores have been removed.
- Old routine tasks capped to once-per-day—or else stretching over days—are gone.
Fresh Routine Duties
- New chores unlock every Wednesday for five straight weeks (pattern may flex later).
- Emotional Rescue introduces brand-new types like Photo Gallery assignments (see below) and Companion-interaction goals.
- Clear every weekly Routine and you’ll nab every Bonus-tier prize.
- Finish each week’s set to open the next batch of duties.
- Jump in late? Duties must be completed in release order, so you can still catch up.
- Premium Star Path purchasers can tackle any released duty freely—no linear unlock required.
- Show up mid-season? Dash through previously released chores in any order and still close the gap.
Timeline & Leeway
- Active Duty windows now last five extra days for everyone!
- The grace period—where you can only buy or exchange Star Path Tokens—has shrunk to just 48 hours.
Dive deeper into the overhaul by reading the Q&A on Star Path changes blog article.
IMPROVEMENTS
DECORATING
- Fence Improvements:
- Last update amplified your creative freedom by letting you lay Paths diagonally, and now we’re revamping Fences! Hop instantly between “Line” and “Diagonal” fence modes for even greater layout flexibility and distinctive builds.
- Extra Floating Islands: Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time owners can purchase additional Floating Islands, each mirroring a biome’s aesthetic and bought with Mist.
- Player House Enhancements: Show off your interior-design prowess with customizable ceilings! Decorate them with a library of assets—just like floors—to make your Player House truly one-of-a-kind.
- Big-Object Placement: In Edit Mode you’ll now pinpoint exact spots more smoothly whenever you place oversized furnishings.
- Double the Companions: You can now take TWO companions on adventures! All perks—including bonus inventory space and extra resources—stack, and both buddies gain XP at once to level your roster twice as fast.
- Assign Companion Pets: Certain animals can now follow specific Villagers instead of you.
- Pua → Moana or Maui
- Heihei → Moana or Maui
- Figaro → Minnie
- Footstool → Beast or Belle
- Dinah → Alice
- Magic Carpet → Aladdin or Jasmine
- Max → Prince Eric
- Maleficent’s Raven → Maleficent
- Uncrafting Overhaul: Undo item crafting with Starcoins instead of Dreamlight.
- If you’ve already recycled something before this patch, check your mail—Cheshire Cat has a small surprise waiting.
- Stall Placement Expansion: Several specialty stalls can now be relocated to biomes unlocked via expansion passes—Aladdin’s Gem Stall, Beast’s Greenhouse, Kristoff’s Stall, Mulan’s Tea Stall, Tiana’s Meal Stall, Moana’s Fishing Boat, and WALL·E’s Garden.
- Note: once installed, they can’t be scooped back up.
- Floating Photo Gallery: Your menu now hosts a dedicated Photo Gallery! Snap and hoard DreamSnaps pictures, review them instantly, and submit challenge entries without leaving the game.
- Requires an online connection; shows up on every platform tied to your profile.
- DreamSnaps Motifs Load-Up: Attach up to five Photomode motifs to any DreamSnap.
- Refreshed DreamSnaps Tutorial: Vanellope ushers you through new, detailed quests in the reworked tutorials.
- Rebuilt missions: “The Haunting of Dreamlight Valley” and “Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust”.
- Premium Shop UI Renewal: The shop has a sleek new layout offering interactive previews and clear grid-size info.
- Premium Shop Catalogue: Peruse the latest stock right from your Mailbox without stepping into the shop.
- Storybook Vale expansion owners can look forward to snagging the Teal Baby Dragon and Black Pegasus starting after the “Emotional Rescue” patch.
- Prince Eric now sells blueprints without hiccups.
- Valley Pirates’ Treasure furniture properly arrives in your inventory when picked up.
- Cheshire Cat Tail and Garlic Chocolate Tart no longer refuse to appear in select biomes.
- Alice’s Door Knob now renders correctly in all worlds.
- V-EGG-etable Seeds no longer masquerade as Potato Seed packets on the ground.
- Purple eggs in the Eggstravaganza event no longer wedge themselves into a Beauty and the Beast chest.
- Your house’s entry door resets where it should instead of teleporting randomly within the home.
- Daily duty progress no longer resets for some players.
- NPC-found items can now be grabbed without trouble.
- Hotkeys stay functional after the final Storybook Vale cutscene.
- Maleficent’s fishing VFX disappears properly after an interrupt.
- No more mystery texture-less coins crawling across the scene post-Scramble Coin.
- BBQ Cooking Station VFX aligns with the station itself.
- The “Randomize Pose” button can’t be tapped after the shutter has clicked.
- You’ll now be alerted if your house ends up stacked on another Floating Island.
- Replace your house while on a Floating Island and the Mailbox still appears without needing to reload the island.
- Mailbox visibility respects its settings even after swapping to a brand-new house.
- Bugs preventing teleportation to the Storybook Vale Library during the main quest have been squashed.
- Houses built on Never Land River Kits sitting on Floating Islands can be removed.
- Your avatar now looks at camera angles correctly during party snapshots.
- Lorekeeper no longer sinks through the floor on conversation start.
- Party NPCs won’t teleport to your front door when you leave an interior and return to town.
- The Mythic trial bridge spin can no longer leave you airborne indefinitely.
- Other assorted fixes and improvements.