Disney Dreamlight Valley Patch Notes Released Ahead of Update 3

Disney Dreamlight Valley Update 3 is set to release on February 16th, and when it does, players can expect to see a significant amount of new content. Today, developer Gameloft released patch notes for the update, laying out specifics beyond what we’ve learned from the roadmap and other teases over the last few weeks. As expected, the game’s main storyline will continue on, and players will see the arrivals of Olaf from Frozen and Mirabel from Encanto. There will also be some nice quality-of-life improvements! Full patch notes from the game’s official website can be found below:

NEW CONTENT AND FEATURES

• “The Forgetting” Main Story continues: A snowstorm is brewing in Frosted Heights!  
• New Character: Welcome the Valley’s resident snowman, Olaf, with a warm hug. 
• New Character: As Disney celebrates the Wonder of Encanto around the world, Mirabel seizes the occasion to join the Valley, bringing with her Mini-Casita. 
• Celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary with a very special new Star Path inspired by real-world Disney100 items. 
• Take your reno outside and change the look of your fully upgraded house with newly added house colors or acquire premium house skins from the Premium Shop. 
• The Premium Shop opens!Use Moonstones to collect all sorts of exclusive, rotating cosmeticitems like clothing, furniture, premium house skins and more. ThePremium Shop content is separate from Scrooge McDuck’s General Store(which will also have content additions regularly). Be sure to check outthe Premium Shop often to discover the latest items to help you expressyourself and design your village just how you dream it to be. 
• With the arrival of the Premium Shop, we have adjusted Daily Moonstone chests to increase the number of Moonstones they grant each day. They will now grant 50 Moonstones (previously 10).  
• Scrooge McDuck General Store has received a shipment of new goods!Got Star Coins from your recent Pumpkin Puff haul burning a hole inyour pocket? Keep an eye out for new clothing and furniture items in hisstock. 
• We’veseen some of your storage rooms and we’re both impressed and scared.Chests that are crafted at Crafting Stations now come in three differentvarieties, offering larger storage capacities. 
• While we appreciate the creative ways you’ve organized your chest hoards, we’ve added a little something to help. Craft customizable signposts to help remind you what’s in a specific chest or mark your fave fishing spot. 
• Fridgesnow… fridge (well, minus the cooling). Furniture that is classifiedas storage – like fridges and cabinets – will now act as basic chest storage. 
• Capping off storage-palooza, we’ve added quality of life features that allow you to auto sort your items, as well as quickly transfer items between your inventory and storage with smart transfer. 
• Take that house reno back inside! You can now modify the look of doors inside your house based on ones you’ve collected, as well as adjust their placement. 
• We’ve improved wallpaper management to add more variety in your house. Now, you can adjust wallpaper on a wall-by-wall basis instead of selecting one style for the whole room. 
• Craft new Role Training Manuals to change the roles of your villagers.Whether you’re maximizing your gardening potential or giving Goofy anew hobby, you don’t have to feel locked into your past decision. 
• The Valley is more talkative… Don’t worry, we didn’t increase Donald’s tantrums. All characters have gained additional daily discussion topics. 
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TOP BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Kristoff’sstall has received a slight overhaul. In previous updates, we made somechanges to his stall, with a goal of striking a balance between makingthe shop more interesting and enticing (i.e. adding iron ingots), andensuring that gathering rare materials isn’t made trivial (i.e. adding adaily limit). We heard your feedback – especially about the change tocoal – and kept iterating. As a result, we’ve tweaked the settings alittle and brought back something you loved. The daily buy limit hasbeen removed for coal and we’ve increased the buy limit for everythingelse at the stall (from 3-5 to 10-20). 
• MiracleGrowth Elixir, Miracle Pickaxe Polish, Miracle Shovel Varnish, MiracleFishing Bait (and their Even More Miraculous alternatives) have hadtheir efficiency increased and the resources required to craft themreduced.
• Various optimizations, including performance and stability improvements on all platforms.  
• The New Game button has moved to the settings menu and is now called Reset Game. 
• Fixed an issue causing players to be unable to navigate around the menu while cooking.  
• “RememberingOld Times” quest: Players should no longer encounter issues taking thephoto necessary to progress in this quest.  
• “Stitch’sHobby” quest: The TV in this quest should no longer pose a progressionblocker or disappear from the player’s inventory. 
• Trash-clearingquests: Cleaning trash piles in Goofy and Merlin’s homes should nowresult in successful progression in these quests. 
• “ADeal with Ursula” quest: After further investigation of this quest,issues involving placing the crystals on the pedestals should be fixed. 
• “The Final Trial” quest: Players should now be able to pick up the Falling Water to progress in this quest. 
• “How Far You’ll Go” quest: The game should no longer crash when initiating a conversation with Moana to give her a fish. 
• “Magic Moments” quest: Reduced sushi quest requirement to resolve an issue some players were encountering. 
• “WhatHome Feels Like” quest: A new fix has been deployed to help resolve thepesky Glittering Herring bug. We will closely monitor this topicalongside the update launch, as we know this quest has been prickly forsome players. 
• “The Definition of a Hero” quest: Making the asphalt and balloon arch should now progress the quest as intended. 
• “With Great Power” quest: The Crystal Key should no longer disappear or duplicate for players progressing in this quest. 
• “The Ceremony” quest: Players should now be able to take the final photo without getting stuck on the photo screen. 
• “ASpace Ranger Reputation” quest: Buzz Lightyear and Ursula should nowspeak with each other, triggering the next step of the quest. 
• Fixedan issue which was causing some players’ games to freeze when levelingup either the avatar or villager, most notably after talking with them. 
• Fixed an issue in which villager houses disappear and cannot be recovered. 
• Thecrafting menu should now function more reliably as an issue which wouldcause movement to be disabled after selecting an item and switchingtabs has been resolved. 
• Improved the spawning of ground-based materials in certain biomes. 
• The mailbox will no longer display duplicates of received mail. 
• You can now purchase those pesky candles in Scrooge McDuck General Store! 
• And many more fixes!
  

All in all, this is looking like a promising update! There seems to be a lot in terms of new content, and it should keep fans busy until Update 4, which is slated to release in April. That update will see the addition of Simba and Nala, as well as a realm based on The Lion King.

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