How to play multiplayer and what you can and can't do (full valley visit guide)

Disney Dreamlight Valley's The Pumpkin King Returns free update, coinciding with the launch of the game's paid A crack in time expansion, introduces an exciting element to the game: online multiplayer. The new Valley Visits feature allows players to visit and appreciate their friends' uniquely designed Valleys.

Dreamlight Valleys online multiplayer feature offers a shared experience of exploring and enjoying these personalized environments while participating in a limited game. However, it is important to note that this multiplayer functionality comes with a large set of limitations.

The guide exhaustively covers everything players need to know about Valley Visit's multiplayer mode in Disney Dreamlight Valleywhich describes the various activities that players can engage in together, while also describing the limitations of this cooperative play feature.

Updated October 27, 2024 by Usama Ali: While investing time and energy into your village is fun, the real joy comes from inviting friends to join you and experience the magic of Disney Dreamlight Valley with them. Thanks to Vanellope's Valley Visit Station, players can open a connection for other Disney Dreamlight Valley players to visit their village. Interestingly, the Thrills and Frills Update has brought some exciting new multiplayer features to Disney Dreamlight Valley. This guide has been updated to include the latest changes, giving you a better understanding of what to do when visiting your friends' valleys.

How to unlock online multiplayer in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Players can unlock Disney Dreamlight Valleys multiplayer mode via a new mission added in The Pumpkin King Returns update. This update is a free add-on to Disney Dreamlight Valley and not require any of the players have purchased the expansion DLC. Dreamlight Valleys multiplayer supports two to four players simultaneously, including the host.

Disney Dreamlight Valleys multiplayer is unlocked by talking to Vanellope and accepting her quest, “Valley visit.” This means that players must first unlock Vanellope before they can use Disney Dreamlight Valleys online multiplayer feature. Once the player has started the “Valley Visits” quest, she gives the player KL-1200 Valley Visit Station decor item and instructs the player to place it in the valley.

To complete the mission, players must place the KL-1200 Valley Visit Station, accessible via the Furniture Menu, anywhere outside of the Valley. Once the Valley Visit Station is placed, the mission is complete and the player now has access to Dreamlight Valley's multiplayer mode.

Vanellope will appear in the player's valley or Eternity Isle even if the player has disabled them in the “Villagers in Dreamlight Valley” menu found on the game map. Once her mission is complete, she will return to an inactive state until reactivated by the player. This applies to all villagers who have an active or available mission.

How Dreamlight Valley's multiplayer feature and limitations work

Dreamlight Valley's Valley Visits multiplayer mode features similar to Dodo codes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Players can open their valley to receive visitors, assign a temporary multiplayer code, or they can visit another player's valley by entering the player's active multiplayer code.

It is important to note that there are some extremely significant requirements and limitations for Disney Dreamlight Valley's Valley Visiting multiplayer game mode.

Certain online subscriptions are required for Dreamlight Valley Multiplayer

To host or visit players in Disney Dreamlight Valleyplayers on some platforms must have an active online multiplayer subscription. Disney Dreamlight Valley is no longer transitioning to a free-to-play game model, therefore a subscription is required for online multiplayer on consoles or through the Microsoft Store version of the game.

Subscriptions required for Disney Dreamlight Valley's online multiplayer game mode include:

• Nintendo Switch – Must have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
• PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – Must have a PlayStation Plus subscription (or higher).
• Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One – Must have an Xbox Game Pass Core (or higher) subscription.
• PC (Microsoft Store version) – Must have an Xbox Game Pass Core (or higher) subscription.
• Apple Arcade – Must have an Apple Arcade subscription.

The Steam version of Dreamlight Valley no subscription required for online play. In addition Mac App Store version does not require an online subscription for online play through Game Center.

Disney Dreamlight Valley on PlayStation does not offer crossplay multiplayer

Player of Disney Dreamlight Valley on PC, Mac, Apple Arcade platforms and consoles, in addition to PlayStation, can visit each other's valleys through the game's online multiplayer feature.

However, cross-platform play is not supported for players of the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 versions of Disney Dreamlight Valleyso players cannot visit or accept visitors from any other platform's versions of the game.

Therefore, Dreamlight Valley players playing on a PlayStation console accessing online games via PlayStation Plus subscription cannot visit Nintendo Switch players accessing online games via Nintendo Switch Online or any other platform. There is no local multiplayer game mode either, so players cannot bypass this limitation via LAN play.

How to open your Dreamlight Valley to visitors

To open the valley to other players i Dreamlight Valleytalk to the Valley Visit Station and select the option to “Open a connection for Valley Visits!” This will allow players to receive visitors, and they will receive a randomly generated secret password that visitors will need to access other valleys.

Players can only access other players' valley by entering the secret code provided by the host. There is no list of open valleys in the game, nor is there any way to set a valley as “public” for any player to join.

This password allows players to visit only as long as the connection is active. If players disconnect, they must talk to the Valley Visit Station to get a new code and share that code with friends. Players must give their friends the six-digit code if they want them to visit.

How to visit Another Player's Valley

To visit another player's valley i Disney Dreamlight Valleya secret code from that player must be acquired. In order for the host to receive the code, they must open their Valley to visitors by talking to the Valley Visit Station and then sharing the code with potential visitors. Again, codes are only valid as long as the multiplayer session during which they were assigned is open.

Visitors will automatically return to the title screen if the host removes them from the valley or closes the connection. Connections are automatically closed if the host player leaves the game.

To enter a secret code and access multiplayer in Dreamlight Valleyplayers must go back to the title screen, the start menu that appears after the game starts. Here, click on the “Multiplayer” menu item and enter the host player's secret code. Click the “Connect” button to load into the game in their valley.

Disney Dreamlight Valley Multiplayer features

Disney Dreamlight ValleyThe multiplayer mode's Valley Visits allows players to explore different versions of the Valley customized by other players. This feature primarily focuses on experiencing the unique landscape and decor choices made by each player in their version of the valley.

IN Disney Dreamlight Valleys multiplayer mode, both the host and the guests face certain limitations in terms of the game functions they can perform. Here's everything players can and can't do while playing multiplayer Dreamlight Valley.

What you can do during a visit to the valley

Valley Visits are a unique opportunity for players to explore each other's Dreamlight Valley worlds and participate in a variety of activities. Here's a summary of what players can do during Valley Visits:

• Explore their friend's villageadmire their designs, buildings and decorations.
• Interact with different elements in the village, such as pick up items dropped in the valley.
• Enter the host's house or shop in Scrooge's Store. However, hosts must first enter a building before visitors can join them, and they cannot leave the building until all guests have left. The host has the option to remove all visitors before you finish.
• Trading in main inventory including ready-made food, gems, ingredients, etc. by dropping them on the ground outside.
• Visit the host's stores and save the displayed one Touch of Magic design to their collection. Be sure to save before exiting to transfer designs.
• Use their Royal Tools to perform various actions, such as gardening, fishing and even Timebending, within the host's village. Players can too cook and do crafts at the host's stove or craft table.
• Use the camera to take pictures of their favorite moments and create lasting memories of their Valley visit.
• Find a new resource called Pixel Shards. They can use these shards to craft two exciting new items, viz Pixelated cooking flame and that Glitchy Pixel Duplication Pack.

If a visitor enters
Disney Dreamlight Valley
purchases an item not yet owned by the host, it cannot be re-ordered from Scrooge's Catalog until the host purchases it themselves in Scrooge's Store. As a result, the host must wait for the item to become available again in the store to obtain it. Therefore, the host may want to purchase unowned items before a visitor arrives.

What you can't do when playing multiplayer

During valley visits, players will not be able to interact with villagers, advance quests, complete Star Path tasks, or collect Star Path rewards. Although progress is paused in multiplayer, players can still indirectly help friends by trading items they need to complete missions. In addition furniture menu and riding attractions are unavailable during Valley Visits.

Items from the Expansion Pass cannot be traded with players who do not own the Expansion Pass.