How to unlock Vanellope in Disney Dreamlight Valley

She's glitching around the valley somewhere.

The player taking a selfie with Vanellope.
Screenshot via Dot Esports

Disney Dreamlight Valley’s “DreamSnaps” update brought Vanellope von Schweets from Wreck-It Ralph to the valley on July 19 for players to meet. But Vanellope is not recruited through a Realm or in a usual way that might be expected, which likely has players unsure how they go about unlocking her.

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Here’s what you need to do to unlock Vanellope in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

How to get Vanellope in Disney Dreamlight Valley

To add Vanellope to your valley, you’ll need to tackle “The Haunting of Dreamlight Valley” quest from Scrooge McDuck followed by the “Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust” quest from Vanellope.

First, visit Scrooge McDuck inside his store and he will tell you that he spotted a ghost inside Dream Castle. He’ll then ask players if they can investigate this strange occurrence.

Head to the very top floor of Dream Castle and you’ll find Vanellope hanging out by the fountain there. She’ll tell players that her glitching ability is malfunctioning and ask for help fixing it, which will begin the second quest.

The description of the first DreamSnaps challenge.
The DreamSnaps challenge will change each week. Screenshot via Dot Esports

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To help Vanellope, players will need to tackle the very first DreamSnaps challenge. This can be found on the event page under the DreamSnaps category.

Players will need to head anywhere in their valley and snap a photo with at least five playful assets and at least five familiar assets. This can be done by taking a picture with the camera and then selecting the “Show DreamSnaps” option to see if your photo meets the requirements.

When navigating through the furniture catalog, you can filter by the required themes to find items that may be used in this challenge. Once you’ve taken a photo and submitted it as part of the very first DreamSnaps challenge, you can then head back to Vanellope in Dream Castle.

A DreamSnaps entry with the player taking a picture of a gaming room.
This is what my first DreamSnaps submission looked like. Screenshot via Dot Esports

After talking with Vanellope, players will need to place her candy house down somewhere in their valley to help her stop glitching away. Head over to the location you choose to place Vanellope’s house down and spend 4,000 Star Coins for it to be constructed.

As soon as Vanellope’s house is built, she’ll officially join your valley, which means you can then begin leveling up your friendship with her and working your way through her friendship quests.

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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.