It’s time to get in touch with your emotions in Disney Dreamlight Valley, and some iconic characters from Inside Out are set to arrive soon. The Emotional Rescue update is also bringing us a new Realm to explore, so there’s plenty to dive into as soon as it’s live.
Fresh updates always promise some massive, exciting additions to explore, so you’ll likely want to know exactly when this one will be available to play so you can be ready to start exploring. Here’s the exact time and date when the Emotional Rescue update will be released for Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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When is the Emotional Rescue update in Disney Dreamlight Valley?
The Emotional Rescue update for DDV will officially arrive on Aug. 20. An exact launch time is never shared ahead of any updates, but based on most previous ones, we can almost certainly expect it to go live at 8am CT.
This is when almost all updates have been released, with the exception of a few very early on when the game was first launched. So as long as everything stays on track, the countdown timer below should be accurate. We’ve set it to precisely 8am CT, and translated this time across major time zones, so you can check back here leading up to the update to see how much longer is left before it arrives.
- PT: 6am on Aug. 20
- CT: 8am on Aug. 20
- ET: 9am on Aug. 20
- BST: 2pm on Aug. 20
- CEST: 3pm on Aug. 20
- JST: 10pm on Aug. 20
- AEST: 11pm on Aug. 20
What’s included in the Emotional Rescue update in Disney Dreamlight Valley?
The Emotional Rescue update is packed with new content, including two new villagers, a new Realm, a new Star Path event, and more. Here’s a breakdown of everything we know it includes so far.
- Two new characters – Joy and Sadness from Inside Out are officially arriving in the valley. Both characters will come with an array of friendship quests and special rewards you can unlock for befriending them. For now, they’re the only two characters from Inside Out joining the village, but other emotions could be added in future updates. We’ve had this happen with other films, like The Lion King, so we may still get to see characters like Disgust, Anxiety, Fear, and Anger in the future.
- New Realm – We’ll get to explore all the emotions by visiting the brand-new Inside Out Realm. Based on the official artwork for this update, it seems like we’ll be exploring the control room where the emotions work and venturing into their bedroom.
- New Star Path – A fresh Star Path event will be available to complete when this update launches. We haven’t seen what this one will include yet, but a few emojis were posted to tease it on X (formerly Twitter), including a fox, sunglasses, a music note, a guitar, a sun, and ice cream.
- Diagonal fences – A teaser posted on X (formerly Twitter) hints that we’ll finally be getting diagonal fences in this update.
There’s likely much more we don’t know about this update yet that will be revealed leading up to it or on the day it goes live. While you wait for it to arrive, you may want to learn about all Companion abilities and rewards, complete The Two Flames United quest, and catch some White Bird Snippets.
Published: Aug 12, 2025 07:14 am