DreamSnaps

DreamSnaps
Information
Type:	Recurring Event
Tool:	Camera
Rewards:	Moonstones DreamSnaps Outfit Reward (Outfit Challenges only) DreamSnaps Decor Reward (Decor Challenges only) Pixel Dust
Unlock Quest:	Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust
Reset Time:	Wednesdays 1 PM UTC

DreamSnaps is a multiplayer weekly photo challenge. Players compete against each other by taking a photo that meets specific requirements in the Valley and submitting them to be voted by the community. Players can earn prizes, including Moonstones, Clothing and Furniture, by submitting a photo, voting on favorite submissions, and scoring or placing in the weekly challenge. Every Wednesday at 1 PM UTC, a new challenge with different requirements begins and voting opens for submissions to the previous week's challenge.

An in-game guide is available with information and platform-specific controls in the Game Guide, under the  DreamSnaps icon, which can be found under the Settings tab. The tile will be disabled until after Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust.

Current Challenge Theme

Dates	Title	Image	Mandatory	Suggested
2023-11-08 - 2023-11-15	WALL-E's Garden	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Spend some quality time with your favorite robot Villager and his favorite place -- the garden!	Green x3 Hats x1 Delicate x3	Brown Calm

The DreamSnaps Filter

For player convenience, a filter is provided at the top of the Wardrobe or Furniture Menu, depending on type of Weekly Challenge (Outfit vs. Decor). Selecting this filter will show only items in Inventory that meet one or more of the Weekly Challenge requirements. However, if you select Filters normally, you'll notice that no filters are selected -- this is because the DreamSnaps filter filters items differently. Typically when Traits filters are selected, both specified Traits must be satisfied in order for the item to display in the results, but the DreamSnaps filter will display items with one or more Traits. For example, if the Weekly Challenge Suggested Traits are Simple and Playful Furniture, enabling DreamSnaps filter will show Furniture items that are either Simple, or Playful, or both. Using the standard Filters to select Simple and Playful will only display items that are both Simple and Playful. This filter is only available in player Inventory; it is not available when purchasing items from Scrooge's Catalog.

Submitting a Photo

DreamSnaps Weekly Challenge requirements can be found under the Event menu, on an expandable section underneath the currently active Star Path.

After taking a photo using the Phone in Photo Mode, a Show DreamSnaps option will display in the lower left corner of the screen paired with the relevant console control. Players can use this option to check the photo against the weekly challenge requirements. It will not display until after a photo has been taken. If the photo satisfies the mandatory challenge requirements, the option to submit will be available. If the photo contains any Touch of Magic Clothing or Furniture items, even if they are not visible (for instance, a custom Basic Tank Top covered by a Coat) the submission will be rejected.

These steps can be repeated to submit a different photo during the week, which will replace the previously submitted photo. Only one photo will be submitted per week. The current Design Challenge Submission can be viewed by selecting Check Submission when on the Current Challenge page (control will display in the bottom right corner of the screen). While the photo submission itself can be viewed, the requirement fulfillment values will not; these values are ONLY visible immediately prior to submitting the photo. At the end of the week, at the designated reset time, the last photo submitted will be entered for voting.

Voting

To vote on other player submissions, on the Event tab, select the Vote Now button (control will display in the bottom right corner of the screen). 2 photos are presented, and the player can choose their preferred option. Photos are presented without any usernames, QR codes, or otherwise identifying information. There is no way to specifically find a photo and vote for it - players can only vote for the photos that they are randomly presented. 5 Moonstones are rewarded for voting on each pair of photos. These Moonstones are rewarded live and their Claimed status can be monitored on the Event tab. Players can earn up to 50 Moonstones by voting on submissions during each week (10 photo sets). Players can continue to vote on additional photos, but will not earn beyond 50 Moonstones per week.

Scoring

Rewards are sent via the in-game mailbox a week after the theme submission ends, when the voting week has completed. Exact mechanics are unknown, but the Submission Score seems to be based on adherence to the Mandatory and Suggested filters, in addition to factoring in Rank, and translates to the amount of Pixel Dust rewarded. The Rank is based on how many other players voted for your submission. The Reward Chest is likely based on participation.

Item Detection

Outfit Challenges

Clothing items that the player's Avatar is currently wearing are counted, even if the items or the Avatar itself are not captured in the image frame (e.g. a Selfie only showing the top half of an outfit, Shoes obscured by a Dress, etc.). For some item types, multiple can be applied at once (i.e. necklaces and scarves), so it may benefit the player to maximize the number of worn items. A Costume or Dress will override Tops, Skirts, and Shorts. Hairstyle color does not count towards color requirements. Clothing items on Mannequins are not counted towards requirements.

Decor Challenges

Unique furniture items in a certain angled range of "view" of the camera are counted, and this range of view can even extend into different Biomes. This is true even if different Image Formats are used (i.e. Square, Portrait, Landscape). Only one item of each type is counted - duplicate items do not count towards totals. Only the Mandatory requirement totals will display. Items do not necessarily need to be visible in order to be counted; if a smaller item is behind a larger item, it will still be included. It seems that the entirety of the item must be within the range in order to count towards the totals.

Rewards

Moonstones

For each Challenge, Players earn Moonstones based on their rankings from other player votes. Players earn a minimum of 300 by submitting a photo, and the top five designers can earn up to 12,000. Players on all platforms except for PlayStation are ranked against one another. PlayStation players have a separate ranking pool, but use the same percentile-based thresholds for Moonstones rewards.

These are findings are approximate values based on community data collection.

Rank Percentile	Reward
Baseline	300
Top 70%	600
Top 55%	900
Top 40%	1,200
Top 20%	1,500
Top 12.5%	2,500
Top 7.5%	4,000
5	5,500
4	7,000
3	8,500
2	10,000
1	12,000

Clothing or Furniture

Each challenge also rewards either a DreamSnaps Outfit Reward chest or a DreamSnaps Decor Reward chest (outfit challenges award the Outfit Reward and decor challenges award the Decor Reward). Each reward chest contains 3 random clothing (Outfit Reward) or furniture (Decor Reward).

Pixel Dust

Pixel Dust is rewarded based on the following formula:

 Pixel Dust = Ceiling(Score) + 100

Pixel Dust Rewards

Players earn Pixel Dust based on their submission score to advance the Pixel Dust reward track.

DreamSnaps will reward the following items when Pixel Dust levels are reached.

Lvl	Image	Name	Type
		DreamSnaps Loafers	Clothing
		Design Motif	Motif
		DreamSnaps Pants	Clothing
	2,000
		Design Motif	Motif
		DreamSnaps Long Sleeve Shirt	Clothing
		Design Motif	Motif
	4,000
		DreamSnaps Trophy	Furniture

Weekly Challenge Themes

Previous Weekly Challenge Themes and dates are shown in the table below.

#	Dates	Title	Image / Description	Mandatory	Suggested
16	2023-11-01 - 2023-11-08	Something Wicked	[DECOR CHALLENGE] Channel your favorite villain and transform the Valley into your very own domain.	Simple x4 Strong x4	Bold Familiar
15	2023-10-25 - 2023-11-01	Trick or Treat!	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Time to get sweet or scary with this Halloween-themed challenge. (Why not both?) Costumes encouraged!	Bold x3 Simple x3	Halloween Wondrous
14	2023-10-18 - 2023-10-25	Bedroom Beauty	[DECOR CHALLENGE] Don't sleep on this DreamSnaps theme -- show the community your most beautiful and elegant bedroom!	Bedroom x5 Elegant x4	Beauty and the Beast Lavish
13	2023-10-11 - 2023-10-18	Swashbuckle 'n' Swagger	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Avast! It's time to set your sights on the horizon, shiver your timbers, and put on your pirate-y best!	Simple x4 Strong x4	Playful Wondrous
12	2023-10-04 - 2023-10-11	Frightfully Festive	[DECOR CHALLENGE] Have a holly jolly haunting in your Valley as you celebrate The Nightmare Before Christmas.	Rustic x5 Simple x5	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Playful
11	2023-09-27 - 2023-10-04	Fun with Fall	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Celebrate everything autumn -- changing leaves, cozy sweaters, the harvest, and pumpkins.	Playful x4 Delicate x4	Lavish Wondrous
10	2023-09-20 - 2023-09-27	Critter Love	[DECOR CHALLENGE] Show a little love for the Valley's animal companions with designs and styles inspired by your favorite critter.	Casual x3 Playful x5	Simple Familiar
9	2023-09-13 - 2023-09-20	Dapper Delights	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Stroll through your Valley in elegant fashions inspired by the early 1900s -- the more theatrical, the better!	Elegant x4 Wondrous x4	Traditional Lavish
8	2023-09-06 - 2023-09-13	Dreamy Kitchen	[DECOR CHALLENGE] What's Cooking? Your best and most stylish kitchen designs.	Kitchen x5 Traditional x5	Ratatouille Rustic
7	2023-08-30 - 2023-09-06	Forget Me Not	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Channel your dark side with outfits based on the Forgetting -- think Night Thorns and shadows...	Purple x4 Wondrous x3	Black Strong
6	2023-08-23 - 2023-08-30	Dreamers Unite	[DECOR CHALLENGE] It takes a village to make something great -- celebrate what makes your Valley unique with the DDV community in this DreamSnaps challenge!	Modern x3 Playful x5	Disney Lavish
5	2023-08-16 - 2023-08-23	Rainbows	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Celebrate yourself and your community with your best and brightest rainbow-themed designs.	Modern x3 Strong x5	Casual
4	2023-08-09 - 2023-08-16	Fire and Water	[DECOR CHALLENGE] Things are getting elemental! Show off your best designs featuring both Fire and Water.	Red x5 Blue x5	Simple Playful
3	2023-08-02 - 2023-08-09	Earth and Air	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Explore your elemental side, with designs featuring Earth and Air.	Green x3 Brown x3	Calm Delicate
2	2023-07-26 - 2023-08-02	Ocean Views	[DECOR CHALLENGE] It's time to celebrate all things sun and surf in this showcase of your best beach day designs.	Moana x3 Playful x5	Lilo & Stitch Familiar
1	2023-07-19 - 2023-07-26	The Dreamlight Ball	[OUTFIT CHALLENGE] Dress to impress and create regal designs as you throw your very own Dreamlight Ball.	Elegant x3 Wondrous x5	Traditional Lavish
	Tutorial ( Faith, Trust, and Pixel Dust )	Start Your Engines!	Cross the finish line by decorating in tribute to everyone's favorite racing princess, Vanellope von Schweetz! To begin, check the challenge requirements in the DreamSnaps tab in the events menu. Decorate an area in your Valley with furniture that uses the required challenge Tags. Snap a photo with your phone and submit it to DreamSnaps.	Playful x5 Familiar x5	Modern Wreck-It Ralph

In-Game Messaging

When a Weekly Challenge ends, a message like the following is delivered to the Player's Mailbox:

Rewards for the "<<Weekly Theme Name>>" DreamSnaps challenge

Thank you for playing the "<<Weekly Theme Name>>" challenge and sharing your creativity with other Disney Dreamlight Valley players.

You scored XX.XX and ranked XXXX! You can claim XXX Moonstones and will receive XXX Pixel Dust. Pretty cool, huh?

References

• 2023.07.19 - DreamSnaps Update Blog post

History

• 1.6: Added