Disney Dreamlight Valley The Winter Floating Festival puzzles and event walkthrough

A new event has arrived in the valley, bringing with it plenty of new goodies you can unlock in Disney Dreamlight Valley. The Winter Floating Festival is a big one, and it has quite a few tricky puzzles for you to work through.

Since the entire event is built around hidden puzzles, it’s likely you’ll find yourself stumped at one point or another. Luckily, all of them are easy to tackle once you know what you’re looking for and what needs to be done. Here’s a complete walkthrough for The Winter Floating Festival event in Disney Dreamlight Valley.

How does The Winter Floating Festival event work in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

The Winter Floating Festival event takes place on a magical, floating island you can access through a portal in the Plaza during the event’s duration. On this island, you’ll find a winter wonderland packed with five unique puzzles you can complete to earn five exclusive event rewards.

This is only the second floating island event, so it’s a newer concept for DDV. If you previously participated in The Haunted Floating Festival event, you already have a solid understanding of how this one works, as it’s basically the same idea, just on a new island with new puzzles and prizes.

How to complete The Winter Floating Festival event in Disney Dreamlight Valley

You can complete the entire The Winter Floating Festival event by finishing all five puzzles around the holiday island. While other events like Gift of Giving and Trick-or-Treat come with loads of tasks to tackle, items to craft, and more to do, The Winter Floating Festival is a more focused event that homes in on five main missions. These quests do have smaller tasks within them, but overall, you have five key goals to complete.

All The Winter Floating Festival puzzles in Disney Dreamlight Valley

There are five puzzles you can work on throughout The Winter Floating Festival event. Three are available right away, while the other two unlock later in the event. Here are all the missions you need to get done and what to do to knock out each one.

Puzzle	Unlock date	Task
Hot Cocoa Rabbit Puzzle	Jan. 7	Track down three red chests around the island to learn the event Hot Cocoa recipes, all of which require Festive Cocoa Beans to make. Then, find the blue Frosty Rabbit on the island and feed them the Hot Cocoa of the day. Monday – Festive Mint Hot Cocoa Tuesday – Festive Cherry Hot Cocoa Wednesday – Festive Blueberry Hot Cocoa Thursday – Festive Cherry Hot Cocoa Friday – Festive Mint Hot Cocoa Saturday – Festive Blueberry Hot Cocoa Sunday – Festive Cherry Hot Cocoa Repeat this process for four days to obtain all four fragments and piece together the memory, which shows a golden dig spot. Visit the spot pictured in the memory, equip your Royal Shovel, and use it to dig up your reward.
Chocolate Fountain Puzzle	Jan. 7	Find the empty fountain on the event island. Interact with it to transfer over 10 Cherry Hot Cocoa, 15 Blueberry Hot Cocoa, and 20 Mint Hot Cocoa, which you’ll need to cook up yourself. As soon as you do, the fountain will start up again, allowing you to claim your reward.
Snowman Pillar Puzzle	Jan. 7	Count how many of each type of snowman there are around the island to match the correct symbol and number on the pillar. I – Bow Mother Snowman II – Top Hat Dapper Snowmen III – Cap Kid Snowmen IV – Beanie Father Snowmen
Street Lamp Puzzle	Jan. 14	TBA
Snowy Fortress Snowman Questions Puzzle	Jan. 21	TBA

All The Winter Floating Festival rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley

For completing each event puzzle, you get to claim a special prize that’s exclusive to The Winter Floating Festival event. There are five rewards in total to go with the same number of puzzles you can complete.

Puzzle	Reward	Image
Hot Cocoa Rabbit Puzzle	Taupe Winter Hat
Chocolate Fountain Puzzle	Winter Chocolate Fountain
Snowman Pillar Puzzle	Dapper Snowman
Street Lamp Puzzle	Printed Winter Leggings	TBA
Snowy Fortress Snowman Questions Puzzle	Taupe Winter Coat	TBA

How long is The Winter Floating Festival in Disney Dreamlight Valley?

The Winter Floating Festival runs from Jan. 7 to 28, giving all players three full weeks to tackle everything it has to offer before it ends. Some of the puzzles and rewards aren’t available until later in the event, so you’ll need to log on a few times throughout the event’s duration to get everything done.

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The first major Fortnite update for the new year is coming soon in the form of v39.20, and there’s plenty of new content in store.

Earlier this year, Epic Games revealed the annual update roadmap for Fortnite. Hence, we have known the release date since, but this countdown will help you stay in touch with the upcoming update.

Fortnite v39.20 update countdown

The Fortnite v39.20 update goes live globally on Friday, Jan. 9, across all platforms. There’s little chance for a delay, and the following countdown will expire once the update goes live.

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The countdown is based on the following timings.

• 1am PT
• 3am CT
• 4am ET
• 9am UTC
• 10am CET

This is the usual schedule that Epic has been following for all major updates in the last few months. However, it’s worth noting that the time when the servers go live will differ across regions. There will be a prior maintenance as well, when Fortnite and all its modes will be completely unavailable.

What to expect from Fortnite v39.20 update

The first update of the new year is themed around South Park, and here are a few highlights to look out for.

• South Park themed skins
• South Park Mini Battle Pass
• OG Chapter 1 Season 7 Super Styles
• Chapter 1 Battle Pass Super Styles
• Blitz mode and map update
• Reload update
• Reload loot pool update
• Plenty of new cosmetics
• New jam tracks
• New emotes, available in the shop and pass.
• New weapons
• Unvaulted weapons

It will be interesting to find out how the South Park-inspired cosmetics appear in-game. There will be skins based on all major characters, including Stan, Kyle, and Kenny. The pass will be great for those who are looking to add a bunch of cosmetics to their collection.

I am also expecting certain quests themed around the South Park collab, along with new NPCs that will be on the map. For now, all we have to do is wait for the update to go live on Friday.

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