The “hang out with a glitchy villager” duty in the Pop City Star Path is a riddle with a single correct answer. Plenty of residents in Disney Dreamlight Valley flicker or clip out at some point, but only one character counts toward this task.
Quick answer: Hang out with Vanellope from Wreck-It Ralph for the required amount of time. No other villager registers progress for this duty.
Why the glitchy villager is Vanellope
Vanellope is the intended target because glitching is her actual ability, not a bug. In Wreck-It Ralph, she discovers she can vanish, teleport, and phase across her game, so she carries that trait into the valley as a defining power.
Other characters can look glitchy from time to time, and many have visibly flickered during quests. That resemblance is a trap here. The duty is written specifically around Vanellope, so interacting with anyone else adds nothing to your progress.
Both versions of the duty and their Token rewards
The task shows up twice during the Pop City Star Path, with the same goal but different timers. Each version pays out 25 Tokens.
| Version | Where it appears | Time with Vanellope | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main event duty (73rd) | Later in the main event track | 15 minutes | 25 Tokens |
| Routine duty | Second week of the event | 25 minutes | 25 Tokens |
The main event version sits deep in the track as the 73rd duty, so you need to clear most of the earlier tasks before it unlocks. The routine version arrives in the second week and asks for a longer 25-minute session.
Tip: If you want to save time, wait until both versions are active at once. A single hang-out session that runs long enough can satisfy the shorter timer and count toward the longer one, so you avoid tracking Vanellope down twice.
How to start and complete the hang-out
If the timer stops counting
Hang-out sessions sometimes stop tracking time properly. If the counter has not moved in a while, talk to Vanellope to end the current session, then immediately start a fresh one. Restarting the hang-out usually gets the timer moving again.
Completing the duty twice adds up to a decent chunk of Tokens, but most Pop City Star Path rewards are expensive. To keep stocking up, work through other duties such as Take Photo: Neon Koi Lantern, finding the demolition expert (Ralph), Picture This: Neon CD Demo Player, talking to the President of Sugar Rush, and picking up wood materials.
