Honeyglow Woods is the first Adventure Pack for Disney Dreamlight Valley, a paid add-on built entirely around the world of Winnie the Pooh to mark the character’s 100th anniversary. It sits below the larger expansions like A Rift in Time and The Storybook Vale in scope, but still bundles a new story, three playable residents, four areas to decorate, two fresh gameplay systems, and a new critter.
Quick answer: Honeyglow Woods launches July 8, 2026 for $16.99 / €16.99 / £13.99 (with 2,000 Moonstones) if you own the base game. It adds Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet, the Drowsybloom Acre, Gloommeadow, Braveheart Grove, and Nectar Apiary areas, beekeeping, the Pooh Sticks mini-game, and hedgehogs.
Honeyglow Woods release date and how to enter it
The pack arrives on July 8, 2026 across all platforms. Disney Dreamlight Valley Apple Arcade Edition owners get the content on day one with no extra purchase.
To open the area, you plant a Tree Sprout and wait for it to grow into a glowing magical tree. That tree acts as a portal, and you can place it in your Valley, on the Floating Islands, or inside other Expansions. You can also remove or move the gateway later. Walking through it drops you into the Woods, where the central Everoak Tree has closed up and turned the land gloomy.
New characters: Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet
Three residents come with the pack, each unlocked through their own short tasks before you can invite them home. After their stories wrap up, they arrive in your Valley with their own houses, Friendship Quests, and rewards, and you can place those homes anywhere, inside or outside the new region.
| Character | How you unlock them |
|---|---|
| Winnie the Pooh | Play hide-and-seek, watch the clouds, and collect honey |
| Eeyore | Help the gloomy donkey find a replacement tail |
| Piglet | Help him face his fears and reunite the trio |
Note: A fourth Hundred Acre Wood face, Tigger, is not part of this pack. He is tied to the Wishblossom Ranch expansion and unlocks after the Fun! Fun! Fun! quest.
The four Honeyglow Woods areas
The region, inspired by the Hundred Acre Wood, splits into four decorate-able areas you progress through as the story unfolds. Each one feeds into the central mystery of the Everoak Tree.
| Area | What it is |
|---|---|
| Drowsybloom Acre | A sunny meadow for napping and smelling flowers |
| Gloommeadow | A murky marsh of ponds, puddles, and rivers |
| Braveheart Grove | A dense forest where you and Piglet face fears |
| Nectar Apiary | A hidden honeycomb glen, the source of the trouble |
Inside the Woods you also get special portals that take you straight to Scrooge McDuck’s Store and Chez Remy’s restaurant, so you do not have to leave the area to shop or cook.
Hedgehogs, the new critter
The pack introduces hedgehogs as a new critter type. There are four variants, one to befriend in each area, and they come with their own Photo Mode poses and Friendship Levels to raise.
New gameplay: beekeeping and Pooh Sticks
Two systems arrive with the pack. The first is beekeeping. You place flowers around a Busy Bees’ House to get them pollinated, which makes the house produce more honey. The more flowers you surround it with, the more honey you collect. A fully pollinated house also doubles the growth speed of flowers in the same biome, up to their spawn limit. You can move these houses to any biome, including your base game Valley.
The second is Pooh Sticks, a mini-game in the style of Scramblecoin. You interact with a Honeyglow bridge in the Gloommeadow, then aim and drop a stick or another item into the river alongside other villagers. The first item to reach the far side wins, and playing raises your Friendship Level and unlocks exclusive rewards.
Honey recipes, furniture, and other content
The honey you gather from the bee houses feeds a set of new recipes and craftable items. Confirmed examples include Warm Milk & Honey, the Honeycrunch Bar, Pooh’s Birthday Cake, the Honeypot Lamp, and the Cozy Honeyleaf Rug.
Beyond those, the pack also adds:
- New honey-based meals
- New Winnie the Pooh clothing and furniture
- New quests tied to the Everoak Tree mystery
- New flowers
- New landscaping items
Price, editions, and the early adopter bonus
If you already own Disney Dreamlight Valley, you can buy Honeyglow Woods on its own through the Premium Shop. New players can pick up a bundle that includes the base game plus the pack.
| Edition | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Honeyglow Woods (a la carte) | $16.99 / €16.99 / £13.99 | Adventure Pack + 2,000 Moonstones |
| Honeyglow Woods Edition | $49.99 / €49.99 / £39.99 | Base game + Adventure Pack + 10,000 Moonstones |
Buy either version before July 22 and you get the exclusive Rainy Day Winnie the Pooh Dream Style delivered to your in-game mailbox. The pack runs alongside the game’s usual free updates, with Wreck-It Ralph’s Ralph confirmed to join the Valley in a free update later in the summer and a full expansion planned for a reveal in October.
Whether the pack is worth it comes down to how much you want a deep dive into one franchise rather than a few characters spread across regular updates. For Pooh fans, it bundles a self-contained story, two new things to do, and a stack of cozy honey-themed items into a single, lower-cost add-on than the game’s full expansions.
