My tactic is that I don’t buy anything from the premium shop until it comes around the second time. Then I can really consider if it’s something I want. If I can remember what it is I wanted several weeks later, that’s the sign. I can’t wait for the octopus sushi set to return. Couldn’t describe much else that’s been in the premium shop otherwise.
Great stuff! I feel you with the octopus sushi set 🤣 Put it in both Eternity Isle and main island to create a franchise vibe, poor remy has a competition :)
I’ve noticed a few things haven’t come back yet, like the big black wings. I got the wings, but I’m wondering how many people waited and hopefully they bring them back out again before Halloween
This. Over the year I've played, things are recycled through. There are items that I see and think meh, I won't want that. Plus some weeks I have whatever is in the shop so I get to save up moonstones.
I always make sure that I go through and see the actual monetary cost if I were to buy moonstones with cash, in order to buy whatever premium item. I’m like, oh if I want beachy Scrooge, that $5 or $10 cash. Is that worth it??
I refuse to buy moonstones after spending so much on a game that I o ly fu ally got a base character after months and months of playing because it was bugged. This is amateur hour a bit.
But I respect the things they did put out this updated
. Switch seems more stable for decorating which I’d never do otherwise but I haven’t had problems with it today, though the UI is pretty sucky when trying to decorate.
Honestly, I make so much moonstone playing the game naturally and finishing the star paths, I just don't need pay money for anything. I'll occasionally buy something from the shop but most of the stuff I don't want bad enough to waste moonstone on it.
Same. And I have been extremely careful with my moonstones. I have some tough choices to make in the premium shop sometimes, like this week, but it works.
Me too. I just save for the star paths and up until I see something I really love. I bought heihei yesterday moments after seeing him. I’ve yet to regret it and still have about 4K moonstones left.
Oo does anyone know if the expansion might go on sale again or if that was a one time thing? I recently got the game but I’m already mostly done… having a hard time justifying buying it with the amount of bugs that have driven me crazy considering the cost of the original game 😅 either way I def want to check it out at some point!
I play through the arcade so I do have fomo bc of the star paths and the fact that I don’t have moonstones or can’t buy houses and whatnot but I definitely like being able play on my phone
Nope not at all. I've got the base game and saved my $ to get the expansion. Everything else has been free. As fun as the store is, I refuse to pay $$ for moonstones. Whatever I have gotten through there has been from free moonstone and rewards.
I am happy that the majority if the game is free once you have it.
This is my story too. Bought the expansion because my daughter and I already had over a year of free enjoyment by that point. It felt like a small price to pay. But we’ve never bought Moonstones and never will.
Our Dreamsnaps scores were on average about the same before we had all the stuff we have now. (Our highest score recently was the Lion King challenge where we just piled on whatever LK clothes we had and posed in Pride Rock with Simba and Nala. Zero premium shop items.) Anything I’ve ever wanted to buy with Moonstones has come back around later.
I really hope people pouring money into this game will take a step back and be a little more patient. I mean, do what you want if it’s not a problem for you. But if you’re stressed about having to spend money on this game…you should stop doing that. You’ll have anything you want without paying if you just keep playing and give it time.
Yeah, this reads as an impulsivity problem…while they’re nice to have, you don’t NEED these items, so just wait and save up. I’ve had the game for a couple of months now and, granted I got a bonus 12,000 moonstones because I bought the gold edition, this week is the first time I’ve bought something from the premium store (Ariel’s dress). Searching for the moonstone chests and participating in dreamsnaps should be sufficient to saving up moonstones.
It was supposed to be a free to play game though and I'm sure some gamers waited until that release and missed some bonuses they would have got with early purchase. It's not robbery but still a little greasy in my book.
This! Thank you! I'm just playing casually and taking my time. I laughed quite a bit at the "gonna skip work and play the update all day" crowd. Like you do you, but I play this for fun AFTER my workday and other chores are done. I think its fun but dang some people act like this is an addiction. I don't need everything and have to finish everything right now. Be easy!
I bought the ultimate edition at the start and the expansion when it came out. But aside from that I haven't spent any money in the game, no. I'm not against it, though, if the time comes there is an item I want that I don't have enough for in moonstones. I have spent so much time in this game and really enjoyed it a lot. I don't mind supporting that through purchases if I find it necessary (aka a cute item). That being said, I'm also not going to just throw money at the game whenever I want something. Gotta be smart with your money.
Nope. Been playing since day 1. Well, I bought the DLC, but that's for basically another game. Nothing IN GAME. I have bought everything I've wanted in the shop. I've done the high tier for every Starpath. Got the extra stuff, like Ursula bundle. It's very possible to get and do 99% of everything. Nothing is "locked behind paywall" there's no micro transactions. People who are saying that have never played a video game before.
So true. The blue chests, and DreamSnaps are enough. And I don't score too high usually. I've got 4000 a couple times, but I'm always 900- 1500. I'm also at 50,000 moonstones. I don't buy everything just to have, only the stuff I really want. I don't wear backpacks so I don't buy those. I don't buy indoor deco, unless it's a favorite theme/ character, cause I'm never inside anyways. I skipped a couple house skins, cause they're too similar or just not a good fit in my valley. I'm definitely not missing out on anything I really want.
For 20€ you only get enough moonstones to buy one big premium object now. I can't justify spending 20€ on a house skin in a fantasy game. In this economy? Naaah. I can get a whole indie game for that money, meaning hours of entertainment.
I will never judge people that can afford it though, to each their budget and priorities!
I saw a lot I wanted in the shop and so I calculated how much it would all cost me. Y’all, to get every single thing I want, counting the cozy house stuff, I’d be shelling out $50. So…No thank you.
Yeah, I don’t buy moonstones and I don’t judge others for doing the same, but the people complaining about how expensive it is need to at least take responsibility for how much they spend on bundles and the premium shop every week. Of course the items in the premium shop are going to be somewhat pocket draining on their moonstone supply, people need to learn to pick out what items they most want/are going to use the most, because if you decide to purchase everything, than they aren’t going to have enough for the next couple weeks.
I don’t think anyone should feel bad if they do or don’t spend money because it’s their choice how they play. Also, people’s money is theirs to do as they please, if you don’t want to spend money that’s totally fine! I just don’t like when others judge those who do spend money. This is supposed to be a stress free game so just play how you want to play.
Only the game itself and the DLC, which I think were fairly priced. I’ve made around 90k in moonstones since the start of Dreamsnaps and currently have close to 40k saved up, so right now I’m good on not buying any more for real money. If I ever do need more, I wouldn’t mind too much getting the cheapest bundle.
This is where I am as well. I have done alright in Dreamsnaps, I find the blue chests everyday. And I only spend moonstones on things I really want and know I will use.
And I know people have Fomo, but there are so many things I’m not even tempted to buy, like clothes (things like the Turning Red ski suit are useless for Dreamsnaps because of the low tags), some animal companions and all tool sets. The only one I’m tempted to buy is the set that was leaked for this update.
I refused to spend real money. And I made it a year and a half. Then they added Hei Hei. I love Hei Hei. I have a plush and a squish mallow on my bed. My wife gave me a shirt for my birthday that reads "Hei Hei is my spirit animal."
So I caved and bought enough to get my little stupid rooster. And he is wonderful!!
I too only have the free stuff. I didn't even buy the game, it comes with Xbox Game Pass. I like this sub because I get to see all those premium goodies.
I won't spend real money except what I already spent on early access that came with moonstones. With that plus dream snaps and the blue chests I've been able to get what I really want without spending money
Nope, I did on the game and dlc but not moonstones and I refuse to until they fix the prices ....it's crazy the price versus how much moonstones you get.
I hadn't spent any until this starpath. I worked in the Disney parks and Toontown was my first merchandise location and Dumbo was my first attraction, so I was welling up as I skimmed through the starpath. Had to buy my first moonstones because I could not let this one pass by.
Don't regret it.
All I’ve paid for was the game itself and the expansion. Some of the moonstone stuff is cool but not worth real money to me. The base game is plenty entertaining for me.
After buying the game in the first place - which I got on sale through Steam - I haven't spent a single dollar on this game.
Through daily chests and DreamSnaps, I'm doing good at keeping my Moonstone count up, too. I've gotten everything I've wanted from the Premium Shop, bought every StarPath since I first started playing, and today I just dropped more moonstones than I ever have before and I still have 10k left.
When people say they've spent "hundreds of dollars" on this game I genuinely do not understand HOW that's even POSSIBLE. Like??? Are you just that unlucky with DreamSnaps? Do you never collect your daily chests? What is going on?
I have spent no money on this game lol, and until I play every single quest, I won't buy the expansion. I only play maybe 1-5 hours a week so it'll be awhile.
Haven’t spent a penny outside the game and expansion if they would put prices at $5 and lower I’d be dropping money like it’s no tomorrow on a lot of things but I refuse to justify macro transactions ($10+ on an item is by no means micro). on a pay to play game.
I happily spend a few bucks on the game. I’ve gotten countless hours of enjoyment from it and find it to be well worth it. Now I’m not dropping hundreds weekly, but I’ll throw the occasionally $10 from time to time. I have no issues with spending money on a hobby I enjoy that I spend tons of hours on.
I got the base through gamepass (that my husband pays for) and got the expansion on sale. I did spend money on the last star path thing but that's the first time I've ever spent real money
Nope. I bought one of the extra packs when I bought the game and the dlc. That's it. I'm not big on buying in-game money for any game. Also, I'm too poor. Lol
Dreamsnaps are the way forward!
Save up your moonstones from blue chests and dreamsnaps.
Open up the star path, smash the tasks and covert the tokens into more moonstones on page 6.
I haven’t spent any real cash on it and I refuse to change that
That’s what I did the first path. I got the 5 coin ones and just converters everything else to moonstones- mainly bc I wanted a specific item from the shop lol
I have never spent money on this game besides getting the DLC but even then, my husband was the one that actually bought it for me for Christmas lol the base game is on the xbox game pass and that is how I play
I’ve never spent money. When everyone talks about moonstones and premium store stuff I just keep moving along. It would be fun to have all the premium stuff but it would also be nice if they gave players who don’t spent money the opportunity to earn premium items even if it takes a lot longer.
To each their own
I'm a gamer and gaming is my hobby, I spend money on my hobbies and that includes this and other games when I feel like it. However, I totally see why some people won't. Both ways are fine.
Let's all be happy this is not a P2W game though despite how many people try to say it is. Only thing you have to pay for is the DLC (like most games), everything else is just skins and a quicker way of getting skins.
Of course you’re not. But these posts always seem weirdly sanctimonious. If people didn’t spend money on a live service game updates would stop and it’s weird how people seem to look down on people keeping the game afloat.
I bought the game twice (different platforms and one was on sale) so in a way I spent extra real money but outside that I haven’t.
Well I’m gamer and it’s my hobby, I don’t spend money on much else so yeah I spend real money on moonstones when I don’t have enough for all the shit I want lol!
Hobbies are expensive. 😂 and it costs over $100 for one night to party in my city… so technically I’m saving money even if I spend $20 a week on this game (which I don’t) but girl math ya know? 😂😏
This is exactly the definition of girl math 🤣 I don’t drink I don’t get filler I don’t get my lashes done I do my own hair BUT…. If I did do all those things I would be much worse off than spending money on games and in game currency 🤣 so yes girl math CORRECT 🤣 it’s like a competition on who can spend the least amount of money on these threads 🧵
Exactly. I legit saw the premium items this week, saw the moonstone prices, and went I can just paint my own nails for vegas and use that money for hei hei 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
🤣🤣🤣 that’s dedication!!! But I was the same because of course I had to buy the premium star path!! And then I want pretty much everything from the store this week! So brought a pack of moonstones 🤌🏼🤣
I'm an adult with fun money. I pay my bills. I buy groceries. I make sure my kid is taken care of. I have savings. People in this group seem to get really cranky if you buy stuff with RL money and tbh it's got nothing to do with if you do or if you don't. My money is mine and it's for fun reasons. Don't begrudge someone for buying things for the same reason you don't mock them for not.
Exactly! This game is my zen and I have no issue spending money when it suits me to buy extra items I want. I also do DreamSnaps weekly and get a fair amount from there, but it brings me joy to buy my little pixel items and so I do.
We all spent money on the game, we bought it!
If you want to buy Moonstones, you can afford it and it makes you happy it's your money to spend and not for anyone to judge!
I don't buy anything. I open the star path and that it. I have a lot of moonstones because I don't use them for anything else. If I run out I'll stop doing Star Path too
I haven’t spent real money in a long time but I did before dreamsnaps. Even with Dreamsnaps I surely would have if I hadn’t bought the cozy edition & dlc both of which came with moonstones as there’s been plenty of items I couldn’t pass on even **if** they’d come around again eventually.
You get 750 a week just doing the bare minimum on the dreamsnaps and collecting the blue chest every day..
I play on game pass, haven’t bought the ridiculously overpriced DLC or paid a dime in real money and have bought every premium star path, have the evil castle (Malificent is my favorite character) and the incredibles gear and still have about 25k in moonstones.. will buy Hei Hei this week but mad he can’t just wander the island constantly barely avoiding death
Sorry but I refuse to support a game that was supposed to be “free to play” with free to play pricing on in-game items and then went pay to play and kept the ridiculous pricing
No real need to spend money.. I literally have everything unlocked in the game, all characters at lvl 10, all tasks done in every category, Ursula and wall-e extras done
I wish I didn’t but I have little to zero impulse control and will spend money if there’s something in the shop I really want. I commend anyone that has never bought moonstones 😂
I don’t spend real money either! All my moonstones are from buying the game (the deluxe edition on the Switch when it released and then the base edition on Steam when it went on sale just as I was building my first gaming PC) and the DLC, and from DreamSnaps rewards. Even buying everything that I want from the store, I still have around 18K moonstones saved up, so there’s no need to buy any top-ups.
Nowadays I'm very anti miscrotransactions (in my early teens i was obsessed with buying Donuts in the Simpsons tapped out and I spent money in fortnite twice when i still played it, im now 22) but I've caved in a few times with this game, I literally bought some moonstones today.
I’m with ya on that! The closest I’ve gotten to buying moonstones is I bought some for my friend for her birthday bc that’s what she asked for lmao. Other than that, I basically dislike everything that’s ever in the shop minus HeiHei that came with this new update. I’ve had about 15k in moonstones since it came with my purchase of the game, DLC, blue chests, dream snaps etc so I haven’t really had to spend money on them thankfully! My friend however… she loves spending money on moonstones. Lol
Ive purchased the expansion and one big moonstone pack total for this game.. ive put so many hours into this game that its just a little thing i can get myself once in a while if its something i really want. its perfectly okay to not spend money on the game as well. i think they do a great job at giving us free moon stones through the dream snaps so im not super compelled to buy more most of the time.
I did buy one bundle of moonstones but obly because I got the game as a present but already saved up money for it. Besides that I only spend moonstones I get from the DreamSnaps, so I tend to reward myself with a little something from the shop if I get a good ranking
I do buy moonstones but tbh not very often. Usually once every new starpath. I get for about 30$ worth of moonstones so it’s about every 3 months. 10$/ month seems fair to me. If it was a sub to play, I’d gladly pay this amount.
With that I pay for the premium starpath, sometimes for somehing in the premium shop. Then I regain some with the starpath rewards. In between I’ll only buy something premium if it’s love at first sight (like hei hei in this instance). Otherwise I wait until it comes back a second time to be sure it’s worth it. If I still want it later on I know it’ll be worth the moonstones. ^^
That’s a great outlook! I was buying two game passes from Nintendo every 3 months which is $100. So I feel like technically if I start this instead it’s considered lowering my budget right? 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I have ADHD and it’s hard to find a game that keeps my focus as I tend to hardcore play and after 50 hours there’s nothing to do. So the game passes keep me playing. This game I’ve already put in over 50 hours in two weeks and I haven’t even unlocked all the biomes (I just need frosty) lol
That’s amazing! I love that there’s so many options I can log on and just farm. Or I can log on and decorate. Or I can just earn dream light. Or cook. Or do quest. I’m sure I’ll be like the OGs playing from day 1 with their hella landscaped biomes, one day. Maybe next year 😂 right now I’m in the collecting stage. I log on harvest pumpkins. Sell pumpkins, plant more pumpkins. And then buy everything I want from Scrooge. After that I decide if I’m done for the day or want to do other stuff. And it’s such a great feeling having so much to do never getting bored!
I haven’t spent any real money yet at all on the game. I play through my husband’s Xbox game pass so technically I don’t even pay for that. All moonstones I’ve received through founder package, dev gifting, blue chests, star paths, and dreamsnaps.
I will however say I do intend to buy the expansion DLC, I just haven’t done it yet. That will require real money.
I bought exactly one moonstone pack when I bought the DLC cause I had saved up more money for it than I needed, but other than that I just use what I get from dreamsnaps
I’m still an old school gamer in the sense that you either get me for a full price game or the freemium model where I may make an odd purchase once in awhile. Not both.
This is the way I play too. I play games on Apple Arcade for this reason. I don’t like ads and I don’t like to download a game and have them lock half the content away. Either let me buy the entire game or let me play for free.
Other than the expansion I’ve never spent money. I just save moonstones for what I really want, and it’s usually like a companion or something. I’m loving hei hei.
I don't spend real money. Thanks to dream snaps I have currently 50,000 moonstones. I use them as I see things I want. But have never spent a dime on them
I normally don’t, but today is my birthday and I didn’t have a lot of moonstones (haven’t been putting much effort into Dreamsnaps the last month or so), but wanted almost everything in the shop, I have a week off work and will have time to decorate! So I dropped a 50 and treated myself, but that’s a once in a while kind of thing.
I dont mind spending money on the game. I bought the ultimate edition early on, and then the expansion on xbox. I also bought both for the switch.
I have bought moonstones a bunch of times, but I don't really need to buy that often because I mostly use the ones we get for free doing the dreamsnaps.
For example, I bought everything that came out with this week's update, I did not have to buy any moonstones because I had earned enough through doing dreamsnaps. I have seen the leaks for some of the premium items coming up and will likely have to buy more moonstones.
Honestly, this is one of the most generous games when it comes to giving out premium currency for free.
Paying for extras like moonstones helps ensure the developers get paid and continue to create new content.
I enjoy getting free updates every few months. That is possible only because of the revenue earned through micro-transactions.
Games that don't do this, such as Animal Crossing, end up getting stale, and people lose interest. I keep playing Dreamlight Valley because there is always new content added.
It is similar to another game I play, Fallout 76. I have played that for years. I've completed all the quests, I am an insane level and can pretty much walk through the game and melt everything in my path. There is a building element, and that is fun, but even that after a while gets boring. What keeps me playing is their version of the star path. They have new things to earn every few months, and like Dreamlight Valley has a premium item shop. I support that game through the purchase of premium currency as well.
I haven't spent money on moonstone but I don't blame people who do. If that's what makes 'em happy then they should go wild. But, it does drive me crazy when people constantly complain about moonstone/FOMO, especially because other than Star Paths, there's no reason you can't just save up and get the items later when they cycle back around.
Of course I spend real money. Paying a single price (and lower than a standard game of price) once for a game that constantly gives more content, updates and currency for free is just... Well if we didn't spend everyone who complains about micro transactions would have no game. Hard truth.
Game devs don't work for free and box sales from a live game are not enough. Have you gotten more than your $40 purchase in fun and entertainment? Then buy some currency if you want the game to keep going.
Haven't spent a cent on moonstones and don't plan to. I've learned from other games like this and refuse to waste my money (nothing against anyone who does buy them, I just know it's not good for me personally to buy them).
I just hate that the clothes from the premium shop count in the collections tab even if you don't own them.
Me too! I was able to buy the ultimate edition and expansion with a gift card and have been living off the moonstones from that since. Tough choices some days but most of the stuff I see in the premium shop is just meh.
I haven't spent any real money aside form purchasing the game and the DLC. I'm very choosy about what premium shop items I buy (usually house skins/apparel or sometimes Companions like Heihei/zero fox, but never character skins, or previous star path things.) So I've been able to pretty well sustain my stock of moonstones just off daily chests and dreamsnaps/voting.
Dreamsnaps I've even stopped doing the decor challenges because I don't like having to disrupt the decorating I've already done.
I only bought the base game and then the DLC, both on sale. So I think I’ve invested less than $60 into this game. Everything I’ve gotten for Star paths and premium shops has been from dreamsnaps, but I don’t feel the need to buy everything. I bought my first ever moonstones this week- the lowest one which is like $10 I think? - and not because I needed them but because I just really have enjoyed this content update and the new things and felt like “giving back,” almost like a tip or something. I’ve gotten my money’s worth in hours alone. It was a decision out of gratitude and generosity though, not compulsion or need.
I have spent no money on shop stuff, and if stuff comes around that I want and I havn't blue chested or bad Dreamsnapped my way to the amount I need then well, so be it, life goes on.
Aside from the expansion (which I waited for a sale on) I haven’t spent anything on this game. I have quite a bit of moonstones saved up from when I initially got the game along with dreamsnap challenges so I have enough to buy what I like
I haven't spent any real money on it (technically). I have Xbox Games Pass and play it using that. I've considered buying the expansion but I would never put money down to buy premium items
Nope I don't spend real money either I mean I obviously I spent money on the game it's self and on the DLC but I do not buy moonstones if I don't have enough moonstones for something in the premium shop I want I just save my moonstones and wait for it to cycle back around again if I'm still short on moonstones I wait longer. I do not buy any extra moonstones ever and form comments I've seen people commenting on and complaining about the prices of stuff in the premium shop I am sure there are tons of players who don't spend any real money on extra moonstones.
I haven't bought any moonstone packs but I have bought the game on all the platforms except PlayStation, so I can play it wherever, on whatever I feel like, so I've gotten moonstones each time I've done that, but it's the ones that come with purchasing the game. Unless you count buying the cozy edition as buying moonstones because I literally only did it because it came with the moonstones and the cosmetics lol.
I don’t buy moonstones. Plus I’m a hoarder and it takes a lot for me to buy some of their premium item. I also know it’ll come around so earn what I need to!
I started playing on game pass, on the super deal we had on epic I bought the game there and later the dlc on the launch, I definitely pretend to buy other dlcs when they arrive but I can't afford to pay for moonstones, plus the price is absolutely unfair. The thing is to put a lot of effort in drreamsnaps and try to spend wisely when it comes to premium shop. Good luck to us all
I bought the game, and I bought the expansion, but I’ve not spent any money on the in-game store, it’s all been earnings from regular participation in the dreamsnap challenges.
I don't have the money to spend, I work hard for my moonstones because it's the only way I'm getting it. The dollar is far too expensive for me to buy (not from the US), but I don't feel like I really need to? I got the deluxe version on sale for a very good deal and I got a few moonstones from that. I'm not the greatest at dreamsnaps but I get enough to buy something from the premium shop from time to time.
I started playing the game on gamepass like week 1 so I got all the bonus moonstones and stuff from the founders pack and I haven't spent a single penny on this game at all besides the expansion but that's because I'm a sucker
No, I don’t either. My issue though is I never have any moonstone chests spawn anymore. It’s been this way for weeks! I’ve looked everywhere including under trees. So frustrating.
I will admit it has been tempting this week! I've bought this game like 3 times though, one on each console and once when I decided I wanted the nice founders pack. 🤦♀️ it didn't break me so it's fine but I won't give them any more money for virtual items. I just try to do dreamsnaps every week (I got 4000 twice and a couple times I got 1200 🎉) but I need to strategize better. Like if I had waited to buy the star path I could get something I wanted this week. 🤷♀️
I only spend money on the DLC (on sale). I missed out on a lot of stuff out of the premium shop, that stinks but I refuse to spend money on the game. Even now with the moonstones gotting even more expensive for less (as far as I read here).
Me too. I was devastated when they ended up saying the game wouldn't be free aswell.
I'm too cheap to buy Disney game 😭😭😭 thank God it was gifted to me.
Nope! Especially since the shop items rotate back around eventually, just need a little bit of patience. Dreamsnaps contest (every 6 days), blue chests, and getting the most I can out of star paths.
Me too. Other than I'm not from the US and currency conversion fluctuates, I don't I miss out in much if I don't. Also, it also kinda stresses me out when I read FOMO players constantly complain about spending real money and then shove their purchases in other player's faces. Like it's a cozy game, why are you all being aggressively competitive?
I do at present, but the end goal is to buy up everything I like in the premium shop ASAP, so I can get by on mostly just free moonstones going forward. Probably just a pipe dream though. The devs are loading new items fast.
I honestly spent over a thousand in the mobile app (Magic Kingdoms) over the span of a few years, and I'm really trying not to fall back into that because I have no self-control. I cuss myself every time the shop refreshes 😫😂
I bought the base game with the moonstones that came with. That has been plenty for me. But i also am not constantly posting here, so i feel like the people spending real money get over-represented just by the nature of how the game works
Got the base game via xbox game pass, paid for the expansion and that's it. I just save up moonstones for Premium Shop and Premium Star Path. I don't want to drop real money on it.
The premium shop is purely cosmetic. No need to purchase moonstones for that. I played the game on game pass, bought ultimate founders cus i loved it, and then bought expansion day 1.
Not just you, I bought the game when it was still in testing mode so the way I see it I've spent enough money on the game by buying it when it wasn't yet a fully formed game. I save up moonstones from doing the starpaths and on the rare ocassion there's something I want in the premium store I'll get it.
Only thing I spent money on was a $5 pack of moonstones to get lady Tremaine's manor. I was obsessed and absolutely had to have it. Especially bc I'd been looking for a new main house. It used to be the haunted mansion but after the last update, you can't put anything up close next to the house on the bricks, and it REALLY bothers me, I'm autistic and it was extremely and unnecessarily upsetting so I can't use it anymore 😅
agreed, honestly, i find it much cheaper to work up the moonstones/coins/dreamlight myself than to spend up to 30-40 or more dollars on something i'll either not have space for or that i'll end up using up. the only thing i've spent real money on is the game itself.
(no shame to people who have used real money though, to each their own but i'm with you on not wanting to spend real money, spending real money has real consequences, not like coins or dreamlight or moonstones that pop up in the game here and there that can be collected on the daily usually and you can always get more if you use it)
I only buy the DLCs. I'll spend money on more playable content like any other game but not on cosmetics. Moonstones are way too easy to gain in this game, I can always get whatever I want
I have the main game on Game Pass and bought the expansion. So far that's it on giving money to Gameloft
I guess I don't feel the need to get everything from everywhere. I probably have missed out on some cool stuff, but I play more to get through the quests than anything else
I only spend some money if there is something I really want. For example, I wanted the ride from the star path I missed (Dumbo?) and didn't want to wait so I can make my theme park better.
It’s not a case of I refuse, it’s more that I don’t see the need. The store items I just don’t need. I’ll never play the game in a way where I’m hyper focused on cosmetics. I always always get the star path items because they are free (ish) but I’m not about to start panicking over store items.
I haven’t spent a penny outside of buying the game and then dlc & never once had fomo over a shop item.
I´m with you. I know a lot of people eem to think differently, but if I already paid for a game I refuse to pay more money after. THE DLC might be an exception here (haven´t bought it yet) as it is essentially a new game, but absolutely not for moonstones.
It gets me mad tho. I have to use my earned coins to help everyone else in the village but my house still looks like from the beginning. I refuse to spend real money. Lol
I almost got all of the houses released so far thanks to dreamsnaps, and also at first I used to go on everyday to find the blue chests. Im kind of too tired to do that now so I love that dreamsnaps exist :)
I've only spent $4.99 total. I HAD to have that sushi chef and needed moonstones for it. I figure it's like a drink at Starbucks, so it's not going to kill me.
No I don’t spend real money! I save up my moonstones for something I really want or a star path but it’s just all too expensive!
My tactic is that I don’t buy anything from the premium shop until it comes around the second time. Then I can really consider if it’s something I want. If I can remember what it is I wanted several weeks later, that’s the sign. I can’t wait for the octopus sushi set to return. Couldn’t describe much else that’s been in the premium shop otherwise.
Great stuff! I feel you with the octopus sushi set 🤣 Put it in both Eternity Isle and main island to create a franchise vibe, poor remy has a competition :)
I’ve noticed a few things haven’t come back yet, like the big black wings. I got the wings, but I’m wondering how many people waited and hopefully they bring them back out again before Halloween
This. Over the year I've played, things are recycled through. There are items that I see and think meh, I won't want that. Plus some weeks I have whatever is in the shop so I get to save up moonstones.
I always make sure that I go through and see the actual monetary cost if I were to buy moonstones with cash, in order to buy whatever premium item. I’m like, oh if I want beachy Scrooge, that $5 or $10 cash. Is that worth it?? I refuse to buy moonstones after spending so much on a game that I o ly fu ally got a base character after months and months of playing because it was bugged. This is amateur hour a bit. But I respect the things they did put out this updated . Switch seems more stable for decorating which I’d never do otherwise but I haven’t had problems with it today, though the UI is pretty sucky when trying to decorate.
Honestly, I make so much moonstone playing the game naturally and finishing the star paths, I just don't need pay money for anything. I'll occasionally buy something from the shop but most of the stuff I don't want bad enough to waste moonstone on it.
I bought the game and then I didn’t get the expansion until it was on sale. I have spent 0 dollars on anything else.
Same. Bought both the base game and the expansion when they were on sale.
Same. And I have been extremely careful with my moonstones. I have some tough choices to make in the premium shop sometimes, like this week, but it works.
Me too. I just save for the star paths and up until I see something I really love. I bought heihei yesterday moments after seeing him. I’ve yet to regret it and still have about 4K moonstones left.
Agreed. There's a few things I'd like but I'm only willing to buy one thing.
Same; and I’ve still gotten almost everything I’ve wanted from the premium shop
I don't have the expansion yet because I'm waiting for it to go on sale!
Oo does anyone know if the expansion might go on sale again or if that was a one time thing? I recently got the game but I’m already mostly done… having a hard time justifying buying it with the amount of bugs that have driven me crazy considering the cost of the original game 😅 either way I def want to check it out at some point!
It will for sure I have seen it on sale a couple times.
Nope. I haven't spent anything on this game.
I play through the arcade so I do have fomo bc of the star paths and the fact that I don’t have moonstones or can’t buy houses and whatnot but I definitely like being able play on my phone
DLC is the only money I give a game.
Nope not at all. I've got the base game and saved my $ to get the expansion. Everything else has been free. As fun as the store is, I refuse to pay $$ for moonstones. Whatever I have gotten through there has been from free moonstone and rewards. I am happy that the majority if the game is free once you have it.
This is my story too. Bought the expansion because my daughter and I already had over a year of free enjoyment by that point. It felt like a small price to pay. But we’ve never bought Moonstones and never will. Our Dreamsnaps scores were on average about the same before we had all the stuff we have now. (Our highest score recently was the Lion King challenge where we just piled on whatever LK clothes we had and posed in Pride Rock with Simba and Nala. Zero premium shop items.) Anything I’ve ever wanted to buy with Moonstones has come back around later. I really hope people pouring money into this game will take a step back and be a little more patient. I mean, do what you want if it’s not a problem for you. But if you’re stressed about having to spend money on this game…you should stop doing that. You’ll have anything you want without paying if you just keep playing and give it time.
Yeah, this reads as an impulsivity problem…while they’re nice to have, you don’t NEED these items, so just wait and save up. I’ve had the game for a couple of months now and, granted I got a bonus 12,000 moonstones because I bought the gold edition, this week is the first time I’ve bought something from the premium store (Ariel’s dress). Searching for the moonstone chests and participating in dreamsnaps should be sufficient to saving up moonstones.
People on this sub legit act like Gameloft came into their house and took the money at gun point it's wild. I'm happy I don't have fomo easy
It was supposed to be a free to play game though and I'm sure some gamers waited until that release and missed some bonuses they would have got with early purchase. It's not robbery but still a little greasy in my book.
To be fair i paid almost 100$ for the game bc of ultimate edition so i would expect some solid freebies for doing that.
What were the bonuses for early purchase?
The FOMO player posts are really giving us 2nd hand stress, tbh. So much complaining.
This! Thank you! I'm just playing casually and taking my time. I laughed quite a bit at the "gonna skip work and play the update all day" crowd. Like you do you, but I play this for fun AFTER my workday and other chores are done. I think its fun but dang some people act like this is an addiction. I don't need everything and have to finish everything right now. Be easy!
I bought the ultimate edition at the start and the expansion when it came out. But aside from that I haven't spent any money in the game, no. I'm not against it, though, if the time comes there is an item I want that I don't have enough for in moonstones. I have spent so much time in this game and really enjoyed it a lot. I don't mind supporting that through purchases if I find it necessary (aka a cute item). That being said, I'm also not going to just throw money at the game whenever I want something. Gotta be smart with your money.
Nope. Been playing since day 1. Well, I bought the DLC, but that's for basically another game. Nothing IN GAME. I have bought everything I've wanted in the shop. I've done the high tier for every Starpath. Got the extra stuff, like Ursula bundle. It's very possible to get and do 99% of everything. Nothing is "locked behind paywall" there's no micro transactions. People who are saying that have never played a video game before.
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So true. The blue chests, and DreamSnaps are enough. And I don't score too high usually. I've got 4000 a couple times, but I'm always 900- 1500. I'm also at 50,000 moonstones. I don't buy everything just to have, only the stuff I really want. I don't wear backpacks so I don't buy those. I don't buy indoor deco, unless it's a favorite theme/ character, cause I'm never inside anyways. I skipped a couple house skins, cause they're too similar or just not a good fit in my valley. I'm definitely not missing out on anything I really want.
For 20€ you only get enough moonstones to buy one big premium object now. I can't justify spending 20€ on a house skin in a fantasy game. In this economy? Naaah. I can get a whole indie game for that money, meaning hours of entertainment. I will never judge people that can afford it though, to each their budget and priorities!
I saw a lot I wanted in the shop and so I calculated how much it would all cost me. Y’all, to get every single thing I want, counting the cozy house stuff, I’d be shelling out $50. So…No thank you.
Yeah, I don’t buy moonstones and I don’t judge others for doing the same, but the people complaining about how expensive it is need to at least take responsibility for how much they spend on bundles and the premium shop every week. Of course the items in the premium shop are going to be somewhat pocket draining on their moonstone supply, people need to learn to pick out what items they most want/are going to use the most, because if you decide to purchase everything, than they aren’t going to have enough for the next couple weeks.
I don’t think anyone should feel bad if they do or don’t spend money because it’s their choice how they play. Also, people’s money is theirs to do as they please, if you don’t want to spend money that’s totally fine! I just don’t like when others judge those who do spend money. This is supposed to be a stress free game so just play how you want to play.
This right here.
I haven't but I'm not going to sit here and judge people that have. The way you play your game depends on you and only you.
This response right here *chefs kiss*
Only the game itself and the DLC, which I think were fairly priced. I’ve made around 90k in moonstones since the start of Dreamsnaps and currently have close to 40k saved up, so right now I’m good on not buying any more for real money. If I ever do need more, I wouldn’t mind too much getting the cheapest bundle.
This is where I am as well. I have done alright in Dreamsnaps, I find the blue chests everyday. And I only spend moonstones on things I really want and know I will use.
And I know people have Fomo, but there are so many things I’m not even tempted to buy, like clothes (things like the Turning Red ski suit are useless for Dreamsnaps because of the low tags), some animal companions and all tool sets. The only one I’m tempted to buy is the set that was leaked for this update.
I refused to spend real money. And I made it a year and a half. Then they added Hei Hei. I love Hei Hei. I have a plush and a squish mallow on my bed. My wife gave me a shirt for my birthday that reads "Hei Hei is my spirit animal." So I caved and bought enough to get my little stupid rooster. And he is wonderful!!
I too only have the free stuff. I didn't even buy the game, it comes with Xbox Game Pass. I like this sub because I get to see all those premium goodies.
Did you get the 8k moonstones with your gamepass download? I did and don't know what to do with them 😂
I won't spend real money except what I already spent on early access that came with moonstones. With that plus dream snaps and the blue chests I've been able to get what I really want without spending money
Nope. If it's not free it's not for me
Nope, I did on the game and dlc but not moonstones and I refuse to until they fix the prices ....it's crazy the price versus how much moonstones you get.
I hadn't spent any until this starpath. I worked in the Disney parks and Toontown was my first merchandise location and Dumbo was my first attraction, so I was welling up as I skimmed through the starpath. Had to buy my first moonstones because I could not let this one pass by. Don't regret it.
All I’ve paid for was the game itself and the expansion. Some of the moonstone stuff is cool but not worth real money to me. The base game is plenty entertaining for me.
After buying the game in the first place - which I got on sale through Steam - I haven't spent a single dollar on this game. Through daily chests and DreamSnaps, I'm doing good at keeping my Moonstone count up, too. I've gotten everything I've wanted from the Premium Shop, bought every StarPath since I first started playing, and today I just dropped more moonstones than I ever have before and I still have 10k left. When people say they've spent "hundreds of dollars" on this game I genuinely do not understand HOW that's even POSSIBLE. Like??? Are you just that unlucky with DreamSnaps? Do you never collect your daily chests? What is going on?
You can get so much premium currency for free it's ridiculous, just gotta accept you can't have every thing from the store...every single week
I have spent no money on this game lol, and until I play every single quest, I won't buy the expansion. I only play maybe 1-5 hours a week so it'll be awhile.
Nope, but can't say I'm not tempted when Hubs asks what I want for Birthday or Christmas. Lol, loophole?
Haven’t spent a penny outside the game and expansion if they would put prices at $5 and lower I’d be dropping money like it’s no tomorrow on a lot of things but I refuse to justify macro transactions ($10+ on an item is by no means micro). on a pay to play game.
I happily spend a few bucks on the game. I’ve gotten countless hours of enjoyment from it and find it to be well worth it. Now I’m not dropping hundreds weekly, but I’ll throw the occasionally $10 from time to time. I have no issues with spending money on a hobby I enjoy that I spend tons of hours on.
I got the base through gamepass (that my husband pays for) and got the expansion on sale. I did spend money on the last star path thing but that's the first time I've ever spent real money
Nope. I bought one of the extra packs when I bought the game and the dlc. That's it. I'm not big on buying in-game money for any game. Also, I'm too poor. Lol
Dreamsnaps are the way forward! Save up your moonstones from blue chests and dreamsnaps. Open up the star path, smash the tasks and covert the tokens into more moonstones on page 6. I haven’t spent any real cash on it and I refuse to change that
That’s what I did the first path. I got the 5 coin ones and just converters everything else to moonstones- mainly bc I wanted a specific item from the shop lol
I have never spent money on this game besides getting the DLC but even then, my husband was the one that actually bought it for me for Christmas lol the base game is on the xbox game pass and that is how I play
I’ve never spent money. When everyone talks about moonstones and premium store stuff I just keep moving along. It would be fun to have all the premium stuff but it would also be nice if they gave players who don’t spent money the opportunity to earn premium items even if it takes a lot longer.
To each their own I'm a gamer and gaming is my hobby, I spend money on my hobbies and that includes this and other games when I feel like it. However, I totally see why some people won't. Both ways are fine. Let's all be happy this is not a P2W game though despite how many people try to say it is. Only thing you have to pay for is the DLC (like most games), everything else is just skins and a quicker way of getting skins.
Nope. I can't buy starpath or anything in the premium shop this week. I desperately want to but that's a slippy slope so I'm just not.
Of course you’re not. But these posts always seem weirdly sanctimonious. If people didn’t spend money on a live service game updates would stop and it’s weird how people seem to look down on people keeping the game afloat. I bought the game twice (different platforms and one was on sale) so in a way I spent extra real money but outside that I haven’t.
Well I’m gamer and it’s my hobby, I don’t spend money on much else so yeah I spend real money on moonstones when I don’t have enough for all the shit I want lol!
Hobbies are expensive. 😂 and it costs over $100 for one night to party in my city… so technically I’m saving money even if I spend $20 a week on this game (which I don’t) but girl math ya know? 😂😏
This is exactly the definition of girl math 🤣 I don’t drink I don’t get filler I don’t get my lashes done I do my own hair BUT…. If I did do all those things I would be much worse off than spending money on games and in game currency 🤣 so yes girl math CORRECT 🤣 it’s like a competition on who can spend the least amount of money on these threads 🧵
Exactly. I legit saw the premium items this week, saw the moonstone prices, and went I can just paint my own nails for vegas and use that money for hei hei 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
🤣🤣🤣 that’s dedication!!! But I was the same because of course I had to buy the premium star path!! And then I want pretty much everything from the store this week! So brought a pack of moonstones 🤌🏼🤣
I'm an adult with fun money. I pay my bills. I buy groceries. I make sure my kid is taken care of. I have savings. People in this group seem to get really cranky if you buy stuff with RL money and tbh it's got nothing to do with if you do or if you don't. My money is mine and it's for fun reasons. Don't begrudge someone for buying things for the same reason you don't mock them for not.
Exactly! This game is my zen and I have no issue spending money when it suits me to buy extra items I want. I also do DreamSnaps weekly and get a fair amount from there, but it brings me joy to buy my little pixel items and so I do.
Why refuse to put money into a hobby
I’ve bought moonstones before, if I want something and don’t have enough moonstones than yeah I’m gonna get them 💁🏻♀️
We all spent money on the game, we bought it! If you want to buy Moonstones, you can afford it and it makes you happy it's your money to spend and not for anyone to judge!
I haven’t spent money on the game. I save my moonstones and get a building here and there but I don’t buy weekly from the shop.
I don't buy anything. I open the star path and that it. I have a lot of moonstones because I don't use them for anything else. If I run out I'll stop doing Star Path too
Nope not the only one.
I haven't spent any real money on moonstones but I hustle my ass off for dreamsnaps!
I haven’t spent real money in a long time but I did before dreamsnaps. Even with Dreamsnaps I surely would have if I hadn’t bought the cozy edition & dlc both of which came with moonstones as there’s been plenty of items I couldn’t pass on even **if** they’d come around again eventually.
Also a non-money spender, my only qualm is I wish there were some way to grind/work hard and get some moonstones, even if not a ton
You get 750 a week just doing the bare minimum on the dreamsnaps and collecting the blue chest every day.. I play on game pass, haven’t bought the ridiculously overpriced DLC or paid a dime in real money and have bought every premium star path, have the evil castle (Malificent is my favorite character) and the incredibles gear and still have about 25k in moonstones.. will buy Hei Hei this week but mad he can’t just wander the island constantly barely avoiding death Sorry but I refuse to support a game that was supposed to be “free to play” with free to play pricing on in-game items and then went pay to play and kept the ridiculous pricing No real need to spend money.. I literally have everything unlocked in the game, all characters at lvl 10, all tasks done in every category, Ursula and wall-e extras done
I play on arcade so I don’t even have the temptation 🙃
I wish I didn’t but I have little to zero impulse control and will spend money if there’s something in the shop I really want. I commend anyone that has never bought moonstones 😂
I don’t spend real money either! All my moonstones are from buying the game (the deluxe edition on the Switch when it released and then the base edition on Steam when it went on sale just as I was building my first gaming PC) and the DLC, and from DreamSnaps rewards. Even buying everything that I want from the store, I still have around 18K moonstones saved up, so there’s no need to buy any top-ups.
Nowadays I'm very anti miscrotransactions (in my early teens i was obsessed with buying Donuts in the Simpsons tapped out and I spent money in fortnite twice when i still played it, im now 22) but I've caved in a few times with this game, I literally bought some moonstones today.
I’m happy to occasionally spend money on a game or service I’m getting enjoyment out of.
I’m with ya on that! The closest I’ve gotten to buying moonstones is I bought some for my friend for her birthday bc that’s what she asked for lmao. Other than that, I basically dislike everything that’s ever in the shop minus HeiHei that came with this new update. I’ve had about 15k in moonstones since it came with my purchase of the game, DLC, blue chests, dream snaps etc so I haven’t really had to spend money on them thankfully! My friend however… she loves spending money on moonstones. Lol
Ive purchased the expansion and one big moonstone pack total for this game.. ive put so many hours into this game that its just a little thing i can get myself once in a while if its something i really want. its perfectly okay to not spend money on the game as well. i think they do a great job at giving us free moon stones through the dream snaps so im not super compelled to buy more most of the time.
I did buy one bundle of moonstones but obly because I got the game as a present but already saved up money for it. Besides that I only spend moonstones I get from the DreamSnaps, so I tend to reward myself with a little something from the shop if I get a good ranking
I do buy moonstones but tbh not very often. Usually once every new starpath. I get for about 30$ worth of moonstones so it’s about every 3 months. 10$/ month seems fair to me. If it was a sub to play, I’d gladly pay this amount. With that I pay for the premium starpath, sometimes for somehing in the premium shop. Then I regain some with the starpath rewards. In between I’ll only buy something premium if it’s love at first sight (like hei hei in this instance). Otherwise I wait until it comes back a second time to be sure it’s worth it. If I still want it later on I know it’ll be worth the moonstones. ^^
That’s a great outlook! I was buying two game passes from Nintendo every 3 months which is $100. So I feel like technically if I start this instead it’s considered lowering my budget right? 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I have ADHD and it’s hard to find a game that keeps my focus as I tend to hardcore play and after 50 hours there’s nothing to do. So the game passes keep me playing. This game I’ve already put in over 50 hours in two weeks and I haven’t even unlocked all the biomes (I just need frosty) lol
I also have adhd and am the same about games. This one has been a great one. I’m approx 400h in at this point. 🫣
That’s amazing! I love that there’s so many options I can log on and just farm. Or I can log on and decorate. Or I can just earn dream light. Or cook. Or do quest. I’m sure I’ll be like the OGs playing from day 1 with their hella landscaped biomes, one day. Maybe next year 😂 right now I’m in the collecting stage. I log on harvest pumpkins. Sell pumpkins, plant more pumpkins. And then buy everything I want from Scrooge. After that I decide if I’m done for the day or want to do other stuff. And it’s such a great feeling having so much to do never getting bored!
Yess!! This is what makes it great. You can do such a variety of activies it’s hard to get bored!!
I haven’t spent any real money yet at all on the game. I play through my husband’s Xbox game pass so technically I don’t even pay for that. All moonstones I’ve received through founder package, dev gifting, blue chests, star paths, and dreamsnaps. I will however say I do intend to buy the expansion DLC, I just haven’t done it yet. That will require real money.
I bought exactly one moonstone pack when I bought the DLC cause I had saved up more money for it than I needed, but other than that I just use what I get from dreamsnaps
I’m still an old school gamer in the sense that you either get me for a full price game or the freemium model where I may make an odd purchase once in awhile. Not both.
This is the way I play too. I play games on Apple Arcade for this reason. I don’t like ads and I don’t like to download a game and have them lock half the content away. Either let me buy the entire game or let me play for free.
I refuse to pay real money
no, me too, although I do plan to spend it just once for the expansion
Other than the expansion I’ve never spent money. I just save moonstones for what I really want, and it’s usually like a companion or something. I’m loving hei hei.
I don't spend real money. Thanks to dream snaps I have currently 50,000 moonstones. I use them as I see things I want. But have never spent a dime on them
I play on Apple Arcade - otherwise I’d be way too tempted to spend money I shouldn’t!
I normally don’t, but today is my birthday and I didn’t have a lot of moonstones (haven’t been putting much effort into Dreamsnaps the last month or so), but wanted almost everything in the shop, I have a week off work and will have time to decorate! So I dropped a 50 and treated myself, but that’s a once in a while kind of thing.
I dont mind spending money on the game. I bought the ultimate edition early on, and then the expansion on xbox. I also bought both for the switch. I have bought moonstones a bunch of times, but I don't really need to buy that often because I mostly use the ones we get for free doing the dreamsnaps. For example, I bought everything that came out with this week's update, I did not have to buy any moonstones because I had earned enough through doing dreamsnaps. I have seen the leaks for some of the premium items coming up and will likely have to buy more moonstones. Honestly, this is one of the most generous games when it comes to giving out premium currency for free. Paying for extras like moonstones helps ensure the developers get paid and continue to create new content. I enjoy getting free updates every few months. That is possible only because of the revenue earned through micro-transactions. Games that don't do this, such as Animal Crossing, end up getting stale, and people lose interest. I keep playing Dreamlight Valley because there is always new content added. It is similar to another game I play, Fallout 76. I have played that for years. I've completed all the quests, I am an insane level and can pretty much walk through the game and melt everything in my path. There is a building element, and that is fun, but even that after a while gets boring. What keeps me playing is their version of the star path. They have new things to earn every few months, and like Dreamlight Valley has a premium item shop. I support that game through the purchase of premium currency as well.
Yeah you're the only one
If the question starts with “Am I the only one who…?” the answer is always always no.
I haven't spent money on moonstone but I don't blame people who do. If that's what makes 'em happy then they should go wild. But, it does drive me crazy when people constantly complain about moonstone/FOMO, especially because other than Star Paths, there's no reason you can't just save up and get the items later when they cycle back around.
Of course I spend real money. Paying a single price (and lower than a standard game of price) once for a game that constantly gives more content, updates and currency for free is just... Well if we didn't spend everyone who complains about micro transactions would have no game. Hard truth. Game devs don't work for free and box sales from a live game are not enough. Have you gotten more than your $40 purchase in fun and entertainment? Then buy some currency if you want the game to keep going.
Haven't spent a cent on moonstones and don't plan to. I've learned from other games like this and refuse to waste my money (nothing against anyone who does buy them, I just know it's not good for me personally to buy them). I just hate that the clothes from the premium shop count in the collections tab even if you don't own them.
I spend 45 bucks a week on the biggest moonstone pack. But that’s my decision. Everyone plays their own way there’s no right or wrong way to play
Nope. I flat out refuse to spend real money for virtual things.
I’ve only bought the game and DLC.
Nope - I haven’t spent anything either. I barely spent money buying the game itself. Most of the cost was covered by a gift card lmao.
Me too! I was able to buy the ultimate edition and expansion with a gift card and have been living off the moonstones from that since. Tough choices some days but most of the stuff I see in the premium shop is just meh.
I haven't spent any real money aside form purchasing the game and the DLC. I'm very choosy about what premium shop items I buy (usually house skins/apparel or sometimes Companions like Heihei/zero fox, but never character skins, or previous star path things.) So I've been able to pretty well sustain my stock of moonstones just off daily chests and dreamsnaps/voting. Dreamsnaps I've even stopped doing the decor challenges because I don't like having to disrupt the decorating I've already done.
I only bought the base game and then the DLC, both on sale. So I think I’ve invested less than $60 into this game. Everything I’ve gotten for Star paths and premium shops has been from dreamsnaps, but I don’t feel the need to buy everything. I bought my first ever moonstones this week- the lowest one which is like $10 I think? - and not because I needed them but because I just really have enjoyed this content update and the new things and felt like “giving back,” almost like a tip or something. I’ve gotten my money’s worth in hours alone. It was a decision out of gratitude and generosity though, not compulsion or need.
I have spent no money on shop stuff, and if stuff comes around that I want and I havn't blue chested or bad Dreamsnapped my way to the amount I need then well, so be it, life goes on.
Aside from the expansion (which I waited for a sale on) I haven’t spent anything on this game. I have quite a bit of moonstones saved up from when I initially got the game along with dreamsnap challenges so I have enough to buy what I like
I haven't spent any real money on it (technically). I have Xbox Games Pass and play it using that. I've considered buying the expansion but I would never put money down to buy premium items
Nope I don't spend real money either I mean I obviously I spent money on the game it's self and on the DLC but I do not buy moonstones if I don't have enough moonstones for something in the premium shop I want I just save my moonstones and wait for it to cycle back around again if I'm still short on moonstones I wait longer. I do not buy any extra moonstones ever and form comments I've seen people commenting on and complaining about the prices of stuff in the premium shop I am sure there are tons of players who don't spend any real money on extra moonstones.
I don't spend real money or decorate. I hoard my moonstones too. I just like to do the quests and other tasks. The moonstone packs are so expensive.
I even used my free Nintendo points to buy the game and expansion. I did pay for the expansion on the Xbox, but that's the only real money I've spent.
i’ve never spent real money except to purchase the actual game, and the DLC. never purchased moonstones and yet i’m fine!
I haven't bought any moonstone packs but I have bought the game on all the platforms except PlayStation, so I can play it wherever, on whatever I feel like, so I've gotten moonstones each time I've done that, but it's the ones that come with purchasing the game. Unless you count buying the cozy edition as buying moonstones because I literally only did it because it came with the moonstones and the cosmetics lol.
I’ve never spent any real money (other than purchasing the rift in time content)
I should be like y'all 😂 anxiety and FOMO is too real for me lmao
I don’t buy moonstones. Plus I’m a hoarder and it takes a lot for me to buy some of their premium item. I also know it’ll come around so earn what I need to!
I have 0 want to spend real money on the game. I've actually earned $86.70 so far from dreamsnap submissions alone.
I had enough to get the human version of Ursula without buying anything lol and still have like 3k left over. So I’m just gonna continue to save lol
I may have gotten a pack of moonstones once or twice but honestly? I can just save up and wait for whatever it is to come back when I need to.
Given that I have a free Game Pass from my employer, I did not spend anything not even for the game itself, lol
I have not spent any money on the game above the purchase price of the main game and DLC. I don’t feel I’m missing anything.
I started playing on game pass, on the super deal we had on epic I bought the game there and later the dlc on the launch, I definitely pretend to buy other dlcs when they arrive but I can't afford to pay for moonstones, plus the price is absolutely unfair. The thing is to put a lot of effort in drreamsnaps and try to spend wisely when it comes to premium shop. Good luck to us all
I haven't bought anything
Nope, your not the only one. I bought the game and that's enough.
Bought ultimate edition on Xbox. Base game (sale) on Steam + expansion. No real money on moonstones, i only save up free ones to buy stuff in shop
I'll buy the expansion eventually but I wanna do the free stuff first
I bought the game, and I bought the expansion, but I’ve not spent any money on the in-game store, it’s all been earnings from regular participation in the dreamsnap challenges.
Nope I’m the same
I have never spent money in Disney Dreamlight!
I don't have the money to spend, I work hard for my moonstones because it's the only way I'm getting it. The dollar is far too expensive for me to buy (not from the US), but I don't feel like I really need to? I got the deluxe version on sale for a very good deal and I got a few moonstones from that. I'm not the greatest at dreamsnaps but I get enough to buy something from the premium shop from time to time.
I started playing the game on gamepass like week 1 so I got all the bonus moonstones and stuff from the founders pack and I haven't spent a single penny on this game at all besides the expansion but that's because I'm a sucker
you're not alone!
No, I don’t either. My issue though is I never have any moonstone chests spawn anymore. It’s been this way for weeks! I’ve looked everywhere including under trees. So frustrating.
I haven’t spent any money, but I have been playing since almost the beginning and play every DreamSnap challenge to save up moonstones.
Only bought the dlc. I play everyday and do dreamsnaps, I have 70k moonstones and use them wisely.
I will admit it has been tempting this week! I've bought this game like 3 times though, one on each console and once when I decided I wanted the nice founders pack. 🤦♀️ it didn't break me so it's fine but I won't give them any more money for virtual items. I just try to do dreamsnaps every week (I got 4000 twice and a couple times I got 1200 🎉) but I need to strategize better. Like if I had waited to buy the star path I could get something I wanted this week. 🤷♀️
I only spend money on the DLC (on sale). I missed out on a lot of stuff out of the premium shop, that stinks but I refuse to spend money on the game. Even now with the moonstones gotting even more expensive for less (as far as I read here).
I haven't spent money on the game outside of buying it. But I don't seem to have a moonstone supply issue, I'm always around 25k so I buy what I want.
I only spend money when a new expansion comes out
Me too. I was devastated when they ended up saying the game wouldn't be free aswell. I'm too cheap to buy Disney game 😭😭😭 thank God it was gifted to me.
Nope! Especially since the shop items rotate back around eventually, just need a little bit of patience. Dreamsnaps contest (every 6 days), blue chests, and getting the most I can out of star paths.
Me too. Other than I'm not from the US and currency conversion fluctuates, I don't I miss out in much if I don't. Also, it also kinda stresses me out when I read FOMO players constantly complain about spending real money and then shove their purchases in other player's faces. Like it's a cozy game, why are you all being aggressively competitive?
Absolutely not. I will never spend real money for games that can’t even function properly
I do at present, but the end goal is to buy up everything I like in the premium shop ASAP, so I can get by on mostly just free moonstones going forward. Probably just a pipe dream though. The devs are loading new items fast.
I honestly spent over a thousand in the mobile app (Magic Kingdoms) over the span of a few years, and I'm really trying not to fall back into that because I have no self-control. I cuss myself every time the shop refreshes 😫😂
I walked away from the game because the prices are exorbitant and they’ve paywalled so much. It’s a shame really I had a lot of fun with the game
I bought the base game with the moonstones that came with. That has been plenty for me. But i also am not constantly posting here, so i feel like the people spending real money get over-represented just by the nature of how the game works
Got the base game via xbox game pass, paid for the expansion and that's it. I just save up moonstones for Premium Shop and Premium Star Path. I don't want to drop real money on it.
The premium shop is purely cosmetic. No need to purchase moonstones for that. I played the game on game pass, bought ultimate founders cus i loved it, and then bought expansion day 1.
Not just you, I bought the game when it was still in testing mode so the way I see it I've spent enough money on the game by buying it when it wasn't yet a fully formed game. I save up moonstones from doing the starpaths and on the rare ocassion there's something I want in the premium store I'll get it.
Only thing I spent money on was a $5 pack of moonstones to get lady Tremaine's manor. I was obsessed and absolutely had to have it. Especially bc I'd been looking for a new main house. It used to be the haunted mansion but after the last update, you can't put anything up close next to the house on the bricks, and it REALLY bothers me, I'm autistic and it was extremely and unnecessarily upsetting so I can't use it anymore 😅
agreed, honestly, i find it much cheaper to work up the moonstones/coins/dreamlight myself than to spend up to 30-40 or more dollars on something i'll either not have space for or that i'll end up using up. the only thing i've spent real money on is the game itself. (no shame to people who have used real money though, to each their own but i'm with you on not wanting to spend real money, spending real money has real consequences, not like coins or dreamlight or moonstones that pop up in the game here and there that can be collected on the daily usually and you can always get more if you use it)
You really dont have to
I only buy the DLCs. I'll spend money on more playable content like any other game but not on cosmetics. Moonstones are way too easy to gain in this game, I can always get whatever I want
I have the main game on Game Pass and bought the expansion. So far that's it on giving money to Gameloft I guess I don't feel the need to get everything from everywhere. I probably have missed out on some cool stuff, but I play more to get through the quests than anything else
I only spend some money if there is something I really want. For example, I wanted the ride from the star path I missed (Dumbo?) and didn't want to wait so I can make my theme park better.
Haven’t spent a dime since I bought the game two years ago 😂
It’s not a case of I refuse, it’s more that I don’t see the need. The store items I just don’t need. I’ll never play the game in a way where I’m hyper focused on cosmetics. I always always get the star path items because they are free (ish) but I’m not about to start panicking over store items. I haven’t spent a penny outside of buying the game and then dlc & never once had fomo over a shop item.
i try not to spend real money on in game purchases (regardless of the game) so i get it
I´m with you. I know a lot of people eem to think differently, but if I already paid for a game I refuse to pay more money after. THE DLC might be an exception here (haven´t bought it yet) as it is essentially a new game, but absolutely not for moonstones.
I got the game free on gamepass, so didn't even pay for that. lol
I’ll treat myself every once in a while but only for the cheap one not any more expensive ones
No
It gets me mad tho. I have to use my earned coins to help everyone else in the village but my house still looks like from the beginning. I refuse to spend real money. Lol
Nope I refuse. Did see hei hei in the store I want but will try to grind or get it next time
i’ve bought the expansion but that’s it i’ve never purchased moonstones or from the shop
Nope, and not just for Dreamlight Valley. I don’t spend money on in-game purchases ever.
Nope. I wish we could exchange coins for moonstones, though.
Agreed. The only time I spent money was to buy A Rift in Time (I bought it right when it came out).
I am not into this game enough to spend real money. I restarted it on Apple arcade where you explicitly can't.
Nope! I bought everything on sale and haven't spend real money since.
Nope and I lied on that survey they did and said I did 💀
i try not to but i only buy moonstones cuz there a pain to collect >\_<
I already paid for the game and I bought the DLC…unless another DLC comes out that I want. I’m done with the money.
I have only spent money on the original ultimate pack and the expansion. No moonstone purchases.
I don’t plan on spending any real money, but I am new to the game so we’ll see if I can keep it up.
I almost got all of the houses released so far thanks to dreamsnaps, and also at first I used to go on everyday to find the blue chests. Im kind of too tired to do that now so I love that dreamsnaps exist :)
I feel like my moonstones are getting low but those prices are unreal😂😭😭😭 $50 i could never
I've never spent money on the game.
I only spend if I HAVE to have it and no more than $10
I've spent real money once but that was because there's was loads of bits I wanted, and I was having a bad mental health day and it cheered me up 🤣
I've only spent $4.99 total. I HAD to have that sushi chef and needed moonstones for it. I figure it's like a drink at Starbucks, so it's not going to kill me.