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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

✨ Villager Overview: Joy

 

Today’s guide is all about Joy - the bright and endlessly optimistic emotion who brings colour, positivity, and heart everywhere she goes. This visual overview takes a closer look at Joy in the Valley, including how to unlock her, where she lives, her friendship quests, and the rewards you can unlock as you level her up. (As with all posts, click on any image to enlarge) ☀️

🔓 How To Unlock Joy



To unlock Joy, you’ll need to open the Inside Out Realm, which can be found in the Dream Castle, and complete the ‘Dream On!’ realm quest. As part of finishing this quest, Emotions Headquarters will need to be constructed. Once construction is complete, Joy will arrive in the Valley and be added to your character collection.

Joy’s home is Emotions Headquarters, inspired by the vibrant control centre from Inside Out. Once constructed during her unlock quest, this location becomes Joy’s base in the Valley, reflecting her upbeat personality while keeping the Emotions theme at the core of its design.

📜 Complete Joy Friendship Quest List



Joy’s friendship quests focus on imagination, emotional balance, and spreading positivity throughout the Valley. As you level up her friendship through conversations, gifts, and quests, you’ll unlock themed rewards and experience story moments inspired by her role in Inside Out.

Level 2: Capture The Sun
Level 4: Mood Swings
Level 7: Imagination Land
Level 10: Dream A Little Dream

To boost Joy’s friendship level, as with all characters you’re looking to level up quickly: give her favourite gifts (up to three per day, which reset daily), speak with her daily, and hang out together while exploring or completing tasks.

🎁 Joy’s Friendship Rewards



As you continue to build friendship with Joy, you'll unlock bright, memory-inspired items that reflect her cheerful aesthetic and emotional theme. Her rewards add colour and warmth to the Valley, making her a joyful villager to level up.

Level 2: Headquarters Dials (Furniture item)
Level 3: Touch of Magic Material (Customisable)
Level 4: 500 Star Coins
Level 5: Memory Transport Tube (Furniture item)
Level 6: Design Motif (Customisable)
Level 7: 1,000 Star Coins
Level 8: Memory Viewer (Furniture item)
Level 9: Design Motif (Customisable)
Level 10: Joyful Retro Hat (Clothing item)

⭐ Completing Joy’s level 10 friendship quest also unlocks the Joyful Retro Outfit (Clothing item). 



I thoroughly enjoyed Joy's friendship quests, as they were all interconnected into one larger storyline and kept me really immersed in her character and story!

Thanks for reading through today’s Villager Overview entry! Joy has now been added to the Villager Overviews hub - be sure to check back as more characters continue to join the Valley 📖

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