I froze at the Star Path screen when the duty demanded a single, unnamed item. I’d already spent Tokens on other prizes and realized the path to that one lantern cut through five locked pages. You can feel the sting when a quest hides the exact thing it asks for.
Festival booths always hide their best trinkets in the back — How to get Neon Koi Lantern in Disney Dreamlight Valley
I’ve chased this item through the Pop City Star Path so you don’t have to waste Tokens guessing. The Neon Koi Lantern is a Star Path exclusive: you can only obtain it by spending Tokens within the Pop City event. There’s no alternative vendor outside the event that hands it to you for free.
How do I get the Neon Koi Lantern?
You’ll find the lantern on page six of the Pop City Star Path. It costs 75 Tokens in the event shop and sits in the upper-right of the first row, beside the San Fransokyo Food Stall. Because pages unlock once you buy two or three items from the previous page, expect to purchase roughly ten other prizes before that sixth page shows up.
Where is the Neon Koi Lantern located on the Star Path?
Once you reach page six it’s obvious on the grid—there’s only one Neon Koi Lantern in the event. If you don’t see it yet, keep spending Tokens on the earlier columns; each purchase nudges the event forward until the lantern appears. Treat the event like a series of small checkpoints rather than one big shop.
Everyone angles their phone for neon shots at night markets — Take Photo: Neon Koi Lantern duty in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Once you own the Neon Koi Lantern, the duty is straightforward: place the lantern anywhere in the Valley, equip your Phone from the Royal Tool wheel, and take a photo with the lantern in frame. The game registers any photo type, so a quick snap from a few angles will do.
Photo duties can be finicky. If your first shot doesn’t register, change angle, switch mode, or spam a sequence of photos—this often triggers the check. If you want backups, buy additional Neon Koi Lanterns from Scrooge McDuck’s shop using Star Coins; having two in the world makes framing faster and reduces the chance of a missed registration.
Completing the task returns 30 Tokens to your event balance. That’s a modest refund after the 75 Token cost, but the task is quick once you have the lantern in your inventory. If you’re short on Tokens afterward, focus on other Pop City duties that award Tokens: things like interacting with event characters, collecting routine materials, or selling veg—small, repeatable chores that add up fast.
I’m speaking from grinding through the Star Path myself on PC via Steam and from talking to other players on forums like Moyens I/O and Reddit—if you play on Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation the mechanics are the same. Treat the Neon Koi Lantern as one small, high-friction step in a larger sprint through the event; the rest of the route will go quicker once that lantern is in your stash.
The Neon Koi Lantern is a single, rare grid item—like finding a neon breadcrumb in a dark alley—and once it’s placed it becomes as obvious as a lighthouse at midnight. Will you spend the Tokens to get it now, or wait and risk the Star Path moving past your window of opportunity?