Candy buckets in Disney Dreamlight Valley generally spawn slowly in the days leading up to Halloween (about once per day per color), then much more frequently throughout the Plaza on October 31 itself. They only appear in the Plaza biome, and the event schedule and spawn behavior can change slightly from year to year.

Basic spawn timing

  • In the lead‑up to Halloween, guides and wikis describe candy buckets (for green, purple, and red candies) as spawning about once per day per bucket type in the Plaza.
  • On Halloween (October 31), spawn rates are boosted so that all three candy bucket types appear more often around the Plaza all day, making it easier to stock up before the event ends.

Plaza‑only spawns

  • All candy buckets are reported as spawning exclusively in the Plaza biome, not in other biomes.
  • Because the Plaza is small, repeatedly circling the area is usually enough to find new buckets when they appear.

Player reports and caps

  • Players discussing the Halloween event mention that only a limited number of candy buckets can be present at once (for example, a guide notes up to around five spawned in the Plaza at a time), so picking them up quickly helps new ones spawn.
  • Community posts also note that early in the event you may see just a few buckets in several hours of play, which matches the low daily spawn rate before the Halloween day boost.

TL;DR:

  • Days before Halloween: roughly one spawn per bucket type per day in the Plaza.
  • Halloween (31st): many more frequent spawns all day in the Plaza only.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.