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Farmville Walkthrough and Guide

by Freyashawk
Created on 13 July 2010
Last updated on 13 April
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Introduction

Farmville is one of many Farming Simulation games on Facebook but possibly is
the most popular. Celebrating its first year Anniversary, it has developed
enormously since its inception. As an online game, new options are added and
Limited Edition items are subtracted from the game constantly. A notation
usually appears in the Market in the description of any Limited Edition item
to let you know how much longer it will be available. Some Limited Edition
Items have been included in this Guide for reference purposes even if not
currently available.

As of February 2011, many new options have been added to the game, including a
Greenhouse where hybrid Crops can be created and a Duck Pond where Ducklings
can be hatched. The Orchard is an option that was introduced near the end of
2010 and which allows a player to group 20 Trees and to harvest them instantly
for 'Mystery Seedlings'. Watering Cans can be purchased or given as Gifts by
Friends and Neighbours. A total of 10 Watering Cans is required to bring the
sapling to maturity and discover its identity.

Special Holiday Buildings have been released for all the major festivals,
including Hallowe'en, Christmas, New Year and Valentine's Day. These are
construction projects unlike the Buildings that are sold as Decorations.

Initial Walkthrough

You can enter into the World of Farmville in one of two fashions. You either
can go directly to the Game and allow the Application to run or you can
respond to a Request from another Player to become his/her Neighbour. In
responding, the Application will ask for permission to run. You then will be
taken to your Farm and given a little Tutorial.

In terms of actual farming, the options are very simple at the start.. You
arrive in Farmville with 200 Coins and 5 Farmville dollars with six tilled
plots. One plot is filled with Eggplant and another with Strawberries ready
to be harvested. Strawberry and Eggplant in two other plots are 50% grown.
It costs 15 Coins to till one square. You will obtain 35 Coins when you
harvest the Strawberries and 88 Coins when you harvest the Eggplant. You then
will have a total of 323 Coins.

After plowing the two squares that become fallow land after harvest, you will
have 293 Coins. You now should go to the Market to purchase four Seeds to
plant in your four remaining tilled squares.

Your choices at Level 1 are: Strawberries, Eggplant, Wheat, Soybeans and
Peanuts. If you are determined to increase your Levels and unlock more Seed
types as quickly as possible, you may choose Strawberries as the fastest
growing Crop available at the initial Level. It takes only 4 hours to mature,
selling for 35 Coins and giving you 1 XP. The price of a Strawberry Seed is
10 Coins. You therefore have more than sufficient money to plant Strawberries
in four squares.

In order to gain more Experience immediately, you may opt to till more squares
before you even go to Market.
Your first objective obviously is to harvest the Eggplant. You then should
till a few more plots and go to the Market to buy seeds.

There is an advantage if you spend all of your Coins in your first farming
effort as, when you run out of Coins, the game will give you a 'first-time
user' bonus of 300 Coins as well as allowing you to reach at least Level 3 in
your first session.

In the lower right corner of your Farmville screen, you will see six boxes with
icons. At the outset, these six boxes represent fewer options than they will
as your Level increases.

The first box is an arrow and this represents a multi-tool. It is the one that
you use to move items or harvest Crops and other items, including Trees,
Animals and Animal Barns that are 'ready'. As your Levels increase and more
options are unlocked, you will be able to access a variety of choices here,
including Multi-Tool, Move Tool and Recycle.

The second icon is a hoe, and obviously this is the tool to use in order to
till plots on your field. The hoe must be used to create NEW squares of
tilled soil, but you can use the multi-tool to re-till existing plots after
harvest. When your Levels have increased, this option will be expanded to
include Tractors and other Mechanised Ploughing objects.

The third icon represents a delete tool. You can delete tilled ground if you
wish to put it to a different use. Items on the other hand should be sold
instead of deleted if possible. When you reach Level 20 and unlock the Co-Op
Option, the Delete Tool will be moved to the first Box and the third box will
be designated for Co-Op Farming.

The fourth icon depicts a show ribbon and this is where your Awards will be
displayed. When you reach Level 10, you will unlock Collections and this box
will be shared between your Awards/Ribbons and your Collections. More of
that later.

The fifth icon is the Market where you purchase items, including Seeds, Trees,
Animals, Buildings, Decorations, Upgrades to your Farm and Vehicles.

The sixth and final box is your Inventory Gift Box, where Gifts that have been
sent to you are kept until you either use or sell them.

The goals of the game itself are to generate more players and to persuade them
to spend real money on virtual items. The goals of a player are to obtain as
many upgrades and items as possible and preferably to do so without being
forced to spend real money. The creators of any of these online games try to
strike a happy balance between the two conflicting goals by allowing you to
send and receive free gifts as well as rewarding you for your accomplishments
on your farm. If you are going to spend real money on the game, do so
judiciously by buying items that you cannot gain through other methods.

The greatest temptation to invest real money in the game probably is the
availability of the Limited Edition items. These can be extremely attractive
and they are marketed aggressively. Players who otherwise might not be
inspired to pay $10.00 to Zynga to purchase a virtual building or decoration
may do so in a sort of desperation when told that only a few hours remain
before the Item no longer will be available.

The Gift Option is at the very centre of any Facebook Game. It is the
incentive that draws new players into the game and keeps existing players
interested. In Farmville, as in most of the Games on Facebook, every player
ostensibly has the option to send one Gift per Day to as many other Players or
Friends as he/she wishes. In the case of Farmville, you actually may be able
to send a Gift every three Hours. Another section of this Guide deals with
Gifts in some detail.

Time Limits for Crops

Farming in Farmville and other Facebook Farming Simulation Games is
time-specific where Crops are concerned. Unlike Harvest Moon farming, Crops
in Farmville are not season-specific, but there is a limited amount of time
that they can be expected to survive once they are ready for harvest. There
is a Limited Item in the form of the 'Unwither Ring' that when placed, will
prevent your Crops from withering but the cost of this Limited Item is 250
Farm Cash, the equivalent of $40.00 and as a Limited Item, it is offered only
a few Days before it disappears from the Menu at the Market. Although you may
lose quite a few 'valuable' Crops in Farmville without the Unwither Ring when
you are unable to log into Facebook to play the game, the cost of the item is
rather steep. I certainly could not afford one myself.

As previously indicated, Farming is not season-specific at all and some Crops
are available on a permanent basis. Others are associated with special
Limited Edition Themes and will be removed from the Market when the time
period given to the Theme expires.

Currency in Farmville

An explanation of currency in general in Farmville and the prices at the Market
may be useful at this point. There are two kinds of currency in the form of
Farm Cash and Coins. Both can be earned through your actions in the game
itself, but it is easier to earn Coins than Farm Cash.

You will earn Coins each time you harvest a Crop, Fruit Tree or Ranch Product.
Farm Cash is earned ordinarily only when your Level increases. You will earn
1 Farm Cash for each increase in your experience Level.

There are items at the Market that can be purchased solely with Farm Cash. In
some cases, especially if the Item is Farm-related, such as a Storage
Building, the same item will be offered with a price in Farm Cash and a price
in Coins but this is not often the case in Farmville and seldom the case where
luxury items are concerned.

Most of the Limited Edition Buildings and Decorations can be purchased solely
with Farm Cash. It is Farm Cash that provides a method for Zynga to make a
pretty profit from their Free Game. Likewise, some of the Rare Animals can be
purchased solely with Farm Cash.

Some farm buildings can be purchased in skeletal form for a specific number of
Coins or as finished buildings with Farm Cash. When purchased in skeletal
form, you will be given a specific list of items that you must obtain in set
quantities in order to construct the building.

For example, there are a number of buildings that can be used for storage of
items as well as other buildings. At present, there is a Limited Japanese
collection at the Market that includes a Japanese Barn. You can buy the
skeletal version of this Bar or the finished building. The prices are as
follows:

Japanese Barn
Limited
Unfinished
Time Left: 9 Days
Cost: 5000
XP Gain: 50
Sell for 250 Coins*

*This is the price you would obtain if you sold the Japanese Barn in its
original unfinished form.

Japanese Barn
Limited
Time Left: 9 Days
Cost: 50 Farm Cash
Capacity: 20 items
Sell for 6000 Coins

Note that the Japanese Barn as a Limited Edition item no longer will be
available in the near future. It is used simply as an example of a dual
offering.

A Note about Storage

At the start of the game, you will not have an option to store items, apart
from the items that NEVER have been removed from your Gift Box. Once you
choose to 'Use' any Item, you may be unable to replace it in the Gift Box,
although any Item that has not been placed should return to the Gift Box by
default. It does not always work this way, however.. You therefore should be
careful not to 'Use' items that cannot be placed on your Farm.

For example, although the Horse that you will be given as a Reward by Farmville
fairly early in the game can be placed on your Farm even if you do not own a
Stable, the Wandering Stallion cannot be accepted if you do not have a Stable
to house him. A Stable in Farmville is one of the Buildings that must be
purchased in skeletal form and then built.

Incidentally, there is an Award given by Farmville when you have a specific
number of 'unique' items in your Gift Box. As one of the objects of the game
is completion of all Goals such as Ribbons, you may wish to leave items that
you do not need desperately in your Gift Box until you have won the Ribbon.

Shovels and Cellar

A fairly new option that exists in Farmville, and one welcomed by virtual
packrats, is the Cellar. With nothing more than Shovels, you can dig yourself
a Storage space underground. Shovels appear in the Free Gift Menu and can be
sent to Neighbours and Friends. The underground storage differs a little from
ordinary building projects and resembles special Limited Edition buildings in
that the number of Shovels you have used will determine your rating vis-a-vis
your Neighbours AND will allow you to obtain Gift Items that are rewards for
specific totals.

As with many useful options, however, there is a Level Requirement to purchase
a Storage Celler for 1 Coin. You must have reached Level 16 in order to begin
the construction of a Cellar.

Ranch Animals

In Farmville, unlike Farm Town, another Facebook farming simulation game, you
can harvest Ranch Products from Animals without housing them. You therefore
can place any number of Cows, Sheep and Chickens and other Ranch Animals on
your Farm without purchasing a Barn or Chicken Coop. There are advantages to
the purchase of Ranch buildings, however. When any animal is unhoused, you
must 'collect' from it individually. This is not a problem in the beginning
but as your Level increases, you will find it very time-consuming. Farmhands
are helpers that can be purchased or obtained as Rewards. Farmhands when used
will harvest product from EVERY unhoused Animal on your farm instantly, but
will not harvest from ranch buildings. There is a similar option in the form
of Arbourists for Trees that are not collected in an Orchard.

Chickens and Chicken Coop

As far as a Chicken Coop is concerned, each Farm is limited to a single Coop
but the purchase is very straightforward. The price is:

Chicken Coop
Cost: 5000 Coins
Harvest in 1 Day
XP Gain: 50
Sell for 250 Coins

Chickens are one of the items that can be sent to Facebook Friends and
Farmville Neighbours as a Free Gift. You are limited in the number of Gifts
that you can send to a single individual in the course of one day. As a rule,
you can send only one item to any person each day but there are some
exceptions. Whether they are true exceptions or glitches are unknown but it
often is possible to Accept a Gift and then send a Thank You Gift to an
individual even if you previously sent him/her an item on the same day.

As soon as you can afford to do so, you should purchase a Chicken Coop. 20
Chickens can be housed in a Coop, but that is not the primary reason why you
should have one. After all, you could allow your Chickens to roam freely
throughout the Farm. The reason why you should invest in a Coop is linked to
your Neighbours and their capacity to visit you to help you on your Farm.

Note that you can purchase and own only one Chicken Coop but there is an option
to expand it.

The description of the Chicken Coop includes information about Mystery Eggs:

'Every now and then your chickens will lay Mystery Eggs. The more Chickens
you have in your Coop, the more likely you are to find Mystery Eggs when you
collect Eggs from your Coop everyday!

More Chickens of a particular colour means a higher chance of getting that
Colour of Mystery Egg!

Be sure to check for Mystery Eggs every day!'

A Neighbour who feeds your Chickens during a visit to your Farm may be able to
find a Mystery Egg while doing so. This in no way will lessen your own
chances of finding a Mystery Egg when the Coop is ready for harvest.

Feeding a Neighbour's Chickens

Once each day, a Neighbour can visit and expect to obtain an option to
fertilise your Field. Five bags of Fertiliser will appear on the left side of
your screen. Click on a tilled square to fertilise it. When you have used
all five of the bags, you may receive an option to feed your Neighbour's
Chickens if he/she has a Chicken Coop. A bag of Chicken Feed will appear in
the top left corner of your screen. When you click on it, the game will
scroll to the location of the Chicken Coop.

Although you earn Coins when you help neighbours and sometimes ribbons and
awards as well, one of the best reward potentially is an item known as a
Mystery Egg. If, while feeding a Neighbour's Chickens, you find a Mystery
Egg, it will be sent to your Gift Box. When you find it there, choose the
option to 'Use' it. You then will be able to place it on your field in the
same manner as you place any item. Click on it then to 'Open it'. Mystery
Eggs can hatch Chickens, XP or Coins. They can hatch unusual and valuable
Chickens apart from the ordinary White Chicken that you can receive or send as
a Gift.

The Need for Neighbours

Facebook was created for global social interactions and all Facebook games are
created to promote this. Whenever you play any game on Facebook, you will be
prompted again and again to invite friends to join you or, in the case of any
Farming Simulation game, to become one of your Neighbours.

Neighbours can make a significant difference in the quality and even substance
of the game. In Farmville, there are a number of options that will be
unlocked only if you manage to obtain a specific number of Neighbours. There
is nothing particularly sinister in this, although I would urge gamers not to
spam all of their friends by inviting them to play Farmville. Try to send
invitations only to friends that you believe actually might enjoy the game.

Although you can play Farmville in isolation, you will have more fun and a
wider variety of experiences if you have Neighbours. You can invite any
Facebook Friend to become your Neighbour and indeed, there always is an option
to invite any Friend to participate in any Facebook game. Although I dearly
would love to have more Neighbours, I personally am reluctant to bombard
'Friends' with invitations to join me in games on Facebook unless I feel they
would enjoy the experience. I do have Friends who never would play a farming
simulation game even at gunpoint. I would not annoy those friends with
pointless invitations.

Facebook Games are very aggressive in their strategies to encourage you to
obtain as many Neighbours as possible and Farmville is no exception. You can
send one Gift per day to any Facebook Friend, whether or not that individual
is involved with Farmville. Accepting a Gift will make the person a part of
Farmville. Are there any reasons why an individual should not accept a Gift
or invitation? I do not believe there are any negative effects whatsoever.
The game will not contact you without your permission. If you find that you
do not care for it, you can ignore it forever.

Accepting an Invitation to play and to become a Friend's Neighbour can benefit
your Friend enormously even if you never play the game at all. Certain
significant options are unlocked only if you possess a specific number of
Neighbours, are willing to invest real money in the game (or wait patiently
for a long time while you increase your income through gameplay). Expanding
your Farm and obtaining a Dairy Barn for your Cows are two options that
require specific numbers of Neighbours. You can perform a kindness to any
Facebook Friend simply by agreeing to try Farmville and accepting your Friend
as your Neighbour.

When a player has Neighbours, he/she will be given the opportunity to visit
their farms daily to perform little tasks and reap rewards. It is fun to see
how other players have organised their Farms. Furthermore, when you are given
a chance to feed a Neighbour's Chickens, you have the opportunity of finding a
Mystery Egg. Mystery Eggs can hatch into rare and valuable Chickens or give
you XP or Coins. It is one of the most delightful rewards of visiting
Neighbours. You may find a Mystery Egg if you have your own Chicken Coop and
collect the Eggs that your Chickens have laid, but the type of Mystery Egg
that can be generated is based on the varieties of Chickens that are living in
the Coop. The fact of the matter is that players who have high levels of
experience are more likely to have rare Chickens in their Chicken Coops. It
therefore is very much worth your while to visit all your Neighbours regularly
to feed their Chickens.

As previously discussed, there are two requirements for the option to feed a
Neighbour's Chickens.

First of all, the Neighbour MUST have at least 5 tilled squares of land that
have not been fertilised as the first option that is generated by the game is
that of helping your Neighbour by fertilising five of his/her Crops. The game
accepts an empty tilled square for this purpose so a good Neighbour always
should till as many squares as possible, even if he/she does not have time to
plant Seeds.

Once you have fertilised five squares, the option to Feed the Chickens will
appear, but only if your Neighbour has a Chicken Coop. I advise all players
to invest in a Chicken Coop as early as possible in the game so that they can
participate in the Mystery Egg option and allow their Neighbours to
participate.

There are Level Requirements as well for every action to be performed on a
Neighbour's Farm. For example, if a Neighbour has a Flower Stall filled with
Flowers he/she is willing to 'Share', you will only obtain the option to take
Flowers if you have reached Level 12. If your Neighbour has a Market Stall
where a specific Crop is being 'Shared', you will obtain the option to take
the Crop only if you have reached Level 15. Your own efforts to play the game
therefore will enhance your ability to benefit from your Neighbours' efforts.

Sometimes, when you visit a Neighbour, you will be given a little task to
perform even before you are asked to fertilise the Crops. The task can be
performed instantly and will result in a reward in the form of Coins. Unlike
Animal Crossing, where you must pull up the Weeds on the land physically, one
by one, in Farmville, any request to weed your Neighbour's land or chase away
Raccoons is performed painlessly and instantly with a single click of the
mouse.

Even if you have not obtained a specific Friend as a Neighbour in Farmville,
the game will consider any Friend who has played Farmville as a potential
Neighbour and will give you the option to visit him/her in order to perform
these tasks. If you are looking for Neighbours, you are ore likely to have
success in an invitation to some one who currently plays the game than some
one who never explored it.

When you have Neighbours, provided always that they are willing to 'share' and
'publish' their Farmville accomplishments, you will be given a chance to
obtain bonuses from them. The bonuses that you gain in this fashion usually
are not large sums but every coin counts.

Invitations Posted to a Facebook User's Wall

You can invite a Friend to become your Neighbour in a couple of different ways.
You can send the individual a Gift, which will alert the person to the fact
that you are a player of Farmville. This is the least aggressive method. The
second is to send an invitation to become your Neighbour. The Invitation when
sent in this fashion will go into the Friend's list of Requests.

The most aggressive 'in your face' way of asking a Friend to become your
Neighbour is by allowing Farmville to post a Request on his/her Wall.
Farmville periodically will choose Friends at random and give you a prompt
asking if you wish to post the Request to the person's Wall. Many people
would find such a Post rather annoying, even embarrassing. I would not
recommend it unless the Friend in question is very open about the games he/she
plays. There are quite a few Facebook users who play games but who would
rather not advertise the fact!

Lost Animals

One of the better options shared by Neighbours is the ability to adopt 'Lost
Animals'. While playing Farmville, the game may announce that a Lost Animal
has wandered onto your farm. You will not be able to adopt this Animal
yourself, but you can post the information on your Wall to give your Friends
and Neighbours the option to adopt it. Lost Animals tend to be varieties that
you cannot purchase at the Market. They include Llamas, Black Sheep, Ducks
and odd varieties of ordinary Animals such as Groovy Cows and Party Ducks.
You can collect Ranch Products from a Groovy Cow or Party Duck and a Dairy
Barn will house a Groovy Cow or Pink Cow as easily as it houses ordinary Cows.
It therefore always is a good idea to adopt a Lost Animal when you see an
opportunity to do so.

There are a couple of Animals similar to the Lost Animals that have specific
uses in terms of Breeding. These are the Bull and the Wandering Stallion.

A Bull, like any Lost Animal will appear on a Farm with a prompt to help it
find a home by posting a message on your Wall. You cannot adopt the Bull who
appears on your own Farm, but must wait to see a notice on another player's
Wall.

You can adopt a Bull even if you do not have a Dairy Barn, but you will not be
able to use him for breeding. It is only if you have a Dairy Barn for your
Cows that you will be able to introduce a Bull and possibly obtain Calves when
you 'harvest' the Barn.

When you adopt a Bull, you will receive a prompt that is a hint as to future
rewards:

You adopted the Bull! Special things will happen if you put him in the dairy
barn.

The Wandering Stallion is similar to the Bull in the effect that he can have on
your Horses but he is a transient visitor at best and cannot even visit your
Farm if you do not have a finished Stable. If you have a finished Stable, he
will spend the night at least and will leave a reward of some kind. It may be
a Foal or it may be some Coins.

Gift Exchanges

Another significant benefit of having Neighbours, apart from the Lost Animals
they advertise or the ability to help on their farms is the ability to
exchange Gifts on a daily basis. Officially, one free Gift can be sent to any
Friend each day but the time period that must occur between Gifts usually is
more like three hours. When you choose this option, you will be taken to a
special Menu that lists the items that can be sent as Gifts. Here, your own
Level of experience will dictate the Gifts that have been unlocked. Some
Gifts are more useful than others. If you wish to help a Friend who is
starting a farm, you probably should choose to send Animals or Fruit Trees
rather than decorations. By accepting a Gift, a new player can obtain items
he/she otherwise could not be eligible to have in terms of his/her own level
of experience.

Mystery Gifts are an interesting option for advanced players in that they can
contain a wide variety of items, including XP, Farm Cash, Fuel or items that
can be unlocked only at high levels of experience. When you receive a Mystery
Gift, you will find it in your Gift Box. Choose the 'Use' option, then drag
it to the ground anywhere on your Farm. Click on it to open it in the same
manner in which you would open a Mystery Egg.

Facebook Games generally are based on the concept of sharing and this is a
positive social attribute. Even if the items are virtual rather than real,
the idea of sending a Gift that a Friend may want or need for his/her farm is
a method of outreach and communication. It may be partly selfish in that the
Gift always is accompanied by a message requesting a Gift in return, but even
so...

Neighbour Requirements

Two of the options in Farmville that are linked to the number of Neighbours you
have are the ability to expand your farm and the ability to purchase a Dairy
Barn.

There are two options to purchase a Dairy Barn as follows:

Dairy Farm
Cost: 20 FC
Harvest in 1 day
XP Gain: 100
Sell for 500 Coins

Dairy Farm
Locked
8 Neighbours Needed
XP Gain: 100
Sell for 500 coins

20 FC or Farm Cash is more difficult to obtain than 500 Coins. Each Level that
you advance may be worth 1 FC but the primary method of obtaining Farm Cash is
by purchasing it with real money.

Coins and Farm Cash

The values of Farm Cash and Coins in terms of U.S. currency are as follows:

Farm Cash and Coins

310 Cash costs $50.00
240 Cash costs $40.00
115 Cash costs $20.00
55 Cash costs $10.00
25 Cash costs $5.00

70,600 Coins cost $40.00
33,300 Coins cost $20.00
15,800 Coins cost $10.00
7,500 Coins cost $5.00

5 Farm Cash therefore is worth $5.00 and 1500 Coins are the equivalent of 1
Farm Cash. The actual prices of the Dairy Barn in both cases are equal but
you usually can earn 5000 Coins faster than you can earn even 1 FC. It
therefore is to your benefit to obtain at least 8 Neighbours as quickly as
possible in order to be able to house your Cows. Cows take quite a lot of
space on your Farm if you do not have a Barn for them, although you can
collect Milk from them individually in the same way that you can collect Eggs
from Chickens individually. I do believe that the Mystery Egg option only is
generated if you collect Eggs from a Chicken Coop but need to confirm that.

Basic Farming Strategies

Basic Farming Strategies in most of the Farming Simulation Games on Facebook
are similar. Your primary goals are an increase in income and an increase in
your Experience levels.

Experience Points in Farmville where Farming itself is concerned will amount to
1 XP or 2 XP per Crop.

Whenever you plough a new square of soil, you pay 15 Coins and earn 1 XP.
Whenever you clear Withered Crops from any Square, you will pay +15 Coins and
earn +1 Experience.

Whenever you plant a Crop, you pay 10 Coins to do so, but will earn either 1 XP
or 2 XP depending on the Crop itself.

Whenever you harvest a Crop, you will earn NO XP but you will earn 1 Mastery
point for any Crop that can be Mastered as well as the selling value of the
Crop. Whenever you purchase any Crop at the Market, the selling value, growth
period, XP Gain and the Cost of the Seeds is given.

The trick always is to organise your efforts to coincide with your real-life
schedule. In console farming games like Harvest Moon, you can play your game
whenever you wish and time will stand still during your absence. Online
games, especially those created for venues such as Facebook operate in real
time and require your attention in real time.

Crops in Farmville, once they ripen and are ready for harvest will last only a
limited time before withering. The grace period during which they will remain
fresh on the vine as it were is equal to the growth period. In other words,
Crops with brief growing periods will wither faster than those that take a few
days to mature. If you plant a Crop that takes only 4 Hours to mature, you
must harvest it within four hours once it ripens. If you wish to make speedy
progress in Farmville, planting and harvesting Crops that take only a few
hours to ripen will raise your Levels fastest and give you quick profits but
only if you remember to harvest the Crops in time!

As far as XP Gain is concerned, the Crops that take less than a day to mature
usually only give 1 XP. There are a few exceptions, however, and those that
give 2 XP

The Limited Edition Crop, Swiss Chard, for example, takes 14 hours to ripen but
gives 2 XP. Ordinary Crops such as Peanuts that take 16 Hours to mature only
give 1 XP. In fact, you will find that the benefit of growing Limited
Edition Crops often is the better XP value of these Crops.

XP points can be obtained when a Neighbour 'shares' an Award or accomplishment
on his/her Wall. Installing the Zynga Toolbar allows you instant access to
the Game Feed that includes all of the messages about Farmville that are
published by your Neighbours on their Walls.

There are many glitches and problems with Farmville, however, and the Toolbar,
which ought to give you instant access to your Game, any Bonuses you have
earned and the Game Feed, does not always function properly if at all!
Nonetheless, the game is interesting enough to keep playing.

Unwithering Crops

If your Crops wither, there are a couple of ways in which to restore them.

One is by purchasing 3 Unwithers for 30 Farm Cash from the Market. The
Unwithers are found in the Upgrade section of the Market Menu.

For 30 Farm Cash, you can acquire 3 Unwithers, each of which will Unwither your
entire Farm or a Neighbour's entire Farm three times. For 30 Farm Cash, you
could buy a host of other Items that are far more useful, permanent and
valuable, so I do not recommend this investment at all!

In fact, if you visit a Neighbour's Farm and find that ALL his/her Crops have
withered, the game often will offer you a FREE chance to Unwither all of
his/her Crops. If, therefore, you planted a large quantity of valuable Crops
and somehow missed the deadline for harvesting them successfully, try to
persuade a Neighbour to visit your Farm to see if he/she obtains the free
option to restore your Crops to life.

The default offer when you visit a Neighbour usually is to fertilise 5 Crops
and then to feed the Chickens in the Chicken Coop. When only some Crops have
withered on a Neighbour's Farm, you still will be able to fertilise the Crops
that are growing currently so it is possible that the Unwither Option cannot
be triggered unless EVERY Crop has withered..

Limited Items

Limited Items, including Seeds, are Limited in the time period during which
they will be available for purchase. Where items such as Buildings,
Decorations and Trees are concerned, you will have access to them forever
once purchased. Crop Seeds, however, must be used immediately so you will
need to plant Limited Crops before they disappear from the Menu. Limited
Items can have specific Level Requirements as well.

Free Gifts List

Free Gifts may represent the arteries of the System where any Facebook game is
concerned as they are the conduit through which the makers of the game can
persuade players to advertise it to others. Free Gifts can include desirable
items that cannot be obtained by any other method, giving players another
incentive to share their gaming experience with their Friends.

There are two fundamental categories where Free Gifts are concerned. The first
are Gifts that appear according to a set cycle. These will be listed first in
the Gift Menu. They include Items for Limited Events/Contests such as the
Tuscan Wedding, Building Materials and Collectibles.

The second category are items that always appear in the Gift Menu but are
unlocked at specific Levels.

The 'permanent' items, with their Categories, include:

Party Pig (Animal)
Magnolia Tree (Decoration)
Whitewash Fence (Decoration)
Hanging Flower (Decoration)
Black Iron Fence (Decoration)
Small Hill (Decoration)
Surfboard (Decoration)
Double Surfboards (Decoration)
Brown Goose (Animal)
Gulmohar Tree (Decoration)
Yellow Maple Tree (Tree)
Chicken (Animal)
Cow (Animal)
Sheep (Animal)
Rabbit (Animal)
Banana Tree (Tree)
Tamarind Tree (Tree)
Duck (Animal)
Goat (Animal)
Date Tree (Tree)
Horse (Animal)
Olive Tree (Tree)
Mango Tree (Tree)
Azaleas (Decoration)
Ginkgo Tree (Tree)
Floral Containers (Decoration)
Mangrove Tree (Decoration)
Dutch Rabbit (Animal)
Jacaranda Tree (Decoration)
White Apple Tree (IPhone Exclusive)
Rainbow Barrel (IPhone Exclusive)

Mystery Gifts

A Mystery Gift is a Free Gift that, when opened on your Farm, will prove to
contain an Item that can range from Coins, to XP or rare Items that may or may
not be available in the Market.

A Mystery Gift is a good option when sending a Free Gift to a player at a
higher level as he/she probably will have all the ordinary Items in the Free
Gift List that would be most useful to a beginner, such as Ranch Animals and
Fruit Trees.

Among other Items, Mystery Gifts can contain:

1 Farm Cash
Pinwheels (Decoration)
Sell for 45 Coins
Mandarin Tree (Fruit Tree)
Breadfruit Tree (Fruit Tree)
Bird Feeder (Decoration)
Sell for 25 Coins

Hot Air Balloon (Decoration)
Sell for 0 Coins
Greenery (Decoration)
Duck Topiary (Decoration)

Resale Value of Gift, Reward and Lost Animals

Lost Animals tend to be unique varieties of Animals. In some cases, they are a
sub-variety of an ordinary Animal, such as the Party Duck or the Groovy Cow.
In other cases, they are unusual Animals such as Llamas.

When you reach a new Level or win a Ribbon or Award, a Gift sometimes is placed
in your Gift Box to celebrate the accomplishment. These items are linked to
the actual Level or Award, unlike the Lost Animals which are a random Event.
The resale value of some of the Gifts, Rewards and Lost Animals are as
follows:

Duck: 75 Coins
Party Duck: 75 Coins
Llama: 95 Coins
Cow: 15 Coins

Chicken: 20 Coins
Sheep: 35 Coins

Orange Tabby: 150 Coins

Animals in Farmville fall into one of three general Categories. The first
could be considered as Ranch Animals, but this Category would include Exotic
Animals and any species that yields a product or income regularly. The second
Category is that of Pets, and this definition in Farmville includes only those
Animals who yield neither product nor income. Various breeds of Dogs tend to
be the only Animals in the Pet Category. Other Animals that would be Pets in
the real world, including Cats, should be defined in Farmville as Ranch
Animals as a Cat yields a regular income whenever he/she is Brushed. The
third Category would be Decorations. Although most Animals would not be
defined as Decorations, the Carrier Pigeons would fall into the third Category
as, although alive and indeed more mobile than most other Animals as they will
fly without being prompted to do so, they do not yield Product, nor are they
classified by the game as Pets.

Let me hasten to declare here that Farmville appears to be strictly vegetarian
in nature, unlike some Facebook Farming Simulation Games that force a player
to fatten specific Animals for slaughter. If, therefore, a player is a
vegetarian, Vegan or Buddhist, he/she should have no moral qualms where
Farmville Farming is concerned.

Ranch Animals, if they do not yield any specific Product, yield income through
the act of interacting with them by Brushing them. Baby Animals, including
Calves and Colts, will not yield Product but do yield income if you Brush
them. Brushing follows a specific cycle in terms of time in the same fashion
as any collection of Ranch Products.

In the Animal List, I have included both the Yield of the Animal and the price
of the Animal if sold. Where very common Animals are concerned, the two often
are equal, but in most cases, the value of the Animal itself is greater than
the value of its Yield. Special Limited Editions are listed in a separate
Category, as they will not be available after the time period for their
Edition elapses.

Housing for Animals

There is a large selection of Buildings in Farmville. Some are Limited
Editions but others are listed without restrictions in terms of time.
Buildings can be ornamental or have specific uses. In general, the Buildings
categorised as houses or homes are decorative in nature. Your Character
cannot interact with them except to move them or sell them.

Other Buildings either are used for Farming, Animal Housing or Storage. In
some cases, ownership of a Building with a defined use will unlock new options
in terms of gameplay.

An early case in point is the Chicken Coop which allows the game to generate
Mystery Eggs randomly based on the types of Chickens that are housed within.
It is for this reason that I advise players to purchase a Chicken Coop as
early as possible in the game.

Dairy Barn Housing for Cows

The Dairy Barn serves as housing for any Cow in Farmville. Moreover, it will
house one Bull as well. Bulls will not appear on the Menu at the Market and
are Lost Animals that must be claimed. If you place a Bull in your Dairy Barn
with your Cows, you can obtain valuable Bonuses, including Calves. The prices
of the Dairy Barn are given in another section of this Guide. You are limited
to one Bull per Barn.

When you 'harvest' the Dairy Barn after a Bull has been introduced, you may
find a Calf has been born. You will be alerted as follows:

Congratulations! A Baby Calf is born! This little critter is already eager to
explore the world on its own.

Ask your friends to help?

If you agree to 'Share' the information, any one with access to your Wall can
adopt the Calf. Calves cannot be housed in a Dairy Barn, but need their own
Nursery Barn.

Nursery Barn

A Nursery Barn can house both Calves and Foals. If you do not have a Nursery
Barn, any and all Calves and Foals that you own will be doomed to eternal
childhood and you will be doomed to brush each of them individually to collect
any rewards.

A Nursery Barn when purchased at the Market is a skeletal form, much like the
Stable. You will need the following Materials to complete the Nursery Barn:

10 Bricks
10 Boards
10 Nails
10 Bottles
10 Blankets

As with the Stable, there is no option to click on a button to 'Complete' the
Barn instantly. You can purchase the Materials one by one, however, if you
are impatient or receive them as Gifts from Neighbours if you can persuade
yourself to wait.

When you have a completed Nursery Barn, you will have a chance of obtaining an
adult Animal from it when you harvest it. Whenever an Animal attains
adulthood in your Nursery Barn, you will have an option to share a baby Animal
of the same variety with your Neighbours.

Note that an Animal who has achieved adulthood will NOT diminish the number of
baby Animals in your Nursery Barn. In other words, when a Pink Calf becomes a
Pink Cow, you still will find the Pink Calf in your Nursery afterwards.

Stable Housing for Horses
Stable

Unlike the Chicken Coop and Dairy Barn, a Stable when purchased is unfinished.
You are obliged to purchase the skeletal outline of the Building and then to
collect the Materials necessary to complete it. There is no option to
'Complete' the Stable instantly by purchasing all required Materials at once,
but you can purchase them one by one if you wish. Most players prefer to
obtain the Materials as Gifts from their Neighbours.

The price of the Horse Stable (unfinished) is:

Horse Stable
5000 Coins

The Materials required to complete the Horse Stable are:

10 Bricks
10 Harnesses
10 Horseshoes
10 Nails
10 Wooden Boards

Each of these Items costs 1 Farm Cash, which means that, should you choose the
'Complete' Option to finish the Barn immediately by purchasing all Materials
from Farmville, the total Cost for Materials would be:

50 Farm Cash

Note that the Option to Complete the Barn will be available until you have
collected all Materials, which means that you can choose to activate it at any
point.

The primary reason to own a finished Stable is in order to be able to collect
the wandering Stallion. As with the Bulls, the Stallion is a random 'Lost
Animal' generated by Farmville, but unlike the Bull who can be kept outside if
you do not own a Dairy Barn, you will not be able to place the Stallion if you
do not have a finished Stable. As a matter of fact, you will not be allowed
to 'Help' the Stallion by bringing it to your Farm unless you have a completed
Stable.

If you have an unfinished Stable, the game may offer to give you some
Materials,but I never actually received any.

Even if you do have a Stable, the Stalliion will move on after a few days to
wander towards other fertile fields. He is unique in this respect.

Farmville's Description of the Stable is:

If you have given the Wandering Stallion shelter for the night (or if you have
a stallion in your stable), there is a chance your horses will produce a foal.

Having more horses of a particular type means a higher chance of finding a foal
of that type!

You also have a chance of finding a useful item when you tend to your stables
so make sure to check every day!

Storage Buildings

Barns, if not described for a specific purpose, tend to be Storage Buildings.
Very often, Limited Edition Barns will be offered as part of a Theme. The
Japanese Barn is one such Storage Building.

Japanese Barn
Limited
Time Left: 9 Days
Cost: 5000 Coins unfinished
XP Gain: 50
Sell for 250 Coins

Japanese Barn
Limited
Time Left: 9 Days
Cost: 50 Farm Cash
Capacity: 20 items
Sell for 6000 Coins

Game Description of Bamboo:

Bamboo is used to build a Japanese Barn. You need a total of 10 Bamboo in
order to build a Japanese Barn, along with 10 of each of the other components.
You can get Bamboo as gifts or from the Market. Reed Thatch is used to build
a Japanese Barn. You need a total of 10 Reed Thatch in order to build a
Japanese Barn, along with 10 of each of the other components.

The complete list of items for the Japanese Barn are as follows:

10 Bricks
10 Reed Thatch
10 Bamboo
10 Nails
10 Wooden Boards

The 'other components' are basic Construction Materials that are used for any
building project. If you are involved in the construction of more than one
Building, whenever you receive any item that is a basic component, you will
have a choice as to where to apply it.

If you wish to learn how close you are to completion, click on the Barn and
choose: 'look inside'. A Menu will appear, showing how many of each item you
have collected with options to buy or ask for more from friends. The last
option in the menu for the Japanese Barn allows you to 'Complete Now' by
purchasing all remaining items required outright. This option does not exist
with respect to a Nursery Barn or Stable, although you can purchase each Item
required one by one.

50 Farm Cash

Note that the Option to Complete the Barn will be available until you have
collected all Materials, which means that you can choose to activate it at any
point. The Option to 'Complete Now' only appears to exist with respect to
Limited Edition Buildings such as the Japanese Barn and the Beehive, probably
because some of the Materials for Limited Edition Buildings are exclusive to
THAT construction project.

N.B. The Japanese Barn and indeed, the Japanese Collection no longer is
available and is used merely as an example here.

Special Delivery Crates

A new Free Gift was introduced in the latter half of 2010 in the form of the
Special Delivery. Originally, this item was not available in the regular Free
Gifts menu but it now does appear there. A Special Delivery is akin to a
Mystery Gift but contains construction materials instead of other Items. It
can contain any Construction Material for a Building as well as Shovels, Bees
and Watering Cans. It therefore is far simpler to help Neighbours with their
Construction projects than it was a year ago. Rather than being forced to
choose a specific Item to send, you can send a Special Delivery and let the
player open it when he/she needs construction materials for any project.

The Special Delivery crate option has been simplified as well to allow a player
to choose a specific total to open instantly rather than being obliged to open
the crates one by one.

New Options at Level 10

At Level 10, you will receive some new options to make Farmville more
interesting. One of these is Crop Mastery and the other is Collections.

Here is the description in the prompt that you will receive when you reach
Level 10:

You've just unlocked Crop Mastery! Now Harvesting a Crop will earn you a point
towards that crop's mastery level.

Master each of a crop's 3 levels for a special bonus!

You can now find Collectibles while plowing, harvesting, fertilising, and
gifting. Find all the collectibles in a SET and turn it in for a reward!

Collections

At Level 10, the Menu Box that displays the Icon of a Blue Ribbon will offer
two different Menus. The first will be the Award/Ribbons Menu and the
second will be the Collections Menu.

The Game information about Collections states that:

Find collectibles while Ploughing, Harvesting Trees and Animals and Fertilising
Friends' Crops. Get Hints for where to find each collectible by mousing over
its icon!

If you are lucky enough to find a Rare or Uncommon Collectible, you can share
it with your friends!

Some collectibles can only be found from Gifts sent from your friends. Check
back every day for new giftable collectibles!

When you find all Collectibles in a Set, you can turn it in for a reward of XP,
Coins and Fuel!

Collections are divided into a number of different Sets. Each Set consists of
6 Items. Whenever you find an Item, you can publish the news to allow three
of your Friends to 'collect' the same Item from your Wall. Whenever you
complete a Collection Set, you will receive a Bonus and if you publish the
news, your Friends can receive a Bonus as well. The Collection Sets are as
follows:

Gardening Tools Collection
Country Kitcsh Collection
Button Collection
Bugs Collection
Butterfly Collection
Feather Collection

Items in Collections tend to be linked to specific activities, based on fairly
logical 'real' considerations. Bugs, for example, tend to be found when you
harvest Fruit from Trees.

Crop Mastery

Crop Mastery is based on the number of Crops that you harvest. In some cases,
you must achieve Mastery of a specific Crop in order to unlock a Crop at a
higher Level. For example, White Roses cannot be unlocked unless you have
full 3 Star Mastery of Pink Roses.

One Mastery Point towards a specific Crop is obtained whenever you harvest that
Crop. You can increase the number of points by 'using' a Bushel from your
Market Stall. See the section that deals with Market Stalls for details.

The Farmer's Market

At some point in the early stages of your game, you may see the icon of a
Bushel of the Crop you are harvesting float across your screen. When you
reach Level 15 and this occurs, the game will prompt you to purchase a Market
Stall. Without knowing what the purpose of this item is, you may ignore the
prompt.

In fact, the Market Stall option is quite interesting and it can be profitable
both in terms of income and experience.

A Market Stall can be purchased either with Coins or with Farm Cash.

The prices of a Market Stall are as follows:

Market Stall:
50,000 Coins

Market Stall
20 Farm Cash

The Farmer's Market

You will not be able to purchase your own Market Stall until you reach Level
15, nor will you be able to accept Bushels from other players until then.

Once you purchase a Market Stall, you can access the Farmer's Market through
the Stall itself.

The little tutorial that can be accessed at the Market Stall gives the
following information:

Each time you harvest a crop, you might find a bushel of that crop. When you
find them, you get extra bushels for crop mastery! Crop bushes are used to
speed up your mastery or XP progress, to unlock seeds that you can't yet buy
in the market and to craft items in your Crafting Cottage. Coming soon!

Bushels you find are stored in your Market Stall. You can spend your bushels to
boost your productivity on the farm! First click your Market Stall and select
Farmer's Market, then click the 'My Bushels' Button, and then click the 'Use'
button under the Bushel.

When you harvest a bushel, your market stall is set to sell those bushels for
24 hours. If you've mastered the crop, your stall will stay open longer. If
you're already selling the crop, finding another Bushel will keep your stall
open longer, too.

From your own Market Stall, you can see the Bushels your friends are offering.
You can take up to 3 bushels from each friend. Just click the 'Get Bushels'
button and start shopping!

In order to 'Use' the Bushel, you need to be growing the specific Crop and it
needs to be ready for Harvest within two hours. Otherwise, there will be no
effect whatsoever
Market Stalls are used both to store Bushels of specific Crops and to offer
them to visiting Neighbours. If any Neighbour takes Bushels from your Stall,
you will be rewarded. You can choose the form your Reward takes. You will be
offered 10 XP, 4000 Coins or 15 Fuel. (?) Whenever you harvest a Bushel of a
specific Crop, it automatically will go into your Market Stall and the Stall
will open for business for 24 hours. There are ways to extend the time that
the Stall remains open, but 24 hours is the normal time period.

Whenever you click on your Market Stall, you will have an option to access the
Farmer's Market. Here you will be given the opportunity to see all the
Bushels that your neighbours currently are offering. You can take three
Bushels of any specific Crop from a Neighbour's Stall.

These Bushels can be used or shared with Neighbours. If you opt to 'Use' a
Bushel that you have collected, you need to be able to harvest the same Crop
on your own Farm within two hours in order to gain the benefit which is an
increase in the Experience earned from the act of Harvesting that Crop. For
example, if you choose to 'Use' a Bushel of Rice, you need to have Rice that
will ripen within the next two hours and be able to harvest it before the time
limit expires. Rice ordinarily gives +1 XP. If a Bushel of Rice is in use,
however, each Rice square that you harvest will give you +2 XP.

Only one Bushel can be in use at any given point in time. If you have Bushels
for more than one Crop that is ready to be harvested, you can use the
corresponding Bushels sequentially.

If you have not reached Level 15 and attempt to collect a Bushel from a
Friend's Wall, you will receive the following prompt:

Sorry! You need to get to Level 15 before you can visit a Farmer's Market and
collect bushels! Would you like 20 XP from Farmville to help you on your way?

You therefore can claim a little reward of 20 XP even if you cannot collect the
Bushel posted on a Neighbour's or Friend's Wall.

Garden Shed

The Garden Shed gives you the opportunity to save Flowers that you harvest to
use as Decorations on your own land. If you love beautiful Flowers, you will
enjoy this option tremendously. Unfortunately, the price is steep unless you
have 10 Neighbours. There are no Level Requirements for purchase of a Garden
Shed, incidentally.

The Garden Shed is described as follows:

Garden Sheds save Perfect Bunches hat you find while harvesting flowers. Use
them to make decorative flower bouquets to put around your farm or share with
friends! Your first Garden Shed comes with 10 rare bouquets as a special
purchase gift!

The Garden Shed is a Building Item with two separate listings and prices:

Garden Shed
10 Neighbours Needed

Garden Shed
30 Farm Cash

Originally, the storage capacity for the Garden Shed was 30 Bouquets but that
has been increased recently to 100. There are financial rewards if you
beautify your Farm by placing Bouquets on your land in the form of Awards.

The Co-Op Option

The Co-Op Job is another advanced Option unlocked at Level 20. The third box
at the lower left corner of your screen will change from the Delete Tool to
Co-Op Farming.

From the game itself, here is the Co-Op Guide:

Co-Op Guide

A job is a task that involved seeding and harvesting a number of the specified
crop within the time frame stated in the job. There are three levels of
rewards in a job: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Medal rewards are based on how
fast you complete the job, and give even more coins and XP. Gold is the most
difficult of all but gives all participants a unique reward item.

To help on a job, find a job on the 'All Jobs' List. You must be friends with
the job initiator, not already be on another job and the job must not be full
in order to join.

If for some reason you want to leave a job, you can select 'Quit Job' at any
item. If you signed on as a helper, your contributions will remain but you
won't get a reward when the job is complete. If you are an initiator, you can
only quit a job if there are no others helping.

The Workshop Option

When my Character reached Level 25, the following Announcement was made,
requesting that I commit myself to a specific Workshop:

Coming Soon!
Sign up now! You'll get an awesome Limited Edition item!

There will be three different Workshops as follows:

Bakery
Uses fruit and vegetable bushels to make pies and cakes

Winery
Uses fruits and grain bushels to make wines and juices

Spa
Uses flower and fruit bushels to make perfumes and candles

If you sign up for the Bakery:

Pumpkin Bread
Bushels Needed: Pumpkins, Wheat

Strawberry Shortcake
Bushels Needed: Strawberries, Wheat

Spicy Muffins
Bushels Needed: Carrots, Peppers, Ghost Chili

Pattypan Tart
Bushels Needed: Pattypan Squash, Onion, Rice

If you sign up for the Winery

Sweet Sake
Bushels needed: Rice, Cranberries

White Sangria
Bushels Needed: White Grapes, Sugar Cane, Strawberries

Red Table Wine
Bushels Needed: Grapes, White Grapes

Fruit Wine
Bushels Needed: Raspberries, Blueberries, Sugar Cane

If you sign up for the Spa:

Fresh Sachet
Bushels Needed: Pumpkins, Cranberries, Sunflowers

Floral Perfume
Bushels Needed: Raspberries, Morning Glory

Soothing Herbal Lotion
Bushels Needed: Aloe Vera, Green Tea

Relaxation Oil
Bushels Needed: Blueberries, Morning Glory

Specific Recipes are given in the next section.

Walkthrough: Preparing for Level 25

As soon as you reach Level 25 in Farmville, you will be offered your choice of
Crafting Buildings, which either could be perceived as small factories or
cottage industries. The three that are offered are: Spa, Winery and Bakery.

You will have been given a Market Stall long before you reach the point where
you actually can USE the Bushels that you obtain when harvesting Crops. As
you can store 100 Bushels, however, there is no reason why you cannot prepare
for the moment when you launch your business at level 25 by deciding in
advance which Craft to choose.

Note here that the Tractor will be unlocked at Level 12, the Harvester at Level
13 and the Seeder at Level 14. These vehicles will allow you to till the
land, plant Seeds and harvest them much faster than before, as with any basic
Farm Vehicle, you will be able to work four plots at a time.

To upgrade any Vehicle, you need to construct a Garage. Garages are unlocked
only when you reach Level 22, but the basic Farming Vehicles should be
sufficient until then.

It is at Level 20 that the Co-Op Jobs Option is unlocked, allowing you to join
other Players to band together to produce specific totals of one or more Crops
to satisfy a requirement for an imaginary customer.

Co-Op Jobs give you a number of rewards, including Coins and XP as well as
adding to your Mastery of the Crops that you produce in the course of the job.

Gaining Mastery of Crops increases your chance of finding Bushels whenever you
harvest those Crops. Bushels are what you need to complete Recipes when you
reach Level 25 and choose your Craft.

With that in mind, knowing what Recipes will be available for each and the
required ingredients may help immensely.

At each Craft, three Recipes will be available at Level 1. When you choose the
Craft, the game will give you the necessary ingredients to prepare one item.
At Level 1, you will have two 'tables' or slots where Items can be prepared.

Each time you increase the level of the Crafting Building, Slots or Tables will
be added.

The following are the Recipes for the three Craft options:

Spa Cookbook, Level 1

Fresh Sachet
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Pumpkins
3 Bushels of Cranberries
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

Floral Perfume
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Blueberries
4 Bushels of Morning Glories

Relaxation Oil
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Blackberries
4 Bushels of Morning Glories

Spa Cookbook, Level 2

At Level 2, the following will be unlocked:

Petal Sachet
Ingredients:

3 Bushels of Iris
2 Bushels of Sunflowers
1 Bushel of Peppers

Devotion Perfume
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Blueberrries
3 Bushels of Lilacs
2 Bushels of Basil

Energising Lotion
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Red Tulips
3 Bushels of Aloe Vera
3 Bushels of Blackberries

Spa Cookbook, Level 3

Restoring Candle
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Green Tea
2 Bushels of Ghost Chilis
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

Lily of the Valley Soap
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Lily
3 Bushels of Blueberries
3 Bushels of Morning Glories

Spa Cookbook, Level 4

Iris Soap

Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Iris
3 Bushels of Aloe Vera
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

Pick Me Up Sachet

Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Lemon Balm
2 Bushels of Coffee
3 Bushels of Basil

Fresh Breeze Candle

3 Bushels of Lemon Balm
3 Bushels of Green Tea
2 Bushels of Ginger

The Final Upgrade to Level 5 costs 1,000,000 Coins. It allows you finally to
work with most of the flowers if you are a player who loves Flowers.

Spa Cookbook, Level 5

Farmer's Frenzy Perfume
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Ginger
1 Bushel of Lavender
2 Bushels of Lilac
2 Bushels of Purple Poppies

Daffodil Lotion
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Daffodils
2 Bushels of Aloe Vera
2 Bushels of Strawberries
1 Bushel of Lilies

Spring Meadow Perfume
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Pink Roses
1 Bushel of Daffodils
2 Bushels of Lilac
2 Bushels of Morning Glories
Winery Cookbook, Level 1

Red Table Wine
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Grapes
5 Bushels of White Grapes

White Sangria
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of White Grapes
2 Bushels of Sugar Cane
3 Bushels of Strawberries

Sweet Sake
Ingredients:
5 Bushels of Rice
3 Bushels of Cranberries

Winery Cookbook, Level 2

Dry Sake
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Rice
2 Bushels of Green Tea
3 Bushels of Lilac

Fruit Wine
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Raspberries
3 Bushels of Blueberries
2 Bushels of Sugar Cane

Spicy Tomato Juice
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Tomatoes
1 Bushel of Pepper
3 Bushels of Carrots

Winery Cookbook, Level 3

Blackberry Wine Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Blackberries
3 Bushels of Grapes
3 Bushels of White Grapes

Raspberry Wine
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Raspberries
2 Bushels of Blackberries
2 Bushels of Grapes

Strawberry Cranberry Juice
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Strawberries
2 Bushels of Raspberries
3 Bushels of Cranberries

Winery Cookbook, Level 4

Herbal Elixir
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Basil
3 Bushels of Ginger
2 Bushels of Green Tea

Blueberry Wine
Ingredients:

4 Bushels of Blueberries
2 Bushels of Blackberries
2 Bushels of White Grapes

Pumpkin Vinegar
Ingredients:

4 Bushels of Pumpkins
2 Bushels of Acorn Squash
2 Bushels of Rice

Winery Cookbook, Level 5

The final upgrade for the Winery allows you to grow and use Flowers.

Rose Petal Water
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Pink Roses
1 Bushel of Lavender
2 Bushels of Morning Glory Flowers
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

Melon Juice
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Yellow Melon
1 Bushel of Watermelon
2 Bushels of Carrots
1 Bushel of Strawberries

Cucumber Wine
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Cucumber
1 Bushel of Squash
2 Bushels of Acorn Squash
1 Bushel of Rice

Bakery Cookbook, Level 1

Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Pumpkins
4 Bushels of Wheat

Strawberry Shortcake
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Strawberries
4 Bushels of Wheat

Spicy Muffin
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Carrots
1 Bushel of Pepper
3 Bushels of Ghost Chilis

Bakery Cookbook, Level 2
Triple Berry Pie
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Blueberries
3 Bushels of Blackberries
3 Bushels of Cranberries

Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Peanuts
3 Bushels of Rice
3 Bushels of Sugar Cane

Patty Pan Tart
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Pattypan Squash
2 Bushels of Red Onions
3 Bushels of Rice
Bakery Cookbook, Level 3
Note: The actual order of the Recipes unlocked between Levels 3 and Levels 5
needs to be confirmed.

Mocha-Berry Cake
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Coffee
2 Bushels of Rice
3 Bushels of Blackberries

Raspberry Blondie
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Wheat
3 Bushels of Rice
3 Bushels of Raspberries

Pizza Bread
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Wheat
2 Bushels of Tomato
2 Bushels of Basil

Bakery Cookbook, Level 4

Baked Cucumber
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Cucumber
4 Bushels of Basil
1 Bushel of Pepper

Vegetable Tart
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Broccoli
2 Bushels of Asparagus
1 Bushel of Peas (or should it be 4?)

Oatmeal Cookie
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Oats
2 Bushels of Wheat
2 Bushels of Sugar Cane
Bakery Cookbook, Level 5

Potato-Onion Bread
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Potato
2 Bushels of Onion
2 Bushels of Wheat
1 Bushel of Posole Corn

Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Carrots
1 Bushel of Red Wheat
1 Bushel of Soybeans
2 Bushels of Cranberries

Ginger Snaps
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Ginger
2 Bushels of Sugar Cane
2 Bushels of Oats
2 Bushels of Rice

Tips and Tricks for Co-Op Jobs

This list of 'things to do' is useful not only when you are part of an active
Co-Op Job but whenever your Farm has the ability to trade Bushels at a Market
Stall or more than one Market Stall.

First of all, it always is beneficial to have a Neighbour who is willing to
work as an unofficial partner to grow Crops that you need for your chosen
Craft. Unfortunately, you are limited to three Bushels from any specific
Neighbour's Market Stalls, but you can choose Bushels from more than one Crop
or all three from a single Crop. There is a little trick to this if you have
a Neighbour with the same Craft that you have. When you have chosen three
Bushels from any Neighbour's Market, you have the option to 'Share' a Bushel
of the same type as the one chosen last. If you have taken more than one type
of Bushel, always save the one that your Neighbour needs as the last to take,
so that you will be able to Share one of those with him/her.

Before you begin to take Bushels from Neighbours or the Game Feed, look at your
own inventory to make certain that you have sufficient space to store them.
You are restricted to 100 Bushels irrespective of the number of Market Stalls
that you own. You are limited to five Market Stalls, moreover. Whenever you
find a Bushel for any Crop, it automatically will be displayed at one of your
Market Stalls, unless all of them are displaying a different Crop. You
therefore need to make certain that you have a Closed Market Stall or one that
offers the same Crop BEFORE you begin to harvest any Crops, especially if the
Crops you are going to harvest are a variety that you or your Neighbour needs.
If necessary, shut a Market Stall in order to give yourself a venue for the
Crop you are about to Harvest.

The next step to take BEFORE you harvest any Crop is to go to your Bushel
inventory (accessed either through any of your Market Stalls or through your
Crafting Building) to 'Use' a Bushel of the same Crop so that you will earn
more Mastery points for that Crop.

The following appear to increase your chances of obtaining Bushels when you
harvest your Crops:

1. Fertilisation
You can fertilise your own Crops using 'Fertilise All', a wonderful
reward given randomly when you visit your Neighbours' farms or you can ask
Friends and Neighbours to fertilise your Crops for you.

2. Crop Mastery
You earn Stars that represent the three Crop Mastery Levels for any Crop
by harvesting specific totals of that Crop. There are three Levels and the
higher your own Level, the better the chance of obtaining Bushels. With three
Mastery Stars, for example, you are likely to obtain at least 4 Bushels when
harvesting only 12 or 16 squares of the Crop. With no Crop Mastery, you may
not obtain a single Bushel even when harvesting 100 squares. Crop Mastery is
something you can begin to earn at Level 10. My post on preparing for Level
25 discusses the advantages of choosing a Craft before you actually are able
to embark upon any crafting career. Go to your Inventory before you Harvest
any Crop, therefore, to 'Use' a Bushel to increase the Crop Mastery Points
gained from the Harvest of each square of that Crop.

3. Bees
Bees certainly are necessary for pollination of Crops, allowing you to
unlock temporary pollinated Crops at the Marketplace. I believe that they
improve the chances of obtaining Bushels as well, although I could be mistaken
about this.

Although Co-Op Jobs do not require any Bushels or any specific Crop Mastery
Level, it always is best to combine goals in Farmville and take a Job that
will net you the Bushels you personally need for your chosen Craft.

There is a trick with respect to any Co-Op Job that can give you a good jump on
the achievement of the requirement of total number of Bushels. This was
taught to me by an old Harvest Moon friend of mine. What you do is plant
almost your entire field with one or more of the Crops needed for the Co-Op
Job you intend to Start/Join. Leave at least eight squares tilled but vacant!

When the Crops are fully mature, Start/Join the Co-op Job and then, BEFORE you
harvest any of the ripened Crops, plant the squares that remain vacant with
the same Crop. Once you have planted new seeds in the eight to twelve squares
that you kept vacant, you can harvest the SAME NUMBER of ripened Crops. Do
not harvest more Crops than you seeded, however, as they will not be counted
towards the Co-Op total.

You see, you can trick the game into believing that the ripened Crops were
planted during the course of the Job only if you seed an equivalent number of
squares BEFORE you harvest the others. It is a little tedious perhaps,
because you must alternate between Harvester, Tractor and Seeder again and
again unless you have the new Combine machine but it can be worth the effort.
After this initial cheat, you will be able to harvest the entire field the
next time the Crops mature, obviously. It is only the initial harvest that
has to be counted carefully.

Fertilisation Strategies:

'Fertilise All' will fertilise every tilled square on your field, whether or
not Crops have been planted and even when Crops are fully mature. DO NOT
WASTE YOUR FERTILISE ALL! Study your field before you use the item. If any
of the Crops have been fertilised, harvest them and re-till the squares before
you use the 'Fertilise All'. This is an important tip but easy to forget when
one is involved in any harvest.

Using the Crafting Option

The Crafting Option provides many rewards for an ambitious player. For a
start, you can craft Items that at present can be traded for fuel but that
ultimately will be able to be traded for a diverse variety of special items.
Furthermore, players who have a Market Stall can buy your Crafted Items daily,
giving you an additional source of income. Note that the Bushels at your
Market Stall can be taken by other players as well and you will derive income
from that.

The Co-op Option is another source of Rewards even for players who do not have
a Crafting building yet, but for those with a Craft, it offers additional
rewards.

At Level 1, a player with a Crafting Building has limited options in terms of
the Recipes he/she can complete. For these Recipes, Co-op Jobs exist as well
and there are other Co-op Jobs that are not connected with Crafting, available
to any player when he/she unlocks the basic Co-op option. The Co-op Jobs
reward participants with Coins, XP and one to three sets of Bushels for the
Crafting Recipe of their choice. Each participant can choose his/her own
Reward in terms of the Bushels he/she wants to take.

Your own choice of Craft does not limit the Co-op Jobs you can accept and when
completed, the Reward in the form of Bushels will be appropriate to your own
Craft. In other words, a player with a Bakery can participate in a Spa Co-op
Job and when completed, will be able to choose sets of Bushels for Bakery
Recipes.

The Co-op Crafting Jobs are based on the Recipes for each of the three Crafts,
but in any Co-op Crafting Job, there will be only three required Crops,
irrespective of the number of Crops required to complete the actual Recipe.

Spa Level 1 Crafting Co-op Jobs

Fresh Sachet
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Pumpkins
3 Bushels of Cranberries
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

Pumpkins
Cost: 30 Coins
Harvest in: 8 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 500/1000/1500
Sell for 68 Coins
Unlock at Level 5

Cranberries
Cost: 55 Coins
Harvest in: 10 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 450/650/2900
Sell for 98 Coins
Unlock at Level 10

Sunflowers
Cost: 135 Coins
Harvest in 1 Day
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 575/1150/1725
Sell for 315 Coins
Unlock at Level 25

In other words, to make a Fresh Sachet, you must have access to a player who
has reached Level 25 in order to obtain 1 Bushel of Sunflowers. A Fresh
Sachet Co-Op Job requires the following:

To seed and harvest the following:

1000 Pumpkins
1000 Cranberries
1400 Sunflowers

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP

Silver Medal
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP

Floral Perfume
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Blueberries
4 Bushels of Morning Glories

Blueberries
Cost: 50 Coins
Harvest in 4 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 1000/2000/3000
Sell for 91 Coins
Unlock at Level 17

Morning Glory
Cost: 60 Coins
Harvest in: 12 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery at 500/1000/1500
Sell for 123 Coins
Unlock at Level 13

The Floral Perfume Co-op Job requires the following:

To seed and harvest the following:

1500 Blueberries
1250 Morning Glories

Gold Medal
Complete in 1 Day, 15 Hours
Reward: 600 Coins, 700 XP

Silver Medal
Complete in 2 Days, 20 Hours
Reward: 500 Coins, 600 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 5 Days, 5 Hours
Reward: 400 Coins, 500 XP

Relaxation Oil
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Blackberries
4 Bushels of Morning Glories

Black Berries
Cost: 75 Coins
Harvest in 4 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 1200/2400/3600
Sell for 117 Coins
Unlock at Level 29

Morning Glory
Cost: 60 Coins
Harvest in: 12 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery at 500/1000/1500
Sell for 123 Coins
Unlock at Level 13

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1500 Blackberries
1400 Morning Glories

Gold Medal
Complete in 1 Day, 15 Hours
Reward: 600 Coins, 700 XP

Silver Medal
Complete in 2 Days, 20 Hours
Reward: 500 Coins, 600 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 5 Days, 5 Hours
Reward: 400 Coins, 500 XP
Spa Level 2 Co-op Jobs

Petal Sachet
Ingredients:

3 Bushels of Iris
2 Bushels of Sunflowers
1 Bushel of Peppers

Iris
Cost: 400 Coins
Harvest in 1 Day
XP Gain: 2
Mastery:
Sell for 520 Coins
Unlock at Level 45

Sunflowers
Cost: 135 Coins
Harvest in 1 Day
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 575/1150/1725
Sell for 315 Coins
Unlock at Level 25

Peppers
Cost: 70 Coins
Harvest in: 1 day
XP Gain: 2
Mastery: 425/850/1275
Sell for 162 Coins
Unlock at Level 12

The Petal Sachet Co-op Job has the following requirements:

To seed and harvest:

800 Iris
800 Sunflowers
800 Peppers

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP, 3 sets of Bushels

Silver Medal
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP, 2 Sets of Bushels

Bronze Medal:
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP, 1 Set of Bushels

Devotion Perfume
Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Blueberrries
3 Bushels of Lilacs
2 Bushels of Basil

Blueberries
Cost: 50 Coins
Harvest in 4 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery: 1000/2000/3000
Sell for 91 Coins
Unlock at Level 17

Lilac
Cost: 35 Coins
Harvest in: 10 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Sell for 75 Coins
Mastery: 450/900/1350
Unlock at Level 4

Basil
Cost: 300 Coins
Harvest in 10 Hours
XP Gain: 1
Mastery:
Sell for 400 Coins
Unlock at Level 48

Co-op Job requirements:

600 Blueberries
1000 Lilac
1000 Basil

Gold Medal:
Complete in 1 Day, 9 Hours
600 Coins, 475 XP

Silver Medal
Complete in 2 Days, 9 Hours
425 Coins, 475 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 4 Days, 7 Hours
325 Coins, 380 XP

Energising Lotion
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Red Tulips
3 Bushels of Aloe Vera
3 Bushels of Blackberries

The Co-op Job requirements are:

1400 Red Tulips
1000 Aloe Vera
1000 Blackberries

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP

Silver Medal:
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP

Spa Level 3 Co-op Jobs

Restoring Candle
Ingredients:
4 Bushels of Green Tea
2 Bushels of Ghost Chilis
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1000 Green Tea
1000 Ghost Chili
1400 Sunflowers

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP

Silver Medal:
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP

Bronze Medal:
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP

Lily of the Valley Soap
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Lily
3 Bushels of Blueberries
3 Bushels of Morning Glories

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1400 Lilies
1000 Blueberries
1000 Morning Glories

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP

Silver Medal
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP

Spa Level 4 Co-op Jobs

Iris Soap

Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Iris
3 Bushels of Aloe Vera
1 Bushel of Sunflowers

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1000 Iris
1200 Aloe Vera
800 Sunflowers

Gold Medal:
Complete in 3 Days, 8 Hours
Reward: 875 Coins, 1050 XP

Silver Medal:
Complete in 5 Days, 18 Hours
Reward: 775 Coins, 950 XP

Bronze Medal
Complete in 10 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 640 Coins, 775 XP

Fresh Breeze Candle

3 Bushels of Lemon Balm
3 Bushels of Green Tea
2 Bushels of Ginger

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1000 Lemon Balm
1250 Green Tea
1250 Ginger

Gold Medal
Complete in 2 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 825 Coins, 975 XP, 3 Bushel Sets

Silver Medal
Complete in 4 Days, 7 Hours
Reward: 750 Coins, 875 XP, 2 Bushel Sets

Bronze Medal
Complete in 7 Days, 20 Hours
Reward: 625 Coins, 725 XP, 1 Bushel Set

Pick Me Up Sachet

Ingredients:
3 Bushels of Lemon Balm
2 Bushels of Coffee
3 Bushels of Basil

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1400 Coffee
1000 Lemon Balm
1000 Basil

Gold Medal:
Complete in 2 Days, 12 Hours
Reward: 800 Coins, 950 XP, 3 Bushel Sets

Silver Medal
Complete in 4 Days, 7 Hours
Reward: 725 Coins, 850 XP, 2 Bushel Sets

Bronze Medal
Complete in 7 Days, 20 Hours
Reward: 600 Coins, 700 XP

Spa Level 5 Co-op Jobs

Farmer's Frenzy Perfume
Ingredients:
2 Bushels of Ginger
1 Bushel of Lavender
2 Bushels of Lilac
2 Bushels of Purple Poppies

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1250 Ginger
1000 Lilac
1000 Purple Poppies

Note that this is a case where the actual Recipe has 4 different Crops as
ingredients but the Co-op Job has only three.

Daffodil Lotion
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Daffodils
2 Bushels of Aloe Vera
2 Bushels of Strawberries
1 Bushel of Lilies

The Co-op Job Requirements are:

1000 Strawberries
1000 Aloe Vera
1400 Lilies

Spring Meadow Perfume
Ingredients:
1 Bushel of Pink Roses
1 Bushel of Daffodils
2 Bushels of Lilac
2 Bushels of Morning Glories

1500 Lilac
1500 Morning Glories

In this Co-op Job, there are only two required Crops, although the actual
Recipe requires four diferent Crops.

Winery Cookbook, Level 1