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Mayoral Election Button Crates, Official Guide!

5 July 2014 FarmMaster 0
Mayoral Election Button Crates are here. Collect Election Buttons and you’ll earn some awesome prizes! Crafting in the Kitchen or harvesting your Crops will earn you Election Buttons, which you can redeem for Prizes and an exclusive Baby Berkshire Pig plus 10 Favors!


Building the Dinner Table: 

Your first step is building your Mayoral Election Button Crates. You will need the following items to start construction:

  • Election Posters
  • Duffel Bags
  • Travel Stickers




To collect Election Posters, click on the “Post” button to post to your Facebook wall; you will get the parts when your friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post.

Click on the “Ask” button to send requests for Duffel Bags and Travel Stickers to your Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks.

Once you have collected the required items, click on the “Start Building” button at the bottom of the construction menu.

Now that your Crates are almost complete, you will need some help from your Neighbors to finish the job. The Mayoral Election Button Crates require four additional helpers, so click on the “Ask Friends” button to send some crew requests to your Friends. When they accept, you will see the spots in the Building Menu begin to fill. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, click the “Hire One” button to purchase crew members with Farm Bucks. Once you have successfully filled all four spots, click on the “Finish Building” button.

Using the Mayoral Election Button Crates: 

Click on the Dinner Table to open the main menu.

This menu shows how many Election Buttons you have collected and what prizes you are currently eligible to redeem.

A – The total amount of Election Buttons you have collected. As you redeem prizes, this number decreases.
B – The button to use when you want to craft Election Buttons.
C– The button to use when you want to purchase Election Buttons with Farm Bucks.
D – The button to use when you want to redeem a prize. Once you have enough Election Buttons, this button will turn turquoise.
E– The number of Farm Bucks required to purchase the prize.
F – If you want to ask your friends for Election Button ingridients.

Collecting Election Buttons:

Harvesting Crops: You can find Election Buttons by harvesting your Crops. If you find some, they will appear on your farm in a similar fashion to Prized Crops.

When an Election Button appears on your farm after harvesting, click on it and you will see the following pop-up:

Click on the turquoise “Share” button to post a feed to your wall. Your friends will be able click on this feed to claim some free Election Buttons for themselves too. Once you have clicked on the Election Button, it will automatically be added to your Mayoral Election Button Crates.

Crafting: You can craft your very own Election Buttons via the Crafting Kitchen. From the Dinner Table menu, click on the “Craft” button to open the Crafting Workshop. 

Craft two Heirloom Election Buttons with Heirloom Piece of Wood and Patriotic Hobby Paint. You can send request to your Friends by clicking the “Ask” button.




Craft two Election Buttons with Piece of Wood and Patriotic Hobby Paint. You can send request to your Friends by clicking the “Ask” button.


Craft three Election Buttons with Metal Sheets and Star Spangled Stickers. Click on the “Post” button to post to your Facebook wall; you will get the parts when your friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post.

Redeeming Election Buttons for Prizes:

Once you have collected enough Election Buttons, they can be redeemed for some lovely prizes. Click on your Mayoral Election Button Crates to open up your progress menu.

At the bottom of this menu, there are a total of 4 prizes that can be redeemed for White Truffles:

  • Election Fireworks Crate (22 Election Buttons)
  • Giant Election Pinwheel (44 Election Buttons)
  • Bundle of Water, Power, Fuel and Fertilizer (66 Election Buttons)
  • Pacific Albus Poplar Tree (88 Election Buttons)




All 4 of these prizes can be redeemed as many times as you like, as long as you have enough Election Buttons (220 Election Buttons total). Once you have collected all 4 of the above prizes, you will earn the adorable baby Berkshire Pig!

HAPPY FARMING! 

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My Family Farm Is Almost Here!

3 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

On 7/3, FarmVille 2 will release My Family Farm to everyone! Soon, you’ll get to experience all-new features like the Family Farmhouse and Farming Jobs. That’s right, farmers. The wait is almost over! 

Before you send your sweetheart into The Cave, we wanted to share a final bit of concept art. To do that we turned to Senior Producer Alex, who gave us some great pieces and a glimpse into the future of My Family Farm.   
Take it away, Alex!
Evolution of a Loading Screen
For big new features like My Family Farm, we really like to create a new loading screen. These loading screen images require work to capture the spirit and feel of the feature, so we often start on them early in the design phase. Below you can see some early sketches for MFF that include not only your sweetheart, but kids as well.
Some early sketches for My Family Farm..
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[As] we moved forward with designing the feature we decided to move the release of kids to a later date (but they are coming soon!) so that we could really focus on building the relationship with your sweetheart.That said, you’ll probably see some similarities in sketch 3 above to our current MFF loading screen, and in the concept below you can see an even further progression towards the final loading screen.



By this point, we had established that we wanted to show the new Family Farmhouse in the background, and include a happy couple working on learning the new Animal Care farm job by feeding pigs in the foreground.
“Similar to Sketch #3, above.”
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And in the very-close-to-final screen below, you can see that a lot more detail has been added (including animals reaping the benefits of the Animal Care Farm Job), and the entire image has had a beautiful pain-over to bring it to life.
“And it makes a neat desktop, too!”

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Dash for Cash, Quest Preview!

2 July 2014 FarmMaster 0
I heard you might need some extra baby bottles during the sheep races? I could use a little help raising funds for my mayoral election campaign in a few weeks. Find some ways to earn a lot of coins quickly and quietly. I’ll make it worth your while!

Dash for Cash 1/8 : Chasing Chives
Limited duration crops always make recipes worth a lot of coins! Use the seasonal items to generate profits!
  1. Water 25 Eggplant
    Buy this crop in the General Store.
  2. Fertilize 25 Garlic Chives
    This crop is available for a limited time.
  3. Feed 8 Adult Chickens
    Adult animals are not yet Prized.

Dash for Cash 2/8 : The Chive Drive
A scrambled eggs breakfast is delicious way to raise coins, but where do we put them all?
  1. Collect 5 Donation Basket to hold all the coins.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Make 5 Garlic Chive Scrambled Eggs
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.
  3. Tend your Chicken Coop.
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.

Dash for Cash 3/8 : Prune for a Boon
Pruned trees definitely lead to higher profits and prizes at the County Fair!
  1. Prune 2 Nutmeg Tree
    Use shears to prune trees into heirloom trees.
  2. Fertilize 2 Mango Tree
    Fertilize heirloom trees to increase chances of prized ingredients!
  3. Earn 100 Countyfair Points
    Use fertilizer on crops and heirloom trees or prize up animals to earn County Fair Points!

Dash for Cash 4/8 : Posters for the Toasters
Take campaign images and affix them to preserves to increase publicity for my campaign.
  1. Collect 5 Marie Election Poster for the preserve labels.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Harvest 16 Blackberry
    Use the “Fruits” sort in the Seeds section of the General Store to find fruit seeds fast!
  3. Make 2 Berry Marmalade.
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.





Dash for Cash 5/8 : Photo Finish
Make sure all the race fans who get pictures with me have frames to commemorate the occasion!
  1. Feed 5 Adult Horses to get horseshoes.
    Use Super Feed to feed animals and get ingredients quicker.
  2. Gather 20 Power.
    Windmills and Furnaces can be harvested for power.
  3. Make 2 Metal Photo Frame for the fan photos.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Dash for Cash 6/8 : Banana Manna
Craft the highest selling thing you can out of bananas. They’re in demand at the sheep races!
  1. Use 8 Sprinkler to spend less time watering.
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.
  2. Fertilize 4 Heirloom Banana Tree
    Use shears to prune trees into heirloom trees.
  3. Make 2 Heirloom Banana Cream Pie
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.

Dash for Cash 7/8 : The Wolf of Farm Street
I want to test my “no wolves” campaign slogan at the sheep races this week.
  1. Collect 5 No Wolves Button.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Harvest 40 Garlic Chives
    This crop is available for a limited time.
  3. Make 8 Garlic Chive Scrambled Eggs for a fundraiser breakfast.
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.

Dash for Cash 8/8 : New Highs Selling Fries
Check out the high-coin recipe for Garlic Fries! Sheep Race fans are “wolfing” them down like crazy!
  1. Water 5 Groves
    Put trees into groves to save water for crops!
  2. Buy 1 Sprinkler
    Deluxe sprinklers give you a chance for free water with every use!
  3. Make 3 Stir Fry Garlic Chive for the ravenous race fans.
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.

Sheep Racing, Quest Preview!

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Looking for a little extra Super Feed for the races? Marie could use help with race preparations. She’s really busy deciding if she’ll run for mayor! Help us set up and make enough mementos and food to start Marie’s meet n’ greet a success!


Sheep Racing 1/8 : Kissing Babies
The people expect a mayor to kiss babies right? Let’s not disappoint!
  1. Feed 2 Adult Sheeps
    Use Super Feed to feed animals more quickly.
  2. Plant 10 Garlic Chives
    This cr op is available for a limited time.
  3. Buy 1 Baby Sheep for Marie to kiss at the races.
    Buy this animal in the General Store

Sheep Racing 2/8 : Shear Entertainment
Marie’s going to prove she’s got the grit to be mayor of FarmVille by shearing sheep. Let’s help her out!
  1. Collect 5 Sheep Shear Box for the sheep shearing.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Use 5 Farm Hands to spread the word.
    Click on the hay bales near the road to invite Farm Hands
  3. Perform 10 helpful actions on Neighbor farms.
    Click a friend in the Neighbor Bar to visit their Farm.

Sheep Racing 3/8 : Get Your Point Across
Help set up some pointy fences at the sheep races to keep the crowds hands off the sheeps’ wool.
  1. Feed 6 Adult Sheeps to prep ’em for the races.
    Use Super Feed to feed animals more quickly.
  2. Gather 20 Heirloom Wood
    Use shears to prune trees into heirloom trees.
  3. Make 3 Heirloom Pointy Garden Fence to keep the crowds back.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.
Sheep Racing 4/8 : By Cook or by Crook
Please prevent the bystanders crossing the race track for food by making something better for them to eat.
  1. Collect 5 Checkered Crook to shepherd “stray” fans off the track!
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Gather 20 Strawberry
    Buy this crop in the General Store.
  3. Make 3 Strawberry Pie to feed the crowd.
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.





Sheep Racing 5/8 : Sheep Leap Steep Heaps
These racing sheep have been jumping over the race barriers. Put up more barriers and obstacles.
  1. Feed 3 Adult Donkeys
    Use Super Feed to feed animals more quickly.
  2. Make 2 Wool Padding
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.
  3. Make 3 Sheep Pillow
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Sheep Racing 6/8 : Pollution Solution
Before things get out of hand, or “underfoot” I should say…well, you know what I’m talking about!
  1. Gather 10 Heirloom Wood
    Groves full of the same kind of tree will give you extra output!
  2. Make 2 Fertilizer Rake or Heirloom Fertilizer Rake.
    Click your Fertilizer Bin to get to this recipe quickly.
  3. Make 2 Sheep Salt Block to cheer up the sheep.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Sheep Racing 7/8 : The Right Stuff
Let’s find some stuffed animals to ride those sheep! Kids love it!
  1. Collect 5 Sheep Racing Doll.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Make 2 Stuffed Sheep Toy.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.
  3. Make 2 Stuffed Donkey Toy.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Sheep Racing 8/8 : Who Loves You Baby?
I’ve got some baby bottles for you if you can make it through the fifth Sheep Race!
  1. Tend your Sheep Shack 3 times to calm the sheep.
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.
  2. Make 3 Plain Horse Blanket to warm the sheep after the race.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.
  3. Have a Black Breasted Malay Chicken.
    Complete 5 Sheep Races to win the Baby Black Breasted Malay Chicken.

“Chill Out with Gus, Recipes & Crafts” (Coming Soon)

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Kitchen Recipes:


Stir Fry Garlic Chive
Garlic Chive Pancakes
Garlic Chive Scrambled Eggs

Workshop Crafts:




Heartnut Wreath
Heirloom Heartnut Wreath
Coastal Tea Centerpiece
Heirloom Coastal Tea Centerpiece

White-Leaf Manzanita Wreath

Heirloom White-Leaf Manzanita Wreath