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Greetings, Farmers!

The time has come to celebrate the abundance of spring. Host
a Bake Sale, invite Friends to barter for your baked goods, and receive great
gifts after each Sale. Complete all five of the Bake Sales and earn a Customizable Farm Sign!

If you are level 10 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click
on the green “Place Bake Sale Table” button to place the Table frame on your
farm. 

Before you can host a Bake Sale, you will need to build your
Bake Sale Table. Your first step is collecting Building Materials. You will
need the following items to start building your Bake Sale Table.

• Chalk
• Chalkboard
  Paint
• Doilies

To collect Chalk, 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 Chalkboard
Paint and Doilies 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 Table is almost complete, you will need some help from
your Neighbors to finish the job. The Bake Sale Table requires four Builders,
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.

Bake Sales

The Customizable Farm Sign can be earned after a total of
five stages. In order to earn it, you will need to host five Bake Sales with
Friends. To prepare for a Bake Sale, click on your Bake Sale Table.

 

No Bake Sale is complete without all the fixings, so it is
time to start whipping up delicious snacks, goods, and supplies for your Bake
Sale! From the Quest menu, click on the “Craft” button for the recipe you wish
to Craft and you will be sent to your Kitchen and/or Workshop. If you would
like a quick tutorial on how to Craft, please visit our Official Guides: Crafting Kitchen and Crafting Workshop.

 

The Table requires four guests to be present before your Bake
Sale can begin, so click on the “Ask Friends” button to send some requests to
your Friends. When they accept, you will see the spots in the Guest Menu begin
to fill. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, click the “Hire One”
button to purchase guests with Farm Bucks. Once you have successfully filled
all four spots, click on the “Start Spring Bake Sale” button to begin the
festivities!

Once your Bake Sale is complete, your guests will run off
and you will see the following pop-up. Click on “Share Rewards” to post a feed
to your wall that your Neighbors can click to collect rewards, too!

Earning Rewards with the Bake Sale Table

 You will earn rewards each time you host a Bake Sale. The
more Bake Sales you host, the more rewards you will receive at the end of each sale.
Below is a list of items you have a chance of earning:

• Water
• Power
• Fertilizer
• Speed-grow
• Sugar
• Flour
• Broths
• Pie
  Crusts
• Baby
  Bottles
• Strawberries
• Horseshoes

The Bake Sale Bartering reward icons at the bottom of the Guest Menu
indicate how many Bake Sales you have hosted. As you host parties, you will see
the Bake Sale Bartering reward icons will be replaced by green check marks.

You can host up to a total of five Bake Sales per Table and
once you have finished your final Bake Sale, you will earn a Customizable Farm Sign! Click the
turquoise “Place and Share!” button to customize your new sign.

Additional Information:

• You
  can have up to three Bake Sale Tables on your farm (including frames).
• If
  you delete the first Bake Sale Table, you will only be able to have a
  total of two. The second and third Bake Sale Tables can be deleted or stored in
  your Inventory.
• You
  can also buy up to five additional Super Bake Sale Tables, which offer even
  more rewards and come fully built (no need for Parts and Crew). These premium
  tables are available for Farm Bucks in the General Store.
• Once
  the Bake Sale Table Frames are placed on your Farm, you have 14 days to finish them and host your Bake
  Sales.
• Once
  you have hosted your Bake Sales, you will be unable to use and/or sell any of
  the goods.
• Once
  you have finished hosting all of your Bake Sales, the Tables are yours to keep
  as decorations!

Do you prefer big Bake Sales? Play around with the arrangement
of your Tables to host even bigger Bake Sales!

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Hey, Farmers!

Introducing, the Bee Box! Tend to Crops to fill your Box, then harvest for Honey and a chance at finding special Honeycombs. Collect all of the Honeycombs to earn up to five exclusive Bee Hives and one Beekeeper Suit!

If you are level 10 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on “Place Bee Box” to get started.

Building the Bee Box

Your first step is collecting construction parts. You will need the following items to start building your Bee Box: 

• Honeycomb Rack
• Brown Paint
• Nails

To collect Honeycomb Racks, 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 Brown Paint and Nails to your Neighbors.

If you do not wish to wait for your friends to respond to your requests or newsfeed posts, you can purchase any of these items above for Farm Bucks

  

Note: You can post and send requests for materials to your Friends every 18 hours. 

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

  

Now that the Bee Box is almost complete, you will need a little help from your Neighbors to finish the job. The Bee Box requires four additional mechanics, 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 Build Menu begin to fill. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, click the “Hire One” button to purchase crewmembers with Farm Bucks.

Once you have successfully filled all four spots, click on the “Finish & Share” button. 

  

Using the Bee Box

When you harvest your Crops, they will drop Pollen, which is a new type of resource that can only be used with this feature.

Note: Once you place and harvest your Bee Box for the first time, you will have 30 days to claim all five Beehives and one Beekeeper Suit. After 30 days, you can purchase up to five Beehives from the General Store and one Beekeeper Suit from the Avatar Customizer. Keep in mind that you can onlyhave up to five Beehives and one Beekeeper Suit total on any given farm. 

Collected Pollen will be automatically added to your Pollen Tray with the help of Bees! Once your Tray is full, you can harvest the Bee Box for Honey.

To see your Tray, click on the Bee Box to open the main menu. Your Tray is located on the left-hand side of this screen. The number at the bottom of the Tray indicates how much Pollen you need to collect and your current progress towards this goal.

  

Additionally, you can also see your progress by hovering your mouse over the Box to display the green progress bar.

Once you have collected the necessary amount of Pollen, you will be able to harvest your Box by clicking on it. When you harvest your Box, you will always produce Honey. Honey can be used to fill Beehives for Fertilizing Bees, as well as for Crafting.

Note: Any Honey you produce will be automatically added to the “All” section of your Inventory.

Honeycombs & Rewards

To earn the Beehives, you will need to collect special types of Honeycombs. To find these Special Honeycombs, all you need to do is keep harvesting your Crops! In addition to the Honey you earn every time you harvest the Box, you also have a chance of earning Special Honeycombs (referred to as “Honeycombs” in game).

There are three types of Special Honeycombs you can receive:

1. Amber (requires 2)
2. Orange (requires 2)
3. Golden (requires 1)

These Honeycombs are not used for Crafting. Instead, they are automatically added to your Honeycomb Collection. To earn all five Beehives, you will need to have five sets of 2 Amber, 2 Orange, and 1 Golden in your Honeycomb Collection (25 Honeycombs total). Once you have collected these, you can trade them in for up to five Beehives!

To earn the Beekeeper Suit, you will need to collect the full set of five Beehives. You will receive the Suit after you redeem the fifth Beehive.

Special Honeycombs linger on your farm similar to Prized Crops. Just click on the Honeycomb and it will be added to your Collection.

The more Crops you have on your Farm, the better your chances are of receiving Honeycombs!

Helpful Tip: Crop Packets produce more Pollen. For example, Red Hibiscus and Honeysuckles will produce Pollen roughly twice as often as other crops. See the “Crop Packets” section below for more details.

In addition to Honeycombs, harvesting the Box will give you additional XP points to help you level!

  

If you do not want to wait to collect the Honeycombs, you can use Farm Bucks to skip these steps and get the Beehive right away!  You can also purchase Pollen directly.

Honey & Beehives

You can earn up to five Beehives total for each Honeycomb Collection you complete. In order to use the Beehive, fill the Hive with Honey (collected from the Bee Box), then you will be able to Fertilizer four of your Crops with Fertilizing Bees. See below on how to get started.

Fill the Beehive, mouse over and click to feed with Honey:

  

After you feed the Beehive with Honey, mouse over and click to use:

  

Four Bees will fly out of the Beehive. Use the pointer finger to select the four Crops you wish to Fertilizer (similar to using Farmhands). You can place bees only on watered crops that have not yet been fertilized.

  

If you want to see how much time you have remaining until you can use the Beehive again, hover your cursor over the Hive:

Note: You can place each Beehive on top of your Crops (see image below).

Beekeeper Suit

Once you have earned all five Beehives, you can claim your Beekeeper Suit! Walter will drop off your fifth Beehive, then he will remind you to try on your Suit.

Click the green “Will do” button to try on your new Suit using the Avatar Customizer. Once you have selected your new Suit, click the green “Save and Share” button and share this news with Friends!

  

Crop Packets

Fill your Bee Box Pollen Tray even faster using Crop Packets! Get more Pollen from Hibiscus and Honeysuckle Crop Packets. Purchasing the packet will unlock the crops for you to plant for 14 days. Available in the General Store on the “Seeds” tab:

Additional Information:

• You have 30 days to earn the five Beehives and one Beekeeper Suit. After the timer has stopped, you can purchase additional Beehives in the General Store and the Beekeeper Suit from the “Avatar Customizer” for Farm Bucks. Note: The Bee Box Timer will start counting down the first time your harvest the Bee Box. Additionally, once the Timer has stopped, you can only harvest the Bee Box for Honey.
• Limited to one Bee Box, five Beehives, and one Beekeeper Suit per farm.
• If you do not wish to use the Bee Box feature, it can be sold (frame only) or stored in your Inventory.
• If you want to see how much Pollen is required to harvest, hover your cursor over the Box.
• Tending to Trees does not count towards the Bee Box. Only tending to Crops will earn you Pollen.
• Rotate the Box to view a different angle!

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Oh
no, a baby deer was separated from her mother! Nobody wants a
frightened little deer without a home. Will you build a nest to keep her
safe?

If you are level 9 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on the green “Sure!” button to get started.

After
clicking, you will see the White-Tailed Deer Quest Menu. It shows you
all of the tasks you have to complete to get the baby White-Tailed Deer.

Note:
If you close this menu and need to access it later to see your
progress, just click on the baby White-Tailed Deer wandering around your
farm.

The White-Tailed Deer Quests

The
White-Tailed Deer quests tasks require you to place and build a Deer
Nest, collect Wildflower Seeds by completing four Quests for Marie, and
craft Strawberry Ice Creams to celebrate your new friend. Click on the
“Build It!” button to get started.

Building the Deer Nest

To set up your Deer Nest, you will need to collect the following items:

• Salt Lick
• Crate of Rocks
• Deer Bedding

To
collect Salt Licks, 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 Crate of Rocks and Deer
Bedding to your Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends,
you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks.

 

 Note: You can send requests for materials to your Friends every 18 hours.

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

Once
you have built your Deer Nest, you will need to hire Friends to help
you finish the job! The Deer Nest requires four crewmembers, 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 Builder Menu begin to
fill. If you do not want 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.

The
next step in this quest is to collect Wildflower Seeds by completing
four Quests for Marie! Click on the blue “Go To Quest” button to
complete the first four of Marie’s ‘Deer Friends‘ Quests (A special Deer, Deer Me, The Waiting Game, and Does on Film). If you do not wish to complete any of these quests, you can skip this step for Farm Bucks.

Click on the turquoise “Share” button to share some of your rewards with Friends!  

The
final step in the quest is to Strawberry Ice Creams to celebrate your
new friend! To craft Strawberry Ice Creams, you will need the following
Ingredients: Strawberries, Half & Half, and Sugar. Click on the blue “Make It!” button to head into the Crafting Kitchen to get started.

Note: If you do not wish to complete these tasks, you can skip this step for Farm Bucks.

After completing all of the requirements in the White-Tailed Deer Quests, you will see the following pop-up:

It
looks like the baby White-Tailed Deer has warmed up to you! Click on
the “Share” button to post a reward feed for your friends. Make sure to
feed your little deer Baby Bottles so it will grow into an adult
White-Tailed Deer that you can harvest for Fur! 

Note: Fur is an Ingredient used in exclusive Crafting Workshop Recipes.

Additional Information:

• You
  have 14 days to complete the White-Tailed Deer Tasks. If you do not
  complete them, the deer will disappear and you will be unable to claim
  it!
• If you want to see how much time you have left to claim the White-Tailed Deer, hover your cursor over her.
• You can only rescue the White-Tailed Deer once.
• You do need to complete the first four of Marie’s ‘Deer Friends‘ Quests (A special Deer, Deer Me, The Waiting Game, and Does on Film).

Oh
dear! A Baby Black Clydesdale has gotten lost in the trees. Now, everybody
knows horses are attracted to Butterflies, so help Gus catch butterflies to lure
him back to safety. Craft nets or Harvest
your trees for a chance to find Butterflies, which you can redeem for all kinds
of beautiful prizes, including the Baby Black Clydesdale!

If
you are level 10 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on the
green “Place Butterfly House” button to get started.

Getting
Started

While
you are building the Butterfly House, get a head start in collecting Small
& Large Butterfly Nets to catch Butterflies. In addition, harvest your
Trees for a chance at finding them too!

Note: Butterflies will not be stored
in your Inventory, but any Butterfly net crafted and/or Butterfly found when
harvesting Trees will be counted towards the Butterfly House. You will see them
once the Tree is completed!

Building
the Butterfly House


Your first step is collecting construction parts. You will need the following
items to start building your Butterfly House:

• Flower Saplings
• Bronze Hinges
• Coral Paint

To
collect Flower Sapling, 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 Bronze Hinges and Coral Paint to your
Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, you can skip any of
these tasks for Farm Bucks.

Note: You can send a request for
materials to your Friends every 18 hours.

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

Now that the Butterfly
House is almost complete, you will need help from your Neighbors to finish the
job. The Butterfly House requires 4 additional builders, 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 Build 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 4 spots, click on the “Finish
& Share” button.

Using
the Butterfly House

Click
on the Butterfly House to open the main menu. 

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

A – The total amount of Butterflies you have. As you redeem prizes, this
number decreases.

B – The button to use when you want to redeem a prize. Once you have
enough Butterflies, this button will turn turquoise.

C
– The buttons to use when you want to collect Butterflies crafting Ingredients
from Friends. 

D – The number of Farm Bucks required to purchase Butterflies.

Collecting
Butterflies

Harvesting
Trees: You can
find Butterflies by harvesting your Trees. If you find some, they will appear
in a similar fashion to prized crops. 

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

 

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

Crafting

You
can craft your very own Butterfly Nets via the Crafting Workshop.

Click
on the “Ask” button to send requests for Small Butterfly Nets to your
Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, you can skip any of
these tasks for Farm Bucks.

To
collect Large Butterfly Nets, 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.

 

Individual
Butterflies can also be purchased with Farm Bucks from the Butterfly House
menu. 

Redeeming Butterflies for Prizes

Once you have collected enough Butterflies, they can be redeemed for
some lovely prizes. Click on your Butterfly House to open up your progress
menu. 

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

• Butterfly Flowerpot (13 Butterflies)
• Butterfly Chair (28 Butterflies)
• Purple Lilac Tree (53 Butterflies)
• Butterfly Terrarium (94 Butterflies)

All
4 of these prizes can be redeemed as many times as you like, as long as you
have enough Butterflies (188 Butterflies total). Once you have collected
all 4 of the above prizes, you will earn the adorable Baby Black Clydesdale!

Note: You will need to redeem each
of the above items at least once before you get credit towards the Baby Black
Clydesdale.

 

Once
you have redeemed each of the four prizes, watch the Butterflies lure in your
cute new friend!

 

The Baby Black Clydesdale can be redeemed for Butterflies more than once. To
claim all additional Baby Black Clydesdales, click the turquoise “Get it!”
button from the Butterfly House main menu.

If
you don’t feel like collecting Butterflies, all of the above prizes can also be
purchased in unlimited quantities for Farm Bucks. 

Additional
Information:

• If you do not wish to use the Butterfly House feature,
  it can be deleted or stored in your Inventory.
• You can only get Butterflies when harvesting trees on
  your own farm. You will not get Butterflies from Neighbor
  visits.
• You have 21 days to collect the Butterflies prizes. If
  you do not collect them all, the prizes will disappear and you will be
  unable to claim them.
• If you want to see how much time you have left to claim
  the Butterflies prizes, hover your cursor over the tree.
• You are limited to one Butterfly House per farm.