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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

My Family Farm: Tip #3 (Farming Jobs Part 3)

30 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Early Access to My Family Farm is available, and on 7/3 General Access will arrive. To get you ready, we’re tearching farmers about the Farming Jobs your sweetheart can do to help out around the farm!
Farming Jobs Part 3:
In addition to the Farming Jobs that you probably recognize by now – Crop Care, Tree Care, Animal Care, Baby Animal Care, and Tree Pruning – there are new types of Farming Jobs your spouse can learn: Foraging, Pearl Diving, and Cave Exploring.
These new farming jobs give special items that are worth a lot when you craft with them. For instance, in the image below you can see that the Pearl Diving farming job gives you Pearls under the Job Benefits heading.
“Pearl Diving gives you Pearls!”
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If you go to your Crafting Workshop, you’ll see a number of new items you can craft using Pearls that are worth a lot. For instance, Heirloom White Pearl Cream is worth a lot of coins!
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In addition to the coin value of many of the new items you can find using the farming jobs, orders that ask for these items are worth a lot more too! For instance, in the order below that asks for Pearls from the Pearl Diving farm job and Mushrooms from the Foraging farm Job, you can see that not only is the order worth a good amount of coins, but it is worth 5 Favors. This number of favors is almost twice as much as regular orders!
“The new farm job areas will help you gain both coins and favors faster!”
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Your sweetheart starts with only two Energy, but as they learn more Farming jobs they’ll gain more Energy to use. The last farm job area you unlock and teach to your sweetheart is Cave Exploring, which comes with something extra. The fourth and final Energy is earned by learning Cave Exploring. 
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So not only do you get more coins and favors when you unlock and use the new Farm Job areas, but you also get more energy when you learn the final Farm Job!

“Chill Out with Gus!” LE Items! (Coming Soon)

28 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
Farmville 2 is about to released a new collection limited edition items and it will be a Heating up with Summer theme.

Start Date: 07/07/2014  End Date: 28/07/2014


Crop:

Garlic Chives


Animals:


Child Blue Pekin Chicken
Adult BluePekin Chicken
Prized BluePekin Chicken
Child Braunes Bergschaf Sheep
Adult Braunes Bergschaf Sheep
Prized Braunes Bergschaf Sheep

Child Gotland Sheep



Adult Gotland Sheep
Prized Gotland Sheep

Child Gray Peacock Goat
Adult Gray Peacock Goat
Prized Gray Peacock Goat


Trees:


Coastal Tea Tree

Heirloom Coastal Tea Tree

Heartnut Tree

Heirloom Heartnut Tree

White-Leaf Manzanita Tree

Heirloom White-Leaf Manzanita Tree

FarmVille 2: Country Escape Summer Celebration Guide

28 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Dogs are here! Dogs will help you sniff out rare items on your farm!  Purchase the Border Collie (optional) to help you find items needed in the Summer Celebration. Dogs can help find other rare items such as Copper, Quartz etc.

You will have 3 weeks to complete the Summer Celebration quests, and win an exclusive German Shepherd dog that will be a valuable Farm Hand! 
If you are at least level 9, you will see a pop-up inviting you to the Summer Celebration.
In the celebration there are 4 phases that will have a unique reward upon completion. The final reward is an exclusive German Shepherd dog! Each phase will have 4 quests that will guide you through the celebration.  
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Start off the Summer Celebration by visiting the Event Center located behind Eagle Eye Eddie’s airplane
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You can access the event progress from the Event Center or the lower progress bar. Once you complete a section of the progress bar, tap on it for extra coins!
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Quests can be found in the Quest Almanac
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Farm Hands will search for new items such as Raspberries & Cherries that will be used to craft new delicious recipes!
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New items needed and where to locate them:
  • Raspberries: Explore areas such as Grandma’s Glad, Pappy’s Pond, Merryweather Mine etc
  • Summer Event White Corn: Harvest Corn crops
  • Cherries: Explore areas such as Grandma’s Glade, Pappy’s Pond, Merryweather Mine etc
  • Cheddar Cheese: Tend Cows
  • Catfish: Explore Pappy’s Pond or the Pier
  • Sweet Potatoes: Harvest Potato crops
  • Vanilla: Explore areas such as Grandma’s Glad, Pappy’s Pond, Merryweather Mine etc
  • Melton Wool: Tend Sheep
QUESTS: (quantities of items below are subject to change)
Dog Days of Summer (1 of 4)
  • Visit the Event Center (located behind Eagle Eye Eddie’s airplane)
  • Have 2 Raspberries (send Farm Hands to Grandmas’ Glade or other areas)
  • Make 1 Raspberry Popsicle (in Dairy)
Dog Days of Summer (2 of 4)
  • Harvest 4 Strawberries
  • Collect 3 Goat Milk
  • Make Berry Ice Cream (in Dairy)
Dog Days of Summer (3 of 4)
  • Harvest 3 White Corn (harvest Corn crops to find White Corn)
  • Make 1 Butter
  • Craft 1 Corn on the Cob (in Stovetop)



Dog Days of Summer (4 of 4)
  • Make 9 Raspberry Popsicles
  • Make 3 Berry Ice Creams
  • Make 20 Corn on the Cobs     
 Whatever Floats Your Boat (1 of 4)
  • Place the Garden Gnome Statue Reward from previous quest
  • Gather 4 Cherries (explore Grandma’s Glade etc)
  • Make 1 Summer Berry Pie (in Pastry Oven)
 Whatever Floats Your Boat (2 of 4)
  • Have 3 Cheddar Cheese (tend cows for cheese)
  • Make 3 Country Biscuits
  • Make 1 Grilled Cheese (in Stovetop)
 Whatever Floats Your Boat (3 of 4)
  • Feed 3 Chickens
  • Have 8 Flour
  • Make 1 Funnel Cake (in Pastry Oven)
 Whatever Floats Your Boat (4 of 4)
  • Make 4 Summer Berry Pies
  • Make 8 Funnel Cakes
  • Make 30 Grilled Cheese
Fisherman’s Best Friend (1 of 4)
  • Have 1 Chive
  • Have 1 Catfish (fish at Pappy’s Pond or Prosperity Pier)
  • Make 1 Blackened Catfish (In Dinner Oven)
Fisherman’s Best Friend (2 of 4)
  • Have 3 Sweet Potatoes (harvest Potato crops)
  • Make 1 Herb Butter
  • Make 1 Sweet Potato Fries (in Stovetop)
Fisherman’s Best Friend (3 of 4)
  • Have 2 Catfish
  • Harvest 2 Corn
  • Make 1 Fried Catfish Dinner (in Dinner Oven)
Fisherman’s Best Friend (4 of 4)
  • Make 2 Blackened Catfish
  • Make 20 Sweet Potato Fries
  • Make 5 Fried Catfish Dinners
Party Animals (1 of 4)
  • Have 1 Mint
  • Have 3 Vanilla (explore in Grandma’s Glade etc)
  • Make 1 Vanilla Mint Cupcake (in Pastry Oven)
Party Animals (2 of 4)
  • Have 8 Melton Wool (tend Sheep)
  • Feed 3 Goats
  • Make 1 Outdoor Blanket (in Loom)
Party Animals (3 of 4)
  • Make 3 Goat Cheese
  • Have 4 Strawberries
  • Make 1 Strawberry Cheesecake (in Pastry Oven)
Party Animals (4 of 4)
  • Make 5 Vanilla Cupcakes
  • Make 20 Outdoor Blankets
  • Make 8 Strawberry Cheesecakes 
Once you complete the final quest you will be rewarded with an exclusive German Shepherd! The German Shepherd will be an additional Farm Hand that will help you find additional Quartz in the Mine, and higher chance of finding Bass.
You will need to purchase the Dog House in order to place the German Shepherd. It can be found in the market for coins. 
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For extra fun, you can race boats around the cove:
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Elective Ambitions, Official Quest Guide!

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Rewards: 150 XP, 90 Coins, 1 Baby Bottle

Rewards: 160 XP, 125 Coins, 2 Baby Bottles

Rewards: 170 XP, 160 Coins, 2 Baby Bottles














Rewards: 180 XP, 195 Coins, 2 Baby Bottles















Rewards: 190 XP, 230 Coins, 2 Baby Bottles
















Rewards: 200 XP, 265 Coins, 3 Baby Bottles











Rewards: 220 XP, 300 Coins, 4 Baby Bottles












Rewards: 230 XP, 335 Coins, 4 Baby Bottles






To Run or Not to Run, Official Quest Guide!

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Rewards: 1 Favor, 30 XP, 300 Coins and 1 Election Button

Rewards: 1 Favor, 35 XP, 350 Coins and 1 Election Button

Rewards: 1 Favor, 40 XP, 400 Coins and 1 Election Button



Rewards: 1 Favor, 45 XP, 450 Coins and 1 Election Button

Rewards: 1 Favor, 50 XP, 550 Coins and 1 Election Button




Rewards: 1 Favor, 70 XP, 650 Coins and 1 Election Button

Rewards: 2 Favors, 90 XP, 900 Coins and 2 Election Buttons


Rewards: 2 Favors, 120 XP, 1100 Coins and 2 Election Buttons

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Elective Ambition, Quest Preview!

26 June 2014 FarmMaster 0



The Elective Ambitions Quests may be released this Thursday, June 26, 2014 and it will includes harvesting Red Spanish Marigold and also check if you still have a sheep raised in a Sheep Nursery. We already listed here the requirements for every stage and it may help you in preparing for it in advanced.


Elective Ambitions Quest 1: Government 101

Quests:
  1. Water 25 Red Spanish Marigold
  2. Feed 2 Adult Cow
  3. Perform 10 Actions on Neighbor Farms
Reward:
150 xp, 90 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 2: Governing in the Details

Quests:
  1. Get 5 Box of Index Cards
  2. Fertilize 25 Blackberry
  3. Gather 6 Prized Crop
Reward:
160 xp, 125 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 3: Point, County Fair Point

Quests:
  1. Harvest 40 powers
  2. Harvest 50 Potato
  3. Earn 100 Country Fair Points
Reward:
170 xp, 160 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 4: Penning a Masterpiece

Quests:
  1. Get 5 Box of Black Pens
  2. Prune 4 Grapefruit
  3. Fertilize 4 Heirloom Blood Orange Tree
Reward:
180 xp, 195 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 5: Writer’s Block

Quests:
  1. Tend your Prized Cow Shed 2 times
  2. Feed 2 Adult Donkey
  3. Raise 1 baby Goat to an adult
Reward:
190 xp, 230 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 6: Feeding Ambition

Quests:
  1. Feed 14 Adult Chitcken
  2. Harvest 30 Rice
  3. Make 3 Cranberry Bread
Reward:
200 xp, 265 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 7: Typewriter Blues

Quests:
  1. Get 5 Typewriter Ribbon
  2. Fertilize 50 Red Spanish Marigold
  3. Achieve Red mastery on Red Soanish Marigold
Reward:
220 xp, 300 coins

Elective Ambitions Quest 8: Giving Back

Quests:
  1. Tend your Prized Chicken Coop 2 times
  2. Harvest 40 Carrot
  3. Feed 1 Nursery Raised Sheep
Reward:
230 xp, 335 coins

Celebrate the Wedding: Wedding Table!

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Aside from the pop-up, you can also find the Wedding Table in the Inventory.




Once the Wedding Table is placed in the Farm, build it with the following materials.


Once building is complete, it will appear like this





It’s time to celebrate! 


Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (1 of 5 Receptions!)





Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (1 of 5 Receptions!)





Rewards: 1 of 5 Receptions 





Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (2 of 5 Receptions!)





Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (2 of 5 Receptions!)







Rewards: 2 of 5 Receptions 





Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (3 of 5 Receptions!)





Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (3 of 5 Receptions!)






Rewards: 3 of 5 Receptions 





Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (4 of 5 Receptions!)





Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (4 of 5 Receptions!)





Rewards: 4 of 5 Receptions





Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (5 of 5 Receptions!)





Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (5 of 5 Receptions!)





Rewards: 5 of 5 Receptions 







Once you have completed all the tasks, you will have the opportunity to repeat this.





Wedding Table is available in the Market for 25,000 Farm Coins if you opt to repeat the task. 





You can place more another Wedding Table in your Farm to repeat all the tasks for more rewards!







Happy Farming!  

Reception Perception, Official Quest Guide!

25 June 2014 FarmMaster 0






Rewards: 1 Favor, 30 XP and 300 Coins






Rewards: 1 Favor, 35 XP and 350 Coins




Rewards: 1 Favor, 40 XP and 400 Coins




Rewards: 1 Favor, 45 XP and 450 Coins








Rewards: 1 Favor, 50 XP and 550 Coins




Rewards: 1 Favor, 70 XP and 650 Coins




Rewards: 2 Favors, 90 XP and 900 Coins




Rewards: 2 Favors, 120 XP and 1100 Coins