New Limited Edition Items Are Now Available! – 6/24/14

24 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
What is your farm missing? The FarmVille 2 team has added lovely new animals, crops, and trees to the General Store, but they’ll only be available for a little while! There are even new recipes available. Check out the details below!
Crops:
Red Spanish Marigold – 42 Coins                        
Trees:
Heirloom Fantasia Nectarine Tree – 22 Farm Bucks 
Fantasia Nectarine Tree – 13 Farm Bucks                   
Heirloom Tanzania Sour Plum Tree – 22 Farm Bucks                
Tanzania Sour Plum Tree  – 13 Farm Bucks                 
Heirloom Hognut Tree – 21 Farm Bucks                      
Hognut Tree – 12 Farm Bucks                         
                               
Animals:                               





Moura Pig – 41 Farm Bucks                             
Baby Dorper Sheep – 21 Farm Bucks                            
Black Banteng Cow – 43 Farm Bucks                            
White Buckskin Minihorse – 43 Farm Bucks
Baby Moura Pig – 28 Farm Bucks   
Dorper Sheep – 34 Farm Bucks                       
Baby Black Banteng Cow – 30 Farm Bucks                  
Baby White Buckskin Minihorse – 30 Farm Bucks                     
                               
Recipes:                    
Red Spanish Marigold Plate 
Red Spanish Marigold Bouquet
Sour Plum Quencher Red Spanish Marigold Cup 
Red Spanish Marigold Boutonniere 
Fantasia Nectarine Cupcake 
Red Spanish Marigold Vase 
Red Spanish Marigold Doll 
Hognut Pie

My Family Farm: Tip #2 (Family Jobs Pt. 2)

24 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

The FarmVille 2 team wants you to be prepared for the release of My Family Farm! We discussed Family Jobs in our previous Tips post and now we’re going to explore those a little more. 
We will be sharing tips like these in the weeks leading up the release of My Family Farm on 7/3.
Family Jobs Part 2:
Last time we talked about how your sweetheart could learn to do jobs around the farm, like Crop Care, but this time we wanted to tell you a little bit about why these jobs are so great, and give you a sneak peak at what a couple of them do.
The Crop Care Family Job works a lot like what you get from Farm Hands in that you can have your sweetheart Water, Fertilize, Speed Grow, or Harvest any crops on the farm, and they won’t use any of your Water, Fertilizer or Speed Grow to help you. But the big difference is that Crop Care gives you a whole lot more help than a Farm Hand, making them really great partners on your farm!
“The first farming job your sweetheart can learn is Crop Care.”
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You can help them learn other farming jobs that go way beyond what Farmhands can do, like Tree Care, where your sweetheart can water, fertilize or speed grow trees, and Baby Animal Care where they’ll be able to give Milk Bottles to raise up baby animals on your farm!
Finally there are three new farming job areas on your farm, like the Cave, where you can explore to find new rare resources to craft extremely valuable items to sell at your Market Stall or through the Big Harvest Order Board.

Start Making Cents, Official Quest Guide!

23 June 2014 FarmMaster 0





Rewards: 150 XP, 2000 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle



Rewards: 150 XP, 3000 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle

Rewards: 160 XP, 3250 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle


Rewards: 150 XP, 2000 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle









Rewards: 180 XP, 4000 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle

Rewards: 185 XP, 4250 Coins and 1 Baby Bottle

Rewards: 200 XP, 4750 Coins and 2 Baby Bottles

Rewards: 210 XP, 5500 Coins and 2 Baby Bottles

Later Cater, Official Quest Guide!

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Rewards: 1 Favor, 30 XP, 300 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese










Rewards: 1 Favor, 35 XP, 350 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese









Rewards: 1 Favor, 40 XP, 400 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese









Rewards: 1 Favor, 45 XP, 450 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese












Rewards: 1 Favor, 50 XP, 550 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese









Rewards: 1 Favor, 70 XP, 650 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese









Rewards: 2 Favor, 90 XP, 900 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese









Rewards: 2 Favor, 120 XP, 1100 Coins, 1 Artisan Goat Cheese

Market LE Items “The Growing Season” (Coming Soon)

21 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
Celebrate the Growing Season with French Yogurt Cake, Berry Goat Cheese Tarts, Moon and Stars Watermelon, Russian Orloff Chicken and more! Available for a Limited Time!

Start Date: 30/06/2014  End Date: 28/07/2014

Animals:


Baby Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Prized Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Baby Satin Angora Rabbit
Satin Angora Rabbit
Prized Satin Angora Rabbit

Baby Pomeranian Duck
Pomeranian Duck
Prized Pomeranian Duck

Baby Russian Orloff Chicken
Russian Orloff Chicken
Prized Russian Orloff Chicken


Trees:

Red Pine Tree
Heirloom Red Pine Tree

Custard Apple Tree
Heirloom Custard Apple Tree

Red Mombin Tree
Heirloom Red Mombin Tree


Crop:

Moon and Stars Watermelon


Recipes:

Red Mombin Butter
Heirloom Red Mombin Butter

Red Mombin Rasam
Heirloom Red Mombin Rasam

Custard Apple Ice Cream
Heirloom Custard Apple Ice Cream




Pickled Watermelon

French Yogurt Cake

Watermelon Cookies

Berry Goat Cheese Tart

Moon and Star Salad


Workshop Crafts:

Eiffel Tower Model
Heirloom Eiffel Tower Model

French Flag
Heirloom French Flag

Bastille Day Necklace

Blue French Beret

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Goat Cheesery, Official Guide!

20 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

The Goat Cheesery is here. Help Barbara and Walter with their Wedding by crafting Artisan Goat Cheese using regular Milk and Herbs, and then churning them to collect all the Gourmet Cheeses to earn the exclusive Baby Muscovy Duck.Building the Goat Cheesery:

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

  • Churning Vats
  • Goat Cheese Cloths
  • Cheese Paddles

To collect Churning Vats, 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 Goat Cheese Cloths and Cheese Paddles to your Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks.


Using the Goat Cheesery: 
The Goat Cheesery requires a certain amount of Adult Goats on your farm that are not Prized to be functional. If you lack any requirements (such as not having enough Goats), the game will tell you what you are missing. When you feed your Adult Goats, they will drop Artisan Goat Cheese, which can be found in the Goat Cheesery.
Collecting Artisan Goat Cheese:
In order to get all the Gourmet Cheese, you will need to collect the Goat Artisan Cheese by feeding adult Goats. To see your Artisan Goat Cheese count, click on the Goat Cheesery to open the main menu. Your Artisan Goat Cheese total is located on the left-hand side of this screen. The number at the bottom of the Artisan Goat Cheese indicates how many you currently have in your Inventory.






Crafting Artisan Goat Cheese
: You can craft your very own Artisan Goat Cheese via the Crafting Kitchen. From the Goat Cheesery menu, click on the “Craft” button to open the Kitchen. The Ingredients for Winter Cream are as follows:

  • Artisan Goat Cheese: The required Ingredients are Milk and Herb. Note: To get Milk, feed your Adult Cows and Goats (feeding Prized Goats and Cowsdo not count). You can ask your Friends for the Herbs.


Feeding Adult Goats: You can find Artisan Goat Cheese by feeding your Adult Goats (feeding Prized Goats do not count). If you find some, they will appear on your farm in a similar fashion to Prize Goods.

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



Once you have collected Artisan Goat Cheese, you will be able to churn them by clicking on the blue “Churn” button from the Goat Cheesery menu.

Gourmet Cheese Ingredients: 
To earn the baby Muscovy Duck, you will need to collect types of the Gourmet Cheese Ingredients. To get these types of Ingredients, all you need to do is keep churning Goat Cheesery!
There are three types of Gourmet Cheese Ingredients you can receive:


  1. Bleu du Bocage
  2. Garrotxa
  3. Tomme de Chevre Aydius

If you do not want to wait to collect the Gourmet Cheese Ingredients, you can use Farm Bucks to skip these steps and get the new baby Muscovy Duck right away!

Celebrate FarmVille’s 5th Birthday with the Summer of FarmVille!

19 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
Today marks 5 years since FarmVille took the world by storm. To celebrate the hundreds of millions of players that have helped shape FarmVille into what it is today, we’re proud to kick off the “Summer of FarmVille”. Starting this month and throughout the summer, Zynga is rolling out special presents for players to unwrap across FarmVille, FarmVille 2 and FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Get ready to help us blow out the candles with these exciting new features across all your favorite FarmVille games:
The Dog Days of Summer in FarmVille 2: Country Escape:
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Exciting new farmhands are sniffing their way into FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Later this month, you will be able to place a doghouse on your farm and use dogs such as a Border Collie and German Shepherd to retrieve premium goods as they wag their way through the farm adventures like Merryweather Mine and Pike’s Landing.
You will also soon be albe to craft delicious recipes in a summer cook-off to earn special in-game items. In celebration of the summer cook-off, and for the first time in FarmVille history, we’ll be sharing real-world recipes inspired by FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Recipes will be released on this blog starting next week, so stay tuned for more.
Love Blooms with My Family Farm in FarmVille 2
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Wedding bells are ringing this summer in FarmVille 2. Starting June 26th, you can start your own family with the introduction of My Family Farm. Customize your own virtual sweetheart and use their help to collect water, baby bottles, super feed and other valuable items. 
A big FarmVille thanks to all of our players! This is just the beginning of the Summer of FarmVille, so stay tuned for more exciting updates.

Start Making Cents, Quest Preview!

19 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

This is expected to be released June 19, 2014

Start Making Cents Quest 1: My Two Cents

Quests:
  1. Water 25 Carrots
  2. Fertilize 25 Carrots
  3. Feed 4 Adult Horse
Reward:
150 xp, 2000 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 2: Cost of Crafting

Quests:
  1. Collect 5 Empty Coffee Can
  2. Make 5 Cheese Sticks (Cheese Sticks = Cheese x4 and Batter x1)
  3. Tend your Cow Shed 1 time

Reward:
150 xp, 3000 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 3: Community Support

Quests:
  1. Prune 2 Pine Tree
  2. Fertilize 2 Pine Tree
  3. Earn 100 Country Points

Reward:
160 xp, 3250 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 4: Good Old-Fashioned Fun

Quests:
  1. Collect 5 Piggy Bank
  2. Harvest 16 Ginger
  3. Make 2 Pink Pig Toy (Pink Pig Toy = Felt Roll x2 and Magenta Dye x1)




Reward:
175 xp, 3750 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 5: Always Stocked

Quests:
  1. Feed 1 Adult Turkey
  2. Tend your Furnace 1 time
  3. Make 2 Banana Cream Pie (Banana cream pie = Banana cream x1 and Pie Crust x1)
Reward:
180 xp, 4000 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 6: Clean Business Practice

Quests:
  1. Use Sprinkler 8 times
  2. Fertilize 4 Heirloom Olive Tree
  3. Make 2 Heirloom Plain Soap (Heirloom Plain Soap = Heirloom Rye x1 and Heirloom Olive Oil)
Reward:
185 xp, 4250 coins

Start Making Cents Quest 7: Rainy Day Fund

Quests:
  1. Collect 5 Strong Box
  2. Harvest 40 Horned Melon
  3. Make 8 Leather Coin Purse (Leather Coin Purse = Leather Pouch x1 and Metal Sheet x1)
Reward:
200 xp, 4750 coins

Start Making Cent Quests 8: A Lesson From Walter

Quests:
  1. Water 5 Groves
  2. Buy 1 Sprinkler
  3. Make 3 Embrossed Leather Mirror (Embossed Leather Mirror = Leather x1 and Hand Mirror x1)
Reward:
210 xp, 5500 coins
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Reception Perception, Quest Preview!

18 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Reception Perception 1/8 : Special Reception!
First we need to get some supplies ready for the Wedding Gifts.
  1. Place a Wedding Table to get ready for the reception.
    Purchase one in the General Store if you don’t have one, or check inventory.
  2. Harvest 12 Red Spanish Marigolds; these will come in handy.
    Buy this crop in the General Store.
  3. Feed 2 Adult Pigs to get useful resources.
    Feed adult animals. Use Speed Feed to get them even faster.

Reception Perception 2/8 : Light of the Party!
Craft some special surprises for the Reception guests.
  1. Collect 5 Wedding Candles; guests will love this.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Gather 5 Wool, nice and fluffy.
    Feed adult animals to get these. Use Speed Feed to get them even faster.
  3. Make 1 Red Spanish Marigold Bouquet, Can’t have a wedding reception without these.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Reception Perception 3/8 : Helping Hand
Stop by your neighbors farms to make sure they are ready for the reception.
  1. Perform 5 helpful actions on Neighbor farms
    Click a friend in the Neighbor Bar to visit their Farm.
  2. Feed 2 Adult Rabbits, for some fluffy wool.
    Buy this animal in the General Store
  3. Make 2 Red Teddy Bear, for the guest to remember the reception.
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Reception Perception 4/8 : Smelling Great!
Craft some goods to try and hide that farm smell.
  1. Collect 5 Wedding Chocolate, such a good smelling treat,
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Harvest 16 Strawberry to craft with.
    Buy this crop in the General Store.
  3. Make 2 Strawberry Scented Bag to keep the farm smelling great!
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.





Reception Perception 5/8 : Happiest Neigh of my Life
Make sure your animals are good spirits for the reception.
  1. Tend your Pig Pen 2 times to make the pigs happy.
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.
  2. Feed 4 Adult Horses, a happy horse is a quiet horse.
    Buy this animal in the General Store
  3. Make 2 Embroidered Horse Blanket; the horses will look stylish!
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Reception Perception 6/8 : Setting the Moo-d
Make sure the cows don’t disrupt the reception.


  1. Tend your Prized Cow Shed 2 times, to keep the Cows occupied.
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.
  2. Harvest 4 Snow Angel White Peach Trees, guests hate falling fruit!
    Fertilized trees bring in more County Fair points!
  3. Make 2 Votive Candles to decorate the farm!
    Craft this in your Crafting Workshop.

Reception Perception 7/8 : Wedding Water
We need to get ready for all these thirsty guests.
  1. Collect 5 Wedding Matchbooks to light all the candles.
    Ask your friends to send one.
  2. Harvest 4 Orange Trees, to flavor the water
    Groves full of the same kind of tree will give you extra output!
  3. Gather 50 Water, keep the guests hydrated.
    Harvest water from wells or the water tower.

Reception Perception 8/8 : Un-Bah-able
Lets keep those sheep quite and make some snacks.


  1. Tend your Sheep Shack 2 times to quiet the sheep!
    If you don’t have one already buy it in the General Store or check your Inventory.
  2. Harvest 15 Corn, we need this for cooking.
    Buy this crop in the General Store.
  3. Make 3 Cornbread to feed your guests!
    Craft this in your Crafting Kitchen.

Go Cave Exploring With My Family Farm!

15 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
My Family Farm comes to FarmVille 2 on 6/26! In the upcoming addition, you’ll have family that can explore an all new area: the cave. Alex, My Family Farm’s Senior Producer, took a few minutes to explain some of the ideas behind the cave’s development.
Designing the Cave
“From early on in the development of the Family Farm concept, we decided that we wanted to have new areas for your family members to explore and find valuable and rare items to craft with. And when you think valuable and rare, probably one of the first thing you think of is precious metals, which is how we arrived at the idea of doing a cave that you could explore. 
Early sketches of a cave focused on creating something that looked mysterious but not too scary, natural, and didn’t take up a lot of space on the board (as we know space is at a premium for so many players).”



“Concept #1 below, with grass growing over the cave entrance, won over the other approaches.”
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“After a direction was agreed upon, we decided to tackle a location for the new area. The concept was actually pasted over a screen shot of a real farm to make sure it fit with the rest of the game and that it fit well.” 
“The concept was actually pasted over a screen shot of a real farm.”
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 “With the look and location picked out, the concept group began to finalize the look of the exploration cave, arriving at this color concept. Right away in the color version the team realized that the natural looking cave we had hoped to get was looking a little too man-made. The rock walls looked too much like stones, making the cave look more like the entrance to an ancient ruin than a natural cave you would explore to find precious metals.”
“The cave was looking too man-made.”
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“So we literally went back to the drawing board and took another pass on the cave to make it look more natural, and they succeeded with the color sketch below.”
“Put on your helmet, turn on your light, and get ready for some Cave Exploration!”
Conc 2 Img 4We hope you enjoyed this insight into My Family Farm. Everyone will be able to see these features for themselves on 6/26 (Early Access on 6/19). RSVP to learn more.

Market LE Items “Beauty in Variety” (Coming Soon)

14 June 2014 FarmMaster 0
Enjoy the beauty and variety of new Red Spanish Marigolds,  Fantasia Nectarine Trees, Hognut Pie, White Buckskin Minihorses, and more! Available for a Limited Time!

Start Date: 23/06/2014 End Date: 14/07/2014

Crop:
Red Spanish Marigold


Animals:

Baby Moura Pig
Moura Pig
Prized Moura Pig

Baby Dorper Sheep
Dorper Sheep
Prized Dorper Sheep

Baby Black Banteng Cow
Black Banteng Cow
Prized Black Banteng Cow

Baby White Buckskin Minihorse
White Buckskin Minihorse
Prized White Buckskin Minihorse


Trees:

Hognut Tree



Heirloom Hognut Tree

Fantasia Nectarine Tree
Heirloom Fantasia Nectarine Tree

Tanzania Sour Plum Tree
Heirloom Tanzania Sour Plum Tree

Recipes:


Fantasia Nectarine Cupcake
Heirloom Fantasia Nectarine Cupcake
Sour Plum Quencher
Heirloom Sour Plum Quencher

Hognut Pie
Heirloom Hognut Pie


Workshop Crafts:

Red Spanish Marigold Doll

Red Spanish Marigold Bouquet

Red Spanish Marigold Boutonniere


Crafting Klin:

Red Spanish Marigold Cup

Red Spanish Marigold Vase

Red Spanish Marigold Plate