Farmville 2 Guide

Greetings, Farmers!

New
Limited Edition ‘The Luck of the Irish’ items are now available in the
General Store. Check out the information below for more details about
our latest release and be sure to let us know what your favorite new
addition is! It is hard to pick just one, but the Irish Cob Horse sure
is adorable!

New Limited Edition items:

• Ivy Cottage – 43 Farm Bucks
• Shamus Shillelagh – 14 Farm Bucks
• Irish Bouquet – 8 Farm Bucks
• Eternal Braid Floral Trellis – Farm Bucks
• Celtic Cauldron – 2,250 Coins

New Limited Edition Trees:

• Blackthorn Tree – 12 Farm Bucks
• Irish Strawberry Tree – 12 Farm Bucks

New Limited Edition Animals:

• Irish Cob Horse – 43 (Baby 30) Farm Bucks
• Irish Moiled Cow – 43 (Baby 30) Farm Bucks

New Limited Edition Crops:

• White Clover – 40 Coins, matures in 2 hours

New Crafting Kitchen Recipes:

• White Clover Tea – Level 7
• Irish Strawberry Shortcake – Level 7
• Blackthorn Jam – Level 7

Got
Tree crowding? Save some Water and space on your Farm with Groves! Store up to
four Trees and water all at the same time with one single click.
If
you are level 10 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on “Place Grove”
to get started.

Building
the Grove

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

• Buckets of Paint
• Bags of Grove Soil
• Wood Planks

Click
on the “Ask” button to send Building Material requests 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 Grove is almost complete, you will need a little help from your
Neighbors to finish the job. The Grove requires 4 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 crew members with Farm Bucks.

Using
the Grove

In order to use the Grove, you will need a total of
four Trees. Click on the empty Grove to open the main menu. 

Inside
the empty Grove, click on the green “Add Trees” button to use the Move Tool and
place up to four Trees. Trees will take up
one spot in your Grove regardless of the type (see below: Pecan Tree).

Adding
& Removing Trees

Once you have watered your Trees, you cannot remove
them from the Grove until they have matured. If you wish to remove them from
the Grove before this, you can use Speed-Grow to instantly mature your Trees so
they can be removed.
Note: Any watered Tree outside of the Grove will lose its Water once placed
inside the Grove.
To
add a Tree in the Grove, click on the Grove and then the green “Add Tree”
button. All of your available Trees will automatically highlight in blue.

Tip: Because the
Grove timer is an average of all of the Trees inside, keep groups of Trees
together to reduce the time it takes to mature. Bonus: This will also maximize the Tree output!
To
remove a Tree from the Grove, open the Tools menu (tools icon) on the bottom right
hand corner of the game screen. Select the “Move Tool” to click on the Tree,
then drag and drop it into the Grove.

Additional
Information:

• If you do not wish to use the Grove
  feature, the first Grove can be sold (frame only) or stored in your
  Inventory.
• If you want to see how much time you
  have left to harvest, hover your cursor over the Grove.
• You can can have as many Groves on your farm as you like! 
• You can purchase additional Groves in
  the General Store for Coins and Farm Bucks.
• Rotate the Grove to view a different
  angle! (Rectangular Grove only)

Hey
Farmers,

The
Sheep Shack has arrived in FarmVille 2!

Use this new building to store your Prized Sheep and feed
them all with a single click! If that wasn’t enough, Prized Sheep in the Shack
will only require half the Feed and you also gain an additional +25 Feed Capacity.

If
you are level 9 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on “Place Sheep
Shack” to get started.

Building
the Sheep Shack

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

• Sheep Railings
• Crooks
• Sod

To
collect Sheep Railings, 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 Crooks and Sod 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 Sheep Shack is almost complete, you will need a little help from your
Neighbors to finish the job. The Sheep Shack requires 4 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 crew members with Farm Bucks.

Using
the Sheep Shack

Click on the Sheep Shack to open the main
menu. 

Inside
the Sheep Shack you will see placements that you can fill with Prized Sheep. Prized
Sheep will take up one spot in your Shack regardless of breed (see below: White
Sheep).

 

Adding
& Removing Sheep

To
add Prized Sheep in the Shack, check the “Auto Fill” box and click on the green
“Add Prized Sheep” button. All of your Prized Sheep will automatically jump
into the Shack!

To
remove a Prized Sheep from the Shack, open the main menu and click on the red
“–“ (minus symbol) box on the bottom left hand corner of the placement slot
(see below: A).

The
Sheep cards have symbols on them to indicate different things:

A. Minus
Symbol: Remove Sheep

B. Feed: How much Feed the Sheep will consume

C. Fleece: How much Sheep Cheese the Sheep will produce (see
below: Feeding).

Feeding

Prized
Sheep stored in the Shack will eat half of the amount of Feed they
normally do. For example, a Sheep that eats 8 Feed outside of the Shack will eat 4 Feed when inside the Shack. Note:
Any Prized Sheep that would normally eat an odd amount of feed outside of
the Sheep Shack will be rounded up by one. For example, a Sheep that would
normally eat 9 Feed will only need 5 Feed when stored in the Sheep Shack.

Golden Fleece

Each time you harvest the Sheep Shack you have a chance of
finding a Golden Fleece, which can be used in exclusive Crafting Workshop
Recipes. Golden Fleece will linger on your farm similar to Prized Crops, so be
on the lookout for them after feeding!

Note: Clicking on
the Golden Fleece will automatically add it to your Inventory.

Tip: Fill up your
Sheep Shack for a greater chance of finding more Golden Fleeces!

Additional
Information:

• Once your Sheep Shack is completed, you now have +25 Feed Capacity!
• The timer for your Sheep Shack will pause when placed in Storage, and
  then resume once placed back on your farm.
• If you do not wish to use the Sheep
  Shack feature, it can be sold (frame only) or stored in your Inventory.
• If you want to see how much time you
  have left to harvest, hover your cursor over the Shack.
• You are limited to one Sheep Shack per
  farm.
• Rotate the Shack to view a different
  angle!

• 175 coins

• Have 4 Eggs
• 1,000 coins

• Reach Level 5
• Have 5 Trees
• Gather 6 Milk
• 2,000 coins

• Reach Level 8
• Craft 2 Apple Scones
• Gather 5 Garden Clippers from friends
• 20,000 coins

• Reach Level 11
• Have 11 Adult Animals
• Gather 7 Iron Hoes
• 50,000 coins

• 100 Farm Bucks for Early Access

• 100 Farm Bucks for Early Access

• 100 Farm Bucks for Early Access

• 100 Farm Bucks for Early Access

• Reach Level 15
• Craft 3 Apple Pies
• Gather 10 Pitch Forks
• 125,000 coins

• Reach Level 20
• Have 1 Adult Black Arabian Horse
• Gather 13 Chainsaws
• 300,000 coins

• Reach Level 24
• Craft 5 Banana Cream Cakes
• Gather 15 Produce Crates
• 500,000 coins

• Reach Level 28
• Have 8 Saddles
• Gather 18 Garden Gloves
• 750,000 coins

• Reach Level 30
• Craft 8 Apricot Trifles
• Gather 20 Garden Clippers
• 1 million coins

Hey Farmers!

Yearning for Yarn? Then you will love the new Spinning Wheel!
Feed Sheep and Rabbits to collect Spinning Wool, which you can then turn into
Spun Yarn. Collect special types of Spun Yarn to earn the exclusive Manx Loaghtan Sheep!

If you are level 8 or higher, you will see the following
pop-up. Click on “Place Spinning Wheel” to get started.

Building the Spinning Wheel

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

• Empty Spindle
• Basket
• Wood Plank

For the Empty Spindle, 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.

To collect Baskets and Wood Planks, click on the “Ask”
button to send requests for the items to your Neighbors.

You can also purchase any of these items above for Farm
Bucks if you do not wish to wait for your friends to respond to your requests
or newsfeed posts.

Note: You can post a request for Empty Spindles to
your newsfeed every 16 hours and send requests for Baskets and Wood Planks 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 Spinning Wheel is almost complete, you will
need a little help from your Neighbors to finish the job. The Spinning Wheel
requires 4 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 crew members with Farm Bucks.

Once you have successfully filled all 4 spots, click on the
“Finish & Share” button.

Using the Spinning Wheel

You must have at
least four adult Sheep and/or Rabbits on your farm that are not Prized
for the Wheel to be functional. When you feed your Sheep and Rabbits, they will
drop Spinning Wool, which is a new type of Wool that can only be used
with this feature.

Collected Spinning
Wool will be automatically added to your Spinning Wheel Basket. Once your
Basket is full, you can harvest the Wheel for Spun Yarn.

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

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

Once you have
collected the necessary amount of Spinning Wool, you will be able to harvest
your Wheel by clicking on it. When you harvest your Wheel, you will always
produce Spun Yarn, which can be used in exclusive Crafting Workshop Recipes.

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

Fine Yarn

To earn the Manx Loaghtan Sheep, you will need to collect
special types of Spun Yarn. To find these Special Yarns, all you need to do is
keep harvesting your Spinning Wheel! In addition to the Spun Yarn you earn
every time you harvest the Wheel, you also have a chance of earning Special
Yarn (referred
to as “Fine Yarn” in game).

There are three types of Special Yarn you can receive: 

1. Fine (6 Needed)

2. Super-Fine (4 Needed)

3. Premium (2 Needed)

These Yarns are not used for Crafting like the Spun Yarn.
Instead, they are automatically added to your Yarn Collection. To earn the Manx
Loaghtan Sheep, you will need to have 6 Fine Yarn, 4 Super-Fine Yarn and 2
Premium Yarn (12 total) in your Collection. Once you have collected these, you
can trade them in for the Manx Loaghtan Sheep!

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

The more adult Sheep and Rabbits you have on your Farm, the
better your chances are of receiving Fine Yarn!

Helpful Tips

• Animals that give more Wool fill the station
  more quickly. For example, a Rabbit that produces 5 Wool contributes 5 Spinning
  Wools to the Wool Basket, where as a Rabbit that produces 1 Wool only contributes
  1 Spinning Wool.
• For the same amount of Wool produced, Sheep fill
  the Wheel 2x faster than Rabbits.
  For example, a Rabbit that produces 3 Wool contributes 3 Spinning Wool to the Basket,
  but a Sheep that produces 3 Wool contributes 6 Spinning Wool to the
  Basket.

In addition to Spun Yarn, harvesting the Wheel will give you
additional XP points to help you level!

If you do not want to wait to collect the Special Yarn, you
can use Farm Bucks to skip these steps and get the new baby Manx Loaghtan Sheep
right away!

Your new Manx Loaghtan Sheep needs baby bottles to reach
adulthood, just like your other animals. Once it has matured, it will produce Brown Wool, which can be used in
exclusive Crafting Recipes.

Additional Information:

• Minimum of four Sheep and/or Rabbits on any
  given farm is required to use the Spinning Wheel.
• If you do not wish to use
  the Spinning Wheel feature, it can be sold (frame only) or stored in your
  Inventory.
• If you want to see how many
  Spinning Wools are needed to harvest, hover your cursor over the Wheel.
• Limited to one Spinning
  Wheel per farm.
• Feeding Cows and Goats does
  not count towards the Spinning Wheel. Only feeding Adult Sheep
  and Rabbits will earn you Spinning Wool (non-Prized).
• If
  you lack any requirements (such as not having enough Sheep and/or
  Rabbits, or needing to wait a bit longer before harvesting), the game
  will tell you what you are missing.
• Rotate the Wheel to view a different angle!

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Hey Farmers!

The time has come for the annual FarmVille 2 Florist Festival! Invite
Friends over to help you craft the traditional Rose Wreath for the festivities,
and receive great gifts after each crafting party!

If you are level 6 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on the
green “Place Florist Table” button to place the Table frame on your farm. 

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

• Crafting Mat
• Florist Foam Block
• Wood Plank

To collect Crafting Mats, 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 Florist Foam
Blocks and Wood Planks 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 Florist Table requires 4 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 4
spots, click on the “Finish Building” button.

 Crafting Parties

The Rose Wreath is crafted in a total of five stages. In
order to complete it, you will need to host five crafting parties with Friends.
To prepare for a crafting party, click on your Florist Table.

No Florist Festival is complete without all the fixings, so it’s
time to start whipping up delicious snacks, goods and supplies for your crafting
party! 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 4 guests to be present before your crafting
party 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 4 spots, click on the “Start Wreath Crafting Party” button to begin the
festivities!

 Once your crafting party 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 Florist Table

You will earn rewards each time you host a crafting party.
The more parties you host, the more rewards you will receive at the end of each
party. Below is a list of items you have a chance of earning:

• Water
• Power
• Fertilizers
• Leathers
• Wools
• Feathers
• Mirrors
• Flasks
• Fine Sheep Fleeces
• A completed pack of Hen House Eggs
• A completed pack of Gourmet Yogurts

The Rose Wreath part icons at the bottom of the Guest Menu indicate how
many crafting parties you have hosted. As you host parties, you will see the Rose
Wreath part icons be replaced by green check marks. You can host up to a total
of 5 crafting parties per Table and once you have finished your final crafting
party, you will earn a special reward!

Additional Information:

• You
  can have up to three Florist Tables on your farm (including frames).
• If
  you delete the first Florist Table, you will only be able to have a
  total of two. The second and third Florist Tables can be deleted or stored in
  your Inventory.
• Once
  the Florist Table Frames are placed on your Farm, you have 21 days to finish them and host your crafting parties.
• Once
  you have hosted your crafting parties, you will be unable to use and/or sell
  any of the goods.
• Once
  you have finished hosting all of your crafting parties, the Tables are yours to
  keep as decorations!

Do you prefer big crafting groups? Play around with the
arrangement of your Florist Tables to host even bigger crafting parties!

• Goat Bedding
• Hinge
• Nails

 

 

 

 

• Once your Goat Shelter is completed, you now have +35 Feed Capacity!
• The timer for your Goat Shelter will pause when placed in Storage, and then resume once placed back on your farm.

• If you do not wish to use the Goat Shelter feature, it can be sold (frame only) or stored in your Inventory.
• If you want to see how much time you have left to harvest, hover your cursor over the Shelter.

• You are limited to one Goat Shelter per farm.

We’ve already brought you a complete look at the new Chinese New Year decorations, crops, animals, and trees in the FarmVille 2 marketplace, but that’s not the only presence of Chinese New Year items in the game. There are also three new Crafting Kitchen recipes that will be available for crafting for around a month, and we’re here with a complete guide to their ingredients and payouts. Let’s get started!

The first recipe is Goji Berry Lemonade, and it can be crafted with one Lemonade and eight Goji Berries. These berries can be planted for 28 coins per square, and they’re ready to harvest after four hours. As for the Lemonade, this recipe itself is worth 350 coins, and it takes a couple of steps to create. First, you’ll need to combine Lemons and Water to make Lemon Water, and after that, you’ll combine the Lemon Water with more Lemons to create the actual Lemonade. That makes this recipe even more valuable than its 350 coin sale price, since it requires Water, arguably the most valuable item in the game. If you decide to turn your Goji Berries into Goji Berry Lemonade, you’ll be able to sell a single batch for 2,510 coins. You’ll also receive 16 XP for each Lemonade you create.The second recipe is for a jar of Salted Plums, which requires three Salt and 10 Chinese Plums to create. The Salt can be earned by sending out individual requests to your friends for help, while the Chinese Plums are earned from the Chinese Plum Tree. A single Chinese Plum Tree is available for purchase for 12 Farm Bucks, but if you’re not willing to spend Farm Bucks on the tree to earn Chinese Plums on your own farm, you might be able to earn some from friends. That is, you can tend these trees on your friends’ farms (where available) to have a chance at Chinese Plums, but there’s no guarantee you’ll actually earn enough to be able to create some Salted Plums. If you do, or you simply purchase the tree yourself, you can sell a single jar of Salted Plums for 3,000 coins. You’ll receive 16 XP for each one you create.The final recipe is another premium option, as Orange Fortune Cookies are available to create using three Batter and eight Mandarin Oranges each. The Batter can be created using Flour and Eggs, with Flour being created using Wheat. The Mandarin Oranges, meanwhile, are earned via the Mandarin Orange Tree which can be purchased for 12 Farm Bucks. If you gather enough Mandarin Oranges to create an Orange Fortune Cookie, either through your own trees or through friends’, you’ll be able to sell them for 3,340 coins per batch. This recipe rewards 24 XP per creation.These recipes will be available for 27 days, while the actual trees and crops in this theme will expire after 20 days. We’ll make sure to let you know if this Chinese New Year theme expands in FarmVille 2 before the actual event comes and goes next month, so stay tuned!

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