Stranded Sailor Time-Restricted Quests

A new time-restricted Quest has appeared today in Family Farm Seaside.  As usual, it actually involves two separate threads of activity. The first is the 'Collection Mission' wherein the Player must collect specific totals of Whistles in four different colours in order to redeem the final Reward.  In this case, it is an Apricot Tree and a Lighthouse Decoration.   The Apricot Tree is needed to complete Part IV of the Stranded Sailor Quest sequence.  The Lighthouse is not needed and moreover cannot be cleaned.  it is a curious Reward in a sense, as part of the background of any Player's farm in Seaside is a Lighthouse.

Above, a screenshot of the Egyptian Ship and Apricot Tree, two of the Rewards from these Quests.  The Ship is a lovely Decoration as you can see.


One comment if ANY ONE from the development teams ever look at this site.  I really do not comprehend why this Quest was not a St. Valentine's Day Quest.  However beautiful the Egyptian Boat may be, what is the Lighthouse?  It would have been so much more satisfying to have a Fountain that featured a Cupid or something of the sort... Roses and Hearts.

The Collection Mission is as follows:

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Whistle Collections
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Collect Whistles
50 Pink Whistles from Love Fruit
70 Yellow Whistles from Honey
30 Green Whistles from Champagne
10 Brown Whistles from Chocolate

The second 'thread' as it were is a traditional Quest sequence.  Again, this follows the usual rule in that you will not be able to complete all the Quests if you have not completed the Collection Mission first.  You will need the Apricot Tree specifically in order to complete the fourth Quest in the sequence.

Your strategy therefore should be to concentrate first on the Collection Mission.  What this means in practical terms is growing many Love Fruits, Clover and Chardonnay as collection of any Whistle always is a random event.  Use of Rain, Thunderstorms or Fertliser in order to speed the process of growth is helpful.  Where the Chocolate Trees are concerned, you can use Watering Cans to speed growth as well.

The traditional Quest sequence is as follows:

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Stranded Sailer Quests
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Stranded Sailor I
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Today is such a nice day!  The sun is shining and there's a small breeze in the air.  I don't feel like working on the farm today.  You know what?  Let's go sailing!  Maybe we should prepare some snacks for our trip.

Produce 12 glasses of Mando Juice
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 40 bags of Sugar Popcorn
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Chocolate Dream Bars
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Great job!  That should be enough for the trip.  We're good to go now.

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Stranded Sailor II
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It's such a nice feeling to float on the big open sea.  But wait, hold on... There's something wrong!  It looks like the weather is changing!  It's getting much colder!  Can you help me to get some fur and feathers?

Produce 50 Angora Hair
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Goose Feathers
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Ostrich Feathers
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Thanks for the quick delivery!  This fur and these feathers will keep me warm on the sea.

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Stranded Sailor III
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Oh no!  The rough weather and the big waves made me lose my whole stock of snacks.  Luckily I have a fishing rod on this boat.  I'm getting a bit hungry already so I better start catching some fish.
 

Fish 7 Times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 7 RC

Fish 7 Times with the Bone Hook
  Skip for 7 RC

Fish 2 Times with the Treble Hook
  Skip for 2 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Well done!  We caught some big fish.  Hopefully they taste good as well.

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Stranded Sailor IV
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What's that in the distance?  is it an island?  Did I just discover a brand new island?  Woohoo, I'm so excited!  Let's get off the boat and start discovering the island!

Place Apricot Tree (Reward for completing Whistle Collection)

Produce 50 Turkey Sausage
  Skip for 25 RC

Sell 50 Buffalo Milk Cheese

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

This island is fantastic!  I've seen trees that I have never seen before.

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Stranded Sailor V
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I found an apricot tree and picked some of the fruits.  The apricots of this tree tasted really nice!  Better collect some for later.  You never know when you get hungry again!

Ask Neighbours for 15 Red Copper Bowls
  Skip for 6 RC

Harvest 6 Apricots
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 10 Tilapia with Chutney Sauce
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

That should be enough apricots.  Hopefully some one will find me soon.  I don't have enough strength to sail back.

(Well, that is very foolish, Darryl!)

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Stranded Sailor VI
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I see a ship coming in the distance!  I better make a smoke signal so they can see me.  The first thing I need is dry wood, but the ship is approaching fast so I better hurry up!

Collect 10 Firewood from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 Lemon Cocktails
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Maple Sugars
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

I hope they can see the smoke.  This is all the firewood I could find.

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Stranded Sailor VII
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Here they come.  I'm so happy and relieved!  I should prepare a small present to thank my saviours.  Wait, I remember seeing a pecan tree somewhere.  Let me get some pecans for them!


Harvest 8 Pecans
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 60 Wool
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Love Cakes
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

It was Grandma on the boat!  She was worried about me and luckily she found me here.

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Stranded Sailor VIII
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I feel bad for Grandma.  I didn't wanted to make her worry that much.  I'm really thankful that she came and saved me.  Let me prepare some special food for her!

Produce 60 Cheese Burgers
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 bottles of Champagne
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 10 Stuffed Turkeys
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Hooray!  Grandma found Darryl and they returned home safely.  Check your gift box for a special reward!


Final Reward:  Egyptian Ship Decoration

This Decoration when placed on your Farm can be cleaned and will produce a Purple Cleaning Gift Bag.  From my experience in my own game, the Market Stall still is the only Decoration that produces a Blue Cleaning Bag.

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Tips for Completing the Quest Sequence
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Recently, I have found that the most difficult aspects of these time-restricted Quests involve specific items caught when fishing and lack of Power for the Kitchen.  It therefore makes sense to make as many of the 'Ingredients' for the required Kitchen Recipes as far in advance as possible.  In the Stranded Sailor sequence, you are required to make 10 Chocolate Dream Bars, 10 Tilapia with Chutney Sauce, 20 Lemon Cocktails and 10 Stuffed Turkey in your Kitchen.  Every Player begins with only 30 Power.  ALL of these Recipes are the third Recipe in a three-recipe Sequence.  It therefore makes sense to produce the first two Recipes in each Sequence in advance as they serve as the required Ingredients in the third and final Recipe in each Kitchen Sequence.

You therefore may wish to make the following in advance:

10 Rice Krispies
10 Blueberry Krispy Bars

10 Apricot Chutney
10 Baked Tilapia

20 Lemon Champagne

10 Arabic Kabsa
10 Roast Turkey

There is a further requirement where the Arabic Kabsa is concerned, as one of the two Ingredients required to make it is Soft Dough, another Kitchen Recipe.  Make certain that you have 10 Soft Dough on hand when you reach this part of the Quest sequence.

Fishing is a random business and for this Quest, you do need 10 Tilapia.  If you have not smoked all your Fish, so much the better as you need 10 raw and unprocessed Tilapia for the Recipe in the Stranded Sailor Sequence.  Although Fishing is required as one part of the Quest sequence, there is no guarantee that you will catch Tilapia.  You therefore may wish to do some extra fishing before you reach the stage where you need to use 10 Tilapia in the Kitchen!

Other advance preparation might include the creation of 60 loaves of Wheat Bread and 60 Cheddar Cheese for the Cheese Burgers.  You can request both Wheat Flour (used to make Wheat Bread) and Cheddar Cheese as Free Gifts from your Neighbours.

Finally, you will need a total of 60 Turkey Meat, 50 of which will be used to make Turkey Sausage and 10 of which will be needed to make Roast Turkey, an ingredient in Stuffed Turkey.  Your Turkey eats Rice.  Rice is needed for the Arabic Kabsa as well, so grow plenty of it if you do not have it in stock.

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Machine Production Tip
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There are two different ways of alleviating the tedium of producing the Machine products needed to satisfy a Quest requirement.  One is through automation.  In the original Family Farm, automation can be used almost constantly, as it is inexpensive and one earns plenty of OP on a regular basis to use in the automation option.

In Seaside, however, automated production is an expensive business, primarily because there are few opportunities to earn it in any significant amount.  Although one can obtain OP randomly in the Cleaning Gift Bags and Achievements sometimes deliver 30 OP, all of this is insufficient in terms of regular use of the option.

The other way to alleviate the tedium and speed the process is by having more than one Machine.  With two Machines in operation at the same time, the production time is halved.  That can make an enormous difference, especially in time-restricted Quests.

A Player who intends to use multiple machines really does need to have a Warehouse as space on the Farm always is limited, even with all land expansions.
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New Kitchen Recipes
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New Recipes have appeared in the Kitchen.  Some are featured in the Stranded Sailor Quest sequence.

Apricot Chutney: 61 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Apricot, White Vinegar

Baked Tilapia: 244 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Tilapia, Wheat Flour x 3

Tilapia with Chutney Sauce: 328 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Apricot Chutney, Baked Tilapia

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Arabic Kabsa: 1073 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Rice x 4, Soft Dough

Roast Turkey: 213 Coins, 1 XP
    Ingredients:  Turkey, Ketchup

Stuffed Turkey: 1333 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Arabic Kabsa, Roast Turkey