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A number of new options have appeared for Hallowe'en, all of which will be covered in this post. Among them are a new time-restricted Quest, a new Jack O'Lantern Machine, sppoky effects on your farm and a new Halloween Hook for fishing that is connected to the Jack O'Lantern Machine. A list of the new Halloween Items that can be caught when fishing as well as the new Halloween Recipes has been added to my Fishing Page and my Kitchen Recipes Page respectively as well as being included below.
Hallowe'en evidently is considered the most popular festival of the year, surpassing even Christmas in some parts of the world. It therefore is no surprise that Family Farm Seaside has devoted a considerable amount of energy to this festival.
Spooky Effects include a night sky and perpetual twilight effect on your farm as well as the addition of Hallowe'en decorations to ordinary Items such as Animals and specific buildings. For example, I noticed that my Chicken Coop had been transformed into a 'spooky' Chicken Coop! The Jam Machine has a new colour scheme of purple and orange with a bat motif on the side. The land surrounding your Farm has changed as well into a sort of spooky wonderland, complete with graveyard, dead trees, glowing Jack O'Lanterns and candles.
The Hallowe'en Festival essentially is an ancient Celtic and Northern European Festival that occurred on a night when it was believed that the barrier between this world and the next disappeared or became 'thin' enough to allow the dead to pass through to the world of the living. It was known as Samhain. The Feast of Samhain was a festival that was celebrated by slaughtering all the animals that could not survive through the winter and cooking an enormous banquet of fresh meat before salting or otherwise preserving the remainder for use during the hard cold winter season. Blood sacrifice definitely was an important part of most ancient festivals and it was believed that the dead could be lured to this world by the scent of fresh blood.
The dead both were feared and loved. They had the gift of 'second sight' that allowed them to see the future and often impart valuable information to the living. In the old Northern Scandinavian and Germanic traditions, individuals often would spend the entire night on a burial mound or inside a tomb to attempt to make contact with the dead for this purpose. The old sagas and tales are filled with examples.
In Mexico, the feast of Hallowe'en is linked with the Day of the Dead which is quite similar to the old Northern European festival. People visit the graveyards, decorating them and taking feasts to eat in communion with their beloved dead. Memento mori are fashioned from clay or from dough in the form of skulls and other symbols of death. Sweets, like fresh blood, are believed to be particularly attractive to spirits and thus the feast features special sweets.
As previously indicated, a new time-restricted Quest has appeared for Halloween. As always, there are 11 days to complete if started immediately. Unfortunately, this Mission appears during a period when the Cooking Stand requirements are extremely difficult to complete. One therefore must decide how to allocate resources. In a week of fishing, I have been unable to catch a single Scallop or Crayfish. Having used all that remained in my Barn, I still cannot complete this stage of the Cooking Stand contest. Never mind... on to the new Mission!
Haunted House Collections
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Place a Haunted House on your Farm. You will find it in the Market for 500 Coins. Once placed, you will be able to collect Hallowe'en Bags randomly from the harvest of ANY Crop, Machine, Animal or Tree.
One each of the four ordinary prizes must be redeemed in order to unlock the final prize, which is a Pat House. Like the Butterfly House, Bats will pollinate specific Trees, flying out from the Bat House to do so. Unlike the bats in our world, they will perform their task both day and night! The Bat House will produce Bat Milk, an ingredient needed in one of the new Recipes.
The prizes are:
Witch Broomstick
50 total
You will need the Witch Broomstick to upgrade your Haunted House. They cost 1 Halloween Bag each.
Halloween Fence
5 total
The first Halloween Fence will cost 100 Halloween Bags. The price will decrease as you continue to redeem these. The 2nd will cost 75 Halloween Bags, the 3rd will cost 50 Halloween Bags, the fourth will cost 25 Halloween Bags.
Sack of Bait
200 total
The first Sack of Bait will cost 1 Halloween Bag. The price for these will increase as you redeem them. The 2nd for example will cost 2 Halloween Bags.
Thunderstorm
5 total
The first Thunderstorm will cost 100 Halloween Bags (?) Actually, did not log this and am trying to recall... the price does increase on these, however, so it would have been more likely to have been 50 Halloween Bags. The second will cost 80 Halloween Bags. The third costs 150 Halloween Bags.
Once upon a time, you needed only 150 of the Collections Prize to redeem the final prize. Later, the price was increased to 250 of the Prizes. Now, they have increased the price once again, making it 350 Halloween Bags to redeem the Bat House. The Bat House is needed to complete the traditional Quest sequence as the Bat Milk it produces is used in one of the Recipes. Placing the Bat House is another requirement in the Quest.
You will need Witch Proomsticks and Chandeliers to upgrade your Haunted House. There is really no advantage to the upgrades until you reach Level 5, the final upgrade that will double the yield of Halloween Bags when you harvest items. in other words, at Level 5, items randomly yield 2 Halloween Bags instead of 1. The Witch Broomsticks are a prize that can be redeemed for 1 Halloween Bag each. The Chandeliers can be requested from your Neighbours.
350 Halloween Bags is a very large number and my own advice, if you wish to speed the completion of this Quest, would be to spend RC to redeem one of each of the initial prizes and, in particular, the Halloween Fence and Thunderstorm. That will unlock the Bat House and you then will be able to focus on obtaining the Halloween Bags needed to redeem this Item. As always, you will need the Bat House in order to complete the traditional Quest sequence. In fact, you will need to place it as one of the tasks in Halloween V.
In tandem with the Collections Mission, there is a traditional Quest sequence:
Halloween Quest
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Halloween I
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Darryl: Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween every one! Look at my basket. I was able to collect a lot of candy! Haha! But now my mouth feels like it's made of sugar. Do you have a drink for me?
Place the Haunted House on your Farm
Purchase this in the Market for 500 Coins
Produce 40 Orange Juice
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 20 Kvass
Skip for 20 RC
Darryl: I feel refreshed now, thanks! But we need to hurry. It's getting late and we didn't scare the last house yet.
Reward: 100 Coins, 12 XP
Halloween II
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Darryl: This house looks a bit scary! What? Felicia said it's not scary at all! Well, if you are not afraid, then go inside! I'll give you all of my candies if you dare! I'll even giv eyou some candied apples!
Harvest 40 Tomatoes
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Jars of Blueberry Jam
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 20 Candied Apples
Skip for 20 RC
Darryl: Felicia have (sic) been inside for a long time already... Do you think somethig happened to her?
Reward: 100 Coins, 14 XP
Halloween III
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Darryl: I'm getting worried now. Let's go inside and look for her! Keep an eye on the itme though. We have to go home in time. Wait, is it just me or did it get colder all of a sudden? I feel like drinking some warm milk tea now.
Prepare 20 cups of Maple Milk Tea
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 50 bundles of Wool
Skip for 25 RC
Produce 50 Buffalo Milk Cheese
Skip for 25 RC
Darryl: Where is Felicia? Woh, did the glass over there just tremble? Is that some kind of a welcome sign? Oh this house is scary!
Reward: 110 Coins, 14 XP
Halloween IV
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Darryl: WAH! I thought the girl over there was Felicia, but it's just a picture! I could swear that she blinked at me! Maybe if it had a picture frame it would look less scary. Let's get a nice picture frame for this scary picture!
Collect 20 Picture Frames from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Harvest 6 Chocolate
Skip for 6 RC
Prepare 20 Pasta
Skip for 20 RC
Darryl: Everything is scary here! Felicia, where are you?
Reward: 110 Coins, 15 XP
Halloween V
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Darryl: I think I know what's going on. Felicia is playing tricks on me! Let's see what happens if I take this bat house and put it on the farm. Maybe she will come out and look for it! This way I can lure her out of her hiding place!
Place a Bat House on your Farm
Reward from Collections Mission (Redeem with 350 Halloween Bags)
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 6 bags of Skeleton Fish
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 50 Daisies
Skip for 25 RC
Darryl: Please come out, Felicia! I promise I'll make your favourite food when you're back on the farm!
Reward: 110 Coins, 15 XP
Halloween VI
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Darryl: Felicia is not coming out, so maybe it's not a trick at all and something is actually wrong? Maybe the ghosts inside the house captured her? We should give them something they like! Maybe then they will let her go!
Prepare 6 Plates of Spooky Pasta
Skip for 6 RC
Collect 6 Bottles of Bat Milk from Bat House
Skip for 6 RC
Tip: It is better to use Super Watering Can on your Sakura Tree/s than to use RC to skip this task as you will need the Bat Milk to make the Brain Shakes. The bats take a short time to produce the Bat Milk after pollinating the Sakura Tree, which will turn orange.
Prepare 6 Brain Shakes
Skip for 6 RC
Darryl: Such a scary food! But it's not working! Maybe the ghosts don't like the dishes?
Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP
Halloween VII
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Darryl: Yikes! The lights just went off! Hurry, turn on the lanterns! The house is full of spider webs and bats! And I don't mean the delicious chocolate bats that Felicia always makes!
Produce 20 Cherry Chocolates
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 6 Chocolate Bats
Skip for 6 RC
Fish 10 Times with the Halloween Hook
Skip for 10 RC
Darryl: Oh! Maybe Felicia left already after she saw the spiders? Then maybe I should leave too!
Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP
Halloween VIII
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Darryl: Hello? Any one there? It seems like there's no one. I want to go out of this haunted house, but it's so dark! Maybe I should ask our neighbours for some night vision goggles. That will help me to see in the dark!
Fertilise your Neighbours' Farms 40 Times
Skip for 40 RC
Collect 20 Night Vision Goggles from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 8 Glasses of Hot Bat Chocolate
Skip for 8 RC
Darryl: I really need to go back home now. It's already getting too dark and the roads are all starting to look the same!
Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP
Halloween IX
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Darryl: I'm finally home now and I'm so exhausted! But now I'm also too afraid to go to bed. Can you prepare some food for the monsters, just in case they want to eat me? I hope they will prefer the food...
Craft 10 Feather Necklaces in the Beauty Shop
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 8 Plates of Spooky Crunchy Pasta
Skip for 8 RC
Produce 60 Blueberry Candies
Skip for 30 RC
Darryl: Oh, did I fall asleep? It's morning alfready and everything seems to be fine. But where is the food? Some one finished everything!
REward: 120 Coins, 16 XP
Halloween X
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Darryl: Felicia? Is that you? She fell asleep next to me and pretends like nothing happened! Was she here the whole time? What happened? I need some tea to calm down first!
Prepare 10 Pitchers of Grapefruit Tea
Skip for 10 RC
Produce 20 Banana Candies
Skip for 10 RC
Produce 60 Cheese Burgers
Skip for 30 RC
Darryl: She said she was also looking for me the whole night! Weird! Well, I guess I'll never know what really happened...
Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP
FINAL REWARD: Pumpkin Light Decoration yielding a Purple Gift Box when cleaned
New Kitchen Recipes
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Special Halloween Recipes have appeared (and reappeared in some cases) in the Kitchen. The Ingredients in some of these Recipes are the special Halloween Fish that can be caught only with the Halloween Hook.
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Skeleton Fish Chips: 1332 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Skeleton Fish, Soft Dough
N.B. You can catch the Skeleton Fish by using the Halloween Hook when fishing.
Spooky Pasta: 1858 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Pasta, Vampire Clam x 2
N.B. You can catch the Vampire Clam by using the Halloween Hook when fishing.
Spooky Crunchy Pasta: 3369 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Skeleton Fish Chips, Spooky Pasta
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Brain Shake: 30 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Bat Milk, Spooky Eye Fruit
Chocolate Bat: 548 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Raisin Chocolate x 2, Coconut Milk
Hot Bat Chocolate: 608 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Brain Shake, Chocolate Bat
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Jack O'Lantern Machine
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To make matters more complicated, there is a new Machine in the Market that must be built using parts from special fish that you catch using a new special Hook. This is the Jack O'Lantern Machine. Buy it and place it, then go fishing. Maker certain that you choose the Hallowe'en Hook or you will not catch any of these odd fish. You will need 125 Bait to use the Halloween Hook.
You will need the following to complete the machine:
300 Ghost Candles
150 Dracula Wings
50 Witch Cauldrons
Although a special Notice about the Jack O'Lantern Machine will appear when you log into the game, there is no mention of the special Hook! I went fishing as usual, wasting all my chances without realising that a different Hook was needed for this Quest.
It is not only the Jack O'Lantern that requires the use of the Halloween Hook but Kitchen Recipes that include the special Seafood Items that are caught when this Hook is used.
The special Fish are included in your Fishing Book and are:
Kraken
Can yield 1 Witch Cauldron
Ghost Jellyfish
Can yield 1 Ghost Candle
Humpback Anglerfish
Can yield 2 Ghost Candles
Vampire Clam
Can yield 1 Bat Wing
Used in Recipe for Spooky Pasta
Skeleton Fish
Can yield 1 Bat Wing
Used in Recipe for Skeleton Fish Chips
Skull Anchor
Can yield 1 Witch Cauldron
The parts needed to build the Jack O'Lantern Machine are associated with specific Fish, but you may use all your fishing chances without netting a single part as their actual appearance is random. For example, when I first caught a Skeleton Fish, I netted 1 Bat Wing and I have netted 1 Bat Wing with the catch of a Vampire Clam. I netted two Ghost Candles with the Humpback Angler and 1 Ghost Candle with the Ghost Jellyfish. I netted the Witch Cauldron when I caught a Kraken but all the others yielded not a single part. I have caught Vampire Clams without obtaining any Bat Wings as well as other special Seafood Items. I have given the parts that can appear with each special Halloween Item in the list above. As you can see, each special Item is linked to a specific part.
I would suggest that players fish as much as possible using the new Halloween Hook as both the Items themselves and the special Machine parts will prove useful. The Halloween Quest includes a requirement to make the special new Recipes, so be prepared!
Furthermore, the need to make these Recipes extends beyond the current time-restricted Quest. If you are participating in the Carnival Activities, you will find that the next task is to make 10 Plates of Spooky Pasta. To do so, you will need to have a total of 20 Vampire Clams.
Strategies for Halloween Mission
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As always, you should make the basic Recipes or have a good stock of the Cooked Dishes such as Soft Dough and Cake Flour on hand. Coconut Milk is an ingredient in one of the special new Recipes as is Soft Dough. You will need Cake Flour to make Pasta, an Ingredient in one of the new Halloween Recipes. Pasta, along with two other Recipes was a special time-restricted Recipe last Halloween. All three of those Recipes have been reintroduced. If you make these items in advance, you can use your Power judiciously, making certain that you have sufficient when a task requires a soecific number of Cooked Dishes.
Note that if you are participating in the special cooking Activities to win Yellow Mystrons, the next one will be a requirement to make Spooky Pasta.
In Family Farm Seaside, the Items that are always in short supply in my game are OP and Power. These can be obtained randomly in Cleaning Gift Bags, the Dedicated Farmer Bonus Bags. You can purchase both in the Market as well. 50 OP costs 1 OP. 280 OP costs 5 RC. OP can be 'earned' in other ways by completing Achievements or Registering Items or as a reward for other special tasks. It can be gained as a Daily Log In Reward as well. Unlike Power and Fishing Tries, however, it is not given in any quantity on a regular basis and renewed automatically with the passage of time.
30 Power are given as a default and when used, replenish over time. Fishing Tries likewise are restored with the passage of time. If you are going to purchase any of these in the Market, therefore, the only one you should purchase perhaps is OP.
To speed the production of a Machine or Animal, you either can have multiple Machines or Animals working at the same time or you can use Batch Production. Another method is to use the manual option to complete up to three harvests instantly. Batch Production actually uses LESS OP, however, than the manual option. If you are going to use OP at all, try to use it in Batch Production. If you use the manual option, you will need 10 OP for each harvest and the maximum allowed always is three. With Batch Production, you can set the Animal or Machine to produce the precise quantity needed. It can be expensive but worthwhile if you need to complete a task in a specific amount of time.
You will need some Items in considerable quantity. If you have been completing the Carnival Activities, you may have made 90 Grape Candies recently, requiring 90 Sugar. This certainly depleted my stock! Make certain that you have sufficient Sugar in your Barn for a number of different tasks in this Halloween Quest sequence. Sugar is made from Cane in the Sugar Machine. Make it in advance if you can.
Another item that can be prepared in advance is the Wheat Bread that will be needed to make 60 Cheese Burgers in the last step of the Quest. Cheddar Cheese, the other component, can be requested as a Free Gift. Many players like myself have a large stock saved in the Gift Box for these situations.
Warning
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Remember always that the parts needed to upgrade the Haunted House, whether you redeem them with Halloween Bags or request them from Neighbours must be used FROM YOUR GIFT BOX. Likewise, the special parts that are obtained randomly when fishing with the Halloween Hook will be found in the Gift Box and must be used from there.
