Easter Sabotage Time-Restricted Quest and Lily Collections Mission

As usual, there are two different components to this time-restricted Quest.  One is a Collections Mission and the second is a traditional Quest sequence.  As is usually the case now, the traditional Quest sequence is in three sections, each consisting of four parts.  At the end of Easter Sabotage IV, you will receive a special Gift Box that contains farm aids.  At the end of Easter Sabotage VIII, you will receive a Cleanable Decoration for the original Seaside Farm and finally, after completing Easter Sabotage XII, you will receive a special cleanable Decoration for the Island Farm.  To complete the final section, you will need access to the Island Farm or use RC to skip the Island tasks.

The most exciting element of this new Quest probably is the introduction of a new Crop to the Island in the form of Daffodils.  In a way, I think it is a pity the developers have not brought the beautiful Iris back to the oroginal Farm at the same time as it is one of the most glorious of flowers and they did have it once upon a time as a limited Crop.  Perhaps one day...  Meanwhile, though, the Daffodils are a welcome Springtime addition to the Island Crops.  It does not appear to be a Limited Crop, so those Farmers who have not unlocked the Island yet will be able to enjoy it when they do.

Collections Mission:

Collect Valley Lilies

Collect 70 Purple Lilies from Grapes

Collect 50 Blue Lilies from Peacock Feathers

Collect 30 Yellow Lilies from Cheese Burgers

Collect 10 Pink Lilies from Sakura Flower

Rewards:  12 Watering Cans and Rhubarb Shrub

The Rhubarb Shrub is a Collectable, one of those annoying items that produces only every 4 hours.  At the moment, I cannot find it in the Collectables section of the Market, which is bad news.  If it does not appear in the Market during this Quest, it definitely will be available AFTER the time limit.  Would be nice if it were there now, though...  A matters stand, you have to complete the Collections Mission by the time you reach Easter Sabotage V to be able to place the Rhubarb Shrub and make 6 Recipes that use Rhubarb or use RC both to skip the placement task and to buy the necessary amounts of Rhubarb for the Recipe in the Market.  Keeping my fingers crossed that they will add the Rhubarb Shrub to the Market Collectable Menu but I doubt this will occur before the end of the Quest.  Where the new Collectable Items are concerned, they tend not to be offered during a time-restricted Mission, even though it is more difficult to complete any task that requires the item's product as production and harvests cannot be accelerated by ANY means. 

In fact, on my original Farm, i was able to complete the Collections Mission in good time and obtained the Rhubarb Shrub, still not listed in the Market.  To my disappointment, it produces only 1 Rhubarb every 4 hours.  This would make completion of the tasks that require Rhubarb to make a Recipe Dish VERY slow indeed.  For players that do not mind spending a little RC, I do recommend the purchase of some of the Rhubarb needed for 1 RC each...

The traditional Quest sequence is as follows:

Easter Sabotage I
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Darryl:  Oh no!  This time my April Fool's jokes went a little too far.  Every one is so mad at me because I ruined the Easter Holidays!  I better go take cover in the farm for a while.  Perhaps I can hide in the stable.  I just need some supplies.

Produce 40 Bottles of Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 tomatoes
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Darryl:  Okay, enough cheese.  Time to go!  Hurry!


Easter Sabotage II
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Darryl:  Wait!  I forgot about something to drink... Who knows how long I'll have to stay away from the others.  Can you sneak back and get some juice and juicy fruits?  I'll wait here for you.  If Granny asks, you don't know where I am!

Harvest 6 Coconuts
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 40 Grape Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Kvass
  Skip for 10 RC

Darryl:  Thanks!  I was already dehydrating!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Easter Sabotage III
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Darryl:  While you were gone, I could hear Felicia complaining about me to Grandma.  She was decorating the garden for the Easter party when she slipped and fell.  My tripping hazard worked too well.  Mmh do you think I should apologise?

Collect 20 Buckets with Wind from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Meatloaf
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 8 Cherries
  Skip for 8 RC

Darryl:  Look!  Everything looks so beautiful now!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Easter Sabotage IV
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Darryl:  AFter helping Felicia, even if she couldn't see me doing it, I already felt better.  At the same time,, it reminds me of all of the tricks I played on Grandma and all the others...  It's a long list of people to whom I need to say I am sorry...

Collect 40 Eggs
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Soft Dough
  Skip for 10 RC

Collect 6 Nectar
  Skip for 6 RC

Special Reward:  Special Mission Box containing 6 Super Fertiliser, 3 Super Watering Cans, 6 Power

(Fewer Farm Aids than the previous time-restricted Mission!)

Darryl:  With all this stuff I should be able to make some nice things for every one.  THey have to forgive me!

Reward:  1000 Coins, 170 XP

Easter Sabotage V
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Darryl:  I misxe up salt and sugar!  I messed up Grandma's pies for the Easter fest.  It was fun to see their faces make all kinds of grimacing when biting into the pie, haha!  Cough.  At least for me it was.  Grandma didn't look too happy!

Place Rhubarb Shrub on Farm
  Reward from Collections Mission
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 50 Angora Hair
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 6 Rhubarb Gelee
  Skip for 6 RC

Darryl:  I hope the sweets can cheer Grandma up!  But we need more for her friends, if they ever dare to visit Granny again.  Oops.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Easter Sabotage VI
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Darryl:  I should send a 'Sorry Basket' to Grandma's friends.  After all, they were the ones eating my salt pie.  Mmh, what do elderly ladies like?

Prapare 6 Chocolate Dream Bars
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 25 Lemon Cakes
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 25 Black Forest Cakes
  Skip for 12 RC

Darryl:  This should make their tongues forget the taste of the salt.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Easter Sabotage VII
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Darryl:  Phew, enough apologising!  They shouldn't be so strict with me.  Time to slack off and let time do the rest.  I bet everything looks different after a few hours.

Prepare 15 bowls of Fruit Salad
  Skip for 15 RC

Harvest 50 Pumpkins
  Skip for 25 RC

Fish 8 times with the Treble Hook
  Skip for 8 RC

Darryl:  For me, the world is perfect again.  Let's see how my family reacts when I go back now!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Easter Sabotage VIII
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Darryl:  Seems like it's working!  Granny and Felicia were already talking about forgiving me, if they weren't so busy preparing the after-Easter festival.  Wait, do you think they wanted to ask me for help?

Prepare 4 Creamed Crab Cakes
  Skip for 4 RC

Produce 6 Smoked Mackerel
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 50 Champagne
  Skip for 25 RC

Darryl:  Phew, helping feels so different.  Playing tricks is more fun!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Special Reward:  Flower Deco Decoration for Family Seaside Farm; decoration is cleanable and gives purple Cleaning Gift Box

The final section requires access to the Island to complete all tasks without using RC:

Easter Sabotage IX
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Darryl:  For a good farm party, you need food, drinks and...

Collect 20 Light Bulbs from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Craft 4 Wooden Chairs
  Skip for 4 RC

N.B.  Each Wooden Chair requires 4 Wooden Cylinders and 1 Wooden Plank,  As you cannot speed the production of harvests from the Wood Trees, it is a good idea to make certain that you have these supplies from the Oak and Cedar Trees in advance.

Fertilise Neighbours' Farms 50 Times
  Skip for 25 RC

Darryl:  Now they don't need to worry about things going dark during the party.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Easter Sabotage X
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Mh, with all the lights now it feels like some colour is missing on the farm.  How about some beautiful flowers?

Harvest 60 Daffodils
  Skip for 30 RC
  N.B.  Daffodils are an Island Crop.

Prepare 8 Rhubarb Pies
  Skip for 8 RC

N.B.  Each Rhubarb Pie requires 1 Rhubarb Gelee and 1 Butter Pie

Prepare 10 Carrot Cupcakes
  Skip for 10 RC

N.B.  Each Carrot Cupcake requires 1 Carrot and 1 Cake Flour

Darryl:  Wow! You can really see the colours, even in the dark!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Easter Sabotage XI
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Darryl: I thought about preparing some surprises for my family.  Maybe some bouquets, some fruit...

Harvest 30 Camomile
  Skip for 15 RC

Harvest 30 Lilies
  Skip for 15 RC

Produce 30 Camomile Baskets
  Skip for 15 RC

Darryl:  Okay, everything is set and our friends can come over to celebrate the Easter holidays with us!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Easter Sabotage XII
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Darryl:  Finally, they forgave me!  I am so relieved.  Time to relax and enjoy all the Easter treats.  Oh, you can sell the left-overs if you want.  We can use the coins later on to buy some useful stuff for the next party!

Sell Products worth 10,000 Coins from Seaside Barn
  Skip for 5 RC

Prepare 10 Easter Biscuit Sets
  Skip for 10 RC

Craft 6 Flower Tables
  Skip for 6 RC

Darryl:  What an amazing holiday.  Next year, I won't play so many tricks, that's for sure!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Special Reward:  Cleanable Rabbit House Decoration for Island Farm

New Recipes have been added to the Kitchen Menu.  You will find them on the last pages:

Rhubarb Gelee:  234 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Rhubarb, Strawberry Jam

Butter Pie: 595 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Batter, Orange Crumble

Rhubarb Pie: 867 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Rhubarb Gelee, Butter Pie

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Carrot Cupcake: 414 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Carrot, Cake Flour

Spring Tart: 256 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Almond Paste, Sakura Candy

Easter Biscuit Set: 707 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Carrot Cupcake, Spring Tart

Gallery Registration
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Almost a week into the Mission, the Gallery Registration finally has been added as follows:

Rhubarb Shrub: 2 Medals, 2 Power

Flower Pot Deco: 2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons

Rabbit House: 5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Unnamed Collection:  Includes Rhubarb Shrub, Flower Pot Deco and Rabbit House
  Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

Strategies for Mission
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This is one of those Missions where it is not possible to purchase the Collections Reward in the Market at this point.  It makes it imperative almost to complete the Collections Mission if you do not wish to spend quite a lot of RC to skip Tasks that require the placement of the Shrub or the actual Rhubarb collected from it in Recipes.

I created a second Farm basically in order to ascertain how difficult these time-restricted Missions would be for a new player or a fairly low-level Player.  Recently, it has become farm more difficult for low level players to complete time-restricted Missions as the final four parts include tasks that require access to the Island.

It was interesting to discover that Dev Points are not the only requirement for unlocking new Items on the Island.  Level of experience is a factor as well.  At Level 36, I unlocked new items but could not purchase them as I lacked sufficient Dev Points.  A low level player therefore has three separate hurdles to clear in order to complete all three parts of the new style of time-restricted Quest.  The first of these is to have unlocked the Island itself.  The second is to have sufficient Experience to unlock the Items required for any Island task and the third is to have sufficient Dev Points and in some cases, the specific Expansion on the Island that allows the Farmer access to a Machine or Building used in a task.

Again, I was able to complete the entire Quest sequence fairly quickly for my original Farm where I have all Island Expansions as well as every Machine apart from the Pizza Machine.  It was my low level farm that still has not completed the Island tasks.  At Level 36, I still need to achieve more Dev Points if I wish to be able to grow Camomile until I have obtained another 160 Dev Points!  I unlocked every option quickly on my original Farm for the sake of completing the Island Guide for my site, even when I had to pay RC to skip some tasks in the interest of speed.  On my second farm, I cannot afford to spend too much RC.  I therefore may be hard-pressed to complete the Island portion of the Quest before it expires.  I only have two parts left, however, so time will tell...