A new time-restricted Quest has been released in Farmily Farm Seaside. As usual, it includes both a Collections Mission and a traditional Quest sequence and, as has been the case in recent months, the traditional Quest sequence is divided essentially into three sections, each consisting of four Parts. At the end of every section, you will receive a special reward. The first is a Special Mission Gift Box given after you complete Taste of Paris IV and consists of Farm Aids. The second is given when you complete Taste of Paris VIII and consists of a Decoration for your Seaside Farm. The third is given when you complete Taste of Paris XII and is a Decoration for your Island Farm. To complete the last section of the Quest sequence, you will need access to the Island or be obliged to pay a fair amount of RC to skip tasks that require Island access.
New Recipes in the Kitchen are included in tasks for the traditional Quest sequence.
Collections Mission as follows:
Collect Berets
70 Green Berets from Green Beans
50 Red Berets from Chili Sauce
30 Yellow Berets from Wheat Bread
10 Purple Berets from Blackcurrant Bush
Rewards: Gooseberry Bush and Watering Cans
Can purchase Gooseberry Bush in the Market for 8 RC as well if you prefer
The traditionsl Quest sequence is entitled: Taste of Paris.
Taste of Paris Quest
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Taste of Paris I
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Felicia: Ah, it's you, dear farmer... I need your help! I've been suffering from a total lack of culinary inspiration! My dishes are bland, tasteless and boring! It's a disaster!
Harvest 40 Wheat
Skip for 20 RC
Harvest 40 Rye
Skip for 20 RC
Collect 40 Buffalo Milk
Skip for 20 RC
Felicia: Oh, what am I going to do? Cooking is my whole life!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 150 XP
Taste of Paris II
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Felicia: Granma saw me all sad and depressed and told me she's got a urprise for me... But first I need to help her with the farm chores.
Harvest 6 Apples
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 40 Wheat Bread
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 20 Sacks of Cake Flour
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Felicia: I don't think there's anything that can make me feel better...
Taste of Paris III
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Felicia: I've got the best Grandma in the world! She signed me up for a cooking course... In PARIS! World's food capital! My plane's leaving tomorrow. I need to get ready! Can you help me with the farm work?
Harvest 6 Almonds
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 40 Buffalo Milk Cheese
Skip for 20 RC
Pepare 8 jars of Honey Syrup
Skip for 8 RC
N.B. Each Honey Syrup requires 8 Honey and 4 Milk
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Felicia: I'm sure I'll get all the inspiration I need in Paris!
Taste of Paris IV
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Felicia: I'm so excited! I can't wait to explore the famous French cuisine! But unfortunately, I can't speak a word of French... I should learn some basics before I get on the plane!
Collect 10 French Dictionaries from Neighbours
Skip for 10 RC
Harvest 40 Red Roses
Skip for 20 RC
Harvest 40 White Grapes
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Felicia: Nothing can stop me nnow! Paris, here I come!
Special Reward: Special Missions Box containing Farm Aids (6 Power, 6 Super Fertiliser, 3 Super Watering Cans)
Taste of Paris V
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Felicia: Ah, bonjour Paris! The city looks amazing, I feel inspired just by walking down these beautiful streets. Oh, look at this lovely cafe! Care for a cup of tea?
Prepare 12 Lavender Cupcakes in your Kitchen
Skip for 12 RC
Page 9 in Recipe Book now: Need 1 Coconut Milk and 3 Lavender for each. Coconut Milk is made in the Kitchen using 1 Coconut and 2 Sugar.
Produce 10 Almond Cakes in Cake Machine
Skip for 6 RC
Prepare 12 Servings of High Tea
Skip for 12 RC
Page Tea is found on Page 9 as well and each requires 1 Maple Milk Tea and 1 Lavender Cupcake. Each Maple Milk Tea requires 2 Milk and 1 Maple Syrup. You should have sufficient Lavender Cupcakes from the first task given here.
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Felicia: I am loving this city! Can't wait to start the cooking class!
Taste of Paris VI
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Felicia: Time for my first cooking lesson! It's taught by a famous French chef named Jean Louis. I need to show him my talent and prepare some of our farm specialities!
Prepare 6 Pitchers of Grapefruit Tea
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. Each dish requirees 1 Grapefruit and 1 Orange.
Fish 8 times with the Treble Hook
Skip for 8 RC
Prepare 6 Smoked Salmon Crepes
Skip for 6 RC
Felicia: Simply delicious! I think I'm back on track!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Taste of Paris VII
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Felicia: Oh my! Chef Jean Louis loved my dishes! He even invited me for a dinner tonight to discuss French cuisine! This can't be real. I'm so excited! Let's get ready!
Craft 6 Rose Facial Masks in your Beauty Shop
Skip for 6 RC
Craft 6 Pairs of Earrings of Love in your Beauty Shop
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 50 Bottles of White Wine
Skip for 25 RC
Felicia: Paris by night is so romantic...
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Taste of Paris VIII
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Felicia: Mon Dieu! Dinner on top of the Eiffel Tower! A breathtaking view and delicious food. I need to get the recipes and bring them back to the farm!
Place a Gooseberry Bush on your Farm
Reward from Collections Mission or purchase in the Market for 8 RC
Prepare 6 Kir Breton in your Kitchen
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. Kir Breton is made with Apple Cider and Blackcurrant Sauce
For each Apple Cider, you need Yeast x 4 and Apple x 3
Yeast is produced by a Yeast Barrel, a temporary 'collectable' that can be purchased in the Market. If you haven't stored Yeast in your Barn, buy the Yeast Barrel as soon as possible as you cannot speed the production of any 'collectable'.
For each Blackcurrant Sauce, you will need Sour Cream and Blackcurrant Jello
Sour Cream requires Buffalo Milk x 2 and Butter x 2
Blackcurrant Jellow requires Blackcurant and Sugar x 2
Prepare 6 French Dinners in your Kitchen
Skip for 6 RC
Felicia: It was a lovely dinner! And I learned so much about the French cuisine!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Special Reward: Mini Eiffel Tower Decoraiton for your original Seaside Farm
The final part of this Quest sequence requires access to the Island:
Taste of Paris IX
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Felicia: I'm almost late for my second cooking class! But, as Grandma says, breakfast is the most important meal of the day so I can't skip it! Let's have something quick!
Prepare 6 Pain au Chocolat in your Kitchen
Skip for 6 RC
Each Pain au Chocolat requires 1 Dark Chocolate and 1 Soft Dough
Prepare 6 French Breakfasts
Skip for 6 RC
Each French Breakfast requires 1 Gooseberry Confiture and 1 Pain au Chocolat
Harvest 10 Chestnuts
Skip for 10 RC
N.B. This is an Island Tree
Watering Cans and Super Watering Cans can be used on the Chestnut Tree.
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Felicia: Gooseberry is my secret ingredient for a healthy and yummy breakfast!
Taste of Paris X
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Felicia: Today's class is all about sweet stuff! Even though I consider myself an excellent pastry chef, there's so much I didn't know! Here, try some desserts I made today!
Harvest 60 Cranberries
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. This is an Island Crop
Produce 60 Cranberry Pies
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. This is an Island task
You will need 60 Honey, transported from the original Seaside Farm for use in the Pie Machine here. You will need 60 Cassave Flour produced in your Island Mill and 60 Cranberries. Batch Production now is possible on the Island.
Prepare 6 Plates of Coffee Biscuits
Skip for 6 RC
Each Coffee Biscuit uses two cooked Dishes: 1 Coffee Cookies and 1 Lavender Cheese
Coffee Cookies requires Coffee Bean and Wheat Flour
Lavender Cheese requires Lavender and Buffalo Milk Cheese
Felicia: Nobody can resist my delicious desserts! Want some more?
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Taste of Paris XI
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Felicia This cooking course is over, but I still got some time for sightseeing. Put on your comfy shoes and let's walk around Montmartre and get our portraits painted! Right, but... where are we now?
Ask Neighbours for 20 Maps of Paris
Skip for 20 RC
Craft 6 Oil Painting Frames
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. This is an Island task
Each Oil Painting Frame requires 2 Linen and 2 Oak Wood. As there is no way to speed the harvest of a Wood Tree on the Island, you may wish to stockpile 12 of these in anticipation of this task. Make the Linen in advance as well.
Produce 60 Daisy Essential Oils
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. This is an Island task
Although the Essential Oil Machine is an Island Machine, you will need to transport 60 Daisies from the Seaside Farm to complete this task.
Felicia: I am having the time of my life! I wish I could stay longer!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Taste of Paris XII
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Felicia: Uh, I can't believe my trip is coming to an end! It was such a delightful experience! I fell in love with French cuisine and Parisian lifestyle! I will certainly come back again!
Produce 60 Blueberry Yogurts
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. This is an Island task
As Blueberry is a Seaside Crop, you will need to make certain that 60 Blueberries have been transported to your Island Farm. Honey and Goat Milk, both of which are Seaside Items, must be transported in advance as well.
Produce 60 Linen
Skip for 30 RC
N.B. This is an Island Task
Craft 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles
Skip for 6 RC
N.B. This is an Island task
Each Wooden Aroma Bottle requires 2 Wool Yarn and 1 Cedar Wood. You must transport a total of 12 Wool from the original Seaside Farm to use in the Loom on the Island. As the harvest of Wood Trees on the Island cannot be speeded, you may wish to stockpile 6 Cedar Wood for use in this Task.
Felicia: Thanks for coming along and helping me to find my inspiration again! Au revoir!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Special Reward: Carousel Decoration for your Island Farm
Strategies for Mission
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Many of the Items you will need to complete Tasks themselves are the subject of Tasks in the traditional Quest sequence, meaning that it would be counter-productive to prepare or produce these in advance, but there are others that are not themselves required as Tasks but are ingredients in Recipes. Some of these include 6 Smoked Salmon needed for a Recipe Task and 6 Gooseberry Confiture, an ingredient in a Recipe that is a Task in the sequence. It may not sound like much but if you can make these in advance, so much the better. Furthermore, it now is possible to purchase seafood items in the Coin Mystery Shop as well as fishing for them. I purchase every single seafood item I find in the Shop as I do not like the fishing option much and am unwilling to use too many items to 'boost' the fishing option to catch a specific item. You obviously will need a total of 6 Salmon in order to be able to process them into Smoked Salmon in your Smoke House.
For the Kir Breton, you can make the Ingredients in advance as follows:
Kir Breton is made with Apple Cider and Blackcurrant Sauce
For each Apple Cider, you need Yeast x 4 and Apple x 3
Yeast is produced by a Yeast Barrel, a temporary 'collectable' that can
be purchased in the Market. If you haven't stored Yeast in your Barn,
buy the Yeast Barrel as soon as possible as you cannot speed the
production of any 'collectable'.
For each Blackcurrant Sauce, you will need Sour Cream and Blackcurrant Jello
Sour Cream requires Buffalo Milk x 2 and Butter x 2
Blackcurrant Jellow requires Blackcurant and Sugar x 2
Note that this is not the only dish that requires Sugar. Best always to make certain you have adequate stocks of Sugar in your Barn for situations such as this.
As previously indicated, you now can use Batch Production on the Island but any use of OP on the Island is hideously expensive. Where the cost of speeding production of one item is 10 OP on the original Seaside Farm, it is 30 OP on the Island. The cost of using Batch Production to produce 60 Linen for example is 240 OP. To produce 60 Cranberry Pies would require more than 450 OP in Batch Production.
New Recipes:
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On page 38 in your Recipe Book, you will find the following new Recipes:
Gooseberry Confiture: 66 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Gooseberry, Maple Sugar
Pain au Chocolat: 638 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Dark Chocolate, Soft Dough
French Breakfast: 734 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Gooseberry Confiture, Pain au Chocolat
On page 43 in your Recipe Book, you will find the following new Recipes:
Smoked Salmon Crepe: 1397 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Smoked Salmon, Crepe
Kir Breton: 606 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Apple Cider, Blackcurrant Sauce
French Dinner: 2041 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Smoked Salmon Crepe, Kir Breton
New Gallery Registrations
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Gooseberry Bush:
5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans
Mini Eiffel Tower Decoration:
2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons
Carousel Decoration:
5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons
Taste of Paris Collection:
Includes Gooseberry Bush, Mini Eiffel Tower Decoration, Carousel Decoration
5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC
Note that you can register individual items at any point in time but the Collection must be registers within a fortnight
16 April 2015
New Options in Seaside: Building Plots and Garden on Island
There are a number of new options in Family Farm Seaside.
Some are less major than others but very useful, including the introduction of Batch Production to the Island and, when one accesses Crops in the Market, the total number of each Crop that is stored currently in your Barn.
One of the new options is a number of new possible expansions on your original Seaside Farm. Be warned, however, that these are not ordinary expansions but only 'Building Plots' where you can place your Buildings such as the Kitchen, Beauty Shop, Well, Cooking Stand, Warehouse and so on and the Cropinator. You cannot place Decoration Buildings here nor can you place plots here.
As previously indicated, one welcome new option on the Island is Batch Production. You now can use Batch Production both on Island Animals and Island Machines. This will help enormously with Missions as well as earning Mastery. In using Batch Production, you will have all existing upgrades to your Batch Production station.
Another new option on the Island is the Garden option. Here you can grow new flowers in pots. Flowers can be cross-bred and in some instances, placed in a Neighbour's garden.
Note that the Mystery section of the Market has been expanded to include items that can be purchased with Coins. Today, these items included Trimmers x 10 for 8000 Coins, Green Mystrons x 4 for 200 Coins, Tulip for 63 Coins, 1 Oval Stone for 100 Coins, a Blue Swimmer Crab, a Plum and a Chrysanthemum. You can purchase only one of each Item offered. If the item is in the form of a set, such as the Green Mystrons x 4, you can purchase only one set. The Coin section of the Mystery Shop is quite separate from the Green Mystron and Yellow Mystron sections.
Note that you can refresh the list of items that can be purchased with Coins in the Mystery Shop by tapping on the clock at the right top of the screen when the Shop window is open. You will be able to see as well how long you must wait until you can refresh the list again without paying. It appears that you can refresh the list four times before you must wait four more hours. When I refreshed for the third time, I actually was able to purchase Electric Saws and a Treasure Chest using Coins. Quite interesting. Parts for Island Machines were available as well. Island Crops and Products now can be found in the Coin section of the Mystery Shop which allows players to amass items they have not unlocked yet for the purpose of Helicopter Orders.
Incidentally, after refreshing four times, there was no option to speed the time needed to change the Menu. One has to wait it out.
It appears as though there is a total of 12 places for flowerpots in the garden and four places for Neighbour flowerpots. Only two of your own places will be unlocked at the start. Tools that can be used on flowerpots include trowels called 'spades' and trimmers. These can be used at specific intervals only. It apepars that one cannot purchase any of the possible upgrades for the Garden, whether in the form of more places for flowerpots or to unlock the 'Glasshouse'. You only can unlock new options by growing flowers and engaging in other Garden actions.
Other tools apart from the Spade and Trimmer that will be unlocked at higher levels include Insectiside, a UV Light and Music.
Your Garden Level is displayed on a pillar with a five-petal flower or five-point star on top of it. After planting a second flower and using 1 Trowel/Spade on each of the flowers, my Level remained Level 1 but I had earned 3 out of the 8 points needed to ascend to Level 2. Each Level upgrade requires more points.
There are three little stalls to the right of the Pillar. The first is the Mystery Shop. The second is a Flower Book akin to your Fish Book, listing all possible Flowers and your own mastery of them. The third is a help stall, indicated by a question mark.
Once a flowerpot is placed, tending the flower is time-based. The icon of the Tool that is needed to tend the Flower will appear above the flowerpot and, provided you have the Tool ins question, all that is needed is a tap of a finger. It appears that the actual Tool that is needed is random, although certain tools such as the UV Light and Insecticide require a specific level of Garden experience.
The Flower Book contains the following:
Ordinary Flower Chapter:
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Venus Flytrap
Viola Tricolour
Chrysanthemum
Epiphyllum
All ordinary Flowers can be purchased from the Shop. You need to access the Shop regularly to see what is available on any given day at any given time. Remember that you can refresh the list of Items offered for Coin purchase.
Each Flower has a different growing time and the time that must elapse before another Tool can be used is different in each case. The Chrysanthemum is one of the slowest-growing flowrs. The Viola Tricolour appears to be one of the fastest. You need not grow two of the same type of Flower in order to complete the requirement to grow 2 Level 2 Flowers for the Mission. Obviously you do not need two of the same type to create a hybrid. As the Mystery Shop Coin Menu will change each time you refresh, you can choose to wait until the flower you want appears, even when you have an empty space in your garden.
Super Flower Chapter
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Super Venus Flytrap
Super Viola Tricolour
Super Chrysanthemum
Super Epiphyllum
Super Lily
Super Jagger Lips
Super Flowers are obtained through cross breeding. There is a low chance of achieving these.
Mega Flower Chapter
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Maga Chrysanthemum
Mega Epiphyllum
Mega Lily
Mega Jagger Lips
Mega Rose
MEga Rafflesia
Mega Venus Flytrap
Mega Viola Tricolour
Mega Flowers are obtained through cross breeding.
Extraordinary Hybrids
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Doughnut Flower
Super Lollipop Flower
Cupcake Flower
Super Doughnut Flower
Super Cupcake Flower
Mega Doughnut Flower
Meag Cupcake Flower
Lollipop Flower
Mega Lollipop Flower
These flowers are obtained on rare occasions through cross breeding.
A new Island tutorial Quest is involved in this.
Trading Places
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Trading Places I
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Darryl: I made a bet with Felicia on whose tasks are harder. Now I have to do all Felicisa's tasks for a day and she'll do mine! And guess what? I'll be working in the flowr garden all day! No way, it's so girly!
Have 2 flowers in the garden
N.B. You will begin with one flower. I was able to purchase a second flower using Coins in the Mystery section of the Market. I do not know if the new items available in the Mystery section change daily or if they always are available but today, one can purchase 10 Trimmers for 8000 Coins.
Help 2 flowers with the Spade
Skip for 3 RC
N.B. When you are able to use a 'spade' on a flower, the icon of a trowel will appear above the flower pot. It really is a trowel and not a spade...
Help 2 flowers with the Trimmer
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: That wasn't too hard! Especially with your help! I wonder how Felicia has been getting on with my work!
Trading Places II
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Oh dear! Felicia left me instructions and according to them, I have to crossbreed flowers. I have no idea on how to do this! Can you help me, so that Felicia won't laugh at me?
Have 2 matured Level 1 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 1 level 1 flower
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Wow! Did you see that? Look, we've got a special flower!
N.B. The Chrysanthemum takes far longer to mature than the Epiphyllum. When my first Chrysanthemum finally matured, I had been continuing to feed the Epiphyllum for a day or so at least. Cross-breeding the two resulted in a Super Chrysanthemum in this case.
Trading Places III
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DarryL; Oh! I think I can even win the bet you know! All we need to do is take care of these little flowers when they need something! Look, I'll show you!
Have 2 Level 2 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 Flowers with the insecticide
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 flowers with the UV Light
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: These garden flowers are so delicate. I was scared about hurting them when I used the garden tools!
Trading Places IIV
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Darryl: Remember the flowers which you helped me crossbreed for the first time? We need to find another flower to crossbreed with this one! I still need to learn how to do this! Please help me one more time!
Have 2 matured level 2 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 2 level 2 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Rewards: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Yes, ow we have one more resident for our garden! Grow, little guy! Become big and beautiful!
Received a Mega Epiphyllum by crossbreeding a Super Epiphyllum and Super Chrysanthemum incidentally.
Trading Places V
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Darryl: I was planning to run to the fishing pier with my friends for a few hours, but these flowers need constant attention! I give Felicia credit, this juob isn't as easy as I thought it would be! But I still want to win the bet!
Have 2 Level 3 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 Flowers with Music
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Nice! All flowers have had their fair share of my attention! Now I have some free time!
Trading Places VI
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Darryl: We have enough flowers in our garden! Time for some experiments! I will corssbreed flowers and try to get a totally new type of flower! Felicia will be stunned!
Have 2 Matured level 3 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 2 Level 3 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: It's so peaceful here in this garden! No wonder Felicia spends hours here!
Trading Places VII
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Darryl: I need to free up some space in the garden. Can you help me decide which one I should sell? I am so attached to them now that I won't be able to make a choice!
Sell 1 Matured Flower
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Thank you for your help! Now we have more space and more coins! Gardening sure is an awesome thing!
Last quest in sequence.
Mystery Shop
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The new Mystery Shop offers the opportunity to buy new Flowers for the Garden, more implements for the Garden, as well as items from both the original Seaside Farm and the Island Farm, provided always that you have unlocked the Island and the Garden. If not, you will not see the Items from the Garden or the Island Items. On my second farm initially, I had unlocked the Island but not made the expansion that allowed the Garden to appear. I therefore saw only regular Island Items and Seaside Items in the Mystery Shop. Note, however, that Crops and products you may not have unlocked yet WILL appear in the Mystery Shop from time to time, as well as a multitude of Sea creatures. For players like me who dislike the fishing option, it is great to be able to buy seafood supplies in the shop now.
The Mystery Shop moreoever, in terms of the new Coin option is on a timer that allows the player to refresh up to four times, depending on the amount of time that has passed.
Be advised that you can have only a limit of 99 tools of any kind for the Garden. When you have 99 Spades, you cannot purchase more until you have used some of them.
Seeds for flowers cannot be stored. If you do not have a spot to plant the seed, you cannot purchase it.
Building Plot Expansions
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There are a total of six Building Plot Expansions and each has its own set of requirements. I am sorry I did not log the first two completely but each consists of three tasks, one of which is a Cooked Dish. The first required six Grape Cornbread, I believe and the second required 3 Polish Dumplings with Sour Cream. Here is the thrid:
3rd Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 20
Have 12 Steak Burgers
Have 5 bowls of Spaghetti
4th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 23
Have 6 Smoked Menhaden
Skip for 6 RC
Have 6 Plates of Stuffed Turkeys
Skip for 12 RC
5th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 31
Have 20 Bowls of Dumpling Soup
Skip for 20 RC
Have 20 bowls of White Wine Crab
Skip for 20 RC
6th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 37
Have 30 plates of Peach Cobbler
Have 30 Lavender Aroma Bottles
Other New Options
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Stats
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When you tap on the purple star in the top left corner of your screen, more information now appears:
How many points you need to reach the next Level
How many likes you have from Neighbours
How many Island Dev Points you have
How many visits from Neighbours today
How many times Neighbours helped you today
How many free gifts received
How many free gifts sent
How many days you have logged into the game (total, not consecutive)
Some are less major than others but very useful, including the introduction of Batch Production to the Island and, when one accesses Crops in the Market, the total number of each Crop that is stored currently in your Barn.
One of the new options is a number of new possible expansions on your original Seaside Farm. Be warned, however, that these are not ordinary expansions but only 'Building Plots' where you can place your Buildings such as the Kitchen, Beauty Shop, Well, Cooking Stand, Warehouse and so on and the Cropinator. You cannot place Decoration Buildings here nor can you place plots here.
As previously indicated, one welcome new option on the Island is Batch Production. You now can use Batch Production both on Island Animals and Island Machines. This will help enormously with Missions as well as earning Mastery. In using Batch Production, you will have all existing upgrades to your Batch Production station.
Another new option on the Island is the Garden option. Here you can grow new flowers in pots. Flowers can be cross-bred and in some instances, placed in a Neighbour's garden.
Note that the Mystery section of the Market has been expanded to include items that can be purchased with Coins. Today, these items included Trimmers x 10 for 8000 Coins, Green Mystrons x 4 for 200 Coins, Tulip for 63 Coins, 1 Oval Stone for 100 Coins, a Blue Swimmer Crab, a Plum and a Chrysanthemum. You can purchase only one of each Item offered. If the item is in the form of a set, such as the Green Mystrons x 4, you can purchase only one set. The Coin section of the Mystery Shop is quite separate from the Green Mystron and Yellow Mystron sections.
Note that you can refresh the list of items that can be purchased with Coins in the Mystery Shop by tapping on the clock at the right top of the screen when the Shop window is open. You will be able to see as well how long you must wait until you can refresh the list again without paying. It appears that you can refresh the list four times before you must wait four more hours. When I refreshed for the third time, I actually was able to purchase Electric Saws and a Treasure Chest using Coins. Quite interesting. Parts for Island Machines were available as well. Island Crops and Products now can be found in the Coin section of the Mystery Shop which allows players to amass items they have not unlocked yet for the purpose of Helicopter Orders.
Incidentally, after refreshing four times, there was no option to speed the time needed to change the Menu. One has to wait it out.
It appears as though there is a total of 12 places for flowerpots in the garden and four places for Neighbour flowerpots. Only two of your own places will be unlocked at the start. Tools that can be used on flowerpots include trowels called 'spades' and trimmers. These can be used at specific intervals only. It apepars that one cannot purchase any of the possible upgrades for the Garden, whether in the form of more places for flowerpots or to unlock the 'Glasshouse'. You only can unlock new options by growing flowers and engaging in other Garden actions.
Other tools apart from the Spade and Trimmer that will be unlocked at higher levels include Insectiside, a UV Light and Music.
Your Garden Level is displayed on a pillar with a five-petal flower or five-point star on top of it. After planting a second flower and using 1 Trowel/Spade on each of the flowers, my Level remained Level 1 but I had earned 3 out of the 8 points needed to ascend to Level 2. Each Level upgrade requires more points.
There are three little stalls to the right of the Pillar. The first is the Mystery Shop. The second is a Flower Book akin to your Fish Book, listing all possible Flowers and your own mastery of them. The third is a help stall, indicated by a question mark.
Once a flowerpot is placed, tending the flower is time-based. The icon of the Tool that is needed to tend the Flower will appear above the flowerpot and, provided you have the Tool ins question, all that is needed is a tap of a finger. It appears that the actual Tool that is needed is random, although certain tools such as the UV Light and Insecticide require a specific level of Garden experience.
The Flower Book contains the following:
Ordinary Flower Chapter:
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Venus Flytrap
Viola Tricolour
Chrysanthemum
Epiphyllum
All ordinary Flowers can be purchased from the Shop. You need to access the Shop regularly to see what is available on any given day at any given time. Remember that you can refresh the list of Items offered for Coin purchase.
Each Flower has a different growing time and the time that must elapse before another Tool can be used is different in each case. The Chrysanthemum is one of the slowest-growing flowrs. The Viola Tricolour appears to be one of the fastest. You need not grow two of the same type of Flower in order to complete the requirement to grow 2 Level 2 Flowers for the Mission. Obviously you do not need two of the same type to create a hybrid. As the Mystery Shop Coin Menu will change each time you refresh, you can choose to wait until the flower you want appears, even when you have an empty space in your garden.
Super Flower Chapter
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Super Venus Flytrap
Super Viola Tricolour
Super Chrysanthemum
Super Epiphyllum
Super Lily
Super Jagger Lips
Super Flowers are obtained through cross breeding. There is a low chance of achieving these.
Mega Flower Chapter
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Maga Chrysanthemum
Mega Epiphyllum
Mega Lily
Mega Jagger Lips
Mega Rose
MEga Rafflesia
Mega Venus Flytrap
Mega Viola Tricolour
Mega Flowers are obtained through cross breeding.
Extraordinary Hybrids
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Doughnut Flower
Super Lollipop Flower
Cupcake Flower
Super Doughnut Flower
Super Cupcake Flower
Mega Doughnut Flower
Meag Cupcake Flower
Lollipop Flower
Mega Lollipop Flower
These flowers are obtained on rare occasions through cross breeding.
A new Island tutorial Quest is involved in this.
Trading Places
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Trading Places I
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Darryl: I made a bet with Felicia on whose tasks are harder. Now I have to do all Felicisa's tasks for a day and she'll do mine! And guess what? I'll be working in the flowr garden all day! No way, it's so girly!
Have 2 flowers in the garden
N.B. You will begin with one flower. I was able to purchase a second flower using Coins in the Mystery section of the Market. I do not know if the new items available in the Mystery section change daily or if they always are available but today, one can purchase 10 Trimmers for 8000 Coins.
Help 2 flowers with the Spade
Skip for 3 RC
N.B. When you are able to use a 'spade' on a flower, the icon of a trowel will appear above the flower pot. It really is a trowel and not a spade...
Help 2 flowers with the Trimmer
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: That wasn't too hard! Especially with your help! I wonder how Felicia has been getting on with my work!
Trading Places II
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Oh dear! Felicia left me instructions and according to them, I have to crossbreed flowers. I have no idea on how to do this! Can you help me, so that Felicia won't laugh at me?
Have 2 matured Level 1 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 1 level 1 flower
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Wow! Did you see that? Look, we've got a special flower!
N.B. The Chrysanthemum takes far longer to mature than the Epiphyllum. When my first Chrysanthemum finally matured, I had been continuing to feed the Epiphyllum for a day or so at least. Cross-breeding the two resulted in a Super Chrysanthemum in this case.
Trading Places III
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DarryL; Oh! I think I can even win the bet you know! All we need to do is take care of these little flowers when they need something! Look, I'll show you!
Have 2 Level 2 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 Flowers with the insecticide
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 flowers with the UV Light
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: These garden flowers are so delicate. I was scared about hurting them when I used the garden tools!
Trading Places IIV
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Darryl: Remember the flowers which you helped me crossbreed for the first time? We need to find another flower to crossbreed with this one! I still need to learn how to do this! Please help me one more time!
Have 2 matured level 2 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 2 level 2 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Rewards: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Yes, ow we have one more resident for our garden! Grow, little guy! Become big and beautiful!
Received a Mega Epiphyllum by crossbreeding a Super Epiphyllum and Super Chrysanthemum incidentally.
Trading Places V
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Darryl: I was planning to run to the fishing pier with my friends for a few hours, but these flowers need constant attention! I give Felicia credit, this juob isn't as easy as I thought it would be! But I still want to win the bet!
Have 2 Level 3 Flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Help 2 Flowers with Music
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Nice! All flowers have had their fair share of my attention! Now I have some free time!
Trading Places VI
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Darryl: We have enough flowers in our garden! Time for some experiments! I will corssbreed flowers and try to get a totally new type of flower! Felicia will be stunned!
Have 2 Matured level 3 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Crossbreed 2 Level 3 flowers
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: It's so peaceful here in this garden! No wonder Felicia spends hours here!
Trading Places VII
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Darryl: I need to free up some space in the garden. Can you help me decide which one I should sell? I am so attached to them now that I won't be able to make a choice!
Sell 1 Matured Flower
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1500 Coins, 250 XP, 15 Dev Points
Darryl: Thank you for your help! Now we have more space and more coins! Gardening sure is an awesome thing!
Last quest in sequence.
Mystery Shop
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The new Mystery Shop offers the opportunity to buy new Flowers for the Garden, more implements for the Garden, as well as items from both the original Seaside Farm and the Island Farm, provided always that you have unlocked the Island and the Garden. If not, you will not see the Items from the Garden or the Island Items. On my second farm initially, I had unlocked the Island but not made the expansion that allowed the Garden to appear. I therefore saw only regular Island Items and Seaside Items in the Mystery Shop. Note, however, that Crops and products you may not have unlocked yet WILL appear in the Mystery Shop from time to time, as well as a multitude of Sea creatures. For players like me who dislike the fishing option, it is great to be able to buy seafood supplies in the shop now.
The Mystery Shop moreoever, in terms of the new Coin option is on a timer that allows the player to refresh up to four times, depending on the amount of time that has passed.
Be advised that you can have only a limit of 99 tools of any kind for the Garden. When you have 99 Spades, you cannot purchase more until you have used some of them.
Seeds for flowers cannot be stored. If you do not have a spot to plant the seed, you cannot purchase it.
Building Plot Expansions
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There are a total of six Building Plot Expansions and each has its own set of requirements. I am sorry I did not log the first two completely but each consists of three tasks, one of which is a Cooked Dish. The first required six Grape Cornbread, I believe and the second required 3 Polish Dumplings with Sour Cream. Here is the thrid:
3rd Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 20
Have 12 Steak Burgers
Have 5 bowls of Spaghetti
4th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 23
Have 6 Smoked Menhaden
Skip for 6 RC
Have 6 Plates of Stuffed Turkeys
Skip for 12 RC
5th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 31
Have 20 Bowls of Dumpling Soup
Skip for 20 RC
Have 20 bowls of White Wine Crab
Skip for 20 RC
6th Building Plot Expansion
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Reach Level 37
Have 30 plates of Peach Cobbler
Have 30 Lavender Aroma Bottles
Other New Options
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Stats
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When you tap on the purple star in the top left corner of your screen, more information now appears:
How many points you need to reach the next Level
How many likes you have from Neighbours
How many Island Dev Points you have
How many visits from Neighbours today
How many times Neighbours helped you today
How many free gifts received
How many free gifts sent
How many days you have logged into the game (total, not consecutive)
10 April 2015
Time-Restricted Sharing is Caring Quest and Garlands Collection Mission
This is the second time-restricted Mission that celebrates Songkran, or the Thai New Year. Last year's mission gave us a Tuk Tuk (special vehicle of Thailand) and a Beehive that produces Honey from Lily flowers. This year, the Mission has rewards that are less connected to Thailand. I have included a section on the traditional Thai New Year Festival of Songkran at the end of this post.
This dual Mission follows the pattern of all time-restricted Quests lately. The first component is the usual Collections Mission requiring collection of flower Garlands from four different sources. The second is a traditional Quest requence called 'Sharing is Caring' that is comprised of 12 steps and further, divided into three parts, each consisting of four steps. At the end of every part, you will receive a special Reward. The first is a Special Mission Gift Box containing a few Farm Aids. The second, at the end of Sharing is Caring VIII is a Decoration for your Seaside Farm. At the end of Sharing is Caring XII, the final step, you will receive a Decoration for your Island Farm. The last four steps essentially require access to the Island, although there are tasks within those steps, such as requests for an Item from Neighbours, that do not require Island access.
One component of this traditional Quest that I find a little unfair is the need to create Camomile Baskets. This was included in the last timed Mission as well and is impossible unless you have considerable Development Points on the Island. On my first farm, I have the ability to create any sort of Basket in the Flower Basket Machine but on my second farm, although I do have access to the Island, I do not yet have a Bamboo Tree, a Panda or a Flower Basket Machine because I lack sufficient Development Points. The Panda requires 960 Dev Points, the Bamboo Tree 900 Dev Points and the Flower Basket Machine requires 1360 Dev Points. To achieve this for a player who is fairly new to the Island is almost impossible in the time given for the Mission. You therefore only have the option to use RC to complete some of the tasks if you wish to obtain the Decoration for the Island. Mind you, the price for skipping the task of creating 10 Camomile Baskets is only 5 RC as opposed to 10 RC or more, so it is not that expensive in the general scheme of things. I remember the last time-restricted Mission where, on my second farm, I had to pay far more to complete the Mission in terms of the Island tasks because my Dev. Points were woefully inadequate at the time.
Collect Garlands:
70 Pink Rose Garlands from Pitaya
50 Marigold Garldands from Mayonnaise
30 Red Rose Garlands from Beef Salami
10 Orchid Garldands from Plum Tree
Rewards: Black Pepper Tree and Super Watering Cans
N.B. You can purchase Black Pepper Tree in the Market for 6 RC as well
Sharing is Caring Quest
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Sharing is Caring I
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Grandma: Last night Felicia told me that her Thai friend named Fon would come to visit us as she has a long holiday in her country. Let's finish some farm tasks before Fon arrives!
Harvest 40 Corn
Skip for 10 RC
Harvest 6 Maple Syrup
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 40 Tomatoes
Skip for 20 RC
Grandma: Haven't seen Fon in ages! Super excited already!
Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Sharing is Caring II
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Grandma: Morning, Sunshine! Looks like Felicia and Darryl are still in bed. Maybe I should bake some tasty trests to wake them up! Wake 'n Bake!
Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Wheat Bread
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Cheese Burgers
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Grandma: The smell of fresh baked goods is so tempting! I reckon these kids will wake up soon.
Sharing is Caring III
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Grandma: Recently we've received lots of orders from other farms. I think we'd better finish them before Fon gets here. Felicia will take the lead too! Can you lend her a hand?
Harvest 40 Oats
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 sacks of Rye Flour
Skip for 20 RC
Sell products worth 3000 Coins from Seaside Barn
Skip for 3 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Grandma: Yay! We've finished them on time!
Sharing is Caring IV
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Grandma: Felicia told me Fon likes hwite flowers and loves tea. I'll definitely look up some teas for her! We should also decorate our farm to give her a nice warm welcome!
Harvest 6 Cherries
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 40 Lavender
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 12 cups of Maple Milk Tea in your Kitchen
Skip for 12 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Grandma: The farm smells of lavender!
Special Reward: Special Mission Gift Box
Sharing is Caring V
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Grandma: Fon has just arrived at our farm. She brought us some Thai dessert to try, but I think we missed something though... that's right! We need deinks for our guest!
Produce 50 Bottles of Wine
Skip for 25 RC
Produce 15 glasses of Cherry Juice
Skip for 8 RC
Prepare 10 Coconut Milk in your Kitchen
Skip for 10 RC
Grandma: Thai desserts and drinks made on our farm! It's just perfect!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Sharing is Caring VI
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Grandma: Fon told us that this week is Thai New Year. Local people usually go back to their hometown and visit their family. She said that since she's here, she would love to cook some Thai food for us. Let's get her some ingredients!
Place a Black Pepper Tree on your Farm
Reward from Collections Mission or purchase in Market for 6 RC
Harvest 6 Black Peppers
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 50 Pumpkins
Skip for 25 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Grandma: Can't wait to try some food by Chef Fon!
Sharing is Caring VII
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Grandma: Felicia told me to get some rest and she would help Fon in the kitchen. Maybe I'll let these two beauties enjoy the cooking and I'll go get some rest. Do you want to join them in the kitchen?
Prepare 6 plates of Fried Spicy Seafood in your Kitchen
N.B. Each Fried Spicy Seafood will require 1 raw Octopus and 1 Black Pepper. If you intend to use RC, it would be better to buy whatever Octopus you lack for 1 RC each than to skip the task completely as you will need the six plates of Fried Spicy Seafood to make the Spicy Seafood Wonton
Skip for 6 RC
Prepare 12 Plates of Deep Fried Wonton in your kitchen
N.B. Each dish requires 1 Soft Dough and 2 Duck Eggs
Skip for `12 RC
Prepare 6 plates of Spicy Seafood Wonton Soup in your Kitchen
N.B. Each dish requires 1 Fried Spicy Seafood and 1 Deep Fried Wonton
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Grandma: Mmmm... I can smell something tasty from the kitchen.
Sharing is Caring VIII
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Grandma: There are many activities during the Thai New Year. Fon said people celebrate by splashing water over each other in public or by staying at home and cooking food. Talking about food makes me hungry again. Can we get some snacks?
Produce 60 Love Cakes
Skip for 30 RC
Prepare 6 Bowls of Sweet Mango
N.B. Each dish requires Mango and Honey Syrup x 2
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 60 Jars of Pitaya Jam
Skip for 30 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Grandma: I'm enjoying the snacks and stories that Fon's sharing so much of with us!
Special Reward: Basketball Playground Decoration for your Seaside Farm
Sharing is Caring IX
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Grandma: It feels so nice after taking a nap! But where is every one? They're probably still preparing dessert in the kitchen. Can you go to the kitchen again and help them with dessert? My stomach's already growling!
Prepare 10 plates of Coconut Pudding in your Kitchen
N.B. Each Coconut Pudding requires 1 Coconut Milk and 3 Corn
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 10 plates of Egg Custard in Pumpkin
N.B. Each Egg Custard in Pumpkin requires 2 Pumpkin and 1 Egg
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 10 plates of Thai Dessert Sets
N.B. Each Thai Dessert Set requires 1 Coconut Pudding and 1 Egg Custard in Pumpkin
Skip for 10 RC
Grandma: The egg and pumpkin was so tasty! Yum, yum...
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Sharing is Caring X
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Grandma: Another thing that Thai people do during the New Year is pour water on the hands of elders and ask for blessing. Fon wants to take this chance and ask for blessing from me too. We need to prepare flowers for this activity!
Collect 20 Flower Blessing Sets from your Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 60 Lavender Essential Oil
(Must have access to Island and Essential Oil Machine)
Skip for 30 RC
Harvest 60 Alfalfa
(Must have access to Island to grow Alfalfa)
Skip for 30 RC
Grandma: These flowers smell so nice!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Sharing is Caring XI
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Grandma: When receiving blessings from elders, one should wish for good health and be gratefuil for the thigs they've done for us. I could see a tear in Darryl's eye when he was pouring water onto my hands. Isn't that just adorable?
Produce 6 Cherry Chocolates
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 6 Bamboo Shoots
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 10 Camomile Baskets
(This requires access to the Island and sufficient Development Points not only to grow Camomile but to have a Panda and sufficient Dev Points for the Flower Basket Machine)
Skip for 5 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Reward: I'm so grateful to have them in my life!
Note that the number of items that require fairly high Development Points are not that significant. You can skip the Bamboo Shoot task and the Camomile Basket task for a total of 11 RC, must less than that required in the previous time-restricted Mission I believe!
The Basket Machine is unlocked only at 1360 Development Points. Points required to unlock the Bamboo Tree are 900 Dev Points but the Panda who makes the Baskets from the Bamboo Shoots costs 12 RC and is unlocked only with 960 Dev Points. If you are nowhere near a point where you can obtain 1360 Dev Points, you may wish to skip the 10 Camomile Basket task. The developers of the game have been kind here in sense as it costs only 5 RC to skip it.
Sharing is Caring XII
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Grandma: The wather is getting hotter, and it's already Thai New Year. Let's grab the water blaster and have a water fight, haha!
Collect 20 Water Blasters from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Complete 6 Helicopter Orders
(This task requires access to the Island)
Skip for 6 RC
Craft 6 Lavender Aroma Bottles
(This task requires access to the Island: create the Wooden Aroma Bottles and the Lavender Oil on the Island, then ship both to the Seaside Farm to make the Lavender Aroma Bottles in your Beauty Shop)
Skip for 6 RC
Grandma: We've all had a nice time today. Thanks so much, Fon, for such a great day!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Special Final Reward: Bunnies Fountain Decoration
Gallery Registration
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As with any time-restricted Quest or Mission, there are two separate components. The three items that are obtained as Rewards for completing all aspects of the Quest can be registered AT ANY TIME, but in order to register the Collection, you must register ALL THREE WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD. If you fail to do so, the Collection entry will be removed from your Gallery. Note that you still can register the items separately but registration of the actual Collection always includes the Reward of 1 RC and thus is worth the effort.
Black Pepper Tree
5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans
Basketball Playground
2 MEdals, 10 Green Mystrons
Bunnies Decoration
5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons
Sharing is Caring Collection
Includes Black Pepper Tree, Basketball Playground and Bunnies Fountain
Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC
Recipes
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Fried Spicy Seafood: 1082 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Black Pepper, Octopus
Deep Fried Wonton: 763 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Soft Dough, Duck Egg x 2
Spicy Seafood Wonton Soup: 1880 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Fried Spicy Seafood, Deep Fried Wonton
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Coconut Pudding: 570 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Corn x 3
Egg Custard in Pumpkin: 666 Coins, 1 XP
Pumpkin x 2, Egg
Thai Dessert Set: 1274 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Coconut Pudding, Egg Custard in Pumpkin
The following is the entry that I wrote for last year's Songkran Mission:
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Thai New Year Festival: Songkran or Songhran
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As with respect to many ancient Festivals, the main thrust of the Thai New Year Festival originally was a prayer for rain so that the crops would grow. Fertility for the land, in other words, was the reason why people celebrated this Festival as water is the source of life and could be the difference between life and death for people who depended upon the land for sustenance.
Most New Year Festivals involve cleansing rituals and Songkran/Songhran is no exception. The images of the Buddha are bathed ritually and homes are cleaned thoroughly in preparation for a new Year. Water fights, even with the use of 'weapons' such as water guns and cannons are an offshoot of the ancient cleansing rituals and are extremely popular in modern Thailand. People give alms to monks and visit their families.
A sign of respect towards elders is to pour perfumed water on their palms. This is similar to the ritual of bathing the statues of the Buddha. Water fights may be fun, but the foundation of the tradition is that of cleansing the body and soul of all negative influences. The streets are inundated with water during this festival.
A visit to the beach to build pagodas from sand is part of the Songkran/Songhran tradition.
Beauty pageants are a contemporary way of choosing a Songkran Queen. The origins of the Songkran Queen may be found in a tale that involves King Kabilaprom and his son, Prince Thammaban. The King asked his son to describe the attributes of a good person during the morning, at noon and finally in the evening. If the Prince were to answer correctly, the King would forfeit his own head. If the Prince were to answer incorrectly, the Prince would be beheaded instead. The Prince gave the correct responses which were the head in the morning, the chest at noon and the foot in the evening. The King then had to submit to beheading.
(This obviously is a corruption of a very ancient worldwide sacrifice ritual of the King in order to allow his son or heir to take power. By sacrificing his life, the King or Ruler made certain that the land would be fertile.)
In this case, the King was so powerful that, if his head had touched the ground, a drought would occur, scorching the land. Nor could the head be tossed into the sky or into the sea. (This tale has parallels in the legends that surround other heroes in other cultures, among them Imam Husayn.) His seven angel daughters in turn carried his head clockwise round a sacred mountain, the Phra Sumane Mountain.
Each angel daughter has her own specific attributes and each has a specific day. When Songkran Day, the New Year Day falls upon the day that is associated with that Queen, her attributes will determine the course of the Year:
Tungsatevee, Sunday: Red clothing, prefers wild fruit with discus in the right hand, shell in the left hand, rides a Garuda
Korakatevee, Monday: Yellow clothing, pearl ornaments, prefers butter oil, dagger in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Tiger
Ragsotevee, Tuesday: Light red clothing with agate ornaments, prefers blood, trident in the right hand, arrow in the left hand, rides a Pig
Montatevee, Wednesday: Emerald green clothing, cat's eye ornaments, prefers milk and butter, sharp iron in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Donkey
Kirineetevee, Thursday: Yellow-green clothing with emerald ornaments, prefers nuts and sesame seeds, elephant hook in the right hand, gun in the left hand, rides an Elephant
Kimitatevee, Friday: White clothing with topaz ornaments, prefers bananas, dagger in the right hand, Indian vina in the left hand, rides a Buffalo
Mahotorntevee, Saturday: Black clothing with onyx ornaments, prefers hog deer meat, discus in the right hand, trident in the left hand, rides a Peacock
The Songkran Queen or an image of the Buddha is carried through the streets in many cases:
This dual Mission follows the pattern of all time-restricted Quests lately. The first component is the usual Collections Mission requiring collection of flower Garlands from four different sources. The second is a traditional Quest requence called 'Sharing is Caring' that is comprised of 12 steps and further, divided into three parts, each consisting of four steps. At the end of every part, you will receive a special Reward. The first is a Special Mission Gift Box containing a few Farm Aids. The second, at the end of Sharing is Caring VIII is a Decoration for your Seaside Farm. At the end of Sharing is Caring XII, the final step, you will receive a Decoration for your Island Farm. The last four steps essentially require access to the Island, although there are tasks within those steps, such as requests for an Item from Neighbours, that do not require Island access.
One component of this traditional Quest that I find a little unfair is the need to create Camomile Baskets. This was included in the last timed Mission as well and is impossible unless you have considerable Development Points on the Island. On my first farm, I have the ability to create any sort of Basket in the Flower Basket Machine but on my second farm, although I do have access to the Island, I do not yet have a Bamboo Tree, a Panda or a Flower Basket Machine because I lack sufficient Development Points. The Panda requires 960 Dev Points, the Bamboo Tree 900 Dev Points and the Flower Basket Machine requires 1360 Dev Points. To achieve this for a player who is fairly new to the Island is almost impossible in the time given for the Mission. You therefore only have the option to use RC to complete some of the tasks if you wish to obtain the Decoration for the Island. Mind you, the price for skipping the task of creating 10 Camomile Baskets is only 5 RC as opposed to 10 RC or more, so it is not that expensive in the general scheme of things. I remember the last time-restricted Mission where, on my second farm, I had to pay far more to complete the Mission in terms of the Island tasks because my Dev. Points were woefully inadequate at the time.
Collect Garlands:
70 Pink Rose Garlands from Pitaya
50 Marigold Garldands from Mayonnaise
30 Red Rose Garlands from Beef Salami
10 Orchid Garldands from Plum Tree
Rewards: Black Pepper Tree and Super Watering Cans
N.B. You can purchase Black Pepper Tree in the Market for 6 RC as well
Sharing is Caring Quest
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Sharing is Caring I
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Grandma: Last night Felicia told me that her Thai friend named Fon would come to visit us as she has a long holiday in her country. Let's finish some farm tasks before Fon arrives!
Harvest 40 Corn
Skip for 10 RC
Harvest 6 Maple Syrup
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 40 Tomatoes
Skip for 20 RC
Grandma: Haven't seen Fon in ages! Super excited already!
Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Sharing is Caring II
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Grandma: Morning, Sunshine! Looks like Felicia and Darryl are still in bed. Maybe I should bake some tasty trests to wake them up! Wake 'n Bake!
Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Wheat Bread
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 Cheese Burgers
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP
Grandma: The smell of fresh baked goods is so tempting! I reckon these kids will wake up soon.
Sharing is Caring III
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Grandma: Recently we've received lots of orders from other farms. I think we'd better finish them before Fon gets here. Felicia will take the lead too! Can you lend her a hand?
Harvest 40 Oats
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 40 sacks of Rye Flour
Skip for 20 RC
Sell products worth 3000 Coins from Seaside Barn
Skip for 3 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Grandma: Yay! We've finished them on time!
Sharing is Caring IV
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Grandma: Felicia told me Fon likes hwite flowers and loves tea. I'll definitely look up some teas for her! We should also decorate our farm to give her a nice warm welcome!
Harvest 6 Cherries
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 40 Lavender
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 12 cups of Maple Milk Tea in your Kitchen
Skip for 12 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP
Grandma: The farm smells of lavender!
Special Reward: Special Mission Gift Box
Sharing is Caring V
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Grandma: Fon has just arrived at our farm. She brought us some Thai dessert to try, but I think we missed something though... that's right! We need deinks for our guest!
Produce 50 Bottles of Wine
Skip for 25 RC
Produce 15 glasses of Cherry Juice
Skip for 8 RC
Prepare 10 Coconut Milk in your Kitchen
Skip for 10 RC
Grandma: Thai desserts and drinks made on our farm! It's just perfect!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Sharing is Caring VI
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Grandma: Fon told us that this week is Thai New Year. Local people usually go back to their hometown and visit their family. She said that since she's here, she would love to cook some Thai food for us. Let's get her some ingredients!
Place a Black Pepper Tree on your Farm
Reward from Collections Mission or purchase in Market for 6 RC
Harvest 6 Black Peppers
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 50 Pumpkins
Skip for 25 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP
Grandma: Can't wait to try some food by Chef Fon!
Sharing is Caring VII
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Grandma: Felicia told me to get some rest and she would help Fon in the kitchen. Maybe I'll let these two beauties enjoy the cooking and I'll go get some rest. Do you want to join them in the kitchen?
Prepare 6 plates of Fried Spicy Seafood in your Kitchen
N.B. Each Fried Spicy Seafood will require 1 raw Octopus and 1 Black Pepper. If you intend to use RC, it would be better to buy whatever Octopus you lack for 1 RC each than to skip the task completely as you will need the six plates of Fried Spicy Seafood to make the Spicy Seafood Wonton
Skip for 6 RC
Prepare 12 Plates of Deep Fried Wonton in your kitchen
N.B. Each dish requires 1 Soft Dough and 2 Duck Eggs
Skip for `12 RC
Prepare 6 plates of Spicy Seafood Wonton Soup in your Kitchen
N.B. Each dish requires 1 Fried Spicy Seafood and 1 Deep Fried Wonton
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Grandma: Mmmm... I can smell something tasty from the kitchen.
Sharing is Caring VIII
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Grandma: There are many activities during the Thai New Year. Fon said people celebrate by splashing water over each other in public or by staying at home and cooking food. Talking about food makes me hungry again. Can we get some snacks?
Produce 60 Love Cakes
Skip for 30 RC
Prepare 6 Bowls of Sweet Mango
N.B. Each dish requires Mango and Honey Syrup x 2
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 60 Jars of Pitaya Jam
Skip for 30 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP
Grandma: I'm enjoying the snacks and stories that Fon's sharing so much of with us!
Special Reward: Basketball Playground Decoration for your Seaside Farm
Sharing is Caring IX
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Grandma: It feels so nice after taking a nap! But where is every one? They're probably still preparing dessert in the kitchen. Can you go to the kitchen again and help them with dessert? My stomach's already growling!
Prepare 10 plates of Coconut Pudding in your Kitchen
N.B. Each Coconut Pudding requires 1 Coconut Milk and 3 Corn
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 10 plates of Egg Custard in Pumpkin
N.B. Each Egg Custard in Pumpkin requires 2 Pumpkin and 1 Egg
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 10 plates of Thai Dessert Sets
N.B. Each Thai Dessert Set requires 1 Coconut Pudding and 1 Egg Custard in Pumpkin
Skip for 10 RC
Grandma: The egg and pumpkin was so tasty! Yum, yum...
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Sharing is Caring X
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Grandma: Another thing that Thai people do during the New Year is pour water on the hands of elders and ask for blessing. Fon wants to take this chance and ask for blessing from me too. We need to prepare flowers for this activity!
Collect 20 Flower Blessing Sets from your Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 60 Lavender Essential Oil
(Must have access to Island and Essential Oil Machine)
Skip for 30 RC
Harvest 60 Alfalfa
(Must have access to Island to grow Alfalfa)
Skip for 30 RC
Grandma: These flowers smell so nice!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP
Sharing is Caring XI
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Grandma: When receiving blessings from elders, one should wish for good health and be gratefuil for the thigs they've done for us. I could see a tear in Darryl's eye when he was pouring water onto my hands. Isn't that just adorable?
Produce 6 Cherry Chocolates
Skip for 6 RC
Harvest 6 Bamboo Shoots
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 10 Camomile Baskets
(This requires access to the Island and sufficient Development Points not only to grow Camomile but to have a Panda and sufficient Dev Points for the Flower Basket Machine)
Skip for 5 RC
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Reward: I'm so grateful to have them in my life!
Note that the number of items that require fairly high Development Points are not that significant. You can skip the Bamboo Shoot task and the Camomile Basket task for a total of 11 RC, must less than that required in the previous time-restricted Mission I believe!
The Basket Machine is unlocked only at 1360 Development Points. Points required to unlock the Bamboo Tree are 900 Dev Points but the Panda who makes the Baskets from the Bamboo Shoots costs 12 RC and is unlocked only with 960 Dev Points. If you are nowhere near a point where you can obtain 1360 Dev Points, you may wish to skip the 10 Camomile Basket task. The developers of the game have been kind here in sense as it costs only 5 RC to skip it.
Sharing is Caring XII
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Grandma: The wather is getting hotter, and it's already Thai New Year. Let's grab the water blaster and have a water fight, haha!
Collect 20 Water Blasters from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Complete 6 Helicopter Orders
(This task requires access to the Island)
Skip for 6 RC
Craft 6 Lavender Aroma Bottles
(This task requires access to the Island: create the Wooden Aroma Bottles and the Lavender Oil on the Island, then ship both to the Seaside Farm to make the Lavender Aroma Bottles in your Beauty Shop)
Skip for 6 RC
Grandma: We've all had a nice time today. Thanks so much, Fon, for such a great day!
Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP
Special Final Reward: Bunnies Fountain Decoration
Gallery Registration
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As with any time-restricted Quest or Mission, there are two separate components. The three items that are obtained as Rewards for completing all aspects of the Quest can be registered AT ANY TIME, but in order to register the Collection, you must register ALL THREE WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD. If you fail to do so, the Collection entry will be removed from your Gallery. Note that you still can register the items separately but registration of the actual Collection always includes the Reward of 1 RC and thus is worth the effort.
Black Pepper Tree
5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans
Basketball Playground
2 MEdals, 10 Green Mystrons
Bunnies Decoration
5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons
Sharing is Caring Collection
Includes Black Pepper Tree, Basketball Playground and Bunnies Fountain
Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC
Recipes
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Fried Spicy Seafood: 1082 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Black Pepper, Octopus
Deep Fried Wonton: 763 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Soft Dough, Duck Egg x 2
Spicy Seafood Wonton Soup: 1880 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Fried Spicy Seafood, Deep Fried Wonton
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Coconut Pudding: 570 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Coconut Milk, Corn x 3
Egg Custard in Pumpkin: 666 Coins, 1 XP
Pumpkin x 2, Egg
Thai Dessert Set: 1274 Coins, 1 XP
Ingredients: Coconut Pudding, Egg Custard in Pumpkin
The following is the entry that I wrote for last year's Songkran Mission:
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Thai New Year Festival: Songkran or Songhran
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As with respect to many ancient Festivals, the main thrust of the Thai New Year Festival originally was a prayer for rain so that the crops would grow. Fertility for the land, in other words, was the reason why people celebrated this Festival as water is the source of life and could be the difference between life and death for people who depended upon the land for sustenance.
Most New Year Festivals involve cleansing rituals and Songkran/Songhran is no exception. The images of the Buddha are bathed ritually and homes are cleaned thoroughly in preparation for a new Year. Water fights, even with the use of 'weapons' such as water guns and cannons are an offshoot of the ancient cleansing rituals and are extremely popular in modern Thailand. People give alms to monks and visit their families.
A sign of respect towards elders is to pour perfumed water on their palms. This is similar to the ritual of bathing the statues of the Buddha. Water fights may be fun, but the foundation of the tradition is that of cleansing the body and soul of all negative influences. The streets are inundated with water during this festival.
A visit to the beach to build pagodas from sand is part of the Songkran/Songhran tradition.
Beauty pageants are a contemporary way of choosing a Songkran Queen. The origins of the Songkran Queen may be found in a tale that involves King Kabilaprom and his son, Prince Thammaban. The King asked his son to describe the attributes of a good person during the morning, at noon and finally in the evening. If the Prince were to answer correctly, the King would forfeit his own head. If the Prince were to answer incorrectly, the Prince would be beheaded instead. The Prince gave the correct responses which were the head in the morning, the chest at noon and the foot in the evening. The King then had to submit to beheading.
(This obviously is a corruption of a very ancient worldwide sacrifice ritual of the King in order to allow his son or heir to take power. By sacrificing his life, the King or Ruler made certain that the land would be fertile.)
In this case, the King was so powerful that, if his head had touched the ground, a drought would occur, scorching the land. Nor could the head be tossed into the sky or into the sea. (This tale has parallels in the legends that surround other heroes in other cultures, among them Imam Husayn.) His seven angel daughters in turn carried his head clockwise round a sacred mountain, the Phra Sumane Mountain.
Each angel daughter has her own specific attributes and each has a specific day. When Songkran Day, the New Year Day falls upon the day that is associated with that Queen, her attributes will determine the course of the Year:
Tungsatevee, Sunday: Red clothing, prefers wild fruit with discus in the right hand, shell in the left hand, rides a Garuda
Korakatevee, Monday: Yellow clothing, pearl ornaments, prefers butter oil, dagger in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Tiger
Ragsotevee, Tuesday: Light red clothing with agate ornaments, prefers blood, trident in the right hand, arrow in the left hand, rides a Pig
Montatevee, Wednesday: Emerald green clothing, cat's eye ornaments, prefers milk and butter, sharp iron in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Donkey
Kirineetevee, Thursday: Yellow-green clothing with emerald ornaments, prefers nuts and sesame seeds, elephant hook in the right hand, gun in the left hand, rides an Elephant
Kimitatevee, Friday: White clothing with topaz ornaments, prefers bananas, dagger in the right hand, Indian vina in the left hand, rides a Buffalo
Mahotorntevee, Saturday: Black clothing with onyx ornaments, prefers hog deer meat, discus in the right hand, trident in the left hand, rides a Peacock
The Songkran Queen or an image of the Buddha is carried through the streets in many cases:
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