28 May 2015

Neighbours' Day Quests

A new time-restricted Quest has been released in Family Farm Seaside.

At the same time, there is a special purchase in a sale that requires access both to the Island itself and to the Garden there, which means that it is available only to fairly advanced Farmers. 

At present, you can purchase a Macaron Friendship Flower through your provider and place it on a Neighbour's Farm, provided you have unlocked your Greenhouse.    I think this sale has been released because it is so slow to advance in the Garden to the point where you can breed your own Friendship Flower.  The Friendship Flower that can be purchased must be placed first in your Greenhouse and then on a Neighbour's Farm.

The whole procedure is a little vexing as Neighbours do not always have an unlocked plot available for your Friendship Flower.  You first have to find an unlocked plot on a Neighbour's farm and then hope that the Neighbour is an active player.


At the same time, in the actual market, you can purchase, under the Decorations Category, a Duck Habitat which is involved in the Neighbours' Day Quest.  Evidently, this quest will run until 3 June.

The Duck Habitat, once placed, must be built with the following:

100 Duck Habitat Leaf (Leaves) (Request from Neighbours)
10 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf  (Random item inside Cooking Stand Bag)
5 Duck Habitat Lotus Flowers  (Quest reward)

Once completed, the Duck Habitat will become a Cleanable Decoration that yields a Silver Gift Box

Incidentally, as the Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf is a random result and you have a limit at present of 42 Cooking Stand Gift Bags, I obtained only 5 from all 42 of mine.  Evidently, you CANNOT buy the Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf materials, as 'Finish Building'  is applicable only when you have all the materials.  It is very annoyiing to discover that OTHER Farmers were able to complete theirs in a single day.  I have 'eaten' the maximum number of Neighbour Dishes at their Cooking Stands for the day and only have half of the required Lotus Leaf materials for the Habitat.  I suppose the entire point of this Quest was to force Farmers to visit their Neighbours to eat their Dishes... but still... Later:  It took me two days to complete the Habitat and I had to use all 42 of my Cooking Bags each day to do so.

Neighbours Day I
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Felicia:  It's such a beautiful day today!  Since it's Neighbour's Day, I have an idea.  Let's take a break and ivite some neighbours for a picnic in the fores near the lake!  Can you help me to ifnish the owork on the farm?

Place a Duck Habitat on your farm
  Cost is 1200 Coins

Harvest 100 Carrots
  Skip for 50 RC

Prepare 15 Carrot Cupcakes
  Skip for 15 RC

Felicia:  The food is  great!  I really enjoy this lovely day!

Reward: 600 Coins, 15 XP, 1 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf

Neighbours' Day II
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Felicia:  Did you hear that?  I think I heard something behind those bushes in the lake... Oh!  It's a cute little duck!  He looks lost and hungry!  But we have already finished all of our food!  Can you prepare some more?

Prepare 10 Butter Pies
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 50 Jars of Grape Jam
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 12 Maple Syrup
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 800 Coins, 16 XP, 1 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf

Felicia:  You can see he was really hungry!  I wonder what happened with his mom!

Neighbours' Day III
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Felicia:  Grandma said we can take care of the little ducky, so cool!  But we need to clean up the place, plant some flowers and prepare the habitat for this little fella!  We can ask our neighbours for help, because it's a lot of work!

Harvest 100 Wheat
  Skip for 50 RC

Fertilise your Neighbours' farms 100 times
  Skip for 50 RC

Harvest 12 Cherries
   Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 16 XP, 1 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf

Felicia:  They are always so helpful!  It's good to have such good neighbours!

Neighbours' Day IV
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Felicia:  With the help of our neighoburs, the pond is almost ready!  We should harvest some food for our new little friend.  What do you think he'd like to eat?

Harvest 100 Cucumbers
  Skip for 50 RC

Harvest 100 Corn
  Skip for 50 RC

Harvest 100 Oat
  Skip for 50 RC

Reward: 1200 Coins, 16 XP, 1 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf

Felicia:  He looks much happier now!

Neighbours' Day V
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Felicia:  We couldn't finish the habitat without the help of our neighbours!  So let's prepare some gifts and invite them over to see our cute little duck swim in his new home: the duck habitat!

Produce 30 Cheese Burgers
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 10 plates of Pierogi
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 60 Bottles of White Wine
  Skip for 30 RC

Rewards: 1400 Coins, 16 XP, 1 Duck Habitat Lotus Leaf

Felicia:  All of our neighbours showed up and adored the new duck habitat!  Thanks for your help and happy Neighbours' Day!

New Gallery Registration Items
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This is kind of important if you are the sort of player who wishes to have all Gallery Items.  There is a sale running through 1 June that offers the Macaron Friendship Flower that can be placed on a Neighbours' Farm provided all requirements are met.  For those players who think that a single purchase suffices, think again.  If you wish to earn the Sppon Shovel Decoration, you must purchase 8 of these.  To earn the Macaron Flower Decoration, you have to purchase 10 of these.   Furthermore, purchase is not enough to earn the Decorations.  You will earn them only when you have OPENED a total of 8 and 10 packages respectively.  A Macaron Friendship Flower package cannot be opened until you have a free spot in your Greenhouse.  The number of spots depend on your Garden Level.  I try to interact with my garden constantly but I only have 1 spot in my Greenhouse so far.  At Level 15, one gains another spot...  As of 31 May, you still have 31 days to complete the Macaron Flower Collection, but I think that lower level players and even mid-level players like myself may be hard-pressed to do this.  The developers erred where this particular goal is concerned by making it far too difficult.  Perhaps I will contact them.  After all, they listened when I begged for the return of the Iris, albeit they brought it back as a temporary Crop once again!

Macaron Road
  1 Medal, 8 Organic Fertiliser

Macaron Flower
  3 Medals, 20 Green Mystrons

Spoon Shovel
  2 Medals, 15 Green Mystrons


There is a new Collection as well:

Macaron Friendship Flower
  Includes  Macaron Friendship Flower, Macaron Road and Spoon Shovel
  Reward: 3 Medals, 200 OP, 1 RC
  Expires in 31 Days

Crossbreeding Neighbour Flowers
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I should have sussed this out long ago but failed to do so, as I continued to tend my Neighbours' Friendship Flowers on my farm without ever crossbreeding them.  I thought that one had to crossbreed between NEIGHBOUR Flowers, which is not the case at all.  You crossbreed a Neighbour's Flower with one of your own Mature Flowers.  Unfortunately, the Flowers MUST be of the same level so if your mature flowers are Level 3 and your mature Friendship Neighbour's Flower is Level 1, you will have to wait until one of your Level 1 Flowers matures.

I think many players have missed this as my Friendship Flowers on Neighbour farms matured long ago and nothing has been done with them.  Great pity....  Ah well, live and learn!



Decoration Warehouse Changes
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This has nothing whatsoever to do with the Neighbours' Day Quest or sale but I encountered it while attempting to clear a few Decorations temporarily from my farm today.  With 190 Slots in my Warehouse, I had thought I would have no trouble, but in fact was allowed to store only 5 under the new system!

Note:  I had noticed the change in the Warehouse some time ago but did not realise that, even with my Warehouse maxed out at 190 Storage, I could not store more than 5 Decorations!  In order to allow storage of more Decorations, you now must expand the 'Decoration' part of the Warehouse by requesting Goods Shelves from your Neighbours or paying 1 RC for each of these.  You need 5 to expand from the original 5 slots to 10 and 20 to expand from 10 to 15.  To expand to 20, you need the following:

20 Goods Shelf (Request from Neighbour or pay 1 RC for each)
2 Fire Extinguisher  (3 RC Each)
5 Wooden Panels (Craft on Island or pay 1 RC each)
10 Nails (Craft on Island or pay 1 RC for each)

22 May 2015

Time-Restricted Fantasy Family Land Quests and Soda Collection Mission

A new time-restricted Quest and Collection Mission has been released in Family Farm Seaside. As always, it is a two-pronged timed Quest, with a traditional Quest sequence that runs in tandem with a Collections Mission.

What is particularly exciting about this one is the release of the Iris as a Crop.  Over three years ago, when I first discovered Family Farm Seaside, the Iris was a temporary Crop in the Market.  It always has been my favourite flower and I was enchanted by it.  I was saddened by its departure from the Market and have begged the developers to bring it back.  Finally, it IS back but again, only for 14 days.  Even so, it will give farmers the opportunity to enjoy this beautiful bloom.

As has been the case recently, the traditional Quest sequence, consisting of 12 Parts, actually gives special Rewards after each set of four Parts.  After Fantasy Family Land IV, you will receive a Special Mission Gift Box.  After Fantasy Family Land VIII, you will receive a special Decoration for your original Seaside Farm.  After you complete the final Fantasy Family Land XII, you will receive a special Decoration for your Island Farm.

In short, you need access to the Island for the final four Parts of the Quest, unless you intend to spend a lot of RC to skip all Island Tasks.

Note that you will need a completed Hot Dog Machine on the Island to finish the Quest.  A Hot Dog Machine costs 12 RC and requires the following parts:

20 Black Wheels
  Request from Neighbours or buy for 1 RC each
15 Nails
  Craft or buy for 1 RC each
20 Lag Bolts
  Craft or buy for 1 RC each
6 Wrenches
  Craft or buy for 1 RC each


Collect Sodas
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70 Red Soda from Tomatoes
50 Green Sodas from Buffalo Milk
30 Orange  Sodas from Pineapple Jam
10 Blue Sodas from Juniper Berry

Reward:  Lime Tree

Note that the Lime Tree can be purchased in the Market for 9 RC

Fantasy Family Land Quest
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Fantasy Family Land I
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Darryl:  Have you heard about the Flower Festival in Family Land?  Every one was talking about the Flower Festival at school, but some how I didn't notice!  Maybe it was because I was working so hard on the farm.  Oh, I sitll have a lot of work to do...

Harvest 6 Apples
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 40 Bottles of Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 150 XP

Fantasy Family Land II
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Darryl:  We've got more orders following the spring!  But guess what?  Felicia and Grandma said they'll take me to Family Land after I finish all the farm work!

Harvest 6 Cherries
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 20 Cornmeal
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Sugar
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Darryl:  Shall we go now?  I can't wait!

Fantasy Family Land III
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Darryl:  Wow!  Look at all these beautiful flowers!  I remember I planted a bunch of flowers on the farm with Daddy last year!  Oh, there's a Dutch Mill on our farm!  Our farm's like a small version of Family Land!

Harvest 40 Daisies
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 sacks of Wheat Flour
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Irises
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Darryl:  I feel more relaxed with the fragrant smell of flowers.  Look there, I knew that Felicia would take a selfie in front of flowers!  Haha!

Fantasy Family Land IV
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Darryl:  Let's take a look at what rides they have here!  Wow!  I can't believe the line waiting for the roller coaster!  Then again, what about getting some snacks before going on the ride?  I'm waiting with anticipation!

Collect 6 Jars of Nectar
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 6 Cherry Flans
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 6 Carrot Pastries
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Darryl:  It'll take more than one hour!  We should take a look around and come back, and hope less people will be waiting!

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

Fantasy Family Land V
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Darryl:  Actually, do you know what my favourite part of the amusement park is?  It's the Safari!  I think I'll have some food before seeing the animals in the safari.  It's also time for them to eat lunch!  Haha!

Collect 20 Safari Hats from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 12 Plates of Juniper Sausage
  Skip for 12 RC

  Each requires 1 Beef Salami and 1 Juniper Berry

Prepare 6 Plates of Sunrise Porridge
  Skip for 6 RC

  Each requires 1 Orange Crumble, and 1 Cornmeal, both prepared in the Kitchen

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Darryl:  I'm now full of energy!  Let's hurry.  The safari jeep is arriving soon!

Fantasy Family Land VI
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Darryl:  We're here to see cute animals on grassland!  Angora rabbits, shepp, cows and deer are grazing contentedly nearby in the fields.  Now I miss our animals back on the farm.  Can you help me to feed them on our farm so they won't get hungry?

Place a Lime Tree on your Farm
  Reward from Collection Mission or Purchase in Market for 9 RC

Produce 50 bundles of Angora Hair
  Feed Angora Rabbit Carrots
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Bundles of Wool
  Feed Sheep Wheat
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Darryl:  They were so cute!  Especially when they were munching away!  It's time to see some scary animals!  Haha, Felicia is getting nervous now!

Fantasy Family Land VII
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Jungle time!  I feel chilly just looking at the crocodiles, tigers and the lions roaring around us!  Felicia is already hiding behind Grandma!  Wooah!  We need some cold drinks to cool down!

Prepare 12 Jars of Apple Milkshake
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 8 Glasses of Limeaid
  Skip for 8 RC

  N.B.  Each Limeaid requires 1 Lime and 2 Sugar

Prepare 8 Homemade Burger Sets
  Skip for 8 RC

  N.B.  Each Homemade Burger Set requires 1 Hamburger Steak and 1 Limeaid.  Each Hamburger Steak requires 2 Beef and 1 Fried Vegetables with Soy Sauce

Darryl:  Even though it was a bit scary, it was really cool!  When I mentioned I wanted to bring lions to our farm, Felicia was almost in tears!


Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Fantasy Family Land VIII
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Darryl:  Grandma seems really exhausted with all the walking.  Felicia also looks tired.  Phew... Maybe we can take a rest in the nearby ponds?  Are there fish inside?

Fish 8 times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 8 RC

Collect 50 Goose Feathers
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 8 Bowls of Clam Soup
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Darryl:  Grandma and Felicia look relaxed now, but I need more exciting rides.  What will be the next one?

Special Reward: Safari Bus Decoration for Seaside Farm

Fantasy Family Land IX
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Darryl:  Agghhh!  There's still a long queue for the roller coaster.  Let's buy some food while we're waiting, so we won't be too bored!  What do they have around here?

Prepare 6 Sticks of Cotton Candy
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Cotton Candy requires 1 Sugar Cube and 1 Honey Syrup, both of which are made in the Kitchen.

Prepare 8 Plates of Churros
  Skip for 8 RC

  N.B.  Each Churros requires 1 Cinnamon and 1 Soft Dough

Prepare 8 Cups of Churros Soft Ice
  Skip for 8 RC

  N.B.  Each Churros Soft Ice requires 1 Churros and 1 Lime Soft Ice, both of which are made in the Kitchen.  Lime Soft Ice is made with 1 Lime and 1 Condensed Milk.

Darryl:  I flew like the wind on the roller coaster!  Look at this picture taken on the ride!  Is she laughing or crying?

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Fantasy Family Land  X
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Darryl:  I feel sorry for Dad.  He's been busy taking care of the farm while we're out here enjoying ourselves so much.  What should we get for him?

Harvest 60 Cactus
  N.B.  This is an Island Crop and takes 1 Hour to mature.
  Skip for 30 RC
 

Transport 60 Daisies to Island Farm
  Skip for 30 RC
  N.B.  This will take a total of 60 Minutes or 1 Hour

Craft 6 Wooden Panels
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Wooden Panel is crafted from Red Sandalwood from the Red Sanders Tree and takes about half an hour to complete.

Darryl:  Surprise!  As flowers are one of my Dad's favourite things, he would like to be given flowers from Family Land!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Fantasy Family Land XI
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Darryl:  It's getting dark outside, we don't have much time left for today.  Let's go on the Ferris Wheel and catch the night view.  We should also grab the opportunity to take lots of nice pictures before the ride's over.

Produce 12 Bags of Chestnut Flour
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 12 RC

 Craft 6 Coral Rose Mirrors
  Skip for 6 RC

The 6 Coral Rose Mirrors must be transported to the Island once completed for use in making the Coral Dressing Tables.  You will need 2 Red Rose Bouquets, 1 Polished Coral Twig and 1 Glass for each of the Mirrors and each takes 13 minutes to complete.

Craft 6 Coral  Dressing Tables
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 6 RC

Darryl:  The night breeze was really cool and the flowers and animals look so tiny from up high!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Fantasy Family Land XII
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Darryl:  We shouldn't miss the laser show at night before leaving.  Let's get laser sticks and see whose has the most bling!  Every one looks so happy now!

Collect 20 Laser Sticks from your Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 60 Daisy Essential Oil
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Beef Hot Dogs
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

Darryl:  Amazing colourful lasers in the dark!  It was a really good end to the spring.  I hope we can come with all the family next time.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Special Reward: Viking Decoration for Island Farm

Strategies for Mission
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There are a number of Recipe requirements and many themselves have ingredients that are made in the Kitchen.  You will need some of the basics, including Soft Dough (used in more than one Dish that is required), Condensed Milk and Batter.

Near the end of the Quest, you will need to make 60 Beef Hot Dogs in the Hot Dog Machine on the Island.  Make certain that you have at least 60 Beef in your Barn and 60 Ketchup.  Place the Beef in the Salami Machine to make 60 Salami.  Transport 60 Ketchup and 60 Beef Salami to the Island in advance.


New Gallery Registration:
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Lime Tree:
  5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans

Safari Bus
  2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons

Viking
  5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Fantasy Family Land Collection:
  Includes Lime Tree, Safari Bus, Viking
  5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

15 May 2015

New Recipe for Success Untimed Quest

A new untimed Quest sequence has appeared in Family Farm Seaside, entitled 'Recipe for Success'.  I do not know if it is available at ALL Levels, but it certainly is available from Level 40 onward, as my second farm, at a far lower level than my first, is at Level 41 now and the Quest sequence appears there as well.

Untimed Quests do not expire and therefore the Farmer can take his/her time in completing them.  This one is designed to force the player to fish and use the Beauty Shop.  If you look at the price in RC for skipping any of the tasks that involve fishing, seafood items or Beauty Shop crafting, you will see that it is far higher than usual.   The price for skipping the harvest of the Roses is lower than usual.   Skipping a harvest usually is half the price of the total of the harvest.  In this case, it ordinarily would cost 50 RC to skip the harvest of 100 Roses but here you see it is only 10 RC.  It is where the fishing, seafood and Beauty Shop are concerned that the price is really a deterrent.   To skip the task of preparing only 2 bowls of Bowled Fish with Pickled Cabbage, you would have to pay 12 RC.

You therefore should complete all tasks.  If you lack the ingredients for a dish or craft item, it is better to pay 1 RC to buy it than to skip the task, especially where the item is a 'bonus' item that one cannot obtain always from the seafood item.  Pearls and Sea Snail Shells are bonus items.

In terms of the fishing tasks, most require only that you actually FISH with a specific Hook.  Remember that you always can use the Boost to obtain the precise item needed but it uses your fishing tries faster.  Many players will have the items needed in their Barns.  if not, however, use the Boost to obtain the item that you need to process in the Seafood House rather than using RC to skip the task.  It is too expensive in this Quest sequence to skip tasks such as these.

I do not like fishing much in Seaside and unfortunately have not performed my daily fishing tasks...  I was thrilled when the Coin Mystery Shop began to offer seafood items.  Perhaps I am not alone in this as this quest sequence appears to be designed specifically to bring players back to the pier!

Recipe for Success Quest
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Recipe for Success I
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Grandma:  I think it is time for you to learn more about the beauty shop!  Ol' MacDonald's sister will visit us soon and she can teach you everything about it!  She specialises in beauty products!

Have a Beauty Shop on your Farm

Harvest 100 Blue Roses
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 100 Red Roses
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 780 Coins, 111 XP

Grandma:  We harvested so many flowers!  I wonder which flower she will use for her famous beauty products!

Recipe for Success II
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Grandma:  Our farm products are so popular in town that our customers have to pre-order them!  Almost every one loves our beauty and seafood products.  Let's make some facial masks!

Process 4 Gulfweed in Seafood House
  Skip for 8 RC

Craft 6 Clay facial Masks in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC

Craft 6 Rose Facial Masks in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC

Rewrds: 780 Coins, 111 XP

Grandma:  With the combination of our secret techniques and our fresh ingredients, the products turned out to be amazing!

Recipe for Success III
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Grandma:  While we are completing all the tasks for today, I will tell you the story of how our farm became famous!  But please help me finish the tasks for today.

Process 6 Coral in Seafood House
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 70 Goose Feathers
  Skip for 35 RC

Craft 3 Goose Feather Earrings in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 3 RC

Reward: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  I bet these earrings are going to be a new trend this summer!  Ok, back to our story!

Recipe for Success IV
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Grandma:  When I was young and didn't have any experience in farming, our farm business wasn't successful and we didn't know how to attract new customers.  The only dishes I knew were peach dishes.

Harvest 70 Sugar Beets
  Skip for 35 RC

Prepare 10 Bowls of Peche au Caramel
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 5 Peach Cobblers
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 780 Coins,, 111 XP

Grandma:  Wow, that's impressive!  Your peach dishes look uch better than the ones I made when I was young!

Recipe for Success V
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Grandma:  One year our farm had no crops.  And that was the time when I decided to seek help and advice from experienced farmers.  So I went to a Farm Conference to learn about beauty products and seafood!

Prepare 2 plates of Crab Meat Yi Mein
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 2 plates of Wakame Salad
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 2 Plates of Seafood Salad
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  We're lucky to always have fresh ingredients straight from the sea!

Recipe for Success VI
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Grandma:  I met Ol' MacDonald's sister there and saw her presentation on the 'Usage of a Beauty Shop for successful farming'.  I thought that idea was amazing!  So after the presentation I asked her for advice on producing beauty products!

Craft 10 Red Cord Necklaces in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 35 RC

Craft 2 Pearl Necklaces in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC

Craft 2 Banana Facial Masks in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 5 RC

Reward: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  We've learned how to create beautiful accessories and cosmetics with farm items and items that can be collected from the sea.

Recipe for Success VII
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Grandma:  We have not only improved in making beauty products, but we also came up with a new strategy for our seafood dishes!  Let's prepare some to see how it tastes!

Prepare 2 bowls of Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 2 Smoked Mackerel in the Smoke House
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 2 bowls of Spicy Fish
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  Perfect!  Those dishes didn't take much time and they are really delicious!

Recipe for Success VIII
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Grandma:  With the seafood business growing bigger and bigger, we tried more new products and styles!  That was a big success because our farm became famous all over the world for fresh and unique seafood dishes and quality beauty products.

Prepare 2 bowls of Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 2 portions of Sticky Rice
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 730 Coins, 111 XP

Grandma:  Yummy, these dishes are our family's specialty!

Recipe for Success IX
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Grandma:  Since that moment, we always tried new things and were not scared of change!  I think this is the secret of success!  It is not enough to be a good farmer, it is important to be creative in discovering new possibilities and have good taste!

Prepare 2 bowls of Sweet Mango
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 2 plates of Mango with Sticky Rice
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 780 Coins, 111 XP

Grandma:  Good job!  Now you know the secret of a successful farm.

Recipe for Success X
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Grandma:  By the way, have you heard about our latest beauty products?  All our customers love it!  I'm sure you will be blown away too after you try it out yourself!

Fish 10 times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 30 RC

Process 2 Scallops in the Seafood House
  Skip for 6 RC

Craft 2 Pearl Hydrating Masks in the Beauty Shop
  Skip for 5 RC

Rewards: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  Unbelievable!  This facial mask is magical!  Don't you feel refreshed after using it?

Recipe for Success XI
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Grandma:  Now I want you to make something special for Ol' MacDonald's sister.  She is the one who helped me discover my recipe for success, and she is the one who introduced me to Ol' MacDonald!

Fish 10 times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 20 RC

Process 2 Corals in Seafood House
  Skip for 6 RC

Craft 2 Coral Rose Mirrors in Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 1014 Coins, 145 XP

Grandma:  Such a special gift!  I think you've created a new bestseller!

This is the end of the sequence.

08 May 2015

Time-Restricted Work Hard Dance Hard Quest and Pointe Shoes Collections Mission

As players of Family Farm Seaside may realise now, the special time-restricted Missions usually are released on Friday morning.  Another has been released this morning.  As usual, it is two-pronged.  There is a Collections Mission that delivers the reward of a new tree in the form of a Birch Tree.  One can purchase this Tree in the Market if a player is not willing to go through the labour of the Collections.  With the Collections Mission is a traditional Quest sequence entitled 'Work Hard Dance Hard'.

Recently, the traditional Quest sequences have been divided into three parts, each of which consists of four steps.  At the end of each part, the farmer receives a special Reward with the usual Coin and XP Reward.  This Quest is no exception.  At the end of Work Hard Dance Hard IV, the farmer will receive the usual Special Mission Gift Box.  At the end of Work Hard Dance Hard VIII, the farmer will receive a special Flower Stand Decoration for the original Seaside Farm.  It is the final part that requires access to the Island and the special Reward for completing  Work Hard Dance Hard XII, the farmer will receiva a special Swan Lake Decoration for the Island Farm.

If a player has not reached the point where he/she can gain access to the Island, the tasks that require access can be skipped by using RC.  It will require a tremendous amount of RC, however!  Note that not all of the Tasks in Work Hard Dance Hard IX through XII are Island Tasks but many are.

Collections Mission:
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Collect Pointe Shoes as follows:

70 Blue Pointe Shoes from Grapes

50  Green Pointe Shoes from White Wine

30 Yellow Pointe Shoes from Oat Bread

10 Red Pointe Shoes from Sorbus

Reward: Birch Tree

If you prefer, you can purchase the Birch Tree in the Market for 7 RC

The traditional Quest sequence is:

Work Hard, Dance Hard Quest
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Work Hard, Dance Hard I
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Felicia:  During spring there is always a lot to do on the farm:  plant, water, harvest.   I would say farming is the hardest work in the world!  I need some dessert to sweeten my routine!

Harvest 40 Rye
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 20 jars of Orange Jam
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 6 Gorgonzola Baked Apples
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each requires 1 Honey Syrup and 1 Cheese Apple, both of which are Cooked Dishes themselves.   Honey Syrup requires Honey x 8 and Milk x 4 for each one and Cheese Apple requires Buffalo Milk Cheese x 4 and Apple x 6 for each.  So this Dish requires a lot of ingredients!

Felicia:  That was such a great idea!  I am full of energy now!  Back to planting!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard II
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Felicia:  Great news!  I've got a letter from my Russian friend!  Did I ever mention that one of my girl friends is a real ballerina?  She and her troupe are coming to our town with a show!

Collect 40 Peacock Feathers
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Daisies
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 6 Lychees
  Skip for 6 RC

Felicia:  All done for now!  Letg's find out what her role in the show will be!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard III
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Felicia:  She will play one of the swans in the show.  It is so interesting.  After we help Grandma with work, would you like to watch their previous shows online?  I want to have a better idea about it?

Harvest 40 Grapes
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 jars of Oat Milkshakes
  Skip for 20 RC

  N.B.  Each Oat Milkshake requires Milk and Oat.  One of the easier Dishes to make!
  
Prepare 10 Cheese Salads
  Skip for 10 RC

  N.B.  Each Cheese Salad requires Honey x 5 and Cheddar Cheese x 2.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  I was looking forward to seeing the show with you, so the work was done in no time!

Work Hard Dance Hard IV
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Felicia:  How graceful and charming dancers are!  Wouldn't it be great to become a ballerina!  Let's collect some ballerinas' pictures to get more ideas about what a real ballerina should look like!

Collect 10 Old Ballerina's Photos from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 glasses of Kvass
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 Milk Cookies
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  Our neighbours are so nice!  They sent me so many fascinating pictures!

N.B. from Eugenia:  Yes, Neighbours ARE nice!  They sent me the photos I needed almost immediately!  Many thanks.  By the way, if any one wants to be my neighbour, my farm is Harvest Moon and my ID is AVLIMXC.  I do not visit neighbours as often as I would like, but I play daily and my farm is packed with Cleanable Decorations that give the desirable Blue Cleaning Boxes.

Special Reward:  Special Mission Gift Box containing Farm Aids.  Mine contained 6 Super Fertiliser, 3 Super Watering Cans and 6 Power.

Work Hard Dance Hard V
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Felicia:  I don't think it is hard to become a ballerina, but I will need a lot of energy for practice!  Time for some snacks!

Place Birch Tree on your Farm
  Reward from Collections Mission or buy in Market for 7 RC

Prepare 6 glasses of  Birch Tree Kvass
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each recipe requires 1 Birch Tree Syrup and 1 Kvass to make

Produce 50 Love Cakes
  Skip for 25 RC

Felicia:  This birch tree kvass is so nutritious!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard VI
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Felicia:  I am full now and ready to roll!  First things first.  I will need a cute tutu.  Let's collect some feathers for it.

Collect 50 Goose Feathers
  Skip for 25 RC

Craft 6 Clay Facial Masks
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Clay Facial Mask requires Algae Powder x 2, Batter and Distilled Water.

Harvest 10 Lemons
  Skip for 5 RC

Felicia:  I look so amazing in this tutu!  It didn't take long to become a ballerina!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard VII
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Felicia:  I found a few videos of famous ballerinas on the internet!  Look, i can dance just like them!  Whew!  I need some drinks now!

(If Felicia can dance as well as  famous ballerinas with nothing more than a pretty tutu to guide her, she must be a superwoman of some sort!)

Produce 50 Grape Juice
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 6 Guarana Drink in your Kitchen
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each requires 1 Guarana and 1 Lemon.  Currently, there is a sale that includes a Guarana Bush as one of the items.

Prepare 10 Orange Smoothies in your Kitchen
  Skip for 10 RC

  N.B.  Each Orange Smoothie requires 1 Condensed Milk and 1 Orange Jam.  Orange Jam was made in a previous task.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  Thank you for your help!  Your drinks are always the best!

Work Hard Dance Hard VIII
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Felicia:  My friend is coming in a few hours.  Darryl is makig food and I want to prepare some gifts for her and her troupe.

Produce 50 Lavender Bouquets
  Skip for 25 RC

Craft 6 Red Cord Necklaces
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Red Cord Necklace will require 1 Angora Hair, 1 Wool and 2 Red Roses.

Craft 6 Milk Facial Masks
  Skip for 6 R
  N.B.  Each Milk Facial Mask will require 1 Clay Facial Mask (from previous task), 2 Buffalo Milk and 1 Condensed Milk.  Make ingredients in advance if possible!

Felicia: They liked our gifts so much and they gave us one too!  Look!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Special Reward:  Flower Stand Decoration for original Seaside Farm





Screenshot shows the Flower Stand Decoration as well as the new Birch Tree that is the Reward for the Collections Mission.  The two Ducks and Mum Fence are current sale items.


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The final part of this sequence requires access to the Island or the willingness to use RC to skip Island Tasks.
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Work Hard Dance Hard IX
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Felicia:  It was a long way here and they are probably very tired.  Let's help them to have a good rest by preparing some tea!

Prepare 6 cups of Sakura Tea
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Sakura Tea requires 1 Sakura Flower and Honey x 2.

Prepare 6 Syrniki with Honey
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  You will need Cottage Cheese and Caramel Honey Sauce to make this.  Caramel Honey Sauce requires Caramel and Honey x 2.

Harvest 10 Tea Tree Leaves
  Skip for 10 RC

  N.B.  This is an Island Tree but as it is not a 'wood' tree, you can use Super Watering Cans or Watering Cans to speed harvests.

Felicia:  Our guests seem to be delighted with the fresh, homemade tea!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard X
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Felicia: Yesterday I spet the whole evening chatting with my friend.  She told me so many ballerina stories.  For example, ballerinas have to protect their ankles from cold and wear wool socks after training.

Collect 20 Warm Cute Socks from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 60 Mohair Yarn
  Skip for 30 RC

  N.B.  This is an Island task.

Craft 6 Make-up Boxes
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  This is an Island Task but you will need to make 6 Starfish Mirrors in your Beauty Shop on the original Seaside Farm first and then craft 6 Wooden Planks on the Island, finally combining them to make the Make-up Boxes on the Island.  Each Starfish Mirror will require 2 Lavender Bouquets (from prior Quest task), 1 Dried Starfish and 1 Glass.  Make them in your Beauty Shop in advance if possible.  Transport of 6 Starfish Mirrors will take over an hour to complete, by the way, making it more advantageous to do it early.  Note that each Wooden Plank takes 10 minutes to craft on the Island.  Make them in advance if you haven't sufficient in your Barn.

Felicia:  It is so good to have such great neighbours who always provide us with everything that we possibly need!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Work Hard Dance Hard XI
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Felicia:  My friend also said that to become a ballerina she had to work hard every day since she was a child!  Oh, every day seems to be a tough day for her.  Let's help her and prepare a bath with essential oils.

Produce 60 Lavender Essential Oil
  Skip for 30 RC
  N.B.  This is an Island task but make certain that you transport 60 Lavender from your original Seaside Farm for use in the Island Essential Oil Machine

Prepare 6 Healthy Breakfasts in Kitchen
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  You should have the ingredients for these from previous tasks.

Craft 6 Flower Rings
  Skip for 6 RC

  N.B.  Each Flower Ring uses 1 Sakura Flower, 1 Jasmine and 1 Fern Flower

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  She will sleep tight and have a nice rest before the show!

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Felicia:  The show was spectacular!  But now I know how hard the ballet dancers must work to make this show happen!  Every day they do their best on the stage and I do my best on the farm!

Harvest 60 Camomile
  Skip for 30 RC
  N.B.  This is an Island Crop

Complete 6 Helicopter Orders
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island task

Produce 60 Raisins
  Skip for 30 RC

  N.B.  This is an Island Task but make certain that you first transport 60 Grapes from your original Seaside Farm for use in the Dehydrator Machine on the Island.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  You did such a good job today!  Enjoy your day!

Special Reward:  Swan Lake Decoration for Island Farm

Strategies for Quest
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The speed with which you can complete any time-restricted Quest without using precious RC depends partly on your own Level in the game.  If, however, you are willing to spend RC to complete the Quest, you will find that many tasks can be completed quite quickly.  Some of the shortcuts that can be used if you spend RC are Batch Production and the purchase of the new Birch Tree rather than waiting to complete the labour-intensive Collections Mission.  With 7 RC, you can buy the Tree in the Market, place it and have the 6 Birch Tree Syrups that you need for one of the tasks before you reach that point in the Quest sequence.

Batch production can be expensive and it is here that the value of visiting Neighbours to clean their Decoraitons is apparent.  The items that you receive in any Cleaning Gift Box always are random but often include OP needed for Batch Production and Power needed for the Kitchen and Island Workshop.  There is an Island Expansion that will give you access to a Volcano that produces Power as well but having a fairly new second farm has made me aware of the difficulties and expense of reaching that goal on the Island!  On my first farm, I did complete all expansions as quickly as possible, often using RC to skip tasks for which I did not have sufficient Dev Points, mainly in order to write my Island Guide.  On my second farm, I cannot justify such wanton expenditure of money!

Note that Batch Production for the Seaside Farm is far less expensive than Batch Production for the Island.  If you have to choose, use it for the original Farm as you will obtain more for your OP that way.

There are three ways to speed Machine Production.  The first requires no OP and simply consists of placing more than one Machine on your farm, operating them all at the same time manually.  The second is by using the Automatic Production which is more expensive than Batch Production and is good only if you wish to remove a Machine from your Farm to store it but still have ingredients in it.  The third is Batch Production.  Batch Production is not instantaneous by any means and there are two ways to speed that.  One requires extra OP and can prove expensive.  By going into the Batch Production, you can see how many minutes are left to complete the Batch and use extra OP to complete it early.  There is another way, however, that costs nothing more than the same amount of OP you need to make the items in Batch Production in the first place.  Simply use more than one Machine and split the total in half between them.  You thus need only half the time to make the total number of products in Batch Production.

In any event, one of the keys to early completion is to read all the task and try to collect all necessary ingredients for Kitchen and Beauty Shop recipes before you reach the task that requires them.  If you have access to the Island, you will find that ingredients from the mainland Seaside Farm are needed.  This involves transport which always takes time.  Transport of Crops such as Lavender and Grapes are fairly quick as each takes only 1 minute, but transport of the 6 Starfish Mirrors needed for a Workshop task of creating Make-up Boxes will take over an hour, the same time needed to transport 60 Lavender or 60 Grapes!  Doing so early thus becomes extremely helpful, especially if you do not have more than 2 Zeppelins at your disposal.

As I have written again and again, it is a good idea to make the 'Basic' Ingredient Recipes whenever you can for future use.  These include the Condensed Milk that is required for two different tasks, one being a Kitchen Recipe and the other an item crafted in the Beauty Shop.  Other 'Basic' ingredients include Cottage Cheese and Batter.   Honey Syrup is another 'Basic' that always should be kept in stock.

Note that some of the simpler Recipes require a large number of ingredients, including Honey, Cheddar Cheese and Milk, three items that can be requested as Free Gifts on a daily basis from your Neighbours.  Bear in mind the fact that you will need special Items in the course of the traditional Quest sequence that only can be obtained from your Neighbours.  There are a total of 30 such Items:  10 Old Ballerina Photos in Work Hard Dance Hard IV and 20 Warm Cute Socks in Work Hard Dance Hard X.  Neighbours do not respond to requests instantly in every case.  There are time differences as well as other individual schedules.  I never request ANY free gifts on Thursday before any time-restricted Quest is scheduled to begin the next day as you only can request 1 gift from any Neighbour every 24 hours.  I have more than enough Neighbours to cover requests for 30 special items but I usually triple the request number to speed completion.

Likewise, one of the Island tasks is to complete 6 Helicopter Orders.  Although some of the items required in Orders may be Island items, for the most part you will find that you need Seaside Items.  Make and transport these as early as possible so as not to delay the completion of this task more than necessary.  Remember that each Helicopter Order takes time as it is another form of transport and I believe it takes about 20 minutes.  Even if you have all the items needed, therefore, it will take a couple of hours to complete 6 Orders for the task.

For the new Recipes, all of which are used in Quest tasks, you will need some ingredients that can be made in advance, including Cottage Cheese and Caramel Honey Sauce.

Note that

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There are new Recipes in the Kitchen that are included in the tasks for this Quest sequence.  They are found on Page 29 of the Recipe Book and are:

Birch Tree Kvass: 275 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Birch Tree Syrup, Kvass

Syrniki with Honey: 256 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Cottage Cheese, Caramel Honey Sauce

Healthy Breakfast: 561 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Birch Tree Kvass, Syrniki with Honey

Gallery Registration
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As usual, each item can be registered individually at ANY point in time, but the Collection must be registered within a fortnight or so.

Birch Tree:
  5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans

Flower Stand Decoration
  2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons

Swan Lake Decoration
  5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Work Hard Dance Hard Collection
  Includes Birch Tree, Flower Stand Decoration, Swan Lake Decoration
  Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC