Time-Restricted Torch Festival and Torch Collections Mission

 

A new time-restricted Quest and Collections Mission has been released in Family Farm Seaside.  It deals with a Chinese Torch Festival.  The traditional Torch Festival Quest sequence operates in tandem with a Collections Mission.  The reward for completing the Collections Mission is an Arugula Bush.  This is a Collectable, which means that you cannot purchase it in the Market at this point in time.  Furthermore, there is no way to speed the production of any 'Collectable'.  Your strategy therefore should be to complete the Collections Mission as quickly as possible as Arugula will be needed to complete the traditional Quest sequence.

The new format for the time-restricted traditional Quests is 15 Steps rather than the old 12 Steps.  Rewards are given after completion of Torch Festival IV, Torch Festival VIII and finally Torch Festival XV.  You will receive a special Mission Gift Box for completing Torch Festival IV.  When you complete Torch Festival VIII, you will receive a Lacquer Horn Decoration for your original Seaside Farm.  When you complete Torch Festival XII, you will receive a Special Mission Island Gift Box containing various Farm Aids and finally, at the very end of the sequence, you will receive a Chinese Yi Doll Decoration for your Island Farm. 

Torch Collections
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70 Green Torches from Chardonnay
50 Blue Torches from Peacock Feather
30 Pink Torches from Beef Salami
10 Red Torches from Date Tree

Reward: Arugula Bush

Torch Festival I
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I received the invitation to attend a local festival at my friend's home town.  Do you want to know what it is?  Actually I can't wait to share with you, but i have to finish farm work first.  Would you like to help me?

Harvest 40 Blueberries
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 6 Maple Syrup
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 12 glasses of Cherry Juice
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  Job done!  So let me show you what this festival is all about!

Torch Festival II
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Felicia:  There's a Torch Festival happening in my friend's home in Yi province in China!  People will hold various activities to celebrate it.  And of course I will prepare some delicious food in advance!  So let's join in and enjoy!

Prepare 6 Egg Tarts
  Skip for 6 RC

N.B.  Each Egg Tart requires 1 Eggnog and 1 Soft Dough
Each Eggnog requires 1 Egg and 1 Condense Milk
Each Soft Dough requires 1 Cake Flour and 1 Batter
Each Cake Flour requires 2 Oat Flour and 2 Rye Flour
Each Batter requires 2 Wheat Flours and 1 Egg

Produce 40 Beef
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Wheat Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  I wonder what I can help them with.

Torch Festival III
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Felicia:  I will be helping my friend to prepare for the festival and all this preparing made me thirsty.  Let's make some drinks for everybody!  Friends should be able to enjoy juice together!

Prepare 8 jugs of Lemon Champagne
  Skip for 8 RC

Each Lemon Champagne requires 2 Lemons and 2 Champagne

Prepare 12 cups of Maple Milk Tea
  Skip for 12 RC

Each Maple Milk Tea requires 2 Milk and 1 Maple Syrup

Produce 40 bottles of Wine
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

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

Torch Festival IV
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Felicia:  Now I'm full of energy!  What shall we do next?  My friend suggests a bonfire party and horse racing on the Grassland before the festival starts.  She thinks that we can enjoy the fun of a fire dance show together!

Prepare 8 plates of Grape Cornbread
  Skip for 8 RC

N.B.  Each Grape Cornbread requires 1 No-Flour Cornbread and 2 Grape Jam
Each no-Flour Cornbread requires 2 Buffalo Milk Cheese and 1 Cornmeal

Harvest 40 Rice
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 jars of Pitaya Jam
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  I can't believe I can ride by myself!  And the bonfire party is so enjoyable!

Special Reward: Special Mission Box containing 2500 Coins, 6 Super Fertilisers, 1 Super Watering Can, 2 Watering Cans

Torch Festival V
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Felicia: My friend says it might sound crazy but the best part is still to come!  I can't help but feel a bit hungry right now.  How about we get some snacks first?  Do you want to join in and help?

Prepare 8 Blueberry Krispy Bars
  Skip for 8 RC

N.B.  Each Blueberry Krispy Bar requires 1 Rice Krispies and 2 Blueberry Jam
Each Rice Krispies requires 2 Rice and 2 Mayonnaise

Prepare 8 Orange Jam Cookies
  Skip for 8 RC

N.B.  Each Orange Jam Cookies requires 1 Orange Jam and 2 Milk Cookies
Each Milk Cookie requires 1 Condensed Milk and 1 Wheat Flour
Each Condensed Milk requires 1 Milk and 1 Sugar

Prepare 8 plates of Rice with Dates
  Skip for 8 RC

N.B.  Each Rice with Dates requires 4 Rice and 1 Date

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  Well done!  Thanks for your help!

Torch Festival VI
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This is so exciting!  But it's time to say goodbye and go back to my friend's home town to prepare for the Torch Festival.  HOw about we give some presents to the Grassland people who were so nice to us?

Produce 50 Goose Feathers
  Skip for 25 RC

Fish 8 times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 8 RC

Craft 6 Goose Feather Earrings
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Goose Feather Earrings requires 1 Coral Slice, 2 Goose Feathers, 1 Earring Hooks and takes 20 minutes to complete in the Beauty Shop

Felicia:  The jewelry looks so beautiful!  I hope the girls will like it!

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Torch Festival VII
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Felicia:  We're back now!  Oh, what's that?  It looks like a red dragon statue!  Maybe we can look for my friend and ask what it's for.

Place an Arugula Bush on your Farm
  Skip for 10 RC

This is the Reward for completing the Collections Mission

Harvest 50 Green Beans
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 12 bowls of Bean Stew
  Skip for 12 RC

N.B.  The recipe for Bean Stew is 1 Beef Salami and 3 Green Beans for each portion.

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  The statue is part of the festival!  The preparation is going great!

Torch Festival VIII
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Felicia:  For this festival, every one will be divided into teams and they will hold torches.  Yi people use this torch to illuminate every corner, symbolising purification!

Fertilise your Neighbours' farms 50 times
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 12 Coconuts
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 12 bowls of Coconut Ice Cream
  Skip for 12 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  I am so lucky to learn about that...

Special Reward: Lacquer Horn Decoration for Seaside Farm

Torch Festival IX
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Felicia:  Why don't we take part in the festival?  We can make our own team, dress up and light our torches!

Harvest 10 Peaches
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 60 Cheddar Cheese
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 6 cups of Arugula Peach Juice
  Skip for 6 RC

N.B.  Each Arugula Peach Juice requires 1 Arugula and 1 Peach  Note that, like most Collectables, the actual number of Arugula you can harvest when it is ready is random.  The first time I harvested it I reeived only 1 Arugula.  To be able to complete the guide for this Quest quickly, I therefore used RC to buy the Arugula I needed, even though I had completed the Collections Missions and the Arugula Bush was placed on my farm.

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  This will be an amazing experience!

NOTE:  From this point onward, you will need access to the Island unless you wish to spend considerable RC to skip tasks.

Torch Festival X
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Felicia:  Another important part of the festival is singing and dancing!  My friend says she will teach me the traditional dance here, so why don't we dress up and look the part?

Collect 20 Headpieces from your Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Craft 4 Make-up Boxes
   Skip for 8 RC

Each Make-up Box requires 1 Wooden Plank and 1 Starfish Mirror.  Starfish Mirrors must be transported from the Seaside Farm.  Each Starfish Mirror requires 1 Lavender Bouquet, 1 Dried Starfish and 1 Glass and is made in the Beauty Shop in 4 minutes.

This is an Island Task.

Craft 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Wooden Aroma Bottle requires 2 Wool Yarn and 1 Cedar Wood.  To make Wool Yarn, you first need to transport Wool from the Seaside Farm.  You need to save 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles to transport to the Seaside Farm in a LATER task.

This is an Island Task

Rewards:  1000 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  The dance is hard, but it was very exciting!

Torch Festival XI
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Felicia:  Oh, one of the dancers sprained her ankle and my friend wants me to take her place!  I'm so nervous but I want to help.  All this nervousness makes me hungry.  Why don't we eat something first and then get back to practicing?

Prepare 6 bowls of Spicy Chicken Soup
  Skip for 6 RC

N.B.  Each Spicy Chicken Soup requires 1 Turkey and 3 Red Bell Peppers

Harvest 60 Zucchini
  Skip for 30 RC

This is an Island Crop.

Prepare 6 plates of Sayadia
  Skip for 6 RC

N.B.  Each Sayadia requires 1 Lemon Fish and 1 Rice with Dates.  Unfortunately, the Lemon Fish was part of the recent Cooking Stand Contest and many players, including myself will be out of Butterfish now!  Use the Boost to catch it.

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  You know me well, farmer!  I don't want to miss such a good opportunity!

Torch Festival XII
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Felicia:  It's time for our dance but I got so nervous I lost my belt.  Can you help me find it?  Maybe some lavender aroma bottles can calm my nerves!

Transport 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles to the Seaside Farm
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Wooden Aroma Bottle requires 2 Wool Yarn and 1 Cedar Wood to make, but you should have these from an earlier task.

1 Wooden Aroma Bottle takes 10 minutes to transport.  If you wish to transport them faster, divide the cargo between zeppelins rather than sending all on a single zeppelin.

Craft 6 Lavender Aroma Bottles
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Lavender Aroma Bottle requires 1 Wooden Aroma Bottle, 1 Lavender Essential Oil and 1 Distilled Water, taking 7 minutes to complete

Collect 20 Belts from your Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 210 XP, 1 Special Mission Island Box

Special Reward:  Special Mission Island Box containing 4500 Coins, 6 Super Festilisers, 1 Super Watering Can, 4 Watering Cans, 20 OP, 20 Green Mystrons, 1 Electric Saw (at least in my game)

Torch Festival XIII
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Felicia:  Dance done!  Now it's time to enjoy the festival!  Let's get some food first to energise ourselves after the dance and we're good to go!

Prepare 6 Chicken Soup Sets
  Skip for 6 RC

This is another new Recipe.  Each Chicken Soup Set requires 1 Arugula Peach Juice and 1 Spicy Chicken Soup, the two other new Dishes in the Kitchen Menu

Harvest 8 Adzuki
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 bowls of Adzuki Paste
  Skip for 8 RC

Each Adzuki Paste requires 1 Adzuki and 1 Honey Syrup

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  Thanks for the food!

Torch Festival XIV
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Felicia;  The festival is in full force now.  It's so different from the festivals that we usually have on the farm.  I can't wait to tell Grandma and Darryl about this!  Maybe next time we can all go together.

Transport 60 Daisies to the island Farm
  Skip for 30 RC

Tip:  Again, if you use more than one Zeppelin and divide the Daisies equally between them, you can transport 60 Daisies in 10 minutes with  6 Zeppelins.  

Produce 60 Daisy Essential Oils
  Skip for 30 RC

This is an Island Task.

Harvest 60 Daffodils
  Skip for 30 RC

This is an Island Crop

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  I'm sure they will love it, too!

Torch Festival XV
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Felicia:  Before I leave, i want to make a special gift for my friend and her family who have invigted me here.  Do you have any idea what to give?

Produce 60 Dried Zucchini
  Skip for 30 RC

This is an Island Task

Collect 20 Bamboo Baskets from Panda
  Skip for 20 RC

This is an Island Task

Produce 20 Lily Baskets
  Skip for 20 RC

This is an Island Task but you need to transport 20 Lilies from the Seaside Farm first.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 230 XP

Felicia:  It was a wonderful trip!  I enjoyed every second of it!

Final Reward:  Chinese Yi Doll Decoration for Island Farm

Gallery Registration
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Arugula Bush:
  3 Medals, 2500 Coins

Lacquer Horn Decoraiton
  2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons

Chinese Yi Doll Decoration:
  5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Torch Festival Collection:
  Includes Arugula Bush, Lacquer Horn and Chinese Yi Doll
  Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

Strategies for Mission
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I recently borrowed a friend's Kindle to start a new farm to see how difficult it would be to complete some of these Quests and Missions as well as how difficult it would be to play this game without investing in RC.  I was able to level up quickly but came to a virtual standstill where the time-restricted Quests were concerned mainly because I had insufficient RC (only 1 RC given per level increase) to purchase many of the Trees that are needed.  There is a solution, however, although it is much harder if you are playing on the Kindle.  Many of the premium Trees appear randomly in the Mystery Store for Green Mystrons.  Unfortunately, the advertising balloons carrying Green Mystrons have been disabled on the Kindle because of glitches in the system so it is more difficult to earn them if you are playing on that platform.

Do remember this, though, if you need a premium tree and do not have enough RC to buy it.  It will take a long time to amass them using only Green Mystrons but I expect it can be done in time.

As far as other strategies are concerned, where any time-restricted Mission has a Collectable as the Reward for the Collections Mission, you will NOT be able to purchase it in the Market while the Mission is ongoing.  Some of the Collectables never have been added to the Market.  Your first priority, therefore, should be to complete the Collections Mission.  You need to be able to place the Arugula Bush in Torch Festival VII, so you do have time to complete some of the Torch Festival tasks in conjunction with the Collections Mission.

Arugula is needed in Torch Festival IX.  The amount of Arugula you will obtain whenever the Bush is ready to be harvested is random.  If you are impatient, you may prefer to pay your way out of this by purchasing the Arugula needed for the Recipe.  I obtained only ONE Arugula the first time I harvested my Arugula Bush.

As always, the more completed Dishes you have in your Barn, the less difficult it will be to make the Recipes required.  Many of the ingredients ARE Cooked Dishes themselves.  Make these in advance whenever possible.  Power always is limited but if you perform all your Daily Tasks, including visits to Neighbours, you should have plenty of Power in your Gift Box.  I save mine for Missions and Quests like these.  I have included Ingredients wherever possible in the descriptions of the Tasks.

Torch Festival X through Torch Festival XV include Island Tasks, making access to the Island necessary unless you are willing to spend huge amounts of RC to skip Island Tasks.  Remember that the actual requirements for being able to perform an Island Task will depend on your Mastery of Machines and your Dev Point total.  My Island Guide gives all the requirements for each Machine and Item.  Some Island Tasks in this Mission require items from the Seaside Farm.  Read the descriptions of the Tasks and, if the actual transport of the item in question is not a Task as well, send the items to the Island in advance.

I never can stress the importance of making and keeping 'basic recipes' or 'staples' in your Barn.  They are used again and again and, as every Cooked Dish requires 1 Power to make, having them available in advance for use is a real help.  Among the basics needed here are Condensed Milk, Soft Dough and Honey Syrup.  You never can have enough of these items...

One of the Cooked Dishes required to complete a task is Lemon Fish.   This is a dish that was required in the most recent round of the Cooking Stand Contest, so you may find that your stores of Butterfish now have been exhausted.  Remember always that you can use the 'Boost' to catch precisely the item you need when fishing.  It makes fishing so much less frustrating!

It may be worth mentioning the Daily Task list in this context.  Recently, this new option was introduced to the game.  It features in the final material needed to complete the Mini-Garden as you need to be able to open the first Treasure Chest on the path each day in order to find the Iron Pots you need.  Every other day, an Iron Pot will be included in the contents of the first Treasure Chest.  The reason I mention it here, however, is that it is a good way to amass the Farm Aids you need for time-restricted Quests.  The third and final Gold Chest actually contains 1 Yellow Mystron as well!

Sky's the Limit Quest and Planets Collection Mission

A new time-restricted Quest has been released.  As usual, it is two-pronged, with a Collections Mission that goes with a traditional Quest sequence.  The Reward for the Collections Mission is a new Tree in the form of a Macadamia Tree.  If you do not wish to complete the Collections Mission, you can purchase the Tree in the Market for 7 RC.

Note that one of the items from which a Planet is collected is a Pomegranate Tree.  This can be purchased in the Market if you do not have one but it is part of a special sale offer released today as well.  The sale gives you the Pomegranate Tree with a Smoothie Table Decoration that yields a Silver Cleaning Box when cleaned as well as 8 RC for USD $3.99.  Depending on where you play this game, currency will vary.  Another sale offer gives you a White Goat with 18 RC and a Washbasin Decoration that yields a Golden Cleaning Gift Box. There are other items for sale as well, but these are the ones that dovetail with the Mission.

The traditional Quest sequence follows the usual pattern, with three different Rewards that are obtained when you complete specific Parts of the sequence.  There are a couple of changes however.  There are 15 Parts now instead of 12.  The Special Mission Gift Box is received when you complete Sky's the Limit V and the Robovase Decoration for your Seaside Farm is received when you complete Sky's the Limit X.   When you complete Sky's the Limit XV, you will receive a Decoration for the Island.

Note that, at this point in time, there is no ability yet to register the Reward Decorations.  There is no Collection to register either.  No doubt these options will be added soon and when they are, the Rewards for doing so will be added to this post.

They are making these time-restricted Quests more arduous, at least for the low-level players and I am not certain this is the best policy, especially when we are dealing with so many new Tasks and Activities, including the Mini Garden Party.  In any event, all details follow:

Planet Collection
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Collect 70 Earth from Cane
Collect 50 Mercury by collecting Duck Egg from Green Duck Pond
Collect 30 Saturn by collecting Pineapple Jam
Collect 10 Mars by collecting Pomegranate

Reward: Macadamia Tree

Macadamia Tree can be purchased in Market for 7 RC


The traditional Quest sequence has 15 parts to it this time:

Sky's the Limit Quest
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Sky's the Limit I
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Darryl:  I have so much work to do on the farm this week!  I wish it was Friday already, so then I can go to the movies with my friends1  We'll watch this new space movie that just came out!  So can you help me to finish all these tasks?

Harvest 40 Corn
  Skip for 20 RC

PRoduce 40 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 8 Lemons
  Skip for 8 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Darryl:  Great!  I can't wait to see this new movie!

Sky's the Limit II
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Darryl:  I finished all the tasks, but I have to prepare some snacks to birng to the movie, right?  I'll take care of the sandwiches, can you prepare the drinks?

Produce 16 Loaves of Corn Bread
  Skip for 16 RC

Prepare 8 Sandwiches
  Skip for 8 RC

  N.B.  Each Sandwich requires 2 Beef and 2 Cornbread

Produce 40 Glasses of Grape Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Darryl:  I'm so hungry.  I think I'll eat one or two sandwiches before going to the movie!

Sky's the Limit III
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Darryl:  Food is ready!  Now let's invite some friends to go with us.  Hope they can make it.  I'm so excited!

Fertilise your Neighbours' Farms 20 Times
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Lavender
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 12 Apples
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Darryl:  All my friends are coming to the movie!  That's nice!


Sky's the Limit IV
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Darryl:  The movie was SO amazing!  I wish I could visit the planets and stars out there in the sky!  Now i know for sure my theme for the school science project fair: a space rocket!  Let's prepare the dinner and plan everything!

Prepare 6 Crepes
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Crepe requires 1 Batter and 2 Milk

Prepare 8 Lychee Scones
  Skip for 8 RC

Each Lychee Scone requires 1 Soft Dough and 2 Lychee

Prepare 8 Lemon Cocktails
  Skip for 8 RC

Each Lemon Cocktail requires 1 Lemon Champagne and 3 Grape Juice

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Darryl:  Now I'm full, we can think clearly about our project for the science fair!

Sky's the Limit V
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Darryl:  I'll create m own space rocket!  It shouldn't be that hard!  Do you think we can make it fly?  I'm pretty sure we can!  Let's start from the basics, designing the rocket!  Let's check some achines to understand how they work!

Produce 40 bottles of White Wine
  SKip for 20 RC

Sell products worth 10,000 Coins from Seaside Barn
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Sugar
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Darryl:  Cool!  I drew the project of our space rocket, it will fly for sure!

Special Reward:  Special Mission Gift Box

Contains 6 Super Fertiliser, 3 Super Watering Cans, 6 Power

Sky's the Limit VI
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Darryl:  To start building our space rocket, we first need some materials.  I'm pretty sure we can find good stuff using spare pieces from the machines here in the farm, right?  I hope they still work after that...

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

Prepare 4 Macadamia Salads
  Skip for 4 RC

Each Macadamia Salad requires 1 Cheese Salad and 1 Macadamia Nut

Harvest 4 Macadamia Nuts
  Skip for 4 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Darryl:  We got some materials, but it's not enough!

Sky's the Limit VII
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Darryl:  We have a start!  But we still need to get more!  Let's keep looking for the materials we need!  Oh, but let's not forget the work we have to do too!  Otherwise Grandma will be angry with me!

Place a White Vinegar Stand on your Farm
  If you do not own one, the cost is 5 RC in the Collectables Section of the Market.

Prepare 6 Pomegranate Cookies
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Pomegranate Cookie requires 1 Pomegranate and 1 Soft Dough

Prepare 6 Bowls of Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Pickled Cabbage requires 1 Cabbage and 1 White Vinegar

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Darryl  Great!  Now we can turn all our efforts to build our ship!

Sky's the Limit VIII
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Darryl:  It's so much work to build our own rocket!  And we need more materials.  Do you tyhink Grandma can give us some leftover materials foer the rocket/  Let's ask her while we prepare some food for the journey!

Produce 50 Bottles of Mayonnaise
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 4 Bowls of Macadamia Soup
   Skip for  4 RC

Each Macadamia Soup requires 2 Sour Cream and 1 Macadamia Nut

Prepare 4 Plates of Macadamia Lunch
  Skip for 4 RC

Each Macadamia Lunch requires 1 Macadamia Salad and 1 Macadamia Soup

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Darryl:  Grandma helped us with some materials and now we just need to fix some parts and we are ready for the science fair!


Sky's the Limit IX
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Darryl:  Great!  When we finish the rocket, we will need a star map to guide us up there in the sky!  Do you think our smart neighbours will have one or two?


Harvest 6 White Chocolate
  Skip for 5 RC


Collect 20 Star Maps from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 4 Plates of Macadamia Chocolate Nuts
  Skip for 4 RC

Each Macadamia Chocolate Nut requires 1 White Chocolate and 1 Macadamia Nut

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Darryl:  They are such good neighbours, always ready to help!

Sky's the Limit X
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Darryl:  The rocket is almost ready but we still have a piece or two that won't fit... I had better ask for Dad's help!  But before we go, let's prepare some food first!

Produce 50 Lily Bouquets
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 4 Servings of Macadamia Gelato
  Skip for 4 RC

Each Macadamia Gelato requires 1 Condensed Milk and 1 Macadamia Nut

Produce 6 Bowls of Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 6 RC

Each Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage requires 1 Spicy Fish and 1 Pickled Cabbage

Note that each Spicy Fish requires 1Spice from Spice Rack and 1 Smoked Mackerel
The Spice Rack can be purchased in the Collectables section of the Market and is a temporary item.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Darryl:  This food should be enough till we arrive to meet Dad!

Special Reward: Robovase Decoration for Seaside Farm

THE FINAL FOLLOWING TASKS REQUIRE ACCESS TO THE ISLAND
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Sky's the Limit XI
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Darryl:  If we are really going to Space with this spaceship, we should prepare and bring some food, right?  And maybe our neighbours will also have some special space food?  We can ask!

Harvest 60 Cassava
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

Collect 30 Space Food from Neighbours
  Skip for 30 RC

Transport 60 Honey to Island Farm
  Skip for 30 RC

Use your Zeppelin to transport the Honey
TIP:  If you divide the Honey into two parts, you can use 2 Zeppelins to make the transfer in half the time.  30 Honey takes 2 Hours to reach the Island as opposed to the 4 hours required for 60 Honey.

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Darryl:  Now we are full of food and ready to fly!

Sky's the Limit XII
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Darryl:  What if we find some aliens out there in the universe?  Let's bring some presents and become friends!  Just in case!

Craft 6 Milk Facial Masks
  Skip for 6 RC

Each requires 1 Clay Facial Mask, 2 Buffalo Milk and 1 Condensed Milk and takes 15 minutes to complete.  The task will complete, however, when you begin the crafting!

Produce 60 Bags of Cassava Flour
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Dried Cranberries
  This is an Island task
  Skip for 30 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Darryl:  we have so many gifts that it looks like santa is going to the stars, ha ha!

Sky's the Limit XIII
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 Darryl:  We also should bring some clothes and other materials.  What if we land in a new frozen planet?  Always be prepared!  Right?

Produce 60 Wool Cloth
  This is an Island Task but Wool must be transported from Seaside first
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Camel Yarn
   This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC


Transport 60 Pineapples to Island Farm
  Skip for 30 RC

  N.B.  Again, splitting the task between two Zeppelins will halve the time for you.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 220 XP

Darryl:  Now we can go to Mercury or Pluto and we'll be fine!

Sky's the Limit XIV
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Darryl:  Finally, our space rocket is ready for the science fair!  We should bring some food and drinks!  Maybe that will help the teachers give us a better grade?  Not that we need it, of course...

Harvest 10 Chestnuts
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 10 Bags of Chestnut Flour
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 60 Pineapple Yogurts
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

N.B.  You will need to transport 60 Goat Milk to the Island from the Seaside Farm for the Yogurt Machine.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 220 XP

Darryl:  It was fantastic, great job!  We got the first position in the science fair!  Every one came to take pictures with our space rocket!

Sky's the Limit XV
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Darryl: Our space rocket is amazing, but it won't fly.  I'm actually relieved because I couldn't live without my friends and family!  No worries!  Let's celebrate our first position in the fair with our friends!  Can you bring the cake?

Prepare 4 Macadamia Tarts
  Skip for 4 RC

N.B.  Each Macadamia Tart requires 1 Macadamia Chocolate Nut and 1 Macadamia Gelato

Produce 12 Banana Cakes
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 20 Cranberry Bread
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 230 XP

Darryl:  Some day, I'll become an astronaut and discover new planets and galaxies!  The future is ahead of us!  Thanks for your help!

Special Reward:  Rocket Space Ship Decoration for the Island Farm

Gallery Registration
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Robovase:
  2 Medals, 10 Green Mystrons

Rocket Space Ship:
  5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Macadamia Nut Tree:
  5 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans

Sky's the Limit Collection:
  Includes Robovase, Rocket Space Ship and Macadamia Nut Tree
  Rewards: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

Obtaining Farm Aids in Family Farm Seaside

Once upon a time, in the early days of Seaside, it was difficult to obtain Farm Aids such as Fertiliser, Watering Cans and OP.  Later, with the advent of Cooking and Crafting and all sorts of other options, including the Mystery Shop, one needed far more, including Yellow Mystrons, Green Mystrons, Power, as well as Island items including Electric Saws.  One can purchase everything but Mystrons in the Market but there are other ways to obtain these valuable items.

First, there is the Dedicated Farm Bonus, accessed through a small treasure chest at the top of your screen.  Tap on this whenever it is full to obtain Coins and a Gift Bag.

There are the Daily Quests as well, with three different treasure Chests.  Each contains Farm Aids but the third, Gold Treasure Chest, obtained only when you complete every task but one, contains a Yellow Mystron.  A single Yellow Mystron may not have much purchasing power, but they do add up through time.

Visiting Neighbours is a very good way to earn Farm Aids.  Whenever you clean a Decoration, you will earn a Gift Box.    The Blue and Gold Gift Boxes usually contain the best items, but they all are worth the effort.  By visiting your Neighbours, you earn Coins and XP as well and the task of visiting 12 Neighbours in any given day is one of your Daily Tasks.

Keeping Cleanable Decorations on your own Farm is another way to earn Items.  Again, the Decorations that give the Blue and Gold Gift Boxes tend to be the most valuable, but any Gift Box will contain some Rewards.  Note that the actual contents of any of these Boxes or Bags is random, apart from the Special Mission Gift Box that always contains a set group of items.

One more way to earn Farm Aids is through the Cooking Stand Contest.  This is not always current, as there is a little hiatus between the end of one Contest and the beginning of the next, but you usually find a Contest in progress.  Whenever you visit a Neighbour, look for his/her Cooking Stand.  If there is the icon of a Roast Turkey above it, tap on it to obtain a special Gift Bag that will contain a random assortment of Farm Aids.  This benefits your Neighbour as well, as completion of any Contest depends on your Neighbours' participation in 'eating' at your Stand.  The final Reward of any Cooking Stand Contest is a Cleanable Decoration that yields the coveted Blue Gift Box.

Sometimes you can obtain a special item when you fish.  These are associated with specific catches.  They are not terribly significant but should be mentioned.

Farm Aids can be earned by completing Achievements.   Final Achievements give 1 or 2 RC even.

If you have access to the Island and have unlocked the Mine, you can obtain Farm Aids randomly when you ask a Neighbour to help with an explosion.  There is a special pink bomb that appears randomly and gives Farm Aids instead of the usual Ores and other Mine items when the Explosion occurs.

In this context, one should mention the Mystery Shop or Store.  You will find an icon on the top left when you access the Market that will take you to the Mystery Shop.  It now has been expanded to include four different screens.  They are: Coins, Green Mystrons, Blue Mystrons and Yellow Mystrons.

The Coin Shop can be refreshed to allow you to purchase more items once you have purchased as many as you want from the current screen.  Note that the items that appear will be different depending on the Farm you currently are visiting.  It is only when you are on your Island Farm that you will see any of the Flowers for the Flower Garden, for example,   i find it helpful to access the Coin Shop only when I am on the Island because Seaside items and Island Items then will appear in the Coin Shop.

The actual Items that appear in the Green, Blue and Yellow Mystrons screens change on a daily basis.  New players may find it most helpful to purchase Cleanable Decorations when they appear in the Yellow Mystrons Shop, although I like some of the non-cleanable Decorations so much that I purchase them instead.  Earning 100 Yellow Mystrons, the price for any item, can be a slow process.  From time to time, special Sales are offered that include a Decoration that will yield Yellow Mystrons when cleaned for a scecific number of days, after which it will yield an ordinary Cleaning Gift Box.

Completing the Weekly Activity, accessed through the Magic Bunny, will give you 10 Yellow Mystrons.  Yellow Mystrons allow you to obtain Decorations that were given as Rewards for time-restricted Quests, although Final Rewards are not included.

Another method by which to obtain Yellow Mystrons, albeit slowly, is to complete ALL of your Daily Quests but one.  There are three different treasure chests, all containing Farm Aids that can be opened when you obtain specific point totals by completing specific tasks, such as using your Machines, Fishing, completing Helicopter Orders and so on.  When you have obtained a total of 300 Points in any given day, you will be able to open the final Gold Treasure Chest.  I have noticed that it always appears to contain 1 Yellow Mystron.  As I wrote previously, it is a SLOW way to earn these, but one still does increase the total as well as obtaining other valuable aids.

It is the Blue Mystron Shop that allows one to purchase Final Reward Decorations that you missed, but you will not be able to earn these until you have obtained ALL the Rewards from your Daily Order Board.  There is a specific chain of Rewards that includes all the special Sheep... once you have completed all of these, you will begin to earn Blue Mystrons.

Green Mystrons often are the Rewards for registering a specific item in your Gallery.  Gallery Registration gives other Farm Aids, including Organic Fertiliser, Super Fertiliser, Watering Cans, Super Watering Cans, Power and OP.

Finally, if you play on certain systems, there is a floating Balloon that travels across your screen, inciting you to watch an advertisement.  if you do so, you will receive 15 Green Mystrons.

I have written other posts on being a good Neighbour.  Here, however, I will mention the value of having Neighbours visit your farm to clean your Decorations.  Three factors are important here:  you really need to visit your own farm as soon as possible after the daily Rewards from Neighbours' cleaning activities appear.  That may be a different time for every time zone.  On the East Coast of the States, for example, it occurs near 8.00 p.m. I believe.  Another factor is that you really should take advantage of the fertilising activities of your Neighbours by harvesting all ripe Crops and Trees as often as possible.  It is discouraging for a Neighbour to visit a Farm where there is NOTHING to do!    I fear that there are Irises on my own farm that I never harvest, because they were a temporary Crop that I cannot replant and they are my favourite of all the Crops, but I do try to harvest everything else as often as possible.  I also keep a number of Decorations that yield the Blue Gift Boxes always on my farm even though it reduces planting space.

As discussed in another post, there are different ways to access your Neighbour List.  One is by Recent Helpers, which probably is the most fair of all.  Another, however, is by 'Fertilisable' which shows Farms that have plots and trees that still can be fertilised.  Another one, for those who want Island Gift Boxes, is to visit only the Island on every Neighbour's Farm.  You can change the option whenever you like to reflect your current mood or needs.  Timing can be important here as well.  If you visit your Neighbours who live in the same time zone too soon after the daily cut off point, you may find that there are icons of megaphones instead of cleaning brushes on top of all their Cleanable Decorations because they have not had time to collect any of them yet!  If you visit popular Neighbours too late in the current day, you may find that there are no good Cleanable Decorations left to clean.  In any event, Neighbour Visits, whether they are yours or your Neighbours', offer a multitude of Rewards, as well as allowing armchair travel to see how other people organise their farms.  There are some gorgeous farms out there!

Island Hopping
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Recently, I became aware of a problem with the game in terms of the Cooking Stand Contests and Island visits.  It is unfortunate that, whenever you choose 'Island First' when visiting Neighbours, you will not have access to the Cooking Stand, as this is located either on the main farm or the Building Plots outside the main farm.

There are advantages to choosing 'Island First' because the Purple Island Gift Boxes appear to contain the most Farm Aids, including Fertilisers, Super Fertilisers, Watering Cans, Super Watering Cans and the tools used to cut trees on the Island.  In their own fashion, they are equal therefore to the Blue Gift Boxes on the main Farm.  They do appear to grant a fair amount of OP as well randomly.

Cooking Gift Bags, however, are very useful and your Neighbours need visits to the Cooking Stand during a Contest in order to fill their quotas.  What this means, therefore is that a Neighbour who wants both an Island Gift Box and a Cooking Gift Bag essentially has to make TWO visits to the Neighbour's land... one being to the Island Farm and the other being to the Seaside Farm.  Perhaps this will be remedied by the developers soon and they will allow a link to the Building Plots area at least from the Island.

Note that there is a limit to the number of Cleanings of Decorations as well as the number of Cooking Gift Bags that any Farmer can collect in a day.  The limit to the Gift Boxes is very high at 300 and I do not think this varies at all.  Originally, I thought that the number of Cooking Gift Bags depended on the Farmer's Experience Level but I discovered this was not the case at all.  It is your Club Membership that determines many options now in the game.  I discovered this when I purchased a sale item for my second farm and my Club Membership Level increased to Level 9.  An announcement appeared to the effect that I now would have +9 more Power, 10 additional Cooking Bags from Neighbour Visits, 14 more opportunities to use OP instantly to complete Zeppelin Transport (something I have not used much at all), 800 additional Bait and the ability to refresh Daily Orders 6 times if I wished.  Note here that you are not GIVEN 800 Bait, but simply can HAVE 800 more than previously.  This allows easier use of the Boost with the more expensive Fishing Hooks.

A final note:  The Purple Island Gift Boxes tend to be obtained from time-limited Quest Rewards.  Cleanable Island Decorations purchased in the Market or constructed do not give these valuable Gift Boxes.

Roman Holiday Time-Restricted Quest and Italian Gelato Collections Mission

 (Two screenshots from the Film, showing the actual inspiration for the two Reward Decorations in the Quest: the Mouth of Truth and the Vespa)

Friday traditionally is the day for the release of a new time-restricted Quest in Family Farm Seaside, and even though the hefty Mini-Garden Quest is current, we do have a new time-restricted Quest sequence and Collections Mission.  In this case, the Reward for the Collections Mission is one of those Collectables, which means that you cannot purchase it in the Market at this point, making it necessary to complete the Collections if you want to be able to complete the traditional Quest sequence without skipping any tasks.

As usual, there are special Rewards after you complete Roman Holiday IV, Roman Holiday VIII and Roman Holiday XII.  The first is a Special Missions Bag containing Farm Aids.  After you complete Roman Holiday VIII, you will receive a Bocca della Verita Decoration for your Seaside Farm.  To complete the final part of the Quest sequence, you need access to the Island and the reward for completing Roman Holiday XII is a Vespa Scooter Decoration for the Island.

History of the Roman Holiday:
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This is a famous vintage film from 1953 that starred Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.   I had the privilege of meeting Gregory Peck when he was staying with his wife Veronique in London in the 1970s.  My best friend's Mum was a great friend of Veronique.  Gregory Peck was a man with incredible presence.  Unlike many male leads, he was a tall man in real life.  We got on like a house on fire, mainly because we both had lived in La Jolla as children, albeit in different decades!  In any case, this Quest references the film and you will see Felicia dressed like Audrey Hepburn.  I am not really a fan of films from the 1950s myself but it always is interesting to see where the developers get their ideas.

Collect Italian Gelato
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70 Green Gelato from Lily
50 White Gelato from Goose Feather
30 Brown Gelato from Oat Bread
10 Pink Gelato from Nutmeg

Reward: Caper Bush

The Caper Bush is a Collectable that cannot be purchased in the Market at this point in time.  The last time-restricted Collections Mission had a Collectable Reward as well.

Roman Holiday Quest:
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Felicia:  I love spending summer holidays o the farm, but sometimes it can be a little... uneventful, if you know what I mean  How about we finish the farm chores and plan something exciting to do?

Harvest 40 Tomatoes
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 White Grapes
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 40 bottles of Buffalo Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  Job done!  Where can we go for holidays this year?

Roman Holiday II
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Felicia:  Hmm, i've already been to many great places.  But this time I would like to try something new!  Do you have any ideas, farmer?  Give me a hint!

Produce 40 Bottles of Ketchup
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 bottles of White Wine
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  Tomato sauce, wine and cheese... Sounds familiar... Can you give me one more clue?

Roman Holiday III
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Felicia:  Let me think... I guess it's a sunny country, maybe somewhere in the south of Europe?  Am I getting warm?  Please give me one final hint!  What's this country's most popular food?

Prepare 12 Bowls of Pasta
  Skip for 12 RC

  Each Pasta requires 1 Cake Flour and 1 Ketchup

Produce 40 Loaves of Oat Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

  Note that Oat Bread is one of the items that delivers Gelato for the Collections Mission

Prepare 12 Plates of Milk Cookies
  Skip for 12 RC
  Ingredients:  Condensed Milk and Wheat Flour

Felicia:  Ahhh!  I think I know now!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Roman Holiday IV
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Felicia:  The country of pasta, toatoes and wine... You're right, farmer!  It's Italia!  Italy will be a perfect holiday destination!  Let's go to the eternal city and relive the Roman Holiday!

Andiamo!

Collect 10 Beige Scarves from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 40 Onions
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Red Roses
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  Do I look like Princess Ann already?  Time to discover Rome, my friend!

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

Roman Holiday V
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Felicia:  This is so exciting!  I get to experience the wonders of Rome all by myself!  Ah, where do I start?  Haqha, who am I kidding?!  Of course, I am  going to start with the food!

Prepare 6 Bottles of White Grape Cider
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each White Grape Cider requres 2 Yeast and 1 White Grape

Prepare 12 Bowls of Spaghetti
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each Spaghetti requires 2 Soft Dough
  Soft Dough is made with 1 Cake Flour and 1 Batter.

Harvest 50 Blue Roses
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  I must admit, Italy does have the best spaghetti in the world!

Roman Holiday VI
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Felicia:  I really want to do some sightseeing but I am so full I can barely walk!  I think I'd better rest a little near the Tiber River.  Do you think there are any fish there?

Place a Caper Bush on your Farm
  (Reward from Collections Mission)
  Skip for 10 RC

Fish with Treble Hook 10 times
  Skip for 10 RC

  N.B.  You will need a total of 4 Mackerel for one of the next tasks in the Quest.  Use the Boost if you do not have sufficient Mackerel in your Barn.  It does require more Bait and uses 3 tries at a time, but you will obtain the specific Fish you need.

Harvest 50 Spinach
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  I feel much better now!  What's the next attraction?

Roman Holiday VII
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Felicia:  Let's go climb the Spanish Steps!  I heard that the view from up there is breathtaking!  Ready, my friend?  Better take some food with you!

Produce 4 Smoked Mackerel
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 6 Plates of Herb Cream Cheese
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each Herb Cream Cheese requires 1 Herb and 3 Buffalo Milk Cheese

Craft 6 Rose Facial Masks
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each Rose Facial Mask requires 1 Clay Facial Mask, 2 Blue Roses and 2 Red Roses

Felicia:  Ah, dio mio!  It really is beautiful here!  And I am beautiful too, thanks to the Rose Facial Mask, hehe!

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Roman Holiday VIII
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Felicia:  Have you ever heard of Bocca della Verita?  It was believed that if one told a lie with one's hand in the mouth of the sculpture, it would be bitten off by the sculpture!  Huh, I'm starting to sweat!

Prepare 6 bowls of Salsa Verde
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each Salsa Verde requires 3 Onions and 1 Caper

Prepare 20 Jars of Apple Milkshake
  Skip for 20 RC
  Each Apple Milkshake requires 1 Milk and 1 Apple Juice

TIP:  50 Apple Milkshakes are required to complete Mini-Garden IV, so if you can reach that point in the quest at the same time as you perform this task, you will kill two birds with one stone as it were!  On my original Harvest Moon Farm, I completed the entire Mini Garden sequence before Roman Holiday even began but on my Rosewood Farm, I am at Mini-Garden IV and suddenly noticed that the task had a mirror task here!

Produce 50 Mocha Coffee
  Skip for 25 RC
  Mocha Coffee is made in the Coffee Machine

Reward: 1000 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  Phew, luckily I still have both my hands, haha!

Special Reward:  Bocca della Verita Decoration for Seaside Farm

Roman Holiday IX
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Felicia:  When in Roma...  drive a Vespa!  A scooter ride around the city is a must on my to-do list!  But safety first... I need a cute helmet!

Collect 20 Scooter Helmets from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 12 Pasta Salads
  Each Pasta Salad requires 1 Spinach Salad and 1 Pasta
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 6 Cream Cheese Bagels
  Each Cream Cheese Bagel requires 1 Oat Bread and 1 Herb Cream Cheese
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  How do I look, farmer!  I feel fabulous!

Roman Holiday X
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Felicia:  Next stop... the Colosseum!  Ancient architecture, historical value... Zzz... Aww, look at these handsome boys in gladiator costumes!  I must take a picture with them!

Shame on you, Felicia, for not appreciating history!!!

Prepare 6 Pasta Caper Salads
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each Pasta Caper Salad requires 1 Pasta Salad and 1 Salsa Verde

Prepare 6 Bowls of Smoked Mackerel Pate
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each Smoked Mackerel Pate requires 1 Smoked Mackerel and 1 Caper

  N.B.  The first time I harvested the Caper Bush, it did give me 3 Capers

Craft 6 Make-up Boxes
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island Task
  The Make-up Box is made in the Workshop.  It requires 1 Wooden Plank and 1 Starfish Mirror.  You have to make the Starfish Mirrors in your Beauty Shop and transport them in advance to the Island in order to craft the Make-up Box.

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  Well, I guess you can cll me a balla ragazza now, farmer!

Roman Holiday XI
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Felicia:  Oh my, I think i fell in love... with Rome, of course!  All the sightseeing made me hungry again, and yiou?  Let's grab something to eat and go see the most romantic fountain in Italy!

Produce 60 Cranberry Pies
  This is an Island task
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Camomile Essential Oils
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 8 Dried Jackfruits
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 8 RC
  Jackfruit is a Seaside Tree so make certain that 8 Jackfruits are transported to the Island in advance.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  Yummy!  Pies really make my life dolce, haha!

Roman Holiday XII
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Felicia:  Finally, the famous Trevi Fountain@  If you throw a coin into the Trevi with your back to the fountain, throwing the coin with your right hand over your left shoulder, you will be ensured a return to Rome!

Sell Products worth 30,000 Coins from Seaside Barn
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 6 Mackerel Pate Bagels
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 60 Wool Cloth
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 30 RC

N.B.  Transport 60 Wool to the Island in advance.

Reward: 1000 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  It was a wonderful trip@  I'm not sad to leave after throwing those coins into the Trevi.  I am sure I will come back one day!

Final Reward: Vespa Scooter Decoration for Island

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Preparing for the Quest
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There are far more time-restricted activities and quests now in Family Farm Seaside than ever before.  You have the Daily Order Board which, depending on your level of experience, can sport 2 to 5 Orders per day.  You have the Mini-Garden weekly quest that requires prodigious amonuts of Crops and Cooking as well as other tasks.  You have the Weekly Activity that gives 10 Yellow Mystrons and this 11 day Quest sequence as well.  A player must weigh the options and choose the ones that he/she feels will be most beneficial.  If you are a high level player, you should be able to complete all of them, provided you have the time and energy to stay in the game for hours.  If you are a low level player, I would suggest that you complete as many of the tasks as possible for the Coin and XP rewards, but do not expect to make it to the end, unless you are willing to spend quite a lot of real money to skp tasks.  As you gain in levels, you will be able to perform more and more of the time-restricted Quests but for now, simply complete the steps that you can.

Items you will need in quantity include Oat Flour, Goose Feathers, Cake Flour, Condensed Milk and Soft Dough.  You always should have quite a lot of Cake Flour, Batter, Condensed Milk and Soft Dough in your Barn as they are used again and again for many different Recipes.  The Mini Garden Quest this week required quite a lot of Cooking so you may need to restock.

One of your first tasks should be to make certain that you have 6 Starfish Mirrors and then transport them to the Island.  Even though you will not need them until later in the Quest sequence, it is good to have them there waiting for the moment when you can use them.  Make certain that you have 6 Wooden Planks as well.  You make those in the Sawmill with Cedar Wood.

The Jackfruit is a Seaside Tree, so you need to make certain that you have 8 of the fruits transported to the Island to store in your Barn there for use in one of the Quest tasks.  I do believe some Mastery of the Dehydrator is required to make Dried Jackfruit so if you have not done so, use your Dehydrator as much as possible to earn the required Mastery points.

In the final task group, you need to produce 60 Wool Yarn.  This means that you have to make certain that you have transported 60 Wool to the Island in advance.

As far as the traditional Quest sequence is concerned, bear in mind the fact that Roman Holiday VI requires that you place a Caper Bush on your Farm.  This means, in effect, that you should complete the Collections Mission by the time you reach Roman Holiday VI.  Certainly, you need to complete it by the time you have harvested the 50 Spinach required as another task in Roman Holliday VI.  Fishing 10 times with the Treble Hook, unless you wish to purchase more fishing tries with RC, will require a bit of a wait once you have fished 7 times.  That gives you more time to complete the Collections Mission...

Gallery Registration
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There is a new Gallery Collection to register as well as registering the three new items individually as follows:

Caper Bush: 3 Medals, 5000 Coins
Bocca della Verita: 2 MEdals, 10 Green Mystrons
Vespa: 5 Medals, 30 Green Mystrons

Roman Holiday Collection
  Includes: Caper Bush, Bocca della Verita and Scooter
  Reward: 5 Medals, 88 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

Garden Party Mission

This is a new type of time-restricted Quest or Mission in Family Farm Seaside.  When you study the various tasks, you will see that it requires a tremendous amount of planting, harvesting and cooking.  It will be interesting to see how the low-level Farm I began on a borrowed Kindle copes with this.   Note that you will not have access to this Mission until you reach Level 16.  I believe this is the Level at which you gain access to any time-restricted Quests.

As of late afternoon on 1 July, the Kindle version of this Mission has a glitch wherein the Mini Garden does not appear in the Market.  You therefore cannot complete even Garden Party I.  By the end of 1 July, however, players were reporting that they had the Mini Garden on the Kindle as well.    If you play on Nook or IPad, you should not have had any problems.

2nd Week of July:  The tasks this time are quite different.  They will not appear in the form of a Quest icon on the left side of your screen.  Instead, go to your Magic Bunny and you will find a tab for the Garden Party Activity.  It will be the top tab that shows a set of Balloons.
Tap on Start and it will take you to your Daily Orders. Note, however, that if you completed all of your Orders yesterday like a good farmer, you will NOT be able to start until the next ones load in a specified number of hours.  Once loaded, you will find that only certain Orders carry the special Picket Reward.  These will show an additional icon in the form of a star with an exclamation point in its centre.  As every game/farmer will have different Orders, there is no point in logging mine for you.  Good luck to every one!

A feeling of dread suddenly as I realise that every week will have a different type of activity, making it likely that one week will focus on fishing and it may be quite similar to the horrible Jack-O-Lantern Machine Quest wherein one had to perform an extraordinary amount of fishing to raise special items from the sea...

Please note that my regular Missions page has been modified to include changes in the beginning of any new game.  By being able to borrow a friend's Kindle briefly, I was able to start a new Farm and log the changes.

Garden Party Mission
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Felicia is throwing a Garden Party and needs your help to complet a special Decoration she had delivered.  Mini Garden giving a Blue Gift Box when cleaned.

For each week in July, beginning on Wednesday and ending on Tuesday, you will have the chance to get the specific items needed for the decoration!

First Week
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1 July through 7 July:

Complete all five steps to obtain the Mini Garden Tyre needed for the Decoration.

Garden Party I
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Felicia:  Summer calls for supper under an open sky!  How about we throw a nice little grden party for our friends and neighbours?  every one's invited.  But perhaps we should clean up a bit first...

Harvest 100 Wheat
  Skip for 50 RC

Harvest 20 Apples
  Skip for 20 RC

Place a Mini Garden on your Farm
  Go to store
  Cost is 1200 Coins

Rewards: 600 Coins, 15 XP, Tyres x 2

Felicia:  Thanks!  Now the farm is nice and tidy!

Garden Party II
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Felicia:  Do you know what i love most about parties?  Planning them!  Ah... I can already see our garden beautifully decorated with lights and flowers... It's going to be just perfect!

Harvest 100 Lavender
  Skip for 50 RC

Harvest 100 Clover
   Skipf ro 50 RC

Harvest 16 Cherries
  Skip for 16 RC

Rewards: 800 Coins, 16 XP, Tyre x 2

Felicia:  It looks fabulous!  I should become a professional party planner!

Garden Party III
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Felicia:  Obviously, we can't organise a fancy dinner party without anything to eat!  Let's go to the kitchen and check out what delicious easonal dishes we could make for our friends!

Prepare 30 Polish Donuts
  Skip for 30 RC

 N.B.  Recipe requires Batter and Cake Flour

Prepare 10 Apple Tarts
  Skip for 10 RC

  N.B.  Recipe requires Apple Jelly and Light Muffin

Prepare 20 Sandwiches
  Skip for 20 RC
  N.B.  Recipe requires Beef x 2 and Corn Bread x 2

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 16 XP, Tyre x 2

Felicia: I'm getting hungry just looking at all the food!  Oh my, what time is every one coming?  I must resist!

Garden Party IV
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Felicia:  From my experience, I can tell you that the key to a successful garden party is a variety of refreshing drinks@  Could you help me think of some nice summer drinks?

Prepare 50 Glasses of Apple Milkshake
  skip for 50 RC

  Each Apple Milkshake uses 1 Milk and 1 Apple Juice

Prepare 50 glasses of Kvass
  Skip for 50 RC

  Each Kvass uses 1 Black Bread and 1 Honey

Produce 100 glasses of Grape Juice
  Skip for 50 RC

Reward: 1200 Coins, 16 XP, Tyre x 2

Felicia:  The party is going to be awesome!  I can't wait!

Garden Party V
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Felicia:  The garden looks amazing!  The food and drinks are almost ready and I'm wearing my cutest outfit... But... Where is every one?  Oh, gosh!  I forgot to send out the invitations!

Fertilise Neighbours' farms 100 times
  Skip for 50 RC

Prepare 30 Glases of Orange Smoothies
  Skip for 30 RC

  Each Orange Smoothie will require 1 Condensed Milk and 1 Orange Jam

Produce 100 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 50 RC

Reward: 1400 Coins, 16 XP, Tyre x 2

Felicia:  Phew, I had to visit all neighbours, but finally every one is here!  Time to start!  Enjoy the party, my friend!

N.B.  Tap on the Mini Garden and then tap on the little icon of the Gift Box to use all the Tyres.

The next quest sequence will begin next week.

Strategies for Mission
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You have a week to complete all the tasks here.  The first two Quests in the sequence require planting and harvesting.  The third requires Cooking which means that you will need Power to complete the tasks.  If you plan ahead and look at the ingredients needed to prepare the Dishes in Garden Party III, you will see that four of them are Cooked Dishes themselves.  Cake Flour and Batter are staples or basics that are used in many Recipes.  Stockpile these whenever possible.  At this point in time, however, there are so many different new options in Seaside that it may be difficult to save anything!  Nonetheless, try to make 30 Cake Flour and 30 Batter in advance for use in Garden Party III.  Other ingredients needed are Apple Jelly and Light Muffin.  Light Muffin has Cake Flour as an ingredient as well, by the way, making it necessary to prepare an additional 10 Cake Flour if you wish to be ready before the task.  The other ingredients are not Cooked Dishes but it is a good idea to have them ready as well.  They are: Beef, Corn Bread and Cherry Jam.  Apple Jam, by the way, is one of the ingredients in Apple Jelly.   You will need 6 Apple Jam and 2 Maple Syrup for EACH Apple Jelly.  As you can see, this is a tremendous amount of preparation that can be done before you reach Garden Party III.

Garden Party IV is another cooking venture.  You will need 40 Black Bread and 50 Apple Juice as ingredients in the two Cooked Dishes as well as the raw ingredients of Milk and Honey.

Finally, Garden Party V will need 30 Condensed Milk, another basic Recipe, and 30 Orange Jam for the Orange Smoothies.  100 Buffalo Milk Cheese requires 100 Buffalo Milk, made by feeding a Buffalo 100 Cucumbers.

2nd Week of July
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8 July through 14 July

This one is a bit tricky as I saw NO INSTRUCTIONS!

You need to go to the Magic Rabbit to find the instructions as follows:  Complete your Mini Garden step-by-step!
Task 2:  Finish all the special Orders on the Order Board before Tuesday 14 July to collect all the Mini Garden Pickets

Tap on Start

Unfortunalely, if you completed all of yesterday's Orders, you will be forced to wait until today's Orders appear!  In my games, about 10 hours to go...

Note that every player will have different Orders to fill.  Only certain Orders carry the special Material in the form of the Picket.  They will have an added Reward in the form of a star with a question mark in it until the Order is completed.

For one of my farms, in five Orders, only one offers the Materials for the Garden.  The window for that Order actually has a gold background and you can see the Reward includes two Pickets.

There is no difference between this and the ordinary Daily Order Board.  If you complete ALL outstanding Orders, you will be able to see a preview of the next Day's Orders.  You will not know in advance which one will have the special Reward, however.

15 July to 22 July:
Third Week of July:

The third task is all about your Neighbours and the Cooking Stand.  Whenever you visit a Neighbour this week and eat at his/her Cooking Stand, you will receive a special Cooking Gift Bag that randomly may contain a Mini Garden Rock.  You will  need a total of 24 Mini Garden Rocks.

Remember that this is a random item.  The number of Cooking Gift Bags you can obtain will depend on your Level in the game.  At Level 77, I could obtain a total of 22.  At Level 48, the total number of Cooking Bags is 18.   This particular leg of the Quest depends on your Neighbours' participation in the current Cooking Stand Contest.  If your Neighbours are not participating, you will not find the icon of a Roast Turkey, indicating the presence of a dish that can be 'eaten' hovering over the Cooking Stand.

The Cooking Stand now usually is located on a Building Plot outside the main farm, but some players who began the game BEFORE the Building Plot option was released still may have their Cooking Stands on the main farm.    You will NOT be able to find the Cooking Stand on the Island, however.

Participation in the current Cooking Stand Contest offers more incentives simply than the Materials randomly received this month from the special Gift Bags.  It is a really good way to earn Coins and by participating in ALL Rounds and completing the Contest, a Farmer will earn a valuable Cleanable Decoration, one that yields a Blue Gift Box when cleaned.

FINALLY, with respect to all the Garden Party Quests, it appears that they remain active even after the week has ended if the farmer has not completed that week's Quests.  In other words, on the Kindle Farm that belongs to my friend, at a very low level, he has been unable yet to complete the Quest sequence for Week 1.  It remains active on the screen, which is really nice for players who do not have the capacity to perform all those tasks in a single week.

Final Week:

The material this week is found in the first Treasure Chest that you open on the path that is followed by completing your Daily Tasks.  The Tasks are found when you tap on the small Exclamation Point at the top left corner of your screen.  It is only the FIRST Treasure Chest that ever will include an Iron Pot, aka Mini Garden Blue Pot and you will not receive one every day.  In my game, only Coins were included in the Chest on the first day and it was every OTHER day that I received an Iron Pot as well.  You need a total of 6 Iron Pots to complete your Mini Garden.

The final date for this apparently is 3 August.  As of 31 July, I still lack one Iron Pot, although I have been completing all Daily Tasks every single day... I hope that I can finish this tonight or tomorrow at the latest!

It has been stated that Farmers who did not obtain all materials will be able to purchase them later.  Perhaps this will be similar to the horrible and endless Jack O'Lantern Machine Quest and the missing materials will be offered randomly in one of the Mystery Shops once the Quest has ended.