A new 11 day Quest in tandem with a Collections Mission has been released. The traditional Quest sequence will give you the usual Rewards in terms of Coins, XP and a Decoration for the Seaside Farm as well as one for the Island Farm, but please note that it does not include any Rewards in the form of Festival Medals or Lucky Tokens. If you like a laboratory motif on your farm, you may like the Decorations. I personally am not impressed with either much. The new Juneberry Tree, Reward for completing the Collections Mission, is very pretty.
The Collections Mission is as follows:
Collect Beakers
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70 Turquoise Beakers from Chardonnay
50 Purple Beakers from Peacock Feather
30 Red Beakers from Wheat Bread
10 Yellow Beakers from Macadamia Tree
Reward: Juneberry Tree
If you prefer not to complete the Collections Mission, you can choose to purchase the Juneberry Tree in the Market for 7 RC instead.
Premium Items Needed
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A number of Premium Items are needed to complete the Quest, including the Macadamia Tree that is needed both for the Collections Mission and for Quest Recipes. Other Premium Items you will need are a Banana Tree, either an Ice Tree or Ice Dolphin to produce Ice Cubes and an Ice Cream Machine. You will need the Baking Soda Collectable as well. If you do not have this Collectable, purchase it as soon as possible unless you intend to pay RC for each Baking Soda needed. You will need a total of 8 for the Volcano Cakes and another 8 Baking Soda to make Baking Powder in a later task.
Strategies for Quest
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A number of Recipes that have been featured in these time-restricted Quests lately require large amounts of ingredients such as Milk, Cheddar Cheese and Honey. New players who may be unfamiliar with the game may need to be aware of the fact that these items, as well as Wheat Flour, can be requested as well as given each day as a Free Gift to/from your Neighbours. This is the best way to accumulate these items in large quantities.
A recent addition to the game is the Special Deal Menu. This offers 100 OP and 5 Power Daily for 5000 Coins each as well as a second purchase of these amounts for 1 RC each. In another tab in the same Menu are the Weekly Deals that refresh every Friday. These include a Farming Package for 15 RC that offers both types of Fertiliser and Watering Cans. If you have not been playing for a long time, you may find these 'Special Deals' invaluable, especially for Quest tasks that are time-restricted. There are three other Weekly Deal packages but I feel the most useful in this respect is the Farming Package.
The Reward for the Collections Mission, the Juneberry Tree, is placed fairly early in the sequence, in Farming Science 6. If you opt to purchase the Tree in the Market instead, you will be able to place the Tree at the very start of the Quest sequence, allowing you to collect from it a couple of times even without using Watering Cans. If not, however, you need to complete the Collections Mission by the time you reach Farming Science 6. There is absolutely no point in using 10 RC to skip that task. It would be better to buy the actual Tree for 7 RC.
Neighbour Requests
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The traditional Quest sequence includes a total of THREE separate tasks that require you to ask Neighbours for 20 items. If you are not in a hurry to complete the Quest, you need not worry about the number of requests you send out each time, but if you wish to complete the entire Quest sequence in a single day, you will have to divide your Requests into three... I always refrain from making any Neighbour requests the night before a time-restricted Quest is due to begin as I want to have as many Requests available as possible.
Collecting Products
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Fairly recent additions to Family Farm Seaside include the Research Laboratory with an 'Active Tech' called Gold Finger and new Upgraders in the form of the Dutch Mill Upgrader and Chicken Coop Upgrader. You now have a choice of methods in terms of collecting products in bulk.
The easiest way to collect probably still is Batch Production, although it can prove costly in terms of the OP required. The Upgraders allow you to collect MORE products but you cannot use Batch Production with an Upgrader. What you CAN use at any time, if you have sufficient Farmium and have unlocked and made any necessary upgrades to the Tech, is Gold Finger. The Gold Finger Tech allows you to collect products instantly from a number of Animals and Machines WITHOUT USING ANY INGREDIENTS! I love it for this reason. At the final Level 5 upgrade, you can collect from ANY Animal or Machine but the ones that were not unlocked at lower levels DO require ingredients. For most players, Gold Finger is most useful at Level 4 because it is fairly easy to upgrade it to that level and that allows you to use it on Holstein Cow, Buffalo, Chicken Coop, Rabbit, Pig, Goat, Dutch Mill, Cheese Master, Baker, Wine Maker and Burger Machine without needing ingredients for any of these.
What is interesting here is that the Gold Finger Tech can be used in tandem with the Upgraders, where Batch Production cannot. You can use Gold Finger as well on a Machine or Animal that currently is involved in batch production if necessary. (For example, if you have input the wrong total and need 10 more of the product...)
I did not like the entire concept of a Research Laboratory on my Farm and still prefer the old game with its simplicity but I have to confess that I like Gold Finger! So even if you, like me, are not particularly enthusiastic about the Laboratory, you may wish to unlock and upgrade Gold Finger at least.
Botanic Garden
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The very last group of tasks in the traditional Quest sequence requires that you tend flowers in the Botanic Garden six times. Try to refrain from tending your Garden when you approach the later groups of tasks if you wish to complete the Quest without delay. Otherwise, simply wait it out. There is no way to speed this task apart from skipping it completely.
As far as Island Tasks in this Quest are concerned, probably the most advanced is that of making the Garlic Bread, which requires Mastery of the Flavoured Bread Machine. You will need access to the Botanic Garden as well, requiring a number of Island expansions.
Farming Science 1
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Darryl: Hey! Look who it is, my favourite farmer! Thanks for coming! Here is a lab coat and some safety glasses for you! Please help me with some farm work while I tell you what's going on!
Harvest 40 White Grapes
Skip for 10 RC
Collect 40 Bottles of Milk
Skip for 10 RC
Harvest 6 Apples
Skip for 6 RC
Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP
Darryl: Here we go! Together we finished these tasks in the blink of an eye!
Farming Science 2
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Darryl: Wondering why we wear these robes? Looks cool, huh? As you have guessed, we created a chemistry lab on our farm and something amazing is about to happen! Are you ready for the experiment of the century?
Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 8 Cheese Salad
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 5 Honey and 2 Cheddar Cheese
Produce 40 Bottles of White Wine
Skip for 10 RC
Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP
Good job! We should now be prepared and ready to start!
Farming Science 3
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Darryl: What? Why is my face dirty? Aah, there was a small accident, when I mixed liquids from the wrong vials together. Could you get me some wipes, please? I can't walk round with a dirty face!
Harvest 6 Lemons
Skip for 6 RC
Produce 12 Glasses of Apple Juice
Skip for 12 RC
Ask for 20 Wet Wipes from Neighbours
Skip for 20 RC
Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP
Darryl: This should help me to get rid of the marks on my face!
Farming Science 4
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Darryl: Everything you see here is preparation for the big science fair! All the kids from my school and even some of our teachers are participating! It was all my idea! We definitely will need some snacks to be prepared!
Collect 40 Buffalo Milk
Skip for 10 RD
Harvest 40 Love Fruits
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 8 Bowls of Cottage Cheese
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Cheddar Cheese and 2 Milk
Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP
Special Reward: Mission Gift Box
Darryl: Well done! I am certain everything is going to work out since you are helping me!
Farming Science 5
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Darryl: For all of our experiemtns, we are going to need a lot of ingredients. The good news is ingredients can easily be made right here on our farm! Let's get started before our visitors start arriving!
Collect 50 Eggs
Skip for 12 RC
N.B. This is a good opportunity to use the new Chicken Coop Upgrader. It will be more tedious than Batch Production UNLESS you use Gold Finger with it. You then can collect your 50 Eggs without needing 50 Corn as well as working towards the amount of Eggs required for the next upgrade of the Upgrader. (First upgrade requires production of 100 Eggs, 20000 Coins and 3 Hand Rakes. Once you have upgraded it to Level 2, you can purchase a Super Egg Container that will allow you to add and collect 2 more products. It is expensive though at 35 RC.)
Prepare 8 Sour Cream
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Buffalo Milk and 2 Butter
Each Butter requires 2 Milk to make.
Produce 50 Sugar
Skip for 12 RC
Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP
Darryl: Awesome! This should be enough for now!
Farming Science 6
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Darryl: For some of our tasty experiements we will need a special tree on the farm. Please help me collect all the colourful beakers to obtain the Juneberry Tree! (Eugenia: This is interesting in that it is the first time a character has acknowledged the Collections Mission!)
Place Juneberry Tree on the Farm
Reward from Collection Mission
(Can be purchased from Market for 7 RC if you prefer)
Skip for 10 RC
N.B. If you do not wish to complete the Collections Mission, it is far better to buy the tree in the Market for 7 RC than to skip this task for 10 RC!
Produce 40 Love Cakes
Skip for 12 RC
For lower level players, making 40 Love Cakes is the current Weekly Activity, I believe... As of today, you have one more day to complete this Weekly Activity, so if you coordinate it with this task, you can kill two of the proverbial birds with a single stone.
Prepare 8 Sugar Cubes
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Sugar to make.
Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP
Darryl: Great! Now we have another wonderful and useful tree for our Farm!
Farming Science 7
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Darryl: Last but not least - how about some real scientist's tools? I am sure our neighbours might know where to get high quality chemistry sets!
Ask Neighbours for 20 Chemistry Sets
Skip for 20 RC
Prepare 8 Juneberry Dots
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Cottage Cheese and 1 Juneberry
Fish 8 times using the Squid Hook
Skip for 8 RC
N.B. When the gauge is full, you have a total of 7 fishing tries. If you do not wish to pay RC or wait for them to be restored over time, simply MISS one of them and you will achieve the completion of this task.
Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP
Darryl: Yippee! Now we are ready to roll!
Farming Science 8
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Darryl: Our first visitors are already here, why don't we show them the basics? I will teach them how to grow beautiful and edible sugar crystals, AKA rock candy! Come join in!
Harvest 8 Plums
Skip for 8 RC
Prepare 8 Macadamia Salads
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Cheese Salad and 1 Macadamia Nut
Prepare 8 Rock Candies, aka Sugar Crystals
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Sugar Cubes and 1 Honey Syrup
Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP
Special Reward: DNA Strand Shaped Plant Decoration for Seaside Farm
Darryl: What a success! Look how many crystals we made!
The second half of the traditional Quest sequence will require a higher Level of Experience, usually Level 26. (It varies with each Quest ordinarily). You will need access to the Island as well to complete all tasks.
Farming Science 9
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Darryl: More visitors are arriving. Let's take every one to the Beauty Department! This is Grandma's area of expertise. She will teach every one how to make natural homemade remedies for skin care!
Craft 6 Clay Facial Masks
Skip for 6 RC
Each requires 2 Algae Powder, 1 Batter and 1 Distilled Water and takes 5 minutes to complete. The item will be counted as soon as you begin to craft it, however.
Craft 3 Pearl Hydrating Mask
Skip for 6 RC
Each requires 1 Clay Facial Mask, 4 Cucumbers and 1 Pearl
Prepare 8 Bowls of Macadamia Soup
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Sour Cream and 1 Macadamia Nut
Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP
Darryl: Grandma did a great job and so did you! You are a great assistant!
Farming Science 10
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Darryl: Time for me to shine! Literally, hehe. Did you know that you can turn tonic water into a glowing lamp at night? No? Let me show you how a simple tonic water can be turned into amazing glowing tonic water?
Prepare 8 Glowing Tonic Water
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Virgin Vesper Martinia and 1 Ice Cube
Each Virgin Vesper Martini requires 2 Lemons and 2 Apple Juice
Harvest 8 Bananas
Skip for 8 RC
Produce 10 Banana Cakes
Skip for 10 RC
Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP
Darryl: See? How simple is that? Just make ice cubes out of tonic water and it will glow!
Farming Science 11
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Darryl: Hmm, what's that smoke coming from Grandpa's lab? Can you cover for me here while I check to see what's going on over there?
Harvest 50 Garlic
Skip for 12 RC
This is an Island Crop but not one that requires special Dev Point totals.
Produce 50 Alpaca Hair
Skip for 12 RC
Transport 50 Alpaca Hair to Island Farm
Skip for 12 RC
Divide the Alpaca Hair between Zeppelins to speed the transport.
Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP
Darryl: I'm back! Thanks for keeping an eye on things! Grandpa is fine, he's just working on his new inventions! Ah? My face is dirty again?
Farming Science 12
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Darryl: Our visitors seem to be having a great time, but the best is yet to come! Do you want to visit our kitchen? Felicia is preparing something very astonishing. She has been practicing a lot for this. Let's cheer her on!
Produce 50 Alpaca Hair Yarn
Skip for 12 RC
This is an Island Task
Note that production of Alpaca Hair Yarn requires an advanced Mastery of the Spinning Machine.
Prepare 8 Macadamia Lunch
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Macadamia Salad and 1 Macadamia Soup (You should have both from earlier tasks)
Prepare 8 Volcano Cakes
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Love Cake and 1 Baking Soda
Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP
Special Reward: Island Mission Gift Box containing Farm Aids
Darryl: Did you see how the volcano cake's chocolate lava erupted? Almost like a real volcano! Felicia did great!
Farming Science 13
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Darryl: I see that every one is enjoying everything! As a memento of our science fair, I think we could give every one a Science Club Member's Badge. Please help me get some from our neighbours. I am sure they'll be happy to help!
Ask Neighbours for 20 Club Member Badges
Skip for 20 RC
Produce 20 Chestnut Flour
Skip for 10 RC
This is an Island Task
Craft 6 Scarecrow Toys in the Workshop
Skip for 6 RC
This is an Island Task
Each requires 2 Mohair Yarn and 1 Cedar Wood and 1 Power
Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP
Darryl: These badges are so cool! Can I have one for myself?
Farming Science 14
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Darryl: Have you ever created a hybrid fusion of anything in your life? Only flowers in the garden? No? Here is your chance to do it! Let's combine 2 types of dishes and create another one! Can you guess what we're going to make?
Produce 20 Garlic Bread
Skip for 20 RC
This is an Island Task
The price of skipping this task is BRUTAL... If you don't have the Flavoured Bread Machine or the required Mastery to make the Garlic Bread, you will be spending far too much RC to complete THIS Quest in my view but it depends on how badly you want the Decoration I suppose.
Harvest 60 Eggplants
Skip for 15 RC
Prepare 6 Baking Powder
Skip for 6 RC
Each requires 1 Baking Soda and 2 Cornmeal
Darryl: How do you like our new recipe? It took the best of both dishes!
(What is he talking about here??? What new Recipe?)
Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP
Farming Science 15
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Darryl: It's getting late. We better finish up our fair so visitors can return home before dark. We can't forget the big surprise! No one will be leaving empty-handed! Back to the kitchen and let's show every one what we've learned today!
Produce 10 Banana Ice Cream
Skip for 10 RC
Produce 10 Plum Ice Cream
Skip for 10 RC
Prepare 8 Experimental Desserts
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Glowing Tonic Water and 1 Volcano Cake. You should have both from earlier tasks.
Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP
Darryl: Wow! Impressive! You're a fast learner!
Farming Science 16
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Darryl: I have to admit, you were an amazing assitant and without you I wouldn't have been able to make this day such a success!
Take care of Flowers in Botanic Garden 6 times
Skip for 6 RC
This is an Island Task
Prepare 6 plates of Fried Eggplants Rolls
Skip for 6 RC
Each requires 2 Baking Powder and 1 Fried Eggplant
Each Fried Eggplant requires 4 Eggplant and 2 Wheat Flour
Note that you will need to make more Baking Powder to complete this task even if you save the Baking Powder from the earlier Task.
Prepare 8 Summer Sweets
Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 1 Juneberry Dots and 1 Rock Candy
Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP
Darryl: Great job today! I'll see you soon, Farmer!
Special Reward: Lava Lamp Decoration for Island Farm
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