04 November 2016

Chinese Dish Trial Quest and Collect Rice Collections Mission

Another Friday and another time-restricted Quest with Collections Mission.  This Collections Mission has a 'Collectable' as a Reward in the form of a Scallion Bush.   You will not be able to find this Collectable in the Market until the Quest has expired so you will be required to perform this Collections Mission if you wish to have the Scallion Bush for the Quest.

I will pay closer attention next time I harvest this, but I believe that you can harvest the Scallion Bush every 6 hours.  I received 5 Scallions for the first harvest.

If you choose not to complete the Collections Mission, you either can buy the Scallions that you need for 1 RC each or 'skip' the task completely when it is a Dish that uses this ingredient.

The Decoration Reward for the traditional Chinese Dish Trial Quest sequence is a lovely Gong.  You will receive it at the very end of the Quest.  Halfway through the Quest, when you complete Chinese Dish Trial 8, you will receive some Bear Pet Ears.

Bear Pet Hair
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To use, you first must find it in your Gift Box and Use it.  This will place it in the Pet House Menu for accessories, found by tapping on the Paint Brush on the left top side of the Pet House Menu.  You cannot use any Pet Hair until your Pet House is upgraded to Level 3.  The system is very similar to the Boats and Boat Parts on the Island.

N.B.  The Bear Pet House Ears that go with the Bear Pet Hair was a Reward from the Darryl the Doctor time-restricted Mission.

Thanksgiving Farm Beauty Contest
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Note that a new Farm Beauty Contest with a Thanksgiving theme has started as well, and new sales offers are available, as well as new Decorations in the Lucky Wheel.  So there is much to do.

Landscape Points feature more heavily in the Farm Beauty Contest now.  Charm Points are relevant really only insofar as they add to Landscape Points when placed within the influence of a Path.  The best Paths remain the Pebble Path and the Macaron Path with 50 Points of influence each as well as the Water Path that costs 1 RC.

Premium Items
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You will need some premium Trees in particular for this Quest.  For the Collections Mission, you will need a Licorice Tree.  For the quest sequence, you will need, inter alia, a Jackfruit Tree and a Mirabelle Plum Tree.    A premium Animal is needed for this Quest as well in the form of the White Goat who costs 15 RC.  You can find the Goat for sale randomly in the Green Mystrons Shop but you will need it to produce the Goat Milk required as one of the Tasks.  Furthermore, you will need to transport Goat Milk to the Island with Blueberries and Honey to make the Blueberry Yogurt required in another Task.

Collections Set
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The Collection Set in this case is the White Goat, the Scallions Bush and the Gong Decoration, so there is no point in skipping a task that requires the White Goat (Goat Milk or Blueberry Yoghurt) if you wish to complete the Collection Set.  Remember that the Goat may appear randomly in your Green Mystrons Shop if you are willing to gamble that you can purchase it there within the time limit of the Quest.  Blueberry Yoghurt, which requires Goat Milk is an item that needs no Mastery, unlike the Pumpkin Pie in the LAST quest that required full Mastery of the Pie Machine and therefore, in my view, was unfair to the low level players.

Other Collectables Needed
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The problem with Collectables is that you cannot speed production.  The number of Scallions that you need for the Quest is 24 but there are other Collectable products that are needed as well.  Veteran farmers will have the items probably but new ones may not have any in stock.  Prepare ahead of time by purchasing a Spice Rack if you do not have Spice in your Barn and a White Vinegar Stand if you have no Vinegar.  The Spice Rack will operate for 3 days only.  It costs 250 Coins.  If you are a new farmer, you should invest in all the 'temporary' Collectables periodically to build up your stock in your Barn of each.  The temporary Collectables are the Spice Rack, the Soy Sauce Barrel and the Yeast Barrel.  You will need all the products frequently.

The traditional Quest is as follows:

Chinese Dish Trial Quest
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Chinese Dish Trial 1
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Felicia:  Howdy farmer!  We had a great Halloween, didn't we?  But since the festival ended and people went back home, I feel like doing something to break the dull days!  Let's make a plan after we finish farm work!

Harvest 8 Apples
  Skip for 8 RC

Harvest 40 Clovers
  Skip for 10 RC

Collect 40 Bottles of Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  Today's farm work was a piece of cake!

Chinese Dish Trial 2
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Felicia:  What about a big event?  Or having a wonderful trip?  Hmmm, Halloween has just passed, so another big event might make people tired.   Also, we don't have enough money to go on another trip soon.  Do you have any ideas?

Collect 20 Jars of Honey
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 20 Jars of Apple Jam
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 8 Jars of Honey Syrup
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  It's hard to think it out.  I'm afraid we can't think of a good idea by ourselves.

Chinese Dish Trial 3
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Felicia:  Oh look!  When I was browsing the internet, I found this!  The 11th of November will be Chinese Singles Day.  There will be big sales around that day  That is to say, it's a big chance for us to buy some Chinese goods at a great price!

Harvest 6 Maple Syrup
  Skip for 6 RC

Harvest 40 Carrots
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 12 Glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  But what shall we buy with our limited budget?

Chinese Dish Trial 4
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Felicia:  I'm on the fence between learning to cook Chinese food or speak Chinese.  So it means we need to choose between buying ingredients and textbooks.  It's hard to choose!  Hmmm... Let's start a poll and let our neighbours help!

Produce 40 Sacks of Rye Flour
  Skip for 10 RC

Dig 8 Chests on the Path
  Skip for 8 RC

Note that the Chest counts when you collect the reward.  You therefore can have your Pets open Chests before the Task is loaded as long as you do not collect the Rewards and it will count towards this total.

You can speed the digging of a Chest by using 45 OP at the start or less as the Pet continues to dig.   It only takes 2 minutes for my Pets to dig a Chest however.

Prepare 8 Jars of Apple Jelly
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Maple Syrup and 6 Apple Jam

Rewards: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  Soon we'll have lots of votes from the internet!

Special Reward: Mission Gift Box

Chinese Dish Trial 5
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Felicia:  Our neighbours are great.  They voted overwhelmingly to buy ingredients.  So it's decided.  We are going to buy some ingredients and try using them to cook Chinese dishes!  Let's go ahead and start!

Harvest 50 Rice
  Skip for 12 RC

  Rice is a 14 hour Crop.  You can use Farm Aids to speed growth obviously.

Produce 50 Sugar
  Skip for 25 RC

  Cost of Batch Production is 100 OP

Prepare 8 Sugar Cubes
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Sugar to make.

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  I have opened a shopping website!  Too many goods and too many sales to select!

Chinese Dish Trial 6
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Felicia:  There are lots of watery* vegetables on this site.  I wish I could put them all into my cart but I need to keep it within my budget.  Look at this: scallions!  It's said to be mostly used in Chinese Dishes!  Let's buy it!

* Meaning unclear!  Poor translation.  Does she mean 'water-grown' or 'mouth-watering'?  I suspect the latter.

Harvest 8 Coconuts
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Coconut Milk
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Coconut and 1 Sugar

Produce 40 Sacks of Rice Flour
  Skip for 10 RC

  80 OP required for Batch Production

Felicia:  We got a great discount because of our good timing!  Lucky!

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Chinese Dish Trial 7
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Felicia:  I have no idea when we will receive it.  I guess it will take some time.  Let's have a rest first.  Scallion, scallion... what can we make with scallions... Well, farmer, what's your favourite Chinese dish?

Place a Scallion Bush on your Farm
  Reward from Collections Mission
  (I have it, so do not have cost of skipping this, but it usually is 10 RC)

Fish with the Bone Hook 8 Times
  Skip for 8 RC

  Note that the old trick still works... if you allow yourself to 'miss' one catch after tapping on the water, you can do this with only the alloted 7 tries.  Best to miss a Message in the Bottle Catch!

Prepare 8 Soft Dough
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Cake Flour and 1 Batter
  Each Cake Flour requires 2 Oat Flour and 2 Rye Flour
  Each Batter requires 2 Wheat Flour and 1 Egg

Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  The delivery was so fast!

Chinese Dish Trial 8
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Felicia:  I have to admit that Hot Pot is really a cool dish, but I'm afraid it's too hard for me.  We'd better check what dishes are possible with scallions first, but where to check?  What if we get Chinese recipe books right now?

Harvest 8 Mirabelle Plums
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Apple Mirabelle Compote
  Skip for 8 RC
Each requires 2 Apple Jelly and 2 Mirabelle Plums

Ask for 20 Chinese Recipe Books from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP

Special Reward: Bear Pet Hair for your Pet House
To use, you first must find it in your Gift Box and Use it.  This will place it in the Pet House Menu for accessories, found by tapping on the Paint Brush on the left top side of the Pet House Menu.

You must have your Pet House at Level 3 to use ANY Pet Hair.

Felicia:  You are right, Farmer!  We have great neighbours!

(Indeed, I do!  The members of my Facebook group, Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk,, are fantastic!  Unfortunately, some of my oldest neighbours no longer play Seaside but,, for the most part, i have marvelous neighbours.)

Level Requirements
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The second half of the Quest sequence requires access to the Island to complete unless you are willing to spend considerable sums to skip tasks.  Furthermore, the level requirement is higher.   I actually believe that the Level requirement for Step 5 actually may be higher than that required to perform 1-4.  Last time, a new farmer told me he could not progress past Step 4 of the Quest until he reached Level 26.

Chinese Dish Trial 9
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Felicia:  Let's look at Chinese Dishes with Scallions.  'Scallions Lamb, Beijing sauce wire, beef noodles ith stir-fried Scallions.'  Hmmm, these sound delicious but there is so much meat that I wonder if they are healthy enough.

Harvest 50 Cucumbers
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 8 Dishes of Stir-Fry Veggies
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Carrots and 5 Cucumbers

Prepare 8 Bowls of Cendol
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Coconut Milk and 2 Rice Flour

 Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  A dish that is healthy and not too difficult to make would be ideal!

Chinese Dish Trial 10
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Felicia:  Look at this one: Kung Pao Chicken!  It's a famous Chinese dish, as well as a healthy one!  And it seems to be not too complicated.  I want to cook this one.  Let's make it together!  Would you give me a hand?

Harvest 50 Camomile
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island Crop

Produce 50 Camomile Essential Oils
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island Task

Prepare 8 Carrot Pastries
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 3 Carrots and 1 Soft Dough

Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  Thank you, Farmer.  Even though I'm not the great cook Grandma is, I have confidence in this dish!

(But Felicia, WHAT is the Camomile connection here???)

Chinese Dish Trial 11
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Felicia:  First of all, wash the vegetables and dice them up.  It's easy work and should be finished soon.  Did you hear what Darryl said just now?  He said I look like an anime character when I'm holding scallions!

Transport 20 Camomile Essential Oils to the Seaside Farm
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 8 Fried Veggie Dices
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Stir-Fry Veggie and 3 Scallions to make.

  N.B.  Even if you completed the Collections Mission early on the day of the release of this quest and harvest as soon as it is ready, you will find that it takes a long time to collect the amount of Scallions needed to make 8 of this dish.  You will need a total of 24 Scallions.  If you are fortunate enough to harvest 5 at a time, it still will take a day or so to collect the total needed.  Skipping the task may be less expensive initially than purchasing the extra Scallions you need, but you actually will need this Dish as an ingredient to make the Kung Pao Chicken at the end of the Quest sequence.  The wise Farmer will wait to collect all the Scallions needed... An impatient Farmer (and i often am one myself) will think carefully...)

Prepare 8 Mirabelle Plum Pastries
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Carrot Pastry and 1 Mirabelle Plum

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  Naughty Darryl, ha ha!  We have finished the first process. Let's go to the next step!

Chinese Dish Trial 12
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Felicia:  Then, we need to stir-fry the diced vegetables and diced chicken separately.  Remember to put the scallions into hot oil first, in order to get that good flavour and smell!  Be careful not to burn yourself!  Ready, go!

Harvest 8 Jackfruit
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Plates of Sweet Jackfruit
  Each requires 1 Jackfruit and 1 Maple Syrup
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Mirabelle Plum Pies
  Each requires 1 Apple Mirabelle Compote and 1 Mirabelle Plum Pastry
  Each Apple Mirabelle Compote requires 2 Apply Jelly and 2 Mirabelle Plums
  Skip for 8 RC

Felicia:  Can you smell that?  The Scallions are releasing their aroma into the oil!

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Special Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

Chinese Dish Trial 13
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Felicia: Now we have Fried Diced Veggies and Stir-Fried Chicken!  In fact, you can eat them now but the taste might not be so delicious yet!  Let's heat oil again, and go to finish the last step!

Craft  6 Wooden Aroma Bottles
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island Task.  Each Wooden Aroma Bottle is made in the Workshop using 2 Wool Yarn and 1 Cedar Wood.  1 Power is used for each.

Craft 6 Camomile Aroma Bottles in the Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Wooden Aroma Bottle, 1 Camomile Essential Oil and 1 Distilled Water.  You must transport the Wooden Aroma Bottles from the Island.  The Camomile Essential Oil was transported in a previous Task.  Distilled Water can be harvested from a Water Fountain or requested from a Neighbour.  Each Camomile Aroma Bottle takes 12 minutes to complete but the task will register as soon as you begin it.

Prepare 8 Bowls of Jackfruit Cendol
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Sweet Jackfruit and 1 Cendol

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  Wahoo!  This sour and spicy dish is done!

Chinese Dish Trial 14
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Felicia:  As we combined the diced veggies and diced chicken, it's a really healthy dish with sour and spicy taste!  Just have a try!  It's our masterpiece!  Oh, wait... Let me take a photo as a souvenir before we dig in!

Pruduce 60 Cassava Flour
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island Task

Prepare 8 Spicy and Sour Chicken
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each Spicy and Sour Chicken requires 2 Spicy Stir-Fried Chicken and 2 White Vinegar
  Each Spicy Stir-Fried Chicken requires 2 Spice and 2 Turkey

Prepare 8 Servings of Jackfruit Curry
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Jackfruit and 1 Coconut Milk

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  Okay, I've taken the photo!  Let's have a taste!

Chinese Dish Trial 15
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Felicia:  I can't believe that we made such a delicious dish!  What's more, it's an authentic Chinese Dish!  I feel as if I have become a super chef!  I will take photos of all my new dishes and make it a gallery!

Craft 6 Mirabelle Hand Soap in the Beauty Shop
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Camomile Aroma Bottle, 2 Mirabelle Plums and 5 Honey and takes 22 minutes.

Produce 30 Bottles of Goat Milk
  Skip for 15 RC
  N.B.  A White Goat costs 15 RC and eats Pasture.

Prepare 8 Kung Pao Chicken
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Fried Veggie Dices and 1 Spicy and Sour Chicken

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Felicia:  I believe that if I practice more, my cooking can only get better and better!

Chinese Dish Trial 16
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Felicia:  Thank you, Farmer.  We used the Scallions we bought from the Singles' Day Discount to make this wonderful Chinese Dish!  It was just a simple trial of cooking but I really enjoyed the time we spend together!

Use Spades in Botanic Garden 3 Times
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island Task

Produce 60 Blueberry Yoghurt
  Skip for 30 RC
  This is an Island Task
  Make certain that you transport the ingredients to the Island in advance!  You will need 60 Blueberries, 60 Honey and 60 Goat Milk.

Prepare 8 Bowls of Circus Snacks
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Cotton Candy and 1 Licorice Candy
  Each Cotton Candy requires 1 Sugar Cube and 1 Honey Syrup
  Each Licorice Candy requires 1 Licorice and 2 Apple Juice

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Felicia:  Have a nice time and see you again!

Special Reward: Gong Decoration for the Seaside Farm

Gallery Registration
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The Collections Set for this is the White Goat, the Scallions Bush and the Gong.











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