15 December 2017

Family Christmas Quest and Holiday Ornaments Collection

(Above, you will see the Holiday Elf Decoration stacked on a Snow Base with the new Bear in a Sock Decoration.  Cozy Santa and Christmas Arch are the other new premium Decorations for the season but oddly cannot be stacked.  You can own a total of three Snow Bases.  The one behind the Holiday Elf shows the premium decorations from last year, now available again in various DIY offers and in the Boutique Decoration section of the Market.  Saint and Pete represent a very old European tradition and if you did not earn them long ago, you can purchase the decoration from the Gallery using Yellow Mystrons.  The Gingerbread House can be purchased with Blue Mystrons or found in the Lucky Wheel/Share Box as can other older decorations shown here.  The Christmas Snowman seen on the upper left is the current Activity Stage activity and complete now at Level 6.)

There is a new time-restricted Quest in tandem with a Collection Mission.

The reward for completing the Collection Mission is a new Stove House Recipe in the form of the Winter Cake Recipe.  For low level farmers, I always suggest that you complete the Collection Mission first.  If you cannot complete the traditional Quest sequence, you may be able to access it again from the Lighthouse after expiration of this time, but the Reward from any Collection Mission will have to be purchased for RC.

The reward for completing the traditional Quest is a Holiday Elf Decoration that is stackable on the Snow Base.  A nice gesture is the Christmas Package Reward when you complete Part 8.  It contains 6 Christmas Fences.

N.B.  My post about the new update options, including the new Sea Resort, its quests and options and the new Island Quests is below this one.  Here is a link:

Seaside Resort and new Island Quests

Note about Harvest Moon FDC:  This site was created by Freyashawk, aka Eugenia Martino and my farm is Harvest Moon FDC.  I never changed my avatar.  It always was my Facebook Avatar of a hawk in a tree against a dark sky.  Unfortunately, the game has done something untoward and another farmer's avatar (Uneeda Boy advert from Nabisco way back in the history of biscuits) may be superimposed over mine at present.  Please, please look for the name Harvest Moon FDC if you wish to vote for me, even if the avatar is bizarre!  For most players, it still should be the hawk in a tree against a dark sky.  Please do consider voting for Freyashawk's Farm, Harvest Moon FDC in the Farm Beauty Contests if you use this site and find it helpful.  Thank you!

TIP:  I suggest that players apply the Monkey Boost that reduces OP cost during this Mission.

Crop List
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40 Chardonnay
40 Grapes
50 Rice
50 Kiwi Fruits (Island)

Batch Production List
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40 Rye Flour
40 Milk
40 Angora Hair
20 Lychee Candy
12 Reindeer Fur
12 Cherry Jam
50 Dried Kiwi Fruits (Island)
60 Lavender Essential Oil (Island)
50 Kiwi Fruit Bread (Island)

Winter Cake:
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The ingredients are:  2 Cake Flour, 1 Eggnog, 2 Blue Rose, 2 Sugar and it requires 7 Power to make.  Maximum cooking time is 20 minutes.  There are two separate star ratings for this dish but it only needs the lesser Bronze Star to satisfy the task.

I am not that concerned with perfection in the Stove House.  I made it as follows:  Place Cake Flour in Oven and set timer for 10 minutes.  Place Eggnog and Blue Rose in Oven and set timer for 4 minutes.  Add Sugar and tap 'Finish' as soon as the Bronze Star activates. (Less than a minute later).


Family Christmas Quest 1
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Grandma:  Hello, Farmer!  I swore Thanksgiving was yesterday and now it's almost Christmas.  Time flies, doesn't it?

Harvest 40 Chardonnay
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 8 Cherries
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 40 sacks of Rye Flour
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Christmas really will be here before we know it!

Family Christmas Quest 2
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Grandma:  We were so busy with the Winter Wonderland fundraising that we forgot about our own holiday preparations!   Luckily you are here to help!

Harvest 40 Grapes
  Skip for 10 RC

Feed Holstein Cow 40 times
  Skip for 10 RC
  Task will complete as soon as animal enters batch production

Feed Angora Rabbit 40 times
  Skip for 10 RC
  Task will complete as soon as animal enters batch production

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Grandma: Let's start the work then, shall we?

Family Christmas Quest 3
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Grandma:  Over the years, I worked out my own routine to prepare for Christmas, so if we do everything on my list step by step, we should be just on time!

Harvest 8 Oranges
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 12 Milk Cookies
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Condensed Milk and 1 Wheat Flour

Produce 20 Lychee Candy
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Grandma:  Don't worry, Farmer!  Grandma Blair has everything under control!

Family Christmas Quest 4
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Grandma:  My secret to a perfect work flow is to assign the right task to the right family member.  This way, every one feels included and they do what they can do best!

Prepare 6 Light Muffins
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Cake Flour and 2 Cherry Jam

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

Prepare 6 Apple Tarts
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Apple Jelly and 1 Light Muffin

Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Grandma:  What can I say?  Sometimes a grandmother needs to become a project manager!

Special Reward: Mission Gift Box

Family Christmas 5
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Grandma:  I'm going to let Felicia and Darryl take care of the farm decorations.  We have everything we possibly could need here on our farm.  With just a little bit of creativity, they can create a true magical Christmas experience for all of us!

Harvest 50 Rice
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 6 Christmas Cookie Baskets
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Apple Tart and 1 Orange Jam Cookie

Prepare 8 Yule Logs
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Lychee Candy and 1 Dark Chocolate

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Grandma: Felicia's already browsing Farmterest searching for inspiration!

Family Christmas 6
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Grandma: How cute!  Darryl's trying his hand at DIY paper garlands... Keep on going, darling!  You'll get it right soon!  Don't give up!

Sell 30,000 worth of products from your Barn
  Skip for 5 RC

  N.B.  You can sell 330 Blueberries (a free Gift from neighbours) for 30,030 Coins

Collect 12 Reindeer Fur
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 12 Christmas Stollen
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Soft Dough and 2 Grapes

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Grandma:  Just a little more patience, my dear Darryl.

Family Christmas 7
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Grandma:  I am sending Grandpa for table decorations.  I know that visiting our neighbours will make him much happier than helping with farm tasks.  And I do not mind my work at all!

Harvest 8 Aniseed
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 glasses of Mulled Wine
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Wine and 1 Aniseed

Prepare 8 Fruity Christmas Trees
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Cherry and 3 Grapes

Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP

Grandma:  Look at this!  It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Family Christmas 8
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Grandma:  Trimming the Tree with our holiday ornaments will be your responsibility, Farmer!  I see you have started to organise them!  Right on time!

Cook 3 Winter Cakes in the Stove House
  This is the Reward for the Collection Mission
  Skip for 12 RC

The ingredients are:  2 Cake Flour, 1 Eggnog, 2 Blue Rose, 2 Sugar and it requires 7 Power to make.  Maximum cooking time is 20 minutes.  There are two separate star ratings for this dish but it only needs the lesser Bronze Star to satisfy the task.

I am not that concerned with perfection in the Stove House.  I made it as follows:  Place Cake Flour in Oven and set timer for 10 minutes.  Place Eggnog and Blue Rose in Oven and set timer for 4 minutes.  Add Sugar and tap 'Finish' as soon as the Bronze Star activates. (Less than a minute later).


Craft 6 Red Cord Necklaces
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Angora Hair, 1 Wool and 2 Red Roses, 3 minutes, but task completes when item enters slot

Craft 3 Conch Necklaces
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Red Cord Necklace, 1 Conch Shell and 2 Ostrich Feathers, takes 12 minutes but task completes when enters slot

Reward: 2500 Coin, 190 XP

Grandma:  I trust your good taste!  I know you are going to make the tree beautiful!

Special Reward: Christmas Package containing Christmas Fence x 6

Family Christmas 9
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Grandma:  This year we decided not to buy gifts... instead we will have handmade presents.  Sometimes the simplest thing made with love brings the greatest joy, more even than any expensive gift bought without love or particular thought.

Prepare 6 Gourmet Apples
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 3 Apples and 1 Dark Chocolate

Prepare 6 Gingerbread
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Soft Dough and 1 Aniseed

Harvest 8 jars of Maple Syrup
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

This way, every one can show off his or her DIY talents.

Family Christmas 10
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Grandma:  I'm preparing a special Christmas edition of every one's favourite jams and confitures.  A hint of cinnamon, clove and ginger makes all the difference!

Produce 12 Jars of Cherry Jam
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 6 baskets of Christmas Indulgence
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Gingerbread and 1 Gourmet Apple

Fish 8 times with the Bone Fishhook
  Skip for 8 RC

  As the task does not require 8 catches, you can miss one and still use only your 7 default casts with the rod.

Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

Grandma:  I hope every one will enjoy the gifts!

Family Christmas 11
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Grandma:  Now that we have decorated the farm, I need every one's help in the kitchen.  We have a Christmas dinner for 6 to prepare!  Careful, Farmer, the oven is very hot!

(Dinner for 6?  Grandma and Grandpa,  Sylvia and Dad, Felicia and Darryl... Farmer does all the work and is not invited?!)

Prepare 15 Bottles of Cherry Cider
  Skip for 15 RC
  Each requires 3 Yeast and 2 Cherries

Harvest 50 Kiwi Fruits
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island Crop

Produce 50 Dried Kiwi Fruit
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island Task

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Grandma:  In goes the Christmas Ham!

Family Christmas 12
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Grandma:  In the Kitchen, Darryl and Felicia's Dad is known to eat more than he helps, so I have him on drinks duty instead...

Harvest 8 Cedar Wood
  Skip for 8 RC
  This is an Island Tree
  Using the Electric Saw gives you 2 harvests from each tree.  You can use Rain and other Weather to mature Wood Trees but not fertilisers.

Harvest 8 Kumquats
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Candied Kumquats
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 3 Maple Syrup and 1 Kumquat

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Special Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

Family Christmas 13
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Grandma:  Every one knows desserts are Felicia's specialty!  But this year I would like to make a contribution as well.  I came up with a recipe for an excellent Winter Cake!

Prepare 8 Kumquat Lebkuchen
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Candied Kumquat and 2 Gingerbread

Produce 60 Lavender Essential Oil
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island Task

Craft 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island task

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Grandma:  Just look at this beauty!  Would you like a piece of cake?  Ha, you will have to wait!

Family Christmas 14
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Grandma:  After dinner, usually every one is so full that they do not even want any dessert but Christmas without a cake simply isn't right!  Let's make something else for people with smaller appetites though.

Prepare 8 Christmas Set
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Kumquat Lebkuchen and 1 Mulled Wine

Prepare 6 Turron
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 3 Rice and 1 Chocolate

Craft 12 Crosscut Saws
  This is an Island Task

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Grandma:  Looks as though all is good here.  Get changed, every one, for a festive Christmas celebration!

Family Christmas 15
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Grandma:  We are ready now, Farmer!  When the first star appears in the night sky, we will begin our family Christmas Eve Dinner.  I love family gatherings!

Complete 4 Helicopter Orders
  This is an Island Task
  Skip for 4 RC

Finish today's Orders on the Daily Order Board
  Skip for 6 RC

  Note that if you completed these earlier, on the weekend you can refresh the Board for 1000 Coins.

Prepare 8 Chocolate Gingerbread
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Gingerbread and 1 Dark Chocolate

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Grandma:  Come sit with us, Farmer!  There is always a place for you at our table!

(Ah, at last... was about to go home to a quiet and sad Christmas Eve supper of beans on toast...)

Family Christmas 16
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Grandma:  I would like to wish you and your loved ones a wonderful, magical Christmas with your family!  May all of your wishes and dreams come true and may you feel this same happiness throughout the year!  (And the same from Freyashawk to you, dear Farmers!)

Tend flowers in the Botanic Garden 6 times
  Skip for 6 RC
  This is an Island Task

Prepare 6 Christmas Dream
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Christmas Stollen and 1 Turron

Produce 50 Kiwi Fruit Bread
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island Task

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Final Reward: Holiday Elf Decoration

Grandma:  Merry Christmas, every one!


Oil Press
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The Oil Press originally was linked to a special Mission.  You now can purchase it as a special offer in the sales offers in the top right of your screen.  When purchased, you will be able to activate the original Mission that was connected to it.

Oil Press Trip Quest
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il Press Trip Mission
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Oil Press Trip I
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Darryl:  Last week, our teacher asked us to write about our favourite farm product. The best writer will get to choose the next outing destination.  The truth is that I've never seen an oil press before and my essay won!

Place the Oil Press on your Farm

Plant 40 Sunflowers

Harvest 40 Sunflowers
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 25 XP

Darryl.:  Destination: Master Oilver's Farm.  He is the best oil preoducer in town.  Should I bring the poster so he can sign it?

Oil PressTrip II
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Darryl:  I'm so excited!  We're gonna leave pretty early in the morning so Grandma prepared some snacks and lunch boxes for me.  I have the best Grandma in the world!  Don't you think?

Prepare 10 Spicy Steak Burgers
  Skip for 10 RC

  Each Spicy Steak Burger requires 4 Spice (from Spice Rack) and 2 Steak Burgers

Produce 40 sacks of Wheat Flour
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 bottles of Sunflower Oil
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 26 XP, 1 RC

Oil Press Trip III
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Darryl:  We're here!  Look at those cool buildings over there!  The Old Farmer said there are two different ways to extract oil: the classic way and the modern way and... OMG... can you smell the flavour of fresh pressed olive oil?

Harvest 50 Pumpkins
  Skip for 25 RC

Collect 50 Duck Eggs
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 jars of Pitaya Jam
  Skip for 25 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 27 XP

Darryl:  That was amazing!  Fresh olive oil on toasted bread!  Simple yet delicious!

Oil Press Trip IV
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Darryl:  So the classic way is typically using verttical millstones moving around a central post to crush or bruise the seeds or fruit which can then be stamped to extract the oil... Does it sound complicated as I think?

Have 2 Olive Trees on your Farm
  (Each Olive Tree costs 3200 Coins)

Harvest 12 Olives
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 12 bottles of Olive Oil
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 1000 Coins, 28 XP, 1 RC

Darryl:  The classic method is cool.  But I'm wondering what can you do with the modern way?

Oil Press Trip V
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Darryl:  The modern way is different.  The new oil mill can process 4K tons per day hot pressed or 25 tons cold pressed.  They often crush the raw materials continuously before extracting the oil from the press cake!

Produce 60 Turkeys
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Turkey Sausages
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 12 bottles of Cooking Wine
  Skip for 12 RC

  Each Cooking Wine requires 1 Wine and 3 Bean

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 29 XP

Darryl:  Wow.  There is so much to learn!  But Master Oliver's words are so passionate that every one who hears them will share the love for oil!

Oil Press Trip VI
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Darryl:  The Old Farmer challenged us with a game.  What we're gonna do is think about a special oil that doesn't exist or we haven't tried yet.  And later he will show us how to produce it.  Any suggestions?

Harvest 60 Peanuts
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Bottles of Peanut Oil
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 20 plates of Spinach Salad
  Skip for 20 RC

  Each Spinach Salad requires 2 Spinach and 2 Onion

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 30 XP, 1 RC

Darryl:  Our idea was good!  But spicy flavoured oil?!  Wow that was brilliant!  Chapeau!

Oil Press Trip VII
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Darryl:  The oil we produced is incredible!  We must try and prepare awesome food with it... Oh boy... I'm drooling already.  Who's hungry?

Produce 70 Venison Steak
  Skip for 35 RC

Produce 70 Caramel
  Skip for 35 RC

Prepare 20 Pasta Salads
  Skip for 20 RC

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 31 XP

Darryl: Master Oliver said it's getting close to dinner time and suggets to collect all the ingredients we like.  Can he also cook?

Oil Press Trip VIII
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Darryl:  Master Oliver is indeed the best!  Awesome experience and good explanation!  He is my new hero!  He even gave us some amazing oil to try.  The dinner tonight will be super tasty!

Havest 70 Beans
  Skip for 35 RC

Produce 70 Bottles of Bean Oil
  Skip for 35 RC

Prepare 10 plates of Sweet and Sour Shrimp
  Skip for 10 RC

  Each Sweet and Sour Shrimp requires 3 Pineapples and 1 Sgeamed Opposum Shrimp

Rewards: 1000 Coins, 32 XP, 3 RC

Darryl: I think now we can also try to make oil on our own farm!  I can't wait to share everything with Grandma and Felicia!  What a great day!

About the Oil Press Machine
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At present, the Oil Press Machine can be purchased only through the Special Sale.  It is a available for a limited time and you can purchase up to 4 of these, if you have sufficient funds and desire to do so.  It is complete when purchased and makes the following:

Sunflower Oil
Peanunt Oil
Bean Oil
Olive Oil

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