Princess of China Quest and Manchurian Headdress Collection Mission

As of 3 April, the name of my farm has changed from Harvest Moon F.D.C. to H.M. Freyashawk. The avatar remains the same.  Your support of Freyashawk's farm is much appreciated!

On Easter, Felicia sent two gifts, which you should be able to find in Messages.  They consist of an Easter Gift and an Infinity Egg.  The Easter Egg gift contains a variety of farm aids.  The Infinity Egg is an April Fool's prank.  The developers always do something for April Fool's Day and it is different every year.  This year, it is an Infinity Gift bag.  Tap on 'Use' again and again until the Infinity Bag becomes an Infinity Bag Avatar.  You need to transfer the Infinity Bag from your Gift Box then in order to have it in your Avatar menu.

AS OF 27 March, you should find a message from Felicia containing Compensation for recent issues that consists of 1 Brick Roast Duck Oven, 1 Rainbow Rain, and 1 RC.  The Brick Roast Duck Oven given in the Message is the same one you would earn by completing the Collection Mission.  It is NOT temporary, despite some chat rumours about that.  At this point in time, therefore, it is the only permanent Collectable of which you can have two.  The Princess of China Quest and Manchurian Headdress Collection Mission have been extended until 6 April as well.  (Note from Felicia stated 30 March but that made no sense.)

As of 26 March, this post contains both the new Easter Rush Activity Stage activity and the current timed Quest/Collection Mission.  On Friday last, a new timed Quest was released with a Collection Mission.  The amount of OP required if you use Batch Production is tremendous so I suggest that players obtain the OP reduction boost from the Circus Monkey for this one.

26 March update: New Activity Stage Activity

Easter Rush Activity
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As of 26 March, you have a little more than 6 days to complete this Activity.

Produce the following:

Duck Eggs, White Chocolate, Easter Biscuit Set and Dipping Noodles with Seafood (Stove House) to obtain Easter Eggs to trade for Rewards.  You can produce any of these for the 'Christmas Socks', obviously a misnomer... and then trade those for Rewards.  The 'Christmas Socks' actually are Easter Eggs.

The Easter Biscuit Set Recipe from the Kitchen is 1 Carrot Cupcake and 1 Spring Tart

The Dipping Noodles with Seafood is a Stove House Recipe that can be purchased in the Market for 9 RC if you do not have it.  It gives the highest number of 'Christmas Socks' (eg. Easter Eggs) in the form of 30 of these.

Duck Egg: 1 Easter Egg
White Chocolate: 4 Easter Eggs
Easter Biscuit Set: 10 Easter Eggs
Dipping Noodles with Seafood: 30 Easter Eggs

Claim your Easter Eggs by tapping on the Gold Chest and when you do so, you will receive little rewards in the form of random types of Mystrons and Coins.

In other words, in this sort of Activity, you can produce ANY or ALL of the four items that can be traded.  You will complete it fastest if you make the Stove House Recipe, but a player can opt to harvest White Chocolate or Duck Eggs instead or make the Easter Biscuit Set kitchen recipe or a combination of all of these.

Rewards are as follows:

100 Easter Eggs: 6 Power
400 Easter Eggs: 10 Yellow Mystrons
800 Easter Eggs: Sakura Standing Flower Decoration
1200 Easter Eggs: Mary the Cow Easter Egg Decoration

The only 'new' Reward is the Mary the Cow Easter Egg Decoration.  This Decoration itself showed  the stackable icon but now that it has been added to the Gallery, it shows only that it gives a Purple Gift Box, which I have been able to confirm.

Note that the Sakura Standing Flower Decoration is a Theme item in the current Farm Beauty Contest.

To obtain a Reward, simply tap on the icon of this Reward on the graph to the left of the Easter Rush menu.

The Mary the Cow Easter Egg Decoration, claimed with a total of 1200 Easter Eggs is the FINAL Reward.  If you continue to make the items designated, you can open more Chests to receive coins and random Mystrons, but you cannot obtain the real Rewards on the graph more than once.

The following includes the current Collection Mission and traditional Quest sequence.

Dipping Noodles with Seafood Recipe:
  Ingredients: 2 Beef, 1 Soft Dough, 2 Eggs, 1 Smoked Mackerel and 3 Power
  This is a simple dish.  Place all ingredients in the Pot and set the timer for 13 seconds, then tap Finish when the Bronze Star activates.

Originally a Collection Mission Reward, it now is available in the Stove House section of the Market.

Collection Mission
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The Collection Mission Reward is a Collectable in the form of a Brick Roast Duck Oven.  The premium Tree required to complete this Mission is a Rainbow Tree.  The Crop needed for this is the Pitaya and you will need to collect Peacock Feathers from the Peacock and Pineapple Jam from the Jam Machine.  Do not complete the Peacock Feather collection until you reach the task that requires Peacock Feathers in Princess of China 5.

WARNING:  One of the tasks requires that you fish 8 times with the Bone Hook.  If you have unlocked the Fishing College and use Nets, you will not be able to use the Bone Hook or indeed any fishing rod until the time on the net expires.  You can use OP to speed the Net, but it can be rather expensive to do so.  I therefore suggest that players with the Fishery refrain from casting a Net until they have completed the Quest task.

Another tip: Do NOT tend your flowers in the Botanic Garden as you will need to use Spades 3 times as one of the tasks.

N.B.  The game has become enormous.  Very often, updates are available on one system or device before they become available on others.  This morning, I found the Quest first on Kindle.  Do not be dismayed if you do not have it yet on your device... it will appear!

Note from Freyashawk
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Any one is welcome to post a link to my site or this post in his/her Facebook Group but please do not simply copy and paste information that I worked hard to obtain and organise.  It is no more than common decency to credit the individual who actually does the job.

If you do find my site helpful, please consider voting for my farm, Harvest Moon FDC, in the Farm Beauty Contest.  There are many farms now with the name of Harvest Moon but only Harvest Moon FDC is mine.  FDC consists of my initials.

Kudos to the Developers
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Finally, here is a Quest that does not require large quantities of a Collectable item that we cannot obtain quickly!  You only will need a total of 6 Roast Duck to complete this Quest and you will not need them in the same task that requires placement of the Brick Roast Duck Oven!  You can collect a random number of Roast Duck from the Oven every four hours.

Crop List
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40 Onions
40 Cucumbers
40 Oats
50 Love Fruits
60 Cotton Balls

Batch Production List
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40 Milk
12 Apple Jam
40 Oat Flour
40 Rye Flour
40 Buffalo Milk
50 Peacock Feathers (Note this is an item required for the Collection Mission so you can synchronise this with the Collection Mission if you wish) (FDC)
50 Ostrich Feathers
50 Beef
50 Wool
50 Horse Hair
50 Toy Horses
50 Beef Salami
50 Red Teddy Bears
50 Toy Alpacas
60 Camel Hair Yarn (Island)
60 Cassava Flour (Island)
60 Ostrich Hats (Island)
60 Cotton Cloths (Island)
50 Love Fruit Pies (Island)

Premium Items Needed
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Rainbow Tree
Golden Peach Tree
Fig Tree

Princess of China Quest
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Princess of China 1
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Greetings, Farmer!  Do you like Chinese culture?  I just discovered an awesome story about a Princess of the Qing Dynasty.  Shall we read it together?

Harvest 40 Onions
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 8 Apples
  Skip for 8 RC

Collect 40 Bottles of Milk
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  Great!  Here we go!

Princess of China 2
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Felicia:  Once upon a time, the Emperor of China had a daughter who was both intelligent and kind. She did not like to study much but she loved Kung Fu and other martial arts as well as helping the people of her land.

Harvest 40 Cucumbers
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Cornmeal
  Skip for 10 RC
  Each requires 1 Corn and 1 Corn

Produce 12 jars of Apple Jam
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 160 XP

Felicia:  The Empress did not like the Princess, however, as she was not her own biological daughter.

Princess of China 3
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Felicia:  The Princess was a real tomboy!  In fact, she often dressed as a boy to sneak out of the palace to explore the city.  She often was in trouble with her parents for this.

Harvest 40 Oats
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 Condensed Milk
  Skip for 20 RC
  Each requires 1 Milk and 1 Sugar

Produce 40 sacks of Oat Flour
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  It simply was not safe for girls to go into the city alone then.

Princess of China 4
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Felicia:  One night, the Princess went to a chess club in the city to play a game with the owner of the club.  She lost all of the money she had with her and the club owner made her into his servant in order to pay the debt she owed.

Produce 40 sacks of Rye Flour
  Skip for 10 RC

Collect 40 bottles of Buffalo Milk
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 12 Cake Flour
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 2 Oat Flour and 2 Rye Flour

Reward: 2500 Coins, 170 XP

Felicia:  No one believed her protests that she was in fact the Princess as surely the Princess would not have left the palace by herself!

Special Reward: Mission Gift Box

Princess of China 5
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Felicia:  The princess had no way to contact any one at the palace, so she needed to find a way to escape by herself.  Her Kung Fu was not good enough to fight her way out of the situation, so she simply stayed, worked hard and bided her time!

Fish 8 times with the Bone Fishhook
  Skip for 8 RC
  N.B.  You can miss one catch to be able to use your 7 default tries for 8 casts.

Collect 50 Peacock Feathers
  Skip for 12 RC
  N.B.  This is an item needed for the Collection Mission so synchronise collection from the Peacock to satisfy this task as well!

Prepare 6 plates of Lemon Fish
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Butterfish and 1 Lemon

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  The chess club owner really liked the Princess and decided he would take her for his concubine.

Princess of China 6
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Felicia:  When the wife of the club owner discovered his plan, she was furious and began to strike him.  The Princess used the diversion caused by the commotion to try to escape.

Place the Brick Duck Roast Oven on your farm
  (Reward from the Collection Mission)
  Skip for 10 RC

Collect 50 Ostrich Feathers
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 12 Pancakes for Roast Duck
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 2 Rice Flour and 1 Salt

Reward: 2500 Coins, 180 XP

Felicia:  The Princess no longer had sufficient strength to go very far.  She had worked too hard and eaten too little for far too long.

Princess of China 7
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Felicia:  Just when she thought the workers from the club would catch her, she saw a big wedding party.  She decided to use the wedding to make her escape.

Collect 50 Beef
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 12 Sago Bubbles
  Skip for12 RC

  Each requires 2 Sweet Potatoes and 2 Wheat Flour

Collect 15 Manchurian Shoes from Neighbours
  Skip for 15 RC
  Request is made through Chat

Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  Can you guess what she actually did?

Princess of China 8
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Felicia:  The Princess ran into the centre of the party to find the groom who was on horseback.  She then declared: 'These people following me wish to kidnap your bride!'  Naturally, the groom leapt from his horse instantly to protect his bride.

Harvest 8 Golden Peaches
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 12 bowls of Sago Pudding
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Sago Bubbles and 1 Coconut Milk

Prepare 12 Bowls of Golden Peach Sago Pudding
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Golden Peach and 1 Sago Pudding

Reward: 2500 Coins, 190 XP

Felicia:  The entire wedding party entered the fray and the princess took this opportunity to mount the groom's horse to make her escape.

Special Reward: Frog Pet House Hat

Princess of China 9
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Felicia;  The princess rode for a long time and finally reached a tavern owned by the family of a friend.  She was injured, hungry and tired and she fainted into her friend's arms.

Produce 50 bundles of Wool
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 50 bundles of Horse Hair
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 50 Toy Horses
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  When the Princess regained consciousness to find herself among friends, she began to weep and then told them her woeful tale.

Princess of China 10
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The friends of the Princess determined to avenge her.  They went to the Chess Club and when they entered, shouted loudly, 'The Princess has returned!'

Produce 50 Beef Salami
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 50 Red Teddy Bears
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 6 Roast Duck Pizzas
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Roast Duck and 1 Pizza Doughnut
  If your Brick Roast Duck Oven has not produced yet, you can pay 40 TC for each Roast Duck.

Reward: 2500 Coins, 200 XP

Felicia:  With a sinister smile, the Club owner asked, 'Have you come to be my concubine?'

Princess of China 11
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Felicia;  The good friend of the princess was an expert in Kung Fu so with little effort at all, he smashed the man's face into the ground and then stuffed his nose with incense!

Harvest 8 Figs
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 glasses of Fig Mousse
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 2 Figs and 2 Condensed Milk

Prepare 8 plates of Fig Salad
  Skip for 8 RC
  Each requires 1 Fig and 4 Cucumbers

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  'You made me burn incense and then hit me when I didn't do it to your satisfaction.  Do it yourself now using your own nose as an incense burner!' the Princess exclaimed.

Princess of China 12
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Another friend of the Princess tossed the wife of the club owner into an enormous bucket the members of the club used for cleaning.  The wife shouted for help!

Harvest 50 Love Fruits
  Skip for 12 RC

Prepare 6 plates of Peking Duck
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Pancakes for Roast Duck and 1 Roast Duck Pizza

Produce 50 Toy Alpacas
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 210 XP

Felicia:  'You beat me when you ordered me to clean for you and claimed I did not do a good job, so now you can clean yourself in that bucket!' the Princess declared.

Special Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

Princess of China 13
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Felicia: The club owner and his wife begged for mercy desperately, vowing they never would hurt any one again.  They then promised to return the money and belongings of the Princess to her.

Produce 60 spools of Camel Hair Yarn
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island task

Prepare 12 Rainbow Smoothies
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 2 Condensed Milk and 1 Rainbow Fruit

Harvest 60 Cotton Balls
  Skip for 15 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  The Princess and her friends took an oath from the club owner and his wife, collected her money and belongings and then left.

Princess of China 14
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Felicia:  The princess was so happy that, as she went back to the palace, she used her money to buy food for all of the poor people in the streets.

Produce 60 bags of Cassava Flour
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island task

Produce 60 Ostrich Hats
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island task and one that requires 2 Star Mastery

Prepare 6 Greek Feasts
  Skip for 6 RC
  Each requires 1 Fig Salad and 1 Fig Mousse

Reward: 2500 Coins, 220 XP

Felicia:  Would you like to know what happened upon the return of the Princess to the palace?

Princess of China 15
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Felicia:  The princess was chastened by her experience and after that, became wiser and more patient. She learned how to play more than one instrument, and attained mastery of chess, writing and painting.  She learned to excel in all of the royal arts in order to be able to rule well when it was her time to ascend the throne.

Produce 60 Cotton Cloths on the Loom
  Skip for 15 RC
  This is an Island task and requires 2 Star Mastery I believe

Cook 6 Champagne Punch in the Stove House
  Skip for 2 RC
  Each requires 1 Lemon Champagne, 3 Apple Juice, 2 Cherry Juice and 3 Power and takes  7 seconds to complete.  Place all ingredients in the bowl and set your timer for 7 seconds.  When you see the bronze star activate, tap 'Finish'.  Even with the ability to make it automatically, I prefer to spend less time on each one.  In 20 seconds, you can make almost 3 of these!

Prepare 12 slices of Rainbow Cake
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Cake Flour and 1 Rainbow Fruit

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Felicia:  Are you still wondering what became of the Princess after that?

Princess of China 16
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Felicia:  Well, the answer to that question is: Nothing!  The princess was not a real historical figure.  She is a character from a fairy tale!  As with any fairy tale, however, it illustrates the effects both of virtue and of vice and how adventurous women could be in Chinese culture even in the past!

Produce 50 Love Fruit Pies
  Skip for 12 RC
  This is an Island task

Prepare 12 Rainbow Delights
  Skip for 12 RC
  Each requires 1 Rainbow Cake and 1 Rainbow Smoothie

Use 3 Spades to tend flowers in the Botanic Garden
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 2500 Coins, 230 XP

Felicia: Thank you for reading the story with me and always for helping me take care of the farm. See you again soon!

Final Reward: Princess of China Decoration, stackable on the Wedding Base

Collection Set
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The Collection Set consists of the Brick Roast Duck Oven, the Princess of China Decoration and the Toy Machine.  Complete registration of these items within the time period given to obtain a Clam Friendship Flower with the usual rewards of 88 Green Mystrons and 1 RC.

Easter Chocolate Tree
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Now available in a special offer for the first time in a number of years.  When a neighbour cleans it, you will receive a random type of Chocolate instead of a Gift Box.

Other unusual Rewards from premium Decorations now on offer include:

Ferris Wheel: gives 1 RC each day it is cleaned for 7 days, and then a Blue Gift Box

Bird House: gives 1 RC each day it is cleaned for 5 days and then a Gold Gift Box

Angel Rain Egg: gives Rain 4 times when cleaned by a neighbour, followed by Blue Gift Box