29 October 2021

Haunted House Quest and Wizard Hat Collection Mission


A new 11 day quest in tandem with a Collection Missiom has been released.  Thanks to Kate for sending screenshots.

You will need the Taco Machine to complete the Collection Mission.  Recently, the developers have been offering the Collection Reward and Quest Reward in  special Sale during the Quest period.  In other words, you can opt to pay your way out of the work if you simply want the rewards.

Note from Freyashawk:  My farm was at No. 10 at reset last night.  All the top 10 farms had over 17,000 votes at the end which seems outrageous still to me, especially as they had to raise over 3000 votes in the last voting period to beat my total.  My farm ended at 13967. The Farm that became No. 10 ended at 17009.  No one can explain this in any way that makes sense to me.  In any event, it certainly was a valiant attempt by farmers who voted for me, and I am very touched by the continuing loyalty especially as my ability to update the site with every new piece of information has become limited.  Thank you, dear friends for your votes, and your kind messages of support.  I know there are many players who are struggling with illness and loss.  You always are in my thoughts and prayers.  The many friends I have made through Seaside  is the reason I still make the effort to post the time limited quests even if I cannot post others quickly now.  I still need to complete Darryl's Adventure.  Kaye sent the tasks.  

Wizard Hat Collection Mission
70 from Grapes
50 from Beef
30 from Grilled Chicken Tacos
10 from Pears
Reward: Evil Tree

Haunted House Quest 

1.
Harvest 40 Wheat
Produce 40 Wheat Flour
Collect 40 Milk

2.
Harvest 40 Cane
Produce 40 Sugar
Harvest 8 Almonds

3.
Harvest 40 Rice
Collect 40 Turkeys 
Prepare 8 Butter

4.
Harvest 40 Oreo Cookies
Produce 40 Buffalo Milk
Prepare 8 Sour Cream

Reward: Mission Gift Box

5.
Harvest 50 Red Bell Peppers
Produce 50 Oreo Cakes
Prepare 8 Chocolate Trifles 

6.
Harvest 50 Pumpkins
Produce 50 Wool
Prepare 8 Marzipan Ghosts

7.
Harvest 50 Spinach 
Harvest 8 Buckthorn
Prepare 8 Sea Buckthorn Jelly

8.
Harvest 50 Strawberries 
Place the Evil Tree on your Farm (Reward for Collection Mission)
Prepare 8 Monster Apples

Reward: Pumpkin Pet House Hat

9.
Harvest 60 Eggplants
Catch 6 Saury using the Dolphin Hook (Use Boost to catch Saury)
Prepare 8 Ghost Cupcakes 

10.
Harvest 60 Violets (Island)
Produce 6 Smoked Saury
Prepare 8 Fried and Stewed Saury

11.
Harvest 60 Pineberries (Island)
Produce 60 Wool Yarn (Island)
Prepare 8 Egg Custard in Pumpkin

12.
Harvest 15 Chestnuts (Island)
Collect 15 Rock Lollipops (Collectable, and can use OP to speed whether on Farm or in Collectable House)
Prepare 8 Forest Cakes
Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

13.
Produce 15 Chestnut Flour (Island)
Harvest 8 Cedar Wood (Island)  Use Electric Saw
Prepare 8 Fried Eggplant

14.
Produce 60 Violet Essential Oil (Island)
Craft 6 Wooden Aroma Bottles (Island)
Prepare 8 Spinach Soup

15.
Produce 60 Dried Pineberries (Island)
Craft 6 Violet Aroma Bottles
Prepare 8 Earth Cakes

16.
Cook 4 Autumn Beef Roasts in the Stovehouse
Produce 60 Pineberry Bread (Island)
Prepare 8 Monstrous Pies

Final Reward: Jack o' Lantern Archway Decoration for Seaside

16 October 2021

Halloween Hook

This has been released again on a temporary basis.  You can earn up to three stars in the Fish Book if you did not do this in earlier years.  You need all 9 Stars for Best Catxh, Biggest Catch, and the required total to earn the Reward.  

You can use the Boost with the Halloween Hook, but cannot use a Net.

You will earn a Halloween Hook Lucky Bag with every catch.  These contain materials for the Jack-o'-lantern Machine that can be found in the Market.  You are limited to the purchase and completion of one Machine.  The only way to obtain materials at other times is by using Yellow Mystrons.

Kraken: 97 must be caught for 3 Stars
  Reward: 5 RC
Humpback Angler: 315 total for 3 stars 
  Reward: 1 RC
Ghost Jellyfish: 315 total for 3 Stars
  Reward: 2 RC
Vampire Clam: 280 for 3 Stars
  Reward: 1 RC
Skeleton Fish: 322 total for 3 Stars
  Reward: 1 RC
Skull Anchor: 184 total for 3 Stars
  Reward: 3 RC

15 October 2021

Teacher for a Day Quest and Farm Bucket Collection Mission

An 11 day traditional quest has been released in tandem with  Collection Mission.  The Reward for the Collection Mission is a new Collectable in the firm of a Kohlrabi Garden..  Special offers niw allow players to purchase premium items needed to complete the Quest.  Remember that the Collection Mission no longer is available after the time period expires,, but you should be able to oerform or finish the traditional quest from the Lighthouse..

Farm Bucket Collection Mission

70 from Pasture
50 from Rice Flour
30 from Curly Fries (Frying Machine)
10 from Cherry Tree
Reward: Kohlrabi Garden (Collectable)


Special tasks:
Fish 8 times with Treble Hook
Dig 12 Chests on Paths
Tend Flowers in Botanic Garden 12 times (This means you should not need any Frienfship Flowers from Neighbours)
Pavlova Stovehouse Recipe Needed

Teacher for a Day Quest

1. 
Harvest 40 Wheat
Produce 40 Wheat Flour
Harvest 8 Maple Syrup

2.
Harvest 40 Oat
Produce 40 Oat Flour
Collect 20 Honey

3.
Harvest 40 Rye
Produce 40 Rye Flour
Prepare 8 Cake Flour

4.
Harvest 40 Rice
Produce 40 Eggs
Prepare 8 Batter

Special Reward; Mission Gift Box

5.
Harvest 50 Cane
Harvest 8 Coconuts
Prepare 8 Soft Dough

6.
Harvest 50 Lucky Stars
Produce 50 Beef
Prepare 8 Steak Tartare

7.
Harvest 50 Potatoes
Collect 15 Candy Corn
Prepare 8 Candy Corn Cupcakes

8.

Harvest 50 Dandelions
Place Kohlrabi Garden on your Farm
Prepare 8 Kohlrabi Fries

Special Reward: Pumpkin Pet House Ears

9.
Harvest 60 Blackberries 
Produce 60 Turkeys 
Prepare 8 Meatballs

10.
Harvest 60 Strawberries
Produce 10 Maple Sugar
Prepare 8 Spicy Stir Fried Chicken

11.
Harvest 60 Tulips
Produce 60 Sugar
Prepare 8 Coconut Milk

12
Produce 15 Cherry Jam
Harvest 8 Chokeberries
Prepare 8 Chokeberry Smoothies

Special Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

13.
Harvest 12 Tea Leaves (Island)
Produce 12 Tea Tree Essential Oil (Island)
Prepare 8 Thai Green Curry

14.
Fish 8 times with the Treble Hook
Process 8 Jellyfish
Prepare 8 Curry Fried Rice

15.
Dig 12 Chests on your paths
Produce 60 Dried Strawberries (Island)
Prepare 8 Meatballs with Rice

16.
Cook 3 Pavlovas in the Stovehouse
Tend Flowers in Botanical Garden 12 times
Prepare 8 Farmer's Rice

Final Reward: Sleeping Lamb Decoration for Seaside

09 October 2021

Farm Beauty Contest Rules and Tips

I have published many posts about the Farm Beauty Contests over the years.  This one will be a post that can be used for every Farm Beauty Contest.

To find specific posts from the past, use the Web version of the blog and type Beauty Contest in the Search Box.

Votes for HM. Freyashawk are votes for this site.  I make no money from Google or any one else.  Since I lost access to my Mac, I only can use the mobile app.  It does make posting much more primitive and more difficult.   I hope I can improve my situation.  My entire life was grossly damaged by the actions of hackers, and the damage was significant.  I still am finding new evidence of every aspect of my life that has been corrupted by interference.  I have come to the conclusion that people like that see it as a sort of high stakes game.  They are devoid of empathy for others.  They probably perceive empathy and compassion as a weakness in fact.  In any case, I will continue to try to update this site as I am able.

First of all, if you have reached the level that unlocks the Farm Beauty Contest, you ought to register.  You will receive rewards from the Farm Beauty Contest Menu, not only for reaching specific totals, but for voting each day.  Even if you cannot achieve 6000 votes, you will benefit from participation.  

The daily totals are simply for convenient reference.  If you know that the new base is worth 9 votes, you can receive fewer than 182 votes in the early days knowing that your vote total will be boosted by 9 daily once the new base is placed, provided you take a screenshot with it in place.

The key to the Contest is to organise your Farm with a variety of Crops, a variety of Trees, a variety of Animals and a variety of Machines.  Make certain that you have a decent total of Landscape Points by placing paths on your Farm, and if possible, place your bases near them. 

Note that Beehives and Butterfly Houses count as Animals.  Duplicates never counted, but different types of Beehives or Butterfly Houses count.

There are theme decorations listed for each Contest, and these can be found by tapping on the Red Book in the Farm Beauty Contest Menu.  There usually is a new Base released for each Contest.  Completing that base and placing it on your Farm will add a total of 9 votes daily for theme.  If a player is low in theme points, using RC to complete a new base may be a good strategy.

There always are new premium theme decorations as well, and they are linked to the new base.  New premium decorations tend to be worth more in terms of votes for theme than old ones.  The most expensive one, for example, usually boosts your theme total by 9 votes daily.

The most important reward is attained with a total of 4000 votes.  Even low level players should be able to obtain this without neighbour votes if they complete quests and are willing to spend some RC.  Theme decorations always can be found on the Lucky Wheel (and Neighbour share boxes), and generally cost 10 to 12 RC.  The same decorations will be included again and again in the Contests. 

If you can obtain 182 votes per day from your characters, you will obtain the Decoration.  273 votes per day will allow you to reach the total of 6000 votes that gives the ultimate rewards.  In truth, the Decoration us more valuable than 2 RC and a new avatar.

Your Farm is assessed by the snapshot you submit.  Make certain you have a good variety  of Crops, Trees, Animals, Machines, as many theme decorations as possible and paths near your bases as well as four pets with two pieces of apparel and 1 equipment ON THE FARM, before you submit the photograph.  Once submitted, it will be valid until you replace it.  Do not worry if the game updates and you no longer see your screenshot.   Do not scramble to replace it.  It remains valid.

If, however, you do not complete the new Base at the start of the Contest, make certain to place it and take a new screenshot when you do.  It will boost your total by 9 votes daily.

The totals needed for each category may have changed.  If anything reduced.  If you have 16 different Crops, 16 different Trees, 12 different Animals, and 12 different Machines on your Farm, you should have maximum votes for those categories.  I need to confirm if even that many are needed still.

At 2100 Landscape Points, you should receive maximum votes.  You do not need many farm Expansions to receive maximum votes.  

A farmer who does not have the 30 x 30 expansion confirmed that she receives maximum votes for 'Big Farm' meaning Expansions.  She actually has 2250 Landscape Points and receives maximum for 'beautiful paths with high landscape points' but I seem to recall the required total was even lower.

Do take advantage of the Buddy gifts in the form of Stone and Flower Paths (20 Landscape Points) and the Forest Paths (25 Landscape Paths) that are coin purchases.  A Buddy can send Macaron Paths as well but each will cost 1 RC.

You can purchase a Wooden Path worth 35 Landscape Points for 50000 Coins.   Pond Water is a path and costs 1500 Coins but has a value only of 25 Landscape Points.  Look for my old post on the operation of Paths to see how the Landscape Point values of bases and decorations are boosted by them.

High level farmers at Level 151 can obtain pet apparel for their Pets from the Experience Bank.  Buy the Superstar Hat that can be worn by any Pet.  The Superstar Sack only can be worn by a Poodle!  One can purchase an Exclusive Pet Hat that any pet can wear from the Exclusive Shop as well.  There are purchases from the Pet House menu that basically are for a limited time, allowing you to outfit a pet for the Contest.
You can buy a Top Hat or Bowler Hat for 7 days using 150 TC for example.   These can be worn by any Pet.   As Grandma gives a total of 12 votes for four Pets that are fully dressed and equipped, this is a category that cannot be ignored.  Remw.ber that if they are resting in the Pet House, they earn no votes.

Recently, the number of Theme items was increased to 36.   As the vote totals remain the same, this increase only helps farmers achieve the vote totals needed for the rewards.

Some players are determined never to spend any money in any game.  Although games are advertised as 'free', some one has to invest or the game will fail ultimately.  It is not a bad idea to buy he premium decorations that appeal to you the most.  For a start, they tend to give the best rewards when cleaned.  Secondly, these theme decorations will appear again and again in the Farm Beauty Contests,  and tend to be worth more in theme votes than ordinary decorations.

When you access the Farm Beauty Contest Menu, tap first on the Red Book, then tap on each theme item and use the magnifying glass search option to see if you own it or not and precisely where it is located.  Items in storage will not be counted.

05 October 2021

Penny's Magic Cauldron Riddle Solutions October

1.  Angora Hair, Loquat
2. Blue Rose, Pumpkin
3. Cheddar cheese, White Rose
4. Iris, White Rose
5. Buffalo Milk Cheese, Starfish, Angora Hair
6. Crayfish, Angora Hair, Sweet Leaf
7. Loquat, White Rose, Almond
8. Goat Cheese, Iris, Cherry Jam
9. Buffalo Milk Cheese, Peacock Feather, Goat Cheese
10. Sweet Leaf, Reindeer Fur, Almond
11. Coconut, Butterfield, Loquat
12. Beef, Pumpkin, Milk
13. Sea Lettuce, Goat Cheese, Pineapple Jam
14. Birch Tree Syrup, Peacock Feather, Wild Rose Fruit, Venison Steak
15. Tilapia, Hairtail, Pink Rose, Maple Syrup
16. Coconut, Cherry Jam, Wild Rose Fruit, Raspberry Jam
17. Birch Tree Syrup, Hairtail, Milk, Pink Rose
18. Pineapple Jam, Beef, Cheddar Cheese,  Venison Steak
19. Raspberry Jam, Butterfield, Maple Syrup, Blue Rose
20. Sea Lettuce, Crayfish, Reindeer Fur, Maple Syrup
21. Tilapia, Venison Steak, White Rose, Starfish 

Reward: Halloween Spooky Base

I sent my screenshots to Kaye and she kindly translated them into words.  With the app, there is no easy way to publish screenshots or photographs.

01 October 2021

Postcards of the World Quest and Postcard Collection Mission

Postcard Collection Mission:
70 from Blueberries
50 from Turkeys
30 from Oreo Sundae
10 from Gisela Cherry Tree

Reward: Candy Paper Tree

Postcards of the World
1.
Harvest 40 Carrots
Harvest 40 Grapes
Produce 40 Wine

2.
Harvest 40 Onions
Produce 40 Milk
Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese

3.
Harvest 40 Pitaya
Collect 20 Honey
Produce 20 Pitaya Jam

4.
Harvest 40 Cane
Produce 40 Eggs
Prepare 8 Butter

Reward: Mission Gift Box

5.
Harvest 50 Sunflowers 
Produce 50 Beef
Prepare 8 Beef Stew

6.
Harvest 50 Spinach
Harvest 50 Oreo Cookies
Prepare 8 Cheddar Cheese Sauce

7.
Harvest 50 Strawberries 
Collect 15 Parsnips
Prepare 8 Roasted Parsnip

8. 
Harvest 50 Potatoes
Place the Candy Paper Tree on your Farm
Prepare 8 Candy Paper Wafers

Reward: Pumpkin Pethouse Base

9.
Harvest 60 Beans
Harvest 15 Chestnuts (Island)
Prepare 8 Latkes

10.
Harvest 60 Cranberries (Island)
Produce 15 Chestnut Flour
Prepare 8 Parsnip Stew

11.
Harvest 60 Cauliflower 
Produce 60 Cranberry Bread (Island)
Prepare 8 Cooking Wine

12.
Dig 15 Chests on your Paths
Collect 15 Taro Leaves
Prepare 8 Chicken Lau Lau

Reward: Island Mission Gift Box 

13.
Harvest 8 Cedar Wood (Island)
Craft 6 Wooden Planks (Island)
Prepare 8 Baked Cauliflower

14.
Craft 4 Wooden Chairs (Island)
Process 8 Janthina Sea Snails
Prepare 8 Spinach Salad

15.
Fish 8 times with Treble Hook
Craft 3 Conch Necklaces
Prepare 8 Strawberry and Cream Dessert

16.
Cook 4 Cheesy Potato Soup in the Stovehouse 
Tend Flowers in Botanical Garden 12 times
Prepare 8 100 Layer Cakes

Reward: Mailbox Bunny Decoration for Seaside