30 August 2024

Aquarium Tour Quest and Jellyfish Collection Mission

Please note that the complete Walkthrough for the Treasure Island Flashback Uncle Carlos Quest that unlocks the Yacon Crop is the post that follows this one.

Jellyfish Collection Mission

70 from Red Roses
50 from Milk
30 from Red Rose Cheese Swiss Roll
10 from Coconuts
Reward: Sea Grape Tree

Aquarium Tour Quest

1.
Harvest 40 Wheat
Produce 40 Wheat Flour
Harvest 8 Lemons

2.
Harvest 40 Cane
Produce 40 Sugar Harvest 8 Maple Syrup

3.
Havest 40 Rice
Peoduce 40 Turkeys
Prepare 8 Butter

4.
Harvest 40 Onions
Collect 20 Honey
Prepare 8 Honey Syrup

Reward: Mission Gift aBox

5.
Harvest 50 Red Bell Peppers
Produce 50 Chili Sauce
Prepare 8 Condensed Milk

6.
Harvest 50 Tomatoes
Produce 50 Cheddar Cheese
Prepare 8 Milk Cookies

7.
Harvest 50 Spinach
Collect 15 Lemon Pepper
Prepare 8 Grilled Lemon Pepper Chicken

8.
Harvest 50 Ginger
Place a Sea Grape Tree on your farm
Prepare 8 Sea Grape Jelly

Reward: Jellyfish Lamp for Darryl's House

9.
Harvest 60 Eggplant
Collect 60 Buffalo Milk
Prepare 8 Adobo Sauce

10.
Harvest 60 Agave
Produce 60 Tequila
Prepare 8 Classic Margaritas

11.
Harvest 60 Passion Fruit
Collect 60 Beef
Prepare 8 Passion Fruit Punch

12.
Have your Pet dig up 15 Chests on the paths
Harvest 8 Wattleseed
Prepare 8 Wattleseed Cookies

Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

13.
Produce 60  Linen*
Harvest 8 Oak Wood*
Prepare 8 Sour Cream

14.
Craft 8 Wooden Cylinders*
Harvest 8 Cedar Wood*
Prepare 8 Creamy Spinach

15.
Craft 8 Wooden Planks*
Craft 6 Wooden Chairs*
Prepare 8 Creamy Spinach and Chicken Casseroles

16.
Cook  4 Aubegine Kebabs in the Stove House
Tend flowers in the Botanical Garden 15 times
Prepare 8 Sea Grape Margaritas

Final Reward: Sheriff Hermit Crab Decoration

23 August 2024

Uncle Carlos Treasure Island

'Troubled Uncle Carlos'

This is something new.  You have five days to complete the first leg of it once you start.  Essentially, Uncle Carlos begins as a Stranger.  The more you do, the better the relatuonship.  By earning Hearts with him, you make progress.

In the course of this adventure, you will use Energy and Diamonds.  Whatever you have saved from the last Treasure Island will be diminished.  I have used over 3000 Energy and 90 Diamonds to reach the point where I have unlocked the Yacon Crop for Seaside.

Note that any Yacon you harvest on Seaside will not be available for use on the island.

If you have not saved any Energy or Diamonds, it might be difficult to perform the 5 day Quest without spending cash.  You will have 100 Energy that refreshes over time, but to upgrade the Dew Collector, you either needs Golden Tools or Diamonds.

To write this walkthrough, I used Energy and Diamonds without opening any gift boxes so I could make a record of the total.  It was 3,740 Energy.  There were no gift boxes containing Diamonds.  I think a few of the gift boxes were in the areas unlocked by clearing Magic Fog.

Note that maximum Energy you can recover by waiting is 100.   It takes 2 minites to revover 1 Energy point.

I do recommend upgrading the Dew Collector to Level 2, even if you must pay 60 Diamonds if you do not have the 2 sets of Golden Tools used to clear the Magic Fog to obtain the necessary materials for the upgrade.  At Level 2, the Dew Collector appears to be on a 10 minute timer for the collection that requires 20 Energy.  My strategy would be to obtain most of the Dew required via the Dew Collector.


There are two separate paths for Rewards.  The first is the 5 day limited one.  The second, above it, is the Main Quest Reward path.

For the 5 day quest, the Rewards are all Farm Aids and at the end, 1 Banana Tree.
They are 20 Super Fertiliser, 20 Super Watering Can, 75 OP, 1 RC and a Banana Tree.

Actually, I wish the devs had explained better as it really does not matter if you complete the quest in 5 days.  You can carry on until it is complete.  You simply will not earn any of the 'time limited' rewards you failed to completw.  You will receive the important toolboxes by completing the quest, however long it takes.
Thus, you do not need to spend RC or cash on this if you do not care about receiving the farm aids or a banana tree!

The real advantage to completing the Quest is to earn the Toolboxes that can be used to increase capaciy of the rooms in the Tree Nursery or the Warehouse.

The Remodelling Workshop that uses the Toolboxes is part of the same building that is rhe Paint Stand.  Tap the Toolbox icon on the top left to access upgrade options.

For the Main Quest, you will receive a series of Uncle Carlos Toolkits, and when you complete the first Reward, unlock his Remodelling Workshop as the Main Quest Reward.  He is now an Acquaintance with 1 Heart.

By using 3 Toolboxes, every room in my Tree Nursery now has two more slots.


Note that Energy and Diamonds from a previous Treasure Island are available for use.

1. Clear Grass: requires 9 Energy (earn 1 Heart)
2.  Give Uncle Carlis some Nectar: 3 Nectar, 1 Grass (each flower requires 16 Energy and gives 1 Heart)
3.  Give UC berries (each blueberry bush takes 16 Energy, gives 1 Berry)
4. Follow UC
To do this, clear a blue bush amd then another, then cover a Mushroom Pit: 4 Ruffled Fan Palm Leaf, 3 Nectar, 3 Berries
(30 Energy when you complete)
5. Find the Atomiser Machine: 6 Palm Leaf, 4 Nectar, 8 Berries
To do this, clear a flower.
6. Upgrade the Atomiser Machine
  To upgrade, you need: 6 Palm Leaf, 4 Nectar, 10 Dew
To upgrade to two stars: 1 Work Gloves, 1 Toolbox

These are in an area covered by fog requiring 3 sets of Golden Tools to clear.  The price is 90 Diamonds and if you clear the Magic Fog, you find both the Gloves and Toolbox on the ground with some gift boxes round them.
Each time you upgrade, you increase the Dew received from items.
To increase to 3 stars: 1 Work Gloves, 1 Toolbox
If you are at 3 stars, you increase Dew from 3 to 4
There is another Magic Fog that requires 3 sets of Golden Tools to the right of the first
7. Change UC's Painting: 6 Pollen, 6 Berries, 28 Dew
Energy reward: 793 to 813
8.  Look Around
To do this, Cover 1 Mushroom Pit: 2 Palm.Leaf, 2 Berries, 16 Dew
He is at 2 Hearts now, a Pal.
Reward increase Energy from 597 to 617
To continue to Look Around, cover another Mushroom Pit: 2 Palm Leaf, 2 Hemp Rope, 16 Dew
Reward increase Energy from 489 to 509
To continue, build a Wooden Flower Bridge: 4 Palm Leaf, 6 Hemp Rope, 30 Dew
Increase Energy from 241 to 261
9. Fix the Dew Collector: 8 Pollen, 8 Hemp Rope, 38 Dew

When it is complete, you receive 20 Energy

The Dew Collector is on a timer.  Spend 20 Energy to receive Dew according to its upgrade Level.  At 1 Star, receive 10.  At 2 Star, receive 20.
You then are told to upgrade it:
2 Palm.Leaf, 4 Dew.
This will increase Dew Collection from 5 to 10
This gives it 1 Star.
To upgrade to 2 Stars: 1 Work Glove, 1 Toolbox
There is Magic Fog to the right that requires 2 sets of Golden Tools or 60 Diamonds.  Likewise Magic Fog to the left.
10. Find U.C.

First you must clear 1 Palm
Now to move forward to find U.C. you need to Cover a Pit: 4 Palm, 4 Nectar, 16 Dew
11.  Make a Paint Bucket.
Yellow Paint Bucket: 8 Hemp Rope, 4 Yacon, 30 Dew, gives 20 Energy
To reach this, you must cover 1 Pit: 6 Hemp Rope, 4 Green Mineral, 16 Dew
New Crops Unlocked!
Yacon

When you return to Seaside, there will be a new crop in the Market and a new Quest.

1.  
Plant 10 Yacon
Harvest 10 Yacon
2.
Prepare 10 Yacon Cake (Cake Machine)
Prepare 10 Yogurt Yacon Cake
(Kitchen)

What is interesting is that you can grow and sell the Crop freely in your Stall and farmers who have not done the quest still can buy the Crop from you and make Yacon Cake.

12. Paint A Picture: 6 Nectar, 10 Dew, 8 Yellow Paint, receive 20 Energy

The Yellow Paint Bucket is a Workshop with 1 Slot.  Open another with 3 Diamonds
1 Yellow Paint= 1 Yacon, 4 Dew
4 Yellow Paint = 4 Yacon, 16 Dew

13.  Look Around:
To do this, you must build a Wooden Flower Bridge: 4 Palm Leaf, 6 Green Mineral, 20 Dew, receive 20 Energy

14. Fix the Dew Separator: 8 Nectar, 8 Green Mineral, 30 Dew, receive 20 Energy

The Dew Separator is a Dew Workshop
1 Dew= 3 Palm Leaf, 2 Dewy Bush
4 Dew= 12 Palm Leaf, 8 Dewy Bush

15. Find U.C.

16. Repair a Bridge: 4 Pollen, 4 Hemp Rope, 15 Dew, receive 20 Energy
To do this, you must first cover a Pit: 4 Hemp Rope, 10 Dew
Then clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy

17. Make a Paint Bucket: 8 Nectar, 6 Berries, 30 Dew, receive 20 Energy

Blue Paint:
1 Blue Paint: 1 Berry, 4 Nectar
4 Blue Paint: 4 Berries 16 Nectar

18. Paint Once: 20 Dew, 8 Blue Paint

When you conplete this, you gain a 4th heart and U.C. now is a Friend

New Feature Unlocked when you collect a Toolbox as a Reward: Uncle Carlos' Remodelling Workshop:
Not only cosmetic but functionality
Increase the capacity of each riom in Tree Nursery from 5 to 7 costs 3 Toolboxes
Increase the basic capacity of the Seaside Warehouse by 10 costs 2 Toolboxes

19.  Paint Once: 20 Dew, 8 Blue Paint, 8 Yellow Paint
(Same easel)

20.  Make a Paint Bucket: 8 Nectar, 6 Green Material, 20 Dew, obtain 20 Energy
To reach it clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy

21. Paint Once: 30 Dew, 8 Blue Paint, 8 Green Paint

Wirhout completing this, I have spent 5000 Energy

22.  Find an Empty Bucket:
To do this you must Cover a Pit: 4 Nectar, 8 Hemp Rope, 20 Dew
Then clear a Dewy Bush for 44 Energy

23.  Make a Paint Bucket: 10 Pollen, 10 Hemp Rope, 20 Dew, get 20 Energy

This is a Workshop for Red Paint
1 Paint: 1Pollen, 4 Dew
4 Red Paint: 4 Pollen, 16 Dew

24.  Paint Once: 30 Dew, 12 Green Paint, 12 Red Paint

This is the last task and completing it raises Hearts to five for position of 'Confidant'.  I think it should be 'Confidante' but never mind.

3773 Energy at the end. After opening all Gift Boxes, 7513.
I did not pay for all the Golden Tool areas, but I did pay a total of 150 Diamonds for Golden Tools to upgrade the Machines to 2 Stars.  I wonder if it was worth the cost.

Unanswered Questions:  will any of these Workshops be used again or will every flashback island be separate?

Photo Studio Activity August

This Walkthrough now is complete.

The Activity lasts 9 more days.  Any Energy and Amethysts you have at the end carry over to the next Photo Studio.

Rewards:
For the 'Free' Levels, a Pastry Chef Rhino Avatar, Pastry Shop Avatar Frame, a Hungry Puppy Decoration.
For the VIP Pass, a Pink Rhino (Animal) and a Pastry Chef Rhino.

The most important Reward is the new Animal obtained with the VIP Pass at Level 20.  The Pink Rhino eats Rice and produces Rhino Carvings.

If you are familiar with this Activity, only the items change.  If not, the one critical detail omitted in the tutorial is that any item with an energy bolt attached to it is a generator that creates the items you need for orders.
Generators become available at specific levels:

Level 1: Small Pet Bed
Level 2: Medium Pet Bed (merge Small Pet Bed).
The Medium Pet Bed produces new items in the form of Dogs.
Level 4: unlocks the Sheet Music Generator
Piano:  this is the item at maximum Level created by merging Sheet Music Items and temporarily creates its own items 

At Level 5, you receive a third order.

At Level 6, the first Recipe in the form of the Blue Elf appears:
British Shorthair Cat + Complex Note = Accordionist Kitten

At Level 7, the Power Boost is unlocked.
Flick the swirch to produce higher levels but use 2 Stamina each time

At Level 8, you obtain the Small Art Box, a new generator.

At Level 10, you can merge the Sheet Music to obtain the Level 2 Music Book.  It produces no new items.

At Level 10, you receive a 4th Order.

At Level 12, you obtain the Gardening Tool Box.  This is a generator that produces Potted Flowers.

At Level 14, yoi can merge the Small Art Box to obtain the Large Art Box.  This allows you to generate new items in the Oil Paintings category.

At Level 16, you unlock the second Recipe in the form of the Green Elf.
Shibu Inu + Medium Easel = Puppy Portrait

At Level 18, merge the Medium Pet Bed to obtain the Large Pet Bed.  It produces no new items but will generate more valuable items.

At Level 20, merge the Music Book to obtain the Music Stand.  It generates no new items.

At Level 22, you merge the Small Gardening Toolbox to create the Large Gardening Toolbox.  This allows you to geberate Gardening Tools as well as Potted Flowers.

At Level 24, I obtained the 3rd Recipe with the Red Elf.
Complex Melody + Large Flower Pot = Flower Music Box

After you reach Level 25 and contain the final Rewards, you can continue to play qnd fill orders to obtain Bonus Boxes.
Each 100 points will give you one Bonus Box.
Incidentally, I would advise players not to tap on the Treasure Island Uncle Carlos Activity until they complete the Photo Studio.  It has a five day deadline once activated and is a lot of work filling pits and such.  I am working on a separate post for that.

Strategy Tips:
As my goal is to complete the walkthrough quickly, I spend more than I otherwise would.

Essentially, there are tools that help with strategy:
Universal Card: can merge with any regular item to raise it to the next level
Splitter: can be used with any regular item to lower it to the previous level, creating two lower level items
These are given as Rewards at various levels but can be purchased as part of a bundle or in the Store inside the Activity.

The Power Boost is very useful but turn it off to get the lowest item in the chain.  There are rewards in the Photo Album for every new item you create.

You either can watch adverts to claim a bubble item or use a 'Skip Ad Ticket'.  I believe you begin with 10 tickets each day.
When should you use Amethysts to claim a bubble item?  I have no answer for that as it is a matter of how much patience you have!  I used Amethysts to complete the walkthrough quickly.

Each day, if you purchase 100 Stamina in the Store, the first purchase will cost 10 Amethysts.  The next costs 20.  The cost keeps increasing until the next day.

Item Chains:

Cats: Yarn Ball, Toy Mouse, Baby Cat, Siamese Cat, British Shorthair Cat, Calico Cat, Lucky Cat

Dogs: Chew Toy, Knotted Rope Toy, Frisbee Toy, Chihuahua, Shiba Inu, Beagle, Corgi, Pug, French Bulldog

Musical Instruments: Maracas, Tambourine, Ukulele, Harp, Saxophome, Accordion, Piano

Musical Notes: Simple Note, Complex Note, Simple Melody, Complex Melody, Simple Composition, Complex Composition

Paint: Drawing Pencil, Crayon, One Paint Tube, Paint Tube Duo, Small Palette, Large Palette, Small Paint Bucket, Mefium Paint Bucket

Oil Paintings: Oil Painting Paper, One Roll of Canvas, Canvas Roll Duo, Small Easel, Mefium Easel, Large Easel, Beginner Oil Painting, Advanced Oil Painting

Potted Flowers: Flower Seed, Sprout, Seedling, Bud, Blossom, Small Flower Pot, Large Flower Pot, Flower Stand

Gardening Tools: Garden Trowel, Garden Rake, Garden Saw, Garden Shears, Garden Shovel, Watering Can
 

16 August 2024

Ice Cream Festival Quest and Ice Cream Scoop Collection Mission

Site and post created by HM. Freyashawk.  Please vote for HM. Freyashawk in the Farm Beauty Contest if you still use this site that represents over a decade of dedicated (unpaid) work to aid players with Family Farm Seaside.

I always am happy to make the game easier for my fellow farmers.  I always have believed that if the work I do is no longer useful, lower rank of my farm in the contest will indicate that to me.

Ice Cream Scoop Collection Mission:
70 from Cucumbers
50 from Buffalo Milk
30 from Coffee Frozen Yogurt (Frozen Yogurt Machine)
10 from Cherry

Reward: Marshmallow Tree

Ice Cream Festival Quest

1.
Harvest 40 Coffee Beans
Collect 40 Milk
Harvest 8 Cinnamon

2.
Harvest 40 Grapes
Produce 40 Wine
Harvest 8 Almonds

3.
Harvest 40 Oats
Produce 40 Oat Flour
Prepare 8 Custard

4. 
Harvest 40 Rye
Produce 40 Rye Flour
Prepare 8 Cake Flour

Reward: Mission Gift Box

5.
Harvest 50 Tomatoes
Produce 50 Ketchup
Prepare 8 Pasta

6.
Harvest 50 Cane
Produce 50 Sugar
Prepare 8 Oreo Ice Cream

7.
Harvest 50 Potatoes
Collect 15 Gruyère Cheese
Prepare 8 Potato Gratin

8.
Harvest 50 Pitaya
Place the Marshmallow Tree on your Farm
Prepare 8 Toasted Marshmallows

Reward: Shark Pet House Hat

9.
Harvest 60 Rice
Collect 20 Honey
Prepare 8 Homemade Frozen Yogurt


10.
Harvest 60 Wheat
Produce 60 Wheat Flour
Prepare 8 Wine Cakes

11.
Harvest 60 Pumpkin
Produce 60 Wheat Bread
Prepare 8 Cheese Bread

12.
Harvest 60 Alfalfa*
Harvest 8 Pine Nuts
Prepare 8 Red Pesto

Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

13.
Collect 60 Mohair*
Produce 60 Mohair Yarn*
Prepare 8 Flavoured Pasta

14.
Harvest 60 Flax*
Produce 60 Linen*
Prepare 8 Pasta with Red Pesto

15.
Harvest 8 Oak Wood*
Craft 6 Oil Painting Frames*
Prepare 8 Steampunk Dishes

16.
Cook 4 Buddha Bowls in the Stove House
Tend flowers in Botanical Garden 15 times
Prepare 8 Marshmallow Ice Cream

Final Reward: Ice Cream Igloo Decoration for Seaside


02 August 2024

Summer Hiking Quest and Hiking Books Collection

The Farm Beauty Contest begins and the Hiking Bear Decoration Reward is a Theme Decoration worth 3 votes per day.  Note that a decoration reward from the current Happy Land Activity in the form of the Ball Pit Bouncy Castle is a theme decoration worth 6 votes per day.

The new base is worth 9 votes per day when completed.  

Please consider voting for HM. Freyashawk in the Beauty Contest.

Hiking Boots Collection
70 from Oreo Plant
50 from Milk
30 from.Oreo Sundae
10 from Oranges

Reward: Acai Palm Tree

Crop List:
40 Cane
40 Wheat
40 Leeks
40 Rice 
50 Sweet Potatoes
50 Oat
50 Spinach
50 Blackberries
60 Strawberries
60 Rye
60 Tomatoes
60 Pineberries*


Summer Hiking Quest:

1. 
Harvest 40 Cane
Produce 40 Sugar
Harvest 8 Apples

2
Harvest 40 Wheat
Produce 40 Wheat Flour
Harvest 8 Coconuts

3.
Harvest 40 Leeks
Produce 40 Eggs
Prepare 8 Batter

4.
Harvest 40 Rice
Produce 40 Wheat Bread
Prepare 8 Butter

Reward: Mission Gift Box

5.
Harvest 50 Sweet Potatoes
Collect 20 Honey
Prepare 8 Honey Cakes

6.
Harvest 50 Oat
Produce 50 Oat Flour
Prepare 8 Vegetarian Cutlets

7.
Harvest 50 Spinach
Collect 15 Coriander
Prepare 8 Green Smoothies

8.
Harvest 50 Blackberries
Plave the Acai Palm on your farm (Collection Reward)
Prepare 8 Acai Smoothies

Reward: Shark Pet House Ears

9.
Harvest 60 Strawberries
Produce 60 Turkeys
Prepare 8 Easy Berry Salad

10.
Harvest 60 Rye
Produce 60 Rye Flour
Prepare 8 Cake Batter

11.
Harvest 60 Tomatoes
Produce 60 Ketchup
Prepare 8 Egg Rolls

12.
Harvest 60 Pineberries*
Harvest 8 Japanese Pagoda Flowers
Prepare 8 Steamed Pagoda Flowers

Reward: Island Mission Gift Box

13.
Produce 20 Chestnut Flour*
Harvest 20 Chestnuts*
Prepare 8 Egg and Green Onion Crepes

14.
Produce 60 Dried Pineberries*
Produce 60 Dried Pineberry Bread*
Prepare 8 Flowers and Egg Roast

15.
Harvest 60 Cotton
Produce 60 Cotton Cloth*
Prepare 8 Vegetarian Brunches

16.
Cook 4 Chicken Tikka Masala in the Stove House
Tend Botanical Garden Flowrs 15 times*
Prepare 8 Vegan Acai Bowls

Final Reward: Hiking Bear



01 August 2024

Penny's Magic Cauldron August

Solutions to all riddles below.  I have written a complete Walkthrough for the Happy Land Treasure Island Activity.  It should be the post below this one on this site.

The reward for silving all the riddles is another base that is placed on water in the form of the Watermelon Pool Base.  You will need four water plots in a square formation in order to place it.  The base with its decorations is quite charming but the premium dwcorations are the only ones for this base at this time and they are expensive as always.

Note that this new base cqn give a maximum of 9 votes daily for theme in the next Farm Beauty Contest.

The Raccoon in a Mini Raft likewise can boost votes by 9 for theme daily.

Be warned that this Brsury Contest begins tomorrow!

1.  Blue Rose, Provence Honey
2. Green Bean, White Rose
3. Peacock Feather, Beef
4. Red Rose, Ketchup
5. Mayonnaise, Carrot, Chili Sauce
6. Tomato, Cherry, Gisela Cherry
7. Golden Peach, Loquat, Peanut Sauce
8.  Wheat Bread, Black Bread, Light Bulbs
9. Pear, Crayfish, Mud Crab
10. Egg, Hairtail, Gisela Cherry
11. Honey, Duck Egg, Blue Rose
12.  Red Rose, White Rose, Provence Honey
13. Green Bean, Ketchup, Scallop
14. Tomato, Carrot, Tilapia, Cherry
15. Golden Peach, Loquat, Peacock Feather, Gulfweed
16. Pear, Beef, Light Bulb, Chili Sauce
17. Egg, Duck Egg, Wheat Bread, Peanut Sauce
18. Honey, Black Bread, Crayfish, Blue Rose
19. Mud Crab, Gisela Cherry, Scallop, Hairtail
20. Gulfweed, Cherry, Peacock Feather, Mayonnaise
21. Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Light Bulb, Tilapia

Reward: Watermelon Pool Base