All Cleanable Decorations with their Rewards and Charm Values

Last updated on 15 September 2017

I have a post that gives ALL the Bases with all Decorations that can be stacked on each.   Here is the link:

Decorations 101, all Bases and their Stackable Decorations

Since I first created this post, there have been a couple of significant changes in the game.  The first is the Clean Ticket option that allows your Pet to visit up to 20 Farms in a 'Batch', bringing back Gift Boxes and other rewards.  The time it takes depends on the number of farms visited.  The rewards are based on the actual Cleanable Decorations and whether or not there are Dishes to be consumed on the Cooking Stand at the time of the visit.

Another small change is a new Island Blue Box.  This may be associated with some of the Decorations you can obtain after you reach Level 150.  It definitely is associated with one Decoration sold in a special sale recently in the form of the lovely Bird Family that should be placed on the Island.

Please bear in mind the fact that generally speaking, all Bases and all Decorations rewarded by the Cooking Stand Contests give Blue Boxes.  There are a couple of Bases who do not give Blue Boxes, but most do.  The Decorations that are given as Rewards for completing the time-restricted Missions that begin on Friday mornings give Purple Gift Boxes.  Now these Missions no longer give Island Decorations but have switched to giving one Accessory for the Pet House and one Decoration for the Seaside Farm.

A fairly new change in Seaside is the ability to clean Decorations that are stored in the Warehouse.  When a player has stored Decorations, the ones of the highest values (giving Blue Boxes) will be cleaned first.  Decorations stacked on Bases can be cleaned while on the bases.  The first Gift Box will be from the Base itself.

This is an updated post that will include all Cleanable Decorations with the type or colour of Gift Box associated with them as well as their Charm Values.  I originally created this post only to list the Cleanable Decorations with their Rewards when cleaned but I now intend to include the Charm Value of each as well.  At the end of this post, you now will find a list of all the non-cleanable Decorations.

Bases and Stackable Decorations
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Originally, a farmer had to go through every Decoration on his/her farm, attempting to stack each on every possible Base to find out which ones had been added to the stackable list.  Now, all you have to do, in the case of any completed Base is first to choose the Move tool on the Base and then activate the 'Search' Tool (magnifying glass) within the Base's own Menu.  This will show you all possible positions for stackable Decorations as well as giving you a list of each in every position.  You can position them for a preview as well if you wish!  This is one of the GOOD new options in the game!



Values and Uses of Decorations
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Originally, Decorations were simply decorative in nature.  They were used solely to beautify the farm or make it unique.  Now, however, Decorations have other uses.   Cleanable Decorations yield 'Gift Boxes' of various colours when cleaned by a neighbour or Buddy.  Even non-cleanable Decorations have values in the form of a specific Charm Value and when part of the 'Theme' for a current Farm Beauty Contest, a value in terms of Votes as well as the rating of the farm.

Note however that recently Landscape Totals supplanted Charm Point totals in the Farm Beauty Contest for specific Character Votes and ratings.

The Charm value of any Decoration is found in a small flower pink or red flower icon with a number inside it.  The number represents the Charm Value.  When the item has a Coin cost, the total number of these Decorations that can be counted for Charm on any farm  usually is limited to 5 but when the Decoration has an RC cost, there is no limit to the total number that can be placed on any farm to add Charm to it.

Charm Values are the reason I have expanded this post to include a section that lists the Decorations that have Charm values but are not cleanable.  Now, however, in November 2016, Charm for the most part has become less important and has been superceded by the concept of 'Landscape'.  Charm still is relevant in increasing Landscape Points but it is not as significant as it once was.

Most players are familiar now with the various Gift Boxes in Family Farm Seaside and how they are obtained.  Basically, there are two types of Decorations in the form of those that can be 'cleaned' by Neighbours to yield Gift Boxes and those that cannot be cleaned.  Beyond that, however, there are further distinctions.

Gift Boxes come in different colours.  Each Decoration yields a Gift Box of a specific colour.  The very best Gift Boxes are the Blue ones.   As a basic rule,  EVERY final Decoration from a Cooking Stand Contest yields a Blue Box.  Every Decoration from a time-restricted Quest gives a Purple Gift Box.  EVERY Base yields a Blue Box.  Finally, it is through the special Sales primarily that new Decorations that give Blue Boxes are obtained.

In the Gallery now, some Decorations are highlighted but although many of the ones that yield Blue Boxes are highlighted in gold, this is not the reason.  I am beginning to suspect that such highlighting may denote the most popular Decorations.

The most valuable Gift Boxes tend to be those that are Blue or Gold.  I therefore will list the Decorations that yield these colours first.

Note there is a new type of Decoration in the form of the temporary Trophies given to players who have high rank in the Farm Beauty Contest.  Harvest Moon FDC received an Iron Trophy in the last contest.  Unfortunately, there was a glitch that both prevented me from registering the Trophy and prevented any player from cleaning it for almost a fortnight  That now has been fixed, giving me the opportunity to discover that the Iron Trophy yields a special Iron Trophy Gift Box actually named the Farm Beauty Contest Iron Cleaning Box.  Although it is very pretty, it really is not as valuable as the Blue or Gold Gift Boxes.  It usually contains nothing more than Coins and a few Green Mystrons. Nonetheless, I like having it in my Gift Box!

List of all Bases
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In most cases, the Base itself, even without any Decorations on it, will yield a Blue Gift Box when cleaned.

All Bases:

Bird Home Base
Springtime Base
Beach Base
Farm Stadium Base
Snow Base
Thanksgiving Base
Classroom Base
Wedding Base
Farm Pool Base
Ice Base
Lovely Planter Box Base
Easter Picnic Base
Halloween Stage

There are three Bases that do not resemble Bases but are actually items that you 'decorate' with specific little Decorations that change their appearance once stacked.  These are:

Thanksgiving Arch
Xmas Tree
Anniversary Cake Base

Blue Box Decorations
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The Decorations that yield Blue Gift Boxes include:

Market Stall
  18 Charm

Clothes Drying Rack
  7 Charm

Macaron Flower
  
Pinwheel Cart

Flower Pot Bunny
  2 Charm

Snow Magician
  9 Chsrm

Thai Elephant

Mommy Duck

Ferris Wheel

Teddy Bear Balloon

Parachute Penguin

Shower Hippo

Sweet Chicks Cart

Mini-Garden

Japanese Garden
  21 Charm

Toucan

Small Squirrel

Red Panda Habitat

Panda Table Set

Sheep Table Set

Cow Table Set

Horse Rocking Chair

Cow Rocking Chair

Sheep Rocking Chair

Kitten in the Box

Fox in the Box

Puppy in the Box

Musical Pug

Drum Dog

Saxophone Dog

Mini Beach
  30 Charm

Flamingo

Girl Cupid

Boy Cupid

Girl Grass Hair Deer

Hedgehog
  7 Chsrm

Flower Pot Bunny

Christmas Train

Bobo Bear in Tent

Hallowe'en Stage (Base)

Thanksgiving Base

Bird Home Base

Snow Base

Skeleton Rockstar Diva
  8 Charm

Snowy Owl
  6 Chsrm

Bobo Fishing On Ice
  11 Chsrm

Lovely Planter Box Base

Lovely Lady Cat Deco
  8 Charm

Bunny in Basket
  8 Charm

Oskar the Dog
  1 Charm

Easter Picnic Base

Max the Raccoon
  8 Charm

Hermit the Crab
   12 Charm

Harriet the Hippo
  12 Charm

Autumn Chick Basket

Turkey in the Pumpkin


Note that the first Bases released  have yielded a Blue Box, but the Ice Base is giving a Purple Box, rather disappointingly... as are the two Bases earned by completing Lighthouse Missions.

Most of the other cleanable Decorations yield Purple Gift Boxes which are the second best of all the colours.  Lower on the scale are the Silver Cleaning Boxes.

Every colour contains a random assortment of Items that can include Power, OP,, Coins, Gasoline and  Green Mystrons.  The only difference between the Gift Boxes of various colours is that the Blue Boxes usually contain more Items than the others.  The Gold Gift Boxes are the next in value generally speaking.

Note that Island Decorations NEVER yield the original Blue Gift Boxes, although now there is a light blue Island Gift Box.  They yield Boxes, however, that include Island Farm Aids as well as the usual Rewards.

From time to time, a special sale or offer will include Decorations that temporarily yield RC or Yellow Mystrons instead of the usual Cleaning Gift Boxes.  After a specified number of days, the same Decoration will begin to yield Gift Boxes instead.

To obtain any Gift Cleaning Bag, you either need to be the owner of a Cleanable Decoration that is placed on your own Farm and then cleaned by a Neighbour or your have to visit a Neighbour's Farm to clean a Decoration there.

There are other 'bags' that contain similar Items to those found randomly in Cleaning Gift Bags.  These include the Loyal Player Reward, the Cooking Gift Bag and the Angel Rain Package.  The Loyal Player Reward is one that is given to a Player who stays logged into the game for a specific amount of time.  The Cooking Gift Bag is given whenever a farmer eats at a Neighbour's Cooking Stand.  The Angel Rain Egg, when cleaned by a neighbour, yields the Angel Rain Package.

Stacked Decorations
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Stacked Decorations are a fairly new option that was created with the various 'Bases'.  All Bases when complete give a Blue Gift Box, but you can 'stack' other Decorations on them and these each give their own Cleaning Box, the colour of which is linked to THAT Decoration.  Whenever you visit a Neighbour who has a Base stacked with Decorations, the first Neighbour to clean the Base will receive the Blue Gift Bag... after that, you can try to clean a specific Decoration by tapping on its position on the base and you will receive the Gift Box that is associated with that Decoration.  In other words, up to five cleanings can take place on a base that is stacked with the maximum of four Decorations.  The exception to this is the Bird Home Base simply because the Decorations that can be stacked on it are NOT Cleanable.  They have Charm points but cannot be cleaned.

Storage of Stacked Decorations
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A recent update to the game has changed the configuration of the Warehouse to give it three main sections rather than two.  These are as follows:  Warehouse, Decorations, Gadgets.

The labels are a little misleading here as 'Gadgets' really encompasses ALL Stackable items, whether they are indeed Gadgets for Upgraders or Decorations that can be stacked on the various Bases, including the Bird Home Bases that are sold in the Market as well as the Bases that were obtained through Seasonal activities or now can be obtained by completing specific Lighthouse Missions.

In terms of the Warehouse and Decorations tabs, only items actually being stored will be shown when you access those areas, but where the Gadgets tab is concerned, you will see ALL Stackable items, whether or not they are being stored or are placed currently either on the farm or on their designated Bases.  There is one possible action for these items which is 'Use'.  If indeed the item is being used currently, that action will not be available and will be greyed out as it were.  If, however, the item is being stored, you will be able to tap on 'Use' to place it either directly on your Farm or on its designated Upgrader or Base.

Remember that almost every Stackable item can be used solely on one specific Base or Upgrader.  You will see the jigsaw icon when using the 'Move' Tool only when you have brought the item to hover over the Base or Upgrader where it can be stacked.

Charm Points
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This brings me to the Farm Beauty Contests and the business of Charm Points and Theme Decorations.  Once upon a time, we placed only the Decorations we liked personally as well as trying to place as many of those that yielded the Blue Boxes as possible.  Now with the advent of the Farm Beauty Contests, we have to worry about Theme and Charm Points.  What that means is that some of us tend to load our farms with as many Decorations as possible, especially when they have been declared to be part of the current Theme for a Contest.    Theme Decorations can consist both of cleanable Decorations and ones that cannot be cleaned.  They can include items without any Charm Point value as well.   When farms are crowded densely with Decorations, it sometimes is difficult to find the ones with the Blue Gift Boxes.  Nonetheless, this is our brave new world...

Note that the rules have changed now in that Decorations that are purchased with Coins will have a limit as far as the Charm point total for purposes of any Farm Beauty Contest.

Achievements
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Note that Achievements now include specific numbers of each colour of Gift Box to be obtained from Neighbours' Farms.  It therefore is worth the effort to clean EVERY kind of cleanable Decoration now!

Tips for Farmers
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As the Blue Boxes do contain the best items for the most part (everything IS random, of course), it is a good idea not to crowd cleanable Decorations that yield different colours of Gift Boxes together unless you are past the point where it matters to you...  if you place all Blue Box Decorations together in front or in another prominent or easily accessible position, you probably will obtain more Blue Boxes every night when the game resets.

Gold Cleaning Box List
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This is a new list so it will be updated gradually.  The Gold Cleaning Gift Boxes are almost as valuable as the Blue Gift Boxes.  In fact, I sometimes receive more OP from the Gold ones than the Blue...

I do believe that all the Decoration Rewards from the Farm Beauty Contests give Gold Cleaning Boxes.

Ski Penguin
  7 Charm

Snow Launcher

Christmas Crystal Ball
  3 Chsrm

Colourful Tent
  10 Charm

Christmas Wreath Fence
Bird House
Duck Swimming Pool
Indian Hat
  9 Charm

Snow Man
  4 Charm

Tree Reindeer
Spring Festival Garden
Egged In Bunny
Egg Statue
Kitten in Basket
Owl
Skeleton Rockstar Frontman
  6 Charm

Running Mummy
Hammock
  4 Charm

Christmas Sled
Koala
Bumper Cars
Mystic Rose
Sheep Weeble
Flower Cage
Bobo Bear's Guitar
  5 Charm

Whale Spring Rider
Backpack
Snow Queen
Red Ducky
  2 Charm

Flower Cage
Mum Fence
Lovely Balloons
Easter Lamp

Sand Bucket and Shovel
  

Purple Gift Boxes
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I suppose I ought to list these as well but the rule generally is that all Time-Restricted Quest Decorations yield Purple Gift Boxes as do all Calendar Rewards.

They include:

Nutcracker
Gnome
Gluhwein Cup
Easter Chocolate Bunny
Angel Sheep
  7 Charm

Samurai Dog
Singer Sheep
Dragon Statue
Turtle Statue
Golden Chicken Statue
Rabbit Statue
Hippo Ballerina
Polar Bear on Igloo
  10 Charm

Wiinter Tent with Husky Dog
  13 Charm

Egyptian Ship
Disco Van
Rosy Posy
Festival Palanquin
Ichimatsu Doll
Easter Bunny (now gives Silver instead)
Thumbelina
Hot Tub
Cornucopia
High Striker
Scout Sun
Flower Barrow
Matrioshka
Candle Stand
  12 Charm

Safari Bus
Fishing Elephant

Fish Ice Pond
  9 Charm

Monkey with Cymbals
Peter Pan's Picnic Table
Mountain of Fruit and Flowers

Harvest Hat
  1 Charm

Tower of Arab
Egyptian Ship
Sphinx
Flower Swing
Autumn Arch
Sand Castle
Basketball Playground
Music Box
Mini Eiffel Tower
Painting Stand
Bocca della Verita
Robovase
Lacquer Horn
Movie Star
Taekwondo Tiger
Detective's Board

Peach Boy
  6 Charm

Tooth Potting
Darryl Greek Statue
Male Thanksgiving Owl
Greek Taverna Chair Set
Flower Chair
Reindeer Seesaw
Flower House

Blackboard

Farm Beauty Trophy

Boy Grass Hair Deer
  6 Charm

Ice Base (hope this is temporary and it will give Blue Box)
Lovely Heart
Lovely Mister Cat Deco
Valentine's Gift Basket
Badminton Statue
   4 Charm

Mini Golf
  14 Charm

Lovely Boxwood
Glassed in Bunny

Greek Taverna Chair Set
  3 Charm

Chicken in Egg
  3 Charm (stackable)

Easter Backdrop
Easter Torch
Magic Pike

DNA strand shaped Plant
  4 Charm

Pete the Pelican
Beach Changing Room


Octavia the Octopus
  7 Charm

Thanksgiving Turkey

Autumn Pumpkin

Tree House

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Silver Gift Boxes
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The Silver Gift Boxes probably are the least valuable of all.  Oddly enough, the large Swimming Pool yields only a Silver Gift Box as does the Duck Pond that we had to build a couple of years ago.  I do believe that the Gift Hill gives a Silver Box as well.  In fact, many of the Cleanable Decorations that you can purchase in the Market for Coins give only a Silver Gift Box.  Some do not give ANY Box but only give Coins.

Mailbox
  1 Charm

Christmas Candle
  6 Charm

Duck Habitat
  6 Charm

Gift Hill
  4 Charm

Funny Scarecrow

Tyre Swing

Chinese Pavilion
  5 Charm

Lotus Pond
  11 Charm

Willow Tree
  6 Charm

Bunny Hedge
  1 Charm

Sand Bottle

Bobo Bear's Bike
Witch Legs

Little Christmas Tree
  4 Charm

Panda Lantern
  1 Charm

Easter Bunny (used to give Purple, now gives only Silver)

Santa Sign
  3 Charm

Coin Decorations
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Cleanable Decorations that give only Coins include:

Snow Globe

Christmas Cake
  
Snowy Arch

Christmas Tree

Bonfire Tent

Toy Bunny on Bike

Note, however, that for the purpose of gaining Buddy Points, the Coin Decorations are as good as any.  No matter which Decoration you clean, you will gain the same number of points!

Decorations that give Items
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Easter Egg Tree: gives a bag that contains a random type of Chocolate
Angel Rain Egg: gives a bag that contains a random Farm Aid


Collectable Decorations:
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These Decorations are NOT cleanable by neighbours but act like Collectables and deliver special items at specific intervals:

Santa's Legs: Mistletoe
Water Fountain  Distilled Water
Chocolate Fountain: Dark Chocolate
Straw Witch: 10 Coins
Toy Bunny on Bike: 15 Coins
Ice Dolphin: Ice Cubes



Island Boxes
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All Time-Restricted Quest Decorations yield Island Purple Gift Boxes.  The Island Decorations that you purchase in the Market for RC yield Island Gold Cleaning Boxes.   For example, the Cow Plant Stand and Sheep Plant Stand both yield the Island Gold Cleaning Boxes where the Swan Lake and Christmas House yield the Purple.  The Landmark Decorations that you craft cannot be cleaned.

Purple Island Gift Boxes
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Viking
Treasure Island
Candies Stall
Christmas House
Female Thanksgiving Owl
Badminton Court
Stone Grandpa with Flowers
Children's Laboratory
Mini 3 D California
Cycladic House
Romantic Dinner Table
Vampire's Castle
Wooden Gazebo
Carousel
Japanese Doll Set
Swan Lake
Peach Boy's Ship
Chinese Lantern Pavilion
Chinese Yi Doll
Bunnies' Fountain
Rabbit House
Vespa Scooter
Gratitude Jar
Play Area
Monkey King Statue
Princess Frog


Gold Island Boxes
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Little Duck Parasol
Panda Plant Stand
Cow Plant Stand
White Octopus

Island Coin Decorations
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The White Fish gives Coins instead of a Gift Box.
Little Round Table: Coins

Non-Cleanable Island Decorations
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The Landmark Decorations are not Cleanable Decorations.

Which Decorations are Cleanable?
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If you see the icon of a Cleaning Brush next to the Decoration, it is Cleanable.  When you purchase a Decoration in a special Sale, tap on the little 'i' that gives information and it will tell you precisely what colour of Cleaning Gift Box you will receive from the Decoration as well as any special temporary Rewards such as RC, Yellow Mystrons or others.  The temporary Rewards usually are for 5 to 7 cleanings and are NOT time-restricted.  If no one cleans the Decoration, the temporary Special Reward will activate whenever it is cleaned... and there can be gaps between cleanings as well.

Non-Cleanable Base Decorations with Charm Values
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Bird Home Base Decorations
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The Bird Home Bases, sold in the Market, are themselves cleanable and deliver Blue Gift Boxes but the stackable Decorations for them are NOT cleanable.  They do have Charm Values, however.

Farm Bird House
  3 Charm

Mini-Water Pump
  3 Charm

Bird Seesaw
  3 Charm

Hamster Friend
  3 Charm

Bird Pool
  2 Charm

Bird Hot Air Balloon
  2 Charm

Bird Ball Pool
  1 Charm

Inflatable Chair
  1 Charm

Other Decorations with Charm but not Cleanable:

Elephant
  8 Charm

Macaron Road
  2 Charm

Rose Fence
  1 Charm

Christmas Fence
  1 Charm

Big Snow Flake Fence
  1 Charm

Stone and Flower Path
   1 Charm

Forest Road
  1 Charm

Wind Turbine
  1 Charm

Surf Board
  1 Charm

Aviaries Park
  6 Charm

Japan 2020 Game
  10 Charm

Easter Table
  3 Charm

Darryl Bobblehead
  1 Charm

Wedding Chair
  2 Charm

Grandma's Bike
  2 Charm

Gingerbread Man
  1 Charm

Firecracker
  1 Charm

Flower Square
  3 Charm

Green Hedge
  1 Charm

Halloween Fence
  1 Charm

Items that should be considered Decorations but do not fall into that Category
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Back in the day, the Collections Missions consisted of a Decorative building that had to be placed on the farm before one could begin the various Collections that gave Rewards.  These 'buildings' could be upgraded to Level 5 and only when fully upgraded could be stored once the Collections Mission expired.  When stored, you will find them only under the 'All' tab of the general Warehouse.  They have no Charm Value and never are featured in the Theme of any Farm Beauty Contest.  They are quite interesting and many are seasonal in nature.  Sadly, the nature of Collections Missions  has changed and one no longer builds any decorative building... furthermore, there is only one Reward for completing the Mission as opposed to multiple Rewards that once included Farm Aids, Decorations, Trees and even Machines.

Stage
Marquee
Santa Claus
Dragon Cave
Chicken Home
Soccer Stadium
Haunted House

Black Friday Sale Offers Decorations
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This is a temporary list of all the Decorations currently offered in the 'Black Friday' sales with the colour of Gift Boxes they give...  I just came out of hospital having had a major operation so will do things this way because I am in too much pain to sift through lists to see which ones were added and which still need adding.  This way everything currently on offer is listed and I can organise it later into the main lists.

A word of warning about the sales offers.  They are not all equal.  The DIY offers, where you can choose your Decoration, has one that offers mainly Decorations that give Blue Gift Boxes but one Decoration included gives only a Purple Gift Box.  The Decorations that are included in the Fortune Packages for the most part all give Purple Gift Boxes and nothing better than that.  Obviously there are other reasons why players choose specific decorations... perhaps they are trying to complete their Galleries and there is only one they missed or perhaps they simply LIKE a specific Decoration.  If, however, you are choosing according to value, the Blue Gift Box Decorations are the most valuable.  Read the entire information detail found by tapping the question mark icon, though, because many of these Decorations will dispense something extra like Blue Mystrons, Yellow Mystrons, Green mystrons or 1 RC for 5 to 7 Days as well as giving the appropriate Gift Box when cleaned.

Toucan
  Blue Gift Box

Small Squirrel
  Blue Gift Box

Red Panda Habitat
  Blue Gift Box

Panda Table-Set
  Blue Gift Box

Sheep Table-Set
  Blue Gift Box

Cow Table-Set
  Blue Gift Box

Horse Rocking Chair
  Blue Gift Box

Sheep Rocking Chair
  Blue Gift Box

Cow Rocking Chair
  Blue Gift Box

Kitten in the Box
  Blue Gift Box

Fox in the Box
  Blue Gift Box

Puppy in the Box
  Blue Gift Box

Thai Elephant
  Blue Gift Box

Girl Grass Hair Deer
  Blue Gift Box

Tennis Fox
  Blue Gift Box

Mackenzie the Meerkat
  Blue Gift Box

Hermit the Crab
  Blue Gift Box

Coco Bear
  Blue Gift Box

Ferris Wheel
  Blue Gift Box

Bobo Bear in Tent
  Blue Gift Box

Studying Monkey
  Blue Gift Box

Boxing Bear
  Blue Gift Box

Harriet the Hippo
  Blue Gift Box

Max the Raccoon
  Blue Gift Box

Jamie Bear
  Blue Gift Box

Oskar the Dog
  Blue Gift Box



Pinwheel Cart
  Blue Gift Box

Parachute Penguin
  Blue Gift Box

Panda Teacher
  Blue Gift Box



Mommy Duck
  Blue Gift Box

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Blue Ducky
  Gold Gift Box

Red Ducky
  Gold Gift Box

Bobo Bear's Guitar
  Gold Gift Box

Flower Cage
  Gold Gift Box

Kitten in the Basket
  Gold Gift Box

Wash Basin
  Gold Gift Box

Bumper Car
  Gold Gift Box

Spring Festival Garden
  Gold Gift Box

Duck Swimming Pool
  Gold Gift Box

Koala
  Gold Gift Box

Bird House
  Gold Gift Box

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Animals Train
  Purple Gift Box

Cheerleader Bunny
  Purple Gift Box

Octavia the Octopus
  Purple Gift Box

Pete the Pelican
  Purple Gift Box

Bello the Dog
  Purple Gift Box

Park Fountain
  Purple Gift Box

BBQ Grill
  Purple Gift Box

Oak Tree with Owl
  Purple Gift Box

Duck Bath Mat
  Purple Gift Box

Boy Grass Hair
  Purple Gift Box

All Bases with Stackable Decorations
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I need to update this post with this information as of October 2017.

Hallowe'en Stage (Hallowe'en Base)

Current Hallowe'en Stage Stackable Decorations List:
Position 1: Skeleton Rockstar Diva, Shovel, Witch legs, Mystic Rose, White Ghost
Position 2: Skeleton Rockstar Frontman, Bunny Reaper, Pumpkin Owl, Alraun Scarecrow
Position 3: Stereo Coffin, Oak Tree with Owl, Steampunk Scarecrow, Fanoos Ramadhan
Position 4: Pumpkin Tower, Ghost Broom, Pumpkin Light, Wind Chimes, Flower Stand, Spider Tombstone, Pumpkin Cat

Tips on Being a Good Neighbour

I have written posts about this before, but as I visited some of my Neighbours today, I realised a new post might be helpful to some of my fellow farmers.

First of all, there is a proliferation of cleanable Decorations that makes a visit a bit different from Neighbour visits in the past.   Cleanable Decoration are not all equal by any means.  The ones that deliver the best rewards on the original Seaside Farm,  generally speaking, are the ones that give Blue Gift Boxes.    Most of these come from items offered in special sales events as well as some of the Rewards for completing a Cooking Stand Event but there are a few that can be purchased in the Market.  These include the Market Stall and the Clothes Drying Rack.  Decorations purchased with Coins usually do not deliver the best Rewards when cleaned.  Most of the time-restricted Quest Rewards give Purple Cleaning Boxes.

I did write a post once that listed all of the Cleanable Decorations with the colours of Gift Boxes or other Rewards that they yielded, but it needs to be updated.  Meanwhile, though, from memory, I do know that the following yield Blue Gift Boxes:  Market Stall, Clothes Drying Rack, Mini Beach, Red Panda Habitat, Small Squirrel, Toucan, Sheep Table Set, Christmas Train, Mommy Duck, Thai Elephant, Japanese Garden, Flamingo, Boy Cupid, Girl Cupid, Teddy Bear Balloon, Panda Table Set.  There are a few more, but I have to make certain before I add them to the list.  I would imagine that, once earned, the Cow Table Set will as well as this is a Cooking Stand Contest Reward and so far, all Rewards from these Contests have yielded the coveted Blue Gift Box.

There are some that surprisingly do NOT give Blue Gift Boxes, including the Willow, yielding only a Silver,  Duck Swimming Pool and the Hammock. Nor does the large Swimming Pool.

There is a distinction to be made between Cleanable Decoraitons on the Island and those on the original Seaside Farm.  Island Decorations when cleaned tend to yield Gift Boxes that include items useful only to Farmers on the Island.  They do include items that can be used on either Farm but the tools used to fell Island Trees and so on can be found in these boxes as well.

There are two situations that can be frustrating to visitors.  One is when Farmers have an enormous number of Decorations jumbled together in such a way as to give a visitor no way of knowing how to tap on the ones that give the best Gift Boxes because they are placed so close together.  This is counterproductive not only for the visitor but for the Farmer who owns the Decorations because often they include the Decorations that yield only coins.  It is better to store Decorations now that give only coins, keeping out only the ones that yield decent Gift Boxes.

Second, very often one visits a Farm only to find that all the plots are empty, awaiting a new planting.  I do understand that Farmers who are involved in a quest sequence may wish to wait for the next task, but meanwhile, one always can plant Clover, taking only half an hour to mature or Pasture or Pineapple, both of which take only an hour to mature.  A visitor cannot earn any Coins or  XP from empty plots or from Trees that need to be harvested.  That is the third issue... too often, all Trees on a Farm are laden with ripe fruit and need to be harvested before a visitor can interact with them.

Again, these are not issues that affect only the visitor.  The Farmer who owns the Farm will achieve more if he/she makes certain to perform the tasks that will give both visitors and himself or herself the best results.

A final point is the speed with which any Farmer obtains his/her Gift Boxes from Decorations that have been cleaned by Neighbours in the course of any given day.  In my game, all Gift Boxes from Neighbour Visits appear on my Decorations at 8.00 p.m. each night.  I do not know if the time is constant irrespective of the Farmer's time zone or varies from zone to zone, but it is a good idea to find out when this occurs so that you can obtain benefits from Neighbour visits to your Farm again where your most valuable Decorations are concerned.

I know that I am not perfect in terms of my own Farm and my actions.  I keep far too many Irises on my field.  I hope that one day the developers will make this a permanent Crop but meanwhile, these are plots that can receive a Neighbour's interaction only once.

As far as Decorations are concerned, apart from those that appeal to me personally, I do try to load my Farm with those that yield the Blue Gift Boxes.  I have stored many of those that yielded only Coins.    (Many of the Christmas Decorations give Coins and it is the wrong time of year for those in any case!  The only Christmas Decoration on my farm now is the beautiful candle surrounded with angels and that is simply because I think it is enchanting.  Actually, the Train is a Christmas Decoration but it gives the Blue Gift Box, so I have two on the Farm for visitors to clean.

Note, however, that there are Achievements that require you to obtain specific totals of other colours of Gift Boxes, including the Golden Cleaning Gift Box. Silver Cleaning Gift Box and Purple Cleaning Gift Box.   Do not scorn the lesser colours, therefore, as every Achievement gives its own Rewards.

If you visit your Neighbours on a daily basis, it is more likely that they will visit you as one of the default list orders of Neighbours is your Most Recent Helpers.  Thus, if you visit a Neighbour, your place in the list will be higher than a Farmer who did not do so.

In this context, it perhaps would be helpful to discuss the Neighbour option.  At the top of the Neighbour screen (accessed either through your Menu or the icon of hands clasping) you will see on the left a pull-down box that gives different visiting orders.  There are:  Recent Helpers, Fertilisable, Facebook, Call Back, Level, Island Farm and New.  Each has its own advantages.  The 'Call Back' option usually is used only when you wish to delete Neighbours who no longer play the game.  This is important only if you have reached the maximum number of Neighbours allowed by the game.

On the top right of the Neighbour screen is an option to mark 'Island Farm First'.  This will take you directly to the Island of any Neighbour who has unlocked it.  Cleaning Decorations on the Island delivers different Gift Boxes than the Decorations on the original Seaside Farm.  There is only one problem with this option:  you will not have access to the Cooking Stand.  If there is no active Cooking Stand Contest, this will not matter, but if there is an ongoing Contest, you will miss the opportunity to obtain the Cooking Gift Bags that are available in addition to the 1 Cleaning Gift Box you can obtain from any Neighbour's farm per day.

You can toggle back and forth from one option to another.  Visiting 'New' Neighbours is a kindness, even if they are low level players who have not unlocked the Cooking Stand or obtained any Cleanable Decorations yet!  Furthermore, remember that doing so will alert them to your Farm and possibly a reciprocal visit.

In any case, I would urge my Neighbours to store Decorations that do not yield good Rewards unless they love those Decorations and to plant even Clover on their fields rather than leaving plots bare for hours.  I understand this is a game and real life must take precedence, but it makes sense to improve your own yields as well as those of your visitors if you can.

Daily Requests and Free Gifts
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A player who has over 300 Neighbours will be hard-pressed to distinguish between them in terms of gift-giving and usually will 'Select All' when sending a daily Free Gift item but it still may be worth mentioning the Trees that are in the Free Gifts Menu.  Today, when I visited a Neighbour, he/she had changed the name of the farm to 'Do Not Send Trees!'.  Trees make a great free gift for low-level players but a medium or high level player will have no use for them, where Wheat Flour, Milk, Honey, Cheddar Cheese and to a lesser extent, Wine, Blueberry, Red Rose, Glass Bottle, Glass and Earring Hooks always can be used.  White Rose Bouquets can be sold for a fair price, where selling an Apple Tree or Orange Tree yields next to nothing.  To access the FreeGifts option, you need to go to the Menu.  It is the first box on the top left of the screen.  Do not confuse this with Free Gifts on the lower right of your screen that gives you access to your own Gift Box.  Every player both can send a FreeGift and respond to one Request from every Neighbour daily. 

Magic Bunny
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I did not think this topic worth a post of its own but it should be mentioned.  The old 'Activities' pop-up no longer will appear when you access your farm.  Instead, go to Activity in the Menu and tap on it to be taken to the Market where you can purchase a Magic Bunny for 2000 Coins.  This Magic Bunny can be placed anywhere on your Farm, including the Building Plots area.  Tap on it to see the current Weekly Activity.  There is another tab now as well that will take you to the Daily Orders, which have changed to include an increased number of Orders.  Island Items now have been featured randomly as well, requiring that you transport them from the Island before you can sell them.  The Weekly Activity still earns the Farmer 10 Yellow Mystrons.  Somehow, the Daily Orders are connected with Blue Mystrons, but I have not encountered those yet.

Time-Restricted Fortune Telling Night Quest and Candles Collection Mission

Fortune-Telling Night Mission and Candles Collections

Candles Collection Mission
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Collect Candles

Try to collect Colourful Candles when making farm products as follows:

70 Pink Candles from Pitaya
50 Blue Candles from Peacock Feathers
30 Yellow Candles from Orange Jam
10 Green Candles from Matcha Tree

Rewards: Street Lamp Decoration and Juniper Bush

Note that you can purchase the Juniper Bush in the Market as well for 7 RC.  It yields Juniper Berry every 6 Hours.

In tandem with the Collections Mission is the usual traditonal Quest sequence as follows:

Fortune Telling Night Quest
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Fortune-Telling Night I
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Felicia:  Have you ever heard of St. Andrew's Night?  It's a traditional night of magic and fortune-telling.  Young girls will try to find out about their future by playing games!  Do you want to try it out after we finish our work on the farm?

Plant 40 Fern Flowers
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Fern Flowers
  Skip for 20 RC

Craft 6 Conch Earrings
  Skip for 6 RC

N.B.  The Nautica Sea Snail takes 49 Minutes to process in the Seafood House and yields Raw Sea Snail with the Sea Snail Shell you need as a POSSIBLE Bonus.   If you have not been processing your Snails regularly, you may think about buying the shells for 1 RC each.  Stupidly, I have over 40 Sea Nails in my Barn, none of them processed yet!

The ingredients for Conch Earrings are 1 Conch Shell, 1 Snail Shell and 1 pair of Earring Hooks.  Earring Hooks can be requested as a Free Gift from Neighbours.  Make certain that you do this periodically so that you have plenty in your Barn.  Another Free Gift that is used in the Beauty Shop, although not needed in THIS Quest sequence is Glass.

Reward: 100 Coins, 12 XP

Felicia:  It sounds like so much fun!  I'm so excited to find out about my future!

Fortune Telling Night II 
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Felicia:  Grandma told me I can invite some of my friends to come over and organise a sleepover to celebrate St. Andrew's Night!  But before I call my friends, I need to finish all my farm duties!  Would you mind lending me a hand?

Harvest 40 Onion
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Rice
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 50 Beef Salami 
  Skip for 25 RC

Felicia:  Phew, we're done with all the work!  Let's get the party started!

Reward: 100 Coins, 14 XP

Fortune Telling Night III
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Felicia:  Grandma promised to teach me all he games and rituals.  I am so excited!  The girls will be here soon, so I'd better make sure we'll have plenty of things to eat and drink!

Harvest 8 Oranges
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 10 Mango Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 15 Kvass
  Skip for 15 RC
  N.B.  To make Kvass, you need Black Bread and Honey.   

Felicia:  i can't wait to see what the games are all about!

Reward: 110 Coins, 14 XP

Fortune Telling Night IV
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Every girl knows that a night of gossip and playing can be exhausting!  Being the host of this party, I need to take care of the food as well!  How about some traditional Polish recipes?  Let's get all the ingredients!

Place Juniper Bush
  Reward from Collections Mission
  N.B.  Can be purchased in the Market for 7 RC as well

Prepare 20 Steak Tartare
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 40 Eggs
  Skip for 20 RC

Felicia: I'd better ask Grandma for help!  She's the expert in the kitchen!

Reward: 110 Coins, 15 XP


Fortune Telling Night V
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The main purpose of St. Andrew's Night celebrations is to predict the future of an unmarried girl and especially her prospects for a good marriage.  Put your apron on farmer, a good wife needs to be a good cook!

Harvest 4 Juniper Berries
  Skip for 4 RC

Harvest 50 Cabbages
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 20 Beef Risotto
  Skip for 20 RC

Note that you will need 2 Rice for every portion of Beef Risotto.  Rice is needed to feed the Peacocks that produce the Peacock Feathers yielding Blue Candles in the Collections Mission so make certain that you have plenty of Rice!

Felicia:  The food smells amazing!  We're almost ready for the games!

Reward: 110 Coins, 15 XP

Fortune Telling Night VI
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Felicia:  The most popular ritual is pouring hot melted wax through a key into a bowl of cold water.  Hardened wax is held up to the light and the future is predicted by observing its shadow cast on the wall!  This ritual makes me hungry...

Prepare 6 Juniper Sausage
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 20 Braised Cabbage
  Skip for 20 RC

N.B.  Note that you need two Pickled Cabbage and two Onions for each of the Braised Cabbage.  You therefore will need a total of 60 Power to complete this single task.  With the 6 Juniper Sausage, you need a total of 66 Power.  If possible, make the Pickled Cabbage in advance!

Produce 20 Black Forest Cake
  Skip for 20 RC

Felicia:  My shadow looked like a cookie!  Does it mean my future looks... sweet?

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Fortune Telling Night VII
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Felicia:  To find out who will get married first, we'll put our shoes in a line and move the last to the front, one by one, towards the door.  The girl whose shoe first crosses the doorstep will be married first!  Let's get some nice shoes!

Place Street Lamp 
  Reward from Collections Mission

Collect 20 Elegant Heels from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 Cabbage Rolls
  Skip for 20 RC

Felicia:  What?  Whose shoe is it?  Looks like my little brother pulled another prank on us!  It's his little shoe that crossed the doorstep first!

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Fortune Telling Night VIII
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Felicia:  For the next game we'll need lots of apples!  We need to peel the skins off and throw them behind us!  The shape the apple skin takes on the floor should resemble the first letter of the future husband's name!

Harvest 6 Apples
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 8 Bigos
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 10 Candied Apples
  Skip for 10 RC

Felicia:  What are we going to do with all these apples now?

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Fortune Telling Night IX
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Last but not least, reading the tea leaves!  Even if we can't really guess anything, it's always nice to have some tea, hehe.  Let's give it a try!

Prepare 10 Maple Milk Tea
  Skip for 10 RC

Fish 12 Times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 40 Sugar
  Skip for 20 RC

Felicia:  My tea leaves look kind of like a fish... that's good!  Fish is a symbol of wealth!  I'm gonna be rich!

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Fortune Telling Night X
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Felicia:  That was fun!  Now that we've tried our hand on fortune telling, let's finish the night with a little home spa!  Let's go to the beauty shop and get some masks!

Process 10 Gulfweed in the Seafood House
   Skip for 10 RC

N.B.  Gulfweed will produce 3 Algae Power in three minutes.  This is used in all Facial Masques.  A possible Bonus when you process 25 Fertilisers and 6 Super Fertilisers but this is a random result.

Craft 10 Rose Facial Masques
  (Do this in the Beauty Shop)

Each Rose Facial Masque takes 15 minutes to complete.

N.B. The Ingredients for this are: Clay Facial Masque, Blue Rose x 2, Red Rose x 2
Incidentally, Red Roses can be requested as a Free Gift from Neighbours, although they now only take 4 Hours to mature when planted.

Craft 10 Pearl Hydrating Masques
  (Do this in the Beauty Shop)

N.B.  The Ingredients for this are:  Clay Masque,  Cucumber x 4, Pearl

You can obtain Pearl as a RANDOM result from processing Scallops in your Seafood House.  Clay Facial Masques are made in your Beauty Shop.

You will need a total of 20 Clay Facial Masques to complete this part of the Mission.  Each Clay Facial Masque has the following ingredients:  Algae Powder x 2, Batter, Distilled Water

The Distilled Water can be requested as a Free Gift from Neighbours.  You should stockpile this in advance of any Quest, along with the Glass and Earring Hooks used in the Beauty Shop for other Craft Recipes.  Batter is made in the Kitchen.  It is a Dish that is used in many different Kitchen Recipes as well as in the Beauty Shop so have plenty in the Barn at all times. 

Felicia:  These masks will make us so pretty!

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Fortune Telling Night XI
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Felicia:  I found out a lot about my future!  And now it's almost time to sleep... Remember that dreams are also important and they can come true!  Let's finish our work on the farm and have a good night's rest.

Harvest 60 Daisies
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Ostrich Feathers
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Angora Hair
  Skip for 30 RC

Felicia:  Thanks for spending this magical evening with us, farmer!

REward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

FINAL REWARD:  Flower Barrow Decoration, gives Purple Gift Box when cleaned by Neighbours


Six new Recipes have appeared in the Kitchen.  You will make all of these for the Quest sequence but one Ingredient that can be made in advance is the Pickled Cabbage needed for the Braised Cabbage Recipe.

New Kitchen Recipes
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Steak Tartare: 133 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Beef x 2, Egg

Beef Risotto: 368 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Beef Tartare, Rice x 2

Cabbage Roll: 505 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Beef Risotto, Cabbage x 2

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Juniper Sausage: 46 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Beef Salami, Juniper Berry

Braised Cabbage: 741 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Pickled Cabbage x 2, Onion x 2

Bigos: 817 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Juniper Sausage, Braised Cabbage


Strategies for Completing Missions
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An important component in the traditional Fortune Telling Night sequence that may not be as familiar to new players as veterans are the requirements to make Items in the Beauty Shop.  I have seen posts on Facebook asking whether or not the Beauty Shop is worth the price.  Well, like other buildings that cannot be sold or stored, it will be used again and again.  If you do not complete it, you will be unable to participate in many of the Quests unless you spend RC to 'skip' the task.  It therefore makes sense to spend the RC on the Beauty Shop instead.

Beauty Shop Items like those processed in the Seafood House, take time to complete.  Each Item has a different time frame, but the Item is counted towards the Quest task when you BEGIN to craft it and not when it is completed.  Note that many of the Ingredients are in fact Items processed in the Seafood House.  In this Fortune Telling Quest, you first have to make some Conch Earrings.  Later you will be required to make 10 Rose Facial Masques and 10 Pearl Hydrating Masques.  Note that ALL Masques have the Clay Facial Masque as the primary ingredient.  You therefore may wish to prepare these in advance.  You will need a total of 20 Clay Facial Masques to complete the two tasks.

A difficulty where Processed Items made in the Seafood House is concerned is the fact that many of these are only possible bonus Items.  The Janthina Sea Snail that produces the Conch required to make Conch Earrings ALWAYS yields two Conch shells but the Nautica Sea Snail that produces the Snail Shells only does so as a possible bonus.  Furthermore, it takes 50 Minutes to process a single Nautica Sea Snail.   The Conch Earrings are one of the earliest tasks in the Quest sequence.  If you have been diligent, you will have plenty of Snail Shells in your Barn.  If not, you either will be required to wait while the Items are processed, buy each Snail Shell for 1 RC or skip the task by using RC.  .

Likewise, the Pearl that is needed for the Pearl Hydrating Masque is only a possible Bonus when Scallops are processed.  As the two Masques are needed to complete later Tasks in the Quest, you may wish to make certain that you produce as many as possible in advance.  Unfortunately, there is a task that requires you actually to process 10 Gulfweeds, which means that your Seafood House will be in use at THAT point.  Nonetheless, good planning should help you where the Pearls are concerned.

As far as Crops and Animal Products are concerned, you will need a fair amount of Beef to complete the traditional Quest sequence.  You need Beef for Beef Salami as well as for use in one of the new Recipes.  I have found that 20 Beef often are sold in the Mystery Shop.  As my Farm, although expanded to the largest size, is very crowded, I find it useful to purchase the Beef when offered using Green Mystrons rather than allowing the enormous Cow to occupy most of my free space!  Other Farmers may not have this problem but whether you produce it yourself or purchase it, the Beef will be needed.

Many of the Tasks require Items that use Machine Products as Ingredients.  One of these is the requirement to produce 15 Kvass.  Kvass uses Black Bread and Honey.  Black Bread is produced in your Baker.  It is not a bad idea always to have plenty of Wheat Bread and Black Bread on hand in your Barn for potential use in future Quests.  Oat Bread is useful as well but not to the same extent.  Incidentally, I never take any Power out of my Gift Box until it is needed.  As your Power will refill over the course of time, it is best to use additional Power only when YOUR Power gauge has reached zero.

The most Power intensive series of tasks is Fortune Telling Night VI when you will need two Pickled Cabbage and two Onions for each of the 20 Braised Cabbage.  You therefore will need a total of 60 Power to complete this single task.  With the 6 Juniper Sausage, you need a total of 66 Power.  If possible, make the Pickled Cabbage in advance!

Other products that you can obtain in advance are the Milk and Maple Syrup needed to make Maple Milk Tea  and the Apples and Maple Syrup needed for the Candied Apples.  If you have been playing the game for awhile, you should have plenty of all these in your Barn as long as you harvest your Trees regularly.  Milk can be requested from Neighbours as a Free Gift.  When there is no ongoing Quest, I try to request Milk, Wheat Flour and Cheddar Cheese from my Neighbours for stockpiling as these Items are used constantly.

In this Quest, you will need great quantities of Rice, both in order to obtain the Blue Candles that Peacock Feathers yield randomly and for use as an Ingredient in Cooked Dishes.  The appearance of any Collection Item always is random.  You will need a total of 50 Blue Candles.  This could require the production of 100 Peacock Feathers or 300 Peacock Feathers depending upon your personal luck.  Rice must be fed to a Peacock to produce a Peacock Feather.



When to spend RC (Premium Cash)
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Many Farmers do not wish to spend ANY RC in any so-called 'free' game but if it is a game that you like, you may wish to invest in it, as without funding, these games cannot improve and sometimes even die.  Unfortunately, unlike the original Family Farm that gives RC as a daily log-in Reward on a regular basis, Seaside does this only rarely.  You can earn RC, however, by completing Accomplishments and by registering specific Items or Collections.  

How, then, should you spend your precious premium cash?  I would suggest that you use it to produce the greatest benefits for your Farm.  In terms of RC that is required to complete any Building or Machine or to buy a specific Tree or Animal, these are investments that really cannot be avoided if you wish to be able to complete all Quests or Missions and obtain all possible Rewards.  Do not hesitate, therefore, to use your RC if it is absolutely necessary to purchase a Material to complete a Building or Machine.  Every Building and Machine is required again and again.  You only delay the inevitable if you 'skip' a task that requires the use of a specific Machine because you are reluctant to spend RC to complete it.  In any case, you only can skip Tasks in Quests by paying RC, so you really are wasting your money if you do this.

There are times, however, when the use of RC during a Quest sequence is beneficial.  In some cases, an Ingredient needed to make the Item required in a task cannot be obtained quickly or easily.  This is true particularly where 'bonus' items processed from Seafood Items are concerned.  You may process 30 of the Seafood Item without receiving the Bonus Item you need.  In such a case, you may consider, not 'skipping' the Task but purchasing the actual Ingredient instead.  After all, each action in Seaside usually has an XP Reward and increasing your Level of Experience may unlock new Items and Quests.

Where Farm Aids are concerned, it is better to obtain these by using Gift Boxes than by purchasing them but sometimes you simply need more.  If you are embarking upon a time-restricted Quest or Mission, you may wish to invest in the Farm Aid you need most, whether it is OP or Fertilisers.  Seaside does give Farm Aid Rewards, however.  You can obtain them in Gift Boxes, by registering Items in your Gallery or by completing Accomplishments.  Your level of patience will determine whether or not you wish to speed a task by using a Farm Aid.

On the whole, I prefer to purchase 200 Super Fertilisers for 21 RC rather than purchasing Rainbow Rain for 30 RC.  The Super Fertiliser can be used for specific Crops I need.  The Rainbow Rain simply blankets your entire Farm.  If the Rainbow Rain were less expensive, I would use it, but in the circumstances, I would rather target the specific Crops needed to complete a Task. 

Power always is a problem in these time-restricted Quests but the price of purchase for extra Power is truly prohibitive.  For 20 RC, for example, you obtain only 30 Power.  It is far better to visit Neighbours and place as many cleanable Decorations as possible on your own Farm in order to garner as much Power as possible.  Remember, however, that any Reward found in a Gift Box is random.  What is true is that the Blue Gift Boxes contain the best Rewards and the greatest number.  This brings me to another opportunity to use your precious RC.

From time to time, sales will appear in the top right corner of your screen.  They are time-limited and usually include a special Decoration as well as Fertiliser or RC.   If you are willing to spend real money on this game, the sales are one of the very best investments.  Not only do you receive RC that usually would have to be purchased by itself but you often can obtain a Decoration that yields the valuable Blue Gift Box when cleaned.  The most recent example of this was a sale that offered the Boy Cupid, the Girl Cupid and the Japanese Garden in different offers.  All of these yield Blue Gift Boxes, I believe.  Other Decorations that yield the Blue Gift Boxes include the Market Stall and the special Decorations rewarded for completing Cooking Stand Contests.  Among the latter are the Toucan and the Small Squirrel.

Purchasing a bundle of items in a special Sale therefore carries multiple Rewards for the Farmer, especially when it includes a Decoration that yields a Blue Gift Box.  These Items when registered often give a Reward in the form of 1 RC.  When part of a Collection, registration of the Collection often gives an RC Reward.  Finally, each time a Neighbour cleans the Decoration for you, you receive a Blue Gift Box that may contain OP or Power.

Finally, where any Collections Mission is concerned, there are two different strategies that make it easier.  One is to have multiple Machines or Animals working together to produce the product that randomly produces the Collections Items.  The second is Batch Production.  Batch Production really is the least frustrating method of completing any Collection Mission where any Animal or Machine is concerned.  By using Batch Production for the Animal and Machine, you can focus on the Crop and Tree that yields the other two Colours of the designated Item.  If you are patient, you can wait for the Crop and Tree to produce the Items naturally, but if not, you can use a Farm Aid to speed matters along. 

Gallery Registration
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All three Items that are Rewards in this Quest can be registered and have the following values:

Juniper Bush:  8 Medals, 2 Super Watering Cans
Street Lamp: 2 Medals, 2 Power
Flower Barrow: 5 Medals, 15 Green Mystron

When you have registered all three, you will gain the Collections Reward for the Fortune Telling Night Collection as follows:

5 Medals, 150 Green Mystrons, 1 RC

The History of St. Andrew's Night
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The celebration of St. Andrew's Day and Night basically is rooted in Northern European traditions.  St. Andrew was St. Peter's younger brother and his martyrdom took place on a cross that was fashioned in the shape of an X.  In the old Northern European Rune alphabet, this form is a Rune named Gebo, signifying both 'Gift' and 'Sacrifice'.  As the Festival occurs at the very end of November, traditionally a time when blood sacrifices were made in ancient Northern Europe, it is possible that St. Andrew originally represented an older form of human sacrifice for the fertility of the land.

Whatever its origins, St. Andrew's Night is a time when girls traditionally played ritual games in order to discover whom they would marry.  (We did this ourselves as children.)  One would peel an apple very carefully, making certain that the entire peel remained unbroken, then throw it over ones shoulder.  When it landed, the shape it made would represent the first letter of the name of ones future husband.

Another old rite is that of melting wax and dropping it into water to see what form is made. This can be done using molten metal as well, provided one has the means.  Another ritual is that of writing the names of potential spouses and placing them beneath the pillow.  In the morning, one chooses a slip of paper and the name written on it will be the future spouse.  A girl often will bury either 21 grains of wheat or a fresh sprig of basil beneath their pillows.  If none is taken in the night, she will marry within the year.

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.  The festival is celebrated both in Austria and Germany.  The very flag of Scotland has the saltire or cross of St. Andrew emblazoned upon it.

St. Andrew is considered the first of Christ's disciples by many.  He was one of the fishermen who, hearing the call of the Saviour, cast down his nets instantly to follow, becoming instead a 'fisher of men' according to tradition.

The Festival of St. Andrew falls on 30 November during the time of an old Roman festival devoted to Saturn in his manifestation as 'Father Time'.   The depictions of St. Andrew usually show him as an old man who originally would have represented the Sun at the very end of the year, when he is old and weary.   in Romania in particular, some of the ancient traditions connected to St. Andrew's Festival are inherited from the Romans.  On St. Andrew's Night, wolves are allowed to eat whatever and whomever they wish.  They can speak to humans as well on this night but if a person should hear one speak, he or she will die within the year.

Another Romanian tradition is that of the mother of the house taking branches from Apple, Cherry, Pear Trees and Rosebushes to make bracelets for all the members of the family.  The one that blooms by New Year will enjoy special health and good fortune.

There is another rite connected to the belief that ghosts haunt the land on this night.  The rite is a special social gathering known as 'guarding the garlic'.    The doors and windows of the house are rubbed with fresh garlic.    All the dishes in the house then are turned upside down.  Three bulbs of garlic for each girl at the gathering are placed in a wooden tub in a room lit only by candlelight.  An old woman is set to the job of guarding the garlic throughout the night.  In the morning, the tub is taken outside and every one dances round it.  Each guest then takes some garlic home for protection.

Another rite of protection involves the cattle and livestock.  Salt is blessed and buried beneath the door of the stable.  On St. George's Day, it will be unearthed and given to the livestock.  This is a rite of protection against wolves.  St. Andrew is known as the patron saint of wolves.

There are many more traditions that involve divination and protection.