Advice for New Farmers

Being a Good Neighbour
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I have addressed this elsewhere as well because it is one of the most important aspects of the game now.  If you are a good neighbour, you will benefit greatly and your Neighbours will benefit as well.  If you ignore the basic rules of being a good neighbour, both you and your Neighbours ultimately suffer.

First of all, failing to give your farm a name that is unique can confuse your Neighbours and prevent you from receiving special rewards from them, such as Friendship Flowers.  Name your farm and give it a special Avatar! You can do this by tapping on the square portrait frame in the top left corner of the screen.  This takes you to a very useful Menu that includes the options to rename your Farm, choose an Avatar and see useful data such as how many points you need to reach the next level and how many visitors you have had within the past day.

How to Rename your Farm
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To rename your farm, tap on the little pencil icon at the top centre of this Menu.  The default name for any Farm is 'My Farm' or the equivalent of this in whatever language you have chosen for the game.   When you open the name box, you will be able to choose the frame for the name as well as typing a new name.  Make certain that you erase the default name first though, because often I will see a Farm named  ... Farm Farm because the player failed to erase part of the original name.  Use backspace to erase.  When you have finished, tap the green chequemark and you will have a new name!

Changing your Avatar
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To change your Avatar, tap on the square portrait icon in the far top left corner of the Menu.  The default Avatar is a clover.  You now can choose your Facebook Avatar or any Avatars that you have purchased or won in the game.   You can change the Avatar frame as well if you choose.

If you have not connected your Farm to Facebook, you will be unable to use your Facebook Avatar.  It is really important to connect your farm to Facebook actually as it prevents loss of your Farm if something goes terribly awry.  If they farm is connected to Facebook, you can recover it easily on any device.

The game basically was designed for anonymity, but I have found that one of the best aspects of belonging to a good group on Facebook is the ability to communicate with and become truly acquainted with your Neighbours on FFS.  Our members are wonderful, caring, active individuals.  We welcome new members and help one another as much as possible.

A New Farm
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I recently was able to borrow a Kindle to create a new Farm.  I added some of the changes in Quests to my Quests page on this site.  In three days, I was able to reach Level 16, which allows one to participate in the Beauty Contests.  A new time-restricted Quest will be released on Friday (tomorrow) I expect.  If this new Farmer does not reach Level 18 by then, she probably will not be able to participate fully in the Quest... On the last new farm I created for a friend of mine, he was able to perform the time-restricted Quest sequence at Level 16 but could not participate in the Collections Mission until he reached Level 18.  The fact that the Collections Mission included a Crop unlocked only at Level 18 may or may not have been the reason for this.

I was dismayed, however, to discover how difficult it has become to play the game successfully without a substantial investment in RC or premium cash.  I have been playing Family Farm Seaside now for over three years.  When I created my original Harvest Moon Farm, there were only a few premium purchases available.  It was possible to advance without investing too much.

Note that I am a firm believer in real money investment in games.  Without money, firms that create games cannot continue to operate.  Developers must be paid and I daresay considerable money must be given to the various firms that support the platforms on which these online games are played.

A little aside here:  My favourite platform is the DS and my favourite games are the Rune Factory series of games.  In English, these were made by a firm named Neverland in the past decade or so.  Recently, the firm went bankrupt I believe.  Who, if any one will take over the job of translating any new Rune Factory game into English and making it for the English markets???

On Facebook, my favourite game, apart from Family Farm, was called Fantasy Kingdoms.  It ceased to exist a few months ago.  This is a REAL and PRESENT DANGER.  If you love a game, for God's sake be willing to invest in it!

That having been said, I am finding that the cost of success in Family Farm Seaside has become utterly prohibitive.  You need ALL the Trees really in order to participate in every Quest. Over half of the Trees require RC (premium cash) to purchase.  Yes, you may find these at some point in the Green Mystron Mystery Shop, but it takes time to amass the Green Mystrons and if you play on the Kindle, you never will be able to see the Green Balloons that deliver 15 Green Mystrons whenever you are willing to watch an advert.

You can play this game without participating in the various time-restricted Quests and Beauty Contest and so on, but you will advance far more quickly if you can participate.  The Island is another option that can be very expensive unless you work like a dog or are willing to wait years to complete tasks that are requirements for expansion and so on.  On my  Rosewood Farm,  for a long time, I lacked the final expansion.  I spent a lot of real money to complete all the tasks and options on my Harvest Moon Farm long ago, mainly in order to be able to write a comprehensive Island Guide, but I could not afford to do that with Rosewood.  The final expansion requires the following:

Save and use 1500000 Coins to buy the expansion
  Skip for 20 RC

Have 80 Coral Dressing Tables to buy expansion
  Skip for 80 RC

Have 800 Stetsons to buy expansion
  Skip for 50 RC

Note that Coral Dressing Tables and Stetsons have level requirements.  If you have not completed full Mastery of the Hat Machine, you won't be able to make any stetsons.  900 Stetsons is a significant number of Hats.  I know farmers achieve these totals but it will took me forever and a day, especially on a SECOND Farm which is what Rosewood is.

Still, Rosewood is in far better shape than the poor little Kindle farms I created.  I rather despair of either ever unlocking the Island, at least in the near future.

Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group
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Neighbours are an issue for many new farmers.  If you connect through Facebook, you can send requests to your Facebook friends, but I do not like to trouble my friends with requests for games if they do not play games.  You can share your Farm I.D. in a post on Facebook or you can join a Facebook group and share it there.  I have created a little Facebook Group for Family Farm Seaside simply for the purpose of publishing the Farm I.D.s of my readers on this site...  So look for a Family Farm Seaside Group called Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk and add your ID there if you wish.

Basically, success in Farmily Farm Seaside now is very much influenced by Neighbours and money, both Coins and RC.  You need Farm Aids to progress quickly and these can be purchased in the Market or obtained in the Cleaning Gift Boxes that you receive either from Neighbours who visit your Farm and clean your cleanable Decorations or by visiting Neighbours and cleaning their cleanable Decorations.  Other ways to obtain Farm Aids are by logging into the game more than once during the day to collect the Dedicated Farmer Bonus.  Sometimes this will contain even RC!.  Another way to obtain Farm Aids on a daily basis is by completing Tasks in your Daily Quests path to earn Treasure Chests.  The tasks that you can complete will depend on your Level, which is another reason to level up as quickly as possible.  Finally, the time-restricted Quests usually have two special Mission Gift Boxes as Rewards and these will contain specific Farm Aids.  Other Gift Boxes contain RANDOM items that include Farm Aids.

Once again, by joining a good group like my Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group, you have an instant opportunity to add over 100 Neighbours who all are active players.  Visiting Neighbours on a daily basis is the quickest way not only to increase your Level but to obtain Gift Boxes and earn extra Coins.

Why are Farm Aids so important now?  Well, when a Quest has a time limit, the ability to speed the growth of Crops and Tree Harvests as well as being able to use OP in Batch Production to collect products from Machines and Animals automatically can make a tremendous difference.  You still can do it all the old-fashioned way and wait for a Crop that takes 20 hours to mature to mature naturally but it can be daunting.  If you can plant a Crop and harvest it instantly, you then can replant...

Of course, it becomes tempting to use Farm Aids on a constant basis, but that can prove expensive in real money.  What I do ordinarily is collect Gift Boxes and then keep them in my Gift Box unopened until needed for a time-restricted Quest.  I do this with Power and OP that is in my Gift Box as well.

When should you purchase RC?
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One question that new players often ask is when to spend real money and when to spend RC (premium cash in the game).

Real money is used to purchase RC, Coins or special items offered during Sales.  Sale items usually cannot be obtained in any other way and seldom are offered more than once.  There are a few exceptions, but for the most part, if you want a specific item offered in a sale, you need to purchase it during the sale.

What are the advantages of purchasing sale items?  Well, these items usually if not always are cleanable Decorations with a sum of RC included in the deal and sometimes offered with a premium Tree and some Farm Aids.  When cleaned, they sometimes will yield a special item such as RC or Yellow Mystrons for a specific number of days before they begin to give out the usual Gift Boxes.  As previously indicated, Gift Boxes are extremely important now in this game.  You need to have cleanable Decorations on your Farm if possible as well as cleaning Neighbours' decorations as often as you can.

Unlocking Cleanable Decorations
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By the way, on the new Kindle farm, it appeared that one only begins to unlock the cleanable Decorations that give good Gift Boxes upon reaching Level 17.  At Level 17, I saw one could purchase the Clothes Drying Rack, the Christmas Candle, the Chinese Pavilion, the Panda Lantern, Market Stall, Swimming Pool, Willow and Mini Beach.  Of these, however, only the Market Stall yields the best Gift Box in the form of the Blue Gift Box.

Do be warned that Cleanable Decorations that can be purchased for Coins usually yield no more than Coins when cleaned...   Nonetheless, it is important to purchase and place these as soon as possible for two reasons: one is to be able to enter them in your Gallery by registering them and the second is to be able to earn Buddy Points when your Buddies visit you.  A section on the Buddy System is located at the end of this post.

Sale Offers and the Millionaire Cow
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Note that the amount of RC that you obtain in a sale offer will be less than the amount you would receive for the same price if you simply purchased RC.  The advantages of a sale offer are in the special Decoration and whatever other items are included in the offer.  You do need RC to survive.  You will earn 1 RC for each level that you reach in the game.  Sometimes you can receive RC for logging into the game and the fifth and final Achievement of any kind usually gives you 1 or 2 RC.  Collection Registrations in the Gallery and sometimes the Registration of a special item can give an RC Reward as well.  Finally, there is the Millionaire Cow that, when purchased yields 1 RC per day.  All of these have their own advantages to a serious player.  Most players, including myself, find the Millionaire Cow a wonderful method of recouping RC.

Skipping Tasks and purchasing Ingredients
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Your RC should be used judiciously, however.  Purchasing a missing ingredient for a Dish in the Kitchen is a bad use of 1 RC unless you have not reached the level where you can obtain it yourself otherwise.  Skipping a Task in a Mission is a poor use of RC unless you could not complete the Task because of your Level or any other reason.

Use of RC to complete Farm Expansions can be good or bad depending on the Task that you are skipping.  When your Farm is too small and crowded, you may be tempted to move forward by skipping an Expansion task.  That is your call, obviously.  If there is any way to amass the item required in a Task, it is better not to skip it.  A Level requirement usually is best met rather than skipped.  It is the Coin total requirement that sometimes may be worth skipping by paying RC if you are a fairly low level player, mainly because it is hard to earn Coins and you will need them for so many other purposes.  Better to buy all the Trees, Animals and Machines that you can, because they will be used again and again...

Cooking Stand Contests
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A very good way to earn Coins is by participating in the Cooking Stand Contests.  You do need to unlock the Building Plot that contains the Cooking Stand now and you must have a Kitchen.

Fishing
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Raising your Level is the key to unlocking new options, whether it is the Kitchen and Cooking, the Fishing Pier, the time-restricted Missions or access to the Island.  Unfortunately, the Island is a very expensive options and it requires a great deal of Level-raising and Mastery in order to be used with any degree of success.

Do not be too quick to use RC to skip Tasks to unlock new options such as the Island if you cannot afford to unlock any options there.  My Island Guide give the Level and the Mastery requirements as well as Tasks for every optiona and Island Expansion.  The Garden there as well as the Mine are linked to specific Expansions.  I think where the Island is concerned, patience is the key unless you wish to spend a great deal of real money on this.

As far as the time-restricted Missions are concerned, they now are divided between Seaside Tasks and Island Tasks.  You can complete half of the Quest sequence without having access to the Island. The second half of any time-restricted Quest now has a Level requirement attached to it as well.  I believe it only is unlocked either at Level 26 or Level 28.

Mystery Shops
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One point should be mentioned here.  The Mystery Shop has given players the hope of obtaining Decorations that were the Rewards for Missions from the past.  There are five different Mystery Shops now: a Coin Shop, a Yellow Mystron Shop, a Purple Mystron Shop, a Blue Mystron Shop and a Red Mystron Shop.  Even in the Coin Shop, you often can purchase items you have not unlocked yet, so access it and use it!  The Yellow Mystron Shop allows you to purchase some Decorations that are not available in the regular Market.  It is the Blue Mystron Shop that allows you to purchase the very special Decorations that were given as Rewards in past Missions but you need to complete the entire Reward Path for the Daily Order Board, earning all the special Sheep, before you will begin to earn Blue Mystrons.  Even then, one earns only 1 Blue Mystron for each Order filled, so it is a slow process!  Again, patience is the key here...

Selling Items from your Barn
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Should you sell as much as possible from your Barn?  My answer is in the negative now, because so many items are needed to complete the Daily Order Board orders, Recipes and so on.  Wait until a Task or Order requests the item before you sell it!  The best way to earn Coins is by visiting Neighbours and completing Quests really.

Buddy System
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Recently, a number of new options were added to the game.  One of these is the Buddy System.  This allows you basically to have up to 15 Neighbours as special friends who visit daily to perform the ordinary actions of fertilising/harvesting, cleaning any Decoration and eating at your Cooking Stand if a dish is available.  Beyond that, though, advancing to Level 1 in the Buddy System with even one Buddy will allow you to purchase, plant and grow a Buddy Tree.  Special 'heart' actions are performed on these trees to upgrade them and each 'Heart' action is worth Buddy Points as well.  When the tree is upgraded, the Buddies who helped will obtain a special Reward.  At level 2, you will have access to your Buddy's Share Box, another new option.

The Share Box is linked to the new Lucky Wheel which is a second Wheel that you can spin.  Unlke the first Wheel that can be spun at no cost on a daily basis, the Lucky Wheel requires Lucky Tokens.  The Rewards, however, can include Decorations that are no longer available in the Market as well as premium Trees, farm aids and even RC.  Apart from the Decorations, all other items are sold at discounted prices.  When a player obtains one of the items that can be shared, he/she can buy it or share it into the 'Share Box'.  This is accessible only to Buddies at Level 2 or higher.

Primarily, the Buddy System is designed to give you at least 15 visits per day, if you have the maximum number of Buddies.  Here, it is most important to have cleanable Decorations on your farm as even one that gives Coins delivers the same number of Buddy Points as one that gives a Blue Box. You need to make certain that you have crops on your plots, even if they are ready for harvest, because, once again, a Crop that is mature gives the same number of Buddy Points as one that can be fertilised.  What gives NO rewards is an empty plot.

I do not know how helpful this post is, but I was disconcerted by the difficulty that new players now face in this game unless they are willing to spend a fair amount of money.  Neighbours really do help here and that is why I have formed the Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group.

Another post about starting a new farm can be found here:

Starting a New Farm

Quick Reference Guide to Seaside Items Needed on Island and Uses of Island Items

This information is included in my General Guide for the Island but I felt it might be helpful if farmers had a quick reference guide for items that need to be transported from the Seaside Farm early in Island gameplay.  You will find my General Guide for the Island at:

Family Farm Seaside Island Guide

In this post, you will find a section as well giving the uses for Island Crops, Trees and Animals.

Seaside Items Needed for Island Machines
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You can begin to collect Seaside Items on the Island even before you are able to use them in the Island Machines.  As Zeppelins are limited and transport of Items always takes time, it is good to know which Items you will need in the future.

As a general rule, there are two Items that should be transported regularly, at least until you have earned 3 Star Mastery of the Pie Machine and Yogurt Machine.  These are Honey and Goat Milk, required ingredients in these Machines.  Honey is required to make any type of Pie and any type of Yogurt and Goat Milk is required to make any type of Yogurt.

The following Items will be needed on the Island in Machine Production to complete Missions in the early stages of Island gameplay:

Honey  (use in Pie Machine and in Yogurt Machine)
Wool (use in Loom and Spinning Machine)
Cotton (use in Loom)
Lavender (use in Essential Oil Machine)
Red Rose (use in Essential Oil Machine)
Blue Rose (use in Essential Oil Machine)
Love Fruit (use in Pie Machine)
Goat Milk (use in Yogurt Machine)
Grapes (use in Dehydrator)
Peacock Feathers  (use in Hat Machine)
Goose Feathers (Use in Hat Machine)

Note that some of these Items, like Honey and Goat Milk, are necessary ingredients if you wish to use the Machine at all and that others, like the Lavender and Love Fruit, are used to make particular types of Items in an Island Machine.  There are other Items that are used in Island Machines that may not be involved in early Quests but which must be transported from the Seaside Farm in order to be used in Island Machines.  Many ARE required for advanced Missions.  These include the following:

Daisy (use in Essential Oil Machine)
Tulip  (use in Essential Oil Machine)
Lily (use in Essential Oil Machine and in Flower Basket Machine)
Sunflower (use in Essential Oil Machine)
White Rose (use in Flower Basket Machine)
Jasmine (use in Flower Basket Machine)
Pink Rose (use in Flower Basket Machine)
Angora Hair (ise in Loom)
Alpaca Hair (use in Loom)
Horse Hair (use in Loom and in Hat Machine)
Jackfruit (use in Dehydrator and Flavoured Bread Machine)
Strawberry (use in Pie Machine, Dehydrator and Flavoured Bread Machine)
Lemon (use in Dehydrator)
Banana (use in Pie Machine and in Dehydrator)
PIneapple (use in Yogurt)
Apricot (use in Pie Machine)
Blueberry (use in Pie Machine and use in Yogurt)
Chocolate (use in Pie Machine and Yogurt Machine)
Peach (use in Pie Machine and in Yogurt Machine)
Pear (use in Pie Machine)
Pumpkin (use in Pie Machine)
Watermelon (use in Yogurt Machine
Peacock Feathers (use in Hat Machine)
Katchup (use in Hot Dog Machine)
Beef Salami (use in Hot Dog Machine)
Pork Sausage (use in Hot Dog Machine)
Venison Sausage (use in Hot Dog Machine)
Peacock Feathers (use in Hat Machine)
Goose Feathers (use in Hat Machine)
Ostrich Feathers (use in Hat Machine)

Items Needed for Expansions:
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You will need large quantities of specific Items to complete required Tasks for Island Expansions.  Here are all of the Items you will need to complete all current Island Expansions:

15 Mohair Yarn
  Feed Alfalfa to the Angora Goat, then process the Mohair in the Spinning Machine
10 Wooden Cylinders
  Harvest Oak Tree for Oak Wood, then process in the Sawmill
30 Cassava Flour
  Harvest Cassava, then process in Watermill
50 Linen
  Harvest Flax, then process in Loom
50 Angora Hair Yarn
  Feed Carrots to Angora Rabbit on Seaside Farm, transport Angora Hair to Island, then process in Spinning Machine
75 Woolen Cloth
  Feed Wheat to any Seaside Sheep, transport to Island, then process in Loom (need 1 Star Mastery)
20 Wooden Planks
  Harvest Cedar Tree for Cedar Wood, then process in the Sawmill
40 Camomile Aroma Bottles
  Harvest Camomile, craft Wooden Aroma Bottles in the Workshop using Wool Yarn (x 2) and Cedar Wood, transport both Camomile and Wooden Aroma Bottles to the Seaside, craft Camomile Aroma Bottles in Beauty Shop, then transport finished Camomile Aroma Bottles back to the Island (Each Camomile Aroma Bottle is made using 1 Wooden Aroma Bottle, 1 Camomile Essential Oil and 1 Distilled Water, harvested from Water Fountain or requested from neighbours)
150 Love Fruit Pies
  Transport Love Fruit and Honey to the Island and make Love Fruit Pies in the Pie Machine using Love Fruit, Cassava Flour (made in Watermill) and Honey
300 Raisins
  Transport Grapes from the Seaside Farm and process them in the Dehydrator
300 Peacock Hats
  Transport Peacock Feathers from the Seaside, feed Camel Cactus to produce Camel Hair and make Peacock Hats in the Hat Machine using Camel Hair and Peacock Feathers
500 Zucchini Bread
  Harvest Zucchini, make Dried Zucchini in the Dehydrator, harvest Chestnuts from the Chestnut Tree and process in Watermill to make Chestnut Flour, then add Chestnut Flour and Dried Zucchini to the Flavoured Bread Machine
500 Violet Essential Oil
  Harvest Violets and process in the Essential Oil Machine (requires 3 Star Mastery)
200 Strawberry Pies
  Transport Strawberries from Seaside, then make Strawberry Pies in the Pie Machine using Strawberries, Honey and Cassava Flour (process Cassava in the Watermill)  (Strawberry Pies require 3 Star Mastery to make in the Pie Machine
220 Make-Up Boxes
  Transport Starfish Mirros from Seaside and craft Make-up Boxes using Wooden Plank made in the Sawmill from Cedar Wood and Starfish Mirror (Each Starfish Mirror requires 2 Lavender Bouquets made with Lavender in the Flower Packing Machine, 1 Dried Starfish made by processing Starfish in the Seafood House and 1 Glass, a Free Gift)
60 Coral Dressing Tables
  Transport Coral Rose Mirrors from the Seaside and craft Coral Bressing Tables in the Workshop using Coral Rose Mirror and Wooden Panel made in the Sawmill using Red Sandalwood cut from the Red Sanders Tree (Each Coral Rose Mirror is made using 2 Red Rose Bouquets made with Red Rose in the Flower Packing Machine, 1 Polished Coral Twig, a Bonus item from Coral processed in the Seafood House, and 1 Glass, a Free Gift)
800 Stetsons
  Feed Carrots to Horse on Seaside Farm, transport Horse Hair to the Island and craft Stetsons in the Hat Machine using Horse Hair (requires 3 Star Mastery)

There is no doubt that many of the Seaside Items will be required again and again for Missions at some point and could be included in Helicopter Orders at ANY point in time.

Note that your ability to use any Ingredient will depend upon your Mastery Level of the Machine you are using.  It would be practical therefore to transport the ingredients that require the least Mastery first and only transport those that require 3 Star Mastery later.

Honey, being a required ingredient in two Machines that you will obtain early in your Island progress, should be transported as often as possible.  I sometimes prefer to transport a small amount frequently instead of loading the zeppelin with a large amount, simply because that gives me more options.  When a zeppelin is on a 24 hour trip, for example, you will be unable to use it until that time period has elapsed, where a zeppelin that is on a transport trip that will take only a couple of hours will be free to transport something else after that time period.

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Materials to Build Machines on Island
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Unlike some of the Machines you buy on the original Seaside Farm, almost ALL the Machines you buy or obtain through Farm Expansions on the Island will be incomplete.  Each will have its own specific Materials List.  In almost every case, one of the Materials can be requested from your Neighbours but the others must be made in the Hardware Store.  Even the Machines that require RC to purchase will be incomplete upon purchase and you will find that the number of Materials needed is significant.  You will need some of the same Materials if you wish to build new Zeppelins as well.


Although you can own more than one of every type of Machine or Building on the Island, the Hardware Store is one of the very few where I feel the farmer truly benefits from owning two.   Even the Machines that are available initially requires quite a few Nails, Lag Bolts and Nuts.  For example, to build a Loom, you will need the following Materials:

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Loom Materials List
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5 Warp Beams  (Request from Neighbour or buy for 1 RC each)
5 Lag Bolts  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
3 Nails  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
20 Nuts (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)

For a second Loom, you will pay 12 RC and need the same materials to complete it.

This is nothing compared to the Materials List for some of the Machines.  Furthermore, the Materials that you craft in your Hardware Store can be sold for a fair amount of Coin if you transport them to the Seaside Farm, although personally I think you should ssve them all for use in building projects.

Here are some more Materials Lists:

Watermill:  20000 Coins

Roof Tile x 3 (Request from Neighbours or pay 1 RC for each)
Nut x 3 (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)


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Pie Machine Materials List
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The Pie Machine will be unfinished when purchased and will require the following materials:

Feed Tray:x 5 (Request from Neighbours or pay 1 RC for each)
Lag Bolt x 8 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Nail x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Nut x 25 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)

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Essential Oils Machine Materials List
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When you have unlocked the 4th Island Expansion, you will find an unfinished Essential Oil Machine on the land.

To build it, you will need:

Pump x 10 (Request from Neighbour or pay 1 RC each)
Lag Bolt x 10  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
Nail x 10  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
Wrench x 3  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)

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Yogurt Machine Materials
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At 900 Dev Points, you will be able to buy your first Yogurt Machine for 100000 Coins.  The Yoghurt Machine will be incomplete and you will need the following to complete it:

Tap x 10  (Request from Neighbour or pay 1 RC for each)
Nail x 10  (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
Lag Bolt x 20  (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
Wrench x 4  (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)

Or complete instantly for 43 RC


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Hot Dog Machine Materials
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With 1050 Dev Points and 12 RC, you can purchase your first Hot Dog Machine.  It will be unfinished and will require the following Materials:

Black Wheel x 20  (Request from Neighbour or buy for 1 RC each)
Nail x 15 (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
Lag Bolt x 20  (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
Wrench x 6  (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)

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Flavoured Bread Machine Materials
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Mixing Basin x 25  (Request from Neighbours or buy for 1 RC each)
Nail x 20 (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
Wrench x 10 (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
Screwdriver x 2 (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)


In many cases, such as the Zeppelin project, you will find that you need MORE Materials when you attempt to build another one.

Zeppelin Materials List
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Here are Zeppelin Material requirements:

You will begin with two Zeppelins.  To add a third, you must build it or pay a total of 99 RC to skip the requirements for materials.  Materials are:

20 Rope  (Request from Neighbours as Free Gift or pay 1 RC each)
25 Nuts ( Craft or pay 1 RC each)
25 Lag Bolts (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
25 Nails (Craft or pay 1 RC each)


Whjen you have completed the third zeppelin, you will be able to build another using the following Materials:

Rope x 35 (Request from Neigbhours or pay 1 RC for each)
Nail x 50  (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Lag Bolt x 50 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Cart x 2 (2 RC each)

Skip all for instant completion with 139 RC

When the 4th Zeppelin is complete, you will have the option to build a fifth as follows:

Rope x 50 (Request from Neighbours or pay 1 RC for each)
Wrench x 40 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Nail x 50 (Craft or pay 1 RC for each)
Zeppelin Shell Cloth x 2 (6 RC each)

Note that you will be unable to craft some of the Items, such as the Wrench, until you have gained Dev Points on the Island.

Hardware Store Crafting
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Here is a list of the Materials you can make in the Hardware Store with the value and price of each:

Crosscut Saw: 0 Coins
  Cost of crafting: 25 Coins

Nut: 110 Coins
  Cost of crafting: 100 Coins

Lag Bolt: 675 Coins
  Cost of crafting: 650 Coins
  5 Minutes to complete

Nail: 1256 Coins
  Cost of crafting: 1200 Coins
  12 Minutes to complete

Wrench: 7220 Coins
  Cost of crafting: 7000 Coins
  1 Hour to complete

Screwdriver: 13800 Coins
  Cost of crafting:

Tip:  If you decide that you wish to buy some of the Materials needed to complete a Machine or Building project, buy the ones that have the greatest Coin price and take the longest to complete.  After all, if each Material costs 1 RC, it is better to obtain the most for your premium cash!  In other words, if Wrenches are needed, those are the Materials you should buy with RC instead of paying RC to buy Nails!  The more expensive the Material, the longer it takes to craft as well, providing another reason to use your RC to purchase the most expensive Materials.

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Uses for Island Items
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There is a list of Items and their Values in my General Island Guide as well as a Page on my original Family Farm Seaside site, but I thought it might be helpful to make a List of Island Items with their Uses here.

Island Crops and their Uses
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Alfalfa:  Feed to Angora Goat to produce Mohair.   Mohair is used in the Spinning Machine to produce Mohair Yarn.

Flax:  Use in Loom to produce Linen.

Cassava:  Use in Watermill to produce Cassava Flour.  Cassave Flour is one of the three required Ingredients in any Pie made in the Pie Machine.

Cranberry:  Use in Pie Machine to make Cranberry Pie, in Yogurt Machine to produce Cranberry Yogurt and in Dehydrator to produce Dried Cranberry.

Cactus:  Feed to Camel to produce Camel Hair.  Use in Spinning Machine to produce Camel Hair Yarn.

Camomile:  Use in Essential Oil Machine to produce Camomile Essential Oil.

Barley:  Use in Watermill to produce Barley Flour.  Barley Flour is a required ingredient in any Hot Dog produced by the Hot Dog Machine.

Garlic:  Use Garlic in the Flavoured Bread Machine to produce Garlic Bread.

Honeysuckle:  Use Honeysuckle in the Essential Oil Machine to produce Honeysuckle Essential Oil.

Zucchini:  Use Zucchini in the Dehydrator to produce Dried Zucchini.  Dried Zucchini is used in the Flavoured Bread Machine to produce Zucchini Bread.

Kiwi:  Use Kiwi Fruit in the Yogurt Machine to produce Kiwi Yogurt and in the Dehydrator to produce Dried Kiwi.  Dried Kiwi is used in the Flavoured Bread Machine to produce Kiwi Fruit Bread.

Wild Wheat:  Process Wild Wheat in the Watermill to produce High Gluten Flour.

Island Trees and their Uses
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Fruit Trees
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Chestnuts:  Chestnuts are harvested from the Chestnut Tree.  Use in the Watermill to produce Chestnut Flour.  Chestnut Flour is a required ingredient in any Bread made in the Flavoured Bread Machine.

Tea Tree Leaf:  Tea Tree Leaves are harvested from the Tea Tree.  Use in the Essential Oil Machine to produce Tea Tree Essential Oil.

Bamboo Shoot:  Bamboo Shoots are harvested from the Bamboo Tree.   Feed to the Panda to produce Baskets.

Morus Leaf:  Morus Leaf is harvested from the Morus Tree.

Wood Trees:
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Oak Wood:  Harvest Oak Wood from the Oak Tree.  Oak Wood can be made into Wooden Cylinders in the Sawmill.  Both Oak Wood and Wooden Cylinders are used in the Workshop to craft items.

Cedar Wood: Harvest Cedar Wood from the Cedar Tree.  Cedar Wood can be made into Wooden Planks in the Sawmill.  Both Cedar Wood and Wooden Planks can be used in the Workshop to craft items.

Red Sandalwood:  Harvest Red Sandalwood from the Red Sanders Tree.  Red Sandalwood can be made into Wooden Panels in the Sawmill.  Use both Red Sandalwood and Wooden Panels in the Workshop to craft items.

Animal Products:
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Angora Hair:  Angora Hair is produced by the Angora Goat when it is fed Alfalfa.  Use Angora Hair in the Spnning Machine to produce Angora Hair Yarn.

Camel Hair:  Camel Hair is produced by the Camel whe it is fed Cactus.  Use Camel Hair in the Spinning Machine to produce Camel Hair Yarn and as the primary ingredient in the Hat Machine to make any type of Hat.

Bamboo Basket: Bamboo Baskets are produced by the Panda when it is fed Bamboo Shoot and is the primary ingredient in the Flower Basket Machine to produce any type of Flower Basket.

Natural Silk:  Natural Silk is produced by the Silkworm Home.

All Island Machine Ingredients
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If you are wondering where to find the Items used in any of the Island Machines, this section should be extremely useful.  Some of the information is repeated in other sections of the guide, but it is here that you will discover whether an Item is made on the Seaside Farm and therefore must be transported by zeppelin before it can be used in the Machine or whather it is a 'native' Island Item.

The Machines that can be built on the Island use both Seaside Items and Island Items to make products.  I am including ALL Items in this list.

Watermill Products:
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The Watermill is a single ingredient Machine that produces the following types of Flour:

Cassave Flour: 163 Coins
  Dassava is an Island Crop.

Chestnut Flour: 40 Coins
  Chestnut is harvested from the Chestnut Tree, an Island Tree.

Barley Flour: 128 Coins
  Barley is an Island Crop.

High Gluten Flour: 186 Coins
  Wild Wheat is an Island Crop.


Spinning Machine Products:
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The Spinning Machine is a single-ingredient Machine.

Mohair Yarn: 47 Coins
  The Angora Goat, an Island Animal, produces Mohair when fed Alfalfa.

Angora Hair Yarn: 101 Coins
  The Angora Rabbit, a Seaside Animal, produces Angora Hair when fed Carrots.

Wool Yarn: 67 Coins
  Any Sheep, Seaside Animals, will produce Wool when fed Wheat.

Camel Hair Yarn: 65 Coins
  The Camel, an Island Animal, will produce Camel Hair when fed Cactus.

Alpaca Hair Yarn: 208 Coins
  The White Alpaca, a Seaside Animal, will produce Alpaca Hair when fed Green Lettuce.

Horse Hair Yarn: 115 Coins
  The Horse, a Seaside Animal, will produce Horse Hair when fed Carrot.

Loom Products:
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Linen: 78 Coins
  Flax, an Island Crop, is used to produce Linen.

Wool Cloth: 68 Coins
  Wool, the product of any Sheep, a Seaside Animal, is used to produce Wool Cloth.  Feed any Sheep Wheat to produce Wool.

Cotton Cloth: 278 Coins
  Cotton, a Seaside Crop, yields Cotton Boll when harvested.  Cotton takes 6 hours to mature.

Silk: 53 Coins
  Natural Silk is the product of the Silkworm Home, an Island 'Animal'.

Pie Machine Products:
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The Pie Machine is a three-ingredient Machine.  The two primary ingredients that are used in every sort of Pie are Barley Flour, produced when Barley, an Island Crop is used in the Watermill, and Honey, a Seaside Item, produced when Bees a Seaside Animal, pollinate Crops of various types.  The primary Crop that produces Honey when pollinated is Clover.
It is the third ingredient that determines the type of Pie that is made.

Cranberry Pie: 323 Coins
  Cranberry is an Island Crop that takes 6 hours to mature.

Love Fruit Pie: 423 Coins
  Love Fruit is a Seaside Crop that takes 20 hours to mature.

Apricot Pie: 237 Coins
  Apricot is harvested from Apricot Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 16 hours.

Chocolate Pie: 224 Coins
  Chocolate is harvested either from the Chocolate Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 12 Hours or from the Chocolate Dragon, a Seaside Collectable.

Blueberry Pie: 288 Coins
  Blueberry is a Seaside Crop that takes 3 hours to mature.  You can request Blueberries as a Free Gift from Neighbours as well.

Banana Pie: 238 Coins
  Banana is harvested from the Banana Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 22 Hours.

Peach Pie: 228 Coins
  Peach is harvested from the Peach Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 24 Hours.

Pear Pie: 196 Coins
  Pear is harvested from the Pear Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 4 hours.

Strawberry Pie: 410 Coins
  Strawberry is a Seaside Crop that takes 9 hours to mature.

Pumpkin Pie: 505 Coins
  Pumpkin is a Seaside Crop that takes 15 hours to mature.

Essential Oil Machine Products
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The Essential Oil Machine is a single ingredient Machine that produces the following:

Tea Tree Essential Oil: 32 Coins
  Tea Tree Leaf is harvested from the Tea Tree, an Island Fruit Tree, every 4 hours.

Lavender Essential Oil:  59 Coins
  Lavender is a Seaside Crop that takes 2 hours to mature.

Daisy Essential Oil: 41 Coins
  Daisy is a Seaside Crop that takes 6 hours to mature.

Camomile Essential Oil: 272 Coins
  Camomile is an Island Crop

Red Rose Essential Oil:  53 Coins
  Red Rose is a Seaside Crop that takes 4 hours to mature.

Blue Rose Essential Oil: 151 Coins
  Blue Rose is a Seaside Crop that takes 12 hours to mature.

Honeysuckle Essential Oil: 103 Coins
  Honeysuckle is an Island Crop that takes 40 minutes to mature.

Tulip Essential Oil: 145 Coins
  Tulip is a Seaside Crop that takes 22 hours to mature.

Lily Essential Oil: 328 Coins
  Lily is a Seaside Crop that takes 10 hours to mature.

Violet Essential Oil: 603 Coins

Sunflower Essential Oil: 373 Coins
  Sunflower is a Seaside Crop that takes 20 hours to mature.

Dehydrator Products
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The Dehydrator is a single ingredient machine.  Its products are used primarily in the Flavoured Bread Machine.  The Dehydrator will produce the following:

Dried Cranberry: 144 Coins
  Cranberry is an Island Crop that takes 6 hours to mature.

Dried Raisins: 74 Coins
  Raisins are produced from Grapes, a Seaside Crop that takes 6 hours to mature.

Dried Zucchini: 308 Coins
  Requires 1 Star Mastery
  Use Zucchini, an Island Crop that takes 4 Hours to mature, to produce Dried Zucchini.

Dried Jackfruit: 34 Coins
  Requires 1 Star Mastery
  Jackfruit is harvested from the Jackfruit Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 10 hours.

Dried Kiwi Fruit: 417 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Use Kiwi, an Island Crop, to produce Dried Kiwi Fruit.

Dried Lemon: 38 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Lemon is harvested from the Lemon Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 10 Hours.

Dried Strawberry: 222 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Strawberry is a Seaside Crop that takes 9 hours to mature.

Dried Pineberry: 513 Coins
  Requires 3 Star Mastery
  Pineberry is an Island Crop.

Dried Banana: 43 Coins
  Requires 3 Star Mastery
  Banana is harvested from the Banana Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 22 Hours.

Yogurt Machine Products
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The Yogurt Machine is a three ingredient Machine.  The two ingredients that never change are Honey and Goat Milk.  Goat Milk is produced by the Goat, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Pasture.  Honey is produced by Beehives, a Seaside 'Animal' when they polinate specific Crops, primarily Clover.  Honey can be requested as a Free Gift as well.  It is the third ingredient that determines the type of Yogurt produced.

Cranberry Yogurt: 184 Coins
  Cranberry is an Island Crop.

Pineapple Yogurt: 257 Coins
  Pineapple is a Seaside Crop that takes 1 Hour to mature.

Blueberry Yogurt: 141 Coins
  Blueberry is a Seaside Crop that takes 3 hours to mature.  Blueberry can be requested as a Free Gift as well.

Raisin Yogurt: 124 Coins
  Requires 1 Star Mastery
  Raisins are produced by Grapes, a Seaside Crop, that takes 6 hours to mature, when processed in the Dehydrator.

Chocolate Yogurt: 74 Coins
  Requires 1 Star Mastery
  Chocolate is harvested from the Chocolate Tree, a Seaside Tree or from the Chocolate Dragon, a Seaside Collectable.

Blackberry Yogurt: 185 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Blackberry is a Seaside Crop that takes 6 hours to mature.

Kiwi Yogurt: 447 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Kiwi is an Island Crop.

Peach Yogurt: 88 Coins
  Requires 3 Star Mastery
  Paach is harvested from the Peach Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 24 hours.

Watermelon Yogurt: 329 Coins
  Requires 3 Star Mastery
  Watermelon is a Seaside Crop that takes 10 hours to mature.

Hot Dog Machine Products
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The Hot Dog Machine is a three-ingredient Machine.  Barley Flour and Ketchup are the two ingredients that never change.  It is the third ingredient that determines the type of Hot Dog made. Barley Flour is an Island Crop.  Ketchup is made in a Sauce Machine, a Seaside Machine, using Tomato, a Seaside Crop.  Any Meat used to make a Hotdog must be processed first in the Salami Machine, a Seaside Machine.

Beef Hotdog: 238 Coins
  Beef is produced by Limousin Cattle, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Pasture.  Process it in the Salami Machine to make Beef Salami.

Turkey Hotdog: 441 Coins
  Requires 1 Star Mastery
  Turkey is produced by a White Turkey, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Rice.  Process it in the Salami Machine to make Turkey Sausage.

Pork Hotdog: 432 Coins
  Requires 2 Star Mastery
  Pork is produced by a Pig, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Sweet Potato.  Process it in the Salami Machine to make Pork Sausage.

Venison Hotdog: 727 Coins
  Requires 3 Star Mastery
  Venison Steak is produced by a Deer, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Bean.  Process it in the Salami Machine to make Venison Sausage.


Flavoured Bread Machine Products
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The Flavoured Bread Machine is a two-ingredient Machine.  The primary ingredient is Chestnut Flour.  It is the second Ingredient, often produced in the Dehydrator that determines the type of Bread that is made.

Dried Cranberry Bread: 211 Coins
  Dried Cranberry is produced in the Dehydrator, an Island Machine, using Cranberry, an Island Crop.

Raisin Bread: 139 Coins
  Raisin is the product of Grape, a Seaside Crop, when it is processed in the Dehydrator.

Zucchini Bread: 400 Coins
  Dried Zucchini is produced in the Dehydrator using Zucchini, an Island Crop.

Jackfruit Bread: 45 Coins
  Dried Jackfruit is the product of the Jackfruit, harvested from the Jackfruit Tree, a Seaside Tree, when it is processed in the Dehydrator.

Garlic Bread: 171 Coins
  Garlic is an Island Crop that takes 9 hours to mature.

Kiwi Fruit Bread: 525 Coins
  Dried Kiwi is produced in the Dehydrator using Kiwi, an Island Crop.

Strawberry Bread: 320 Coins
  Dried Strawberry is the product of Strawberry, a Seaside Crop, when it is processed in the Dehydrator.

Pineberry Bread: 635 Coins
  Dried Pineberry is produced in the Dehydrator using Pineberry, an Island Crop.

Cinnamon Bread: 122 Coins
  Cinnamon is harvested from the Cinnamon Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 14 hours.

Tea Master Products
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The Tea Master is one of the more advanced Machines, even though you can obtain one by completing an expansion even when you have not earned sufficient Dev Points on the Island.  It is a two-ingredient Machine.  The primary ingredient used to make every type of Tea is Tea Plant, an Island Crop.  Note that this is quite different from the Tea Leaf produced by the Tea Tree!  It is the second ingredient that determines the type of Tea that is made.

Minty Morocco: 284 Coins
  Mint is an Island Crop.

Lemon Tea: 100 Coins
  Lemon is harvested from the Lemon Tree, a Seaside Tree.

Maple Tea: 91 Coins
  Maple Sugar is made with Maple Syrup, harvested from the Maple Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 9 hours, then processed in the Sugar Machine, a Seaside Machine.

Cranberry Tea: 210 Coins
  Cranberry is an Island Crop.

Camomile Tea: 321 Coins
  Camomile is an Island Crop.

Elderberry Tea: 88 Coins
 Elderberry is harvested from the Elderberry Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 8 Hours.

Ice Tea: 95 Coins
  Ice Cube is harvested from the Ice Tree, a Seaside Tree, every 10 Hours, or is produced by the Ice Dolphin, a Seaside Collectable.

Honeysuckle Tea: 156 Coins
  Honeysuckle is an Island Crop.

Flower Basket Machine Products
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Camomile Basket: 328 Coins
  Camomile is an Island Crop.

Lily Basket: 376 Coins
  Lily is a Seaside Crop that takes 10 hours to mature.

White Rose Basket: 147 Coins
  White Rose is a Seaside Crop that takes 4 hours to mature.

Honeysuckle Basket: 175 Coins
  Honeysuckle is an Island Crop.

Jasmine Basket: 107 Coins
  Jasmine is harvested from the Jasmine Bush, a Seaside Tree, every 10 hours.

Violet Basket: 642 Coins
  Violet is an Island Crop.

Pink Rose Bouquet: 276 Coins
  Pink Rose is a Seaside Crop that takes 8 hours to mature.

Hat Machine Products
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The Hat Machine is a two-ingredient Machine.  The primary ingredient is Camel Hair, produced by the Camel, an Island Animal, when it is fed Cactus.

Peacock Hat: 226 Coins
  Peacock Feathers are produced by the Peacock, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Rice.

Goose Hat: 128 Coins
  Goose Feather is produced by the Goose, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Lotus Flower.

Ostrich Hat: 123 Coins
  Ostrich Feather is produced by the Black Ostrich, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Daisy.

Stetson Hat: 197 Coins
  Horse Hair is produced by the Horse, a Seaside Animal, when it is fed Carrot.

Hardware Store Products
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Crosscut Saw: 0 Coins
Nut: 110 Coins
Lag Bolt: 675 Coins
Nail: 1256 Coins
Wrench: 7220 Coins
Screwdriver: 13800 Coins
Copper Ingot: 1458 Coins
Iron Ingot: 2155 Coins
Silver Ingot: 3655 Coins
Gold Ingot: 7042 Coins
 Diamond: 11957 Coins


Glass Factory
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The new Glass Factory costs 10,000 Coins and is complete when purchased.  You can make the following:

Mirror: 4157 Coins
Ceramic Plate: 1636 Coins
Emerald Glass: 1526 Coins
Ruby Glass: 3606 Coins
Amethyst Glass: 6075 Coins
Golden Glass: 9194 Coins

Sawmill Products:
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Wooden Cylinder: 255 Coins
  Use Oak Wood from Oak Tree

Wooden Plank: 695 Coins
  Use Cedar Wood from Cedar Tree

Wooden Panel: 3962 Coins
  Use Red Sandalwood from Red Sanders Tree

Pickaxe: 1755 Coins
  Ingredients:  Wooden Cylinder x 2,
  Cost: 1185 Coins

Sawdust: 925 Coins
  Ingredients:  Oak Wood x 1, Cedar Wood x 1
  Cost: None

Workshop Products:
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Wooden Chair: 1745 Coins
  Ingredients:  Wooden Cylinder x 4, Wooden Plank

Scarecrow Toy: 779 Coins
  Ingredients:  Mohair Yarn x 2, Cedar Wood

Oil Painting Frame: 676 Coins
  Ingredients:  Linen x 2, Oak Wood x 2

Wood Aroma Bottle: 819 Coins
  Ingredients:  Wool Yarn x 2, Cedar Wood

Make-Up Box: 1090 Coins
  Ingredients:  Wooden Plank, Starfish Mirror

Coral Dressing Table:  4248 Coins
  Ingredients:  Coral Rose Mirror, Wooden Panel

Flower Table: 5602 Coins
  Ingredients: Wooden Cylinder x 6, Wooden Panel

Gunpowder: 1333 Coins
  Ingrdients:  Nitre x 1, Sawdust x 1
  Nitre is obtained from the Mine and Sawdust is crafted in the Sawmill.

Dynamite: 2768 Coins
  Ingredients:  Nitre x 2, Bamboo Shoot x 1
  Nitre is obtained from the Mine and Bamboo Shoot is harvested from the Bamboo Tree

Bomb: 3558 Coins
  Ingredients:  Gunpowder x 1, Iron Ingot x 1
  Gunpowder is crafted in the Workshop and Iron Ingot is crafted in the Hardware Store.

Barrel Bomb: 5401 Coins
  Ingredients:  Gunpowder x 1, Wooden Panel x 1
  Both ingredients are crafted in the Workshop

Stone Brick:2805 Coins
  INgredients:  Ceramic Plate x 1, Claystone x 2
  Ceramic Plate is made in the Hardware Store and Claystone is obtained from the Mine

Water Pipe: 3575 Coins
  Ingredients:  Lag Bolt x 2, Iron Ingot x 1
   Lag Bolt and Iron Ingot both are crafted in the Hardware Store

Grill: 33298 Coins
  Ingredients:  Copper Ingot x 15, Iron Ingot x 5

Cauldron: 58405 Coins
  Ingredients:  Nail x 25, Iron Ingot x 12
  Both ingredients are crafted in the Hardware Store

Cornerstone: 74763 Coins
  Ingredients:  Mirror x 8, Golden Glass x 3

Cornerstone (Silver): 55229 Coins
  Ingredients:  Silver Ingot x 5, Diamond x 3

Cornerstone (Diamond): 97569 Coins
  Ingredients:  Diamond x 8

Horn of a Unicorn: 118443 Coins
  Ingredients:  Diamond x 5, Gold Ingot x 8



The Cost of a 2nd Machine
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iIsland Machines have a limit as to how many you can own and the cost of a second Machine of any type, with the exception of the Yogurt Machine, is a premium RC price.  These Machines are unfinished as well and must be completed before they can be used.  Here is a list of the price of each Machine when purchased as a second Machine:


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Spinning Machine Materials List
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A second Spinning Machine will cost 12 RC.  A third will cost 20 RC.  They will be incomplete and each requires the following Materials:

5 Spinning Wheels (Request from Neighbours or buy for 1 RC each),
5 Lag Bolts (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)
20 Nuts (Craft or buy for 1 RC each)


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Loom Materials List
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A second Loom will cost 12 RC.  A third will cost 30 Rc.  They will be incomplete and both will require the following materials:

5 Warp Beams  (Request from Neighbour or buy for 1 RC each)
5 Lag Bolts  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
3 Nails  (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)
20 Nuts (Craft or purchase for 1 RC each)

Watermill: 15 RC

Pie Machine: 15 RC

Hat Machine: 12 RC

Flavoured Bread Machine: 10 RC

Tea Master: 12 RC

Yogurt Machine: 200000 Coins

Hotdog Machine: 20 RC


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Decorations in the Market
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With the release of the new Mining Option and the Glass Factory in mid-February of 2015, new Decorations were added to the Market that must be built using Materials one can craft.  These Decorations when purchased are incomplete obviously but completing one for the first time will earn the Farmer Dev Points.

Rabbit Plant Stand: 4 RC
  Cleanable

Panda Plant Stand:: 8 RC
  Cleanable

White Octopus: 4 RC
  Cleanable

Little Duck Parasol: 6 RC
  Cleanable

Little Round Table: 50000 Coins
  Cleanable

White Fish: 100000 Coins
  Cleanable

Deck Chair: 70000 Coins
  Cleanable

Sheep Plant Stand: 120000 Coins
  Cleanable

White Dolphin: 80000 Coins
  Cleanable
  Requires 3500 Dev Points

Cow Plant Stand: 120000 Coins
  Cleanable
  Requires 4200 Dev Points

Landmark Decorations
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Cranberry  Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 100 whe built for the first time

Cactus Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 120 when built for the first time

Flax Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time

Roast Spit: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
   Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time

Cauldron Fire: 500 Coins
 Unfinished
 Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time

Unicorn Child: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time

Unicorn Mother: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 250 when built for the first time

Unicorn Father: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 300 when built for the first time
 

Crafting the new Landmark Decorations
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Cranberry Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 100 whe built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Wooden Panel x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Silver Ingot x 1 (or pay 1 RC each)
  Emerald Glass x 2 (Craft in Glass Factory or pay 1 RC each)
  Ruby Glass x 1 (Craft in Glass Factory or pay 1 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 5 RC

  A Wooden Panel is made in the Sawmill using 1 Red Sandalwood.  It takes 30 minutes to complete.
  A Silver Ingot is made in the Hardware Store using Silver Ore.
  Emerald Glass is made in the Glass Factory using 1 Quartz and 12 Cactus.  It takes 20 minutes to complete.
  Ruby Glass is made in the Glass Factory using 1 Quartz and 20 Cranberries.  It takes 1 hour to complete.

Cactus Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 120 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Wooden Panel x 2 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Silver Ingot x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Emerald Glass x 3  (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Amethyst Glass x 1 (Craft of pay 1 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 7 RC

Flax Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Wooden Panel x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Silver Ingot x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
   Emerald Glass x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Golden Glass x 1 (Craft or pay 2 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 11 RC

Roast Spit: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
   Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Grill x 1: Craft or pay 10 RC)
  Wooden Plank x 3 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Claystone x 8 (1 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 21 RC

Cauldron Fire: 500 Coins
 Unfinished
 Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
 Materials List:
 Cauldron (Craft or pay 15 RC each)
 Wooden Plank x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
 Claystone x 20 (Pay 1 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 40 RC

Unicorn Child: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Stone Brick x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Water Pipe x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Cornerstone (Silver) x 1 (Craft or pay 5 RC each)
  Horn of a Unicorn (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 41 RC

Unicorn Mother: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 250 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Stone Brick x 12 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Water Pipe x 2 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Cornerstone (Diamond) x 1 (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
  Horn of a Unicorn x 1 (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 54 RC

Unicorn Father: 500 Coins
  Unfinished
  Increases Dev Points by 300 when built for the first time
  Materials List:
  Stone Brick x 20  (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Water Pipe x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
  Cornerstone (Gold)  Craft or pay 15 RC each)
  Horn of a Unicorn (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
  Complete instantly for 59 RC

Tanabata Festival Time-Restricted Quests

The Tanabata Festival Missions
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As usual, there are two different elements to the Tanabata Festival.  The first is a Collections Mission in the form of a Shaved Ice Stand, a special item that can be purchased in the Market for 500 Coins.  Place it on your Farm and then begin to collect FEstival Fans randomly from any Crop, Tree, Animal or Machine.

Shaved Ice Stand:  Collect Festival Fans from all kinds of crops, trees, animals and machines!

Can redeem the following with Festival Fans:

Festival Lantern
  Total: 50
Require 1 Festival Fan each, need these to upgrade your Shaved Ice Stall

Bamboo Decoration
  Total: 5
  The first costs 100 Fans and is a Decoration that is needed for the Tanabata Festival Quest.  The second costs 75 Fans, the third costs 50 Fans, the fourth 25 Fans and I believe the fifth and final Bamboo Decoration cost 15 Fans.  (Did not log it sadly!)

Sack of Bait  ( Each Sack contains 10 Bait)
  Total: 200
  The first costs 1 Fan, and the cost increases with each redemption.  The cost essentially doubles until you reach the cost of 50 Fans.

Power
  Total: 50
  The first costs 1 Fan, and the cost increases with each redemption.  From 1 Fan to 2 Fans, then 4 Fans, then 8 Fans, 16 Fans, doubling basically until the cost reaches 50 Fans.  It is rather expensive to redeem a single Power for 50 Fans, but what else will you do with your Fans at this point? 

Redeem one of each of these prizes to unlock the final Prize, which is a Syrup Dispenser
  The Syrup Dispenser requires 250 Fans.  It produces a random quantity of Syrup, from 3 to 5 Syrups every four hours. 

As is always the case, you can upgrade the Shaved Ice Stand.  At Level 5, you will receive 2 Festival Fans randomly from any Crop, Tree, Animal or Machine.

The other element in the Festival is a traditional Quest sequence.  Note that you will need both a Bamboo Decoration, one of the Prizes that can be redeemed with Festival Fans as well as the final Reward in the form of the Syrup Dispenser, in order to complete the Tanabata Festival Quest sequence.

Tanabata Festival Quests:
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Felicia:  Do you still remember my Japanese friend Yoshiko?  She's inviting me over to spend the summer holiday in Japan.  So let's finish our farm tasks and get ready to fly!

Tanabata Festival I
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Place a Shaved Ice Stall on your Farm
  Go to Store
  N.B.  The Shaved Ice Stall is the special Collections Mission building.  You can find it in the Special Category in the Market and it will cost 500 Coins.

Harvest 40 Oat
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 sacks of Cake Flour
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 10 XP

Felicia:  I wonder how the Japanese people spend their summer holidays.

Tanabata Festival II
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Felicia:  It's so hot here, but I'm happy to see Yoshiko again.  She says she will take me around to show me summer in Japan.  But before that,  let's get something to eat!

Prepare 10 Cherry Flan
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Cheese Salads
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 5 Plates of Wasabi Fried Mackerel
  Skip for 5 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 12 XP

Felicia:  That was some delicious food!  Now we can enjoy the summer festival!

Tanabata Festival III
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Felicia:  Yoshiko told me before that I have to visit the summer festival to experience the real Japanese summer.  There will be a lot of food and games!  But first, let's help her to finish her errands.

Complete Orders on Daily Order Board

Harvest 40 Cabbage
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Sweet Potatoes
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 12 XP

Felicia:  Yoshiko says we're going to have lots of fun at the festival!

Tanabata Festival IV
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Felicia:  The Japanese summer Festival celebrates Tanabata.  It's a story of a weaver girl and a cowherd who can only meet once a year.  I wonder what they do the rest of the year.  Let's put a bamboo decoration on our farm to celebrate this festival!

Place a Bamboo Decoration on your Farm
  (Redeem from Shaved Ice Stall for 100 Fans or purchase for 6 RC)

Produce 25 Lemon Cakes

Collect 20 Shaved Ice Cups from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 14 XP

Felicia:  This bamboo decoration looks beautiful!

Tanabata Festival V
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Felicia:  Actually,  Yoshiko wants to open a food stall at this festival.  Let's help her prepare some food that we can sell!

Harvest 6 Ice Cubes from Ice Tree
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 10 Candied Apples
  Skip for 10 RC

Fertilise Neighbours' Farms 40 Times
  Skip for 40 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 16 XP

Felicia:  We managed to sell all our food!  Now it's time to explore the festival.  I wonder what I will get to see.

Tanabata Festival VI
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Felicia:  The festival's parade will be starting soon, shall we get some refreshing drinks to keep us cool while watching?

Produce 20 Bowls of Lemon Ice Cream
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 6 Cups of Shaved Ice
  Skip for 6 RC
  N.B.  You will need a total of 6 Syrup to produce six Shaved Ice in the Kitchen.  If you have not been able to redeem the Syrup Dispenser but wish to continue without delay, purchase 6 Syrup for 1 RC each rather than skipping this step as you will need the Shaved Ice for another Recipe later.  Note that the product from the Syrup Dispenser takes 4 hours to produce and is a random amount varying from 3 to 5 ordinarily.

Produce 50 Glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 15 RC

Felicia:  The parade was amazing!  Every one was dancing and having fun!

Tanabata Festival VII
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Felicia:  The parade was a lot of fun, but let's continue exploring the festival.  I saw a fishing stall somewhere.  Let's try to find it and test our fishing skills!

Fish 10 times with Bone Fishhook
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 50 Steak Burgers
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 8 Smoked Butterfish
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 15 XP

Felicia:  I have to admit, Darryl is probably the better fisherman among the two of us.

Tanabata Festival VIII
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Felicia:  I hear there will be fireworks at the end of the festival!  I wonder if there's a good spot to watch it.  Oh, don't you think we need delicious snacks while watching the fireworks?

Prepare 6 Octopus Balls
  Skip for 6 RC

PRoduce 50 Bottles of Champagne
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 8 plates of Festival Food
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Felicia:  Fireworks in Japan are so beautiful and colourful.  I think Darryl would love to see it!

Tanabata Festival IX
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Felicia:  Yesterday's festival was so much fun, but now it's time to go home.  I want to make something special for Yoshiko as a thank you gift.  Can you help me?

Prepare 10 bowls of Japanese Fried Noodles
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 Japanese Pancakes
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 60 jars of Orange Jam
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Felicia:  I wonder if I managed to make the dish taste the same as the one at the festival.

Tanabata Festival X
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Felicia:  It's good to be home and Darryl was so jealous when I told him about the Tanabata festival.  He wants me to make all the good food I've tried in Japan for him now!  Are you up for the challenge?

Prepare 20 Japanese Pizzas
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 6 Jars of Nectar
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 60 Glasses of Cherry Juice
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 16 XP

Felicia:  I hope you enjoyed the Tanabata Festival as much as I did.  Happy Tanabata Festival! 

FINAL REWARD:  Festival Palanquin, a cleanable Decoration

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New Recipes are as follows:

Candied Apples:  39 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Apple x 2, Maple Syrup

Shaved Ice: 42 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Ice, Syrup

Festival Food: 99 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Candied Apples, Shaved Ice

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Japanese Fried Noodles:  639 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Soy Sauce, Soft Dough

Japanese Pancake: 504 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Cake Flour, Cabbage x 3

Japanese Pizza: 1194 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Japanese Fried Noodles, Japanese Pancake

Strategies for Mission
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The traditional Quest sequence is very much a Kitchen-oriented Quest.  It is a very good idea to make as many basic Recipes as possible in advance.  In this case,  Batter, Cake Flour and Soft Dough are particularly useful.  Nowadays, the more Cleanable Decorations that you have on your Farm, the better, as extra OP and Power can be found in the Gift Boxes.  As there are so many Cooked Dishes involved in the traditional Quest sequence, you will need extra Power if you do not wish to pay RC for more or wait for your supply to be replenished naturally over the course of time.

As for other Items, if you can make certain that you have sufficient Wheat Bread and Beef for the Steak Burgers as well as Chardonnay for the Champagne, you will give yourself an advantage.  Do not sell the Recipes made in earlier parts of the sequence or the Cabbage harvested for one of the early tasks.  You will find that these are needed later in the sequence.

As is usually the case, you will need some of the Rewards from the Collections Mission in order to complete the traditional Tanabata Quest sequence.  The Bamboo Decoration that can be redeeemed for 100 Festival Fans is needed for Tanabata Festival IV.  You will need a total of 8 Syrup from the Syrup Dispenser that is the final Reward redeemable for 250 Fans after unlocking it by redeeming one of each of the lesser prizes.  Six Syrup are needed for Tanabata Festival VI for the Shaved Ice Recipe and a further two Syrup to complete an order for 8 Festival Food in Tanabata Festival VIII.

If you wish to skip any tasks or take any shortcuts, you are better advised to purchase 8 Syrup rather than spending 6 RP to skip the task of making 6 Shaved Ice in Tanabata Festival VI.  You should have plenty of time to complete both the Collections Mission to redeem the final prize of the Syrup Dispenser and to complete the Tanabata Festival Quest sequence but if you are the sort of player who prefers to complete Quests/Missions as quickly as possible, spending a total of 8 RC on Syrup probably is the best solution.  You cannot purchase the Syrup Dispenser in the Market at this point, so you should continue to collect Fans until you have the necessary 250 to redeem the Syrup Dispenser, whether or not you do so before you complete the traditional Quest sequence.

Note as well that the Syrup Dispenser only produces Syrup every 4 Hours.  Even if you do redeem it by the time you reach Tanabata Festival VI, you will have to wait for it to produce.  It cannot be made to produce faster by using OP in the way that you can speed ordinary Machines.  It is not really a Machine but is rather considered a Collectable like the Herb Garden or the Spice Rack.  

It always is a good idea to upgrade your special building to Level 5 in any Collections Mission if you intend to obtain all the prizes.  You will find that the acquisition of 250 Fans is far easier once you are able to collect two Fans instead of one randomly from any Crop, Tree, Animal or Machine.  For some reason, I found this Collections Mission very slow until my Shaved Ice Stand was fully upgraded.  I do not know how long it would have taken to collect 250 Fans if I were not able to double the yield.

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The Legend of Tanabata
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The Tanabata Festival is an ancient stellar festival, based on a tale about the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi, represented by the stars Altair and Vega.  They are separated throughout the year by the Milky Way and meet only briefly on the seventh day of  the seventh lunar month of the year.

The Tanabata is based  partly on a popular tale about the Weaving Princess and the Cowherd.  Orihime, the Weaving Princess was the daughter of the Sky King, Tentei.    She wove beautiful clothing by the banks of the Amanogawa (Heavenly River).    Her father loved her weaving and she therefore worked constantly to please him but was sad because she never had time to meet any one.  Her father arranged a marriage with a cowherd named Hikoboshi who lived on the other side of the Heavenly River.  They fell in love at once and married but afterwards, Orhime neglected her weaving and Hikoboshi allowed his cows to stray all over heaven.  Furious, the Sky King separated the two lovers and forbade them to meet.

Orihime was disconsolate and begged her father to relent.  He agreed then to allow them to meet once each year, but without a bridge to cross the Heavenly River, this meeting was impossible.  The magpies were moved by the plight of the lovers and promised to create a bridge with their wings.  It is said, however, that if it rains on Tanabata, the magpies cannot fly to the river to make the bridge and the two must wait another year to meet...

Note that weaving is associated with a Goddess or indeed the Great Goddess in many ancient cultures.  Prowess in weaving defined many heroines in old tales.  Witness the Greek tale of the motral weaver Arachne who challenged the goddess Athena and was transformed into a spider for her presumption.  Another tale that features weaving is that of the loyal wife of Odysseus or Ulysees who kept her many suitors at arm's length by promising to choose a husband when her tapestry was complete.  Each day she worked on the loom and each night, she took apart all her work.

In the Northern traditions, weaving is the work of the Norns or Fate.   Weaving always has been associated with destiny, time and strategy.  The Japanese Festival of Tanabata was derived from an ancient Chinese Festival known as the 'Festival to Plead for Skills'.  Children would wish for better skill in handwriting, sewing, weaving and other crafts, writing their wishes on small pieces of paper.  In the Edo period, dew that had fallen upon taro leaves was used in making the ink with which the wishes were written.  As with many old festivals, Tanabata incorporates a number of different ancient traditions but the tale of the Heavenly Weaver and Cowherd is one that endures.

A Dragon's Legend Time-Restricted Quests

A Dragon's Legend

This Quest sequence is based upon the legend of the Wawel Dragon, an old Polish tale that is connected with the founding of the city of Krakow.  A statue of the Wawel Dragon, belching real flames, is one of the attractions of modern Krakow.  It stands at the entrance to the Dragon's Den, a natural cave in Wawel Hill.  

As usual, the time-restricted Quest is a double-pronged Mission.  Placing the Dragon's Cave allows the Farmer to collect Crowns from 'all kinds of crops, trees, animals and machines'.

You can upgrade the Dragon's Cave using Torches and Stalagmites.  Torches can be requested from Neighbours.  Stalagmites can be redeemed with Crowns.  The upgrade to Level 5 allows double collection of Crowns randomly from any item.  It is only when you wish to upgrade from Level 4 to Level 5 that you will be required to spend 5 RC on a Dragon Egg as well as using 10 Torches and 5 Stalagmites.  In other words, for all other upgrades, the materials can be obtained either from Neighbour Requests or by redeeming Crowns for Stalagmites.

The Four ordinary Prizes that can be redeemed with Crowns are:

Stalagmites:  Used to upgrade the Dragon's Cave
  These cost 1 Crown, irrespective of how many you redeem.  

Wawal Dragon: a Total of 5, one of which must be placed on your Farm to complete a sequence in the Quest

Green Mystron
  Can be used in the Mystery Shop as currency
  A total of 100 can be redeemed

30 OP
  A Total of 30 can be redeemed

You must redeem one of each Prize to unlock the final Prize in the form of a Wild Rose Tree which will cost 150 Crowns.  The Wild Rose Tree produces Wild Rose Fruits that are needed to complete one of the sequences in the Quest

The second element is a traditional sequence of Quests in the form of 'A Dragon's Legend'. 

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A Dragon's Legend I
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I was cleaning my room last night when I found something fantastic, a very old book about Polish legends.  One of them is about a dragon!  Let's make a snack and drinks.  A good book requires good food!


Place Dragon Cave
  Find this in the Market for 500 Coins


Produce 20 Glasses of Cherry Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Yummy!  Let's eat and read.  once upon a time there was a beautiful Polish Kingdom...

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A Dragon's Legend II
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People of the kingdom enjoyed their carefree farmer lives.  They were happily growing crops and taking care of their animals.  Such a beautiful life.

Produce 40 Sacks of Wheat Flour
  Skip for 20 RC


Harvest 40 Cane
  Skip for 20 RC


Produce 40 bottles of Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 12 XP

This story is so interesting.  I can't wait to read more about it.

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A Dragon's Legend III
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One day the kingdom's peaceful life was ruined by the appearance of an evil monster the Wawel Dragon!  The scary dragon demanded daily supplies of fresh meat, otherwise it would breathe fire and destroy everything!

Place Wawal Dragon
  (This is a Reward from the Crown Collection)

Produce 40 Beef
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Beef Salami
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Great work!  Let's hope the dragon will accept our products!

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A Dragon's Legend IV
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The dragon was very picky.  He didn't like the beef.  The desperate king promised the hand of his daughter and half of the kingdom to a brave knight who would get rid of the monster.  Let's try giving the dragon some other kinds of meat.

Harvest 50 Rice
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Turkey Burger
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Turkey Sausage
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Thank you!  Knight Darryl saved the day!

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A Dragon's Legend V
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While all of the kingdom's farmers worked hard to feed the dragon's appetite, great warriors from near and far came to fight the beast.  Let's provide them some weapons to defeat the monster.

Produce 50 Eggs to throw at the Dragon
  Skip for 22 RC

Harvest 8 Wild Roses from Wild Rose Bush
  Skip for 8 RC*

*This solution is entirely counterproductive as you can purchase a Wild Rose Bush in the Market for 8 RC if you are too impatient to wait to redeem it as the final Reward for Crown Collection with 150 Crowns.

Collect 12 Wooden Swords from your Neighbours
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Thanks for your help, but it looks like the beast is not scared at all!  What should we do?

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A Dragon's Legend VI
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When all hope was lost, a poor cobbler came before the king and suggested an interesting solution.  'What if we can convince the dragon to try other kinds of food?  Maybe we can try to give him a lamb that's stuffed with veggies.'

Harvest 50 Tomatoes

Produce 50 Veggie Burgers

Harvest 5 Bananas

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

The suspicious dragon sniffed the lamb and gobbled it down in just one bite!  He seemed quite satisfied and demanded more!

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A Dragon's Legend VII
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The cobbler quickly started to prepare other dishes.  If the dragon would become a vegetarian, the kingdom would be saved and the cobbler would marry the princess!  Why don't we help him a little bit?

Prepare 10 Fruit Salad
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 60 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 10 Cheese Apple
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

It worked!  The dragon fell in love with healthy, vegetarian dishes and never asked for meat again!

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A Dragon's Legend VIII
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After switching to a healthy diet, the dragon became very friendly.  He turned from a scary monster into a harmless lovely pet.  And he also became obsessed with Polish food, haha!

Prepare 10 Polish Dumplings with Sour Cream
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 60 Love Fruit
  Skip for 30 RC

Harvest 60 Chardonnay
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

That was a lot of work!  I'm happy that the dragon likes healthy food!

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A Dragon's Legend IX
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As promised, the cobbler could marry the king's daughter.  The wedding turned out into a big traditional wedding party.  Hundred of people were invited and tons of delicious food was prepared!

Prepare 10 Polish Donuts with Marmalade
  Skip for 10 RC


Produce 60 Love Cakes
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 60 Champagne
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Everybody lived happily ever after and the dragon never scared any one anymore... The end!

FINAL REWARD:  Chocolate Dragon, produces Chocolate every 8 hours

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Strategies for Success
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The time-limited Quest runs for a total of 11 Days, irrespective of the day when you begin the first step in the sequence.  You therefore should begin as soon as possible.  The first priority as always is to complete the Collections Quest.  Time-restricted Collections Quests fall into two different categories.  In the first, you can collect a special item from ANY Crop, Tree, Animal or Machine randomly.  In the second, you can collect four different variations of a single item randomly from specific Crops, Animals, Trees or Machines.  You must obtain a specific number of each of the four variations.  The Crowns Collection Quest falls into the first category which is easier to achieve than the second.

The final Reward or Rewards in any Collection Quest usually are required to complete one or more steps in the traditional sequence of Quests.  This one is no exception.  You will need the Wild Rose Bush in order to harvest Wild Rose Fruit from it in Part V of 'A Dragon's Legend'.  The Wild Rose Bush actually can be purchased from the Market for 8 RC as well as being the final Reward that must be unlocked in the Dragon Cave by obtaining one of each of the four initial prizes and then collecting a total of 150 Crowns to redeem the Tree itself.  You therefore can opt to buy the Tree or wait until you have unlocked it, collected 150 Crowns to redeem it from the Dragon Cave.  The other item required in the Quest sequence is a Wawel Dragon.  This is one of the initial four Prizes in the Dragon Cave.

If you do not wish to spend RC on this Quest combination, your priority should be to collect Crowns as you will not be able to continue past Part IV until you redeem the Wild Rose Bush.  Even while you are focusing on this aspect of the Quest, however, you can make the traditional sequence easier by cooking Dishes that are ingredients for required Dishes.  Among these are Soft Dough, Cake Flour, Butter, Batter and Cottage Cheese.  Remember always that you have a total of 30 Power in the Kitchen.  You can augment this from Gift Cleaning Bags that contain 1 Power each or purchase more Power in the Market, but it is best to plan ahead and make all possible ingredients before they are needed.

There are other 'ingredients' that are produced by Machines or Animals.  These include Sugar, Wheat Bread, Milk and Buffalo Milk.  Remember that you can collect Crowns randomly from ANY Animal or Machine as well as Crops and Trees.  Setting out Machines to produce needed ingredients therefore has a subsidiary benefit in aiding the completion of your Collections Quest.

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New Kitchen Recipes
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New Recipes have appeared in the Kitchen and some are required for the Quest:

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Pierogi: 713 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Cottage Cheese, Soft Dough

Sour Cream: 202 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Buffalo Milk x 2, Butter x 2

Polish Dumplings with Sour Cream: 953 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Pierogi, Sour Cream

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Polish Donut: 578 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Batter, Cake Flour

Wild Rose Marmalade: 319 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Wild Rose Fruit, Sugar x 2

Polish Donut with Marmalade: 1269 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Polish Donut, Wild Rose Marmalade x 2

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Thanks to Bev Jakins for the text to Part V of the storyline.  I was unable to reload it in my game and therefore missed that part of the story.

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The Original Legend of the Wawel Dragon
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The tale of the Wawel Dragon is very much a part of the story of the founding of the city of Krakow in Poland.  Wawel is the site of Wawel Castle at a bend in the Vistula River.  Long ago, during the reign of King Krak, for whom the city of Krakow is named, a fearsome dragon terrorised the land.   Like most of his kind, he belched flames that destroyed crops and trees.  His enormous appetite for meat decimated the livestock.  His presence was a terrible curse and the King at last offered the hand of his daughter to the man who could rid the land of the beast.

Many brave warriors and knights responded to the summons but all failed and lost their lives to the dragon.  Finally, a young shoemaker appeared.  He had neither armour nor weapons but only the tools of his trade in the form of a needle and twine.  The people were disposed to mock him but he quietly asked for a lambskin, some sulpher, pitch and mustard seed.

When he received the items he had requested, he filled the lambskin with the sulpher, pitch and mustard seed.  With consummate dexterity, he then sewed it together so that it resembled a live lamb.  He placed it on the bank of the river, then waited for the arrival of the dragon.

The dragon lurched out of a cave in the hill, breathing fire.  The rumbling of his stomach sounded like thunder.  He had slept through the day and was famished.  As soon as he spied the lamb on the bank of the river, he gobbled it whole.  Much to his distress, he found that the meal did not agree with him.  He went to the river to drink, hoping that the water would calm his aching belly.  Instead, filled with the mixture of sulpher, pitch, mustard seed and water, the dragon exploded.

The young cobbler became the hero of the land and King Krak honoured his promise to give his daughter's hand to the lad in marriage.  The farmers no longer feared for their crops, trees and livestock and the wedding feast lasted for many a night and a day.  My own great-great-great-great-great grandmother danced at the wedding and wore out a dozen pairs of dancing slippers.