Showing posts with label Research Lab. Show all posts
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06 December 2024

Cloud Farm, Lv. 12 -15, Cloud Lab Level 7 +

My first Cloud Farm post has all information up to Lab Level 7.

Note that the More Owls Tech requirements is in THIS post!!!

As of 2 February, most of the techs, apart from crop growth techs at higher levels are documented here.

Note that the second tier of Island Crop Growth Techs requires the Fortune Badge instead of the Zeppelin Badge.  As the availability of these is more restricted than the Zeppelin Badges, you may wish to choose a slow growing Crop over a fast growing Crop, at least initially.
After reaching Level 15 and unlocking the Dreamy Veil needed to upgrade the Cloud Lab, at maximum Cloud Lab level.

I wrote an Introduction to the Cloud Farm post separately that gives basics about all of it.

Dreamy Veil requires 1 Ice Crystal Fairy Wand and 5 Celestiak Fox Fur to make, 150 OP.
I previously upgraded the Fountain to Level 5, maximum water jugs to give 50 Energy.  At Level 14 I unlocked the Watermelon Ice Crystal Juice.
Upgrading information for 5 Water Jugs and Fountain that gives 50 Energy is included.  To upgrade to 5 Jugs and 50 Energy, you need the Dreamy Veil outfit that is unlocked only at Level 15 or pay 10 RC which I did.
Requirements given at the end of this post.
I also reached Cloud Lab Level 9 to unlock new techs.

All that remains is to reach Level 15 to unlock the ability to make Dreamy Veils.  These are needed to upgrade the Cloud Lab to Level 10.  Level 10 unlockes a Cooking Stand Automaton Tech.

As of 27 December, I added two Cloud Farm Lab Techs and new Quests.  Information complete through Level 13.

This one will include the new levels up to Level 15 with upgrade requirements.

It might be useful to remind farmers how to register Cloud Farm items in the Gallery.  Although there is a menu in the upowr right that will take you directly to the Gallery, any Cloud items you own will NOT be recognised if you go directly to the Gallery using that icon.

Instead, you must tap on the yellow arrow at the bottom right when you are on the Cloud Farm.  You then must tap directly on the item you wish to register to initiate registration.  I had forgotten this was the case and was dismayed that ownership of my Ice Crystal Butterfly Deer was not displayed when I accessed the Gallery directly from the menu at the top.

Note that a third bar appears in the Lab for 'Cloud Farm Techs'. The techs are given below.
The new Animal will not even appear in the Cloud Farm at low levels.  I was able to claim it but I was at Level 12 before the update.

I contacted Support to find out the actual requirement and it is that you have unlocked the area that contains the Cloud Farm Lab.  If you have not reached this point, you will not be able to perform the quest that gives you the Ice Crystal Butterfly Deer.

Here is the good news.  There is a time limit only after you meet the requirement of unlocking the area.  The quest will appear automatically then and the 9 day period will begin.

More than one farmer had asked about Production Overview.  There are two techs.  One for Seaside and the other for the Island.  Both operate the same way.

What it really is for the farmer is a way to minimise taps.  Instead of tapping multiple times to fill machines and animals to full capacity, tap once and the rest is done automatically.  

In similar fashion, tap once to collect all finished products from every animal or machine.

No cost in OP to use the tech.

To raise the Cloud Lab to Level 7, you will need:

50 Starfruit Serum
150 Star Princess Gown
2 Fortune Badges
15000 Cloud Coins

Level 7 at this point is the MAX for the Lab.

New Techs unlocked on the Island are:

Helicopter Flight
Conditions are:
1. Cloud Lab Level 7
2. Conplete the Prerequisite tech
To raise the Level from zero to 1, you will need:
20 Starfruit Serum
1 Fortune Badge
20 Radiant Robes
1000 Cloud Coins
Timer set for 4 hours

The following Crop Growth techs are detailed in my first Cloud Farm post.

Cactus Growth

Barley Growth

Chamomile Growth

Grandpa's Quest:
Harvest Celestial Starfruits
Reach Cloud Lab  Level 7
40 Energy, 150 C. Coins, 80 Reputation

Research the Cassava to Level 3
Research Alfalfa to Level 3
Research Flax to Level 3
Reward: 100 E. 200 C Coins 100 Reputation

Grandpa the Inventor 4
Research Rye Tech to Lv.6
Research Tomato Growth to Level 6
Research Oat Growth to Level 6
Reward: 100 E. 200 C Coins. 100 Reputation

Grandpa the Inventor 5
Research Helicopter Flight to Level 5
Research Barley Growth to Level 10
Research Chamomile Growth to Level 10
Reward: 100 E. 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Wheat Growth
To reach Level 2
20 Celestial Wool
5 Floral Doughnuts
10 minutes
100 C. Clouds

To reach Level 3:
Cloud Lab Level 2
Complete prerequisite tech

25 Celestial Wool
8 Floral Doughnuts
10 minutes
100 C. Coins

Second tier of Crop Growth Techs on Seaside:
N.B.  Completing Level 1 reduces growth time only by 1%.  Unfortunately, you must complete one crop tech here to unlock the next tier of Seaside techs

Rye Growth
  0 to 1
10 Radiant Robes
3 Zeppelin Badges
30 Spirit Mouse Candy
4 hours
800 C Coins

To Level 2:
10 Vibrant Macaron
1 Zeppelin Badge
20 Star Princess Gown
4 hours
300 C. Coins

Rye Growth Lv. 2
1% >> 2%

To raise to Lv 3
Same requirements 
Materials:
15 Vibrant Macarons
1 Zeppelin Badge
30 Star Princess Gowns
4 hours
300 C. Coins

To raise Rye Growth to Level 4:
4% reduction

Same requirements as before

Materials:
20 Vibrant Macarons
3 Zeppelin Badges
40 Star Princess Gowns
4 hours
400 C. Coins

Tomato Growth Tech
1. Cloud Lab Level 5
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl

Materials:
10 Marbled Fruitcake
3 Zeppelin Badges
50 Star Princess Gowns
4 hours
1000 C. Coins

Oat Growth
Cloud Lab Level 5
Prerequisite Tech
1 free owl

Materials:
30 Starry Pea Cakes
3 Zeppelin Badges
10 Multifruit Iced Tea
4 hours
1000 C. Coins

Cucumber Growth
Cloud Lab Level 5
Prerequisite Tech
1 free owl

Materials:
50 Celestial Fox Fur
10 Peach Sparkling Water
3 Zeppelin Badges
4 hours
1200 C. Coins

New update raises Cloud Farm to Level 15.

There is a new Animal available if you feed it.

Build a Bond:

Claim the Ice Crystal Butterfly, then feed it to reach 2000 Heart Points to keep it on your Cloud Farm.  Items appear randomly.  There is a Napping Flower Tea drink that can be made and a Lambent Fruit Jam pastry.   

Once you reach 2000 points, you must give it the following to build to Stage 2:
10 Starry Pea Cake
10 Floral Doughnut
80 Celestial Wool

Once conplete, feed it Celestial Pineapple to make Ice Crystal Flowers


New Quest:
Own an Ice Crystal Butterfly Deer:
Reward: 60 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 80 Reputation

Once you have conpleted the Ice Crystal Butterfly Deer, you can unlock the Bell Cloud:
60 Radiant Robe
220 Ice Crystal Flowers
12000 C. Coins

When you unlock this, you will be asked to build the Celestial Fountain with:

100 Spirit Mouse Candy
30 Star Princess Gown
1 Fortune Badge

After building the Fountain:
Prompt that it will be filled once.  Gives Energy boost when full

To increase Level:
From 25 to 30:
Need the following:
1500 C. Coins
15 Ice Crystal Drink
5 Zeppelin Badges

To increase from 30 to 35:
20 Ice Crystal Fairy Wands (Lv 13)
10 Zeppelin Badges
Collect Water Jugs 2 times
3000 C. Coins

You also can unlock a second water jug with the following:
1500 C. Coins
20 Ice Crystal Drink
1 Fortune Badge

You can unlock a third water jug with:
20 Ice Crystal Fairy Wands at Lv. 13
Use water jug three times
1 Fortune Badge
3000 C. Coins

Incidentally, to make 1 Ice Crystal Juice takes 1 Glimmer Fruit and 5 Ive Crystal Flowers!

CELESTIAL FOUNTAIN

Once built, the amount of energy you obtain is based on the upgrades.  I am at 30 Energy.  What I have experienced is that, after using 500 Energy, an Exclamation Point appeared over the Fountain.  Although I have more than one Water Jug, only one shook to allow me to collect 30 Energy from it.


New Quests:
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Ice Crystal Juice
Reach Reputation Level 9
Make 30 Ice Crystal Juice

Mystery Monument

Produce 80 Ice Crstal Flowers
Unlock the next area

Cloud Farm Life 1

Reach Reputation Level 10
Craft 30 Elegant Berets
Have 100 Cloud Plots
Reward: 1 Fortune Badge, 200 Cloud Coins, 80 Reputation

New Quest after unlocking Bell Cloud:
Make 30 Marbled Fountains
Build the Celestial Fountain
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

When you complete this, two new quests:
Fountain Repairs 1
Collect Energy from Water Jugs once
Upgrade to 2 Water Jugs
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

When I complete this, a new one loads:

Fountain Repairs II
Collect Energy from Water Jugs 5 times
Upgrade to 3 Water Jugs
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation



Water Acquisition 1

Make 30 Ice Crystal Drinks
Upgrade Fountain 2 times

Ice Crystal Juice

Reach Reputation Level 9
Make 30 Ice Crystal Juice
Rewards: 1 Fortune Badge, 200 C. Coins, 80 Reputation

New Techs in Cloud Farm Lab.

Seaside Tech:

Chest Speed Up:
40 Ice Crystal Flowers
20 Floral Doughnuts
10 Starry Pea Cake
12 hours
1000 C. Coins

Raise from Lv. 0 to Lv. 1 to increase appearance on path 
 by 20%

To level 2 to increase by 30%

Materials:
10 Radiant Robes
3 Zeppelin Badges
30 Star Princess Gowns
12 hours
1000 Cloud Coins

To increase to Level 3 (40%):
1. Cloud Lab 5
2. Prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials:
10 Ice Crystal Juice
3 Zeppelin Badge
60 Floral Doughnut
12 hours
1000 C. Coins

Chest Speed Up
To Level 4  (40%)
Cloud Lab Level 5
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl
Materials:
20 Elegant Berets
10 Peach Sparkling Water
3 Zeppelin Badges
12 hours
1500 Coins


Chest Speed Up to Level 5 (50%)
Cloud Lab 5
Prerequisite Tech
2 free owls

Materials: 
5 Multifruit Iced Tea
50 Aurora Wings
3 Zeppelin Badges
12 hours
1500 C. Coins

More Cleaning Tech
Cloud Level 7
Complete the prerequisite tech
2 free owls

Requirements:
30 Ice Crystal Juice
10 Aurora Wings
20 Floral Doughnuts
12 hours
1500 C. Coins

Chest Speed Up
To increase to Level 4:
Cloud Lab Level 5
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl

Materials:
20 Elegant Beret
10 Peach Sparkling Water
3 Zeppelin Badge
12 hours
1500 Coins

Chest Speed Up to Level 5 (50%)
Materials:
5 Multifruit Iced Tea
50 Aurora Wings
3 Zeppelin Badges
12 hours
1500 C Coins

The Quest that will be completed here is:
Advanced Pet Training
Research Chest Speed up to Lv 3
Research Chest Speed up to Lv 4
Research Chest Speed Up to Lv 5
Rewards: 100 Energy, 200 C Coins, 100 Reputation

Remember that the 'prerequisite tech' is the one that is before it in the chain.  Whether you want this ome oe not, you must complete the first level in order to move on to the Faster Cleaning and Bon Voyage Gift Bags and then one of those two to move on to the Cooking Stand Automation.

Faster Cleaning
From Level 0 to 1:
1. Cloud Lab Level 8
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials:
30 Ice Crystal Fairy Wands
3 Zeppelin Badges
20 Star Princess Gowns
12 hours
1000 Cloud Coins

Faster Cleaning: 
From Level 1 to 2
Cloud Lab 8
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl

Materials:
50 Floral Doughnuts
40 Peach Sparkling Water
3 Zeppelin Badge
12 hours
1200 C. Coins

Faster Cleaning to Level 3
Cloud Lab Level 8
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl

Materials:
10 Radiant Robes
3 Zeppelin Badges
20 Aurora Wings
12 hours
1200 C Coins

Faster Cleaning to Level 4:
Cloud Lab Level 8
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl

Materials:
10 Starfruit Serum
3 Zeppelin Badge
50 Star Princess Gown
12 hours
1400 C. Coins

Faster Cleaning to Level 5:
Cloud Lab Level 8
Prerequisite tech
2 free owls

Materials: 
10 Ice Crystal Juice
20 Aurora Wings
3 Zeppelin Badges
12 hours
1400 C. Coins

The Quest that will be completed here:
Lightning Fast
Research Faster Cleaning Tech to Lv 3
Research it to Level 4
Research it to Level 5
Rewards: 200 Energy, 500 C Coins
200 Reputation

Now a screen: Level 5
But 6 >> 7


Bon Voyage Gift Bags

1. Cloud Lab Level 8
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials:
20 Ice crystal Fairy Wands
30 Starry Pea Cake
3 Zeppelin Badges
12 hours
2000 Cloud Coins

Cooking Stand Automation

1. Cloud Lab Level 10
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 3 free owls

Materials:
15 Dreamy Veils
20 Star Princess Gowns
1 Fortune Badge
3 days
2000 Cloud Coins

This is the last new Seaside tech at this point in time

LEVEL 13
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Unlock Ice Crystal Fairy Wand in Celestial Boutique
Reward: 200 Energy, 1200 C. Coins

Each Ice Crystal Fairy Wand requires 1 Bell Flower, 2 Ice Crystal Flowers

New Quests:

Energy Limits
Complete 5 Zeppelin Orders
Research Higher Energy Limit Tech one time

Reward: 40 Energy, 150 C Coins, 80 Reputation

Pet Training
Produce 50 Ice Crystal Flowers
Research the Chest Speed Up Tech 1 time

Reward: 40 Energy, 150 C. Coins, 80 Reputation

Water Acquisition II

Reach Reputation Level 13
Craft 30 Crystal Ice Fairy Wands
Upgrade Celestial Fountain 3 times


When you complete Fountain Repairs II:

Fountain Repairs III
Collect Energy from Water Jugs 20 times
Water Jug upgrade to Level 4
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Now I cannot make much more progress until I reach Level 14 to unlock Ice Crystal
Watermelon Juice

Water Acquisition III
Reach Reputation Level 14
Make 30 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Celestial Fountain Upgrade to 4
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

New Quests:

Energy Limits

Complete 5 Zeppelin Orders
Research the higher energy tech
40 Energy, 150 Cloud Coins, 80 Reputation

Advanced Pet Training
Research Chest Speed up to Level 3
Research it to Lv. 4
Research it to Lv. 5

Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Communal Cleaning:
Craft 30? Aurora Wings.
Reaearch the More Cleaning Tech
Reward: 60 Energy, 180 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Endless Innovations
Craft 20 Ice Crystal Wands
Reach Cloud Lab Level 8
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation
To raise Fountain Upgrade to Level 4:
4000? C. Coins*
? Zeppelin Badges*
20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Collect Water Jugs 5 Times
*Did not log these

To increase to 4 Water Jugs:
4000 Cloud Coins
Collect Water Jugs 10 times
20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
1 Fortune Badge



New Techs:

Chest Speed Up
From Level 0 to Level 1
20% faster
1. Cloud Lab 5
2. Complete prerequisite tech
3. 1 free Owl

Materials:
40 Ice Crystal Flowers
20 Floral Doughnuts
10 Starry Pea Cakes
12 hours
1000 Cloud Coins

To speed up to Level 2:
1. Cloud lab level 5
2. Complete prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials: 
10 Radiant Robes
3 Zeppelin Badges
30 Star Princess Gowns
12 hours
1000 Cloud Coins


More Cleaning
50% more neughbours

1. Cloud Lab Level 7
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. Two free owls

Materials:
30 Ice Crystal Juice
10 Aurora Wings
20 Floral Doughnuts
12 hours
1500 Cloud Coins

To upgrade Lab from Level 7 to Level 8:
New techs:
Bon Voyage Gift Bags (when batch cleaning neighbour farms)

Materials:
40 Ice Crystal Fairy Wands
30 Multifruit Iced Tea
60 Aurora Wings
18000 Cloud Coins
Faster Cleaning

Cloud Farm Techs:

Higher Energy Limit
Increases by 15 at Level 1
1. Cloud Lab Level 4
2. 1 free owl

Material:
10 Vibrant Macarons
3 Zeppelin Badges
10 Star Princess Gowns
6 hours
1000 Cloud Coins

To raise to Level 2
+ 30 Energy
Cloud Level 4
1 free owl

Materials:
10 Radiant Robes
10 Floral Doughnuts
3 Zeppelin Badges
6 hours
1200 Cloud Coins

To raise to Level 3:
+ 50 Energy
1. Cloud Lab Level 4
2. 2 Free Owls

Materials:
20 Ice Crystal Juice
1 Fortune Badge
30 Starry Pea Cake
6 hours
1500 Cloud Coins

More Owls
Add 1 more Owl at Level 1
1. Cloud Lab Level 6
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials:
3 Zeppelin Badges
20 Aurora Wings
30 Crystal Jelly
12 hours
1500 Cloud Coins

To raise to Level 2:
+ 2 Owls

1. Cloud Lab 6
2.  Complete the prerequisite
 tech
3.  2 free owls

Materials:
20 Marbled Fruitcake
10 Ice Crystal Juice
1 Fortune Badge
12 hours
1500 Cloud Coins

The Excellence of Experience complete

Endless Innovations
Craft 20 Ice Crystal Wands
Reach Cloud Lab Level 8
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins. 100 Reputation

Shaping Up

Research the Higher Energy to Level 2
Research the Higher Energy to Level 3

Reward: 100 Energy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Advanced Pet Training

Research Chest Speed Up to Lv 3
Research Chest to Lv. 4
Research Chest to Lv. 5

Reward: 100 Energy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Communal Cleaning
Craft 10 Aurora Wings
Research the More Cleaning Tech
Reward: 60 Energy, 180 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Swift Paws
Craft 20 Star Princess Gowns
Research Faster Cleaning to Lv 1

Reward: 100 Energy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Lab Expansion

Make 20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Reach Cloud Lab Level 9

Reward: 100 Ebergy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Parliament of Owls

Research More Owls to Lv 1
Research More Owls to Lv 2

Reward: 100 Energy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

Fountain Upgrade
From 35 to 40 Energy
? Cloud Coins
? Zeppelin Badges
20 Ice Crystal Watermekon Juice
Empty Jugs x number of times

N.B.  I completed requirements one by one without logging them
Fountain Upgrade (Level 5)
From 40 to 50 Energy
5000 Cloud Coins
10 Dreamy Veils unlocked at Level 15 or 10 RC
Collect water jugs 20 times
20 Zeppelin Badges

THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE NOW

To increase to 4 Water Jugs:
4000 Cloud Coins
Collect Water Jugs x times 
20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice or 20 RC
1 Fortune Badge
4000 Cloud Coins

To increase to 5 Water Jugs:
5000 Cloud Coins
10 Dreamy Veils or 10 RC
1 Adventurer Badge
Collect Water Jugs 30 times



Water Acquisition III
Reach Reputation Level 14
Make 30 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Upgrade Fountain to Level 4
Reward: 100 Energy. 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

When I increased to 4 Water Jugs:

Fountain Repair III complete
Cloud Farm Life 1 now complete

Cloud Farm Life II
Reach Reputation Level 11
Craff 10 Aurora Wings
Have 110 Cloud Plots
Reward: 1 Fortune Badge, 200 C. Coins, 80 Reputation

Cloud Farm Life III complete, automatic!  Never saw it load!

Water Jug upgrade for 5 Jugs:
5000 Cloud Coins
10 Level 15 outfit or 10 RC
1 Fortune Badge
30 Water Jug Collections

To upgrade Fountain to give 50 Energy:
5000 Cloud Coins
10 Level 15 Outfits or 10 RC
20 Collections of Water Jugs
20 Zeppelin Badges or 1 RC for each missing badge

Lab Expansion Quest
Make 20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Reach Vloud Lab Level 9
Rewsrd: 100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

To increase Lab to Level 9:
20 Marbled Fruitcake
40 Elegant Berets
30 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
21000 Cloud Coins

Water Acquisition III
Reach Reputation Level 14
Make 30 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Celestial Fountain upgrade to Level 4
Reward:  100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Lab Expansion Quest
Make 20 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
Reach Cloud Lab Level 9
Reward: 
100 Energy, 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

At Level 9, new techs unlocked:

Island Farm Tech
One Tap Sweep:
1. Cloud Lab Level 9
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 2 Free Owls
Materials:
20 Vibrant Macarons
3 Zeppelin Badges
10 Ice Crystal Watetmelon Juice
2 days
1000 C. Coins

Cloud Farm Techs:
Celestial Pumpkin Growth
Celestial Watermelon Growth
Celestial Apple Tree Growth
Celestial Peach Tree Growth

To upgrade Cloud Lab to Level 10:
30 Dreamy Veils
40 Star Princess Gowns
2 Fortune Badges
24000 Cloud Coins

New Tech: Cooking Stand Automation

More new Quests:

Grandpa:
Crop til you Drop
Research Celestial Pumpkin Growth
Research Celestial Apple Tree Growth
Research Celestial Peach Tree Growth
Rewards: 60 E. 180 C. Cojbs, 100 Reputation

Cloud Lab Crop Techs:

Celestial Pumpkin Growth
  To Level 1
1. Cloud Lab Level 9
2. Complete the prerequisite tech
3. 1 free owl

Materials:
5 Marbled Fruitcake
20 Ice Crystal Nuice
3 Zeppelin Badges
8 hours
1000 Cloud Coins

To increase to Level 2:
Cloud Lab Level o
Prerequisute tech
1 free owl

10 Vibrant Macarons
1 Zeppelin Badge
20 Star Princess Gowns
8 hours
300 C. Coins

Celestial Watermelon Growth to Level 1
Cloud Lab Lv 9
Prerequisite tech
1 free owl
10 Radiant Robes
3 Zeppelin Badges
10 Ice Crystal Watermelom Juice
8 hours
1000 C. Coins

Communal Cleaning
Craft 10 Aurora Wings
Research the More Cleanjng Tech
Reward: 60 E. 180 C
Coins, 100 Reputation

Swift Paws
Cradt 20 Star Princess Gowns
Research Faster Cleaning Tech
Reward: 100 E. 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Under the Sea
Complete 1200 Adventurer's Bazaar Orders
Research 1 Tap Sweep Tech
Reward: 100 E. 200 C. Coins, 100 Reputation

Darryl:
Scientific Breakthroughs
Craft 20 Dreamy Veils
Reach Cloud Lab Level 10
Rewards: 200 E. 500 C. Coins, 200 Reputation

New Island Techs:

One Tap Sweep:
1. Cloud Lab Level 9
2. Complete prerequisite tech
3. 2 free owls

Materials:
20 Vibrant Macatons
3 Zeppelin Badges
10 Ice Crystal Watermelon Juice
2 days
1000 Cloud Coins

Reached Lecel 10 in Cloud Lab

New Quest:
Cooking Stand Science

Complete Adventurers Fortune 3 times
Research Cooking Stand Automation Tech
Reward: 100 Energy, 200 Cloud Coins, 100 Reputation

21 March 2016

The Coffee House, Easter Picnic Base and Festival Mystrons

Recently, a new update included new buildings in the form of the Research Laboratory, the Coffee House and the Stove House.  The writing is on the wall... Family Farm Seasides is in danger of becoming a clone of the Zynga mobile games such as FarmVille 2: Country Escape and Castleville.  I personally deprecate the trend.  I do not play ANY Zynga games now.  They became too frantic and tiresome for me.  I loved Family Farm Seaside because it was a FARMING game, pure and simple.  Yes, there were machines and then the Kitchen, but primarily, the game relied upon Quests with storylines, farming and animal husbandry.

Now with the Research Laboratory, the Upgraders, the Coffee House and the Stove House, players are being asked to invest an entire REAL life in the game, performing tasks that amount to busy work as well as tasks that ultimately are geared towards expenditure of RC, which is premium cash.

That having been said, I now will explain how the Easter Picnic Base, the Coffee House and the Festival Mystrons are linked.

The Easter Base
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The newest seasonal Base in the Easter Base.  You can buy it in the Market for 3000 Coins if you are at Level 23 or higher.  When completed, it will have a Charm Point value of 24.  The building of this base is different from previous seasonal bases in that ALL materials must be purchased with Festival Mystrons.

I have listed all the items that can be stacked on every single base at the end of this post.  Now, however, you really do not need my list as whenever you use the Move Tool on a  Base, you will see a new option to use a Magnifying Glass.  Tap on that and you will see a list of all the items that can be stacked on that base, their positions and if you select any item, a preview of how it will appear on the base!

Each week, there are different activities that give the Festival Mystrons... which brings me to the Coffee House

The Coffee House
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The Coffee House is a sort of clearinghouse for every possible activity or task in Family Farm Seaside.  When you first purchase it, you will have two Character that each give four 'Orders' daily.  They differ from the Daily Order Board in two ways.  First of all, the Orders cannot be changed or 'refreshed'.  You either do them or pay RC to complete them.  Second, where the Daily Order Board consists of orders for Crops, Animal Products, Machine Products, Cooked Dishes and Beauty Shop Products, the Coffee House can ask for these OR generate almost every task found in Missions.  For example, it can ask you to plant and harvest x amount of Crops, to produce X amount of product from any Animal or Machine, to request specific Items from Neighbours, to visit X number of Neighbours or to perform a mini-Collections Mission that is specific only to your Farm.    It can be quite onerous, especially to lower level farmers who barely can complete their Daily Order Boards.  Nonetheless, it is here that you obtain the greatest number of Festival Mystrons this week.

The Coffee House costs 1000 Coins and will be complete when purchased.  Once purchased and placed, it cannot be sold.  It can be placed either on your Farm or on a Building Plot.  At the start, you will have two Characters with 4 Orders each day.   One looks like Grandma and the other resembles Felicia. 

Each Order has a little reward in the form of coins and pink Smileys.   You must obtain a total of 35 of these little pink Smileys in order to be able to obtain a REAL Smiley.  It is the real Smileys that unlock other Characters as well as new Stove House Recipes. 

Completing Grandma's 4 Orders gives you 2 Blue Mystrons, 30 Festival Mystrons and 20 Lucky Tokens.  Completing the young girl's 4 Orders (Felicia?) gives you 2 Blue Mystrons and 30 Festival Mystrons.  You unlock more Characters by obtaining

Filling a Product Order:
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This is no different from an Order on the Daily Order Board.  You will be given an Order for x amount of an item, whether a Crop, Animal Product, Machine Product, Cooked Dish or Beauty Shop Product.

Farming Order
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For this one, you actually need to plant and harvest x amount of the Crop required.   Unlike the Product Order, you cannot use items from your Barn.

Neighbour Visits
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It appears that neighbour Visits that were performed prior to viewing the Order will count.  You need to complete the total required to obtain the Reward.  I have not seen any requirement to fertilise or harvest or perform any specific activity on the Neighbour's farm so far.

Neighbour Request Items
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These can be new items or items from previous quests.  On Harvest Moon FDC, having played for almost four years now and never traded anything, I find that I often have the items that are required to complete the Order without having to request any items from my Neighbours again.

Mini-Collection Quest
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These usually consist of a requirement to collect two different items from two different Crops or Trees or Animals or a combination of these.  You have to harvest the Crops to randomly receive the items needed as in any ordinary Collections Mission.  It is slightly annoying as you will not receive an item each time the harvest is made.

The other methods by which you obtain Festival Mystrons are by placing a Buddy Easter Egg and having your Buddy's build it, by tending your Buddies' Easter Eggs, by completing the Daily Quest path and opening all the Treasure Chests and by participating in the current Farm Beauty Contest.  You will receive a couple of Festival Mystrons when you obtain the Treasure Chest reward for having voted and each step on the Reward Path gives Festival Mystrons as well.  The Farm Beauty Contest Rewards begin with 5 Festival Mystrons but as you move up, you will receive 10 and then 15 for each Reward point you reach.

International Eggs
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The Festival Mystrons can be traded in a special seasonal Festival Mystrons Shop found in the Mystery Shops menu.  Each material for the Easter Picnic Base requires 60 Festival Mystrons.  The International Eggs are found randomly in this Shop as well for 300 Festival Mystrons each.

Initially, you only could purchase the International Eggs with Festival Mystrons but now they are found randomly on the Lucky Wheel and thus in Buddy Share Boxes where each can be purchased for 5 RC.

If you intend to complete your Easter Picnic Base, you may wish to use all of your Festival Mystrons on Materials and if you have a desire for a specific Egg, try to spin the Lucky Wheel for it or look in a Buddy Share Box.  You need to be at Level 2 with your Buddy to be able to access his/her Share Box and this can be done only if you visit the Neighbour/Buddy from your Mainland (Original) Farm.  If you travel to it from the Island, you will be unable to gain access to the Share Box.

The International Eggs now have been added to the Gallery so register them if you have them.  A 'great Gallery' is one of the Voting values in the Farm Beauty Contest for two of the Characters.  The Eggs will count for less than a Decoration like the Boy Cupid, but it still is worth doing.  It is your Gallery Level probably that determines the number of Votes you will receive for it.

Stackable Decorations for the Easter Picnic Base
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Stackable Decorations for your completed Easter Picnic Base include the following:  Bunny in Basket, Chicken in Egg, Easter Backdrop, Tree Arch, Flower Pot Bunny, all International Eggs, Bouquet Bunny, Egged in Bunny, Easter Lamp, Wind Chimes, Ranch Bell and I daresay the Garden Torch.

ALL BASES AND THEIR DECORATIONS
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Decorations for Bases
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A member of my Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group on Facebook asked for a list of items that can be placed on the various bases so I am adding a section here for that information.

Generally speaking, with the exception of the Bird Home Bases that are interchangeable, Decorations generally are Base-specific.  In other words, if a Decoration goes on one Base, you will be unable to place it on any other Base.

There are a couple of exceptions to this, however, in the form of the Snowman and Snow Man that can be placed both on the Snow Base and the Ice Base.

So far, the only Bases that are available on a permanent basis in the Market are the Bird Bases.  The Bird Bases are linked to the Time Machine in the Gallery wherein the completion of two-part Missions will give a Decoration as a Reward.  These Decorations can be placed on the Bird Base.  So far, there are only 8 Missions and thus 8 Decorations.  You can place them on one or two Bird Bases, however.  A Base has a limit of four Decorations.

The Bird Base Decorations are not cleanable, but the Bird Base itself will give a Blue Box when cleaned.  All other Bases so far have been seasonal in nature.

The current Animations that occur when you place specific Decorations together on a Bird Base all are linked to the Farm Bird House.  The Farm Bird House when placed with the Hamster Friend allows another Hamster to exit the house to eat from the food dish while the first Hamster runs on his Wheel.  When the Farm Bird House is placed with the Bird Seesaw, a second little yellow bird will exit the house to leap onto the seesaw to play with the first.  When the Farm Bird House is placed with the Bird Pool, the Mini Water Pump and the Bird Ball Pool on the base, the Blue Bird will float on a ball in the Bird Pool, drink from the water in the Mini Water Pump, fly up to use the pump to add more water, then fall asleep to fall off the base to land in the Bird Ball Pool with flying feathers all round.

Lovely Planter Box Base
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As of 22 February, the following can be placed on the Lovely Planter Box Base.    No doubt others will be added, but at present, these are:

Lovely Mister Cat Decoration, Lovely Lady Cat Decoration, Lovely Heart and Lovely Balloons.  The Lovely Balloons is the Reward for the current Farm Beauty Contest.  I expect that the reward for February, the Lovely Boxwood will be stackable on this base in the position of the Lovely Balloons for players who failed to obtain that Reward.

The alternatives at present are the Boy Grass Hair Deer and Girl Grass Hair Deer.  They can be placed in the positions of the Lovely Mister Cat and the Lovely Lady Cat.  Other alternatives are the Blue Ducky and the Red Ducky who respectively take the place of the Lovely Lady Cat and Lovely Mister Cat as well.  The Mum cannot go on this base at all.

Halloween Base
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The Halloween Base was the first of the seasonal Bases.  It no longer can be purchased in the Market and all activities that gave Materials have expired.  You can complete the Base if you have it by purchasing the materials you lack using RC.

The following can be placed on the Halloween Stage (Base):  Skeleton Rockstar Frontman, Skeleton Rockstar Diva, Stereo Coffin, Pumpkin Tower and the Ghost Broom.  As always, there is a limit of four items that can be placed.  The Pumpkin Tower and the Ghost Broom occupy the same position on the Stage, so you have to choose between them.  The Pumpkin Light, Wind Chimes, Witch Legs and the Shovel now can be placed on this Base as well.  The Flower Pot now can be placed on the Hallowe'en Stage in the position of the Pumpkin Tower et al.

As of February, two Decorations have been made stackable for this particular base in the form of the Flower Stand and the Mystic Rose.

Thanksgiving Base
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The Thanksgiving Base incorporated more choices from Decorations available in the Market.  These included the Woodpile and the Mushrooms and the Hay.  Other items that can be placed on the Base are the Thanksgiving Turkey, the Colourful Tent, the Indian Hat, the Harvest Hat and the Hedgehog.  The Woodpile occupies the same position as the Indian Hat and Harvest Hat and the Mushrooms occupy the same position as the Hedgehog as does the Lacquer Horn and the Cornucopia.  The Haystack can go in the position of the Indian Hat.

Once again, although one no longer can purchase the Thanksgiving Base in the Market, farmers who were unable to complete the activities associated with the materials can purchase any remaining materials needed for RC.

Snow Base (Christmas)
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The following should be able to go on the Snow Base:  Tree Reindeer, ALL Snowmen including Snowman, Snow Man, Snow Magician, Bunny Snow Girl, ALL Snow Globes including Snow Globe and Christmas Crystal Ball, Small Snowflake Fence and the Snow Tree Arch . Other arches that initially could not be placed now can, including Tree Arch, Autumn Arch, Welcome Arch, Balloon Door and Welcome Sign, Christmas Wreath Fence and Candle Stand.  All of these now can be placed.  Note that the default position for the Tree Arch will not allow it to be placed on the base.  You must turn it first and then the jigsaw icon will be available to allow placement.

There is a new Decoration that players will receive after 5 Ice Cream Friendship Flowers have been crossbred.  It is the Ice Queen, with a Charm value of 7.  It is a stackable and cleanable Decoration and can be placed on the Snow Base in the position of the Bunny Snow Girl.

Ice Base:
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Bobo Fishing on Ice, Fish Ice Pond, Snowy Owl, Bobo's Backpack, Ski Penguin, Ice Swan, Ice Cat, Ice Dolphin.  The Ski Penguin can be substituted for Bobo and the Ice Swan, Ice Cat and Ice Dolphin substituted for the Snowy Owl..  Bobo's Fish BBQ now can go on the Base in the position of the Fish Ice Pond.  Thus, he can first catch the fish and then grill it. Bobo Bear's Guitar can go in place of Bobo Bear's Backpack as can his original Backpack.

Research Laboratory
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I have not had time or energy to work through this one to any advanced state yet, but members of my Family Farm Seaside Freyashawk Group are helping with the advanced techs.

Warning:  You can have a total of 600 Farmium initially.  If you earn more Farmium without using the 600 Farmium, it will be wasted.  The total does not increase.  It therefore is necessary to use your Farmium if you want the Farmium you earn by opening Daily Quest Chests to be given to you.

For a start, you have to USE the first option, which is to have Bees gather honey from a beehive again and again before you can unlock any other options.  Note here that only a REGULAR Beehive will be able to be used.  Any of the special Beehives, even if they gather Clover for Honey like the ordinary one, will not be recognised.

The first level is Basic Research.  It uses 50 Farmium each time.  Tap on the Bee to use 50 Farmium to obtain 5 Honey.  The Active Tech is called 'Flight of the Bumblebee'.  You need to use it to reach 120 points to go to Level 2.  You can upgrade your 'Flight of the Bumblebee'  after five uses and 12 Honey, but that will not change the Active Tech.  It only will allow you to collect 7 Honey immediately instead of 5.

Upgrading Flight of the Bumblebee
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As previously indicated, you can upgrade the techs, but that does not unlock new techs.  It simply makes the existing tech more effective.

Upgrading the Flight of the Bumblebee to Level 2 requires 5 Uses and 12 Honey.  It allows you to collect 7 Honey immediately.

Upgrading to Level 3 requires 20 uses of Flight of the Bumblebee, 30 Honey and 20 Clover.

Upgrading to Level 4 requires 85 uses of Flight of the Bumblebee, 80 Honey and 12 Cheese Salads.
 

When you have gained 120 points with 'Flight of the Bumblebee', your Laboratory will reach Level 2, unlocking 'Gold Finger'.

Now you can change the Research Topic to use either Flight of the Bumblebee as before or Gold Finger.

At the start using Gold Finger, you can immediately collect 3 products either from a Holstein Cow or from a Cheese Master.

A little mini-quest must be completed before it becomes usable as follows:

Reach Level 13

Produce 10 glasses o Apple Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 30 Lavender
  Skip for 15 RC

Grandpa:  You learned a new skill!  Gold Finger can help you save a lot of time!

Reward: 300 Coins, 50 XP

Upgrading Gold Finger
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At Level 1, you can collect 3 products only from a Holstein Cow or a Cheese Master.  Note that this is possible with the Upgrader as well.

It is at Level 2 that more options are unlocked, allowing you to collect 3 Products instantly from the Angora Rabbit, the Dutch Mill and the Chicken Coop as well as the original Holstein Cow and Cheese Master.

To upgrade to Level 2, you need the following:

12 Uses of Gold Finger
15 Apple Milkshakes

Use of Gold Finger requires only 20 Farmium as opposed to the 50 Farmium required to use the initial Flight of the Bumblebee Tech.

To take your Research Laboratory from Level 2 to Level 3, you need to earn a total of 300 points.  When you reach Level 2, the top left corner will show that you have achieved 120/300.  Note that you can do nothing without Farmium.

Use of the Level 1 Gold Finger Tech gives you 2 Points towards the total of 300 needed to upgrade the Laboratory to Level 3.


Treeology
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First level: The tool is 'Tree Zapper'. You can select a ripe coin tree (no RC trees) and 'zap' it to get 2 extra fruits (3 total) and 100% of the price to buy a new tree. The tree then disappears entirely. There is a little viewfinder to select the tree -  This uses 100 farmium.

Farmium Recharge
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This is a Passive Tech.

Farmium now recharges 1 Point every 24 minutes.

Requirements to unlock:

Reach Level 16
Use 'Flight of the Bumblebee' 10 times
Use Gold Finger 20 times