30 September 2013

Oktoberfest Time-Restricted Quests

The theme of the new time-limited Quest sequence is the Oktoberfest.  As usual, there are two different activities or quest types that are executed in tandem.  The first involves an item that is obtained randomly from Harvests and which can be redeemed for four different Rewards.  The second is a traditional sequence of Quests entitled Oktoberfest.

For the Reward Items, you must erect a Tent or Marquee on your FArm, then collect Gingerbread Hearts randomly from Crops, Trees, Animals and Machines in order to redeem the following Prizes:

Rope
Oktoberfest Flag
Thunderstorm
Oganic Fertiliser

The actual building can be 'upgraded' to 'improve your luck'.  To upgrade it, you will need Rope, which as you see is a Reward but which can be purchased for 1 RC if desired and Steel Pipes, which can be requested from Neighbours or purchased for 1 RC each.  The Marquee can be upgraded to Level 5.  For each successive Upgrade, you will need a greater number of Ropes and Steel Pipes.

Oktoberfest I

Place a Marquee on your Farm

Harvest 40 Rye
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward; 80 Coins, 16 XP

Oktoberfest II

Harvest 10 Oranges
  Skip for 5 RC

Sell 10 Orange Crumbles
  Skip for 10 RC

Sell 40 Loaves of Black Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Oktoberfest III

Harvest 40 Wheat
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Oat
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 sacks of Cake Flour
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Oktoberfest IV

Place an Oktoberfest Flag on your Farm

Collect 10 Oktoberfest Hats from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Oktoberfest V

Produce 10 Black Forest Cakes
  Skip for 5 RC

Produce 10 Tiramisu
  Skip for 5 RC

Produce 40 Steak Burgers
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Oktoberfest VI

Ask for 10 Beer Mugs from your neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 mugs of Dark Beer in your kitchen
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 8 Beer Snacks in the kitchen
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Oktoberfest VII

Prepare 10 Pretzels
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Glasses of Grape Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Oktoberfest VIII

Collect 10 Oktoberfest Aprons from your neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Loaves of Oat Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 20 Jars of Pitaya Jam
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 25 XP

This is the last quest.  The reward is an Oktoberfest Butterfly House.

16 September 2013

Summer Camp 10 Day Quests

A new sequence of Quests that will be active only for 10 days has appeared:

Summer Camp Quests

Summer Camp I

Produce 30 loves of Wheat Bread
  Skip for 15 RC

Produce 30 Loaves of Cornbread
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Summer Camp II

Harvest 40 Grapes
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Oats
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 10 Harvest Baskets from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Summer Camp III

Harvest 50 Pasture
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Beef
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 10 Jars of Nectar
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Summer Camp IV

Prepare 10 Apple Kulfi
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 20 glasses of Orange Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Find 10 Treasure Maps when fertilising neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Summer Camp V

Collect 10 Sleeping Bags from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Marshmallows in the Kitchen
  Skip for 10 RC

PRoduce 40 Steak Burgers
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Summer Camp V

Place a Fish Pond on the Farm

Prepare 10 Seasoned Salmon
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Maple Salmon
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Summer Camp VII

Prepare 10 Meatloaf
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 Bowls of Orange Ice Cream
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 10 Tubes of Sun Cream from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

END OF QUEST SEQUENCE

Final Reward:  'Scout Sun' Decoration
  This Reward produces no Coins whatsoever.

30 August 2013

Korean Wonder Time-Restricted Quests

At the end of August, a new series of time-restricted Quests.  As usual, there are two separate Quest sequences.  One involves collection of items from harvests of four different types.  In this case, the player must collect Masks from Cherry Trees, a Juice Machine, a Peacock and the Coffee Crop.  The other is a traditional sequence of Quests entitled Korean Wonder.

N.B.  To complete all the Korean Wonder Quests, you will need the temporary Soy Sauce and Vinegar Machines as well as the KimChi Machine.  The KimChi Machine does require 4 RC for one material but the others can be requested from Neighbours.  If you intend to perform these Quests or any time-restricted Quests, it always is a good idea to build or buy ALL the required machines at the very start before you are asked to do so in one of the Quest sequences.  For example, to make 10 Bulgogi for one of the tasks in Mission VI, you will need quite a lot of Soy Sauce.  Placing a single barrel at that point will delay completion considerably.  If, however, you place a number of barrels initially, you will have more than enough Soy Sauce to complete that Task instantly.

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Make farm produce to try and discover all the Masks:

20 Red MAsks
  Harvest Cherry Trees
  Skip for 20 RC

40 Orange Masks
  Harvest Orange Juice
  Skip for 40 RC

60 Blue Masks
  Harvest Peacock Feathers
  Skip for 60 RC

80 Brown Masks
  Harvest Coffee
  Skip for 80 RC

The collection of Masks from any harvest/production always is random.  To produce Peacock Feathers, you must feed a Peacock Rice.  To produce Orange Juice, you need only an Orange Tree and a Juice Machine.


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Korean Wonder I

Plant 40 Cabbages
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 40 Cabbages
  Skip for 20 RC

Place a WHite Vinegar Barrel on your Farm
  Cost: 300 Coins
  Duration: 3 Days

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Korean Wonder II*

*I assume the task was to place and complete the construction of the Kim Chi  Machine as I had done so BEFORE I completed the first Quest.  Immediately after receiving the first Reward, I was told that I had completed the second Quest.

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Produce 10 Cabbage Kimchi
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 10 Cucumber Kimchi
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 10 Carrot Kimchi
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Korean Wonder IV

Prepare 10 Bottles of Rice Wine
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 5 Kimchi Pancakes
  Skip for 5 RC

Ask for 10 Chopsticks from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Korean Wonder V

Produce 40 Bundles of Wool
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Bundles of Angora
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Korean Wonder VI

Place a Soy Sauce Barrel

Produce 20 Beef
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Beef Bulgogi
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Korean Wonder VII

Ask for 10 Duck Pedal Boats from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 8 Cheese Apples
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Bottles of White Grape Cider
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Korean Wonder VIII

Ask for 10 Wedding Dolls from your Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 20 Love Cakes
   Skip for 10 RC

Produce 6 Tiramisu
  Skip for 2 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 25 XP

FINAL REWARD:  Drum Beehive

16 August 2013

Farm Fest Time-Restricted Quests

Farm Fest I

Make 50 Veggie Burgers

Craft 10 Whole Oat Fruit Bread

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Farm Fest II

Place a Yeast Barrel on the Farm

Prepare 10 Bottles of Apple Cider
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 10 Bottles of Cherry Cider
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Farm Fest III

Plant 50 Pasture
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Pasture
  Skip for 25 RC

Place some Hay on the Farm*
  *Hay is one of the Reward Items for harvesting Notes

Reward: 20 Coins, 18 XP

Farm Fest IV

Produce 20 Glasses of Orange Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Collect 10 Volunteer Shirts from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 20 Grape Cornbreads
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Farm Fest V

Prepare 5 Meatloaf
  Skip for 5 RC

Produce 40 Wool
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Angora Hair
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Farm Fest VI

Harvest 4 Ice Cubes
  Skip for 4 RC

Prepare 4 Orange Ice Creams
  Skip for 4 RC

Prepare 10 Bottles of White Grape Cider
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Farm Fest VII

Produce 15 Tiramisu
  Skip for 15 RC

Prepare 5 Allspice Crumbles
  Skip for 5 RC

Prepare 10 Kulfis
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Farm Fest VIII

Produce 8 Elderberry Pancakes
  Skip fpr 8 RC

Produce 40 loaves of Oat Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Bottles of Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 25 XP
Final Reward: Peace Butterfly House


The final Reward is a Peace Butterfly House.  Initially, you will find it in your Gift Box.  When stored, it will be categorised as an 'Animal' item.  It produces nectar from Cherry Trees, among others.

With these Quests, there is another Quest wherein Players collect Notes randomly from Crops, Trees, Animals and Machines to redeem for the following prizes from a Farm Fest Stage placed on the Farm:

Speaker

Hay

30 OP

Super Watering Can

The Stage can be upgraded to Level 5.  The items required to upgrade it initially are Speakers and Stage Lights.  The Speakers can be obtained with Notes.  The Stage Lights can be reqested as free Gifts from Neighbours.

31 July 2013

Felicia's Wonderland Time=Restricted Quests

A new sequence of Quests has been released for August with a new challenge to find Teacups in four different Products:

Maple Tree: Maple Leaf Tea Cup

Pitaya Jam:  Pitaya Tea Cups

Peacock Feathers:  Peacock Tea Cups

Beef: Cow Tea Cups

As usual, the collection of Tea Cups is separate from the actual Quests, although you will need the Tea Cup Rewards to complete this Sequence:

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Felicia's Wonderland I
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Harvest 50 Pineapples
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Red Roses
  Skip for 50 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

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Felicia's Wonderland II
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Place a Butterfly House on your Farm

Finish Constructing the Butterfly House

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

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 Felicia's Wonderland III
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Place a Spice Rack on your Farm
  (Find this in the Decorations Menu at the Market)

Prepare 10 Allspice Crumbles
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 5 Spicy Flank Steaks
  Skip for 5 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

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Felicia's Wonderland IV
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Have 5 Lychee Trees

Collect 30 Jars of Nectar from the Butterfly House
  Skip for 10 RC

Try and find 10 bottles of Magic Potion whe collecting Nectar
  Skip for 10 RC

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Felicia's Wonderland V
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Ask for 10 Skipping Ropes from your Neighbours
   Skip for 10 RC

Produce 30 Glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 10 Tiramisu using the cake machine
  Skip for 10 RC

Rewards: 100 Coins, 20 XP

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Felicia's Wonderland VI
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Place Gnome from Teacups Mission

Produce 40 Bottles of Champagne
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Bottles of Wine
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

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Felicia's Wonderland VII
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Find 10 Rulls of Film by producing Angora Wool
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Blue Teddy Bears
  Skip for 40 RC

Produce 40 Red Teddy Bears
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

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Felicia's Wonderland VIII
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Prepare 16 Apple Kulfi
  Skip for 16 RC

Prepare 8 Elderberry Pancakes
  Skip for 8 RC

Ask for 10 Snack Bags from Neighbours
  Skip for  10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 25 XP

FINAL REWARD: Tea Table Decoration

16 July 2013

Time-Restricted Midsummer Night Quests

As of Tuesday, a new sequence of time-restricted Quests, due to expire in 12 Days.  As is usual in Family Farm Seaside, there are two separate Quest sequences, although both are linked.  The purchase of a Daisy Bike is one of these Quest sequences.  By harvesting Crops, Trees, Machines and Animals, you can find Daisy Chains randomly.  These can be exchanged for Prices.  There are four different Items that are given as Prizes.  When you have redeemed one of each, you will unlock a fifth prize in the form of an Ice Tree.  The Ice Tree can be purchased for 8 RC or for 100 Daisy Chains.  There is a limit of 1 Ice Tree, sadly.

The second Quest sequence is the Midsummer Night Quest sequence.  Some of the tasks are linked to the Daisy Bike.  In fact, the first Quest requires that you purchase and place the Daisy Bike.  One of the tasks in the second Quest is that of redeeming and placing a Flower Torch, a simple Decoration that is one of the four initial prizes in the Daisy Bike Quest.

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The Daisy Bike costs 500 Coins and operates for 10 days.  You can collect Daisy Chains from Crops and Products, then trade them for the following Rewards:

Bike Basket
  25 Left
  Cost: 1 Daisy Chain*
*This is the only item of the four Rewards that does not change in price.  The price remains 1 Daisy Chain until it is sold out.  Its use is to 'improve your luck' by upgrading your Bike.  The Bike can be upgraded to Level 5.  

Rain
  30 Left
  Cost: 8 Daisy Chains
  N.B.  The first and second cost 8, but th third costs 16 Daisy Chains.

Flower Torch
  5 Left
  Cost: 20 Daisy Chains
  N.B.  The first costs 20, the second costs 30 and the third costs 40.  The fourth in like fashion costs 50 Daisy Chains. 

Organic Fertiliser
  30 Left
  Cost 2 Daisy Chains

You can use RC to purchase the required Daisy Chains as well.

The final Reward appears to be an Ice Tree.  Obtaining the four initial Rewards simply unlocks the Ice Tree which then can be claimed for an additional 100 Daisy Chains or 5 RC.  Apparently, you can claim only 1 Tree by either method, but the number that is given for each of the other four Rewards is the number you can claim.  In other words, you can claim a total of 30 Rain, provided that you have the required number of Daisy Chains.

In the meantime, you can upgrade your Bike to Level 5 to 'improve your luck' in finding Daisy Chains.

The Tip for the Daisy Chain states that you can collect them when you harvest Crops, Trees, Animals or Machines.  You will find few Daisy Chains at Level 1 of the Daisy Bike.  This is an incentive to increase the level of the Bike to 'improve your luck'.

Each player may have a different experience, but I personally found that I collected the largest number of Daisy Chains from a Provence Honey Beehive and a regular Beehive at Level 1.  Crops seldom yielded any.  Trees were more likely to yield Daisy Chains and Machines often did.


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Midsummer Night I
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Harvest 25 Wheat
  Skip for 7 RC

Collect 25 Milk
  Skip for 11 RC

Place a Daisy Bike on your FArm
  Go to Store

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

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Midsummer Night II
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Collect 8 Broken Torches from Neighbours

Place a Flower Torch on your Farm
  (You can redeem a Flower Torch for 20 Daisy Chains, then find it in your Gift Box to use as a Decoration on your Farm)

Make 12 Gorgonzola Baked Apple

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

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Midsummer Night III
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Harvest 50 Daisies to make a bridal bouquet
  Skip for 25 RC

Collect 50 Peacock Featthers for the bride's dress
  Skip for 25 RC

Make 10 Orange Crumbles
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

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 Midsummer Night IV
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Make 50 Red Teddy Bears for the Little Girls
  Skip for 25 RC

Make 50 Blue Teddy Bears for the little Boys
  Skip for 25 RC

Collect 7 Pots and Pans from Neighbours to make Drums
  Skip for 7 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

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Teddy Bear Machine: 800 Coins
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Materials:
5 Gear (Request from Neighbours)
5 Screw (Request from Neighbours)
1 Filer: 1 RC
Switch 3 RC
  You will need 3 Switches

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Midsummer Night V
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Place a Fish Pond on your Farm

Produce 10 Herring Salads
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 10 Herring on Toast
  Skip for 10 RC

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Midsummer Night VI
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Collect 8 Tattered Outfits from Neighbours to dress the Witch
  Skip for 8 RC

 Harvest 50 Pasture to use as Stuffing

Harvest 50 Pineapples to use as Witch's Head

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

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Midsummer Night VII
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Harvest 8 Ice from the Ice Tree

Make  10 Oeange Ice Cream

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

and a Straw Witch Decoration

17 June 2013

New Japanese Time-Restricted Quests and Kitchen Recipes

On this Page, you will find the entire Quest sequence for the Japanese Wonder Quests as well as the requirements for the Teri Doll Quest and finally, all the new Japanese Recipes in the Kitchen.  Remember that all of these options are time-restricted.  You do have a month to cook the Japanese Recipes in the Kitchen, but the clock is running fast for the Quests.

There are two separate schools of thought where Quests are concerned in games.  Some Players like to know the actual requirements as well as the Rewards in advance.  Other Players prefer to be surprised.   For those Players who would like to know the final Rewards for the Japanese Wonder Quest Sequence as well as the Rewards for the Teri Doll Collection Quest, the following screenshots display both.

The Rewards for the Teri Doll Collection are a Samurai Dog and a Sakura Tree.  The Dog is a Decoration and one, moreover that does not produce any Coins.  The Sakura Tree can be purchased for 8 RC in the Marketplace for those who are not inclined to pursue the Quests.

The Reward for the Japanese Wonder Quest is a Fujiyama Beehive.  Visually, it is different from any Beehive that can be purchased in the Market but in fact, it operates the same way as an ordinary Beehive.  Its Bees will produce Honey only from Clover.






Two new Japanese-themed Quests have been released in Family Farm Seaside.  You have 12 Days to complete these Quests.  The first is a collection of Items from various harvests and Products and the second is a classical sequence of Quests that utilise time-limited Japanese Recipes that have been added to the Kitchen.

Note here that one of the new Ingredients that is required to complete some of the Dishes is Vinegar.  Vinegar requires no materials but is made in a Jar that can be purchased in the Marketplace for the next 29 days only for 300 Coins.  Making the Vinegar that is required for the Quests sounds deceptively easy but there is a significant problem with the equation.  Although Vinegar begins to ferment in the Jar as soon as the Vinegar Jar is placed on the Farm, it takes one full hour to complete Vinegar.  Three portions are made at a time, apparently.    The first Quest in the Japanese Wonder Quests requires one to produce 6 Rice Balls in the Kitchen.  The Ingrdients needed to make each Rice Ball are 2 Cooked Rice (a single ingredient Recipes that uses Akita Rice) and 5 Portions of Vinegar!  If three portions requires an hour to complete and the procedure cannot be  completed faster through the use of OP, one will not  be able to obtain more than 36 Vinegar in a 12 hour period.  You will need a total of 30 Vinegars to make 6 Rice Balls.  There are only 12 days to complete ALL the Japanese Quests.  Without knowing the nature of the rest of the Quests in the Japanese Wonders Sequence or even how many Quests are included in the Sequence, one is left with an uneasy sense that one may not be able to complete all the Quests before the deadline.  In this case, sadly, it may be best to pay 6 RC to Skip that particular Requirement and simply  plrace the Vinegar Jar on the farm and make 12 Cooked Rice, two tasks that are incredibly easy to complete.  Actually, though, provided that one is diligent, one should be able to complete this Quest in one Day even without using RC to skip the task of making 6 Rice Balls. 


The other alternative is to make one or two Rice Balls and THEN skip the rest of the task.  Ordinarily where a specific number of Harvests, Products or Cooked Dishes are concerned, the cost of skipping the Requirement is pro-rated and will diminish if there has been partial completion.  In this case, each Rice Ball you craft will decrease the cost of skipping the task by 1 RC.

It certainly would be less expensive to skip the entire task for 6 RC than to pay 1 RC each for the portions of Vinegar required to make the Rice Balls.  At a cost of 1 RC for 1 Vinegar, you will need 5 RC for each Rice Ball Recipe and a total of 30 RC if you wish to purchase sufficient Vinegar to cook 6 Rice Balls.

I thought I might be able to expedite the process by purchasing more than one Vinegar Jar but when I attempted to do so, I received a prompt to the effect that:  'You can have only one Vinegar Jar on your Farm'.




When you place a Vinegar Jar on your Farm, a number countdown will appear instantly.  The first number you see is NOT the amount of time it takes to create a portion of Vinegar but rather the time remaining until the Jar breaks or otherwise becomes unusable.  It is the countdown BELOW the Jar with the yellow completion bar that represents the time remaining until the current portion of Vinegar in the Jar is finished.

You will need a Soy Sauce Barrel as well as the Vinegar Jar.  It would make sense to buy both as soon as possible, even before they are required in any Quest.

The Soy Sauce Barrel costs only 60 Coins.    Unlike the Vinegar Jar, however, you can purchase more than one Soy Sauce Barrel and place more than one on your Farm.  Soy Sauce takes 4 Hours to complete, however, which makes multiple Barrels a very good idea.

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Collect Teru Dolls
Make the products and find the Teru Dolls:

Find 20 Yellow Teru Dolls
  Use Burger Machine to make Steak Burger for Yellow Teru Dolls
  skip for 20 RC

Find 30 Red Teru Dolls
  Harvest Gisela Cherry Tree for Red Teru Dolls
  Skip for 30 RC

Find 40 Orange Teru Dolls
  Harvest Carrot for Orange Teru Dolls
  Skip for 40 RC

Find 50 White Teru Dolls
  Harvest Wool from Sheep for White Teru Dolls
  Skip for 50 RC

Rewards: Samurai Dog and a flowering Sakura Tree


With this is a new Sequence of Quests:

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Japanese Wonder I
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Plant 24 Akita Rice
  Skip for 24 RC
Harvest 24 Akita Rice
  Skip for 12 RC

Akita Rice is available for 29 Days and costs 20 Coins.  It takes 4 Hours to mature.

Reward: 50 Coins, 10 XP

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The trick for good sushi is the vinegar you use and it's made by fermenting rice in a Jar.  Be careful though, too much vinegar will make it sour!  In Japanese cooking, small details are very important!

Place a Vinegar Jar on your Farm
  Go to Store

N.B.  The Vinegar Jar costs 300 Coins and will be available for 29 more days only.  Furthermore, a Vinegar Jar will function for three days only.

Produce 12 Cooked Rice in Kitchen
  Skip for 6 RC

Produce 6 Rice Balls in Kitchen
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 60 Coins, 12 XP

Yummy, mix this rice and vinegar and stir well, there is already half success!

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What kind of sushi shall we make first, cucumber or egg?  Let's go with egg.  I think everybody will like it and I want Darryl and his friends to try it!  It's simple to make so more time for other dishes.


Harvest 24 Corn
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 24 Eggs
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 3 Egg Sushi in Kitchen
  Skip for 3 RC

Reward: 70 Coins, 14 XP

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It's still raining outside!  I hope it doesn't put Darryl and his friends in a bad mood, they might not want to try my new food.  Oh, I kow a solution, let's make Udon noodles.  I still have the flour in the barn.

Produce 24 Wheat Flour
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 24 Oat Flour
   Skip for 12 RC

Produce 24 Udon
  Skip for 24 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

That should cheer the up and make the rest of the dishes made taste much better!

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Don't forrget the Tempura!  Have you thought of eating your vegetables battered and deep fried?  That's how tempuras are made, let's make some Carrot Tempura.  It is delicious and carrots are good for your skin!

Harvest 16 Carrots
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 8 Batter
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 8 Carrot Tempura
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

Hmmm... not bad I think for a first go.  I'm not that good at trying yet, however I am very happy I didn't get any oil on my clothes.

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Darryl just came back from school and is very excited to try the new food.  He asked if he can invite more friends.  We will need to prepare some more food and I thought about some Manga comics for them to read.

Produce 8 Tempura Udon
  Skip for 8 RC

Collect 5 Manga Comics from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 20 XP

Haha.  Darryl wants to be like a Japanese superhero characer and have the biggest farm in the world.  Keep on dreaming, Darryl!

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The Udon and Manga really cheered them up.  I'll prepare the dinner while they are pretending to be superheroes.  We had a really good onion harvest.  We can use some to make the perfect Soup Base!

Plant 10 Onion

Harvest 10 Onion

Place a Soy Sauce Barrel on the Farm

Reward: 90 Coins, 20 XP

I can't wait to try the sauce! Should taste delicious with all the high quality ingredients from our farm!

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The boys need some meal with the Soup.  I know the perfect dish for this.  Sukiyaki!  Traditionally, Japanese farmers cooked it using their farming tools.  I'm glad we can just use the kitchen.  It's much easier!

Produce 10 Soup
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 20 Beef
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 10 Sukiyaki
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 95 Coins, 20 XP

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Finally time for me to relax.  We still have some Sukiyaki left over.  We can make some Sukiyaki Sets and enjoy a DVD about the faous Fujiyama Mountain with a glass of apple juice!


Produce 5 Sukiyaki Sets
  Skip for 5 RC

Produce 10 glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 5 RC

Collect 3 Fujiyama DVD from Neighbours
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 22 XP

Japan is so beautiful.  I wish I could go visit my pen pal Yoshiko. I would love to see her and the Sakura Trees.

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Now that I think of my penpal Yoshiko, she didn't write for a long time.  I a wondering... Maybe Darryl played a trick on me again!  Once he hid the letters in the Burger Box!

Produce 15 Cheese Burgers
  Skip for 7 RC

Find 5 Letters while making Cheese Burgers
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 22 XP

I knew it, he tricked me again!  Not very nice, anyway.  I finally found my letter from Japan.

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Wow, Yoshiko told me such a romantic story about her last date.  Reminds me of my friend who just started dating the boy of her dreams!  I think I can help...!  I have an idea, a romantic picnic under a Sakura Tree!

Plant a Sakura Tree*

Harvest 4 Sakura Flowers
  Skip for 4 RC

*Sakura Tree is available in the Market for 6 RC.  It is one of the Rewards for completing the Doll Collection Quest as well.

Reward: 120 Coins, 24 XP

So romantic!  Yoshiko also mentioned that Sakura is useful in the kitchen.  Let me tell you about the recipe she sent me...

Japanese Wonder XII

First is the Sakura shaped Candy!  They look so cute on the picture and they are easy to make.  We can complement the candy with Sakura Tea.  Better make some more as I bet Darrl would like to try some as well.

Produce 4 Sakura Tea
  Skip for 4 RC

Produce 2 Honey Syrup
  Skip for 4 RC

Produce 2 Sakura Candy
  Skip for 4 RC

Reward: 140 Coins, 25 XP

So adorable!  It will be a cute date.  We have made good use of the Sakura and that's not even the end yet.

Japanese Wonder XIII

Yoshiko is so right!  She told me Love Cakes are out of date and it's all about Sakura Cake. It also looks so much tastier!  Let us make some!

Produce 6 Cake Flour
  Skip for 6 RC

For each Cake Flour, you will need two Oat Flour and two Rye Flour.  For 6 Cake Flour, therefore, you need 12 Oat Flour and 12 Rye Flour.

Produce 2 Sakura Cakes
  Skip for 4 RC

Reward: 150 Coins

The date went really well, my friend is so grateful.  More importantly, Darryl was happy with the food and didn't make any trouble!  Hihi -

Congratulations
Well done, you just finished all the Japanese Wonder missions.  Check out the mystery gift we sent to you(r) Gift Box!

Mystery Gift is a Fujiyama Beehive


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Japanese Time-Restricted Recipes
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At the same time, new Recipes have been released for the Kitchen.  These can be made for 4 Weeks and are as follows:

Cooked Rice: 56 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Akita Rice x 2

Rice Ball: 140 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredients: Cooked Rice x 2, Vinegar x 5

Egg Sushi: 497 Coins, 3 XP
  Ingredients:  Rice Ball x 2, Egg x 2

Udon: 132 Coins, 1 XP
   Ingredients:  Wheat Flour, Oat Flour

Carrot Tempura: 448 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredients:  Carrot x 2, Batter

Tempura Udon: 935 Coins, 3 XP
  Ingredients:  Udon x 3, Carrot Tempura


Soup: 370 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredients:  Onion, Soy Sauce x 2
  Farm Aid Requirement:  Pot costing 2 RC

Sukiyaki: 488 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredients:  Soup, Beef x 4
   Farm Aid Required: Pot costing 2 RC

Sukiyaki Set:  1223 Coins, 3 XP
  Ingredients:  Sukiyaki x 2, Egg x 2
  Farm Aid Requirement: Pot costing 2 RC

Sakura Tea: 30 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredients:  Sakura Flower, Honey x 2

Sakura Candy: 187 Coins, 2 XP
  Ingredient:  Sakura Flower x 2,  Honey Syrup

Sakura Cake: 1057 Coins, 3 XP
  Ingredients:  Sakura Flower x 2,  Cake Flour x 3

12 June 2013

Plagiarism on the Internet

Once upon a time, Freyashawk devoted a good portion of her life to the usually unpaid task of writing Strategy Guides for games.  These Guides were published first on IGN and then on her own sites.   IGN often compensated her with free games, but not much else.  The real reward was the appreciation of her readers.

Recently, while on a cruise and having little ability to use the internet except for brief moments, I began to play Harvest Moon, 'A New Beginning' seriously.   I thought I would look for a guide for the game.  Imagine my surprise and disgust when the Guide at Gamefaqs contained the text of my entire Guide for the game VERBATIM!  No credit given to Freyashawk whatsoever.

Freyashawk has a very distinct writing style, created partly in order to discourage plagiarism of this sort.  Evidently, shamelessness reigns on Gamefaqs.  This is not the first time a guide of mine has been stolen in its entirety and published verbatim on that site.  I did go through legal channels once to have a stolen guide removed, but it was a long, arduous process.

Anyway, SHAME ON YOU, Gamefaqs!  And shame upon every individual who steals the intellectual work of another.

We do the work in order to assist other players and make the game more enjoyable for every one, but it is discouraging when people steal information.  Giving credit to he author would be sufficient.

I was going to update the guide for 'A New Beginning' but why should I go to the trouble now when the information will be stolen by some one else?  Writing any good comprehensive guide for a game can take months.    The effort should be appreciated.

Meanwhile, a good friend (who always was a fan of my game guides) sent me a copy of the new Animal Crossing game for the 3DS.  I had intended to write a guide for THAT game, but again, why should I bother in the circumstances?

The entertainment/gaming sites have taken their own step to eliminate the need to pay or acknowledge the work of guide writers by creating Wikis for games instead of publishing individual guides.  In fact, I was asked by IGN to take charge of some of the Harvest Moon Wikis.  I refused.  I cannot think of anything less satisfying and more frustrating than the job of overseeing and making contributions to a Wiki.  It would be similar to a job of overseeing and attempting to control a classroom filled with juvenile delinquents. 

A Wiki is different from a Guide in a couple of ways.  Almost any one can make an addition or change to the material.  The reason why some one has to manage the site is in order to go through the material constantly to weed out false or faulty information, as well as totally inappropriate rude or obscene entries.  As previously indicated, I cannot imagine anything less satisfying than that.

Why am I publishing this post here?  Many of the players of Family Farm Seaside play the original Family Farm as well.  There are moderators on the Fairplay Farming Neighbours Site who create and publish mini-guides for almost every aspect of the game, including all the Missions and Quests.  That is one of the reasons I am not publishing Quests and Missions information on the little Family Farm site I created for the original Facebook game.  Why duplicate excellent work?  I may ask for permission, however, to publish the documents on my own site, giving full credit to the individuals who wrote them originally.  I have seen complaints on the site to the effect that people have copied the information entirely without permission and without crediting the source.  Such behaviour ultimately will lead to disillusionment for the person who works tirelessly on behalf of fans to create timely, comprehensive guides.

I therefore urge every one not only to demonstrate a little grateitude when they find a site with good information about a game they like and to make certain that any copying of the information has the permission of the author and gives full credit to that author.

When to Spend RC on Missions, Quests and Expansions

Farm Expansions are a necessity both in the original Family Farm and in Seaside if you have any intention of completing Quests and Missions.  You will not have sufficient space on your original Farm to grow the Crops needed or to place the many Trees, Animals and Machines required to complete these Goals.
To some extent, you can make do with a smaller Farm by building a Warehouse and placing all Animals and Machines not being used for current Missions or Quests into storage.  You can build a Well and place Sprinklers on all your plots to speed growth by 25%.  Of course, you do have to possess sufficient land to PLACE the Warehouse and the Well.  The Warehouse takes considerable space.

Moreover, the new Kitchen option requires the construction of another large Building in the form of the Kitchen.  With the original Farm, it is unlikely you will have sufficient space for the Warehouse and the Kitchen.

Players tend to be divided between those who are willing to splash out by purchasing premium Cash and those who feel that it should be possible to play the game with the resources one is given.  One can earn RC, albeit slowly.   One can earn premium Items sometimes in the form of Rewards for Quests and Missions completed.  Basically, though, if you wish to be able to complete ALL the Missions and Quests in a timely manner and increase your Level fairly quickly, you probably will need to invest in premium Cash.

Where Expansions are concerned, it is possible to complete the requirements for the first two or three without 'cheating' by paying RC to skip a Requirement.  If, however, you need the space and do not have the means to complete all three Requirements in the near future, which requirement should you skip?

Never Skip a Requirement to complete a Building.  Buildings usually are too useful to justify 'skipping' them by paying premium Cash.  For example, the 18 x 18 Expansion requires the Player to complete a Warehouse.  It is more important to do that than to save 200,000 Coins.  Furthermore, Coins can be spent on other improvements.  

Where the larger Expansions are concerned, I believe that the requirement that can be skipped is that of attaining a specific Level.  It takes more and more time to reach a higher Level as you advance in the game.  If you need more space, skip the Level Requirement, paying RC to do so.

The Coin price for the Expansion will increase with every Expansion.  Again, it is better to skip that Requirement often by paying RC if you are nowhere near the Goal than to spend all your Coins on the Expansion.  

NEVER skip the Requirement to make a certain number of a specified Item.  With a little diligence and determination, you always should be able to make the required number of Goods to complete that requirement for an Expansion.  The Goods then can be used or sold.  Skipping the Requirement by paying RC only cheats your own Farm in the end.

Where Quests and Missions are concerned, one must distinguish between those that are time-limited and those that are open-ended in terms of completion.  If you like the ultimate Reward for any time-limited Quest or Mission, you may have to decide whether or not it is worth an investment in real money, especially if you came to the Mission/Quest Sequence late in the game.

For Quests and Missions that are not time-limited, it usually is best to be patient and complete every Quest in the Sequence.

Often there will be a Task that requires an Item that must be purchased with Premium Cash or RC.  In such a case, it is better to BUY the required Item than to 'Skip' the Requirement.  Most of the Items that can be found in Seaside are used again and again in Quests and Missions.  'Skipping' any Quest Sequence that involves an Item that requires an RC investment is a temporary solution at best.

If you are impatient, it is far better to purchase Farm Aids to speed the growth of required Crops or Tree Harvests than to 'Skip' the Quest Sequence.  Skippoing a Task never is possible for less than 4 RC and often requires far more.  One can purchase 25 Super Fertiliser for 3 RC or 25 Super Watering Cans for 6 RC.  Only a single use is required to completely ripen any Crop or Tree.

When you first plant any Crop or have harvested any Tree, you will be required to use 4 Ordinary Fertiliser or 4 Ordinary Watering Cans to bring it to maturity.  If, however, your Crops or Trees are almost ready for harvest, it may be possible to bring them to maturity with a single use of ordinary Fertiliser or an ordinary Watering Can.   25 ordinary Fertiliser cost 1 RC and  25 ordinary Watering Cans cost 2 RC.

11 June 2013

Using This Site

Please note that Pages take precedence over Posts.  All Pages give detailed permanent information for the most part about improtant aspects of the game and can be accessed through the Tabs found on top of any Post.  You will find Pages for all Missions and Quests, Item Values, Achievements and so on.
There is a separate Page devoted to Time-Restricted Quests and Missions.  All other Missions and Quests as well as details about Requirements for Farm Expansions can be found in the Quests and Missions Page.

08 June 2013

Do Neighbours the Courtesy of 'Liking' their Farms!

As a member of a Facebook Community devoted to Family Farm Seaside, I see far too many complaints and requests with respect to the business of 'Liking' other Farmers' Farms.  Perhaps one of the reasons Neighbours fail to perform this simple action is because they do not comprehend the value of it.

It is, in fact, one of the Achievements in Family Farm Seaside.  The number of 'Likes' given to a Player's Farm determines the Achievement obtained.   'Liking' a Neighbour's Farm requires only a SINGLE VISIT to that Neighbour's Farm and a single press of a finger on the little Smiley Face Icon next to the name of that Farm.

The Smiley Face Icon, if you have NOT 'Liked' the Farm, will have an open mouth.  Once you have 'Liked' the Farm, the little face will display a smile and its eyes will be shut in apparent bliss.  As previously indicated, this action can be performed only once but it does make a difference to your Neighbours!

I have almost 100 Neighbours and yet do not have even 80 Likes of my Farm.  It is extremely frustrating as I ALWAYS make certain to visit any new Neighbour to 'Like' his/her Farm immediately.

I urge Players of Family Farm Seaside to perform this little courtesy for their Neighbours!

Inroduction to the Order Board

The Order Board option is new for the month of June, but resembles that found in other online Farming Simulation Games, including the original Family Farm.  Each day when you access the Order Board, you will see a number of Orders from Grandma.  When you fill existing orders within the time frame allowed, you will obtain a Reward.  If you manage to fill ALL orders in the time frame given, you will receive a Bonus.

For example, today's Orders are:

Sell 25 Red Roses
  Reward Points: 20
  Skip for 12 RC

Sell 30 Jars of Honey
  Reward Points: 20
  Skip for 15 RC

Sell 5 Meatloaves
  Reward Points: 15
  Skip for 10 RC

Bonus for filling all three Orders: +10 Reward Points

Apart from the Reward Points, there are actual Items, including Farm Aids that are given when specific totals are reached in terms of the Reward Points.

Rewards of this sort are, in the order in which you will receive them: Fertiliser x 25, Watering Can x 25, Power x 6, Petrol x 50, Super Fertiliser x 25, Super Watering Can x 25, Rainbow and Mystery Reward

With the appearance of the actual Order Board is a new sequence of Quests designed to persuade the Player to become involved with this new option.  The Quests are:  Grandma's Orders

You will find all details about Grandma's Orders on my Quests and Missions Page.

Is the Order Board the best option to use in Family Farm or Family Farm Seaside when dealing with the items you have made or produced?  I myself am reluctant to use it, especially after selling off the entire contents of my Barn in Seaside recently by accident.  Now that the Kitchen has been introduced, I am even more reluctant to sell off items such as 30 Honey simply in order to obtain +10 Reward Points.  I would rather use my Honey either in the Kitchen or to make Jam.

Note, however, that the Order Board is very much a part of the Grandma's Orders Sequence of Quests, and that completing all three Orders on two different Days are two of the required Tasks.

Freedom to choose, however, is an important aspect of Farming Simulation Games.  I do have Neighbours who fill the Daily Orders in the original Family Farm religiously and are happy to do so.  To each his/her own or  'Chacun à son goût!'

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PARTIAL ORDER COMPLETION
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I personally do not care for the new Order option in Seaside, as previously indicated.  It is difficult enough to collect sufficient items to complete Quest Sequences and now, with the addition of the Kitchen and the need to cook Dishes that often require quite a few ingredients, it makes even less sense to sell raw materials to 'Grandma'. 

If you are going to complete the daily Orders, however, it is a very good idea NOT to sell any Items until you have attained the requested total.  For example, a couple of days ago, I had completed two out of the three Daily Orders.  The one that I failed to complete was that of selling 5 Meat Loaves.  I basically forgot about it until the time period had expired and new Orders had been posted.  I had made 3 Meat Loaves but needed more Beef to make the remaining two that had been requested.  Well, today Grandma has posted ANOTHER Order for 5 Meat Loaves.  Not selling the three I had made a few days ago means I only have to make 2 more.  Today, I will meet that goal without any trouble.



07 June 2013

The new Cooking Option in Family Farm Seaside

I have created a Page where all the Recipes for the Kitchen will be listed but wished to touch upon the new option in a Post as well.



At some point during my absence, Seaside introduced a new optioni in the form of a Kitchen.  The Kitchen is an unfinished building when purchased but each of the four materials used to complete it can be requested from Neighbours.  Once built, the player will be able to make quite a few cooked dishes.

Many of the Dishes require nothing more than the ordinary ingredients that can be grown as Crops, harvested from Animals or Trees or produced in the various Machines.  There are a few, however, that require additional aids in the form of a Spoon, a Fork or a Skillet.  Unfortunately, I did not make a note of the prices of these items, but for the most part, they could be purchased with Coins rather than RC.

If an additional aid is required, you will see an announcement to that effect in the lower left portion of the screen, beneath the Selling Price and the XP Value of the Cooked Dish.  These aids, once purchased, are permanent and never need to be replaced as far as I can see.

There is another requirement where any Cooking is concerned and that is 'Power' or 'Energy'.  A Player initially possesses a total of 30 Power/Energy.  Each Cooking action uses 1 Power/Energy.  Replacement of Power/Energy used is simply a waiting game although an impatient Player can purchase Power/Energy from the Market.  1 Power costs 1 RC.  6 Power costs 5 RC.  As you can see, it is an expensive proposition and I do not see the point, frankly. 

When the Kitchen was released, new time-limited Quest sequences that were intended to persuade Players to purchase and complete the build as quickly as possible were released as well.  These included the 'Neighbour's Day' Quest sequence featuring Darryl and another that involved Felicia.

Some of the Cooked Dishes are easy to make but there are others that require a rather surprising number of ingredients.  One of the 'Neighbour's Day' Quests required the Player to make a total of 10 Summer Toasts.  That requirement delayed my completion of that task considerably, i have to confess!

As always, a Player is best served by NOT selling off raw ingredients and now, with the advent of the Kitchen, not selling many of the Goods produced by Machine either unless it is absolutely necessary.  Many of the ingredients required to make Cooked Dishes in the Kitchen are Products made in Machines.  I would imagine that many if not all future Quest Sequences will include the Kitchen now.

05 June 2013

General Warning

I returned from a month at sea to find that Family Farm Seaside had introduced a number of new Quests and an important new option in the form of the Kitchen.

It is very difficult to catch up when one has been unable to play regularly.  There was a very poor but extremely expensive internet service on the Queen Mary 2 but it was so slow that one could not load any of the games without spending significant blocks of time and money.  Even when the game loaded, it did so in a very primitive fashion without loading all the graphics.  It was utterly impossible to respond to Neighbour Requests as well, a fact that made me feel rather bad.

Here though is a 'General Warning' to all players.  Be VERY careful when you access your Barn in Seaside.  A week or so BEFORE I sailed off to sea, I was playing Seaside when I was far too exhausted to pay close attention to my actions.  I mistakenly sold off EVERYTHING in my Barn. 

I had saved many of the basic ingredients such as Eggs, Milk, Wheat Flour, Corn and so on, with a view to the Quests.  All those disappeared in one fell swoop in a few seconds of time.  Now, upon my return, I not only have to grow specific totals of Crops demanded by Quests but at the same time, I must try to grow and harvest the basic ingredients I sold in error.

02 June 2013

Return after 29 Days at Sea

I apologise to my friends and Neighbours who play Family Farm Seaside for my lack of participation during tha past 29 days when I was at sea.  Although I purchased internet time, the connection was so very poor that I often could not access my emails, let alone play any online games.  I now have returned and have begun to play Seaside again as well as updating my posts and pages.

Thank you for your understanding.

30 April 2013

Queen's Day Quests


Queen's Day I

Harvest 8 Oranges
  Skip for 4 RC

Produce 8 Glasses of Orange Juice
  Skip for 4 RC

I know what it is!  Today is Queen's Day in the Netherlands! Let's celebrate the birthday of the Queen!

Reward: 50 Coins, 10 XP

Queen's Day II
The Queen is going to abdicate on Queen's Day, we will have a King after more than 100 years!  Let's put on an Eccentric Hat just like the Queen.  Oh, and we need some Tulips to decorate the place!

Plant 25 Tulips
  Skip for 12 RC

Sell 25 Tulips
  Skip for 12 RC

Ask 5 Eccentric Hats from neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Queen's Day means that the Dutch Princes will take part in activities with their people.

Reward: 70 Coins, 15 XP

Queen's Day III

Every one is having fun with all sorts of activities on the streets.  Let's also organise a tin can alley match on the farm!  Hmm, how about Cheddar Cheese and Black Forest CAke as prizes?

Ask 10 Tin Cans
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 8 Black Forest Cakes
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 40 Cheddar Cheeses
  Skip for 20 RC

Look, I'm not the only one!  There seems to be Orange Madness everywhere.  It looks like Grandma Blair is the only one immune to it!

Reward: 80 Coins, 20 XP

Queen's Day IV

Grandma wants to sell Orange Juice on the Queen's Day Market.  I remember that last year it was really crowsded and every one was wearing orange clothes.  I sold a lot of old stuff that day!

Buy 1 Market Stall

Ask 6 Old Children's Books from neighbours
  Skip for 12 RC

Sell 8 Glasses of Orange Juice
  Skip for 8 RC

Hey, look there!  There is a girl crying in the middle of the crowd.

Reward: 200 Coins, 24 XP

Queen's Day V

Aw, poor kid, she is hungry and lost her Doll in the middle of all that orange madness!  Let's help her out!

Produce 40 Wheat Breads
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 6 Jars of Orange Jam
  Skip for 6 RC

Ask 2 Lost Barbie Dolls from neighbours
  Skip for 4 RC

Wow, that was an awesome Queen's Day!  Looking forward to next year's King's Day now!

Reward: 80 Coins, 20 XP

Queen's Day VI

We should get a beer and have a toast in honour of his majesty!  Oh, and of course have a dance too!  Will you dance the traditional Dutch Clog Dance with me?

Buy 1 Wooden Shoes with Tulips

Ask 1 Bottle of Heineking Beer from neighbour

  Skip for 3 RC

A toast in honour of his Majesty!

Reward: 300 Coins, 1 Dutch Flag





22 April 2013

Butterfly Collections and Limited Edition Iris Crop

Beautiful Limited Iris Crop shown at the top above Red Roses and Lotus Flowers

All details about these new Quests/Missions are given on the Page that is devoted to time-restricted Quests.  You will find a link on a tab at the top of this page.

There are three new options in Seaside.  One is represented by a little butterfly icon on the top right of the screen.  This is a Butterfly Collection Challenge that requires the collection of four different colours of Butterfly, much like the Easter Egg Challenge.  There are two Rewards for completion: a 'Blossom Beehive' that is basically no different from an ordinary Beehive, apart from the little floral ornament atop it, and an Angel Sheep, a Decoration rather than an Animal who produces any Product.



You must collect the following:

40 Pink Butterflies
  Grow Pitaya
30 Purple Butterflies
  Make Grape Juice in the Juice Maker
20 Yellow Butterflies
  Make Steak Burgers or Cheese Burgers in the Burger Maker*
`0 Brown Butterflies
  Collect from the Coffee Maker

*Possibly ANY type of Burger

Thanks to Mary Garon for confirming that the Cheese Burgers yield Butterflies as well.  I have loaded my Burger Machine both for Steak and Cheese and obtained Butterflies from it for both I believe.    It is possible that ALL Burgers yield Yellow Butterflies randomly.



The Iris Crop costs 30 Coins, matures in 2 hours and is available for only 6 more days.

Iris in Marketplace


The third new option is represented by the icon of a fairy's face on the top left of the screen above the ordinary Missions/Quests Icons.  The first of these limited Quests is:


Thumbelina I

Plant 8 Oat
  Skip for 4 RC

Harvest 8 Oat
Skip for 4 RC

Find 3 Oat Bud when harvesting Oat
Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 50 Coins, 10 XP

Thumbelina II
The peasant and his wife often cooked some delicious food for me.  Oh, I miss the taste of that food.  Could you make some?

Produce 20 Cheese Burger
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 12 Jars of Apple Jam
Skip for 6 RC

Collect 5 Napkins from Neighbours
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 70 Coins, 14 XP
Thumbelina:  I love delicious food, life is good!

Thumbelina III
One night, I was carried off by a toad.  I had to ask the butterflies for help.  They used my ribbon to carry me to a safe place.

Harvest 40 lavenders
Skip for 20 RC

Produce 25 Angora Rabbit hair to make ribbon
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 18 XP

Thumbelina: Thanks!  I wanted to go home, but then winter came.

Thumbelina IV
Brr, winter was on its way.  I had to prepare something to keep me warm!

Find 10 Wool blankets when collecting wool
Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 6 Chocolate to eat
Skip for 6 RC

Produce 12 glasses of Mango Juice
Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 22 XP

Thumbelina:  At least I wasn't cold or hungry during winter.

Thumbelina V
Thumbelina:  When spring arrived, I walked out.  Then... can you imagine what I saw?  I bet you can if you plant some of these flowers!

Plant 40 Iris
Skip for 20 RC

Find a Flower Angel when Harvesting Iris
Skip for 5 RC

Thumbelina: Hard to believe, but it's true!
Reward: 120 Coins, 22 XP

Thumbelina VI

Thumbelina:  He was just my size and looked like me.  A flower fairy prince!  HE asked me to marry him and I said yes!  Did you see my ring?

Produce 40 Peacock Feather
Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Love Cake
Skip for 20 RC

Find a Butterfly Ring when fertilising a neighbour's farm
Skip for 5 RC

Thumbelina:  I received a pair of wings and traveled with him from flower to flower!

Reward: 120 Coins, 24 XP

Thumbelina VII

He introduced me to Darryl and Felicia and showed me their farm!  Could you help me prepare some food here on your farm?

Produce 50 Loaves of Black Bread
Skip for 25 RC

Produce 8 Tiramisu
Skip for 8 RC

Produce 50 Jars of Grape Jam
Skip for 25 RC

Thumbelina:  Thanks, friends!  We will back to you and have a Party!

Reward: 140 Coins, 26 XP

Thumbelina VIII

Thumbelina:  Oh thank you!  My parents will be so happy!  Which reminds e... Can you help us prepare some dinner?

Produce 12 Black Forest Cake
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 12 Orange Juice
Skip for 12 RC

Find 10 Wedding Gift when Producing Black Forest Cake
Skip for 20 RC

Thumbelina:  Thanks for your help.  We have a happy life together!

Reward: 1 Thumbelina Fairy Decoration

This is the last quest in the Thumbelina sequence!




Thumbelina I

Plant 8 Oat
  Skip for 4 RC

Harvest 8 Oat
Skip for 4 RC

Find 3 Oat Bud when harvesting Oat
Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 50 Coins, 10 XP

Thumbelina II

Produce 20 Cheese Burger
Skip for 10 RC

Produce 12 Jars of Apple Jam
Skip for 6 RC

Collect 5 Napkin from Neighbours
Skip for 10 RC


Reward: 70 Coins, 14 XP
Thumbelina:  I love delicious food, life is good!

Thumbelina III
One night, I was carried off by a toad.  I had to ask the butterflies for help.  They used my ribbon to carry me to a safe place.

Harvest 40 lavenders
Skip for 20 RC

Produce 25 Angora Rabbit hair to make ribbon
  Skip for 12 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 18 XP

Thumbelina: Thanks!  I wanted to go home, but then winter came.

Thumbelina IV
Brr, winter was on its way.  I had to prepare something to keep me warm!

Find 10 Wool blankets when collecting wool
Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 6 Chocolate to eat
Skip for 6 RC

Produce 12 glasses of Mango Juice
Skip for 12 RC

Thumbelina:  At least I wasn't cold or hungry during winter.
  Reward: 100 Coins, 22 XP

Thumbelina V
Thumbelina:  When spring arrived, I walked out.  Then... can you imagine what I saw?  I bet you can if you plant some of these flowers!

Plant 40 Iris
Skip for 20 RC

Find a Flower Angel when Harvesting Iris
Skip for 5 RC

Thumbelina:  I received a pair of wings and traveled with him from flower to flower!

                                                           Reward: 120 Coins, 24 XP



Thumbelina VI

Thumbelina:  He was just my size and looked like me.  A flower fairy prince!  HE asked me to marry him and I said yes!  Did you see my ring?

Produce 40 Peacock Feather
Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Love Cake
Skip for 20 RC

Find a Butterfly Ring when fertilising a neighbour's farm
Skip for 5 RC

Thumbelina:  I received a pair of wings and traveled with him from flower to flower!

Reward: 120 Coins, 24 XP

Thumbelina VII

He introduced me to Darryl and Felicia and showed me their farm!  Could you help me prepare some food here on your farm?

Produce 50 Loaves of Black Bread
Skip for 25 RC

Produce 8 Tiramisu
Skip for 8 RC

Produce 50 Jars of Grape Jam
Skip for 25 RC

Thumbelina:  Thanks, friends!  We will back to you and have a Party!

Reward: 140 Coins, 26 XP

Thumbelina VIII

Thumbelina:  Oh thank you!  My parents will be so happy!  Which reminds e... Can you help us prepare some dinner?

Produce 12 Black Forest Cake
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 12 Orange Juice
Skip for 12 RC

Find 10 Wedding Gift when Producing Black Forest Cake
Skip for 20 RC

Thumbelina:  Thanks for your help.  We have a happy life together!

Reward: 1 Thumbelina Fairy Decoration

This is the last quest in the Thumbelina sequence!









This time-limited sequence is set to run for 7 more days, 12 more hours.

Remember that, in every situation where an Item is collected from a Crop, Animal or Machine, the appearance of that Item ALWAYS WILL BE RANDOM!

On the far right is the Reward for completing all the Thumbelina Missions.  It is a Fairy Decoration. To the left is one of the two Rewards for completing the Butterfly Collections.  The Angel Sheep, as previously indicated, is a Decoration rather than a Sheep who produces Wool.


A strategy Guide for any Farming Simulation Game on Facebook or a mobile platform is useful primarily in order to give Farmers advance notice of the Crops and Items needed for Quests and Missions.  For the Butterfly and Thumbelina Missions, you will need enormous quantities of the following on a fairly ongoing basis as these items are used again and again in the course of the Missions:

Wheat Flour
Grapes
Corn (to produce Eggs)
Clover (to produce Milk)
Pasture (to produce Beef)

The following 'products' are needed in large quantities to stock various machines required for the Quests:

Eggs
Milk
Wheat Bread
Beef

Where the Butterfly Missions are concerned, Pitaya Fruit cannot be grown in advance but must be planted and harvested during the course of the Mission as it randomly produces Butterflies when harvested.  Grape Juice is another machine that produces Butterflies and the Grapes can be grown in advance.  As some of the Thumbelina Quests require Grapes, it is a good idea to grow them repeatedly.

The Burger Machine that produces another type of Butterfly, however, must be stocked again and again with the following ingredients:

Wheat Bread
Beef or Cheddar Cheese

Of the two Products that produce Butterflies randomly, it was only the Burger Machine that appeared to require days of constant use.  The Coffee Maker spewed out the required 10 Butterflies almost instantly.  For the latter, however, you need to have:

Coffee Beans

As with Grapes, these can be grown in advance as they are nothing more than an ingredient in the Product that randomly produces Butterflies.

There are other Crops that are needed in the course of Thumbelina's Missions, including:

Rice (to feed the Peacock to produce Peacock Feathers)
Love Fruit (to produce Love Cakes)
Chocolate (from the Chocolate Tree)
Rye (for Black Bread needed for one of Thumbelina's Quests)

The actual Quests are included below, so the Player can study them ahead of time in order to maximise the benefits from planting Crops.