Beanstalk Time-Restricted Quests/Missions

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Darryl and the Beanstalk
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Players have 11 Days to complete the Beanstalk Missions in Family Farm Seaside.   The Rewards for completing the Collection Mission are more important perhaps than the Decoration that is the Reward for completing the traditional Quest sequence, although the Brazil Nut Tree that is one of the Collections Mission Rewards can be purchased in the Marketplace.   If you are the sort of player who cannot bear to see items on Neighbours' Farms that you do not own, you will complete EVERY time-restricted Mission.  The Golden Chicken Statue Decoration that is the Reward for completing the traditional Quests can be cleaned when it is placed on your Farm, which means that it will produce random items including OP, Power and Coins when Neighbours clean it.  

As usual, the Quests/Missions are twofold and run in tandem.  There is a Collections Mission wherein the farmer collects feathers of different colours by harvesting/collecting specific Items.  Appearance of Feathers as always is entirely random:

Feather Collections Mission
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Collect Colourful Feathers

Try to collect Colourful FEathers when making farm products

70 Green Feathers from Green Beans
  Green Bean is a new Crop that matures in 6 Hours

50 Red Feathers from Maple Sugar
  Produce Maple Sugar in the Sugar Machine using Maple Syrup from the Maple Tree

30 Pink Feathers from Pitaya Jam
  Produce Pitaya Jam in the Jam Maker using Pitaya, a Crop

10 Yellow Feathers from Lemons
  Harvest the Lemon Tree

Rewards: Brazil Nut Tree and Beanstalk Decoration.  The Beanstalk Decoration cannot be cleaned but both Rewards are needed during the course of the 'Beanstalk Mission'.

Note that Green Beans are a new Crop that cost 80 Coins and take 6 Hours to mature.  They do not appear to be one of the time-restricted Crops so probably will be in the Marketplace from this point forward.

One more detail that may be useful to Farmers is the fact that the Brazil Nut Tree can be purchased in the Marketplace for 6 RC.  If you do not mind spending a little RC to complete a Mission, this purchase may be useful as it gives you a 'jump start' on the Recipe in the last step of 'Beanstalk' that requires Brazil Nuts as an ingredient.

The other Quest/Mission is a traditional one entitled 'Beanstalk'

Beanstalk Quests
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Beanstalk I
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Grandma found an old cookbook with a great recipe in it: milk cookies!  And since she needs a lot of milk, we will need more than one cow!

Have 2 Holstein Cows on the field
  N.B. Once placed, the requirement will be satisfied and the Cows can be stored.  They are one of the larger animals in Seaside and you may need the space for the Jam Machines and Sugar Machines required for the Collections Mission.

Prepare 20 Condensed Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients:   Milk, Sugar

Prepare 20 Milk Cookies
  Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients:  Condensed Milk, Wheat Flour

Darryl:  Mmm, the condensed Milk is so delicious!  It kind of tastes like candy!

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Beanstalk II
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On second thought, Grandma realised that two cows on the farm means a lot of work.  So she asked me to sell one in the Village Fair.  Let's take this opportunity and make more money by selling other farm products too!

Prepare 20 bowls of  Cottage Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients:  Cheddar Cheese x 2, Milk x 2

Produce 40 Cheddar Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

  Make Cheddar Cheese in the Cheese Maker using Milk

Prepare 20 Cheese Salad
  Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients:  Honey x 5, Cheddar Cheese x 2

Darryl:  Great!  We sold all the farm products!  But wait... I forgot to sell the cow!  What now?

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Beanstalk III
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Darryl:  I met a mysteirous seller who sold me some amazing magic beans!  Cool, right?  But it cost me all the money that I've earned, so now I will need to prepare and sell some dishes to earn the money back!  Otherwise Grandma will be really angry!

Finish today's Order Board
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 8 Cashew Milk Cookies
  Skip for 8 RC

  Ingredients: Milk Cookie, Cashew x 2

Prepare 5 Bologna Sausage
  Skip for 5 RC

  Ingredients:  Meatloaf, Cashew x 3
  N.B.  Meatloaf is made the Kitchen as well from Flank Steak, another Kitchen Recipe and Cheese Burgers made in the Burger Machine

Darryl:  That was so much work!  But I'm happy I could recover the money.  I wonder what Grandma will say about these magic beans...

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Beanstalk IV
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Darryl:  Grandma was so upset with me because I bought these beans!  She told me to plant them, so we can at least prepare a new dish!

Plant 50 Green BEans
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Green Beans
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Tomatoes
  Skip for 25 RC

While waiting for the green beans to grow, we ate some delicious cookies!

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Beanstalk V
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While eating the cookies we heard a rumbling noise!  And then suddenly a giant beanstalk rose up to the sky!  So the beans were magical after all!  Grandma got scared and asked me to go see what happened.

Place Beanstalk (decoration) on Farm
  (collection mission)

Prepare 20 Stuffed Turkey
   Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients:  Arabic Kabsa, Roast Turkey
  N.B.  Both Arabic Kabsa and Roast Turkey are made in the Kitchen.  The Recipes are:

  Arabic Kabsa:  Corn x 4, Soft Dough
  Roast Turkey: Turkey, Ketchup

Produce 50 Veggie Burgers
   Skip for 25 RC
   N.B.  Make 50 Wheat Bread in advance if possible for use in the Burger Machine with the 50 Tomatoes harvested in a previous step.

The giant beanstalk is so high!  Let's climb it and see what's up there.  I'm so excited!

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Beanstalk VI
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Upon reaching the top of the beanstalk, just above the clouds, I saw an empty castle.  I went straight to the kitchen and prepared some snacks.  I was so hungry after all the climbing!

Produce 50 Turkey Sausage
   SKip for 25 RC

Fish 10 Times with Bone Hook

Prepare 20 Orange Smoothies
  Skip for 20 RC

  Ingredients: Condensed Milk, Orange Jam

Zzz... Oh!  I think I fell asleep!  Wait, I hear footsteps.  Is that a giant entering the castle?  And is he holding a chicken?

Reward:  110 Coins, 22 XP

Beanstalk VII
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You think the giant can smell me and then find me?  I need to leave the caslte, but I need some help.  A rope would come in handy now!  But poor chicken, I need to save her too!  After all, I'm the hero here, right?

Collect 20 Magic Ropes from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 60 Corn
  Skip fo 30 RC

Harvest 6 Brazil Nut
  N.B.  The Brazil Nut is one of the Rewards from the Collections Mission
 Skip for 6 RC

The giant spotted me!  But luckily, I saved the chicken!  Now let's go down the beanstalk with the magic rope before it's too late!  Quick!

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Beanstalk VIII
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Phew!  I managed to get down the giant beanstalk with the magic rope, but the giant is still coming after me!  Quick, help me to chop the beanstalk before the giant reaches the farm, or it will be a complete mess!

Collect 20 Gardening Axes from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Fertilise your Neighbours' Farms 40 Times
  Skip for 40 RC

Collect 20 Jars of Nectar from Butterfly House
  Skip for 20 RC

That was so close!  I choppsed down the beanstalk and saved the chicken!  I am a hero!

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Beanstalk IX
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Huh?  Oh, I was dreaming the whole time...  This dream made me feel hungry.  I'll help Grandma to prepare some kimchi and in the meantime I will tell her about my dream.  She will love it!

Produce 40 Green Bean Kim Chi
   Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Brazil Nut Milk Cookies
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Black Forest Cake
  Skip for 20 RC

Darryl:  What a delight!  She loved my story!  I can't wait to have another dream like this again!

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Final Reward:  Golden Chicken Statue Decoration, producing Purple Cleaning Gift Bag

N.B.  You may wish to keep your Kim Chi Machine in action to make more Green Bean Kimchi after the Quest is completed as it is a very good use of your excess Green Beans and nets a nice profit compared to the profit made from selling the Green Beans raw.  6 Coins profit from every raw Green Bean sold but 29 Coins profit for every Green Bean Kimchi sold and it takes only 1 minute to produce it.

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New Recipes
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As usual in recent Missions, new Recipes have been added to the Cookbook in the Kitchen and are included in the Beanstalk Quest sequence.

Milk Cookie: 258 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingrredients:  Condensed Milk, Wheat Flour

Cashew Milk Cookie: 313 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Milk Cookie, Cashew x 2

Brazil Nut Milk Cookie: 577 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Milk Cookie x 2, Brazil Nut

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Strategies
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It is a good idea to complete the Collections Mission as quickly as possible as both the Beanstalk Decoraiton and the Brazil Nuts harvested from the Brazil Nut Tree will be needed for the traditional Beanstalk Quest/Mission sequence.  You can purchase a Brazil Nut Tree in the Market for 6 RC if you wish to give yourself an advantage.

As is often the case in recent time-restricted Missions, you will need Power beyond the 30 Power given by the game to complete many of the steps.  If you have placed Cleanable Decorations on your Farm and have not opened the bags yet, you should find Power randomly in the Gift Bags.  I usually wait to open any Gift Bags until a new Mission or Quest begins.  I then have some extra Power to use when needed.  For example, the very first step in the Beanstalk Mission will require a total of 40 Power to make 20 Condensed Milk and 20 Milk Cookies.  Obviously, your Power will be replenished over the course of time but if you do not wish to wait, the cleansable Gift Bags provide a free alternative in many cases.

Wheat Flour is a Free Gift.  I usually make certain that I request Wheat Flour, Milk and Cheddar Cheese in quantity from my neighbours when no Quests/Missions are running in order to have a good stock for any future Quest/Mission.

When you do have extra Power during the course of this Quest/Mission, you may wish to use it to prepare some of the ingredients that are required for the Mission.  For example,  in Beanstalk V, you need to make 20 Stuffed Turkey.  This is possibly the most taxing Requirement in terms of Cooking as for each Stuffed Turkey, you need an Arabic Kabsa and a Roast Turkey.  Arabic Kabsa uses Soft Dough, another Kitchen Recipe.  To make 20 Arabic Kabsas, therefore, you will need 20 Power for Soft Dough unless you have made them in advance, as well as the 20 Power needed to make the Arabic Kabsa.  To make 20 Roast Turkey, you will need another 20 Power.  If you can make BOTH ingredients for the Stuffed Turkey in advance, therefore, you will be in a better position with respect to completing the Quest.

Note that you will need a larger number of Milk Cookies to use to make the Brazil Nut Milk Cookies in the last step than the ones made for an earlier part of the Quest.  You need 2 Milk Cookies for each Brazil Nut Milk Cookie so if you have extra Power during a period when the Quest sequence requires no Kitchen Recipes, make 10 more Milk Cookies.

Other items that can be made at ANY time in advance include the 50 Wheat Bread needed to make 50 Veggie Burgers.  You will need a fair quantity of Turkey as well, both for use in the 20 Stuffed Turkey Recipe in Beanstalk 5 and for the 50 Turkey Sausage in Beanstalk VI.

I basically try to complete the Collections Mission first in these time-restricted situations, knowing that the Rewards usually are required for the traditional Quest sequence.  Rather than focusing on completing any step in the traditional Sequence while working on the Collections Mission, I try to prepare for the traditional Mission by making ingredients required in the various tasks, whether the item is made in the Kitchen or in any Machine.   By doing this, I can complete the tasks when they arise without too much delay.

Peter Pan Time-Limited Quest/Mission

As with most of the time-restricted Quests, this one operates as two separate Missions.  One is a Collection Mission and the other is a traditional Quest sequence named 'Peter Pan'.  In this instance, it is the Collections Mission that carries the more significant Reward in the form of a Collectable Herb Garden that can be harvested every 4 hours. 

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Maple Leaf Collections Mission
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The Collections Mission is as follows:

Make farm produce to try and discover all the Maple Leaves

70 Purple Maple Leaves from Onions

50 White Maple Leaves from Ostrich Feathers

30 Orange Maple Leaves from Carrot Kim Chi

10 Pink Maple Leaves from Sakura Tree

Rewards:  Bird bath and Herb Garden.  The Herb Garden produces Herbs every 4 Hours.  These Herbs are required ingredients in some new Recipes.

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Peter Pan I
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Peter Pan:  Grandma said the older I get, the more responsibilities I will have!  But I don't want that!  I am fine with being small!  And if that means I can't stay on the farm any more, then so be it!  I'm gonna harvest some Apples now!

Produce 40 bottles of Buffalo Milk
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 60 Pasture
  Skip for 30 RC

Harvest 10 Apples
  Skip for 5 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Thanks!  I knew you would help me.  I need some more food and a place to stay and then I can leave the farm any time I want.

Peter Pan II
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I already know the perfect home: a cheese igloo!  Crazy, you say?  Well, I am a child, no need to be rational, haha!  Come, help me with the cheese!

Produce 40 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 20 RC

Place 4 Lemon Trees on Farm
  Existing Trees will satisfy requirement
  
Prepare 10 Tong Yip
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Oh, I will need to be careful not to eat my house all the time, hihi!

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Peter Pan III
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You know, if I ever get bored of cheese, I can always catch some fish or sneak into the kitchen and cook something.  I can show you how easy it is!

Produce 30 loaves of  Corn Bread
  Skip for 30 RC

Catch 3 Butterfish
  Skip for 6 RC

Harvest 50 Sweet Potato
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Wow!  You caught a lot of fish in such a short amount of time!  The afternoon was so much fun!

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Peter Pan IV
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I got food, a place to sleep... But I already miss the animals from the farm.  Do you think I will find new ones?  Hmm... I've seen a lot of birds at my new place, how about them?

Place Bird Bath
  Reward from Maple Leaf Collections Mission

Prepare 8 Herb Cream Cheese
  Recipe requires 8 Herb, 24 Buffalo Milk Cheese
  Skip for 8 RC

Produce 40 Maple Sugar
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 70 XP

The birds can sing me a lullaby, so I won't feel lonely at night.

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Peter Pan V
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Ohh, that was a rough first night!  Did you hear the wind?  At least i hope it was the wind... Brr, it's so cold here.  Come, let's prepare some breakfast.

Harvest 10 Lemons
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 30 Sandwiches
  Recipe requires a total of 60 Beef and 60 Corn Bread
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 8 Smoked Tilapia
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Peter Pan (Darryl):  I'm not glad to say this, but I already miss Grandma's self made breakfast... Do you think she misses me too?

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Peter Pan VI
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Enough!  I don't want to be all alone here any longer.  Taking over a few responsibilities on the farm doesn't sound so bad any more.  Can yyou help me to prepare some presents for Grandma?

Prepare 5 Lemon Fish
  Skip for 5 RC

Collect 20 Chestnut Figures from Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 50 Steak Burgers
  You will need 50 Wheat Bread and 50 Beef
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Great!  I know Grandma really likes self made presents!

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Peter Pan VII
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Oh, I know!  Grandma always talked about the new apron she wanted to buy, but she never had enough money.  We can buy it for her!

Prepare five plates of  Fish and Potatoes
  Recipe requires 5 Lemon Fish, 5 Potatoes with Fresh Herbs
  Skip for 5 RC

Collect 20 Nectar
  Skip for 20 RC

Sell Products worth 10,000 Coins from Barn
  Skip for 100 RC

Reward: 118 Coins, 22 XP

With this money, we can buy the apron for grandma.

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Peter Pan VIII
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Okay, we have some presents for Grandma, but we can do better!  The beautiful weather screams for a picnic!

Prepare 10 Cheese Beef Sandwiches
  Recipe requires 10 Herb Cream Cheese and 10 Sandwiches
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Cherry Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Black Forest Cake
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward:  120 Coins, 23 XP

Grandma was really happy with the presents and the food!

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Peter Pan IX
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Hmm, now I'm back on the farm I have to help Grandma prepare lunch.  But as long as it means everything will go back to normal, I am completely fine with it.

Prepare 10 Dumpling Soup
  Recipe requires 10 Dumplings (20 Beef, 10 Soft Dough) and 10 Egg Soup (10 Eggs, 10 Seaweed)
  Skip for 10 RC


Harvest 10 White Chocolate
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 5 Chocolate Eggs
  Recipe requires 5 Chocolate, 10 White Chocolate
  SKip for 5 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Actually, I quite like it to help Grandma and the lunch was delicious!  Happy Mother's Day every one, be nice to your mothers!

FINAL REWARD:  Picnic Table Decoration and bag of 25 Super Fertiliser

The Picnic Table is a cleanable Decoration that yields a Purple Cleaning Gift Bag

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Stretegies for Mission
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This is a difficult, time-consuming Mission without any real shortcuts.  You will need the Herb Garden from the Collections Mission in order to produce the Herbs needed in a couple of required Recipes.  It therefore makes sense to complete the Collections Mission FIRST, so that the Herb Garden can be placed to begin producing 1 Herb every 4 hours.  So far, there is no Herb Garden for sale in the Market, which means that you must wait for your own Herb Garden to produce the 8 Herbs required for Part IV.  You will need the Bird Bath, the other Reward for the Collections Mission, in Part IV of Peter Pan as well.

The Herb Garden is a 'Collectable', which means that you cannot speed up the process of harvest.  You will receive 1 Herb maximum every 4 hours.  'Maximum' in the sense that you actually must harvest the Herb Garden if you wish to receive the Herbs at this rate.  You need 8 Herbs for Peter Pan IV.  You can use RC either to 'skip' the step or to purchase Herbs to use in the Kitchen.  I would recommend that the Farmer purchase the actual Herbs needed to complete the 8 Herb Cheeses as these will be used in a later step as an ingredient in another Recipe.  If you choose to 'skip' the step, you will not have the required Herb Cheeses needed for Peter Pan VIII.

In Peter Pan VI, you will need 5 more Herbs to make Potatoes with Fresh Herbs, an ingredient in Fish and Potatoes.  In Peter Pan VIII, you will need 10 Herb Cheeses to make Cheese Beef Sandwiches.  With the 8 Herb Cheeses from Peter Pan IV, you will still need two more Herbs to make a total of 10 Herb Cheeses.

In other words, to complete the Peter Pan Quest, you will need a total of 15 Herbs.  If you never miss a moment in the game, you will be able to collect a maximum of 6 Herbs in a 24 hour period and thus, 15 Herbs in 2 1/2 Days or 60 Hours.  The alternative is to spend 1 RC for each Herb that you have not been able to collect.

Items that need to be produced in quantity in order to complete Peter Pan include Beef.  You will need an incredible amount of Beef to complete Peter Pan.  You will need 60 Beef for Part V and 50 Beef for Part VI of Peter Pan.  You will need 20 more Beef for Part IX.

Soft Dough can be produced in advance for the Dumplings used in the Dumpling Soup.  You will need a total of 60 Cornmeal for Corn Bread, so produce that in your Kitchen when you can.

There are Fish that must be caught in order to complete Peter Pan.  Fishing is random, even though the Hook determines the range of Fish and Items you CAN catch in any cast.  You will need to catch three Butterfish for Part III but you will need a total of 5 Butterfish, 8 Tilapia and 10 Seaweed to complete required Recipes.  Fishing, like cooking in the Kitchen, is limited by the number of 'tries' that you are allowed at any point in time.  You can purchase more with RC but it is far better to wait until enough time elapses to refill your allotment.   In the case of Peter Pan III, you must catch 3 Butterfish as part of the Quest.  In the case of the Tilapia and Seaweed, however, they simply are required ingredients in Quest Recipes.  You therefore may wish to spend time fishing for them BEFORE you reach the point in the Mission where they are needed if you do not have sufficient quantities of each in your Barn.

Once again, I see that using any Fish or seafood items that are ingredients in Kitchen Recipes if not required for a Mission/Quest or Daily Order is counterproductive.  I processed all my Seaweed in the Seafood House recently to make Brined Seaweed.  This obviously was a tactical error on my part as now I do not have 10 Seaweed in my Barn.  10 unprocessed raw Seaweed are required to make the Egg Soup that is an ingrredient in the Dumpling Soup required in Peter Pan IX.  As previously stated, fishing results ALWAYS are random, apart from the limitations in type imposed by the hook that you use.  When fishing with the sort of hook that CAN catch Seaweed, for example, you may or may not obtain ANY Seaweed in the 7 attempts you are given by the game.  I spent a few hours trying to catch the 3 Butterfish required in Peter Pan III in vain before I finally used RC to skip the requirement for the number I lacked.

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New Kitchen Recipes
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New Recipes have been released, some of which are included as requirements for the Peter Pan Quest sequence:

Potatoes with Fresh Herbs: 340 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Sweet Potato x 2, Herb

Lemon Fish: 199 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Butterfish, Lemon

Fish and Potatoes: 571 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Potatoes with Fresh Herbs, Lemon Fish

Herb Cream Cheese: 178 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Herb, Buffalo Milk Cheese x 3

Sandwich: 650 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Beef x 2, Cornbread x 2

Cheese Beef Sandwich: 854 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Herb Cream Cheese, Sandwich

Farm Movie Fest Quests/Missions

A new Quest sequence entitled Farm Movie Fest has been released on Seaside.  It is not time-restricted, but I expect it is level-restricted, as the very first Quest requires that the player have 2 Cinnamon Trees on the Farm.  Cinnamon Trees are unlocked at a fairly high level in the game and are quite costly.

For those players who complain a little that far too much space is consumed by Trees, this Quest may prove a little annoying, as it requires a rather large number of Trees of various types to be placed!

This site is organised to include Pages as well as Posts.  Ordinarily, all Quests that are not time-restricted can be found on the Quests, Missions and Expansions Page.  If you look above any Post, you will see Tabs that are links for these permanent Pages.  The Farm Movie Fest Quest will be included on that page as well.

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Farm Movie Fest Quests
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Farm Movie Fest I
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Have a Stone Mailbox on your Farm
  Skip for 6 RC
  Cost of Stone Mailbox is 4000 Coins

Have 2 Cinnamon Trees on your Farm

Harvest 4 Cinnamon
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

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Farm Movie Fest II
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Have 5 Lemon Trees on your Farm

Prepare 8 Baskets of Pepernoten
  Skip for 16 RC

Prepare 8 Baskets of Speculoos
  Skip for 16 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

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Farm Movie Fest III
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Produce 5 Banana Cakes
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 5 Lemon Cakes
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 25 Pitchers of Lemon Champagne
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP


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Farm Movie Fest IV
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Harvest 200 Grapes
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 5 Lemon Cocktails
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 5 Glasses of Lemon-Banana Daiquiri
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

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Farm Movie Fest V
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Plant 200 Blackberries
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 200 Blackberries
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 75 Jars of Blackberry Jam
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

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Farm Movie Fest VI
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Produce 10 glasses of Cherry Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Fish 30 times with the Treble Hook
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 3 Octopus Balls
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

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Farm Movie Fest VII
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Have a Sundial on your Farm

Plant 200 Chardonnay
  Skip for 20 RC

Harvest 20 Chardonnay
  Skip for 20 RC


Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

Farm Movie Fest VIII

Produce 60 Bottles of Champagne
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 glasses of Grape Juice
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 10 glasses of Orange Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

Farm Movie Fest IX

Prepare 25 Dishes of Arabic Kabsa
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 25 Roast Turkeys
  Skip for 25 RC

Prepare 25 Stuffed Turkeys
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

Ta da!  Nobody will be able to resist these dishes.  But hopefully they will pay some attention to the movie as well, ha ha.

Farm Movie Fest X

Fish 30 times with the Squid Hook
   Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 6 Baked Tilapia
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 6 Tilapia with Chutney Sauce
  Skip for 6 RC

Our part is done.  We did everything we could.  Let's wait for the verdict!

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

Farm Movie Fest XI

The jury couldn't decide.  The movies were so different, but all really great.  I would say it was a successful week!  Let's celebrate it!

Prepare 6 Bowls of Spicy Fish
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 6 Bowls of Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 6 Bowls of Boiled Fish with Pickled Cabbage
  Skip for 6 RC

Thank you for all the help!  I hope you've had as much fun as I did!

Reward: 600 Coins, 150 XP

Time-Restricted Easter Quest

Above, two screenshots of my Farm.  The top one shows the Chicken Home upgraded to Level 5, an Easter Table from the Collections Mission and the final Reward from the Easter Quest in the form of the Ice Cream Machine.  The second one shows the Easter Chocolate Tree, a special Decoration that is being offered currently in a sale.  There are three special Items:  The Easter Chocolate Tree, the Angel Rain Egg and the Easter Bunny.

Above, you can see the Easter Bunny decoration on the left side of the screen as well as the Angel Rain Egg on the right side.  The Easter Bunny can be cleaned but has no other special properties.  The Angel Rain Egg, however, when cleaned by a Neighbour, will yield Rain until the 24th of April.  The lovely Easter Chocolate Tree randomly will yield either a Decoration Egg or a Chocolate Egg until the 26th of April when it will begin to yield one of the three types of Chocolate available in the game instead.

Note the gift-wrapped box icon on the top right of the screen.  This is the sale offer.  Open the link and swipe to find three different offers.

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Easter Mission/Quest
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On Good Friday, a new time-restricted Quest was released entitled quite simply, 'Easter'.

As usual, this time-restricted Quest gives the Farmer 9 Days for the Collections Mission.  The traditional Quest sequence can be found in the top left of the screen and has a total of 9 steps.  You need to complete the Collections Mission for the final prize of the Walnut Tree and place it in order to complete Easter VII  unless you prefer to purchase the Walnut Tree in the Market for 8 RC.  In Easter VIII, you will be required to place three Easter Tables on your Farm.  To do so, you will need a total of 225 Little Chicks.  You will need 200 Little Chicks to redeem the Walnut Tree.

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Collections Mission
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With Chicken Home, collect Little Chicks from all kinds of crops, trees, animals and Machines!

Purchase the Chicken Home for 500 Coins and place it, then tap on it to open it.  You will find four Prizes.

The four Prizes are:

Chicken Nest (1 Little Chick each)
  You will need these to upgrade your Chicken Home.  The price never changes.

Easter Table
  There are a total of 5 Easter Tables that can be redeemed.
  100 Little Chicks for the first Easter Table. 
  You will need three of these placed on your Farm to complete the traditional Easter Quests.
  To redeem the second Easter Table, you will need 75 Little Chicks.
  To redeem the third Easter Table, you will need 50 Little Chicks.
  To redeem the fourth Easter Table, you need 25 Little Chicks and for the fifth, only 15.
  As previously stated, therefore, you will need a total of 225 Little Chicks to redeem the three Easter Tables needed to complete Easter VIII.  The other two are optional.

Sack of Bait
  There are a total of 100 that can be redeemed.
 1 Little Chick for the first one.  You need to redeem at least one to unlock the Walnut Tree
  The second Sack of Bait will cost 2 Little Chicks.  The third costs 4 Little Chicks.   The fourth costs 8 Little Chicks.   The price reaches a plateau of 30 Little Chicks when there are 195 Sacks of Bait remaining in the stocks.

Organic Fertiliser
  Sack of 25 Fertiliser.
  There are a total of 25 that can be redeemed.
  The first one costs only 1 Little Chick.  You need to redeem at least one to unlock the Walnut Tree.
  The second Sack costs 2 Little Chicks.  The third costs 4 Little Chicks.  The fourth costs 8 Little Chicks.  The price will continue to increase.  For example, the fifth costs 32 Little Chicks and the sixth costs 50 Little Chicks.  The next costs 100 Little Chicks and after that, 200 Little Chicks.  The next after that costs 250 Little Chicks, making one begin to wonder how much a sack of Organic Fertiliser really should be worth!
  At this point, however, one probably has nothing else to do with the Little Chicks apart from redeeming sacks of Fertiliser and Bait...

The Chcken Nest costs 1 Little Chick and is used to upgrade the Chicken Home to 'improve your luck'.  At the final Level 5 Upgrade, you will receive 2 Little Chicks randomly in collection.

You need to redeem at least 1 of each of the four Prizes in order to unlock the Walnut Tree.

When you have redeemed at least one each of the four Prizes, you will unlock the Walnut Tree.  200 Little Chicks are required to redeem a Walnut Tree.

Final Prize:  Walnut Tree

It is only when you wish to upgrade to the final Level that you will need RC.  To upgrade from Level 4 to Level 5, you will need:

10 Roof Tiles (Request from Neighbour)
5 Chicken Nests (Redeem for 1 Little Chick each)
1 Mother Hen: 5 RC

In tandem with the Collections Mission is a traditional sequence of Quests:

Easter Quests

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Easter I
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Where do all these fuzzy little chicks come from?  Oh, I know, it's almost Easter!  I think the Easter Bunny has set them free.  Let's build them a nice chick coop so they can stay there until Mama Chicken comes back!

Place a Chicken Home on your Farm
  Find it under the Specials Tab for 500 Coins

Harvest 40 Corn for the chicks
  Skip for 20 RC

harvest 40 Lilies
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

The chicken home looks so comfy!  I'm sure they will bring us a lot of eggs this year!

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Easter II
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Grandma:  So nice!  The Easter Bunny wants to visit our farm and bring us delicious eggs and other treats!  Let's prepare an Easter Breakfast!  Can you help me prepare it?

Produce 40 Wheat Bread
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 40 Eggs
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 Egg Tarts
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

That really looks good!  You did a great job!

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The food looks really good, but we should also prepare some drinks.  The oranges are big and sweet this year.  How about some orange smoothie?

Prepare 20 glasses of Orange Smoothies
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 pitchers of Lemon Champagne
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 40 Cherry Juice
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Those drinks look delicious!  Now we have a complete Easter breakfast!

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Easter IV
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The kids loved the breakfast!  Well, Easter is nothing without colourful Easter eggs.  I was thinking of creaitng our own natural paint so the kids can use it to paint the eggs with.

Harvest 50 Blueberries
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Pineapple Jam
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Ketchup to make paint
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Well done!  We have all the colours we need!

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Easter V
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Oh, the kids painted all kinds of different eggs.  They are really talented.  I heard some neighbours have little chicks, but don't have time to take care of them.  Maybe they can bring the chicks over so the kids can play with them.

Collect 20 Easter Chicks from your Neighbours
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Chocolate Eggs
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 50 Daisies
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

It's so cute  The kids really take good care of the chicks.

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Easter VI
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I have to prepare the Egg Hunt for the kids.  In order to keep them away while I hide the eggs, I will ask our neighbours to keep them busy for awhile.

Help your Neighbours 40 times

Produce 10 Raisin Chocolates

Prepare 10 Fruit Butter

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Our neighbours are so kind.  They are more than willing to help me out so I have enough time to prepare the surprise for the kids.

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While the kids are gone, I can prepare the egg hunt.  I do not only want to hide eggs, but also some other nice surprises!

Place Walnut Tree
  (Collection Missions Reward)

Produce 60 Blue Teddy Bears
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 5 Hot Cross Buns
  Skip for 5 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

I hope the kids will enjoy the egg hunt and find all the eggs and surprises I hid!

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Easter VIII
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That was fun!  It took awhile, but the children found all the eggs and gifts.  Darryl even dove into the pond to look for eggs, ha ha.  After all the activities, the kids must be hungry!

Prepare 10 bowls of  Egg Salad
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 6 Easter Pies
  Skip for 6 RC

Place 3 Easter Tables on your Farm
  (These are a Prize from the Chicken Home Collections Mission)

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

That should be enough for all the kids!  And the tables look so nice on the farm!

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Easter IX
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Tonight we will have a big family dinner!  I still need help with the sweets and the children are eager to help!  I hope we have enough dough so all the kids can help us!

Prepare 20 Carrot Pastries
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 20 bags of Chocolate Popcorn
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 6 Candied Walnuts
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

I am impressed with all the teamwork of all the children.  All the desserts turned out great!

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Easter X
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The baking made Felicia creative.  She said she can improve our dishes even more!  I will give her some freedom to impress me!

Prepare 6 Easter Cakes
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 8 Chocolate Pave
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 10 Stuffed Carrot Pastries
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Wow, she really has soe talent!  I can see a great future for her and our farm!

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Easter XI
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The dinner was delicious and it was great to see the whole family again!  I really love to cook for the whole family.  Every one seems satisfied, but I feel like going back to the kitchen again.

Prepare 10 loaves of Easter Bread
  Skip for 10 RC

Prepare 6 Gourmet Apples
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 10 Meatloaf
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

I hope you will also have a nice Easter!  Happy Easter every one!

FINAL REWARD:  Ice Cream Machine

With the Ice Cream Machine, you can make the following:

Apple Ice Cream, Grape Ice Cream, Banana Ice Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, Lemon Ice Cream, Mango Ice Cream, Apricot Ice Cream, Plum Ice Cream, Coconut Ice Cream, Peach Ice Cream, Pear Ice Cream

Apple Ice Cream: 38 Coins
Grape Ice Cream: 115 Coins
Banana Ice Cream: 75 Coins
Strawberry Ice Cream: 288 Coins
Lemon Ice Cream: 68 Coins
Mango Ice Cream: 65 Coins
Apricot Ice Cream: 89 Coins
Plum Ice Cream: 60 Coins
Coconut Ice Cream: 56 Coins
Peach Ice Cream: 78 Coins
Pear Ice Cream: 42 Coins

New Recipes have appeared in the Kitchen.  Some are required for the Quest:

Hot Cross Bun: 321 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Wheat Bread, Raisin Chocolate

Chocolate Egg: 76 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Chocolate, White Chocolate x 2

Easter Bread: 442 Coins, 1 XP
   Ingredients:  Hot Cross Bun, Chocolate Egg

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Easter Pie: 671 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Soft Dough, Dark Chocolate

Candied Walnut: 99 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Maple Sugar x 2, Walnut

Easter Cake:  927 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Easter Pie, Candied Walnut x 2

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Egg Salad: 283 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Egg x 2, Mayonnaise

Carrot Pastry: 878 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Carrot x 3, Soft Dough

Stuffed Carrot Pastry: 1213 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Egg Salad, Carrot Pastry

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Mission Strategies

Knowing the items that will be required for a mission allows one to prepare in advance to some extent.  As is usually the case with respect to recent time-restricted Missions, many Kitchen Dishes are required.  Make as many ingredients as possible in advance in order to prevent unnecessary delays while waiting for Power to replenish itself.

Soft Dough and Egg Nog are two Items that can be prepared in anticipation of the Quest.  Another is Condensed Milk.   Finally, you will need Apple Jelly for the Fruit Butter.

In terms of Machine products, you will need Alpaca Hair for the Blue Teddy Bears and Mayonnaise for the Egg Salad.  Make certain you have a few Grapes for the Raisin Chocolate.

The number of Collection items required to redeem the final Prize has increased from past requirements of 150 to 200.  You will need another 225 Little Chicks simply in order to redeem three Easter Tables.  If you are willing to spend RC on this mission, it would be better to spend it on a Walnut Tree than anything else.  With a Walnut Tree in place, you can focus on the Little Chicks required for the three Easter Tables.

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Easter Decorations in Seaside and the original Family Farm
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Those of us who play both the original Family Farm and Seaside recognise the various decorations and Machines when they appear in Seaside, but there are players who may not be familiar with the older game.  For those players, it may be interesting to note where the decorations originated.

The Ice Cream Machine that is the final Reward for the Easter Quest has been available in the original Family Farm for a long time but the little Eggs that represent different countries are a Craft item in the original game.  You craft them but they then are converted into Bunny Tokens to use for other prizes that include a Camellia Tree and ultimately, a Peek-A-Boo Bunny.  This little Eggs are Decorations in Seaside that can be purchased and then placed on your Farm.

Songkran or Songhran Summer Splash Time-Restricted Quests

 Songhran or Songkran, the Thai New Year

When I completed the last time-restricted Quest sequence, I had hoped to have seen the end of massive rice production for quite some time.  Nonetheless, as Rice features heavily in the Kitchen recipes as well as providing feed for more than one type of Animal, I began to restock on Rice by growing more during the 'downtime'.

Well, a new dual sequence of time-restricted Quests in the form of the Songkran Quests also spelled Songhran in some of the quests) has begun and over 400 Rice in my Barn went the way of all things in the first hour of the Quest!  You will need massive amounts of Rice once again to complete this Quest sequence.  You need it for the Turkey who provides Turkey Meat for the Turkey Sausages that are an ingredient in the Turkey Burgers that randomly produce Orange Shirts.  You need to grow it as a requirement in one of the sequences of the traditional Mission as well as for use in many of the Recipes that are required during the course of the Songhran Quest.  So prepare to see your Farm once again converted to paddy fields if you wish to complete this Quest.

I really am not a fan of the Tuk-Tuk that is one of the Rewards for completion of the Collection Mission, although the Tuk-Tuk recently has made its way into many popular games, including the most recent Animal Crossing for 3DS.  It is one of the International items there.  I suppose my own reason for not being overly excited about it is that I prefer the old-fashioned, non-mechanical devices, a rickshaw, for example or a simple cart drawn by oxen or horses (or even Cats, if you happen to be a Nordic Goddess named Freya).  The other Collection reward is exquisite, though, as it is a Jasmine Bush that produces beautiful Jasmine flowers.  If you do not have the heart or will for this Mission/Quest, you can find the Jasmine Bush in the Market for 7 RC.

As previously indicated, the Songkran or Songhran Quest has two separate elements.  The first is a Collections Mission wherein you will collect four different colours of Tropical Shirts randomly from specific Crops,

Collect Tropical Shirts
Make farm produce to try and discover all the Tropical Shirts
  70 Green Tropical Shirts from Cabbage
  50  Blue Tropical Shirts from Blueberry Jam
  30 Orange Tropical Shirts from Turkey Burger
  10  Red Tropical Shirt from Wild Rose Fruit

The Rewards are a Tuk-Tuk and a Jasmine Bush.  You can purchase another Jasmine Bush in the Market for 7 RC if you wish.  You will need to harvest it for the Quest.

Songhran Summer Splash
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Songhran Summer Splash 1
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Since we were really impressed by the Thai cuisine, Darrly and I accepted my Thai friend's invitation to visit them in Thailand!  But as they say, 'An Army marches on its stomach', so let's find some food first!

Prepare 6 Almond Omelets
  Skip for 6 RC

Prepare 10 Cherry Flans
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 20 glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Great food is the best way to start your day!  We have plenty of energy now, so Thailand here we come!

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Songhran Summer Splash II
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Wow, I am so touched by the people over here.  They are all so warm and friendly!  Wherever I go, the people always smile!  Oh, what's that?  I've seen that before.  What is it called again?  It is on the tip of my tongue, Mango Sti...

Harvest 6 Mangoes
  Skip for 6 RC

Harvest 40 Rice
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 6 Mango with Sticky Rice
  Skip for 6 RC

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

Eureka!  it's Mango with Sticky Rice!  Yummy!  And the best is yet to come: Tomorrow it's Thai New Year!

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Songkran Summer Splash III
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Songkran, Thai New Year, is the day that people go to a temple and do charity work.  People also build sand pagodas to pray for good fortune.  So let's go to the seaside to build one and we can also have lunch over there!

Fish 12 times with the Squid Hook
  Skip for 12 RC

Produce 10 Smoked Hairtail
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 5 Crab Meat Yi Mein
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Check out my sand pagoda.  Isn't it beautiful?

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Songhran Summer Splash IV
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Is this really happening?  I see everybody splashing water over each other!  Also, I seem to have slipped into a traditional golden Thai dress.  Have I turned into a Songkran Beauty Queen?

Harvest 50 Red Roses
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Lilies
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Lotus Flowers
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Wait, I'm not a queen after all...  It was only a dream.  I must have been too excited about Songkran.  Time for some sightseeing!

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Songhran Summer Splash V
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I cannot believe my eyes!  Going through the city on a tricycle.  I see every one splashing water over each other as a blessing!  This is exactly like my dream last night!

Collect 12 Buckets from your Neighbours
  Skip for 12 RC

Fertilise your Neighbours' Farms 30 Times
  Skip for 30 RC

Place a Tuk-Tuk on your Farm
  N.B.  The Tuk-Tuk is one of the Rewards for completing the Collections Mission
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

My friend says Songkran is not complete without a good dessert!

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Songhran Summer Splash VI
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We cannot skip the most popular Thai dessert: Tong Yip.  The name and shape symbolise good fortune  Let's taste it!

Place a Jasmine Bush on your Farm
  N.B.  The Jasmine Bush is a Reward for completing the Collections Mission.  Unlike the Tuk-Tuk, it can be purchased in the Market now for 7 RC

Harvest 50 Wheat

Prepare 8 Tong Yip

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

My friend was right.  It was a delicious dessert.  Now it's time for some action!

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Let's join the people on the street and celebrate the Songkran festival with some water splashing madness!  So what do we need to fit in?  Seems like we are missing a jasmine garland and a water gun.

Harvest 6 Jasmine
  Skip for 6 RC

Collect 12 Water Guns from Neighbours
  Skip for 12 RC

Harvest 50 Daisies
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Ah, the lovely smell of jasmine.  Who needs perfume?
 

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Brrr... the water is so cold!  I really need some hot food to warm myself!  My friend suggested sweet soft dumpligs in warm coconut cream.

Harvest 60 Sweet Potatoes
  Skip for 30 RC

Harvest 8 Coconut
  Skip for 8 RC

Prepare 8 Dumplings in Coconut Cream
  Skip for 8 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

Unbelievable!  The ibgredients mixed together perfectly!  Is this the charm of Thai desserts people always talk about?

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Time flies when you enjoy yourself!  Songkran was so much fun, but we need to shop on the local Thai market to buy some souvenirs!

Produce 60 Red Teddy Bears
  Skip for 30 RC

Produce 40 Maple Sugar
  Skip for 20 RC

Produce 40 Lemon Cakes
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

This beautiful journey has come to an end.  Thank you all for the great welcome and I will definitely come back again one day!

The Final Reward is a Songhran Beehive that produces ordinary Honey only from Lily Flowers

New Recipes in the Kitchen are as follows:

Sweet Dumplings: 1104 Coins, 1 XP
   Ingredients: Soft Dough, Sweet Potato x 3

Jasmine Coconut: 365 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Coconut Milk, Jasmine

Dumplings in Coconut Milk: 1525 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Sweet Dumplings, Jasmine Coconut

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Tong Yip Dough: 152 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Duck Egg

Jasmine Nectar: 43 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Jasmine, Nectar

Tong Yip: 424 Coins, 1 XP
   Ingredients:  Tong Yip Dough x 2, Jasmine Nectar x 2

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Thai New Year Festival: Songkran or Songhran
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As with respect to many ancient Festivals, the main thrust of the Thai New Year Festival originally was a prayer for rain so that the crops would grow.  Fertility for the land, in other words, was the reason why people celebrated this Festival as water is the source of life and could be the difference between life and death for people who depended upon the land for sustenance.

Most New Year Festivals involve cleansing rituals and Songkran/Songhran is no exception.  The images of the Buddha are bathed ritually and homes are cleaned thoroughly in preparation for a new Year.  Water fights, even with the use of 'weapons' such as water guns and cannons are an offshoot of the ancient cleansing rituals and are extremely popular in modern Thailand.  People give alms to monks and visit their families.

A sign of respect towards elders is to pour perfumed water on their palms.  This is similar to the ritual of bathing the statues of the Buddha.  Water fights may be fun, but the foundation of the tradition is that of cleansing the body and soul of all negative influences.  The streets are inundated with water during this festival.

A visit to the beach to build pagodas from sand is part of the Songkran/Songhran tradition.

Beauty pageants are a contemporary way of choosing a Songkran Queen.  The origins of the Songkran Queen may be found in a tale that involves King Kabilaprom and his son, Prince Thammaban.  The King asked his son to describe the attributes of a good person during the morning, at noon and finally in the evening.  If the Prince were to answer correctly, the King would forfeit his own head.  If the Prince were to answer incorrectly, the Prince would be beheaded instead.  The Prince gave the correct responses which were the head in the morning, the chest at noon and the foot in the evening.  The King then had to submit to beheading.

(This obviously is a corruption of a very ancient worldwide sacrifice ritual of the King in order to allow his son or heir to take power.  By sacrificing his life, the King or Ruler made certain that the land would be fertile.)

In this case, the King was so powerful that, if his head had touched the ground, a drought would occur, scorching the land.  Nor could the head be tossed into the sky or into the sea.  (This tale has parallels in the legends that surround other heroes in other cultures, among them Imam Husayn.)  His seven angel daughters in turn carried his head clockwise round a sacred mountain, the Phra Sumane Mountain.

Each angel daughter has her own specific attributes and each has a specific day.  When Songkran Day, the New Year Day falls upon the day that is associated with that Queen, her attributes will determine the course of the Year:

Tungsatevee, Sunday: Red clothing, prefers wild fruit with discus in the right hand, shell in the left hand, rides a Garuda

Korakatevee, Monday: Yellow clothing, pearl ornaments, prefers butter oil, dagger in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Tiger

Ragsotevee, Tuesday:  Light red clothing with agate ornaments, prefers blood, trident in the right hand, arrow in the left hand, rides a Pig

Montatevee, Wednesday:  Emerald green clothing, cat's eye ornaments, prefers milk and butter, sharp iron in the right hand, walking stick in the left, rides a Donkey

Kirineetevee, Thursday:  Yellow-green clothing with emerald ornaments, prefers nuts and sesame seeds, elephant hook in the right hand, gun in the left hand, rides an Elephant

Kimitatevee, Friday:  White clothing with topaz ornaments, prefers bananas, dagger in the right hand, Indian vina in the left hand, rides a Buffalo

Mahotorntevee, Saturday:  Black clothing with onyx ornaments, prefers hog deer meat, discus in the right hand, trident in the left hand, rides a Peacock

The Songkran Queen or an image of the Buddha is carried through the streets in many cases:

Change in Fishing

Since the last update of Family Farm, I have noticed a big difference in the fishing option.  No longer does the upgraded 'middle' Fishing Rod suffice.  You need to purchase the highest grade of Fishing Rod for 15 RC if you do not wish to miss catches when you fish.

I noticed it particularly when I was fishing for items that required 200 bait.  I missed at least a third of my catches where previously, I never would have missed even one.  I bought the highest grade of Fishing Rod to see if it made a substantial difference in my success rate and it did.

Pity though!  We all were doing very well before this upgrade with the middle grade of Fishing Rod!

Incidentally, when any Quest or Mission requires that you catch a certain number of a specific type of Seafood or Fish, there is a way to circumvent the limit of casts that you are given without spending RC.  If, when you get a 'hit', you see that it is not the item you need, allow it to swim away.  You will lose your bait but you will not have 'spent' any of your casts.  This can be useful, especially as the item you catch with any sort of Hook can be very random within the list of items that can be caught using that particular Hook.

You can find the complete list of all Items as well as other tips with respect to Fishing on the Fishing Page on this site.  I have copied the contents of the Fishing Page below as well for those who do not wish to navigate the site:

Since the last update of Family Farm at the beginning of April, I have noticed a big difference in the fishing option.  No longer does the upgraded 'middle' Fishing Rod suffice.  You need to purchase the highest grade of Fishing Rod for 15 RC if you do not wish to miss catches when you fish.  The rod is the Panda Bamboo Rod with 'high fishing accuracy'.

I noticed it particularly when I was fishing for items that required 200 bait.  I missed at least a third of my catches where previously, I never would have missed even one.  I bought the highest grade of Fishing Rod to see if it made a substantial difference in my success rate and it did.

Pity though!  We all were doing very well before this upgrade with the middle grade of Fishing Rod!

I suppose that it is only logical that the 'Seaside' version of Family Farm would introduce a Fishing option and expand it to include a Seafood House where items caught by the player can be processed as well as adding a large number of Seafood Recipes to the kitchen..

I have to confess that I did not enjoy the fishing option much with the original free rod.   Fishing with any rod can require a lot of 'bait' which the player can make by trading items produced on his/her farm.  It requires TIME and PATIENCE.  With the original rod,  in many cases, after playing the 'fish' or whatever is on the line for what appears to be a veritable eternity, the creature manages to escape, leaving one with an empty hook and lost bait.

What my own relationship with the fishing option might have been had it not been required for a quest I cannot say but it was made a requirement in a time-limited sequence of Quests entitled 'The Farm Beauty Contest'.   Three new recipes that required items caught while fishing were added to the Kitchen.  One had to produce three of each to complete one of the steps in the Quest.  I therefore had to make a valiant attempt to succeed at fishing.

The items that needed to be caught for that quest mainly are Octopi.  One needed a total of 6 Octopi as they are ingredients in two of the three seafood recipes.  Octopi are fast-moving, cunning creatures as I know from other games...  In Animal Crossing, New Leaf, Octopi are caught while diving but they are one of the more difficult creatures to catch as they tend to move quickly beyond the barrier, thus earning safety from the player's clutches.  In Family Farm Seaside, they apparently can be caught only if one uses a hook that requires 200 Bait per throw.  In six attempts, I caught only one Octopus.  I then decided that I would use my valuable RC to skip that particular step in the Quest.  For a total of 9 RC, I bought an end to frustration and peace of mind.  Probably one of my better FFS investments, in all honesty.

NOTE THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WAS WITH THE ORIGINAL WOODEN FISHING ROD.  AFTER I WAS ABLE TO UPGRADE MY FISHING ROD FOR 12,000 COINS, I WAS ABLE TO CATCH ITEMS WITHOUT TAPPING OVER 300 TIMES ON THE HOOK!  NOW, HOWEVER, SINCE THE GAME UPDATE AT THE START OF APRIL 2014, ONE MUST HAVE THE HIGHEST GRADE OF ROD TO CATCH ALL FISH.

I strongly urge players to invest 12,000 Coins in the Carbon Fibre Rod.  Fishing now is an important part of Family Farm Seaside and it is not fun at all if the player uses the original rod.  My own experience has been echoed by player after player.  The Carbon Fibre Rod is of 'medium' accuracy, however.  Until April 2014, that meant in effect that one never missed a catch but now, you will find that you may miss about a third of the catches with it.  It is only the 'high' accuracy fishing rod that costs 15 RC that now will allow you to make EVERY catch effortlessly.

There are many  Kitchen Recipes that use both raw Fish caught at the pier as well as Items processed from fishing catches in the Seafood House.  You will find all Kitchen Recipes on my Kitchen page, along with details as to how to obtain each ingredient.

When fishing, it is the HOOK that determines the type of fish or item you can catch.   ALL Items can be caught theoretically with any rod, but using the Carbon Fibre Rod allows the player a far greater chance of success with any 'hit' as well as drastically lowering the number of taps needed to 'reel it in'.    The Octopus that took over 300 taps to catch with the original rod took only 9 taps to catch with the Carbon Fibre Rod.  With the Panda Bamboo Rod, purchased with 15 RC, you will catch every fish.

I personally did not see the point of the Panda Bamboo Rod before April 2014, as I did very well with the 'medium accuracy' rod and completed my Fishing Book using that one.  With the update to the game at the start of April, however, the fish behaved very differently.  After a single tap, they would begin to rush away and it would be impossible in some cases to recover them.  I therefore decided to splash out on the 'high' accuracy rod and found that this was the key to success.

It is the HOOK that determines which items can be caught but the rod determines your level of success in catching ANYTHING.  Regrettably, there are quite a few items that require a hook that uses bait that must be purchased with 1 RC.  If you intend to spend RC to fish, it is better to spend it on the bait for items that cannot be caught otherwise.


The types of Hook are:

Squid Hook:  Requires 10 Bait per catch
Bone Fishhook:  Requires 50 Bait per catch
Treble Hook:  Requires 200 Bait per catch
Colourful Hook:  Requires 1 RC per catch

If you wish to complete your Fish Book, you MUST use every type of Hook, including the Hook that costs 1 RC per catch.  Tap on the round icon of the Hook at the end of your Fishing Rod to access or change it.  The colours are:

Squid Hook: Blue
Bone Fishhook: White
Treble Hook: Red
Colourful Hook: Striped

You can access your Fish Book by tapping on the little closed book in the bottom right corner of your screen once you reach your Pier.    Here is a list of the Items in your Fish Book with the Hook required for each:

There are seven categories of Items.  Each has its own icon.

Fish Icon:

Yellow Croaker:
  Use Squid Hook

Tilapia:
  Use Squid Hook

Hairtail:
  Use Squid Hook

Flatfish:
  Use Squid Hook

Butterfish:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Merhaden:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Ray Finned Fish:
  Use Treble Hook

Sardine:
   Use Treble Hook

Salmon:
  Use Treble Hook

Mackerel:
  Use Treble Hook

Flower Horn Cichlid:
  Use Colourful Hook

Carp:
  Use Colourful Hook

Scallop Icon:

Scallop:
  Use Squid Hook

Janthinan Sea Snail:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Natica Sea Snail:
  Use Treble Hook

Sondylus:
  Use Colourful Hook

Shrimp Icon

Crayfish:
  Use Squid Hook

Mantis Shrimp:
  Use Bone Hook

Opossum Shrimp:
  Use Treble Hook

Coral Shrimp:
  Use Colourful Hook

Crab Icon

Mud Crab:
  Use Squid Hook

Blue Swimmer Crab:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Red Frog Crab:
  Use Treble Hook

King Crab
  Use Colourful Hook

Coral Icon

Coral:
  Use Squid Hook

Starfish:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Jellyfish:
  Use Treble Hook

Octopus:
  Use Treble Hook

Seahorse
  Use Colourful Hook

Seaweed Icon

Gulfweed:
  Use Squid Hook

Seaweed:
  Use Squid Hook

Wakame
  Use Bone Fishhook

Sea Lettuce:
  Use Bone Fishhook

Bottle Icon

Old Boot
  Use Squid Hook

Message in a Bottle
  Use Bone Fishhook

Bag of Sea Sand
  Use Treble Hook

Treasure Chest
  Use Colourful Hook
  For me, always caught this when I tapped the bottom right as close as possible to the pier.  It always was accompanied by 5 RC as well.

Completing your Fish Book CAN be expensive in terms of premium Cash, but do note that, when I caught the Treasure Chest, I received 5 RC with it!  That basically reimbursed me for the cost of using the special Colourful Hook.

Items caught while fishing now can be processed in the new Seafood House as well.  The Seafood House must be built from an unfinished structure purchased in the Market.  It requires 15 Blue Tiles, 15 Bricks and 1 Red Crab.  The Blue Tiles and Bricks can be requested from Neighbours but the Red Crab has to be purchased with 4 RC, as I recall.  (Correct me if I am wrong about the name of that material... it is a Crab, in any case and appears to form the sign above the door of the House when it is completed.)

A completed Seafood House allows the player to process one item at a time.  Upgrades can be made however, to unlock more processing slots.  The first upgrade requires 10 Blue Tiles and 10 Bricks.

The Items caught when fishing all require different amounts of time to process.  For example, a Wakame piece of seaweed is processed in 12 minutes but a Scallop takes only 3 minutes.  In some cases, there is only one possible item to be made from the original ingredient but in others, there are probabilities that in rare cases allow the player to obtain more valuable items.

An example of this is the Coral.  When processed, the most probable result will be 8 bags of Coral Powder.  Less likely is a polished Coral Twig.  Even more remote is the possibilitiy of receiving a Coral Slice.  These processed items can be sold.  The Coral Powder is worth 6 Coins.  The Polished Coral Twig is worth 10 Coins and finally, the Coral Slice is worth 20 Coins.  Not much of a profit if one considers the value of the items one traded for bait!    One Cheddar Cheese makes only 5 Bait.  One Sugar makes 33 Bait.  One Sugar when sold from the barn is worth 138 Coins, a fairly hefty price.  One Cheddar Cheese is worth only  23 Coins but that still is more than the value of some of the  items that can be caught if one trades enough Cheddar Cheese to produce 50 or 200 Bait. 

Fishing, as for most people in real life, basically must be considered a labour of love rather than a viable business option, especially when one looks at the number of items that must be caught using bait that costs 1 RC.

As previously stated, success in fishing very much depends on the player's choice of Fishing Rod.  For 12,000 Coins, you can upgrade your original Wooden Rod.  It makes an incredible difference and is worth the cost!  If you wish to be able to avoid any escapes, however, you will need the Panda Bamboo Rod.

The Wooden Fishing Rod is the default and is free.  It has a Low Fishing Accuracy.

The Carbon Fishing Rod costs 12,000 Coins and has a Medium Fishing Accuracy

The Panda Bamboo Rod coast 15 RC and has a high Fishing Accuracy.

When you receive Stars for a Catch, that appears to depend on the number of taps needed to catch that item.  I caught only one Message in a Bottle but received three stars (the maximum) because it took only 2 taps.

Here are some of the items one can catch with their values:

Opossum Shrimp: 847 Coins
Yellow Croaker: 22 Coans
Ray-Finned Fish: 907 Coins
Wakame: 159 Coins
Coral Shrimp: 200 Coins
Starfish: 204 Coins
Janthinan Sea Snail: 184 Coins
Sardine: 689 Coins
Mud Crab: 37 Coins
Salmon: 803 Coins
Nautica Sea Snail: 856 Coins
Tilapia: 41 Coins
Old Boot: 25 Coins
Octopus: 1056 Coins
Mackerel: 744 Coins
Sack of Bait: 1 Coin
Red Frog Crab: 588 Coins
Hairtail: 33 Coins
Mud Crab: 37 Coins
Bag of Sea Sand: 200 Coins
Mantis Shrimp: 192 Coins
Menhaden: 170 Coins
Seaweed: 53 Coins
Gulfweed: 20 Coins
Jellyfish:  542 Coins
Butterfish: 155 Coins
Message in a Bottle: 200 Coins
Crayfish: 44 Coins
Blue Swimmer Crab: 176 Coins
King Crab: 200 Coins
Spondylus: 200 Coins
Sea Lettuce: 209 Coins
Treasure Chest: 200 Coins
  Gave me 5 RC when I caught it.
Flower Horn Cichlid: 200 Coins
Carp: 200 Coins
Seahorse: 200 Coins

Processed:
Smoked Yellow Croaker: 60 Coins
Steamed Opossum Shrimp: 190 Coins
Sack of 200 Bait: 1 Coin
Dried Wakame: 89 Coins
Steamed Blue Swimmer Crab: 180 Coins
Crab Roe: 250 Coins
Cooked Sea Lettuce: 231 Coins
Cooked Red Frog Crab: 601 Coins
Dried Scallop: 10 Coins
Coral Powder: 6 Coins
Pearl: 15 Coins
Conch: 103 Coins
Raw Sea Snail: 221 Coins
Sea Snail Shell: 103 Coins
Steamed Mantis Shrimp: 216 Coins
Dried Starfish: 210 Coins
Polished Coral Twig: 10 Coins
Steamed Mud Crab: 40 Coins
Crab Stick: 10 Coins
Brined Seaweed: 55 Coins
Algae Clay: 50 Coins
Octopus Meat: 351 Coins
Squid Ink: 200 Coins
Salted Jellyfish: 193 Coins xx
Algae Powder: 9 Coins
Shrimp Meat: 46 Coins
Shrimp Ball: 4 Coins

The original raw items with the possible processed products include:

Gulfweed: Makes Algae Powder x 3, with a low probability of obtaining 1 bag of 25 Organic Fertiliser and 1 Bag of 6 Super Fertiliser

Wakame:  Makes 2 Dried Wakame

Seaweed: Makes 1 Brined Seaweed with a low probability of obtaining 1 Algae Clay

Octopus: Makes 3 Octopus Meat with a low probability of obtaining 1 Squid Ink

Jellyfish: Makes 3 Salted Jellyfish

Nautica Sea Snail:  Makes 4 Raw Sea Snail with a low probability of obtaining 1 Sea Snail Shell as well

Mud Crab: Makes 1 Steamed Mud Crab with a low probability of obtaining a Crab Stick as well.

Opossum Shrimp:  Makes 1 Steamed Opossum Shrimp with a low probability of obtaining 1 Sack of 200 Bait as well

Starfish:  Makes 1 Dried Starfish with a low probability of obtaining 3 Starfish Spawn as well

Blue Swimmer Crab: Makes 1 Steamed Blue Swimmer Crab with a low probability of obtaining 2 Crab Sticks and 1 Crab Roe as well

Crayfish: Makes 1 Shrimp Meat with a low probability of obtaining 3 Shrimp Ball as well

Coral; Makes Coral Powder x 8 with a low probability of obtaining one Coral Twig and one Coral Slice


Sea Lettuce: Makes Cooked Sea Lettuce

Red Frog Crab: Makes Cooked Red Frog Crab with a small probability of obtaining 1 Crab Roe as well

Janthinan Sea Snail:  Makes 2 Conch Shells

Scallop: Makes 4 Dried Scallop with a small probability of obtaining 1 Pearl


Note that only some of the items that you catch when fishing can be processed in the Seafood House.  Those Items that can be processed will appear in the Seafood House Menu.

I have no special knowledge of the plans of the developers of Family Farm Seaside, but I would be much surprised if these items do not appear as Recipe ingredients in the near future.  I therefore strongly would suggest that players store them rather than selling them.

Meanwhile, there is another 'Machine' in the form of the Smoke House that allows Players to make Smoked Seafood and Fish of various types.  I had thought the Smoke House would be classified as a Building but it is a Machine.

Smokehouse Items:

Smoked Yellow Croaker: 60 Coins
Smoked Hairtail: 77 Coins
Smoked Tilapia: 84 Coins
Smoked Flatfish: 106 Coins
Smoked Butterfish: 265 Coins
Smoked Menhaden: 275 Coins
Smoked Ray-Finned Fish: 1101 Coins
Smoked Sardine: 1080 Coins
Smoked Salmon: 1093 Coins
Smoked Mackerel: 1088 Coins


At the end of November, quite a large number of new Seafood Recipes were added to the Kitchen.  They use both the most common processed Items as well as the least common items one can obtain by processing a fishing catch in the Seafood House.  They are included on my Kitchen Page.  A few items, such as the Seahorse and the King Crab as of yet cannot be used in any Recipe or processing machine.  It will be interesting to see what happens...

Solving Loading Problems with Family Farm Seaside and Fun Plus Support

Since 14 March, I had ongoing problems when I tried to load Family Farm Seaside.  On 15 March, the game loaded briefly, allowing me to keep my consecutive log ins that had lasted for almost 300 days.  Shortly thereafter, however, the game failed to load and, until 21 March, never loaded again.

I am extremely grateful to the Support Team for Family Farm Seaside.  They stayed with my case, endured my desperate emails and responded and continued to offer suggestions until finally, my game loaded again.  

I play Seaside on an IPad2 and I tried many different actions without any success.  It may be helpful, however, to list these in case they help other players.

If you ever have issues that cannot be solved through any of the following methods, Support will help you.

CLOSING ALL OTHER APPS

Hit the Home Button twice to display all open Apps, then slide your finger from bottom to top to 'wipe' each from the screen.  This action should close each open App one by one.  When all have been closed, power off the IPad and then turn it on again.  If you are fortunate, this will solve any issues with your game.

GAME CENTRE

Here is a series of steps for solving loading issues that was sent to me by the developers:

1.  Log out of the Game Centre
2.  Close all Apps on your device
3.  Shut down and then restart your device
4.  Log into the Game Centre
5  Open the game FROM the Game Centre

I do not have the ability to open the game FROM the Game Centre but I found out how to log in and out of the Game Centre after my game failed to load again.  Basically, it is a matter of going to the Game Centre icon in your Settings and not the icon that is on the Home Screen.  You should have the ability to log out and log in again by entering your password when it is requested.

There does appear to be an ongoing problem between the Game Centre and Family Farm Seaside.  When my game failed to load again, I found that I was unable to load the 'Games' screen in the Game Centre as well.  It simply hung there as though it were 'working' on something, but never loading either.

REINSTALLING THE GAME

You can delete the app for Family Farm Seaside and then reinstall it without losing any progress in the game.   When you go to your Home Screen, you should see all your Apps on the screen in the form of little square icons.  Find the one for Family Farm Seaside and hold down your finger until it begins to shake and a little 'x' is displayed in the corner.  You then should see a prompt asking if you wish to delete the App.  Do so, then go to the App Store and find it there to reinstall it.  Before you reinstall the App,  power off the IPad and then turn it back on.    Reinstalling an App can solve some issues.

INTERNET CONNECTION

If you have more than one internet connection, this can cause loading issues.  Disable ALL Internet Connections but one and then power off and power back on before attempting to load the game again.

More than one internet connection should not cause problems ordinarily with games, but at this point in time, it can affect Family Farm Seaside.  The developers have assured me that they are working on a fix for this bug.

RESETTING THE IPAD

One of the more comprehensive and drastic methods of solving issues is to reset the IPad completely.  You do this as follows:

First close all open Apps by hitting the Home Button twice.  You will see all Open Apps in windows on the Home Screen.  Swipe each from bottom to top to remove it, thus closing it.  Once all are closed, hold down the Home Button WITH the Sleep/Wake (Power Off/On) Button until the Apple Logo appears on the screen, then let go of the Buttons.

You then may be able to power off the tablet and then power on again and find that the issue has been solved.

Otherwise, you may see a plug displayed on your screen as well as an ITunes logo.  This means that you need to connect your IPad to your laptop or computer to sync it with ITunes, thereby resetting it completely.

Note that I am not an expert in technical matters.  I simply am sharing some of the potential solutions to loading issues that were sent to me.

New Time-Restricted Nyepi Mission

A time-limited dual Quest has been released in Family Farm Seaside today.  I had seen announcements of it during the past couple of days when I was unable to load my farm.  Almost 300 days of consecutive log-ins without ever missing a day lost...  In any case, much to my delight, my Farm loaded today after I made some changes to my tablet and internet connection ability.  God willing, it will continue to load.  In any case, here is the information about the new Missions.

The first as usual is a Collections Mission with random collection of specific colours of Fans from specified Crops, Trees Animals and Machines.  These are as follows:

70 Green Balinese Fans from Chardonnay Crop
50 Blue Balinese Fans from Peacock Feathers
30 Pink Balinese Fans from Love Cakes (Cake Machine)
10 Yellow Balinese Fans from Lemon Trees

The two Prizes for completing the Collections Mission are a Jackfruit Tree and a Balinese Gateway

The second Quest sequence is a traditional one and is as follows:

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Nyepi Quests
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Nyepi I
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Produce 20 Glasses of Apple Juice
  Skip for 10 RC

Harvest 40 Red Bell Peppers
  Skip for 20 RC

Collect 40 Duck Eggs
  Skip for 20 RC

Reward: 80 Coins, 16 XP

This will be my first time in Bali.  I'm so excited!

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Nyepi II
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We were so lucky to meet a Balinese guy on the flight.  He said we come at the right time to experience Nyepi (the Day of Silence Festival) which will be held on March 31st.  And he invited us over to try Balinese dishes fro his farm!

Harvest 40 Lotus Flowers
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 20 bowls of Rice Noodles
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 plates of Spicy Stir-Fried Chicken
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 85 Coins, 17 XP

Wow!  I never knew Balinese dishes are so delicious!

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Nyepi III
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My friend told me that the 'Day of Silence' needs a couple of days of preparation.  Today is 'Food Offering' Day.  Why don't we help my friend to prepare some food for the offering?

Prepare 10 loaves of Whole Oat Fruit Bread
  Skip for 10 RC
  Make this in the Kitchen

Produce 10 Lemon Cakes
  Skip for 10 RC
  Make these in the Cake Machine

Prepare 12 plates of Mango with Sticky Rice
  Skip for 12 RC
  Make this in the Kitchen

Reward: 90 Coins, 18 XP

That was a lot of work!  I hope we have enough food for the offering.

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Nyepi IV
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My friend has to do some farm work now.  But he promised me that he will teach me how to make some Balinese dishes once he's finished.  It's time to put on my chef apron again!

Finish Today's Order Board

Prepare 20 Betutu Chicken
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 30 Satay
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

Wow, the food is amazing!  I wonder if I can make some for Felicia?

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Nyepi V
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After the food offering, my friend will take me to the sea temple for a 'Canang' or 'Flower Bowl' offering.  We will offer a flower bowl in exchange for water to cleanse our body before the festival starts.  Let's plant some flowers!

Collect 15 Flower Bowls from Neighbours
  Skip for 15 RC

Harvest 50 Daisies
  Skip for 25 RC

Harvest 50 Lilies
  Skip for 25 RC

Reward: 100 Coins, 20 XP

I think Felicia will like this flower bowl.  I will bring this one back for her.

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Nyepi VI
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Yesterday was so much fun!  Today my friend will bring me to a place where they will make a huge demonic statue.  This statue will be paraded around the village before burning it in a bonfire.  We can help them by collecting some decorations!

Place Balinese Gateway from Collection Mission

Produce 50 Ostrich Feathers
  Skip for 25 RC

Collect 15 Demonic Statues from Neighbours

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

I wish I could bring this statue back to scare Felicia, hahaha.

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Wow, that was quite some parade!  Every one must be hungry now.  Grandma suggests that we make some food for them.  They have all been so nice to us by letting us join this celebration!

Produce 50 Turkey Sausage
  Make this in the Salami Machine using Turkey (Meat)
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 50 Sugar Popcorn
  Make this in the Popcorn Machine
  Skip for 25 RC

Produce 30 Cherry Juice
  Make this in the Juice Machine
  Skip for 15 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Every one looks so satisfied with the food!  Lucky me!

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Nyepi VIII
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Finally!  Tomorrow is the Day of Silence!  On that day no one can speak nor do any work.  I think I should help my friend finish all his farm work before the big day comes.


Harvest 60 Onions
  Skip for 30 RC

Harvest 10 Jackfruit (from Collection Mission)
  Note that the Jackfruit Tree can be purchased in the Market for 7 RC as well.
  Skip for 10 RC

Produce 60 Peacock Feathers
  Skip for 30 RC

Reward: 110 Coins, 22 XP

Now it's time for silence and self reflection.

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After the day of silence, people will visit each other to ask for forgiveness and to welcome the new days.  So let's make a Balinese feast for our guests!

Produce 60 Chili Sauce
  Skip for 30 RC

Prepare 20 Betutu Chicken Rice
  Skip for 20 RC

Prepare 10 Balinese Rice
  Skip for 10 RC

Reward: 120 Coins, 23 XP

This is such an amazing experience!  I can't wait to tell Felicia.  I bet she will be so jealous when she hears it!

FINAL REWARD:  Water Fountain that produces Distilled Water used in the Beauty House

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Although it is best to focus first on the Collections Mission as you will need the two Prizes in order to progress past Nyepi VI in the traditional Quest, there is no harm in working on them together.  If you look at all the requirements for these Quests, you will see that you need an incredible quantity of Rice.  Rice is fed to the Turkey to produce Turkey (meat) which is used in more than one of the Recipes you must prepare in order to complete the Nyepi Quest.  Rice is fed to the Peacock to produce the Peacock Feathers needed for the Blue Balinese Fans in the Collections Mission.  Grow Rice, Rice and more Rice and if you have cleanable Decorations, place them on your Farm in order to obtain more Power randomly from the Gift Bags.

Another Item that is needed in some quantity for the Nyepi Quest is Coconut.  It is one of the main ingredients in Balinese Recipes so it is not surprising that it features in this Quest sequence.  You will need Cane to make Sugar as well as for use in one of the Quest Recipes.

Coconut in this Quest is mainly required in the form of Coconut Milk.  This is a Recipe that can be made in advance.  Even with the new Cleaning Gift Bag option that delivers 1 Power to Farmers randomly, lack of sufficient Power to complete a stage in a time-restricted Quest can be a problem.  One therefore should make as many Ingredient Recipes as possible BEFORE one needs them.  Obviously you cannot make a required Dish in advance but you can make the Dishes that constitute the Ingredients for those Quest Dishes.

WARNING ABOUT QUEST PRODUCTS

In this Quest, you are well advised NOT to sell any of the Crops or Kitchen Dishes that you make.  They will be needed at some point during the Quest.  In some cases, you will find that the Dish you made in one step is not needed in the step that immediately follows but much later.  This probably is a matter of good planning on the part of the developers to allow Power to be restored to the Kitchen.

For example, 20 Betutu Chicken and 30 Satay must be made in Part IV of the Nyepi Quest.  In Part IV, the final step of the Quest, you will be required to produce 10 Balinese Rice and 20 Betutu Chicken Rice.  One of the ingredients in Balinese Rice is Satay.  One of the ingredients in Betutu Chicken Rice is Betutu Chicken.  The other ingredient in each case is another Dish.  The second Ingredient can be made in advance in order to stagger the use of Power.

For Balinese Rice, you will need the Satay and Jackfruit Curry.  Jackfruit Curry requires Jackfruit and Coconut Milk.  If you have your Jackfruit Tree, however, it may be best to wait until Part VIII to harvest the number of Jackfruits needed for 10 Balinese Rice as you will need to harvest 8 for this step in the Quest.  Coconut Milk, however, should be made in advance.   It requires a Coconut and 2 Sugar to produce.

For Betutu Chicken Rice, you will need Coconut Milk as well, as it is an Ingredient in Sticky Rice, which is the other Ingredient in the Recipe.  In other words, you will need a total of 30 Coconut Milk to satisfy the requirements of both Dishes made in the final step in the Quest.

BATCH PRODUCTION

There was a time when Batch Production was less than practical to some extent unless the Player were willing to spend RC on OP.  It was very difficult to earn sufficient OP to be able to consider the use of Batch Production except in special circumstances.  Now, however, with a number of recent options that include the OP Sheep (a reward for completing Daily Orders) and Cleaning Gift Bags (often containing 3 OP), a Player can use Batch Production regularly.  Even so, OP is not unlimited and I myself prefer to save my OP for use during time-restricted Quests such as this one.

My own strategy where Machine production is concerned is to have at least two of all Machines and to split the Quest requirement between Batch Production and manual production.  I set one Machine to Batch Production for about half the total amount of product required for the Quest.  The other half I produce manually.

What is nice about Batch Production is that one can organise it in advance of the Quest and simply refrain from collecting it until the Mission or Quest requires it.  This is similar to the new Machine House option in the original Family Farm.

NEW KITCHEN RECIPES

New Recipes in the Kitchen, some of which are used in the Nyepi Quest sequence are as follows:

Satay: 516 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Turkey, Cane x 3

Jackfruit Curry: 374 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Jackfruit, Coconut

Balinese Rice: 941 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Satay, Jackfruit Curry

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Coconut Rice: 598 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Sticky Rice, Salt x 2
  Sticky Rice requires Rice x 2, Coconut Milk (Coconut, Sugar x 2)

Betatu Chicken: 162 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients: Turkey, Spice x 2

Betatu Chicken Rice: 810 Coins, 1 XP
  Ingredients:  Coconut Rice, Betatu Chicken

TRADITIONS OF NYEPI

Nyepi is the Balinese New Year, the Day of Silence that falls on the day that follows the dark moon of the Spring Equinox and begins a new Year of the Saka Hindu era that began in 78 A.D.

The Balinese have three different calendars.  They follow the Gregorian Calendar for official business, but other than that, they have the Pawukon, from the word 'Wuku' meaning week and the Sasih, from the word that means month.  Wuku consists of thirty items beginning with Sinta, the first Wuku, and ending with Watugunung, the last Wuku.  The Pawukon is a 210 day ritual calendar brought from Java in the 14th century and consists of a complex cycle of numerological conjunctions providing the basic schedule for ritual activities on Bali.  Sashi is a parallel system that originated in India, a lunar calendar that begins with the Vernal Equinox and is equally important in Balinese Culture in terms of marking the days when respect is to be paid to the gods.

Nyepi is a day that, like most of the New Year Days in the various cultures of the world, is intended to keep Nature in balance.  It is based on a tale of King Kanista of India and the year when he was chosen to rule.  The King was known for his tolerance of other faiths, including Hinduism and Buddhism.  Aji Saka performed the Dharma Yatra, the missionary tour to promote and spread Hinduism in that era and introduced the Saka year to Indonesia. 

The Nyepi Festival consists of a number of different ritual days:

Melasti, Mekiyis or Melis;  This occurs three days before Nyepi and is devoted to the cleansing of the pratima, arca or pralingga, a ritual Statue.  Symbols that are intended to concentrate the mind to bring closeness to God are used.  The ceremony is aimed at the cleansing of ALL of Nature and takes the Amerta, the source of Eternal Life, from the ocean or other water resources.  On this day, the effigies of all the Gods are taken from the village temples to the river in long and colourful ceremonies.  They then are bathed ritually by the Neptune of the Balinese God, the God Baruna, before being taken back to their homes in their shrines.

Tawur Kesanga:  This occurs on the day before Nyepi and consists of an exorcism ceremony.  All the villages of Bali hold a ceremony on this day at the major crossroads, considered to be the meeting place of Demons in most cultures of the world.  Ogoh-ogoh, fantastic monsters or evil spirits or Butha Kala made of bamboo are brought to the crossroads for carnival activities.  The Ogoh-ogoh monsters are symbols of the evil spirits that surround our environment.  The carnivals are held throughout Bali after the setting of the sun. 

Bleganjur, a type of Balinese gamelan music, accompanies the processions which are illuminated by torches.  The frightening statues are taken from classical Balinese lore and include giants with fangs, bulging eyes and unkempt hair.     These processions usually are organised by the Seka Teruna, the youth organisation of Banjar.  Tawur Kesanga is performed by every level of society, within private homes as well as outside.  In the evening, the Hindus celebrating Ngerupuk begin to make noise and light burning torches to set fire to the Ogoh-ogoh in order to destroy the Bhuta Kala or evil spirits. 

Nyepi:  Nyepi Day is the Day of Silence.  Every street is quiet.  Pecalangs, traditional Balinese security, control street security and maintain the peace.  On this 'Day of Silence', no cars are allowed upon the roads.  People are expected to stay at home and observe a period of meditation and quiet.  Television, radios and computer activity are not encouraged.  It is a day upon which all frantic activity should cease, a day upon which the slate of the old year is wiped clean, to prepare for a new Year.

Ngembak Geni:  The day after Nyepi is a day upon which Hindus forgive one another and perform the Dharma Canthi.  This includes the recitation or reading of ancient scripts of songs with their lyrics known as Sloka, Kekidung and Kekawin as well as others.

New Year rituais in every culture tend to include certain ritual acts.  A cleansing ritual is one.  Noise that frightens away demons is another.  Nyepi has these elements as well.