The most recent time-restricted Missions or Quests in Family Farm Seaside have combined Seaside tasks with Island tasks. Generally, there are twelve parts to the traditional Quest sequence. A Collections Mission usually is released in tandem with the traditional Quest sequence and all Collections items must be obtained on the original Seaside Farm. A single reward in the form of a new Tree has been given for completion of the Collections Mission.
Meanwhile, the traditional Quest sequence now is divided into three sections, each consisting of four parts. At the end of each part, a Reward is given. The first Reward, given after completion of the fourth Part, consists of a Special Mission Box containing Super Fertiliser, Super Watering Cans and Power. When the Farmer completes Part VIII, a second Reward in the form of a cleanable Decoration to be placed on the Seaside Farm is obtained. With the completing of Part XII, a special cleanable Decoration to be placed on the Island Farm is given.
It has been the last four Parts of the traditional Quest only that include tasks that can be completed only if the farmer has access to the Island. All players therefore have the opportunity to complete Parts I through Part VIII. Players either with access to the Island or the willinigness to spend large amounts of RC to 'skip' Island tasks can complete the entire sequence through Part XII.
Strategies for completing Island Tasks
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The Island is an expensive affair and patience is a virtue generally speaking when one is dealing with Island tasks. Where time-restricted Quests are concerned, however, there is a limited amount of time to complete Island tasks. With no ability to use Batch Production on the Island, one either must resign oneself to a slow progress, use large amounts of OP to speed a Machine or purchase and build a SECOND Machine. All second Machines when purchased are incomplete. A list of Materials required to complete any Island Machine are included in my General Guide to the Island. All second Machines require RC to purchase, unfortunately and there is a limit on the number one can have on the Island Farm at any point in time. (Machines stored in the Warehouse count!) It is the basic Machines such as the Loom and the Spinning Machine that have been featured in the recent time-restricted Quests. If you are an avid player, you may wish to consider the purchase of a second Spinning Machine and a second Loom. It will cut the production time in half and when 60 of an item is the requirement, that saving can be significant.
Buildings on the Island, with the exception of the Warehouse, unlike Machines are fully complete when purchased. There is a limit to the number of any type that one can own but again, it may be worthwhile to invest in a second or even a third building in some cases.
The Hardware Store is one of the most important buildings on the Island. It is there that most of the Materials required to build Machines are made. Furthermore, with the opening of the Mine on the Island, all the Ores that one obtains through mining must be processed in the Hardware Store before they can be used. It takes almost an hour to process ANY Ore as well as the Rough Diamond.
The price of each Hardware Store, like the price of any Machine, increases and the fourth and final Hardware Store will cost 35 RC. I do believe that the third Hardware Store cost 20 RC. I should have logged the price before I made the purchase!
Friday, 27 February 2015
Sunday, 8 February 2015
The Mining Option and Decorations in the Market
There are a number of new developments in Family Farm Seaside. One of these is the Daily Quests Log which will be discussed elsewhere. It simply is a list of tasks that you can perform on a daily basis for Rewards that include golden raindrops, Coins and XP. Some of these tasks are specific to the Island, but most can be performed on the original Farm.
If you have unlocked the Island, you now have a mining option as well as the ability to craft items that can be used to make new Decorations. These Decorations earn the Farmer Dev Points when made for the first time and, although Decorations are called 'Landmark Buildings'. Some of the items are crafted in existing buildings but others are crafted in the new Glass Factory.
A player asked why those of us who had unlocked all Crops, Animals, Trees and Machines would wish to increase our Dev Points. Well, there is a new Pizza Machine in the Market that is unlocked only when a Player has a total of 6000 Dev Points. Is the Machine necessary? Who knows? I suspect that, like the Hot Dog Machine, it is optional at this point as few players will be able to attain those lofty Dev Point heights at this stage in the game.
How to Mine
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In order to do any mining, you must have equipment. There is a wide variety of equipment, all of which must be crafted. The Items you receive whenever you set off an explosion depend upon the equipment used. Mining is a timed Event similar to Fishing. Once you set off an Explosive at 100%, your percentage will decrease and it is only over the course of time that you will regain the percentages lost. You still can set off more Explosions, however.
The percentage is related to the number of items currently in the Mine. If your percentage is less than 10% and you try to load a stick of Dynamite, for example, you may see the following prompt: The mine doesn't have enough items right now. Please wait for it to refill or use another explosive!
The most inexpensive and easiest equipment to use is a Pickaxe. The following Items can be obtained with pickaxe mining: Nitre (High Chance), Claystone (High Chance), Iron Ore (Rare Chance)
With Dynamite, you can obtain the following:
Nitre (High Chance), Quartz (High Chance), Silver Ore (Rare Chance)
Bomb: Nitre (High Chance), Copper Ore (High Chance), Gold Ore (Rare Chance)
Barrel Bomb: Iron Ore (High Chance), Nitre (High Chance), Silver Ore (Low Chance), Gold Ore (Rare Chance)
You can set off up to three different explosives at a time. One is by choosing a Neighbour with access to the Island. Drag your chosen Explosive or Pickaxe into each of the other two Bomb-shaped Icons, then tap 'Boom'.
Do always choose a Neighbour. It appears that the Neighbour will use a random explosive. In one case, my Neighbour used a stick of Dynamite and in another, a Bomb.
If you have played CastleVille Legends, you will see that Mining is similar to the various expeditions you can take in that game where your choice of characters determines the chance of obtaining specific Items.
Begin with a Pickaxe, then craft Gunpowder or Dynamite from the Nitre you obtain and escalate from there.
What will occur after the explosion is that a number of items will fly out of the Mine's opening. Tap on each one until the screen is cleared of them and you then will see your actual Explosion Reward which will consist of a number of different items, depending on the explosives used.
The new Items added to the Workshop, Sawmill and Hardware Store are as follows:
Workshop Menu
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Gunpowder: 1333 Coins
Ingrdients: Nitre x 1, Sawdust x 1
Nitre is obtained from the Mine and Sawdust is crafted in the Sawmill.
Dynamite: 2768 Coins
Ingredients: Nitre x 2, Bamboo Shoot x 1
Nitre is obtained from the Mine and Bamboo Shoot is harvested from the Bamboo Tree
Bomb: 3558 Coins
Ingredients: Gunpowder x 1, Iron Ingot x 1
Gunpowder is crafted in the Workshop and Iron Ingot is crafted in the Hardware Store.
Barrel Bomb: 5401 Coins
Ingredients: Gunpowder x 1, Wooden Panel x 1
Both ingredients are crafted in the Workshop
Stone Brick:2805 Coins
INgredients: Ceramic Plate x 1, Claystone x 2
Ceramic Plate is made in the Hardware Store and Claystone is obtained from the Mine
Water Pipe: 3575 Coins
Ingredients: Lag Bolt x 2, Iron Ingot x 1
Lag Bolt and Iron Ingot both are crafted in the Hardware Store
Grill: 33298 Coins
Ingredients: Copper Ingot x 15, Iron Ingot x 5
Cauldron: 58405 Coins
Ingredients: Nail x 25, Iron Ingot x 12
Both ingredients are crafted in the Hardware Store
Cornerstone: 74763 Coins
Ingredients: Mirror x 8, Golden Glass x 3
Cornerstone (Silver): 55229 Coins
Ingredients: Silver Ingot x 5, Diamond x 3
Cornerstone (Diamond): 97569 Coins
Ingredients: Diamond x 8
Horn of a Unicorn: 118443 Coins
Ingredients: Diamond x 5, Gold Ingot x 8
Glass Factory
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The new Glass Factory costs 10,000 Coins and is complete when purchased. You can have a total of two Glass Factories on your Island. You can make the following:
Mirror: 4157 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 1, Silver Ore x 1
Takes 15 Minutes
Ceramic Plate: 1636 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 2
Takes 18 Minutes
Emerald Glass: 1526 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 1, Cactus x 12
Takes 20 Minutes
Ruby Glass: 3606 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 1, Cranberry x 20
Takes 1 Hour
Amethyst Glass: 6075 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 2, Violet x 8
Takes 1 Hour
Golden Glass: 9194 Coins
Ingredients: Quartz x 3, Gold Ore x 1
Takes 1 Hour, 40 Minutes
Sawmill:
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Pickaxe: 1755 Coins
Ingredients: Wooden Cylinder x 2,
Cost: 1185 Coins
Sawdust: 925 Coins
Ingredients: Oak Wood x 1, Cedar Wood x 1
Cost: None
Hardware Store:
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Copper Ingot: 1458 Coins
Ingredients: Copper Ore
Iron Ingot: 2155 Coins
Ingredients: Iron Ore
Silver Ingot: 3655 Coins
Ingredients: Silver Ore
Gold Ingot: 7042 Coins
Ingredients: Gold Ore
Diamond: 11957 Coins
Ingredients: Rough Diamond
Combine different explosives to find it in the Mine Caves
Crafting the New Decorations
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A list of all Decorations in the Market is included below but I wanted to discuss the crafting process. To do so, I will use the Unicorn Father as an example. Here is the price and materials needed:
Unicorn Father: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 300 when built for the first time
List of Materials Needed:
Stone Brick x 20 (or pay 1 RC each)
Water Pipe x 4 (or pay 1 RC each)
Cornerstone (Gold) x 1 (or pay 15 RC)
Horn of a Unicorn x 1 (or pay 20 RC)
Complete instantly for 59 RC
Stone Bricks are made in the Workshop using 3 Ceramic Plates and 2 Claystone. Ceramic Plates are crafted in the Glass Factory. using 2 Quartz each.
Water Pipes are crafted in the Workshop using 2 Lag Bolts and 1 Iron Ingot.
A Cornerstone (Gold) is made in the Workshop using 8 Mirrors and 3 Golden Glass. Mirrors are made in the Glass Factory using 1 Quartz and 1 Silver Ore. Golden Glass is made in the Glass Factory using 3 Quartz and 1 Gold Ore each.
The Horn of a Unicorn is made in the Workshop using 5 Diamonds and 8 Gold Ingots.
Remember that Workshop crafting requires Power and all other crafting takes time.
Mine Gift Bags
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You will receive a Mine Bag from a Neighbour if you have helped him/her mine. With it, the prompt: 'Thanks for your help. Here is a mine bag for you.'
I received a Mine Gift Bag from a Neighbour that contained the following:
4000 Coins, Bomb x 1, Nitre x 1, Gold Ore x 1
Another contained:
4800 Coins, Nitre x 1, Iron Ore x 1
Another:
3400 Coins, Dynamite x 1
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Neighbour Explosions (Unaided)
Grey Bomb: 2 Power, 1 Super Fertiliser
Barrel Bomb: 3 Iron Ore, 1 Nitre
Barrel Bomb: 3 Iron Ore, 1 Nitre
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Explosion Rewards Log
Quartz x 3, Nitre x 9, Claystone x 4
With a Bomb and a Pickaxe, I received: Iron Ore, Nitre x 4, Copper x 2, Claystone x 4
With a Pickaxe, a Dynamite and a Neighbour who threw in a Bomb, I received the following: Nitre x 8, Claystone x 2, Quartz x 4, Silver Ore x 3, Gold Ore x 1, Copper Ore x 3
With a Pickaxe from a Neighbour, a Dynamite and a Barrel Bomb, I received:
Iron Ore x 3, Nitre x 4, Claystone x 3, Quartz x 3, Gold Ore x 2
Bomb, Barrel Bomb and Dynamite: Iron Ore x 3, Silver Ore x 1, Quartz x 4, Nitre x 6, Copper Ore x 3
Pickaxe from Neighbour, Barrel Bomb and Bomb: Iron Ore x 4, Nitre x 6, Claystone x 3, Silver Ore x 1, Copper Ore x 3
Barrel Bomb from neigbhour, Barrel Bomb and Dynamite: Iron Ore x 6, Silver Ore x 2, Quartz x 4, Nitre x 4, Gold ore x 2
A bomb I never saw before from a Neighbour, with a Bomb and a Barrel bomb gave me: Iron Ore x 4, Nitre x 8, 1RC, 3 Power, Copper Ore x 6
A Pickaxe from a Neighbour, Dynamite and Bomb gave: Quartz x 4, Nitre x 8, Claystone x 3, Copper Ore x 3
Dynamite, Bomb, Barrel Bomb: Iron Ore x 3, Nitre x 5, Gold Ore x 1, Quartz x 4, Silver Ore x 1, Rough Diamond x 1, Copper Ore x 3
Grey Bomb from Neighbour, Dynamite and Bomb: Silver Ore x 2, Power x 2, Nitre x 10, Quartz x 6, Copper x 6
No Neighbour as at the last momet was told that neighbour had been chosen by some one else today, Dynamite, Bomb: 10 Nitre, 2 Power, 8 Quartz, 1 Super Watering Can, 6 Copper ORe
Barrel Bomb, Barrel Bomb, Bomb: 7 I4on Ore, 3 Nitre, 1 Rough Diamond, 2 Gold ORe, 3 Copper Ore
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Decorations in the Market
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With the release of the new Mining Option and the Glass Factory in mid-February of 2015, new Decorations were added to the Market that must be built using Materials one can craft. These Decorations when purchased are incomplete obviously but completing one for the first time will earn the Farmer Dev Points.
Rabbit Plant Stand: 4 RC
Cleanable
Panda Plant Stand:: 8 RC
Cleanable
White Octopus: 4 RC
Cleanable
Little Duck Parasol: 6 RC
Cleanable
Little Round Table: 50000 Coins
Cleanable
White Fish: 100000 Coins
Cleanable
Deck Chair: 70000 Coins
Cleanable
Sheep Plant Stand: 120000 Coins
Cleanable
White Dolphin: 80000 Coins
Cleanable
Requires 3500 Dev Points
Cow Plant Stand: 120000 Coins
Cleanable
Requires 4200 Dev Points
Landmark Decorations
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Cranberry Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 100 whe built for the first time
Cactus Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 120 when built for the first time
Flax Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
Roast Spit: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
Cauldron Fire: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
Unicorn Child: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
Unicorn Mother: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 250 when built for the first time
Unicorn Father: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 300 when built for the first time
Crafting the new Landmark Decorations
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Cranberry Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 100 whe built for the first time
Materials List:
Wooden Panel x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Silver Ingot x 1 (or pay 1 RC each)
Emerald Glass x 2 (Craft in Glass Factory or pay 1 RC each)
Ruby Glass x 1 (Craft in Glass Factory or pay 1 RC each)
Complete instantly for 5 RC
A Wooden Panel is made in the Sawmill using 1 Red Sandalwood. It takes 30 minutes to complete.
A Silver Ingot is made in the Hardware Store using Silver Ore and takes an Hour to complete.
Emerald Glass is made in the Glass Factory using 1 Quartz and 12 Cactus. It takes 20 minutes to complete.
Ruby Glass is made in the Glass Factory using 1 Quartz and 20 Cranberries. It takes 1 hour to complete.
Cactus Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 120 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Wooden Panel x 2 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Silver Ingot x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Emerald Glass x 3 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Amethyst Glass x 1 (Craft of pay 1 RC each)
Complete instantly for 7 RC
Flax Crystal Deco: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Wooden Panel x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Silver Ingot x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Emerald Glass x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Golden Glass x 1 (Craft or pay 2 RC each)
Complete instantly for 11 RC
Roast Spit: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 180 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Grill x 1: Craft or pay 10 RC)
Wooden Plank x 3 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Claystone x 8 (1 RC each)
Complete instantly for 21 RC
Cauldron Fire: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Cauldron (Craft or pay 15 RC each)
Wooden Plank x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Claystone x 20 (Pay 1 RC each)
Complete instantly for 40 RC
Unicorn Child: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 200 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Stone Brick x 5 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Water Pipe x 1 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Cornerstone (Silver) x 1 (Craft or pay 5 RC each)
Horn of a Unicorn (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
Complete instantly for 41 RC
Unicorn Mother: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 250 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Stone Brick x 12 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Water Pipe x 2 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Cornerstone (Diamond) x 1 (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
Horn of a Unicorn x 1 (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
Complete instantly for 54 RC
Unicorn Father: 500 Coins
Unfinished
Increases Dev Points by 300 when built for the first time
Materials List:
Stone Brick x 20 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Water Pipe x 4 (Craft or pay 1 RC each)
Cornerstone (Gold) Craft or pay 15 RC each)
Horn of a Unicorn (Craft or pay 20 RC each)
Complete instantly for 59 RC
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