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Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 2, 2012

FrontierVille Flash Mob Party will test your homestead trivia skills

For the first time ever, FrontierVille is the location of the next big flash mob. Well, not literally, but at least on the forums. Players can log into Zynga's community forums as of this writing and partake in the FrontierVille Flash Mob Party within this thread. It's there that players will be asked five sets of 10 questions and the first to answer each set correctly will win 50 Horseshoes.

This is a new community event that the Zynga community team is testing and considering the thread already have 86 pages to its name, we're going to take an educated guess and say that it's fairly successful. Be sure to jump as soon as you can for a chance at some Horseshoes and bragging rights for the whole FrontierVille community to see. Do you think you know everything about FrontierVille? Then name five different Mystery Animals... go! Not here, in the forums, silly. Hopefully, this means future Flash Mob community events for more Zynga games to come as I know we could school you folks in FarmVille trivia. C'mon, it's our job to know this stuff.

Thứ Hai, 9 tháng 1, 2012

FrontierVille New Years RSVP Prizes: Everything you need to know

Along with the New Years Party Goals that were released in FrontierVille earlier today, comes a new collection event in the game, which will have users collecting RSVPs for their New Years Party, so that you can upgrade your dance floor to intricately decorated and massive proportions just in time for the ball to drop ringing in the new year.

While you'll need to collect just a few RSVPs to set your party into motion technically (that is, in order to bring some of the FrontierVille cast out onto the dance floor), that isn't their only purpose. In fact, collect enough RSVPs, either by completing the New Years Party Goals, or by earning them from friends, and you'll be able to trade them in for some awesome themed items.

Meet us behind the break for a look at the six prizes that are available, and how you'll earn them. First and foremost, before you can earn any prizes, you'll need to start gathering RSVPs, which is where a little help from your neighbors will really help you progress. As we stated before, you'll be able to earn free single RSVPs from completing some of the New Year Party Goals (or collecting bonuses posted by your friends after they complete the goals), but in order to really upgrade your party, you'll need to collect varying amounts of RSVPs, with a certain number being required to upgrade your Dance Floor a single level.

After you upgrade your Dance Floor to level 2 as part IV of the V part New Years Goal series (a task that requires you to have 10 RSVPs), you'll be able to continue upgrading your Dance Floor by collecting even more. This is done by clicking on the Dance Floor and clicking on the "Invite Friends" button, bringing up the a window like the one below, where you'll be able to post an Invite directly to your friends' walls. Be careful though, as all of your friends will be listed, not just your FrontierVille neighbors, so make sure you're not inadvertently spamming people that don't play the game.

The Dance Floor has six levels, with each subsequent level adding more decorations and more of the FrontierVille cast to your party. To start, you'll have Frontier Jack and Miss Fanny Wildcat, but over time, your party will grow to include Hank, Humble Bob and so on. Levels 3 through 6 of the Dance Floor upgrades will cost anywhere from 20 - 250 RSVPs to complete. You'll be able to upgrade your Dance Floor by simply clicking on the item and selecting "Upgrade Party!" from the drop-down menu that appears. Of course, you won't actually be able to upgrade until you have the required number of RSVPs for the party's next level, but a handy pop-up will let you know how many you've yet to earn.

Along with simply upgrading the Dance Floor to a more intricately decorated item, you'll also unlock some redeemable prizes for each level you upgrade to. The Prizes are unlocked as soon as your Party is upgraded, and are as follows:

New Years Sign - 5 RSVPs
Mini Bar - 10 RSVPs
Hooch Brut - 20 RSVPs
Party Pig - 50 RSVPs
Party Hats - 100 RSVPs
Confetti Cannon - 250 RSVPs

As you can see from the list above, this is way more than just a simple side-quest associated with the New Years Party Goals, as this is a full collection event, that will likely require lots of time and dedication on your part (along with a lot of very generous friends), if you'd like to earn enough RSVPs to unlock the most "expensive" items.

If nothing else, everyone should at least try to earn the Party Pig, as this is simply a fantastic animal, wearing a party hat and shutter shades - Shutter Shades! How cool is that!?

While the pop-up above states that you'll have to wait until December 31 to start the countdown, this isn't entirely accurate, as you can actually start the countdown whenever you'd like, by clicking on the Dance Floor and selecting "Start Countdown." This will allow you to redeem all prizes that you've unlocked up to that point. Don't worry about losing those other prizes though, as you can "throw a party" once per day, until the event is done, and you'll be able to receive any subsequent prizes that you've earned in the meantime by doing so. It should also be noted that your RSVP progress is saved permanently, so even if you decide to start the countdown before New Years Eve proper, you won't have to start collecting RSVPs from scratch, which is definitely a good thing.

And there you have it! Everything you need to throw a complete New Years Party in FrontierVille, along with tons of cool prizes and decorations to boot! What a way to end a year!

Thứ Bảy, 7 tháng 1, 2012

FrontierVille 35 x 35 Land Expansion Goals: Everything you need to know

Just yesterday, we brought you the news that Zynga was looking to release a new land expansion in FrontierVille "soon." Well, partners, it turns out that soon means now, as not one, but two new expansions are now available for your land. While our assumption was that the next two expansions would be those bringing us to 37 x 37 and 41 x 41 squares, Zynga has instead decided to add an extra step into the mix.

As usual, though, both of these expansions must first be unlocked by completing a series of missions. The first expansion, which will bring your Homestead to a size of 35 x 35, can be accessed by first logging into the game, and then purchasing the accompanying mission set for 1,000 coins.

This five-part mission series starts off with a bit of a challenge, and doesn't let up. You'll need to sell dozens of animals, chop trees hundreds of times, collect dozens of items, and harvest hundreds of crops just to make it to the final mission, which has difficult stipulations in and of itself. Unfortunately, if you're not one to spend Horseshoes to unlock quests, you're in for quite the workout with these ones. Meet us behind the break for a full look at this five-part land expansion quest set.
The first step of this five-part expansion quest is called Giant Preparations, and it fits the name perfectly. You'll need to complete three tasks to move on:

Collect 30 Lunch Pails
Harvest 100 Tomatoes
Have or Craft 15 Fancy Clothes


The Lunch Pails, thankfully, are earned through individual gift requests that you'll send to your friends. If you receive a request, you'll also receive a Lunch Pail for helping your friends, which should speed this process up. Likewise, the Tomatoes only take 15 minutes to grow. Finally, the Fancy Clothing can be crafted inside the General Store using 2 Ribbon and 2 Clothes each. Your rewards for finishing it are 150 XP and 75 coins.

Part II of this mission series is where things really start to kick into high gear. If you're waiting to finish these missions at a later time, then save trees now, as you'll need them for this part of the quest.

Chop Trees 200 Times
Clear 5 Thorns
Collect 25 Fire

Yes, you read that correctly - chop trees 200 times. To be fair, this doesn't require you to chop down 200 entire trees - rather, simply perform the act of "chopping" 200 times, but it's still quite a high number for someone that keeps their land forever clear of trees. Likewise, the Thorns may take some time to spawn on your land if you have too many decorative items or trees on it, so keep that in mind. Finally, the Fire can be crafted inside the Covered Wagon for 7 Wood and 5 Cloth each.

Finish Part II and you'll receive 175 XP and 100 coins. Your fire will be taken from you at the end of the mission.

Part III continues to throw out the high numbers, but luckily, if you're reading this now, you'll have time to prepare before the mission is really upon you.

Sell 80 Adult Cows
Have 25 Meadow Muffins (a collection item)
Gather 5 Neighbors in Your Poop Shoveling Crew

Creating your pooper scooper crew is as simple as asking five neighbors to join, while the Meadow Muffins will likely be earned in the process of growing and subsequently selling the whopping 80 adult cows. Your rewards for this step of the quest are 200 XP and 100 coins.

For Part IV, you'll be forced back to "normal" farm work by harvesting crops. You'll also have to gather quite a few collection items from around your Homestead.

Collect 30 Wagon Trailers
Harvest 300 Wheat
Collect 8 Peach Cobblers (collection item)

The Wagon Trailers can be received by asking your friends to send them to you. Hopefully, this process won't take you much longer than the time it takes for your Wheat to grow - a single day. As for Peach Cobblers, you'll find them by harvesting from your Peach Trees on your Homestead. If you don't have enough on your own, you can also ask your friends to send you extra Peach Cobblers via the in-game wishlist.

As we approach the finally of this event, you'll receive just 75 XP and 100 coins for finishing this mission. Both the Wagon Trailers and Peach Cobblers will be removed from your account.

Finally, Part V asks you to collect and/or craft even more items, and put some of your other fruit trees to work.

Have / Craft 30 Fireworks
Have / Craft 15 Cakes
Tend Apricot Trees 100 Times

Fireworks can be crafted inside the Cabin, at a rate of 1 Saltpeter and 5 Fire per 5 Fireworks created. The Cakes can be crafted inside the Inn using 2 Fire and 4 Batter each. Batters themselves are crafted (also in the Inn) for 20 Food and 900 coins.

Once you have completed this final mission in the 35 x 35 land expansion series, you will receive 400 XP, 200 coins, and the notice that you have unlocked what Zynga is calling the Giant Homestead. Believe me, by this point, you will have definitely earned the extra space.

FrontierVille 37 x 37 Land Expansion Goals: Everything you need to know

Howdy partners! Earlier today, we brought you the news concerning the newest land expansion to be released in FrontierVille, which will bring your Homestead to a size of 35 x 35. These missions are tough - nay, brutal - but if you can manage to complete them (luckily they aren't timed), you'll be rewarded with a nice chunk of extra space out on the frontier. But that's not all! Zynga isn't content to simply allow you to expand your land once more, as they have already completely planned out the 37 x 37 Land Expansion missions as well!

We have everything you need to know about this new mission series. Note: You must first complete the expansion to 35 x 35 before having access to these. It's also unknown as of right now whether these missions will instantly be available, or whether they are slowly rolling out to users. Still, in the interest of planning ahead, meet us behind the break for a look at this next land expansion quest set.
Expanding your land to 37 x 37 squares is a five-part process. As you may have expected, the high difficulty / complexity level set in the 35 x 35 land expansion missions has been carried over here. Brace yourself for a long road ahead. Part I asks you to complete three tasks, starting with a large collection of items.

Collect 35 Magnifying Lenses
Harvest 100 Peanuts
Tend 40 Adult Pigs

Luckily, you won't have to sell these pigs - simply tend 40 in total, even if you have to come back to the same pig more than once (they are ready to feed every six hours). Peanuts, meanwhile take four days to grow, and the Magnifying Glasses can be earned by asking your friends to send them to you.

Your rewards for finishing Part I of V are 200 XP and 100 coins.

Part II will likely strike a negative nerve with many users, who don't have enough room on their homestead to even allow debris to grow. Hopefully, you still have some room from growing those peanuts to grow more crops, as you'll need that as well.

Have / Craft 25 Fire
Clobber 25 Groundhogs
Clear 10 Cacti

Fire can be crafted inside the Covered Wagon for 5 Cloth and 7 wood each. Groundhogs, of course, can be brought out by harvesting crops. Clover is a five minute crop, so feel free to plant mass waves of this cheap and quick crop in order to bring out as many Groundhogs as quickly as you can. Your rewards for finishing Part II are 225 XP and 125 coins.

Part III will require you to earn some help from friends, but it won't come from a normal gift request feature, as you'll need to gather enough friends to create a "Detective / Land Expansion Crew."

Gather 5 neighbors in your "Detective / Land Expansion Crew"
Have / Craft 5 Feather Beds
Collect the Inn's Daily Bonus 3 Times

Feather Beds can be crafted inside the Sawmill, with each bed costing 1 Furnishings and 2 Comforters. Comforters are made inside the Chicken Coop, while Furnishings can also be crafted in the Sawmill. Finish Part III and you'll receive 250 XP and 150 coins.

Moving onto Part IV, you'll need to collect even more Daily Bonuses, as well as revisit the Animal Cannons that were released in the game some months ago.

Collect the Foundry's Daily Bonus 3 Times
Clear 30 Grass
Use the Fox Cannon 20 Times

Remember, you'll need to have a lot of Poop to turn into Saltpeters and eventually Powder Kegs in order to power the Fox Cannon, so make sure to spend some time tending your animals in order to collect more. Your final prizes before the finale are 275 XP and 175 coins.

Finally Part V will see you tending to some animals, harvesting some crops, and collecting even more items from friends. You've worked hard to get to this point - don't give up now!

Tend 20 Horses
Harvest 400 Wheat
Collect 30 Landgrant Glues (ask friends)

Wheat is available to harvest after growing for one full day, which gives you at least some time to collect the glue in the meantime. The kicker here will be the tending of 20 Horses, since that tends to be a fairly rare item on users' Homesteads. Either way, if you are able to push through this final event, you'll not only receive notice that you've unlocked the 37 x 37 expansion, but you'll also earn 300 XP and 200 coins as a final prize.

FrontierVille: Valentine's Day decorations have arrived!

While you're busy completing the Chapel of Love and new Land Expansion goals in FrontierVille, remember to take a few seconds to head into the game's store to look at the new supply of Valentine's Day themed decorations that have been released. It's been a while since we've seen any new decorations being released in the game, and Zynga has made up for this in a big way.

As of this writing, there are 19 new items available under the "Special" section of the game's store. A small sampling of them can be seen in action in the picture to the right.

Of course, there are plenty of items here that are available for Horseshoes (Loveseats, a Tunnel of Love, and more), but those shopping on a virtual budget have some cute items to choose from as well, like Candles, Flowerbeds, or even large Planters. Meet us behind the break for a full look at these new items - some of which will only be available for a limited time.

Here's a complete rundown of the items, along with prices for those that have the store discount bonus active on their account. Note, if you don't have the store discount, your prices on coin-only items will be slightly higher.

Table for Two - 35 Horseshoes
Cosy Loveseat - 12 Horseshoes
Tunnel of Love - 45 Horseshoes
Valentine Planter - 7600 coins and 60 Wood
Huggy Bear - 25 Horseshoes
Valentine Vase - 4 Horseshoes
Bed of Flowers - 14,250 coins
Rose Garden - 4 Horseshoes
Romantic Candles - 3800 coins and 40 Wood

Kissing Booth - 40 Horseshoes
Assorted Candy - 7600 coins
Green Candy - 7600 coins and 60 Wood
Orange Candy - 7600 coins and 60 Wood
Pink Candy - 7600 coins and 60 Wood
Purple Candy - 7600 coins and 60 Wood
Lovely Card - 2850 coins and 20 Wood
Uber Chocolate - 2375 coins

Dozen Roses - 3800 coins
Flowery Can - 9500 coins

Some of these items (mostly those that are 100% Valentine's Day in nature, like the candy pieces or Kissing Booth, as examples) are limited edition items that will only be available in the game for the next 13 days. The other items will apparently be permanent additions to the store, in the same way that you can still buy some Fall themed items in the store that were released last year.

With all of these items to choose from, it's safe to say that at least this player's Homestead will be decked out for the holiday of love - will yours?

Chủ Nhật, 25 tháng 12, 2011

FrontierVille: Past Mystery Animal Crates re-released for FrontierVille's birthday celebration

FrontierVille on Facebook is about to turn a year old, and to celebrate, Zynga has re-released tons of Mystery Animal Crates for a limited time in the game's store. Luckily, you only have two price points to choose from - either 25 or 30 Horseshoes - leaving you to choose more based on the type of animal you'd like to receive, rather than which crate will be the least damaging to your wallet.

To be clear, you can pick up the Christmas animals from 2010's Winter Holiday event, some spooky animals from Halloween, or even some kissing Mystery Animals from Valentine's Day. The choice is yours as to which crate to splurge on, but regardless of your choice, you'll only have the next five days to shop. At the end of this time, it's likely that we'll see these crates once again ripped the from the store, only to be seen again far, far into the future.

Will you take this opportunity to buy additional Mystery Animal Crates? Which animals did you miss out on before that you're hoping to snag this time around?