Farmville Guide

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Contents
Disclaimer 3
Introduction 4
Getting Started 6
How Big to Get 6
What to Plant 7
Harvesting Time 7
Experience 7
Investment Return 8
Dollar Per Hour 8
Putting it All Together 9
Keeping Track 10
Rate of Rot 11
Building Up 12
Animals 13
Trees 13
Decorations 14
Buildings 14
Vehicles 15
Save or Spend 16
Cash 17
Coins 17
FarmVille Cash 18
Adding Coins and Cash 18
Ribbons 19
Sharing the Wealth 20
Neighbors 21
Finding Neighbors 21
Make it Personal 21
Forums 22
Benefits of Neighbors 23
Expanding Your Territory 25
Deciding to Expand and Weighing the Cost 25
Conclusion 27
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Resource Lists 28
Crop List 28
Best Seeds in Earnings Per Week 29
Trees 30
Animals 31
Decorations 32
Ribbons 33
Levels and Titles 36
Leveling at Light Speed 41
The Secret to Leveling Faster 42
Star Crops 44
Best Crops by Harvesting Time 45
Sample Crop Rotations 46
Disclaimer
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Introduction
Everyday life is full of chaos and stress. We're always rushing to get our work done,
get the kids to soccer practice, and get dinner on the table. There are cars and malls
and big office buildings all around us. With this constantly hectic environment, it's
not surprising that many people dream of escaping to a quiet place in the country for
a while.
That's just one of the reasons Farmville, a new game on Facebook, has been such a
huge success in the short amount of time it's been online. Following in the fine
tradition of other games by Zynga, Farmville allows players to design their own farm
and interact with other players through Facebook. The tasks you can undertake on
your farm include placing animals, planting trees, plowing fields, and harvesting
crops.
Farmville lets you create your own private oasis away from the chaos of everyday life.
You have total control of how your farm looks and what crops you choose to plant. In
Farmville, the sky is always blue, the grass is always green, and the sun is always
shining. It's easy to see why so many people have gotten hooked on this game.
Farmville isn't just about relaxing either. Running a farm is hard work and there's a lot
to keep track of if you want your farm to prosper. The size of your farm, the rotation
of the crops, and the other items you choose to incorporate will all have an effect on
your overall success in this game. Spending some time in Farmville is a great way to
relax, but it has its own challenges as well.
Setting up your farm is also a commitment. You don't want to go to all the trouble of
planting a bunch of crops only to let them wither on the vine because you didn't get
back to harvest them in time. Farmville makes it necessary for you to plan ahead and
consider the consequences of your planting and building decisions. But that's just
part of what makes it an engaging game to play. You get to relax and be challenged at
the same time, and what could be better than that?
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As with so many of the games you can play on social networking sites, Farmville is
about connecting with your neighbors and helping them out. You can gain valuable
experience and cash in the game by helping your friends with chores on their farm.
Adding more neighbors also allows you access to new options for advanced play in
the game. Plus, Farmville gives you a new way to connect with those people on your
contact lists that you may not talk to all that often.
Farmville is basically easy to play. But there are a lot of tricks and tips that can make
your farm a much bigger success if you're able to implement them from the
beginning. Whether you're a newcomer to Farmville or an experienced farmer, you'll
no doubt get some helpful information out of reading this guide.
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Getting Started
When you first set foot on your farm, it will consist of six plowed patches. Two of
these will have crops that are fully grown and ready to harvest, two will have crops
that are half grown, and the last two will be all ready for you to plant on them. You'll
also have 200 coins and 5 dollars worth of FarmVille cash in the bank.
The first thing to do is start harvesting the crops that are ready for market. When you
do this, you earn coins that you can put towards plowing more land and planting
more seeds. You can add as many plowed patches to your farm as you want, as long
as you have the money to plow them. You can also choose which seeds to plant, but
there are several things you should take into account when you make these
decisions.
How Big to Get
The more land you have to plant on, the more money you'll make by harvesting your
crops. This doesn't mean you can keep expanding your farm indefinitely though.
Plowing and planting aren't free. You'll just be wasting time and money if you plow a
bunch of fields and then can't afford to buy any seeds to plant in them. Therefore,
you want to expand a little bit at a time so that you're able to fully take advantage of
all of your available acreage.
The best way to maximize your growth and planning potential at first is to clear 10
more patches of land. Once you harvest the crops that were ready and waiting for
you, you'll have just enough money to clear that land and plant on it. This way, you'll
have more land to grow crops on, and you'll be able to plant on all of it right away.
You can clear more land right away. If you do that though, you won't have enough
money left to plant any crops and a lot of the land will just sit empty. You also won't
be able to plant on as may clear parcels of land as you would have if you didn't clear
so many to begin with. As counter-intuitive as it may seem, if you want to get a big
farm going fast, you have to take it slow.
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What to Plant
The only crop options available to you at first will be strawberries, eggplant, wheat,
and soybeans. Each of these crops has several different characteristics, and so
different benefits. Which crop you decide to plant will have a lot to do with how
often you're going to be checking on your farm, as well as how quickly you want to
advance in the game. You can find a complete breakdown of each crop and its
attributes at the end of this guide, but here are a few general tips to help you
evaluate your options as you begin playing.
Harvesting Time
One of the many factors to take into account when deciding what to plant is how
long you will have to wait to harvest it. Strawberries, for example, will be ready to
harvest 4 hours after you plant them. If you don't get back to harvest them within 8
hours though, they'll wilt and you won't be able to make any money off of them. You
want to make sure you're not going to be planting a bunch of crops that will wilt
before you can harvest them. For instance, eggplants take 2 days to grow, so you may
want to consider planting these instead of strawberries if you're not going to be
checking on your farm for a while. That way, you get the best use out of your land
and you get a bigger payoff at the end of the growing cycle. Crops that take longer to
grow also generally sell for more coins at harvest time.
Experience
Another factor that will contribute to your planting decision is that different crops
yield different benefits in terms of experience. Crops that take at least a day to grow
will grant you 2 experience points for each patch of land you plant them on. Most
crops take at least this long to grow to maturity, but there are some, like
strawberries, that only take a few hours. These will only get you one experience point
per plot of land planted. The faster you accumulate experience points, the faster
you'll move up to the next level.
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That doesn't mean you want to only plant the crops that give you 2 experience points
though. If you're going to be able to check back on your strawberries and plant more
as soon as the old ones are ready to be harvested, you can actually get more
experience points in a day with these types of crops. It all depends on how well you
stay on top of your planting and harvesting cycles.
Investment Return
Another factor to consider when you're deciding what to plant will be the
relationship between the cost of the seeds and the price you get for your goods
when you harvest them. In this context, soybeans are the best of the crops you have
available to you at the start of the game. They cost only 15 coins to plant per plot of
land, but you can sell your harvest for 63 coins per plot of land.
This is a return of more than 4 times your initial investment, as opposed to the three
and a half times return that strawberries provide. Of course, the soybeans take
longer to grow than the strawberries do. Because there are so many factors that go
can influence your decision about what to plant, you can see that this isn't exactly a
straightforward decision.
Dollars Per Hour
Not only can you access a potential crop's value by how much of a return it brings on
the initial investment, but you can also evaluate its earning potential per hour. For
example, strawberries take 4 hours to mature and sell for 35 coins per plot of land.
Eggplants, on the other hand, take 48 hours to mature and sell for 88 coins per plot
of land.
This gives the strawberries a coin per hour rate of 8.75, as opposed to the eggplant's
1.83. What all of this really means is that your decision about what crops to plant will
have to take into account how often you want to check back on your farm, how
quickly you want to level up, and how quickly you want to be able to build up your
cash stores.
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Putting it All Together
So how do you decide what to do first as you start to work on your farm? Well, your
first priority needs to be getting some cash in the bank. I'd recommend plowing an
area that's 4 plots by 4 plots and planting strawberries on the entire area first,
assuming you’ll be able to check back on your farm in about 4 hours. You should have
just enough coins to complete this task. You also won't have to wait too long before
you can harvest your crop and start again.
Strawberries don't give you the best return on your investment, but they do give you
enough so that you'll be way ahead by the time you harvest them. At this point, you'll
be able to branch out into some other types of crops. Soybeans are the best one to
opt for next though. Until you can advance and unlock some more crops, these will
give you the best return on your investment. They also only take a day to mature, so
you'll be able to replant quickly and build up your experience points fast.
This same basic theory will apply as you advance through the game and unlock more
types of crops. While taking the characteristics and benefits of each crop into
consideration is important, it's also very important to be realistic about how often
you'll be able to check back on your farm. You can make the best planting decisions
possible, but if you don't get back to harvest your plants in time, all that careful
planting will go to waste.
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Keeping Track
As your farm gets bigger and you plant more and more different kinds of crops, you
may start to lose track of what is planted where and when it will be ready for harvest.
This is easy to do, but you can help yourself by following a few simple guidelines for
planting and organization.
First, it's a good idea to plant in blocks. This means that you'll have a symmetrical
section for each type of crop. It's much easier to keep track of crops in various stages
of growth if they're grouped together and not winding all over the place and around
each other. For example, you may want to plant a 3 by 3 section of eggplants,
adjacent to a 3 by 3 section of soybeans, and continue on like that.
It's also a good idea not to plant the same type of crop at two different times. That's
because it's very easy to forget about one of them and not go back to harvest until
the later one is ready. By then you may have already lost your first crop. Planting all
pumpkins at one time, and then all squash the next will make it much easier for you
to remember what needs to be harvested when.
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Rate of Rot
This is especially important to keep in mind when you're planting crops that mature
quickly. The window for harvesting any crop is the same as the length of time it takes
that crop to grow. This means that pumpkins, since they take 8 hours to mature, will
start to rot 8 hours after they're ready for harvest. You'll have to make sure you get
back to your farm within 16 hours of planting your pumpkins then, in order to keep
from losing them.
If you think you're not going to be able to check on your farm for a while, you may
want to consider planting crops like artichokes. These will take 4 days to mature, but
you'll have an additional 4 days to harvest them. This is a good way to keep your farm
active if you're going to be away for a while. It's also a good thing to keep in mind so
that you know what kind of window you have to get back to your farm before you
first crop will start to wither.
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Building Up
Once you start to get a handle on your planting and harvesting cycles, you can begin
exploring all of the other options FarmVille has to offer. As you advance in levels and
build up your coin stash, you'll be able to buy more and more items for decorating
and enhancing the value of your farm. Some of these are worthwhile investments,
although many are just fun to play with.
That's what makes this game so great, really. It allows you to play at your own pace
and turn your farm into exactly what you want it to be. You can add structures,
fences, animals, trees, vehicles, and many other types of decorations to your farm to
give it your own personal touch. That way, when you're friends come to visit, they'll
be able to see what a magnificent farmer you are.
Animals
The first animal you'll be able to buy is a chicken, followed a few levels later by a cow,
and then finally a sheep. You may be able to acquire some animals before you're able
to buy them though because you will always be able to receive them as gifts. You can
ask your friends to give you some animals, or they may just do it all on their own.
There are some animals too, like horses for instance, that you can only receive as
gifts.
Animals are different from crops in several ways. First of all, they cost a lot and their
products sell for very little. For example, a cow will cost you 400 coins, but each time
you milk it, you'll only get 6 coins from the milk you sell. Of course, you don't have to
buy a new cow every time you milk one. They'll take day or so to be ready for you to
milk again, and you'll get another 6 coins out of the deal.
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It can take a while to make a profit off of your animals, but eventually you will. It's
also just fun to have them around, and you can do more than just milk them. They
like to go for walks and are very happy when they get attention from you. You can
also sell them if you're really strapped for cash. You won't get what you paid for
them, but you'll get enough to help you out in a pinch. And if you acquired them as a
gift to begin with, then selling them just gets you some free money.
You also gain experience from buying animals and from selling the milk, eggs, or wool
they produce. This is another good reason to invest in some animals if you want to
level up fast. You do have to be careful to pen them though. Otherwise they'll wander
off and you'll take a loss on your investment. Once in a while, a stray animal will
wander onto your farm, and you'll be able to help them find a new home.
Trees
Trees work essentially the same way animals do (although they can't wander away).
They cost a lot and each individual harvest of fruit doesn't sell for very much. But
over time, they do pay for themselves because they start growing a new crop every
time you harvest the old one. Plus, they're just a nice addition to your farm.
There are many different kinds of trees you can buy or receive as gifts, and each of
them has a different type of fruit and different characteristics. They take different
lengths of time to mature, but you won't lose the fruit if you don't harvest it in a
certain amount of time. Depending on your preference, you can leave the fruit there
to look pretty until you really need some cash, or you can sell it as soon as it's ready
and wait for more to grow. You can also sell trees just as you can farm animals. They
don't fetch a great price, but it's still a good option to have if you suddenly find
yourself short on cash. Once you plant a tree, you don't have to leave it in that spot
forever. This is another nice feature because it means that as your farm grows, you
can adapt.
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If you find that you need the spot a tree is in for something else, you can simply
relocate it. This not only saves you from having to sell a tree if it's in the way of
changes you want to make to your farm, but it also means that you don't have to
spend a ton of time deliberating about where to put each tree you buy. Just put it
where you think is best at the moment. You can always change it later.
Decorations
There are literally dozens of items you can buy to add your own personal touch to
your farm. These can be anything from outhouses, to whitewash fences, to bicycles.
These items vary considerably in price and the options available to you will increase
as you level up. You'll gain some measure of experience points by purchasing any of
them, and they do also have some resale value.
Just as with the trees and animals, you won't get nearly what you paid for a
decorative item when you sell it, but it's a good option to have when you're strapped
for cash. Mostly though, these items are fun to collect and place to give your farm
some character. You can move them any time you want too, which gives you endless
possibilities for farm layouts and looks.
Buildings
It can take a while, but eventually you'll be ready to start building on your farm. You
can choose from 30 different structures, and they do get pricey. But they deliver a
ton of experience, so they're a good way to keep leveling up fast once you reach the
higher levels of the game. These structures can be as simple as a tool shed or well, or
as substantial as a manor house.
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Either way, though, they add a nice touch to your farm. You want to be careful and
choose the buildings that offer the most experience benefit relative to price because
you will be spending so much money on them. You can also sell off your buildings
later on if you don't need them or if you need money fast. They also sell for
substantially less than you bought them for, but that's still a lot of cash in most cases.
Vehicles
Once you reach level 12 you can buy some farm vehicles to help you with the
workload on your farm. Your options include a red tractor, a pink tractor, a harvester,
and a seeder. These can greatly improve the efficiency of your farm, but this does
come with a price. The vehicles themselves are not excessively expensive, but you'll
only be able to use them as long as you have fuel for them.
This means that you can wait for the fuel to fill up on its own, or you can buy fuel
refills for your vehicles. And these can add up fast. The fuel refills can also only be
purchased with FarmVille cash, not coins, so you'll need to consider if this is the way
you want to spend this valuable currency.
It's up to you to decide whether or not you want to invest in some farm vehicles.
Tractors will allow to you harvest at 4 times the speed since they can plow 4 plots of
land at a time. You can certainly get the benefits of speedier harvesting and seeding,
but you'll also be paying out a lot for the convenience. It's best to wait to buy these
until you have a big enough farm and income to support them. You can also sell these
if you decide you don't want to keep paying for their fuel, but you won't get nearly as
much as you paid for them either.
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Save or Spend
One of the great things about FarmVille is that it's always up to you how you spend
your money and use your land. All of the items that you can buy will give you some
benefit in the form of experience points, so you have to decide which ones will help
you the most. You can also just pick the items you like best. After all, it's your farm
and you're the one who'll be spending the most quality time there.
Figuring out what you want to buy can be tricky though. It'll take you a while to build
up a big reservoir of coins and farm cash if you spend all of your extra money after
each harvest. It's a good idea to examine all of the items you'll be able to buy and
then figure out how much you'll have to save up to be able to purchase those items.
Otherwise, you'll be stuck with buying a lot of the cheap items and you won't ever be
able to afford the larger buildings and decorations.
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Cash
As you start to play FarmVille, you'll have a relatively easy time accumulating coins.
The FarmVille dollars are a bit harder to come by though. There's no equivalency
either – you can't convert your coins to cash. You can use coins to buy most of the
items in the market, but there are some items that you'll need cash to get.
Coins
You earn coins every time you harvest crops, fruit from trees, or goods from farm
animals. You'll need some of these coins to re-plow and re-plant your fields, but after
each harvest you should have some left over. You can just let your coins accumulate
in your account, or you can spend them on a variety of discretionary items in the
market.
There are some other ways you'll get a bonus in the form of coins. You'll occasionally
get a message when you log in that you won a random number of coins in the daily
raffle. These messages are pretty arbitrary, as are the amounts you win, so you can't
count on them for consistent income. They're certainly a nice bonus though.
You'll also earn a small bonus every time you help out one of your neighbors with
their farm. If one of your neighbors hasn't been able to get to their farm for a while,
you'll receive a message that they could use your help. Accepting this message will
take you to their farm where they'll ask for your help with chores like pulling weeds,
raking leaves, or chasing crows away.
You can also go and visit your neighbor's farms on your own to see if they need any
help when you're short on cash, but you can only help out each neighbor once a day.
After that, you can visit all you want, but there won’t be any more chores for you to
do.
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This is just one of the reasons it's good to have a lot of neighbors. The more
neighbors you have, the more farms you can visit, and the more chores you can do
for coins and experience. After all, the more access you have to coins, the more you'll
be able to do on your own farm. Once you run out of money, you just have to wait for
your crops to be ready to harvest, or you'll have to find a different way of refilling
your coin stores.
FarmVille Cash
FarmVille cash is much tougher to come by than coins are. You get 1 FarmVille dollar
for every new level you reach, but it takes quite a while to earn any substantial
amount of cash this way. FarmVille cash isn't vital to your ability to play the game the
way that coins are, but there are some items in the market that you can't get without
it.
Some of the cash-only items in the market are relatively cheap and you'll have
enough FarmVille cash at the lower levels to afford these. If you spend your cash in
small amounts this way though, you'll never be able to accumulate enough to buy
the bigger items that are available later on. It's best to save your FarmVille cash until
you're sure you know what you want to spend it on.
Adding Coins and Cash
There is another option for increasing your available coins and FarmVille cash. You
can click on the Add Farm Coins and Cash tab if you want to supplement your income
a bit. In this section, you can purchase coins or cash with a credit card or PayPal
account. You can get a lot for a little here, and you have several options as far as how
much you want to spend.
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If you're going to go this route though, you're better off just going for the largest
package. It costs $40, but you get the most for your money this way. Better to just get
all you'll need at once rather than going back often for small purchases. You'll wind
up spending more in the long run if you buy small amounts of coins or cash multiple
times.
It's really never worth it to buy coins this way because they're so easy to earn in the
game, but if you want to buy anything substantial with FarmVille cash, you'll have to
supplement your natural income. If you want a quick and easy way to instantly add
FarmVille cash, this is probably the easiest way to go.
Ribbons
Another way to get some coin bonuses is to earn one of the many ribbons available.
There are actually 14 categories of ribbons, and each category has 4 levels. You’ll
start out by earning the Yellow ribbon in a particular category. As you advance in that
category, you’ll progress to the White, Red, and finally Blue ribbons.
As your performance and farming accomplishments increase, the higher ribbons you
earn will result in bigger and bigger payouts. These accomplishments span the
spectrum of farm activity, so you’ll likely earn some ribbons without even meaning
to.
It’s a good idea to pay attention to your ribbons though and what you need to do to
earn more of them. Each time you get a ribbon, you get awarded a substantial sum of
cash, as well as a hefty chunk of experience points. By clicking on the ribbon icon in
the bottom right hand corner of your screen, you can bring up a list of the available
ribbons and what you personally have to do to earn the next one. The game keeps
track of your progress in each individual area, so all you have to do is check back from
time to time to see which ones you’re close to achieving and what you need to do to
get there.
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The required tasks may be as simple as “harvest fruit from 8 unique trees,” or
“harvest 10 unique crops.” While neither of these tasks is particularly hard to
accomplish, it can play a role in determining what seeds you plant and what trees you
buy. Similarly, making progress towards earning ribbons can guide your decisions on
how many of which type of animal to keep and how many buildings to put up.
There’s a ribbon for each of these, and so if you know what you have to do to get the
ribbon, you’ll come out ahead every time.
Sharing the Wealth
Each time you’re awarded a ribbon, you’ll be asked if you would like to “share the
wealth.” This doesn’t mean that you’ll divide up your winnings among your friends or
anything like that. In fact, it won’t cost you anything at all. It will, however, make it
possible for your friends to get a bonus as a result of your success.
It’s always a good thing to do this because it costs you nothing and encourages your
friends to return the favor. You do have to publish your accomplishment on Facebook
though for your friends to be able to get the bonus. While it may not be a good idea
to publish notification every time you advance to a new level, it is definitely worth
doing it when you get a ribbon.
Conversely, you’ll have to be sure and pay attention to the notifications your friends
post so that you don’t miss out on any bonuses yourself. You do actually have a time
limit for collecting these bonuses too, so make sure you scan your news feed for the
appropriate notifications every time you log in to Facebook. Check out the Resource
Lists at the end of this guide for the full listings of ribbons.
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Neighbors
You can certainly work your own farm and earn enough to support yourself nicely.
But if you want to be able to expand your farm, you'll need to have some neighbors.
Expansion is made much easier and will cost you much less in terms of currency the
more neighbors you have. Of course, since you're playing this game on a social
networking site, the easiest thing to do is hit up your friends.
Finding Neighbors
There's no limit on the number of neighbors you can add, so it's really up to you to
determine how many you think you want to have. You certainly don't need to go out
and actively recruit your friends to play the game. It's very likely some of the people
on your friend list play already. You can find out who by going to the My Neighbors
tab when you're on your farm. From there it's very easy to send a neighbor request
to anyone you know who's already started working on their farm.
If you'd like to expand beyond this though, the game does provide an invitation
function that allows you to send automated messages to anyone on your friend list
asking them to play FarmVille with you and be your neighbor. This is a good place to
start, and it's a good idea to invite everyone you know. You may very well be
surprised who the most enthusiastic farmers turn out to be.
Make it Personal
Sending an automated message is certainly the easiest way to invite all of your
friends, but it's not necessarily the most effective. If you're really serious about
recruiting as many neighbors as possible, you'll want to send a more personal
message to the people you know. To do this, simply use the private message function
on Facebook to send a personal invitation to each of your friends.
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You can use the same message for everyone, but you'll be surprised how many more
people respond to a message that you wrote yourself. Once your friends have set up
their own farms, you can ask them to be your neighbor. There's no limit to the
number of neighbors you can add, and really, there's no reason not to add as many as
you can. They'll bring you quite a few benefits over time.
Forums
If you're not satisfied with the neighbor count you get off of your friend list, the next
place you should go is to the FarmVille Forums. You can find these by clicking on the
Forum link at the bottom of the page you're on when you're playing the game. Here
you'll find quite a few great FarmVille resources. One of these is a forum called ADD
ME for people who are looking for neighbors. This is an excellent place to go to find
more neighbors and meet people who share your interest in the game.
Most of the people you'll find on these forums are FarmVille players like you who
enjoy playing and want to build up their farm as much as possible. Because you have
to add someone as a friend in order to make them your neighbor though, you should
always be cautious. The best way to go about this is to only add one or two people
you don't know at a time.
This is because some of the profiles you will come across this way are spam. If you
only add a few at a time, you'll know which profile to remove from your friend list if
you start receiving a bunch of meaningless messages in you inbox. If you've added a
bunch of strangers at once, it can be next to impossible to figure out which one to
get rid of.
FarmVille Forums aren't just good for helping your find new neighbors either. They're
also a great place to go to find answers to any questions you have while playing the
game. Or they can be a great place to just socialize with other players, as well as a
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good source of information about updates and changes to game play. Even if you use
them only sparingly, these forums are a great resource to keep in mind when you
have problems or questions about FarmVille.
Benefits of Neighbors
You won't be ready to expand your farm for a while, but there are other reasons it's
good to have neighbors. One simple one is that going and looking at the ways other
people set up their farms can help you get ideas about what you want to do with
your own little plot of land. Since your neighbors will likely all be at different stages of
game play, you can learn a lot just by looking at what they've done.
There are other, more practical reasons to want to have a lot of neighbors as well.
When you're short on cash, it's great to have the option to go and help out on your
neighbors' farms to earn some money fast. You can help out each of your neighbors
once a day. For the first 20 neighbors you help in a day, you'll earn 20 coins and 5
experience points each. Once you get up over 20, you'll only be earning 5 coins and 1
experience point each, but that can still add up to a lot of cash if you make a habit
out of it.
Having a lot of neighbors also means getting a lot of gifts. Sending gifts doesn't cost
you anything, and it can be a great way to build up your collection of farm animals
and trees early in the game. The more gifts you send to your neighbors, the more
they'll be inclined to send to you (assuming they're good neighbors).
The more neighbors you have, then, the more gifts you'll get. This is really the best
way to get ahead in the game fast. There are also quite a few items that you can only
get if you receive it as a gift. About half of the available types of trees can only be
acquired this way. Also several kinds of animals like horses, pigs, rabbits, goats, and
ducks can only be gifted. They can’t be bought.
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Plus it's just fun to be able to play this game with your friends. It can even prove to
be a good way to connect with someone on your friend list that you don't actually
talk to all that often. Breaking the ice by talking about your farms or helping each
other out in the game is a great and easy way to rekindle an old friendship. You can
even leave notes for your neighbors on their farms when you go to visit to let them
know how great you think their farming is coming along.
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Expanding Your Territory
Once you've made the most of the plot of land you started with, you may want to
spread your wings a bit and get some more space to work with. You can expand your
farm incrementally from the 12 X 12 plot that you start with up until you have a 20 X
20 Plantation. You can't just jump to the 20 X 20 however. You have to buy the plots
in order.
This means that your first step in expanding your farm will be establishing a
Homestead. This is a 14 X 14 plot, which will give you a significant amount of added
space to work with. You'll also have to have a Homestead before you can take the
next expansion step and buy a 16 X 16 Family Farm. At this point, the 20 X 20
Plantation is the largest plot of land available, but at some point in the future you will
be able to expand to a 22 X 22 Big Ole Plantation, and even a 24 X 24 Mighty
Plantation.
The reasons for wanting to expand your farm are pretty straightforward. You'll
eventually max out your earning capability on your original plot of land. If you want
to keep moving up and building your business, you'll need more space to work with.
There's really no downside to expanding as long as you're financially stable enough to
handle the larger space.
Deciding to Expand and Weighing the Cost
Expanding before you're ready can make it hard to maintain a positive cash flow. You
want to make sure you'll have at least 10,000 coins in the bank after you purchase
your land expansion in order to be sure you're up to the task of managing a larger
farm.
Once you decide you're ready to expand though, you'll need to be able to pay for the
extra land. There are actually two ways you can do this, but neither of them is
particularly cheap. If you have enough neighbors, you can pay in coins. If you don't
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have as many neighbors as is required for the plot of land you want to buy, you'll
have to pay in FarmVille cash.
The 14 X 14 Homestead can be bought for 10,000 coins as long as you have at least 8
neighbors to help you with construction. If you don't have that many neighbors, you
can also buy the Homestead for $20 in FarmVille cash. Since the coins are so much
easier to come by than the cash, you'll be wise to try and recruit those few extra
neighbors so you can pay in coins.
You may think that $20 FarmVille cash isn't that much in the grand scheme of things.
You'll need $20 more each time you want to expand though. So if you want to expand
fast, you either have to have a lot of FarmVille dollars on hand or you'll have to seek
out some new neighbors. Even the largest plot of land currently available only
requires that you have 16 neighbors.
This isn't a particularly large number when you think about it, and it will save you a
lot of money in the long run if you just go out and recruit some friends to help you. It
really isn't as hard as it might seem to get people to be your neighbors either
because they don't actually have to do anything to help you. All they have to do is
open the application and set up their character. After that, they never have to come
back to their farm again. Once your friends know this, they may be more inclined to
help you out.
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Conclusion
One of the best things about FarmVille is that it doesn’t matter if you’re very involved
in it and log in all the time, or if you just feel like doing some occasional hoeing and
seeding. It’s still a great way to spend some time and catch up with fellow farmers.
Chances are though, once you start farming, you’ll have a hard time resisting the urge
to check on your farm as often as possible.
The endless possibilities for rearranging and building on your farm make FarmVille a
very engaging game to play. You can check out the new structures and decorations
you’ll want to build on your farm, and then work your land until you have enough
money to pay for them. Just remember to plan ahead and you’ll do just fine.
Success in FarmVille is really mostly the result of common sense. You need to be sure
to always weight your options and spend your money wisely. That way you’ll be able
to afford the things you really want later on. And remember to always be good to
your neighbors. The benefits they give you are immeasurable. You can succeed in
FarmVille without neighbors, but it’s infinitely harder to accomplish the things you
want to quickly.
This guide is designed to be a good resource that can help you make wise decisions
about how to spend your money and time in FarmVille. It’s always a good idea to
check out the forums and stay up to date on any new changes or developments in
the game because it’s still in Beta. I have no doubt that once you get your hands into
that soil once or twice, you’ll be hooked on FarmVille for a long time.
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Resource Lists
Crop List
Seeds Cost Maturity Experience Sell For Profit / Hour

Strawberry 10 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 35 coins 6.3
Eggplant 25 coins 2 days 2 Experience 88 coins 1.3
Wheat 35 coins 3 days 2 Experience 115 coins 1.1
Soybeans 15 coins 1 day 2 Experience 63 coins 2.0
Squash 40 coins 2 days 2 Experience 121 coins 1.7
Pumpkins 30 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 68 coins 4.8
Artichokes 70 coins 4 days 2 Experience 119 coins 0.5
Rice 45 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 96 coins 4.3
Raspberries 20 coins 2 hours 0 Experience 46 coins 13.0
Cotton 75 coins 3 days 2 Experience 117 coins 0.6
Bell Peppers 75 coins 2 days 2 Experience 108 coins 0.7
Peppers 70 coins 1 day 2 Experience 162 coins 3.8
Aloe Vera 50 coins 6 hours 1 Experience 85 coins 5.8
Pineapple 95 coins 2 days 2 Experience 242 coins 3.1
Blueberries 50 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 91 coins 10.3
Watermelon 130 coins 4 days 2 Experience 348 coins 2.3
Grapes 85 coins 1 day 2 Experience 270 coins 7.7
Tomato 100 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 173 coins 9.1
Potatoes 135 coins 3 days 2 Experience 345 coins 2.9
Carrots 110 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 200 coins 7.5
Coffee 120 coins 16 hours 1 Experience 243 coins 7.7
Corn 150 coins 3 days 2 Experience 380 coins 3.2
Sunflowers 135 coins 1 day 2 Experience 315 coins 7.5
Cabbage 140 coins 2 days 2 Experience 388 coins 5.2
Blackberries 75 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 117 coins 10.5
Green Tea 105 coins 10 hours 1 Experience 191 coins 8.6
Red Wheat 180 coins 3 days 2 Experience 449 coins 3.7
Sugar Cane 165 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 239 coins 9.3
Peas 190 coins 1 day 3 Experience 381 coins 8.0
Yellow Melon 205 coins 4 days 2 Experience 528 coins 3.4
Onions 170 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 268 coins 8.2
Broccoli 200 coins 2 days 4 Experience 473 coins 5.7
Asparagus 220 coins 16 hours 2 Experience 357 coins 8.6
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It’s good to plan your planting around your schedule so that you’ll know when you
can get back to check on your farm and harvest your crops. Ultimately, peas will be
the best crop to plant, but it’ll take you a while to reach a high enough level to be
able to plant them. Almost every new level you reach will unlock one more type of
seed for you to try. This doesn’t mean the new seed is necessarily better than what
you were already planting though, so you’ll have to reevaluate your options each
time you decide to re-plant.
Best Seeds in Earnings Per Week Assuming Crops are Harvested At Maximum
Efficiency
These earnings take into account the cost of ploughing (15coins), this is very
important since crops with shorter harvesting times must be ploughed more times
giving many players an “invisible” cost. Also remember that every time you plough
you also gain more experience, so do not be mislead with crops such as raspberry
which give no exp, because they end up giving you the same exp as 4 hr crops when
the experience gained from ploughing is also taken into consideration.
1. Tomato 1218 coins/week

2. Sunflowers 1155 coins/week
3. Blueberries 1092 coins/week
4. Coffee 1080 coins/week
5. Carrot 1050 coins/week
6. Raspberry 924 coins/week
7. Broccoli 903 coins/week
8. Red Wheat 592 coins/week
9. Yellow Melon 539 coins/week
10. Red Bell Peppers 539 coins/week
11. Rice 504 coins/week
12. Corn 501.7 coins/week
13. Pineapple 462 coins/week
14. Potatoes 455 coins/week
15. Strawberries 420 coins/week
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16. Watermelon 355.25 coins/week

17. Yellow Bell Peppers 324 coins/week
18. Cotton 273 coins/week
19. Soy Beans 231 coins/week
20. Squash 231 coins/week
21. Artichokes 208.25 coins/week
22. Eggplant 168 coins/week
23. Wheat 151.67 coins/week
Of course, this is not the only attribute each of these crops possesses. You’ll have to
take into account how much you spend on the seeds for each of them, as well as how
soon you’ll be able to get back to harvest them before you can decide which is the
best for you to plant at any given point in time.
Trees
Tree Cost Experience Maturity Profit Resale

Acai $27 FarmVille 0 Experience 2 days 158 coins 47 coins
Cherry 225 coins 5 Experience 2 days 18 coins 11 coins
Apple 325 coins 5 Experience 3 days 28 coins 16 coins
Orange 425 coins 5 Experience 4 days 40 coins 21 coins
Plum 350 coins 5 Experience 3 days 30 coins 17 coins
Peach 500 coins 5 Experience 4 days 47 coins 25 coins
Lemon 475 coins 5 Experience 3 days 41 coins 23 coins
Lime 750 coins 7 Experience 5 days 75 coins 37 coins
Fig Gift 0 Experience 3 days 33 coins 18 coins
Avocado Gift 0 Experience 3 days 37 coins 21 coins
Apricot Gift 0 Experience 4 days 56 coins 30 coins
Grapefruit Gift 0 Experience 3 days 50 coins 23 coins
Banana Gift 0 Experience 3 days 56 coins 32 coins
Passion Fruit Gift 0 Experience 5 days 93 coins 46 coins
Pomegranate Gift 0 Experience 5 days 108 coins 53 coins
Date Gift 0 Experience 3 days 69 coins 40 coins
Olive Gift 0 Experience 4 days 112 coins N/A
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Trees are great to have around, not only because they create another cash flow, but
because they give your farm a lot of color and character. If you’re going to be
focusing on acquiring trees and harvesting them regularly, you may want to keep
each type in its own section. This way it will be easier to keep track of which ones will
be ready to harvest and when.
Animals
Animal Cost Experience Time Sell for Cost Resale

Cow 300 coins 5 Experience 1 day 6 coins 15 coins
Chicken 400 coins 5 Experience 1 day 8 coins 20 coins
Sheep 700 coins 7 Experience 3 days 28 coins 35 coins
There are several other animals you can acquire for your farm, but they can only be
received as gifts. Pigs, rabbits, ducks, horses, and goats can round out your livestock
families nicely if you can persuade your friends to give them to you. You can also
adopt stray animals that wander onto your friends’ farms. This even includes the
occasional black sheep. It’s a good idea to stay all of your animals unless they’re
penned in though. Otherwise, they may wind up wandering away themselves.
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Decorations
Decoration Cost Experience Resale

Cost
Whitewash Fence 300 coins 5 Experience 15 coins
Small Pond 5,000 coins 50 Experience 250 coins
Hay Bale 100 coins 5 Experience 5 coins
Barrel 125 coins 5 Experience 6 coins
Crate 150 coins 5 Experience 7 coins
White Stool 150 coins 5 Experience 7 coins
Brown Stool 150 coins 5 Experience 7 coins
Mailbox 200 coins 5 Experience 10 coins
Butter Churn 400 coins 5 Experience 20 coins
Wood Pile 500 coins 5 Experience 25 coins
Wagon 1,000 coins 10 Experience 50 coins
Picnic Table 1,000 coins 10 Experience 50 coins
Stone Mailbox 500 coins 5 Experience 25 coins
Wheelbarrow 600 coins 6 Experience 30 coins
Covered Wagon 2,000 coins 20 Experience 100 coins
Hay Wagon 3,000 coins 30 Experience 150 coins
Hedge 600 coins 6 Experience 30 coins
Barrel Wagon 4,000 coins 40 Experience 200 coins
This is actually a rather small selection of the available decorations you can use to
beautify your farm. They all follow the same pattern of cost to experience and resale
value though, which means that no one item is a particularly better investment than
the others. You just have to choose the items that you like the best and that you feel
give your farm the look you were after.
Some decorations will be locked until you reach the higher levels of the game, but
many will be open to you from the beginning. There are also quite a few decorations
that can only be purchased with FarmVille dollars. It’s a good idea to look through
the available items in the market from time to time and pick out the cash only items
that you’re interested in. That way, you’ll be able to save up for the things you really
want and avoid splurging on something else you don’t really need.
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Ribbons
Local Celebrity – To earn this ribbon, you have to acquire as many neighbors as you
can. To get the Yellow ribbon, for example, you need to have 4 neighbors. You’ll need
to get up to 50 to earn the Blue.
Good Samaritan – You can get this ribbon by doing as many chores as possible for
your neighbors on their farms. Since you can only help each neighbor once a day, it
will take you a while to get this ribbon if you don’t have a lot of neighbors. You have
to do 50 chores for the Yellow ribbon, and you won’t get the Blue until you’ve helped
your neighbors 1500 times. Better get to work!
High Roller – To get this ribbon, all you need to do is earn money. Since that’s what
you’re trying to do anyway, this shouldn’t be too difficult. You’ll start out with the
Yellow ribbon once you’ve made 50,000 coins. To get the Blue ribbon, you have to
reach 1 million coins. (This is over the entire time you’ve been playing the game. You
don’t have to have it in the bank all at once.)
A Pretty Penny – You get these ribbons by spending that hard earned currency.
Again, this is something you’ll be doing naturally as you play the game, so you don’t
have to focus too much on it. You’ll get your Yellow ribbon when you’ve spent 50,000
coins, and your Blue ribbon will come at the 1.5 million coin mark.
Cream of the Crop – This ribbon is a reward for harvesting massive amounts of crops.
Of course, you’ll earn all of these ribbons eventually through normal game play as
well. But if you want to acquire these ribbons faster, you can invest some time in
planting and harvesting Raspberries over and over again. Since these crops grow so
fast, you’ll make it to your Blue ribbon in no time.
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Knock on Wood – You earn these ribbons by harvesting fruit from your trees. The
more trees you harvest, the more ribbons you’ll get. It doesn’t matter what kinds of
trees they are – they can even be all the same. You just have to remember to keep
harvesting them as soon as they’re ready and you’ll be all set.
Zoologist – These ribbons are rewarded as a result of collecting goods from animals.
The more animals you have on your farm, the easier it will be to get these ribbons.
Just like with the trees, don’t forget to collect from your animals as soon as they’re
ready, and you’ll have no problems bringing home these ribbons.
Architect – As the name suggests, you earn these ribbons for putting up buildings on
your farm. The more buildings you can set up, the more Architect ribbons you’ll be
taking home.
Pack Rat – All you have to do to earn these ribbons is decorate your farm. Of course,
you’ll be limited to a certain degree by lack of empty space, but just keep squeezing
the small decorations on there and you’ll be collecting these ribbons in no time.
Animal Shelter – These ribbons are a reward for your kindness to lost animals. When
your friends find stray animals on their farm, you’ll have a chance to help them out
by adopting the animals. Of course, this never hurts you to do because it’ll mean
more goods for you to sell, and you’ll earn ribbons as you go which isn’t so bad
either.
Green Thumb – This ribbon is awarded as a result of your growing a certain number
of different crops. The more variety you have on your farm, the quicker you’ll be able
to collect these ribbons.
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Tree Hugger – You get this ribbon by harvesting multiple different kinds of trees. That
makes it a little different from the Knock on Wood ribbon because you are able to
earn that one by harvesting fruit from one kind of tree exclusively. You’ll have to have
just about every type of tree on your farm in order to get to the Blue ribbon in this
category.
Noah’s Ark – You earn these ribbons by collecting products from as many different
types of animals as you can. You’ll be able to get the Yellow ribbon on your own, but
after that, you’ll need some friends to send you the animals that can only be gifted.
Otherwise you’ll never be able to diversify enough to get to the Red or Blue ribbons
in this category.
Not Spoiled, Gifted! – It might not be fair to say you earn these ribbons. Really it’s
your friends who do all the work. These ribbons are a reward for having a certain
number of unique items in your Gift Box. The more different types of gifts you
receive, the more ribbons you’ll earn.
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Levels and Titles
Level 1 : 0 - 30 Experience points Field Hand

You can buy seeds for Strawberries, Eggplants, Wheat, and Soybeans.
You can buy Apple trees, Cherry trees, and Orange trees.
You can buy Cows, a Barn, and a Hay Bale.
Level 2 : Kinder Farmer

30 – 60 Experience points
There is nothing additional available on this level.
Level 3 : Amateur Farmer

You can buy Barrels and give Fig trees as gifts.
Level 4 : Able Farmer

You can buy Chickens and send them as gifts.
You can buy Rest Tents and Crates.
Level 5 : Handy Farmer

You can buy seeds for Pumpkins.
You can buy White Stools and Brown Stools.
You can send Avocado trees as gifts.
Level 6 : Nimble Farmer

You can buy seeds for Artichokes.
You can buy Mailboxes.
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Level 7 : Savvy Farmer

You can buy seeds for Rice.
You can buy Sheep, a Butter Churn, and a Well.
You can send Sheep as a gift.
Level 8 : Fancy Farmer

You can buy seeds for Raspberries.
You can send Apricot trees as gifts.
Level 9 : Sophisticated Farmer

You can buy the seeds for Cotton.
You can buy a Wagon and a Bike.
Level 10 : Splendid Farmer

You can buy Lime trees.
You can buy a Picnic Set, a Wood Fence, and a Fruit Stand.
You can send Pigs as gifts.
Level 11 : Farming Magician

You can buy seeds for Bell Peppers.
You can send Grapefruit trees as gifts.
You can buy a Stone Mailbox.
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Level 12 : Farming Wizard

You can buy seeds for Peppers.
You can buy a Wheelbarrow, a Tractor, or a Pink Tractor.
You can send Rabbits as gifts.
Level 13 : Jolly Rancher

You can buy a Grain Silo.
You can buy a Pink Fence and a Wood Bench.
You can buy a Harvester.
Level 14 : Produce Professional

You can buy seeds for Aloe Vera.
You can send Banana trees as gifts.
You can buy a Black, Blue, or Green Fence.
You can buy a Seeder.
Level 15 : Professor of Agriculture

You can buy seeds for Pineapples.
You can buy Covered Wagons and a Workshop.
You can send Ducks as gifts.
Level 16 : Hot Shot Farmer

You can buy a Lil Red Wagon.
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Level 17 : Super Shoveler

You can buy seeds for Blueberries.
You can send Passion Fruit trees as gifts.
You can buy a BBQ.
Level 18 : Super Grower

You can buy seeds for Watermelons.
You can buy Hay Wagons.
You can send Goats as gifts.
Level 19 : Professional Plower

You can buy seeds for Grapes.
You can buy a Cottage, a Black Cottage, or a Pink Cottage.
You can buy a Hedge and a Bird House.
Level 20 : Green Giant

You can buy seeds for Tomatoes.
You can buy Barrel Wagons and a Hedge Arch.
Level 21 : Rockstar Farmer

You can buy seeds for Potatoes.
You can send Horses as gifts.
You can buy a Lawnmower and a Sandbox.
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Level 22 : Barnyard Behemoth

You can buy seeds for Carrots.
You can buy Windmills, a Wagon Wheel, and an Axe and Block.
Level 23 : Magnificent Farmer

You can buy seeds for Coffee.
You can buy a Water Pump.
Level 24 : Cream of the Crop

You can buy seeds for Corn.
You can buy a Log Cabin and a Telephone Pole.
Level 25 : Sensational Sower

You can buy seeds for Sunflowers.
You can buy a Hedge Gate and a Light Post.
Level 26 : Sultan of Soil

You can buy a Farm House.
Level 27 : Thrill of the Till

You can buy seeds for Cabbage.
You can buy an Iron Bench.
Level 28 : Master of Pasture

35000 - 40000 Experience points
You can buy seeds for Green Tea.
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Level 29 : Sensation of the Plantation

You can buy seeds for Blackberries.
Level 30 : Lord of the Plow

46000 + Experience points
You can buy seeds for Red Wheat.
You can buy a Greenhouse.
Leveling AT Light Speed
Here is a trick only a few people know about Farmville but can help your farm grow
immensely. Before I reveal the secret you must understand a few things about why
leveling fast is good:
1. The faster you level, the more access you get to higher end crops, you will notice if
you scroll up to earnings per week of each crop (page 35), many of the crops with the
highest earnings are only obtainable at the highest levels.
2. It is also important to notice, that many of the highest earning crops also have very
generous harvesting times, take sunflowers for instance, which only need to be
harvested and ploughed once per day and compare them with raspberries, which
need to be harvested and replanted every 2 hours. Not only do the sunflowers give
you more coins per hour, you are also doing only 1/12 of the work compared with
raspberries. This is very important since it will make your schedule much more
flexible, and save you huge chunks of time. This is why I advocate leveling as fast as
possible till you can reach a crop that earns good exp/week but at the same time has
a long harvesting time so you can relax.
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3. Cosmetic Purposes – If you’re playing Farmville to impress your friends and make
your farm grand and beautiful, you want to make sure you have access to all the
things Farmville has to offer. You wouldn’t want to be stuck with tons of coins but
unable to buy that villa just because you’re level is low.
4. Higher Level = More land = More Crops = Faster Leveling = More Coins/More Free
time
As you progress throughout Farmville the plot of land available to you also increases.
This means you can plant more crops, earn more coins, earn more experience, and
save you time! What a game breaker!
The Secret to Leveling Faster
If you have played Farmville for quite some time you have probably come into a
situation where your farm really isn’t leveling as fast as you would like, and are slowly
stockpiling thousands and thousands of coins. Whenever I check through my friends
Farmville’s and see this happening I will always take the time to give them some
friendly advice. Basically, if there is a huge stockpile of gold that isn’t being spent
there should only be one reason. This is only done when a player is saving for
something expensive such as the million dollar villa. To be put simply, if you have
loads of money in the bank, and you’re not saving for something, it’s being wasted! If
this is you, the following trick will really bring your farm to new heights:
1. Calculate the amount of coins needed to plant and plough your desired crops. This
amount should be kept with you at all times in case your current crops wilt and you
receive no income from harvesting them. If you are VERY SURE (EXTRA STRESS ON
THIS POINT) that you will be able to harvest your crops in time.
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2. To Calculate the amount of coins you will need, first find out the size of your farm
(eg 14x14), next choose what crop you will be planting next (eg Tomatoes). The
formula for calculating how much will need is:
(Price of crop + 15 Plough Fee) X Total Area of Farm

Using a 14x14 Farm with tomatoes as an example:
(100+15) X (14X14) = 115X196 = 22540
3. Spend all your remaining coins on buying Hay Bale (located under the decorations
tab in the market), at 100 coins per piece they will give you 5 experience points and
can be sold for 5 coins, therefore giving you 5 experience for 95 coins.
Just imagine you have 100,000 coins sitting there doing nothing. This means you will
gain an instant 5000+ experience! For some people this may even be sufficient to
gain a level. You should do this whenever you have spare cash to level in the fastest
possible way with one exception. This occurs when you have the opportunity to
increase the size of your farm plot.
If you notice you are making sizeable amounts of money that will contribute to
expanding your farm in the near future, by all means save up to expand your land!
Remember, more land = more crops = more coins = more experience!
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Star Crops
As you progress through the game, the crops you will plant and harvest will change.
Listed below are some recommended crops which you should always try to plant
depending on your time schedule.
Levels 1-5:
Can Harvest every 4 hours: Strawberries
Can Harvest every 8 hours: Soy Bean
Can Harvest once per Day: Squash
Levels 6-16:
Can Harvest every 2 hours: Raspberry
Can Harvest every 8 hours: Rice (this is better than planting strawberries for coins but
will net you less experience)
Can Harvest once per Day: Cotton
Levels 17-24:
Can Harvest every 4 hours: Blueberries (Change to Tomatoes at level 20)
Can Harvest every 8 hours: Tomatoes
Can Harvest once per Day: Red Bell Peppers
Levels 25+
Can Harvest once per Day: Sunflowers
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Best Crops by Harvesting Time
Below is a list of the best crops to be planted for different time frames. Be very
cautious with this list, and cross reference it with the one on page 35. Since the list
provides the best crop to plant for different harvesting times, it doesn’t take into
account the efficiency of crops of other times. Therefore, you could be better off
planting a crop with a longer harvesting time, rather than a shorter one. Use this list
on special occasions when you know you only have a very small window of time
where you can plough and harvest.
Best Crops by Harvesting Time

Best 2 hour crop: Raspberries
Best 4 hour crop: Blueberries
Best 8 hour crop: Tomato
Best 12 hour crop: Carrot
Best 1 day crop (24 hour) crop: Sunflowers
Best 2 day crop (48 hour) crop: Broccoli
Best 3 day crop (72 hour) crop: Red Wheat
Best 4 day crop (96 hour) crop: Yellow Melon
Lock your Farmer - There is one technique you should be aware of before you start
harvesting your farm. You should always lock your farmer before the process of
harvesting, plowing and planting. By locking I mean trapping him between fences or
objects so he can't actually move to the arable terrain. You can, for example, put him
inside the cow’s area and then close the area with fences before starting to harvest.
Or you can trap him between 8 hay bales. Notice that every time you log in your
farmer shows up in the middle of the farm so you have to do this every time you
login. To avoid this, you can trap him in the center square. This way, every time you
log in to FarmVille, the farmer will be trapped and you don't need to do anything else.
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Sample Crop Rotations Depending on Schedule and Level (Assuming 8 Hours of

Sleep)
Starting Levels:
Lots of Time: After waking up, plant strawberries until it’s time to sleep, the last time
you harvest before you sleep plant pumpkins.
Little Time: Plant pumpkins full time.
Low Levels:
Lots of time: Plant Raspberries like crazy once you wake up, harvest them every 2
hours until you sleep. Before you turn in for the night plant pumpkins.
Little Time: Still plant pumpkins full time.
Medium Levels (At level 17):

Lots of Time: Use your whole day to plant blueberries, before you sleep, choose to
plant either pumpkins or rice depending on your schedule.
Little Time: Plant Rice, try to manage your time so that you can plant it twice per day.
Higher Levels (20+)

Lots of Time: At this point planting tomatoes is the most efficient crop for you to
plant even though it only needs to be harvested every 8 hours.
Little Time: Tomatoes might be an option for you, if not plant
coffee/carrots/sunflowers.
I use a program called Farming Extreme Manager. It helps me automate the

Harvesting, Planting and Plowing process. I recommend it very highly. It sells for
$6.99 a great buy. Please click or copy and paste the following link to order it.
http://www.farmvillebot.com/?rid=1737
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How Big to Get

Dollars Per Hour

Putting it All Together

Adding Coins and Cash

Sharing the Wealth

Expanding Your Territory

Deciding to Expand and Weighing the Cost

Seeds Cost Maturity Experience Sell For Profit / Hour

1. Tomato 1218 coins/week

16. Watermelon 355.25 coins/week

Tree Cost Experience Maturity Profit Resale

Animal Cost Experience Time Sell for Cost Resale

Decoration Cost Experience Resale

Levels and Titles

Level 1 : 0 - 30 Experience points Field Hand

Level 2 : Kinder Farmer

Level 3 : Amateur Farmer

Level 4 : Able Farmer

Level 5 : Handy Farmer

Level 6 : Nimble Farmer

Level 7 : Savvy Farmer

Level 8 : Fancy Farmer

Level 9 : Sophisticated Farmer

Level 10 : Splendid Farmer

Level 11 : Farming Magician

Level 12 : Farming Wizard

Level 13 : Jolly Rancher

Level 14 : Produce Professional

Level 15 : Professor of Agriculture

Level 16 : Hot Shot Farmer

Level 17 : Super Shoveler

Level 18 : Super Grower

Level 19 : Professional Plower

Level 20 : Green Giant

Level 21 : Rockstar Farmer

Level 22 : Barnyard Behemoth

Level 23 : Magnificent Farmer

Level 24 : Cream of the Crop

Level 25 : Sensational Sower

Level 26 : Sultan of Soil

Level 27 : Thrill of the Till

Level 28 : Master of Pasture

Level 29 : Sensation of the Plantation

Level 30 : Lord of the Plow

Leveling AT Light Speed

The Secret to Leveling Faster

(Price of crop + 15 Plough Fee) X Total Area of Farm

Best Crops by Harvesting Time

Best Crops by Harvesting Time

Sample Crop Rotations Depending on Schedule and Level (Assuming 8 Hours of

Medium Levels (At level 17):

Higher Levels (20+)

I use a program called Farming Extreme Manager. It helps me automate the

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