Crop Whisperer

The New Crop Whisperer Ribbon:
I haven't even gotten to a post on just ribbons in general but since so many of you have been wondering about the Crop Whisperer I'll get to this first. Below is a snapshot of what you should see on the last page of the ribbons pop up. (You can access the ribbon getting process by clicking on the button that has a symbol of a ribbon on it on the bottom right corner when you are at your farm or a neighbor's.)

Nobody is completely sure yet but what has been heard of it is that only randomly selected farmers get the ability to fertilize their neighbor's crops. Bummer, right? In order to achieve the first yellow ribbon you need to fertilize 100 things! Insane. But! It's pretty clear from the picture below that whoever gets these special powers are able to ATLEAST fertilize 5 plots at a time. No. It's a fact, actually.

What does it even do when a neighbor fertilizes? Well, as you can see beneathe this pharagraph it makes them bigger, better, and heck, EXTREMELY sparkly! Right next to the 5 fertilized peppers in the image is a boring, regular, non fertilized plot. See the difference?

But wait! You're still probably wondering, how do I get randomly selected? Obviously it's random, but it's just like helping neighbors with pulling weeds, chasing racoons and other shinanigans. If you're able to fertilize, at the bottom left; where your fuel status is, there will be a blue and white coin. You will be given only 5 bags of fertilizer.

Another thing, you cannot fertilize your own crops. That's just plain selfish and undoable anyways. Each awesome bag of fertilizer will give you one availale plot to fertilize. So in otherwords, you can't fertilize 5 plots with one bag. It doesn't work that way.

Special thanks to this link for missing information:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2298437/farmville_crop_whisperer_how_does_it.html?cat=19

Trick or Treat!

Halloween Scare:
Just because your student handbook to FarmVille is still in progress with the basics and guides does not mean we won't be up to date on the newest and greatest events such as Halloween! That's right. If you log on today you should get this pop up:

Figure 1

As of 10-16-09 you have 17 days to get your items. Get yours soon before you can't anymore!
Below (Figure 2) is a screenshot of the marketplace and all of the available limited time offers. The pumpkins light up! :o

Figure 2

If you purchase certain items such as the Cat O' Lantern or Jack-O'-Lantern you will receive the option to publish your post. The Tombstone let's you publish aswell. The fence does not. (That is all that is known at the moment.) See beneathe Figure 3.

Figure 3

Along with Halloween items up for buying you're also able to give White Jack-O'-Lanterns! This will end in 17 days aswell. (Figure 4)

Figure 4

P.S. All images are taken by me unless otherwise stated.

3D Hay Stacking

I don't know how many questions I have gotten about my farm asking how to do the 3D effect but let's just leave off with it being a TON.
It is very simple to do. I was able to figure it out on my own, but maybe for some it's a lot more complicated than trying to duplicate something.
Since I'm a bit on the lazy side and I don't feel like typing everything out, I'll share with you a video that I think would help you better than me typing jibber jabber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6804SrAnfI

If you like a little more definition on the how to here's a different video link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok80Jk4i7vA

Crop Mastery

Stars! Stars! Stars!

Q: What are those silly little stars under my seeds in the marketplace? What the heck is a crop mastery?!

A: Crop mastery is a new little system within FarmVille that rewards you for harvesting different crops. If you earn stars you get coins and XP. There are 3 available stars to earn:

The first star gives you 500 coins and 25 XP.







The 2nd gives you 1,500 coins and 75 XP




The last, but not least, star awards you with a special sign of the crop you have mastered basically informing everyone else that you're a crop allstar. Owning the sign gives you MONSTER crops. (See below.) You also earn 5,000 coins and 125 XP.

Mastery crop sign of grapes image taken from my farm.

Circled in red shows the monster crops. Image provided by Trevor; taken by him, from his farm.

After mastering a crop completely with all 3 stars, you are given extra XP after you harvest them (if you plant then after you have mastered them.)

Each crop has a different number of harvesting that you need in order to up your mastery. If you scroll over the bar beneathe the seed it will give you a number out of _____.

Basics of Harvesting Crops

We're students, right? That means we have studying for quizzes to get to, homework to finish, sports, everything, and anything! Here's a calculation of different crops, how much they cost (plowing and for the actual seeds themselves), experience points gained, suggested planting times (based on when a THS student is at home), and ofcourse, the profits.

name of seed/ time it takes / profit (amount you earn for selling it minus the plowing and the cost of the seed; per plot/ per day) / XP gained (not with crop mastery) / (suggested) planting time(s) / profit (per plot/ per day based on the suggestedplanting times)

PD=per day

PEP=per each planting

For anything that says something absurd like, "Blah blah blah!" means you can plant that seed any time of the day because it takes a day or more to harvest. I was lazy to type the same boring, "plant anytime you want" over and over again.

Feel free to click on the image to enlarge it to its maximum size and clarity. I realize this image makes it blurry. (It should let you; if not then it's being a poop.)

*Certain seeds may not be available to you due to the level you are at.

Personally, I believe that grapes are the best buy since it's not under a strict time schedule. Sunflowers are 2nd up though. Anything below those 2 I'd have to say that rice is a fair bet.

Special thanks to Trevor for providing information on higher crop levels. Currently, as of 10-15-09, he is at a high level of 30.

Basics of Animals

General Info:
There are 3 categories of animals. Ones that you can buy, ones that you adopt, and ones given through gifting. We'll get into adopting in another post.

Gray means that the animal is no longer available to give, buy, or adopt.

1. Buyable Animals:

-Chicken

-Regular Non-Chocolate or Strawberry Cows

-Regular White Sheep

A snapshot showing prices and harvesting times aswell as the sell price

2. Adoptable:
-Black Sheep

-Ugly Ducklings (transform into swans)

-Chocolate Cows

-Strawberry Cows

-Normal Cows

3. Giftable:

-Elephants (for a limited time farmers were able to give this animal during the carnival)

-Ducks

-Horses

-Goats

-Rabbits

-Pigs

-White Sheep

-Regular Cows

Harvesting Animals:

Animals take time to harvest. When they were ready for harvesting they used to be outlined in pink. Now, they have upside down hot pink and pink teardrops above them. All you have to do is click on the teardrop or animal and a scrolldown should pop up. It will give you the option

Here you see 3 swans and a duck ready for harvest.

List of Times and Profits:
animal / time / profit / what the animal gives you

1. Chicken / 1 Day / 8 coins / eggs
2. Cow / 1 Day / 6 coins / milk
3. Brown Cow / 1 Day / 12 coins / chocolate milk
4. Pink Cow / 1 Day / 18 coins / strawberry milk
5. Pig / 2 Days / 30 coins / truffles
6. Duck / 2 Days / 45 coins / down feathers
7. Goat / 2 Days / 54 coins / goat milk
8. Swan / 2 days / 80 coins / swan feathers
   -Ugly Ducklings take 3 days before their transformation
9. Sheep / 3 days / 28 coins / wool
10. Black Sheep / 3 days / 56 coins / wool
11. Horse / 3 days / 84 coins / horse hair
12. Rabbit / 4 days / 60 coins / angola wool
13. Baby Elephant / 4 days / 125 coins / circus peanuts

*Animals do not wilt and they can stay ready for harvesting for however long you leave them.

Introduction

Hey everyone!

Finally there is a FarmVille guide dedicated solely to students. As we all know, not everyone has tens and thousands of hours a week to play FarmVille. This is entirely okay because nobody expects you to.
With this guide created by me, Monique, and maybe a little help from other familiar students, your farming days will be much easier and you should have a better understanding with all of the categories within the addicting Facebook game.
From animals to buildings, and vehicles to decorations, many of us have a little difficulty figuring out what the heck we're doing still. Even harvesting can be a hastle! Luckily for you, this picture filled and answer packed blog will go over many of these topics, if not; all.

Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Monique S.

P.S. I do have a life. I just have a lot of time on my hands after I have finished my homework. :)