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Three Cheers for our Favorite House Teacher... Many Thanks Kiyoko

post by Liz Cissell

Kiyoko Ball = Farmer Nerd Awesome...  Nes

 

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Kiyoko Ball = Farmer Nerd Awesome...  Nes
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For all of you who have hung out here at Family Farm... Advice for any time at all, you know Kiyoko Ball Rocks. She has posted some of the BEST articles on Fab Bumps & 2 steps, recurring events & killer tips & tricks to build an Awesome farm without breaking the bank.
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So... three cheers for our Favorite house Teacher...  Many Thanks Kiyoko <3 

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Until we meet again, Have an Awesome Day & as always…

Happy Farming
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Voucher Shop Rare items

 a post by Kyoko Ball
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Rare items you might want to consider from the voucher shop

Graduate Fish - eats Plankton, gives Wrought Iron Butterfly Fish Frame
Vacation Turkey - eats Blackberry, gives Turkey Breast.
Wolf - eats Rooster Meat, gives Wolf Fur.
Christmas Chicken - eats Corn, gives Christmas Chicken Egg
Griffin - eats Bison Meat, gives Griffin Wings

Did I miss any?

Happy Farming from Kyoko Ball

Hydra Mission - FREE Helps

a post by Kyoko Ball
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Hydra Mission gives free cannonball and bait every day. Find these in the Daily Package tab on the left side of the window!

If you have the required trees or crops READY to share with your neighbors, please comment below!

Happy Farming!

BINGO for Free Rewards

 a post by Kiyoko Ball

 

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BINGO BASIC TUTORIAL 

 

Bingo runs in six rounds of about five days each over three months. Bingo ball tokens carry over from one round to the next. Create Bingo (five in a row horizontally, vertically, and diagonally) to get points. Use the points to purchase rewards from the Reward List.

 

Q&A:

How do I know what round we are on? Under the main Bingo! sign it will say "Season 26 Round 2" or something like that. There are six rounds to each season of Bingo.

Why can't I see all of the rewards now? As each round progresses, more rewards are uncovered, so we never know what the higher value items are until later in the season.

If I purchase extra cards do they carry over? No, extra cards are only good for the round they are purchased in. For each round you must decide how many extra cards to purchase.

How do I get extra Bingo Ball tokens? Post tokens every four hours. Collect up to ten tokens from your feed. Extra bingo ball tokens carry over so it is helpful to post and especially collect as many tokens as possible. Of course extra tokens are available to purchase for an RC premium.

 

My Strategy: This strategy has worked well for me, as long as I am around every day (or almost every day) of the current round to collect ten Bingo ball tokens and use them on the final day of the round.

My goal is to collect/win 1000 points per Season. It always takes me the full six rounds to get to 1000-1200 points.
Each round I purchase the extra card that costs 1 purple voucher. If by the end of round three I am not to at least 500 points, I then purchase an additional third card for 3 yellow vouchers. Usually I don't need three cards every time to reach 1000 points (unless I am gone a lot during a round and have fewer extra tokens).
Every day of the round I collect the maximum 10 bingo ball tokens from my facebook feed. I also make an effort to post extra tokens several times per day. Usually this gives me 65+ extra tokens by the last day of the round.
The mission will remind you that it is not advisable to start using your Bingo tokens until all the Bingo numbers have been allotted from the left side. of the mission window This takes several days, so just hang tight and collect extra tokens to use.
After all the numbers have dropped, I use my extra bingo ball tokens to try and get as many points from my cards as possible. It takes 6 or 8 tokens per extra attempt.
I go back and forth between my cards, clicking once on the best spot that will give me a Bingo. If an extra token does not fill in the spot, I skip back to the other card and try the next best spot there. Then I go back to the first card and try the same spot again. I have never had it take more than 3 tries to fill in a spot. If there are two spots that are equally good, I try one and then the other, rather than clicking the same place over and over.
Always use good Bingo strategy, looking for the spot that will give you the most full lines with the least number of extra tokens. Sometimes you can get Bingo in two directions.
I fill in the cards to hit 90-120 points on each card and then stop for the round. The sweet spot is 120 points on each card. Since there are six rounds, I just need an average of 180 total points from both of my cards for that round to get to 1000 by the end of the season.
The more the spots on a card are filled in the less likely you are to get a usable Bingo from your extra tries.
If a card gets to 120 points, I don't try to get any more wins from it unless the other card is a dud and has mostly open spots.
When I get down to my last few extra tokens, I decide whether they would be better if carried over to use in the next round. If my cards have given me 180 points for the round I always stop there. This means I often carry over 20+ tokens each round.
I have never purchased extra Bingo ball tokens with RC to hit 1000 points except once, several years ago.

 

The Extra Tip: Don't forget to collect ten extra Bingo ball tokens from your feed on the day that the round goes off line. Your neighbor posts are still active for 24 hours and the tokens will accumulate for you even though the round itself has closed. 

 

Even if you don't want to get to 1000 points, the 500 point reward is always a useful Shop level up item, so it is worth taking a few minutes to reach that reward level.

 

I hope this tutorial helps you! Happy Farming!

 

Drying House to the Rescue

 a post by Kiyoko Ball

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Build a stash of Greenery on your Water Ranch! The need for greenery might sneak up on you, and it can seem to take a very long time to accumulate very much.

I always seemed to forget that part of my water crops were intended for trading, not drying. So I use a little mental note.

I choose a single crop to be my greenery crop, and that helps me remember to trade them instead of drying.

Knowing that Marsh Marigold is my greenery crop has helped to build a tidy stash of greenery over a period of time. I plant a little bit every day.  

 

Happy Farming!

Understanding the Global Event

a post by Kiyoko Ball 

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Why Do Some Players Rank so High?

The Global Event involves every player who joins in the mission. If, as a farming community of neighbors, we meet the total point goal set by the game developers, every player who donated the minimum number of points or more receives the final reward. This final reward will be the value of the mission for most farmers. 

 

The cost is usually a new RC crop and possibly a machine if you are a newer player. Neighbor Farmers make the global order items and sell them in the mission to add to the total score.

If most players contribute just the very minimum number of points and then stop working the mission completely, the Global Goal may not be reached. In that case, no one will get the Final Reward. It is important to contribute a bit more than that, even and especially if you aren't going to be one of the "top 800". Ranking is not the true purpose for this mission. The purpose is to reach the global points goal.

The Global Event rewards in three ways:

Once the global goal is met, all players who contributed at least the entry level of points will receive the Final Reward at the end of the mission.
The top players from each of the Tiered Leagues receive a collectible and some Honor Points. Find your League by clicking The Check Ranking green button, then look at the tabs, which will show Level XX League, Current Event, and Previous Event.
In the "Top 800" rankings, the top 200 players overall receive an additional reward and some RC, and another 600 players get some Honor Points. 
 

Most players don't rank in the top 800, but with a little strategy and some persistence you can rank for your League. But even if you don't "rank" at all, so long as you donate at least the minimum number of points (and hopefully a bit more for good measure) you should receive the Global Event Final Reward.

 

How do some players start out the mission with thousands of points?

The developers can and do investigate farms where illegal activities occur and perpetrators are banned. While it is unfortunate that this has happened in the past and quite possibly continues to this day, high ranking players do have the ability to put out very big numbers using fair means available to anyone who is willing to do what it takes. How do they do it?
Family Farm runs several platforms, and each mission is rolled out over several days. The mission details are the same for each platform, so by having a farm on the platform that starts each mission, you will have access to that information "in advance" for classic Family Farm.
Or you can join the Facebook Felicia into the Wonderland World Group, where the Admins take time to post those early mission details to the group.
Family Farm releases the crops a day or two in advance for missions where ranking is involved. They announce new items that are coming up on their Facebook page so you can watch for them.
High ranking players purchase the new crops as soon as they are available. They plant and harvest continually to create a stockpile. They also keep a big stockpile of other crops and useful products in their barn.
High ranking players purchase multiple machines and use farm aids to feed large numbers of crops to these machines. Perhaps they have built out their farm with super soil, or purchased extra RC to spend on rainbow rain. Where does lots of extra RC come from? The only way I know is to purchase it with cash.
High ranking players keep their farm up and running 24 hours a day. They watch for the event to begin and get started immediately, setting alarms and never shutting down their computers for the duration of the event.
Some people want to be number one, or they are collectors and want All The Stuff. Only a handful of people can be in the top three! 
 

All this work for a machine that will probably never be used for anything except a few production trophies.

 

The rest of us have common sense. We want to get the Final Reward. We might also level up, and it is supposed to be fun!

 

A handful of ambitious players cannot close out the Global Goal. We all saw that in one of the 2023 events, and at least once previous to that. If we don't all work together, we won't get the Final Reward. That is what this is all about. I hope you will join those of us who are trying our best to get that final reward for everyone! 

 

I hope this helps to better explain why this mission can have value! Happy Farming!

 

Dismantling Station Tips

 a post by Kiyoko Ball
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The Dismantling Station can help save space on your ranches by storing partially built machines and habitats. 

 

The storage space maxes out at 14 items.
You can have only one Dismantling Station.
The Achievements Tab will tell you if a needed item is in the Dismantling Station so you don't purchase another one.

 

Do you need a Dismantling Station?

You can certainly get along without one.

The Station allows you to move an incomplete item from one ranch to another.

 

Place the item into the Station, which will strip the parts, then take the item out on a different ranch and replace the parts you currently have. This will keep your friends from wasting hammers on your item if they are not really needed. 
 

You may need every inch of your yard space for working machines and groves. The station clears those currently unusable items from your ranch and holds them in a convenient way.

 

How does the Dismantling Station work? 

 

When the item is placed into the station, it will strip any parts (request or RC) currently received and place them in your Gift Box. Be sure not to sell them while you gather the rest of the parts!
Additional parts can accumulate in your gift box while the item is dismantled, including RC parts.
The check marks show you how many of each part is stored in your Gift Box up to the number needed. You may have extras that do not show.
By hovering over the parts, the station shows how much RC the part will cost to purchase.
When you take the item back out of the Dismantling Station, assemble the stored parts by clicking as usual.
You can move the item in and out of the Station as many times as needed and parts will not be lost.

 

Why purchase items now if we do not have RC to complete them? 

 

If the item is not currently available in the store but you have it partly built, the RC parts will always be available to purchase at any time. However, they may be at full price. If the parts go on sale they will be on sale for the dismantled item.

 

Many items go on sale during the Beanstalk. I check my dismantled items each Beanstalk for discounted rates to complete them.

 

RC parts are sometimes available as Submarine gifts or Ariel Adventure store. I have occasionally waited for months and found that RC parts have been received from another source through daily game play. 

 

We hope that this tutorial helps you make the best decision about the Dismantling Station! 

Keep an eye out for more helpful posts from Liz Cissell here at Family Farm... Advice!

Have a wonderful day and Happy Farming!

Kiyoko Ball

 

 

Mini Slots = Lots of FREE

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Mini Slots- is it worth the daily click? YES! Mini Slots are one of the few absolutely FREE events with good rewards!

First.... MINI SLOTS RANDOMLY GIVE RC AS A REWARD FOR SPINNING!!
Additional Free rewards are found in the left side Pink Kitty icon for reaching increasing numbers of spins. Read on to find out how this works!

With a bit of strategy a first tier reward can be collected every season round by saving up a few extra slot coins.

 

 

Here are the basics of how Mini Slots work:

One free spin is available every day for 28+ days by clicking the RED SPIN BUTTON. If you have extra slot coins in your gift box they will be used up with each spin click beyond the first free daily spin.
Tiers of nice rewards are available in the left side pink Kitty Icon for using extra Slot Coins spins to reach 30 spins, 75 spins, 135 spins, etc. One reward per tier can be chosen. (UPDATE 11/08/22: now 30, 80 and 140 spins)
SELECT the reward you wish to receive from the Green Plus box. The reward must show in the column or you will receive the Default Reward automatically.
Purchase or save up the extra slot coins needed to get to the higher reward tiers. If you have extra coins in your gift box they will be used up with each additional spin.
The Tier Level Rewards often change every round.
Spin totals DO NOT carry over from season to season and are reset back to zero.
Remember to collect your rewards from the sparking pink kitty at the end of the event!

 

Maximize your winnings!

SPIN EVERY DAY. You have up to 28 opportunities per season to win a few RC, so remember to click every day!
The reward tiers are found under the Red Kitty Icon.
Click on the GREEN PLUS SIGN. Checkmark the reward you want. You get ONE reward per spin tier, not all. If the Green Plus is still showing, you have not selected a reward.
Personally I think140 total spins, using 110 extra coins is the place to stop. I only use extra coins if there are rewards I do not have.

 

How do we get extra slot coins?

Of course, Family Farm would love for you to purchase extra slot coins with cash, but they do provide a few FREE Slot Coins here and there as rewards - enough to get a first tier prize every season!

 

Pet Center animals randomly give out rewards including 777 Slot Coins every 8-12 hours. This event has been offered twice as of 09/2024. If the event is offered again in the future, you may want to consider opening all four animals for the 777 slot coin potential.

 

Collectible items that gives Slot Coins as a reward are given in certain missions. Watch for them - and set them out to collect the coins!

Save your extra Slot Coins if you do not want the first tier reward and also do not want to gamble on the odds for getting RC with extra spins. Extra coins carry over from season to season so you can save them up for a huge spin session at some point.

 

Happy Farming!

 

 

the Best Goat for Your Buck

a post by Kiyoko Ball

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Need a goat for goat milk? There are several options.|

 

White Goat is available for 20 RC purchase in the store.
(Not recommended for 20 obvious reasons! )

 

Italian Goat - Classic Mission VIVA L'ITALIA given as a reward.
Another option is that it shows up in the Voucher Shop for yellow and purple vouchers

Halloween Goat is currently available in the Voucher Shop
for yellow and purple vouchers!

Christmas Goat is the reward in the Classic Mission: Santa Is MIA.

it also shows up in the Voucher Shop for yellow and purple vouchers

Valentine Goat  shows up in the Animal Parade Store  

regularly for 100 parade points and 10 RC

it also shows up in the Voucher Shop for yellow and purple vouchers

Dragoat shows up in the Voucher Shop for yellow and purple vouchers


Dragoat is a MAGIC animal habitat… it’s lightening Fast!

Lots of ways to get some goat milk!

I like to collect the animals that are in the parade

for the collection honor points rewards.

Did I miss any?

Happy Farming to you from Kiyoko Ball
here at Family Farm... Advice group!

Kiyoko's Favorite Makes

post by Kiyoko Ball
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Awesome Bumps

Rose Quartz Ring - a Sweet Bump
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Kibe from Carnival Buffet Cart

Great 2-Steps & Chains

An Awesome Chain ~ Beach Ball

Aquatic Beach Hairspray    

Christmas Egg Ornament

Aquatic Mint Toothpaste

AQUATIC BEACH HAIRSPRAY - a Sweet Easy 2 Step

 a post by Kiyoko Ball 

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AQUATIC BEACH HAIRSPRAY 

 

 A 30 minute make in the Aqua Shop. Just click on auto and forget about it, 

racking up some great coins in just a few days!

 

Uses Aquatic honey, Olive Oil (request or make), and Floating Heart Flower (water ranch).

Dust off your Cowboy Ostrich and plant some daisies. Tomorrow we will need a tidy stash of LEATHER for another great Aqua Shop make!

 

Happy  Farming

Kiyoko Ball 
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