How-to: Back to Basics Quest

That is not the only brand new series of Quests to come to FarmVille this week, as the second Quest to hit is Back to Basics.

Step 1: Aww, look how distraught this fella is. You can start out turning his frown upside-down by returning to the basics of farming: simply plow 200 fresh plots and then plant and harvest 200 English Peas out of aforementioned plots. Completing these simply tasks will award you with the above items, which are at least an improvement from the initial Quest of the night.

Step 2: Our goofy newcomer is in dire need of assistance regarding figuring out what all of the Buildings do across FarmVille, apparently suffering from virtual farming amnesia. First up is a long haul effort to craft the Duke’s Stout to Level 15, which we had thankfully already accomplished, as well as harvest both your Chicken Coop and your Horse Stable twice each. These will take a couple of days to accomplish. The crappy part? The rewards are exactly the same as the first portion of this Quest. Ouch!

Step 3: An array of new objectives will hit you in the third portion of this Quest, including the use of one of the other three Co-Op Jobs, the Amazing Aster Job. In this new Co-Op Job, you must complete 1200 harvests of the Pink Asters within two days, and of course you can ask your friends to pitch in and complete the objective faster for a Gold Medal. Beyond the Co-Op Job, you must also use your Combine 50 times, and Master the first level of Field Beans. You’ll receive the usual EXP and Coin bonuses, as well as some decorative English Rose Pot, for succeeding.

Step 4: Henry is still in need of figuring out the basics of being a good neighbor. Start off by immediately clicking on the “Get 6 Testimonials” objective, since you will need your neighbors to send in their written words commending poor ol’ dim Henry. Let’s face it, it’s sort of like giving a bad employee a positive reference; you know they’re going to be terrible, but you do it out of kindness, right? Beyond this, you will have to fertilize 40 plots on your neighbors’ soil, as well as expand your farm out to a larger piece of land.  Upon completion of these tasks, you will be rewarded with Lush Soil, a brand new bonus awarded to only the best of farmers, as well as the usual EXP and Coin bonuses.

Lush Soil works exactly like the Soil in the English Countryside, where you receive additional Mastery points and Bushels, but on your home farm! This is truly an awesome reward for those of you who love crafting or have a lot of Crops to Master.

How-to: Village Faire Quest

With tonight’s update brings the arrival of a few new Quests to the English Countryside!

Step 1: First up on the dish tonight is a Quest introducing us to the Village Faire, a magnificent celebration of all-things fun. This will require completing the brand new English Countryside Co-Op Job involving our favorite Crop from the English Countryside, the Cornflower. You will have to grow a stunning amount of these flowers – 1200 in total – within two days in order to succeed in this Quest. You can recruit friends to help you out, as well. In addition to completing this Co-Op Job, you must harvest 100 English Roses and 100 Foxglove. Talk about a lengthy Quest!

Step 2: The prize for completing this portion of the Quest is very weak, with four topiary fences, 100 EXP and 2,500 Coins. As for the second part of the Quest, Angus is back and wants us to breed three Lambs. With the arrival of several “brand new” Sheep patterns tonight, you can once again safely make most of the patterns you knew and loved from before, so hop to it! You will gain a few goodies upon success, like a brand new Fountain, 100 EXP, and 2,500 Coins.

Step 3: Olivia is the next of our favorite residents to require some assistance regarding the Village Faire. This one is all about crafting, so folks who love to make Crafts will get a kick out of this. First and foremost, you will have to ask your neighbors for Lemons. This is one of those “six click” objectives, meaning your neighbors must click on the request six times to give you six of the items, where you used to have to “Use” them in your gift box, but now they’re automatically deposited within the Quest window. Cool! Beyond this, you must make six total Crafts: three Lionhead Ale and three Barley Crumpets.

Step 4: Your reward will be a really cool Lemonade Stand, 100 EXP, and 2,500 Coins. The Lemonade Stand is incredibly cute. The final part of the Quest is to ensure everyone is full, so you will have to harvest 200 Cara Potatoes, which really do look delicious, and visit your neighbors to fertilize 25 of their plots. Upon completion of this task, you will receive a brand new costume, the Riding Outfit, and the usual EXP and Coin bonuses.

How-to: Greenhouse Quest

A brand new Quest has come to FarmVille tonight to greet us with a little something new to do with the Greenhouse feature, usually used to create Hybrid Crops. This time around, we will be completing specific tasks and fulfilling certain requirements to get something snazzy!

Step 1: You will find a small Greenhouse icon in the upper left-hand corner that will indicate that you have received the new Greenhouse Quest! Click on this icon to receive the above pop-up, which will rattle off the list of the first three requirements that you must complete. Beyond that, you will need to harvest 50 Fire Pepper plots, so get to planting 50 of those 12 hour Crops! Lastly, you will have to go fertilize 25 of your neighbors’ plots – so hop on over to five different neighbors’ farms and help their Crops out!

Upon completing these first three steps, you will receive 100 EXP, 2,500 Coins, and 5 Fertilize Alls. A minor reward for some, but for those of us with big farms, that extra EXP earned from using the Fertilize All will come in handy!

Step 2: What did the doctor order? More Fire Peppers! Click on the icon in the upper left-hand corner again to check out your objectives, which include planting 50 more Fire Peppers. You will also have to ask your neighbors for 6 Grow Lights, which will allow you to enhance your plants – in the story of the Quest, anyway. This will publish a post to your Facebook feed, where your neighbors can help out. You will also need to harvest your Cows and Sheep a total of 10 times.

Once you have done all of these requirements, you will be rewarded with some more EXP and Coins, at 250 and 5,000, respectively. You will also earn a White Treehouse Decoration to throw around your farm.

Step 3: Finally, you will need to collect another set of items from your friends, this time in the form of 6 Sprinklers to rehydrate your Hybrid Crops after they do all of their bodybuilding, or whatever it is those strange new Crops do in their spare growing time. This is the same exact objective as the previous one with the Grow Lights, essentially. You will also need to make sure you have enough trays in your Greenhouse to grow the 100 Lilac Daffy Crops needed to complete the Quest.

And what do you get for completing the Quest, you ask? 500 EXP, 7,500 Coins, and a White Persian Cat. Well, that’s kind of random, isn’t it? We were expecting some sort of new Hybrid Crop or something, but the Cat’s certainly cute enough.

What did you think of this new Quest?