News: Royal Wedding Tree and Majestic Rose Crop

As promised, here are a few tidbits surrounding some of the prizes in the Royal Wedding Party event!

The new Limited Edition Tree that will have everybody excited is the Royal Crystal Tree. It is exactly like the Wedding Trees that showed up on the Market during Sunday’s update, except solid gold in color compared to pink. We much prefer this royal version of the Tree compared to its original FV Cash-prohibited edition. This one has a very rare distinction amongst other Limited Edition Trees, in that is it a Level 2 Tree with no Level 1 equivalent. That certainly makes it stand out from the pack, no? This means you can also create more of it by sticking it in an Orchard and awaiting duplicates to come out via the Mystery Seedlings. You can unlock this Tree, which can be Mastered, with 8 neighbors accepting your party invites.

Elsewhere in the game is the brand new Majestic Roses. These are yet another addition to the ever-growing amount of Roses in FarmVille. Seriously, there have been a crapload of Roses in FarmVille, hasn’t there? Majestic Roses, Green Roses, White Roses, Black Roses, Pink Roses, English Roses, Fire & Ice Roses… Not that we’re complaining, mind you; we love Roses in FarmVille, and these resemble a champagne color, so they’re definitely unique and beautiful.

They will only cost you 30 Coins to plant per plot, and give back a very nice sum of 145 Coins, giving you a net profit of 115 Coins per plot. That’s pretty spiffy, and a nice sum compared to similar Crops. Plus, they can be Mastered, notching up yet another Limited Edition Crop on the Mastery checklist.

Do you enjoy these two freebies? Have you unlocked them yet?

How-to: Royal Wedding Party

In celebration of the upcoming wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, FarmVille is throwing a Royal Wedding Party! If you recall the New Year’s Party from back in December of 2010, this should be a familiar affair.

Step 1: Upon logging in, you will be greeted with the above screen. You will be in placement mode once you’ve accepted your invite to host a Royal Wedding Party, so plop that Welcome Tent anywhere on your farm. Thankfully, this party is much, much smaller than that of the New Year’s Party, so do not expect for it to take up much space on your farm.

Step 2: Click on the “Go to Party” option on the Welcome Tent to head inside. Once here, you can see the prizes for inviting people to your party: Lover’s Arch for 4 Guests, Royal Crystal Tree for 8 Guests, Majestic Rose Crop for 16 Guests, and the coveted Royal Steed for a full party of 32 Guests. These are definitely worthy prizes! Yes, the Crop can be Mastered, and the Royal Steed produces a new baby Foal.

Step 3: In order to get all of these prizes, you will need to invite many, many neighbors to your Royal Wedding Party. In order for 32 Guests to accept their invites, you will likely have to send invites to more than the 32 required. Click on the “Invite Friends” button at the bottom of the “Go to Party” screen, as seen above. You will want to invite 50 friends, the maximum amount allowed at a time, to your party in hopes that they will accept.

As for the brand new Majestic Rose Crop, it is a 1 day Crop in terms of duration, and your license to plant the Crop will last for a full month once you’ve unlocked it. It gives 145 Coins back to the player when it comes time to harvest. It seems weird that we have seen just about every color of Rose except red at this point, doesn’t it?

No word has hit regarding the logistics of the Tree, but we will have more info as it springs up!

New Items: Romantic Cottage, Wedding Fountain, and More

There are a lot of returning items in FarmVille with the arrival of the Enchanted Love theme, as well as some new ones. Let’s take a look at both the Building and Decorations tabs in one post for a change, due to the smaller amount of new stuff.

The only new item in Wednesday’s Market update under the Buildings tab is the Romantic Cottage, a cutesy, homey addition to the Market. This is a very soft Building on the eyes, with easy browns and tans to look at, which blend nicely with the pink flowers that grace the topiary surrounding the Building. We particularly enjoy the threshold that sits at the doorstep, covered in beautiful roses. This is a plain Jane type of Building, and the price is too steep at 20 FV Cash, but it’s very cute. 2,000 EXP will be awarded to those who purchase this rotatable structure.

A pairing of returning Gnomes is also on the Market, but they are of the old sort. On the new side of Decorations, we have a new Coin item that is quite bulky: the Wedding Bouquet. This is a very large rendition of what we typically think of when we hear “wedding bouquet,” right? It is due to the excess flowers, as well as the podium they rest atop. This is a cute addition to your farm if you’re recently wedded or to be wedded, as well as if you’re just nutso about flowers. It costs 100,000 Coins.

Back to the FV Cash items for the week, the Wedding Fountain is easily our favorite Decoration of the week’s update, clocking in at 7 FV Cash so it can technically, by FV Cash standards anyway, be affordable. It is a white fountain that is held up with purple-lined pillars and adorned with a pair of lovebirds at the top. White roses line the bottom of the structure, as the animated water flows down the multi-tiered decoration. If you buy this one, it will give you 1,200 EXP.

If the Wedding Bouquet is too large for your farm, you can try the lesser-expensive option, which is the Wedding Flower Pot. It is a gold flower pot containing beautiful red and white flowers springing out of greenery, sitting upon a pristine pedestal. It costs 20,000 Coins. If you’re looking for something new to fence in your items, the Wedding Fence provides a solid white surface with big pink ribbons draped along it. Each piece of fencing costs 5,000 Coins.

What is your favorite item this week?

New Items: Wedding Tree and Giant Wedding Tree

It’s a grand wedding celebration! We had to run to the store for FV Cash cards, but we are back and ready to roll out our reviews of tonight’s items.

Let’s begin with what is sure to be a top seller this week, the Wedding Tree. It comes along under the guise of the Enchanted Love theme, celebrating the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. This particular Tree is one of much beauty, as it is a purple-pink hybrid in color and grows glorious beads of pristine white when it is ripe. This one is a fantastic make-believe Tree in the land of FarmVille, but we dislike the 7 FV Cash it requires in order to obtain it – this seems to be a new trend, and if there is one thing we dislike, it is higher prices.

Oh boy. If there are two things we dislike, they are higher prices and Giant versions of Trees. If you want to combine those two things we dislike, it is higher prices on Giant Trees, and this one falls under that category at 12 FV Cash instead of 10 FV Cash. We always put up a fuss, even if it’s over a measly 2 FV Cash — hey, it adds up! The Giant Wedding Tree shares the same statistics as its Level 1 counterpart, as they both give you 150 coins over the course of two days and require 75 harvests to reach the first level of Mastery.

We like the smaller one best, as always. Stay tuned for more reviews throughout the night!

New Items: Wedding Cake, Wedding Carriage, and More

One last overhaul to the Market has come in the guise of Decorations, and once again it celebrates the upcoming marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

We suppose the best way to start anything off is with a little bit of cake, so let’s get to tonight’s premium Enchanted Love item that is available strictly for Coins. This is the Wedding Cake, and it’s a good thing that we are not attending the wedding, as we might just shove our face in this thing the minute we’d walk through the door. Hey, we do love cake. This is a standard, non-animated Decoration available for 100,000 Coins, which is good for 1,000 EXP for those of you who are looking for a quick boost to reach the next level.

As for the week’s premium FV Cash item, it is the latest in the long line of carriages in FarmVille’s history. We have never been huge on carriages, since they generally take up a lot of space and cannot be rotated due to the slight animations that they have, but this one’s done a decent job of exceeding our expectations. The Wedding Carriage costs 18 FV Cash and gives the usual amount of EXP you would expect in 1,800. We like the White Roses attached to the front of the carriage, as they provide a nice touch.

Elsewhere on the FV Cash side of things is the Wedding Swing, a brand new Decoration in the Enchanted Love theme. What is strange about this one is both the complete lack of animation (it is a swing, after all, so we assumed it would swing) and the fact that it cannot be rotated despite the aforementioned lack of animation. It is still quite pretty, with regal purple cushions and solid gold frame, and beautiful flowers strung around the decorative piece. It costs 7 FV Cash and will give you 700 EXP if you purchase it.

Finally, we have a couple of Coin items that can be used to decorate and spruce up your farm in various ways. The previously-launched Rose Petals are wonderful items to throw around your farm to give it a little added flair, and can be purchased for 2,000 Coins each. The Wedding Archway will go perfectly with the Groom and Bride Gnomes, if you managed to get and save them from Valentine’s Day. Otherwise, it might look a little out of place. It costs 50,000 Coins.

The Mystery Game review is coming up next!