energy windmill

HELPFUL NOTES

• Must be level 15+ to get this feature.

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Below is the loading screen you will see when entering the game:



The popup in-game to purchase the windmill:



When it’s fully charged the window will be lit up and the energy bolt will be blue in color:



Post to share you just charged up:



Reminder that Jack will give you if you run out of energy but still have charges left:



When the week is up the lights go out to let you know there is no more energy available in your windmill:



Jack asking if you'd like to recharge once you're out:



The windmill will only be available for a limited time, so take advantage of this offer while you can!

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Personally, I wont be using this,it is way too expensive for what it does, but if you have the cash, zynga will gladly take it from you !!!

10 days of Presents

HELPFUL TIPS

• Gated at Level 14 & Tend Farm
• 10 Missions, Repeatable
• 3 New Crops
• 1 New Frozen Orange Tree
• 2 New Items on the free gifts page - Frozen Orange Tree and Ginger
• Holiday Sweepstakes **VOID WHERE PROHIBITED**
• New Mount - Polar Bear

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Holiday Lodge will be on the right side of your homestead

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Help For The Holidays Collect 20 Stocking Stuffers Complete the 2nd 10 Days of Presents mission, "Granny and Doc by the Fire," twice Complete the 3rd 10 Days of Presents Mission, "Holidays with the McBaggineses," twice Reward: 300XP, 5 Stocking Stuffers, Cocoa Cow Hank's Feathery Festive Sweater Clobber 2 Bears Collect 20 Flax Twine Sell 30 Standard Adult Chickens Reward: 100 XP, Stocking Stuffer, Beets Unlocked! Granny and Doc By the Fire Harvest 50 Beets Collect 15 Cashmere Sweaters Collect 10 Granny's Potent Eggnog Reward: 200 XP, 3 Stocking Stuffers, Fruitcake Holidays with the McBagginses Harvest 40 Wheat Collect 15 Fuzzy Mittens Recruit 15 friends to help decorate the McBaggins home Reward: 300 XP, 2 Stocking Stuffer, Horse Bess' Holiday Thunder Tend 10 standard Horses on your Homestead or a Neighbor's Homestead Harvest 30 Ginger Craft or Have 5 Winter Scarves Reward: 400 XP, 4 Stocking Stuffer, Speckled Sussex

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Bart's Traveling Holiday Tend 40 Adult Animals on your Neighbors' Homesteads Collect 25 Fingerling Potatoes Craft 3 Festive Wreaths Reward: 500XP, 5 Stocking Stuffers, 2 Triple Mastery 12Hr

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Little Sister, Big Surprise Tend 30 Adult Rhode Island Red Collect 3 Bags of Marbles Collect 10 Yo-yos Reward: 600XP, 6 Stocking Stuffers, Belted Cow Last Minute Gift For Fanny Harvest 50 Peach Trees Tend 30 Standard Young Cows Craft 4 Bouquets of Roses Reward: 700XP, 8 Stocking Stuffers, 2 Triple Mastery 24Hr

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Remember The Time... Harvest 15 Poinsettas Collect 3 Holiday Mementos Recruit 20 friends to help decorate your home Reward: 800XP, 8 Stocking Stuffers, 2 Frozen Orange Trees Keeping Young Harvest 35 Frozen Orange Trees Collect 20 Diced Beets Collect 15 Invigorating Brew Reward: 900XP, 10 Stocking Stuffers, 2 Frozen Golden Sheep To: Bess - From: Little Crow Collect 40 Fresh Peppermint Tend 40 Standard Young Oxen Craft 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie Reward: 1000XP, 12 Stocking Stuffers, 2 Honey Badgers

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Stuffin' Those Stockings Collect 75 Stocking Stuffers Complete the 5th 10 days of Presents Mission, "Bart's Traveling Holiday," twice Complete the 6th 10 Days of Presents Mission, "Little Sister, Big Surprise," twice Reward: 600XP, 10 Stocking Stuffers, Pink Penguin Embracing the Holiday Spirit Collect 135 Stocking Stuffers Complete the 8th 10 days of Presents Mission, "Remember the Time...," twice Complete the 10th 10 Days of Presents Mission, "To: Bess - From: Little Crow," twice Reward: 1000XP, 25 Stocking Stuffers, Holiday White Tiger

3 New Crops & 1 Tree




Free Gifts Page:


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This thread is devoted to the discussion of THIS event only (if you have question about other game related events/issues/etc., please post in the appropriate thread.) Feel free to ask any questions you may have after reading over the guide we've provided above.

Level caps change

HELPFUL TIPS

Please note that if you already have enough experience to level up past 150, you will see some horseshoe drops appear on your homestead when you first open up the game after this is released. For example, if you should be level 160, you will see 10 horseshoe drops appear; these represent the 10 horseshoes you earned for the 10 level ups (the horseshoes will already be added to your total when you enter the game.)

• Extra rewards for every 5 levels gained.
• Every 10 levels gained will unlock BIG rewards that you can purchase in the Market for coins.
• To see your new items, you must check your inventory or the market (the level dialog that appears will not mention it.)

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Below is a list of all the awesome rewards you will be granted at each 5 & 10 level ups interval:

• Level 155 - 4 Hour Double Mastery, 3 Cookies
• Level 160 - Kumquat Tree Unlock, 3 Cookies
• Level 165 -12 hour Double Mastery, 3 Cookies
• Level 170 - California Poppy Unlock, 3 Cookies
• Level 175 - 2 Animal Ready & 2 Animal Harvest Boosts, 2 Molten Cakes
• Level 180 - Tulip Poplar Unlock, 2 Molten Cakes
• Level 185 - 24 Hour Double Mastery, 2 Molten Cakes
• Level 190 - Musk Ox Unlock, 1 Crazy Cake
• Level 195 - 10 Super Orchids, 10 Super Strawberries, 10 Super Wheat, 10 Super Grapes, 10 Super Corn, 1 Crazy Cake
• Level 200 - Irish Deer Unlock, 1 Crazy Cake

You can unlock the new rewards early in the market if you don't want to wait on leveling up. Only the early unlock costs horseshoes. If you unlock it by leveling up, the item(s) will cost coins to purchase:



Please note that when you level up, the dialog will still appear like the example below. It will not state that you received the item. You must check your inventory for the consumables and crops, as well as the market for the unlocked new crops, trees & animals!



So pull out those books of experience and get to work - enjoy! (As always, if you have any
questions, please feel free to ask!)

Here are the prices for the new items!!

stacks of sugar plums

HELPFUL TIPS

• 5 Days To Complete Once You Start Mission
• Expires 1/31/2012
• Must Be Level 15+

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To start out, click "Help Buck" when you receive the popup below.

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Stacks O Sugar Plums Harvest 40 Sugar Plums Collect 20 Reindeer Troughs Collect 20 Reindeer Tethers Reward: 1 Big Present, 20 Candy Canes, 500XP

Flower Power

HELPFUL TIPS

• 5 Days To Complete Once You Start Mission
• Expires 1/31/2012
• Must Be Level 15+

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To start out, click "Help Benjamin" when you receive the popup below.

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Flower Power Clear 40 Wildflowers Collect 20 Pink Carnations Collect 20 Flower Vases Reward: 1 Big Present, 20 Candy Canes, 500XP

New injured animal

Zynga are soon to be releasing a new injured animal.......

Its a new horse, Ember horse will be the new animal.  Let us know what you think.

I think it looks really good, Zynga need to keep these coming.

Holiday hollow Guide

HELPFUL NOTES

• Some players may have missions appear in a slightly different order than shown below. This will depend on who the mission comes from (Hank, Bess or Flintlock.)
• There are 3 repeatable missions (listed below); they are not required but will give out great prizes if you complete them a certain amount of times.

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Please note that you can build Holly's Sleigh now to get early access to Holiday Hollow. If you choose not to build the sleigh, you can wait til this weekend when Holiday Hollow will be available to everyone without the sleigh requirement. Check out the guide below for more info on building the sleigh:

[Guide & Conga] Holly's Sleigh

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Whenever you receive the popup below, click "Go To Holiday Hollow" to get started.



Click on the travel button to see the new map addition.



Now click the big tree!



New load screen to get there.



Time to meet the townsfolk.



Your first mission:

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The Tree Trimmer Clear 3 Holly Shrubs Collect 2 Fir Wood Reward: 1 Pinecone Ornament, 5 Candy Canes

If you'd like, hire some friends to help you out. The screen below will appear after completing the mission above & give you more info.



If you decide to wait, you can hire your friends at any time by clicking "Hire Friends" (located on your neighbor bar under each position available.)

A few tips to go by while in Holiday Hollow. Look for snowball kids. They will give you more candy canes!



Also keep an eye out for little presents scattered about. They will give you fir wood!

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The Snow Slinger Clear 5 Snowbanks From In Front Of Buildings Shovel Out 5 Snowy Logs Reward: 5 Candy Canes The Hall Decker Relight 3 Lamps Decorate 3 Fences Reward: 1 Lamp Ornament, 5 Candy Canes, 1 Cheer Refill

Once you receive your second ornament, Jack will let you in on how to fix the Magical Tree in Holiday Hollow.



You need the following ornaments to start off:



Nettie encourages you to continue!



A counter up top will let you know how many ornaments total you need to completely regrow the tree.



Clicking on that will provide more info on how to help the tree regrow.

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Missin Reindeer Clear 10 Snowy Logs Tend 15 Reindeer Collect 7 Cocoa Milk Reward: 1 Festive Lamp Post, 1 Reindeer Ornament, 10 Candy Canes Deckin The Halls Part I Repair 10 Decorated Fences Place The Holiday Workshop On Yer Homestead Make Sure At Least 4 Buildings Are Decked Out Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Tied Ribbon Ornament, 10 Candy Canes

Clicking on buildings will prompt you to "deck them out." You will get a prompt from each building, similar to the two below, telling you what you need to fix them up.





Now it's time to travel back to your homestead to place your workshop.



The items needed to complete it.



The finished result:



There are also 3 repeatable missions available (these can be seen in Holiday Hollow as well as while on your homestead.) They are NOT REQUIRED to finish Holiday Hollow, they are just for players who would like to earn more prizes. These will spawn from one of two things (depending on what you finish first): completing the workshop OR finishing the Warmin' Em Up mission (coming up soon.)



Click "How It Works" for more information.

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A Flood O Cocoa Collect 40 Gears Collect 50 Cocoa Milk Collect 150 Candy Canes Reward: 1 Big Present, 10 Cheer, 500XP Cookie Chaos Collect 50 Fir Wood Ask Yer Friends For 20 Cookie Dough Collect 150 Candy Canes Reward: 1 Big Present, 10 Cheer, 500XP Squad O Snowmen Repair 50 Melted Snowmen Ask Yer Friends For 20 Snowman Caps Collect 150 Candy Canes Reward: 1 Big Present, 10 Cheer, 500XP

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Warmin Em Up Collect 10 Gears Collect 10 Decor Collect 12 Cocoa Milk Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Hot Cocoa Ornament, 10 Candy Canes Sleds An Bears Craft 3 Sleds At The Toy Shop Craft 3 Teddy Bears At The Toy Shop Craft 6 Gift Wraps At The Toy Shop Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Teddy Bear Ornament, 10 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Savin Snowmen Repair 25 Snowmen Shovel 15 Snowy Logs Make Sure The Holiday Clock Tower Is Repaired Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Snowman Ornament, 15 Candy Canes

The following items are needed to repair the clock tower.

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Girls N Dolls Craft 5 Ragdolls At The Toy Shop Craft 5 Doll Cribs At The Toy Shop Craft 10 Gift Wraps At The Toy Shop Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Doll Ornament, 15 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Arts An Crafts Craft 6 Paintbrushes At The Toy Shop Craft 6 Paintin' Canvases At The Toy Shop Craft 6 Gift Wraps At The Toy Shop Reward: 1 Big PResent, 1 Paintbrush Ornament, 15 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Feedin The Reindeer Harvest 20 Gumdrop Crops On Yer Homestead Harvest 20 Sugar Plum Crops On Yer Homestead Clear 10 Snowy Logs Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Gumdrop Ornament, 20 Candy Canes Lil' Mad Scientists Craft 7 Science Kites At The Toy Shop Craft 7 Zappin' Keys At The Toy Shop Craft 7 Gift Wraps At The Toy Shop Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Key Ornament, 20 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Music Box For Beatrice Craft 1 Repaired Music Box At The Holiday Workshop Craft 1 Giftwrap At The Toy Shop Collect 15 Cocoa Milk Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Music Box Ornament, 25 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Frontier Action Figures Craft 10 Tin S oliders At The Toy Shop Craft 10 Model Ships At The Toy Shop Craft 20 Gift Wraps At The Toy Shop Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Tin Soldier Ornament, 25 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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Pile It High Collect 30 Fir Wood Clear 15 Holly Shrubs Clear 15 Snowy Pinecones Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Yule Log Ornament, 15 Candy Canes Newfound Friend Collect 50 Fir Wood Collect 50 Gears Craft 25 Gift Wrap Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Yeti Head Ornament, 30 Candy Canes Chimney Troubles Collect 30 Fir Wood Clear 10 Decor Scrap Finish The Holiday Workshop On Yer Homestead Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Chimney Ornament, 20 Candy Canes Deckin The Halls Part II Repair 10 Decorated Fences Clear 10 Decor Scraps Make Sure At Least 14 Buildings Are Decked Out Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Bow Ornament, 20 Candy Canes Pocketwatch For Benjamin Craft 1 Repaired Pocket Watch At The Holiday Workshop Craft 1 Giftwrap At The Toy Shop Collect 15 Cocoa Milk Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Pocketwatch Ornament, 25 Candy Canes

You'll have to craft the items above on the following pages.

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A Wreath O Green Clear 20 Holly Shrubs Collect 10 Decor Collect 50 Fir Wood Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Wreath Ornament, 25 Candy Canes Deckin The Halls Part III Make Sure All Buildings In Town Are Decked Out Decorate 50 Fences Finish The Sleigh On Your Homestead Reward: 1 Big Present, 1 Stocking Ornament, 30 Candy Canes

Below are some of the items found in the big presents (rewards for some of the missions above.)



Time for the final cut scene to explain who really tried to shut down holiday hollow. A surprise guest also appears.



And last but not least, a new crop to plant on your homestead, along with two new collections to complete!





Now head on over to your homestead and let the festivities begin!