Bess' missions

There are four new missions in FrontierVille from the new Rodeo series and the first one is titled Saddle Up. Here’s how the story begins: “Rumor is that the rodeo’s coming to town, pardner! Them horses’ll be mighty hungry, so gather up some grub for ‘em”.

In other words, here is what you need to do in order to complete the Saddle Up mission in FrontierVille:

- Tend 25 Animals on Horseback
- Plant 20 Corn
- Harvest 20 Apples

Some really, really simple requirements and you shouldn’t need more than a few minutes to complete this first step in the rodeo series.

The reward for completing the Saddle Up mission is 250 coins, 250 XP and a Sugar Cube (for your horse, of course)

The second mission in the new Rodeo series of goals in FrontierVille is titledA Mysterious Stranger and introduces the new cowboy in town: “Who’s that? A new cowboy in town! And he’s challenged Bess to a barrel race! Help her get ready to ride.”

Apparently, getting ready to ride for Bess means clobbering groundhogs, amongst other things, but every sportsman and woman has strange habits. Either way, here is what you need to do in order to complete the A Mysterious Stranger mission in FrontierVille:

- Clobber 3 Gophers on horseback
- Clear 10 Grass (yours or a neighbor’s)
- Have 10 Rodeo Posters

Again pretty simple (groundhogs love potatoes, so harvest them to get ‘em faster; and Rodeo Posters are obtained from friends). The reward for completing the A Mysterious Stranger mission is 250 XP, 250 Coins and one Carrot Treat.

The third mission in the new Rodeo series in FrontierVille, titled How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls? makes things just a little bit more difficult in terms of requirements, but once again it’s not something that will blow you away. But first, let’s check out the story: “Bess ain’t a quitter, and she’s ready to go another round. Help her pick up her spirits, and show that rider what she’s made of!”

In other words, here is what you need to do in order to complete the How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls? mission in FrontierVille:

- Collect 10 Go Bess Go Flags
- Harvest 20 Flax
- Mix a Concoction

You will again need to ask your friends for the “Go Bess Go” flags and most likely you’ll have to do the same to have the ingredients required to prepare a drink in the Saloon. A bit more difficult, as I said, but miles away from impossible.

After completing the How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls mission in FrontierVille, you will receive a reward consisting of 250 XP and 250 coins.

The fourth and last mission in the new Rodeo series of goals in FrontierVille is simply titled Giddyap, but it is by far the most difficult of them all. Here is how the story goes: “Now it’s your turn, pardner! Bess showed you how it’s done, so saddle up and give it a try!”

Well, I am sure that it sounds exciting! So here is what you need to do in order to complete the Giddyap mission in FrontierVille:

- Compete in 5 Barrel Races
- Feed 5 Neighbor Horses
- Collect 3 Rodeo Arena Bonuses

In order to challenge your friends for Barrel Races, you need a completed Rodeo Arena, also required for collecting the daily bonuses (duuuuh!).

I am sure you will enjoy completing this mission especially because it has a really sweet reward: 250XP, 250 Coins and the Midnight Bronco Unlocked (new horse!)

Folks, the great moment is here (and unfortunately, I’m not talking about the release of the Pioneer Trail)! But still, it’s something really exciting as well: after being rumored a little while ago and after completing the missions in the new series, you will get to take part in the FrontierVille Rodeo after building your own Rodeo Arena where you’ll be allowed to challenge your friends! I am sure you are curious to find out everything about this new feature, so read on to find out everything about it!

Before being able to challenge friends and take part in the Rodeo, you will first have to complete the Rodeo Arena in FrontierVille. Here are the requirements for completing the Arena:

By the looks of it, the Lariat comes from people who are not playing FrontierVille already, so you might have a little problem with that.

Either way, after completing your Rodeo Arena, you will be allowed to start challenging friends and take part in the Rodeo! In order to do so, click the completed arena and select “Race”. There, you will see the Arena menu and all the friends that you can challenge. They also have a difficulty level attached and that’s based on the skills their horses have – it’s not clear right now if the difficulty level is decided based on your horse’s level or by following a generic metric…

However, it’s not only the skill your horse has that helps you win a Rodeo, but a new feature called “Cheers”: you need to ask your friends for cheers in order to have more chances at winning the race (each lasts 12 hours). At the end of the race, you will see who won and you’ll be able to race again only after your horse has rested or by giving him a Bronco Tonic, a new marketplace item that costs 8HS. Of course, if you have more horses, you can use them all for the Rodeo.

Right now it’s not very clear the impact cheers have on a rodeo, but I do hope that it’s not decisive since it would kind of suck to have a very low level horse beat the crap out of you just because he has more friends.