Discussions about Quests

[KnightRider]

I just opened the quest to make an aged Champagne. I noticed that the time to make a barrel of Champagne was 30 hrs instead of the 3 that the facility says. Will it make a difference in the timing? Will it go off the facility or the quest?
I enjoy the quests and don't have any problems - even when I don't have a facility. I just let it expire and open a new one the next day. Thank you for a fun game where everyone can play the way they want without pressure to do it one way.

To make aged Champagne it takes 40 hrs for a batch of 250 (5 yr old which takes 10 Champagne Barrels) and 48 hrs for a batch of 300 (6 yr old which takes 12 Champagne Barrels). That is after you grow the Green Grapes (1 day to grow) and make the Champagne Barrel in the Winery a batch of 2 is 6 hrs. So to make enough Champagne Barrels for the 5 yr old it would take 30 hrs which is 5 batches and for the 6 yr old it would take 36 hrs which is 6 batches. The Winery facility say it takes 6 hrs per batch not 3 hrs.

[RFMad]

To make aged Champagne it takes 40 hrs for a batch of 250 (5 yr old which takes 10 Champagne Barrels) and 48 hrs for a batch of 300 (6 yr old which takes 12 Champagne Barrels). That is after you grow the Green Grapes (1 day to grow) and make the Champagne Barrel in the Winery a batch of 2 is 6 hrs. So to make enough Champagne Barrels for the 5 yr old it would take 30 hrs which is 5 batches and for the 6 yr old it would take 36 hrs which is 6 batches. The Winery facility say it takes 6 hrs per batch not 3 hrs.

I see, I didn't realize it was more than one batch. :) Thanks for explaining.

[KnightRider]

I see, I didn't realize it was more than one batch. :) Thanks for explaining.

No problem, The quest should show that you need 25 Green Grapes to complete the quest.

[RFMad]

No problem, The quest should show that you need 25 Green Grapes to complete the quest.
Thanks for the reminders. I did plant & harvest my own grapes and have now started the champagne barrel. A long way to go still :)

[Taz D]

Thanks for the reminders. I did plant & harvest my own grapes and have now started the champagne barrel. A long way to go still :)
And that will only be one of the batches...each batch needed will have to be started after the first one is completed.

[Jwebb]

I have got to say that I am very frustrated with the Quests. At one point I had 4 quests going that need a facility that I don't have and is farm cash to purchase. I have been playing this game since February of 2009, and I have all the facilities I want right now and look forward to see which new ones we will get each upgrade, but there has got to be a way to fix this problem! I know many other farmers feel the dame way :(

[Chihuahualady]

I am really enjoying doing the Quests, it makes a nice change from doing the same old thing, I have also found that I'm asked to harvest crops that I didn't realise I was so low on ........ my only gripe is after having gone through the majority of the quest I find like many others have said that I don't have the facility that's needed to complete the quest and FC is needed to buy it, I don't intend being cajoled into buying FC even though I have bought it many many times..... if we could see what facility is needed to complete the quests right from the beginning then we can choose for ourselves whether we want to start the quest or not.

[HelenJS22]

I am really enjoying doing the Quests, it makes a nice change from doing the same old thing, I have also found that I'm asked to harvest crops that I didn't realise I was so low on ........ my only gripe is after having gone through the majority of the quest I find like many others have said that I don't have the facility that's needed to complete the quest and FC is needed to buy it, I don't intend being cajoled into buying FC even though I have bought it many many times..... if we could see what facility is needed to complete the quests right from the beginning then we can choose for ourselves whether we want to start the quest or not.

Most times you can scroll over the final stage of a quest when you open it and it will show you what facility is required for the final product, thus giving you the chance to ignore it if you don't have, or don't want to buy the fc facility needed rather than going through the stages before having to abandon it.

The icon for quests is a 'mystery dice' which means that we are not supposed to know what we are going to be doing before we open it.

[dorissau]

... if we could see what facility is needed to complete the quests right from the beginning then we can choose for ourselves whether we want to start the quest or not.[/QUOTE]

You CAN see what facilities you need by clicking on the last couple steps.. it will take you to the breakdown of the product and show the facility. If you own it, it will say (owned).. if not, it's just the name.

For all the complaints about the facs you don't own coming up in the Quests: You don't seem to understand that these "perks" , along with the sophisticated and larger farming tools are for the people who can afford to spend real money in the game. We used to get an even number of cash items to coin items in the new releases.. now we get "token" coin facs which don't work without their cash counterparts. If you are not contributing to the devs wages, trust me, they don't care if you play or not. Those of us who don't have spare money to spend on games will just have to be content with our axes and sickles!

[KnightRider]

Those of us who don't have spare money to spend on games will just have to be content with our axes and sickles!

That is an incorrect statement, you can purchase the chainsaw 3X3, harvester 2X2, seeder 2X2, flower harvester 3X3, and the plow 2X2 for coins. They are smaller but you are paying less for them, so you don't have to use axes and sickles.

[dorissau]

That is an incorrect statement, you can purchase the chainsaw 3X3, harvester 2X2, seeder 2X2, flower harvester 3X3, and the plow 2X2 for coins. They are smaller but you are paying less for them, so you don't have to use axes and sickles.

sorry.. I know that. I was just being sarcastic. But those 2X2 and 3X3's aren't much better and if you want to hire out, you won't get any jobs because everyone wants the big machines harvesting fast and out of there.

[carolann43]

when I go to market and hire someone, I try hard to hire someone who "does not" have all the bells and whistles. I know these are very hard times. I just wish we could open more that one quest every 19 hours. I put in long growing crops and would like something to do while waiting 3/4 days.
I don't care if it takes someone a half hour to do a field. I'm not going anywhere. I just make a cup of coffee or finish up dishes.

[HelenJS22]

We used to get an even number of cash items to coin items in the new releases.. now we get "token" coin facs which don't work without their cash counterparts.

This is also not a correct statement dorissau. In all the recent facility/service additions to the game we have been given matching pairs every time which both cost either coins or cash. For instance: The circus supplies factory and the circus; the shipping supplies factory and the post office - the list goes on - are facilities which are a 'working pair' and both costs coins only, not one coin and one cash.

I agree that they used to do it sometimes whereby we could pay coin for one, then had to pay cash for its mate, but that is no longer the case and has not been for quite a few months now.

[Miz judy]

I agree, we need to see ahead of time what factories is needed for the quest..I too will not be able to buy all the factories . I do not intend to start taking real money to buy with just to do quest..I have done many of those that I worked hours on to get to the end to find its doomed.;

[KnightRider]

I agree, we need to see ahead of time what factories is needed for the quest..I too will not be able to buy all the factories . I do not intend to start taking real money to buy with just to do quest..I have done many of those that I worked hours on to get to the end to find its doomed.;

As soon as you open the quest you can see what facilities is needed for the quest, click on the last step, for example it says to load crayons in a service facility, take and click on the last step, it will show you what is needed to make the crayons and then at the top in blue it will tell you what service facility it is loaded into. The only time there will be a problem is when there is 2 service facilities that the item can be loaded into, but just for the items that the last step is a facility, when you click on the last step it will show you which facility is needed to make that item and any facilities for any of the ingredients needed. So there is no reason someone doesn't know what facilities is needed with the exception of the 2 service facilities.

[grandmae]

What I'd like to know is what exactly does "Coming Soon" mean? Supposedly "Coming Soon" in the Quests is the opportunity to earn 1 farm cash or ingredients depending on how quickly we complete a quest. That opportunity has been "Coming Soon" for months now. As far as I'm concern that opportunity can't come "Soon" enough. I'm currently on strike! Striking against buying anymore FB Credits cards(and I've bought many in the past) until either "Coming Soon" arrives or until those of us that are catapulted to the top level are given some way of earning an occasional Farm Cash when we have no levels left to earn any.

[HelenJS22]

What I'd like to know is what exactly does "Coming Soon" mean? Supposedly "Coming Soon" in the Quests is the opportunity to earn 1 farm cash or ingredients depending on how quickly we complete a quest. That opportunity has been "Coming Soon" for months now. As far as I'm concern that opportunity can't come "Soon" enough. I'm currently on strike! Striking against buying anymore FB Credits cards(and I've bought many in the past) until either "Coming Soon" arrives or until those of us that are catapulted to the top level are given some way of earning an occasional Farm Cash when we have no levels left to earn any.

'Coming Soon' in Farm Town language means 'don't hold your breath'. However, if and when it comes, I think it will open a massive can of worms for the mods because so many people will whinge if they don't get some farm cash EVERY time, and when some get one and others miss out.

I also wonder if people realise that an 'occasional' farm cash dollar is not going to go far towards our use of farm cash on our farms.

[Chihuahualady]

Most times you can scroll over the final stage of a quest when you open it and it will show you what facility is required for the final product, thus giving you the chance to ignore it if you don't have, or don't want to buy the fc facility needed rather than going through the stages before having to abandon it.

The icon for quests is a 'mystery dice' which means that we are not supposed to know what we are going to be doing before we open it.

I have been doing the quests since they first started and have had to let at least 3 quests expire because of not having the facility needed to complete it, I have never been able to see the icon of the facility needed to complete before I start, the only time I see the icon is when I am going to the next step of the quest.

Quite honestly I don't see the quest cube as a Mystery Dice for the quests, but just as a chest making you curious to open, and in my opinion you shouldn't have to waste your time going through the quests only to find you can't complete it.:)

[Rob T]

I find using the gameguide pretty useful, the facilities chapter lists every facility and what they produce. I just use a find (ctrl + f) and type what i want to find, and it will show that item, and where it's made.

the facilities chapter can be located here http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=478002

It also lists if its a farmcash or coin facility :)

[Chihuahualady]

thank you for those tips Rob, I will keep them in mind and see if they help with my problem :-)

[HelenJS22]

I have been doing the quests since they first started and have had to let at least 3 quests expire because of not having the facility needed to complete it, I have never been able to see the icon of the facility needed to complete before I start, the only time I see the icon is when I am going to the next step of the quest.

Quite honestly I don't see the quest cube as a Mystery Dice for the quests, but just as a chest making you curious to open, and in my opinion you shouldn't have to waste your time going through the quests only to find you can't complete it.:)

You have to make a couple of clicks to see it. For instance, yesterday I had to 'load 25 x coconut ice cream into a service facility'. By clicking on the final step, top left box, which showed the coconut ice cream, I opened a box that showed the ingredients. But on the top right hand corner, it shows the product and the factory that is required to make it in. If you hover over that factory facility it will actually tell you if it is 'owned' by you already. Then in blue underlined writing on the very top left of that screen, it says 'see what facility to stock with coconut ice cream'. If you click on that wording it will take you to another screen that shows you ONE of the facilities that loads coconut ice cream, and again, will show you if you own it.

Sometimes, a product can be loaded into more than one service facility, and it is here you can get caught, because the screen will only show you one of them, and it is not necessarily the one they require you to use at the end of the quest.

Another way to check then, is to go to the factory that makes, for this instance, coconut ice cream, and click on the product. That will bring up another window that will show you the ingredients needed, but again, at the top of the screen in blue underlined print is 'See what facilities to stock with Coconut ice cream'. This will show you ALL facilities that can be loaded with that ice cream, and if you only own one of them, you can either not begin the quest, or take your chances and hope the final step asks you to use the one that you own. In the case of coconut ice cream, it is only stocked in the Food Fair stand, so you know exactly which facilities are required BEFORE beginning the quest.

Oh, and the advice that Rob gave you about using the Game Guide with (ctrl + f) works brilliantly to check out what you need.

Hope this makes sense :)

[Jean's Farm]

What I'd like to know is what exactly does "Coming Soon" mean? Supposedly "Coming Soon" in the Quests is the opportunity to earn 1 farm cash or ingredients depending on how quickly we complete a quest. That opportunity has been "Coming Soon" for months now. As far as I'm concern that opportunity can't come "Soon" enough. I'm currently on strike! Striking against buying anymore FB Credits cards(and I've bought many in the past) until either "Coming Soon" arrives or until those of us that are catapulted to the top level are given some way of earning an occasional Farm Cash when we have no levels left to earn any.


For us old farmers....those who remember "flowers coming soon"......it could mean tomorrow or months and months and months. And months, and months, and months, and months, and months.........

And I really don't think you'll get FC for every quest and it could take forever to get enough to buy something. And we do get farm cash when they add new levels.

[cabonario]

The last FIVE quests I have gotten ALL involve cash facilities I don't have and can't
afford to buy. The "lifelines' are a joke, how is someone supposed to trade or gift me a cowbell? When I did get the one that lets you work at a friends facility to get the product, I didn't get credit for that product. I've got FIVE quests sitting there just waiting to expire. I'm a bit unhappy because I like doing the quests, but come on people. FIVE quests in a row that I can't do?

[Taz D]

The last FIVE quests I have gotten ALL involve cash facilities I don't have and can't
afford to buy. The "lifelines' are a joke, how is someone supposed to trade or gift me a cowbell? When I did get the one that lets you work at a friends facility to get the product, I didn't get credit for that product. I've got FIVE quests sitting there just waiting to expire. I'm a bit unhappy because I like doing the quests, but come on people. FIVE quests in a row that I can't do?
The quests are random so no specific order of them is set. A life line will not work for the last step and that is probably why you didn't get credit for working someone's facilities. The gift life line can be used by sending an ingredients request too so if the item you need is not the last step then they can be gotten that way.

[Sally Fudrucker]

I have completed all steps required for the Quest, but when trying to load/complete final step it says you need additional items. This happens more often that not. When will this problem be corrected?

[KnightRider]

I have completed all steps required for the Quest, but when trying to load/complete final step it says you need additional items. This happens more often that not. When will this problem be corrected?

What is your quest? Does all of the steps have a green check mark in the box?

[Sally Fudrucker]

What is your quest? Does all of the steps have a green check mark in the box?

All steps have Green check mark.

Load 10x Playing Cards in service facility

[KnightRider]

All steps have Green check mark.

Load 10x Playing Cards in service facility

Is it saying what additional items that you need?

Cause you should just need the following:

Pine Log pile for the Cardstock, Soybeans and Beets for the Red Ink, Soybeans and Sunflowers for the Yellow Ink, Soybeans and Blueberries for the Blue Ink, Soybeans and Walnuts for the Black Ink. The Soybeans you would need to plant at least 4 plots for all of the Ink colors. There shouldn't be anything else that is needed.

[Sally Fudrucker]

I have completed all have 12 Green Check Marks, but when try to load 10X Playing Cards in Casino keeps telling me I need 10 more Playing Cards in Storage :confused::mad:

[KnightRider]

I have completed all have 12 Green Check Marks, but when try to load 10X Playing Cards in Casino keeps telling me I need 10 more Playing Cards in Storage :confused::mad:

After the cards got done in the factory did you go put them into your storage?

[Sally Fudrucker]

There is not a option to put them in storage, If there is advise how to do it

[KnightRider]

There is not a option to put them in storage, If there is advise how to do it

I am talking about after you make the playing cards in the printing and packaging factory and when you open that factory and you go into the tab "What's Pending" and move your cursor over the playing cards that is done and it says "store", click on that to put the 10 playing cards that you made into storage and then go to the Casino and try putting the playing cards in the service facility.

[Sally Fudrucker]

Even when hovring mouse there is NO option to store anything. This is a flaw in game, I will just give up on it, and not get what even coins.

They are more concerned about other things than minor errors in the game.
To may people want more levels and farms.

[Soozy]

Not sure if this has been posted, but I wish there would be at least 1 Quest for the people that don't have all the Facilities or Service Facilities or Semi Trucks. I haven't been able to complete a Quest in weeks. The first few Quests were simpiler.

[HelenJS22]

Even when hovring mouse there is NO option to store anything. This is a flaw in game, I will just give up on it, and not get what even coins.

They are more concerned about other things than minor errors in the game.
To may people want more levels and farms.

It's not a flaw in the game. You need to follow kitt's instructions. They are correct.

Go to your 'printing and packaging' factory in your facility manager. Click on 'what's pending' then hover your mouse over the playing cards. A pop up will appear in that little box (dark blue with white wording). It will say 'Store'. Click on that.

Then go to your casino; go to the card box in top left hand corner and click on 'load batch'.

This will complete the card loading for your quest.

[HelenJS22]

Not sure if this has been posted, but I wish there would be at least 1 Quest for the people that don't have all the Facilities or Service Facilities or Semi Trucks. I haven't been able to complete a Quest in weeks. The first few Quests were simpiler.

The quests come up at approximately 50% being done using farm cash facilities and services, and 50% using ones that cost only farm coins. So really it is easy to have the facilities and services bought with coin and then you will always be able to complete 50% of the quests.

There is also a wide mix of complexity to them. I have had quests with 15 aspects to them, and then right down to a couple with only two stages. I must admit to feeling a bit cheated with the simple two stage ones.

[Gregh]

My Quests have been pretty random. I had a bad run when at the start but that run eventually broke. I've been able to complete most Quests.

I have a straighforward rule for Quests, that I will apply until such time as the promised FC rewards appear. If I have all the required facilities, I complete the Quest. If the Quest requires a Coin facility I don't have, I'll buy it - the reward will cover (most of) the cost of the facility. If the Quest requires a FarmCash facility I don't have, I'll ignore the Quest.

I'll reconsider this rule when the promised FC rewards appear. I expect the FC rewards will be paltry, but every green dollar helps.

[Taz D]

My Quests have been pretty random. I had a bad run when at the start but that run eventually broke. I've been able to complete most Quests.

I have a straighforward rule for Quests, that I will apply until such time as the promised FC rewards appear. If I have all the required facilities, I complete the Quest. If the Quest requires a Coin facility I don't have, I'll buy it - the reward will cover (most of) the cost of the facility. If the Quest requires a FarmCash facility I don't have, I'll ignore the Quest.

I'll reconsider this rule when the promised FC rewards appear. I expect the FC rewards will be paltry, but every green dollar helps.
They did not "Promise" FC. All they said was they might reward FC or ingredients. As stated in the January release "In the future the Mayor might occasionally award you 1 FarmCash and/or ingredients based on your performance in previous Quests"

[Gregh]

Meh. Taz, in software development, mentioning a feature that "may" be added later is equivalent to promising it. It becomes a meme with the users. The developers will be held to task if the feature does not eventually appear in some recognisable form. Slashkey's virtue is that so far they haven't indulged in a lot of vapourware. What they (sorta) promise they (sorta) deliver.

Although, as in RL, everything takes longer and costs more.

[babygirl56]

Why aren't quests programmed for facilities owned by the user? I have had several quests that I could not complete because I didn't own a particular facility. If not programmable why not give partial credit? I just opened a new quest and it is for chess boards; I don't own a facility to make them. I have stopped spending my cash to purchase farm town merchandise.

[Taz D]

Why aren't quests programmed for facilities owned by the user? I have had several quests that I could not complete because I didn't own a particular facility. If not programmable why not give partial credit? I just opened a new quest and it is for chess boards; I don't own a facility to make them. I have stopped spending my cash to purchase farm town merchandise.
Because they are programmed to be random from a list of all quests. It doesn't compare if you have a facility or not so it is the luck of the draw whether you get one that is for a facility you own. Same thing with the Lifelines. I t is random which one you get.

[Barbell]

Hello, my quest today was goose egg ommelette , I had all the ingredients except onions. I clicked lifeline, the scythe was there, I clicked scythe my friend hired me to harvest her onions. Four times I harvested hers. Went home, nothing. I find the lifelines very frustrating, always takes so long to try to procure anything. I can't fathom this one. Anyone have the answer please. Thanks

[KnightRider]

Hello, my quest today was goose egg ommelette , I had all the ingredients except onions. I clicked lifeline, the scythe was there, I clicked scythe my friend hired me to harvest her onions. Four times I harvested hers. Went home, nothing. I find the lifelines very frustrating, always takes so long to try to procure anything. I can't fathom this one. Anyone have the answer please. Thanks

When you harvested your friends onion did you harvest 10 onions for each 1 that the quest said you needed, cause you only get 10% of the harvest when you harvest a neighbors. If you did harvest the correct amount the only other thing I can think of is to try to clear the cache and history and then reload your browser and game and see if that worked.

[Barbell]

Hi Kitt, I always feel so stupid when I get the answer that should be obvious to me. I do think though that the explanation of lifelines should be a little clearer. I have one more question. When I click on the lifeline, do I have to click on whatever is underneath it for it to work, or does opening it start the process. (hope that is a clear ?).
I really, really appreciate your help, I thank you so very much, I would never ever have thought of the answer you gave me. thank you again. Barb

[KnightRider]

Hi Kitt, I always feel so stupid when I get the answer that should be obvious to me. I do think though that the explanation of lifelines should be a little clearer. I have one more question. When I click on the lifeline, do I have to click on whatever is underneath it for it to work, or does opening it start the process. (hope that is a clear ?).
I really, really appreciate your help, I thank you so very much, I would never ever have thought of the answer you gave me. thank you again. Barb

That is why the forum is good, others might have the answer you couldn't think of, as for whether you have to click to activate it, I believe as soon as you click the lifeline, which ever lifeline is given is activated automatically. I have not heard of anyone saying they had to activate it and remember they are random so you might not always get the lifeline you need.

[Barbell]

ok Kitt, thank you once more. Barb

[KnightRider]

ok Kitt, thank you once more. Barb

Glad I could help.

[goofyshoes]

I hope in the future they do award FC or just remove that "MAY" award.

I also find lifelines annoying as on the gifting lifeline, most times, the gift isn't "gift-able:("

[KnightRider]

I hope in the future they do award FC or just remove that "MAY" award.

I also find lifelines annoying as on the gifting lifeline, most times, the gift isn't "gift-able:("

You can use the gift lifeline on more than what is on the gift page, for example you need Olive Oil but you don't have the Oil factory, and you have the gift lifeline, you look and you have the Snack factory, so you go into the Snack factory and you press the + in the green box on the Potato Chips and you have a neighbor send you the ingredients for the Potato Chips and one of the ingredients is Olive Oil and it was received as a gift.
If and when they do start awarding FC it will not be very often that someone get FC as a reward.

[polrky3]

I have an issue with the quests. I have 2 open right now and I can't complete both because they both require a facility or truck that I have to use farm cash for. I think it sucks to try to force us to use real money for these quests. Now, I have 2 that I can't complete and I have to let them expire. One of them is making pepperoni pizza and I need pepperoni ordered from the semi. I had it gited to me and it doesn't count. Is there any way around this at all?

[polrky3]

How do you use the lifelines?

[KnightRider]

I have an issue with the quests. I have 2 open right now and I can't complete both because they both require a facility or truck that I have to use farm cash for. I think it sucks to try to force us to use real money for these quests. Now, I have 2 that I can't complete and I have to let them expire. One of them is making pepperoni pizza and I need pepperoni ordered from the semi. I had it gited to me and it doesn't count. Is there any way around this at all?

They are not trying to make anyone purchase FC, the quests are all random and picked by the program, if you don't have the facilities you can let it expire, you are not forced to purchase anything to continue. The lifelines are random and picked by the computer also, to use the lifelines, click on the lifeline at the top and it will tell you which lifeline you get, lifelines can't be used for the last step in a quest, there is 3 lifelines (Gift, Employee, and Trade), the gift is to get items gifted from the gift screen or ingredients gift. The employee is to work in neighbors fields or factories. The trade is to trade basic ingredients in the market or with neighbors. If you need pepperoni the lifelines that could help you if you have the sandwich shop, frozen foods, or the pizza shop and if you could get the gift lifeline then you could go into one of those factories and request the item that uses pepperoni as an ingredient, but the lifeline would have to have the gift lifeline.

[Tony D]

How do you use the lifelines?Hi , there is information on how to use the Lifeline in this section of the Game Guide .. http://slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489690

[HelenJS22]

I have an issue with the quests. I have 2 open right now and I can't complete both because they both require a facility or truck that I have to use farm cash for. I think it sucks to try to force us to use real money for these quests. Now, I have 2 that I can't complete and I have to let them expire. One of them is making pepperoni pizza and I need pepperoni ordered from the semi. I had it gited to me and it doesn't count. Is there any way around this at all?

I don't believe we are 'forced' at all to buy farm cash facilities for the quests. Maybe it is a test of our 'will power/won't power' because if we really don't want a certain facility, or don't want to spend farm cash, then it is up to us to resist doing so. Nobody is forcing us to complete all of our quests.

If you try a life line and happen to get one that works for your quest, then you can get around it. Study up in the game guide and you may find that you have a lifeline that will help you.

[Sooner Sue]

I quit Farmville and Cityville and other games by Zynga because of quests. No, you don't have to do them, but if you don't then you are out of the loop and get left behind by your neighbors. I love Farmtown, have since early in its history, but if they start quests, I may have to bow out. My personality doesn't allow me not to beg and buy cash to complete quests, been there done that. Leave Farmtown just the way it is...FUN!!!

[lewlin]

I gave up on the quests because it takes too much fiddling about for not much return. Even 14 million coins isn't a lot considering how quickly you can make that just by filling facs or working other peoples facs.

[Jean's Farm]

I quit Farmville and Cityville and other games by Zynga because of quests. No, you don't have to do them, but if you don't then you are out of the loop and get left behind by your neighbors. I love Farmtown, have since early in its history, but if they start quests, I may have to bow out. My personality doesn't allow me not to beg and buy cash to complete quests, been there done that. Leave Farmtown just the way it is...FUN!!!

Even with the quests this game is still fun. You do NOT have to do the quests unless you want to. :cool: You do NOT have to beg from your neighbors or buy cash to do the quests. There are some you can do by just playing like you normally do. Some you need cash facilities to finish. You do NOT have to do them. If you do open a life line and it is one to get from your neighbor you just post like you would for a bonus.

You will not be "out of the loop" or "get left behind by your neighbors". You can make lots of coins doing them. :)

And again if you don't want to do them......DON'T!!!! It won't change yours or anyone else's game. Just like the mini games. I don't do them. I have looked at them but don't play that much or challenge my friends etc.

[Sooner Sue]

I think some have taken what I said in the wrong way. Yes, I do send requests for people to work my facilities, but that is not begging, that's part of the game. I just know that with Zynga type games I felt pressured to complete quests, they had so many running at one time (sometimes up to 30 quests at a time). I have a personality that is all about getting the job done, I can't explain it, but I found myself buying cash to complete these stupid quests, it took me 3 mos to bow out. I love Cityville, but it just got to crazy.

I have loved Farmtown for a long time and don't want to quit. As long as the quests don't get carried away it will be ok.

I don't know how the one guy says 14 million coins is easy to earn, I am just under 2 million coins and have been playing for 3-4 yrs.

[Jean's Farm]

I think some have taken what I said in the wrong way. Yes, I do send requests for people to work my facilities, but that is not begging, that's part of the game. I just know that with Zynga type games I felt pressured to complete quests, they had so many running at one time (sometimes up to 30 quests at a time). I have a personality that is all about getting the job done, I can't explain it, but I found myself buying cash to complete these stupid quests, it took me 3 mos to bow out. I love Cityville, but it just got to crazy.

I have loved Farmtown for a long time and don't want to quit. As long as the quests don't get carried away it will be ok.

I don't know how the one guy says 14 million coins is easy to earn, I am just under 2 million coins and have been playing for 3-4 yrs.


I don't think I took you the wrong way, Sue. :) What I am saying is you do NOT have to do the quests on Farmtown at all. It will not hurt your game one way or the other. The quests are a way for people to get extra coins if they wish to do the quests.

What he meant by saying 14 million coins are easy to earn was if you have all the facilities needed and finish some of the quests you can earn 14 million. The least amount I've earned doing them is a little over a million and that was a simple quest.....like make flour. All I had to do was plant and harvest wheat and then start my windmill. The longer the quest takes you to complete, the more coins it gives you.

The quests that Zynga sets up on all their games, you have to do them or you can't get anywhere in the game. :p This game and these quests are in no way like Zyngas!!! I blocked Farmville a long time ago....walked away and never looked back. I never gave them any of my real money. I have given this game real money, tho.

Sending a request for ingredients to finish a quest on FT is just like posting for ingredients for you facilities.

I've been playing FT since May 2 of 2009....shortly after it started. I stopped for a while because back then once you hit the top level there was nothing else to do so a lot of my friends jumped ship. But I started up again when more levels and the facs came out. So I've been playing the 3 years it has been in existence and I have over 8 billion coins....and more in storage waiting to be sold. I have friends who have enough coins to purchase all the upgrades when a new farm is released.

Don't leave, Sue. FT won't make you do anything you don't want to. :D

[Queen.of.Clutter]

I haven't found my problem in the forum, although I really didn't kill myself searching for it. I looked, couldn't find. I had a quest to harvest things, which were not done on my farm. I grabbed a Lifeline (LOVE those things !) and it was the employee Lifeline. All good. I found a neighbor who had stuff done for me to do this. I needed one (1) sugarcane, and five (5) pineapples, which is exactly what I harvested on her farm. I only got credit for 2 pineapples. She proceeded to inform me that when you work for someone, you only get credit for one crop for every 4 or 5 you harvest .... REALLY ???

So, I asked other neighbors, and they said the same thing. When they work for someone else, there is NO SUCH THING as harvesting what is asked for .... you have to do quadruple that amount to be sure to be credited. Is that really the case ???

On another note ..... my next quest was to harvest one of each of flowers .... white carnation and the white rose. I had some on my farm 7 - frozen - so I unfroze them and harvested them. NOTHING. NO CREDIT. I did the whole 'clear cache, clear MEM, actually did a disc cleanup and defrag .... logged back in .... tried it again .... logged out, logged back in ..... still, no credit. I just now had a farm ready with flowers, so I got the ones I needed .... but my question is: If your flowers are frozen, then you unfreeze, the harvest doesn't count ??? Or is that Lifeline ONLY GOOD FOR THE QUEST I CLICKED ???

Thanks !! Just when you think you know how everything works, something happens and throws you for a loop !! LOL !!

[Tiger]

I haven't found my problem in the forum, although I really didn't kill myself searching for it. I looked, couldn't find. I had a quest to harvest things, which were not done on my farm. I grabbed a Lifeline (LOVE those things !) and it was the employee Lifeline. All good. I found a neighbor who had stuff done for me to do this. I needed one (1) sugarcane, and five (5) pineapples, which is exactly what I harvested on her farm. I only got credit for 2 pineapples. She proceeded to inform me that when you work for someone, you only get credit for one crop for every 4 or 5 you harvest .... REALLY ???

So, I asked other neighbors, and they said the same thing. When they work for someone else, there is NO SUCH THING as harvesting what is asked for .... you have to do quadruple that amount to be sure to be credited. Is that really the case ???

On another note ..... my next quest was to harvest one of each of flowers .... white carnation and the white rose. I had some on my farm 7 - frozen - so I unfroze them and harvested them. NOTHING. NO CREDIT. I did the whole 'clear cache, clear MEM, actually did a disc cleanup and defrag .... logged back in .... tried it again .... logged out, logged back in ..... still, no credit. I just now had a farm ready with flowers, so I got the ones I needed .... but my question is: If your flowers are frozen, then you unfreeze, the harvest doesn't count ??? Or is that Lifeline ONLY GOOD FOR THE QUEST I CLICKED ???

Thanks !! Just when you think you know how everything works, something happens and throws you for a loop !! LOL !!

Hi there,

When you harvest for someone you receive 10 % of the crops. That's the way it has always been, so yes, if your quest needed you to harvest 1 of anything, and you had the employee lifeline, you would need to harvest 10 to get your 10% on someone else's farm.

Frozen flowers, really depends on the stage they were frozen. It's possible that when you unfroze them, the game displayed an incorrect "ready to harvest" message, reloading the farm would have corrected it.

[Sooner Sue]

I don't think I took you the wrong way, Sue. :) What I am saying is you do NOT have to do the quests on Farmtown at all. It will not hurt your game one way or the other. The quests are a way for people to get extra coins if they wish to do the quests.

What he meant by saying 14 million coins are easy to earn was if you have all the facilities needed and finish some of the quests you can earn 14 million. The least amount I've earned doing them is a little over a million and that was a simple quest.....like make flour. All I had to do was plant and harvest wheat and then start my windmill. The longer the quest takes you to complete, the more coins it gives you.

The quests that Zynga sets up on all their games, you have to do them or you can't get anywhere in the game. :p This game and these quests are in no way like Zyngas!!! I blocked Farmville a long time ago....walked away and never looked back. I never gave them any of my real money. I have given this game real money, tho.

Sending a request for ingredients to finish a quest on FT is just like posting for ingredients for you facilities.

I've been playing FT since May 2 of 2009....shortly after it started. I stopped for a while because back then once you hit the top level there was nothing else to do so a lot of my friends jumped ship. But I started up again when more levels and the facs came out. So I've been playing the 3 years it has been in existence and I have over 8 billion coins....and more in storage waiting to be sold. I have friends who have enough coins to purchase all the upgrades when a new farm is released.

Don't leave, Sue. FT won't make you do anything you don't want to. :D

OK Jean, I won't leave...just the word quests sends shudders down my spine...lol. Guess it's been 3yrs playing for me as well. I couldn't remember is this started in 2008 or 2009. I remember when it had only 32 levels and no facilities to do anything with...they just looked pretty...lol. Thanks for reassuri me that these quests are nothing like Zynga's.

[Queen.of.Clutter]

Hi there,

When you harvest for someone you receive 10 % of the crops. That's the way it has always been, so yes, if your quest needed you to harvest 1 of anything, and you had the employee lifeline, you would need to harvest 10 to get your 10% on someone else's farm.

Frozen flowers, really depends on the stage they were frozen. It's possible that when you unfroze them, the game displayed an incorrect "ready to harvest" message, reloading the farm would have corrected it.

Thank you ! I forgot you only receive a percentage, I thought it was 20% .... but regardless, that solves that dilemma !! The flowers, well, I froze them when they were in full bloom, I re-loaded the farm at least three times, and ended up waiting till something was ready. I won't try that again.

Thanks!! I can always count on coming here to get the correct answers !

[lewlin]

I don't know how the one guy says 14 million coins is easy to earn, I am just under 2 million coins and have been playing for 3-4 yrs.

I post my facs and my services every couple of days and people work them. Even if just 2 people work them, when I sell the non ingredients, I make much more than 14 million coins.

If you're struggling for coins, try working other people's facs and then selling off the non ingredients because you will soon find your coins mounting up! (Apparantly people can make 50 million coins working my facs once!!)

The quests are there for a bonus, sometimes they are easy quests and sometimes there is a bit of mucking about trying to get stuff you need. Personally I don't bother but that's the good thing about this game....by not doing quests, you're not missing out on any "special" prize. (if I remember rightly FV was all about getting different animals and items not available anywhere else)

[Jean's Farm]

OK Jean, I won't leave...just the word quests sends shudders down my spine...lol. Guess it's been 3yrs playing for me as well. I couldn't remember is this started in 2008 or 2009. I remember when it had only 32 levels and no facilities to do anything with...they just looked pretty...lol. Thanks for reassuri me that these quests are nothing like Zynga's.

Glad you are staying. :)

Sent shudders down mine when they first started talking about them, too. Then I tried them and realized I could do the whole thing without any help I was ok.

I think.....not sure....but I think the game started in April of 2009. Somewhere on here is a thread that you can post and ask your start date.

And when it first started we used to have harvest parties.....5 or 6 friends coming and harvesting a farm you had planted. No one was greedy....it was just a big gab fest between us girls. Everybody was working to get to the top level and buy the mansion. Then they all quit. :(

[vettepair]

The quests on this game are a farce. They say you can use lifelines but that is not true, they work sometimes but not with any great regularity, mostly not!!! The gift part of the lifeline is even more useless. Because of these things as far as I am concerned ft should be banned from existence. Too many things in this game do not work and should be addressed before any more is added. The developers should be chastised for their lack of attention to detail.

[Taz D]

The quests on this game are a farce. They say you can use lifelines but that is not true, they work sometimes but not with any great regularity, mostly not!!! The gift part of the lifeline is even more useless. Because of these things as far as I am concerned ft should be banned from existence. Too many things in this game do not work and should be addressed before any more is added. The developers should be chastised for their lack of attention to detail.
Are you aware the gift lifeline can be used with ingredient requests as well as the normal gifts?
Just like the quests themselves the lifelines are random. That means sometimes the one you get may not help you.

[Jean's Farm]

The quests on this game are a farce. They say you can use lifelines but that is not true, they work sometimes but not with any great regularity, mostly not!!! The gift part of the lifeline is even more useless. Because of these things as far as I am concerned ft should be banned from existence. Too many things in this game do not work and should be addressed before any more is added. The developers should be chastised for their lack of attention to detail.


Why should it be banned from existence??? :confused: If you want to ban any game pick a few Zynga games and ban them. :D Consistent problems with those games. I very rarely have any with this game. It is the only game I still play since I joined FB in 2009.

The lifelines do work for the quests. I've never had any problems with them. Neither have any of my friends.

And "lack of detail"...let's not even go there.

[HelenJS22]

The quests on this game are a farce. They say you can use lifelines but that is not true, they work sometimes but not with any great regularity, mostly not!!! The gift part of the lifeline is even more useless. Because of these things as far as I am concerned ft should be banned from existence. Too many things in this game do not work and should be addressed before any more is added. The developers should be chastised for their lack of attention to detail.

The lifelines for our quests DO WORK. They are random and sometimes you get one that is not designed to do what you need, but that's part of the game. I have found that most people who say 'they don't work' simply don't understand HOW they work .... and those people have usually not bothered to read the release about them, or the game guide that explains them.

[i try]

Where do you load chocolate cookies? i have to LOAD them for a quest.

[HelenJS22]

Where do you load chocolate cookies? i have to LOAD them for a quest.

The chocolate chip cookies are loaded into the Modern School.

[Plynn]

I've noticed that many of my friends and neighbors don't understand how the lifeline works, when it comes to requesting an ingredient.

I usually have to go to their farm and explain step by step, to find the facility that needs the ingredient, open it in the Facility Manager, and then click on the + sign to send a request for it.

If I'm out of leather (which seems to be wwwaaayyyy too often), I find one of the facilities, such as the shoe factory, and then click the plus sign on the work boots and send a request to my friends and neighbors for it. They see the request on their pages and click on it. They get 1/2 of what I've requested! :)

Hope this explanation helps people.

Plynn ;)

[i try]

For 1 of my quests i needed to produce COD and CHIPS.Had to use a lifeline and got the work one. Worked a friends facils. and received cod and chips in my storage but it didn't count on my quest! Why? i thought iit was supposed to.
ThanXXX for any helpful advice!

[KnightRider]

For 1 of my quests i needed to produce COD and CHIPS.Had to use a lifeline and got the work one. Worked a friends facils. and received cod and chips in my storage but it didn't count on my quest! Why? i thought iit was supposed to.
ThanXXX for any helpful advice!

It sounds like producing the Cod and Chips was the last step of your quest, if so then a lifeline can't be used for the final step in a quest. For more info on quest you can look in the game guide Chapter 29 - Quests.

[i try]

it was not the last. loading into a service facility is. i got the working lifeline, worked a fish and chips facil. on a friends farm, but didn't get credit in my quest! My storage shows that i received them but not in the quest like it was supposed to.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

I though the working lifeline was to harvest someone's crop.. I may be wrong though.

[FarmerMcLashwood]

I was wrong..l just checked for you....... "Employee Lifeline - Allows you to complete Quest Steps by working for others in farms or facilities. The product bonuses you get by working for others will count toward your Quest Steps requirements.
This will help if you can gain what you need by being hired to work on a farm or by working a facility to gain the products made in that facility. Example, if the middle part of the quest (not the final step) required a product made in a facility that you do not own yet but a neighbour does, you can work their facility to gain that product for part of your quest."

[samsmum]

For 1 of my quests i needed to produce COD and CHIPS.Had to use a lifeline and got the work one. Worked a friends facils. and received cod and chips in my storage but it didn't count on my quest! Why? i thought iit was supposed to.
ThanXXX for any helpful advice!


Just checking..did you have all the other steps checked off on the quest before earning the cod and chips when working facilities? You would still need to have caught the cod, harvested potatoes etc before you could get a tick for the cod and chips.

[vettepair]

I am working on a quest that requires me to get horse hair. The life line says I can use gifts but nothing in this quest if giftable, Why do you have that option when it is not usable. Another item in this game that is a joke. I do not have enough cash to get a stable and I will NOT be spending any cash to get them so I will not be doing any more of your phony quests. This is the second time the gift box came up and it did nothing, in fact it takes away the capability of my working other peoples facilities to get what I need. This really does need to be corrected as I have talked to others that have run into the same problem.

[Gregh]

If you have the relevant facility (Sport Accessories for example) you can request ingredients for something that uses horse hair, e.g. Pool Table Brush. That should satisfy the requirement of the Gifting lifeline.

[KnightRider]

I am working on a quest that requires me to get horse hair. The life line says I can use gifts but nothing in this quest if giftable, Why do you have that option when it is not usable. Another item in this game that is a joke. I do not have enough cash to get a stable and I will NOT be spending any cash to get them so I will not be doing any more of your phony quests. This is the second time the gift box came up and it did nothing, in fact it takes away the capability of my working other peoples facilities to get what I need. This really does need to be corrected as I have talked to others that have run into the same problem.

If you have the Janitorial Factory which is a coin factory just go into that and do a ingredients request for like the Vacuum Nozzle, that will get you your horse hair as a gift.

[Taz D]

it was not the last. loading into a service facility is. i got the working lifeline, worked a fish and chips facil. on a friends farm, but didn't get credit in my quest! My storage shows that i received them but not in the quest like it was supposed to.
Did you have all the other blocks checked before working their facility?

[Joan Primeau]

I'm wondering what advantage there is in having a 'LIFELINE' . I have a quest now where I need Choc. liquor. The only way to get this is to BUY the factory which I'm not going to do. I asked for the lifeline thinking I could get the Choc. Liquor that way either through a "gift" or buy working someones factory that has the required factory on their farm. It says I can buy it in the market but no one has that ability because it is not offered. So WHY give us a lifeline ?????? Am I missing something????
Why are they giving us quests that we cannot do with the facilities that we have??? This is the 3rd time this has happened in various quest that I've done in the last 2 weeks.

[KnightRider]

I'm wondering what advantage there is in having a 'LIFELINE' . I have a quest now where I need Choc. liquor. The only way to get this is to BUY the factory which I'm not going to do. I asked for the lifeline thinking I could get the Choc. Liquor that way either through a "gift" or buy working someones factory that has the required factory on their farm. It says I can buy it in the market but no one has that ability because it is not offered. So WHY give us a lifeline ?????? Am I missing something????
Why are they giving us quests that we cannot do with the facilities that we have??? This is the 3rd time this has happened in various quest that I've done in the last 2 weeks.

Lifelines like the quests are random, there are times that you will not get the lifeline that you need and will just have to let that quest expire and there are times that the lifeline you need will show up.

[rodneycs]

awvwral people have mentioned a lifeline -- what is it and how do you get them?/

[Tiger]

awvwral people have mentioned a lifeline -- what is it and how do you get them?/

Hi there,

The Game guide has that information, here's the link to that post........
http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5157794&postcount=8

[dckirby]

I am working on a quest that requires making tie sets. I do not have the sewing facility, so I clicked the lifeline and got the employee lifeline. I have completed all steps and have the green check for all except the ties. After getting the employee lifeline, I worked a neighbors sewing facility and got 290 ties. The ties did not register in the quest as being completed. Now what do I do to finish this? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[KnightRider]

I am working on a quest that requires making tie sets. I do not have the sewing facility, so I clicked the lifeline and got the employee lifeline. I have completed all steps and have the green check for all except the ties. After getting the employee lifeline, I worked a neighbors sewing facility and got 290 ties. The ties did not register in the quest as being completed. Now what do I do to finish this? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Was making the ties the last step in the quest, if so, you can't use a lifeline for the final step, for more on lifelines and quests see the game guide, Chapter 29 - Quests. If it isn't the last step, then clear your cache and history and make sure all of the steps before the ties has a green check in it, then reload Farm Town and see if that works.

[Joan Primeau]

o.k.then I got the wrong lifeline! So how do I get the right lifeline, in this case gifting rather than selling ??

[Taz D]

o.k.then I got the wrong lifeline! So how do I get the right lifeline, in this case gifting rather than selling ??
As she said they are random...you don't get a choice which one you get. Just like the quests are random. When you accept a quest, it is not based on what facilities you have but on all facilities.

[grannycj]

Personally, I love the quests.

I have all the available facilities and tools. One farm is my "Quest Farm". I have a few of each type of tree and, with the help of the green sprinkler, I am able to keep all crops available at all times. I only harvest what is needed for that day's quest.

I accept the quests in the morning and I'm able to complete them that same day most of the time. The coin rewards are fantastic when the quest is completed quickly!

[MaryinVA]

I like the quests, too, for the most part. But I do wish we could remove a quest we have decided not to do. I waited for the full time allowed for the quest to build a farm cart, because I don't have the facility for building the final item. This particular facility is not one that I care to get now.

So after waiting the 5 or 6 days before that quest finally timed out, I clicked for my new quest one day later, and got the same quest again!!

[KnightRider]

I like the quests, too, for the most part. But I do wish we could remove a quest we have decided not to do. I waited for the full time allowed for the quest to build a farm cart, because I don't have the facility for building the final item. This particular facility is not one that I care to get now.

So after waiting the 5 or 6 days before that quest finally timed out, I clicked for my new quest one day later, and got the same quest again!!

Unless you are at level 30 to 50 you don't have to wait for a quest to expire to open up a new quest. I don't know what level you are but I noticed you said you waited 5 or 6 days and then you opened your new quest the next day, depending on the level you are at you can have up to 5 quests open. If you are at a level that you can have more than one open at a time all you have to do is wait for 20 hrs then you can open up a new quest.

[MaryinVA]

During the 5 or 6 days I mentioned waiting for the quest to expire, I did complete several more quests. I always check first thing for the new quests. What was disappointing was that the quests I could do were very short ones, which pay well, but not as well as the ones that have a lot of steps. Being able to get rid of a quest I can't finish is just a matter of not wanting to see it sit there every day when I don't want to buy the facility I needed.

This is not a strong complaint. FarmTown was the first game I started playing when I joined Facebook a few years ago. It is still the only one that has remained fun because I can decorate it as I want, buy the facilities I choose, grow the crops I need, etc., WITHOUT having to pester my neighbors. I have started and quit several Zynga games (Farmville, Cafe World, Cityville, even Roller Coaster Kingdom...anybody remember that one?... because the developers go nuts with quests.

[mrschar]

Personally, I like quests. I don't have to beg other farmers for anything. It's individual and I don't have to do them. It isn't required and no one makes me open the Quest Manager. It's not like other games where friends constantly post telling what they want people to send them.

[Lisarami]

What types of games gives you an option to not open a quest manager? I only have experience with zynga games which I'm about fed up with. Zynga defo doesn't give you an option to not see the quest, they are plastered on your game page. I would not mind quests if I didn't have to see them and had the option to make them disappear.

[Dulcinea]

I like that the quests are hidden away in the menu and not plastered along the side of your gaming screen as if they're oh-so-important. :rolleyes: If I can do the quest, I do; but many of them include industries I don't own and those I just ignore.

[earlgray]

I have a protest. A recent quest of mine was to "load FarmTown honey beer in a service facility." Since I have the Pub, and it can be loaded with FT honey beer, I thought I was all set and made the honey beer. But now it tells me (and it did NOT tell me before) that I have to load it into the Dance Club, which I do not own. Now there have been other quests that I haven't been able to complete because I don't own the facility necessary for the final step, but I can accept that when I know it from the start. But to get all the way to the final step, and only THEN find out I can't complete it (there is no way I could have known which facility I needed before then, because it simply doesn't tell you) is truly vexing. Either specify WHICH facility is needed up front if there is any ambiguity, or allow either facility to be used. Grrrr.

[Alice813]

I have a quest for sugarcane and cocunuts, have harvested several fields/trees and have not received the credit for them. What do I need to do to complete a quest if I am not getting the credit for working on them?

[KnightRider]

I have a quest for sugarcane and cocunuts, have harvested several fields/trees and have not received the credit for them. What do I need to do to complete a quest if I am not getting the credit for working on them?

Have you done them on your own farm by yourself, unless you have the employee lifeline?

[Alice813]

I harvested wheat and sugarcane on someone else's farms and it still says I need 10.
what is the emplyee lifeline ?

[Tony D]

I harvested wheat and sugarcane on someone else's farms and it still says I need 10.
what is the emplyee lifeline ?Hi, this is the link the the section of the Game Guide on Quests .. it should help explain the lifelines :).. http://slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489690

[KnightRider]

I harvested wheat and sugarcane on someone else's farms and it still says I need 10.
what is the emplyee lifeline ?

If you need 10 for the quest you would have to harvest 100 of that crop, cause when you work for someone else you only get 10%.

[Alice813]

I know I have harvested more than 100 but I will check out the quest instructions - thank you !

[pooks123]

help
I am using a lifeline to get some chocolate
I think I need to work someone's facility but in the market no one ever answers my request to help in the chocy making factory
is there any other way I can get some its not for the final product ?


also how can I tell which lifeline I got

[bapollison]

i was gifted some chocolate from a friend, but you have to have gotten the gifting lifeline for that to work. It also looks like the employee lifeline will work.

[frostielu]

i ask from the facility once i have the lifeline on in that quest..it only works for one (!) quest at a time..so if your working more than one and it isnt for the chocolate one it will not work....i never use it as i can make it faster than get an answer hahah you need so many neighbors and half of those i have only 20 now play.....sad isnt it

[KnightRider]

help
I am using a lifeline to get some chocolate
I think I need to work someone's facility but in the market no one ever answers my request to help in the chocy making factory
is there any other way I can get some its not for the final product ?


also how can I tell which lifeline I got

If you get the employee lifeline, which looks like the harvest tool, then you would have to work at a neighbors facility, they are the only ones that can send you a facility request to work them. For more on the lifelines see the game guide, chapter 29 - Quests, post #8.

[Sandy Mae]

I have a protest. A recent quest of mine was to "load FarmTown honey beer in a service facility." Since I have the Pub, and it can be loaded with FT honey beer, I thought I was all set and made the honey beer. But now it tells me (and it did NOT tell me before) that I have to load it into the Dance Club, which I do not own. Now there have been other quests that I haven't been able to complete because I don't own the facility necessary for the final step, but I can accept that when I know it from the start. But to get all the way to the final step, and only THEN find out I can't complete it (there is no way I could have known which facility I needed before then, because it simply doesn't tell you) is truly vexing. Either specify WHICH facility is needed up front if there is any ambiguity, or allow either facility to be used. Grrrr.

I understand what you are saying and it can be frustrating. But I look at it this way. If I go all the way to the last part of a quest and can not compleate it I do have materials or plants I did nnot have before. So I benifit either way!!!:)

[CynthiaSue]

I understand what you are saying and it can be frustrating. But I look at it this way. If I go all the way to the last part of a quest and can not compleate it I do have materials or plants I did nnot have before. So I benifit either way!!!:)

That is a nice positive attitude, but I don't really share it. If you happen to have the trading lifeline and buy things at the market that you don't really need, then you have spent more coins than you wanted. Besides, you will have spent time making something that may not even be profitable for you to make. I actually have to take facilities out of storage to do some of the quests or even buy coin facilities to do other quests. It is worth it, IF you finish the quest. The pittance you get in items from doing a quest is hardly worth the effort without the reward for completing it. I am not saying it bothers me. I look the quest over completely before starting it and than decide if it is worth the risk to me to even work on it. I think they should let you know which one you have to load it into, BUT at the very least they should tell you that you will not get to know which one till you get to the last step. This has caught too many people by surprise and really was not necessary.

[carol0]

I have asked for a lifeline, and it gives me that I can use gifts. The trouble is that the quests I get these on are for things that are not available as gifts. ie wheat, sugarcane etc. I think that one has only helped me once or twice.

Today I did all my harvesting and replanting first because the lock was still locked, and when I finished up, I checked the quests again. I got about 5 things that are long growing that I had just harvested. This happens a lot to me lol.

Other than that, I love the quests!

[KnightRider]

I have asked for a lifeline, and it gives me that I can use gifts. The trouble is that the quests I get these on are for things that are not available as gifts. ie wheat, sugarcane etc. I think that one has only helped me once or twice.

Today I did all my harvesting and replanting first because the lock was still locked, and when I finished up, I checked the quests again. I got about 5 things that are long growing that I had just harvested. This happens a lot to me lol.

Other than that, I love the quests!

If you get the gift lifeline you can use ingredient requests as gifts also, just go into any facility that uses the item you need and send out an ingredient request and when your neighbors send you the ingredients it will have the item you needed, for example if you have the sugar refinery you could send out an ingredients request for sugarcane, or if you have the red windmill you can send out an ingredient request for wheat.

[carol0]

If you get the gift lifeline you can use ingredient requests as gifts also, just go into any facility that uses the item you need and send out an ingredient request and when your neighbors send you the ingredients it will have the item you needed, for example if you have the sugar refinery you could send out an ingredients request for sugarcane, or if you have the red windmill you can send out an ingredient request for wheat.

That is great, but in my storage I have at least 10k of everything. I would have to get through 10k onions before it would help to be able to ask for ingredients. I keep enough crops etc to fill my facilities at least once at almost 100% and more often a few times. I never sell my crops that I can use unless someone asks for something. I only sell my non ingredient stuff. Anyway, asking for an ingredient request wont help.:(

[Bonnie Jo]

That is great, but in my storage I have at least 10k of everything. I would have to get through 10k onions before it would help to be able to ask for ingredients. I keep enough crops etc to fill my facilities at least once at almost 100% and more often a few times. I never sell my crops that I can use unless someone asks for something. I only sell my non ingredient stuff. Anyway, asking for an ingredient request wont help.:(
It doesn't matter how much you have in storage. If you put out an ingredient request and someone sends it to you, the Quest will acknowledge it as soon as you accept it.

[carol0]

It doesn't matter how much you have in storage. If you put out an ingredient request and someone sends it to you, the Quest will acknowledge it as soon as you accept it.

How do you send an ingredient request without trying to make something that takes the ingredients?

[Bonnie Jo]

How do you send an ingredient request without trying to make something that takes the ingredients?
If you have a facility that uses that ingredient, open that facility and click on the + sign next to the product to ask for ingredients. You don't have to start the product in order to ask for ingredients.

[carol0]

If you have a facility that uses that ingredient, open that facility and click on the + sign next to the product to ask for ingredients. You don't have to start the product in order to ask for ingredients.

Thank you very much... learn something new every day lol... I started playing when we had 1 farm... not sure how many levels... but 18? sticks.. maybe 15 but it seems like that isn't enough. LOL How do you find out when you started playing?

[Bonnie Jo]

Thank you very much... learn something new every day lol... I started playing when we had 1 farm... not sure how many levels... but 18? sticks.. maybe 15 but it seems like that isn't enough. LOL How do you find out when you started playing?
You can ask in this thread:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=351570&highlight=start+date

[carol0]

You can ask in this thread:

http://r1.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=351570&highlight=start+date


Thank you :D

[pelicn]

I love the Quests! but today I have an issue that I just can't figure out. I am to make 250 champagne 5 yrs. I have harvested my grapes 25/25 green check mark...I had 2 wineries, start the barrel production (120 in each) When I went back to the quest it says I have 2/10 started? So I bought another winery, and single clicked to start the full production (another 120), checked my quest and now it's showing 4/10?
Cleared cache, tried a different browser etc. Bought another winery repeated the process, and it's now showing 8/10...What is going on? I've never had any trouble completing a quest, but I really don't need 4 wineries

[neetys]

I love the Quests! but today I have an issue that I just can't figure out. I am to make 250 champagne 5 yrs. I have harvested my grapes 25/25 green check mark...I had 2 wineries, start the barrel production (120 in each) When I went back to the quest it says I have 2/10 started? So I bought another winery, and single clicked to start the full production (another 120), checked my quest and now it's showing 4/10?
Cleared cache, tried a different browser etc. Bought another winery repeated the process, and it's now showing 8/10...What is going on? I've never had any trouble completing a quest, but I really don't need 4 wineries

This quest simply takes a LONG time to finish and I didn't find the reward really worth it in the end. I really wouldn't bother buying more any more wineries.

[pelicn]

It still doesn't make any sense when it's only 10 required and 4 wineries aren't enough

[mauigramma]

I have had this happen several times- I complete a task for a quest, such as harvest ITEM, and it does not give me credit for it. I plant again, harvest again, when there is time, and again, no credit given. Any suggestions??:confused:
Semi- unhappy farmer

[rodneycs]

I have had the same problem. Harvest an item and no credit given. On harvesting a 2nd time it seems to work.

[KnightRider]

I have had this happen several times- I complete a task for a quest, such as harvest ITEM, and it does not give me credit for it. I plant again, harvest again, when there is time, and again, no credit given. Any suggestions??:confused:
Semi- unhappy farmer

When you are harvesting is it on your farm or someone elses farm? The quest will only count it if it is on you farm, harvested by yourself and not hired out to someone, unless you get an employee lifeline, then you can harvest someone elses field. If it is on your own farm, then when it happens try clearing your cache, cookies, history, and reset your router and see if that helps.

[autumnapril]

Why should i use my farm town cash on buying a facility to get a product for a quest? why are there quests like that given to me when i dont own the facility?

[Bonnie Jo]

Why should i use my farm town cash on buying a facility to get a product for a quest? why are there quests like that given to me when i dont own the facility?
The quests are randomly generated. I just let the ones I don't have the facility for expire if I don't want to purchase it.

[KnightRider]

Why should i use my farm town cash on buying a facility to get a product for a quest? why are there quests like that given to me when i dont own the facility?

If you don't have a facility for a quest and it isn't the last step, you might be able to use a lifeline to get the required items needed in the quest. To read about the lifelines use the following link will take you to the game guide, chapter for quests.
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489690

[brenda steele]

I would like to know when the Mayor might occasionally award you 1 FarmCash and/or ingredients based on your performance in previous Quests, it says coming soon, its been saying this since before Christmas. I complete every single quest, every day, earlier than the allotted time, I haven't missed a single one and I am still waiting to be awarded 1 FarmCash for doing them. How much longer is it going to take before we start seeing some rewards, every day for 8 months is a lot of quests to complete, would be nice to get some FarmCash instead of coins all the time.

[KnightRider]

I would like to know when the Mayor might occasionally award you 1 FarmCash and/or ingredients based on your performance in previous Quests, it says coming soon, its been saying this since before Christmas. I complete every single quest, every day, earlier than the allotted time, I haven't missed a single one and I am still waiting to be awarded 1 FarmCash for doing them. How much longer is it going to take before we start seeing some rewards, every day for 8 months is a lot of quests to complete, would be nice to get some FarmCash instead of coins all the time.

In says in the future they might reward with 1 FC or ingredients for completed quests. It is possible that they will take that away and it would probably be for the best if they did and the reason I say that is someone is going to get 1 FC for a quest and the next day or so there will be all of their neighbors on the forum complaining that they didn't get any FC but their neighbor did and that they want their FC, cause the neighbor that got the FC will tell everyone that they got an FC, which will start everything.

[danib78]

I'm not sure if this is a FB issue or if you can help me. I've got a couple neighbors whose post show up on my FB home page, but their names don't show up in my FB chat box is there a way to fix this? It shows these neighbors as online in the neighbor box along the bottom. Also when you do a quest it says something about earning farm cash is this just a ruse to get us to buy all of the facilities? :confused:

[KnightRider]

I'm not sure if this is a FB issue or if you can help me. I've got a couple neighbors whose post show up on my FB home page, but their names don't show up in my FB chat box is there a way to fix this? It shows these neighbors as online in the neighbor box along the bottom. Also when you do a quest it says something about earning farm cash is this just a ruse to get us to buy all of the facilities? :confused:

If you mean the FB chat box that is at the bottom right, when it opens up it doesn't show all your friends, to find their name where the search is type in their name and it will show up. The neighbor box along the bottom I figure you are talking about inside Farm Town, the earning Farm Cash if the one you are talking about is at the top where it says Farm Cash Offers: Click here to hire some friends and earn upto 30 Farm Cash, that is not a ruse to purchase anything, Farm Town does not try to get anyone to purchase anything they do not want. That offer is for you to send a request to neighbors that haven't played for a while to get them to work on your farm so that they get some Farm Cash, I believe that you get some also if they work for you, but I am not sure on that one. There is two different ones that they can do, one is harvest something on your farm like 1 plot or 1 tree for I believe that is 1 FC and the second one is to work in 1 of your facilities. This is just a way to help people earn extra FC and to try to get people back to the game. If you would do it, just make sure that the default farm has at least 1 plot or tree to harvest and 1 facility to work.

[oldsheila]

I am starting to find the Quests a nuisance,because most of the time you go through all the bother of loading them etc , then find out in the end you don;t have that facility. It is really all about you having to buy more . I have over 100 now . What use are they anyway , as they promised farm cash but I have never seen it.:rolleyes: Mary

[KnightRider]

I am starting to find the Quests a nuisance,because most of the time you go through all the bother of loading them etc , then find out in the end you don;t have that facility. It is really all about you having to buy more . I have over 100 now . What use are they anyway , as they promised farm cash but I have never seen it.:rolleyes: Mary

You can see all the facilities that is being used in the quest as soon as you open the quest, you click on the last step and it will show what facility it takes to make the item, or if it is a service facility it will show which service facility it loads in to (NOTE: the only way it won't show which service facility it goes into is if it can go into more than one service facility).
They never promised FC, it said the mayor might occasionally award FC or ingredients. They should never have put that on there cause it is going to cause a lot of complaints if/when it does start, people will complain they didn't get any but their neighbor did and they want theirs.

[merrymaid]

You can see all the facilities that is being used in the quest as soon as you open the quest, you click on the last step and it will show what facility it takes to make the item, or if it is a service facility it will show which service facility it loads in to (NOTE: the only way it won't show which service facility it goes into is if it can go into more than one service facility).
They never promised FC, it said the mayor might occasionally award FC or ingredients. They should never have put that on there cause it is going to cause a lot of complaints if/when it does start, people will complain they didn't get any but their neighbor did and they want theirs.

I stopped doing the stupid Quests because I found if I bought one facility for coins I would need to buy another for farm cash which I didn't have,I can't afford to pay real money to buy these either so I have to gain my farm cash the hard way of going up levels. The rewards were never forthcoming and I feel the whole Quest thing should be removed along with those stupid games.

[KnightRider]

I stopped doing the stupid Quests because I found if I bought one facility for coins I would need to buy another for farm cash which I didn't have,I can't afford to pay real money to buy these either so I have to gain my farm cash the hard way of going up levels. The rewards were never forthcoming and I feel the whole Quest thing should be removed along with those stupid games.

The quests are optional, if you don't like them, then don't do them, there is nothing that says you have to do the quests, or even purchase anything to finish a quest. If you don't have the facilities to finish a quest then let it expire, been there done that, but I do them every now and then. I keep forgetting that I have a quest going, but I like them. As for the games, I don't play them but since they are optional also they don't bother me. It would be better if they moved the games to the extended tool box and the quest to the main tool bar.

[HelenJS22]

It would be better if they moved the games to the extended tool box and the quest to the main tool bar.

That is what I would like to see too.

[rjohn726]

Some general feedback on the Quests

They are great.

Love them and the challenge to complete them. I feel that the added challenge in Farm Town is a fun thing to do. I have dedicated the first farm to the crops needed for them as there are also a lot of trees on my first farm so not much room for crops, however quite enough for those quests.

I thank you Slashkey for adding the quests to Farm Town, as they are great fun and challenge for me.

[Dutch85]

[QUOTE=merrymaid;5257806]I stopped doing the stupid Quests because I found if I bought one facility for coins I would need to buy another for farm cash which I didn't have,I can't afford to pay real money to buy these either so I have to gain my farm cash the hard way of going up levels. The rewards were never forthcoming and I feel the whole Quest thing should be removed along with those stupid games.[/QUOTE

I happen to like the quests. It's the first thing I do when I go to my farm in the morning. I get a lot of coins for hardly any work, and that's great! I have all the facilities because that's just how I like to play the game...my choice. I don't play the mini games, but just because I don't play them doesn't mean someone else can't enjoy them.

[CynthiaSue]

I really like the quests too. I don't have all the facilities. However, I bought the coins ones if it meant I could finish a quest because the reward almost always paid for the facility. I think there was only one time that it didn't and that time I think it took me a long time to do the quest. If the last step is a farmcash facility I dont' have, I simply don't do the quest. It is disappointing because it means I don't have anything to work on that day, but no big deal. If there is a step that takes a farmcash facility, that is not the last step, I will before the deadline is up, go ahead and click on the lifeline, because sometimes it makes it so that I can complete the quest. I don't click on the lifeline right away if there are like 4 or 5 days to complete the quest cause I dont' want my lifelines to be tied up that long. Since it takes most of the time to do the quest this way, I don't make as many coins, but it is usually still enough to make it worth doing.

[JW2009]

Hi, I was at the market and this just happened, but it has happened before many times, a farmer has a quest and they use the lifeline and they get "TRADE" and they need something like 'Lemon Juice' and it states that they can trade at the market...this lifeline should be redone or allow us to trade FROM FACILITIES also. Why, can't we, by now i would think we should be allowed to trade products that we need for other facilities. Thank You and Happy Farming :)

[Dulcinea]

I'm doing the Chocolate Chip Cookies quest, and I can do everything except the Produce Chocolate Liquor because I don't have that facility. (It's a FC facility, otherwise I would have it.) I put out a Lifeline, which lets me obtain it by working in a friend's facility, but none of my friends currently playing have the Chocolate Factory either. However, Chocolate Liquor is a free gift, and my friends can send me it as a free gift. (I only needed 2, which was easy enough.) Unfortunately, the Lifeline doesn't seem to apply to free gifts. So I'm at the point where I have everything for the quest, including the cookies, but the quest is still telling me I don't have any Chocolate Liquor.

It's one thing not to be able to complete a quest because you don't have the designation facilities; it's another to have everything you need, but not be able to complete it on a technicality.

Could the Lifeline please apply to free gifts, too?

[KnightRider]

I'm doing the Chocolate Chip Cookies quest, and I can do everything except the Produce Chocolate Liquor because I don't have that facility. (It's a FC facility, otherwise I would have it.) I put out a Lifeline, which lets me obtain it by working in a friend's facility, but none of my friends currently playing have the Chocolate Factory either. However, Chocolate Liquor is a free gift, and my friends can send me it as a free gift. (I only needed 2, which was easy enough.) Unfortunately, the Lifeline doesn't seem to apply to free gifts. So I'm at the point where I have everything for the quest, including the cookies, but the quest is still telling me I don't have any Chocolate Liquor.

It's one thing not to be able to complete a quest because you don't have the designation facilities; it's another to have everything you need, but not be able to complete it on a technicality.

Could the Lifeline please apply to free gifts, too?

For you to receive it as a gift you would have to have the gift lifeline.

[Dulcinea]

For you to receive it as a gift you would have to have the gift lifeline.

I don't know, I've never used a lifeline before. When I see I can't do a quest, I just ignore it; but I make chocolate chip cookies all the time and thought I could do this one.

How do I get a gift lifeline?

[KnightRider]

I don't know, I've never used a lifeline before. When I see I can't do a quest, I just ignore it; but I make chocolate chip cookies all the time and thought I could do this one.

How do I get a gift lifeline?

When you have the quest screen up, click on the lifesaver that is in the top right and it will give you one of the three, they are picked at random and you can only have one lifeline active at a time and can't be used for the final step in a quest. You can see more of lifelines in the Game Guide chapter quests.

[Jean's Farm]

I don't know, I've never used a lifeline before. When I see I can't do a quest, I just ignore it; but I make chocolate chip cookies all the time and thought I could do this one.

How do I get a gift lifeline?

When you have the quest screen up, click on the lifesaver that is in the top right and it will give you one of the three, they are picked at random and you can only have one lifeline active at a time and can't be used for the final step in a quest. You can see more of lifelines in the Game Guide chapter quests.


Once you have opened the lifeline you cannot open it again till that quest is finished or timed out. The lifelines are a random selection and you can not pick and choose which lifeline you want.

You can make chocolate chip cookies all the time because you have received the chocolate as a gift and it is in your storage. :)

[KnightRider]

Once you have opened the lifeline you cannot open it again till that quest is finished or timed out. The lifelines are a random selection and you can not pick and choose which lifeline you want.

You can make chocolate chip cookies all the time because you have received the chocolate as a gift and it is in your storage. :)

I believe you have just said exactly what I said in my previous post and I didn't know I needed repeated, with the exception of your last sentence about the chocolate chip cookies.

[Dulcinea]

When you have the quest screen up, click on the lifesaver that is in the top right and it will give you one of the three, they are picked at random and you can only have one lifeline active at a time and can't be used for the final step in a quest. You can see more of lifelines in the Game Guide chapter quests.

Once you have opened the lifeline you cannot open it again till that quest is finished or timed out. The lifelines are a random selection and you can not pick and choose which lifeline you want.

You can make chocolate chip cookies all the time because you have received the chocolate as a gift and it is in your storage. :)

Thank you both. :) So I guess I'll go back to what I said in my original post: They need to make it so we can use gifted items in quests. In this case, I have no friends currently playing who have the chocolate factory, but active friends who can send it to me as a free gift; and though I technically completed the quest, the game refused to recognize it and grant me my reward. Which is frustrating.

[Taz D]

Thank you both. :) So I guess I'll go back to what I said in my original post: They need to make it so we can use gifted items in quests. In this case, I have no friends currently playing who have the chocolate factory, but active friends who can send it to me as a free gift; and though I technically completed the quest, the game refused to recognize it and grant me my reward. Which is frustrating.
It might be helpful to you if you read chapter 29 in the Game Guide about quests. It does tell you what the lifelines are and what they are each good for. Here is a link to that chapter:
http://www.slashkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489690

[Jean's Farm]

I believe you have just said exactly what I said in my previous post and I didn't know I needed repeated, with the exception of your last sentence about the chocolate chip cookies.


Well excuse me for being human and making a mistake.....

[Happy pants]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gYy1rt-trbA/TzC-s0OFu5I/AAAAAAAABAs/xQjAlkIPT9g/s320/can_t_we_all_just_get_along.jpg

[Dulcinea]

I encountered another glitch today: The "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast in a Service Facility" quest. I got as far as the second-to-last step. I loaded the Fried Eggs Breakfast in my Breakfast Restaurant, but when I checked back, the quest didn't have the little countdown icon. That's when I looked closer and realized that this quest wants me to "Produce Fried Eggs" in my Breakfast Restaurant. And the final step appears to be to load those fried eggs back into my Breakfast Restaurant to produce the Fried Egg Breakfast. I don't need to say that it should be produce the Fried Eggs Breakfast in my Breakfast Restaurant and then load it into my Bed and Breakfast. So that's another quest I won't be able to complete, despite it being something I already do all the time.

I think I'm just going to give up on the quests. :rolleyes:

[KnightRider]

I encountered another glitch today: The "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast in a Service Facility" quest. I got as far as the second-to-last step. I loaded the Fried Eggs Breakfast in my Breakfast Restaurant, but when I checked back, the quest didn't have the little countdown icon. That's when I looked closer and realized that this quest wants me to "Produce Fried Eggs" in my Breakfast Restaurant. And the final step appears to be to load those fried eggs back into my Breakfast Restaurant to produce the Fried Egg Breakfast. I don't need to say that it should be produce the Fried Eggs Breakfast in my Breakfast Restaurant and then load it into my Bed and Breakfast. So that's another quest I won't be able to complete, despite it being something I already do all the time.

I think I'm just going to give up on the quests. :rolleyes:

What does the last box in the upper left corner say exactly? Does it say "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast into The Bed and Breakfast Service Facility" or what exactly does it show as the last step, you mentioned that it said to load into the Breakfast Restaurant. It would help if you could provide a screen shot of your quest.

[CynthiaSue]

I have not had any trouble on the quests. Fried eggs can only be loaded into the bed and breakfast according to the info on fried eggs.

Now the raisin one doesn't say what the options are to load it into when you click on the question mark in the facility that you produce raisins, so there is no way I can see of knowing if you have the facility you load raisins into until you get to the last step to load the raisins. I guess it is because you can use raisins to produce other items as well as load it into a service facility. I don't know if there are more than one facilities one can load raisins into, but I do think it is a flaw in the info about raisins more than a flaw in the quests.

[KnightRider]

I have not had any trouble on the quests. Fried eggs can only be loaded into the bed and breakfast according to the info on fried eggs.

Now the raisin one doesn't say what the options are to load it into when you click on the question mark in the facility that you produce raisins, so there is no way I can see of knowing if you have the facility you load raisins into until you get to the last step to load the raisins. I guess it is because you can use raisins to produce other items as well as load it into a service facility. I don't know if there are more than one facilities one can load raisins into, but I do think it is a flaw in the info about raisins more than a flaw in the quests.

Yep, anything that can be used in something it won't show what Service Facility it is used in, the know about it I made a thread several months ago about the facilities that is the same way, there are several, but they haven't changed them. As for the person with the Fried Eggs quest, he said the final step appears to be to load into the Breakfast Restaurant, that is why I asked him what the final step says exactly, I think he just read it wrong.

[Dulcinea]

What does the last box in the upper left corner say exactly? Does it say "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast into The Bed and Breakfast Service Facility" or what exactly does it show as the last step, you mentioned that it said to load into the Breakfast Restaurant. It would help if you could provide a screen shot of your quest.

Sure! :D

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/292920_4704751463294_396211222_n.jpg
As you can see, this step is clearly telling me to Produce Fried Eggs. I've pointed an arrow to show where it's not giving me credit for the Fried Egg Breakfasts I loaded into my Breakfast Restaurant this morning.


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/309148_4704753263339_769656629_n.jpg
Here's my Breakfast Restaurant. As you see, I already have 24 Fried Egg Breakfasts done, which means that part of the quest should be completed by now. The final step, "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast" is still grayed out since the game is apparently looking for me to produce Fried Eggs and hasn't credited me with my completed Fried Egg Breakfasts.

I know, it's screwy. Anyway, what I'd really like is a fix so I can complete the quest. Thanks for the help. :)

[KnightRider]

Sure! :D

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/292920_4704751463294_396211222_n.jpg
As you can see, this step is clearly telling me to Produce Fried Eggs. I've pointed an arrow to show where it's not giving me credit for the Fried Egg Breakfasts I loaded into my Breakfast Restaurant this morning.


https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/309148_4704753263339_769656629_n.jpg
Here's my Breakfast Restaurant. As you see, I already have 24 Fried Egg Breakfasts done, which means that part of the quest should be completed by now. The final step, "Load Fried Eggs Breakfast" is still grayed out since the game is apparently looking for me to produce Fried Eggs and hasn't credited me with my completed Fried Egg Breakfasts.

I know, it's screwy. Anyway, what I'd really like is a fix so I can complete the quest. Thanks for the help. :)

The problem is you haven't done any bread from the flour you made, you need to make some bread. You have to do all of the steps before it will let you continue, and the last step is to load into the Bed and Breakfast Service Facility it says that on the top that it is going into a service facility.

[Dulcinea]

The problem is you haven't done any bread from the flour you made, you need to make some bread. You have to do all of the steps before it will let you continue, and the last step is to load into the Bed and Breakfast Service Facility it says that on the top that it is going into a service facility.

Thanks! :D

[KnightRider]

Thanks! :D

No problem, it took me a little bit to see that the bread was still at zero. Once the bread is done than you can start the Fried Eggs.

[oltom61]

I like doing the quests,but we should be able to exchange coins for cash in order to buy the required facilities!

[oltom61]

I don't know, I've never used a lifeline before. When I see I can't do a quest, I just ignore it; but I make chocolate chip cookies all the time and thought I could do this one.

How do I get a gift lifeline?

Click on the ring in the upper hand corner! :D

[Johnny Popper]

This has now become really silly. 6 out of the last 7 quests I have received, I can't do because I don't own the fac. It seems to be getting worse and any plea to have a way out of doing a quest has fallen on deaf ears. I realize you can ignore the quest, but it's really stupid to have be bothered by several quests at the same time until they expire.

[Grace Sal]

WEll, I have those quests also... but on the up side, and I must admit I own most of the factories, those that I can complete really do add the coins to my stash... in the past month I think I have earned enough to complete the next upgrade for a new farm. Those that I do not own, I just ignore. Thank you all...

[oltom61]

I have had to buy the factories that were needed for the quest,but I will not do so in the future!
There isn't enough coins gained to make it worth while nor is any cash!

[KnightRider]

I have had to buy the factories that were needed for the quest,but I will not do so in the future!
There isn't enough coins gained to make it worth while nor is any cash!

You didn't have to buy those factories, you could have let the quest expire, purchasing those facilities was of you own free will.

[onamission]

I've been doing the quests for only a short while (wasn't farming for months and months) and I've noticed something today that might be of interest to some of you. I haven't read through the whole thread so please excuse if this has been mentioned before.

When I came to do the last step I noticed that the facility wasn't showing in the window like it usually is. I went ahead and loaded the fac and came back to check and all seemed ok.

Just checked now expecting it to be completed and it hadn't even started! But... this time the fac was showing so I loaded the fac and checked the quest again.

This time it has engaged and registering that the fac is producing the item.

It's the creme de menthe quest jic it has some relevance.

I've learnt something from this - if the fac isn't showing in the window then the product is not being produced.

Has anyone else noticed this and is my conclusion correct?

[CynthiaSue]

I've been doing the quests for only a short while (wasn't farming for months and months) and I've noticed something today that might be of interest to some of you. I haven't read through the whole thread so please excuse if this has been mentioned before.

When I came to do the last step I noticed that the facility wasn't showing in the window like it usually is. I went ahead and loaded the fac and came back to check and all seemed ok.

Just checked now expecting it to be completed and it hadn't even started! But... this time the fac was showing so I loaded the fac and checked the quest again.

This time it has engaged and registering that the fac is producing the item.

It's the creme de menthe quest jic it has some relevance.

I've learnt something from this - if the fac isn't showing in the window then the product is not being produced.

Has anyone else noticed this and is my conclusion correct?

Normally it will just be a shower until you have completed the steps needed before starting that step. If it is a shadow, check and make sure all the previous steps are completed.

[CynthiaSue]

I have had to buy the factories that were needed for the quest,but I will not do so in the future!
There isn't enough coins gained to make it worth while nor is any cash!

Many times the quest has rewarded me with enough coins to warrant buying the missing coin facility. I think I only remember 2 times it didn't, and the last one was just the other day. The facility cost me 3million coins and I was awarded 2 and a half I believe. I did also buy an ingredient that cost less than half a million as well. But, I still consider it worth it. After all, it is kind of like getting the item on sale. The item I was making only had 2 steps I believe. To get over 2 million for doing it, is pretty good. Besides I have done some quests where I made over 10 million coins. I think the quests are great ways to make lots of coins, but you need to be smart, so you can get them done quickly. If it takes a cash facility I don't have for the last step, I ignore it. IF it takes a cash facility that is not the last step, I will wait normally till it has less than a day to go and click on the lifeline. Sometimes I can do it, sometimes I can't. I don't want my lifeline tied up with a quest I cannot complete, so only use it right away on quests I can complete. Really, they are great lifelines if you use them correctly. However, that said, sometimes you get a lifeline that will not help for the quest at all.

[onamission]

Normally it will just be a shower until you have completed the steps needed before starting that step. If it is a shadow, check and make sure all the previous steps are completed.

Good advice CynthiaSue. I mouse over the last step as a quick check on where I'm up to cos of the green highlight of uncompleted steps. However, this time all the steps were completed and the fac still wasn't showing. A glitch somewhere I guess, but now I know to ensure that the fac is there even if I hafta refresh before I fire up the fac to complete the quest. :)

[piscesfem]

Not able to accept quests!

Won't let me click on "accept quest".....:(

[goofyshoes]

Not able to accept quests!

Won't let me click on "accept quest".....:(

I've had that happen many times too. Most times, you need to get out of FT completely and come back........just an odd glitch.;)

[cwmckay]

Farm Cash has been "coming soon" since May and this is September does anyone know the meaning of soon?

[Taz D]

Farm Cash has been "coming soon" since May and this is September does anyone know the meaning of soon?
It does not say "coming soon" but instead says "In the future the Mayor might occasionally award you 1 FarmCash and/or ingredients based on your performance in previous Quests."
And it was January not May.

[cwmckay]

Not sure how my question was posted to this thread I posted it to a thread that started May so used that as my start date didn't really remember when it started so I will take your word on Jan. however it used to say coming soon, so if it doesn't now that must be a recent change. I only started doing quest because of the possibility of Farm Cash there is really no other reason to do them that I can see. FYI quests are the reason I swore off all Zynga games at least these quests don't rely on other people to complete.

[KnightRider]

Not sure how my question was posted to this thread I posted it to a thread that started May so used that as my start date didn't really remember when it started so I will take your word on Jan. however it used to say coming soon, so if it doesn't now that must be a recent change. I only started doing quest because of the possibility of Farm Cash there is really no other reason to do them that I can see. FYI quests are the reason I swore off all Zynga games at least these quests don't rely on other people to complete.

The dev's should remove that cause it will cause a lot of problems if they do go ahead and start with the FC. They will have to have a thread just for the complaints of people saying that their neighbor got 1 FC for doing their quest and they have not gotten any and they want their FC. Now if they made it so that after so many completed quests like say you complete 5 quests and you will receive 1 FC then it might not be as bad, there will still be complaints, but probably not as many as if they just do it at random, then that is going to cause a lot of problems. Look how many complain about the life lines being random, it will be worse if it is for FC. Zynga quests you need neighbors plus they are put on the screen all the time and some you need to do to continue playing.

[JW2009]

Here is my problem, I will not be able to complete this quest do to a mistake on your part, and no matter how many times i try or even work my neighbours facilities, I get no credit for it. What is going on, here is a photo of the mistake...https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/545471_495725620438554_1152042941_n.jpg

[Taz D]

Here is my problem, I will not be able to complete this quest do to a mistake on your part, and no matter how many times i try or even work my neighbours facilities, I get no credit for it. What is going on, here is a photo of the mistake...
Why would it be 0/ 6 if all you need is 3 to make one batch of rubber sheets?

[JW2009]

Because, in the Petreleum Plant it says start 1 batch of 6Why would it be 0/ 6 if all you need is 3 to make one batch of rubber sheets?

[Taz D]

Because, in the Petreleum Plant it says start 1 batch of 6
It has always worked ok for me. You can do more than you need but what you need to make the rubber sheet is only 3. When you worked the others facilities are you sure they had turpentine started? I know I don't start it all the time because I have plenty already made.

[JW2009]

listen, i even try to start it many times now and still nothing recording that i even started it in my own facility....it has always worked ok for me. You can do more than you need but what you need to make the rubber sheet is only 3. When you worked the others facilities are you sure they had turpentine started? I know i don't start it all the time because i have plenty already made.

[JW2009]

Well for some reason, this morning i went to load all my facilities through the Manager with my tools and it seemd to have worked, Thank You & Happy Farming :)It has always worked ok for me. You can do more than you need but what you need to make the rubber sheet is only 3. When you worked the others facilities are you sure they had turpentine started? I know I don't start it all the time because I have plenty already made.

[Biebel]

Got a question about the "coming soon" after you redeem and end a quest! It would be nice that we really get the fc and or ingredients from time to time!
I got all fc and coin factories and just love the quests :), but it would be a great reward to get some fc. Also it would give people a chance to earn fc and buy new factories! I spent real cash to buy them, but not everyone can or will do that!

[JW2009]

I agree, do you know it was in January that they announce that we can earn fc in our quests, yet nothing, not even a word about it in the releases, would be nice to be informed of it actually coming. Thank you & Happy Farming :)Got a question about the "coming soon" after you redeem and end a quest! It would be nice that we really get the fc and or ingredients from time to time!
I got all fc and coin factories and just love the quests :), but it would be a great reward to get some fc. Also it would give people a chance to earn fc and buy new factories! I spent real cash to buy them, but not everyone can or will do that!

[bapollison]

I tried searching this topic but did not find what I was looking for... If I have a train and it brings an item I need for a quest like Chocolate Liquor or Cinnamon bundles would that count as producing it since I don't have the facilities for these two items?

[Taz D]

I tried searching this topic but did not find what I was looking for... If I have a train and it brings an item I need for a quest like Chocolate Liquor or Cinnamon bundles would that count as producing it since I don't have the facilities for these two items?
That is a good question. However for the train to be of any help it would have to be returning before the quest time runs out. Also you would have needed to harvest the cocoa or cinnamon trees before the train returns as the item wouldn't count unless the first step is done.

[jimbob92]

I know the last few pages have been more of a troubleshoot and Q&A but since this is a feedback thread I am going to say that there is one feature of the quests that I am disappointed in. That feature is the lifelines. They are not in any way tied to what the quest is for and instead random so you will get lifelines that are completely useless.

For example, the current quest I have is to produce 12 fuel tanks. I clicked on the lifeline hoping to get something that would allow me to get the fuel from working in a neighbors facilities but instead I get the trader lifeline. As you cannot buy or sell fuel tanks or oil barrels from friends/neighbors it is a completely useless lifeline.

Yesterday I had a quest to harvest/load mushrooms. The lifeline I got was gifts. Mushrooms being one of the crops that cannot be gifted again I was stuck with a useless lifeline. In the last dozen or so quests I have done I have only had one useful lifeline. The rest were all something that couldn't be used for the quests anyway.

[bapollison]

I could harvest the required trees, so that is not an issue. As you said, if I can do this the train would have to be back at the correct time in the process to get the items. I was just wondering if it would work. I will try next time I get one of those quests. I usually don't bother trying ones were I don't have all the things to complete them. I do know I one used a gift lifeline to get Chocolate Liquor to complete it.

[Taz D]

I know the last few pages have been more of a troubleshoot and Q&A but since this is a feedback thread I am going to say that there is one feature of the quests that I am disappointed in. That feature is the lifelines. They are not in any way tied to what the quest is for and instead random so you will get lifelines that are completely useless.

For example, the current quest I have is to produce 12 fuel tanks. I clicked on the lifeline hoping to get something that would allow me to get the fuel from working in a neighbors facilities but instead I get the trader lifeline. As you cannot buy or sell fuel tanks or oil barrels from friends/neighbors it is a completely useless lifeline.

Yesterday I had a quest to harvest/load mushrooms. The lifeline I got was gifts. Mushrooms being one of the crops that cannot be gifted again I was stuck with a useless lifeline. In the last dozen or so quests I have done I have only had one useful lifeline. The rest were all something that couldn't be used for the quests anyway.
For your first example you are correct that you cannot use the trader lifeline for that one. However for the second example you can use the gift lifeline to get the mushrooms. The gift lifeline also allows you to use ingredient requests. So if you ask for ingredients for a product that needs mushrooms you will get those mushrooms and be able to use them in the item you need to make for your quest.
You are correct that the lifelines are random just as the quests are random. What you get may not be usable.

[Taz D]

I could harvest the required trees, so that is not an issue. As you said, if I can do this the train would have to be back at the correct time in the process to get the items. I was just wondering if it would work. I will try next time I get one of those quests. I usually don't bother trying ones were I don't have all the things to complete them. I do know I one used a gift lifeline to get Chocolate Liquor to complete it.
You can get the cinnamon too with a gift lifeline by using an ingredient request for a product that uses cinnamon. For the chocolate liquor and the cinnamon you could also use the employee lifeline and work other facilities if they have those items loaded.

[jimbob92]

Yes taz that would have worked for the stocking of the mushrooms, it would not however work for the harvesting part which is the part I would have wanted the lifeline for (I believe there is one that will let me harvest from someone elses farm)

[Taz D]

Yes taz that would have worked for the stocking of the mushrooms, it would not however work for the harvesting part which is the part I would have wanted the lifeline for (I believe there is one that will let me harvest from someone elses farm)
No it would have worked for getting the mushrooms, it would not stock them) Ingredients requests don't give you the product you are ask for assistance with, but give you the ingredients to make that product. So if you ask for ingredients to make say the grilled mushrooms. you will get the mushrooms same as if you harvested them.

[jimbob92]

Hmm I tried that before when I had to make a rubber sheet and it didn't give me the latex, instead I had to wait until my trees were ready to harvest.

[jeanniecri]

I enjoy the Quests but when there is an option to go buy/trade an item needed for the Quest, there seems to be very few people in the Buy Trade area, sometimes no one is there. Farmtown is world wide, so I find it hard to believe no one else is buying/trading for the Quests.

[Tiger]

I enjoy the Quests but when there is an option to go buy/trade an item needed for the Quest, there seems to be very few people in the Buy Trade area, sometimes no one is there. Farmtown is world wide, so I find it hard to believe no one else is buying/trading for the Quests.

I generally ask an online buddy or neighbours to help if they can, If there's no-one in the buy/sell market occasionally I've also asked in the hiring market and got my goods that way. Try that.

[cwmckay]

Wrong Taz it most definitely says coming soon whenever I complete a task.

[Tiger]

Wrong Taz it most definitely says coming soon whenever I complete a task.

Hi there,

There seems to be a bit of confusion. Taz was quoting what the devs said about earning FC at the time the Quests were first released, not what you see in the Quest Manager.

At this time there is no news of when Farm Cash will be added as a reward for doing quests.

[Grammy 11]

How random are the quests? Now that I have all crops and trees ready for quests I have been getting quests asking for larger amounts of items that take longer to collect from facilities so my quests are taking 24 hours and longer to complete each step. I don't care, I just do them, but I would like know that the quests are or are not really random. I tend to doubt it, since as soon as I forget to plant one crop, that's the one that pops up in my next quest. Thanks and happy farming!

[dorissau]

. I tend to doubt it, since as soon as I forget to plant one crop, that's the one that pops up in my next quest. Thanks and happy farming!

Ha, Ha Grammy. I think the same thing! Somehow the program scans your crops and finds out what you don't have! Anyhow, I love the Quests and have only had one that I had to pass because I didn't have the last facility. Don't have many FC facs, so that's pretty good. Now watch.. the Quest this morning will have a facility I don't own!! Have a blessed day!

[ImajeanB]

How random are the quests? Now that I have all crops and trees ready for quests I have been getting quests asking for larger amounts of items that take longer to collect from facilities so my quests are taking 24 hours and longer to complete each step. I don't care, I just do them, but I would like know that the quests are or are not really random. I tend to doubt it, since as soon as I forget to plant one crop, that's the one that pops up in my next quest. Thanks and happy farming!

I am with you on this one Grammy....the time I harvest all my crops and trees that is when the next quest asks for them! Isn't it fun? I think so!!!

[Grammy 11]

I am with you on this one Grammy....the time I harvest all my crops and trees that is when the next quest asks for them! Isn't it fun? I think so!!!

Oh, yes, I love it. It's a big part of the questing for me. I'd hate to think my comment was considered a complaint. I just wanted to be sure I wasn't being paranoid!!!:p

[blue nile]

When the quests first came out I did a quest farm but after a while it became too time consuming. I kept the flowers and trees on it so they are always available. Now I have a few plots on one farm where I plant anything I need. I prefer doing it this way now and I don't mind if I have to let one expire if I don't have the final facility. I still get plenty of coins and am more relaxed!! :)

[MysticalMomzz]

Well I am almost through with a quest but because I did not buy (real Money) the party store I cannot finish the quest so I guess I have to let it expire and not get anything. Oh well such is life with Farm Town Won't be doing anymore of these.

[LoreneC]

When the quests first came out I did a quest farm but after a while it became too time consuming. I kept the flowers and trees on it so they are always available. Now I have a few plots on one farm where I plant anything I need. I prefer doing it this way now and I don't mind if I have to let one expire if I don't have the final facility. I still get plenty of coins and am more relaxed!! :)

Exactly what I do!!

[KnightRider]

Well I am almost through with a quest but because I did not buy (real Money) the party store I cannot finish the quest so I guess I have to let it expire and not get anything. Oh well such is life with Farm Town Won't be doing anymore of these.

Before you start a quest you can see what facility the last step needs and if you don't have that facility then just don't start the quest.

[earlgray]

Before you start a quest you can see what facility the last step needs and if you don't have that facility then just don't start the quest.

Yes and no. If the last step is to load something into a service facility, and the product is one of those that can be loaded into more than one facility, it doesn't tell you WHICH facility it will be need to be loaded into. The best you can do is see which facilities it CAN be loaded into. So if you have one of the service facilities it can be loaded into, but not the other, there is no way of knowing, until you get to the last step, whether you can complete the quest. This happened to me once, and since I didn't have the required facility, it was rather annoying. I think FarmTown should tell you right up front exactly which service facility will be needed to complete the quest, not just say load it into "a facility" as if either one would do. (Devs - are you listening?)

[KnightRider]

Yes and no. If the last step is to load something into a service facility, and the product is one of those that can be loaded into more than one facility, it doesn't tell you WHICH facility it will be need to be loaded into. The best you can do is see which facilities it CAN be loaded into. So if you have one of the service facilities it can be loaded into, but not the other, there is no way of knowing, until you get to the last step, whether you can complete the quest. This happened to me once, and since I didn't have the required facility, it was rather annoying. I think FarmTown should tell you right up front exactly which service facility will be needed to complete the quest, not just say load it into "a facility" as if either one would do. (Devs - are you listening?)

That is true but there isn't that many that can be loaded into 2 facilities, but most people don't look at the last step to see which facility it can be loaded into and then complain when they don't have that facility and wasted their time making the items, just like there is items that will go into a service facility that doesn't show it in the help screen and it would be nice if it did.

[earlgray]

Yes and no. If the last step is to load something into a service facility, and the product is one of those that can be loaded into more than one facility, it doesn't tell you WHICH facility it will be need to be loaded into. The best you can do is see which facilities it CAN be loaded into. So if you have one of the service facilities it can be loaded into, but not the other, there is no way of knowing, until you get to the last step, whether you can complete the quest. This happened to me once, and since I didn't have the required facility, it was rather annoying. I think FarmTown should tell you right up front exactly which service facility will be needed to complete the quest, not just say load it into "a facility" as if either one would do. (Devs - are you listening?)

And just to illustrate my point, here is today's quest - "Load 50 FarmTown strong beer in a service" (that's what it says, not even room for the final word "facility"). So, I click the final step, and then on "See what facilities to stock with FarmTown Strong Beer," only to see that there are two possibilities - the Dance Club, which I do not own, and the Pub, which I do own. Which will it be? The only way to find out will be to complete the rest of the quest. Not that I will lose anything by trying - I will after all end up with some FarmTown strong beer to sell one way or the other, but really, it would be nice to know now!!

[Taz D]

And just to illustrate my point, here is today's quest - "Load 50 FarmTown strong beer in a service" (that's what it says, not even room for the final word "facility"). So, I click the final step, and then on "See what facilities to stock with FarmTown Strong Beer," only to see that there are two possibilities - the Dance Club, which I do not own, and the Pub, which I do own. Which will it be? The only way to find out will be to complete the rest of the quest. Not that I will lose anything by trying - I will after all end up with some FarmTown strong beer to sell one way or the other, but really, it would be nice to know now!!
It goes in the Pub, so you are good to go for this one. That doesn't solve the problem and I agree we should be able to see the last step facility just by hovering over the block.

[earlgray]

It goes in the Pub, so you are good to go for this one. That doesn't solve the problem and I agree we should be able to see the last step facility just by hovering over the block.

How do you know? Aren't the quests individualized? Or can you somehow peek into my account?

[Tony D]

How do you know? Aren't the quests individualized? Or can you somehow peek into my account?Hi, only the Developers would be able to check which quest you have, the quest to 'Load 50 Farm Town strong beer in a service (facility)' is the same quest for everyone. That would be how Taz knows

[earlgray]

Hi, only the Developers would be able to check which quest you have, the quest to 'Load 50 Farm Town strong beer in a service (facility)' is the same quest for everyone. That would be how Taz knows

Hmm, that's interesting! I never realized that everybody had the same quest on a given day, I thought they were randomly generated for each farmer. Guess I shouldn't make assumptions!

Thanks for the info!

[KnightRider]

Hmm, that's interesting! I never realized that everybody had the same quest on a given day, I thought they were randomly generated for each farmer. Guess I shouldn't make assumptions!

Thanks for the info!

Not everyone gets the same quest on the same days, but what they are saying if you get that quest and then say next week someone else gets that quest it will be the same quest that you got and that is how Taz knew he might have already had that quest previously.

[Taz D]

Hmm, that's interesting! I never realized that everybody had the same quest on a given day, I thought they were randomly generated for each farmer. Guess I shouldn't make assumptions!

Thanks for the info!
They are random. I have just had that quest a couple times and remembered which one it was. :D

[reginabcox]

I don't know if the quests are random but I always get the simplest quests that are finished very quickly. New quests open about every 20 hours so here I am with no quests to work on and I really enjoy doing them....however I would like a little more work involved in them.

[Moonstruck]

I have a question: Why can't you always take advantage of the lifeline? If you can't finish a quest because it does not allow you to use it ..... then why have a lifeline?
For instance I do not have a shoe factory and the lifeline says it will allow you to TRADE for the boots. How do you trade if there is not a trade option? That was three questions LOL

[Taz D]

I have a question: Why can't you always take advantage of the lifeline? If you can't finish a quest because it does not allow you to use it ..... then why have a lifeline?
For instance I do not have a shoe factory and the lifeline says it will allow you to TRADE for the boots. How do you trade if there is not a trade option? That was three questions LOL
The lifelines are random so you may or may not get one that is usable for a particular quest. You do need to remember that lifelines cannot be used for the last step. In your example, if the boots are not the last step, then you could get them only with the employee lifeline. The gift or trade lifeline would not work.
The Trade lifeline means buy. If it was any type of harvested item then you could buy it from a neighbor or through the market.
Lifelines are good for all the steps except the last step, so if the boots are the last step then it would not matter what lifeline you got it would not get you the boots.

[tractorboy]

level 70 and quest i get is to make herbal tea ludicrous for a lowly level

[Taz D]

level 70 and quest i get is to make herbal tea ludicrous for a lowly level
The quests are random and not according to level or which facilities you own.

[greywolf57]

I've been doing quest for a couple of days now and have not had any problem acquiring things from facility that I do not have...I've worked neighbors facilities and thought it was no problem till I clicked the lifeline and it gives me a gift box...telling me that I can procure items by gifts from neighbors..it doesn't give me any other message...
How does one obtain a gift that is to be made in a facility...ie, boots from the shoe factory or cocoa from the tea an coffee shp...2 facilities that I do not have yet...I was somehow as working for my neighbors to get the boots by working their facility...but with the gift box you can not do that...
any one have a clue..

[Taz D]

I've been doing quest for a couple of days now and have not had any problem acquiring things from facility that I do not have...I've worked neighbors facilities and thought it was no problem till I clicked the lifeline and it gives me a gift box...telling me that I can procure items by gifts from neighbors..it doesn't give me any other message...
How does one obtain a gift that is to be made in a facility...ie, boots from the shoe factory or cocoa from the tea an coffee shp...2 facilities that I do not have yet...I was somehow as working for my neighbors to get the boots by working their facility...but with the gift box you can not do that...
any one have a clue..
Without owning the facility for those there isn't anyway to get those items from gifts. The gift lifeline can only be used for anything in the gifts or for ingredient requests to make an item. Additionally you cannot use any lifeline to complete the last step of a quest.
The lifelines are random just like the quests, so there may be some cases where you just can't complete them.

[Aussie Rae]

I have officially quit doing quests after doing them every day since they first started...yesterdays would not register the flour or sugar I started on those facilities...what's the point of starting another quest and taking the chance the same thing will happen with that quest also...have sent emails to slashkey with no response yet...my quest farm is now a thing of the past...gone forever...lol

[HelenJS22]

I have officially quit doing quests after doing them every day since they first started...yesterdays would not register the flour or sugar I started on those facilities...what's the point of starting another quest and taking the chance the same thing will happen with that quest also...have sent emails to slashkey with no response yet...my quest farm is now a thing of the past...gone forever...lol

I know it's a silly question, but are you sure you harvested enough of, and had a green tick beside the wheat and sugarcane before starting flour and sugar?

I've had to close the game down completely on occasion, then jump back in again for the green tick to show up - not often, but once or twice.

I also tried to make flour once, then realised that I had filled my facilities a while earlier, and didn't actually have enough room available to make a batch of flour. Had to go beg a neighbour to work it for me, so that it would then register the flour.

I too have been doing quests since day 1 of their introduction and have found that even when I thought I had a problem with one ..... if I got analytical and really checked out why, it was usually something I had not done absolutely correctly and in the correct order. As you would know, they are very, very precise.

In short I've always found - often the frustrating way - that 'problem b'long me - not problem b'long game' :o

[Myna Rio]

2 of my 3 current quests require facilities for the final step that I don't own and don't have the ability to buy (Coffee Waffle Cone-Ice Cream Shop; Banana Tempura-Japanese Hibachi Restaurant). My last 20 (or so) quests were all completed in facilities I own. I have several neighbors who do own all the $$$ facilities and I am happy to work for them. Would you PLEASE make working at a neighbor's facilities a quest completion option?

[mrschar]

2 of my 3 current quests require facilities for the final step that I don't own and don't have the ability to buy (Coffee Waffle Cone-Ice Cream Shop; Banana Tempura-Japanese Hibachi Restaurant). My last 20 (or so) quests were all completed in facilities I own. I have several neighbors who do own all the $$$ facilities and I am happy to work for them. Would you PLEASE make working at a neighbor's facilities a quest completion option?

Tell me about it! I have not been able to do my last 4 or 5 quests for the same reason. I love quests and take pride in completing them way ahead of time. But this is discouraging! What's even worse is when there are more than one Service facility to load the final product and you have only one of them. When you finish the product, with its many steps, only then does the icon of the service facility show and you realize you don't have that one. You did all of that work for NOTHING! What a waste, and so discouraging!!! :(

[KnightRider]

Tell me about it! I have not been able to do my last 4 or 5 quests for the same reason. I love quests and take pride in completing them way ahead of time. But this is discouraging! What's even worse is when there are more than one Service facility to load the final product and you have only one of them. When you finish the product, with its many steps, only then does the icon of the service facility show and you realize you don't have that one. You did all of that work for NOTHING! What a waste, and so discouraging!!! :(

You didn't do it for nothing you can still use it in the Service Facility that you own even if you can't use it for the quest.

[mrschar]

Kitt1962, you are right. It is not a waste. I can put them in the facility I own. I just am disappointed that I didn't get to put them in the one specified and get a bonus for completing the quest and doing it quickly.
I just opened a new quest. This is 5 in a row that I can not do at all because I do not have the facility to make the product. That is disappointing. The first thing I do when I get on the farm in the evening is open the new quest.

[spcdrgn13]

life line do not match quests. ex. need salmon for a quest and lifeline given was to use gifts you can not gift salmon. so now quest is a waste of time,till it expires.

[KnightRider]

life line do not match quests. ex. need salmon for a quest and lifeline given was to use gifts you can not gift salmon. so now quest is a waste of time,till it expires.

All lifelines just as quests are random, but if you own any facility that uses salmon as an ingredient then you can go into that facility and request it as an ingredient request, as long as it isn't the last step of the quest.

[Barbell]

I am really ticked off today. I have all the coin facilities and many of the fc ones. Only having a small income, I am careful with my money but have spent quite a bit on FT. Now my problem is, I have 5 quests open, 4 of which I cannot do, and they are going to sit there for days before they expire. I think that at least we could delete one of them because having 5 open stops my new one opening. Please give this some consideration

[Johnny Popper]

@Barbell (posted above). I hear your plea. It's ridiculous that after all the complaining about not having a way to remove quests you can't do......it still falls on deaf ears. I have posted several times about this same matter, the last one being only a couple of days ago. Over the past few days, I have only had about 3 out of 10 quests that I could complete. Having the ones you can't/won't do in your way is simply silly, because I'm sure the developers could give us a work around.

[Berle]

I do like quests. However, I was extremely annoyed this week when I had three quests in a row resulting in not being able to finish since I did not have the facilities to do so.

Three in a row????? It would be helpful to have an option of deleting that quest once it is loaded.

[JW2009]

It's symple, go the the factory that requires salmon and click on the + sign for ingredients and send it. your neighbours/friends will click on it and when you reload ft, check your gift box and there is gift for salmon, it works i doit :) Thank You & Happy Farming™life line do not match quests. ex. need salmon for a quest and lifeline given was to use gifts you can not gift salmon. so now quest is a waste of time,till it expires.

[LoreneC]

I havent been doing quests and do not miss that part of the game.

[CynthiaSue]

I love the quests too. I would miss them, and thought I was going to have to wait a few days since I had started to collect ones I couldn't do. I got lucky and got the right lifeline to complete one of them when the farmcash facility needed was not the last step and another I was able to buy the facility. I had forgotten it was a coin one I simply didn't want. I was really happy with such a high coin reward that it way more than paid for the facility since I was able to do it so quickly.

[shirl312]

well, you must have the service facility required to "load"

[Taz D]

well, you must have the service facility required to "load"
Since "loading" would be the last step of a quest if called for, then yes you would need to own that service.

[oltom61]

I enjoy doing the quests,but since we aren't earning any farm cash,I am forced to stop doing them!

[max_river]

pls give us some cool awards for doing quest such as fc and tools or factories pls make it fun again

[MumNancy]

I say NO to quest. Im playing multiple games on FB and Faemtown is the best because they are no quests. BIG mistake to bring Quest in. It will piss people off. I quit many Zynga ga,es because of their stupid quests:eek:

[KnightRider]

I say NO to quest. Im playing multiple games on FB and Faemtown is the best because they are no quests. BIG mistake to bring Quest in. It will piss people off. I quit many Zynga ga,es because of their stupid quests:eek:

The quests on Farmtown unlike other games is voluntary and doesn't have to be played to play Farmtown, so it shouldn't make anyone mad cause if they don't want to play the quests then they don't have to.

[max_river]

I say NO to quest. Im playing multiple games on FB and Faemtown is the best because they are no quests. BIG mistake to bring Quest in. It will piss people off. I quit many Zynga ga,es because of their stupid quests:eek:

we all ready have quest we have them for long time you just do not have to play them or ask for things like zynga

[CynthiaSue]

I say NO to quest. Im playing multiple games on FB and Faemtown is the best because they are no quests. BIG mistake to bring Quest in. It will piss people off. I quit many Zynga ga,es because of their stupid quests:eek:


But, it wouldn't hurt to check them out. You can get a new one every 20 hours. If you don't want to do it, don't. But, perhaps you will find some of them easy to do and you can make alot of coins doing the longer ones if you do them quickly. Personally, I really like the quests. I am disappointed when I get a super short one or one I can't do, but at least I can do alot of them. I have made lots of coins doing them.

[Sandy Mae]

OK for the first time I am so mad I cannot see straight!! I have a quest that tells me to go to the buy/trade market to get mangoes. I find no way to trade for mangoes and I am lucky to buy some!!! What is the thing with trade no one in that market knows what I am talking about!!!! GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! I have been playing this game since 09!!!!:mad:

[Sandy Mae]

I am very sorry I got so mad! I know if I pay attention I will understand how things are set up. Again I appologise for my being an idiot!!!:o

[jim v]

Need to allow fruit and vegetables you hire someone to be used for the quest. I hired someone to shake trees for me. Now the apples that were harvested cannot be used for a quest that was open. The same thing happened before when I needed oak trees.

[Padme]

Need to allow fruit and vegetables you hire someone to be used for the quest. I hired someone to shake trees for me. Now the apples that were harvested cannot be used for a quest that was open. The same thing happened before when I needed oak trees.

For the quest you have to harvest the items for yourself, hiring people doesn't count for the quest.

[youngmeme]

I have a pending quest that I cannot do as I do not have any ceramic factory. I have worked for two people in the facilities that has them. So I was able to add the ceramic tile to the refer clients facils. It is not letting me do this quest. I thought if someone had the facils up and you worked them then you would get them to use. All the game keeps telling me is I have not started them in the ceramic factory....well no duh. Do not have one, and the quests were supposed to be individualized per what a person had or could get access to...so I thought.

[Padme]

I have a pending quest that I cannot do as I do not have any ceramic factory. I have worked for two people in the facilities that has them. So I was able to add the ceramic tile to the refer clients facils. It is not letting me do this quest. I thought if someone had the facils up and you worked them then you would get them to use. All the game keeps telling me is I have not started them in the ceramic factory....well no duh. Do not have one, and the quests were supposed to be individualized per what a person had or could get access to...so I thought.

What life line do you have for this quest? Only the employee life line will let you get what you need from other people facilities. I don't know if there is a requirement that you own the facility that the item is made in or not tho.

[KnightRider]

I have a pending quest that I cannot do as I do not have any ceramic factory. I have worked for two people in the facilities that has them. So I was able to add the ceramic tile to the refer clients facils. It is not letting me do this quest. I thought if someone had the facils up and you worked them then you would get them to use. All the game keeps telling me is I have not started them in the ceramic factory....well no duh. Do not have one, and the quests were supposed to be individualized per what a person had or could get access to...so I thought.

All quests and lifelines are random and not individualized and like Padme said you would need the employee lifeline to be able to work in your neighbors facility to get the porcelain tile to put in the service facility. If you would get the employee lifeline then you would do all of the steps up to the step that you need the porcelain tile, which includes getting the kaolin clay rock and the quartz rock, then after you store those in your storage, then you work in your neighbors facility, then you can load it into the service facility.

[youngmeme]

Thx...had no idea how to use the lifeline...then went back and looked and found a life preserver on the area of quests...I will make it just under the wire for this one. Have 7 hrs. left and need 2 more after hit life vest and went back to do a neighbors facil. Now all have left is two hours and the quest will be done...Live and learn.