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...If you think you're not going to be able to check on your farm for a while, you may want to consider
planting crops like artichokes. These will take 4 days to mature, but you'll have an additional 4 days to
harvest them. This is a good way to keep your farm active if you're going to be away for a while. It's
also a good thing to keep in mind so that you know what kind of window you have to get back to your
farm before you first crop will start to wither.
Building Up
Once you start to get a handle on your planting and harvesting cycles, you can begin exploring all of
the other options FarmVille has to offer. As you advance in levels and build up your coin stash, you'll
be able to buy more and more items for decorating and enhancing the value of your farm. Some of
these are worthwhile investments, although many are just fun to play with.
That's what makes this game so great, really. It allows you to play at your own pace and turn your
farm into exactly what you want it to be. You can add structures, fences, animals, trees, vehicles, and
many other types of decorations to your farm to give it your own personal touch. That way, when
you're friends come to visit, they'll be able to see what a magnificent farmer you are.
SURVEYS
Paying cash for FarmVille dollars isn't the only way to get them though. At the bottom of the Add
Farm Coins and Cash page, you'll see multiple options for surveys and other offers that pay out
FarmVille cash. Some of them cost a small amount of money, but many of them are free. This is really
the best option for getting extra FarmVille cash. It's easy and you don't have to invest any real money
to keep playing the game.
There are a couple of drawbacks to the surveys of course, but these are relatively easy to deal with.
Any survey you fill out will cause you to start getting a bunch of promotional emails. This is certainly a
nuisance, but you can minimize it by simply setting up a new email account and using that one for all
your surveys. That way you can keep the unwanted emails from cluttering up the inbox you actually
use.
There can also be a delay in the FarmVille cash being posted to your account. Sometimes you'll get it
right away, but usually it'll take at least a day to show up. There's not much you can do about this, but
if you plan ahead it really shouldn't be a problem. Just start filling out those surveys early and you'll
have plenty of cash when you're ready to spend it.
There are other, more practical reasons to want to have a lot of neighbors as well. When you're short
on cash, it's great to have the option to go and help out on your neighbors' farms to earn some money
fast. You can help out each of your neighbors once a day. For the first 20 neighbors you help in a day,
you'll earn 20 coins and 5 experience points each. Once you get up over 20, you'll only be earning 5
coins and 1 experience point each, but that can still add up to a lot of cash if you make a habit out of
it.
Expanding before you're ready can make it hard to maintain a positive cash flow. You want to make
sure you'll have at least 10,000 coins in the bank after you purchase your land expansion in order to
be sure you're up to the task of managing a larger farm.
Once you decide you're ready to expand though, you'll need to be able to pay for the extra land.
There are actually two ways you can do this, but neither of them is particularly cheap. If you have
enough neighbors, you can pay in coins. If you don't have as many neighbors as is required for the
plot of land you want to buy, you'll have to pay in FarmVille cash.
For example, the 14 X 14 Homestead can be bought for 10,000 coins as long as you have at least 8
neighbors to help you with construction. If you don't have that many neighbors, you can also buy the
Homestead for $20 in FarmVille cash. Since the coins are so much easier to come by than the cash,
you'll be wise to try and recruit those few extra neighbors so you can pay in coins.
You may think that $20 FarmVille cash isn't that much in the grand scheme of things. You'll need $20
more each time you want to expand though. So if you want to expand fast, you either have to have a
lot of FarmVille dollars on hand or you'll have to seek out some new neighbors. Even the largest plot
of land currently available only requires that you have 16 neighbors.
This isn't a particularly large number when you think about it, and it will save you a lot of money in the
long run if you just go out and recruit some friends to help you. It really isn't as hard as it might seem
to get people to be your neighbors either because they don't actually have to do anything to help you.
All they have to do is open the application and set up their character. After that, they never have to
come back to their farm again. Once your friends know this, they may be more inclined to help you
out.
Crop List
Seeds Cost Maturity Experience Sell For Profit / Hour
Strawberry 10 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 35 coins 6.3
Eggplant 25 coins 2 days 2 Experience 88 coins 1.3
Wheat 35 coins 3 days 2 Experience 115 coins 1.1
Soybeans 15 coins 1 day 2 Experience 63 coins 2.0
Squash 40 coins 2 days 2 Experience 121 coins 1.7
Pumpkins 30 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 68 coins 4.8
Artichokes 70 coins 4 days 2 Experience 119 coins 0.5
Rice 45 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 96 coins 4.3
Raspberries 20 coins 2 hours 0 Experience 46 coins 13.0
Cotton 75 coins 3 days 2 Experience 117 coins 0.6
Bell Peppers 75 coins 2 days 2 Experience 108 coins 0.7
Peppers 70 coins 1 day 2 Experience 162 coins 3.8
Aloe Vera 50 coins 6 hours 1 Experience 85 coins 5.8
Pineapple 95 coins 2 days 2 Experience 242 coins 3.1
Blueberries 50 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 91 coins 10.3
Watermelon 130 coins 4 days 2 Experience 348 coins 2.3
Grapes 85 coins 1 day 2 Experience 270 coins 7.7
Tomato 100 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 173 coins 9.1
Potatoes 135 coins 3 days 2 Experience 345 coins 2.9
Carrots 110 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 200 coins 7.5
Coffee 120 coins 16 hours 1 Experience 243 coins 7.7
Corn 150 coins 3 days 2 Experience 380 coins 3.2
Sunflowers 135 coins 1 day 2 Experience 315 coins 7.5
Cabbage 140 coins 2 days 2 Experience 388 coins 5.2
Blackberries 75 coins 4 hours 1 Experience 117 coins 10.5
Green Tea 105 coins 10 hours 1 Experience 191 coins 8.6
Red Wheat 180 coins 3 days 2 Experience 449 coins 3.7
Sugar Cane 165 coins 8 hours 1 Experience 239 coins 9.3
Peas 190 coins 1 day 3 Experience 381 coins 8.0
Yellow Melon 205 coins 4 days 2 Experience 528 coins 3.4
Onions 170 coins 12 hours 1 Experience 268 coins 8.2
Broccoli 200 coins 2 days 4 Experience 473 coins 5.7
Asparagus 220 coins 16 hours 2 Experience 357 coins 8.6
ultimately, peas will be the best crop to plant, but it’ll
take you a while to reach a high enough level to be able to plant them.
Best Seeds in Earnings Per Week Assuming Crops are Harvested At
Maximum Efficiency
These earnings take into account the cost of ploughing (15coins), this is very important since crops
with shorter harvesting times must be ploughed more times giving many players an “invisible” cost.
Also remember that every time you plough you also gain more experience, so do not be mislead with
crops such as raspberry which give no exp, because they end up giving you the same exp as 4 hr crops
when the experience gained from ploughing is also taken into consideration.
1. Tomato 1218 coins/week
2. Sunflowers 1155 coins/week
3. Blueberries 1092 coins/week
4. Coffee 1080 coins/week
5. Carrot 1050 coins/week
6. Raspberry 924 coins/week
7. Broccoli 903 coins/week
8. Red Wheat 592 coins/week
9. Yellow Melon 539 coins/week
10. Red Bell Peppers 539 coins/week
11. Rice 504 coins/week
12. Corn 501.7 coins/week
13. Pineapple 462 coins/week
14. Potatoes 455 coins/week
15. Strawberries 420 coins/week
16. Watermelon 355.25 coins/week
17. Yellow Bell Peppers 324 coins/week
18. Cotton 273 coins/week
19. Soy Beans 231 coins/week
20. Squash 231 coins/week
21. Artichokes 208.25 coins/week
22. Eggplant 168 coins/week
Wheat 151.67 coins/week
Trees
Tree Cost Experience Maturity Profit Resale
Acai $27 FarmVille 0 Experience 2 days 158 coins 47 coins
Cherry 225 coins 5 Experience 2 days 18 coins 11 coins
Apple 325 coins 5 Experience 3 days 28 coins 16 coins
Orange 425 coins 5 Experience 4 days 40 coins 21 coins
Plum 350 coins 5 Experience 3 days 30 coins 17 coins
Peach 500 coins 5 Experience 4 days 47 coins 25 coins
Lemon 475 coins 5 Experience 3 days 41 coins 23 coins
Lime 750 coins 7 Experience 5 days 75 coins 37 coins
Fig Gift 0 Experience 3 days 33 coins 18 coins
Avocado Gift 0 Experience 3 days 37 coins 21 coins
Apricot Gift 0 Experience 4 days 56 coins 30 coins
Grapefruit Gift 0 Experience 3 days 50 coins 23 coins
Banana Gift 0 Experience 3 days 56 coins 32 coins
Passion Fruit Gift 0 Experience 5 days 93 coins 46 coins
Pomegranate Gift 0 Experience 5 days 108 coins 53 coins
Date Gift 0 Experience 3 days 69 coins 40 coins
Olive Gift 0 Experience 4 days 112 coins N/A
Leveling Light Speed
Here is a trick only a few people know about Farmville but can help your farm grow immensely. Before
I reveal the secret you must understand a few things about why leveling fast is good:
1. The faster you level, the more access you get to higher end crops, you will notice if you scroll
up to earnings per week of each crop (page 35), many of the crops with the highest earnings
are only obtainable at the highest levels.
2. It is also important to notice, that many of the highest earning crops also have very generous
harvesting times, take sunflowers for instance, which only need to be harvested and ploughed
once per day and compare them with raspberries, which need to be harvested and replanted
every 2 hours. Not only do the sunflowers give you more coins per hour, you are also doing
only 1/12 of the work compared with raspberries. This is very important since it will make your
schedule much more flexible, and save you huge chunks of time. This is why I advocate leveling
as fast as possible till you can reach a crop that earns good exp/week but at the same time has
a long harvesting time so you can relax.
3. Cosmetic Purposes – If you’re playing Farmville to impress your friends and make your farm
grand and beautiful, you want to make sure you have access to all the things Farmville has to
offer. You wouldn’t want to be stuck with tons of coins but unable to buy that villa just because
you’re level is low.
4. Higher Level = More land = More Crops = Faster Leveling = More Coins/More Free time
As you progress throughout Farmville the plot of land available to you also increases. This
means you can plant more crops, earn more coins, earn more experience, and save you time!
What a game breaker!
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The Secret to Leveling Faster
If you have played Farmville for quite some time you have probably come into a situation where your
farm really isn’t leveling as fast as you would like, and are slowly stockpiling thousands and thousands
of coins. Whenever I check through my friends Farmville’s and see this happening I will always take the
time to give them some friendly advice. Basically, if there is a huge stockpile of gold that isn’t being
spent there should only be one reason. This is only done when a player is saving for something
expensive such as the million dollar villa.
To be put simply, if you have loads of money in the bank, and you’re not saving for something, it’s
being wasted! If this is you, the following trick will really bring your farm to new heights:
1. Calculate the amount of coins needed to plant and plough your desired crops. This amount
should be kept with you at all times in case your current crops wilt and you receive no income
from harvesting them. If you are VERY SURE (EXTRA STRESS ON THIS POINT) that you will be
able to harvest your crops in time.
2. To Calculate the amount of coins you will need, first find out the size of your farm (eg 14x14),
next choose what crop you will be planting next (eg Tomatoes). The formula for calculating
how much will need is:
(Price of crop + 15 Plough Fee) X Total Area of Farm
Using a 14x14 Farm with tomatoes as an example:
(100+15) X (14X14) = 115X196 = 22540
3. Spend all your remaining coins on buying Hay Bale (located under the decorations tab in the
market), at 100 coins per piece they will give you 5 experience points and can be sold for 5
coins, therefore giving you 5 experience for 95 coins.
Use this list on special occasions when you know you only have a very small window of time
where you can plough and harvest.
Best Crops by Harvesting time
Best 2 hour crop: Raspberries
Best 4 hour crop: Blueberries
Best 8 hour crop: Tomato
Best 12 hour crop: Carrot
Best 1 day crop (24 hour) crop: Sunflowers
Best 2 day crop (48 hour) crop: Broccoli
Best 3 day crop (72 hour) crop: Red Wheat
Best 4 day crop (96 hour) crop: Yellow Melon
Higher Levels (20+)
Lots of Time: At this point planting tomatoes is the most efficient crop for you to plant even though it
only needs to be harvested every 8 hours.
Little Time: Tomatoes might be an option for you, if not plant coffee/carrots/sunflowers.
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Pretty neat! I am glad I came across this article on Farmville tips, and was able to share with other "farmers".
