FarmVille Unreleased Crafting Winery 5 Stages Revealed

From the images below It looks like the still unreleased Crafting Cottages will require a building process with five stages. There is no official data from FarmVille, but it seems that we can expect build our own Crafting Cottages perhaps with the help of our FarmVille neighbors.

Here are the images of the five stages of the unreleased Crafting Winery.
FarmVille Crafting Winery Stages
What do you think?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased Crafting Bakery 5 Stages Revealed

From the images below It looks like the still unreleased Crafting Cottages will require a building process with five stages. There is no official data from FarmVille, but it seems that we can expect build our own Crafting Cottages perhaps with the help of our FarmVille neighbors.

Here are the five stages of the Crafting Bakery.
FarmVille Crafting Bakery
What do you think?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Dogs Perform Final Tricks!

The FarmVille dogs are all grown up and have finally learned their final tricks! Up until now, the final tricks were "coming soon" status even if your Dog had finished all the required training.

Each breed of dog has specific final tricks. The Collie harvests 20 animals, the Terrier harvests ducks, the Sheep Dog harvests sheep and the Golden Retriever fetches consumables. FarmVille Freak Skiwi007 reported that her Golden fetched a whopping 50 coins! As reported by the official FarmVille forum, the Heeler will harvest cows as its final trick.

All of the final tricks can be used once per 24 hours.

What has your Golden Retriever fetched? Are you happy with your puppy purchase and their final trick?

Source: Official FarmVille Forum

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Crafting Cottage Preview Problems

Many farmers are reporting that after initially ignoring the pop-up for the Crafting Cottage Preview, they no longer have the opportunity to participate.

Whether they unintentionally ignored, were not prepared to chose their Crafting Cottage at that moment, or were eager to check out the other FarmVille Updates on Tuesday night, these farmers assumed that they could always come back and participate in the preview.

However, even after re-loading their farms, refreshing, re-logging into FaceBook, and even clearing internet cache, so far, triggering the Crafting Cottage Preview event for a second time has proved unsuccessful.

As you know taking part in the Crafting Cottage Preview awards you with a special limited edition Gnome that is specific to the Crafting Cottage (Bakery, Winery, or Spa) you chose. You may also "share" a smaller version of the Gnome with your FarmVille friends via FaceBook newsfeed.

Hopefully, with later updates this issue will be resolved and more willing farmers can participate in the Crafting Cottage Preview.

Were you able to participate in the Crafting Cottage Preview after ignoring the first notice? If so, how did you? What triggered the event for the second time?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Help FarmVille Pick a New Seeder

What do you think should be the next FarmVille Seeder vehicle? FarmVille is polling farmers on what they think the next seeder should be. The vehicle with the most votes will be the next FarmVille Seeder.

According to the official poll, you can chose from the following:

    Firetruck
    Semi Truck
    Pickup Truck
    Trolley
    Minivan
    Dump Truck
    Cement Truck


From FarmVille Community Manager, Grimwell:

    "Howdy farmers!

    The FarmVille team is looking at options on what our next seeder should look like and would like your assistance!

    Please take a look at the following options for new seeders and vote for your favorite. The vehicle that gets the most votes will win and find it's way into the game soon!" Source: Official FarmVille Forum

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased UFO Biplane, Alien Outpost, and Alien Foal

FarmVille Unreleased UFO Biplane, Alien Outpost, and Alien Foal
Sunday will mark the re-release of the UFO theme. Hopefully we will see some of these new unreleased UFO themed items arrive as well! FarmVille UFO fans are sure to love these new items. You may remember that we previously featured a UFO Alien Horse, above is its matching Foal.

Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased Beach Theme: Sandcastle, Boardwalk, Surfer Gnome, Sundae Shop & Toucan

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farmer for finding these unreleased FarmVille Sandcastle, Boardwalk, Surfer Gnome, Sundae Shop, and Toucan!
FarmVille Unreleased Beach Theme: Sandcastle, Boardwalk, Surfer Gnome, Sundae Shop & Toucan
Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased Paul Bunyan, Town Hero, Western Barn, Firefly Bush, Lupine & Lupine Mastery Sign

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farmer for finding these unreleased FarmVille Paul Bunyan, Town Hero, Western Barn, Firefly Bush, Lupine & Lupine Mastery Sign!
FarmVille Unreleased Paul Bunyan, Town Hero, Western Barn, Firefly Bush, Lupine & Lupine Mastery Sign
Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille unreleased Pumpkin Tower & Spooky Tree House

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Wouldn't these unreleased items look great next to your Haunted House? They would look even better if the Haunted House was working. (Look for that soon).

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Teresa for finding these unreleased FarmVille Pumpkin Tower & Spooky Tree House items!

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unwither Ring: The one ring to infuriate them all returns

Unwither Ring
Zales? Forget them. Kay Jewelers? Kid stuff. Tiffany's? You could find that stuff in a quarter machine. What's really wowing the girls this season is the Unwither Ring. Zynga's infamous, expertly cut and set ring in FarmVille has returned for the holidays. Not only will this ring absolutely take your loved one's breath away, but their crops will never dry out and die again. OK, so all that stuff is made up, but it will keep your crops from withering for eternity. The Unwither Ring has been the target of much debate in the FarmVille world this year with claims that it either costs too much, trivializes the game or shouldn't exist altogether. For another look at "game-breaking" items in social games, check out this post.

For a whopping 250 Farm Cash, you can gift this item to a friend and even customize it with two band options--gold and platinum--and five gem choices: Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Black Pearl and None for the plain folk. Lastly, you can engrave it with a cute, 140 character message. Now, I would strongly recommend not getting your girlfriend, wife or what have you this if she is not seriously into FarmVille or you could very well be alone this Christmas. But if that's your (and her) thing, then definitely take the nearly $40 plunge. Just make sure you get her something tangible, too. You know she deserves it for dealing with your sorry behind day in and day out.

Play CityVille and Zynga will unlock Goji Berries in FarmVille

If you were playing FarmVille back at the time of the 7-Eleven promotion that took place last Spring / Summer, you might remember the launch of the Goji Berry, and the mad dash most users participated in to plant as much of the crop as humanly possible before it expired at the end of promotion.

However, for those users that didn't live near a 7-Eleven, or simply chose not to purchase real world items to unlock the Goji Berries in FarmVille, Zynga has decided to allow users another chance to grow Goji Berries; that is, there is a potential chance to plant them available here, but we'll have to do a little something for Zynga in exchange.

The deal is this: If 100,000 FarmVille players play CityVille within the next 72 hours, Zynga will allow Goji Berries to be planted in FarmVille for "awhile." "Awhile" is a vague statement, yes, and unfortunately, I can't make it any clearer, but the simple opportunity to grow Goji Berries is exciting, no matter how long it will last (especially if we'll at least be given a chance to master this extremely limited edition crop).

So what are you waiting for? Click on this link to head into CityVille via the FarmVille forums, and make sure you count as part of the 100,000 necessary players. We'll be sure to let you know if Zynga reaches the necessary number of players, and when Goji Berries are re-released officially (since we don't think there will be any problem getting 100,000 players into CityVille).

FarmVille Winter Wonderland Animals: 50% off Dall Sheep & Fjord Horse

Zynga has updated FarmVille this evening, and has included a big incentive with this update that might turn this weekend into a bit of a shopping spree for some players. There are two new Winter Wonderland animals to choose from, with both of these animal being premium items. However, their premium, or Farm Cash prices, are actually 50% off, meaning that if you take advantage of the sale lasting the next 7 days, you'll be able to get these animals for half of their regular price.

The two animals are the Dall Sheep and the Fjord Horse. The Dall Sheep costs 9 Farm Cash as part of the sale, and the Fjord Horse costs 13 Farm Cash. While both of those might seem like high prices, just take a second to double those amounts and think of what you might be paying otherwise, outside of this half-off sale.

Again, the prices on these animals will only be around for the next 7 days, but we're assuming that the animals themselves will stick around, albeit at their high price tag, for at least a few days after the sale has ended. We'll be sure to give you more information as we have it.

FarmVille for Dummies arrives to reeducate virtual farmers everywhere

It's strange to think that FarmViille has been around this long without its own "Dummies" book. And leave it to our good friends (and Games.com contributors) Kyle Orland and Angela Morales to make it happen. Orland, a freelance journalist, and FarmVille Freak founder Morales teamed up to create the 288-page tutorial detailing everything from the basics of digital farming to mastering the in-game Market and troubleshooting gameplay issues.

The book, both published and distributed by Wiley, is available now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other fine book sellers for $19.99. You may say to yourself, "But I already know what to do in FarmVille," but what about your friends and family who don't? Admit it, you're just bitter because you didn't think of it first. And better yet, Orland is working on CityVille for Dummies set to release in July of this year. Hey, at least there's still FrontierVille--wait, this just in: He's got that one too! Just kidding ... for now.

FarmVille Valentine's Day Showcase 4 [video]

If you've yet to purchase the Valentine's Day (and Lunar New Year) themed items that were released last night in FarmVille, Zynga has released a new FarmVille Valentine's Day Showcase video (this one is number 4 in the current series) detailing what these newly released items look like in action on a user's farm.

Items like the Pink Gypsy Horse and Magpies are show here in all of their animated glory, but if you were just hoping to get a better feel for how large items like the new Wedding Tent or Red Lantern arch are in comparison to other items on a typical farm, you can definitely use this video for that too. It's odd that we don't see any unreleased items being previewed in this video, though. Does that mean that we won't be seeing any additional Valentine's Day or Lunar New Year items in the game? We'll be sure to let you know either way.

You can check out the short video in full at the top of this post.

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.

Did you already purchase any of these items for your farm, or will seeing these items in the video persuade you to purchase some you might not have otherwise?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Butterfly Garden & Leprechaun Hat Pot

It seems as though Zynga is starting to prepare for Spring with these newest unreleased images of items that will be coming to FarmVille in the near future, as both of these new items contain flowers. While one item the Leprechaun Hat Pot could very well be released as part of the current St. Patrick's Day item theme (even as early as this Wednesday), the other item - the Butterfly Garden, looks to be solely in the theme of Spring, with butterflies flying above a fenced in area of what look to be Lilac Daffys and Daffodils.

One thing to note is that the Butterfly Garden almost looks as though it might be something related to the Spring Garden collection feature that we were given a hint of in the last FarmVille podcast. Perhaps the name has been changed? It is possible that this is an entirely unrelated decoration that also happens to be called a "garden," but we'll let you know what ultimately happens with these two items.

As usual, there is no guarantee that either of these items will officially be released in the game, so keep that in mind.

What do you think of these two new items? Do you think the Butterfly Garden will have a function, or will it simply be a large, elaborate decoration?

FarmVille: Inactive "mutual friends" pop-ups cause annoyance for farmers

Zynga has launched a new set of pop-ups and wall posts in FarmVille apparently in an attempt to bring players back to the farm (that is, those players that have become inactive because they haven't played the game over an extended period of time).

Now, when visiting a friends' farm, if you have any mutual friends with that person that also plays FarmVille, you will see a pop-up like the one above, asking you to help bring that lost, inactive player back to the game. Clicking on "Accept" shows you a wall post like the one below, where you can post to that neighbor's wall, saying that you miss seeing them playing the game, and speaking for your friend in the process.
As you might expect, the hassle of seeing new pop-ups each time players visit neighbors hasn't been sitting well with friends, and a forum thread has started on the official FarmVille forums to protest its inclusion. While players are annoyed that they have to skip another pop-up just to get back to playing, the entire situation is compacted due to the fact that sometimes, users are being told to post on walls of currently active players, meaning that Zynga's algorithm for determining inactive players is apparently bugged.

Players like DesertRain seem to sum up the concerns nicely:

    I don't like it. There's a reason the one person isn't playing and now I am supposed to spam them back into the game? To me this is wrong on so many levels.


DesertRain has a point. Players aren't going to stop playing FarmVille simply because they forget the game exists. There has to be a reason for them to stop playing, whether that be the fact that they simply aren't having any fun, the fact that they don't like a particular feature or way certain in-game elements are handled or so on. That being the case, it will be interesting to see if this method actually works to bring back any players whatsoever, but I guess we'll give Zynga the benefit of the doubt for at least trying.

What do you think of this new system? Do you see a purpose in finding out who your inactive neighbors are? Do you think anyone who receives these wall posts would actually come back to the game?

FarmVille English Countryside Scam Alert: Unwither Clocks aren't free

Unwither Clock Scam
At this point, the last thing Zynga would be giving away for free is an Unwither Clock to FarmVille players. The item costs 55 Farm Cash, so why would the company throw that away? As it turns out, the posts circulating Facebook offering free Unwither Clocks are scams. Players have already reported the scam to FarmVille Freak, and clicking on the offer opens a page that looks nothing like the standard News Feed reward page. Whatever you do, do not accept this offer, because who knows what's behind it (hint: malware). And be sure to protect your friends by telling them about this scam.

[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]

Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

Have you seen this scam in particular in your News Feed? This problem has gone on long enough, so how do you think Zynga should handle it?

Earn 150 free FarmVille Farm Cash in Disney Movie Club promotion

Free money is good money, no? (Well, almost free.) Another Sponsored Link has appeared beneath the game screen for FarmVille farmers. This time, Zynga is offering 150 Farm Cash for players that sign up for Disney's Movie Club service. Just click on the link beneath the game screen that has a picture of Mike from Monsters Inc. (one of Pixar's best, if you ask me). Afterward, you'll be shown a pop-up offering the 150 Farm Cash, so click on the big green button if you're interested.

From there, it's time to sign up for the Disney Movie Club. However, the pricing structure is rather complicated--this is no Netflix. According to the service's terms, you must agree to buy five DVDs through the service in the next year, which are $19.95 a piece. However, you can cut that cost buy selecting two titles immediately at a discount. Honestly, this could very well turn out to cost more money than it's worth. But if you're a hardcore Disney fan and itching for some Farm Cash, then no one is stopping you.

Have you signed up for the Disney Movie Club for the "free" Farm Cash? What do you think of this offer compared to Zynga offers in the past?

Lunchtime Poll: Would you buy a Facebook game players guide?

Surely many of you buy the players guide every time a new Pokemon game releases (you can admit it, we're all friends here), so why not buy one for your favorite Facebook game. CityVille Info recently found a piece of software called the CityVille Domination Guide, which claims to improve your mayoral prowess for the limited time price of $27. Granted, I have my doubts of this offer's legitimacy--nor would I recommend you rush to buy it either--but what about the guide books you can easily find in your nearest major bookstore? Our friends Kyle Orland and Angela Morales recently released their first guide through the established Dummies franchise, FarmVille for Dummies, with Orland working on a second book for CityVille. Legitimate or not, these offers beg the question:

Would you buy a Facebook game guide?
If it could give me a chance of getting ahead, sure!Absolutely not. I spend enough money on these games!I don't care enough to buy a players guide.If it was from a legitimate source, I'd pick one up.
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[Image Credit: Wiley]

Do you have a unique response?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Pig Breeding slops closer to release

Pig Breeding
If this leaked image that FarmVille Feed snapped up is any indication, Pig Breeding is that much closer to release in FarmVille. Though, how a yellow father with a toupee and a purple mother make a pink child is beyond me. The much-anticipated logical step from Sheep Breeding will use the same Love Potions and Baby Milk that you use for Sheep today, according to FarmVille Feed. Let's hope this is a good sign for Pig Breeding's release, because Sheep with stars on them are getting kinda old.

[Image Credit: FarmVille Feed]

Are you psyched for the upcoming Pig Breeding feature? What other breeding options would you like to see in FarmVille?