FarmVille English Countryside is here and we’re sure you have a lot of burning questions about how it impacts you, how to get there, and what you need to know. Here are some answers! Q: How do I start getting the quests to go to English Countryside? A: If you qualify (must be Level 20) you’ll get a pop-up with the text, “Look! Up in the Sky!” An animation of a crashing Airship will happen, and you’ll start the quests on getting the Airship fixed and will soon you’ll be able to go to England. The quest icons show on the left-hand side of the FarmVille game window. Q: I’m not seeing the Airship crash animation. What's wrong? A: It may take awhile to load on your system, or there may be cases where it can get “stuck” before playing. If you refresh the game and wait a little bit, the animation should play. Q: Do I have to go to England? A: No! You don’t have to complete any of the quests and you can continue on your own farm at any time you want. We want you to go to England to experience all the new features, items, and quests but you don’t have to. Q: Is storage universal between farms? Can I transfer items between farms? A: Storage is not universal between farms. Each farm has its own individual unique storage space. Once an item is placed on one farm, it cannot be moved to the other farm. Q: What about the Gift Box? A: Many items stored in the Gift Box can be placed/used on either farm. This includes many decorations, buildings and animals. Unique quest items, collections, and certain consumables may only be used on one of the farms, depending on the item. This also means purchases made from the Model Farm, which go straight into the Gift Box, can then be added to whichever farm you wish. Once you place that item, however, it cannot be moved to the other farm. Q: When I visit one farm my crops and trees don’t grow in my other farm. A: Inactive farms—the farm that you are currently not on—are Paused while you work on your active farm. Crops won’t wither, but they won’t grow either. Timers on animals, buildings, trees and other objects will also not advance until you go back to that farm. Q: The “Cotton To It” quest requires me to plant and harvest 50 Cotton crops before finishing. This is unfair! A: The quest requires you to just plant the Cotton, not to harvest it. Q: Why do I need to add 35 neighbors before I can go to England with the Bon Voyage Party? A: You don’t need to add any neighbors to qualify for the Bon Voyage Party, you just need to invite 35 (and they need to accept the invitation) in order to go instantly. You only need to have 4 neighbors to come to your party in order to start the 4-day countdown timer, and 15 neighbors are needed to be eligible to go in 2 days. Alternatively you can pay Farm Cash to skip this set altogether. Q: Will the England quests expire? A: No they won’t. Q: Where can I get a ram to start sheep breeding? A: You can get a ram by starting the Sheep Pen quests on your English Farm; finishing the “Et Tu, Brutus?” quest will get you Brutus the Ram, which you can breed with. Other rams can be acquired by purchase in the Market or through your neighbor’s feeds if they are sharing newly bred rams. Q: Do I need to buy Farm Cash sheep in order to breed? A: You can breed with most types of sheep; they don’t need to have been purchased in the Market. Q: Why are the lamb colors produced by sheep breeding totally random? A: The colors (and potential patterns) aren’t totally random, but they are based on a range of colors based on each of the parents. Q: Where can I learn more about Sheep breeding? A: Check out our Sheep Pen guide at http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?t=964444 for all the details! Q: How come I can’t sheep breed on my Home Farm yet? A: We’ll be adding this ability at some point in the future. Q: People are sending me Postcards for the “Make It Your Own” quest but they’re not registering as progress. A: The Postcards are stored in your Gift Box—you need to look in your Gift Box, then choose “Use” to apply them towards your quest goal. Q: I can’t see my neighbor’s Home Farm when I visit. Why not? A: When you visit a neighbor’s farm, you can only see the farm they are currently active on—the Home Farm or the English Farm. You can see which they are on in the neighbor bar—a flag will denote if they are on the English Farm or not. Q: I finished all the quests. Now what? A: Stay tuned! There’s a lot more coming to English Countryside in the near future!

The English Countryside is currently only available to a randomly selected group of users as we are beginning a slow release of this feature. We will announce when this update is live to 100% of users in the near future. By now you’ve heard all about FarmVille English Countryside, but how do you get to this second farm where you can embark on new adventures and experience an all new farm theme? This guide will show you the way. Look! Up in the Sky! The only real requirement you need to begin your journey to England is that you need to be Level 20. If you already are Level 20 (or as soon as you hit Level 20) you’ll see this message pop up:

Once you click “Check it Out” you’ll get an amazing animation of The Duke’s Airship crashing on your farm:
Followed by The Duke declaring that he’s just brought you a deed:
Which entitles you to a new farm in England!
Clicking on “Place Airship” will immediately put you into Placement Mode. You can choose to place the damaged Airship on your farm now, or you can place it in your Gift Box for use later (by switching to the Multi-Tool for instance). Note that placing the Airship (which triggers the quests) is completely optional. If you’d rather not bother with England right now, you can keep the Airship in your Gift Box and pull it out when you’re ready. This is how the Airship looks on your farm:
When you place it, you’ll be launched into the first quest. If you don’t see the quest window pop up, you can always find the quest icon on the left-hand side of the screen:
The icon shows which quest you’re on as well as what part of the quest (part 1, part 2, etc.).

A note about quests: Usually each quest has between two and four objectives that need to be met in order to complete it. Many objectives can be skipped by paying Farm Cash (simply click on the “Skip” button located next to the objective you wish to skip by paying Farm Cash and you’ll be asked to confirm your decision). As an objective is completed, a green check mark will appear next to it. You can close the quest window at any time by clicking on “Okay” at the bottom of the window. Once all of the objectives for that quest are completed a reward consisting of a set of prizes will be awarded to the player. This can include XP, coins, and a special item or two. If you haven’t done so already, click on the quest icon to bring up the quest window.

Quest: Drop Anchor! The Duke needs something heavy to hold down his airship. This first quest has just one objective: buy three crates and simply place them on your farm. Click the Get Crate button and you’ll be taken to a Market screen which shows a single entry for a Crate. Each Crate costs 150 coins.
Click Buy, and then place it on your farm by clicking on an open spot. You’ll see the “Progress!” banner open up next to the quest icon, which indicates you’ve made progress in the quest.
Crates, like certain other items such as fences, are set to auto-purchase, meaning when you buy one and place it, you’ll automatically be given the choice of placing another for the same amount of money. This way you don’t have to go back into the Market each time you want to buy something. (If you want to get out of this mode, just click on the Multi-Tool icon.) Now all you need to do is place two more crates and you’ll see the quest complete window pop up:
Good job! The quest rewards are:

• 100 XP


• 5 Farm Cash


• 2,500 Coins

You can choose to share in your good fortune with some of your friends by clicking on the Share Coins button (this will make a post to your feed), or you can just close the window by clicking on the red X at the upper right. Now you’re ready for the next part of your quest! Quest: Cotton To It
The Duke wants to bring you back to England to see the new farm, but the Airship has sustained some damage. Cotton will be needed to help patch it up.
This quest deals entirely with planting the Cotton only (not harvesting it). Simply plant 50 plots of Cotton by hand or with a vehicle and the quest will automatically complete. Alternatively you can skip the act of planting Cotton by clicking on the Skip button and paying 15 Farm Cash.
The quest rewards are:

• 100 XP


• 1 Flag


• 2,500 Coins

Quest: Nice Supplies
To prepare for your journey you’ll need some supplies. One should do the trick! Click the Get Cow button and you’ll be taken to a Market screen which shows a single entry for a Cow.
The cost is 300 coins for a single Cow. Click Buy, and then place it on your farm by clicking on an open spot. That’s all you need! The quest complete window will now pop up.
The quest rewards are:

• 250 XP


• Aviator’s Cap


• 2,500 Coins

Quest: Bon Voyage Party
You’re ready to go for England, so it’s time to throw a party and all of your neighbors can be invited—the more you get to come, the faster it’ll take for you to be able to leave. Clicking on the quest icon will bring you to the Bon Voyage Party window:
Click on the Invite Friends button to start inviting your neighbors. When they accept, the meter on the left will begin to fill, and their avatars will show up at the party. Here’s how many you’ll need:

• 0-3 neighbors: unable to travel to England


• 4-14 neighbors: depart in 4 days


• 15-34 neighbors: depart in 2 days


• 35 neighbors: depart right now

Once you get four neighbors, you’ll see a 4-day countdown timer show up underneath the Bon Voyage Party banner at the top of the window. If you manage to get 15 neighbors, the countdown timer will decrease by 2 whole days or will hit zero (whichever is better for you). Getting 35 will instantly zero the countdown timer.

Note you also have the option of foregoing the party with the use of Farm Cash. Click on the “Unlock” button to pay 60 Farm Cash and get ready to travel to England instantly.

Once the countdown timer reaches zero or is otherwise unlocked, you’ll see this banner show up at the top of the window:
Now click on “Go to the English Countryside”. You’ll see this informational pop-up:
You can click on Okay and The Duke will show you how to travel to England; otherwise you can hit Cancel. In any case, the way to travel to England is in the upper right-hand portion of the game window. Right now you can see you’re on “My Home Farm” and there’s an Airship icon right next to it:
Simply click on the icon, and you’ll see the option showing “To the English Countryside”. Click on that and away you go! When you’re in England you can use this to come back to your Home Farm at any time. Note that when you are on one farm, the other farm is “paused”—that is to say, all timers are stopped. Your crops will not wither on a paused farm, but they will not grow either (animal or tree timers will also remain the same). A neighbor can only visit whichever farm you are currently active on; they cannot visit a “paused” farm.

The English Countryside is currently only available to a randomly selected group of users as we are beginning a slow release of this feature. We will announce when this update is live to 100% of users in the near future. Welcome to the brave new world of sheep breeding! With the Sheep Pen you can begin to breed ewes and rams to produce some startling new offspring--the likes of which have never been seen before in FarmVille.

The breeding possibilities are nearly limitless, so what are you waiting for? Let's get started! Getting Your Sheep Pen Currently you can only get a Sheep Pen if you’re on your English Countryside farm. You’re first introduced to the Sheep Pen with the Et Tu, Brutus? quest, though you can purchase the Sheep Pen at any time from the Market (it is listed in Buildings, for 5,000 coins) if you’re on your English farm. You can only have one Sheep Pen on your farm at any one time.
The Sheep Pen is a multi-level constructible building where each level requires more building parts to complete it:

• Level 1 – 30 parts total: 10 Wooden Boards, 10 Nails and 10 Bricks – includes 1 stall, sheep capacity: 20


• Level 2 – 45 parts total: 15 Wooden Boards, 15 Nails and 15 Bricks – includes 2 stalls, sheep capacity: 30


• Level 3 – 60 parts total: 20 Wooden Boards, 20 Nails and 20 Bricks – includes 3 stalls, sheep capacity: 40


• Like many constructible building parts, you can acquire these items by:


• Asking your neighbors for these parts by posting a help request to your feed (click on the “Ask For Part” button for each type of part).


• Give parts to your neighbors via the Free Gifts page or the “Send Gifts” button.


• Acquire individual parts by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Buy” button for that particular part). Each part is 1 Farm Cash.


• Acquire all needed parts for the building by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Complete Now” button to purchase parts for the rest of the building). The Cost is X Farm Cash, where X is the amount of parts left needed to finish the building.


• Potentially through the use of Special Delivery Boxes.


• Using individual parts already available in your Gift Box.

As you complete each level of the Sheep Pen it becomes bigger and grander visually (sheep not included):
Once you get the first level of the Sheep Pen constructed, you’ll be presented with the Sheep Pen window:
You will see up to three sheep in the Sheep Pen—these are the sheep that you last put into the Pen. Now it’s time to breed! Breeding Sheep Breeding works by pairing together a ram and a ewe. The result will hopefully be a baby lamb, which once fully grown will take on some of the characteristics of its parents, such as colors, patterns, etc. There will more than likely be somewhat of a variation of the colors, depending on the colors the parents possess. Lambs may inherit patterns and other traits from their parents as well. Right now your Sheep Pen is empty, so first move some sheep into it (note: not all types of ewes or rams can be put into the Sheep Pen, and specialized shapes like the Babydoll Sheep are not reproducible). If you completed the Et Tu, Brutus? quest you would have already received Brutus the Ram, a two-tone purplish ram. You can acquire rams by other means, including purchase through the Market. For this example, we’ve moved Brutus, a Babydoll Sheep, a Brown Sheep, a Clover Sheep and 3 White Sheep into the Sheep Pen:
Let’s select the sheep we want to breed with—the Brown Sheep should be a good mix. If you click on it you’ll see you have the option to Breed it, or Remove it from the Sheep Pen (click on the X to close this pop-up).
After clicking on Breed, the ewes will turn transparent and the rams will remain in full color, so you’ll know exactly what rams you can breed with.
Selecting Brutus will give you nearly the same options as above, so just select Breed again. Now you’ll see the breeding display:
Breeding a new lamb is a 24 hour process and carries (by default) a 50% success rate, meaning if you’re not successful you have to start all over again. You can improve your chance of success (while decreasing the amount of time it takes to breed) by using Love Potions. You can acquire Love Potions by:

• Buying them via the Buy Potions button in the Sheep Pen window.


• Asking your neighbors for Love Potions via the Ask for Potions button in the Sheep Pen window.

Here’s the impact of using Love Potions:

• No Love Potions used: 50% success rate, breed time: 24 hours


• 1 Love Potion used: 60% success rate, breed time: 12 hours


• 2 Love Potions used: 70% success rate, breed time: 6 hours


• 3 Love Potions used: 80% success rate, breed time: 3 hours


• 4 Love Potions used: 90% success rate, breed time: 1 hour


• 5 Love Potions used: 100% success rate, breed time: instant

You can use the up and down arrows to choose how many Love Potions you want to spend. If you don’t have enough, you’ll be prompted to buy more. When you’re satisfied with your chances, click on Breed (or Cancel if you don’t want to try breeding at this time). You may have to wait a few seconds… So now the ram and ewe are, um, doing their thing:
You’ll see the stall at the upper left is occupied and their places in the Sheep Pen pasture are replaced with helpful signs. If there’s a timer, a clock in the stall will show how much time is left to go. If they’re done (or you used instant breeding), the Ready! button will show up over the stall. Click on it.
With any luck, you’ve bred a new lamb! You can choose to name your lamb (choose anything within the Terms of Service), choose to Give it Away (this will make a post to your feed) or you can keep it. At this moment, you still don’t know how the lamb will turn out—you’ll need to grow it up. Once you click on “Keep Lamb” you’ll get the option to place it on your farm.
Click anywhere on your farm to place it. You can click on the lamb at any time to get a menu of options:
A lamb can be fully grown using 10 Baby Bottles. You can acquire or give Baby Bottles by:

• Asking your neighbors directly by clicking on “Ask for Bottles”


• Purchasing Bottles in the Market for 1 Farm Cash each


• Acquire all the needed Bottles by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Complete Now” button to purchase the remaining Bottles). The Cost is X Farm Cash, where X is the number of Bottles needed to grow the Lamb.


• Gifting the bottles via the Free Gifts page.

Also note you can change the name of the lamb at any time by choosing Change Name (even after the lamb is fully grown). Selecting Feed Bottles will give a Bottle to the lamb. Once you’ve applied 10 Bottles the lamb will now grow up into a full ram or sheep:
And you’ll get this pop-up asking you to celebrate by sharing this exact type of sheep with your friends via feed post:
As noted above, sheep breeding can be a somewhat random process, based on the colors and patterns of the ram and ewe used. Each color a parent possesses has a certain color range to it that can be applied to the lamb in question, so you never really know what you’re getting exactly. In this example of using Brutus and a Brown sheep, these varieties were produced:
So as you progress in breeding different sheep types, the chances of producing more color variations increases dramatically. Other Sheep Pen Notes Sheep Pens can also be expanded. Click on the Expansion button in the Sheep Pen window to start the expansion process. Each expansion increases the sheep capacity by 10, while adding an extra breeding stall to the Pen (this will let you breed another lamb simultaneously using a different ram and ewe combination). If you don’t have any handy ewes or rams to work with, you can buy some specific English Countryside ones in the Market. You can find them in the Animals category. You’ll notice a button for the Family Tree. It’s not active yet, but soon we’ll be adding a fun breeding mini-game for Sheep Pens so stay tuned! __________________