Please know this feature is currently only available to a randomly selected group of users.



FarmVille has teamed up with AVG to give players a free specialized biplane and three uses of Instant Grow with every purchase of AVG’s PC Tuneup 2011 software! All you need to do is play FarmVille and you may see this informational window pop up at the bottom of the display:

You can click on the Market and see a promotional card for AVG as well. Either way by clicking on it you will be shown this window:









FarmVille players can get a special discount on AVG’s PC Tuneup 2011—the normal $29.99 US retail price has been slashed to just $9.99! Once you purchase PC Tuneup 2011 through AVG, you’ll receive a special new AVG biplane and three free uses of Instant Grow.



If you want to take advantage of this offer, just click on “Visit AVG Now” and you’ll be taken to a special AVG web page with more information about this product and how to start the purchasing process. You have to go from FarmVille to this page in order to get the special offer. The purchase will take place on AVG’s website and is not controlled by Zynga or Facebook. Once this purchase process is complete, you’ll get a notice that you won the item.









Now you’ll need to refresh FarmVille (by reloading the game) and you’ll see a special pop-up notice saying you’ve gotten the biplane (if you don’t that’s okay, it’ll still be in your Gift Box). You can choose to place it on your farm now or wait until later (simply click on the Multi-Tool to keep it in your Gift Box for now).




Note that you can take advantage of this offer as many times as you want during the promotional period—you’ll receive a new special biplane and three more uses of Instant Grow per transaction (which means multiple purchases at the same time will not work, you will need to go back to FarmVille and go through the normal flow in order to get another biplane). Also note that you don’t have to use the AVG biplane to use the three free uses of Instant Grow; any of the biplanes will work with them just fine.









This special promotion with AVG is going to last for just one week and will end on Wednesday, March 2 at 9PM PST, so take advantage of it right now!



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Are you're looking forward to the next holiday in FarmVille, that being St. Patrick's Day, as much as this farmer, you'll want to know all about these two new St. Patrick's Day animals that we believe will be coming to the game as part of this year's celebration.



The two animals are the Clover Chicken and the Clover Sheep, with both being lovely shades of pale green, along with some clover accents in a darker green color. If green is your favorite color, you'll simply love these cute little fellas, let's put it that way.



As of right now, there's no known details as to how these animals will be released in the game, but with the Clover Rabbit being released as part of the Wishing Well feature, the likelihood that this pair will join it is rather high. Perhaps these items will be prizes in the (what we assume is) upcoming Pot of Gold feature? Or maybe they'll simply be available to purchase from the game's store for coins or Farm Cash.

Whatever the case, we'll make sure to let you know all of the details about these animals as soon as we have them, but for now, check out their animations above.

Along with the newest set of unreleased animals we've found in FarmVille, we've also come across a trio of new decorative items that we believe will be launched in the game, which will come as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebration (that should be kicking off strong any day now - perhaps this weekend?).



There are three decorative items to take a look at here: the Harp, Clover Gnome, and Clover Fountain. With Zynga's love of Gnomes (and players' love to collect them), the release of this one seems like a given in the game, while there is no guarantee officially that any of them will see the light of day. The Harp, meanwhile, seems like the perfect decorative item to include in the upcoming Pot of Goldcollection feature, but again, that is all speculation as well. For all that is known about these items as of this writing, they could very well be released as free gifts or as part of an upcoming Mystery Game, although the former possibility is incredibly unlikely.




While there is no official release date for these items, we do have a fun animation of the Clover Fountain in motion, as green water cascades over the themed tiers. You can check that out below.

While we wait for these items to officially release in the game, let us know how much you'd be willing to pay for them in comments. Just coins? Farm Cash? We'd love to know what you think!

St. Patrick’s Day will soon be here and the second stage of our celebration (following the Wishing Well) is now here with Leprechaun’s Cottage! This storable multi-level constructible tree house can be harvested every twenty-four hours for golden items (which you will be able to redeem for gifts soon).



Building the Cottage



You will get the initial tree for Leprechaun’s Cottage for free the first time you play FarmVille after the update, and you will immediately be entered into Placement Mode. You can place the Leprechaun’s Cottage tree on your farm now, or you can choose to place it in your Gift Box for use later (by switching to the Multi-Tool for instance). You must be at least Level 5 to place a Leprechaun’s Cottage.

The Leprechaun’s Cottage is a multi-level constructible building where each level requires more building parts to complete it:

• Level 1 – 12 parts total: 4 Wooden Boards, 4 Nails and 4 Bricks



• Level 2 – 48 parts total: 16 Wooden Boards, 16 Nails and 16 Bricks


• Level 3 – 90 parts total: 30 Wooden Boards, 30 Nails and 30 Bricks

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 More” 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 Leprechaun’s Cottage, it becomes bigger and grander visually:









If you do not get Leprechaun’s Cottage initially or wind up deleting (or otherwise losing) it, you can purchase it in the Market (under Buildings). Note that you will be able to buy a fully constructed Leprechaun’s Cottage for Farm Cash in the Market at a discount (compared to if you were to buy each part individually for Farm Cash), and you can purchase multiple cottages for Farm Cash only.



Currently you can harvest the Leprechaun’s Cottage for golden items that you will be able to redeem for exclusive gifts. As the size of the cottage increases, so does the amount of items you can get per harvest. You’ll be able to redeem those items soon so stay tuned!

Ever see a well where according to tradition you could toss in a coin and make a wish that would come true? Well, you now have one in FarmVille!



Simply place the Wishing Well on your farm, toss in a Lucky Penny or two, and complete collections to get a special reward!

Everyone will get the Wishing Well for free the first time they play after FarmVille updates, and you will immediately be entered into Placement Mode. You can place the Wishing Well on your farm now, or you can choose to place it in your Gift Box for use later (by switching to the Multi-Tool for instance).







Once you place the Wishing Well click on it, and then choose “Look Inside” and the Wishing Well window will pop up. Every time you throw a Lucky Penny into the Wishing Well, something will pop back out, depending on which Collection you’re working on. You’ll start off with the St. Patrick’s Day Collection, which is Level 1. You’ll see there are six different items you’ll need to collect in order to complete the collection and move on to the next level. You won’t know which item will come out, however, as it’s totally random.






Everyone starts off with one Lucky Penny. Click on the green “Throw Lucky Penny” button at the center of the window to start. You’ll see the penny get tossed into the well and one of the six collection items pop back out. If you don’t have any Lucky Pennies, you’ll see two green buttons instead:







Here’s how you can give and receive Lucky Pennies:

• Asking your neighbors directly for Lucky Pennies by clicking on “Ask For More”.


• Give Lucky Pennies to your neighbors via the Free Gifts page.


• Spending five (5) Farm Cash (click on the “Buy Pennies” button) for five (5) Lucky Pennies.


• Possible extra Lucky Penny bonuses when you throw (these can also be shared).

Check marks will appear next to the boxes for those items you collect. Note that these are not actual in-game items that show up in the Gift Box or anything (in this fashion they work a lot like regular Collections). You can get multiple numbers of the same items, though you’ll get XP for each Lucky Penny toss you make.



Once you get all six items in that Collection, the “Throw Lucky Penny” button will grey out and the “Claim Reward” button at the lower right will appear underneath the Collection prize. Click the button to collect that prize (it’ll go into your Gift Box) and then you’ll move on to the next level. There are four Collection levels altogether.







Note you may also get a random bonus that can appear during a Lucky Penny toss. This bonus will show up in the Bonus box on the right, and usually consists of getting a few extra Lucky Pennies. The bonus is applied (one time only) as soon as you get it.







Happy wishing!

Limited Edition Valentine's Day items:

• Black Cherry Tree - Level 1, 5 Farm Cash
• Black Cherry Horse - 26 Farm Cash
• Skunk - 16 Farm Cash
• Broken Heart Cottage - 18 Farm Cash
• Broken Heart Gnome - 15 Farm Cash
• Valentine Willow Tree - 6 Farm Cash
• Black Rose Arch- Rerelease item - 10000 Coins
• Dark Heart Topiary I - 10000 Coins
• Barbed Heart Topiary - 10000 Coins

It’s time for the Valentines Countdown! For the next twelve days in a row play FarmVille and ask your neighbors for a special gift. Once you get all twelve you unlock a super-secret bonus prize! (For those of you who have seen the Winter Countdown, this works pretty much the same way.)

You can access the Valentines Countdown via a special icon on the right-hand side of the FarmVille display.

Just click on it and the Valentines Countdown window will open:









Here’s how it works: every day for twelve days in a row, starting February 10, you will have the ability to get a new item in the Countdown. As you can see in the image above, the first item available is the I Love You Stand. You acquire these items by clicking on the “Ask/Share” button.




From there you’ll be asked to make a post to your own wall asking for this item. If a neighbor or friend gives you this item, they’ll get one in return.



The criteria for acquiring that item of the day is met when you get the item from a neighbor or you get one by answering one of these feed posts. Each new day a new item will appear, and the process will start all over again.

What happens if I miss a day? you may inquire. That’s okay, you can catch up. For example, if I miss getting the first item on the first day, I see that I can still ask one of a number of particular friends for that item (click “Ask”), or I can just buy it outright for Farm Cash (the “Buy” button).



On the twelfth day all of the items will be visible. If you have received (by asking for or gifting to someone else, thereby getting one in return) all twelve items, the special bonus prize will unlock. The ability to acquire these items, as well as the special bonus prize, will remain for a few days after February 21 (the twelfth day), so even if you miss most of the days you still have a chance to catch up and unlock the special bonus prize.









You also have the option of buying the complete set ahead of time using Farm Cash. Just click on the “Complete Now” button at the bottom of the Valentines Countdown window and you’ll be asked to make the purchase for the appropriate amount of Farm Cash (which is the total accumulated Farm Cash cost of all of the items minus what you’ve already acquired).

Land Expansion:

It’s time for some leg room, Farmers! The 28 x 28 Expansion can now be purchased from the Market for 4 million coins! You will also need:

1) add 10 new neighbors
2) have a minimum of 45+ neighbors.

For example. If I have 25 Neighbors, I will need to add an additional 20 to unlock this expansion. However, if I already have 45 Neighbors, I will only have to add 10.

Licensed Crops:

You can now plant the Limited Edition Cupid Corn crop when you purchase a one week license from the Market! The Cupid Corn Crop can be mastered and grants additional coins and experience when harvested!

License Cost: 10 Farm Cash. (Please know that this license will grant you an unlimited amount of Cupid Corn Crop seeds for one week only.)


Changes to Orchards:

We have made some adjustments to Orchards! When you collect from your Orchard and do not receive a seedling, you will get two watering cans to keep for yourself, and one watering can that you can share with up to 10 Neighbors.

We have also reduced the amount of watering cans required to grow a seedling from 10 to 8.