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Update Sept 20th - Let the Oktoberfest begin & more!
WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)
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O’zapft is!
Have you heard of King Ludwig? As a celebration of his marriage the first Oktoberfest was celebrated in 1810 and since then it was celebrated every year (with a few exceptions)! This is why we decided to put his face on a coin and celebrate our Oktoberfest with him. This new coin can be used to upgrade your production buildings for the Oktoberfest items and can be earned by using the three new event seeds.
Safe Save up your King Ludwig Coins to upgrade your buildings!
Yes, we said “upgrade your production buildings”. With this run of the Oktoberfest it is possible to upgrade any of your Oktoberfest production buildings with either King Ludwig Coins or gold in order to improve the efficiency. There are 6 levels for each building available and each upgrade takes 10 minutes, no matter the level!
Also new in this run are the new event seeds and a fitting recipe for each. This also means the exclusion of Candy Farm products. Each Oktoberfest production building has now only one recipe which requires different products from the main farms and Oleg the fisherman, including the new event seed products.
The new seeds: Tomato, Sugar Beet, Spring Water
Check out all the new recipes!
- Ice cream van: Oktoberfest Sugar Beets + Eggs + Milk
- Fish booth: Oktoberfest Tomato + Bass + Bonito + Rutabaga
- Corn booth: Oktoberfest Sugar Beets + Corn + Milk
- Juice bar: Oktoberfest Spring Water + Apples + Peaches
- Salad bar: Oktoberfest Tomato + Cabbage + Lamb’s Lettuce
- Bakery booth: Oktoberfest Spring Water + Wheat + Eggs + Barley
Just like last year, you are tasked with completing contracts and filling your tent with guests! Be sure to keep completing contracts though, because if you don’t the guests will tire and start to leave. Complete contracts, attract guests, earn points and get rewards!
And of course, keep an eye out for the sleepy worker! He will try to find a quiet spot around the farm where he can take a cat nap, but if you find him dozing there’s nothing more refreshing than a poke with your mouse cursor. Just give him a poke and choose from three rewards, then keep an eye out for the next time he falls asleep.
For more details on Oktoberfest and how to play, check out last year’s post HERE.
New Rewards
The happiness values on these decorations represent the maximum value that can be gained in the event. Each decoration has multiple versions based on level/difficulty, the full set of stats will be available in-game
Bumper cars - 7x6 - Max HP=285
Sailor ship - 6x4 - Max HP=163
Dart stall - 6x4 - Max HP=85
Free fall tower - 3x3 - Max HP=61
After ducks come cows!
Haven’t you herd?! The steaks are high in the Cooperative Championship but they’re about to get… well, bigger! We know many of you have gotten great use from the giant duck stables you have, so we thought we’d offer you something cow-lossal! This mam-moo-th (ok, I’m milking it now aren’t I?) sized cowshed will be available as a CC reward, with improved production and a larger size. Check out all three versions and their stats in the CC reward list!
Mon-moo-mental, enor-moos, udderly huge, what a behe-moo-th!
Ok, ok, I’ll stop…Her-cow-lean! Ok, that’s it now, I promise.
(it is 16x10 - Banana included for scale)
Problem with the Wheel of Fortune (September 5th)
For the run of the Wheel of Fortune on September 5th from 02:00 AM CEST until the hotfix at 15:30 CEST the same day, a problem resulted from an incorrect jackpot round running, instead of the correct rewards and theme. We will present the rewards of the regular Wheel of Fortune, Jackpot wheel and will calculate the items gained based on the percentage likelihood of a particular reward being won and multiply this out by the amount of times a jackpot round was spun. In some cases where only one jackpot round was spun this can result in the average being ‘0 rewards’ but for those who spun multiple times you will receive the correct average amount based on your total spins.
Happy 5th Start-Day!
You started playing Big Farm 5 years ago and have stuck with us during this crazy journey? We got something for you! Every user who has already been with us for 5 or more years will get a really special decoration from us to show our appreciation for our most dedicated players. In fact, from now on this decoration will be given out every year when the Oktoberfest is running to appreciate those players who have reached their 5 years with us. The decoration will be given once per player.
The Future of Tricks
We know you love to treat your friends and so we’ve come up with something to make that a whole lot smoother. In the past, the pranks - or tricks - have caused a lot of discussion and arguments between players and we would like to solve that once and for all. As a result we will no longer run the "Naughty or Nice" (or the "Trick or Treat") event in the game, not only due to the prank issue but because according to our data it is not a heavily used feature by most players. Treats - or gifts - will still be available as rewards and we love the positive encouragement these items give, we want you to carry on gifting your friends or those who have done something nice or helpful for you!You will still be able to get treats as rewards & if they appear in any other locations in the game, they will also not be removed for now. - It is only the event building itself that will not be there anymore. Next year we will approach this topic again and see how to best bring the treats back, so Karma points will remain in your inventories.
Here’s to a gift-filled future!
EDIT: We have managed to confirm some information for you that we will add the treats to an all new trader in December and you will again be able to get them from a store using your karma points as well as getting them from events in which they are already included. What better time for giving gifts than the feast of old St. Nic?!
EDIT 2: The new trader for the treats will come in the first half of December
Bugfixes
The following issues in the game will be tackled with this update:
Tab for Fishing contracts is locked after login
Performance problems for Village Fair (partly)
Errorcode 7 after trying to start a production
Some HTML5 client problems
Please Note: We will temporarily remove the custom cursor for Edge users with this update, which should help with the issue of the flashing cursor and make it a little more comfortable for Edge users.
And that’s all for now folks, enjoy the Oktoberfest!
You can discuss this update HERE
Have fun!
Your BF Team
EDIT: Additional info added to "Future of Tricks" | Wabbit
EDIT2: Another one ^^^^ | Wabbit
EDIT3 : Added Event name "Naughty or Nice" | Wabbit
Comments
We have managed to confirm some information for you that we will add the treats to an all new trader in December and you will again be able to get them from a store using your karma points as well as getting them from events in which they are already included. What better time for giving gifts than the feast of old St. Nic?!
You may, or may not, have noticed, that items which were left over from last year's Oktoberfest, are no longer showing in your farm management - There is no need to worry, they are not gone, they have just been hidden with a script, so that the old & new items do not get confused. There is, however, no use for the old items, so the plan is that they will be removed after the event ends & players who have been active in the previous 90 days will be provided with the cash value for however much they had.
The new trader for the tricks and treats will come in the first half of December
The rewards for the missing jackpot spins, did not go out with the update as expected, but the team have found the error & they will now be credited with the next update.
They also confirmed that the 5 Year decos were not credited at the start of the Oktoberfest event - We already knew that hehe
1. The Ludwig Coins will be removed from inventories, to ensure everyone gets an equal start next time we run the event.
5. Tomorrow (3rd) is a public Holiday in Germany, so the offices will be closed.