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  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    edited 05.05.2017

    Fellow Farmers,

    we received some information regarding the Golden Week lucky coins and the special Omar trader today, so we're passing it on to you to ponder and decide on a strategy: 

    "The trader will stay for a few (it is unknown exactly how many)  days after the golden week ends.
    Note that items for the temporary summer island farm and golden week pellets (this means the blossoms and encased blossoms that determine the happiness of your event decoration, once the event has finished they can no longer increase the happiness of the deco) will still be available to purchase but DON't DO it - - this will be a waste of your coins as these items will just be lost.

    The remaining coins in your inventory will be removed in one of the next updates."


    Ps.     I'm going to tag everyone that I can recall had specifically asked about this, to make sure you are aware of the changes to previous information given but it is obviously applicable to all :smiley:

    @itta_itta (INT1)  @Jiesta (NL1)  @artful (US1)   @SANDRAUser60 (US1)  @Craftycritters (US1)   @Carla Barton (GB1)   -  apologies to anyone I missed :)
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    Just a quick update on the above  (the specific time of special Omar leaving us).
    Wabbit has mentioned this elsewhere but in case you've missed it ...

    The special Omar trader  (he of the lucky coins) will be hitching his wagon and leaving our farms tomorrow, May 10th at 08:59 am CEST.  

    Be sure to do all your shopping before then  :D
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250
    Dear fellow farmers,

    Just a heads up ... I was sitting on my porch just now, sipping coffee and, lo and behold, over the horizon appeared a huge cylindrical shape!  
    Squinted my eyes in confusion, until it grew in size and finally became clear.  
    My old friend George is on his way, with his silo strapped to his back ....   :D

    ETA  (Hardworker Event)  in 10 minutes.

    Good luck !
  • Hi Everyone,

    To open the new dockyard & deep sea area, you need to have completed all the tasks for Oleg. 

    There will be a small hotfix which will show fishing tasks as recommended tasks.

    No downtime required! :)
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    You are now able to view your Fishing level & FXP progress bar, in the fishing shop, which you can get to from Oleg's ring menu.


  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 25.05.2017
    Hi Everyone,

    There are a lot of posts saying people cannot start the deepsea fishing because their dockyard ring menu only has an info button on it.

    You need to complete ALL of your Oleg tasks before you will start to get the Deep sea tasks.



    Oleg tasks are not all on your flower farm & do not all involve fishing, you need to check ALL your farms some do not have a picture of a fish on them.....
     
    but they should now be at the top of your task lists. When you have completed them all & if you still cannot see a task in the Deep sea area, try relogging as that has made the new tasks appear for at least one person.

    There are also several posts about not having certain fish available at any locations - There are 8 locations but they are not all available at the same time. When one location has been emptied of fish, it will close & a new location will open (hopefully with the fish you want). If an empty one does not disappear, go to a different farm & back again. Locations also reset after 24 hours.

    If you get any pop-ups when you try to harvest, such as your barn is too small or you need to sell excess items, various things are working to get rid of these errors:

    • Switch to another farm & come back
    • Sell some chicken feed (or the item the pop-up tells you to sell some of)
    • Relog
    One of those should resolve the issue until we can get a fix run.

    Hope that helps get some of you to get started. :)


    EDIT: Added screenshot of some Oleg tasks that do not have a picture of a fish on them
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
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    BREAKING NEWS!
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    Following several reports of difficulties reeling in fish on the fishing mini-game, it would appear that you now have to click on the water & not anywhere else on the screen, once you have hooked your fish.

    Sorry for not letting you know sooner, we were unaware of this change too.
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 26.05.2017

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    It is a Hot News Day today!
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    Hi Fellow Farmers & Fishing Folks,

    FXP (Fishing XP) is now showing in the Rankings!

    However it does seem to have some issues with getting numbers in the correct order at the moment - The team are on it!

    Cannot Switch Farms

    For those of you experiencing some issues with switching farms, this is being worked on, but in the meantime apparently switching off animations seems to help for now.

    Production of Chum

    We have noticed that it is not yet possible to see all the info about the various Chum products, before you actually make them, so here is a guide for now:

    Chum = 10% boost to fish caught per hour & works on all types of fish
    Oyster, Clam & Shrimp Chum = 15% & work on all fish except Oysters, Clams & Shrimp
    Herring & Tuna Chum = 20% & work on Lobsters, Cod, Salmon & Swordfish
    Lobster Chum = 25% & works on Cod, Salmon & Swordfish

    Deep Sea Fishing Locations

    The Official Announcement says that there are 8 different fishing location distances.
    In addition to this:
    There are 13 different fishing locations, of which 6 should always be active.

    What did I catch?

    Once your boat has completed its fishing trip & returned to the dock, it is not possible to see what has been caught, until you harvest it. We have raised this issue & it will not be possible to show all the details on the bubble, but there may be some improvements added.
    To know how many fish you have caught, you need to hover over the location (before you send your boat there) & make a note of how many fish there are. Then check again when your boat is at the location. The difference will be how many fish are now on that boat.


    That's it for this Wascally Weport, more news as & when we get it! :)


  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    The "Curse" of Oleg   :D


    Oleg's quest line has been the source of some confusion and aggravation to many players who wanted access to the new deep sea feature but was presented with a dockyard that looked like this:



    If your dockyard looks like this, it means that you have not yet completed the Oleg quest line.

     So to help you do that as quickly as possible, we have managed to get hold of a list of the 26 tasks...

    Tasks for Oleg's Fishing Quest


    Take note that some of them will appear in the left hand task bar on the Flower Farm and some in the Main Farm task bar.
    Take particular note of the fact that two of the tasks have no obvious connection to Oleg (see tasks 18 and 19) and yet they still belong to the Oleg quest line.

    Good luck in your quest !


    Special thanks goes to Black-.-Angel for her hard work in compiling this list of tasks and sharing it with us <3

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 28.05.2017

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    Candy News
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    Despite the unexpected appearance of the County Fair event,
    we hope you are all enjoying hunting for Candy!

    The event started at 2pm CEST & hopefully the daily resets will occur at that same time
    We will all find out in about 26 minutes! :)
  • Hi Everyone,

    We know that some "Stuck" fishing locations are still stuck & the team are scurrying around trying to see what happened - We will let you know as soon as we have more news.

    In the meantime, we hope that enjoy all the new changes! :)
  • Hey guys!

    The Here's to Nature event has ended early on the IN1 & HU1 servers after the update. Our team is already working on a solution for that & we apologize for any inconveniences that the issue may have caused. We'll let you know as soon as we have any new info.
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    LATEST NEWS
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    The weekly event (Camping) that disappeared from IN1 (and HU1) with the update, is going to be replaced by the Hawaiian Event + Firework boosters, to help you catch up (fireworks will not run all the time).
    This is expected to happen around 6pm CEST  (in 15 minutes) 

    We have heard that the Camping event has also re-appeared, back at the start,
    but it is unclear if that will still be there when the Hawaiian event starts.

    A hotfix for the stuck fishing locations & strange calculations on the fishing trip timers, is still being worked on. :)

    More news as it happens!
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 12.06.2017

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    Laboratory News
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    Hi Everyone, 

    The new Laboratory Recipe to make a Bronze Mystery Box from Chum, is currently broken. :(

    It will be fixed, but probably not before Thursday, so for now we would advise not using the recipe,
    as you will end up having to sell the Mystery box or not having use of your laboratory until its fixed.

    Apologies for any inconvenience caused!


  • Hey guys,

    We had a hotfix for the Shinkei Suijaku event.
    - The worst rewards have been removed from the rewards pool, therefore you will get better rewards now.
    - The price of the ranking point double functionality will be reduced from 5 gold per point to 1 gold per point.
    - The prices of the Fuku Tsuho tokens had to be increased due to an unexpected bug. The rewards you win are worth much more than the value of the coins.
    - Also Coins will drop on the farm now!


  • Hey guys,

    The event had to be cancelled due to a huge bug but will return once the issue has been fixed! Sorry for any inconvenience.
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    Steve the architect will be appearing on your farms in a few minutes at 19:00 CEST!
  • Hi Big Farmers,

    The compensation that was supposed to come with yesterdays hotfix, did not work, as some of you have noticed. The 10 Fuku Tokens that you all received, were the ones that will always come with the start of that event. The compensation will now be credited with the next update, which will most probably be next week.

    Also a reminder, Omar is back with his Lucky coin deals & just like last time, please do not buy the Blossoms or the Shells or anything else that is in there related to the Golden week or Tropical farm events (except more lucky coins), as they will just vanish.
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    BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS - BREAKING NEWS
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    The special horse trainer is back in town & as requested,
    his timer can now also be seen on your other farms,
    so that you do not miss his visits!

  • Hey guys!

    Some of you may have already seen a post on the forum about Big Farm Mobile. This will be a separate game (not a cross platform) so you can play both, Big Farm and Big Farm Mobile, on your mobile devices in the future. Please be patient for now and we will share more information once the team is ready to introduce the game globally. :)
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 07.07.2017

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    EARTH SHATTERING NEWS!!
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    THE TWITTER FEED WORKED!!!!



  • Hey guys!

    There won't be any cooperative points for the WWC given when upgrading buildings in the co-op village. As you may prefer to not upgrade the village anyway or do it at your own pace, you won't have to worry about upgrading during the WWC just to get points. ;)

    Although its not mentioned in the event window, you will get points for the event when upgrading a horse in the meadow.

    That's the latest news for now. Have fun! :)
  • Hi Everyone,

    Sad news - The special boat is gone!  :o 
    It was removed at the last minute, due to the fishing feature already proving to be so strong & not needing any further boosting, they just forgot to also remove it from the Announcement ... Sorry about that. :(

    Further news for today.......
    We have passed on your concerns & opinions regarding the amount of championship coins awarded & will let you know if we hear anything new. In the meantime, some good news about coins is that each week you will get coins based on your total points (not just the points earned that week) so the amount your get will be higher each week - Assuming, of course, that your points are higher. :)

    Stay tuned - More news as & when we get it!
  • Hi Guys,

    An edit to the Hotfix notes, it should have said new upgrade level on the Grand Farm House not the Grand Farmhouse (names not at all confusing there)  - It is the new one that is the reward in the WWC & not the farmhouse on your main farm. Apologies for the mixup. :/

    Also, you will have all noticed the new clock on your screens, showing a variety of strange times. They should be fixed tomorrow (hopefully) & we will have more info about them for you.  If yours is showing strange text, then reloading your game should change that to just show the day & time.
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 21.07.2017
    Hi Guys,

    In the announcement "2017 is just around the corner..." (posted last December), we told you that a 4th permanent farm would be arriving this year & many of you have been asking about it.

    We can now confirm, that it will be a Volcanic Island farm, (though this will come as no surprise to some of you, as Yarnacle has been talking about it) & that work on it is progressing well. The current issues in the game will be fixed before adding the new farm, so if all goes to plan, it should be arriving in early 2018. :)

    We do not yet know if it will be available before that, on the test server, but will update you nearer to the time.

    Other News:

    As promised, some info on the new clocks that have appeared (a bit early) on your screens:
    Here is a summary:
    - it is showing "Sever time" for your particular server
    - it is not your personal local time, though for some people it will match that
    - it is NOT the same for every server
    - it IS the same for everybody on each server
    - players from different time zones on one server (example US1) will all see the same time
    - just call it BigFarm Time
    - the clock and day/night are needed for future events
    - the correction of the "daily reset" was done because some servers were on a wrong time zone
    -it has nothing to do with the lagging. The cause for that is a memory leak, that sneaked in and will be fixed on Monday today.
    - you can look up the offset of the BigFarm Time to UTC on the table below:



    If your clock is not showing the time that it should, do not worry about it, they will all be fixed in time for when they are needed. :)


    The next Coop Championship will start at 6 pm CEST on Monday

    As always more news as & when we get it,

    Have a great weekend!
    Your Wascally Weporter




    EDIT: Lag is now going to be fixed today not Monday :)
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    And another nugget of news for all our sharp-eyed farmers who noticed that the friendship bar that used to appear at the top of the screen has now been replaced by the new clock.

    This is an intended change but you are still able to access your "friends information" via the Welcome center at the airport.  :)
  • Hey guys!

    The clock has not been fixed yet but it is not the cause of any issues within the game. Its not doing anything at all including telling the correct time :# Please ignore the clock for now as its about as good as using a rock to tell the weather

    The clock will be fixed & working properly by the time its needed for the upcoming happy hour that is mentioned in the Racing Farmer.
  • Announcement taken from the FAQ on Support page:



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    NEWS FLASH * NEWS FLASH * NEWS FLASH
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    14:30pm CEST = Update
    18:00pm CEST = Start of Hint of Hawaii Event
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