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  • Hey guys!

    The test server is currently available with the new chat features. The testing period will not begin until October 16th and will end on October 25th so be sure to login on the test server for at least 30 minutes between the 16th & 25th to receive the rewards. The following rewards will be given on October 27th:

    • 2 x Rose seeds
    • 2 x Violet seeds
    • 2 x Special Cabbage seeds
    • 2 x Breeding wildflower
    • 8 x Premium humus
    • 2 x Tools
    • 20 x Water
    You can provide feedback on the chat features using the survey (link below)
    https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/BFCHAT2017

    Any questions, bug reports, or general feedback for the test server should be posted on the test forum. Please do not contact support with any issues regarding the test server. Thank you!
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    Fellow Farmers,

    Here is some good news for everyone that enjoys inviting their friends to play Big Farm with them :)   Directly from the horse's mouth, the following:


    Due to some technical errors in our emailing system, the invitations sent in the last few months to your friends to join you in Big Farm encountered some hiccups.

    We are happy to inform you that those issues have now been solved and you can successfully invite your friends again. If you have invited someone in these few last months we kindly ask you to invite them once again to be sure your friends will land safely in the world of Big Farm!

    Best regards,

    Your Community Team

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 22.10.2017

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    SPOOKY NEWS!

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    Hi everyone,

    Well we have ghosties on the farm & spooky gifts & pranks, but where oh where is our Halloween event?  :o

    We managed to track down some team members who have checked it out & though the event appears to have started on their side, it has mysteriously not arrived in the game! - They cannot start it remotely, so it has been rescheduled & is now planned to start on Tuesday & run for 10 days.  We won`t know more details about what actually happened to it until Monday, so for now you can relax & we will let you know the new start time tomorrow.

    They are always aware of the strange things happening in the CHWE with the coop ranking list & will be investigating that tomorrow too.


    Tha'ts all the spooky news that your Wascally weporter has for now! 

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 23.10.2017

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    SPOOKY UPDATE!

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    Hi Everyone,

    Well the weirdness continues lol - You should now have a Halloween event, but no pumpkins  :o

    Don`t panic, if you hover over the event timer you will see that it is showing more than 10 days:



    .... So we are expecting the pumpkins to show up when the timer reaches 240:00:00 :)


    EDIT: They are trying a restart instead 
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 25.10.2017

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    ISLAND NEWS!
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    Hi Tropical Farmers,

    The temp island farm has been extended until November 1st (10:29am CEST) - As it was scheduled to end on a public holiday & the team would prefer that it ended when they are in the office. - We hope you enjoy your extended stay at the Island Bar. :)
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    TEST SERVER NEWS!
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    Hi Test Farmers,

    We are still waiting for an announcement on the Test Server Forum about what is happening there, all we know so far is that the server is open, you need to create a new account to get in & there is a short test on the CHWE in progress, to see how it ends - Check HERE for further details, when they are posted.
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    NEWS FROM GEORGE!
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    Hi All,

    Once again we see George heading our way with his silo & he should be here at midnight CEST (just over 10 hours from now), but he has so many silo's now, which one is it going to be?

    Here is a clue for you:

    Image result for animated fish clipart

    George has also sent his apologies for the problems incurred with his coop silo & assures us that all the missing rewards for your hard work, will be credited with the next update (next week). :)
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    BREAKING NEWS!!!  BREAKING NEWS!!!
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    Worldwide Championship #2 is coming next week!! -  We are delighted to say that the team has read all your feedback & been busy making changes to the event & we are sure that you will be impressed with the results. :)

    The WWC will start next Wednesday Nov 1st at 13:30 CET  - Don`t forget that the clocks change in Europe this weekend but not until next weekend in US.

    We will be posting an announcement with details of all the changes made to the event next week. :)
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    MORE SPOOKY NEWS!!!
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    Did you spot the WWC event calendar & countdown on your farms? - We did, & we also noticed that it has some very weird entries on it, such as:
    • Horse season runs for 2 more weeks - Calendar says that it starts on Wednesday
    • Tropical island ends on Wednesday - Calendar says it starts on Wednesday
    • We just had UFO event & currently have Camping - Calendar says that they are the next 2 events
    • FHWE ends right before Calendar says the regular HWE will begin

    We are as confused by it all as you probably are & would suggest you just ignore it until we can get some answers on Monday. :)
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    UPDATED NEWS!!!
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    Thankyou all for your participation in our BF Birthday Flash contests, we hope you had fun! - All of the prizes should now be credited! :)

    We asked about the all the weirdness on the new event calendar & it will get updated when the update is run this week & will (hopefully) make more sense after that. 
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    TESTING, TESTING, 1,2,3
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    Hi BF Testers,

    The CHWE is running on the Test Server today until 2pm CET if you would like to help test it. :)

    Test Server Announcement
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    MORE, TEST TEST, TESTING, 1,2,3
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    Hi BF Testers,

    The CHWE is running again on the Test Server,  starting now and ending around 15:45 CET

    Test Server Announcement

    Hope you can help........ Thankyou! :)
  • RowdyRac (FormerMod)RowdyRac (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 1,250

    Dear fellow farmers,

    It was awesome being here with you for the past year but now it is time for Rowdy to scamper off to new adventures (on the back of my majestic steed :D ) - but with a tear in the eye  :'( 


    May your farms be ever fruitful and your fishing boats stuffed with oysters and clams,

    Rowdy   <3

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    WWC NEWS
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    Hi Everyone, 

    The WWC Trader & coins are on their way, they will arrive at different times & not at the same time on all servers, the trader will be with some of you already, so don`t worry, they will both get to everyone eventually :)

    There will be no in-game message about the server rankings, we will hear about that tomorrow.


  • CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod)CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 845
    edited 09.11.2017
    Hey guys!

    As mentioned in the patchnotes, the ranking points were removed & replaced with coins in the jackpot round and the ranking rewards of the Wheel Of Fortune. Unfortunately there was a miscommunication and the points were not removed from the regular round. The Wheel of Fortune will be stopped at 19:00 CET and will not run again as it is now during the rest of the WWC event.

    Edit to add: If the wheel of fortune appears in the game again, it will not add points to to the ranking as it currently does.
    Post edited by CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod) on
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    CHAMPIONSHIP COINS ON INT1
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    Those players on INT1 who did not get their championship coins, will be getting them today - You no longer need to contact support. :)
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    NO NEWS DAY!
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    Hi Guys,

    The next HWE will begin at midnight CET on Sat/Sun. We did ask if it would be the regular HWE or the coop one, but were unable to get that confirmed for you. As they both start with the same item, you will be prepared for either. :) 

  • Hey guys!

    Some of the rewards for the top bracket in the cooperative hard worker event aren't as they should be but will be changed with the next update. The individual ranking rewards should be given as seen in the game depending on your rank at the end of the event.
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    Login News
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    There are currently some login & disconnection issues (with all games) which are being worked on - If you are still connected to your game, do not relog at the moment, as you may not get back in.
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    Update on Login News
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    Hi Guys,

    All servers should be reachable again now, if you still cannot get back in, try clearing caches or reloading using CTRL+F5.

    We apologise for he inconvenience, it was not a BF issue, it was a server problem affecting all the games & they all had to be taken offline & restarted.
  • Hey guys!

    We have some nice things coming to your farms very soon! The following will arrive at 6:00pm CET
    • Horse trainer
    • Fireworks booster
    • Christmas Wheel of Fortune
    PS. Some of the gifts may not be working while the happy hour production booster is active. This hasn't been confirmed yet, we just wanted to help you guys to avoid the issue in case the team discovers there may be a problem.

  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 30.11.2017
    Hi Guys,

    Sorry about the mixed messages in your games at the moment, as far as we know, the update has to be run before the Goldfish event ends & as the update has been delayed, the event has been extended by a couple of hours. - If your event  truck has vanished, relog & it should reappear.

    We also have some bad news for those players who are NOT in a coop, but wanted to keep their fish as pets. - We were originally told that the fish would go to the village pond anyway & that you could feed them, but  it would appear that the ponds are locked & the ring menu has only an info button, so you are not able to donate goldfish pellets & we now think that the fish will not be able to get there either. :(

    Your options at this point would be:
    • Join a coop, so that your fish go to the coop pond & get looked after there
    • Create your own coop of 1 player, so that your fish will go to your pond & you can quickly make some pellets to feed them.
    • Wait for the event to come around again, when we are looking into the possibility of having the pond animated with fish for anyone that takes part in the event, these fish will not need to be fed - That does mean that your fish from this event will be lost unfortunately.
    Sorry that we did not learn of this sooner. :/



    NOTE: Option 3 is still just in the suggestion phase, so while we are hopeful that something along those lines can be added, it is not guaranteed at this point.
    Post edited by WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) on
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 01.12.2017

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    LATE BREAKING NEWS
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    Hey guys,

    As you probably noticed the Advent Calendar event has just restarted, this is because the days were resetting on each server as they reached midnight on their individual server times, which meant for EN1 that day 1 only lasted 1 hour & US1 7 hours etc. - Everyone that missed the chance to get the day 1 reward, can now get it & anyone that already got rewards, can get them again. - Daily resets for everyone "should" now occur at midnight server time (the time shown on the clock at the top of your screen).

    Goldfish Rescue - There is some confusion over fish in the ponds. - You get VHP from your pond, depending on its level, if you earned extra VHP in the event (on the large VHP bar that appeared on the event window) then you should see fish in your pond & when you click the pond, the ring menu should tell you how much food you have & how much is being eaten per hour. If you did not get any extra  VHP, then you will still be getting the VHP for the pond level & any donated fish pellets will remain in the pond, until you have some fish that need feeding.

    Any missing rewards from any events - please first try reloading your game & then check in your dropbox, as they may be there & just not telling you. If you are still missing rewards after that, please contact support.

    Christmas preparations event - If you reach phase 2 but do not see all your coop members listed when you click the tab, open & close the event window (several times) until they appear.


    This is your Wascally Weporter wishing you a bug free weekend!
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    WWC COIN NEWS
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    Hi Everyone,

    The plan was to credit the final coins & rewards for the WWC today, but this will not be possible unfortunately, so they will now come on Monday & the Trader will remain for another week.

    Sorry for the inconvenience, but they need to be done manually by the server guy & he has been busy all day with bugs. :(
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    EVENT NEWS
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    Hi Guys,

    Just some dates for your event calendar - Times shown are all CET:

    Fishing Hardworker Event: 23:59 Dec 5th - 23:30 Dec 8th  (starts in 12 hrs)
    Coop Championship: Dec 9th - Dec 12th
    Coop Hardworker Event: 23:59 Dec 14th - 23:30 Dec 18th
  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 05.12.2017

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    Hi Guys,

    US1 & HIS1 servers are currently down - Devs are investigating! Resolved! :)

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    PROGRESS REPORT
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    For those players who did not receive goldfish rescue rewards:
    We are still working on the issue but are currently unable to reproduce it, which makes it impossible to know who was affected & who wasn't, until we can reproduce it. For the time being please  contact support who will make a note of your account details, but they cannot actually resolve the issue for now. It could take some time to resolve due to the resources available and the tricky nature of a bug that we can't reproduce but the team will do their best to find it and fix it - If you have already done a support ticket, it is not necessary to do another one.
  • We would like to wish all our Finnish farmers..........


  • WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 6,097
    edited 07.12.2017

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    SANTA STATUS REPORT
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    Hey Everyone,

    As you are all aware Santa is having some technical issues :/
    This is what we have so far:

    • No one has the chapter 1 deco yet
    • EN, US, AU, IN & LT all progressed to Chapter 2 before the timer for Chapter 1 expired & Chapter 2 is working, though some progress was reversed with the hotifx & you have varying degrees of losses
    • SKN, NL & INT all stayed on Chapter 1 until the timer expired & now cannot access the event due to an error pop-up
    All of these issues have been reported directly to a team member & will be addressed by the whole team when they arrive in the morning.  If you have anything going on with your event that is NOT listed above, please post it on the discussion thread  & do not start new threads, as we just have to keep merging them to keep all the feedback in one place, so that we do not miss any.

    Thankyou for your cooperation & patience, we will get you news as soon as we have it. :)


    PS. There appears to also be some login issues on INT1, DE1 & IT1, so if you are currently logged in there, we would advise not to relog or you may have trouble getting back in.
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    BREAKING NEWS
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    Following reports of players traumatised by the departure of the Championship Trader, she has returned, but you will need to be quick if you don`t want to miss her again, as she will only be staying for 1 day :)
  • CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod)CuddlyFoxes (FormerMod) Guest Posts: 845
    edited 09.12.2017
    Hey guys,

    Due to the current issues with the cooperative championship the event has been removed. If you still see the CC tent please reload the game.
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