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Gold mine please help

Hi I just upgraded my mine and it says to mine I need to pay 2000 gold what I want to know is... I know we get gold when the mining is done but how much, is it worth spending 2000 gold on ? Please leave comments need some advise. Thank you :)
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  • rie222rie222 Posts: 1,074
    edited 01.08.2014
    Hi! You don't actually spend the gold in the mine..Its kinda like lending your gold out temporarily and getting it back when the mine is done. You will get it all back. What happens is, it costs 2k gold but 4k gold comes out...so you pocket 2k gold extra. Yes it worth it.
  • TXGma (US1)TXGma (US1) US1 Posts: 56
    edited 01.08.2014
    I have been happy with the mine feature. It helps me make my gold allowance stretch farther. I did find out that when I upgraded the mine it reduced the time for the mining to complete but did not increase the gold given. Yesterday was a disappointing one...finished mining went to get gold and it only gave me 2000 instead of 4000. I did submit a ticket on it so maybe they will check it out. It is a help upgrading the farm. : )
  • Wildcard999Wildcard999 Posts: 967
    edited 01.08.2014
    You should know that if you spend the gold during Prime Spending or something, spending your gold on the mine counts as spending gold and you can get prizes for that. Several of my gold mine runs have coincided with that and I got the bonuses for spending the gold. Didn't even realize!

    Can anyone confirm which of the offers you need to spend gold during to get the prizes?

    Anyway, keep an eye out for Omar, the guy at the bazaar. He sells gold mining licenses for 1500 gold, which means you spend 3500 gold to get 4000 gold. Net gain of 500, plus any prizes you get for spending the gold on running the mine!
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 01.08.2014
    Can anyone confirm which of the offers you need to spend gold during to get the prizes?

    Yes, if you start a gold production in the mine when a prime spending is active, the 2000 gold you use to start the mine also count as gold spend.

    All gold you use, as long the prime spending is active counts in, whatever you use it to skip productions/building/upgrade, buy gold deco's, buy things from Omar (or other event sellers)
  • aaabbb1 (INT1)aaabbb1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 1,049
    edited 01.08.2014
    You should know that if you spend the gold during Prime Spending or something, spending your gold on the mine counts as spending gold and you can get prizes for that. Several of my gold mine runs have coincided with that and I got the bonuses for spending the gold. Didn't even realize!

    Can anyone confirm which of the offers you need to spend gold during to get the prizes?

    Anyway, keep an eye out for Omar, the guy at the bazaar. He sells gold mining licenses for 1500 gold, which means you spend 3500 gold to get 4000 gold. Net gain of 500, plus any prizes you get for spending the gold on running the mine!

    Yes, this happend to me, too. Prime spending was on together with Omar. I bought gold mining licence from him for 1500 gold and started the gold production in mine (another 2000 gold). Prime spend counted both (3500 gold) wich earned me the smallest prime spending price. So I got a price for spending without acctualy spending any gold (quite the opposite - I earned 500 gold :) ).

    There are no specific offers from Omar that give you a prime spending price. Using gold gives you a price, so all offers count, except from that one that gives you free money.
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 01.08.2014
    BTW, donate gold to the co-op and/or hire a reseacher for gold also count in the prime spending.
  • Wildcard999Wildcard999 Posts: 967
    edited 01.08.2014
    Oh, I didn't realize donating to the coop is spending! Good to know. Thanks Brianno.
  • edited 01.08.2014
    Thank you all for your advice:) it really does help its a little hard to figure out the game, I did upgrade my mine and its worth it. I also figured out when I purchase gold packs I should wait for the prime time so I can receive gifts today they have two opportunity's. thanks aging you guys really helped a lot :)
  • kbahr007 (US1)kbahr007 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,841
    edited 01.08.2014
    I have gotten around 52000 gold using the mine, so I think it is a good investment, even if I used it more than 2 times, it was worth it
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 01.08.2014
    Just keep an eye on the little bright blue shopping bag.

    Whenever you plan to spend gold (on whatever: see BriannoSpam's posts here above) just wait for this shopping bag to pop-up, before you spend it!! It pops up soon enough! It will give you nice prices for spending the gold (as mentioned above). :D
  • kbahr007 (US1)kbahr007 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,841
    edited 01.08.2014
    what shopping bag are you talking about/
  • Wildcard999Wildcard999 Posts: 967
    edited 01.08.2014
    On your farm screen, various offers pop up. One is a blue shopping bag, another is a brown crate that sparkles, and there's one with gold coins on it and I think there's a fountain one too. They indicate what kind of offer they are. They're always in the upper left of your screen.
  • kbahr007 (US1)kbahr007 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,841
    edited 01.08.2014
    will check it later, thanx

    I never paid attention other than know it was a special offer

    Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button
  • kbahr007 (US1)kbahr007 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,841
    edited 02.08.2014
    I have always seen the iconm but never paid attention to it, The bag is there, i am at 100% bonus and am waiting to buy gold when it gets to 200 or 300%
  • edited 04.08.2014
    Hi everyone I was just wondering anyone know how to get level two mining license the blue one ?
  • Wildcard999Wildcard999 Posts: 967
    edited 04.08.2014
    Those are the gold mining licenses and there are three ways that I know of:

    Buy from Omar at 25% discount (recommended) or in mixed packs with Wheel of Fortune tokens.
    Win in the Wheel of Fortune bonus spin (maybe...they've changed the prizes since I won mine).
    Win from buying target gold amounts during GGS offers that appear in the upper left corner of your farm, which requires real money.

    You can also get one from a the gold mine task which teaches you to use the gold mining licenses, but you only get one of those.
  • aaabbb1 (INT1)aaabbb1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 1,049
    edited 04.08.2014
    kbahr0072 wrote: »
    I have always seen the iconm but never paid attention to it, The bag is there, i am at 100% bonus and am waiting to buy gold when it gets to 200 or 300%

    There is no 300%, only 200% (and 50%, 100%, 150%). If you do not by gold 200% offer will apear sooner or later.
  • Aniron (generic1)Aniron (generic1) Posts: 21
    edited 04.08.2014
    Anyway, keep an eye out for Omar, the guy at the bazaar. He sells gold mining licenses for 1500 gold, which means you spend 3500 gold to get 4000 gold. Net gain of 500, plus any prizes you get for spending the gold on running the mine!


    Is this a one time only deal? If not can i buy another license and make another 500 gold profit etc.? That way i'd be able to make 500 profit each week or so.Please this is important because I'm a non gold player.Thank you.
  • aaabbb1 (INT1)aaabbb1 (INT1) INT1 Posts: 1,049
    edited 04.08.2014
    Aniron wrote: »
    Is this a one time only deal? If not can i buy another license and make another 500 gold profit etc.? That way i'd be able to make 500 profit each week or so.Please this is important because I'm a non gold player.Thank you.

    No, its not one time only deal, but it is rear an random. When Omar comes it may happen that you will not get a deal, even if you wait the whole day. But sooner or later, it will happen. So even if you are not a gold user, regulary check Omar deals. There are two interesting deals for non gold players: mining licence for 1500 and money for free.
  • Aniron (generic1)Aniron (generic1) Posts: 21
    edited 04.08.2014
    Thanks again aaabbb1! This is the 2nd time you've helped me today :)
  • Larino (INT1)Larino (INT1) Posts: 4,572
    edited 04.08.2014
    aaabbb1 wrote: »
    No, its not one time only deal, but it is rare an random. When Omar comes it may happen that you will not get a deal, even if you wait the whole day. But sooner or later, it will happen. So even if you are not a gold user, regulary check Omar deals. There are two interesting deals for non gold players: mining licence for 1500 and money for free.

    Not judging English, but avoiding confusion ^^ It is indeed really rare. Last time Omar was here (yesterday) I have seen none. Now I haven't been checking too often, or at least not as often as I used to, but the times that I did check he was offering nothing interesting imo. I have also had times he offered a single mining licence 3 times on the same server that day. Gotta get lucky :)
  • Aniron (generic1)Aniron (generic1) Posts: 21
    edited 04.08.2014
    Larino wrote: »
    Not judging English, but avoiding confusion ^^ It is indeed really rare. Last time Omar was here (yesterday) I have seen none. Now I haven't been checking too often, or at least not as often as I used to, but the times that I did check he was offering nothing interesting imo. I have also had times he offered a single mining licence 3 times on the same server that day. Gotta get lucky :)


    I actually posted this question on larino's corner first but needed a quick reply :)

    i'm running my gold mining license right now.So you think its better to use 4500 gold for water towers without waiting for a another 1 from Omar right?

    Also what do you think is the better investment after water towers? workshop or farm boosters? or upgrading the doghouse or nursery maybe? if its the work shop on which farm?

    I'm sorry if it appears as i'm over thinking this considering I've only been playing less than 3 weeks & still on level 28.I just don't wanna make a mistake with gold! ?( :D
  • Larino (INT1)Larino (INT1) Posts: 4,572
    edited 04.08.2014
    Aniron wrote: »
    I actually posted this question on larino's corner first but needed a quick reply :)

    i'm running my gold mining license right now.So you think its better to use 4500 gold for water towers without waiting for a another 1 from Omar right?

    Also what do you think is the better investment after water towers? workshop or farm boosters? or upgrading the doghouse or nursery maybe? if its the work shop on which farm?

    I'm sorry if it appears as i'm over thinking this considering I've only been playing less than 3 weeks & still on level 28.I just don't wanna make a mistake with gold! ?( :D

    Dog house, definitely. I never upgraded the nursery, did not bother about the farm boosters a lot and only built a workshop on my main farm (level 2 - accidentally upgraded :( ) for the fertilizer.

    And about the licences, I always try to keep 3500 gold, but if you do not have a water tower yet, build it. It costs 1300 I think. I would not upgrade until you have enough gold after the doghouse. Mine is level 2 and will probably always be level 2. If you have 3500 gold you can buy at least 1 licence and instantly run the mine.
  • Aniron (generic1)Aniron (generic1) Posts: 21
    edited 04.08.2014
    Thanks.you're awesome! :D
  • Wildcard999Wildcard999 Posts: 967
    edited 04.08.2014
    Yeah, I've bought about six gold mining licenses, five of which with the same account. This is a way to make money, but be sure to keep checking back with Omar every 20 minutes or so. He's only there for 24 hours, from the start of one GGS day to the end. And you never really know when he'll appear.

    Larino, it's not that rare. I check with Omar often and during one visit, I saw three gold mining licenses. I just didn't have the gold to buy them. This is with a single account, btw. The other account only saw one.

    I am unfortunately asleep for half his visit, but I suspect that if I were to stay up and check back all the time, every account would see the deal at least once almost every time. It is random of course, so it's possible for the deal to never come up, but I find it unlikely to happen. You're probably just missing the licenses.
  • meems140 (US1)meems140 (US1) US1 Posts: 10
    edited 09.08.2014
    Hi, Does Omar run out of the gold mining licenses? The last 2 times he has come to my farm, he is ONLY selling the combo pack of 1 gold mining license AND some tokens for 2555 gold. He has NOT had just the gold mining license. I think so far I have gotten 4 gold mining licenses from him. Maybe it is so many to a player and then I am cut off??
  • Larino (INT1)Larino (INT1) Posts: 4,572
    edited 09.08.2014
    meems140 wrote: »
    Hi, Does Omar run out of the gold mining licenses? The last 2 times he has come to my farm, he is ONLY selling the combo pack of 1 gold mining license AND some tokens for 2555 gold. He has NOT had just the gold mining license. I think so far I have gotten 4 gold mining licenses from him. Maybe it is so many to a player and then I am cut off??

    No he does not run out, it is random. Either you get extremely lucky and get a few in one run, or you get not so lucky and get only one, or you get very unlucky and get none. I haven't seen any interesting offer last time (no free dollars, nor a mining licence.)
  • jatoda (US1)jatoda (US1) Posts: 318
    edited 09.08.2014
    I upgraded my mine to level 4 and have not got a mining license from the silo since. Have been waiting like a week. Maybe this is because it doesn't take as long to mine now as before.Also the last 3 or 4 times Omar has been here, I have not had the gold mining license.

    I just got a mining license, from the silo. Seems I have to make lots of cow feed to get one.

    Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button

    :p Thank you PINJO

    :S Yes thank you Larino I meant to say mill.
  • Larino (INT1)Larino (INT1) Posts: 4,572
    edited 09.08.2014
    jatoda wrote: »
    I upgraded my mine to level 4 and have not got a mining license from the silo since. Have been waiting like a week. Maybe this is because it doesn't take as long to mine now as before.Also the last 3 or 4 times Omar has been here, I have not had the gold mining license.

    I just got a mining license, from the silo. Seems I have to make lots of cow feed to get one.

    Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button

    You mean the mill, I suppose :) The silo is the thing that makes the fertilizer :)
  •    I've discovered that you only get 2000 gold from the mine. You'll harvest 4000, but 2000 of that disappears after a few minutes.  It's a rip off.....

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