FarmVille Latest Podcast – June 18, 2010

FarmVille’s Latest Podcast has been released today (on 18 June 2010). Here you can see the podcast:-

FarmVille Coming Soon Feature

• Japanese Theme will continue in next week and will bring:-
• More Limited Edition Japanese Themed Items
• Buildable Japanese Barn
• FarmVille Piglets arriving soon!
• New Mystery Box with old feathered animals (Birds)

FarmVille Podcast Complete Transcription – June 18, 2010
Here is the complete transcription of FarmVille Podcast released on June 18, 2010:-
Hey Farmers, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast! My name is Lexilicious and I am here to bring you all of the latest news and information about FarmVille from Zynga. This week, we have been very busy with all of the new updates and releases, so this week’s podcast is going to be a little shorter than usual. I am going to give you guys a quick re-cap of our latest releases and of course, you guys will all be getting a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the future.

So this week proved to be another very exciting week for FarmVille, with tons of new highly requested features and Limited Edition items being released.

Much to the excitement of many of our higher level players, On Tuesday we raised the level cap. Levels 70 through 90 were released, along with new high level crops, items and gifts. All of the new crops are level 50 and above and some require previous crops to be mastered before they can be unlocked. Now, if you have some high level friends, make sure to ask them for some of the great new high level gifts like the Dutch Rabbit and the Mangrove Tree. 

More Limited Edition Island themed items were also released, which will allow any players who are getting into this theme to further decorate your farms. Yesterday’s release of Island items was the last installment of this particular theme, so if you are interested in turning your farm into a tiki paradise, make sure to pick up these Limited Edition items before they disappear from the market.

Now, one of the most exciting releases this week was the addition of rotatable buildings! Most buildings in FarmVille can now be rotated, which will allow you to decorate your farm with ease. Currently, there are some buildings that are not yet able to be rotated, but please know that we will be adding the rotation functionality to most of these items in the near future. If you would like a detailed list of what items cannot be rotated as of yet, please visit the official FarmVille Forums and check out our “updates and announcements” section for more information.

And to celebrate this long awaited and highly requested update, we have also re-released some of your favorite old Limited Edition buildings for a short time. If you missed out on some of our French Chateau items or maybe you have been dying to pick up the Adobe house… well, now is your chance. These re-released buildings will be in the Market for another 7 days.

On Wednesday, we also made some minor tweaks to the Tuscan Wedding feature that I am sure most of you will enjoy. In addition to extending the Tuscan Wedding event until June 29th, now, whenever you send any Tuscan Wedding gifts to your friends they will receive more. Instead of only sending one item per Tuscan Wedding Gift, your friends will automatically receive 2. We have also discounted the favor cost of the cake, sheep, Pig Art, Apollo Butterfly, fountain and Tower so obtaining these items should be significantly easier for everyone. 

And as most of our users may know, yesterday marked FarmVille’s 1 year Anniversary! As a thank you to all of our dedicated farmers for your continuous support, a special gift was given to all of our players that can be found in your Gift Box the next time you log in. We also released the first installment of the Limited Edition Japanese theme last night, along with 7 new flags and the new Cupcake crop! The cupcake crop is a limited edition crop that is required for the new 1st anniversary co-op mission that also made an appearance with last night’s release. For anyone who may be interested, the cupcake crop is an 8 hour crop, costs 25 coins to plant, yields 60 coins when harvested and is one of the few Limited Edition crops that can be mastered. 

And lastly, the wheat crop has been changed, as I mentioned a few weeks ago. The wheat crop is now a 12 hour crop, costs 13 coins to plant, gives 1 experience point and yields 61 coins when harvested. This change was made because the wheat crop will be a key component in the new Crafting Cottages feature and we did not want users having to use a multi-day crop for their first recipes. 

And as with all of our big updates, we want to hear your feedback. If you have an opinion you would like to share or an idea for how you think we can improve farmville, please make sure to visit our official FarmVille forums or talk to us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/zfarmville.

Alright! On that note, it’s time for you guys to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.

So our new Japanese Garden theme will be continuing through next week, so expect to see even more Limited Edition Japanse items in the near future. This theme will also be bringing with it a new buildable Japanese Barn. The Japanese Barn will be a limited edition storage building.

We also have a new feature being released soon that our baby animal lovers will enjoy. Soon, you will be able to get piglets from your friends by rescuing an expecting lost pig.

And lastly, an all new Mystery Box will be coming next week that will have one of your favorite feathered friends from a looooong time ago in it. 

Alright folks, that’s it from me this week. I will be back next Friday to give you all of the latest news and information from around the farm. Again, my name is Lexilicious and I would like to thank everyone for listening. 

Happy Farming everybody!
Source: Official FarmVille Forums

FarmVille Secret Sheep and Secret Cow – What, where and how?

You must have seen two new FarmVille Secret Animals in FarmVille Market which are:-

• FarmVille Secret Sheep
• FarmVille Secret Cow

So, what do you think is their SECRET?

If you are clueless then here is a guide offered to you by FarmVille 

“The Cows and Sheep are squaring off to see who’s tops on the Barnyard, and whoever wins unlocks a new friend available in the FarmVille Market . We’ll need your help to figure out who!

In the Animals section of the Market, you’ll see both the Secret Cow and Secret Sheep tabs, with a Become a Fan button underneath.

Clicking the button will take you to either Animal’s Facebook Fan Page where you can learn more about their separate election campaigns, but most importantly you can also become a fan.

TECHNICAL ISSUES – PLEASE NOTE: You must click the Become A Fan button at the top of the page to become a member of their Fan Page. Currently, the in-game button only takes you to the Fan page and does not make you a Fan automatically.

The first Fan Page to make it to 2 Million Fans will have their Secret Animal unlocked at a date to be determined shortly afterward.

Not only that, the more Fans each of these pages get, the more affordable the new animal will become. The fate of the Barnyard Battle is in your hands, Farmers!

• 2 Million fans: New animal for 12 Farm Cash

• 3 Million fans: New animal for 500,000 Coin

• 6 Million fans: New animal for 100,000 Coin

• 11 Million fans: New animal for 5,000 Coin and every fan gets one free!

PLEASE READ: Due to the high volume of players coming out to show their support for the Cows and Sheep in their respective campaigns, there have been some technical difficulties when attempting to Become a Fan. We’re currently looking into the problem, we ask that you please remain patient. If you get an error message when trying to become a fan, wait a few moments and try again later.

We’ll be sure to update you when these issues are completely sorted.” 

Source: FarmVille Official Forums
You can see the images of these SECRET PRIZES by clicking here:

Secret Cow and Secret Sheep REVEALED

FarmVille Podcast – March 22nd, 2010

FarmVille Latest Podcast has been released on 22nd March, 2010 after a slight delay.  You can view the latest FarmVille Podcast here.

FarmVille Podcast’s Coming Soon Feature

• Puppies or Dogs will be arriving in FarmVille next week.
• Unique themed Animals Mystery Box featuring different Winged-Animals (or perhaps Birds)
• Spring-Themed Features will be making their entry.
• FarmVille will soon feature new challenges that you can complete with your friends for EXCLUSIVE rewards.

FarmVille Podcast Transcription – 22nd March, 2010
Hey Farmers! Welcome to the Official FarmVille podcast! My name is Lexilicious, and I am the FarmVille Community Manager. This week, we are going to be going over some of our newest releases, I will be answering some User Submitted Questions about the FarmVille team and you guys are all going to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.

We’ve had a blast working on some exciting new features for you guys, including a very special one we’re sure you’ll love. But more on that later, for now let’s go over some highlights from last week.

Well last week, we had a lot of very cool (and some very unique) Limited Edition Items make their way to the Market, including a very special Invisible Cat, Long Eared Rabbit and Caterpillar. We also continued to roll out items for our French Chateau theme as well as a new “Best of” Mystery Box that can be purchased from the Market for 16 Farm Cash. This Best of Mystery Box features some of your favorite items from past mystery boxes, so make sure to grab one while you still can.

And probably the biggest feature this week also happened to be something that our community has been requesting for awhile.

New Stallions can now be found wandering around FarmVille that will allow you to get Foals from your Horse Stable! For those of you who might not be familiar with this feature, here are some quick details that will get you into the swing of things.

Periodically, you will receive a pop-up informing you that a “Wandering Stallion” has appeared on your farm. This pop-up will allow you to post a feed to your wall. Ten of your Neighbors can click on this feed to give shelter to the Wandering Stallion.

Unlike other “Lonely” animals, the Wandering Stallion is an event, and is NOT a permanent animal that can be kept on your Farm.

If you choose to give the Wandering Stallion shelter, he will automatically be placed into your Horse Stable. If you have a Wandering Stallion, you have a chance of receiving a Foal the next time you collect from your Stable.

If you already have a Wandering Stallion in your Horse Stable, you will not be able to get another. Clicking on multiple Wandering Stallion feeds from your Neighbors will not increase the chances of a Foal being born.

When a Foal is born, you will receive a pop-up informing you that your newborn is eager to explore the world. This pop-up will allow you to post a feed to your wall and five of your Neighbors can click this feed to receive a Foal.

The type of Foal you receive is determined by the types of horse in your Stable. This means that if you have a Stable Filled with Pinto Horses, you are much more likely to receive a Pinto Foal. One quick thing that you guys might not have known is that the Pink Pony, Brown Pony, High Kick Horse and Spectator Horse will produce a Brown Foal.

Once you harvest from your Stable and find a Foal, you will have to click on a new Wandering Stallion feed to have a chance of making another foal.

However, the Limited Edition “White Stallion” can be placed inside your Horse Stable and will act like a permanent Wandering Stallion. Each time you harvest from your Stable you will have a chance to find a Foal. If you receive a Foal, you will not get a consumable. This is important to remember if finding consumables is important to you. If you do not get a Foal when collecting from your Stable, you still have a chance of receiving an Arborist, Farm Hand or 100 XP.

Now remember Folks, your Baby Foals are more than just cute. Baby Foals can be brushed every 24 hours and cannot be placed inside your Horse Stable.

And as per usual, I want to invite all of you to come join me over on the FarmVille forums to give your thoughts and feedback about all of our latest features. Remember, the forums are a great place to connect with other enthusiastic Farmers as well as a good place to get the latest updates and information. A link to the FarmVille forums can be found in the description of this video and I look forward to seeing some of you soon!

I also received a very touching message from one of the members of our community today. I may not always get a chance to talk to all of you guys one on one, but I do take the time to read all of your emails and I always love hearing from you. Highdef2005 is a huge fan of our podcasts and shared his story with me about how FarmVille helped improve his life. Highdef, I just want to give you a quick shout out and thank you for your wonderful message and your loyalty to farmville. Players like you are the reason for our success and you rock. Everyone else, if you have a story about how FarmVille has made a difference in your life that you would like to share, we want to hear it. Emails and messages like the one from Highdef are what make our jobs wonderful.

Now, let’s go ahead and answer some questions that come straight from you, our community!

1. Our first question of the day comes to us from DragonsHeart, who’d like to know if the baby animals will ever grow up? Well DragonsHeart, you’re certainly not alone in wondering if our baby animals will stay babies forever, as this is one of our most asked questions. The good news is that we are planning on a way for Farmers to have their calves and foals grow into full grown adults if they choose to. We’re currently working out the details right now, but the tentative plan is to introduce the option sometime this Spring. Once we have a more concrete date in place and more information, we’ll update you as soon as we can.

2. Our next question comes to us from Aunt Ornery, and she’d like to know if we can clear up the ‘click issue’? For those of you wondering what exactly she means by this, there’s been a rumor going on for some time now that Feeds for rewards like Collectibles, Mystery Eggs and others become inactive after you click the OK button on the on the reward page. In other words, supposedly once the OK button is clicked, no one else is able to collect from the Feed. We’ve made a few announcements about this on the Forums, but just to make things completely clear, this is just a rumor. Clicking the OK button DOES NOT keep other players from being able to use that person’s feed. Each reward feed has a certain number of people that can collect from it before the reward’s no longer available. For example, finished collection feeds allow Five neighbors to collect from them before they’re no longer available. For more information on how many neighbors can collect from a feed, please visit the Game Updates section of the FarmVille forums. The guides there for each of our features have this, and other detailed information. Just to reiterate though, for once and for all, the OK button rumor is just that. A rumor.

3. And our last question comes to us from graziegirl, and she asks how many gifts can be held in the gift box? As you may or may not know, on our February 24th release, along with everything else that we added to FarmVille, we also increased how much can be held in each gift box, expanding it to hold 50 items in total.

If you have a question you would like answered in the weekly FarmVille Podcast, please come visit us on the Official FarmVille forums for more details.

Alright! On that note, let’s go ahead and get into this week’s coming soon segment! We actually have quite a bit of very cool stuff to talk about this week.

I know we have been teasing the new Pets feature quite a bit in the past few weeks and I am very happy to let you know that the awesome new dogs will be making an appearance in FarmVille very soon. I know how excited all of you have been about this feature, and I want to thank you for all of your thoughts and feedback in the past few weeks.

We also have a very unique themed animal mystery box coming soon that will feature only winged animals. This box will feature some very cool new animals, so make sure to grab one of them when they make an appearance in the market.

Spring is also well underway, so make sure to be on the lookout for some great new Spring themed features and items.

And last, but certainly not least, we have a new feature coming your way soon that is sure to get everyone excited. FarmVille will soon feature new challenges that you can complete with your friends for various rewards and maybe even a little bit of bragging rights.

And that’s about it from me this week Farmers! Again, my name is Lexi and I will see you guys soon! Happy Farming everybody.
You can also read the FarmVille Podcast Transcription here.

FarmVille Ox: Furious FarmVille Mystery Animals

FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates contain one of the five mystery animals. One of the most furious of these new arrivals of FarmVille is the lethal FarmVille Ox. He looks so angry and trying to find his cows. Are these cows cheating on him?

You can buy the FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates for 20 FV and get this innocent FarmVille Ox. FarmVille Ox gives 300 XPs on purchase and can be brushed after every 3 days for 105 coins.

FarmVille Ox is an EXCLUSIVE animal and cannot be found anywhere else on the game but inside a Limited Edition FarmVille Mystery Animal Crate/Box.

To see other FarmVille Mystery Animals, Click on FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates.

FarmVille Buffalo: A Large FarmVille Mystery Animal

FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates contain one of the five mystery animals. One of the Largest of these new arrivals of FarmVille is the huge FarmVille Buffalo. He looks so angry and perhaps she is looking for her lost Bull which is hiding inside the Dairy Farm with all other cows.

You can buy the FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates for 20 FV and get this angry FarmVille Buffalo. FarmVille Buffalo gives 400 XPs on purchase and can be brushed after every 3 days to get 105 coins.

FarmVille Buffalo is an EXCLUSIVE animal and cannot be found anywhere else on the game but inside a Limited Edition FarmVille Mystery Animal Crate/Box.

To see other FarmVille Mystery Animals, Click on FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates.

FarmVille Jackalope: The most-profitable FarmVille Mystery Animal

FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates contain one of the five mystery animals. One of the newest and strangest of these new arrivals of FarmVille is the cute FarmVille Jackalope. He looks so lost in his thoughts and of course seems naughty. It looks to be a mixed breed of a rabbit and an antelope. What do you say?

 

You can buy the FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates for 20 FV and get this innocent FarmVille Jackalope. FarmVille Jackalope gives 700 XPs on purchase and can be harvested after every 2 days to get “Jackalope Hair” for 350 105 coins (As amended later on by FarmVille Management). The 700 XPs make FarmVille Jackalope to be the most-profitable animal in entire Farm.

FarmVille Jackalope is an EXCLUSIVE animal and cannot be found anywhere else on the game but inside a Limited Edition FarmVille Mystery Animal Crate/Box.

To see other FarmVille Mystery Animals, Click on FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates.

FarmVille Peacock: The most-Adorable FarmVille Mystery Animal

FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates contain one of the five mystery animals. One of the most beautiful and adorable of these new residents of FarmVille is the cute FarmVille Peacock. He looks so beautiful and decent but it seems that it is a bit over-sized when placed along side other animals.

 

You can buy the FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates for 20 FV and get this decent FarmVille Peacock. FarmVille Peacock gives 550 XPs on purchase and can be harvested after every 2 days to get “Peacock Feathers” for 90 coins.

FarmVille Peacock is an EXCLUSIVE animal and cannot be found anywhere else on the game but inside a Limited Edition FarmVille Mystery Animal Crate/Box.

To see other FarmVille Mystery Animals, Click on FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates.

FarmVille Deer: A Cute FarmVille Mystery Animal

FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates contain one of the five mystery animals. One of the most adorable of these new arrivals of FarmVille is the cute FarmVille Deer. He looks so cute and innocent.

You can buy the FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates for 20 FV and get this innocent FarmVille Deer. FarmVille Deer gives 200 XPs on purchase and can be harvested after every 2 days to get “Deer Hair” for 80 coins.

FarmVille Deer is an EXCLUSIVE animal and cannot be found anywhere else on the game but inside a Limited Edition FarmVille Mystery Animal Crate/Box.

To see other FarmVille Mystery Animals, Click on FarmVille Mystery Animal Crates.