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 Farm RPG is a simple, mobile-friendly (iOS/Android/Browser), farming RPG game where you start a farm, fish, craft and explore the world of the game. Think Stardew Valley or Animal Crossing, but with more of an Idle/Incremental browser-based flavor. This is no Farmville clone or pay-to-win clicker, though: what starts as a beautifully simple game quickly becomes a beautifully complicated game, as the multitude of game systems branch out and intertwine, constantly opening up new goals and methods of progression. Throw in a robust MMORPG trading and economy system, an incredibly helpful in-game wiki/help system, ultra-generous disbursement of the premium currency, and NO ADS, and you have what is proving to be one of the gems of the genre.  Farm RPG launched on May 12th, 2021, and a year on is still getting constant content and QoL updates, seasonal events and quests, and an ever growing player base. April/May 2022 saw a heavy incursion of Goons, and to spare other gaming threads from getting subsumed by it's discussion, this thread has been created to capture our tribal knowledge and help get your farm started on the right foot.  Farming  You start with a simple farm, where you can buy seeds from the Country Store, plant them in your field, wait until they grow, sell those crops at the Farmer's Market, then repeat. As you plant and harvest crops, you gain Farming XP and level up your Farm, eventually letting you expand your farm to include standard fare like Chickens, Cows, and Pigs, until you are eventually tending to your award-winning Winery and making sure the Velociraptors don't escape from their pen (those clever girls). Farming quickly stops being about making money from selling your crops directly and more working towards unlocking aspects of the other skills and feeding the insatiable appetites of the game's NPCs in the expansive Quest system.  Fishing  You'll eventually get to the point where you've leveled up your Farm and your crops are taking long enough to grow where you have time in-between to grab your pole and see what's bitin'. There are currently 10 different fishing zones in the game, with their own unique flavors and opportunities. At first you'll have to manually fish by clicking on shadows of the fish in the water, and then reel them in when the bait is set, but you'll eventually gain the ability to make Fishing Nets and trawl the waters properly. Late-game, churning through dozens of Fishing Nets in the last Fishing zone is the most sure-fired way to make money.  Exploring  Your farmer has a certain amount of stamina, and you can use it walking down the country roads and more exotic locales that surround your Farm, finding sticks and stones and nails and bones you can use to Craft any number of things. You naturally regain stamina at a steady clip, and eventually start sucking down bushels of Apples and gallons of Orange Juice, Lemonade, Iced Tea and Apple Cider to gain tens of thousands of stamina a day to start spinballing through volcanos and canyons grabbing up gemstones and magical crystals and dinosaur eggs. Unlike with Fishing, all of the ten Exploring zones remain helpful throughout the game, as you'll bounce back and forth between them, searching for your standard crafting mats and super rare treasures.  Crafting  Crafting could have a good argument for being the main focus of the game, especially if your goal is to become a Billionaire fast. Once you unlock the Workshop building at your Farm, you can start using your Farming and Exploring drops to craft items to either sell for money directly, or to catch a bunch of fish to sell for money, or to give you more Stamina to Explore more so you can Craft some more things for money. Crafting will be your main source of money throughout the game, with the early and mid game being from selling your Sturdy Shields and Fancy Pipes and Lanterns and whatnot directly, until you get to the point where you can craft hundreds of Fishing Nets/Large Nets to fuel your Fishing exploits.  The Town  All of the other miscellaneous systems of the game reside in The Town, Redbrook. Besides buying/selling crops, you can store your money in the Bank, spend your gold on rare items or skills/perks, buy a wide array of pets and creatures, try your luck at the Wheel of Borgen or play the Steak Market. At the Post Office, you can check your mailbox for items from other players, and the Community Center lets the player base turn common items into rare ones if they can work together to do so. Perhaps the most important building, though, is the Library, featuring an extensive array of in-game articles explaining the various systems of the game, including guides written and maintained by the top players in the game.  Where do I start? Create a new account, and make sure to enter in Referral Code 531BF to earn a gift basket with a ton of helpful resources at Farming Level 30, which should only take a couple days. Follow the Tutorial Quests. Read the Get Rich Quick guide in the Library, and follow its advice, especially the part about Sawmill Silver. Post your in-game name (mine's Klungar) in here so us Master Farmers can shower you in things to turbo charge the early levels. If you aren't sure if you should sell something, Don't Sell It. Trust the Quest. You ready? 
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 Hello! Are you reading this thread the day it was created? Now is the perfect time to jump in to Farm RPG! May 12th marks the one year anniversary of the game, and there is currently a celebration event running where you can get free items, earn bonus money and XP, complete special event quests, and play in the world's largest game of Hot Potato to boost the benefits even higher. The last part is the most important to the community as a whole, once you've created your account and gained access to your Mailbox at Farming Level 10, let someone in chat or here know that you need a Hot Potato, as the bonus to money/XP increases with every unique account that gets their hands on a Hot Potato and passes it along. The event runs through Klungar fucked around with this message at 16:23 on May 13, 2022 |
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May 12, 2022 22:42
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Maybe worthwhile to throw out in game names? GoodFarmersOnly here -- if you're new lmk and I can throw you extra resources, have so many I can't use.
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May 12, 2022 22:47
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nice. i made a google spreadsheet where you can add your username and referral code. this is editable by anyone. don't be a dick!! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17blijDgJb4fQxHNwWRE8f3JZKTxYuGsBpO68SeYSiUA/edit?usp=sharing
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May 12, 2022 23:29
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This seems diverting. I am Tolth ingame.
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May 13, 2022 00:21
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This game is very fun, there is always lots to do and it isn’t a freemium grind. Most of the community is very nice and generous, and scamming people will get your mailbox shut down and/or get you banned and this seems to work fairly well to keep people in check. I’m pleased that the hot potato is picking up. I have over 300 each of Inferno Sphere and Lava Sphere to sell once the bonus cranks up high enough. The last event with the eggs started off as a bit of a shitshow with people selling eggs for gold, then the egg lending started and it was a lot more fun. (I said most people are nice and generous but during the egg event I saw one clown begging for eggs in givesways and then trying to sell them for gold in trade). Anyway, I have an over-abundance of many things so hit me up if you need anything - I am Sledcommando in game. No Orange Geckos though. I have spent days and days trying to get enough geckos and I am so sick of Black Rock Canyon; I still need 13 more for the quest. Orange Geckos aren’t mailable anyway
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May 13, 2022 01:17
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Just registered account, in game name is Starkk, used 531BF referral code. Gotta get to farming!
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May 13, 2022 01:52
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Game owns. I’ve got a ton of Arnold palmers lined up to finish my final 99 in exploration and like a thousand large nets to fish WC with once the bonus ticks up some more, along with the piles of lava and inferno spheres like the other goon mentioned.
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May 13, 2022 01:58
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Dev also mentioned good things for the item of the day coming up which makes me wonder there will be something like lanterns again, or even the spheres.
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May 13, 2022 02:00
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Ok, I could use a new time waster. In as Solkanar
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May 13, 2022 02:28
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I forgot to mention, I also joined the Patreon at beta tester level and it’s not bad. I probably won’t stay because I don’t think it’s worth AU$15 a month but the “perk set” thing is nice. I don’t care as much about the other benefits: 200 Gold per month, increased mailbox size, early access to stuff. Perk Sets: You can save different configurations of perks, say one specialised for farming, one for crafting, exploring, fishing. You do have to remember to switch but it’s become second nature after a little bit.
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May 13, 2022 02:33
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I’ll say I think you can eventually get most everything you want in a single Perk set, but you’ll like miss out on, say, 30% extra XP per skill in doing so, which may seem like a lot, but by the time you’d get around to buying those skills normally, you are very likely close to max level anyway. I’ve not yet spent a single cent on the game, and only beating the end of main line progression do I really feel any pressure to do so, and mostly out of wanting to support the dev if anything. Even the perks I’d buy with the gold would be nice to have (Cellar Expansion, Grape Juice Fountain), but not mandatory or anything. The game is almost uniquely balanced in how it provides and consumes its premium currency for the F2P player.
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May 13, 2022 02:40
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I joined up yesterday as “Poetics” and there’s quite a bit of fervor about the anniversary event. I wonder how long the bonuses will last
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May 13, 2022 02:55
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In as Mode 7. This is oddly satisfying. What should I be prioritising spending gold on, if anything?
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May 13, 2022 03:12
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Through Sunday evening
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May 13, 2022 03:12
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Mode 7 posted:In as Mode 7. This is oddly satisfying. There are two guides in the Library I’d suggest checking out. The first is “Perk Tier List by Bhelogan”, under Staff-Created Guides, though it is a bit outdated and I disagree with it on some minor stuff regardless. The second is The Goddess’ Gold Guide, which is more up to date, and covers uses of Gold besides just perks as well. In concert, you should be able to figure the gist out, but feel free to ask This or That type questions in here as well.
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May 13, 2022 03:24
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Is there some guide on what's optimal to spend gold on? I get the feeling it might be stamina upgrades but I could be wrong.
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May 13, 2022 03:25
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A few tips: * After you unlock chores, try to complete them every day. Not only does this give Ancient Coins and progress toward the monthly rewards, you'll be stockpiling progress for the endgame tower. * Be sure to ask for help if you're stuck on a request for a giftable item. One of the potential daily chores is to gift items to other players, so there are always people happy to offload trash they don't have a use for anymore. * The library is a very useful resource. The database at https://buddy.farm is also very helpful for figuring out how many of an item you'll need and how soon you'll need it. * The wishing well is extremely helpful for completing certain requests. Check the loot table to see if you have anything to trade.
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May 13, 2022 03:26
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socialsecurity posted:Is there some guide on what's optimal to spend gold on? I get the feeling it might be stamina upgrades but I could be wrong. It is 100% not that stamina upgrades, basically the one thing in the game you should never spend gold on. Please take a look at the guides I posted right above you, they will point you in the right direction.
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May 13, 2022 03:33
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Been in as caprine since this game was brought up in the idle thread. Very much in corn jail doing the stupid quandary questline and waiting for a fuckin Runestone 11 to drop so I can unlock the next zone.
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May 13, 2022 03:52
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I should have known there were goons in this game. I play mainly on desktop so I never checked the iOS gaming thread. I am youthdecay in game.
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May 13, 2022 03:56
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Add me goonfriends: Nuzatch I started today, so like, yeah.
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May 13, 2022 04:19
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Sure what the heck, I'm in as Tendales time to waste time and grow peppers I guess
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May 13, 2022 04:30
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I have also been playing this for a while as RefereeWA. Game is very good.
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May 13, 2022 05:00
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We'll see how long I stick in, but I'm in as bbcisdabomb
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May 13, 2022 06:02
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I’m going to give this a try. Added myself to the spreadsheet: Ebenezer.
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May 13, 2022 06:20
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Klungar posted:I’ll say I think you can eventually get most everything you want in a single Perk set, but you’ll like miss out on, say, 30% extra XP per skill in doing so, which may seem like a lot, but by the time you’d get around to buying those skills normally, you are very likely close to max level anyway. I’ve not yet spent a single cent on the game, and only beating the end of main line progression do I really feel any pressure to do so, and mostly out of wanting to support the dev if anything. Even the perks I’d buy with the gold would be nice to have (Cellar Expansion, Grape Juice Fountain), but not mandatory or anything. The game is almost uniquely balanced in how it provides and consumes its premium currency for the F2P player. Good point. I can’t quite get all the perks I’d want at once yet but will eventually get there - either way it won’t be a big loss but just the only nicety of beta that I’d want to keep. - Another thought for farmers who are still levelling - you can swap Lemonade for OJ at about 1:3 ratio in trade chat. The reason you might do this is Lemonade doesn’t give you XP, it just finds items instantly whereas OJ gives you stamina. When you click explore you use that stamina and get XP plus a chance to find items.
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May 13, 2022 07:17
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Added myself to the sheet as well. Shinjobi. C39839
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May 13, 2022 07:31
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Yay this looks fun, I’m Sammmich in game
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May 13, 2022 08:34
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Quick question, does the game sync work well enough between iPad and iPhone? It says it works but before I get into this, I'd like to know for sure.
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May 13, 2022 09:27
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Tahirovic posted:Quick question, does the game sync work well enough between iPad and iPhone? It says it works but before I get into this, I'd like to know for sure. I don't have either of of those but swap between desktop and android all the time so it's probably fine. It's basically a browser game with a mobile app that connects to the server.
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May 13, 2022 09:42
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Yep, what Lone Goat said, it runs on anything and is essentially Java running on a server. A side benefit of this is updates can be pushed out without needing official app store updates. Occasionally you see things being updated in real time - like a placeholder appears and when you refresh something new has filled it. When they added icons Perks, Mastery and Chores this week I saw the blank spots appear against each option, refreshed and the first icon showed up, refreshed again for the second icon as well. Then a few more seconds I refreshed and got the final one.
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May 13, 2022 09:54
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Thanks for the quick answers. I started as ColeusSanctus and used your referral code, doesn't look like I got a mail with free stuff tough  Gonna see if I can get a hang for this and maybe get the gf to play it too.
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May 13, 2022 10:42
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Tahirovic posted:Thanks for the quick answers. I started as ColeusSanctus and used your referral code, doesn't look like I got a mail with free stuff tough You have to hit farming level 30 before receiving the basket.
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May 13, 2022 10:50
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Are the inferno and lava spheres consumables?
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May 13, 2022 11:10
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Munkeylord posted:Are the inferno and lava spheres consumables? Simply owning the spheres gives you access to the zones they unlock. Shove one of each in the storehouse so you don't accidentally vendor it or something.
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May 13, 2022 11:19
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Munkeylord posted:Are the inferno and lava spheres consumables? They are not consumable, but you can sell them and if you sell your only copy, you *will* lose access to the zones they unlock. As stated, put one of each in your Storehouse once you get to the point where you are crafting and selling them on the regular so that you don’t make a dumb mistake. But even then, by the time you are selling spheres regularly, you likely will have the ability to just make another that day anyway, so you should be relatively safe either way.
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May 13, 2022 11:25
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Sweet, added myself to the spreadsheet also
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May 13, 2022 11:47
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Just registered. Gonna farm the heck out of some corn, I guess
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The biggest challenge I'm having at the moment (82/92/91/79) is balancing resources so I'm not waisting anything while exploring with a full inventory. For instance, I'm currently exploring Whispering Creek for salt rock, however my oak keeps filling up. Oak products sell for enough that I don't want to just waste the oak. So I make guitars and drums, but that means I have to get leather, make twine, get carbon spheres, but then exploring the forest and Mount Banon are filling up my antlers and coal, so then I have to make nets and explosives, but then I have to fish to make room, yadda yadda. Just a lot of bouncing back and forth. Not to mention I'm growing mushrooms full time to keep the paste flowing. Honestly sitting back and growing corn every 48 minutes or whatever would be nice. I'm still in corn jail but I'm just ignoring it for now.
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