Real farmers know the value of hard work. And that's why a farmer's job is never done. All they ever do is work, work, work!
There are upsides to all this work: increased wealth, a good reputation
and plenty of customers. When customers drop by the farm to place an
order, make sure to answer your doorbell when you see your house swaying
from side to side.
Once you click on the swaying farmhouse to accept an order, a pop-up
window will appear showing you who wants order from you. If you accept
this order, it order will automatically be recorded in your order book.
Every player will start out with six orders per day unless you're a Premium player. Premium players receive 12 orders per day.
Fill orders to earn Country coins and Experience Points.
Orders will also become more complex throughout the game, so that you
don't always find yourself planting the same crops for each level.
You can only save so many orders to fill at a later point in time, so choose wisely which orders you want to take care of.
If you do not wish to fill an order, click on the big red Xthis will cancel the order, there is no penalty for not fulfilling an order.
Premium advantages
Premium advantages
Get your hands on the Premium Pack - it'll give you some game leverage!
The premium packages do not extend automatically. Every player can renew his/her premium package in advance. You can choose from:
Lookout tower
The Lookout Tower is in the top-right corner of the City.
Premium players can use the lookout tower's automatic settings to protect their farm and crops. The lookout tower takes care of the following:
The premium packages do not extend automatically. Every player can renew his/her premium package in advance. You can choose from:
- 6-month pack
- 12-month pack
Lookout tower
The Lookout Tower is in the top-right corner of the City.
Premium players can use the lookout tower's automatic settings to protect their farm and crops. The lookout tower takes care of the following:
- It automatically removes weeds from your fields at no extra cost
- It automatically harvests your trees for you.
- Reliable customers who drop by the farmstead every day (12 per day instead of 6).
- More customer orders can be stored (20 instead of 10).
- A large manure pile that is twice as big as the normal one.
- Water Tank automaticall refills.
- Lookout tower access so that you can keep a watch on weeds and have them removed lickety split.
- premium users can place 20 offers in the market instead of 10.
- 6 extra neighbors (24 including yourself)
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The City
The City
You're no stranger to the city. You've been there a few times already ordering seeds, buying trees at the nursery or picking up animal housing from the carpenter. That's why you know that there's much more to discover there!
Life in the country is quiet and humble. But making a living with honest hard work, harvesting crops and raising animals can be tough. Fulfilling customers' orders and delivering their fresh carrots and apples on time isn't easy either. Sometimes you don't always have everything you need, which is why you need to head to the city every once in a while. Click on the farm map "City" to start your big city adventure.
Here's a list of things to see and do in the city!
Farmers' Market (access from Level 3)
Bartering and trading is the name of the game at the Farmers' Market. Supply and demand influence the prices here!
Set right in the middle of the City as with all good markets. The Farmers' Market is open 7 days a week for you to trade with other players. It's also a great place to shoot the breeze. There are all kinds of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables here, whether they be regional or exotic.
With a cluck, cluck here and a cluck, cluck there, the Farmers' Market hustles and bustles with the sounds of barnyard animals. There are rabbits, geese, chickens, cows and even fish here. If you get lucky, you might even find a kangaroo or two. Take your time and chat with the traders, sometimes they throw in recipes for free.
Make sure to keep your cool at the Farmers' Market. You don't want to lose all your hard-earned money. Consider carefully what you need.
Find out how the other farmers do business at the market first. What are their prices and conditions? As soon as you've got it all figured out, open your own stand and sell your goods at the market. It's a great way to make some extra cash.
Make sure to keep your cool at the Farmers' Market. You don't want to lose all your hard-earned money. Consider carefully what you need.
Find out how the other farmers do business at the market first. What are their prices and conditions? As soon as you've got it all figured out, open your own stand and sell your goods at the market. It's a great way to make some extra cash.
Farmers' Society (from level 4+)
The Event Place
Situated just in front of the Farmer's Society building, is the Event Place.
Every now and then special events take place, and when you see something on the Event Place, it will take you straight to the Event pop-up when you click on it.
This could be some events that last between 1-10 days (or even longer)
As you enter the City the Farmers' Society is in the middle of the Town Square next to the Bank, it has the town clock on the roof. The Farmers' Society is an agricultural organization which acts on behalf of rural areas to deal with their concerns and help promote community cohesion. Since it heavily relies on the support of its agricultural community, the Farmers' Society sometimes issues special contracts for you to complete.
If you take on one of these special contracts, then you're doing it out of the goodness of your heart in order to help out your community. It might mean producing a lot of vegetables for a special event or giving the Farmers' Society a large amount of goods, but if you complete this task, you won't only get paid for your efforts, you'll also earn a lot of respect. After all, word spreads fast out in the country!
If you take on one of these special contracts, then you're doing it out of the goodness of your heart in order to help out your community. It might mean producing a lot of vegetables for a special event or giving the Farmers' Society a large amount of goods, but if you complete this task, you won't only get paid for your efforts, you'll also earn a lot of respect. After all, word spreads fast out in the country!
The Event Place
Situated just in front of the Farmer's Society building, is the Event Place.
Every now and then special events take place, and when you see something on the Event Place, it will take you straight to the Event pop-up when you click on it.
This could be some events that last between 1-10 days (or even longer)
Be sure to keep an eye on that section of the forum to stay updated on new Events!
Updated: The Seed Shop, Nursery, Carpenter and Supply Store are all under one roof "The Shopping Center"- between the Workshop and the Statue (with a shopping basket on the roof).
Update: The Post Office, Gifts and Tourist Offices are all under one roof -
FarmWheel
Roll up, roll up! Are you feeling lucky today? Then step this way.
The farmwheel gives one free spin per day that you log in and has prizes including water, country coins, harvesting bonuses. If you are feeling very lucky, you can purchase extra spins for just a few Barnyard Bills.
Updated: The Seed Shop, Nursery, Carpenter and Supply Store are all under one roof "The Shopping Center"- between the Workshop and the Statue (with a shopping basket on the roof).
Seed shopWorkShop (access from Level 8)
If it's seeds you need, they got 'em! They sell many different kinds of fruit and vegetable seeds, but you'll only be able to buy those seeds that have been unlocked for your level.
The seed shop isn't the only place you can get your seeds. It's a good idea to swing by the Farmers' Market and compare prices. You can also purchase seeds here which fellow farmers have put up for sale.
Nursery
A real farmer knows to take care of his trees. Especially since they bear lots of fruit for little work. Tree cuttings can be bought at the nursery, but only after they have been unlocked for your level. New trees will be unlocked as you advance through levels.
Carpenter
The carpenter is your main man when it comes to animal housing. If you need it, he'll build it.
You can buy more than one animal housing unit from the carpenter at once. That's why you'll be asked how many units you'd like to buy when purchasing animal housing. Just make sure you have enough money to pay for all of them.
Many levels have new crops, trees or animals which are unlocked when you level-up
Supply Store
Fancy sprucing up your farm, adding that creative touch to your park? Then all you need is in the Supply Store. From hedges, to tree upgrades and barnyard cats to volcanoes your farm will be the envy of all your neighbours.
The Workshop is between the Shopping Centre and Market. When your animals are settled in and ready to go to work, the Workshop is where you will find the Production Pens. Once you have gathered the required tools from harvesting, the Farmwheel or from your Neighbours, click on the 'build' button - you will find the completed production pen under the animal tab on your farm. If you do not have quite enough tools and cannot wait, you can also buy toolboxes in the Workshop for a few Barnyard Bills.
Update: The Post Office, Gifts and Tourist Offices are all under one roof -
Post officeBank
Farmerama isn't just about trying to become the best farmer ever, but about being part of a larger community. Instead of playing against each other, farmers work together to support each other here, just like in a real country community!
This is where the post office comes into play. Players use the post office and its message system to stay in contact with each other. They can write messages, check their message inbox and outbox and take a look at their buddy list here.
You can also, from the post-office, hire Suzy to send an Air Mail to your neighbours and buddies.
You'll receive 1x Suzy Air Mail for each level up, and they can be won on the FarmWheel, or bought for 1 BB in the Supply Store.
Gifts
It's the little things that count in a friendship. That's why farmers are always willing to help when they hear another farmer is in need. Community comes first out here; so lend a hand by sending a gift! You can send 5 free gifts a day to buddies and/or neighbors. After that, you may send more gifts by spending BB on them. The new gift quota resets at midnight Central Europe Time.
Whether it be for a birthday, anniversary or wedding, you'll find just what you're looking for in the gift menu. Gifts will help to boost your popularity in the community. (see: )
Tourist Office
The tourist office is your bet for city information; you will find it in the Post Office, blue domed building with envelope on the roof.
You can put your farm on display for visitors to enjoy and send friend invites, e-cards or gifts here.
Putting farm on display
Whether they drop by for a chat or just want to admire your garden, visitors are always welcome on your farm. If you want visitors to be able to see your farm, just create a screenshot of your farm and post it in the tourist office for others to rate.
Use your creativity and show everyone that you know a thing or two about farming and gardening. Do what you want: Plant a rose garden or let it grow wild. Each farm has its own appeal. Just make sure to accentuate its best features!
You can take a photo of your farm to show it off to your neighbours and buddies.
On the bottom left you see a camera which will allow you to take a screen print of the last land you visited before coming to the City, via the Farm Map.
The photo will take a few minutes to be taken (wait for the spinning flower to stop spinning). Then you'll be able to use the link on the right to show your picture, or you can even make a voting link to get other players to score your farm.
Player recruitment
The main goals in Farmerama are to have a good time and meet new people, but playing with your existing friends can also be fun. That's why you should invite your friends to join in the fun and play Farmerama with you. Then you'll see just how much fun farming can be!
Your efforts will not go unnoticed. When your friends accept your invite and register, you will receive a fir tree as a gift to decorate your farm.
E-cards
What do you say? Feel like sending your friends an e-card of your beautiful farm? They'd probably love to hear from you again.
An e-card is a great way of showing off your gardening/farming skills and getting your friends to vote for your farm.
The Bank is in front of the Lookout Tower and next to the Farmers' Society. Running low on money? Then visit the bank and give your account a boost. It's located between the carpenter's shop and the post office.
Everybody knows your name at the bank - good farmers know how to handle their money. There are two types of currency in Farmerama: Country coins and Barnyard bills.
Every Country coin you earn with farming and selling produce will take you a step further in the game. But to really make it big, Barnyard bills are what you need. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - that's something every farmer understands!
Sometimes you've got to put it all on the line to profit. If you want to invest in new animal housing, trees and seeds for your farm, then purchase Barnyard bills in the bank with real money.
Afterwards you can exchange Barnyard bills for Country coins to keep your in-game account in the black.
If you really want to turn your farm into the best homestead ever, then take advantage of Premium advantages and sign up for a Premium membership. Take a look in "Premium advantages" to find out more.
Everybody knows your name at the bank - good farmers know how to handle their money. There are two types of currency in Farmerama: Country coins and Barnyard bills.
Every Country coin you earn with farming and selling produce will take you a step further in the game. But to really make it big, Barnyard bills are what you need. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - that's something every farmer understands!
Sometimes you've got to put it all on the line to profit. If you want to invest in new animal housing, trees and seeds for your farm, then purchase Barnyard bills in the bank with real money.
Afterwards you can exchange Barnyard bills for Country coins to keep your in-game account in the black.
If you really want to turn your farm into the best homestead ever, then take advantage of Premium advantages and sign up for a Premium membership. Take a look in "Premium advantages" to find out more.
FarmWheel
Roll up, roll up! Are you feeling lucky today? Then step this way.
The farmwheel gives one free spin per day that you log in and has prizes including water, country coins, harvesting bonuses. If you are feeling very lucky, you can purchase extra spins for just a few Barnyard Bills.
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Breeding Livestock
Breeding Livestock
Cultivating fields might just be fine and
dandy, but real farmers know that animals are where it's at. Ain't
nothing better than rising with the sun when the rooster crows to go
feed your hens, shear your sheep and milk your cows.
Farmerama has a ton of different animals for you to choose from and raise. Once you've built some housing for them, there's no telling what they might do.
Animal housing
You need to build animal housing before you can start raising animals. Click on the "Cow" symbol in the navigation menu in the game to see which animals you can buy.
You'll need to build animal housing for each type of animal. So head to the city to visit the carpenter. He's got all your animal housing needs covered.
Once you've bought the right building for your animals and returned from your city trip, click on the "Animal" symbol in the navigation menu. Drag 'n drop the building you bought for your animals onto your field. Every building takes up 4 squares on the grid. You can move animal pens and stalls around on your farm whenever you want.
If you want, you can also buy multiple buildings for the same type of animal. The more buildings you have for animals, the more animals you can have on your farm.
Animal feed
Hungry, thirsty or dirty animals aren't very productive. They'll just stand around doing nothing and won't produce any offspring if you don't take good care of them. That's why it's important for you to you mix feed for them in the mill. Only then can you really start breeding and raising animals.
Feed is composed of several different kinds of plants depending on its complexity.
To feed your animals, just click on their feeding trough. If you want, you can also give your animals water by clicking on the water drop that opens when you click on the animal building. Filling your animals' water troughs will accelerate their growth by 20%. If your water troughs and feeding troughs are full, this means you've done your job.
Once your animals are fully grown, they'll be transferred to the barn. If you click on the barn, you can see how many of each animal you have, and also sell them to customers.
Raising animals is a dirty job. They sure can make a big mess. After you've finished raising an animal, you're going to have to clean out their stalls/pens. Once all the manure has been scooped up, you can breed more offspring. Shoveling manure will pay off in the end for you as you can use it to fertilize your fields later on.
Farmerama has a ton of different animals for you to choose from and raise. Once you've built some housing for them, there's no telling what they might do.
Animal housing
You need to build animal housing before you can start raising animals. Click on the "Cow" symbol in the navigation menu in the game to see which animals you can buy.
You'll need to build animal housing for each type of animal. So head to the city to visit the carpenter. He's got all your animal housing needs covered.
Once you've bought the right building for your animals and returned from your city trip, click on the "Animal" symbol in the navigation menu. Drag 'n drop the building you bought for your animals onto your field. Every building takes up 4 squares on the grid. You can move animal pens and stalls around on your farm whenever you want.
If you want, you can also buy multiple buildings for the same type of animal. The more buildings you have for animals, the more animals you can have on your farm.
Animal feed
Hungry, thirsty or dirty animals aren't very productive. They'll just stand around doing nothing and won't produce any offspring if you don't take good care of them. That's why it's important for you to you mix feed for them in the mill. Only then can you really start breeding and raising animals.
Feed is composed of several different kinds of plants depending on its complexity.
To feed your animals, just click on their feeding trough. If you want, you can also give your animals water by clicking on the water drop that opens when you click on the animal building. Filling your animals' water troughs will accelerate their growth by 20%. If your water troughs and feeding troughs are full, this means you've done your job.
Once your animals are fully grown, they'll be transferred to the barn. If you click on the barn, you can see how many of each animal you have, and also sell them to customers.
Raising animals is a dirty job. They sure can make a big mess. After you've finished raising an animal, you're going to have to clean out their stalls/pens. Once all the manure has been scooped up, you can breed more offspring. Shoveling manure will pay off in the end for you as you can use it to fertilize your fields later on.
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Growing Crops
Growing Crops
Acreage
Click on the acre symbol in the navigation bar to move a small, medium or large-sized plot of land onto the field. The small acre has 1 square, the medium-sized acre has 2 squares and the large-sized acre has 4 squares. The larger the size, the more harvest you'll be able to reap. Drag 'n drop these acres around your field to move them. Acres are free; put as many of them on your field as you can.
Once you drag these acres onto your field, you'll see a grid appear to help you place them properly.
- Select field size
- Drag to your farm
Crops
Planting crops is really quite simple - just click on your field and pick an item from the pop-up menu. New items will be activated with each level; meaning the higher your level, the better your selection.
Here is an example of the crop-inventory, showing all the plants that can be grown at level 66 on Farmerama (the quantities have been erased, this just shows the variety of plants available )
Not able to plant anything, even though you've got plenty of plants? Well if you see a "0" in the plant menu, it means you're out of seeds. Take a trip to the city and buy new seeds from the seed shop (For more info, take a look in "City").
Planting seeds isn't the be-all and end-all of farming. There's plenty more work involved. You've got to water and fertilize your crops. Watering your crops helps to promote the growth of your plants. If you click on your cultivated fields, a menu will appear. Click on the water drop to irrigate or click on the manure pile to fertilize. This menu also shows how long it takes for your crops to mature. You can harvest your crops once they have stopped growing.
If the water drop or manure pile is crossed out, this means you have no water or fertilizer left. Refill your water tank/water tower or clean out some animal stalls.
Harvesting crops
As soon as your crops are ready to harvest, you'll see a "Done" sign in the menu. Click on this symbol to harvest and have your crops sent to the barn. The barn will shake once your crops have been delivered.
What can you do with your harvest?
- Fulfill customer orders and deliver your crops to them.
- Turn your harvest into animal feed in the mill.
- Use your harvested goods to plant new crops.
- Sell your crops in the city at the Farmers' Market (More info in "City").
Weeds
Weeds will eventually start to grow on fields, after 24 hours from harvest, which you already cultivated but didn't harvest. If you want to plant new crops on these fields, you'll have to remove the weeds first. This will cost you time to do so: just click on the field to start a one-minute countdown timer.
Orchard
Orchards are a great source of income for little work. All they need is one free square on your farm to grow and they'll bear you lots of fruit!
Trees
Click on the tree symbol in the navigation bar to plant a tree. You'll find all kinds of different trees here to plant. Not all trees can be planted right away; you'll have to wait for some to be unlocked. Once they're unlocked you'll see a "0" beside the tree. Visit the nursery in the city to buy a tree which has been unlocked. When you return from the city, you'll see a number beside the tree which reflects the number of trees you bought.
Drag 'n drop your bought trees onto the field and plant them wherever you want. You can also move trees around and give your farm its own personal touch.
Harvesting trees/fruits
Growing trees is as easy as it comes. They basically bear fruit on their own. All you have to do is click the tree to send the ripe fruit to the barn.
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Your Farm
Your Farm
Once you've registered for Farmerama, you'll be brought right to your field. Make the most of this field and turn it into your own personal farm!
There's a farmhouse, barn, mill, water tower and manure pile on this field for you to use. Breathe in the fresh country air and start farming. There's lots of work to be done and no time to rest!
The farmhouse
After a day's work on the field, there's nothing better than sitting down to a good hot meal. Once your belly is full, sit back and relax in your rocking chair and reflect upon your success as a farmer. The higher your level, the more success you will have.
Customers swing by the old farmhouse every once in awhile to order goods from you.
When your farmhouse starts to rock from side to side, that's the signal that your doorbell's ringing. A customer wants to place an order. So answer it quickly!
The barn
Everything you produce on your farm is stored in your barn. As soon as you've harvested or mixed animal feed, you'll be able to see your goods in the barn. You can also see how many animals you have here. Every farmer only has one barn in Farmerama. Although this building can't be expanded, you can store as many items as you want here, because it'll never fill up.
Click on the barn and a window will open up showing your farm's plants, animals and animal feed.
The mill
Animals also get hungry. As soon as you've put a roof over their head, mix some feed in the mill for them to eat. Just remember, animals can be picky. For every animal, you'll have to mix a different kind of feed which can sometimes be made up of one or two types of plants. Your animals can't feed directly off your produce, their food must be mixed at the mill.
You can only mix feed for those animals you've built housing for on your farm. It will take a certain amount of time to make feed. You can only produce one kind of feed at a time. If you are already mixing feed and really need to make another kind of feed, you can cancel your current production whenever you want. You'll be able to keep what you've produced already.
Power-Feed can now also be mixed in the Mill.
Every farmer has only one mill.
The water tower
You have a water tower on your farm in order to provide your plants and animals with water. The water tower can only hold a certain amount of water. Once you've used up its supply of water, you can refill it with Country coins.
A refill costs 122 CCs - Whatever the amount of units remaining.
Tip: Wait until you are down to zero units before refilling
The water tower can't be moved. If you need more water, you can also buy additional water tanks and put it wherever you want on your farm. Every time you use your Country coins to fill up your water tank/water tower, the total water volume will increase. If you fill up the water tower, the water tank will automatically be filled, and vice versa.
The silo
Just next to the Water Tower is the Silo. This is where you can purchase Super-Grow and Power-Feed (You can also 'Make-your-own' Power-Feed at the Mill)
Using these will reduce your growing time by half.
- Power-Feed (for animals)
- Super-Grow (for crops)
Another sort of Fertilizer that can be used is Suzy's Super-Grow. You can hire her to spray your crops/trees.
You'll notice a "propeller" on the right when you tend to your crops/trees.
This animated picture shows you the "effect" of Suzy's Fertilizer.
Crops and Trees sprayed by Suzy will give +50% EP, and an increased harvest too (You'll harvest +2 fruits on trees, and +2 crops)
The manure pile
Ain't no doubt about it, the manure pile is one stinky place. Every time you clean out your animals' stalls and pens manure will get added to this pile. Do your part to keep nature in balance! You can use manure to reduce the time to harvest by adding it to your fields.
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{FAQ} New City, New Buildings
Well, the new city is avalible fore quite some time... But I'm sure that there are players who want to learn more about it, so for you guys here is everything you need to know about the new city
The New City:
