The Holiday Book Feature is broken up into four consecutive stages that unlock over time. Click the links below to find out more information about each stage.
Oh boy! Marie found your old Family Holiday Book, which is all about decorating! Assist Marie with her tasks to earn beautiful Decoration Lights for buildings on your farm and other great rewards. Complete all four stages and get the exclusive baby Watermael Chicken!
Note: The Adult Watermael Chicken will produce 5x Fertilizer when fed!
Completing Your Rocking Chair (Holiday Book Quests):
In order to earn some great prizes, you will need to complete the Holiday Book Quests. Currently, only the first and second set of quests is available. The other two stages of this feature will unlock in the coming weeks. You can access the Quest Menu from clicking on the Rocking Chair.
Each Holiday Book Quest has six parts that have to be completed. As you finish parts of your quest, a green check mark will appear to indicate what parts of the quest have been completed. If you complete all six parts of the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quest, you will win Power and Holiday Candy Cane Decorations for a building on your farm!
Holiday Book Quests – Week 2:
As noted above, click on the Rocking Chair to start working on your second set of Holiday Book Quests. The Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quest tasks require you to make Cookies in the Crafting Kitchen, collect Candy Canes from Stockings, and get Hooks by completing quests for Gus and/or collect Hooks from your Newsfeed.
Surprise Decoration: Click on the “Post” button to post a request for a Surprise Decoration (one out of the six Decorations) to your Facebook wall; you will get a Surprise Decoration (one out of the six Decorations) when your Friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post! Note: You can post a request using this button every four hours.
The first step is to craft Yellow Holiday Cookie, Blue Holiday Cookie, and Red Holiday Cookie. Click on the "Make" button to head into the Crafting Kitchen to get started. If you would like a tutorial on the Crafting Kitchen, please view our Official Guide: Crafting Kitchen.
The next step in this quest is to collect Red Candy Canes and Green Candy Canes from Stockings. You can collect Red and the Green Candy Canes as you inspect Fur from the Holiday Stocking Station. Note: If you do not wish to complete any of these tasks, you can skip this step for Farm Bucks. If you would like a tutorial on the Holiday Stocking Station, please view our Official Guide: Holiday Stocking Station.
To collect Red Candy Canes and Green Candy Canes, click on the "Collect" button to open the Holiday Stocking Station.
As you inspect Fur, you can find Red Candy Canes and Green Candy Canes. If you find some, they will appear on your farm in a similar fashion to Prize Goods.
You can also get Red Candy Canes and Green Candy Canes by collecting Friends’ and Neighbors’ requests from your Newsfeed (see images below):
The final step in this quest is to collect Hooks by completing quests for Gus. Click on the "Go To Quest" button to start Gus’s ‘Community Caring’ quests. Note: If you have completed Gus’s ‘Community Caring’ quests, you will need to complete Barbara's ‘Winter Guests.’ If you do not wish to complete any of these quests, you can skip this step for Farm Bucks. Gus’s ‘Community Caring’ quests are as follows:
As you complete the quests for Gus, you will receive the following pop-up to indicate that you have earned Hooks:
You can also get Hooks by collecting Friends’ and Neighbors’ requests from your Newsfeed (see image below):
As you complete the Holiday book Quests, you will receive special rewards, such as Power! Click on the “Share” button to share Holiday Hooks with Friends.
Holiday Candy Canes:
In order to earn the lovely Holiday Candy Cane Decorations, you will need to complete the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests. As you complete each quest, various buildings on your farm will be decorated with the Candy Canes! Below is a list of the buildings that you can decorate with the Candy Canes:
- Crafting Kitchen
- Wells (all six)
- Silos (all five)
Holiday Fences:
Have you completed the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests and are looking for something else to do while you wait for the following week? Complete the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests multiple times to earn Bonus Fences with Holiday Lights!
Each additional time you complete the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests, you will receive the following pop-up. Click on the "Place and Share" button to share some of the rewards with Friends!
Note: You are not required to complete the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests multiple times in order to earn the exclusive baby Watermael Chicken.
Additional Information:
- You have 35 days to collect the Holiday Book prizes and decoration lights. If you do not collect them all, the prizes and Decoration Lights will disappear and you will be unable to claim them.
- If you want to see how much time you have left to claim the Holiday Book prizes and the Decoration Lights, hover your cursor over the Chair.
- If you do not wish to use the Rocking Chair, it can be sold (frame only) or stored in your Inventory after 1/7/14. Note: You will only receive Snowflakes when the Rocking Chair is built and the Holiday Book Quests are active (Youwill not receive Snowflakes if the Rocking Chair is not fully constructed or if the Holiday Book Quests are not active).
- You are not required to complete the Holiday Book, Stage 2 Quests multiple times in order to earn the exclusive baby Watermael Chicken.
- You are limited to one Rocking Chair per Farm.
