Farm Town is a free game that can be played with your Facebook account. At first glance to me, I thought that the game would be quite boring and mundane, but after talking to some of my friends who are among the 18,000,000 plus people playing the app, I found that it was a great new way to interact with your Facebook friends. With this guide for Farm Town, you’ll learn how to play Farm Town and be successful at the game.
Getting Started with Farm Town on Facebook
After accepting the application’s terms and agreements, you’ll be allowed to create your own avatar. This will be your visual representation of yourself in the game. After that is done, you’ll be placed onto your farm and given 500 coins. The coins are the game’s monetary system and are used to purchase livestock, crops, etc., to personalize your farm. You’ll also have some plants already planted on the farm and growing in various stages. Harvest these plants when they are individually ready, and get them ready to take to the marketplace. If you don’t harvest your crops when they’re finished, they will begin to rot, thus resulting in a loss of your investment. Believe it or not, there’s an option in the game to have Farm Town notify you via email when you crops are ready to be harvested. The most important concept to understand in Farm Town is that you have to harvest your crops when they are ready in order to have success in the game.
Travelling around in Farm Town is as easy as pointing and clicking on where you want to go. There’s a bank in town that will trade you coins for actual money through paypal services. (Just so you know, this option is entirely at your discretion, as you don’t have to do this in order to have success in the game.) You can also travel to the market, where you can do two things, first is obviously sell your crops, and the second is to offer your services to other farmers as a farm hand. There’s also an Inn where you can go and chat with people who play the game along with you. A word of advice for you is to only talk about offering your services as a farm hand at the market. Doing so at the Inn can annoy people and you can get treat like a social outcast for doing so.
Plowing and Planting Your Fields in Farm Town on Facebook
In order to do any farming in Farm Town, you have to plow and then plant in your fields. Plowing a field costs 20 coins for each field. The strategy here is not to plow too many fields than you can plant, and then not to plant too many fields than you can harvest. Starting out, it’s recommended that you plant eight potato fields. Potato fields only take a day to grow, and you get a quick turnover in making a profit at the market.
Making Money at the Market in Farm Town on Facebook
With your potatoes you can make a pretty good living at the marketplace. Stay away from buying things like livestock, because they don’t do anything to help you make money, and if left unwatched, they can even eat your crops. After you can afford to, you can buy some livestock and put them in an enclosure, away from your crops. Livestock is seen more as a symbol of your status rather than a means to make money. You also have to make eight friends in order to sell livestock on your farm, so if you don’t have great social skills, stay away from this as well. At first, just harvest and sell your crops at the market, rather than hiring hands to do it for you. Building up enough money in your reserves is an essential component to learning how to play farm town and how to play on Facebook.
