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Winter is here and snow is on the ground in big giant heaps! What better way to make use of this special time of the year by engaging in two of our favorite traditional snowy activities: snowball fights and snowman building?
In FarmVille for a limited time you can now do both. Read on for the details!
Blast ‘em with a Snowball
A snowball fight isn’t much fun by yourself—you need to get your neighbors involved (perhaps unwittingly). You can start the fight simply by visiting your neighbor’s farm. You’ll see a pop-up window asking if you want to throw a snowball at them. To do this, simply click on the “Share” button:
You’ll be prompted to post a snowball fight notice to their feed. You’ll see an on-screen animation of a snowball hitting them… or does it? There’s a chance you could miss your neighbor and hit someone else by accident.
Whenever someone gets hit, they have the option to throw a snowball back by clicking on the “Retaliate” button on the feed post:
You’ll then be shown a new window where you can throw snowballs back and post the appropriate notes on their walls (if you hit them). Note that you can Retaliate from someone else’s feed—you don’t have to be hit to Retaliate. You can throw one snowball per neighbor per day:
But that’s not all! If you get hit by a snowball and retaliate, you’ll get a Pile of Snow in return. What can you do with a Pile of Snow?
Build a Snowman
You can build a Snowman of course! You’ll get initial frame for the Snowman for free the first time you play FarmVille after the update, where you will immediately be entered into Placement Mode. You can place the Snowman on your farm now, or you can choose to place it in your Gift Box for use later.
The Snowman is not level locked, so any level player can use it. You can only have one on your farm at any one time, though should you lose or not get a Snowman, you can buy one in the Market for 5,000 coins (under the “Buildings” tab).
Alternatively you can convert one of your Piles of Snow into a Snowman frame if yours is missing. You can also have more than one Snowman on your farm, but you can only build one at a time.
The Snowman is essentially a three-tier constructible building—you don’t use regular building parts for it, but special Winter-themed items special for this event. Click on the Snowman frame and then select “Look Inside” to see what you’ll need:
Here are the parts you’ll need to construct each Snowman tier:
First tier, “Smiling Snowman”: ten (10) Piles of Snow, one (1) Snowman Scarf
Second tier, “Dapper Snowman”: five (5) Piles of Snow, three (3) Snowman Buttons
Third tier, “Dancing Snowman”: two (2) Piles of Snow, one (1) Magic Hat
Each tier has a different look to it:
You can acquire these parts by:
Asking your neighbors for these parts by posting a help request to their feed (click on the “Ask For More” button for each type of part). Three friends are chosen to ask from—the selection of these friends changes daily.
Acquire individual parts by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Buy” button for that particular part). Piles of Snow are 1 Farm Cash; other items may be 2-3 Farm Cash each except for the Magic Hat (which is 10 Farm Cash).
Piles of Snow can be acquired by getting hit by Snowballs from your neighbors (or clicking on related feeds).
Acquire all needed parts for the building by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Complete Now” button to purchase parts for the rest of the building).
Using individual parts available in your Gift Box.
Some other special unique parts (like the Snowman Scarf) can also be acquired by asking other neighbors for those special parts.
Piles of Snow collect as you retaliate from the Snowball Fight, and get stored in your Gift Box:
Once a day you’ll also be able to harvest the Snowman for Watering Cans—the higher the tier, the more Watering Cans you can get out of it.
Both the Snowball Fight and the Snowman events end on January 13. After that date players will not be able to throw snowballs, or add (or ask for) parts to their Snowman. You will be able to store your Snowman at that time.
In FarmVille for a limited time you can now do both. Read on for the details!
Blast ‘em with a Snowball
A snowball fight isn’t much fun by yourself—you need to get your neighbors involved (perhaps unwittingly). You can start the fight simply by visiting your neighbor’s farm. You’ll see a pop-up window asking if you want to throw a snowball at them. To do this, simply click on the “Share” button:
You’ll be prompted to post a snowball fight notice to their feed. You’ll see an on-screen animation of a snowball hitting them… or does it? There’s a chance you could miss your neighbor and hit someone else by accident.
Whenever someone gets hit, they have the option to throw a snowball back by clicking on the “Retaliate” button on the feed post:
You’ll then be shown a new window where you can throw snowballs back and post the appropriate notes on their walls (if you hit them). Note that you can Retaliate from someone else’s feed—you don’t have to be hit to Retaliate. You can throw one snowball per neighbor per day:
But that’s not all! If you get hit by a snowball and retaliate, you’ll get a Pile of Snow in return. What can you do with a Pile of Snow?
Build a Snowman
You can build a Snowman of course! You’ll get initial frame for the Snowman for free the first time you play FarmVille after the update, where you will immediately be entered into Placement Mode. You can place the Snowman on your farm now, or you can choose to place it in your Gift Box for use later.
The Snowman is not level locked, so any level player can use it. You can only have one on your farm at any one time, though should you lose or not get a Snowman, you can buy one in the Market for 5,000 coins (under the “Buildings” tab).
Alternatively you can convert one of your Piles of Snow into a Snowman frame if yours is missing. You can also have more than one Snowman on your farm, but you can only build one at a time.
The Snowman is essentially a three-tier constructible building—you don’t use regular building parts for it, but special Winter-themed items special for this event. Click on the Snowman frame and then select “Look Inside” to see what you’ll need:
Here are the parts you’ll need to construct each Snowman tier:
First tier, “Smiling Snowman”: ten (10) Piles of Snow, one (1) Snowman Scarf
Second tier, “Dapper Snowman”: five (5) Piles of Snow, three (3) Snowman Buttons
Third tier, “Dancing Snowman”: two (2) Piles of Snow, one (1) Magic Hat
Each tier has a different look to it:
You can acquire these parts by:
Asking your neighbors for these parts by posting a help request to their feed (click on the “Ask For More” button for each type of part). Three friends are chosen to ask from—the selection of these friends changes daily.
Acquire individual parts by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Buy” button for that particular part). Piles of Snow are 1 Farm Cash; other items may be 2-3 Farm Cash each except for the Magic Hat (which is 10 Farm Cash).
Piles of Snow can be acquired by getting hit by Snowballs from your neighbors (or clicking on related feeds).
Acquire all needed parts for the building by spending Farm Cash (click on the “Complete Now” button to purchase parts for the rest of the building).
Using individual parts available in your Gift Box.
Some other special unique parts (like the Snowman Scarf) can also be acquired by asking other neighbors for those special parts.
Piles of Snow collect as you retaliate from the Snowball Fight, and get stored in your Gift Box:
Once a day you’ll also be able to harvest the Snowman for Watering Cans—the higher the tier, the more Watering Cans you can get out of it.
Both the Snowball Fight and the Snowman events end on January 13. After that date players will not be able to throw snowballs, or add (or ask for) parts to their Snowman. You will be able to store your Snowman at that time.
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