FarmVille Year of The Rat! Quest Guide

Starts: January 23rd - Quest Story: "Hello there! So good to see you here. We're just setting up for the celebrations! Would you like to help?"
Expected duration of the Farmville Year of the Rat! Quest is Thu 23rd January 2020 to Thu 6th February 2020.

These are all farm quests and are repeatable. The FarmVille Studio can change the requirements at any time as they see fit. This quest is accurate at the time of posting…

 Note: The Crop alternatives mentioned here are accurate at time of posting. For a full list of crop alternatives click here

  

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Quests Info

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YOU WILL NEED A 3 STAR WINERY, A 3 STAR BAKERY AND A 3 STAR SPA IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS QUEST.

GOJI BERRY FLOATS MAY ALSO APPEAR AS GOJI BERRY WINE

FRUIT PUNCH WILL SHOW IN YOUR WINERY AS FRUIT WINE.

FLORAL PUNCH MAY SHOW IN YOUR WINERY AS DAFFODIL SPIRITS.

PLANT AHEAD:

DOUBLE PIKAKE CROPS TAKES 18 HOURS TO GROW

BUCKWHEAT, LILY, RED TULIP AND PEPPERMINT CROPS WILL TAKE 23 HOURS TO GROW

DAFFODIL AND EGGPLANT CROPS WILL TAKE 46 HOURS TO GROW

  

READ DF TIPS BEFORE BEGINNING TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE WILLING OR ABLE TO DO THIS QUEST:

NOTE: NOT ALL QUESTS ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVES. IF WE DO NOT LIST ALTERNATIVES IN A QUEST STEP, THAT MEANS THAT YOU MUST PLANT THE EXACT CROP IT CALLS FOR. ANYTHING WITH AN ORGANIC SYMBOL IS THE ORIGINAL CROP AND WILL COUNT. SUPER CROPS DO NOT COUNT UNLESS THEY ARE LISTED AS ALTERNATIVES.

Note: Smart Quest credit is not guaranteed and can be removed by Farmville at any time without warning. Smart Quest amounts are provided in case you wish toGAMBLE, but planting anything less than the full amount required by the quest is at your own risk.  

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 1": 2020 is the Year of the Rat!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 7 Circle Charms	Harvest 60 Coffee (9 hrs 30 mins)	Craft 3 Goji Berry Floats Winery	Green Dragon Statue
Other Rewards: 2500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Kona Coffee (9 hrs 30 mins).. Coffee (16 hrs ).. Coffee (8 hrs ).. Cocoa Coffee (14 hrs ).. Jamaican Coffee (23 hrs).. Super Cocoa Coffee (14 hrs )..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –6
Ah! Well done, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 2": Each year is related to a Chinese zodiac animal according to the 12-year cycle.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 8 Red Paper Fan	Harvest 90 New Year Produce (23 hrs)	Craft 3 Floral Perfumes Spa	Book Of XP
Other Rewards: 3000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –9
Good work, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 3": The Rat occupies the first position in the Chinese zodiac, after the Pig, and before the Ox.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 9 Dragon Moon Mask	Harvest 120 Firefly Grapes (23 hrs)	Craft 3 Chardonnay Frosted Cakes Bakery	3 pack of Turbo Chargers
Other Rewards: 3500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –12
Always good to see you at your best, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 4": The lucky numbers for anyone born in the Year of the Dog are 2 and 3.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 10 Assorted Streamers	Harvest 150 New Year Produce (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Fruit Punchs Winery	Lunar Year Dragon
Other Rewards: 4000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –15
Ah! Good Work, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 5": Gold, Blue and Green are the lucky colors for anyone born in the Year of the Dog.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 10 Exotic Chopsticks	Harvest 180 Canning Peaches (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Flower Leis Spa	Unwither
Other Rewards: 4500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –18
Keep it up, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 6": Lily and African Violet are the lucky flowers for people born in the Year of the Dog.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 11 Red Light Lantern	Harvest 180 Narcissus Geranium (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Gingerbread Cakes Bakery	Organic Fertilizer
Other Rewards: 5000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: None..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –18
Keep going, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 7": People born in the Year of the Dog are instinctive, outgoing, cheerful and stubborn, catious and picky.
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 12 Fresh Dumplings	Harvest 200 Sunflowers (23 hrs)	Craft 2 Floral Punchs Winery	Lunar Colorful Chicken
Other Rewards: 5500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Sunflower (23 hrs).. Super Sunflower (23 hrs).. Scarlet Sunflower (8 hrs ).. White Dwarf Sunflower (23 hrs).. Sunflowers (12 hrs ).. Squirting Sunflower (23 hrs).. Beach Sunflower (23 hrs).. Eclipse Sunflower (14 hrs ).. Spiral Sunflowers (12 hrs ).. Sunflower Rattle (8 hrs ).. Super Eclipse Sunflower (14 hrs ).. Velvet Queen Sunflower (8 hrs ).. Radiant Sunflower (9 hrs 30 mins)..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –20
Brilliant!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 8": People born in the Rat Year get along really well with people born in Ox, Dragon and Monkey year!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 13 Seed Rice Balls	Harvest 220 Daffodils (16 hrs )	Craft 1 Lily Bath Bomb Spa	Instagrow Potion
Other Rewards: 6000 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Lilac Daffy (16 hrs ).. Daffodil (46 hrs).. Daffodil (8 hrs ).. Yellow Daffodil (23 hrs).. Snowed Daffodil (12 mins)..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –22
Well done, Farmer!

 

"YEAR OF THE RAT!: PART 9": Thank you for being a part of the celebrations, Farmer! Enjoy the new year!
	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Reward 1
	Get 14 Assorted Fortune Cookie	Harvest 240 Eggplants (46 hrs)	Craft 2 Organic Eggplant Currys Bakery	Lunar Queen Pegacorn
Other Rewards: 6500 Coins Share Reward:
Crop Alternative: Eggplant (46 hrs).. Forbidden Eggplant (46 hrs).. Chinese Eggplant (46 hrs).. Mini Eggplant (17 hrs 54 mins).. Dragon Eggplant (23 hrs).. Eggplant White (19 hrs 54 mins).. Amethyst Eggplant (4 hrs )..
Quest Tips: Amount to harvest with smart quest credit –24
Well done, Farmer! See you next year!

 Total Winery Ingredients Needed:

12 Blueberry
6 Buckwheat
8 Daffodil
8 Gladiolus
14 Raspberry
9 Red Goji Berry
4 Sugar Cane

Total Bakery Ingredients Needed: 

9 Blackberry
9 Chardonnay
6 Eggplant
6 Gingerbread
4 Pattypan
6 Pepper
6 Pumpkin
4 Red Tulip
3 Sugar Cane

Total Spa Ingredients Needed:

12 Blueberry
4 Columbine
2 Daffodil
6 Double Pikake
12 Morning Glory
4 Peppermint

Bushel summary (Winery, Bakery, Spa, combined) This listing will only be added to quests that use the same bushel in more than one cottage, to make planting easier for those who opt to grow their own.

9 Blackberry (Super Crop Available)
24 Blueberry (Super Crop Available)
6 Buckwheat
9 Chardonnay
4 Columbine
10 Daffodil 
6 Double Pikake
6 Eggplant
6 Gingerbread
8 Gladiolus
8 Lily
12 Morning Glory (Super Crop Available)
4 Pattypan (Super Crop Available)
6 Pepper (Super Crop Available)
4 Peppermint 
6 Pumpkin (Super Crop Available)
14 Raspberry (Super Crop Available)
9 Red Goji Berry
4 Red Tulip
7 Sugar Cane

Total Plots to Harvest With Smart Quest Credit: 144   

Total Plots to Harvest Without Smart Quest Credit: 1440

Thanks to our friends at Farmville Wikia for orignally figuring out the Smart Quest pattern. To read the updated chart in full, visit the Dirt Farmer here.

 More tips and details will be added as and when they are found out... Stay Tuned...