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FrontierVille Collections

By | Published October 3, 2010

FrontierVille Collections

One of the things that keeps FrontierVille very interesting and highly replayable are the collections. Everytime to you do something in the game that provides rewards, such as planting crops, chasing away varmints, chopping down trees, etc., you have a small chance of getting a special item to drop that is part of a collection. Some of the items in each collection are common, while often one or two are very rare. Whenever you complete a collection, you can trade it in for a reward. The rewards come in all shapes and sizes and often can be in the form of special items or even additional XP and Energy. Some rewards are a lot more valuable than others, particularly at different stages of the game.

One thing to keep in mind is that some of the items in collections are also needed to complete goals and missions in the game. So you don’t necessarily want to trade in a collection as soon as you complete it. It’s often better to wait until after you complete your mission or quest so that the items can be used for those goals instead. We’ve indicated in the notes in each collection where you’ll want to wait and hold on.

FrontierVille groundhog collection

When you get all five items in a collection, you can trade it in for a reward.

New collections are introduced to FrontierVille all the time, especially around new events, so we’ll try to keep this list updated as much as possible.

Happy collecting!

Apple

Reward: free pig, 25 XP

  • apple butter
  • apple candy
  • apple cider
  • apple cobbler
  • apple pie

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Apple Pie Contest goal. You will need 5 apple pies for that goal.

Apricot

Reward: 3,000 coins

  • apricot candy
  • apricot cider
  • apricot fritter
  • apricot oil
  • apricot preserves

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Sick Day goal. You will need 4 apricot oils for that goal.

Barn

Reward: one sawhorse, animal harvest boost

  • salt lick
  • lantern
  • milk jug
  • food pan
  • hay hook

Bear

Reward: one clothing, one animal ready boost

  • bear skull
  • bear tooth
  • bear meat
  • bear pelt
  • bear claw

Cabin

Reward: two clothing, free rocking chair

  • candlestick
  • skillet
  • fireplace tool
  • stove
  • welcome mat

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Welcome Fanny Wildcat goal. You will need 1 welcome mat for that goal.

Cherry

Reward: 3 energy

  • cherry cider
  • cherry candy
  • cherry preserves
  • cherry cobbler
  • cherry pie

Chicken

Reward: 4 energy

  • chicken breast
  • chicken broth
  • chicken drumstick
  • omelette
  • eggs

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Chicken Tender goal. You will need 5 chicken breasts.

Chicken Coop

Reward: 50 food, downy feathers

  • white egg
  • brown egg
  • spotted egg
  • white feather
  • brown feather

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Collect a Dozen Eggs goal. You will need 4 white eggs, 4 brown eggs and 4 spotted eggs.

Clearing

Reward: 35 wood, free shovel

  • arrowhead
  • eagle feather
  • old pottery
  • mushroom
  • Spanish coin

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Make Medicinal Tea goal AND the Toys for the Kid goal. You will need 2 mushrooms for the Medicinal Tea goal, and later you will need 2 arrowheads for the Toys goal.

Clover

Reward: free sheep, 25 food

  • clover tea
  • bee
  • four-leaf clover
  • clover honey
  • blover blossom

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Make Medicinal Tea goal AND the Toys for the Kid goal. You will need 1 clover tea for the Medicinal Tea goal, and later you will need 2 bees for the Toys goal.

Corn

Reward: free goat, 25 XP

  • cornbread
  • corn chowder
  • corn fritters
  • grits
  • popcorn

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Chicken Tender goal. You will need 5 corn fritters. (If you still have the Independence Day goals, you will need 5 cornbread for Party on the Fourth, Part II.)

Cotton

Reward: 5 cloth, 1 ribbon

  • boll weevil
  • cotton gin
  • cotton seed
  • thread spool
  • yarn ball

Cow

Reward: 25 food, free bucket

  • butter
  • cheddar cheese
  • cottage cheese
  • milk
  • Swiss cheese

Crafting

Reward: 3 tools, 50 wood

  • jack knife
  • pin cushion
  • planer
  • thimble
  • whetstone

Eggplant

Reward: 2 firecrackers

  • eggplant stew
  • fried eggplant
  • roasted eggplant
  • eggplant casserole
  • ratatouille

Family

Reward: reputation +2, free washboard

  • overalls
  • portrait photo
  • hope chest
  • diary
  • baby shoes

Flax

Reward: 4 ribbon, 2 cloth

  • canvas
  • rope
  • twine
  • flaxseed oil
  • farmer hat

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Chicken Tender goal. You will need 5 corn fritters. (If you still have the Independence Day goals, you will need 5 cornbread for Party on the Fourth, Part II.)

Fox

Reward: free goose, 25 XP

  • fox tail
  • fox fur
  • fox paw
  • broken egg
  • chicken bones

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Keep Warm goal. You will need 2 fox fur.

General Store

Reward: 2 tools, 50 wood

  • desk bell
  • old book
  • cash register
  • grain sack
  • receipt

Goat

Reward: free cherry tree, 25 XP

  • can
  • feta cheese
  • cashmere sweater
  • goat milk
  • goat stew

Goose

Reward: downy feather, 35 food

  • goose quill
  • goose egg
  • foie gras
  • roasted goose
  • goose soup

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Raise Geese goal. You will need 2 foie gras. Afterwards, you can trade in the collection for the downy feather in order to complete the Prepare a New Bed goal.

Groundhog

Reward: 4 energy

  • damaged tomato
  • chewed corn
  • peanut shells
  • eaten peas
  • pumpkin rinds

Notes: Do NOT turn in until you have completed the Toys for the Kid goal. You will need 2 peanut shells.

Horse

Reward: free mule

  • saddle
  • horsehair brush
  • boot spurs
  • grooming brush
  • lasso

Independence Day

Reward: free Liberty Bell

  • tricorne hat
  • cannonball
  • snare drum
  • powder horn
  • tea crate

Inn

Reward: one lucky horseshoe

  • basket
  • coffee cup
  • dinner plate
  • linen
  • pillow

Notes: Do NOT turn in until you have completed the Toys for the Kid goal. You will need 2 peanut shells.

Manure

Reward: one saltpeter

  • poultry puddin’
  • piggy poop
  • brush brownie
  • prairie pile
  • meadow muffin

Mule

Reward: fruit ready boost

  • bedroll
  • bridle
  • feedbag
  • saddlebags
  • harness

Oak Tree

Reward: 3 fire, free oak sapling

  • termite
  • axe
  • bird’s nest
  • oak leaf
  • acorn

Ox

Reward: free cow, 25 XP

  • branding iron
  • ground chuck
  • steer horn
  • ribeye
  • nose ring

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Prepare Dinner for Fanny Wildcat goal. You will need 4 ribeyes. (If you still have the Independence Day goals, you will need 1 ribeye for Party on the Fourth, Part II.)

Peach

Reward: 7 energy, one free barrel

  • peach cider
  • peach candy
  • peach preserve
  • peach cobbler
  • peach pie

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Birthday Time goal. You will need 3 peach candies.

Peanut

Reward: unwither crops boost

  • boiled peanuts
  • peanut brittle
  • peanut butter
  • peanut oil
  • roasted peanuts

Pear

Reward: 50 XP, one free crate

  • pear candy
  • pear cider
  • pear pie
  • pear preserves
  • pear cobbler

Peas

Reward: wither protection boost

  • pea soup
  • pea stew
  • pea pod
  • peas and rice
  • snow pea stir fry

Pig

Reward: free peach tree, 25 XP
(If you still have the Independence Day goals, you will need 3 hams for Party on the Fourth, Part II.)

  • bacon
  • ham
  • porkchop
  • ribs
  • sausage

Pine Tree

Reward: 3 planks, free pine sapling

  • spiked boots
  • pine cone
  • pine needles
  • turpentine
  • tree wedge

Potato

Reward: 60 food, free crate

  • baked potato
  • hash browns
  • mashed potatoes
  • potato roll
  • potato soup

Notes: Do NOT trade in this collection until you have completed Prepare Dinner for Fanny Wildcat. You will need 4 mashed potatoes.

Pumpkin

Reward: free goose, 25 XP

  • pumpkin pie
  • pumpkin seeds
  • pumpkin muffin
  • jackolantern
  • pumpkin bread

Sawmill

Reward: +1 to max energy

  • bandsaw blade
  • sawdust
  • logging chain
  • scrap lumber
  • circular saw blade

School

Reward: 3,500 coins

  • eraser
  • lunchbox
  • paper
  • pencil
  • ruler

Sheep

Reward: 3 cloth, 2 ribbon

  • wool coat
  • wool gloves
  • wool hat
  • wool socks
  • shears

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed the Care for Your Child goal AND Get Equipped goal. You will need 1 warm coat for the Child goal, AND later 6 wool gloves.

Snake

Reward: 40 food, free apple tree

  • snake skin
  • snake egg
  • snake rattler
  • venom vial
  • snake fangs

Sunflower

Reward: +8 energy

  • sunflower seeds
  • sun butter
  • sunflower bread
  • sunflower oil
  • sunflower petals

Tomato

Reward: 500 coins

  • fried tomatoes
  • tomato sauce
  • salsa
  • tomato soup
  • ketchup bottle

Wagon

Reward: 2 plank, 2 fire

  • brake lever
  • seat
  • wagon wheel
  • yoke
  • wagon tongue

Wheat

Reward: free haystack, free pitchfork

  • johnnycakes
  • muffin
  • cream of wheat
  • bread
  • cookies

Wildflower

Reward: 50 XP, one bouquet

  • orange flower
  • pink flower
  • purple flower
  • white flower
  • yellow flower

Notes: Do NOT trade in until you have completed Make Medicinal Tea AND Sick Day. You will need 2 purple flowers for Medicinal Tea AND 7 white flowers for Sick Day. You WILL need to trade in this collection several times to get bouquets for Get Married (1 bouquet) and Welcome Fanny Wildcat (3 bouquets).

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Hiring Friends in Frontierville

By | Published September 4, 2010

Keeping everything running on your homestead is hard work. It would be great if you had some extra help. Fortunately, that’s easy to do in Frontierville using your friends. Of course, friends can help you out on their own by visiting your homestead, but you can also hire your friends to help you out with specific tasks.

To hire your friend, click on their name in your toolbar and then click on Hire. You can hire two friends per day and it will cost you 50 coins each time you hire a friend. What should you put them to work on? Well, the best strategy is to have your friends either harvest your crops or your trees. Both of these activities have solid returns in both coins and food and you’ll stand a good chance of earning back your 50 coins. Don’t have your hired friends work on clearing your fields, as this produces very little in the way of rewards and you won’t earn back your coins.

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Getting Saltpeter in Frontierville

By | Published July 4, 2010

It’s holiday time in Frontierville and there’s a new quest to help you celebrate Independence Day here in the United States. The new Fireworks quest series will give you some great new rare items, but you have to start by making some fireworks. And to get those fireworks, you’ll need two items: fire and saltpeter. Of the two, fire is the easiest. If you’ve been playing the game for a while, you probably already have all you need. Saltpeter is a little more difficult, and well, icky to get.

Frontierville Manure Collection

The key is completing your Manure collection. Every once in a while, you get manure drops from animals on your frontier as you feed them. When you collect enough manure from several different animals, you’ll be able to turn in the collection for Saltpeter, which can then be used to craft fireworks for the quest. The challenge is getting enough manure. You’ll need to complete the following for each Saltpeter:

  • Poultry Puddin – Collect from geese and chickens
  • Piggy Poop – Collect from pigs
  • Brush Brownie – Collect from sheep and goats
  • Prairie Pile – Collect from horses and mules
  • Meadow Muffin – Collect from cows and oxen

In addition to feeding and farming your own animals, try tending to your neighbor’s animals to increase the manure drops. Collecting enough to make all the fireworks you’ll need is going to take some time, so roll up your sleeves and get to it!

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FrontierVille Energy Cheats

By | Published June 21, 2010

Energy is a very important concept in FrontierVille. Most everything you can do in the game, such as clearing land, constructing buildings, and tending to your animals, is metered by available energy. Generally, every action you take requires one unit of energy. When you run out of energy, you either need to wait for your energy pool to replenish itself over time, or do certain things, such as eating meals or purchasing energy refills, to get it back.

FrontierVille energy bar

The good news is that energy replenishes itself over time. The bad news is that it grows slowly. When FrontierVille first launched, you would earn back one unit of energy every three minutes. Now that the creators of the game have done some re-balancing, it now takes five minutes for each energy point to accumulate. When you’re just starting out and don’t have very much energy to begin with, you’ll only need to wait about an hour or less for your energy to get back to full.

If you don’t want to wait, there are a few things you can do to restore some or part of your energy. Here are some basic energy cheats — tips and tricks to get energy back quickly in FrontierVille.

Eat Meals

You can trade in the food you accumulate in the game for meals, which instantly transform into energy. The simplest meal, the Light Snack, restores 3 energy points and only costs 32 food to create. It used to cost just 25 food, but again, the creators have been busy rebalancing the game. You can spend most food points to create larger meals, such as Breakfast, Lunch, or even the 7-course meal, to restore even more food. One item, the All You Can Eat, instantly restores all of your energy. But this item costs 10 horseshoes (FrontierVille’s for-pay currency) and is really designed for players at much higher levels in the game.

Friends

There are two basic ways to use your friends to get more energy. The first is simply by visiting them. Each time you visit one of your friends each day, you get a small amount of your energy restored. You can also get energy from friends through gifts of meals. If you’re constantly running low on your energy bar, ask your friends to send you the meals as gifts. If you’re able to build up a lot of FrontierVille friends who remember to send gifts to you regularly, you can keep your energy ball pretty high.

Working the Land

Each time you do something on your Frontier, you get small pick-up rewards that you click on such as XP, coins and food. Sometimes, you’ll get lucky and get a blue lightning bolt, which restores energy as well.

Level Up

Every time you get enough XP to reach a new level, your energy bar will restore to 100%. Knowing this is one of the more important cheats because you don’t want to waste your other energy boosts if you’re about to level up. It’s a really good technique to count up the XP left to level when you get close and plan out your energy usage accordingly. Ideally you want to almost run out of energy right before you level up so that you get as big of a free boost as possible.

Hopefully these tips will help you master one of the most important concepts in the game. Happy homesteading!

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