Game Info (Glossary)

4x4 PLANTING, HARVESTING, FERTILIZING: www.potfarm.info/info.php#4x4

4x Fertilizing added May 31, 2011. Simply click the multi-tool to try it out. See Puff Puff Passes for more details on how 4x tools and the passes work.

The COOLEST part of this feature is that it shows you WHAT you're about to fertilize and how much time it has left. The display shows whatever you have planted on the plot the cursor is over.

AGE RESTRICTION: www.potfarm.info/info.php#age

Pot Farm is limited to players that are 19 years of age or over.

ALL AVATAR REWARDS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#aar

This is a cool website that allowed you to collect your 50 feed bonues per day easily and quickly. Plus, it got you all the best ones, the AVATAR feed bonues, worth 200 coins and 30 exp each.

4/12/13 UPDATE: The devs cleared out a bunch of old links and links now expire after 7-8 days. Therefore, it appears that all the links on AAR are no longer valid. NOTE: This site used real Pot Farm links that it found on the newsfeed. This site DID NOT hack links.

There are some other cool things there though. Create an avatar, create a badge, and create a cover banner.

Check it out at allavatarrewards.info and their Facebook page.

AUCTIONS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#auction

Started in April 2012, we don't see these much any more.

Dirty Dick's Seized Property Auctions. If you see Ranger Dick's face in the lower left corner of the game, click it and check it out. (You may have to wait a half minute for the auction to load.) Bid pot bucks on assorted items. Be the HIGH bidder and get the item for the price of your bid. They're just testing this out, so it may not be there.

Note from the devs on April 6: "This is our first larger scale test, so it may be flaky!"

Give the devs your feedback.

AUTO CLICKER: www.potfarm.info/info.php#auto

Are your hands getting sore clicking potheads for your quests? Check out the Free Mouse Auto Clicker. Put your mouse where you want it to click and it will click for you at the frequency you set. I set it to 1/10 of a second and I've got a machine gun mouse, clicking ten times a second wherever I point my mouse. Ctrl+F2 turns it on then Ctrl+F3 turns it off. Great for using pot heads, planting seeds from your gift box, whatever!

NOTE: The developers of Pot Farm don't mind us using programs like this, but they don't support it either. If it causes you to sell or lose or buy something by mistake they can't fix it for you. So use it carefully and at your own risk.

AVATARS:

You can pick what you want your character to look like. Simply click on the store, then Appearance. When you get something new (even if it is free), you'll get a popup asking you to share with your friends. If you do, they can get a nice bonus. See BRAG BONUSES below for details.

Here's a tip. Buy FREE stuff for opposite sex avatars and post it on your wall. Your friends will score 200 Coins + 30 xp for clicking on it! You can even use this trick to earn your buying awards!

BATS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#bats

All the fat bats are listed below. Click pictures for more info.

BAT GUANO: www.potfarm.info/info.php#guano

This is an awesome fertilizer which can be used to make your plants grow INSTANTLY. You can purchase guano for Pot Bucks. The more you buy, the better deal you get.

There are a few guano repeaters in the game.

Jitters is the most popular. He was a gift from Pot Farm for signing up for their mailing list but is no longer available. He generates 1 guano every half hour. Get more info on the "Jitters Page".

To use Guano, click the Guano icon, then click a plant and it will be ready to harvest immediately. This is especially awesome for the multi-day crops! You can also click the multi-tool and select 4x fertilize.

NOTE: When you USE guano from your gift box, it gets added to your total guano on the lower left of the game.

"BRAG" BONUSES - It's cool to brag! www.potfarm.info/info.php#brag

As of November 5, 2010, you get rewards for clicking on your friends' regular wall posts (the "brag" posts about items you purchased, leveling up, getting awards, and mooching too. You can earn coins, XP or a combo of both. Your rewards will show up in your gift bag. Go there and click USE to cash 'em in.

An infinite number are available, but only 1 per person. (Even if you have 2000 neighbors, they can all get a little somethin' somethin'.) However, you can only collect of these 50 bonuses in a 24 hour period. (Tip: If you can, make 'em the Avatar or Award posts! They're worth the most!)

Here's a list of what you'll get for each of the bonuses:

• Avatar posts (buying outfit) = 200 Coins + 30 xp
• Award posts = 100 Coins + 10xp
• Level up posts = 100 Coins + 5xp
• BUSTED posts = 5 xp
• Buying Item posts = 4xp
• Leaderboard posts (moving up on leaderboard) = 25 Coins
• Daily Bread posts = 100 Coins (limited to first 8 players to click post)
• Mooch a Gift posts = 25 Coins Bonuses for clicking mooches removed 8/3/11
• Completing a Quest = 200 Coins Discontinued 5/10/13
• Buying Contraption posts = 50 Coins Discontinued 5/10/13

Again, the above bonuses are for clicking on newsfeed posts that were posted by your friends. So, go ahead, BRAG! Your friends will dig you for it.

TIP: When you add a new friend, visit their feed and click on all their brags!

CANNOT CONNECT: www.potfarm.info/info.php#connect

If you're having trouble playing Pot Farm on Facebook, it could be Facebook that's having a problem. Check downrightnow.com to see if it's Facebook or just you.

If Facebook is okay, but you still can't connect, contact support.

CHICKS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#chicks

All the chicks from various themes are listed below. These came from various mystery eggs. After building the eggs and getting helpers, they became one of these. (Click pictures for more info.)

COCOA TREES & PODS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#cocoa

These are the Small Cocoa Tree, the Cocoa Tree, and the Cocoa Tree Grove. When you get them they are fully grown. They produce cocoa pods every 48 hours which sell for 80 coins each. (DO NOT SELL THE PODS! They are used in the brownie machine.)

Cocoa Trees are available as prizes for doing the Brownie Machine Quests.

Cocoa Trees come in 3 sizes:

The small cocoa tree takes up 4 spaces and gives 54 protection. Generates 20 Cocoa Pods & 64 xp every 48 hours. When you earn this and get it in your gift box, it will tell you can sell it for 5,200 coins. DO NOT SELL IT. Brownie Machines rock and you'll need this to produce pods.

The cocoa tree takes up 9 spaces and gives 220 protection. Generates 60 Cocoa Pods & 128 xp every 48 hours. When you earn this and get it in your gift box, it will tell you can sell it for 22,900 coins. DO NOT SELL IT. Brownie Machines rock and you'll need this to produce pods. This has been offered for sale for a limited time on occasion. Cost was $229 pot bucks.

The Cocoa Tree Grove takes up 16 spaces and gives 600 protection. Generates 120 Cocoa Pods & 1,200 xp every 48 hours. When you earn this and get it in your gift box, it will tell you can sell it for 6,900 coins. DO NOT SELL IT. Brownie Machines rock and you'll need this to produce pods.

When you collect from the cocoa trees, you can share cocoa pods with your neighbors.

DAILY BREAD: www.potfarm.info/info.php#bread

You get coins for each neighbor you have (up to 50 neighbors max. You also get coins for any INCOME items you have placed on your farm (not in storage). Visit the ITEMS PAGE to see how much daily income items offer. Daily bread is given every day at 10pm PDT. The next time you log on after that, you'll get paid. (These do NOT build up if you don't collect for a few days.) Here's an example.

EYES: www.potfarm.info/info.php#eyes

Until July 2012, eyes have simply been a store item offering protection.

"Eye-Nigma" is a limited time "prize crate" available from July 9-13, 2012 (and again July 25-27). It's found under the Tending tab for $14 $10 pot bucks. Just like regular prize crates, you buy one and you get a mystery prize. You can score one of the new Psychedelic Sensi repeaters, the new Big Hypno Eye, the Big Dilated Eye or one of the existing eyes (blue, golden, big, evil, green or violet), or who-knows-what else! (You can get other things besides eyes.) However, with these, the prizes are mostly eye-related. Let me know... what did YOU get?

FEATURED ITEMS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#featured

Featured items are special items not available in any section of the store. They appear only on the FEATURED ITEM BAR at the bottom of the page when you visit the store. NOTE: Only 6 items can fit on the featured item bar at one time. If there are a bunch of items currently available, you may need to close the store and open it again to see the other items. (Sometimes, you may need to do this several times to find what you're looking for.)

FLOYD: www.potfarm.info/info.php#floyd

aka "Farmer Floyd", "Uncle Floyd". Check out his twitter page.

UNCLE FLOYD FREAK OUTS:

Here's how it worked. When you got a Floyd Freakout popup, you'd choose friends to post links on their walls. The first 50 players to click those links got an xp bonus equal to their level. A level 7 user would get 7xp. A level 90 player would get 90xp. They appeared in your gift box as "feed reward".

Although this feature was cancelled in late August 2011, old Floyd Freakout links continued to work for a long time (so a number of sites and Facebook pages shared them). The devs finally blocked the old Floyd Freakout bonus links in April 2013. Considering this feature was removed from the game so long ago, it really should be no big surprise.

FLIPPING ITEMS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#flip

As of October 21, 2010, you can flip items horizontally. Just click on your WALK button (the boot icon). Then click on the item and you'll see the option to flip (along with options to move or sell the item). This allows your critters to be more social and your farm to just have more feng shui in general. Click HERE for illustrations.

GOLD RUSH MINI-GAME: - CLOSED MARCH 8, 2012

MARCH 8, 2012 UPDATE: BringIt, the company behind Gold Rush, was acquired so Gold Rush was shut down. There was nothing Pot Farm could do.

The following info is just to let you know what Gold Rush WAS...

Pot Farm offers a fun mini-game. You access it from a tab at the top of the game that says "Gold Rush".

The tutorial is free and there is a free play option. However, when you bet an amount, you are betting your pot bucks and stand a chance of losing them. I recommend trying the free version a few times and see what scores you get. Then, check the payout schedule to see what, if anything, you would have won. (The payout schedule changes depending on the bet amount chosen.) Don't worry. Selecting an amount won't automatically start the game. It will ask you to confirm that you want to place a bet (and agree to the terms of the game).

Features added Mar 15, 2011:
• Daily Bonus: Each day that you play a Solo or Tournament game in Gold Rush, you earn a Daily Bonus. Play several days in a row, and the bonuses get better each day!
• Gifting: Players can now send Gold Rush bonuses to their friends as gifts. The more you play, the more and better gifts you can send.
• Promotions: From time to time, they'll run promotions, like a "Happy Hour" where everyone who visits Gold Rush during that hour receives a bonus. You can even choose to be notified in advance about the next promotion to make sure you don't miss out!
• Bonuses and gifts that will be available include boosts to prize payouts, free games, entry into exclusive tournaments.

Half Screen Problems: www.potfarm.info#pfihalffix

PFI 1/2 Farm Tool

I haven't seen it for quite some time, but if you can't see half your page and can't scroll, this tool may help. This is what's called a 'bookmarklet'. Don't click it here. Instead, drag and drop the green "PFI 1/2 FARM TOOL" link onto your browser's bookmark bar. This will give you a link there titled "PFI 1/2 Farm Tool". Then, when you run into the half page problem on Pot Farm or any other Facebook game, click the link on your bookmark bar.

NOTE: This tool only resolves the problem described above. It will not help for other problems such as missing neighbors or the game not loading properly.

HIGHlighting Feature on Pot Farm Info Charts: www.potfarm.info/info.php#high

There is so much information on Pot Farm Info that the charts can be a little confusing. Most charts throughout the site allow you to highlight a row and column. Simply click a field on the chart and it will highlight the row and column.

HOOKAH PIPE: GIFT (Decoration): www.potfarm.info/info.php#hookah

Until Summer 2011, Hookahs unlocked to give as a gift at level 7. They take up 0 plots, provide 0 protection, and the sell price is 160 coins. They now just appear as a puff of smoke with a question mark. It used to be that playing on http://thepotfarmgame.com allowed you to actually see the hookah or gift it. ("Request a mooch" was not available for hookahs. You needed to send one to your friends and hope they'd send you one in return.)

Hookahs were accidentally removed from the gift page some time ago. The devs were reportedly working to bring them back but it appears other issues may have come up since then.

Hookahs now appear as a puff of smoke on both sites. One of the developers guesses that it may be because Facebook recently announced that they can't provide incentives or special items for going off the platform. I urged them to look into bringing back on both platforms. We'll see what happens.

These were finally made visible in early 2013 and started showing up in some mystery crates.

JITTERS THE CHIHUAHUA: www.potfarm.info/info.php#jitters

There are a few guano repeaters in the game. JITTERS is the most popular. He was a gift from Pot Farm for signing up for their mailing list (but is no longer available). He generates 1 guano every half hour.

JITTERS was introduced in November 2010. He takes up one space and offers 30 protection. He only sells for 1 coin, so he's not intended to sell for profit.

JITTERS wasn't always a repeater. On March 3, 2011, he became a repeater and started generating guano every 12 hours. In 2012, he was cranked up to produce a guano every HALF HOUR!

When you collect guano from JITTERS, you can share it with your friends. The first 12 who click should get a guano in their gift box. You can collect 10 guano per day from other players' Jitters share posts. (See the repeaters page for details on all repeaters.)

LEADERBOARD! www.potfarm.info/info.php#leader

Make it onto the leaderboard and you can win daily prizes! Click the CONTESTS tab to see the leaderboard, then be sure to click the button marked 'click to see if you've won a prize' every day! At the very least, you'll get the latest seasonal seed.

1. Top three places among ALL players (global), you should get...
2. 1. Jackpot Seed
3. 2. Jackpot Seed
4. 3. Jackpot Seed

1. Top three places among your neighbors, you should get...
2. 1. Jackpot Seed
3. 2. Mystery Seed
4. 3. Bat Guano

LEPRECHAUNS: UPDATED FOR 2012 www.potfarm.info/info.php#lep

2012 LEPRECHAUN REPORT: Leprechauns are back for St. Patrick's Day 2012. They are NOT available as found critters this year though. Happy and Lost are both available in the store under the protection tab. Ale and Puffy are repeaters and are available in the store. These two are only on found the featured bar of the store, so you'll need to reload the store until you see them. Lucky was just added back on March 19th, available for only one day! See below or click the links for details.

They've also released a Barfing Leprechaun (charming, right?) that offers 2500 protection on just 2 spaces. He can be earned by doing a quest or purchased in the store.

There are five different leprechauns. However, as of early May 2011, the developers turned off leprechauns. They may come back some day, but for now you can no longer get them. (In early October 2011, they were showing up in mystery/jackpot boxes.)

Leprechauns that you could only get by doing chores (visiting neighbors):

Happy (aka TP): Uncommon. Offers 14 protection and 500 daily coins.

Lucky: Uncommon. Offers 5 protection and 500 daily coins.

These three were available as found items (critters):

Lost: Most common. Offers 9 protection and gives 250 daily coins.

Ale-prechaun: Medium common. Offers 8 protection, 150 daily coins, and 24 Hemp Ale and 12xp every 4 hours.

Puffy: Least common. Offers 4 protection, 250 daily coins, and 1 Acapulco Gold seed and 25 xp every 24 hours.

Light of Jah - Plant grown ONLY from Jackpot Seeds www.potfarm.info/info.php#jah

Released May 15, 2012. It's the highest XP plant in the game! Light of Jah gives 2500 XP for harvesting and can only be found in Jackpot Seeds! They also cleaned out some of the old plants and made room for more MUNCHIES! Details on awards for harvesting this new plant are posted on the AWARDS PAGE!

"LIKING" posts: www.potfarm.info/info.php#like

11/29/12: Only once did Pot Farm ever encourage players to 'like' and comment on their neighbors newsfeed posts. SEE WHY!

NOTE: The "thumbs up" trophy you may see on neighbors farms called "1 million likes" was a gift given by the developers when they reached 1 million likes on the game. It is NOT something that can be earned by liking a million posts!

LIMITS: UPDATED MAY 2013 www.potfarm.info/info.php#limits

Before May 2013: Limits have always worked on a 24 hour rolling basis. That meant that if you got all 4 mystery seeds from a particular type of post at once, you had to wait 24 hours to get any more. However, if you got one every hour, then 24 hours from when you got your first one, you'd be able to get one more. Then another in an hour, etc. This was a little confusing, so Pot Farm came out with a "Feedback Feature" to help Pot Farmers track how many seeds we have claimed and show us when we can claim more!

After May 2013: Limits now reset every day at the same time when daily bread comes out (10pm PDT). This applies to returning gifts and collecting from newsfeed posts. This is so much simpler than before!

The image above is an example of the notice you get when you claim seeds. Click here to discuss.

To see what all the limits are for the News Feed posts, see NEWS FEED POSTS below.

LOCH NESS MONSTER: www.potfarm.info/info.php#lochness

The Loch Ness Monster was a quest reward for the Conspiracy Quest, "Nessie is Real". It is a "repeater" that generates one PuffPuff Pass and 300xp every 36 hours. "Nessie" takes up 9 spaces and provides 1000 protection. See a bigger image and discuss HERE.

LOVE PIGS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#lovepig

First released for Valentine's Day 2011, the Love Pig, Rosy Love Pig, Choco Love Pig and Bubbly Love Pig each take up 2 spaces, offer +22 protection, and sell for 2,500 coins. Visit the CRITTERS PAGE for more details.

Starting Mar 16, 2011, the Love Pigs became "repeaters" (bonus items) giving ingredients for the Sweet Love contraptions every 12 hours. When you collect the product from them, you can share some with your neighbors:

1. Choco Love Pig=Chocolates
2. Love Pig=Love Oil
3. Rosy Love Pig=Roses
4. Bubbly Love Pig=Champagne

NEW YEARS PIG released 12/30/11 www.potfarm.info/info.php#nypg

It's similar to the Bubbly Love Pig with double the protection (44 instead of 22). Like the Bubbly Love Pig, it generates Champagne, but this pig generates FIVE every 12 hours (for the Love In or Love Machine contraptions).

MAILING LIST: www.potfarm.info/info.php#mail

The banner of the game says, "Pot Farm Pros get Free Gifts!". It used to be that if you joined Farmer Floyd's Mailing List, you'd get cool free offers! They haven't mailing anything for a long time though. You might want to click "Get Updates" in the banner just in case.

You'll then be asked to allow Pot Farm to send you email. Click ALLOW.

MISSING STUFF: www.potfarm.info/info.php#missing

If you lose something or even accidentally sell it, report it to the DEVs DIRECTLY (but nicely, please). Learn how to report it HERE. We all understand the frustration of losing a structure you spent big bucks on, but try and understand the frustration on the other end, the people who have to read your emails/messages.

MOVING THINGS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#moveit

You can move things around your farm, by clicking on the 4-way arrow icon, then clicking on the object you want to move. Simply drag and drop to the new location. Obviously you cannot move crops, you can only plant, harvest or delete them. To delete an item, click on the sell/delete icon and then click on the object you want to sell.

NEIGHBORS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#add

NEIGHBORS - Adding: Any Facebook friend of yours who plays the game automatically becomes a neighbor. There is no "add new neighbor" option like many other Facebook games.

NEIGHBORS - Finding more: It's poor ettiquite to start your own threads or spam non-add-me threads with add requests. Many players will specifically not add you for this behaviour. I run a Facebook page made to find you more neighbors. Visit...

• Pot Farm Info ADD ME Page at http://add.potfarm.info

Once you're there, it's very simple. Click the image that says "Click to Start" and follow the instructions. Do NOT email people asking them to add you. (Tacky!)

I don't recommend sending more than 10 invites per day. Also, keep track of the invites you send. If they are not responded to, delete them (from the persons Facebook profile). Having too many unresponded to invites can get you in trouble with Facebook.

It's not an issue for most people, but Facebook limits everyone to a maximum of 5,000 friends. (That's why I can't accept more Facebook friends! -Guru Steve)

NEIGHBORS - Visiting: Visit your neighbors farm and you'll be asked if you want to help out. This is referred to as doing "chores". Agree and you'll be rewarded with XP! You can earn XP when you visit each neighbor's farm up to a max of 1 time per 8 hour period. That means, if you're a ninja, you can visit each neighbor's farm 3 times per day (each neighbor, 3 times, 24 hours).

Sometimes you'll get a special different page offering you a wide variety things. Sometimes it's just one. Sometimes it's a bunch!

2/5/13 update: Due to a change in Facebook's wall sharing policy, visiting neighbors no longer allows shares (chore posts).

NEWS FEED POSTS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#newsfeed

There are lots of goodies you can get from your neighbors just by clicking on their wall posts. To see only Pot Farm posts, use this link: https://www.facebook.com/?sk=app_272810543124.

The list below shows all the news feed post limits. As of May 2013, all limits reset at 10pm Pacific Time.

Know your limits! Pot Farm has a cool Feedback Feature to help Pot Farmers track HOW MANY seeds we have claimed, show us WHAT the limits are, and show us WHEN we can claim more! (You do not need to click Continue to get the seed, critter, or whatever.)

The first of these images is an example of the notice you'll get when you successfully claim seeds. The second shows what you'll see when you've reached your limit.

Note: "First 5", "First 1", etc. in the list below refers to how many people can collect from the same post. So, for example, "Mystery Seeds" lists "First 5". That means when you post a mystery seed on your wall, only 5 people can collect from it.

LIMIT LISTS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#feedlimits

Mystery Seeds: You can collect up to 4 mystery seeds from each of the 11 types of mystery seed posts in any 24 hour period (for a daily max of 44). First 5.

Critters: Critters can no longer be found from share posts. See the Critter Page for more informaion.)

Contraptions: As of early 2013, most contraptions no longer allow share posts.)

Floyd Freakouts: This feature was removed in August 2011 and finally in April 2013 the links stopped working. See Floyd Freakouts for more details.

Neighbor Visit Posts: You can collect up to 50 times a day when you click on the posts that you generated from visiting neighbors (or from neighbor visit posts posted on your own wall by your neighbors). These posts pay the current seasonal seed.

420 News Posts: You can collect up to 3 times a day when you click on these posts. They are generated when you see a popup notice about a game change and you share it with your friends. These posts pay the current seasonal seed.

Brag Posts: You can collect up to 50 total brag posts in any 24 hour period. (All of the different types of brag posts are counted toward the total of 50, so go for the best ones!) An unlimited number of players can click on brag posts, but each person can only click a particular post one time.

REPEATERS: To see what REPEATERS produce and what they share, visit the REPEATERS PAGE.

SEED SHARE LIMITS www.potfarm.info/info.php#seedsharelimits

OLD HIPPY GOLD: www.potfarm.info/info.php#oldgold

This feature replaced 'Sending Valentines' on February 21, 2011, when the heart icon was replaced with "Zeke", an old hippy that loves to share the jane. It went away on March 23, 2011 when the icon was replaced by Quests. It recently came back again as a random pop up.

Acapulco Gold sent as a gift is the same as that found in mystery seeds, but it takes 96 hours (4 days) to grow. It sells for 1200 coins and when you harvest it you get 100xp and are able to share mystery seeds with your friends. For more details, see Acapulco Gold on the Mystery Seeds page.

Facebook Note: You can only send Acapulco Gold to people who allow friends to post to their wall. Likewise, you can only receive AG if you allow people to post on yours. (To change this, go to Account, Privacy Settings, Customize Settings, then Enable "Friends can post on my Wall" under "Things others share".

PHOTOS OF YOUR FARM: www.potfarm.info/info.php#photos

Want to take a screenshot of your farm? Click the camera icon in the lower left corner of the game.

Your icons will be removed and you'll get a camera and a big red X on your farm. Click the camera to snap a photo. Click the red X to cancel.

When you first click the camera, you'll be asked to allow their fb app to post on your wall.

Each time you take a photo, it will be uploaded into an album named Pot Farm on your Facebook profile. It will also be posted to your wall.

A word of caution: Allowing the camera access can start allowing at least some of your game share posts to go through automatically without showing the Facebook pop-up allowing you to comment or define who sees them. Some people prefer not having the extra step. For hose who don't, go to your Facebook account Application Page. Find Pot Farm and click Edit Settings. Find the option for "Post to my wall" and click remove. That will put things back to normal.

To take screenshots manually, CLICK HERE for step by step instructions. For more options, check out How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows.

POT BUCKS (PBs) - shown as "$" in charts on this site: www.potfarm.info/info.php#bucks

You can get Pot Bucks several different ways. Certain 3 minute mystery seeds can be sold for PBs. Many awards pay PBs. And you also get PBs for leveling.

You can also purchase pot bucks.

If you completed a survey or other offer in the game to earn pot bucks but never got them, go here and click the "Earn FREE Pot Bucks" button, then "HELP", then "STATUS".

POT FARM FAN PAGE (aka 'The Wall'):

The Devs reguarly post helpful information on the Facebook application page for Pot Farm. Find it HERE.

PRIVACY ON FACEBOOK (and Friend Lists):

How to Use Facebook Privacy Settings and Avoid Disaster: A great article that explains how to divide your friends into lists (and then decide which list sees what!)

PRIZE CRATES: Jackpot Boxes, Mystery Boxes, Chronic Crates: www.potfarm.info/info.php#box

Released, August 26-30, 2010, and again Sept 30 - Oct 4, 2010, Dec 13-16, 2011, January 23-25, 2012, April 25-27, 2012, and more. Find them in the store under the TENDING tab.

In the past, the Mystery Box has unlocked at level 20 and cost 10,000 coins. It can get you some fun stuff too. (I got really lucky and got a Winter Lambo when these were available in Winter 2011!)

If you want to see the value of goodies you score, check out the ITEMS page for full details.

Visit the PFI Discussion Group to discuss and see what other players got.

The following was posted by one of the developers when the boxes were out in December 2011: "The way the jp boxes work is that there are a certain number of common prizes, uncommon, rare and then epic prizes and these are level based as well." ... "We put a lot of stuff in the boxes that you can't get any other way and we put guano and puff puff in there as well. We even put more guano and puff in the boxes than you could buy for PB price of the jp boxes. If you can get all of these things for too few coins people will have tons of guano and puff puff for very cheap, meaning they can progress in the game too fast. After reviewing how fast people were progressing after the last JP box sale we had to rebalance them. It was a very difficult decision to make but we have to look at a bigger picture of balancing the boxes across all levels for everyone. It's a big job and" ... "some people don't put value on some of the items we put in it, like the kitties and the smokestream trailer. Some people love these items. Either way there has to be some items that aren't as good as others. That is the game of chance part. As always we are open to suggestions from the community and I'll take your feedback back to the team. Thanks everyone!"

PROTECTION: www.potfarm.info/info.php#pro

If you check out the SEEDS and ITEMS pages, you'll see that everything has a protection rating. Most weed has a negative protection rating, meaning that it requires that much protection to grow safely. Most items have a positive protection rating, meaning they provide protection for your weed.

You only get protection from plants that are FULLY grown or items that remain IN your field. You do NOT get protection from partially grown plants or items while they are stored in a shed or barn.

If you have fully grown weed plants, and negative protection, you stand a chance of being busted by Ranger Dick who can take some or all of your unprotected weed!

Nothing wilts or dies in this game, so you don't have to worry about your herb going bad, man.

The higher you level up, the better protection items you'll unlock. However, you'll also unlock better weed which requires more protection. Again, for more info, check out the SEEDS and ITEMS pages.

Many players don't bother with protection! I'll be adding details explaining how this works soon!

PUFF PUFF PASS: www.potfarm.info/info.php#puff

Cool feature allows faster, easier planting, fertilizing, and harvesting. And it runs on pot scotch, pot corn, and most other contraption products! As of August 2011, these are also used with hydroponics. In 2012, they started requiring puff puff for some contraptions.

You can trade in contraption products for refills. That's limited to one trade for each different product every 24 hours.

Clicking on the bottle, will bring up a brief explanation. Click on COOL to go to the buy refill page. If you have any PPP points left at all, your refill will simply be shown as a number over the bottle. The next time you use the points, when you get it down to zero, your refill will automatically fill the bottle.

Once you trade some wine for a refill, it starts the wine refill clock making you wait 24 hours until you can use wine for another refill. During that time, you can trade for refills using other contraption products, each similarly starting their own 24 hour countdown clock until you can repeat the trade.

Even if you've got some multi-day crops growing and you're not going to be using your Puff Puff Points soon, I recommend trading for refills whenever you can, building up a nice reserve.

Here's the feature announcement by the developers:

Hi Farmers,

The devs of Pot Farm have been trying to think up ways to help farmers plant and harvest faster. This has resulted in our latest feature, the 4x Plant and 4x Harvest tool which runs on Puff Puff Points! (As of 5/31/11, a 4x Fertilize tool has also been added.)

Your quick and awesome 4x Harvesting and Planting tool runs on Puff Puff Points which are contained in this..."bottle" here:

If you hover over this bottle you'll see the # of Puff Puff Points you have left. Pretty easy peasy huh! All you need to know is that each plot = 1 Puff Puff Point, and that your Puff Puff meter refills every day on it's own. If you don't want to wait around you can always refill it with the products from contraptions and gifts! :) Keep spare bottles on hand. There's no limit to how many bottle you can keep to charge your tool!

FAQ:

Where can I find Puff Puff Passes?

Under Tending in the Shop!

How can I buy more Puff Puff Points with products?

How can I buy more Puff Puff Points with Pot Bucks?

We hope you love this new feature! ~ The Pot Farm Devs

RANGER DICK: www.potfarm.info/info.php#dick

Ranger Dick is the dude who will bust you and take your crops if your protection falls below zero. See more about protection (and how to play without it). You can find his twitter page HERE.

Red Dragon: www.potfarm.info/info.php#reddragon

Red Dragon is a seed that unlocks at level 76. Medical Dragon is the same thing but costs pot bucks and unlocks much earlier.

Also, see "DRAGONS (Puffers)" above.

REWARDS PAGE: www.potfarm.info/info.php#reddrrewardsagon

The "rewards page" is the special offer page where you can earn free pot bucks (as shown here).

SCAM ALERT: www.potfarm.info/info.php#scam

Posts in discussion boards offering thousands of Free Facebook Credits are SCAMS! If you click on them, some can even spam your friends or discussion boards without you knowing. Spamming groups can get you banned from them.

If you already clicked on one of these, go to your list of allowed apps and remove anything you don't recognize. Otherwise, the app could spam in your name!

There are a few valid sites out there that offer Facebook credits in return for completing offers or doing internet searches. However, you WILL NOT get anything for spamming discussion boards. Any site that says you will is a scam. One real site that I recommend is 4Loot. You won't get the thousands that the scammers promise, but it's very little effort and it can add up. Personally, I've gotten over 100 Facebook credits from them.

STOP SIGN ICON: www.potfarm.info/info.php#stop

This shows up while your farm is busy planting or harvesting. It allows you to stop the action immediately without it completing the actions you told it to do.

SUGAR CANE - limited time versions: www.potfarm.info/info.php#sugarcane

These seeds were introduced on December 10, 2010 and were only available through early January 2011. They are no longer in the main seed chart because it is no longer available.

"Super" Cane (4X): This was purchased for $1 pot buck and gave you 4 sugar cane plants on a single plot. It unlocked at level 19, offered 28 protection, 4 planting xp, 16 harvesting xp, grew in 7 hours. The 4 plants grown on a single spot sold for a total of 500 coins.

"Xmas" Sugarcane (1X): This was available as a gift only. It was available to any level, offered 7 protection, 4 harvesting xp, grew in 7 hours, sold for 125 coins.

SUPERCROPPING (2x, 3x, etc. seeds) www.potfarm.info/info.php#super

Pay double for a seed, get double xp and 2 plants. The individual plants in your stash sell for the same price as before, but now you get twice as many. In some cases, the planting xp isn't exactly double, but in those cases, the harvesting xp makes up for it so the TOTAL of the two is indeed double.

Planting supercrops simply let you accomplish awards more quickly.

2x crops start opening up at level 40. At level 58, we start seeing 3x seeds that get you triple xp and 3 plants.

Supercrop unlock levels and planting/harvesting data are listed in the SEED CHART.

SWEET LOVE: www.potfarm.info/info.php#sweetlove

This is the product of two contraptions, the Love Machine and the Love In. Visit the contraptions page for details and the awards page to see the awards available. (The top award for Sweet Love is the highest XP ever offered for a contraption!)

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Unfortunately, the ingredients were available as gifts only for a limited time. The 4 ingredients occasionally still show up when visiting neighbors. You can also find them on your news feed when your friends share them.

EXCITING NEWS: Starting Mar 16, 2011, the Love Pigs now give items for the Sweet Love contraptions every 12 hours: Choco Love Pig=Chocolates, Love Pig=Love Oil, Rosy Love Pig=Roses, Bubbly Love Pig=Champagne.

TOOLBAR: www.potfarm.info/toolbar.php

The "GURU BAR" TOOLBAR puts some handy Pot Farm and Pot Farm Info links at your fingertips and allows players to send gifts to anyone (not just neighbors). This free toolbar also offers an internet radio player, a Facebook tool, a link to the PFI Twitter page to keep you up-to-date on all the Pot Farm Info news, and more. Read about it and get download info HERE.

TWITTER: www.potfarm.info/info.php#twitter

Pot Farm Tweets! Visit East Side Games, the company responsible for Pot Farm at http://twitter.com/EastSideGames. Also visit Farmer Floyd and Ranger P Dick. Pot Farm Info even has a Twitter page where you can follow Pot Farm updates, tips and news at http://twitter.com/PotFarmInfo. Follow us all!

NEW: UPGRADE CHANGE:

There is a new upgrade symbol on the lower left of upgradable items. You need to click that to do upgrades now. If you can't highlight the small button, try zooming in.

UPGRADING: www.potfarm.info/info.php#upgrade

Upgrading in Pot Farm is a little confusing as they call two completely different things "upgrades".

Many items in game, require upgrading before you can use them. (I refer to this as "building".) Look for the tiny uprade icon (yellow arrow in a blue circle) to the lower left of the item. You want to hover directly over the upgrade icon (circle with arrow in it) such that the upgrade icon's colors reverse (blue arrow in yellow circle, rather than yellow arrow in blue circle). When you have it highlighted, click. I suggest zooming in through the game and by right clicking and selecting zoom to be able to get that tiny bugger. (Note that if you hover over the item itself, the item gets highlighted (an outline). The upgrade icon needs to be clicked to do the upgrade.

Most items that require upgrading are done in two parts. The first part of the upgrade shows you what products you need in your stash. Once you complete that part of the upgrade, most items require inviting or hiring helpers. You can pay $1 pot buck for each helper needed, or you can invite your neighbors to help for free. To invite helpers, click on any of the invite buttons from the upgrade page. This will give you a list of your neighbors. Click the ones you want to send to (just like sending gifts from the gift page). They will receive the help request in their game message center and can click it to help you. Helper progress will not be shown until you reload the game. NOTE: You do not need to click each individual invite button and send invites for each position you need to fill. Any of the invite buttons will get you helpers for that item upgrade. If you're inviting helpers for multiple items, you will need to hire each separately. Once all the helpers have been hired or have accepted your invitation, you click DO IT! from the upgrade page and the upgrade is complete.

Storage structures can be UPGRADED to hold more items. This is a different kind of upgrade. You simply pay a certain number of pot bucks and your storage structure is upgraded. See the STORAGE PAGE for more details.

Zapping Colors potfarm.info/info.php#zap

This site has a Zap Colors button in the upper right corner. Clicking it will take all the colors out of the site. Some people find this easier to read. (This feature is not available for Internet Explorer users.)