THE ROMANTIC

The Romantic - blog page created Feb 3/16
CONFIRMED RELEASE DATE: Feb 11/16

Dear Friends Immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of the enchanting feeling and reverent celebration in our Romantic Update! In this update: - Create a romantic atmosphere in your settlement! - Earn unique rewards in the Restaurant! - Build with friends Romantic Hotel! - Surprise your loved ones with exquisite desserts ! Participate in the Top 100, and compete for valuable prizes.Lady heart to share with you bucks and Gentleman give white gold, which is useful in the next update;)

THERE IS A TIMED COMPONENT TO ONE OF THE GOALS! PLAYERS WILL HAVE SIX (6) DAYS TO COMPLETE or FILL THE ROMANTIC HOTEL (unsure of max # of neighbors needed to visit & click or fill hotel...stayed tuned for more info as I progress through goal called Full Houseguests
THE RESTAURANT TOP 100 COMPETITION ALSO HAS A TIMER. To review information re: top 100 or complete stage information & recipes with assigned point values, please see link below in Top 100 section.

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THIS UPDATE WILL HAVE 11 GOALS TO COMPLETE. IF YOU PREPARE IN ADVANCE, YOU WILL FIND THESE GOALS RELATIVELY EASY, WITH NO MAJOR NEW BUILDABLES, THE MAIN FOCUS IS COOKING RECIPES! 

Players will find themselves in LOVE with this update! 


Build a ROMANTIC HOTEL & what happens in that hotel STAYS in that hotel! The Romantic Hotel has 1 build stage & once built, your neighbors can come along & click on it (just like totems, circus tents & other clickable features). Players will get a ROMANTIC HOTEL by completing a goal called "Dinner by Candlelight" (will be put into warehouse).

New plant/bush introduced is the VANILLA BUSH. These bushes take 30 minutes to produce vanilla & require 2 buckets of water each. Harvesting vanilla bushes results in the ingredient called "Vanilla' which will be required for the crafting of desserts.

Players will be crafting plenty of desserts which will be assigned point values in the Top 100 competition which is located out of the RESTAURANT. Players will get the RESTAURANT by completing a goal called "Sweet Vanilla" (will be put into warehouse). Click here to view RESTAURANT TOP 100 info.

NEW RECIPES

BARN: Sugar Bowl
KITCHEN: Cake/Pastry, Breakfast in Bed , Fruit Platter
WORKSHOP: Romantic Gift


TIPS:

• WINDMILL will be needed. Players will need to plant plenty of coffee trees & collect coffee beans to produce roasted coffee beans (using kitchen) then grind them in windmill to produce ground coffee! click here to see WINDMILL build stages .  CHECK YOUR 'COFFEE' COLLECTION as well! You may be able to complete a few exchanges there!
• Cottage Cheese Pears & Pumpkin Bun recipes can be crafted IN BOTH the Kitchen and the Bakery

• A SUGGESTION ONLY! DO NOT SEND OUT ANY GIFTS. There is a goal in this update that asks players to send 25 players sugar so WAIT Until you receive this quest, otherwise you have to wait 24 hrs until your sending abilities are replenished

• A SUGGESTION ONLY! HOLD OFF VISITING NEIGHBORS! There will be a goal asking players to visit & click on 25 Romantic Hotels. Give your friends a chance to get into the game & construct a hotel so that you can then visit & click their structures when you receive the goal to do so.

• STOCK UP ON WATER! The Vanilla bushes require 2 water per plant & each plant only has 5 harvests compared to all others with 10. Besides crafting water in wells, players can also turn in their Huntsmen Collection as well, head over to Mountain Pass territory and do exchanges in Joe's Hut! Exchange 5 heat & 20 snow for 10 water!!

• Once you build your Romantic Hotel, PLACE IT IN THE LOADING AREA you first see when you load your frontier so that when neighbors visit, it is the 1st  thing they see! There is a goal whereby we need to 'fill' or 'complete' the restaurant by neighbors visiting & clicking on hotels. Trust me, if neighbors don't see them, they won't have time to search all over! This means you could lose out on potential clicks on your hotel! Time is of the essence to get as many clicks as fast as possible!!!

• Update wishlist with sugar, glue & spices

• Stock up on pumpkins, apples (for basket with apples recipe), pineapples & pears! SEE link above for point allocation for recipes used in TOP 100. 

• Craft plenty of pumpkin buns, cottage cheese pears & basket with apples

• Grind up a good supply of ground coffee (plant those coffee trees!!)

Bakery Recipe

Barn Recipe

Kitchen Recipes

Workshop Recipe

The Romantic Hotel has 1 build stage & once built, your neighbors can come along & click on it (just like totems, circus tents & other clickable features). THE ROMANTIC HOTEL will be given to players upon completion of the goal called DINNER BY CANDLELIGHT.. If you wish to have another one, you must purchase it using GF bucks.

TIMED GOAL "FULL HOUSEGUESTS" 
Stage 1 requires 10 clicks
Stage 2 requires 25 clicks
Stage 3 requires 50 clicks
Stage 4 requires 100 clicks
Stage 5 requires 200