Farmville Ideas: Crop Mastery

Part of what makes Farmville such an addictive game is how you can plant and grow so many different types of crops. In addition to getting gold and experience bonuses when doing so, for some crops you can work towards a mastery for it. Mastering a crop gives additional bonuses when harvesting, usually in the form of bonus experience depending on the crop. Reaching the third level of crop mastery (or "Mastering" the crop) also yields more bushels when harvesting, this is turn will allow the player to produce more goods from their crafting cottage, or sell them to neighbors for Fuel, Gold or Experience bonuses.

Along with getting experience bonuses and extra bushels completing a crop gifts the player with a Mastery Sign they can proudly display on their Farm. Here is the Mastery Sign for Forget-Me-Nots as an example;

Below is a table of all the permanent crops available in Farmville and the associated amount of plantings required to master the seed.

(Harvest Time shows the time the crop takes in either Hours (Hr) or Days (D))

Crop Name	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total	Harvest Time	Notes

Strawberries	500	1000	3750	5250	4 Hr
Eggplant	200	400	600	1200	2 D
Wheat	500	1000	1500	3000	12 Hr
Soybeans	300	600	900	1800	1 D
Peanuts	275	550	825	1650	16 Hr
Squash	200	400	600	1200	2 D
Lilac	450	900	1350	2700	10 Hr
Pumpkin	500	1000	1500	3000	8 Hr
Artichokes	125	250	375	750	4 D
Rice	400	400	2000	2800	12 Hr
Raspberries	1500	3000	4500	9000	2 Hr
Daffodils	200	400	600	1200	2 D
Cotton	150	300	450	900	3 D
Cranberries	450	650	2900	4000	10 Hr
Chickpea	400	800	1200	2400	20 Hr	Requires Soybeans Mastery
Bell Peppers	350	270	455	1075	2 D
Rhubarb	480	960	1440	2880	16 Hr
Peppers	425	850	1275	2550	1 D
Morning Glory	500	1000	1500	3000	12 Hr
Aloe Vera	800	1600	2400	4800	6 Hr
Pineapples	425	325	550	1300	2 D
Red Tulips	500	1000	1500	3000	1 D
Pattypan Squash	350	700	1050	2100	16 Hr
Blueberries	1000	2000	3000	6000	4 Hr
Watermelon	150	300	450	900	4 D
Grapes	425	850	1275	2550	1 D
Tomatoes	750	1500	2250	4500	8 Hr
Pink Roses	450	338	590	1378	2 D
Potatoes	150	300	450	900	3 D
Rye	900	1800	2700	5400	20 Hr
Carrots	500	1000	1500	3000	12 Hr
Coffee	350	700	1050	2100	16 Hr
Corn	200	400	600	1200	3 D
Sunflowers	575	1150	1725	3450	1 D
Ghost Chili	1200	2400	9000	12600	6 Hr
Cabbage	500	375	665	1540	2 D
Zucchini	550	1100	1650	3300	16 Hr	Requires Pattypan Squash Mastery
Green Tea	750	1500	2250	4500	10 Hr
White Grapes	1200	2400	3600	7200	12 Hr
Black Berries	1200	2400	3600	7200	4 Hr
Red Wheat	250	500	750	1500	3 D
Lavender	450	338	590	1378	2 D
Sugar Cane	1300	1300	8400	11000	8 Hr
Peas	600	1200	1800	3600	1 D
Yellow Melon	150	300	450	900	4 D
Onion	825	825	4125	5775	12 Hr
Broccoli	550	1100	1650	3300	2 D
Lilies	500	1000	1500	3000	1 D
Acorn Squash	1000	2000	3000	6000	10 Hr
Asparagus	825	825	4125	5775	16 Hr
Purple Poppies	750	1500	2250	4500	8 Hr
Elderberry	825	825	4125	5775	12 Hr
Purple Pod Peas	525	1050	1575	3150	1 D	Requires Peas Mastery
Ginger	650	1300	1950	3900	18 Hr
Cucumber	820	1640	2460	4920	1 D
Iris	600	1200	1800	3600	1 D
Basil	1200	2400	3600	7200	10 Hr
Lemon Balm	2200	4400	6600	13200	6 Hr
Oats	1850	3700	5550	11100	8 Hr
Posole Corn	1500	3000	4500	9000	12 Hr	Requires Corn Mastery
Heirloom Carrot	1400	2800	4200	8400	12 Hr	Requires Carrots Mastery
Bamboo	1200	2400	3600	7200	16 Hr
Saffron	1500	3000	4500	9000	10 Hr
Clover	2500	5000	7500	15000	4 Hr
Amaranth	1200	2400	3600	7200	16 Hr
White Roses	900	1800	2700	5400	1 D	Requires Pink Rose Mastery
Forget-Me-Not	1100	2200	3300	6600	18 Hr
Spinach	300	600	900	1800	14 Hr
Carnival Squash	2000	4000	6000	12000	8 Hr	Requires Pattypan Mastery
Sweet Beets	500	1000	3750	5250	6 Hr	Requires License

Zynga routinely makes changes to the requirements for crop mastery, as the crops are updated and changed this table will be updated as well.

Occasionally one of those changes will result in a farmer having more than enough crops but still not earned the mastery or the mastery sign for the seed. This happens when the total required to master is lowered, and the player already has more than enough, such as 1780/1500. If this happens simply plant and harvest one plot and when you harvest you will earn the mastery for the crop.

From time to time limited edition crops will be master-able, when this happens look for a special section of the above table to reflect them, along with the time frame of availability.

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