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Thursday 31 May 2012

Anniversary Crafting


Ever wondered how to make a carnival float? Well, wonder no longer as we take you through what's needed for the anniversary missions and builds. We'll guide you through in the order you'll find them.

Mission Two - Rodeo On Wheels

Mission - Craft 1 Frontier Firefountain

Each requires 5 Small Fuses and 5 Harnessed Flames - Both Requested

The Float

5 Reinforced Floorboards - Requested
5 Large Ridin' Saddles - Requested
4 Straw Bundles - Found clearing thorns
4 Huge Flowerbeds - Requested


Mission Three - Twins On Parade 

4 Wood Panels - Requested
5 Party Ballons - Drops from tending Festive Balloons
5 Vibrant Flowers - Requested
4 Party Torches - Crafted
6 Twin Seats - Drops from tending Party Popper Trees
4 Rockin' Horses - Requested


Each Party Torch takes 6 Big Sticks (Oak Trees) and 2 Long Candlewicks (requested) to make a Fire Stick. One Fire Stick is then added to 3 Burnin' Fuel (requested) to make a Torch.


Mission 4 - Jail Cell-ebration

Mission - Craft 3 Frontier Firefountains


Each requires 5 Small Fuses and 5 Harnessed Flames - Both Requested


Float

1 Crazy Cake - Crafted
8 Wood Panels - Requested
4 Pink Handcuffs - Requested
1 Frontier Firefountain - Will be crafted during the mission.
9 Cell Bars - Requested
5 Strong Hinges - Requested or drops from Steel Forges



A Crazy Cake needs 10 Raw Sugar (Requested or sugar crops) and 8 Chocolate Shavings (Requested or Oven Collection) to make a Milk Chocolate.

5 Milk Chocolate are then added to 15 Cream Cheese to make a Crazy Cake.


Wednesday 30 May 2012

Clock Tower Crafting Guide

Yes folks, here we are again, it's time for another Frontierville Express building guide!

The Clock Tower will need two things crafted during missions, one of which is ALSO crafted during the building procedure.

There's a few things for the building, and a lot of stuff comes from the new Brass Forges which are a free gift.

As far as we know just yet there's no inventory limits for any of the items.

Missions

Mission One - Take Time

Craft Two Sundials

Each Sundial Needs 2 Marble Pedestals and 2 Brass Clock Hands (Both Requested)


Mission Four - Ring the Chimes

Craft Two Gargoyles

Each Gargoyle needs 5 Crude Stone (Clearing Rocks) and 5 Chisel Kits (Requested)


Building

Stage One - Foundation of Time

8 Metal Frame Beams - Requested
25 Rocks or Grass Cleared
8 Cinder Blocks - Requested
1 Large Brass Cog - Crafted


Each Brass Cog needs 5 Sheets of Brass (drop from Brass Forges) and 2 Gear Templates (Requested)


Stage Two - Check the Clock

2 Stone Gargoyles - Crafted
8 Chime Tuners - Requested
25 Wooden Steps - Chopping Pine Trees
8 Lightning Rods - Requested
8 Stucco  - Requested
3 Clock Chimes - Crafted


Each Gargoyle needs 5 Crude Stone (Clearing Rocks) and 5 Chisel Kits (Requested)



Each Clock Chime needs 5 Brass Tubes (Drop from Brass Forges) and 2 Chime Pulleys (Requested)


Stage Three - The Looney Map Maker

10 Clock Winders - Requested
10 Mechanism Blueprints - Requested
3 Clock Faces - Crafted
10 Brass Telescopes - Requested
15 Brass Numerals - Drop from Brass Forges
1 Clock Mechanism - Crafted


Each Clock Face requires 7 Brass Clock Hands and 7 Glass Plates (Requested)


This next one is a little confusing, you need to craft a Brass Cog to Craft a Clock Works to Craft a Clock Mechanism along with crafting a Clock Chimes.

Each Clock Mechanism requires one Clock Works and one Clock Chimes (Both Crafted)


Each Clock Works needs 1 Brass Cog (Crafted) and 8 Large Clock Springs (Requested)


Each Brass Cog needs 5 Sheets of Brass (drop from Brass Forges) and 2 Gear Templates (Requested)


Each Clock Chime needs 5 Brass Tubes (Drop from Brass Forges) and 2 Chime Pulleys (Requested)

Friday 25 May 2012

Pig Pavilion Building Guide


Stage One

4 Sturdy Horseshoes - Crafted
8 Organisers - Requested
12 Chicken Feathers - Found tending adult Chickens
6 Chore Lists - Requested
3 Doc's Mowers - Crafted
1 Prize Pig Certificate - Reward for mission 1.


Each Sturdy Horseshoe needs 4 Horseshoe Nails (Requested) and 4 Broken Horseshoes (Tending Adult Rideable Horses.


Each Mower needs 4 Mower Schematics (Requested) and 3 Grass Clippings (Found clearing Grass)


Stage Two

8 Potion Vials - Crafted
16 Calorie Cream - Found Tending Cows
6 Growth Agents - Crafted
8 Doc's Ingredients List - Requested
12 Doc's Secret Stuff - Requested
1 Doc's To Do List - Reward from Mission 2



Each Potion Vial needs 4 Small Vials (Requested) and 4 Small Corks (Found Harvesting Lemon Trees)


Each Growth Agent needs 4 Active Ingredients (Requested) and 4 Purple Dye (Harvesting Pomegranate Trees) to make a Purple Liquid.

One of those is added to 8 Spoonfuls of Sugar (Requested) to form the Growth Agent.



Stage Three

8 Trophy Dusters - Crafted
8 Pig Trough - Crafted
12 Pig Massage - Requested
20 Confidence Boosters - Requested
10 Piggie Perfection - Fount tending Prize Pigs of any kind.
1 Doc's Pig Secrets - Reward for completing Mission 3.



Each Trophy Duster takes 6 Duster Handles (Requested) and 6 Goose Feathers (Deops tending Adult Geese)

Each Trough requires 4 Trough Instructions and 3 Long Boards (Both Requested) to make a Trough Supplies.

Four Trough Supplies are added to 6 Old Apples (tending Green Apple Trees) to make a Pig Trough.



Monday 21 May 2012

Jailhouse Crafting Guide

OK folks, here we are again with another crafting Guide talking you through the stuff you need to complete the Jailhouse and the missions along with it.

It's the same as the Homestead Mysteries in that we'll find clues on the Stead which we need to craft something to solve. REMEMBER these tips for doing that, as stuff WILL NOT DROP unless you have the mission open and have placed one from the mission window.

So we'll talk you through what you'll need for them, and show you what will be required for the builds themselves.

Some bad news, there's also limits on all the items, check for the limit numbers in {} brackets!

Right, missions first, then build.

Missions

Mission 1  Tighten the Snare

Solve one Horse Track - Needs one Spyglass

3 Spyglass Lenses & 2 Metal Tubes - Both requested.


{Spyglass Lens - 15
Metal Tube - 10
Spyglass - 5}


Mission 2 - Tipping Point

Solve two Encoded Messages - Needs 2 Cipher Keys.

4 Invisible Ink (Requested), 5 Parchment Scrolls (Harvesting Flax), 4 Cryptography Books

In total - 8 Invisible Ink, 10 Parchment Scrolls, 8 Cryptography Books


{Invisible Ink - 35
Parchment Scroll - 45
Secret Message - 10
Cryptography Book - 35
Cipher Key - 5}

Mission 3 - One Saucy Bandit

Investigate Three Footprints - Needs three Plaster Casting Kits

4 Flour & 3 Warm Water to make Plaster of Paris - Flour is from tending Wheat, Water is requested.
then
2 Plaster of Paris & 4 Casting Tools - Requested.

In total - 24 Flour, 18 Warm Water, 12 Casting Tools



{All-purpose Flour - 25
Warm Water - 20
Plaster of Paris - 10
Casting Tools - 15
Plaster Casting Kit - 5}



Mission 4 - Mighty Fine Gratchett

Investigate Three Torn Fabric - Needs three Hand Lenses

5 Buffing Cloth & 3 Circular Glass to make a Glass Lens - Cloth is found tending cotton, glass, requested.
then
3 Glass Lenses & 6 Maplewood Handles - Requested.

In total - 45 Buffing Cloth, 27 Circular Glass, 18 Maplewood Handles


{Buffing Cloth - 35
Circular Glass - 25
Glass Lens - 10
Maplewood Handle - 20
Hand Lens - 5}


Mission 5 - Showdown

Solve 8 Encoded Messages - Needs 8 Cipher Keys.

4 Invisible Ink (Requested), 5 Parchment Scrolls (Harvesting Flax), 4 Cryptography Books

In total - 32 Invisible Ink, 40 Parchment Scrolls, 32 Cryptography Books


{Invisible Ink - 35
Parchment Scroll - 45
Secret Message - 10
Cryptography Book - 35
Cipher Key - 5}


Building the Jail

Stage One

4 Prisoner Calendars - Requested {10}
4 Iron Bars - Requested {10}
8 Striped Shirts - Harvesting Flax {10}
4 Potato Peelers - Requested {10}
4 Governer's Pardons - Requested {10}
8 Thumb Screws - Tending Steel Forges {10}


Stage Two

8 Iron Bars - Requested {10}
8 Food Trays - Requested {20}
20 Striped Britches - Tending Adult Sheep {25}
8 Governer's Pardons - Requested {10}
8 Finger Cuffs - Requested {15}
2 Ankle Cuffs - Crafted


Ankle Cuffs each require 4 Shackles (Requested) and 9 Chain Links (Steel Forges)


Stage Three

12 Food Trays - Requested {20}
12 Mouth Organs - Requested {25}
25 Warden Uniforms - Adult Goats {30}
12 Finger Cuffs - Requested {15}
12 Batons - Requested {20}
2 Balls and Chains - Crafted


Each Ball and Chain requires two Ankle Cuffs

Ankle Cuffs each require 4 Shackles (Requested) and 9 Chain Links (Steel Forges)

and 6 Iron Balls (Requested)


{Shackles - 10
Chain Link - 20
Iron Ball - 15
Ankle Cuffs - 5
Ball n' Chain - 5}




Stage Four

16 Mouth Organs - Requested {25}
15 Spotlights - Requested {15}
30 Guard Duty Schedules - Harvesting Cabbage {30}
16 Batons - Requested {20}
15 Dreams of Freedom - Requested {15}
4 Balls and Chains - Crafted


Each Ball and Chain requires two Ankle Cuffs

Ankle Cuffs each require 4 Shackles (Requested) and 9 Chain Links (Steel Forges)

and 6 Iron Balls (Requested)


{Shackles - 10
Chain Link - 20
Iron Ball - 15
Ankle Cuffs - 5
Ball n' Chain - 5}

Monday 14 May 2012

Fishing Hole Building

Teaching someone to fish is no easy task and there's all manner of crafting and building missions to be finished before we can do it!
So here we are again, with another Frontierville Express crafting Guide so you can plan ahead and know what you've got upcoming!

This one is a little more complicated as there's both in-mission crafting and build crafting so we'll list everything out in the order you'll find it in the game.


Fishing Bait

Bait is needed for all the missions and also to carry on fishing once the missions are over. Although it's REQUIRED for mission 2 you can start crafting from the start. 

Please note there are limits on the items and many of the missions give bait as a reward, so make sure you don't lose a reward, use up spares.

Each takes one Fishing Hook which is requested and two Wriggly Worms that are found in American Moss and, less often, in Blueberries and the Fishing Hole Bonus.

Limits: 18 Fish Hooks, 20 Wriggly Worms, 30 Bait

Fishing Pole  - Craft Two for Mission 'One What a Bass Hole.'

Each requires 1 Rod Ring and 2 Flexible Sticks, both requested.


Unblocking the Fishing Hole - Required for Mission 2 "Mud Guppies"

8 Canvas Gloves - Requested
2 Trail Mix - Crafted
5 Divining Rods - Chop any Lumber Tree
8 Creek Maps - Requested


Each Trail Mix is made from 5 Mixed Nuts which are requested and 3 Dried Ginger which comes from Ginger crops, that are on the free gifts page.


Rubber Overalls - Required for Mission Three "Fishing Frenzy"

Each requires 5 Canvas Overalls and 3 Rubber Padding which are both requested.


Clear the Beaver Dam - Required for Mission 4 "Wrecking Records"

20 Beaver Bite Bandages - Found harvesting Cotton
8 Crowbars - Requested
2 Debris Carts - Crafted
8 Beaver Distractions - Requested
8 Mosquito Repellent - Requested
1 Lucky Boot - Found by Fishing


Each Debris Cart requires 5 Reinforced Wheels and 5 Wooden Boxes which are both requested.


Finish the Fishing Pond - Required for mission five "Big Fish Story"

20 Thick Wool Towels - Found tending adult standard sheep
10 Cool Lemonade - Requested
2 Beaver Houses - Crafted
8 Hard Hats - Requested
10 Protective Padding - Requested
3 Rubber Overalls - Crafted


Each Beaver House takes 2 Sanded Oakwood which drops from chopping Oaks and White Oaks and 8 Bundles of Soggy Wood which are requested to make a Beaver Bitten Frame.

Two frames are then added to 7 Beaver Beds.



Each requires 5 Canvas Overalls and 3 Rubber Padding which are both requested.