When I logged into facebook this evening one of the first things that caught my attention was a post to our fan page by Jennie (Who’s That Girl) G.  telling us that “WE HAVE NEW STUFF ON FARM TOWN!” I took a brief look at my farm, headed to the official forum to get the scoup, and visited with Jennie a spell at her farm. I’m certain to miss something but here is the overview of what I found and you can expect to find the next time you visit your farm.

Fishing
You can now fish at your farm in the ponds, lakes and rivers using the Fishing Rod. The fishing rod is in the Farm Town Tool Panel on the same tab as the camera, watering can, and delete dozer.

Use the fishing rod on rivers and lakes to catch fish. You might not catch a fish on every click, it depends on the fish population. Some water items have more fish variety than others and all fish caught are sent to your storage.

If you had already water items in your farms, your fish are almost sure already grown so you can start fishing right away. If you just purchased a water item, then you may have to wait 8 or 24 hours for the fish to grow. To fish, just select the Fishing Rod and start clicking on the water. You will see the Fish count decreasing as you start catching fish. The less fish in the water, the harder it gets.

If the fish count is 0, it means you need to wait until all fish grow again. You don’t need to wait until the counter gets to 0 as that can be quite hard, your lake or river will be full with fish in 8 or 24 hours anyways.

On the ‘Ponds’ section on the store, click the ‘?’ icon next to each item to see the type of fish living on it, how fast the fish grow again, etc.  So far it does not seem to allow us to fish on other peoples farms but only our own bodies of water. I was a little bummed to discover this after packing up all my gear and heading to the lake at Ms Kelly’s. I guess this way you get to harvest your own fish without taking from others population. Hope they rethink this and make fishing at other locations possible in the future.  Jennie G tells me Jim is having a blast this evening with his new fishing rod.

Fishing Map

Big Lake with Boat holds 199 fish and Small Lake holds 46 fish. Fish are fully grown in 8 hours. These lakes do require Farm Cash to purchase but it’s easier to catch a fish in these and they are the only ones where Salmon can be caught.

Lake Fish:  Salmon, Carp, Tilapia, Catfish, Sturgeon and Trench

Big Lake holds 299 fish which are fully grown in 1-day. Except for Salmon, you can catch the same “Lake Fish” as found in the Big Lake with Boat and Small Lake. (Carp, Tilapia, Catfish, Sturgeon and Trench)

Small Pond holds 18 fish which are fully grown in 1 day.  (Carp, Tilapia)

Big Pond holds 86 fish which are fully grown in 1 day. (Carp, Tilapia, and Catfish)

River Sections and Bridge hold 32 fish each section which are fully grown in 1 day. (Carp, Tilapia, Catfish, and Sturgeon)

River Corners produce the same 1-day fish as the regular sections but hold only 16 fish. (Carp, Tilapia, Catfish, and Sturgeon)

About Waterfalls – Many people have waterfalls on their farm which requires a special technique to build and this is done by taking advantage of a glitch of sorts whereas dirt path is used to place water on top of water. I am curious if the new fishing features will cause these farms to run poorly or cause new errors to occur. If you notice anything odd happening when you visit a farm with waterfalls, please let us know what you discover.

The 7 Newest Crops

• Celery harvests in 4 hours, costs 45, sells for 87
• Grape Tomato harvests in 8 hours, costs 40, sells for 94
• Lettuce harvests in 8 hours, costs 60, sells for 111
• Peanut harvests in 12 hours, costs 45, sells for 103
• Mint harvests in 1-day, costs 60, sells for 136
• Garlic harvests in 2-days, costs 150, sells for 299
• Ginger harvests in 3-days, costs 225, sells for 473

Production Limits
Slashkey had to limit the amount of products that we can have producing at the same time on each facility. The risk of inflation is too high which could impact the game dynamics significantly. The general rule is, you can only have 15 days of continuous production pending for each recipe.

Sandwich Restaurant Facility can be purchased with regular Farm Town coins and allows you to make:

• Standard Sandwich (Ham/Cheese)
• Sandwich with Veggies (add Lettuce and Tomatoes)
• Sandwich Supreme (Add Pickles and Onions) -> Get pickles from friends for now, later on you will be able to produce them on the Food Preserve Factory.
• Hotdog -> get Sausage from friends or order them from the Semi-Truck tool. Get Ketchup from friends or make it on the Food Preserve Factory.

Food Preserve Factory requires FarmCash to purchase and allows you to make:

• Strawberry and Blackberry Jams
• Pear and Peach Slices in Conserve
• Orange Marmalade
• Ketchup
• Fruit Cocktail