lynnk2021
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Post by lynnk2021 on Dec 5, 2022 20:50:15 GMT
Good to know there is some variation I had 4 crates with 2 snowflake gifts in each to kick things off so its possible its just random as to the amount being 1 or 2 in each crate Set me up with 160 holly to start and makes me think 7 ish boats a week should be more than enough for me personally to get all the expansion scrolls I'm eyeing up 😅 It's not really random for a given level (in this case your level). If you have 3 crates of 2, then it will always be 3 crates of 2. Same for 4 crates, either 4 crates of 1 or 4 crates of 2. You cannot have 4 crates of 1 today then 4 crates of 2 another day. So be prepared! Fascinating. My Baby Farm is level 96 and the boat is asking for 4 crates of 1 green gift each. Will my Main Farm's boat ask for more gifts since it's a higher level farm? |
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Post by anniebel884 on Dec 5, 2022 21:01:50 GMT
All my farms so far have had 4 single gift requests, 2 larger ones all green twice, 3rd farm purple long, then green, smallest blue twice
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Post by BauldersGate on Dec 5, 2022 21:09:15 GMT
Are you sure? A farm 10 levels higher than me has 4 crates with 1 to fill in each of stacked gifts So do stacked gifts only come in sets of 1? There are a few variables at work here. your farm level and the type of gift. in this case you’re comparing the blue snowflake gift to the purple stacked gift. it’s quite possible some kinds of gifts only come as 1 a crate for a certain level while a different gift comes as 2. its probably a bit early to tell just yet but I’m sure in a few days we will all have an idea of what to expect for our level. Thats why I was wondering specifically about the stacked....got my answer in my next boat 😅 I'm predicting, that for me at least on lv 149, the only gift that will ask for 2 in 1 crate is snowflake In any case based on the 260 holly gained from 2 boats (1st with 4x double snowflake crates and 2nd with 4x single stacked crates) I still reckon it'll only take one boat a day (maybe up to 1 1/2 or 2 when price increases) to easily gain all the expansion permits ...Not sure what decos I might want yet though 😅 |
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Post by Frog on Dec 5, 2022 21:14:53 GMT
Fascinating. My Baby Farm is level 96 and the boat is asking for 4 crates of 1 green gift each. Will my Main Farm's boat ask for more gifts since it's a higher level farm? 1 level higher is not the same thing as 100 level higher. Your question is not specific enough. It's only a matter of days till your high level farm have a boat asking for Green gift. Then you can see if the boat is "big" enough to carry 2 Green gift per crate, in case of 4 crates. |
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Post by anniebel884 on Dec 5, 2022 21:23:58 GMT
There are a few variables at work here. your farm level and the type of gift. in this case you’re comparing the blue snowflake gift to the purple stacked gift. it’s quite possible some kinds of gifts only come as 1 a crate for a certain level while a different gift comes as 2. its probably a bit early to tell just yet but I’m sure in a few days we will all have an idea of what to expect for our level. Thats why I was wondering specifically about the stacked....got my answer in my next boat 😅 I'm predicting, that for me at least on lv 149, the only gift that will ask for 2 in 1 crate is snowflake In any case based on the 260 holly gained from 2 boats (1st with 4x double snowflake crates and 2nd with 4x single stacked crates) I still reckon it'll only take one boat a day (maybe up to 1 1/2 or 2 when price increases) to easily gain all the expansion permits ...Not sure what decos I might want yet though 😅 My baby has had the blue snowflake & it was 4 boxes of 1 as well, but the lvl of that farm is only 56 |
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lynnk2021
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Post by lynnk2021 on Dec 5, 2022 22:09:23 GMT
Fascinating. My Baby Farm is level 96 and the boat is asking for 4 crates of 1 green gift each. Will my Main Farm's boat ask for more gifts since it's a higher level farm? 1 level higher is not the same thing as 100 level higher. Your question is not specific enough. It's only a matter of days till your high level farm have a boat asking for Green gift. Then you can see if the boat is "big" enough to carry 2 Green gift per crate, in case of 4 crates. My boat just docked at my level 150+ farm, asking for 4 crates of 1 Green Gift each. Next boat will ask for Stacked Gift in four hours. EDIT: It's asking for 3 crates of 1 Stacked Gift each. |
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Post by kat on Dec 5, 2022 23:34:46 GMT
There are a few variables at work here. your farm level and the type of gift. in this case you’re comparing the blue snowflake gift to the purple stacked gift. it’s quite possible some kinds of gifts only come as 1 a crate for a certain level while a different gift comes as 2. its probably a bit early to tell just yet but I’m sure in a few days we will all have an idea of what to expect for our level. Thats why I was wondering specifically about the stacked....got my answer in my next boat 😅 I'm predicting, that for me at least on lv 149, the only gift that will ask for 2 in 1 crate is snowflake In any case based on the 260 holly gained from 2 boats (1st with 4x double snowflake crates and 2nd with 4x single stacked crates) I still reckon it'll only take one boat a day (maybe up to 1 1/2 or 2 when price increases) to easily gain all the expansion permits ...Not sure what decos I might want yet though 😅 I now had a boat with the stacked gift too and it als wanted 4 crates of 1 gift. |
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Post by lynnk2021 on Dec 6, 2022 0:33:44 GMT
I just had an epiphany after visiting my Baby Farm's docks. The boat is asking for 4 Green Gifts for 4 crates. Since it'll leave in about 12 hours, my Main Farm has plenty of time to make 4 Green Gifts and get 100 Hollies.
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Post by 🌼GymGirl🌺 on Dec 6, 2022 2:27:40 GMT
I am level 234 and green gift was 4 x 1 gifts and snowflake was 4 x2 gifts . Next is stacked gifts, 1 x 4 crates.
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Post by anniebel884 on Dec 6, 2022 4:06:10 GMT
My big farms latest boat is blue snowflake & it is 4 boxes of 2, for lvl150
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Post by Garda on Dec 6, 2022 9:38:40 GMT
Do we keep the gift wrapping station at the end of the event?
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Post by 🌼GymGirl🌺 on Dec 6, 2022 9:46:43 GMT
Do we keep the gift wrapping station at the end of the event? No it disappears and any unused hollys are converted to coin. |
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Post by kat on Dec 6, 2022 10:32:04 GMT
I just had an epiphany after visiting my Baby Farm's docks. The boat is asking for 4 Green Gifts for 4 crates. Since it'll leave in about 12 hours, my Main Farm has plenty of time to make 4 Green Gifts and get 100 Hollies. Yes Lynnk, you can certainly obtain more hollies this way. Sometimes you’ll be able to use extra production capacity to fill an extra box here and there. or you could choose which ever boat is most lucrative to work on. There are definitely some possibilities, but it needs some figuring out with the restrictions of no buying, selling, donating, Tom etc. i am enjoying this new aspect again. |
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Post by BauldersGate on Dec 6, 2022 17:18:29 GMT
Just bought my 1st 600 holly gift (set of 3 expansion permits)
For me at lv 149 only snowflake gift asks for 2 per crate
I've expanded 2 slots in the machine which is more than enough for me to keep it full with the occasional log in (except obviously for overnight 😅)
I've upped stored amounts of required items (cookies,etc) to between 20-30 (60+ for milk)
It all seems so far so easy (touch wood 👉🌳)
This is the most interesting addition in a long while and actually has me excited to use boats (normally only puzzle ones are sent 😆)
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Post by unrulyjulie on Dec 6, 2022 17:24:14 GMT
Every boat since the gift machine was delivered wants the long gifts, seems a bit cynical to me.
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Post by ducktown2021 on Dec 6, 2022 17:32:26 GMT
Gathered around 1000 holly so far. There are a lot of farms flagging their crates with green gifts, easy collecting the holly. I also get long gifts a lot on my main farm, I make those during the night.
It helps when you have baby farms and flag those gifts crates.
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Post by emailkathy on Dec 6, 2022 17:46:14 GMT
Every boat since the gift machine was delivered wants the long gifts, seems a bit cynical to me. Mine have asked for a variety... 2 in the snowflake crates and 1 in each of the others. Just finished derby doing 4 320point boat tasks. Each boat had 4 gift crates. Level 214. |
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Post by MommySnooks 🐯 on Dec 6, 2022 18:43:52 GMT
My first boat was three crates of one gift (green). (Two of everything else.)
Second boat was four crates of one gift (purple) and other things I forgot.
I just sent off another one with three crates of one gift (green). Others were crops this time.
Next boat is asking for purple. It’s a puzzle boat. We’ll see what it asks for.
(For those of you who do boats regularly, *is there a pattern to when there are three or four crates of things requested? I’ve noticed the difference but never figured out why.)
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lynnk2021
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Post by lynnk2021 on Dec 6, 2022 19:35:14 GMT
Ricky Burnett tweeted yesterday that "Holly can be got from boat crates, harvesting, and feeding animals".
Eight hours ago, Hay Day Twitter replied, "Please keep in mind that we disabled the feature because of an issue with 'wheating'. Thanks!"
An issue with wheating? Could it be the alarming discovery by Team Hay Day that there's a sudden spike in activity from wheat bots? ;-)
It's time to find the players who use bots and send them to banned camp.
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Post by Sooty on Dec 6, 2022 19:47:07 GMT
My farm is level 338 and my last 3 boats have all wanted 4 lots of 2 blue box presents!!!! - that’s a total of 24 to be made without sight of another type of present☹️
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Post by ducktown2021 on Dec 6, 2022 19:58:25 GMT
My farm is level 338 and my last 3 boats have all wanted 4 lots of 2 blue box presents!!!! - that’s a total of 24 to be made without sight of another type of present☹️ I ignore my own boats when I can fill gift crates that are flagged on other farms. Just producing the 45min gifts. As long as I get the holly that’s fine. Whenever they enable the other options again (harvest wheat and feed animals) it will go even faster. Only issue I see with wheat is the RSS flooding with it. |
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Post by anniebel884 on Dec 6, 2022 21:22:50 GMT
My farm is level 338 and my last 3 boats have all wanted 4 lots of 2 blue box presents!!!! - that’s a total of 24 to be made without sight of another type of present☹️ I am lvl 150 on my main farm & I had 3 double blues in a row, really annoying. One of my smaller farms is only getting long parcel, also annoying lol Definitely not a lot of randomness |
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Post by donkeyfan on Dec 6, 2022 21:25:56 GMT
My farm is level 338 and my last 3 boats have all wanted 4 lots of 2 blue box presents!!!! - that’s a total of 24 to be made without sight of another type of present☹️ I ignore my own boats when I can fill gift crates that are flagged on other farms. Just producing the 45min gifts. As long as I get the holly that’s fine. Whenever they enable the other options again (harvest wheat and feed animals) it will go even faster. Only issue I see with wheat is the RSS flooding with it. Yes, especially if your own boat gets greedy with cream, cheese, butter and so on. And of course the boat always requires the same gift in a row. That's really annoying. Until now my boats are still ok, but it's only a question of time when this changes. The possibility to help other farmers who flagged their gift crates is a good alternative. I also used it. Like kat already stated, many roads lead to Rome. You have only to figure out what's the best for yourself. |
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Post by LuvHayDay on Dec 6, 2022 21:31:20 GMT
My latest boats have been 4×1 long, 4×1 stacked, and 4 x 2 snowflake. (level 162)
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Post by unrulyjulie on Dec 6, 2022 21:57:16 GMT
Another boat wanting the long gift, that's 5 out of 6. Level 158. I haven't had any holly drop from harvesting or feeding animals 😔
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Post by Dibzie on Dec 6, 2022 23:25:50 GMT
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this above, but I just noticed that the prices go up as time goes on. For example the permits start at 200 Holly each but as you flip through the book the price per permit goes up and up...till on the last page they cost 400 Holly each. ummmm, ok....why?
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Post by Mom’sCar on Dec 7, 2022 0:11:54 GMT
Another boat wanting the long gift, that's 5 out of 6. Level 158. I haven't had any holly drop from harvesting or feeding animals 😔 If I understand yesterday’s tweet that was on the dashboard here, there was a maintenance that remover the holly drops from harvesting. I’ve not seen holly drops for feeding animals either. |
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lynnk2021
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Post by lynnk2021 on Dec 7, 2022 2:02:27 GMT
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this above, but I just noticed that the prices go up as time goes on. For example the permits start at 200 Holly each but as you flip through the book the price per permit goes up and up...till on the last page they cost 400 Holly each. ummmm, ok....why? I'm speculating it's an Early Bird Special and Team Hay Day are tempting us to buy early and often and don't wait until the last week when prices will go up. ;-) |
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Post by Eturtle on Dec 7, 2022 2:10:52 GMT
a thousand hollies? I am in awe!... (yep, I am still stuck on that post and can't wrap my head around it lol) I worked all day on my boats and am not even close to that number. How did you do it? speeding up the gifts?
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Post by Dibzie on Dec 7, 2022 3:44:44 GMT
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this above, but I just noticed that the prices go up as time goes on. For example the permits start at 200 Holly each but as you flip through the book the price per permit goes up and up...till on the last page they cost 400 Holly each. ummmm, ok....why? I'm speculating it's an Early Bird Special and Team Hay Day are tempting us to buy early and often and don't wait until the last week when prices will go up. ;-) Well I think it’s kinda mean cuz some farmers can’t work all day making presents and filling crates to get enough holly to pay for the “early bird specials” before they expire and the price goes up. But oh well! |
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