Legacy: Friend Book Guide (Oct 2019)

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This thread is a collection of community knowledge based on player's experience. It's a guide from one player to another player, aiming to cover as many questions as possible one may have about the Friend Book. If you don't get your answer here, add your question by replying to this thread, maybe someone else can answer.

Guide's changelog
- 01 Jan 2017: first issue, based on Hay Day version from December 2016
- 07 Jan 2017: added community FAQ to post #2
- 01 April 2017: max in-game friends is changed from 100 to 150 (March 2017 update, not listed in release note)
- 25 May 2019: max in-game friends is now 250 (June 2018 update, release note)
- 06 Oct 2019: add clarification about in-game friends and RSS slot (see Current settings of the in-game friend system)

I. About the Friend Book
The in-game friend system was introduced during December 2016 update (release note). Player can access the following features via a Friend Book that is located on the friends-bar.

• New possibility to add in-game friends.
• Share your unique player tag with others.
• Search other players using their tag to add friends.
• Easily manage all your in-game and social media friends, including all your followers.
• Customize your friend list through new hide and block functions.

Current settings of the in-game friend system:
• In-game friends added using # tag does not affect your Roadside Shop slots, you will need to add friends via facebook to expand your shop or buy extra slot with diamonds
• At launch, max in-game friends is 100 and 50 pending requests (Supercell can change these at any time if there's a need for it)
• You can turn off receiving new friend requests from the Friend Book settings
• You can hide Facebook and Game Center friends from the Friend Book so they won't show up in your friends-bar
• You can also remove and block followers (block is 30 days) from the Friend Book
• Each player gets a unique # tag, which you can freely give to your friends, share on social media etc. so they can add you



II. Before getting further

Different border colour of farm avatar
You may have already figured out, there is a meaning for each colour you can see when browsing your friends-bar. By default, all players avatar has a yellow border, your friends (FB/GC/in-game) and your followers also have a yellow border. After you followed a farm, it changes to blue border. When you are in the same neighborhood with a farm, the border becomes green.



Who can visit my farm?
When you open Hay Day, from your own farm, you can visit different farms from different circles: your neighbors, your friends, your followers, your last helpers, farms on leader boards... but only a few of them can visit you back.
In the picture below, the arrow direction and colour represent the relationship between your farm (home icon) and other farm in these circles.
• Farm can visit you: your in-game friend, your Game Center friend, your Facebook friend, your neighbour, farm you followed, your follower
• Farm cannot visit you: farm you find via your global boat leader board, your last helpers, farm from your Daily Dirt, farm from your event board.

Tip: one farm can be in multiple circles at the same time (follower + followed by you + Facebook friend + Game Center friend + in-game friend + last helper...). As long as the farm is in a circle that allows them to get to your farm, the player can always visit you.




III. Friend Book - step by step

Can I receive friend request?
First of all, make sure other farmer can send you friend request. Open the friends-bar (friend icon at bottom right of the screen), tap on the Friend Book (left of Greg) and access its settings. Make sure the check is marked. In some case you might want to stop people from sending you a friend request, simply uncheck this line. You will still be able to send friend request to other farmers.

Tip: when you have pending request, a red notification shows up on the friend icon.



How do I add in-game friends?
In-game friend system is an addition to current friend system via Facebook and Game Center. To send a farmer a friend request, you need either the farm's tag (that the farmer will give you) or to be able to visit the farm if you don't know the farm tag.

First possibility: I am able to visit a farmer named Chook. I notice a "+" button near the farm name. Tapping on it will send Chook a friend request. A pop up appears asking for confirmation then a feedback message appears to let me know the status.
• Friend request sent: Chook now has a pending request from me.
• Already sent a request to this player: Chook has a pending request from me, I cannot send another request.
• This player has blocked your request: Chook has blocked me, I am on Chook's Blocked farms list and cannot send request.
• Player is not receiving friend request at the moment: Chook has turned off the settings for friend request, no one can send request.
• You have blocked this player. Unblock before sending a request: Chook is on my Blocked farms list, I cannot send request.



Second possibility: Chook gave me the farm tag #FRIENDTAG, I use it to search and send Chook a request. I tap on the Friend Book icon, the Requests tab is open. This is where I can find my own tag (that I would give to other farmers). I enter the farm tag Chook gave me in the field and tap on the "Search" button then "Add friend" button. Similar feedback message appears here as well.

Tips:
• Any farm can be searched, including my own farm
• You can send friend request to your FB/GC friends even if you don't have the "+" button when you visit their farm.
• The capital letter "O" and the number zero "0" are interchangeable, you can use either of them in the tag.
• If you have a pending request from Chook, sending a friend request to Chook is considered as accepting Chook's request.


Let's have a closer look at different tabs in the Friend Book.
What does the Requests tab show?
This is where you can find your own farm tag #YOURTAG and search for a farm knowing the farm tag. You cannot visit the farm from here.

The incoming requests list shows the pending friend request(s) you received.
• Accept: you become in-game friends with the other farmer and both of you are listed on each other's Friend Farms list (see In-game friends tab)
• Decline: remove the pending request from the list
• Block: remove the pending request from the list and add the farmer to Blocked farm list (see In-game friends tab).

The outgoing requests list shows you all your sent requests to other farmers that are still pending in their list.
• Cancel: remove your request from the other farmer's incoming requests list.



What does the In-game friends tab show?
The Friend farms list is where you find your in-game friends, those are the friends who will always show up in your friends-bar regardless of your connection to FB/GC. This is very handy when you experience trouble with FB or GC. Tap on the farm name twice to visit the farm. At anytime you can manage this list as you see fit.
• Remove: remove the farm from the list. Both of you no longer appear on each other's Friend farms list.
• Block: same as Remove but also add the farmer to Blocked farm list.
Tip: If you remove FB/GC friends, the farm will appear again in Social Media friends list.

The Blocked farms list only appears (below the Friend farm list, scroll down to see it) when it contains at least one farm. Farm listed here has limited interaction with your farm during the entire blocking period.
• Blocked farm cannot send you friend request, cannot follow you, is removed from your follower/following/in-game friends/other friends list (if any), cannot receive friend request from you
• Blocked farm can still search for you using your farm tag and see your current farm name. You can also search for blocked farm.
• If a blocked farm is in another circle that allow the farmer to visit your farm (neighbourhood, social friends, farm you helped...), the farmer can still visit you during the blocking period and vice versa

Tip: you can follow a farm you have blocked should you choose to.

• Unblock: remove the farm from the list and let them have full interaction with you. If the farm was removed from follower/following/in-game friends list, further actions are needed to get back on the list. If the farm was removed from other friends (FB/GC friends) list, it simply appears again there. Blocking a farmer in Hay Day doesn't break your Facebook or Game Center friendship.



Other friends tab: Facebook and Game Center friends
If you haven't log in of Facebook via Hay Day settings or Game Center via your iDevice settings, none of your FB/GC friends appears here nor in the friends-bar. But if your friends logged in on their side, you will always appear on their list and they can visit you.

After you log in, your social media friends show up in the list and you can visit them.
• Hide: remove the farm from the list and also from the friends-bar. It doesn't break your Facebook or Game Center friendship.

Once you have hidden at least one friend, the Hidden friends list appears below the Social Media friends list (scroll down to see it). You can still visit your hidden friends from here.
• Unhide: remove the farm from the list and put it back to your Social Media friends list.

Tips:
• The avatar you see is pulled from Facebook public profile picture, you need to log in to Facebook on your device to see it. Logging out of Facebook doesn't stop other from seeing your own Facebook public profile picture. Game Center avatar is no longer showing since iOS 10.
• If this is a Facebook friends, the Facebook first name from their profile is displayed. If this is a Game Center friends, the Game Center nickname is displayed.


What does the Followers tab show?
This is where you can find the farm you followed (Following - max 10 farms) and farms who followed you (Followers - only a limited number of them show up)

• Unfollow: remove the farm from the Following list, remove your farm from this farmer's follower list
• Remove: remove the farm from the Followers list
• Block: remove the farm from the Followers list and add the farmer to Blocked farms list (see In-game friends tab).

Tip:
• Followers are sorted in the order they start following you (most recent first)
• Following farms are sorted by the farm level

What about the friends-bar? Do I still need it?
The friends-bar is still here and displays in the "Friends" tab a combined list of:
- your following farms (farm you followed - blue border)
- your in-game friends
- your Facebook/Game Center friends (except the hidden friends)
- your neighbour Greg
If one of these farms need help, you will get the notification in the Help tab (exclamation icon). Farms are ordered by their level.
The Friend Book doens't show the list of your neighbours nor your last helpers.



IV. Going forward

Here we are at the end of the guide, I hope it helps you understand the concept and find the answer you are looking for. Feel free to reply for any feedback or add your question (maybe someone else can answer).

For Hay Day official FAQ about the game, visit Supercell Support or open the game > Settings (top left corner)> Settings tab > Help and Support button.

Now are you looking for new friends? Pay a visit to this thread (share your farm tag) or to this thread (share your Facebook profile).



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