Using Special Materials

Perhaps I am particularly dense where some aspects of gaming are concerned, but there is what I feel is a rather overly complex situation in Family Farm with respect to special materials that are used in crafting, whether in the Workshop, Beauty Shop or Dessert Shop.  In the Recipes found in these buildings, most ingredients or materials can be obtained from the player's farm.  In some specific cases, however, a Recipe will require an ingredient or item that is not found on the farm, nor  found anywhere in the Maeketplace.  The player has an option to 'Ask' Neighbours for the item or material or purchase 1 for 1 RC.  Usually a fair quantity of these special items is needed to complete the Recipe, making purchase impractical.

Here is where the game system is overly complex.  After you request the item or material from Neighbours, you will have the usual option to accept it when you go to your Requests menu.  It will NOT show up, however, in your Crafting building, even if you have accepted scores of this item or material.  You must complete an additional, to me rather pointless step by going to your Gift Box, then choosing the option to 'Use' the item or material.  Although I know this, I find myself going to the Craft building after accepting the requested Item or Material and, seeing that the count remains at zero, becoming frustrated, until I remember that I have to find the Item in my Gift Box!

Halloween Machines, their Ingredients, Products and Product Values

Frustrated by the need to experiment on these machines to find the item that a quest is demanding, I decided to post a few results to help other players as well as myself:

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Pumpkin Totem Machine:
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All Pumpkin Totems require Halloween Pumpkin as the primary ingredient.  It is the second ingredient that determines the type of Totem made.

Happy Pumpkin Totem: 137 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Pumpkin, White Pumpkin?

Frightful Pumpkin Totem: 140 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Pumpkin,

Proud Pumpkin Totem: 554 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Pumpkin, Bell Pepper

Sneaky Pumpkin Totem: 219 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Pumpkin, Cantaloupe

Sunburst Pumpkin Totem: 244 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Pumpkin, Enchanted Carrot

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Halloween Candy Machine
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All Halloween Candy needs Halloween Sugar as the primary ingredient.  The second ingredient determines the type of Candy made:



Pumpkin Treat:175 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Halloween Pumpkin

Smile Teeth: 97 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Apple

Witch Finger: 101 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, White Chocolate

Spooky Owl: 115 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Cherry

Chummy Mummy: 149 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Wheat Flour

Ghost Candy: 109 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween sugar, White Pumpkin

Chocolate Spider: 130 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Chocolate

Cheesy Bone: 110 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Milk Cheese

Popcorn Ball Monster: 263 Coins
  Ingredient: Halloween Sugar, Vanilla Popcorn

Halloween Eyeball: 132 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Olive

Black Cat Pop: 120 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, Truffle

Tombstone Truffle: 280 Coins
  Ingredients: Halloween Sugar, White Truffle

Jack-O-Lanterns and other Carved Pumpkins
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It is important only for purposes of completing quests, to distinguish between the Jack-O-Lantern Machine and the Carving Machine.  I came to Family Farm rather late, at Yuletide last year, when the Halloween Quests no longer were accessible to new players.  I nonetheless received parts for building the Jack-O-Lantern Machine from Special Delivery Boxes and therefore believe that this machine predated the Carving Machine.

The Jack-O-Lantern Machine makes only one item, using Halloween Pumpkins.  It make the classic Jack-O-Lantern.  The Carving Machine, on the other hand, is not limited to a single festival, theme or seasonal item.  It makes special carved Eggs, Pine Cones and two types of Carved Pumpkins.  The only products included here at the Halloween Pumpkins.

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Jack-O-Lantern Machine
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Jack-O-Lantern: 115 Coins
  Ingredient:  Halloween Pumpkin

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Carving Machine
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The Halloween products made in the Carving Machine are:

Carved Pumpkin: 106 Coins
  Ingredients; Halloween Pumpkin

Carved White Pumpkin: 27 Coins
   Incredient: White Pumpkin

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Halloween Costume Machine
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Note that a completed Halloween Costume Machine is given as a reward for completing a quest although a player can purchase an incomplete machine in the Market as well.

Mummy Outfit: 30 Coins
   Ingredient: Silk

 Skull Mask: 56 Coins
  Ingredient: Ostrich Feather

Pink Prince Outfit: 112 Coins
  Ingredient: Angora Hair

Scary Pirate Outfit: 90 Coins
  Ingredient:  Wool

Angry Bird Mask:
  Ingredient: Peacock Feather

Other Machines that make Halloween Items

You will find that there are a number of special Halloween Crops, Tree Fruits and so on.  They can be used in a number of the ordinary non-festival machines as well as the special Halloween Machines.  Inter alia, you will find that you can make Halloween Pudding, Halloween Ice Cream, Halloween Cookies and Halloween Jewelry in the form of Halloween Earrings.  The Glow Stick Machine now makes Halloween Glow Sticks using Halloween Pumpkins.