Rice and Shine

This event is build on a totem making event: an array of material needed for this, from event crops and drops to main land crops, tree fruits and animals and event breeding/coloured animals! The good news is that there isn't a milling item...

Event crop 1:	Event crop 2:	Event drop 1:	Event drop 2:	Event drop 3:
Field Chopsticks Time: 8 hours Gives (2x2): 320 EP plantable on the Main field only!	Narutomaki Swirl Time: 5 hours Gives (2x2): 200 EP plantable on the Main field only!	Soy Sauce You will get these drops while harvesting your crops on the Main field only!	Ceramic Spoon You will get these drops while harvesting your stables and workshops on the Green meadow only!	Wasabi Paste You will get these drops while harvesting your trees on the Magical Glade only!

There is 8 layers with a different number of options for totems and the amount of necessary totems needed to get to the next layer vary also. There's no real way to represent all the different options and the total numbers to get to the cloud row. 14 Totems are required to get it, this means finishing the first seven totem layers.

Layer 1: Complete 2 totems out of 3

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:
430 Oats 200 Field Chopsticks 715 Sunflowers 28 Soy Sauces 1335 Rhubarbs	200 Field Chopsticks 40 Apples 35 Sweet chestnuts 5 Cedar cones 28 Wasabi Pastes	60 Chickens 28 Ceramic Spoons 200 Field Chopsticks 50 Rabbits 30 Sheeps

Layer 2: Complete 2 totems out of 4

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:	Totem 4:
350 Field Chopsticks 665 Cucumbers 36 Soy Sauces 345 Gerberas 325 Lilacs	25 Chestnuts 35 Pears 350 Field Chopsticks 18 Wasabi Pastes 40 Peaches	30 Turkeys 350 Field Chopsticks 60 Goats 25 Horses 36 Ceramic Spoons	18 Wasabi Pastes 15 Eggs 5 Picnic Blankets 900 Narutomaki Swirls 5 Rakes

Layer 3: Complete 3 Totems out of 5

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:	Totem 4:	Totem 5:
1665 Hops 345 Peas 250 Field Chopsticks 42 Soy Sauces 370 Beans	65 Magnolias 75 Mirabelle plums 45 Golden Leaves 250 Field Chopsticks 22 Wasabi Pastes	250 Field Chopsticks 44 Ceramic Spoons 30 Cows 15 Eagles 25 Owls	5 Silk 10 Down-feathers 22 Wasabi Pastes 675 Narutomaki Swirls 10 Paint palettes	675 Narutomaki Swirls 1 Scottish Fold 22 Wasabi Pastes 1 Desert Scorpion 1 Flying Frog

Layer 4: Complete 1 Totem out of 3

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:
50 Ceramic Spoons 155 Geese 675 Field Chopsticks 25 Fish 10 Lynxes	20 Sheep's wool 50 Wasabi Pastes 10 Jewels 675 Narutomaki Swirls 5 Woolly Sweaters	2 Greylag Geese 1 Polar Bear 50 Ceramic Spoons 1 Forest Salamander 675 Narutomaki Swirls

Layer 5: Complete 3 Totems out of 4

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:	Totem 4:
310 Peppermints 285 Mushrooms 500 Field Chopsticks 330 Malt grains 64 Soy Sauces	65 Cherries 22 Wasabi Pastes 75 Elderberries 500 Field Chopsticks 80 Acorns	20 Goat milk 25 Fire Hydrants 900 Narutomaki Swirls 22 Wasabi Pastes 15 Guano	2 Kitchen Mice 900 Narutomaki Swirls 64 Soy Sauces 2 Circus Bears 1 Yellow Swallowtail

Layer 6: Complete 2 Totems out of 5

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:	Totem 4:	Totem 5:
95 Kohlrabi 200 Field Chopsticks 100 Onions 36 Soy Sauces 100 Turkish Melissas	200 Field Chopsticks 75 Oranges 18 Wasabi Pastes 85 Angel's trumpets (Catalpa tree fruit) 85 Yellow Pears	30 Peacocks 36 Ceramic Spoons 200 Field Chopsticks 45 Tortoises 30 Donkeys	18 Wasabi Pastes 30 Hammocks 5 Sun Collectors 1350 Narutomaki Swirls 10 Racoon masks	36 Ceramic Spoons 1 Hamster Bee 1 Poitou Donkey 1 Magical Peacock 1350 Narutomaki Swirls

Layer 7: Complete 1 Totem out of 2

Totem 1:	Totem 2:
25 Cown milk 1600 Narutomaki Swirls 10 Paw pops 28 Wasabi Pastes 20 Honey	1 Scarlet Lynx 2 Dotted Tortoises 1600 Narutomaki Swirls 28 Wasabi Pastes 1 Opera Donkey

Bonus Layer 8: Complete 3 Totems out of 5 (each totem rewards a new prize upon completion)

Totem 1:	Totem 2:	Totem 3:	Totem 4:	Totem 5:
450 Field Chopsticks 110 Broccoli 115 Garlic 115 Red Cabbages 34 Soy Sauces	90 Dates 450 Field Chopsticks 18 Wasabi Pastes 95 Olives 90 Almonds	35 Ostriches 30 Beavers 450 Field Chopsticks 35 Chameleons 34 Ceramic Spoons	65 Luggage 15 Ostrich Eggs 1600 Narutomaki Swirls 10 Skateboards 18 Wasabi Pastes	1 Sporty Chameleon 34 Soy Sauces 1 Beavi Graf 1600 Narutomaki Swirls 1 Officer Chameleon

The drops amount doesn't seem high so this shouldn't limit the event unless the drop rates are really low (especially for trees).

Make sure that you have enough of inventory to totally complete one totem, once players have started one they won't be able to change it. The same caution applies to the layers: players cannot skip to the next one until the previous layer is completed.

The amout of event crops doesn't seems too high but it could be tough getting the necessary drops from the event crops.

Good luck to all who will be attempting this!

 

I really wanted to participate in this event due to the wonderful graphics and overall theme of it, I was looking forward to it. But since it's on the main farm I'm not going to because I have too much going on there. I wish it could have been on the baha fields, or even on an event field, and I'd totally be in. Good luck to those participating!

 

Northy, you are amazing, thanks for the detailed charts and information. I had lost net early this morning and was unable to set lands for drops and I could not read the charts "they" had with teeny, tiny lettering! So I will skip this one, But wishing everyone who does this event reaches their goals!

 

Thanks so much for the detailed charts, Northy. It looks like a cute event and I wish success to all participating. Hope players heed your advice to check inventory before beginning a totem! I shall skip the event as I'm a bit under the weather and will rest and just do basic farming.

 

Thanks, so much, Northy for your impeccable charts, for which I am very grateful. It seems to me that I can possibly do the first four layers with just field chopsticks as far as crops go, so I will major in them after the initial rounds.
My Meadow has five menageries, five manufactories and the rest workshops of around eighteen hours starting time. I figure with a few time discounters I may get close to two harvests per day to generate ceramic spoons.
I have gone for the longest trees - dappled and goat willow - around my jumbo trees that live on the Glade. If the one each I should get from the jumbos isn't enough then they might get the chop!
I like the fact that, by choosing carefully, there is the option of avoiding one kind of drop or other if one kind is not playing fair. But, you-know, best laid plans...
I will advise how these strategies work out drop-wise!
Happy eventing, one and all!
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Edit: Got 114 ceramic spoons and 58 wasabi plus more wasabi from magic trees. Drops from main field were disappointing, but I only had mushrooms out.
(wasabi = greeting to a honey collector)

 

Thank you for doing the sums and making this so much clearer for us (in many ways!). I'm in and will probably try just one crop, as David suggests. But who knows?
Good luck all going for it!

Edit: It seems towards the end I will need to grow the second crop.

 

I've noticed these recent events are much more complicated ..... not just the usual grow and throw. I'm not sure I'm adjusting to all this brain use for the game. LOL.
Good luck to all.

Thank you Nordais for event outline.
Thanks also to David1 for a good plan as well.

 

Past events, were needed tree-drops, best drop-rate was WONDER TREES, for sure!
Only 5 hours (max) and over 80%... This is one on those why I have all my 280 wonder trees waiting to be planted (to MG-area)

 

It doesn't look like drops will be a challenge. I have over half of what I need from the first harvest.

 

The animation at the end of the event was beautiful, the praying mantises were dancing beautifully, and each section had different colors. I wish success to the farmers who continue.

 

Thank you, Northy, yet another great strategy. I had a bit of luck, so I have a 200% bonus. I'm guessing I should finish this event by tomorrow, all going well. It was a shame you didn't go further with the breakdown in terms of what would be the most efficient, but with these style games, it is not possible, as it is a question of what you have in your inventory.

 

All done, good game. Bit of thinking needed

 

I really enjoyed this one and I think it is probably pretty good for any level of players. I agree, the final animation is delightful!

 

I didn't have any animation so perhaps something in my settings?

 

Pups, go back and see, it still does it once you've finished. I don't have much animation on because it used to slow things down. It is very cute.

 

I did as you suggested and logged out and back in again, visited the event window and saw the animation! Thanks!

 

I've finished this event on both participating farms. Was easier than I expected. Yay!

 

Great! I'm glad you got to see them juggling Mantises, Pups!

I forgot to post this! DOH!

 

Finished first thing in the morning. Thanks @Nordais for the strategy.