The Great Eclipse Strategy Thread

Now those are definitely words of wisdom.

"Because you can?"
no I cannot

But what I can do is sit on the outside, sip ona cold red punch and cheer you on.

Thank you so very much for assisting me Moraine.

 

None of my farms are doing this event. I'm going to be doing barn boosting not barn draining.

Good luck to all of you who are doing the event.

 

I won't do the event because I won't be able to log in to my farm often these days or maybe at all..
But I want to make some CCs so farmer_broke, any ideas for what to sell?

 

I am going to do this event, As it been a while since we had a Baha Event. My top priority is to get 11 curtain upgrades with Anti do medal Machine which I will place in Pet Playing Field.

I know this event is asking a lot to complete the daily timed quest. But not all of the steps is neededto be completed as some of the stebe skipped skipped as some of step rewards are not worth it. so this way does not drain your barn as much as if you are doing The harvest hoedown barn draining event. But the prizes from these quests is more rewarding compared to last year harvest hoedown

I am planning out a strategy to get 11 curtain upgrades as my top objective. I not mind to do back to back events.

 

First harvest was a little disappointing - not in number but in the quantity required to complete all quests. May have to clear my Crystal Falls - just leave my Manufactories ... ... just making my own Crystal Falls here.

Have to check tomorrow - before I feed my critters! If I have less than about 500, I will have to re-think my strategy!

 

Drops from initial harvest a bit low compared to overall total required. Will need to reevaluate to see what will be left off in order to reach other desirable rewards.

 

Hi ! I was about to write that drops were plenty as I got 458 drops from my initial drops of 1x1 plots with sauguaro. But find that it has been different for you. Sorry to hear it. Why don't you try 1x1 plots of crops overnight for the drops.

 

With my first two "starter up" harvests, my total is now 298 ... will put out more plots on CF and switch to longer crops overnight.
Plus I can finish the crops a little quicker - that's a lot of crops!

 

I got 217 drops from my overnight crops of Chayote (15 hours) and Bitter Ginger (14.5 hours)
It doesn't look like drops will be a problem.

 

3 is the level required to be able to participate in the event, it probably means nothing else than that the event is visible on the farm from that level. Certainly no one means or have said that the event will be "doable" if your farm level is 3. Since the order of unlocking statues in the temple is not fixed, it doesn't make sense to name a higher level as the minimum level required. If one did there would be players complaining about not being allowed to participate in the event. Even a player who has just opened bahamarama could benefit from the event. In the beginning you only have access to very short crops. So growing the event crop would help one level up faster in this situation. But this event is obviously aimed at farmers who have had time to stockpile the items needed. We don't get many of those events, so I am glad when they happen even if not everyone can realistically do all the quests. Some quests do however only require event crops and drops and can be done independently of the other quests. Anyway, I do wish you success

 

Pardon me for my post above regarding low drops. I had forgotten this event was longer than the standard event and therefore was basing my concern on an event that is half this one's time.

Dogs got me up at 4 AM so need more sleep or more caffeine before doing math and posting in the forum

 

I'm doing the event but not all the levels as I have some busy days in the mix of this longer event. Here is my plan, if this will help anyone with numbers. Basically I am skipping level 1 gold and diamond unless there is a strong need for something (like a tree I have very few) and sometimes on the 3 levels I am also skipping level 2 gold and diamond. I have all the "other" request items in large quantities so those donations will not affect me other than to lose them from my barn.

The Great Eclipse I	Beryl Brooms	Emeralds	Other
Level 1 Silver	55	10
Level 2 Silver	60	30
Level 2 Gold	120	60
Level 2 Diamond	290	100
The Great Eclipse II
Level 1 Silver			10000 tropical crops
Level 2 Silver			20000 tropical crops
Level 3 Silver	270	60
Level 3 Gold	540	80
Level 3 Diamond	810	110
The Great Eclipse III
Level 1 Silver		20	200 bananas
Level 2 Silver		20	1000 chayotes
Level 2 Gold		25	2000 chayotes
Level 2 Diamond		35	3000 chayotes
Level 3 Silver	264	20
Level 3 Gold	555	25
Level 3 Diamond	870	35
The Great Eclipse IV
Level 1 Silver	285	60
Level 1 Gold	555	80
Level 1 Diamond	825	110
The Great Eclipse V
Level 1 Silver	100		15 parrots
Level 2 Silver		25	15 seals
Level 3 Silver	200	25	250 sugar cane
Level 3 Gold	350	40	500 sugar cane
Level 3 Diamond	516	60	1000 sugar cane
The Great Eclipse VI
Level 1 Silver			2000 tropical products
Level 1 Gold			5000 tropical products
Level 1 Diamond			15000 tropical products
Level 2 Silver			10000 tropical fruits
Level 2 Gold			15000 tropical fruits
Level 2 Diamond			20000 tropical fruits
Level 3 Silver			10000 breeding animals
Level 3 Gold			20000 breeding animals
Level 3 Diamond			30000 breeding animals
The Great Eclipse VII
Level 1 Silver	300		10 elephants, 500 bell peppers, 36 bananas
Level 2 Silver		50	10 parrots, 750 pineapple, 16 ebony
Level 2 Gold		75	15 parrots, 1500 pineapple, 32 ebony
Level 2 Diamond		125	20 parrots, 2000 pineapple, 64 ebony
The Great Eclipse VIII
Level 1 Silver	210	50	500 papyri, 36 fiscus
Level 2 Silver	700	60	15 sloths, 2 peanut butter
Level 2 Gold	800	90	25 sloths, 4 peanut butter
Level 2 Diamond	900	125	35 sloths, 6 peanut butter
The Great Eclipse IX
Level 1 Silver	210	30	250 honeydew melons, 32 moringas
Level 2 Silver	700	30	24 cocoa beans, 2 dolphins
Level 2 Gold	800	40	48 cocoa beans, 4 dolphins
Level 2 Diamond	900	72	72 cocoa beans, 6 dolphins
The Great Eclipse X
Level 1 Silver	100	25	5 bikinis, 5 chopsticks
Level 2 Silver	100	35	20 pandas, 20 anacondas
Level 2 Gold	300	45	40 pandas, 40 anacondas
Level 2 Diamond	500	60	100 pandas, 100 anacondas
The Great Eclipse XI
Level 1 Silver			500 tropical crops
Level 2 Silver			10000 tropical fruits
Level 3 Silver	500		10 camels, 5 flying carpets
Level 3 Gold	1000		30 camels, 10 flying carpets
Level 3 Diamond	2000	250	50 camels, 15 flying carpets
TOTALS	16685	2192

 

When I do events I prefer to do the whole event but since this event's difficulty rating is dependent on User choices I think I will take the warning and do as little as possible to get the upgrades.

Already short on drops for this one.

Good luck to everyone.

 

Pups, I did the same. Forgot that the event is longer than most! Should have come here before nearly emptying my Crystal Falls (and deleting animals still active in some cases and forgetting to visit Pet's corner before harvesting due to my inability to wake up!). Oh well, I will get the crops ready for the other quests and then re-do all my fields!

 

(taken from the local news)

What a fantastic day yesterday was out at broke islands located in broke ocean
Eclipse I was fully completed with no CAC or puckjam
With a mixture including many many 2x2's and a few 1x1's using only water and maybe 15 superjunks grow
Several very expensive animal stalls, broke calls poop pens for some reason, remained out as well as several rare trees

There were many things to see
The most interesting was the workshirt, obviously carefully stitched by the farmwife tlcmom
On the back of the workshirt in Big Bold Letters was:

farmer_broke​

The Tropical Junker

What will today's Tropical Junker antics bring?
Arriving back on the mainland early this morning,
broke visited the local market and went to some overgrown beanstalk

What? The overgrown beanstalk? How exciting!
Days and days and days pass without broke climbing that overgrown beanstalk

When asked why he was climbing the overgrown beanstalk today, broke turned for reporters to see:

farmer_broke​

The Tropical Junker

and then said very quietly:

the
junk-CAC
cloud roooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Stay tuned! There is no telling what Tropical Junker Antics will be displayed!
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Good luck with whatever it is you are doing

 

Habanero or Chayote vegedables seem to be good overnight plants for drops.
I planted last night Habanero with Tiki timer, healing ointment and water.
No need for manure since the price is rocketing to new peaks.
Harvest time went down to approximately 8.30h.
After a good nights sleep I collected the Habanero and 100% of the daily requirement of drops.
Anything I harvest during the day is going to be surplus.

 

Hello fellow farmers... thanks for sharing! I'm happy I'm not alone on my 4am discombobulated farming missteps...

 

I had no excuse like that, RowSie, I got up my normal time - 8.00ish - and brain just didn't kick in!

 

The best way for not making mistakes is doing nothing..
The day before the event I collected and re-fed a full field of animal pens.
Two minutes later I read the the FAQs and had to remove them all to place saguaro in small fields.
... and it wasn't that early, so no pre-coffee excuse either.

 

Just got 100% harvest for 24 hours - that should help a lot.
Did what I needed of Eclipse 2 - only Task 1 & 2 silvers and all task 3. Good luck everyone.