FarmVille Freak Craig's Wheel of Fuel

With fuel becoming more of a scarcity, It looks like FarmVille is gearing up to provide us farmers with more ways of earning free fuel with a Wheel of Fuel – because no one loves farming one click at a time!

How’s your FarmVille Fuel supply?

FarmVille Freak Jensen's Daily Free Fuel Giveaway Notice for iPhone App

So far there have been a few perks to using the iPhone app for FarmVille. These may be for promotional purposes, or Zynga may plan to always have exclusive deals or items through the Apple App for FarmVille.

What do you think ?

FarmVille Free Fuel Email Giveaway

Some farmers received a popup tonight asking them to sign up for two weeks of free fuel! Some farmers who enabled the email feature should be receiving daily free fuel emails for two weeks.

“FarmVille wants to thank our users for signing up for email! For a limited time only, we will be giving out fuel that you can only claim through email.

You will receive 1 email a day for the next two weeks containing free fuel. Make sure you claim your offer quickly because each fuel bonus expires within a day. (24 hours)

To participate in this feature, you must be level 12 or above.

The best part of this special promotion? You can get up to 3 tanks of fuel each time!

Please note: This feature is currently only available to a certain group of randomly selected users. It will be available to all users in the near future.”

Source: Official FarmVille Forums

Did you receive this message about claiming free fuel? Have you received an email yet?

This week’s Official FarmVille Podcast was on time as scheduled and hosted by FarmVille Community Manager Lexilicious.  You can listen to the video above, read the FarmVille Freak Summary below, or read the official transcript at the bottom of the post. This week’s FarmVille Podcast contains some exciting news, especially for higher Level farmers that are Level 70 and above. New Levels! New Rewards! New Challenges! Read complete details in “Coming Soon” section.

This Week’s Releases:

Move & Recycle Tools

• Move and Recycle Tools that allow you to easier decorate and re-arrange farms.
• Move Tool allows you to even move planted plots!
• Recycle Tool deletes items with no value and sells items with no value.
• Recycle Tool features a quick delete tool that will not notify you or warn you when you are about to sell items that cost under 1,000 coins.

Biplane

• Biplane applies instant grow on crops, making them grow instantaneously.
• Can purchase one for 30,000 coins.
• Accessible to Level 12 farmers and above.
• First flight is free, additional flights can be purchased with farm cash. The cost varies.
• Can win one as  Gold Reward for completing the new Co-Op Farming “Peanut Butter and Jelly” Job.

Limited Edition Tuscan Items

Birthday Themed Decorations

Cracked Ribbon

• Cracked Ribbon rewards you for finding or “cracking open” Mystery Eggs.

User-Submitted Questions:

• Q:What made FarmVille decide to partner with 7-Eleven for a promotion? A: Danielle of FarmVille Product Marketing says that initially it started as FarmVille Slurpee cups and extended beyond because of the opportunity to promote offered by 7-Eleven.

• Q: Why is this 7-Eleven promotion available to the United States only? A: Due to specific restrictions and time constraints they were only able to open it to United States and Canada, some future promotions will include international players as well.

• Q: Will there be other similar promotions available in the future? A: Yes.

COMING SOON

New Content for Higher Level Players

(The Zynga gods are listening to our FarmVille Freak pleas )

• In the near future, the Level cap of 70 will finally be increased and extended  to Levels 100 and beyond!
• New high level crops will be introduced that can be purchases with a one time use permit.
• New crops that will require you to Master other crops first.
• New high level coin items and gifts will be introduced for higher level players.

Crafting Cottage Preview

• Will give information on 3 upcoming buildings including what they produce.
• Learn which Bushels will be required to make some of the crafted goods.
• There will be a special gift for those that participate in the Preview.

Thank-You for Farmers that Submitted Email Permission

• Farmers who have given their email to FarmVille will receive a special prize.
• They will be rewarded with Free Fuel.
• As a thank you they will be given Free Fuel once per day, for 2 weeks.

The next Podcast will be Friday, June 11th 2010.

What is the most exciting part of this Podcast for you? I am excited about the new features for higher level farmers because their dedication deserves recognition!

Click here to read the Official transcript provided by Zynga below:

FarmVille Podcast – June 4th:

Hey Farmers, and welcome to this week’s installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast! My name is Lexilicious and I am here to bring you all of the latest news and information about FarmVille from Zynga. This week, we will be discussing our latest releases, you guys will all be getting a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the future, and we have a very special guest with us today to answer some questions from the FarmVille community!

This week featured lots of great new Limited Edition items, as well as some great new features.

The new “Move” and “Recycle” tools made an appearance this week, allowing users to more easily decorate and rearrange their farms. To access the Move tool, Simply click the Hand icon from the multi-tool menu to enter decoration mode. When in this mode, you will be able to move items with a single click, including plots!

When using the Move tool, you can also use the space bar to rotate applicable items when they are being held.

The new Recycle tool can be used to quickly clean up your farm. This new tool can be accessed by clicking the Recycle symbol in the Multi Tool menu.

The recycle tool will delete items with no value and sell items with coin value. In addition, the Recycle tool includes a “Quick Delete” mode. Quick delete will not warn you about selling or deleting any object worth less than 1,000 coins that is not a limited edition item when enabled.

Quick Delete will also give you an option to choose not to be warned about selling or deleting specific types of items until another tool is used. The new FarmVille Biplane was also released this week, which allows you to grow all of your crops instantaneously by applying an eco-friendly mix from the sky!

The Biplane can be purchased from the “Vehicles” Tab of the Market for 30,000 coins and is unlocked at level 12. Alternatively, you can obtain the Biplane by obtaining a Gold Medal in the new “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” Co-op that was released on Thursday.

Applying Instant Grow with the Biplane costs Farm Cash. The amount of Farm Cash you pay is dependent on how much time is left until your crops mature and how many seeded plots are on your farm. After you first purchase your Biplane, you are entitled to one free application of Instant Grow. To use it, simply click on the Biplane and select “Apply Instant Grow”.
And lastly, new Limited Edition Tuscan Items and the new Birthday themed decorations are now available in the market, along with the new “Cracked” Achievement.

Alright! And that’s about it for new releases this week! On that note, let’s go ahead and get into answering some questions submitted by members of the FarmVille Community! Today, we have a special guest with us who has graciously taken time out of her busy day to sit down and answer some questions from the community about the 7/11 promotion that is currently running.

Our first question comes to us from Ar-nak-nag-sak, and they would like to know “What made FarmVille decide to partner with 7-11 for a promotion?”
Here is what Danielle had to say about this question.
Hi Farmers, my name is Danielle and I work on Product Marketing for FarmVille. I’ve been on the team for close to a year and have seen FarmVille grow into something that has brought enjoyment to millions of players around the globe.

As FarmVille has grown, so has the opportunity to partner with other companies to expand our brand. One such company was 7-Eleven. What initially started as bringing FarmVille to Slurpee cups turned into an opportunity to work with 7-Eleven on a full fledge promotion that involved numerous Zynga branded 7-Eleven merchandise, Zynga marketing posters in and around the store, and the ability for consumers to earn exclusive virtual items.

Our next question comes to us from Icanhazbeez. “Why is this promotion only available to the US, and not to international users?”

While we would have loved to bring this promotion to our international community, we work with all of our partners on an individual basis and due to a number of different variables, including time restraints, we were not able to bring the 7/11 promotion to our international users.

However, It was amazing that we were able to bring this promotion to US and Canadian users within the time frame that we had, although we are still open to future promotions that will include our international community.
And finally, our last question comes to us from Super Woman. “Will there be more future promotions similar to 7-11?”

Due to the popularity of the 7/11 promotion, we will be looking into more opportunities like this in the future. I would personally like to thank everyone who has participated in the 7-eleven promotion and we are very interested in hearing your feedback. Please make sure to visit the official farmville forums with any ideas or suggestions.

Thanks for having me on the podcast. I may be back in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned.

Alright, awesome. I want to give a big thank you to Danielle for taking time out of her busy schedule to sit down and talk with us today. And going forward, we will be doing our best to get other members of the FarmVille team to sit down with us to discuss new features and answer questions from the community.

So for this week’s coming soon segment, I actually have some information for you guys on something I mentioned very briefly a few months ago in one of our earlier podcasts. The FarmVille team has recently been spending a lot of time coming up with content for our higher level players. Because of that, I am very excited to let you know that in the near future, we will be raising the level cap of 70, and adding more levels to FarmVille! Soon, you will be able to level up to level 100 and beyond. We will also be introducing new high level crops that can only be planted with a special one time purchase Permit and crops that require another crop to be mastered before they can be planted.

Along with the great new crops and additional levels, new high level coin items and gifts will soon be available to our most dedicated farmers.

Make sure to also keep an eye out for the Crafting Cottage preview, where you can find out about these three upcoming buildings and what they can produce. Learn which bushels are required to make some of the crafted goods and make sure to claim your special gift for participating in the preview!

And lastly, as a thank you to our users who have provided us with their email addresses, we will soon be emailing out fuel once a day for 2 weeks to anyone who has signed up for email.

Alright Folks, that’s it from me this week. I will be back next Friday to give you all of the latest news and information from around the Farm. Again, my name is Lexilicious, and I will see you soon. Happy farming everybody!

When fertilizing a neighbors farm, players have now received popups asking them to share free fuel directly with the neighbor whose farm they were fertilizing.

FarmVille Freak Eva16's New Free Fuel Popup

After clicking the share option, a post goes directly to the farmers Facebook profile wall- not homefeed. The neighbor will be able to redeem one large can of fuel from clicking on the post.

FarmVille Freak Dave_NC's New Fuel Facebook Profile Wall Post

Note there are now 6 ways to get fuel:

1. Buying fuel for $FV in the market- You can purchase fuel in the FarmVille Market, 1 Refill for 3$FV, 10 Refills for 25$FV, 20 Refills for 40$FV, 30 Refills for 55$FV and 50 Refills for 65$FV

2. Free Fuel from plowing- Farmers randomly receive popups to share free fuel when plowing their farms. You can collect 1 large can and 9 small cans from neighbors per day.

3. Fertilizing neighbors crops- You can find free fuel when fertilizing your neighbors crops, this is at random and will be added to your overall fuel amount.

4. Completed Collection redemption reward- When trading in a completed collection you receive 5 Refills of fuel as a reward.

5. Farmers Market- When a neighbor shops at your Farmers Market stall, you have the option to redeem 15 units of fuel (this is one of 3 options).

5. Mystery Egg Prize- When opening Mystery Eggs you can find various amounts of fuel depending on the color egg. The current prizes available are 1/5 Refill, 1 Refill, 10 Refill and 20 Refills.

*6. When a neighbor fertilizes your crops and directly shares with you, as mentioned above. This may be in limited release.

Many farmers like to save their fuel and use it sparingly. It’s nice knowing you have a Fuel Reserve waiting for you when you really need a break from all that clicking.

FarmVille Freak David Weatherly has saved up over 1,000 (one thousand) fuel refills!

FarmVille Freak FarmerTilly's Fuel Reserve

FarmVille Freak David's Gas Farm (Click to enlarge)

What is your current Fuel capacity? Do you keep a Fuel Reserve, if so how much?

You can now gain free fuel by plowing or helping out on your neighbor’s farms when fertilizing their crops. You may also find free fuel offered on your FarmVille neighbors Facebook newsfeed by sharing and also find it in Mystery Gifts or Mystery Eggs .

Free Fuel is always nice, especially if you are using the gas-guzzlilng Hot Rods!

FarmVille Free Fuel Loading Screen

For more information on Free Fuel read here from Official FarmVille Forum Moderator Lexilicious:

“There are now new ways to find fuel for your vehicles! In addition to purchasing fuel and discovering it in Mystery Gifts or Eggs, you are now able to find fuel while plowing your Farm and when fertilizing a Neighbor’s farm.

Plowing Your Own Farm – Sharing Fuel with Neighbors

When plowing on your own farm, you have a chance to find fuel once per day.

When you find fuel on your farm, you can share this fuel with your Neighbors by posting a feed to your wall. Up to 150 of your neighbors will be able to click this feed once to get fuel of their own.

After clicking the feed, they will be taken to a page that will inform them of how much fuel they have earned. The amount of fuel your Neighbor will receive from clicking on a feed is determined by how many plots they have on their farm. The more plots they have, the larger the amount of fuel they’ll receive. This fuel is added directly to their overall tank.

When clicking on a Feed from a Neighbor, you may be told that you have too much fuel. In order to find more fuel, you’ll need to use some of the fuel that you’ve gained to make room for more.

Fertilizing Your Neighbors’ Farms – Earning Fuel for your own use

When fertilizing your Neighbors’ farms, you have a chance to find fuel that you can use on your own farm.

When this fuel is found, it will appear as a fuel canister rising up from the ground (like the coin you see when plowing or seeding your land). Fuel that is found from Fertilizing is added directly to your overall fuel tank. The amount of fuel you receive is also determined by how many plots you have on your farm.

The more plots you have, the larger the amount of fuel you will receive. You can find fuel once for each neighbor’s farm that you fertilize. However, at a certain point while fertilizing your neighbor’s farms, you may notice that you are no longer finding fuel. In order to find more fuel, you’ll need to use some of the fuel that you’ve gained to make room for more.

Whether you are collecting fuel from your neighbors’ feeds or by fertilizing their farms, you will gain either one or two small tanks of fuel from each discovery.

In order to balance out the new ways that we’ve added to find fuel, we’ve slowed down the rate at which fuel naturally regenerates. All farms will be able to regenerate a full tank of fuel over time, but now this rate is determined by how many plots of land you have on your farm. The more plots you have on your farm, the quicker your fuel regenerates.

The quickest you’ll be able to regenerate a full tank of fuel is 24 hours.

Note: If you have not yet purchased a Vehicle, you will still be able to collect fuel as long as you are level 12 and above.”

Make sure to collect your 6 fuel refills if you’ve visited your farm consecutively for six days.

FarmVille 6 Tanks of Free Fuel

FarmVille Free Fuel Notice

FarmVille 1/5 Free Fuel Icon

When you visit FarmVille  today you will automatically receive ONE free fuel refill.

FarmVille Free Fuel Week Sharing Notice

Additionally, you can also share fuel with your FarmVille neighbors by clicking the fuel icon on the left-side of your farm page. By using the “share” option you will share 1/5 fuel refill and give your neighbors the opportunity to “adopt” it via your Facebook newsfeed. Sharing will not take away from your existing fuel.

Finally, Free Fuel is also GIFTABLE this week. You may gift your FarmVille neighbors with 1/5 Fuel Refill by sending them a gift through the “Free Gifts” function.

FarmVille 1/2 Fuel Giftable

FarmVille Free Fuels on Facebook

FarmVille Get Free Fuel

Thanks to FarmVille Freak “FarmVilleTips” for sharing your photos.

What do you think of Free Fuel Week?