I never intended to play Cityville, let alone write a guide for the game, but a good friend of mine persuaded me to play it and now I can see that there is a need for a guide. I still do not intend to write a proper guide, but will log some of the quests and various strategies as I continue to play.
Cityville in terms of gameplay and options is more similar to Frontierville than FarmVille. Quests appear in the left margin of the screen and completion of Quests is one of the keys to unlocking new options. Constant interaction with Neighbours, both through Requests and by visiting other Towns is another key strategy.
You begin the game with 5 Cash and 7000 Coins and 12 Energy. You will be introduced to your land and to the game by your in-game Neighbour, Samantha or Sam. She will act as your first Neighbour as well as giving you Goals that represent little tutorials on gameplay issues.
Cityville is very much a goal-driven game, unlike Farmville, where players can accept the Quests that appear occasionally on the left side of the screen but are not forced to do so in order to be able to advance. More recently, games like FarmVille and Fantasy Kingdoms, once entirely open-ended, allowing players to move along at their own pace, have introduced Quests to try to compete with goal-driven Games. Perhaps this is a mistake. Many players resent it when a game like Cityville or Frontiersville attempts to force them to move in a carefully choreographed programme from A to B to C. If, however, one enters the game initially knowing that this will be the case, the resentment is lessened considerably. If you expect Cityville to be like Farmville, in other words, you may be disappointed. Cityville is a game with a plan and the primary plan for any Player is to be elected as Mayor.
Even at the very start, the Mayoral ambition will be introduced. If a player wishes to ignore this goal, he/she is free to do so. You always can build whatever you please and landscape your City as a fantasy place that pleases your aesthetics without any regard for the in-built goals. It is not a game that can be 'lost' or 'won'. You won't find yourself ejected from the land if you fail to make any attempt to become Mayor. On the other hand, although most of the buildings are unlocked by achieving specific levels, some are available only to Players who have completed specific Goals.
Obtaining Materials and Items in CityVille
There are a number of different types of items that can be required for the completion of Quests in CityVille. These include the following:
Specific numbers of Crops that must be harvested and/or the Mastery of Specific Crops;
A specific Residence or Business that must be in place either in your City or in a Neighbour's City;
Collection Items;
Specific Decorations placed in your City;
Specific Number of Building Materials required to complete a Building or Construction Project that is the subject of a Quest.
Crops generally are unlocked by achieving a specific Level of Experience. Planting a Crop usually will not satisfy any requirements but harvesting Crops are requirements in many Quests. Mastery of a specific Crop can be a requirement in a Quest as well and this is achieved by harvesting a specific number of Crops.
Residences can be obtained in a number of ways. There are Residences that will appear in your Inventory as a reward for completion of a Quest or as a Prize for staying at a Hotel or earning the daily Energy Bonus. Other Residences are unlocked by achieving a specific level of Experience or by completing a Quest. Finally, there are Residences that can be purchased, either with Coins or with CV Cash. Some of these always are available in the Marketplace. Others are limited Editions that are time-restricted. Premium Residences usually allow far greater population increases than Residences that can be purchased with coins. Note that Residences, like Businesses, seldom will be complete when purchased. You need to use a specific amount of your Energy to complete them.
Businesses are similar to Residences in the manners in which they can be obtained. Like Residences, some are rewards for completing a Quest or prizes for having VIP status at a Neighbour's Hotel. Others are purchased in the Marketplace and, like Residences, some are premium purchases and some are time-restricted.
Note that there are items in 'Collections' that can be obtained solely by harvesting from a specific Residence or Business. The completion of Collections can result in the acquisition of a specific decoration, but usually is a reward in the form of Energy or XP. The CD Players required in the first Dance Request is an example of a Collection Item that can be obtained solely by harvesting from two specific Residences.
Decorations take many different forms from pavements to ornamental items and can be obtained in a number of ways. They can Rewards for completion of a Quest or Prizes for obtaining VIP status in a Hotel. They can be obtained from a Mystery Gift sent by a Neighbour. Finally, they can be purchased in the Marketplace in the Build Menu under Decorations and like, other items, can be available all the time or be time-limited special items. Placing a specific Decoration in your City can be a Quest requirement.
Of all the items in CityVille, it is the building materials that can be the most vexing as they often need to be obtained in large quantities in order to complete a Construction Project or Upgrade. It is the methods by which building materials are obtained that confuse some players.
First, it should be stated that most building materials CAN be purchased but the price given is for one item and not for the total number needed. The price always is in premium cash and this avenue can be prohibitively expensive. It is far better to obtain the items from Neighbours.
The methods by which Building Materials can be obtained from Neigbhours are:
First, by generating a request through the building construction project menu by clicking on 'Ask Friends'.
There are two separate methods by which a player can 'Ask Friends' for an item and the GAME determines which of these is to be utilised in any specific case. When one clicks on the option, one either will be given the option to Post to the Player's own Wall or to choose to send individual Requests to Neighbours displayed on a list.
When a Request is posted to a Player's Wall, the game determines how many Neighbours/Friends can click on the request to fill it. Usually, there is a limit to the number of players that can help and this number seldom equals the total number of items needed. For example, a Player may need 14 of a given Material for a building project. When the Request is posted to the Wall, it is possible that only 2 Players can click on it. What this means is that Players often must post the same Wall Request again and again.
An individual Request allows the Player who receives it to send one item to the Player who requested it. If a Player has many Neighbours, He/she often can complete a Material requirement faster for the items that can be requested individually.
There is a big difference between a Request posted on a Player's Wall and one sent individually in terms of its effect on the player who fills the request. Wall Requests usually come with a reward either in the form of the same item that was requested or in coins. The Item Reward is far better than the coin Reward, although once again, it is the game that determines which one will be applied to any building Material request.
Note that a Player who visits his/her Neighbours' Walls therefore can obtain many of the building Materials that will be needed to complete Quests simply by helping Neighbours. This is where the Wall Request is better than the individual request. On the other hand, it involves more labour on the part of the Player who wishes to help.
Other methods of obtaining Building Materials are the Wish List and the Mystery Gift.
Mystery Gifts can be sent to Neighbours and can contain a wide variety of items, including Building Materials, Coins, XP points and Crew Members for Community Buildings. They are found in the Free Gifts Menu and can be sent a couple of times each day to all Neighbours or Facebook Friends. If a Player is patient, he/she often can obtain most of the Building Materials needed for a project simply by accepting Mystery Gifts.
The other method by which Building Materials can be obtained is the Wish List. The Wish List is displayed above a Player's Inventory. He/she can place up to five different items in the Wish List, either by dragging an item from Inventory or by going to a Quest and clicking on the plus sign (+) next to any given Building Material.
Neighbours can find a Player's Wish List by accessing the Neighbour Tab when logged into CityVille. A Neighbour can send all five Items on a Wish List in a matter of seconds provided he/she possesses them. Note that any Item sent will be the Item from inventory and it therefore does not make sense to send Items that a Player will need for his/her own Quests! It is only extra items from completed Quests that should be sent to Neighbours via the Wish List option.
Initial Quest Sequences
Your first instruction or Quest, called Goals in Cityville, is to build a Cozy Cottage from the BUILD Menu. It costs 200 Coins with a population of 10 - 20 and Rent that is gained at the rate of 50 coins per hour.
Sam: Hi, I'm Samantha! This land's got potential! Become Mayor, and build the city of your dreams!
Okay
Sam: Grow your Population! Click BUILD to make a new house.
The game then forces you to place the House in a specific location. It is the Cozy Cottage which is the smallest and cheapest housing project in Cityville. It costs 200 Coins, requires 2 Energy to complete and houses from 10-20 individuals.
When you access the Build Menu, Sam will declare:
Sam: Houses increase Population
Click to select this house.
When you place the skeletal form of the House,
Sam: Start Building! Click the Construction Site.
When the first Star pops out after you hit the building, Sam will inform you that work can give you all sorts of Rewards, including Energy, Goods and items for Collections. She then will declare:
Sam: You're almost done! Click again to move people into their home.
A moving van will arrive with tiny people who will wave to you and express joy in a thousand different ways. Sam then will tell you:
Sam: You'll be Mayor in no time! Look for Goals on the left.
Okay
With this, the first Goal icon will appear.
New Goal:
Name your City
A Town is Born!
Congratulations, Freyashawk! Pick a great name and grow your town into a thriving City.
The Zynga Gazette then appears in the centre of the screen with:
Zynga Gazette
Freyasville is Born!
Will Freyashawk have what it takes to be Mayor?
Share the News and Coins
As in Farmville, with completion of any Goal, you have an option to post on your Wall. Players who click on your post will receive a variety of rewards, from Coins, to Experience Points to Items.
At this point, Samantha, your 'in-game' Neighbour, will suggest that you 'Add Neighbours'. This is Zynga's attempt to fish for new players. Do as you please, but I would recommend that you play the game a little before you decide to suggest it to any friends who are not familiar with it yet.
Now another Quest appears:
Let's get this town growing!
Increase Population to 50
Reward: 50 Coins
HINT: Use the BUILD Menu to build Houses. Houses increase Population.
Okay.
Note that more than one Goal may appear simultaneously. When this is the case, I will list all the Quests that appear before I give any details about them.
All actions in Cityville are connected. In this respect, it is similar to 'Harvest Moon'. You cannot increase your Population beyond a certain point until you have built Community Buildings to support it. Building Businesses is only the first step in your commercial success. You need to obtain Goods to supply all your businesses regularly. Growing Crops and harvesting them creates Goods, but until you create Storage Buildings, you will have a very limited capacity in terms of the number of Goods you can create or accept.
Some of the new goals will be unlocked when you complete specific Goals. Others are unlocked when you reach a specific Level. Goals dependent on the growth or harvest of specific Crops cannot be unlocked until you unlock the Crops in question. Usually, a specific Crop will be unlocked at a certain level of Experience.
Goals that are unlocked specifically by reaching a certain level include the 'Unlock Cruise Ships' Goal and 'Vive La France' Goals, which become available only when you reach Level 20.
Expansions and building Roads are the key to unlocking new options as well. As in Harvest Moon, if you move forward gradually but steadily in all areas, planting and harvest Crops, building new homes, businesses and community buildings as well as increasing your Storage and supply of Goods in order to be able to keep all businesses running, you will unlock new options regularly.
Note here that the value of any House, Community Centre or shop is enhanced by the decorations that are placed near it. Buying Decorations and doing some landscaping therefore is not a frivolous activity but can increase your revenue.
Planting and harvesting Crops is an integral part of Cityville even though a player must create primarily an urban environment at the start of the game. You cannot harvest Crops, however, unless you have a place to store them or are able to use them instantly. Building Silos and other Storage Buildings, therefore, are integral to your success in business and in completing goals that are related to farming.
Visiting Neighbours is an important aspect of Cityville. Whenever you visit a Neighbour's City, you will obtain the following rewards:
50 Coins
3 Energy
1 XP
You can perform a total of five actions in any Neighbouring City. These include the following:
Collecting income from homes
Sending tour buses to businesses
Reviving Withered Crops
Watering growing Crops
Harvesting Ripe Crops
You will gain Reputation Points when performing these actions.
A new option has appeared in Cityville with respect to Neighbours. It is announced in a Quest entitled:
Goal: Love thy Neighbour!
Samantha: You can now ask neighbours for specific help in your City. Place hearts so your neighbours know what you need!
Okay
Love Thy Neighbours
Reward: 100 XP
Place 5 Hearts in your City
Click on the arrow button to select the heart tool. Level up ypour reputation to get more hearts!
Click on 10 Hearts in your Neighbours' Cities
Visit City Sam to help you progress on this task!
A Player must be at a certain Level to unlock this Goal, however. It may require a specific Reputation Level as opposed to Experience Level.
Primary Goal of Winning Election
As with Harvest Moon, a player can do as he/she pleases, ignoring the Goals that appear on the left side of the screen. In doing so, however, he or she will discover that it may not be possible to achieve the primary significant Goal of becoming Mayor of his/her own City. Performing all Goals allows a Player to move forward to the more advanced Goals, unlocking new Buildings, a City Port, a Seaport, new Decorations and winning recognition as the Mayor. The richest experience, therefore is possible only if a Player is willing to cooperate with the gameplan.
Note that there are no time limits to achievement of the Goals. If one disappears from the list on the left side of the screen, it will be retained in the Goal Notebook which can be accessed at any time.
Building primarily is a matter of obtaining the skeletal form of the Building, then using Energy to complete it. In the cases of many of the Community Projects and some Businesses, there is an added requirement to staff the building once construction is completed or to furnish it using specific materials. Doing either requires the use of Requests.
There are two methods by which Requests can be made and the game determines which of these should be used in any instance. One method is by posting to the Player's own Wall. The other is by sending Requests individually to some or all Neighbours or Friends.
If a Friend who is not a Neighbour wishes to 'help', he/she must allow Cityville access to his/her personal details. Some Facebook users are reluctant to allow this if they are not interested in playing the game. You therefore are best advised to send Requests only to Players who actually play Cityville themselves or are interested in doing so.
Construction Projects and Buildings
There are a number of different methods by which new Buildings can be introduced to your City and different types of Buildings.
The first category of Building is a Residence. Residences must be purchased in the Residence section of the Build Menu. When purchased, they will require a specific amount of energy to build, but once completed will not require any help from Neighbours. Every type of Residence can house a specific number of individuals, thereby increasing City Population. Each will yield a specific amount of Rent as well.
Collecting Rent, whether from a small Cozy Cottage or a large
Franchises:
Franchises are an important aspect of life in Cityville. To be truly successful, you must allow Neighbours to open Franchises in your City by placing Empty Lots for them and request Franchises of your businesses in your Neighbours' Cities.
Franchises are created with existing businesses. At low levels, your Businesses will net less income than the Businesses you can open at higher levels. In order to open a Franchise in a Neighbour's City, you must have sufficient money to build it. You then need to be able to supply it on a daily basis if you wish to reap the rewards.
When you have built four or five Franchises, you will be given the option to create a Headquarters for that business in your City. This is a building that allows you to manage your Franchise. Although you can manage different business franchises from a single Headquarters, each Franchise has its own distinctive HQ and you will be given an option to build a Franchise for each as you expand into other Cities with the business in question.
Some Expansion goals include:
Build Headquarters
Break ground now on your first HQ!
Rewards: 200 Goods
Build HQ Building
HINT: The HQ is in your inventory.
Build Headquarters
Goal Complete!
Reard: 200 Goods
Congratulations, the sky's the limit. Literally. Share secrets of getting higher with friends.
Share HQ XP
You can obtain these Goals even at Level 9, but you will not be able to add another Franchise in the form of a different business until you reach Level 10.
Run Remote Franchise
Goal Complete!
Reward: 50 Coins
You've run your franchise and increased my confidence. Share your wealth of knowledge now.
Share Franchise Coins
Expand Franchise
Goal Complete
Rewards: 8 XP
Talk about vertical success! You've added floors to your HQ. Tell your friends!
Share Growth XP
Two new goals now:
Fuel Town Finances
Your town needs more cash in the bank.
Reward: 2 Energy
Collect from businesses 10 times
20 Cash to finish
Collect from REsidences 10 times
23 Cash to finish
Reach a population of 250
8 Cash to finish
Franchise Expert
The true test of running a franchise is longevity.
Rewards: 2 Energy
Supply your Franchise 5 Times
HINT: Click your HQ, then click Supply
18 Cash to finish
Place 1 Empty Lot
HINT: CLick on Empty Lots in your Friends' Cities.
Supplies and Neighbours
Cityville is much more dependent upon Neighbours than Farmville, although Farmville is becoming increasingly similar, adding Quests to ordinary Gameplay options.
In Cityville, most Goals require specific Materials or Items. There are a number of ways in which to obtain these:
1. Mystery Gifts sent by Neighbours
2. Requests posted individually to Neighbours
3. Requests posted on YOUR Wall
4. Requests posted by Neighbours on THEIR Walls
Visiting Neighbours' Walls to help with their Requests therefore is an excellent strategy in terms of fulfilling your own requirements where Goals are concerned. Items that are needed for Goals that are more advanced than your own will be stored until needed.
In Cityville, upgrades are very much part of the game and in many cases, the same Items or Materials are needed for Upgrades as were needed to complete the original building project. A player therefore may find the Item/Material that is needed for an initial Goal on the Wall of a Neighbour who is upgrading the same Building. Where Neighbours' Walls in Farmville tend to be a wonderful source of Rewards such as rare Trees and Animals, those Walls in Cityville are vital if a Player wishes to complete Goals as quickly as possible.
Community Buildings
Community Buildings serve a number of different purposes in CityVille. When completed, they are a wonderful source of regular income. They allow Population Increases as well. Some include the option to play Mini-Games. The Police Station is one of the early Community Buildings that offers a Mini-Game.
The Police Station is the site of an ongoing game of 'Cops and Robbers'. The game is not unlocked by the completion of the Police Station but rather by upgrading a level 1 Police Station to Level 2. You then will find criminals skulking through the City randomly. Click on them to capture them and receive random monetary rewards. Your Police Force is fueled by doughnuts and if they run out of their sweet treats, they fall asleep on the job.
Rewards:
Rewards in the form of Posts on Neighbours' Walls take a number of forms in Cityville and as in FarmVille, the number of Players who can benefit from the Post varies according to the nature of the Wall Post.
Rewards provided by clicking on a Neighbour's Post include Coins, XP, City Goods, Building Materials and special Items used to complete Upgrades. The actual Post can consist of a Request for specific Materials or can be congratulatory in nature, inviting Neighbours to share in benefits reaped by the Player's accomplishment.
Where the Post is a Request for specific Materials or Items, there are different Rewards for providing these Materials/Items and the number of Players who can click on the Post varies according to the Reward given for clicking. If the Reward is Coins, only three players can click on the Post. Furthermore, there is a limit as to the number of Coin reward Posts with which a Player can interact in any given day. If, however, the Reward is reciprocal, the Player receives the same Material/Item in return and more than three Players sometimes can click on the Post successfully.
The other methods by which Players can obtain necessary Building or Upgrade Items/Materials is by individual Request. In other words, the Player can send the Request individually to other Cityville Players. A Player cannot send an infinite number of individual Requests to a specific Neighbour, however. This can present difficulties for a Player who needs Materials/Items but has only a few Neighbours.
All in all, the Reward system in Cityville can be rather frustrating and vexing because of all the variations.
Probably the best option is the Mystery Gift, which can prove to be Coins, City Goods or specific Materials/Items for Building and Upgrades. The advantage of the Mystery Gift is that it allows Players to obtain the items they need without being too demanding in terms of sending off endless Requests to their Neighbours. I therefore tend to send Mystery Gifts to my Neighbours.
Land Expansions
Land Expansions in Cityville must be considered Rewards for completing a number of ongoing Goals in terms of building Homes to increase Population, building Community Buildings to allow for population expansion as well as building Businesses and expanding them to give incentives to tourists and residents to visit or reside in your City. As in any real City, there are government documents which must be obtained in order to allow any Expansion. These are Zoning Permits.
Permits can be sent as Free Gifts or can be requested outright by posting such a Request on the Player's own Wall. Moreover, Permits are one of the items that are found quite frequently in Mystery Gifts. Unless you are determined to expand your City at an incredible speed, you may never even be aware of the Building Permit requirement when you purchase your Expansions for 20,000 Coins each.
Land Expansions always have minimum Population Requirements. Remember that everything in CityVille is connected. You may not be able to build a new residence to increase your Population if you have insufficient Community Buildings in your City. By expanding every area of your City's life in a balanced fashion, without focusing exclusively on a single Goal, you will find the game less frustrating!
Goods and Premium Goods
Ordinary Goods in brown Crates can be generated in a number of ways. These are the Goods that must be supplied to businesses to keep them running. They are the supplies every business needs.
When you unlock the Factory and complete it, you will have access to Premium Goods. These are purple crates that are generated when Factory Jobs are completed. They can be supplied to most businesses in lieu of ordinary City Goods.
There is a strange anomaly in CityVille, however, that does not allow Malls to be supplied with Premium Goods. Make certain that you have a sufficient supply of ordinary City Goods on hand when you need to supply your Mall.
Initial Goals:
Early Goals for every Player begin as follows:
First Neighbourhood
Goal Complete!
Samantha: Did you know: Mayors can build seaports? Give your friends coins to start their own city!
Share Coins now
Hi, I'm Conductor Charlie! My trains always run on time! Here's free Goods for your City.
Okay
You will receive your first goods from the train that arrives. Two new Goals now appear: 'Build a Bakery' and 'Farmin' with Rita'.
Build a Bakery:
Bonjour! My name is Chef Andre! Your growing population is impressive! Build me a magnifique bakery and you may earn my vote.
Okay.
Build a Bakery!
Build me a divine bakery.
Reward: 25 Goods
Buy a Bakery
Supply a Bakery with Goods
Collect from a Bakery
HINT: Collect coins only after 10 customers are served.
Build a Bakery: Goal Complete!
Reward: 25 Goods
C'est bon! Tell friends about your new bakery, and I'll tell them you're running for Mayor!
Share your Goods
With completion of the Bakery Goal, two new Goals will appear on the left: 'Plant a City Flag' and 'The Pastry Tour'.
Plant a City Flag!
Greetings! I'm Governor Phil! You've made a solid start turning this town into an official city. Time to take it one step further!
Okay.
Plant a City Flag
Governor: According to law, every city needs an official flag.
Reward: Unlocks City Hall.
Place City Flag
Hint: The City Flag is in the BUILD Menu under Decorations.
Goal: The Pastry Tour!
Andre: I must examine the competition in other cities.
HINT: Click Samantha's picture on the bottom bar, then click the VISIT Button.
Reward: 25 Goods
Click on 1 Neighbour's House
Click on 1 Neighbour's Business
The Pastry Tour
Goal Complete
Reward: 25 Goods
Merci! I'm thinking you have the right recipe to be mayor. Tell your friends about your pastry tour!
Share Pastry XP
Note: Whenever you visit another City, you will be able to perform a total of five actions. Click on houses to collect income and on businesses to send Tour Buses.
Goal: Farmin' with Rita
Rita: Howdy, I'm Farmer Rita! My family and I have so many chores to do. Can you lend us a hand?
Okay.
Rita: You're a sweetheart for helpin' us!
Crops make goods! So be sure to harvest your crops before they wither!
Farmin' With Rita
Reward: Grey Bunny
Harvest 4 Crops.
Plant 4 Crops
Hint: Click on the Build button and then the Farming tab to find crops to plant.
Okay.
Farmin' With Rita
Goal Complete.
Thanks fer helpin'. Looks like you found a lost bunny in the fields! Share the news!
Share Harvest XP
At this point, if you completed the Bakery Goal and the Farming Goal, you should reach Level 4, unlocking Corn as a new Crop.
Goal: The Lost Bunny!
The Lost Bunny!
Gee Willickers! A Lost Bunny! What a cute 'lil bunny! Looks like she needs a home.
Okay
Goal: The Lost Bunny!
The Lost Bunny
Find the Bunny a home.
Reward: 50 Coins
Place Grey Bunny
Hint: The Grey Bunny is in your Inventory.
This Quest is designed to alert the new player to the fact that often new Items will appear in his/her Inventory.
The Lost Bunny
Goal Complete!
Reward: 50 Coins
The 'lil bunny looks mighty cozy in her new honme! Share your hoppin' success!
Share Bunny XP
Now you will have only the 'Place the City Flag' and 'The Pastry Tour' Goals to complete.
Completing the Pastry Tour Goal appears to unlock 'The Fussy Baker' Quest.
The Fussy Baker
Reward: 1 Energy
Excusez-moi! I require the finest chocolate!
Only your friends can send the chocolate I require. Ask them, s'il vous plait.
Ask 2 Friends to send Chocolate!
2 Cash to finish
Ask Friends!
Post the request for Chocolate on your Wall.
Place the City Flag
Governor: Goal Complete:
Governor: Great! Now you can build a City Hall! Tell your friends you're now on the path to being an official city!
Unlocked City Hall
Give Flag XP
Another Issue of the Zynga Gazette will appear, announcing your success in raising the flag for your City.
Share the News and Coins
Build City Hall!
Reward: 8 XP
Samantha: Once there's a City Hall, we can choose a Mayor!
The City Hall will be your office, if you win the Mayoral election!
Build City Hall
Okay.
You will find the City Hall construction project in the Community Buildings section.
It costs 1000 Coins and requires 5 Energy to complete.
To staff City Hall, you need to hire three friends.
Build City Hall
Goal Complete
Reward: 8 XP
Now that you've built your City Hall some one has to be Mayor. I NOMINATE YOU!
Share XP
There will be a Zynga Gazette Announcement as follows:
Freyashawk nominated for Mayor!
Will Mayor bring Seaport and Worldly Goods to Freyasville?
Share the News and Coins
The reason I mention this detail is because attainment of the office of Mayor is one of the first primary goals in Cityville. Until you are elected Mayor, you will be unable to build a proper Seaport.
The method by which the office is ‘won’ is through the completion of the Goals that appear on the left side of the screen. Ignore any of these goals at your own peril. Like Harvest Moon, you can play this game and enjoy it without performing the goals, but you will be unable to move forward significantly as new options are unlocked by the achievement of specific goals.
When you have completed the City Hall goal, you will meet Paul.
Hello, I'm Paul! I'm a simple man. Lumberjack by trade. Lookin' forward to life here and supportin' ya for Mayor.
Okay.
Clear Trees!
Paul: I need yer choppin' help!
Help me knock 'em down, and I'll help ya become Mayor!
Reward: 100 Coins
Clear 3 Wild Trees
3 Cash to finish
When you have chopped the third Tree, Samantha appears.
Samantha: Neato! You found a Time Capsule!
I wonder what secrets have been kept about the folks who first claimed this land?
Okay
Clear Trees: Goal Complete
Reward: 100 Coins
Paul: We've chopped 'em down and you're ready for buildin'. Share your axe-cellence with friends!
Share Tree XP
Two new Quests now appear on the left.
Rita's Flower Garden and 'Find Hidden Key'. Rita's Quests and Paul's Quests appear to be linked to some extent in terms of advancing your research into the City's ancient history.
Rita's Flower Garden
Rita: This'd be a darlin' spot for a garden!
Reward: 200 Goods
All these items are in the BUILD Menu under Decoration.
Have 6 Shade Trees
6 Cash to finish
Have 2 Pink Flowers
2 Cash to finish
Have 8 Blue Flowers
8 Cash to finish
Goal: Find Hidden Key
Reward: 100 Coins
Samantha: Open an 'old' chapter and learn about the rich history of your city!
Is the key buried on Rita's Farm? Harvest crops to search and see.
Harvest 4 Carrots
8 Cash to finish
Find Hidden Key
Reward: 100 Coins
Goal Complete! You've begun to reveal the secret past of the city. Share the historic news with friends.
Share History XP
When you do:
Family Album Found!
You've uncovered a mysterious Family Album! Complete more Goals to reveal the secrets hidden in the historic land beneath your city!
After clearing the three Trees for Paul, he will give you a new Goal as well:
Clear Neighbours' Trees!
Be neighbourly by helping another city clear their trees.
Reward: 50 Goods
It's time to apply your chopping skills to help the neighbours.
Clear 5 Trees in neighbouring cities.
15 Cash to finish
N.B. You can clear the Pastry Tour and the Neighbours' Tree Quest at the same time, earning:
Share the Love! (Level 2)
Your Reward: 40 Goods
The higher your reputation the more visiting bonuses you can get each day! Want to show your friends some bonus love?
Share
Clear Neighbours' Trees
Goal Complete!
Reward: 50 Goods
Paul: Nice job on the Neighbour's trees, they are truly pleased. Tell friends whatcha done!
Share Paul's Coins
When you return from this expedition, you may see a new Goal from Paul:
Build Paul a Home!
Build my family a home and we'll support you for Mayor!
My family's grown for sure. We'll need a good home.
Rewards: 100 Coins
Have a Country Home
10 Cash to finish
Place 5 Decorations
10 Cash to finish
Okay
The Country Home costs only 600 Coins, requires 2 Energy to build and raises Population by 30 to 50 people. You can collect 10 coins per hour as rent.
Here again, you can combine goals. If you did not plant Rita's Garden yet, you can buy Decorations that satisfy her requirements as well as those of Paul, such as Shade Trees.
Build Paul a Home
Complete!
Reward: 100 Coins
Paul: My family and I are dern produ of our new home! Tell friends about your good will!
Share Building XP
Rita's Flower Garden
Goal Complete!
Reward: 200 Goods
It's exactly what i was lookin' for! I'm sure your friends would love to take a peek at it.
Share Flower Goods
A New Goal appears, unlocked by the completion of Paul's Home.
Family Feast!
We're due for a great feast. I love big ol' family feasts, will you help us with the ingredients?
Reward: 1 Energy
Harvest 4 Crops
8 cash to finish
The quickest crops to grow and harvest for this goal are Strawberries.
Family Feast
Goal Complete!
Reward: 1 Energy
Paul: What a great feast, we ate until we got lazy! Tell friends about your hunger to be Mayor!
Share the Goods!
The following Goals of 'Open New Businesses' and 'Fourth of July' Quests can appear even before you have built the City Hall.
Greetings! I'm Edgar. I've made my money the old-fashioned way. Doing big business! Together, we'll make this town thrive!
Okay.
Open New Businesses
Edgar: No time to toy around, we need a Toy Store.
Reward: 25 Goods
Build a Toy Store
HINT: You may need to increase your Population to unlock the Toy Store.
Toy Store: Cost is 800 Coins
Open New Businesses
Goal Complete!
Reward: 25 Goods
Good show! You got down to business in a big way. Your mayoral qualities and apparent.
Give Business Goods
Goal: The Burger Joint
Some food the whole family can enjoy.
Reward: Unlocks Modern Chateau
Edgar: Some food the whole family can enjoy.
You've started off great, now keep going strong with a convenient restaurant.
Build a Burger Joint
10 Cash to finish
The Burger Joint
Goal Complete!
Unlocked: Modern Chateau
Well done, indeed! With business finesse like this, your bid for mayor is sure to succeed.
Share Burger Coins
With this, two new Quests should appear, 'Build a Silo' and 'Build Edgar's Chateau'.
Hey there, I'm Conductor Charlie!
The fast trians from Charlieville are comin'! Time to get working on the railroad!
Build a Silo!
I'll be shipping you tons of Goods. Get big silos!
Reward: 50 Coins
Place 2 Storage Silos
HINT: Silos are in the BUILD Menu under Farming on the second page.
Build Edgar's Chateau
Build me a home with materials worthy of my stature.
Reward: 400 Coins
Have a Chateau
Place 6 Decorations
Build a Silo
Goal Complete!
Reward: 50 coins
Charlie: Great job! You're on track for my trains. Tell your friends you're chuggin' along.
Share Silo Goods
Build Edgar's Chateau
Goal Complete!
Reward: 400 Coins
Edgar: My Chateau is, as Andre would say, 'Magnifique'. Share your impeccable taste.
Share Chateau Coins
Note that as completion of 'The Burger Joint' Quest unlocks the Modern Chateau in the Build Menu, you cannot perform the Goal of building the Chateau for Edgar until you have completed the Goal to build a Burger Shop.
The Fussy Baker
Goal Complete
Reward: 1 Energy
Magnifique! Sales are sure to go up! You'd make a great Mayor someday!
Share Baker's Coins
Completion of this Goal unlocks the Cinco de Mayo Quest. There are a number of Restaurant Goals that tend to be a sequence of Goals with respect to a specific ethnic theme. The Cinco de Mayo Goals are an early example of this. Once you complete the first Goal in any restaurant sequence, the next will appear. There usually are three Goals. The Cinco de Mayo Goals, the St. Patty's Goals and the Fourth of July Goals usually will appear at the same time. The Cinco de Mayo Goals involve Mexican food. St. Patty's Goals involve two Irish Pubs and the Fourth of July Goals focus on an Ice Cream Parlour.
Mexican Food Goals
Gosh! I love Cinco de Mayo! What do you say we throw a big party with festive food and music?
Okay
Cinco de Mayo! Goal I
Get your Cinco de Mayo party started!
It won't be a real Cinco de Mayo party without a great atmosphere and food!
Reward: Mariachi Band
Have 1 Taqueria in your City
20 Cash to finish
Ask for 3 Maracas
40 Cash to finish
Ask Friends!
Harvest 30 Corn
45 Cash to finish
Cinco de Mayo, II
I'm ready to party!
You're doing a swell job of getting your Cinco de Mayo party in gear. Just a few more things to do!
Okay
Ready to Party, Goal II
Arrange for the band, decorations, and food!
Unlocks Taco Truck
Have a Mariachi Band in your city
HINT: Mariachi Band can be found in your inventory.
Have 3 Mexican Flag Poles
HINT: Flags can be found under decorations.
20 Cash to finish
Send 3 Tour Buses to Neighbours' Taqueria Restaurants
20 Cash to finish
Ice Cream Parlour Goals
Fourth of July Fever
It's Time to Celebrate!
Man, I love the 4th of July! It's almost as fun as coaching!
Okay
Fourth of July, Goal I
I. Brain Freeze
The name of the game is preparation!
Instead of a trophy, let's earn an Ice Cream Parlour!
Collect from City Hall 2 times!
40 Cash to Finish
Have 2 Strawberry Collection Items
HINT: Harvest Strawberry Crops to get collection items
Get 3 Baseball Caps
HINT: Ask your friends for them!
25 Cash to Finish
Ask Friends
Banana Split the Uprights!
Man, I can't wait to tackle that new Ice Cream Parlour in Freyasville!
Okay
You Made Me Proud
Fourth of July, Goal II
Let's show this ice cream who's boss!
You know, Freyasville deserves a Liberty Bell. And a championship.
Reward: Liberty Bell
Build and Supply Ice Cream Parlour
HINT: Check the Businesses Build menu for your newly-unlocked Ice Cream Shop!
10 Cash to finish
Collect 5 times from an Ice Cream Parlour
15 Cash to finish
Harvest 45 Watermelon Crops
60 Cash to finish
The Ice Cream Parlour costs and requires only 3 Energy to complete.
You Made Me Proud
Goal Complete
Reward: Liberty Bell
We need to eat before the fireworks show! BBQ on 3! Ready! Break!
Share City Reward
Fourth of July, Goal III
III.
Goal: Red White and Blue
A Dynamite Meal!
Join Jack's team and help him with his BBQ!
Reward: Fireworks Shop
Let's Get Fired Up!
Nothing's more American than cooking out on a hot grill!
Collect 4 times from Burger Joint
15 Cash to finish
Send 30 Tour Buses to Burger Joints
HINT: Click on Burger Joints in your Neighbours' Cities
25 Cash to Finish
Get 10 Packages of Hot Dogs
100 Cash to finish
Ask Friends
(Post Request on Wall)
Irish Pub Goals
Paul: Hey, it's Paul! We love socialisin' on St. Patty's Day. Would'ya build an Irish pub with enough mugs to go 'round?
Okay
This initiates the Irish Pub sequence, in the course of which two separate businesses will be built.
St. Patrick, Goal I
St. Patty's Pub!
Reward: Unlocks St. Patty's Pub
Build an authentic Irish Pub!
When the Sing-a-long's ready, your city will be 'fine as a fiddle'* for St. Patty's! Unlock St. Patty's Pub.
*the expression actually is 'fit as a fiddle'
Have 1 Shamrock Sing-a-long Building
10 Cash to finish
Collect from any Shamrock Sing-a-long 2 times
12 Cash to finish
Ask friends for 2 Mugs
10 Cash to finish
Ask Friends
(Post Request on Wall)
St. Patrick, Goal II
Paul and St. Pats!
Prepare a festive St. Patrick's Day meal!
Reward: 300 Goods
Andre needs your help with cookin' up a Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner!
Have a St. Patty's Pub
Collect from any St. Patty's Pub 5 times
Harvest 10 Cabbage
Franchise Goals:
These Goals will appear in sequence when a Player has created about four Franchises in other Cities.
Build Headquarters
Break ground now on your first HQ!
Rewards: 200 Goods
Build HQ Building
HINT: The HQ is in your inventory.
Build Headquarters
Goal Complete!
Reard: 200 Goods
Congratulations, the sky's the limit. Literally. Share secrets of getting higher with friends.
Share HQ XP
At Level 10, you will be able to expand to place a different business as a Franchise in other Cities.
Run Remote Franchise
Goal Complete!
Reward: 50 Coins
You've run your franchise and increased my confidence. Share your wealth of knowledge now.
Share Franchise Coins
Expand Franchise
Goal Complete
Rewards: 8 XP
Talk about vertical success! You've added floors to your HQ. Tell your friends!
Share Growth XP
Two new goals now:
Fuel Town Finances
Your town needs more cash in the bank.
Reward: 2 Energy
Collect from businesses 10 times
20 Cash to finish
Collect from Residences 10 times
23 Cash to finish
Reach a population of 250
8 Cash to finish
Franchise Expert
The true test of running a franchise is longevity.
Rewards: 2 Energy
Supply your Franchise 5 Times
HINT: Click your HQ, then click Supply
18 Cash to finish
Place 1 Empty Lot
HINT: Click on Empty Lots in your Friends' Cities.
If you have been moving forward steadily, you will be given Goals to build a Warehouse, a City Clerk Offic and a Visitor Centre.
City Clerk Office
Place the City Clerk Office
Reward: 400 Coins
Open for Visitors
Have a Staffed Visitor Centre Placed in your City
Rewards: 10 XP
Store Decorations
Store away your old seasonal decorations and make room for new ones!
Look for the Warehouse in your Inventory. Store away your decorations by using the new Warehouse too!
Reward: 400 Coins
Have a Staffed Warehouse Placed in your City
1 Cash to finish
Have 1 Decoration placed inside your Warehouse
1 Cash to Finish
A Warehouse project costs 10 Energy to build.
Hi It's Sam! Every growing city needs a City Clerk Office. Look for it in your inventory!
Okay
Build your City Clerk Office!
Reward: 400 Coins
At the City Clerk Office you can rename franchises, businesses and your city!
Place the City Clerk Office
Okay
The City Clerk Office, named simply Clerk Office in your inventory, requires 6 Energy to build.
Once built, you need 2 Inkpads, 2 Manila Folders, 2 Visors, City Seals and Marble.
Upgrade City Hall!
I'm Frank, the new architect! Upgrade your City Hall today to allow for more populations and rewards like Zoning Permits!
Animal Rescue
Make the Jungle Animal welcome in its habitat!
This will be a sgreat start for Eloisium Zoo!
Build Jungle Habitat!
Please a Jungle Animal
HINT: Click on the ungle Habitat to open the Zoo Menu.
Hello, dear, it's Ruth!
The pigeons and I are going shopping to get goodies for our dinner with Edgar. Can you help?
Help Ruth ad her piogeons make a 'crazy' dinner!
Edgar and I have different taste in food, but if the pigeons like it we're fine
Unlocks Department Store
Have a City Supermarket
Collect fro a Tofu Burger Joint 5 times
Ask friends for 7 Bird Seed
Hey, it's Paul!
I'm doin' some remodelin' and I need to get the right tools! Would you build me a Hardware Store?
Okay
Collect from the Hardward store, you might find the building materials you need!
Reward: 320 goods
Place Hardware Store
Complete Hardware Store
Upgrade Warehouse
Now you can store your businesses, residences and community buildings in your Deluxe Warehouse.!
If you have at least four friends staffed in your Warehouse, you can click on it to upgrade it for free!
Add more space to your warehouse by having four fcrew members staffed.
Upgrade to a Deluxe Warehouse
Store a residence in your Deluxe Warehouse
Sam De Milo has arrived!
Don't be history, build and upgrade the Museum for a chance to earn Marble! Find it in the BUILD Menu under Community Buildings!
Expansive Thinking
Expand your City
Reward: 100 Goods
Goal Complete! Congrats on your progress! Share your expansive thinking with your friends. Share thinking XP
Open for Visitors
We just received the plans for a new Visiotor Centre. This will be great for our tourism and will also let any vistor to the city know a little more about Freyasville.
Invite Friends to work in your Visitor Centre.
Reward: 10 XP
Have a Staffed Visitor Centre Placed in your City.
Visitor Centre Opened
Your Visitor Cente is now a reality. This should really help tourists fall in love with Freyashville. Clock on it to check out its leaderborads and stats.
Okay
Goal: Dance i nthe City
Da! I'm the Great Alex! I lead a Russian Ballet troupe that will perform in your city! Prepare for our visit!
Okay
Dance in the City
Unlocks Fine Arts THeatre
Get your city in shape for the Russian dancers! Please welcome my troupe with a comforable place to live and 'limber up'!
Have 4 Modern Chateaus (should be Chateaux)
Get 3 pairs of Ballet Shoes
30 Cash to finish
Ask Friends!
Post to wall
Gather 3 CD Players
HINT: Collect from Loft Apartments and Stylish Contemporary Buildings
18 Cash to finish
Okay.
When you complete the City Hall, you are NOMINATED for Mayor.
City of Industry
Goal Complete!
Reward: 400 Coins
Congrats on your first Factory. The machinery to grow your city is in place!
Tell freinds!
Goal: Get Things Rolling
Hi, it's s=Sam! It's swell that your Fctory is up and running! Now it's time to get industrious and make the goods!
Okay
Get Things Rolling
Put your factory to work by producing goods!
At the heart of every successful city is a busy factory that's always producing.
Suplly a businss with premium goods.
Collect premium goods from your factory.
Level 10: Coup de Ville
Unlocks 4 buildings: Emergency CLinic, and three businesses
Level 19 Happy Hood: Unlocks
Upgrade City Hall
I'm Frank, the new architect!
Upgrade your City Hall today to allow for more population and rewards like Zoning Permits@
Get Things Rollin'
Goal Complete!
Reward: 600 Coins
Gosh! Your city's factory is a lean, mean, production machine! Share the 'good' news!
Share Coins
Animal Rescue
Goal Complete!
Reward: Ticket Booth
Your first Jungle Animal is safe in its new home! Visitors love it! Tell friends!
Share City Goods!
Goal: Love thy Neighbour!
Samantha: You can now ask neighbours for specific help in your City. Place hearts so your neighbours know what you need!
Okay
Love Thy Neighbours Quest
Reward: 100 XP
Place 5 Hearts in your City
Click on the arrow button to select the heart tool. Level up ypour reputation to get more hearts!
Click on 10 Hearts in your Neighbours' Cities
Visit City Sam to help you progress on this task!
Cityville Experience Levels
Your City's type will change according to Level and each Level usually unlocks new Buildings:
At Level 2, your City will be a Crossroads and Carrots will be unlocked as a Crop.
At Level 5, your City will be a Smallishville and the Wedding Chapel and the Loft Apartments will be unlocked.
At Level 8, your City will be a Young Town and the ability to build a Barn will be unlocked. A Barn adds 415 Storage.
Freyashawk's Journal
Level 20: Freyasville Synchronicity
four more buildings unlocked, two of them French
A Real Page Turner!
The first Chapter of the Library awaits! Build yours today. You can find it in the Build Menu under Community Buildings.
It's me, Karen the Zoologist! Wildlife is my life! I need your help to build a Zoo Habitat for the Arctic Animal I've rescued!
Okey
New Arctic Habitat!
Make the Arctic Animal welcome in its habitat!
This will be a great start for Freyasville Zoo@
Buiild Arctic Habitat'
Place an Arctic Animal
HINT: Click on the Arctic habitat to open the Zoo menu
Jungle Friends
Karen: here's a wild fact! Jungle Animals are happier if they soialise with others! Give yours a friend!
Okay
Jungle Friends!
Rewards: Jungle Zoo Gate
Have two Jungle Animals
Place a Jungle Animal in their Habitat
Jungle Friends
Goal Complete!
Reward: Jungle Zoo Gate
Exceptional! You have two happy Jungle Animals in your new Zoo! Tell friends to go zoo-ey!
Share City Coins
I'm Tourist Director Dan! Tourists want to visit your city! Build a City Port so Cruise Ships can visit! Reward: Unlock Cruise Ships and get a Waterfront Condo!
Okay
Build a City Port to unlock Cruise Ship
The City Port must be placed next to water.
Reward: Sunglasses
Place City Port
Okay
You will find the City Port in your Inventory
Unlock Cruise Ships
Goal Complete!
Reward: Sunglasses
Great job! Building your City Port puts you on course for cruise ships! Tell friends.
Share City Goods!
Another new goal:
Vive La France
I love a Parade!
Bonjour! Bastille Day is upon us and we have a lot on our plate! First up, let's cook up a parade for Freyasville!
Okay
Pardon My French
There's only one thing that says 'French than my souffle and that's a fresh Baguette!
Reward: French Cafe
Have 1 Parisian Fountian in your City
Find it in the Decorations section of the Build Menu
Collect from 25 businesses
Have a little tete a tete with your business owners
24 Cash to finish
Collect 4 Baguettes
Ask your friends for a fresh loaf!
50 Cash to finish
Ask Friends
New Arctic Habitat
Goal Complete!
Reward: 80 Goods
Your first Arctic Animal is safe in its new home. Visitors love it! Tell friends!
Share City Goods!
Now I have a new Goal on the left:
Zynga Gazette
Election Coming Soon!
Share the News and Coins
Increase of Population prompted Frank to tell me I could upgrade my bank.
Meanwhile, new goals include
Build a School
Vive La France
Fourth of July, Red, White and Blue III
Crop Mastery
The City Mall Announcement appeared at Level 22. The Level 1 Mall is found in Inventory and requires 10 Energy to build.
At Level 23:
A Date at the Zoo
Edgar and I are off to the new Freyasville Zoo. I can't wait to see all the animals.
Okay
I can't wait to see the Ostriches at the Freyasville Zoo. They're like tall Pigeons that can't fly!
Collect from Jungle Habitat 1 Time
If you don't have a Jungle Habitat, it would make a great addition.
30 FV Cash to finish
Get 2 Disposable Cameras
When I was a young whippersnapper, photographs had us kids sit still for minutes. Tripods were a necessity!
20 FV Cash to finish
Ask Friends
Collect from your Zoo Cafeteria 3 Times
I wonder if these animals are eyeing me or my food? We better get movin'!
30 FV Cash to finish
Cruise Ships Unlocked!
Cruise Ships pay out lots of coins. They also bring tourists who speed up businesses!
Okay
Unlock Cruise Ships
Goal Complete!
Reward: Sunglasses
Great job! Building your City Port puts you on course for cruise ships! Tell friends.
Share City Goods!
Another new goal:
Vive La France
I love a Parade!
Bonjour! Bastille Day is upon us and we have a lot on our plate! First up, let's cook up a parade for Freyasville!
Okay
Pardon My French
There's only one thing that says 'French than my souffle and that's a fresh Baguette!
Reward: French Cafe
Have 1 Parisian Fountian in your City
Find it in the Decorations section of the Build Menu
Collect from 25 businesses
Have a little tete a tet with your business owners
24 Cash to finish
Collect 4 Baguettes
Ask your friends for a fresh loaf!
50 Cash to finish
Ask Friends
New Arctic Habitat
Goal Complete!
Reward: 80 Goods
Your first Arctic Animal is safe in its new home. Visitors love it! Tell friends!
Share City Goods!
Now I have a new Goal on the left:
Zynga Gazette
Election Coming Soon!
Share the News and Coins
When I built another high rise, Frank told me I could upgrade the Bank now.
Meanwhile, new goals include
Build a School
Vive La France
Fourth of July, Red, White and Blue III
Crop Mastery
Level 21: Silver City
Announcement: Your population is 1020. The Handbag Store unlocks at 2000 Population. Continue to grow Freyasville.
St. Patty's Pub
Goal Complete
Rewards: Unlocked St. Patty's Pub
Charlie and I can't wait to hit the new pub for a game of darts! Ask friends to build one!
Share City XP
Pardon my French
Goal Complete
Reward: French Cafe
It's time to say bon voyage to the parade and prepare a patriotic feast!
Level 22: Freyasville is a BAckwater Burgh
Goal: New Mall
Sam: marvelous new Mall
You can imagine how excited I was when I heard you're opening a new Mall in your City!
Okay
New Mall!
But Businesses inside your Mall to maximise payouts!
To place a Business into your Mall: Click on an empty Mall location and then click on a business in your city.
Reward: Mall Sign
Place Mall
Move 2 Businesses from your city into the Mall
Okay
Bring a Mall to your City!
Move Businesses into your Mall to earn bonus coins and experience!
Okay
Freyasville is now a Windy City, Level 23
Unlocks two skyscraper: Milan Apartments, 7000 Coins and Zynga Gazette, 18000 Coins
Upgrade your Level 1 Mall:
Need 5 Building GRants
5 Escalators
5 Shopping Bags
5 Mannequins
5 Spotlights
An Act of Odd
Break your regular routine and check out the Odd Day Quest
Okay
Suddenly, after the Little Liner disembarked
Check-In Time!
This tourist is ready to check into your hotel. Businesses near the hotel can convert people into tourists.
Okay
Freyasville is now a Vast Village, Level 24
Community Buildings
City Hall
Post Office
Police
The Police Station is the site of an ongoing game of 'Cops and Robbers'. The game is not unlocked by the completion of the Police Station but rather by upgrading a level 1 Police Station to Level 2. You then will find criminals skulking through the City randomly. Click on them to capture them and receive random monetary rewards. Your Police Force is fueled by doughnuts and if they run out of their sweet treats, they fall asleep on the job.
Rewards:
Rewards in the form of Posts on Neighbours' Walls take a number of forms in Cityville and as in FarmVille, the number of Players who can benefit from the Post varies according to the nature of the Wall Post.
Rewards provided by clicking on a Neighbour's Post include Coins, XP, City Goods, Building Materials and special Items used to complete Upgrades. The actual Post can consist of a Request for specific Materials or can be congratulatory in nature, inviting Neighbours to share in benefits reaped by the Player's accomplishment.
Where the Post is a Request for specific Materials or Items, there are different Rewards for providing these Materials/Items and the number of Players who can click on the Post varies according to the Reward given for clicking. If the Reward is Coins, only three players can click on the Post. Furthermore, there is a limit as to the number of Coin reward Posts with which a Player can interact in any given day. If, however, the Reward is reciprocal, the Player receives the same Material/Item in return and more than three Players sometimes can click on the Post successfully.
The other methods by which Players can obtain necessary Building or Upgrade Items/Materials is by individual Request. In other words, the Player can send the Request individually to other Cityville Players. A Player cannot send an infinite number of individual Requests to a specific Neighbour, however. This can present difficulties for a Player who needs Materials/Items but has only a few Neighbours.
All in all, the Reward system in Cityville can be rather frustrating and vexing because of all the variations.
Probably the best option is the Mystery Gift, which can prove to be Coins, City Goods or specific Materials/Items for Building and Upgrades. The advantage of the Mystery Gift is that it allows Players to obtain the items they need without being too demanding in terms of sending off endless Requests to their Neighbours. I therefore tend to send Mystery Gifts to my Neighbours.
