FarmVille 2 Holiday Tree Part 1: Everything you need to know

Christmas has come to FarmVille 2 in a big way, as players can now place and build a Holiday Tree on their farms over three complete stages and weeks of events. So far, only Part 1 of this Holiday Tree event is available to complete, but it gives you plenty to work on while we're waiting for more.

First things first, the Holiday Tree can be placed for free when you login to your game. It has two building stages, starting with an item collection task. You'll need to collect eight Tree Stand Screws, eight Ornament Hooks, and eight Metal to finish it off, with all three of these items coming by way of individual requests sent directly to your neighbors. Once that's done, you'll need to ask four friends to come and "decorate" the tree as staff members within it.

After the first stage of the tree is entirely build, you can work on decoration quests to give it some pizzazz. Each individual quest corresponds to a type of decoration on the tree, and each of the three weeks in this event has four quests to complete. By completing all of the quests in a single week's row (as seen below), you'll win an individual gift for your farm, starting with a lovely decorated lamp post. While completing all 12 quests will give you a fully decorated tree, completing all 12 will also give you the exclusive Winter Clydesdale Horse that's only available via this event.


Again, each ornament or decoration has a different quest, and we'll work on bringing you a complete guide to each of Week 1's four quests as soon as we can. Keep checking back for more, and good luck!

FarmVille 2 Winter Holiday Crafting Recipes: Everything you need to know

As FarmVille 2 continues to celebrate Christmas on Facebook and Zynga.com, we can now craft three new themed recipes within the game's Crafting Kitchen. Two of these recipes are technically premium, as they require the use of premium ingredients to craft, while the third is a completely separate recipe, using items you can gather with your friends' help. We're here with a complete look at these new Winter Holiday crafting recipes, so let's get started!

The first of the three new recipes is the Winterberry Crepe, which requires two Winterberries and three Batter to craft. Winterberries can be earned from the Winterberry Tree, which costs 12 Farm Bucks to purchase. If you don't want to purchase this premium tree, you can try to earn some of these by visiting friends that have purchased one and tend theirs. As for the Batter, this is a complex crafting recipe in and of itself, requiring you to first craft Flour from Wheat. A single Winterbery Crepe can be sold for 1,470 coins, but once you take into account the Batter's sale price of 290 coins (and the fact that you need three of them), that leaves us with just 600 coins of profit from this recipe. That's still better than simply selling the Winterberries outright, but it is unfortunate that the profits aren't higher.

The second recipe is the Mont Blanc, which is crafted using 14 Chestnuts and five Eggs. These Chestnuts are earned from another limited edition tree, the Chestnut Tree, which costs 12 Farm Bucks to purchase in the store. It can be harvested every 16 hours. A single Mont Blanc can be sold for 2,040 coins, but remember, you might struggle in finding Chestnuts in the first place if you don't purchase one of these trees yourself.

The final recipe is Eggnog, which is created using two Eggs and three Cloves. These Cloves are earned simply by asking your friends to send them to you via individual requests. Since that makes the Cloves worthless in the market, the only real "coin" investment your placing in this is the pair of Eggs, which would sell for just 120 coins in total. A single glass of Eggnog only sells for 460 coins, but that's a great use for some extra Eggs if you already have more than you know what to do with.

Regardless of the recipe you choose, these three recipes will only be available to craft for the next 26 days. It's likely that we'll see additional Christmas-themed recipes launch at some point in the future, and we'll make sure to let you know if that's the case!