Some of you who are participating in Quests may have noticed that on tasks where we need to harvest crops, a lot is already granted. You can see an example in this picture:
I tried to find out how much that is, so I only need to plant the real amounts of those crops and save more space (especially for El Dorado quests) to preplant even more.
Recently, I figured out a pattern which seems to apply at all those tasks. Please note that this is just a guess and that there is NO GUARANTEE that it is accurate. Also, Zynga may change it at any time.
The pattern seems to be the magical number . If you multiply it by the total amount asked for you will get the actual amount you need to plant as a result. Example:
Total asked for: 450 crops to harvest
Calculation:
Result: you need to harvest only of that crop.
The following is a list of what my friends and I have had granted in previous quests.
There is NO GUARANTEE on its accuracy, but I had all of them several times, as had my friends who provided me with screenshots from their FarmVille quest tasks.
Hope it helps some of you too!
total asked for quest | x | smart multiplier | = | amount required | (rounded to nearest whole number) | automatically granted | / | total for quest | actual amount to harvest |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | x | 0.167 | = | 4.175 | ( 4 ) | 21 | / | 25 | 4 |
30 | x | 0.167 | = | 5.01 | ( 5 ) | 25 | / | 30 | 5 |
35 | x | 0.167 | = | 5.845 | ( 6 ) | 29 | / | 35 | 6 |
40 | x | 0.167 | = | 6.68 | ( 7 ) | 33 | / | 40 | 7 |
50 | x | 0.167 | = | 8.35 | ( 8 ) | 42 | / | 50 | 8 |
60 | x | 0.167 | = | 10.02 | ( 10 ) | 50 | / | 60 | 10 |
70 | x | 0.167 | = | 11.69 | ( 12 ) | 58 | / | 70 | 12 |
80 | x | 0.167 | = | 13.36 | ( 13 ) | 67 | / | 80 | 13 |
85 | x | 0.167 | = | 14.195 | ( 14 ) | 67 | / | 85 | 14 |
90 | x | 0.167 | = | 15.03 | ( 15 ) | 75 | / | 90 | 15 |
100 | x | 0.167 | = | 16.7 | ( 17 ) | 83 | / | 100 | 17 |
120 | x | 0.167 | = | 20.04 | ( 20 ) | 100 | / | 120 | 20 |
125 | x | 0.167 | = | 20.875 | ( 21 ) | 100 | / | 125 | 21 |
130 | x | 0.167 | = | 21.71 | ( 22 ) | 108 | / | 130 | 22 |
140 | x | 0.167 | = | 23.38 | ( 23 ) | 117 | / | 140 | 23 |
150 | x | 0.167 | = | 25.05 | ( 25 ) | 125 | / | 150 | 25 |
160 | x | 0.167 | = | 26.72 | ( 27 ) | 133 | / | 160 | 27 |
175 | x | 0.167 | = | 29,23 | ( 30 ) | 145 | / | 175 | 30 |
180 | x | 0.167 | = | 30.06 | ( 30 ) | 150 | / | 180 | 30 |
200 | x | 0.167 | = | 33.4 | ( 33 ) | 167 | / | 200 | 33 |
220 | x | 0.167 | = | 36.74 | ( 37 ) | 183 | / | 220 | 37 |
225 | x | 0.167 | = | 37,575 | ( 38 ) | 183 | / | 225 | 38 |
230 | x | 0.167 | = | 38.41 | ( 38 ) | 192 | / | 230 | 38 |
240 | x | 0.167 | = | 40.08 | ( 40 ) | 200 | / | 240 | 40 |
250 | x | 0.167 | = | 41.75 | ( 42 ) | 208 | / | 250 | 42 |
275 | x | 0.167 | = | 45.925 | ( 46 ) | 229 | / | 275 | 46 |
300 | x | 0.167 | = | 50.1 | ( 50 ) | 250 | / | 300 | 50 |
325 | x | 0.167 | = | 54.275 | ( 54 ) | 271 | / | 325 | 54 |
350 | x | 0.167 | = | 58.45 | ( 58 ) | 292 | / | 350 | 58 |
375 | x | 0.167 | = | 62.625 | ( 63 ) | 312 | / | 375 | 63 |
400 | x | 0.167 | = | 66.8 | ( 67 ) | 333 | / | 400 | 67 |
425 | x | 0.167 | = | 70.975 | ( 71 ) | 354 | / | 425 | 71 |
450 | x | 0.167 | = | 75.15 | ( 75 ) | 375 | / | 450 | 75 |
475 | x | 0.167 | = | 79.325 | ( 79 ) | 396 | / | 475 | 79 |
500 | x | 0.167 | = | 83.5 | ( 83 ) | 417 | / | 500 | 83 |
600 | x | 0.167 | = | 100.2 | ( 100 ) | 500 | / | 600 | 100 |
700 | x | 0.167 | = | 116.9 | ( 117 ) | 583 | / | 700 | 117 |
The ones in italics are guesses from the pattern it seems to use in the example above, but I have no proof for them yet.
Big thanks to Cath, who provided me with a lot of screenshots to test my theories!
That's all for now, will add more as I find out.
Good Luck!