Facebook FarmVille

Facebook: FarmVille Tips and Tricks (Part 1) – Best Income / XP Crops
FarmVille vs. Farm Town
Interesting. FarmVille is curiously similar to Farm Town. In fact, my spreadsheet that I created for Farm Town seems to work just fine when you plug the FarmVille information in. I’m not a lawyer, nor am I well versed with the law.. but, the creators of Farm Town may want to contact a lawyer. lol. Many of the aspects are exactly the same, the leveling system, farm layout, purchasable items… scary.

FarmVille Crops
It costs 15 coins to plow a field in order to plant crops in the facebook game FarmVille. Changing this information in my spreadsheet along with the costs and sale prices (self harvest for now, if there is a difference in FarmVille, I’m not aware of it yet) we can calculate the best value crops.

From the 4 crops that are available at start, these are the best earning crops in order:
Strawberries
Soybeans
Eggplant
Wheat

If you have the costs / sell prices for other crops available in FarmVille, please let me know. I’ll update this post to include that information.

FarmVille XP
Experience in FarmVille appears to be earned whenever you plant a crop, a tree.. or an object. The most common way to earn XP is by planting crops, since this is done most often. At this time, it appears as if Strawberries are the the best crop for earning XP. The fact that they can be harvested (and then planted again) ever 4 hours gives them this title. If you are not able to harvest and re-plant every 4 hours, they are just as beneficial as any other crop. Essentially, the more often you plant a crop, the more XP you will earn.

FarmVille Trees
From the trees available at the start in FarmVille: Cherry Tree, Apple Tree, and Orange Tree, the Orange Tree has the best income per hour. Although, the differences are slight. To be honest, you’re not going to ‘get rich’ with trees, so I would say go with whatever trees look the best to you.