FarmVille Trick or Treat Goals: Everything you need to know

To go along with the Trick or Treat event in FarmVille, that will see you tricking your friends' trees and animals to earn points on an overall leaderboard, a set of new goals has also been released. These Trick or Treat goals will be available in the game for the next two weeks, so here's a guide to finishing them all!

Let There Be Light (Sticks)!

    Get 8 Light Sticks
    Visit 3 Neighbors
    Harvest 200 Fruit


For this goal, the Light Sticks are earned by posting a general news item on your wall for all of your friends to click on. As for the fruit, remember that you can harvest any kind of fruit, regardless of harvest time, so long as you reach 200 individual squares harvested. Finish this first goal and you'll receive 50 XP, a Reverse Skunk (the coloring is backwards) and 2,500 coins.

The Bucketeers

    Get 8 Candy Buckets
    Harvest the Reverse Skunk
    Harvest 200 Flowers


This time, the Candy Buckets are earned by sending out individual requests to your friends. You'll receive 50 XP, a Granny Wolf and 2,500 coins for finishing this one.

Jack-O-Lighting

    Get 10 Jack-O-Lantern Flashlights
    Harvest the Orange Granny Wolf
    Harvest 200 Grain Crops


Unlike the Granny Wolf that's been available previously in a pink outfit, this one is a different animal, wearing orange clothing. While you're waiting for it to become ready to harvest, you'll need to post a general request on your wall for the flashlights. Finish this goal and you'll receive 50 XP, a RoboDinoNinja (a dinosaur dressed like a robot ninja, what else?) and 2,500 coins.

The Route to Loot

    Get 10 Candy Maps
    Place the Halloween RoboDinoNinja in a Zoo
    Harvest 100 Candy Corn


Candy Corn takes just four hours to grow. As for the Candy Maps, you'll be able to use those four hours to wait for your friends to send you some, via a general news item you post to your wall. For finishing this goal, you'll receive 50 XP, a Hippo Tutu and 2,500 coins.

There's Always One...

    Get 12 Cardboard Box Costumes
    Master Reverse Skunk to Level 2
    Harvest 200 Vegetables


The Cardboard Box Costumes are earned by sending out individual requests to your friends. Finishing this goal gives you 50 XP, a Cardboard Robot costume for your avatar and 2,500 coins.

Trick or Treat?

    Get 12 Confetti Bombs
    Harvest the Zoo
    Harvest 150 Black Tulips


Black Tulips will only be available in the game's store for the next 15 days, but luckily, that gives you just enough to time to plant and harvest some for this particular goal, as the goal expires one day before the crop does! While waiting the full 24 hours for them to grow, you can post a general news item on your wall asking your friends to send the Confetti Bombs. Finishing this final Trick or Treat goal gives you a 50 XP, a Purple Dragon and 2,500 coins.

Even if you don't enjoy doing goals in FarmVille, I'd be willing to wager that many of you will appreciate that free Purple Dragon at the end. Heck, I know I will! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to complete these goals on my own farm!

Check out the rest of our Halloween coverage right here.

What do you think of these Trick or Treat goals in FarmVille? Which of the prizes are you most excited about earning?

FarmVille Halloween items: Candy Corn Tree, Halloween Cottage, Jack-O'-Lantern and more

With tonight's FarmVille update, we see the game switch to Halloween-mode, as the first set of Halloween related items has been released in the store. This particular update sees the launch of both new items and old, so if you happen to regret not purchasing some items from last year's Halloween theme, take a look at our overview of these items to see if they've come back around.

Crops

Jack O Lantern - 10 Farm Cash

To be specific, the Jack O Lantern crop comes as an exclusive, permit-only crop that can be unlocked for 10 Farm Cash. For that price, you'll gain access to planting the crop as many times as you'd like for a seven day period. Once purchased and planted, you'll be able to harvest the Jack O Lanterns after 12 hours, and will gain three experience points for each and every square planted. The crop is masterable, with the first star coming at 400 harvests.

Trees

Candy Corn Tree - 8 Farm Cash
Giant Candy Corn Tree - 14 Farm Cash
Halloween Candy Tree - 8 Farm Cash
Big Halloween Candy Tree - 14 Farm Cash

If you're like me, the thought of bright and whimsical trees will likely have you ready to whip out your credit card. These trees are no exception, as the Halloween Candy trees keep their purple color constantly, while the Candy Corn trees start out in different shades of green, only to mature into the classic white, yellow and orange trio of colors we're familiar with from the candy. As usual, the Level 1 (cheaper) trees are the only ones you really need to worry about purchasing outright for your collection, as you'll likely earn the larger trees in each pair for free via Mystery Seedlings.

Animals

Candy Corn Cat - 12 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Pony - 24 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Unicorn - 30 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Stallion - 35 Farm Cash

For these animals, the Candy Corn Pony was released last year (also for 24 Farm Cash), so you might already have one on your farm. If you'd like to purchase these items for your new Lighthouse Cove farm, however, you will have to purchase multiples (duplicates) as there is no way to transfer storage to your new farm as of this writing.

Buildings

Halloween Cottage - 30 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Home - 18 Farm Cash

The Halloween Cottage has to be one of the most intricately detailed buildings I've seen released in FarmVille in quite some time, if not ever. The building is covered in various spiderwebs and has candy, pumpkins and what appear to be twigs resting in the windowsills, around the front "porch" and the sides. Even the weather vane on the roof is in the design of the bat - how neat! As for the Candy Corn Home, it takes on a cuter appearance, with smaller candy corn pieces branching off from the main home as separate rooms. It's just a shame that both of these items cost Farm Cash, rather than going for coins.

Decorations

Candy Corn Gate - 10,000 coins
Candy Corn (Fountain) - 15 Farm Cash
Jack-O'-Lantern - 3,000 coins
Candy Corn Gnome - 15 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Fence - 5,000 coins

If this Jack-O'-Lantern trio looks familiar, it's because this is one item that has been a stable in FarmVille's Halloween events for the last few years, first appearing in 2009. The price has increased somewhat, but at 3,000 coins, it's still a bargain (especially considering that they glow as though lit with a candle).

Avatar Clothing

Banana Costume - 5 Farm Cash
Candy Corn Costume - 7 Farm Cash

While I'm fairly confident additional costumes will be launched in the game's store between now and Halloween proper, if you're looking to get into the spirit early, or just really like Bananas or Candy Corn, you can spend a few Farm Cash to dress your avatar up appropriately. Remember, you can try on items to see if you like the way your avatar looks in them before purchasing.

All of these items (with the exception of the crop) will be available in the game for the next 13 days. To top all of this off, however, if you happen to purchase seven items in this theme so far within the next seven days, you'll receive a free Nightmare Rider: a Halloween-themed sheep with a pumpkin hat and an orange and black flame motorcycle. We'll make sure to let you know when additional Halloween items and features launch in the game in the coming weeks, so keep checking back with us!

Are you excited to see FarmVille transition into Halloween-themed mode this year? Which of these items is your favorite so far? Sound off in the comments.