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Get the anti-venom ready for Rattleskane Canyon! Yes, just when we were all expecting to hear more details about the Oregon Trail it seems Zynga has other ideas on where to send us!

As has long been suspected it would appear that you visit Rattlesnake Canyon via the signpost on your homestead, the graphic and text will have changed just like the Oregon Trail...

You'll soon spot that Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! We believe you'll be welcomed and guided through the Canyon in the same way as Jack introduced you to the original homestead but we don't know if the grizzled one will be there again or if a new NPC will be introduced. Hank, Fanny, Bess etc are all left back at the original homestead so it could be that Jack is too, this is unconfirmed.

All coins, wood, food and inventory move across, a "derelict" cabin is provided straight off and in the screenshot you'll see that some animals and crops can be planted. From what we can tell there will only be limited crops available because of the different land type perhaps? The canyon's yellow background suggests a more arid environment than the fertile fields of the old homestead.

So far it appears that only tomatoes, potatoes, flax, corn, sunflowers, wheat and cotton survive from the old homestead and no trees, BUT the eagle eyed amongst you may well have spotted this:

Yes, it appears CACTUSES are now harvestable items, apparently in the same way as trees are now, so not disappearing and needing replanting. Whether they will still only be available as debris or a horseshoe purchase we really don't know. It appears the Markets vary depending on where you are so even if Cactuses are buyable, it doesn't mean that they'll be available on the homestead for coins.

There will also be a limited choice of animals it seems, with just goats, cows and oxen open for purchase but there is a suggestion of new animals including proper brown buffalo that begin in the same fashion as the injured animal but actually grow.

Because of changes to the game some varmints are also not in Rattlesnake Canyon, there are no Foxes or Coyotes, seemingly because there's no chickens, geese or turkeys (we've yet to discover if "disallowed" animals in your inventory can be placed, probably not) and there's no bears because there's no lumber trees growing (Wood can only be got as a resource from the original homestead although we believe thorns might grow in the canyon).

Groundhogs will still pop from crops but at a reduced rate. Obviously with the name of the place Rattlesnakes can also appear and apparently have been set to attack from more than just debris, they can also appear when harvesting crops and tending to animals. However, instead of the multi-clobber varmints they are on the homestead the bigger chance of them appearing is offset by them being a single-clobber varmint, in the same fashion as the Coyote.

It would appear that new missions are being brought out specifically for the Canyon, and each set of missions, Home and Canyon, will only appear down the left hand side of the specific location:

As you can see, the missions so far seem to be introducing the new harvestable Cactuses and requiring the planting of wheat, possibly a plotline about setting up camp and making sure the new area has food? As it stands we don't have specific details on these missions but we'll try to bring them to you ASAP.

Apparently the new Missions window will show missions from both Homesteads (we're not sure if the mission numbers are specifically coloured blue for Home and yellow for the Canyon or if this is just random). It seems though that nothing you do on a different stead will count towards the other, so harvesting wheat at Home won't count towards the mission on the Canyon.

As you can see, it appears that any mission from Home will have a return button under it to take you back to your original homestead.

So, limited market items, a change in varmints and being able to harvest debris! Although I'm not sure it'll be worth the many bites I think we're going to get... (anyone else spot the bit about "medical supplies", eh?)

KT

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EXCLUSIVE - NEW COSTUMES!

As you know, we recently brought you the new mission thread to hit Frontierville, the Amy's Gettin' Some missions.

Well, more information has now been released and I can confirm three, yes THREE new outfits for your avatar as you complete the missions. Just as with previous special events these will each unlock as you complete missions I, II and III to be used in the next mission...

MISSION I - Reward:. Amy's Date Outfit

MISSION II - Reward: Amy's Cowgirl Outfit

MISSION III - Reward: Amy's ███████ Outfit

NEW MISSIONS!

From what we understand these missions are repeatable, and can be activated every 6 months...

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Due to the success and popularity of our recent Homestead contest we've decided to run another similar one, but this time taking focus in a little bit. The winner this time will recieve ??INSERT PRIZE??.

What we'd like to know is if you have a little part of your homestead that's extra special to you, perhaps, if your imagination is as wild as mine, somewhere you can even see yourself, a happy place to go to when the game is glitching or a special area you've spent that little extra time designing.

It could be a chapel with a rose-lined path, a petting zoo with some of the smaller mystery animals, a garden outside your cabin or even somewhere you just feel typifies your homestead.

It also means you don't have to worry about those pesky areas of debris you're saving for the expansion and you can even hide the fact you're a chicken farmer if you really want to... Or you could send in a picture of a homestead full of them and suggest it's your happy place... but then we'll all think you're a little weird.

There is only one rule about the shot you take, and that is it must be taken with your homestead at the closest possible zoom, just what you see at the magnification level you get when first starting the homestead up, you can, however, open up the homestead full screen.

If you'll allow me I'll share mine with you. At the back of my homestead I have what the more practical homesteader would class wasted space.

From my cabin across to my "industrial area" where the foundry and sawmill are I've got a pathway, and I've turned it into an orchard garden type area. Fruit trees line one side and flowers line the other. There's a bench I could easily picture myself sitting on and gazing contentedly across my animal area just below. (Before anyone suggests something untoward, I'd argue from where I'd be sat Bess would be hidden behind the barn...)

So that, ladies and gentlemen is my happy place, and we'd love to know yours.

The same general set-up would be in place as for the recent homestead contest. Take a screengrab and post it to our Facebook Wall for entry by ??INSERT DATE??. Once the entry time is finished we'll put all the photos in an album and fans, friends and fellow pioneers will get to like the one they feel is the best.

One slight difference this time is we'd like you to write down a paragraph or two on why you think this piece of Frontier territory is your favourite, a story, a heartfelt plea, a simple estate agent description of why you did it... Just your own thoughts on the entry.

The winner will be the one with the most likes by ??INSERT DATE2?? and will pick up the prize of ??INSERT PRIZE??.

For a guide to taking a screenshot, click HERE.

For tips on how to take the best shot possible for a contest like this, click HERE.

One entry per homestead please.

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Picture Round

1) Which building is this in silhouette?

2) Which Frontier characters have been mixed up here?

3) Frontier Jack's uncle Frontier Jackson used to run a freak show, and with some dodgy breeding techniques managed to create this chimera that was his main attraction, what did he breed?

4) Which fruits come from these trees?

5) One of my animals got caught in a rip in the Frontierville continuum... to put it back together properly I need to know which animal it was...

6) What's wrong with this schoolhouse?

7) Fanny tried to take a picture of her new clothes for me but missed totally... can you work out what she'd bought?

8) Humble Bob is writing a tour guide but can't for the life of him remember where he took this picture... can you help him?

9) HEEEELP! It's fair to say I've had a varmint infestation... problem is the pest control guy wont come out until I tell him exactly how many varmints I've got on my homestead (not types, just all together)... Count 'em for me will ya? (click the image for full size)

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Animals Growth II

Animal Growth Stages

Chicken

3 > Feeds 4 > Feeds 4 > Feeds Adult 10mins Between Feeds 16mins Between Feeds 23mins Between Feeds 30mins Between Feeds

Goose

3 > Feeds 4 > Feeds 4 > Feeds Adult 30mins Between Feeds 1hr Between Feeds 2Hrs Between Feeds 3Hrs Between Feeds

Goat

3 > Feeds 4 > Feeds 4 > Feeds Adult 1Hr Between Feeds 1Hr Between Feeds 1Hr Between Feeds 1Hr Between Feeds

Sheep

3 > Feeds 3 > Feeds 4 > Feeds Adult 2Hrs Between Feeds 2Hrs Between Feeds 2Hrs Between Feeds 2Hrs Between Feeds

Pig

3 > Feeds 3 > Feeds 3 > Feeds Adult 6Hrs Between Feeds 6Hrs Between Feeds 6Hrs Between Feeds 6hrs Between Feeds

Cow

2 > Feeds 3 > Feeds 3 > Feeds Adult 10Hrs Between Feeds 10Hrs Between Feeds 10Hrs Between Feeds 10Hrs Betweeb Feeds

Ox

2 > Feeds 2 > Feeds 3 > Feeds Adult 18Hrs Between Feeds 18Hrs Between Feeds 18Hrs Between Feeds 18Hrs Between Feeds

Mule

2 > Feeds 2 > Feeds 2 > Feeds Adult 36hrs Between Feeds 36Hrs Between Feeds 36hrs Between Feeds 36hrs Between Feeds

Horse

2 > Feeds 2 > Feeds 2 > Feeds Adult 60Hrs Between Feeds 60Hrs Between Feeds 60Hrs Between Feeds 60Hrs Between Feeds