The Croods Tips and Tricks: Ask Questions, Get Help, Share your Tips (Moved to the "New Forum"!) Page 9
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  • @nsnb as far as I understand you played as guest player, maybe you should check player's settings and if it is shown like i.e guest 2 log in guest 1.
    @lostgreybird I downloaded Hay Day and trying to figure out how to playy. I don't have you as friend in GC. If you like I'd be glad to send you request, just let me know your nick.
  • @cosmo2503 just sent you a PM. Didnt want to hijack this one especially considering its about a non-Rovio game & from Rovio's biggest competitor.
  • Good to hear soups don't expire. It hasn't happened to me, but I thought I read where it happened to a couple people after leaving soups in the cave overnight.
  • My soups have never expired - someone just mentioned to refresh the soup recipes and only trade the single items. This has increased my soup production quite a bit although sometimes it takes a few times to get the single items.
  • @Woozle - 3 trades with Ugga should make 3 bowls. At least that's how it is on iOS.
  • Dillemma - Is it better to upgrade junior animals (Giralephant, Crocopup) or give the soup to Zeaver? Is it better to get small items quickly to make soup or get the larger time gains with upgrading a Zeaver?

    Taking a Giralephant from Level 1 to Level 5 saves you 3 minutes
    Taking a Zeaver from Level 1 to Level 3 saves you 1 hour, 12 minutes
  • @zeus: Yes you are absolutely right, my mistake, just seems like its taking ages to make soup now.
    I have also discovered that when you reach 50 of (fish/mud/sticks) Gran then ticks the achievement so you can leave it unclaimed and give it to Grug. Simples!
  • All I'm doing now is making soup. I've started a system of only using Berries, Carrots, Leaves for the recipes. This is the fastest way to do it. These ingredients are always in 2 of the 3 options. The 3rd option is usually sticks or mud now.
  • @lostgreybird: me too, just trying to feed my Zeaver! I've started playing Hay Day and can't stop! Any tips? I don't understand the prices for selling, they seem so erratic!
  • I have sucessfully rearranged my homes so that everyone is getting maximum benefit from the decorations. 15% bonus. I have the max allowed homes for all the normal creatures and one bear owl and whale. I have fully leveled the molar bears and girelaphants and am working on the higher creaturesn I have not used soup for the end of line creatures, bunny, bird, fish cat except for grannies task. As the soups come in and money goes up I have been evolving houses. Maxed out the bears, bunnies, girelaphants, bear owl, crocopup, all sharks are at the middle. Just cranking away waiting for an update.
  • @hunterman - iOS has not had the decoration bonus added yet. Is there a list of what decoration adds what bonus to what animal?
  • @woozie cool Game Center friend me at Jeff Newman. Ill PM you some information I think this thread should stay all Rovio
  • @-ZEUS- If you tap on the animal info you can see a list of decorations for that animal. Also if you put the decoration near a animal the animal will star glowing if it is the right animal.
  • Hi there. I'm enjoying your posts. Does anyone know that if you enter " greatday" under codes, you get crystals?? I wish we would get another code. I have my second zever home and trap set. Home still has about 68 hours to go, thats just crazy. I'm not going to upgra de untill i get the second zeaver in his home. Right nowI am trying to make soup to upgrade. It takes more for each higher animal. Any clues I need to know??? I am happy they fixed it so you cant mistakenly use coins.
  • Can anyone tell me which decorations are used for which animal?
    On iOS this info is not available.
    Also I don't see the max amount number of animals you can build.
    I did see it in the past, but not anymore???

    Edit: I've found the number of animals again!
    You need to click on the homes and then on the animal again to see the amount you have and the max amount which is possible.
  • Well @spankee, I just uninstalled and reinstalled the game. But now I notice that when you give just berries to Ugga, you get back the same amount of coins. If it's carrots, you get 3x coins as carrots.
  • And also thanks for that helpful code!
  • When you trade stones for soup, you get 9x as many coins. But that's all I care about. I mean, who needs stones to make soup (except for stone soup)?I don't want chipped teeth from eating soup with rocks in it.
  • Does anybody have build the max homes and all the decorations which gives you a boost (this is still not available on iOS)? Does that all fit on the area available? I'm already running out of space......
  • Just a general point, the 'GREATDAY' code will get you however many crystals you are currently being offered as a 'small pile' for sale. This amount changes as you progress levels, the greatest amount you can get being 430 at level 21. I think at level 18 it's 375, so you may want to wait as its a once only. There is another surprise at level 21 but it seems mean to give it away, so someone else will have to post that if they want to.
  • 2/5/13 11.30 am (GB) Just got the iOS update for decorations etc. the update said something about more tasks from Granny but I don't see any. The animals give off loads of pink hearts when the decs are in the right position.
  • What is the surprise on level 21? Please tell me!
  • @badpiggies nothing happens, it says wait for the update
  • Does anyone knows what happens if you don't feed an animal for a (very) long time?
    I always make sure they all have food, but don't think that's smart to do, but no clue what happens if you don't feed them for a while......
  • @Namoh - I don't think anything happens if you don't feed the animals. I wasn't playing for a couple of weeks and nothing happened to the animals :D
  • Here is a list of the Decorations that boost each creature (in case you IOS players want to stock up so youre totally ready to deploy, or set up your board to be ready.

    Molar Bear: Totem, Skull, Log
    Bunny Beast: Totem, Old Tusks, Log
    Girelaphant: Totem, Beautiful pond, broken egg
    Bear Owl: Totem, Rock decoration, Broken egg
    Albatrocerus: Totem, old tuske, flag
    Crocopup: Totem, Duck pond, tails
    Land whale: Totem, crispy bear, wooden pole
    Sharkodile: Totem, old spikes, Boulder
    Fish Cat: Totem, Fish Bones, Meat on rocks
    Zeaver: Totem, dream catcher, Bones

    I have the max number of house/creatures except for only 1 bear owl and 1 land whale. All of my creatures have the max bonus 5% x 3. I do not think I have any extra room on the board with this set up. (for one more house that is)

    Example: 9 molar bears with 2 totems, 3 skulls, and 3 logs.
    6 Girelaphants with 1 totem, 2 beautiful ponds and 2 broken eggs.
    3 Zeavers with 1 totem, 1 dream catcher and 2 bones.

    With a nearly full board its like tetris rearranging untill its all in the right place. Good luck at the game within the game!
  • Item............Coins
    Berry ...........1
    Carrots........3
    Stones.........9
    Leaves.........12
    Feathers......36
    Bones.........48
    Fish............144
    Mud...........432
    Sticks.........676

    Now, to find what give the most coins per hour...
  • @hunterman - Can you link a screenshot?
  • Has anyone figured out what the friendly neighbor is good for? Does looking at his arrangement of objects give you a clue about what should go where? How did people figure out that decorations helped production. FYI -- I am no longer playing game; just curious.
  • @mvnla2 i think neighbor was just a way to show newbies what they could build to. Other farming games like the Croods have an automatically run character like the neighbor that is at a very high level. That way you can look at their stuff and say, "oh cool I could one day have a Zeaver" and stuff like that.

    I do hope in future updates we are able to trade with each other. Other farming games allow that and I love that aspect of those other games. I think Rovio really needs to update and solidify their server end of the game before that though.
  • @-Zeus- What is the best way to link a screen shot (I haven't tried yet but will get them)

    Nice list of item trade values. I was thinking that a list would be nice (actually earlier today)

    @mvnla2 The update for android has the decorations in a heart section in the creatures info screen.
  • Test: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/585/88023802.jpg/

    I used www.imageshack.us and chose the one for message boards.
    I use the iPhone app MuliLoader to wirelessly send images to my PC
  • Do you get 5 or 50 fish when you hit level. 20
  • @catie
    No you have a task to collect 50 fish 50 mud and 50 sticks.

    @hunterman
    Wow, that's impressive, I envy your tech capabilities! However, I don't think Rovio have thought the space issue through let alone the aesthetics, the 'companion planting' all seems a bit random to me, except for the stone statues. I mean, I'd put an egg with an Albatrocerous! I don't think the friendly neighbour had his stuff arranged specially either, think this is just an afterthought to give us something to do.

    Just checked it out, the friendly neighbour's layout is completely random......
  • @hunterman, thanks for the list of what boost items each creature needs! On my iPhone it's really hard to see what some of the pictures represent, especially when they're still greyed out. It's nice that the creature houses light up when you move a decoration close enough to activate the boost.

    Have to say, I'm loving all the new changes with this upgrade. I agree though, that real estate is an issue, and it's hard to make your setup look pretty when you need to put certain things close to each other. Takes some of the fun out of decorating. A trade off I guess, increased speed vs aesthetics. ;0 Anyway, nice update, it addressed a lot major issues.

    And if we thought berries didn't keep up with the rest of production before .. oh m' gosh! :p
  • I just had a look at the layouts provided by hunterman, very interesting. Looks better than some of mine. Guess it's back to re-arranging!

    The one thing that struck me is the low amount of coins you have at level 21, and the number of players on this forum indicating a lack of coins. I have over 200k and have completed all the quests (though not turned them in; I don't want to waste the xp). I'm not using any of the coin booster creatures. I guess that's what comes from making soup with all available ingredients, including higher level ones, which I've been doing all along. Another tradeoff I suppose - speed of soup production vs higher coin rewards for using higher level ingredients, and/or multiple ingredients.
  • @Jet I have been using coins to Evolve the homes as I get enough so I haven't been saving them.
  • With the IOS update did Gran get new chores? The android update says look at the new chores but no new ones were listed - Grans still says "New quest coming soon."
  • @hunterman
    I thought I saw something about new chores from Gran but nothing shows up, just the boosters, and the bunnies rocks have changed colour.
  • @hunter when I went from level 19 to 20it flashed get reward either 5or 50 fish but my fish were full so I can't tell if I got any
  • I figured it out I completed the task when I went from level 19 to 20.
  • @hunterman, interesting, me too. I noted that you have three Zeavers, I only have two. The cost of building and fully maturing one more Zeaver home could rapidly deplete my coins. Thanks for responding!

    Re Gran's chores, at level 21 I don't see any new ones. Maybe they're in the lower levels and we've already passed them?
  • @hunterman, amazing lay-out of all the homes and decorations!! Respect!!
    How did you come up with this set up? All by your own?
    And all your creatures and homes are max evolved and boosted?
    I was thinking to combine logs between different creatures but this works perfectly.
    It will take me probably another few weeks to get all houses (especially with the building time of the Zeaver homes, got 1 at the moment).
    Does anybody else already have all houses and decorations set up to give the max 15% boost with a different lay out?


    I hope Rovio will come with a solution to give us back all the lost/stolen/unknown given crystals!
    I've lost hundreds of crystals during tapping, especially at the beginning, didn't even know at that time why my amount of crystals whas decreasing.
    Neither of my 2 Berry Bushes can produce 50 berries because of this, both stuck on 38, don't have the crystals to upgrade. :(
    It takes a long time to feed my Molarbears, Giralphants, Crocopups, etc, it's just not fun anymore.
    If this continues I think I'll stop playing The Croods because it just isn't fun anymore,
    especially because the costs for all the new creatures are becoming higher and higher (evolve a Zeaver home: 48600 and that's just to a max production of 6).
    I hope Rovio will upgrade automatically all the Berry Bushes to 50 (or even higher) when we hit level 22 or that they will somehow give back the crystals which where lost by quickly tapping, or that you can get/buy crystals for (probably a lot) coins or ingredients.
  • I think there should be a daily reward that could be totally random. It could give you ingredients, soup, coins or crystals. It would also be fun with a mystery pack. You buy a mystery pack (100 coins) and get a random price.
    Would also be fun with a new character (like grug´s inventions and ugga´s soup) that had a store. In that store you could buy ingredients using coins.
  • Really recommend lostgreybird's suggestion, re: other more interactive games (see post on April 30th) Great fun!
  • @Woozle, if I don't get the option of 2 x 50 Berries then I'll switch to another game, indeed. There's no fun at the moment, only waiting.............
  • I considered the 430 "greatday" gems make up for the few accidental presses.
  • I didn't get 430 crystals (used the code on level 18 if I remember correctly) and I used them to upgrade one of the berries too 38 (from 24) and to get meself a land whale. Now I've got 170 left which is not enough to upgrade too 50, because that costs a massive 200 crystals each.....I've lost 2 or 3 times a lot of crystals by accidently clicking on an evolving home.....that are big amounts..... :(
  • I noticed that there are new lower level chores from gran since I uninstalled to get rid of my bear owl. Also I just saw the Croods last night. Great movie! I think the game is set after the ending of the movie. I also noticed something. If you tap the icon in the top left, you will see that you can find more characters from the movie. Can you get them yet?
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