The Owl House!

The Owl House!

Owls are flocking to Barbara’s B&B and she needs your help! Owls tend to spook Barbara, so that’s where you come in. Build an Owl House to lure them away and then feed them Treats to win great rewards. Get all four prizes to unlock an exclusive Grand Prize Owl for a limited time! 

Note: The Grand Prize Owl will be available to use on Trees and Groves for 20 uses. After 20 uses, the Grand Prize Owl will expire and become a pet (it will count towards your Animal Max Cap, but will not require food nor will it help on trees).

If you are level 11 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on the “Place Owl House” button to place the House on your farm.

Building the Owl House:

Your first step is building your Owl House. You will need the following items to start construction:

• Owl Bedding
• Drift Wood
• Rope Tweeds

To collect Owl Bedding, click on the “Post” button to post to your Facebook wall; you will get the parts when your friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post.

Click on the “Ask” button to send requests for Drift Wood and Rope Tweeds to your Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks.

Once you have collected the required items, click on the “Start Building” button at the bottom of the construction menu. 

Now that your Owl House is almost complete, you will need some help from your Neighbors to finish the job. The Owl House requires four additional helpers, so click on the “Ask Friends” button to send some crew requests to your Friends. When they accept, you will see the spots in the Building Menu begin to fill. If you do not wish to wait for your friends, click on the “Hire One” button to purchase crew members with Farm Bucks. Once you have successfully filled all four spots, click on the “Finish and Share” button.

Using the Owl House:

Click on the Owl House to open the main menu. 

This menu shows how many Owls you have fed and what prizes you are currently eligible to redeem. 

A – How many Owl Feedings you need and your current progress towards this goal. 
B – The button to use when you want to purchase Fall Crops to plant from the General Store.
C – The button to use when you want to craft Treats via the Kitchen. 
D – The total amount of Treats you have crafted. As you feed Owls, this number decreases.
E – The button to use when you want to purchase Perches from the Owl menu (see “Perches” section below).
F – The number of Farm Bucks required to purchase a Prize.


Finding Helper Owls:

Everybody knows that Owls migrate during the fall harvest, so plant some Fall Crops to attract them and keep an eye out when harvesting!

Helper Owls will appear on your farm after you harvest any of the following Fall Crops:

• Spooktacular Pumpkin (Limited Edition)
• Radicchio
• Pumpkin
• Corn
• Carrot
• Squash
• Glass Gem Corn Packet
• Purple Dragon Carrot Packet

Once you find an Owl, it will have a thought bubble to indicate if it’s hungry or ready to use on Trees and Groves:

• Hungry for Treats (Treat thought bubble): The Owl is hungry for Treats (see the “Crafting Treats” section below).
• Ready to Help (Tree thought bubble): The Owl is ready to help you tend to Trees and Groves (see the “Using Helper Owls” section below).

Note: You are limited to a total of 10 Helper Owls at a time on any given farm.


Perches:

Perches attract more Owls! You can purchase as many Perches as you wish for Farm Bucks from the Owl menu, but you only need 5 to get the max chance at attracting Owls when you harvest Fall Crops. Simply click the Owl House, and then click on the “Get Perches” button.

Crafting Treats:

In order to use Helper Owls (Hungry for Treats), you must craft the Treat Recipes. Note: Once they are fed, (Tree thought bubble), you will be able to use them on Trees and Groves (see “Using Helper Owls” section below). You can craft your very own Treats via the Crafting Kitchen. If you would like a quick tutorial on how to craft, please visit our Official Guide: Crafting Kitchen.

From the Owl House menu, click on the “Craft” button to open the Kitchen. You can choose from three different Recipes:

• Bag of 1 Owl Treat: The required Ingredients are Spooktacular Pumpkins and Corn Meal (Spooktacular Pumpkins is a limited edition Crop that you can purchase for Coins from the General Store). You will receive a total of one Treat.
  
  
• 2 Treats: The required Ingredients are Corn and Owl Treat Bag. You will receive a total of two Treats.
  
  
• 3 Treats: The required Ingredients are Radicchios and Owl Treat Bucket (Radicchios is a limited edition Crop that you can purchase for Coins from the General Store). You will receive a total of three Treats.
  
  

Using Helper Owls:

Feeding your crafted Treats to an Owl will allow you to use it to tend to your Trees and Groves. To feed a hungry Owl (Treat thought bubble), simply click on it.

To use the fed Owl (Tree thought bubble), simply click on it, and then drag and drop it over a Tree or Grove. Similar to Farmhands, a thought bubble will indicate that your Owl will help you with one of the following tasks per Tree and/or Grove:

• Water: If your Tree or Grove is not watered, use your Owl for Water
• Speed-Grow: If your Tree or Grove is watered, use your Owl for Speed-Grow
• Ready for Harvest: If your Tree or Grove is ready to be harvested, use your Owl for bonus output

Once you have used your Helper Owl, it will fly into your Owl House and you will be unable to use that particular Owl a second time.

Note: The Grand Prize Owl speeds up two Groves or Trees at once.


Earning Prizes:

Once you have fed enough Owls, you can earn some lovely prizes. Click on your Owl House to open up your progress menu. 

At the bottom of this menu, there are a total of four that can be earned through feeding Owls:

• Owl Lantern
• Giant Pumpkins Crop Packet (This exclusive Crop Packet can be used as many times as you wish for 7 days)
• 5x Hay Mazes
• The Grand Prize Owl. This little one speeds up two Groves or trees at once for 20 uses!

Note: All four of these prizes can be earned as many times as you’d like as long as you have fed enough Owls.

Once you have fed enough Owls, you will earn the adorable Grand Prize Owl!

Note: You will need to redeem each of the above prizes at least once before you get credit towards the Grand Prize Owl. The Grand Prize Owl will be available to use on Trees and Groves for 20 uses. After that time, the Grand Prize Owl will live on your farm as a pet and you will be unable to use him to speed up Trees and Groves. In addition, it will count towards your Animal max cap. 


Additional Information:

• You have 21 days to collect the Owl House prizes. If you do not collect them all, the prizes will disappear and you will be unable to claim them.
• You are limited to a total of 10 Helper Owls on your farm at once and you can only use each Owl once.
• If you do not wish to use the Owl House feature, it can be sold or stored in your Inventory.
• You can only get credit towards the Owl House from feeding Owls on your own farm. You will not get credit from Neighbor visits.
• If you want to see how much time you have left to claim the Owl House prizes, hover your cursor over the Tree.
• You are limited to one Owl House per farm.