These are suggestion on how to play the game. They are not hard and fast rules and there are always exceptions. But hey, that's what communication is all about. It's a social game and keeping in touch with your neighbors is the best way to go about it. Here's your first tip, if you aren't a member of a fan group on facebook, find yourself one. Of course, we think The New Rock City Gazette is the best, but there is no accounting for taste and you might want to join a different one.
~ Last edited June 19, 2020 ~
Visiting your neighbors, Do's and Don'ts
DO:
- Houses (20c)
- Small City Buildings like Stall (some people line up 5 of these for neighbors to collect) (20c)
- Resources - cactus, rocks, trees etc (5c + the resource)
- Animals (10c)
Don't:
- High end Shops (Hospital / Police Station / City Hall / Quarry / Woodcutters Hut)
- Decorations (only worth 10c and give the owner nothing)
- Shaman House (this takes 5h to refresh and someone might need it for a quest)
- ANY of the other unique houses: Advisor's House, Pythagoras' House, etc.
- Giant Trees that cost your neighbor rubies to buy
Keep an eye on that inventory
For whatever reason, the inventory has very different limits for items in the game. If you reach the maximum limit, the extra items do not get added. There is only a small red fly-away warning that displays "full inventory" but it's rather easy to miss. If items such as crops, animal goods, or resources are required for a quest, consider using some for Goods, or selling some in order to prevent going over the maximum limit.
Save Roxanne's City for the last minute A bunch of quests will ask you to visit Roxanne's city. Either avoid her city or tend her city close to the new day start. Otherwise you will have to wait for the new day to refresh your visits. You can also use her city for quests that may annoy your neighbors. Need to tend 3 of your neighbors' hospitals? Visit Roxanne's hospital for one energy, leave and come back for a second visit, leave and come back for a third click (up to the limit of 5 visits/clicks per day).
What! I visited already! Some quests require you to visit your neighbors. If you have done your daily "neighbor reward" visits for the day don't worry. Some quests require that we simply make an appearance at the neighbor, and you can still visit other friends for a maximum of 5 clicks per day.
Need to up your pop? If land is scarce in your city and you need to raise your population, you can store your low population houses and build higher population houses. Use our Houses page and check the building requirements on higher population houses. If you have the materials, hide the lower pop (1) house and drop in a nice higher pop one. For example, replace a Clay House (pop 1) with a Seashell House (pop 7) for a net gain of 6 in the same 4x4 square. You can also use those hidden houses later! If you are close to a population break point, squeeze one or two in temporarily to get the next expansion then hide them again afterwards.
Don't waste time (reset time that is) When your game gets its daily reset, all your visitor energy is renewed. It is a good idea to know your reset time (dependent on the time zone in your location) so that you don't miss out collecting much needed resources.
Sidewalks to Nowhere The buildings no longer require connections to either roads or sidewalks. They are now purely for decoration.
Planted the Wrong Crop for the New Quest! No problem! Store the plot of land, plant included, with the hide tool. It will separate into a plot and seed in the farm area of inventory. Then you can place the plot back in your city to plant what you actually need. The inventory will save the seeds in the Farm section that until you are ready to plant them.
Seeds! What seeds? Every so often, especially if you use this Wiki for helpful hints about timed quests, you may find directions to harvest unique plants that are not normally in the Store. If you don't want to take up valuable real estate keeping extra plants growing, you may want to "save seeds". Examples would be Cinnamon, Cane Sugar, Hops, Barley and many many more. You can avoid waiting for them to be unlocked the next time by "saving seeds". This can be done by planting, and then using the "hide" tool to store them. Each will have its own inventory limit so be sure to check the Farm section of inventory. The next time there is a timed quest that calls for these items you can plant straight away. Simply take the seeds out of inventory.