Easter Mini Quest Steps

So in case you didn't notice, the mini quest is an EXACT replica of last year's quest.  Well at least the first two steps.  Since I already had the candy factory open I was curious to see how much we would have to unlock for this quest.  I chanced it because LAST summer we were given Mad hatters tea party as a standalone quest. So I figured worst case scenario I have it half open for the summer time quest.

Final count: Keep in Mind this assumes you have the entire Candy factory unlocked. 

You need 2 keys for step 1

6 keys for step 2

None for step 3

None for step 4

None for step 5

12 Keys for step 6

None for step 7. 

TOTAL needed 20 Keys.  

STEP 1  

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

STEP 5

STEP 6

STEP 7

Now there are other items you need to cook the dishes like the candied tea pot but you can ask for them.  If needed however its just two keys to unlock. 

BIG THANK YOU to Kat Page and Lorraine Coates for helping with screenshots and information.  

You ladies are awesome. 

Easter Mini Quest: Repeat Fail?

Last year I was VERY disappointed in the Easter miniquest.  I had unlocked both sides so I prepared myself for  an extra 10 GR Cash.  Only to be tricked by the Gourmet Ranch developers.


So lets take a look at what I remember. First Step.  Do you see something odd? If not look again!

If you noticed the middle section says PLANT 20  JELLY CHERRY SHRUB.  

Wait a minute!!!!

Those aren't in the candy factory items. They are however in the Easter quest which is originally from 2012.  They also cost 2 keys to unlock.  

So I did what any player would have done, assumed it was probably just a typo. I had plenty of keys at the time. And 2 keys was not a big deal. 

So off we go to step 2. 

UGH and here we go.  What do you see that shouldn't be there?

If you guessed Macaroons. You would be correct.  Tricky tricky!

If you needed to know where they were at, they are at the Mad Hatter's tea party. 

And they are the 3rd ingredient down. So another 6 keys to unlock. 

That is only two steps and honestly I stopped. I didn't want to have to unlock ALL three quests at once.  You are talking over 100 keys to get 10 GR cash.  Thanks . Pass. 

So the question is Will we see this Easter Mini Quest Repeat Fail again tomorrow? Or will the candy factory be like every other mini quest and only use candy factory items for the mini quest?  We can only hope for the latter. 

But consider yourself warned. 

Easter is Coming!

I think one of my favorite quests of the year is Easter.  Its super bright and colorful, its very whimsical. 

Now there have been THREE different Easter quests over the years.  In 2012 it was just called Easter. Pretty simple. In 2013 we the Mad Hatter Party which was a Alice and wonderland themed Easter.  And in 2014 they released the Candy Factory. It is by far the most popular of the three quests.

Last year Gourmet Ranch re-released Candy Factory as the main quest and then allowed people to unlock and grow items from the previous years as well. 

This upcoming Thursday we SHOULD see an Easter quest. It is very likely to be the Candy Factory again as Gourmet Ranch has not really changed anything since Thanksgiving. 

This is Easter 2012.  As you can see it only requires 3 regulars and the rest are all seasonals.

This is Easter 2013 aka The Mad Hatter Party.  This one we actually saw as a standalone quest in the summer. As you can see no regulars.  It does have a decent high value dish, the High Tea. 

And of course the one we want to see again. Easter 2014 aka The Candy Factory.  We had this one again in 2015 and as you can see here again, No regulars.  The rainbow swirl pop and gummy bunnys were free items.  And the quest dishes were Exploding Cupcakes, Candy Jewel and Easter baskets.

Delicious!