In FarmVille, experience points are rewarded to you, the farmer, whenever you complete an action. As you progress in the game you will accumulate these points. By gaining experience points your farmer will unlock new items.
Experience points are needed to get to the next level are indicated on marketplace menu as XP. As you place your pointer over your experience bar, your experience points will be shown and what points you need to reach the next level. The experience bar is located in the FarmVille screen on the top center of the screen.
Farmers can earn experience points by buying seeds. You will be awarded experience points for buying the seeds. Now you can earn more points by buying a seed that takes 1 day or more to harvest, you will earn 2 experience points for these seeds. As for seed that takes less than a day to harvest will earn you 1 experience point. These is one exception which are raspberry seeds that will yield you 0 experience points. Remember each day in FarmVille is only 23 hours.
The quickest way to level up from the start is to focus on the 6 square plots you start with. The 6 square plots will have 2 square plots of eggplants, 2 square plots of strawberries and finally, 2 empty square plots. The best time to start your first day of FarmVille is the morning. Then by day’s end you will already be on level 5.
From the beginning harvest the crops that are ripe, which should be the eggplants and strawberry crops. Next, go to the marketplace and buy some strawberry seeds to plant. Plant the strawberry seeds in all 6 square plots.
Repeat this cycle with the Strawberries until you have 12 x 12 square plots. By going with this strategy you will accumulate ribbons. From the ribbons you will be awarded with FarmVille money and in the meantime, keep planting and get more plots of strawberries.
When you reach level 8 replace the strawberry seeds with the raspberry seeds, but keep the same strategy. Another good strategy when you reach level 5 is to plant pumpkin seeds before you go to sleep. The pumpkins will be ready for harvest as you awake the next morning.
And make sure to plant crops all at the same time because if you don’t the crops will ripen at different times. So plant crops according to your daily schedule. FarmVille features crops that will harvest at different times. The quickest crop will ripen in 2 hours, while the longest harvest takes 4 days. The best thing to do is plant crops that ripen when you are available. By not planning your crops it will not only be annoying to check the crops all the time, but a withered crop will cause you to lose more coins.
