THE SCORCHED EARTH HAY DAY CHALLENGE!
The Challenge - How long will it take you to go from NOTHING to a FULLY STOCKED barn and silo? This challenge asks you to strip down your farm, sell virtually everything you have, and start over. Using limited money and NO DIAMONDS, you must rebuild your Hay Day empire from SCRATCH!
NOTE! - You can only participate in the challenge once you have reached Level 47 and have unlocked the Hot Chocolate item
The Set Up - Since this is a timed challenge, everyone must start from the same point. There are a few variables here, but each contestant must do the following:
Stop producing anything in your machines, and allow your production queues to run completely empty.
Completely exhaust ALL fruit trees and bushes on your farm (you don't have to cut them down, just make sure they cannot produce any more fruit).
Sell off ALL of your berries, cocoa, coffee and fruits.
Sell off ALL but ONE of each crop (what you plant in the fields).
Sell off ALL your items in your barn, (you may keep land expansion materials, and barn/silo expansion materials, and saws and axes, though they will take up valuable space towards the end of the challenge).
Sell off ALL dynamite, shovels, and TNT.
Empty your tackle box of lures.
All your animals (including pets!) must be hungry.
The Variables - Your individual silo/barn capacity must be at least 750 to complete the challenge (see below), but having more space will definitely make it easier to complete the challenge; how many pets you start with also does not matter, unless you are doing Mental Ilness Mode, as they do not produce any items that will make the challenge easier; the amount of land you've expanded, or the amount of fishing spots unlocked are likewise largely irrelevant to the challenge (though having more fishing spots might give you a slight advantage).
It is advisable that you have as many animals as possible, though you can technically complete the challenge with only one of each. It is also advisable that you gain as many mastery stars on your machines as possible before attempting the challenge. And finally, the more slots in your productions queues the better!
When you are ready to start, make note of the date and time by posting in this thread. Once you have begun the challenge, play proceeds as normal with the following restrictions.
The Goal - Using the rules outlined below, the goal is to build 10 or more of EVERY ITEM available in the game EXCEPT those items produced in the candy machine, and the jewelery kiosk. Once you have obtained 10 of every item, make note of the time by posting again in the thread, or by editing your original post. Please post the total number of days and hours it took to complete the challenge!
The amount of crops/fruit you have doesn't matter for the final challenge, as that is directly related to how much money you can spend on buying trees, and is not representative of the challenge.
The Rules:
You may NOT purchase ANY items or crops from the newspaper or roadside shops. You must create every item yourself from scratch using only the materials made during the challenge and the initial qty 1 of each crop.
You may NOT use diamonds to speed up the production of ANY items.
You may NOT use diamonds to ask Tom to fetch items for you.
You MAY spin the Wheel of Fortune, or order anything from the catalog with gift vouchers, but you must sell it immediately if it is one of the items needed to complete the Challenge. You can still try to earn vouchers, money, or decorations.
You MAY continue to fill crates for friends, complete boat orders, and truck orders, though doing so could potentially lengthen the challenge for you.
You MAY flag your trees and bushes and boat crates for help.
You MAY spend money to plant as many fruit trees/bushes as you like.
You MAY sell items/crops in your roadside shop, and fill boat crates for your neighbors, but again this could potentially extend the time needed to complete the challenge.
You MAY spend diamonds to call in a boat more quickly, or to open a locked tool box.
You MAY spend diamonds to add a slot to the production queue of a machine during the challenge.
You MAY expand your barn and silo during the challenge.
In Conclusion - There are a total of 73 unique items to produce (this includes each of the "raw material" items animals make, and the respective animal feeds - don't forget fish fillets!), so you will need a barn capacity of at LEAST 750 to complete the challenge. And remember that if you choose to keep any of your expansion supplies, mining tools, etc, you will need even more space for them!
Candy Crush Mode - The same rules as above, but you must also produce 10 of each candy item. That's 50 additional items to make from scratch for a total of 780 items!
Metal Illness Mode - The same rules as above, but you must also produce 10 of each jewelery item, bar of metal, and raw ore, that's 90 additional items increasing the total required from 730 items to 820 items!
Utterly Ridiculous Mode - EVERYTHING at QTY 10 from scratch! You must produce 10 of each regular item, candy item AND 10 of each jewelery item, bar of metal, and raw ore, increasing the total required to a whopping 870 items! that's every available item in the game, and will take at LEAST 24 DAYS of constant production.
