Boat Timings

Hi everyone. I am a fairly new player but seriously addicted. If only I could manage my barn better I think I’d like to finally repair the dock and start filling crates. I was wondering if there is a best time to do the repair – does the boat come straight away? Or is there a delay?I don’t want to pick a silly time and find the boat arriving later when I’m in bed or at work and counting down precious loading time. Or should I concentrate on getting all my machine slots open and a bigger barn (only 350 at the moment)before stocking up and tackling boat orders?
To make room in my barn I was thinking of deciding not to worry about opening the mine for a while, and selling off my shovels etc. I reckon I could always hire Tom in the future if I wanted to open the mine. Iwas saving tnt and dynamite for expanded land clearing as well as the mine but deeds are so hard to come by and I’ve got plenty of room yet. Basically I have hoarded too much to try and expand the barn and expand the land and it’s filling my barn up. Am I right in thinking that you shouldn’t try and do both at once? Lots of questions and I’m sure I’ll get some very helpful advice. GC: franacropan

I think you should just chill out. This is very much a game of patience and you've got all the time in the world to play it.

As far as timmings on the boat:

the boat only arrive when you get to the game, so even if you get an even on your iphone/ipad stating that the boat have arrive, your time will only count from the next time you go online :)

Second you have always, 12h or more (someone correct me if i'm wrong) to complete the boat mission so you can do most of the products for yourself or, get some friends to help, this is the right place to make that kind of friends.

As far as for the rest just make your timmings, you want the mine? go for it
you want to expand the land/fish area? go for it.

It's up to you, you are the only person that knows what you want to do :)

Just try to enjoy the game and make good friends on the way :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

I was wondering if there is a best time to do the repair – does the boat come straight away? Or is there a delay? I don’t want to pick a silly time and find the boat arriving later when I’m in bed or at work and counting down precious loading time.

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The boat will come as soon as the dock is repaired, but you can control when the boat comes by closing hay day and then close the app completely (making sure the app is not running any more in the background). Then, the next time you open hay day, the boat will come then and the timer will start. This will also give you extra time to make long-production time items overnight for the morning boat :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

Or should I concentrate on getting all my machine slots open and a bigger barn (only 350 at the moment)before stocking up and tackling boat orders?

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Keep in mind that you can flag 3 crates for help on each boat. It is considered to be helpful to your neighbors to flag one of EACH crate so they can fill them and get the wheel points for their Boat Score Hunter achievement. I do not advise flagging 3 crates of the same item because to me that seems to discourage neighbors from filling your crates. I know I am turned off when I see a neighbor flagging 3 crates of the same thing, unless it's 3 easy crates :) There are lots of discussions about this on other threads.

Here is a guide to let you know general quantities of what the boat will ask for: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...278-Guide-Book

Remember you can also cast boats off if you don't want to fill them. I send away all dairy sugar and jam boats unless I am overstocked.

IMPORTANT: AS soon as you get the dock repaired, head over to the Captain's Help Thread http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...s-HERE-(part-9) and get your Captain Achievement. It is MUCH EASIER to do this at the lower game levels because there are fewer products to stock. Start this the same day you open the dock - you will be glad you did. :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

To make room in my barn I was thinking of deciding not to worry about opening the mine for a while, and selling off my shovels etc. I reckon I could always hire Tom in the future if I wanted to open the mine.

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Tom will fetch jewelry and metal bars for you, but he costs diamonds. I tend to keep the diamonds (I never buy them) to expand all production slots, but you should play the way you want :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

I was saving tnt and dynamite for expanded land clearing as well as the mine but deeds are so hard to come by and I’ve got plenty of room yet. Basically I have hoarded too much to try and expand the barn and expand the land and it’s filling my barn up. Am I right in thinking that you shouldn’t try and do both at once?

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You CAN do both at once, you just need to be balanced about it.

Go to the trading thread http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ere-GC-(part-3) and see what's moving over there. If you want to expand your barn over your silo, you might consider trading away silo expansion for barn expansion. Once the barn is expanded, you might consider trading extra barn expansion for silo or land expansion. I always expanded my silo to take pressure off my barn because silo expansion was easier for me to assemble. Everyone strategizes this differently. :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

Hi everyone. I am a fairly new player but seriously addicted. If only I could manage my barn better I think I’d like to finally repair the dock and start filling crates. I was wondering if there is a best time to do the repair – does the boat come straight away? Or is there a delay?I don’t want to pick a silly time and find the boat arriving later when I’m in bed or at work and counting down precious loading time. Or should I concentrate on getting all my machine slots open and a bigger barn (only 350 at the moment)before stocking up and tackling boat orders?
To make room in my barn I was thinking of deciding not to worry about opening the mine for a while, and selling off my shovels etc. I reckon I could always hire Tom in the future if I wanted to open the mine. Iwas saving tnt and dynamite for expanded land clearing as well as the mine but deeds are so hard to come by and I’ve got plenty of room yet. Basically I have hoarded too much to try and expand the barn and expand the land and it’s filling my barn up. Am I right in thinking that you shouldn’t try and do both at once? Lots of questions and I’m sure I’ll get some very helpful advice. GC: franacropan

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Hi there, firstly, welcome to the forum. It's lovely to have new members and I can see that a lot of thought has gone into your post. People play this game in lots of different ways, so you will get conflicting advice. The best thing to do is to read as much as possible but it can be a bit daunting and a bit too much to take in all at once.

Once you hit that 'start repairs' button The tent will come down over your jetty and you have quite a while (sorry, can't remember how many hours now) before the dock is finished. I remember thinking the repairs were going to be in two stages for some reason and being very alarmed when suddenly my dock was open and the first boat arrived! I left it very late, about level 27 I think, and did my Capt III unaided on my first 12 boats. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this, the girls on the Captain's thread are tremendously helpful, it was just something I personally wanted to do because I had received a lot of help in buying my land and wanted to achieve something on my own. I hired Tom for two days and to be honest that made it pretty easy.

I am now just coming up to level 48 and have only just opened my mine. That has worked well for me, freeing up money for other machines and not falling into the trap of buying loads of smelters and regretting it. I still find mining is very unrewarding, boats don't ask for jewelry and I only ever get green vouchers for truck orders.

My farm is a bit different to most peoples, I still have over 100 of my original native trees and would urge you not to cut all yours down and then regret it. I'm always looking for new players to help so will send you a GC request, so you can come and have a look if you decide to accept.

Welcome to the forum. If you like you can send me a friend request so I can help your boat out when you get it repaired. I don't have a lot to add to the great advice you have received so far. The boat dock used to take 1 day, 7 hours to repair if they haven't changed the time.

I always worked on getting enough money to be able to buy the next machine that would be available to me. The exception to this was the mine. I didn't fix the mine up till I a bit later and only after I had enough for the mine and the smelter as you can't do anything with the ore from the mine till you have a smelter.

Your farm will always be a juggling act, I think that is what makes the game more interesting and fun. Join the "MY BARN IN FULL' club...lol This will be an ongoing issue :) One thing that helped me was I only upgraded either the barn or the silo and traded or sold off the expansion items for the other one. Personally I find I need a bigger barn than I do a silo.

And when you are ready to go for your captains achievement please do come on over to the Captain thread for help and we would be happy to help you out. The link to the thread is in my signature (in Red). It helps to read post 1 of the thread before posting so you know how we do things in order to help you get your Captains Hat.

HAPPY FARMING and have FUN!!! and lots of sugar and dairy of course LOL

Thanks everyone for the great advice. I did reply yesterday but somehow my post has not appeared.
I completely overlooked the fact that the dock won't repair instantly and it would be at least a day before a boat would come along.
Some great tips from you all and I look forward to my first boat.

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

Or should I concentrate on getting all my machine slots open and a bigger barn (only 350 at the moment)before stocking up and tackling boat orders?

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The size of your barn won't really matter. However, if you intend to achieve Capt III status relatively easily, it would be better if you repair the dock earlier in the game. The higher up you go the harder it will be to achieve Capt III on your own.

Remember, as well, that you can always cast off boats that are difficult to fill. If you are doing the Captain achievements, however, casting off a boat unfilled means you start over the achievement level. So if you repair the dock now and don't feel like filling your crates, just cast off the boat or leave it sitting at the dock and let the timer run down. A new boat will come about 2 or 3 hours after the last one leaves. Tapping on the dock when no boat is in dock will let you know what items you will need for the next boat. You can then start stocking up on those items.

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

To make room in my barn I was thinking of deciding not to worry about opening the mine for a while, and selling off my shovels etc. I reckon I could always hire Tom in the future if I wanted to open the mine. Iwas saving tnt and dynamite for expanded land clearing as well as the mine but deeds are so hard to come by and I’ve got plenty of room yet. Basically I have hoarded too much to try and expand the barn and expand the land and it’s filling my barn up. Am I right in thinking that you shouldn’t try and do both at once? Lots of questions and I’m sure I’ll get some very helpful advice.

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I would suggest that you focus on expanding your barn. Sell off any extra mallets and markers that you have and just collect deeds and barn expansion material for now. Also sell off as many products as you can since you are not working on filling boats. Once your barn is at a size acceptable to you then you can start working on expanding your silo and then switch back to barn etc. Expanding your land will be done eventually but it isn't as important early on in the game.

Thanks to all the tips from everyone I achieved my captain 3 and turbo trucker on the same day. So glad to complete captain just before the boat that involved fish when I haven't even repaired the fishing boat yet! If I never see another bucket of popcorn again it won't be too soon. The worst boat was one that needed the grill for everything. When the last boat chugged off I found that I was in a great position to do turbo trucker as I had been hanging on to so much stuff in case boats asked for it.

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

Thanks to all the tips from everyone I achieved my captain 3 and turbo trucker on the same day. So glad to complete captain just before the boat that involved fish when I haven't even repaired the fishing boat yet! If I never see another bucket of popcorn again it won't be too soon. The worst boat was one that needed the grill for everything. When the last boat chugged off I found that I was in a great position to do turbo trucker as I had been hanging on to so much stuff in case boats asked for it.

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Awesome! Great job! Those are easily the most stressful achievements to complete.

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Originally Posted by franacropan

thanks to all the tips from everyone i achieved my captain 3 and turbo trucker on the same day . . . When the last boat chugged off i found that i was in a great position to do turbo trucker as i had been hanging on to so much stuff in case boats asked for it.

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congratulations !!!

:) :) :)

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Originally Posted by Franacropan

Thanks to all the tips from everyone I achieved my captain 3 and turbo trucker on the same day. So glad to complete captain just before the boat that involved fish when I haven't even repaired the fishing boat yet! If I never see another bucket of popcorn again it won't be too soon. The worst boat was one that needed the grill for everything. When the last boat chugged off I found that I was in a great position to do turbo trucker as I had been hanging on to so much stuff in case boats asked for it.

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Goodness!! Congratulations! Utterly impressed. You can now officially say you are addicted.

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Originally Posted by PerkyCox

congratulations !!!

:) :) :)

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That says it all - well done:D:D:D