| There are more and more people joining the | | | | Focus on Experience |
| ranks of FarmVille every day. No one can get | | | | When you want to build up experience points |
| enough of this game and there are plenty of | | | | quickly in FarmVille, you have to supplement what |
| reasons why. In FarmVille, you can get away | | | | you gain from your normal harvests with other |
| from the noise and stress of everyday life. Just | | | | activities. Making improvements to your farm is a |
| relax, plant some seeds, harvest some crops | | | | good way to gain some quick chunks of |
| – not a bad way to spend an evening. And as | | | | experience points. Buildings yield the most, but |
| you do this, you'll naturally advance in levels over | | | | you can get experience from putting up just |
| time. | | | | about any decoration or structure. You just have |
| There may come a time, though, when you want | | | | to pay close attention to the amounts of |
| to get a little more out of the game. Every time | | | | experience points each item will deliver. |
| you move up a level, you unlock new seeds, | | | | You should also take experience points into |
| decorations, and other discretionary items. This | | | | consideration when deciding which crops to plant. |
| means that in order to get the most out of your | | | | Crops that take less than a day to grow only |
| FarmVille experience, you'll have to level up quickly | | | | yield 1 experience point, while crops that take |
| to unlock as many items and bonuses as you can. | | | | longer yield 2. That doesn't mean you only want |
| The Basics | | | | to plant crops that offer 2 experience points |
| But how do you do this? There are several things | | | | however. If you can get back and harvest them |
| to keep in mind if you want to level up quickly in | | | | as soon as they're ready, crops like strawberries |
| FarmVille. You probably already know that in order | | | | will get you more than 2 experience points a day |
| to level up, you need to accumulate experience | | | | because you can harvest them every 4 hours. |
| points. For example, each plot of land you plow | | | | You have to be on top of your harvesting and |
| gets you one experience point. In the early | | | | planting cycles in order to make progress this |
| stages of game play, the number of experience | | | | way though. Putting up buildings on your farm |
| points you get by plowing land and planting crops | | | | remains the best way to get big boosts in your |
| is plenty to allow you to advance at a reasonable | | | | experience quickly. Save up your cash for those, |
| pace. Once you get through the initial stages | | | | and you'll be well on your way to unlocking all of |
| though, you start to need more and more | | | | the available items in FarmVille. |
| experience points to level up. | | | | |