Last week, we brought you a sneak peek of the Halloween event in CityVille by speculating as to just what a ship full of monsters sitting outside your city could possibly mean. Now, Halloween has officially come to the game, and we've come to realize that this feature is far more in-depth than even I predicted.
As part of this feature, you'll now be able to manage two different kinds of population in your town. Your town has the original population and its maximum population, and it then has a "Monster Population" meter, that starts at 200 monsters. You'll be able to increase the amount of Monsters living in your town by purchasing Monster-themed houses, and can increase your Monster population cap by purchasing Monster-themed Community Buildings. Here's a closer look.
First things first, the game's user interface has been updated in the orange, black and purple color palette, and you'll be able to track your two levels of population in the bottom left-hand corner, as usual.
While the game's store technically looks the same, and your city can look the same as well (simply with themed buildings being added), you can also purchase a "Halloween Theme" for your entire city. This will change the land's color, roads, etc. to a dark navy blue color. Here's a comparison of my own town, for your reference. Unfortunately, this doesn't change the way the game's buildings look (like the snow and Christmas lights changed things back in December of last year), but it does set the stage for items you can purchase in the store.
Speaking of, you can find an entire Halloween-themed set of items, available for both coins and City Cash, under a new "Halloween" tab under the "Specials" section. Some of the buildings require you to have a specific Monster population already in your town (a Halloween Townhouse, for instance, is available for 9,500 coins, but requires 200 Monsters to live in your town), while another is a Business - a Blood Bank for Vampires.
All in all, I'm expecting the game's Halloween theme to expand a bit before the holiday proper, as there is currently a lack of themed Businesses, which is surprising. Still, there are plenty of items here to get you started, along with a slew of goals that we will bring you a complete guide to as soon as possible.
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here.
What do you think of these Halloween-themed homes and items in CityVille? Are you going to make your city a haven for all kinds of monsters?
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Monday, December 12, 2011
CityVille Halloween Meet the Monsters Goals: Everything you need to know
In addition to the complete visual overall you can give your CityVille town in honor of Halloween, there is also a new series of goals available to complete. However, this isn't your ordinary goal setup, as it's actually more in line with the Governor's Run event. This "Happy Halloween" event is split into three Acts, with only the first Act being available as of this writing. While there are three parts to Act 1, each one is just a single goal. Here's a guide to complete all three.
Trick or Treat!
Apply Halloween Theme
Build 2 Monster Residences
Build a Monster Business
The Halloween Theme costs 100 coins in the store. If you don't like it, you can buy the normal theme again for 100 coins after finishing this goal. Meanwhile, for the Residences, you can purchase items like Zombie Safe Houses or Zombie Hideouts for 4,000 and 4,800 coins each, respectively. A starter business is the Blood Bank, which costs 4,000 coins. For finishing this first goal, you'll unlock the Ghost Ship in the store. Yes, this Ghost Ship is the same one we saw floating in our waters before the Halloween event launched, but without the monsters on top. It costs 85,000 coins to purchase from the store, and offers a 9% payout bonus.
Graveyard Shift
Place the Ghoulish Graveyard
Complete Ghoulish Graveyard
Place 2 Monster Decorations
If you placed the Ghost Ship above, that's already one decoration. If that's a bit too expensive, you can purchase a series of gravestones or lamp posts for a few thousand coins each. As for the Ghoulish Graveyard, it costs 5,000 coins. It's a community building that will add 200 population to your maximum Monster population cap, and can be built after asking four of your friends to come work as staff within. Finishing this second goal unlocks the Abandoned Tomb. This item is available for purchase in the store for 11,500 coins, and is a decoration with a 3% payout bonus.
Monster Mash
Ask friends for 30 Pumpkin Seeds
Reach Monster Population of 3,500
Unlock Witch Expansion
For some reason, I can't help but think that this Monster Population requirement is supposed to be 350, rather than 3,500, if only because of the lack of items available in the store to help you get there (that is, lack of coin items to get you there). Still, if the requirement is that large, I guess we've at least been warned. Either way, the Witch Expansion is located towards the top of the map. If you've been expanding down and to the east (in order to get to the river and beach, or even land across the river), you'll need to start expanding upwards, so the area where the witches are flying in the air.
Luckily, there doesn't seem to be a particular time limit on these goals, and even if the deadline is Halloween itself, hopefully that gives you enough time to expand that much. If you can complete this third goal, you'll unlock the Witchwart Academy as your prize. This one costs 23,000 coins to purchase from the store, and requires eight staff members to complete. It's another community building that adds 410 Monsters to your population cap.
In addition to all of this, once you complete the entirety of Act 1 (you can finish the three goals in any order), you'll receive a Swamp Shack. This is the only one that will ever be available to you, so don't accidentally delete it! It offers you 150-290 population, and 413 coins in rent every three days. A money-maker it is not, but it's a neat item all the same. Why? It allows for you to spawn different monsters into your town when you collect its rent.
It should be noted that while you'll have two different population meters during this Halloween event proper, that once the event ends, your Monster population will be added to your normal "citizen" population, and all of the Monsters wandering around your town will transform as well. Perhaps if there's enough outcry from users, Zynga will allow us to keep them forever, but you've been warned!
We'll make sure to let you know when the next two acts of Halloween themed goals launch in CityVille, so keep checking back with us!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here.
What do you think of this first Act of Halloween-themed goals? Are you going to have to add expansions to unlock the Witches, or have you already expanded that far?
Trick or Treat!
Apply Halloween Theme
Build 2 Monster Residences
Build a Monster Business
The Halloween Theme costs 100 coins in the store. If you don't like it, you can buy the normal theme again for 100 coins after finishing this goal. Meanwhile, for the Residences, you can purchase items like Zombie Safe Houses or Zombie Hideouts for 4,000 and 4,800 coins each, respectively. A starter business is the Blood Bank, which costs 4,000 coins. For finishing this first goal, you'll unlock the Ghost Ship in the store. Yes, this Ghost Ship is the same one we saw floating in our waters before the Halloween event launched, but without the monsters on top. It costs 85,000 coins to purchase from the store, and offers a 9% payout bonus.
Graveyard Shift
Place the Ghoulish Graveyard
Complete Ghoulish Graveyard
Place 2 Monster Decorations
If you placed the Ghost Ship above, that's already one decoration. If that's a bit too expensive, you can purchase a series of gravestones or lamp posts for a few thousand coins each. As for the Ghoulish Graveyard, it costs 5,000 coins. It's a community building that will add 200 population to your maximum Monster population cap, and can be built after asking four of your friends to come work as staff within. Finishing this second goal unlocks the Abandoned Tomb. This item is available for purchase in the store for 11,500 coins, and is a decoration with a 3% payout bonus.
Monster Mash
Ask friends for 30 Pumpkin Seeds
Reach Monster Population of 3,500
Unlock Witch Expansion
For some reason, I can't help but think that this Monster Population requirement is supposed to be 350, rather than 3,500, if only because of the lack of items available in the store to help you get there (that is, lack of coin items to get you there). Still, if the requirement is that large, I guess we've at least been warned. Either way, the Witch Expansion is located towards the top of the map. If you've been expanding down and to the east (in order to get to the river and beach, or even land across the river), you'll need to start expanding upwards, so the area where the witches are flying in the air.
Luckily, there doesn't seem to be a particular time limit on these goals, and even if the deadline is Halloween itself, hopefully that gives you enough time to expand that much. If you can complete this third goal, you'll unlock the Witchwart Academy as your prize. This one costs 23,000 coins to purchase from the store, and requires eight staff members to complete. It's another community building that adds 410 Monsters to your population cap.
In addition to all of this, once you complete the entirety of Act 1 (you can finish the three goals in any order), you'll receive a Swamp Shack. This is the only one that will ever be available to you, so don't accidentally delete it! It offers you 150-290 population, and 413 coins in rent every three days. A money-maker it is not, but it's a neat item all the same. Why? It allows for you to spawn different monsters into your town when you collect its rent.
It should be noted that while you'll have two different population meters during this Halloween event proper, that once the event ends, your Monster population will be added to your normal "citizen" population, and all of the Monsters wandering around your town will transform as well. Perhaps if there's enough outcry from users, Zynga will allow us to keep them forever, but you've been warned!
We'll make sure to let you know when the next two acts of Halloween themed goals launch in CityVille, so keep checking back with us!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here.
What do you think of this first Act of Halloween-themed goals? Are you going to have to add expansions to unlock the Witches, or have you already expanded that far?
CityVille Mausoleum Community Building: Everything you need to know
As we told you earlier this evening, the Halloween event in CityVille requires you to gain a whopping 3,500 Monster citizens in your town. If you're not in a position to spend dozens (or even hundreds) of City Cash on premium community buildings and homes, but still want to reach that total, you'll need all of the help you can get. Part of that help comes from a new Community Building: the Mausoleum.
This Mausoleum costs 16,500 coins to purchase from the store. Once you buy the base, you'll need to build up the frame using seven energy. At that point, you'll be able to complete the building's construction by asking seven different friends to work inside the building as staff. You can also fill those positions with five City Cash each, or with any Bonus Staff you happen to have, that will be applied automatically.
Once the Mausoleum has been completed, your Monster population cap will go up by 350 Monsters. Sure, that may not be much, but you're free to purchase and complete more than one, with each raising your population cap accordingly. Keep in mind, as you gain more population, you'll unlock other buildings in the store like the Spooky House and Ominous Estate for homes, and the Haunted Library as another Community Building. This one gives you 600 Monsters added to the population cap, so, as you can see, the Mausoleum is but a stepping stone on the way to bigger and better things.
Keep in mind, though, that you'll need to start small - and slow - in this event to be able to unlock different items and raise your population cap. Start with this Mausoleum (and the Haunted Graveyard) and everything else will fall into place just fine. We'll make sure to let you know if additional Monster-themed Community Buildings are released before this event ends, so keep checking back!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here.
What do you think of this Halloween event in CityVille? Do you like having to purchase so many Community Buildings and homes, or do you wish you didn't have to dedicate so much land space to the event?
This Mausoleum costs 16,500 coins to purchase from the store. Once you buy the base, you'll need to build up the frame using seven energy. At that point, you'll be able to complete the building's construction by asking seven different friends to work inside the building as staff. You can also fill those positions with five City Cash each, or with any Bonus Staff you happen to have, that will be applied automatically.
Once the Mausoleum has been completed, your Monster population cap will go up by 350 Monsters. Sure, that may not be much, but you're free to purchase and complete more than one, with each raising your population cap accordingly. Keep in mind, as you gain more population, you'll unlock other buildings in the store like the Spooky House and Ominous Estate for homes, and the Haunted Library as another Community Building. This one gives you 600 Monsters added to the population cap, so, as you can see, the Mausoleum is but a stepping stone on the way to bigger and better things.
Keep in mind, though, that you'll need to start small - and slow - in this event to be able to unlock different items and raise your population cap. Start with this Mausoleum (and the Haunted Graveyard) and everything else will fall into place just fine. We'll make sure to let you know if additional Monster-themed Community Buildings are released before this event ends, so keep checking back!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2011 coverage right here.
What do you think of this Halloween event in CityVille? Do you like having to purchase so many Community Buildings and homes, or do you wish you didn't have to dedicate so much land space to the event?
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