While many FarmVille 2 players love collecting animals, there was always the dread of running out of useful adult animals when everything becomes "Prized." At the beginning of the game's life cycle, Prized animals were arguably worthless, rewarding players with just a few coins and XP when tended. Now though, they've been completely overhauled to reward players with premium items each time they're fed.To be especially clear, baby animals haven't been changed, and you'll still need to feed them Bottles in order to turn them into Adults. Also, Adult animals will continue to produce basic items like Milk Bottles or Eggs, depending on the animal. Once an animal becomes Prized, it will now require Feed to actually tend (this didn't used to be the case), and you'll receive premium ingredients as a reward for keeping these Prized Animals around.
You can check the materials the each animal will create by looking at their improved listings in the store. For the basic White Chicken, for instance, its Adult item hasn't changed from the White Egg, but at the Prized level, a single White Chicken will produce Brown Eggs instead. You can also see a detailed view of how many XP you'll receive when tending each kind of animal, along with their time to become ready (in the case of the White Chicken, that's five minutes). You can even see how many times you'll need to feed the animal before it becomes Prized, if you like to plan ahead.
As you might quickly notice, the timers on some animals has been changed, and some animals look to take much longer to become Prized than it did before. This all helps to make Prized animals more valuable than before, and encourages players to keep them around after an animal is fully grown. If any other game-changing updates roll out concerning animals in FarmVIlle 2, we'll make sure to let you know, but for now, you can check out the rest of the details about this update on the game's official blog.
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