Gift Box Expansion!


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It's finally here! Now you can stuff a B-jaillion more stuff (well not a B-jillion, but you get the point) in your gift box!!! With this new expansion, you can now have up to 500 unique items and 5,000 items total!!!

PREVIOUS GIFT BOX INFORMATION
  • Old limit was 500 items total
  • If a player reaches the 500 limit and gets 1 more item, the game triggers an eviction process. If that 1 more item is considered rare, it will force a non-rare item to be deleted from the gift box.

NEW GIFT BOX EXPANSION INFORMATION

What's the difference between total items and unique items?
Total items are the complete number items you can hold in your gift box. Previously, it used to be 500 items. Unique items are the number of different items found in the gift box.
  • New total items limit is 5,000
  • New total unique items is 500


For example, let's you have the following in your gift box:
  • 1,000 Stones
  • 1,000 Bricks
  • 1,000 Special Delivery Boxes
  • 1,000 Planks
  • 1,000 Logs
That means that you have 5 unique items and 5,000 total items. This also means that you have hit your total items limit.

What happens if you hit your 5,000 total limit?
If a user reaches their 5,000 total item limit and gets 1 more item, the game triggers an eviction process (similar the previous way). If that new item is considered rare, it will force a non-rare item to be deleted from the gift box.

Let's use an Unwither Ring as an example. Pretend you have 5,000 Special Delivery Boxes and you just bought an Unwither Ring. Since this Ring is considered rare, and you have 5,000 SDB (which are not rare), the Unwither Ring will replace 1 Special Delivery Box. In the end, you will have 1 Ring and 4,999 SDBs.


What happens if you hit your 500 unique limit?
If a user reaches their 500 unique limit and gets 1 more unique item, the game triggers an eviction process (similar to the previous way). If that new item is considered rare, it will force a non-rare item AND the total number of that particular non-rare item to be deleted from the gift box.

For example, imagine you have 500 unique (different) items already and you just bought a Platinum Mastery Statue. Since Platinum Mastery Statues are considered rare, it will replace 1 non-rare unique item.

Now let us consider that out of the 500 other unique items, you have 499 rare unique items already and Special Delivery Boxes, but you have 1,000 Special Delivery Boxes. Since Platinum Mastery Statues are rare, the game will force a non-rare item out of the gift box. In this case, the Special Delivery Boxes, ALL 1,000 SPECIAL DELIVERY BOXES WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE GIFT BOX.

This means you will have 500 unique items (the maximum unique limit) and no Special Delivery Boxes.


WHAT IS CONSIDERED RARE AND NON-RARE / WHAT WILL BE FORCED OUT OF THE GIFT BOX IF YOU HIT THE LIMIT?
If you have reached your limits, the game will evict items in this order starting from non-rare to rare.
    • Gift-able items, coin price items (SDBs, seedlings, watering cans)
    • Non-consumable, non-LE coin items (haybales, fences)
    • LE coin items (themed coin decorations)
    • Consumable LE items (Captiol One Quick Grow) WILL NEVER BE EVICTED
    • Non-consumable cash items (Unwither Ring, Platinum Mastery Statue) WILL NEVER BE EVICTED
    • Consumable cash items (Fuel, Love potions) WILL NEVER BE EVICTED
    *Disclaimer: These examples are not the all inclusive list.

    So if your gift box has a lot of items, please be aware of the new limits and plan accordingly. We hope you farmers enjoy the new Gift box Expansion.




    44 Comments:

    jackie said...

    i want to open my capital one gift. but it keeps saying my gift box is full. is this limit still 500....i currently have 792 gifts total

    Anonymous said...

    YAY!!! FINALLY!! Now if they would only up the bushels Id truly be a happy farmer!

    Anonymous said...

    same here, so what good is the expansion

    Anonymous said...

    i have the same problem with the eggs. seems that they forgot to go up with the limit for opening them as well :-(

    SUSANG.MOSER-ARTHUR said...

    I CAN RARELY GET MY GIFT BOX GIFTS TO OPEN SAYS I NEED TO USE OTHER GIFTS IT DOES THIS IN SPEC DEL. MYSTERY EGGS, AND IT TELLS ME IM ON A QUEST IN MY FV I GATHER THE GIFTS NEED ED FOR IT THEN I TRY TO USE THEM IT SAYS WHOA FARMER YOU ARENT ON THIS QUEST YET, GIFT WILL BE SAVED FOR LATER USE IF IM NOT ON THE QUEST, HOW WOULD I KNOW TO GATHER THE GIFTS FOR IT? SOMETHING IS MESSED UP IN MY FV SOMEWHERE! PLEASE1 GET IT FIXED SIS.SUSANG.MOSER-ARTHUR THANK YOU

    Anonymous said...

    wish the 200 limit for colecting things frm posts also get more higher :P

    Anonymous said...

    At this point I could care less about gift box expansions and any new things for farmville. I want farmville to FIX all the current issues that prevent farmers from playing the game, like sending gift requests. It is really unfair to all of us who love the game but not able to play it to its fullest. Farmville needs to stop with the production of anything new what so ever until these issues are fixed!!!!!

    Anonymous said...

    What is the point of being allowed to have up to 5000 gifts if we can only receive up to 200 gifts per day? We use those non unique items so much I cant imagine this mattering. Gift collecting needs to be higher if this is going to matter at all. I have stopped buying farm cash because of things like this.

    Anonymous said...

    I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET MY SPECIAL DELVERY BOXES FOR WAY OVER A MONTH. EVERY TIME I ASK ABOUT IT THEY TELL ME THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALWAYS SAY THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE ME 250 TO 350 BOXES. I ONLY GOT THEM ONE TIME BUT BEFORE I COULD GET THEM OPEN THEY CUT ME DOWN TO THE LIMIT OF 500 GIFTS. BUT TAKING ALOT OF MY GOOD THINGS THAT I HAD GATHERED UP. FIRST THING THEY TOOK WAS MY EGGS.

    Anonymous said...

    I'm sure my Special Delivery boxes will still open up and give me crap like shovels, which I do not need. Contacted support 4 times and even spoke to a supervisor and was advised they are aware and working on it. Fix me gifts before expanding the box to allow me unuseable items!

    Anonymous said...

    Who on earth is going to keep a thousand of one item in their gift boxes anyway. Surely they could have just said - you can have 5000 gifts no matter what it is! Why make it complicated with having things like evictions! Why would you want to keep decorations etc in your gift box anyway when you can just store them on your farm.

    Anonymous said...

    My mystery eggs got missed from my gift box !!!!!!!! and I had rare eggs there .... WTH !!! this game started to work in it's own !!! will they recover my eggs and give them back !??? don't think so

    Anonymous said...

    I can't open my Gift Box. Whats up?

    Anonymous said...

    just what i needed ..... thanks sooooo much

    Anonymous said...

    i lost rare eggs too, its a joke

    Anonymous said...

    Still cannon open eggs from the chicken coop if there are more than 500 gifts in the gift box. This is VERY frustrating.

    Anonymous said...

    yeah fix the problem of not being able to send or accept gifts. have way under 500 and still won't accept most of the time. they keep coming up with more qwests without fixing problems. I've not be able to finish qwests because my gifts disappeared.

    Anonymous said...

    this is crap they say they have expanded it yet just today I had to use down to less than 500 just to open some eggs and capital one gift boxes........they need to be honest first of all and stop making things and fix the dang game

    Anonymous said...

    BULL**** u going to delete items if they are not rare that is BS I keep stuff in there for a reason!!!!!!!!!! Once again u have let ur players down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Anonymous said...

    you say you are going to expand gift box. oh goodie goodie.......i still cat open eggs or certain other items. we we re told we could get up to 5000 items.. so why then..............cant we open all gifts we are trying to open???????????? i guess this is another rip-off scheme on your part.. say anything to keep us happy. this is so wrong. fix this please so we can get back to playing this game its more like a JOB ANYMORE............

    Anonymous said...

    thanks that was a great idea i have no problems with it and it can hold more stuff even better helps me out alot

    Anonymous said...

    I wish they would UP the amt. of bushels we can have...400 is NOT enough for 3 farms!! Need them to FIX all the glitches getting very tiresome as are all the ridiculous pop ups we don't need or want. One..the mastery is a royal pain...freezes the screen while it slowly loads, only to have me delete it immediately...who CARES?? If I wanted to know I could go down to the mastery icon and click on that and see!! Why does Zynga have to have pop-itus disease??? Everyone hates them and is complaining! People are starting to quit playing again, I've had 300 or so drop the game in the last few weeks. Said it's too much work, no fun and sick of the glitches and pop ups!

    Anonymous said...

    Why do all you people be thankful for what Zynga are trying to do for us. Its only a game and I enjoy playing...........so there are a few glitches there are all sorts of glitches that happen in life get over it and play or don't play

    Anonymous said...

    It is a fun game to play the glitches can be frustrating but so can life. Have a great time farming.

    Anonymous said...

    what is the point on expanding the gift box, if still you can not open eggs, or capital one boxes, it keeps telling me your gift box is full!!!!

    Anonymous said...

    I wish they would stop wanting to charge FV cash for Items..I for one will not go to any store and spend money just so i can have FV cash to buy items with!! I think they should have special Items for holiday's to where you can use coins..but that is just me.it all has to do with promotions and making money..It's just a game that is becoming more and more boring

    lana said...

    I have not been able to get gifts for almost 2 months, why dont they fix that little problem, please fix it so i can get to my gift request page

    Dora said...

    i had more than 2000 items, didnt get special delivery boxes for months. now when they improved the giftbox, all my eggs disappeared. they gave them back to me and 50 fv $, but i still cannot open them. i need all my love potion and building parts, hope they will fix it soon...

    Anonymous said...

    1 these mastery boards are very annoying where are we meant to put them. 2 this making us build this stuff you dont get enough time to build before they give you more. 3 these quests are so not needed they make your heart sink. 4 you have to buy all the good stuff and get rubbish for coins. i dont think i will be playing much longer i have lost a few neighbours who have stopped playing and i dont blame them

    Anonymous said...

    Yeah clear off the gifts I all ready accepted from my Game Request page I have like 78 still on the page that won't clear off the page.

    Anonymous said...

    we used to store the mystery boxes on our farms to get them out of the gift box, what was so wrong with that? And so many things happening so fast (quests) and not enough time to finish them. Paying FC for some items is ok, but why so much, take the prices down some so players can afford a few nice items. The game used to be fun, but now its more like a full time job. I have too much money and time invested to quit but I do feel like slowing down alot on it.

    Anonymous said...

    ! more additional comments friends, yes, I agree only being able 2 claim a 200 limit of items needs 2 be increased & also the amount/# of friends we can 'gift to'. We have 3 farms..3...therefore there really does need 2 be increases in the many limits of various things, resources, previsions....

    The # of quests, tasks, goals ..so much 2 do..the time limits need to be lengthened. There are the crops, special crops 4 the cove, the 'super crops, greenhouse crops...all 2 master; the craft shop tasks, the recipes 4 the pub, & 1 of (winery,spa or bakery) goals, products, requirements...4 all 3 farms is overwhelming. There r many folks who do not have a lot of playing time & deal with numerous restrictions, it is not fair.4/2 those players.

    & of course the very FEW items that r available for coins needs 2 be considered. Not every1 can buy the animals, live stalk, pets....& we will never be able 2 aquire nor masters them.

    The give 1 get 1 is really a help & fun & increases the opportunity 2 be able 2 help & interact with fellow players.

    Without communication such as this then Zynga can not know what players like, don't like, suggestions of improvements, ideas. This is a chance 4 players 2 be heard.

    Anonymous said...

    Exactly what I needed! Thank You I Love it!

    Anonymous said...

    Ps, Totally agree with this post
    @ October 8, 2011 3:33 PM

    Anonymous said...
    more additional comments friends, yes, I agree only being able 2 claim a 200 limit of items needs 2 be increased & also the amount/# of friends we can 'gift to'. We have 3 farms..3...therefore there really does need 2 be increases in the many limits of various things, resources, provisions.... Etc Etc

    Anonymous said...

    BLOODY HELL ITS ABOUT TIME ZYNGA!!!!!

    Anonymous said...

    once again i keeping on wondering why' the limits...players who have large amounts of neighbors and who pay for things that are coin items take a hit and lose all they try to gather to make the game fun'....if there was an overload on the system, i might understand...but this continuing process to punish those who can not afford the fv $ items and can only get' items by working their butt off to gather and now you want to make the choice to delete by computer all the hard work put into their game...i am on my game all day long trying to have fun and get a really great farm, it this really the way you plan to treat your gamers....how about you being a NICE NEIGHBOR.. AND TAKE OFF ALL THE CONTROL LIMITS SO YOUR PLAYERS CAN REALLY ENJOY THEIR GAME, YOU WILL MAKE MORE MONEY IN THE REAL WORLD IF YOU JUST LET YOUR GAMERS GO....I KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH BUT THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE KNOW WHICH COMPANIES HAVE THEIR BACK AND THOSE WHO DO WILL BENEFIT THE MOST...PLS. CONSIDER THE LITTLE GUYS OUT HERE WHO NEED A RELIEF TOO, DON'T PUNISH THEM FOR COLLECTING TO GET AHEAD,AS I ALREADY FELT THE BIT FROM LOSING ALL THE HARD WORK I PUT INTO THE ORCHARDS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS AND NOW THEY HAVE BEEN DEMOTED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL WORTH BECAUSE OF THE SUPER ORCHARDS...I WORKS FOR ALMOST A YEAR ON THAT PROJECT BECAUSE YOU ENCOURAGE US TO SHARE AND WAS LOOKING TO FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS....NOW IF I SEND OUT A SEEDLING I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY WILL BE RECEIVING AS IT CHANGES FROM THE SEEDLING I SENT...NOT SURE WHY' I'M WORKING SO HARD, BECAUSE YOUR COMPANY KEEPS ON CHANGING DIRECTIONS ALL AFTER A LOT OF TIME I PUT OUT TO GET THE JOB DONE...PLS THINK ABOUT IT, DON'T YOU ENJOY THE FRUIT OF YOUR LABOR IN THE REAL WORLD....SO DO WE IN THE CY- BORE GAMING WORLD.....THANK FOR YOUR TIME HOPE YOU READ THIS....JOLYN

    Anonymous said...

    told me 'you did not receive your harvester 'cause your gift box was too full' . OK - so what he #$%@ hoop do i have to jump through NOW that the box is bigger??? START FIXING THINGS NOW!!!

    Anonymous said...

    you should make our request box bigger also

    Bonnie said...

    I can NOT ask for Tickets for the Raffles and have written Zygna and they said they would fix it - and put tickets in my raffle stand every week until they get the problem fixed. HA I also can not open 85% of my special gifts and I miss out on many gifts. I am annoyed by the Pop Ups opening on the small screen and I have to close the full screen to send the posts and it does not tell you so you think your screen is locked and you sit and wait until you can take your screen out of full Mode and close the stupid Pop-up. I also would like to see the Arbotist harvest the Orchards as well as the single trees - the majority of my trees are in orchards. Traveling between farms is difficult when the drop down menu is not working - should be easier to move around. ,,,enough for now,,there are still problems - OH Yeah - The re-gift button is grayed out 90% of the time.

    Anonymous said...

    expansions for reasonable coins. not pay. this is insanity

    all gifts should be UNlimited...why should they care???? stupid rule on their part.

    more feed...REASONABLE ones. 2 4 6 8...20/30 is not realistic.
    bottles...you can't have but 100 sheep so what the heck are you to do.

    same with the expansions. this is all ridiculous. takes real WORK to play now. used to be FUN

    Anonymous said...

    I can't get the horses to expand in the first farm. What do I do or wrong?

    JuL said...

    I HAD SO MANY EGGS---RARE/GOOD ONES TOO--I DELETED FARMHANDS, ARBORISTS, ETC (LIKE NICE THINGS) JUST SO I COULD OPEN EGGS.... GOT MY BOX DOWN TO UNDER 500 AND WENT TO OPEN THE EGGS (THE WHOLE PURPOSE) AND THEY WERE ALLLLL EFFING GONE! EVERY LAST 1!!! NOW WHAT? GET OVER IT? I'M SOOO PISSED OFF!

    Anonymous said...

    I CAN'T GET THE GIFES THAT ARE SENT TO ME IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER A WEEK NOW?????????

    Anonymous said...

    I had 66 FV bucks, and use the airplane to harvest and it costed me 12 FV so I had 54 left. I haven't used any since, now I have a little over 41. I'm sick of this game, and their taking stuff.Also, can't find support at the bottom of the farmville page, so just found this one by luck. I'm also not able to receive gifts from the game requests,