FarmVille Valentines Countdown: Everything you need to know

A Valentine's Day Countdown has started tonight in FarmVille, bringing one new special gift each day for lucky players who log in. We have the full guide so if you're not sure how to get all of these items or if you want to know what the prizes are, read ahead! Every day for the next 12 days there will be one special item that you can receive from your friends.

To access the Valentine's Day countdown, log into FarmVille and the game screen should automatically popup. If it doesn't, click on the heart with arrow icon along the right side of your screen. You will then see that day's particular gift, and a button that allows you to "Ask/Share" in order to get that gift. You'll notice that there are 12 days total, but days that haven't been released yet will have a pink question mark instead of the revealed gift. If you are too late, you'll have the option to buy the previous day's gift with Farm Cash.

FarmVille Valentines Countdown
Clicking on the green Ask/Share button will bring up a prompt to post on your wall asking for the gift. If a friend clicks on the post in time, not only will you receive that day's gift but your friend will also get one too. This means you have the option of receiving multiple gifts if you click on more than one friend's wall post.
FarmVille Valentines Countdown
If you manage to collect all 12 of the items, you will unlock a special grand prize. You can also pay 51 Farm Cash to automatically complete the collection and get the special prize - but that isn't much fun, is it? If you do that, one of each item that you don't already have will be delivered to your gift box along with the bonus prize.

The Prizes (Spoiler Warning)
Day 1: FarmVille I Love You Stand
Day 2: FarmVille I Love You Sign
Day 3: FarmVille XOXO Sign
Day 4: FarmVille Purple Hay Bale
Day 5: FarmVille Heart Bear
Day 6: FarmVille Caramel Bear
Day 7: FarmVille Fuchsia Greenery
Day 8: FarmVille Pink Greenery
Day 9: FarmVille Provencal Pot
Day 10: FarmVille Fancy Topiary
Day 11: FarmVille Flax Plant
Day 12: FarmVille Dogwood Tree

Bonus Prize: FarmVille Purple Valentine's Cow

FarmVille Purple Valentines Cow

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day 2011 coverage right here.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Unreleased Willow Hearts Tree

Tonight's big FarmVille update has brought of slew of new unreleased items that we have the exclusive information on to share with you. As you can see, the image on the right is the Willow Hearts Tree, an obvious Valentine's Day addition to the game.

While animated, this tree 'sheds' hearts which slowly float to the ground. Otherwise, it is similar in art style to the Willow Tree that has already been in the game. FarmVille appears to be taking the purple color very seriously throughout this holiday. Despite being purple, we do not believe the Willow Hearts Tree is a reward in the 12-day Valentine's Countdown.

As usual, we do not know for sure if this tree will make it into the game for sure, but we have a pretty good idea that it will. The Willow Hearts tree could be a new reward from the Mystery Seedlings, or it might be something else entirely. Time will tell!

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day 2011 coverage right here.