FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Fanny and Bess Mystery Crates

The war between Fanny and Bess continues regardless of whether you set them up during the Valentine's Day Goals (a little flirtatious rivalry, perhaps?). FrontierVille Info has found two new Mystery Crates that are on their way to FrontierVille revolving all around our two favorite ladies, Bess and Fanny. It's unknown when exactly these Crates will be released or whether they're slowly rolling out already, but according to FrontierV, they will cost between 30 and 35 Horseshoes.
Bess Collection
The Bess and Fanny Collections each have a chance of dropping one of four items, which are essentially mirrors of one another. The Bess Collection includes a White Rabbit, Bess' Horse, Bess' Wagon and Bess' Outhouse.

Fanny Collection
If you hadn't noticed already, each Collection takes on the general theme of its character pretty heavily. The Bess Collection is largely red and orange-colored, while the Fanny Collection takes on blue and black almost exclusively. Fanny's items include a Black Raven, Fanny's Horse, Fanny's Wagon and Fanny's Outhouse. According to FrontierV, these items will be available for purchase through March 28, so I'd say these Crates are en route as of this writing.

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Do you plan on buying either of these Mystery Crates? Which do you prefer more, and why?

Rumor: FrontierVille 37x37 Land Expansion is rolling out to pioneers

Land Grab!
Despite the Goals leaking early and our prediction of a March 1 release date, the 37x37 Land Expansion in FrontierVille has been MIA for six weeks now. However, according to FrontierVille Info, several players have reported that the expansion has arrived on their homesteads. If true, the expansion is coming in the midst of a Coyote invasion, but we have (almost) everything you need to know right here. So, don't come crying to us that you don't know what to do and get to expandin'.

Have you seen the 37x37 expansion on your homestead yet? When it finally launches, do you plan to take it head on or are you too busy fending off hungry Coyotes?

Old FrontierVille Collections offer new rewards, lots of debris

Likely inspired by the FarmVille team's complete overhaul of its Collections system, FrontierVille developers Zynga have made a change to Collections on the homestead as well. Now, a few older Collections are rewarding players with new, more useful items. However, they're useful in a roundabout way. You'll see behind the break.

This is what the affected Collections now reward players with:

    The Cow collection now gives Skulls
    The Clearing collection now gives Rocks
    The Wheat collection now gives Grass
    The Cabbage collection now gives Thorns


As you can see, they're helpful inadvertently. More debris means more chances to find Critters, which are often required in Goals requirements. So, think of it as a way to complete kill quests more easily. And who knows, perhaps this changes comes in preparation for some future set of Goals or content update.

[Source: FrontierVille Info]

Have you made effective use of these new Collection rewards yet? If not, what would you rather them be?