FaceBook: FarmVille #games

I must say, although I don’t often play games, some of the FaceBook games are fun and some of them are highly addictive, in one I noticed some of my friends playing FarmVille they weren’t applying simple logic to their game play.

FarmVille is a level game, and with each level – gained by earning experience points (XP) – certain new crops are released. One of my friends, at level 24, has the following crops which are released and you can see that RaspBerries are the best to grow if you have enough time to play, these mature in 2 hours for an average profit of 13 gold, although for 10 gold and 1 XP you can best grow BlueBerries. The next are tomatoes or coffee depending on whether you have 8 hours or 16 hours until your next session. People who can only play once a day should grow Peppers.

Naturally this is so for level 24, but for your level you can also find your optimal crop with little difficulty. The table below is ordered as it comes out of the FarmVille Market.

	Product	Price	Time (Hours)	Gross Profit	Net Profit	Profit/Hour	XP
	StrawBerries	10	4	35	25	6.25	1
	Eggplant	25	48	88	63	1.3125	2
	Wheat	35	72	115	80	1.11	2
	Soybeans	15	24	63	48	2	2
	Squash	40	48	121	81	1.6875	2
	Pumpkin	30	8	68	38	4.75	1
	Artichoke	70	96	204	134	1.3958	2
	Rice	45	12	96	51	4.25	1
	RaspBerries	20	2	46	26	13	0
	Cotton	75	48	207	132	2.75	2
	Bell Peppers	75	72	198	123	1.7083	2
	Peppers	70	24	162	92	3.83	2
	Aloe Vera	50	6	85	35	5.833	1
	Pineapples	95	48	242	147	3.0625	2
	BlueBerries	50	4	91	41	10.25	1
	Watermelon	130	96	348	218	2.27083	2
	Tomatoes	100	8	173	73	9.125	1
	Potatoes	135	72	345	210	2.916	2
	Carrots	110	12	200	90	7.5	1
	Coffee	120	16	243	123	7.6875	1
	Corn	150	72	380	230	3.194	2

(This data was compiled using Google Docs.)