Pioneer Trail," formerly known as "FrontierVille," is a role-playing simulation game available to Facebook members where players must create a character, raise livestock, grow crops and complete missions. Similar to other simulation game applications, "Pioneer Trail" requires that players gain levels to unlock certain abilities, such as special crops, gift items and livestock. To gain levels, you must perform tasks and earn experience.
Instructions:
Livestock
1) Click the "Market" button in the lower-right corner of the user interface. Click the "Animals" tab and then select an animal. Your current level and completed missions determine what animals are available in the market.
2) Click an empty spot on your land to place the animal. You receive experience for each animal purchase.
3) Click the animal to feed it and receive additional experience. Generally, you must feed an animal 11 times before it becomes an adult, and you can only feed animals only every few hours. For example, you can feed sheep once every two hours and oxen once every 18 hours. The time duration between feeding periods depends on the animal's size.
4) Click the "Arrow" button on the lower-right corner of the user interface and then click "Sell." Click the animal to sell. In return for selling the animal you receive food, coins and experience.
Crops
1) Click the "Market" button in the lower-right corner of the user interface. "Crops" tab and then select a crop. Your current level and completed missions determine what crops are available in the market.
2) Click an empty spot on your land to plant the crop. You receive experience for each crop planted. Crops take time to grow, and a crop's level determines the length of time before it's available for harvest. For example, cabbage crops grow in 16 hours and corn crops grow in 12 hours.
3) Click the crop to harvest it. In return for harvesting the crop you receive food, coins and experience.
Missions
1) Click the "My Stuff" button in the lower-right corner of the user interface and then click the "Missions" button. A dialog box opens, displaying available missions.
2) Click a mission to view the requirements.
3) Complete each task in the mission to receive your reward. The mission's reward is displayed on the bottom of the mission dialog box. Generally, you receive rare items, special abilities, coins and experience for completing missions.
Collections
1) Click the "My Stuff" button in the lower-right corner of the user interface and then click the "Collections" button. A dialog box with available collections appears. Upon completing tasks, such as feeding livestock, harvesting crops and collecting daily rewards from your buildings, you receive special collection items, which Zynga rewards randomly.
2) Scroll through the list of collections and search for a collection that's complete and rewards experience. Each collection requires that you obtain five special items. Collections generally reward experience, coins, items and energy.
3) Click the "Trade In" button to trade your collection items and receive bonus experience.
Badges
1) Click the "My Stuff" button in the lower-right corner of the user interface and then click the "Badges" button. Badges are a series of tasks you can complete for bonus experience. For example, the "Clicker" badge requires that you click a certain amount of bonus items to receive coins and experience. Level 1 rewards you with 200 coins and 100 experience and level 4 rewards you with 5,000 coins and 2,500 experience.
2) Perform the tasks listed for a particular badge. Generally, you fufill badge requirements during normal gameplay, but some tasks require that you build special items or complete additional missions. For example, the Spender badge keeps track of the money you spend purchasing items and rewards you with experience upon spending a certain amount of money.
3) Receive your experience automatically upon fulfilling a badge's requirements. Some badges, such as the Terrific Teamwork Badge rewards you with up to 5,000 experience.
Source: eHow
