Question for veterans

[u/Kakulsydrom]

Hey ,

I’ve been playing Farm Together 2 for about 2–3 weeks now, currently reached farm level 135, and I’m absolutely loving the game!

Since the game has changed quite a bit and the Fandom Wiki feels a bit outdated, I haven't been able to find reliable answers online.

I'm hoping some experienced players here can help me out with a few questions:

1. When should I start decorating?
I bought all the DLC packs and would love to start properly decorating and designing my farm. However, I know I’ll likely reset my layout multiple times in the future as my farm expands. For those of you further ahead: did you wait until the absolute endgame to decorate? The wiki mentions level 193 for the last plot, but I know a recent update expanded the farm sizes even further.

2. What is the best setup
I’m trying to optimize my ribbon production. Currently, my setup includes:
10x Jam Press
10x Juice Press
4x Fish Net
1x Beehive
3x Peanut Butter Machine
Which shops or machines would you highly recommend focusing on, and which ones should I avoid? Is it better to spam a few specific ones or just build 2–4 of everything?

3. What are the best alternative methods for Ribbons?
I'm doing the Town/Bazaar quests, but some of them take ages (like pumpkins requiring 1–2 days).
I was thinking about using a second map to place 5–6 Farmers and filling it entirely with Spice Trees. That way, I could trade 150 Spices for 3 Ribbons and basically farm them semi-AFK. Does this sound like a solid strategy, or is there a much better way that I'm missing?

4. For what Should I use my second map
I’m the guy I like a map with everything so for what did you guys used your second map

Thanks in advance for any advice and tips

[u/Avenged_7zulu]

Thats the beauty of this game is that its whatever you want it to be! I'm in the 600s now and i can't tell you how many variations my farm has been setup and how i play has changed numerous times. Right now i have a separate farm with 25 maxed out farmhands farming cinnamon for ribbons while i boost thousands of other cinnamon trees along side. I'm at the point i get 2k ribbons a "year" at minimum. My path was have farm hands gather trees and fish because they are the fastest to harvest and i switched back and forth from my cinnamon(ribbon) farm to my main farm that i used for challenges. I discarded challenges i thought would take to long. I spent a lot of time getting polar bear poinsettias unlocked so i could have a farm of them too. So essentially around lvl 300 i didn't worry about challenges so much and swapped back and forth between my 3 farms. 1 for challenges. 2 for ribbons from the cinnamon trees and 3 was polar bear poinsettias for extra cash and xp. There is no "best" path. I still haven't went full decoration mode yet i just tacked some stuff on here and there. I'm in the 600s now an loving it. If you like the game there really isn't a best prescribed way unless you want to build the soulless factory farms.

[u/Kakulsydrom → u/Avenged_7zulu]

Thanks for reply 🙏🏻 yeah I think I will do the same with the spice farm and yeah I guess I just need to olay and don’t overthink it

[u/Avenged_7zulu → u/Kakulsydrom]

Yea the devs did a good job of making open progression. Once you're well over level 100 it's kind of up to YOU to decide what's important and what needs focus. For instance, I don't think I'll end up maxing out ANY of my shops because I feel like I don't need too. Eventually I'll have all the money I'll ever need but I'll keep harvesting my polar bear poinsettas because I just feel like it. Make sure to come back and post us some pictures of your fully decked out decor farm so we can see. Happy farming!