darkSpyro

as others have ponted out there was a hiden update to the game (no new downlode needed) that added a library and some new quests. But I think i found the real reasion for the update, there is now a fix to the "spending gems on instenly finishing stuff by mistake" now after you press to "finish somthing now" a timed bar comes up and you have till the bar gose away to hit cancel to stop spending your gems. (the bar is in the cancel buttion itself)

Keep in mind this update won't "trigger" until you close the game entirely and reopen it - if you leave it running in "sleep mode" you'll still be in the old version without the Library (and probably still able to accidentally waste 105 gems accelerating a 7-hour quest that you just started, heh).

At my level and with the items I'd built, I got a total of six new quests that all seemed to trigger from the update. Nothing new or particularly interesting from the quests, they're all the same standard "build this, gather from this, travel there" formula. Not sure if the "outhouse" was a new scenery item or if there was just a quest made around adding one (and immediately selling it back, of course!).

Another ninja update. 2 new buildings (a gems one and a 125 ppl one)
New quests ( i got 7 new)
Easy crops mode. No need to select every time the kind of crops. Just choose one and touch all the fields.

Today we have a 2x gems offer, a tree rex statue (100 gems, 250 energy every 5h) and a tree rex house (350 gems, random boon every 10h)
Nice idea for the energy statue and the random item, too bad they are all gems item.
Prolly they will add more of this item based on every giants.

Also raised price of radiant field by 4 gems and changed element of the day to life mid-day. Kinda crappy

Well, having a Tree Rex gimmick makes the most sense, because it's naturally going to be the Giant that most players would have access to. Likewise, giving "double gems" until the end of the year was expected, because history has shown that's when the largest number of impulse purchases in Farmville games (and other similar games on Facebook) took place in previous years.

From what I heard, the Tree Rex House can be activated every SIX hours, not ten. But unless the odds of getting gems are high or it gives you a sizeable amount when that's what the random reward is, it'll take quite some time before you'd get anywhere close to getting your gems back.

Since I recently got the "lost gems" back from Dark Spyro (the only character I didn't actually own until recently), I'm half-tempted to get the House just to see what the rewards are, as I'm getting dangerously close to having 'beaten' the game unless they add a major overhaul like more islands or some extensive quest to complete.

Yes its six hours both the new items. Dunno why it say to me 10h the first time and im not warping in time anymore, so...dunno.
From t-rex house I got 4 gems the first time. Not much but its a nice piece to see.
250 energy free every 6 hours is not bad. Its more expensive than a radiant and doesnt give the same amount of free energy but its more cool looking

They're both very very cool, I bought em both. The statue is cool because not only does it give energy, but it adds a nice visual impact to your streets without just being a boring statue, it actually does something. Very cool idea on Vicarious Visions part, I hope we get more Giant statues and homes and whatnot.

Also, Tree Rex's house is only a 2x2, which is great. I think it's worth it as it will pay for itself over time.

House give money based on trex lv. On lv9 i got 18k gold.

Likewise, I got 19,520 gold for Tree Rex's house at Level 10. (And over 21,000 on the second use, so there's a random factor .) There's probably a "Kingdom Level" limit on maximum gold gains, otherwise a player starting today could spend $4.99 on Gems, buy the house, and completely break any semblance of "balance" in the game.

And keep in mind, that's the chance for 20,000+ gold more frequently and without an energy cost. You're getting gold gains equal to a 10-hour sanctuary or 22-hour journey on an adventure airship, all without the usual 10,000 gold expense for activation.

Not sure how much energy you get from the house when that's the "random reward," but Tree Rex's house might be the single best pure profit building in the game at the moment (albeit a bit unreliable as to what you'll get each time).

Tree Rex's house also brings a couple exclusive quests, but they almost feel more like penalties (one is to stay at his house twice, then send him on 4-hour adventures twice. The quest rewards won't possibly cover your losses by going on those quests instead of staying at his house!)


The statue doesn't have an "activation cost" either, right? It's not THAT impressive since you're only getting an amount of energy somewhere between a 1 and 2 hour crop (about 1,000 gold worth without radiants) for free. The max/minner in me would rather have another Radiant Energy Field, but at least it's a structure with an actual FUNCTION.

Yes, the statue is totally free. A radiant is a better choice but this is really cool looking and, after all, this kind of games force you to buy the nicer item because without them the game is pretty boring.

Thats why i bought the gift shop too. They are nice to have even if a loss of gems.

Anyone know how long Tree rex house will be in the game, I'm only at 86 gems at the moment and its going to take me a while to get up to the 350 needed to purchase it.

It will stay forever.

They're a little vague on the Tree Rex items. The advertisement says to take advantage of the Tree Rex-travaganza "before it expires." That could mean ALL the items will vanish in a couple weeks, or just the 50% off discount for unlocking Tree Rex without the figure. [If anyone DOES actually need Tree Rex, don't spend GEMS on him for crying out loud! Send me a PM and I'll give you a code that should still work.]

Even if the house DOES go away, I'm sure it'll come back eventually - time has proven that "temporary discounts" or "limited time offers" sell a lot better than permanent availability or permanent discounts. (That's why you'll see the ability to "get extra gems" show up at least once a month instead of ever permanently increasing the amount of gems you could buy for $4.99.)


Got the Energy Boost from the house this afternoon - about 6,400 energy. At the Domedelion rate, that's about 21,500 Gold worth of energy all at once, at no cost, so it's about as financially good as getting straight Gold. (Less good if you have a lot of Radiant Fields, of course.) Never thought the Gem reward might be the LEAST useful of the rewards, as you only seem to get 4-6 Gems from it.

Got 3750xp from tree rex house.

Trex house no more avalaible.
Now hot head is for 350 gems. Same random bonus.

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Trex house no more avalaible.
Now hot head is for 350 gems. Same random bonus.

Aww darn, I don't have Hot Head. I want to get the house anyway, though. I only have one Fire element right now, Series 1 Flameslinger, so I'll probably get Molten Hot Dog or Hot Head.

But the house will only work for hot head (no other fire skylander).

I know, but I need an orange base fire Skylander, so if I DO get Hot Head then I'll be able to.

Nice finding today.
Gold chest randomly spawns from sheep and troll.

I've had two gold chests from sheep since the update.

Edit: make that five.

To clear the sheep/troll are u using random skylanders, day element or giants?
Maybe there is a patterns or is just pure luck.

When do you think the latest skylanders will be added?

In the other topic they said next week.

Hot Head house? Mine isn't showing a Hot Head house. What gives?

Anyone else having Chests and Sheep spawn in the same 2x2 grid?

The sheep icon is on top, and the chest "bubble" is floating behind it.

Hot head house is the same as trex.