Fishville Trophies Launched, Here’s the List!

Just a couple of days after the launch of the Cafe World Medals, Zynga has released a new FishVille feature: the Trophies! Read on to see the list of Fishville trophies you can win at the moment, as well as their description, so you know what to do to earn them as fast as possible! Here is the list of Fishville trophies as of December 24, 2009:

1. Liquid Assets (awarded for having a specific amount of coins on hand)
2. Spendville (awarded for spending a specific amount of coins in the market)
3. Fishville Farmer (awarded for selling a specific number of fish, no matter what their age is)
4. Decollector (awarded for having a specified number of decorations in your tanks)
5. Pond Gardener (for having a specific number of plants in your tanks)
6. Fish lover (awarded for clicking the “give love” button for a specific number of times)
7. Spotless (for cleaning a specified number of algae from your tanks)
8. The hand that feeds (for feeding a specific number of fish)
9. Builder of tanks (for building a specific number of tanks)
10. Tanks a lot (for helping a specific number of friends with their tanks).

Apparently, the awards are not awarded retroactively, like the Cafe World awards, which is a good thing since it adds a new reason to play the game. However, since I have 5 tanks already, I think I will have some trouble getting the “builder of tanks” award.

All the Fishville awards have four stages – bronze, silver, gold and platinum and by far the easiest to attain are the Decollector and Pond Gardener awards, as well as the Fish Lover and Spotless ones (which only require regular playing from your side) and the most difficult seem to bethe Hand that Feeds, Fishville Farmer and Liquid Assets. Either way, it’s nice to finally have the Fishville Trophies here!

Why Your FishVille Neighbors Are the Key to Your Success

FishVille Neighbors

Since you’re playing FishVille on a social networking site like Facebook, it seems only natural to have neighbors. You may even have wound up playing the game to begin with as the result of an invitation from one of your friends. And it can be a lot of fun to have this new way to interact with your friends and acquaintances in your own virtual aquatic world. But FishVille neighbors are not just a fun addition to the game. They can contribute greatly to your success
, and the more you have, the more options for game play will be open to you. And as more updates are made to the game, the benefits that neighbors provide are only likely to increase.

Gifts

For one thing, more FishVille neighbors means more FishVille gifts – both to be given and received. There are quite a few items that you can only get if you’re given them as gifts, so give them to your friends and ask your friends to send them back to you. Most of these gifts are free, so there’s really no reason not to send as many as you can. Just remember though, that the more neighbors you have, the more gifts you’ll be likely to get.

Side Jobs

Another reason having more FishVille neighbors will help you to succeed in the game is that when you visit your neighbors, you’re able to earn some extra coins for helping them out with their tanks. You can only do this once a day, though, so the more neighbors you have, the more you can earn this way. You’ll also get coins for cleaning the green goo off of the sides of their tanks, so make sure you don’t pass up this opportunity to earn extra coins every day.

Affordable Expansion

And perhaps the most important reason it’s helpful to have a lot of FishVille neighbors is that the number of neighbors you have will determine how many additional tanks you can buy with coins. If you don’t have enough neighbors, you’ll only be able to buy extra tanks and expand your aquatic empire if you have enough sand dollars to do so. Sand dollars are so much harder to come by than coins, though, that it’ll be much easier for you to accomplish all of these things if you just bulk up the ranks of your neighbors a little. It’ll wind up saving you a lot in the end.

Fishville Adds New Backgrounds and Fish Names

You can now name your fish! Name your favorite fish when you buy them
or you can click on fish to rename at any time.

Also new are customizable backgrounds and gravel for your tanks. Go to
the Store and select the Environments tab to choose from new coral
backgrounds as well as sand, rock and pebble gravel! The new
backgrounds are pretty cool and give your tank a really nice look.

FishVille Name Your Fish

FishVille has just added rename function in the games, you can name your fish anytime from now. It’s very simple, you just click on the fish you wish to rename then select “Rename” button to start edit your fish name.

After done edit your fish name, select “Rename” and you are done.

FishVille also updated fish XP details (Buy XP and Sell XP) which did not show in the game previously. The fish details will pop out when you purchase any new fish, you can also name your fish directly from here.