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Dude the Programmer

Hi everyone!

I just released the "Under the Sea" quest. This quest is for the Tiger Shells which you can get from Pursten's Premium Shop. Since many of you have already used these seeds for the contest, I just wanted to point out a few things:

1. The "reward" for growing a Lemonshark has changed! You don't *need* this item (it *might* be helpful), but if you like to get everything you'll want to try to grow another Lemonshark!

2. You *do* need to master the seed before the quest will start.

3. There isn't an introduction to the quest. When you grow one of the right plants, the quest will start automatically.

4. This quest is replayable. Like other replayable quests, it's a little more difficult after the first playthrough.

5. There is an entirely *optional* secret technique that doesn't really have anything to do with the quest. It's a trick that makes it easier to grow Lettucefish and Lemonsharks. I think only the most expert / knowledgeable players will want to try to figure this out.

[b]Update[/b]: Fixed a couple bugs (unicorn and publishing to your newsfeed when completing the quest).

[b]Bigger Update[/b]: All the Tiger Shell plants have better surprises when you use a Dragon Summons on them.

Happy questing! : ))

Pami the Preposterous

Thanks Dude! Sounds interesting as usual. Off to cast...

Sarette the Splendiforous

Woohoo! Thanks Dude :)

Connie the Resilient

Can't wait to get started; looks interesting~!

Debbie the Mysterious

Ready to start and see what happens!

Irama the Dragon Enchantress

Yay!

Jelly the purple

Sounds very mysterious....

LadyIsis the Judicious

Hello Dude..I hope all is well..just finished my last main quest!!! WooHoo!!
thankyou

SHOUSHOU the VIOLINISTA

gonna do my best to try

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Thank you that was fun. I got my badge, [b]however no popup was offered to post to my facebook that I completed it, like other quests[/b]

Mariana the Island Witch

Yeah!!!! Thanks Dude, hope all is well with you!

Dale the Shamanic Castoholic

Thanks so much! Ready to start later this day. Sounds great. :)

Runaway the Lone Seeker

It would be nice to get another silver quest for those of us who are out of gold.

peter the pedantic troll

thanks dude we have all been waiting

judith the judge of prize petal

thanks dude bring it on

Gloriana the Emotional

Thanks Dude! Been looking forward to this one. Must say though, I finished it awfully quickly! (I like the new pots!)

Maria the Normal-one

How to grow a lemonshark?

Carlyle the Conjurer

Thank you! I'm so excited! :)

Absinthe the Red

I would love to participate in the quest, but since I've had to start all over again because Facebook decided it didn't like my old account, alas, I have lost everything I had accomplished in the game :(

If one of you elders could take a look at my post on the bug thread board, and let me know if there is anything you can do I would greatly appreciate it!

Casper the Enchanter

thank you for the new badge

Helen the Lost

Yay ! New quest :) :)

Sheryl the Kind hearted

Yay!

Irama the Dragon Enchantress

I used a Unicorn Summons to grow the **spoiler** but it grew a **spoiler** instead. It was working before. I'm just not so happy to lose a precious Unicorn Summons.

Edit: My Unicorn Summons doesn't work for the second time, and same as before the **spoiler**is grown, not the plant I wanted. So that is 2 precious Unicorn Summonses wasted.

I had thought it was just a glitch the first time, but now it looks more like a bug.

Or maybe I shouldn't be using the Unicorn Summonses here?

Amaryana the Blessed

Thanks Dude, don't know if I'll manage the advanced bit at the end but going to give the quest a go, thanks for all your hard work and good to have you back.

Tracey the All Knowing

yea thankyou thankyou guys xxxxxxxx

Hope the Enchantress

Does the quest have anything to do with the Shady Man?

mistiiii the mermaid

WELCOME back Dude!! :-) Thanks for the new Quest!!

Rox the Wizard Family Baker

Thank you! :D

Zoe the Curious

Hmmmm. The Shady Man has come to me twice. Virtuous me (who will stoop to using a Spider Beast, but never deals with Shady Men) has turned him down both times. Ahhh, the missed opportunities. Should I have yielded to temptation?

Aurelia the Protector

YAY!!!! Off to cast!!!!

Irama the Dragon Enchantress

LOL Zoe, you might want to take his **spoiler**...

Virpi the Enchantress

Same happened to me as to Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel. I finished the quest and got the badge, but didn't get to post it to my FB wall. I'd like to show it there. ;)

Amaryana the Blessed

@Zoe - He's only come to me once so far but am wondering if I should. Hmmmmm! Have kept the **spoiler** on my stand to see what happens as and when a lemonshark appears.

foxglove the fairy

aghhh I traded with the shady man and he told me which pot to use ....but I haven't got any :-(

Kelli the Druidess

I love the new pots:O)

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

ditto Kelli, but would love the posting to my facebook too lol

Amy the Indecisive

A word of advice - CAREFULLY read what he tells you each time. I thought it was the same message, but it varies, and it matters!!

Craftypants the Crafty

Thanks for the new quest! Just FYI, I experienced the same thing/possible bug as Irama the Dragon Enchantress- when using a unicorn summons to grow a second plant, I got a lettucefish instead.

Irama the Dragon Enchantress

foxglove, I don't think there is a pot by that name (or is there? If there is I've not seen any). I think it is a clue, though.

Virpi the Enchantress

I used one unicorn summons too, and it worked right.

Gloriana the Emotional

@Irama I did not need to use a Unicorn Summons to finish this quest. A little trust goes a long way.

Natalia the DW Gopher Police Chief

quest completed! HAHA, that was fun!

Mary Ann the Wanderer

Thank you :) looking forward to playing this quest.

Virpi the Enchantress

@Gloriana Yes, Unicorn summons is not actually needed. :) I only tried it to see if I was right about one thing during the quest. :)

Joely the wooper

Yeah!!

Amanda the strange

Thank you - nice to have you back ... hope all is well :-)

peter the pedantic troll

was quite easy really

Carla the Ingenious

my unicorn got a lettucefish as well - won't try that again. i turned the man down once and accepted the second time... still not really getting it though!

Katyrus the Princess

Thanks Dude and all! I LOVE this game! :-)

Ania the Incisive

i got it... jeeZ i donno how ... but i got the freaking badge and am happy :D just to get it !!! :D

Virpi the Enchantress

Hmm... I wonder could the unicorn "bug" be the secret technique Dude mentioned? :D (#5 in his post.)

Tracey the All Knowing

cant find anything on the wiki for this quest ....

Sprocket the Noble

Wow.

Kelli the Druidess

That was fun!

Ginger the Illuminated

No idea where to get these pots he talks about! And the only thing I can seem to grow are the lettucefish over and over and over again?!? Weird....I shall venture on though...love a new quest!!

Grannie the Erudite

Same as Foxglove the Fairy - the Shady Man told me which pot to use but I can't find one anywhere

❀ revJ ❀ the ❀ radiant ❀

@Dude - thanks and welcome back. Hope all is weel with you; and with Keith too!

Sarette the Splendiforous

Yay I got my badge :) Didn't get the Share pop up though :(

Thanks for the quest!

Amy the Indecisive

Ginger and Grannie, I think the phrase he's using is just something that means nonsense - it's not a type of pot.

Rox the Wizard Family Baker

It was fun! Thanks for the new pots :D

Tina the Beautiful

Would love some more silver quests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

K the Clever

Yay new quest! Thanks Dude! :)


Tina, by the looks of your profile, you have yet to complete Divination Basics and Heart's Bane, which are both silver quests.

Niniane the Beneficent

Huzzah!!! Looking forward to this quest. :')

♥Aurien SilverWolf♥

Woot! That didn't take too long at all! :) Got my Under the Sea badge <3 That was fun, thanks for the new repeatable quest! Got some nice rewards out of it. :)

Amanda the strange

Can someone tell me anything about new pots ?? I am lost on this - where do I get them from ??? Something was mentioned about a certain pot - but I havent got any !

♥Aurien SilverWolf♥

Sent you a hint Amanda :) Hope it helps

Red the Feisty

I have completed the quest but there seems to be discrepancies on what pot to use as someone else used a different pot to me to get it. OH well I guess I wont be able to give pple hints..may try the quest again to see for sure and find out how to grow the lettuce fish faster lol

Thanks Keith and Dude XXX

Carla the Ingenious

is this a buy up all the pots type quest where you have to see which one the plant likes best?

Kelli the Druidess

@ Red when they do a quest it is usually different from wizard to wizard:O)

Maryn the Maiden

Carla I don't get it either.

Krystyna the Good Spirit

Thanks for the quest! Love the new pots!

~Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ~Leesa~Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ~ the Flutter fly witch♥

Wow ! Thank you Keith & Dude,

What a great surprise to wake up to! Have mastered the new quest and still working on the hint to growing things easier (think I have got it but am going to experiment with it).

As for not being able to post the badge to your Facebook Wall have people got their [b]PRIVACY SETTINGS set to NOT ALLOW EI to publish to your wall?[/b] I think this may be why you are not getting the popup.

Happy casting and good *LucK* all.

Again, thank you Keith & Dude :)) A job well done !

Rusty the Enchanted Enchanter

Thanks Dude for the new quest it was great. New pot is really nice.

Virpi the Enchantress

My privacy setting are set to allow EI to post to my wall, and until now it has always worked fine. :/

And yes, thanks to the Elders for the new quest! :)

Kelli the Druidess

@ Leesa I do not have my setting to DO NOT ALLOW and the pop up never came that I had finished this quest either:O)

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

[b]I get the popup everyday with the old man quest, and when I leveled up right in the middle of this quest I got the level popup... yet nothing when I finished the quest in the 5 minutes it took.[/b] Thank you though Leesa, I had thought about that before I had ever posted, as I don't like to waste anyone's time. But hey who knows, I guess it could be a new thing for those who don't want postings on their walls. Thank you for posting that =o)

Amanda the strange

Sometimes other games dont post stuff to your wall too when they are meant to- it might well just be a Facebook problem ... especially as they are working on the new layout - and not everyone has it yet. I sometimes get repetitive pop ups too - it happened with the stardust seeds mastered badge a few hours ago.

Grannie the Erudite

Whoa! Wish Amy the Indecisive or Aurien SilverWolf would send me a hint! I've been going through pots thinking that was a key!

Lisa the Congenial

ok something weird is happening :S... maybe it's my fault.. but i tried to "unicorn trick" and it didn't happen!! :S... it worked normally...

Gracie the Cunning

Can someone send me a hint about the "pots"? I am a little confused.thanks

Kelli the Druidess

This quest is pretty easy if you READ the pop ups that come with this quest....I do not mind people asking for help(hints) BUT we ALL have to spend the gold to figure it out...I do not appreciate people scrolling me for ANSWERS so they DO NOT have to spend the gold!!

Have fun that's what these quests are all about:O) I too earn my gold the same way everyone else has too...

Have Fun and Happy Casting!

Ginger the Illuminated

Ok, I have gone through every pot I have, plus even some I used some dragon summons to get. I just do not seem to understand this one. I have grown them 2x in the pots, accepted the third offer on each one and it just pops up with the EXACT same set of instructions over and over again. I am usually pretty good at these, but for some reason, perhaps a glitch (?) I am not seeing what I am doing wrong here. Thanks.

Kesja the charming

same with me - finished the quest but no notification appeared

blondie the blonde

Great quest! Thanks guys :)

Shanti the Lucid

thanks for the quest.. I have been visited b old man.. and he wants to trade shark ... should I do that..?

Zoe the Curious

@Shanti - think of what the Old Man did with the Lemonshark back when you mastered the seed.... Then think back to the last pop-up...

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

wow Ginger you must have a lot of gold... lol

JEN the MAGNIFICENT

Whats this about new pots? There are no new pots to buy

Irama the Dragon Enchantress

Could it be that the optional/secret technique that Dude pointed out in item 5 is actually **spoiler**. Hahah!

Virpi the Enchantress

@Jen: You don't get the new pots from shop, you get them by trade. :)

Virpi the Enchantress

@Irama: That's what I thought too, and I actually suggested it little earlier. :D I didn't realize I should have used spoiler tags, though. (blushes)

Jelly the purple

Seems I am out of luck. Again spent quite some gold and have no clue. I skip this one. Sorry!

PS: Actually I do have a clue but I would have to start from scratch...

Aigéan the Hidden

Oh, dear. I declined **spoiler**. Have I doomed my quest?

lin the lioness

After winning the under the sea badge it did not post to facebook pop up never appeared!I also didnt see any different pots?

♥Aurien SilverWolf♥

@Aigean No you haven't. :) When you regrow that plant he'll offer again.

Anwyn the Golden

Ahhhhh welll i'm struggling like everyone else it seems now just waiting to gain some more casting energy.

Zoe the Curious

Hmm, I think I'm finally getting somewhere - found the pots! Now to figure out what to do with them.

A clue to the lost: **spoiler** and sometimes you should **spoiler**.

blondie the blonde

Dude - I have the lemon shark and nothing happens.... Is it a bug? Thanks for the help

Lori the Dragonmaster

Well, I apparently managed to succeed without growing another lemon shark. Very cool. I may try to grow another one anyway though, since I'm something of a collector and Dude said the reward for trading it changed. :)

Amanda the strange

These use up so much gold when you are a bit lost ( as I am ) .... trying to attract the lemon shark but nothing much seems to be happening ... have so far grown about 10 or more of the plants that attract it !

Sanfoora the Princess

i would love to join but i dont have any gold so can you please make he seeds worth 2000 silver for example :(

Jess the Ingenious

Ok, I'm confused. Mastered the seed but didn't get special pots so, so far, whichever one I use doesn't yield a fast required plant. what am I missing? Help? Running out of gold to try more

Maya the Little Angel

Could someone please tell me about the pots?

♥Aurien SilverWolf♥

@Jess **spoiler**

Dude the Programmer

A few thoughts:

Unicorn summons not working is a bug. It will work sometimes, but sometimes conflicts with growing a lettucefish. I should be able to fix that today. Until then: I think after you finish with the lettucefish the plant you blessed should still grow.

The second time growing and trading a lemonshark does take more effort than the first time. So, that's not a bug. : ))

Not being asked to publish a story to your Facebook newsfeed when you finish the quest is a bug. I'll fix this in a little bit.

As always, thanks for all the feedback everyone! : ))

Jess the Ingenious

@Aurien - thanks, will try, haven't gotten one after growing many of the required plants, but will keep at it. Cheers!

Amanda the strange

@ Aurien ... what you just said to Jess above >> I have grown about 11/12 plants to attract this plant and NOTHING has happened ... getting frustrated now ! So it sounds like I am in the same boat as Jess !
Scroll me Jess when you get there and let me know bhow many attempts it took ! lol

Aigéan the Hidden

I am a bit lost.

When the seed first came out, I mastered it, so that's done.

The **spoiler**, which I used in growing seeds. After that, the **spoiler**. I had thought that might be the end of the quest, but the badge is still greyed out.

I'm missing something. Would someone please give me a hint about what that "something" might be? A scroll would be welcome. I feel I am (forgive me) floundering.

Kimberly the Luminary

@Aigéan I did the same thing. **spoiler** but I still have not won the quest yet for some reason. Ran out of the **spoiler** so now am back to trying to lure the **spoiler** out of hiding again **spoiler**. Running out of seeds, so I am glad I am less than 130 casts from leveling up again.

Sarette the Splendiforous

@Aigéan and Kimberly - Not one, but two plants need the right pots..

martine the Astute

got my new badge. thank you:)

Amanda the strange

I am still trying to get the pots and have used loads of seeds already ... am seriously thinking of giving up soon, as I am just wasting so much gold and getting nowhere. I am even wondering if this is a bug .... is it REALLY meant to take so long ??? Can someone give me a hint ???

Amanda the strange

I have grown at least 15 of the plant that just keeps coming back over and over.

Kelli the Druidess

ok here is a hint being so many are having troubles...go back to when we first did the quest for this seed think about what some of the steps were to do that....then go from there and AGAIN read ALL pop ups not just the Shady guys...

Amanda the strange

As for the trick that makes it easier to grow Lettucefish and Lemonsharks, I think I know what that is but you dont need a trick to make it easier to grow lettucefish - they just keep coming !

Terrian the treasure

Thanks Dude loved the new"Under the Sea" Quest.Completed but was unable to post or see my Badge on my Profile page.Do I have a bug.What do I do? I really enjoyed that one,easy. Could you please tell the merchat to come by my stand and let me have some Faceted and Spectral Seeds.only 2 Quest to go..Old Man's favorite color and find my Magic Stone....LOL..

Her the Girl

the trick with lemonsharks allows you to just grow two lettucefish and then the lemonshark appears... so much quicker.

LadyIsis the Judicious

OK NOW IM CONFUSED..in my profile it says I finished the quest..I didnt get a lemonshark or baskets...HUH? How did I do that??? please could someone let me know??

Aigéan the Hidden

So much quicker -- and so much cheaper. Is there a hint (which I'd love to have) for that, or is there only a complete giveaway (which I don't want).

**spoiler** that need **spoiler** . . . Interesting. If I keep casting, then maybe someone will come by the square and give me a clue.

Thank you!

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

LadyIsis the Judicious - because that's not part of the badge. You don't HAVE to grow the lemon shark. Read Dude's first posting.

Amanda the strange

I am seriously thinking of giving up - getting more and more confused by the minute ... and looking at Her the Girl's post above this, I think I might have got the wrong idea about the "trick" ... frustration ! No pop ups either .... and after about 15 consecutive lettucefish a Galloping Spicy Seahorse appeared !!! Not more lettucefish ... havent a clue now, and its getting annoying now ... if it was a silver quest I wouldnt mind, but its using so much gold messing about getting nowhere !

Bev the All Seeing

@Dude we posted at the same time ... I've re-posted my query under your latest post

Saffron

Thanks Guys, cute quest.

Dude the Programmer

I edited my announcement to point out a couple things:

1. I fixed the bugs mentioned earlier in this thread.

2. Dragon summons + Tiger Shell plants = more interesting surprises

Enjoy! : ))

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

thanks dude, cause before all the tiger plants were giving was silver and I kept thinking what a waste.

Bev the All Seeing

@Dude is this a glitch ... some of my wizard friends only had to trade ONE plant with the shady man to get the badge. I've traded the same plant & got a *gift* & was told I'd won but have not got the badge

Sabrina the Crafty

Can someone help me please? I can't find the pot that this man is talking about, nor can I find any new pots. Am I doing something wrong?

LadyIsis the Judicious

OH Laughing at myself! I went thru almost all seeds..(two left) and all my gold too..Ok Im a nut.
I want those baskets..so i guess I do need to level up yesterday teehee..thankyou Amy Lynn Voice of an Angel

Nicky of the Dreams Serene

Good grief, wizard folk!

The quest was only released 4 hours ago and loads of people are complaining that it's taking too long to finish! (I particularly loved the post complaining that it wasn't on the Wiki yet).

This is a laid-back, not a frenetic game. There is no time limit on completing this quest, except that eventually the Tiger Shell seeds will no longer be available (for which we normally get plenty of warning) and you can be pretty sure they'll be back again, as other Premium seeds have been. So if you run out of gold and can't (understood) or won't chip in with the game development costs (which is the only reason we get new quests at all), I suggest you:
- take a deep breath
- notice that at least half of the posts in this thread are contradictory
- observe that even people who have earned the badge cannot always be sure of everything they did to get it (I certainly didn't do much of the stuff mentioned here)
- and, finally, recognise that Dude is still ironing out a couple of bugs (to be expected).

Note the words "earned the badge" - the idea, and the fun, is to work it out for yourself, not just ask someone else how to do it. Hardly much of a "game" or "quest" then, is it?

Remember the British WWII motto - "Keep Calm and Carry On" ie just keep casting!

McCallum the Grestofz

sweetness on a whole new level

Maddie the Shy

Thanks for the Dragon Summons announcement Dude! After 2x the value in silver a couple of times, I had given up on the DS's for these seeds for sure! I am glad it has been changed to something else and enjoy the results! Pretty!

April the Luminary

I will try my very best to complete this quest Thanks

Slipstream the Seeker

The **spoiler** in order to get the **spoiler**?
I just used the normal **spoiler**.
I'll just keep casting and trying to figure this new quest out.

Alexia the Sultanas

Another quest I'll be skipping due to lack of gold. Slow recovery times and no gold it getting boring fast.

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Alexia, [b]it took me about 14 casts to get the badge. that's 14 seeds, at 5 seed for 100 gold. that's 300 gold which you get WAY More then that to level up. [/b](this is not a method to get the lemonshark, I skipped that and did that the second time around)

Sabrina the Crafty

@ Nicky, that's not fair for you to make that broad statement. I buy all of my gold on a very regular basis. So yes, i'm helping with the games development. I didn't ask anyone to tell me what to do to earn the badge. I asked about the pots. I/ve bought every pot I see and yes i've used lots of gold trying to find that one that the man is talking about. If there are new pots all i'm asking is where can I find them so that I can continue my quest. You weren't talking directly to me, but you were talking to me at the same time because you generalized your statement.

Amanda the strange

@ Nicky ... I quote >>
"Note the words "earned the badge" - the idea, and the fun, is to work it out for yourself, not just ask someone else how to do it. Hardly much of a "game" or "quest" then, is it? "
I understand perfectly what you are saying, and to a certain extent I agree .. but this gets frustrating with it being a gold quest ... if it was a silver one I would just keep going and probably not even ask for any hints, but with gold in limited supply, when you seem to be getting NOWHERE, it gets you wondering if maybe you have a bug .... I have in fact just posted a "possible bug" report, and someone posted after me with a similar problem .. :-(

Luna the All Powerful

Yay, got the new badge :). Thanks for this cool quest!

K the Clever

May I suggest those who are still working on the quest to mouse over the gray badge on their profile. Might be helpful.

Piper the Bewildered

Glad I saved up my gold for this one! So far I've grown about 20 **spoiler** in a row with no sign of a **spoiler** approaching. I'm curious to know what the going average is?
I [i]think[/i] I've figured out how to get the special pots (maybe), but only because I've been reading the thread posts of the wizards who are ahead of me. Frankly, I'm a little confused by this one and am finding the clues in the pop-ups more than a little vague.

Aigéan the Hidden

I've used far more than 300 pieces of gold, Amy Lynn, and haven't finished the quest. Some of us are luckier than others.

Mez the Half-Elven

Please someone help me, I have lost the first pop up which tells us what the quest is about. Did anyone copy it please and if you did could you send it to me via a scroll? I have not got a clue what the quest is about and met a shady man, not sure what going on so turned a Dragon Summons on the plant, got a surprise too! Help please. I think some Wizards may be being a bit harsh, some of us, take me for instance, I have been here since almost the beginning and am on strong medication. If not for help from others here I would not have completed many of the quests. I actually came here in the beginning and just read the forum for a month to see what the people involved in it were like. I have to have as stress free life as possible, doctors orders, so when I found how lovely everyone was, and I mean everyone without exception, I started playing. Due to my father and ex father in law going into hospital 9 weeks and 6 weeks ago, and both of them passing away last week, I have not been on here for ages. I have read other topics and am so sad to see how different a place it is now. Kindness and helpfulness are what this island has always been about, cooperation between the wizards, the Town Officials and The Elders. It has worked really well, please everyone, let it continue like that, or else it will just be another game on FB with a bunch of nasties taking control of the forums to everyone and the games detriment. Please do not be offended, I am only saying what it was like and what we want to continue. Bless you all, Love, Hugs and Peace to all xxxxx

LadyIsis the Judicious

@Amanda? LoL I went willy nilly with the gold and kept on going and going,,not really paying attention or asking for help,,just having fun..didnt even realise I finished the quest..SO now I can have more fun leveling up and redoing the quest this time doing it right and getting those baskets..I saw some..they are pretty cool..Time to kick back and wait to be able to cast more fire seeds and embers.
thankyou everbody for the hints

spaz the spaz

I'd like to do a quick poll of those who responded to this thread/announcement...Were you just lucky enough to have alot of gold accumulated? How many of you had to buy gold to participate? How many reading this WANTED to participate, but could not because they were between levels and/or didn't have enough gold?

DEVS - Please create more quests that ALL players can participate in.

I've contributed to EI by purchasing gold - several times. I also contribute to 2 other FACEBOOK games (every couple of months for each of those games and I play each of them on a daily basis in a passive (q 15 minute) mode. I will say that I get more bang for the buck with them. In other words, what I purchase with them, lasts quite a bit longer than what I purchase with you - I think it may have to do with the ratio of 100 gold to 5 seeds with this game.

If I'm the only one making these observations/requests, then just stick a trowel in me cover me with a mound of dirt.

tyia.

Amanda the strange

@ Amy, I quote >>
"Alexia, it took me about 14 casts to get the badge. that's 14 seeds, at 5 seed for 100 gold. that's 300 gold which you get WAY More then that to level up. (this is not a method to get the lemonshark, I skipped that and did that the second time around)"

Well I have grown about 18 of the same plant, as I type this - and have got nowhere, only about 2 pop ups at the very beginning ... and it took you 14 casts to GET THE BADGE !!! I have got NOWHERE NEAR getting the badge after about those 18 casts to get the same plant, plus about 6 before that ! That is why some of us ask for a bit of help / clue sometimes ... not all of us find it so easy, for whatever reason. I reckon you were very lucky to get the badge with only 14 casts.

Amanda the strange

@ Piper - I only looked up and saw your post properly after posting mine above - we seem to have a similar problem.

Grannie the Erudite

Whoo hoo! Thanks to the hint from Aurien SilverWolf I just got the badge! Mez the Half-Elven - look in your scrolls!

Kimberly the Luminary

@spaz - I didn't have to buy gold. I was lucky enough to have been able to level up twice since the Tiger seeds first became available. I have used almost all of my gold to buy more of the Tiger seed in hopes of being able to get the badge for the Under The Sea quest, which I am still working on. I am also only 117 casts from leveling up again, but would love to start saving any future gold to finish the "Fun With Color" quest should the seeds I need become available again instead of buying even more Tiger seeds, lol.

saye the seeker

I've completed the quest even though I'm not quite sure how..Love the surprise items when using the dragon summons!

Mez the Half-Elven

Every quest has some wizards getting to the end far quicker than others, then the next quest it is the other way round. It is the way the game works, an easy quest for one wizard is a long drawn out quest for another. I enjoy the easy ones but find the hard ones give me a greater sense of achievement and therefore a real boost. I have had hints and tips along the way, sometimes have had to be told the solution when stuck for days getting nowhere, but oh boy do I love this game. I was told to just go with the flow with patience and a sense of wonder, the enjoyment is great but to see the different plants we grow and then the badge at the end of it gives me a buzz everytime. Take care, Bless you all, Love and Peace xxx

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Amanda the strange - As I mentioned I skipped the lemonshark part of the quest. Thus why I didn't grow the 20 some fish in a row the first time around. I didn't say it as a brag, nor as a taunt. But rather, it IS possible. I'm sorry if I upset anyone.

I also am not the one complaining about people asking for help. I have helped loads, without ANY problem.

Tracey the All Knowing

ok i have to ask i think i know what i need to grow, i have produced the lemonshark twice and i did use a dragon summons on 1 and recieved a gift which will be very useful for me, i did trade too and recieved some beautiful pots... are these the pots i need to grow the plant i think i need to grow??? oh yeah 1 other thing how do i get a unicorn summons apart from prem shop???

Amanda the strange

@ Amy >>
I'm sorry if my comment was read the wrong way - I know you didnt complain about helping people yourself ( but the odd other one has ) ... I am just finding this one sooo frustrating thats all .... and I dont understand how you can skip the lemonshark part ??? Thats what I am trying to get ! Oh I am so confused ! I also might have a bug ... reported it as possible bug a few minutes ago.

Piper the Bewildered

@ K: thanks for the tip! May I message you with a more specific question?

@ Spaz: Maybe I'm speaking too soon because I haven't finished this quest yet, but I have what I hope will be plenty of gold because I didn't succumb to the temptation to buy a bunch of the gold seeds that were re-released in the week or so before this quest came out! I took it as an omen that something new was coming when I noticed the sudden opportunity to spend tons of gold! I've been playing this game for > 6 months and have never spent actual $$$ to play. Maybe I should change my name to "Piper the Frugal!"
That said, I agree that it would be nice to get more than 5 seeds for 100 gold! OR I would like to see an option to buy premium seeds for silver (obviously at a higher ratio!)

Pat

Once I got a lettucefish, it kept on casting lettucefish. How I get a lemonshark? Any help will be greatly appreciated as I am running low on gold for anymore seeds! THANKS!

Tracey the All Knowing

ok i have sorted the unicorn summons but please help the pots i traded my lemonsharks for are they the pots i need to grow the certain plant in???

Mez the Half-Elven

Think I remember, will send you a scroll Pat xxx

Tracey the All Knowing

woo hoo i got my badge yay thanks for the tips everyone any help needed scroll me

Casey

How do i get broom bristle pots?

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Amanda the strange - I'll scroll you how to skip/end the lemon shark part of the quest.

Kimberly the Luminary

Ok, finally received the badge and I am confused about something. I did not need to use the **spoiler** in order to get the badge. I didn't have any of the **spoiler** so was growing the plants **spoiler** and got the popup saying **spoiler** and I got the badge. I am not saying this is a bad thing, lol, it is just I spent more gold on the seeds in order to coax the **spoiler** out to **spoiler** because I thought from the pop-ups that it was the only way for **spoiler** LOL. Oh well, got plenty of seeds now to use my **spoiler** on for goodies! :D

Aurelia the Protector

Ha...that was awesome...I thought for sure I was going to be casting forever, until it dawned on me to try something, and what do you know...there is my badge, LOL!! Great quest...just saw the announcement update about the Dragon Summons so off to try that now! YAY!

K the Clever

Piper, you can send me a scroll if you want. Just letting you know, I'm still a little unsure about some of the minor details, which might be the reason why people are confused with the quest.

Maura the Terrible

Question: Are these seeds seasonal or will the quest be available all year round? In that case will the seeds cycle back through the shop?

Mez the Half-Elven

I have my badge and wish to thank Grannie the Erudite for telling me what the quest was about. Thanks to her kindness I was not left wondering when my pop up popped us and the went straight away, So Bless you Grannie, we wizards have always helped each other through sticky patches, the game was built on that as was the friendships that have been formed here. Now to see what else I can get up to on the island once I have had some sleep. Bless you all, Love, Hugs and Peace xxxx

Mez the Half-Elven

Oh and Kimberley, what works for one wizard does not work for all I have found. You found the one that worked for you, well done but the same may not work for others, that is what makes this game maddening, frustrating and totally irresistible to us all lol. Take care, Bless you, Love, Hugs and Peace xxxx

Amanda the strange

You will never believe this !!!
This just came up >>
**spoiler**

K the Clever

Amanda, please use the spoiler tags.

Piper the Bewildered

Woohoo! Got my badge! Now the pop-up prompting me to post to FB keeps repeating. [i]*sigh*[/i]

@ Pat: Keep casting those **spoiler**. You have to keep some on your stand to attract the **spoiler**. I had to cast more than 20 before he showed up!

@ Tracey: Yes, those are the pots. Consider using using your summons to get the right plant in the right pot.

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Amanda, no it's not a bug. The point is **spoiler**

The kim

ok not getting this one . i grew them all, gave the old man the shark , said no to shady man all but 1 time and used dragon summons. what am i doing wrong please??

Tracey the All Knowing

@ the kim Consider using using your summons to get the right plant in the right pot.

Piper the Bewildered

@ Maura: I don't think these seeds are seasonal, as Keith has said that this quest can be re-played as often as you like. As with previous gold seeds, I would think that they would cycle through the premium shop on a rotating basis.

@ Amanda: That's pretty freaky! Lucky, but freaky! I would bet that's a bug!

halhanos the kiddos

Please, I am begging you can someone send me a clue.. How am I gonna win this badge.. I couldn't win the other badge..And I don;t want to spend all of my golds for nothing again.. So please help me dear friends.

Tracey the All Knowing

scroll sent halhanos

Piper the Bewildered

@ the Kim: you might need need to grow more than 1 in a certain pot.

Amanda the strange

@ K the Clever ... I'm so sorry about not not using the spoiler tags - I forgot - I was just so shocked I suppose.
I keep getting the pop up over and over telling me I have got the badge though.
Thank you to everyone who scrolled me - and good luck to everyone who is still working on this :-)

lisa the chef

someone please send me a scroll... i cannot figure this out..

Amanda the strange

I must say that to me this honestly seems like the craziest quest I have ever done on here ... "done" being rather a loose term, as it feels to me like I didnt actually "do" anything ! lol
I feel like a bit of a cheater actually ! Was it really so SIMPLE ??

Dale the Shamanic Castoholic

Hmm... tried a unicorn after the notification that it was "fixed"... not fixed for me.. wasted a unicorn.

Linda the Lucid

Another Quest for only those who BUY gold!

Frenchy the Ingenious

Thanks a lot for the quest Keith and Dude. Got the badge

Alatáriel the Radiant

Linda, I have never bought gold; I've finished most of the gold quests (minus 1 seasonal quest) and am halfway to finishing this one. Just keep casting and you'll level up enough to buy gold seeds.

Also, I really don't see what you're complaining about, other than for the sake of complaining. Keith and Dude JUST released a new silver quest, and silver quests still outnumber gold quests by quite a large number.

Stormy the Queen of Duds

Yeaaaaaaa by complete fluke of my wand I completed the quest!

Swift the Songbird

OFFICIALS HELP! I did exactly what Amanda the Strange did, **spoiler** Is this a bug or else how come some of us got the badge and other didn't while doing the same thing??!

Pearl the Hun

same thing happened to me just now Swift. Exact same thing...

K the Clever

That happened to me too Swift. **spoiler**

LadyIsis the Judicious

I see people here referring to dragon summons..I kept checking the shop and my satchel..lol..took a bit but i figured it out after a bit of research
cool..
cant wait to level up so i can do this quest the whole 9 yards
with some dragon summons! thankyou for a game that is never dull!!!!

Alatáriel the Radiant

Oh, wow... there are different rewards? **spoiler**

Lightkin the Loving

Swift, there are two parts to partnering with the shady man; just be patient. With lots of scrolls back and forth, I was getting lots of encouragement, but still wasn't sure what was going on until I read the pop-ups carefully.
Just completed the quest! I spent 1200 gold, but had fun! Dude and Keith - great quest!

And Linda, I've bought gold in the past because Keith and Dude deserve it, but I did this quest on level up gold.

Heavenly the Just

I have gone through more than 80 seeds and still have not achieved the badge. I have received and done every hint, grown the required plants and in the required pots and still nothing. Not sure what I am doing wrong. PLEASE HELP! I have gone through so much gold and still no reward yet.

Heavenly the Just

Same thing happened for me Swift.

LadyIsis the Judicious

I went thru close to 40..i had fun tho..i did get the badge..but those pots are cool..so another 160 or so casts i will redo
I had a house full last nite due to the superbowl,,so I also had my own little cheering squad doing the last main quest.. quite few lewd comments about the sucky tentaclus..lol..Made the game even more fun

Jeri the All Powerful

I dont have anything to summon.. guess i'm a bit confused.. got the popup telling my my lettuce fish would get swarmed, and something about a Lemon fish.. i think?

Milamba the Great

I still can't work out what the quest is actually about...

*feeling really dumb*

Milamba the Great

I haven't got a popup telling me what the quest is about... although I have got the shady man twice for the plant he wants, and the other plant... but I still have no clue what I'm doing and no sign of the old man...

CONFUZZLED!! :(:(:(

Swift the Songbird

great, i'm out of gold

Heavenly the Just

Finally! I completed the quest. I had grown both plants in the right pots and only one plant won its race, then after about 90+ cast, the second plant finally won its race without the pot and I got my badge!??? I think I could have definitely completed the quest a lot sooner; however, I kept trying for the Lemonshark.

Jenn the Marvellous

I just got a popup saying **spoiler** but i don't have any of those pots and couldn't find them in the shop, how do i get them?

Amanda the strange

@ Swift, Pearl and K the Clever - saw what you put earlier ... I got the badge and received the item in the spoiler box posted by Swift ... this quest turned out to be so much simpler than everyone at 1st thought .. too easy really, if mine WASNT a bug ... and I was told it WASNT.

Amanda the strange

@ Alatáriel the Radiant .... whats this about a new silver quest ? Do you mean as in the last few hours or further back ... how far back are you going ? I havent seen anything.

kelly the Creative

I'm seriously lost here any help to get me going ? I love this game and I donate regularily and usually can figure it out. Laid up sick in bed after surgery so any hints at all pls feel free to scroll me I have nothing else to do ;)

Grannie the Erudite

I sent Pami the Preposterous & BonBon the Lovely scrolls quite a while ago. I don't know if they still need them or not.

Swift the Songbird

OMG Kelly are you ok? Wish you get better soon! I THINK i know what is going on here now! Here's what i did:**spoiler** Hope this helps! :)

Grannie the Erudite

kelly the Creative, I just sent you a scroll.

Yvette the ASL interpreter

YEA I did it!! With cheap pots even no special ones! =0)

Pearl the Hun

ty swift. I will try some more. running low on gold though. :(

kelly the Creative

@ swift Im fine just sore :)tried that but still no luck they never win :(
@ granny just reading ur scroll now ty xx

Luci the Luscious

Grannie could you send me a scroll as well please? i have gone through about 1200 gold and am obviously doing something wrong. any hints would be appreciated! thanks

JEN the MAGNIFICENT

I've gone through 500 gold and still havent received a message to say what the quest is all about. Very frustrating doing these with precious gold. More silver quests should be released to keep the interest up in this game.

Tilly the Wanderer

Could someone send me a scroll too please?
I have grown 20 of a certain little fish in a row now and I'm down to my last 5 seeds and feeling a bit lost as to what I should be doing :)

The Sagacious

The quest is about **spoiler**. But I could be wrong.

Alatáriel the Radiant

@Amanda: I was talking about the Heart's Bane quest, which was released just a few weeks ago. Day of the Triffids is also a new, predominantly silver quest, although you do need a minimal amount of gold to unlock it...

Bonnie the Brave

Spoiler: **spoiler** (a very weak help escapes) sigh....

Maria the Sagacious

Complaint about the Quest:

It might be an idea to put something about the quest up in wiki or somewhere so that those that come after us can get a hint as to whether or not they should trade with the shady man (considering the rep we were told he has in the last quest he appeared in)
i wasted about 20 of the plants needed to get the quest going because i assumed the characters held the same roles as in past quests.
as its a gold quest and not a silver (so that you have time and opportunity to repeat the motions as many times as you like with human error)i really dont think that is a fair situation to find urself in.
maybe even just a pop up after you've gone wrong 3-5 times (say from one of the characters we're taught to trust) to nudge the player in the right direction?

otherwise you really need to think about making that particular seed available for much much longer than past ones have been for it to be a fair quest

Just a thought. I'm not that bothered with it (as at the moment i have the time to do a lot of mindless clicking in order to level up and get some more gold) but i know that others that get stuck the same way i did might not be as complacent!

Grannie the Erudite

I'm sending scrolls now. For whoever needs a bit of assistance, send me a scroll, please. I'll be on here quite late, but have been checking for scrolls more often than checking here.

Pami the Preposterous

@Grannie the Erudite Just read your scroll and responded. Sorry it was such a long delay, hubby thought dinner was more important. LOL Thank you so much for your time!

❀ revJ ❀ the ❀ radiant ❀

People - when you read "Broom Bristles", think "hog wash"...

Gwen the seeker of wisdom

Completed the quest :) but took a bit longer since I did turn down the shady man at first since he is shady. Fun quest!!

Dude the Programmer

@Maria: I agree with your complaint. I was concerned about the shady man's new role in this quest. In the end, I thought it was okay: we intend for the shady man to be... shady -- not down right evil. I think he should be more trustworthy than he is currently... but, not *too* trustworthy.

I'll think about ways to smooth out that aspect of this quest. Thank you for your feedback! : ))

Viena the Luminary

Dude how bout giving some quest requirement level for those quest so people don't waste their gold on some quest that they can't take

Pearl the Hun

Got it thanks to the help! I was about to give up! Thanks everyone! Thanks for the help, the fun quest, the great game and all the great new people I've met.


*****warm and fuzzy, warm and fuzzy*****

~Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ~Leesa~Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ~ the Flutter fly witch♥

@Mari,

The wiki is a reference guide that is updated by players of the island like yourself and I. It is not updated by either Keith or Dude; they are only the administrators of the Wiki and approve player accounts so the players are able to access the wiki to make such updates.

So even if the quest was in the wiki (witch it seems to be in the process of~ as Lauren The Bold has kindly been spending HER gold and adding in quest texts) it is still at the players loss to use THEIR GOLD and THEIR SUPPLIES to give you this reference to refer to.

While I myself often contribute to the Wiki and update Quest Texts, Hints and spoilers for your reference and every other players reference (and I do so gladly) I was hesitate to do so today as so many players (by reading this thread) seem to obtaining the badge through different means/avenues and ways than what I acquired it.

I personally did not update this quest text and add it to the wiki for the main reason of I did not want to get an earful from some player(s) who have managed to get the badge in another way then what I obtained it. I have in addition since mastering the badge spent another 1000 in gold buying seeds to 'redo' the quest for more clarification of the quest texts and how to accomplish it. ~ at MY EXPENSE for the WIKI

From reading through ALL the postings on this thread several players have all obtained the badge through different means and pots. I went the lemonshark way with the old man and it worked for me while others do not seem to be having that much luck.

Personally even as an experienced player on the island I am still confused as to how I exactly got the badge. For the moment I am taking a back-step to think about Dudes hint/trick of how to grow the Lemonshark easier. I have trialed a few options none of witch have worked but I intend to crack the code and it will be at MY EXPENSE of GOLD and then yes .... the hint will be added to the wiki if it is not already added.

So please everyone be patient with the Wiki editors who do update the wiki for your reference. They are using THEIR GOLD to help you so you don't have to spend as much of your GOLD if possible. They are doing the trial and error work for you, all for the solely gratification of adding the quest to the wiki to help you.

Dude the Programmer

@Viena: Anyone with gold should be able to complete this quest. Compared to the other gold quests, I think this one is easy. Probably not the easiest, but not too far off. I think the quests for the faceted seeds and the spectral seeds are generally considered the most difficult. I think only the shell seed quest is easier than this one. : ))

Burberry the All Powerful

I'm lost not sure what pot to use.

Master Meela the Meek

Dude.. you are soo right on.. to date the single gold quest that still gets wizards frustrated the most is the faceted.

Stan Dandeliver the Highwayman

Easier? I've spent over 1500 gold so far.

halhanos the kiddos

Its not easier at all..This is the most challenging quest I ever seen. I already used 1500 gold. And I am on my last 100.Nothing !!!

Grannie the Erudite

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT!!!! Anyone that I've helped and hasn't finished - please stop doing everything and send a new scroll to me if you haven't completed the quest yet!!!

Piper the Bewildered

Reading thru this thread I'm realizing that there must be several different ways to earn the badge.

[b]My Hint for dealing with the Shady Man:[/b] **spoiler**
[i]highlight box with your cursor to read contents[/i]

@ Dude: Glad to know you guys are listening and responding so quickly! U rock!

Piper the Bewildered

@ Grannie: Holy cow! What happened?!?!?!?! please clue me in!

zeeme the wiggleweed

Thx Dude sounds interesting...

Piper the Bewildered

@ halhanos: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I think the problem you're having is because you haven't mastered the Tiger Shell yet. I'm pretty sure that the initial quest announcement said that you have to have mastered the Tiger Shell before the quest would begin. :( Sorry...

Pami the Preposterous

Just finished. It was a fun quest that I made much more difficult than I needed to. LOL Thanks Dude and keith! You guys are the best. Happy casting everyone!

Rachel the Uncreative

I don't think this quest is too difficult. I think the problem is that the players are being confused by three things. One, people don't want to deal with the shady man, which is understandable (I turned him down the first time myself, and I felt bad selling plants to fight (I don't mind racing, but fighting is different) but the mouseover text on the quest is helpful about this). Two, people think "broom bristles" is the name of a pot instead of an expression of disbelief. Finally, there are two different ways to complete the quest. You can do it with any pot you want to, but you are less likely to have your plant win, or you can grow the plants in the pot that makes them more likely to win. Some people may have better luck one way, some the other. But people are getting confused that the quest can be completed either way.

I don't think it's likely to, on average, take more seeds than the fun with color quest or the magic stone quest. Plus, you can really cut down on the needed seed count if you get creative with dragon summons.

I think the whole mechanic of a plant that you attract though is throwing some people off as it's new and there isn't anything I can think of in the game that is like it. It's a neat mechanic though. It might have been good if something like that had existed with silver seeds so people got used to it.

Of course, for some of us, with the older quests we had the wiki to turn to, and this being a new quest the info isn't there yet. It may be easier for people who face it the next time it comes around and there's a whole bunch of info they can access if they want to. But that's going to be true of any new quest.

Grannie the Erudite

I think this is just too good!
❀ revJ ❀ the ❀ radiant ❀
People - when you read "Broom Bristles", think "hog wash"...
That just says it ALL! lol

Talon the Mighty

i really enjoyed the quest it took me going to my profile and seeing the grey box to realise both had to be winners. and i did really like the lemonshark item.

black the rose

COOL :D

The Sagacious

Grannie, "hog wash" don't say it all for me, maybe because english is not my native language. Could you send me a scroll?

Sheylara the Cute

I think I need some help. I read about how easy the quest is for many people. But I've spent 1,000 gold and traded with the Shady Man like 6 times, and my plants keep losing. :(

I also got a lemonshark and the old man gave me a Coral Caisson, which doesn't help, right?

tintaglia the forest elf


The Sagacious | 38 minutes ago |
Grannie, "hog wash" don't say it all for me, maybe because english is not my native language. Could you send me a scroll?



I need a scroll too....*puzzled look*

Gryph the Ingenious Troubadour

oh, like i'm able to get a dragon summons at the drop of a hat. think again, oh dude of the elders! i haven't built up to 800 embers yet! i hope this quest isn't time limited because it's gonna take me a year to do it!
oh well...all quests can be good :-)

Piper the Bewildered

"Hog wash" means "nonsense". In other words, the bit about the broom bristles is misleading.

tintaglia the forest elf

ah, thanks!! Its not always easy getting the idioms in english when its not your native language ^^

Piper the Bewildered

@ Sheylara: the special pots helped me, but were not needed by other wizards. Have you considered using a **spoiler** to ensure that you get the right plant in the right pot?

Sheylara the Cute

@Piper: Thanks for the reply! But I thought **spoiler** only works on plants that are on the stand. Once I trade with the shady man, the plant isn't there anymore so I'm confused!

Also I don't have the needed pot. Like I said, I tried doing the old man quest again and only got coral caisson pots. :(

Carla the Wen

Can some one give me a clue? I have a few Ideas stirring around in my mind but I surely dont have the gold to try them all or Dragon summons for that matter!

Lightkin the Loving

@Alatáriel, I got my badge after **spoiler** I played the quest long enough to get two rewards: 7 dragon seeds first time, nocturnal seeds 2nd time. I used a unicorn summons on the lemon shark, and with 2 now in my stands, I cast and got a third! LOL! That trader lad has an ear to the wind, he was right on the spot and offered me a pitifully low sum (I guess he was subtracting because of the work on keeping his fingers safe from the shark!) which I refused.
So it made my heart ache, but I sold ONE lemonshark off the cart. The next cast brought a lettuce fish which the remaining shark(s) ate and finally the old man came to make an office for a shark. The third shark remained, smelly strongly of lemon and seaweed until the old man came again to make an offer.

S the Sagacious

not trying to complain , but that quest was really too easy. Please can you bring back faceted seeds or spectrals or the gnome ones. I was really enjoying those quests but ran out of seeds :(

S the Sagacious

to those who have finished all the quests they can do...what are you casting in the mean time? :)

♥ Bella the Blissful ♥

Still working on it...
My Beta's keep losing! Grrr...

Anyway, just a note on my thinking about the quest - maybe we could have had someone other than the Shady men buying the appropriate plants. We've had it drummed into us time and time again that they aren't to be dealt with and therefore I refused about a DOZEN offers from them waiting for something else to happen...

It wasn't until I came back and saw some of the other comments that I finally accepted their offers, so I could have potentially (maybe!) been finished a lot earlier...
I'm not upset about it, just commenting that there might have been some other option - I've been playing for a while now, so it's not like I'm a newbie to it all, I can imagine it may have been confusing for a few others too!

Anyway, back to casting and hoping for a win!

♥ Bella the Blissful ♥

Typical... I complain about them losing to everyone and then they win!
Yay for completing the quest :)

JEN the MAGNIFICENT

Grrr... took 1300 gold to complete. Thats too much IMO.

I really love(d) this game, but its really losing incentive to keep playing.

Appreciate the devs might be doing this in their spare time but games need to keep pace with the players or they'll lose interest. There really should be new silver quests weekly at least. Make them take longer to finish to keep us occupied

Carla the Wen

@ Jen you know I totally agree with you I love playing but its really getting too expensive for me since I am a stay at home mom getting my husband to buy me gold is like pulling lemonshark teeth!

Im still struggling with this! luckily I leveled up tonight!

Val the Starlite

I,ve used well over 1500 gold and still none the wiser except getting to know the name of the pot which I dont know where to purchase them from.Going to have to leave this one and go back to fairyland..Good luck..seems its easy for some more than for others

Carla the Wen

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! The Shady guy wont come back any more! I have like 3 seahorses on my stand! Some one scroll me I want to go to bed *cries*

The Magic Flower

Wonderful and mystique game...Love it! Adore it!
Thank you sooooo much!

Tammy the Hottie

about time awsome game

Nikki the Enchanter

Hard quest I do not get it excepted shady man all the time and stikk nothing oh well I guess i am done alreadsy spent 2000 gold

mistiiii the mermaid

Hello everybody, looks like I am just missing out on this quest,spent 700 gold and down to my last 5 and still NO LUCK ;-( PLEASE HELP Someone!! I am just too dumb for this one.

Val the Starlite

Please!!! Can someone scroll me where to get these special pots from before I completely use all my gold up which took me weeks to save by leveling up ? Just can't figure this one out

kayla the clumsy friend

I just did it.. and found it real easy...=/

Robsy the Skilled

I finished this quest without using any special pots at all, so you don't necessarily need those special pots.

Renesmee the Enchanter

Luck is definately NOT on my side with this quest or I'm doing something seriously wrong. Did manage to grow some other plants but for the last 18 casts all I get is lettucefish - 18 in a row now!!!!! and I don't sell all three, only one at a time. What am I doing wrong????? Already spend 1200 gold :-(

Val the Starlite

Thank you kind wizards for your scrolls with helpful tips. I will have another go at this quest now I have earned more gold to keep me going

Sid the Half blood prince

[This is great]

Susan the Gentle

Oh boy, I am stuck with this. Mine keep losing and losing. Yeah, well, let see how far the rest of my gold will get me. :-/

Swift the Songbird

great, i'm out of gold

Starlight the Dreamer

I was congratulated on my Spicy Seahorse winning and was given 7 nocturnal seeds, but I still don't have the badge... :(
I'm guessing one of my beta's going to have to win as well..., but I've only got 7 gold left...

289 casts to go till I level up! :O

Rox the Wizard Family Baker

I also thought the shady men were playing the evil role again and spent a lot of gold waiting for something different to happen, but I think it was good that we had to figure out if we have to trust them or not, after all, if everything was so plain and clear, the quest would be quite boring.
Thanks Dude and Keith!

Amma the Brave

That was fun & fast! Of all the repeatable quests, this is by far the most fun!! Love the new pots, they're wickedly awesome!!! 36 casts for completion:)

Dust the Faerie

I erm, completed the quest without knowing how I did it.

Eve the Crazy

didn't like **spoiler** and wasted seeds not doing so. in the end i had to do it and sold my soul to the devil.

i now have two lemonsharks on my stand, will the old man come trade me for them?

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

It is and was really easy if people just read. The problem is, users are reading everyones posts and taking them under advisement. The best hint and tip I can ever give is... [b]

After the bugs have been worked out and you know a user completed the quest successfully....

Always read and re-read what Dude and Keith write about quests. AFTER reading that [u]and attempting it yourself, and getting no where[/u], ONLY THEN should you read what users have written. Reading what others wrote can only serve to confuse you esp if you haven't even tried!! There is no point reading what you don't understand if you haven't even casted yet. This is how MANY of you have got confused and emailed me.[/b]

I am always willing to help, but you should at least TRY before giving up, complaining, asking for help, and reading what others have been through.

I offer my tips to make things easier on you.

Swift the Songbird

my seahorse keep losing... i'm so fed up :((((

Seren the Seer

I am now officially confuzzled & don't know what I'm supposed to be doing *laughs with mild hysteria* ;)

Susan the Gentle

Yay, I made it! With the last seed I had. :) That was fun, although I was confused first. But in the end I liked the quest a lot. Also the Shady Man is back.♥

I think the quest wasn't that easy. It took me some time just to **spoiler**
Also I have to agree with Amy Lynn. Reading this thread during the quest is even more confusing - well, for me it was.

Btw. **spoiler**

Waudi the Oddball

Seeing that so many people have clamoured for a new silver quest, Jelly the Purple and myself sat down and came up with a script :) Now I only have to find a town elder to pitch it to... Anybody know the best way to contact them?

Susan the Gentle

@Waudi: Why don't you send Keith a scroll?

Patricia the Brave

How do we get broom bristle pots?

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

Patricia the Brave - It's a joke, there are none.

Beldar the Invisible

OK, I managed to get the seahorse to win by growing one in a pot that I got from the Old Man for my Lemon Shark... Do I need to cast a beta in that same pot in order to get it to win the fight? Also, after the beta wins, is the quest over? I am out of seeds now and 200+ casts from leveling but will continue this quest once I have more gold...

Val the Starlite

2500 spent in gold and no Lemonshark appears..
Good luck everyone as I,m giving this quest up for today and yes I,ve tried and tried :(

Amanda the strange

@ Alatáriel the Radiant
Thanks for replying about my silver quest question - I have done both of them though and just wondered if there was something VERY new that I had missed seeing news of.

Lady Rose the Kitchen Witch

Great quest, took a bit of thinking and a touch of luck - was fun having to decide what to do with **spoiler**

Amy Lynn the Voice of an Angel

How to save LOADS of gold - **spoiler**

Amanda the strange

As for the gold quests, I found the ones using spectral and faceted seeds much easier to understand than this latest one - did them no problem , but got really confused with this one .. maybe because there was so much variation in the info people were giving out and there seems to be different ways of doing this one. Personally this one is probably my least favourite out of ALL the quests ! Glad its over ! lol

Dust the Faerie

It's true. I didn't attract the **spoiler** to complete the quest. Though I did use a **spoiler**. Not sure if that was what helped me, cos I kept growing in the pots that the summons gave me. It wasn't any special pot though. Still not exactly sure how I managed to complete the quest, though I am very glad I did. Was down to last 100 gold. :p

Kristel the Crafty

Did I somehow accidently discover the trick to grow Lettucefish, or is it normal that these are the only plants I have got with the last 20 seeds?

Virpi the Enchantress

I thought it was a nice detail to this quest having to decide wether to trade with the Shady Man or no. :D I did lose lots of gold, because I made a wrong decision many times first, but I did like the risktaking! ;) And I liked your choice for the character too!

Ahtram the Learned

Finished the quest... quite easy with Dude's clues. Thanks! Didn't have to use much gold.

Master Meela the Meek

Kristel.. as long as you have one lettucefish in your stand you will continue to grow lettucefish until you lure a certain plant out.

lisa the chef

please fellow wizards....i seem to have a forgetful and lazy brain today... i am excellent at spending gold, it seems. i have finished the first part of this challenging quest. [\let us just say my horse won]....and now i have no more special pots but my [\beta]still has to win....what pot can i use to win the race?
i think i know the answer but i am just not good at winning races, i think

Rox the Wizard Family Baker

@ Amy Lynn: I like the advice about reading Dude's post, I think a lot of people is in such a hurry to finish the quest before they start it that they forget to read the instructions and try to jump to the solutions. Dont know how much fun can that be but yours is a good advice.

Kristel the Crafty

Thanks! :)

Bobbie the Bold

Finished the quest after about 2000 gold. It doesn't seem to make a difference which pot, mine worked out with **spoiler**.
But I never managed to grow a Lemonshark, so I continued. It seems that the quest started again though**spoiler**.
I still don't have a Lemonshark and it is getting to be too expensive. Any ideas what an I doing wrong? Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Joely the wooper

Shady characters!!! I hope I did not invite bad karma....a badge at what cost? Guilt:(

e the Di

just got my badge. For those who may wants to know, it costed me around 1000 golds !!! got around 15 xxx in a row, then a sudden break into another plant b 4 growing back to the xxx again in a row.

A bit of hint, if it counts like that, is that, "losing is the beginning of winning" !!!

Nice surprise if u follow dude's 1st announcement of this quest too. :)

Neox the Gatekeeper

Grew the seahorse in that old man's pot (btw, it was BEAUTIFUL :-).. and it won.. But I still haven't got the badge. Why? I've already done a couple more casts in case it's slow to appear. And still nought. Am running out of gold and will need to level up first.

Master Meela the Meek

Neox... there are two fish flowers that race... the beta bloom and the spicy seahorse.

Arianna the Reikimaster

thanks Dude It was fun...But it took 24 yes 24 ofthose little lettuce leaves before the lemonshark showed. Sooo I have to level up again to try and figure out how to summon that shark a little sooner. Ha ha ha! I was due for something like this! But I had a ball!

Robbe the Fixer

Woohoo, great quest and just completed it with 1900 Gold!
I actually completed the quest with my last Tiger Shell which I bought with my last amount of Gold I had before I leveled up again (1 cast later!!)

Tx Dude! And good luck to the rest for completion :D

Helen the Lost

I grew the lettuce fish 34 times and so I thought I was doing it wrong and sold them
I got lots of unreadable pop-ups - there was a 'dialogue' by my character but no pop up. I would refresh the page to see if I could then read it but it dissappeared - I don't know if this has happened to anyone else or if it was just me.

mistaya the mystic

am getting starfish plants instead of lemon sharks? is this sposed 2 happen?

Aida the Pale

I had the same issue that Mistaya had. I always thought if you keep "the green ones" on your stand, only more "green ones" will appear???

EDIT: Doesn't matter any more. I did it! And I can't believe how easy it was at last. You shouldn't spend all your gold to grow a **spoiler** - believe me!

Helen the Lost

Ohh ooohh I got it. I sold my green ones

meemee the charming

Well, I know I would have saved a LOT of gold if only I had **spoiler**

meemee the charming

AND I misunderstood the part about having to master the seed first... I had already mastered it as part of that Plantimals quest before... oops!

Carla the Ingenious

well I just completely unexpectedly did it... would have done it a lot earlier I suppose, if I hadn't been growing hundreds (seemed like!) of fish for a lure that never worked! and then even though there were 2 on my stand, my very last seed got the one I needed... and pot or no pot it finished the quest for me!
when I level up I might try the dragon summons thing - if I can get a dragon out of the seeds the shady man gave me :)

Baggins the Green

About how much gold does this take? I don't have a lot.

Mew the Druid

I'm not liking this so far... Used up 17 tiger seeds just to grow lettucefish and 2 anemones. And that's all I've been doing. No shark, no other plants. What a waste of gold. and it seems like it keeps resetting because the locals keep exclaiming about my lettucefish but there's nothing at the end of it. Not even a quest start.

Shira the fallen star

I'm really frustrated!
I understand the point of the quest but it does not work for me I can not pull that fish.
What can be done, I dont have a lot of gold ...
Please someone help me?!

Jelly the purple

@Mew: Why don't you listen to what the local kids have to say?

Carla the Ingenious

baggins, I used the entire amount that I got for levelling up - I only have 17 gold left so I was going to have to give up till my next levelup until the last seed did it for me :)

Carla the Ingenious

but then as i said, i grew a lot of unnecessary lettuces... so I'd say it can be done in less.

Jelly the purple

My problem is: I didn't trust the shady man....as we were taught in the other quests.
I guess, this way I might have lost 1000 gold....

Stacey the Star Watcher

I completed the quest yesterday but still no badge has shown up on my profile :( I grew the right fish in the right pot... won the race.... got the message saying I completed the quest but no badge. Has anyone else had this problem?

Never mind... posted this message and then a second latter the badge showed up on my profile so please ignore... lol

Sarette the Splendiforous

@Stacey Did you just grow One right fish in the right plant?

Gloriana the Emotional

Has anyone figured out the trick to growing lettucefish and lemonsharks? (This is not part of the quest, but the "optional secret technique" teased by Dude.) If so, please send me a scroll! I have tried everything I can think of, but am almost out of seeds.

meemee the charming

To those who are frustrated at running out of gold, just so you know, you can always put your current quest "on hold" and do something else for a while (casting Fire seeds to get Embers is what I did) until you level up and get more gold to continue the quest...

meemee the charming

Gloriana: It sounds to me, from what I have read here thus far, is that the trick to **spoiler** is **spoiler**. After you do that, **spoiler**. And then you can **spoiler**. At least that's how I understand it... I haven't tried it myself because **spoiler**

Hope that helps!

ann the brave

well i finished and i have no ida what happend or how i did it! lol!

Debbie the Barbara

Thanks Dude, Love the game, got my sister playing it

Susan the Gentle

@meemee the charming: **spoiler**

Grannie the Erudite

I was up until 6 AM helping, so I couldn't get back until now. But for anyone that needs it, Grannie's back on. Just send a scroll because I check there before I check here. Actually, I figure most everyone is done by now, but I'm here just in case.

tintaglia the forest elf

I'm still lost...

Jaqi the Enchanter

Dealing with the shady man has turned me into a thief! ~ she hangs her head in shame~ I have just cashed in 13 spider beast summons to steal gold for this quest.

kayla the clumsy friend

I have no idea how i did it
but i finished it last night.
Didnt have anything to do with pots or what.

Gloriana the Emotional

@meemee I tried that earlier, and it didn't seem to work, although that might be why **spoiler**

ruby the glittery

I finished the Quest but I didn't receive any special pots, just the badge...was I supposed too?..Love the game

Shanti the Lucid

I made it!!! :)And this time without help! It took more than 1000 gold,, but I made it...Great quest! :)

Christine the Conquerer

I've tried everything and am now out of gold (over $2000 spent on seeds),and still don't have the quest finished. Now I'm not sure what to do. This is very frustrating......

Tanja

Thanks! Loving the game so far .. :D

Milamba the Great

I'm growing nothing but starfish plants :(

Piper the Bewildered

@ Ruby: I looked in your satchel and you've got one of the special pots associated with this quest, but there is another one that can be obtained by fiddling around with the tiger shells! :)

Jeri the All Powerful

how do we get a dragon summons?????

The Sagacious

We get dragon summons by growing the dragon vine via dragon seeds and then feed the dragon vine with dragon scales. ;)

And talking about dragon summons: **spoiler**

mj the Luminary

does one have to win 2 races (one with each of the racing plants) in order to get the badge? or was i just not paying attention to pop ups and i lost all the races my plants participated in?

Shine the Light

@ mj, yes your seahorse has to win the race and your beta has to win the fight.

maria

cool beans thats nice.

Shine the Light

Managed to complete the quest after spending 1000 gold, definitely cost more than what I expected. Nonetheless felt great satisfaction in earning this badge! All that's left to do is to figure out how to grow a lemonshark faster which I'm having great difficulty with... will someone please send a hint?

By the way, to all those who are still trying to complete the quest, although I'm still not sure how I did it, I must say I didn't need **spoiler** to get the job done. Good luck!

Smirk the Snarky

Strange, I just got it, but I don't know what I did. Not one of the finest quests, but thanks for releasing it.

Chardy the Sprite

I wonder what would happen if we incinerated a Lemonshark?

Maya the Searching

still reading the pages here but I spent 700 gold and didn't once cast a lettucefish. nor did I get any pop ups or dialogs or visits or anything. just asking if that sounds right? thanks! (this is the 2nd time trying)

Piper the Bewildered

@ Chardy: I'm curious, too! Why don't you try it and let us know? :)

Gloriana the Emotional

@Chardy @ Piper I have been trying to grow one to no avail, just so I can try it! Will let you know if I succeed.

Alexia the Sultanas

I'm giving up on this game.

It moves too slowly and I am finding the quests frustrating.

If using a cricket for "good luck" doesn't give you a plant you are questing for then it is useless.

I hope everyone else has fun. Best wishes!

kelly the Creative

i removed this until i learn to do spoilers properly :( sigh I thought i had oops sorry guys

kelly the Creative

I finally finished the quest after caving and buying more gold ! all up took me about 1100. I found no pattern to it really when **spoiler** even tho I was lead to believe it had to be **spoiler** just learnt in the end to keep accepting the **spoiler** and eventually both won. Didnt use a special pot either. Love this game and I think most of us made this hard for ourselves because of the use of **spoiler** and has cost alot of us hard earned gold. But Still I love this game and will happily keep playing, nothing in life is perfect and we learn from our mistakes ! Thanks to all those who offered me assistance along to way too much appreciated and happy to return the favour if I ever can

Pam the Clumsy

I've been approached by the Shady Man three times and each time he says exactly the same thing -- I've made a point to read in quite carefully. So should I trade with him?

Silence the Golden

Pam - to get started on the quest (and not waste your seeds)-take his offer if he says something that makes you think your fish might win (you might want to wait till the 3rd offer).

Piper the Bewildered

@ Pam: Yes, you're going to have to give in and trade with him.

Carla the Wen

FINALLY!! I FINISHED!!! PHEW! and I have a few seeds left!

LadyIsis the Judicious

hmmmm what to do what to do..4 casts left for level up gold..to cast a spore shell? or to cast a tiger shell..
oh the sheer joy of choices!! teehee

Nydia the Dreamer

I'm frustrated... I have casted over 60 seeds and still lost, one of my seeds won, but I feel so confused... I need a hint please with the pots stuff!

Chardy the Sprite

I just incinerated my Lemonshark and got 10 shell seeds.

Zoe the Curious

Try incinerating Spicy Seahorses (after you don't need them any more, poor things!)

KA the Wise

OK I'm sorry but I cannot read all 8 pages to see if there is an answer there but... I've grown all 6 seeds, I've raced one speedy something and it won, he's taken my spicy seahorse but hasn't come back to say anything as I have no seeds left. Do I need to go buy more just to get him to come back to complete this quest and get the badge???

Mrinalini the Do Gooder ....

what do u mean by incinerated????

The Sagacious

Mrinalini the Family Wizard; By incinirated we mean using one dragon summon on a plant.

Chardy the Sprite

@Mrinalina I mean I used a Dragon Summons to incinerate the lemonshark.

@KA buy more seeds or nothing else will happen with the quest, you will need to race a Beta Bloom as well as grow a lemonshark to complete the quest.

For myself, I'm completing it for the n2nd or 3rd time and I have now grown over 20 Lettucefish without a Lemonshark in sight. I'm highly annoyed. Especially as this particular time, I read the comments grew a Lettuce fish, used a unicorn summons to shorten the quest (knowing that to repeat it I wouldn't need a unicorn summons but I did read here that it reduces the amount of Lettucefish required to get a Lemonshark). Not to mention, the Shady man has been really slack about my Beta Blooms, he has raced 1 but will not pick up any more (I have grown another 3), I'm assuming until they are in the correct pot, which I can't get from the old man until I get a bloody Lemonshark!

Oh, and a side note, I incinerated my last Lemonshark because it sat in my stand so long I got sick of looking at it.

So - the old man is dead and the Shady man is lazy. I'm out of seeds again and I am not spending more of my money because I have now donated far too much to admit to my fiancée.

KA the Wise

I've raced a beta bloom and a spicy seahorse and grown the lemonshark, I guess I'll splash out on one more lot of 5 seeds and see what happens. Shall I tick you all off and say I grew one lettuce fish and the next seed was the lemonshark?! All just a numbers game, a bit like roulette I guess!

Mandi the Red

Would love to do this quest but out of gold :(

Amor the Ingenious

received the badge, have no idea how!! but it was fun, thank you.

Jelly the purple

This is getting really weird. I did the Beta bloom ages ago in "that" pot. Now I gave the seehorse to the shady man. And another seehorse in "That" pot. He still comes back with that first message. Is this a bug again?
Please help!
...and - pouf! - I got the badge when starting to cast Fire Seeds again....
Is that weird or what?

I gave 3 seehorses to the shady man in all...Is he getting old and forgetful???

Virpi the Enchantress

I finished this quest already, but thought to get myself some pots to keep in my satchel... So, after growing a massive amount of Lettucefish (I didn't count how many), I had 2 of them on my stand and I got an [b]Allinemone[/b]! I sold it and then got yet another Lettucefish and a local kid who told me what it is. This must be a bug, I got Allinemone instead of what I should have got lured. :/ After that I haven't cast more spells, I hope somebody could fix this. :/

Nydia the Dreamer

How do I get dragon summons? I had only one and used it... Still nothing

Liling the Conjurer

My **spoiler**won, but I got **spoiler**as reward..... Been waiting for **spoiler** for ages! :(

Update: got the badge **spoiler**

Rebecca the Curious

I've been growing lettucefish after lettucefish - but the only thing they ever lure is the starfish, not the lemon shark!

Waudi the Oddball

I hear there's a rumour (and you didn't hear it from me, should anybody ask) that the Old Man has gone and started the EISPCA to put a halt to the gratuitous incineration of poor, sweet lemonsharks...

The Excellent

I didn't understand what shoukd i do to complete the quest? I refused Shady man offers but nothing happened.Did I missed smth? Can smb send me a scroll?

Susan the Gentle

@The Exellent: Don't refuse the offer.

Zoe the Curious

@The Excellent: Deal with the Shady Man, but always wait for his best offer (3rd offer).

Angel the Agile

I don't want to buy or cast till I have another Dragon Summons. I hope this quest will be around for a while!

Zoe the Curious

From what I've read, this quest can be done:
1. Without growing a lemon shark, and getting a **spoiler**
2. Without the special pots that the **spoiler**

However, you DO have to **spoiler**!

I for one plan to repeat it (once I get some gold again) because I like the rewards - both the optional ones and the ones for completing the quest. I'd also like to see if the rewards for using **spoiler** on other plants are as nice as what I got from using it on the **spoiler**.

Carlyle the Conjurer

I liked this quest a lot and I didn't have to use much gold on it, so I'm very pleased :)

How can I repeat this quest? I'm trying but maybe doing it the wrong way... I would really appreciate a scroll from a friendly wizard about this! :)

Magical Beanie the All Powerful

I give up over 100 shell seeds and still no lemonshark .....

Zoe the Curious

@Carlyle:
From what I understand about the repeatable quests (Indulge the Old Man, Triffids, Under the Sea), they take longer to start up with the pop-ups and quest info when they are repeated. You may have to wait after casting a plant you know should bring **spoiler** until they come. Just keep that plant on your stand and keep casting.

Angie the Blu

sigh...out of seeds, out of dragon summons and out of special pots. Going to spend more gold, but more confused than ever. :(

anyone want to share a hint, feel free to scroll me.

Anwyn the Golden

Yay last 100 gold left and finally got the badge!!!

Eileen the Ingenious

I got it... but I really hope someone explains HOW I got it to me someday...

becca the brave

I don't like this game - spent days getting enough gold to buy the seeds and it's a lemonfishnightmare! I give up!

Pam the Clumsy

FINALLY! I finished, got my seeds from the Shady Man and got the quest badge. But I feel so ethically challenged, dealing with the Shady Man LOL!

Carlos the Typhoeus Tamer

yeahy have finished the game and loving the new pots i got

Amethyst the white

I can't start the quest! I don't understand what is wrong with it.

meemee the charming

Amethyst: have you grown one of each of ALL the plants that can be grown using those seeds yet? (check with the Herbologist if you're not sure) You must grow at least one of each plant successfully before it will start the quest.

Waudi the Oddball

@Amethyst: You need to earn the Tiger Shells mastered badge first...

meemee the charming

Update: Amethyst, I looked at your profile and it does not appear that you have yet mastered the Tiger Shell... just keep casting (be sure to keep at least one of those Lettucefish on your stand until you get a Lemonshark... it might take 20 or more casts). Once you get that fish, the quest should begin shortly thereafter. :) Hope that helps!

Amethyst the white

Thanks a lot, I'll try to grow one but now I have grown more than 25 fishes and I'm losing hope.

Rosalis the Green

I've already grown a Lemonshark, and it never asked me to begin the quest. :-(

Gracie the Cunning

Are the pots the same for both things u have to grow?

Mew the Druid

somehow just finished the quest. it's got nothing to do with the locals. you just have to grow 2 specific plants and accept offers. not sure if it depends on which offers you accept, i just know silver's useless

Lala the Arachnophobic

*maniacal laughter*
I've finally finished!!! ♥♥♥
The dragon summon feature-thingy was a pleasant surprise! :D

ka the kit

I am learning how to play the magic game !

Meladonna the Wise

Hmmm. I had completed the Tiger Shell Mastery before the quest started, so didn't bother with growing a Lemonfish first. I have raced several plants so far and have lost all the races. Is it just a luck of the dice as to when I get a plant that wins?

Zoe the Curious

@Meladonna:
You are more likely to win if you use the pot **spoiler**to grow your competing champions, but based on what I've read, you can also win without it. It will just take longer.

indhu the Intelligent

i won the race and got 7 nocturnal seeds too.... but am yet to receive d badge... i hve cast more than 3 packets of seeds .. but still to receive d badge :(
i dono where am going wrong... could someone redirect me? am lost ....

Jelly the purple

@indhu: You have to win two races!
I used 10 packets....

indhu the Intelligent

thank u jelly :)

finally i finished d race... and got ma badge :)

Bethantha the Enchanter

Well, I've managed to finish the quest, but was hoping to get another lemonshark, however after 5 duds almost in a row and no sign of the lettuce today I'm quitting and saving the little gold I have left for another time.
I mean duds on a premium seed, not fair really is it?

karalyn the gentle

I am not being sucessful on this quest. I have grown a BUNCH of sea horses and beta fish in all different kinds of pots and none of them win! I don't have a dragon summons...

I've spent all my gold and am feeling frustrated....would love ANY tips

karalyn the gentle

I'm getting frustrated with this quest.... I have grown a LOT of lettucefish, no shark. I have grown a bunch of betas and sea horses and they lose every time. I'm blowing through all my gold! I have tried different pots, unicorn blessings, and I don't have a dragon summons. sigh

I'd love any hints/tips...

Tab the Dazzler

I've grown all the plants, talked to a couple people, completed what seemed to be the quest, and nothing has happened. I've bought countless tiger shell seeds and now I'm about to run out and have almost 400 casts before I level to get more gold. Am I wasting my time and gold?

Sandy the Swimmer

Did you win two different races with two different plants? If you did, you should,indeed have the badge.

Gwen the Enchanter

can someone send me a scroll.. I keep losing and cant seem to grow the other necessary plant?

Tab the Dazzler

I know I've won at least one and did the lemonshark thing. The last time shady showed up, the broom thing threw me, but ran out of seeds before I could experiment more. The quest will probably be over before I can level again and get enough gold to buy more tiger seeds, so I guess I'm done trying. They need more info on our quests so we can monitor our progress. Plus, only 5 seeds for 100 gold is nuts. They need more quests that don't require gold to do them or this game is going to get old fast, especially with the wait time, high cast requirements for leveling, and lack of activity. Really, besides clicking to cast, there isn't much to do to keep me occupied.

Kathi the Charmer

Okay, no pot called broom bristle. I'm trying as many as I can but like other frustrated casters, the gold runs out too quickly.

I think you can get a dragon summons from growing the green embers (ones you get from growing embers). I used one and got a nice surprise but am saving last one to see if I need it for this quest.

Need help on what pot to use. Can someone send me scroll?
Thanks!

Ziba the delightful

I only had the gold I got from levelling up. I blew threw all of it trying to get the Under the Sea Badge to no avail. The only other quests I had this much trouble with were Fun with Color and Top Trick or Treater. Better luck next time... <fingers-crossed>

Meladonna the Wise

@ karalyn the mom: Keep trying as you get the gold to. I was beginning to think my seahorses were all lame, but finally won both races :)

Carol the Prize Petal Sympathizer

Oh yeah, me too

A Mysterious Figure

cool

Ayame the demon wolf princess

I had a winning **spoiler** but I have been unable to get the **spoiler**. Could someone send me a hint to the **spoiler**?

Lana the Great

I had finished it yesterday, and was really surprised to see how many complications are you guys having. It seems to me I was lucky this time. But all in all I was left with 13 gold, so, at least until level up, no more tiger shells for me to experiment.

Cally the whiz

Thanks Dude I'll sure try to do well.

Bellarine the Gracious

Hi

I dont know how to do the spoiler alert so I will have to be slighty aloof.

I have already mastered the seed before the quest so just needed to achieve the quest which meant I had grown certain plants and those certain plants had to do something.

I know what has to happen as I have achieved it once but trying to do it again with the other. I used unicorn and dragon summons and spent ages reading through all the posts after using all my gold.

I went back to trying to grown plant for spider summons to steal gold to buy more.

However i can grow this plants and yet it always never achieves the result am i missing something?

Please scroll me or tell me how to use spolier alert so i can explain better

Thank you x

The Excellent

Thamk you for adviice. I didnt refuse the shady man but he wasn't satisfyed with my pots.
How could I know which pot should I use?

Sue the kind

See how it goes, could be fixed too this game!

ka the kit

yeah!yeah!

Shira the fallen star

yes i did it!! i finish the quest!!!
good luck to the rest
happy casting to all

Az the Destrhoyer

I've grown sea horses in all kinds of pots, even got two that the shady man said were fast but both lost their races. Can anyone give me a hint as to what pot I need?

Joy the Bold

what is this secial pot you need to use and how do I get it. I've look everywhere but can't find it. help please..

Pam the Clumsy

Slightly off topic, but what seed does one need for the Indulge the Old Man quest? That one was before my time here and I'm a bit lost on that one. If I read the Wiki right, it's the same seeds as the Tiger Shells quest? I've mastered that and didn't cast the first element needed to start the quest. I'd like to catch up (if I can) -- any advice? TIA

Cherie the Ingenious

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE That was fun

Jeri the All Powerful

is broom thistles a pot ??? if so where or how did we get it

Carla the Ingenious

Pam, I think Indulge The Old Man is shells.

Pam the Clumsy

Oh, ok. Thank you, Carla :)

The Sagacious

Jeri: Broom bristles is not a pot after what I have been told.

Sue the Godess

i dont have that much gold left, and i want to finish the quest can someone pleasehelp...im stuck i cant stop growing the lettuce fish now .. nwver sawshady ma, the kids poped up once im keeping one lettue fish pon my stand but nothing please someone send me a scroll on how to finish this quest.....

Sue the Godess

Ok i have grown a lettuce fish y using a certain pot, should i keep it on the stand to grow the lemonshark , is that the only way to grow the lemonshark please help.....and then is that when the quest will start with the shady man ive been trying to figure this out for a couple of days can anyone please help.......

Kate the Kinesiologist

To all those wondering about the pots....
I think it's a bit of a red herring - I tried all sorts of pots, and eventually just kept growing in barnacle pots (not the most glamorous, but definitely the cheapest!) and have just finished the quest. Nothing I did seemed to make my sea-horses quicker, I think it's just luck when they do eventually win. Sorry I know that might not help if you've spent all your gold on it, but just keep casting I guess? x

To Sue the Goddess: I think you get a stand full of lettuce fish and keep on selling one and growing one until eventually the lemon shark shows up - that's what worked for me anyway. Sorry, tried to send you a scroll but facebook keeps glitching on me. It might take a while for the lemon shark to show up but just keep at it, keep your stand full of lettuce fish and keep on casting. The shady man will show up once you've earned the seed badge. Hope that helps? x

Briana the Illuminated

I spent over 3000 gold for seeds for this quest and still didn't get it. My beta bloom won, but the spicy seahorses all lost.

Sue the Godess

Thank you Kate that helps......

Cath the Believer

I've used up over 3000 gold and still haven't completed the Quest. I've also lost count of those leafy fish on my stand and still no predator. I've only won one race and cast hundreds of seeds....

Casper the friendly ghost

Hi Sue I have sent u a scroll

Merry the Contrary

I'm totally fed up with this quest. I've gone through more than 3000 worth of seeds, grown 5 lemon sharks, and I still haven't finished. Now I'm out of those special pots, and have only 4 seeds left. If I don't make it on these last seeds, I'm not going to finish. Enough is enough! I also think it was a bit unfair to expect us to cooperate with the Shady Man when we had been conditioned not to trust him. And 5 seeds for a hundred gold is really ridiculous!

Sue the Godess

Ok now i know what to do but i sold all my lettuce fish and keep casting and cant grow onother lettuce fish.....what the hell....this is bad helppppppppppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eileen the Bold

I cant do this anymore I spent over 2ooo gold I am stumped about the broom bristles help please.

The Sagacious

The broom bristle is misleading, it's no pot by that name. I have just finished the quest, and I won both races using **spoiler**, though you may have to try it a few times before you are successful. ;)

Jelly the purple

To all wizards, who are really really desperate:
MEGA SPOILER:
**spoiler**

Lisa the Congenial

just finished the quest... and i can say after 2400$ of gold **spoiler**.. this was stressful!..

Seamoon the Traveller

I had lots of fun with the quest. Thanks Keith & Dude!

mummfy the Clever

help!!! i'm growing letuce fish , i leave 1 on my stall and grow 2 more and so on , but still havnt grown a lemon fish :( am i doing something wrong like using the wrong pots i will soon be out of gold xxx advice required please thanks x

Marnie the Mystic

@Clever don't use special pots when growing lettuce fish, as long as one is on your stand that is all you'll grow. Save any special pots for when you DON'T have lettuce fish on the stand. Eventually you well get a lemon fish, but I think it took me 33 lettuce fish to get one lemon fish.

Luci the Luscious

@ Clever...i sent you a scroll

Maree the Enchanter

Well, here's one person who won't be blowing the budget to buy gold for this quest. Too bad. I'm sure there are quite a few who think likewise.

Brijon the Crafty

where do i get the broom bristle pot??

Marnie the Mystic

@Brijon there is no Broom Bristle pot, there is a Broom Bristle plant, but it's not relevant to the Tiger Shell Quest. I don't know who put out that misinformation.

Marnie the Mystic

How to win the Tiger Shell Quest... **spoiler**

The Sagacious

@ Marnie: True, but **spoiler**

zeita the seeker

marnie. on the beta bloom too. but NEVER use it on the lettucefish. you'll cry :(

Jelly the purple

@Marnie:**spoiler**

Swift the Songbird

The Seaside Scuttle and Coral Caisson are a totally beauty!!! :))))))

Marnie the Mystic

@Saga, Zeita, Jelly -- Thanks for the additions. ;-) I was just getting frustrated that people kept asking about the Bristle Broom pot and claiming incinerating Lettuce Fish or something sped the quest up. **spoiler**

Jeri the All Powerful

Im about to give up, i have grown several lemon sharks, still not completing the quest :( I am missing something somewhere in the translation.
do we ever get more than 7 cast?? takes me days to level up

Jelly the purple

@Marnie: Noone ever said, that burning the lettucefish will get you anywhere.
**spoiler**
It would have helped, if you read the posts carefully!

@Jeri: read my posts. I don't want to repeat myself over and over again. Sorry!

Kimberly the Luminary

@Jeri, you can get up to 11 casts but you have to have at least 10 hearts (friends you have brought) and also buy the 3 gems to get the last 3 casts. Once you have all the required items, your casts will go up to 11. If you need more information, send me a scroll and I will help you all I can.

powermad the magi

dude, i love the new shells!!!!!!!!!! i cant w8 to get more and hope for the best!

nade the All Seeing

whoohoo finished!! took 400 gold but have seeds left!

Linda the Lady

Thanks

Ben the Curious

Well I've finally managed to get some of these seeds after levelling up finally, and have used pretty much all of them without getting a lemonshark, which is the only plant I still need, so I haven't even been able to start the quest! I know lettuce fish are meant to attract lemonsharks, but I don't see how - I had three lettuce fish on my stand the first three seeds I grew, but no lemonshark...
Ah well! :)

kelly the Creative

@ ben the curious. Read all the earlier posts. The lemon shark isn't necessary to complete the quest. The quest relates to two other plants from this seed!

Liza the Luminary

I was able to finish the quest!! but haven't figured out the "secret technique" Dude mentions in point #5 of the announcement. Other than using unicorn summons, I'm at a loss - just curious if anyone has any ideas?

meme the Lucid

I've used a few hundres seeds and still haven't mastered the seed ... any idea why?

The Sagacious

Kelly the creative: To even start this quest you first have to have mastered the seed, and Ben the curious hasn't done so. And as he hasn't mastered the seed he def. needs the Lemonshark. ;)

Thorn the formerly female

I liked the quest. Spent over 1200 gold, which I thought was a little pricy, but the plants themselves were gorgeous. Good work guys!

Swift the Songbird

i spent around 1100 gold and still haven't completed the quest... one of my racing plants won but that didn't give me the badge so i had to grow the other one...ran out of gold now :(

Ben the Curious

@Kelly. I've read the posts - I must have misunderstood as the very first post says you have to master the seed before the quest will start - therefore I need the lemonshark to start the quest? In any case, I've used 600 gold worth of seeds and not had a quest start so I must definitely be doing something wrong!
I'll just have to wait three weeks or so until I level up again I guess!

Jelly the purple

@Ben: You can't start the quest, if you don't have the Tiger Shells mastered badge! Since you haven't, the quest won't start for you!

The Sagacious

Yes, Ben; You must get the lemonshark first so you can get the Tiger Shells Mastered badge. Otherwise this quest will never happen for you. ;)

Swift the Songbird

ooo, 3 more casts to level up!!! :))) I want GOLD!

Swift the Songbird

yeah!!! I got the badge! jelly the purple was right! **spoiler**Thanks guys! :)))

Aveisha

How exactly can you get a unicorn?

Aveisha

How do you get a badge?

Swift the Songbird

@Aveisha: you get a unicorn summon from the Fun With Color quest, trade, the Indulge the Old Man quest and it's also one of the possible rewards for growing the lemon shark from the tiger shells. You get a badge by completing a quest. I assume you're new on this island? Do feel free to send me a scroll should you have any more questions. :)
PS. To send a scroll, click my name and find the button 'deliver a scroll' on my profile page!

Sindy the Sagacious

Used 3 of those pots, nothing! Just got the plant I needed, but didn't get offered a chance! :(

Sindy the Sagacious

Very confused. Nothing ever came up to say I won, or completed the Quest, but my badge is filled in, meaning it is complete. Was there supposed to be any kind of reward or item received, or just the completed badge?

yukiko the tauri

i have finally complete the quest, was surprised when i did as i have no idea how, although i know that i didnt use any 'special' pots for it

Linny the Sagacious

I am SO LOST!!! I made it as far as getting the pots and have no idea what to do next. Can someone please send me a scroll and help me??

Thx

ok.. I have no idea how, but it now says that I completed the quest. Thanks guys for a fun game!!

Swift the Songbird

For those who are confused. This is the conclusion i've come up with so far. **spoiler** Hope the above information is correct, this quest has been the most confusing of the lot! I spent around 1300 gold to earn the badge because at first i thought the shady man was up to no good again and i refused him a couple of times, but then realised i was going nowhere so eventually i accepted his requests. That's why i wasted so much gold... Anyway, good luck to those who haven't finished the quest and happy casting! :)))

niketa the wanderer

I've read this but still have zero idea of what I'm suppose to do on this quest besides spend all my gold on seeds.

niketa the wanderer

I've read this thread many times but still have zero idea as to what I'm supposed to do to conquer this quest besides spend a lot of gold.

Swift the Songbird

@niketa: My post didn't help??! :((( Nevermind, sending you a scroll.

Lumiere the Argent

Over 2000 gold down quest still not complete....bah :P

The Moon

Yah...got my badge, finally! onto my last round of gold, last set of 5 seeds. whew...

@songbird - thank you. your tips were very complete/helpful and answered couple of questions I had in mind.

Swift the Songbird

@The Moon: No problem! Glad it helped! :)))

Nimue the Enchantress

@Swift the Songbird: a very useful post for those still struggling with the quest! A question for you, please, have you mastered the trick of growing the Lemonshark without having to grow zillions of Lettice Fish first. I can't seem to figure that out and don't want to waste gold if I try this a second time - any ideas? :)

Swift the Songbird

@Nimue: HAHA! I wouldn't consider myself one of the most expert or knowledgeable players to figure THAT out, so i didn't even try! Can't afford to waste anymore gold on a quest i've already completed. We're all waiting for the genius to solve that mystery for us! :)))

Marnie the Mystic

@Swift think you nailed it.

luna the mystic

I did the quest

Lala the Arachnophobic

I feel bad for a lot of frustrated people on here. Some people managed to finish the quest within 12-20 seeds while others burned their gold on it. But the tips on these last couple of pages have it just about right.
Good luck guys :P

Scarrie the Fantabulous

I am still just confused. I am guessing maybe I just haven't mastered the seed yet. Glad everyone else had fun with it though. Maybe I will get it don't one of these days when I have more gold.

Jelly the purple

@Scarrie: no, you haven't got the quest yet. If you go to your profile, you can check.

Having a second look at your profile: you don't even have the Tiger Shell mastered badge.
You haven't even started the quest!

Mamamia the Gentelest of Creatures

Well, spend 4800!!! gold on this quest and still have only masted half of it. Took half of the gold to get the firs badge, and now it is no fun anymore, jut keeping casting spiders, leveling up. How can I read the blokked tekst in the posts??

Mamamia the Gentelest of Creatures

ok, can read the blokked part now found that out by coincidence....

Swift the Songbird

To those who don't know how to read the 'blocked part', highlight the whole thing to read it. We use this to cover up anything we think are tips or you might call them spoilers. To make the 'blocked part', you type [spoiler] whatever you want to say inside here [/sspoiler]
PS. With only one 's' for the ending [/sspoiler]

Maliantico the Greatest

=]

Katie the Cool

cool

saz the bombshell

just started seems very intreging cant wait to learn more

Anthony the wind man

thanks man

The kim

help please , i have grown them all, i refused shady man, i accept shady man and he says i need broom bristle pots where do i get them.

Scarrie the Fantabulous

How do I get the Lemon shark so that I can master the badge? I have spent so much gold and I am just getting frustrated. I would like to start the quest one day. I think I am just too new at this and too clueless... I don't even know how to look at my profile to see what I am doing for sure.

Oh well, at least it is fun.

Casper the friendly ghost

@The kim I have sent you a scroll

Didi the Rhabdomancer

Casper - I'm also wondering if there is a special trick I don't know ... I've tried every single type of pot - even the woven baskets (I thought 'broom bristles' was a hint lol).. any advice would be truly appreciated!

Casper the friendly ghost

@Didi scroll sent to you

Casper the friendly ghost

@Scarrie hover your mouse over town square tab on the left hand side on the top of ur screen,click on your profile,then scroll down to seed badges...and the ones marked in grey are the seeds and quests you have yet to complete. It is best that you follow them in order as they appear.

Happy castings

Casper

Jeri the All Powerful

would some of you guys add me? I keep sending invites, only 13 ppl have accepted :(

James the Sarcastic

I took some time off....but finally finished the quest!!!

Georgia the All Seeing

Thanks dude

jane the sweet devil

yeah ! hehe !

Sanfoora the Princess

i love it n received the badge thxs :)

Bella

Yay! I did it! x

moo the mental

how do i go on a quest?

Nimue the Enchantress

@ Caspar. I can't seem to grow the Lemonshark again whatever I do (not sure how I did it the first time!). Can't figure out any special trick to bring it - please may I have a scroll too?

wazza the jemoz

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Robyn the Crafty

Lemonshark only thing I need to finish the tiger shells and I can't seem to get one either. Any hints for me? I'm a level 7.

Casper the friendly ghost

@Nimue I have sent u a scroll

Casper the friendly ghost

@Robyn just keep casting the tiger shell seeds.

Penny the Enchanter

I finished the quest but still have not gotten the Under the sea badge??

Penny the Enchanter

lol forget it, I see it now hehe Thanks

Arnold the helper

how do i look at the quest that i started?

nicole the Friendly

thank u and i love this game to bits
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john the cena

i very2 love to playing this game

ALice the One

:)hi everyone

Ariel the Person

I just saw the announcement that the tiger shells are leaving soon as usual, but we've only had the quest out for 11 days. and now the timer says less than 1 day is left until they are switched out with something else. Many people (who don't read things) don't realize that they will come back. They will freak out and say "oh no, I couldn't finish the quest, now I have nothing to do, etc etc". I really think you should lengthen the timer. [b]one day is not enough notice[/b]. in the past you have given us at least a few days, and that's for older quests like faceted and spectral.

Leticia

I finished the quest but I don't have the Under the Sea Badge?

K the Clever

Leticia, have you tried casting a few more Tiger Shells?

Leticia

My problem is "I don´t have any more gold"

Suzanne the Mary Kay Angel

I spent most of my gold on these seeds, and nothing hapened, I do not get it I guess.
How about a quest I can understand,

Angel Eyes

Thank You looking forward to playing.........:)

joshua

thanks Dude I'm Off

Caroline the Adorable

O.k. I need some help! I have "raised" at least 20 seeds and I still don't have the plant I need. What do I have to do to grow that one missing plant?
Thanks!

Hope the Luminary

Same with me - finished the quest but no notification appeared

AJ the Geass Bearer

i like your outifts guys....

AJ the Geass Bearer

how did you level up fast?

Piper the nightowl

how do I do a quest? I'm sorry I have no clue but am tryng to learn

Swift the Songbird

For those who are still confused. I know i've posted this before but normally people don't read past posts, hope this helps again... **spoiler** Hope the above information is correct, this quest has been the most confusing of the lot! I spent around 1300 gold to earn the badge because at first i thought the shady man was up to no good again and i refused him a couple of times, but then realised i was going nowhere so eventually i accepted his requests. That's why i wasted so much gold... Anyway, good luck to those who haven't finished the quest and happy casting! :)))

twister the great

got me badge thanks

Mischief the Mischevious

Thank you Ariel the Person ... geez I was stressed out when I saw the shell seeds were going. I only need one more to finish the quest but my gold is finished. See ya all around x

starlight the of the night

im new to this hello to everyone

Jenny the Hopeful

@Ariel: Although the quest has only been out 11 days, the seeds have been available since 30 January, and we were told at the outset that a quest would be launched a few days after the seeds - so we have had three weeks to level up, stock up, etc.

luxa the brave

don't know how to play this game too old i guess

The Enchanter

thanks

Rose the Angel

All, I am really tearing my hair out with this under the sea badge.... PLEASE help!!

Swift the Songbird

@Rose, i answered your scroll! :)))

Liza the Learned

Yeah. Finally got my under the sea badge. Gosh, I had lettucefishes coming out of my ears at one point and still no lemonshark!

Big Redd the Realist

thanks

Big Redd the Realist

ok

Lynne the Learned

I'm still struggling trying to find the pots the old man says i need.....can anyone help please?

Engel

I got no pop up in dialog or something else, then I got all the plants ?

amy

sj

Engel

what can I do ?

caz the poorest

Just started this game, how does one survive without the magic potion? Need help thx guys ;-)

caz the poorest

love this game too xx

The Inventive

this game is amazing

Nootka the Rose

For the Tiger Shell Quest, I don't understand the "broom bristle"... tried different pots, none seem to do the trick to finish the quest. Have spent lots of gold over two levels... Any help, please?

Celestial the Bruja

I just completed the quest...it was fun..hope to heve another one or complete other tasks I have left...

Swift the Songbird

@Nootka: There are no 'broom bristle' pots, they are meant to be a joke... The **spoiler**

Cassie the Bright

Question: Will the tiger shell seeds be brought back someday? I never got the lemonshark, and ran out of gold just before the seeds were withdrawn...

Louhi the Ingenious

Cassie, They usually DO come back although no one knows when each gold seed is found by Pursten, so the shipments come and they are announced. You will be able to purchase some more in the future, I'm sure. Now they have found some Faceted, of which, in my case, had not gotten enough while working on that quest. As soon as I level up I will have more gold to get some more and hopefully finish the quest. Good luck with your casting!

Cassie the Bright

Thanks Louhi! You too.

Kathryn the Great

I have a question what if we need more tiger shells but they aren't available, how do we get more shells I never got to finish the quest???

Inge the Gray Haired Woman

Hi Kathryn,

there are two ways for you to get more tiger shells. Both involve a lot of patience, one a lot of luck, too.
First, you can wait. As hard as that seems, gold seeds usually come back to the Premium Shop - after a few months and for a limited time only.
The other way involves Old Featherbrains aka Mr Owl. He just might turn up during the night (usually after a few duds) and ever so casually offer to search the woods for you. For 40 pieces of gold you just might get lucky and get --- oh, Round Seeds. What fun. But every now and then, Mr Owl gets it right.
Have some chocolate while pondering which way to choose. Of course you could always try both, if you were thus inclined and had gold to spare.

meme the Lucid

is there a way to tell which race has been won? (trying to be vague here on purpose) ... I'm restarting this.