FarmVille Halloween Baskets: Everything You Need to Know

At long last -- Halloween Baskets have started to arrive in FarmVille, so that means angry farmers can put down their pitchforks and let the virtual trick or treating commence. (Except those of you having problems with your Halloween Basket -- feel free to form a new angry mob). Before you get started, there are a few things you should know.

First thing's first -- place your basket on your farm. You'll either be prompted that the basket is available by a pop-up window and be able to automatically set it down in your spot of choice, or it will appear in your gift box.
halloween candy gift box

You need to collect candy, you know, much like you did as a little kid. That means hoarding as much sweet loot as possible, which can be done three ways:

1. Collect it as a Free Gift from Friends
2. Collect it by visiting (and harvesting) your Haunted House and your neighbors' Haunted Houses
3. Purchase it with Farm Cash (5 Candy for 5 Farm Cash)

farmville halloween candy Free gifts page -- games.com

Also, be sure to liberally apply the old maxim, "Give and ye shall receive." In this case, that means gifting candy to friends via the Free Gifts section of the game, and you shall hopefully receive lots in return.
farmville halloween basket - games.com

After you collect all of that sweet loot, you will be able trade it in for these six Halloween prizes:

    Pumpkin Topiary (15 Candy)
    Scared Ewe (30 Candy)
    Candied Gnome (50 Candy)
    Skele-scarecrow (70 Candy)
    Bat Tree (120 Candy)
    Pumpkin House (220 Candy)

halloween prizes farmville halloween basket -- games.com
Image courtesy of Duckling Pim

Once you redeem an item, you'll have the option to share one with a friend via a Facebook Wall post.

farmville halloween basket redeem item

Also, as you fill your Halloween Basket, it will start to fill up and change appearance. There are five stages total for your pumpkin, as seen below.

halloween basket five stages -- games.com

Here's how many candies you need to take your pumpking from empty to overflowing:

Eerily Empty: TBD
Ghoulishly Growing: TBD
Spookily Swelling: TBD
Terrifyingly Thriving: TBD
Frighteningly Full: TBD

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FarmVille Halloween Costumes teaser says they're 'coming soon'

Halloween is shaping up in FarmVille, first with a oh-so-spooky Haunted House, the newly released Halloween Candy Baskets and -- according to this loading screen which myseriously appeared recently -- Halloween costumes for your avatar are the next on the list. We've already offered a sneak peek at what some of these costumes will be, so the only real question is how soon they'll be available and, more importantly, how much they will cost.

Purchase from BuyCostumes.com, get 80 Free Farm Cash

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BuyCostumes.com is offering all FarmVille farmers a promotion to get in the spirit of Halloween! With a purchase of $40 or more made from BuyCostumes.com, you will be awarded 80 Free Farm Cash!

You can place your order online, and choose from a wide variety of costumes.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you be taking part in this promotional offer?

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FarmVille Candy Corn Pony & House arriving this Halloween

    farmville candy corn foal     farmville candy corn foal stork     farmville candy corn house
As if growing Candy Corn on our farms wasn't good enough, FarmVille seems to have a few more Candy Corn themed surprises up it's sleeve. A few unreleased items were happened upon, showing that Candy Corn lovers might have more reason to rejoice. Pictured above, the Candy Corn Pony, Candy Corn Foal, and Candy Corn House are all covered in Candy Corn and exotic Candy Corn colors.

Don't worry, I want that Candy Corn Pony just as badly as you do, so I'll be sure to let you know when we get more information on these new unreleased items.

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