Cheating is typically not a good thing. While you may think it gets you ahead, it can ultimately make things too easy and take the real fun and challenge out of any game. With the game of Farmville, there are a lot of people feeling left behind who will go on the hunt for quick and dirty solutions.

Don’t waste your money on software that may mess up the game for you or guides that are outdated. Developers are well aware of these tools and will combat your efforts. There are however three legal cheats you can use to speed up your efforts in the game and ultimately level up fast.

This first one is one that your friends will greatly appreciate. It’s called boxing in your farmer.  When you farmer first lands on your farm, he will land in the same spot every time. buy some hay bales, and put them all around him. This will prevent him from being able to walk across the farm.

What you will notice is that when you go to fertilize in a far corner or harvest something, the work will get done and you will save a ton of time that might have been spent while he struggles to walk past objects or through growing crops.

When your friends or neighbors come to visit to fertilize your crops, they too will be locked in place but will still be able to fertilize quickly and get out. This saves them time as well. One thing you will need to keep in mind is that when you expand your farm, the place where your farmer lands will change. At that time you can find the new spot and just move the boxed in area.

A second Farmville cheat involves what to do when you first get a chicken coop. The first chicken you should drop in is the one that is closest to being ready for a harvest. The rest of the chickens you add will follow suit and you won’t need to wait a full day before you can grab the eggs from your coop.

Finally, explore your ribbons a bit. Some of them you will see overlap. For instance, there is a “fenced in” ribbon, and there is a “pack rat” ribbon. Fenced in requires you to place a certain number of fences on your farm while the packrat requires you to have a certain number of objects on your farm.

To knock out both of these ribbons in record time, save up some coin and go on a fence spending spree. Buy the cheapest fence you can find. As you place the fence pieces on your farm, they are also counted as objects. As you finish getting the fenced in ribbons, you will obtain all those needed for the pack rat as well. 

When you are done, just sell off all the fences you don’t want.  A third benefit you will find is credits towards the high roller ribbon as well.

Getting those ribbons will give you some quick XP and help you level up a notch or two as well. These are things you can do that will not affect the application, and will still leave you with many harder challenges to explore. If you are feeling behind, these simple legal Farmville cheats may be all you need for a quick pick me up. Remember it is just a game and you should enjoy the challenge and have fun.

To learn how to launch your farming career and really get ahead in Farmville, there is only one Farmville Guide that I recommend – Farmville Secrets. For more details, click here.