New Player With a Question for what should be 2 Easy Achievements

[MrPurple33]

First Off, Great Game Design- The First Day I bought and played Dorfromantik I ended up playing for 7 Hours Straight before I realized it- That's a solid way to know this is a Mesmerizing Game

I've been going along well since then and seem to understand all the Concepts for Unlocking New Special Tiles and Triggering Achievements- At this point I am regularly getting between 8800 to 12,000 Points, good sized finished Maps, though probably small seeming to Experienced Players

I'm Connecting to and Unlocking Quest Tiles as well, things Like the River Mills,
Old Tree, Beaver Lodges, etc- I'm Puzzled though as I'm not able to Unlock what should seem to be Very Easy Achievements- The Farmer 1 with Fields and the Green Thumb 1 with Trees/Forests- And I've been making Large Areas of both Fields and Forests, especially Forests as I Love Trees, any Map Scenario I always make at Least 1 Massive Forest

Farmer 1 states 'Form a Field Group with at Least 25 Fields'

and Green Thumb 1 states 'Form a Forest with at Least 250 Trees'

Yet It seems I'm Not Achieving either of these, but I was able to do Villager (Houses) I'm up to Villager 3, Engineer (Railroads) and Ocean (Waterways) both of those I've been cranking out accidentally and am up to 5 and 4 with those- and Quests Achievements Like Perfectionist, True Fan, and even Unlocked Heavy Weight just Today

And I Realize Achievements and New Special Tiles can only be gotten on the 'Regular' Classic Mode- Custom and Creative Don't Count, because I've been making HUGE Forests on Custom Mode





My Guess as to why Farmer and Green Thumb might not be Unlocking
could be for a few reasons-

1- I Can and Do make Large Areas of both Fields and Forests, to Achieve for example Farmer 1 it says to 'Form a Field Group with at Least 25 Fields'- That SHOULD be total number of individual animated Fields I would think- Certain Tiles have 1, 2, or 3 Fields on them, THOSE are the number of Fields that count correct? Because I had my Last Game a Field Area with well over 25 Fields- Or am I wrong and it needs to be 25 Total TILES with any Fields on them

2- Do I have to Close Off a Group Completely, Like you do to make a Flag Quest 'Fall' and Complete? Because I've been doing that during Games, and even made sure to do that with my 30+ Field Group Last Game- I usually do 'winding trails' of Fields even though they are all connected- Does a Field Group have to be a 'rounded' or 'contained' Area instead? Trees in Forests I always strive for a 'bounded' Large Area, very Little branching off with sections of Trees

3- Will Farmer and Green Thumb Unlock as I'm Casually Playing? That's what Villager, Engineer, and Ocean seemed to do, even Heavy Weight- I'm asking because I see that set of 3 Circled Quest Achievements in the Upper Right Corner while Playing, and when I complete 1, another will take it's place- I have 'True Fan 4', 'Perfectionist 3', and 'Self-Sufficency 2' at the upper right now, and my concern is that Farmer and Green Thumb HAVE TO BE Unlocked Like those are, ONLY as 1 of those 3 Upper Right Area Quests/Achievements, and I somehow 'Skipped Over' those more Basic Achievement Unlocks, and Triggered 'Perfectionist' and all the Rest Instead, and their Next Levels are being Activated Instead of the Farmer and Green Thumb Ones somehow- Like I should maybe Not Try to Connect to Special Tile Quests on a Map anymore until I can get Farmer and Green Thumb to appear on the Upper Right Part of the Game Screen





Any Clarification for what I may being doing Wrong would be Helpful- As otherwise Dorfromantik has been going great, and I'm getting Mid-Level Achievements and Unlocking Lots of Stuff, but Farmer and Green Thumb SHOULD be Easy and Basic Achievements, yet somehow those 2 Easy Ones I haven't been able to Remotely Unlock

Thanks, and again, Excellent Game Otherwise

[mbutton15]

So point 3 is where your answer lies...

Most achievements have to be unlocked first. The Farmer and Green Thumb fall in that category. As do Villager, Engineer, Ocean and Heavy Weight. You just didn't realise you had unlocked them !!
The way you unlocked them was by reaching those Special Tile Quests (usually referred on this forum as ghost tiles). In fact, you not only have to reach those tiles, you then have to complete its associated quest. Completing the quest then unlocks the quest group.

You can pin specific groups top right if you wish. However, once an achievement group is unlocked it will be active, regardless of what is shown top right.

[MrPurple33]

THANK YOU for the Clarification

I had a Feeling it HAD to be one of those 3 Reasons, and my Query #3 about those 3 Circled 'Current Quest Achievements' was Indeed the Answer- I can attempt to Deal with that now

Those other Special Tile Quests/Ghost Tiles (now I know the term for them, TY again)
I would Connect, then do the In-Game Quest Completion, then do the Upper Right Notified Achievement and the New Available Tile would Unlock- I just got 2 River Mills and the 1st Bear for Heavy Weight Yesterday and Today- I guess I've just been an Over-Achiever and been getting those Mid-Level Quests Activated before I had Farmer or Green Thumb- As I guessed
I accidentally 'Skipped Over' and Leapfrogged those- Now I know to Cool It for a while with New Achievements until I get Farmer and Green Thumb

Strangely though, i just 'went for it' with Heavy Weight, plopped down 25 Tiles with No Rotating, and that One Unlocked seemingly without all the usual steps- I'll try for Heavy Weight 2 with 50 Unrotated Tiles and see if it happens again

Originally posted by mbutton15:

You can pin specific groups top right if you wish. However, once an achievement group is unlocked it will be active, regardless of what is shown top right.

I'm Not 100% Sure how to Arrange and/or Prioritize those 3 Top Right Area Achievement Sets, but I'll see what I can do to 'Rechoose' or Rearrainge those Once I Fully Fill Out and Complete my Next One, which I think I could do soon, Like 1 has just 1 or 2 more 'Spaces' before it's Completed- TY for the Info that I Have To Complete One of those Spaces and THEN I can try to Rearrainge them- I DID NOT Know That- I've only had the Game for 12 Days or so, thought
I was carefully doing the Learning and Tutorials and all the Usual Steps, but apparently
I 'Skipped Ahead' with some Minor Details, in particular Farmer and Green Thumb

Thanks Again mbutton

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by MrPurple33:

I'm Not 100% Sure how to Arrange and/or Prioritize those 3 Top Right Area Achievement Sets, but I'll see what I can do to 'Rechoose' or Rearrainge those Once I Fully Fill Out and Complete my Next One, which I think I could do soon, Like 1 has just 1 or 2 more 'Spaces' before it's Completed- TY for the Info that I Have To Complete One of those Spaces and THEN I can try to Rearrainge them- I DID NOT Know That- I've only had the Game for 12 Days or so,

You don't really need to worry about what's top right. As long as a group has been activated by completing the ghost tile quest then progress will be registered even if they are not shown top right.
I really don't think you have to complete a space before you rearrange them. I'm not sure how the pin stuff works myself as I completed the achievements prior to the pinning mechanism being introduced.

For now I would concentrate on reaching ghost tiles rather than going for achievements. Some of the higher levels of achievements will only be achievable once you can gain higher scores!! I forgot to say that only ghost tiles with crowns on them will unlock new achievement groups. Ghost tiles without crowns will just give the standard 5 tiles when completed,
Another tip is if you notice you place a tile that breaks a chain, like for the do not rotate or perfect edges only achievements you can use the 'undo' button. This will rollback the tile and the achievement progress.

[MrPurple33]

More Good Info- All Helpful- TY Again

[MrPurple33]

Later Post-

Your Info was a Great Help mbutton, and I AM Unlocking a Bunch of New Stuff-

But I STILL Humorously can't seem to Activate either 'Farmer' or 'Green Thumb', but Yesterday I went on a Spree and Unlocked the Achievements and Tiles where you don't Rotate the Tiles, just Place Them- 'Heavy Weight' 3, 4, 5, and 6- I still need 'Heavy Weight' 7, but I think I'll be Good on that for a while because....... BEARS SO MANY BEARS- I Only had 'Heavy Weight' 1 and 2 and was able to make a Map with a Forest Area where 5-10 Bears would be Popping Out of the Woods at Intervals, I have No Idea how many Bears I can get going now Especially If I do a Custom Mode Setup with Lots of Forests, as I Like to do- Beavers on Rivers and Ponds are Nice too- My current Record is 4 Beaver Lodges on One Large Pond- Still have to get Deer though, and missed a chance to get Ducks- I Did Unlock a Fox, but it hasn't shown up yet

So Overall, Dorfromantik continues to be Wonderful and Engrossing, and I keep Unlocking New Things, Buildings along with the Wildlife- It just makes Me Chuckle that somehow
I STILL can't Manage to Activate the "Farmer" and 'Green Thumb' Trees- Not even the
'1' Trees- Because otherwise, I'm Excellent at making Large Field Areas and Huge Forests-
I'll get them eventually I'm Sure

[annie]

If you still wanted to know about pinning - If you go on the overall achievement list and just click a quest image, I believe it shows a pin icon and that quest will then be pinned top right during gameplay so you can keep track :)

[MrPurple33]

Thanks annie, I'll try that out-

I have been 'Pinning' with the White Dot on those 3 Upper Right Achievements In Progress,
but that's just been Reordering them- mbutton also suggested If an Achievement is also
In Progress, it can't be Removed unless it is completed, so I've been waiting until one of the next ones is done before seeing if the White Dot Pinning that way actually does anything

I never read or heard anywhere about Pinning on the actual Overall Achievement List,
(I've been Playing Less than a Month) although I do often Browse It to see what I can
work on next (like those Heavy Weight Ones- I've gotten 1 thru 6 and SO MANY BEARS )

So I will try to Pin on the Achievement List- TYVM for that Info

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by MrPurple33:

mbutton also suggested If an Achievement is also
In Progress, it can't be Removed unless it is completed,

I think I said the opposite -
"I really don't think you have to complete a space before you rearrange them. I'm not sure how the pin stuff works myself as I completed the achievements prior to the pinning mechanism being introduced."

:)

[MrPurple33]

OK, I've tried several ways to 'Pin' on the Achievements Section through the Library Page for Dorfromantik, and Nothing will make a 'Check' 'White Dot', or any other Mark on the Overall Achievement List- And I can't see any additional way to Mark Achievements In-Game besides those White Dots on the 3 Circled Achievements In Progress

So I'll keep trying with those

Originally posted by mbutton15:

Originally posted by MrPurple33:

mbutton also suggested If an Achievement is also
In Progress, it can't be Removed unless it is completed,

I think I said the opposite -
"I really don't think you have to complete a space before you rearrange them. I'm not sure how the pin stuff works myself as I completed the achievements prior to the pinning mechanism being introduced."

:)

Yeah, the 6 Heavy Weight Ones all Activated Nicely without ever being up on the Upper Right- I Think my Issue is still that I need to just Hit those Ghost Tiles Like you suggested mbutton- Somehow I just haven't Hit the Ghost Tiles that will turn on Framer or Green Thumb, yet Oddly have been Getting some more Advanced Mid-Level Achievements being Activated Instead

I'll get them eventually, I'm Sure- I'm already at 34/85 Achievements Completed
with just under a Month Playing (I got the Game and Started on Nov 24th)

Right Now I'm just Enjoying the Game In General, Stuff Like the Trains and Boats,
and now, ALL THOSE BEARS

Thanks for the Help though mbutton and annie