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CityVille by Zynga for Facebook: guide, tips, tricks, hints, cheats and strategies

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CityVille is the brand new Zynga Facebook game that has been long awaited, and is finally able to be played right now on Facebook. It combines elements of FarmVille and FrontierVille with other established city building games such as Millionaire City, and even such games as Lucky Train,  to create a brand new, rich and compelling gaming experience. All of these different methods of play will come into play for building your city. You can even start a franchise and open branches in other cities, as well as invite your friends to put their franchises in your city! Many fake websites have already popped up for tips and cheats for CityVille, but unlike those websites, I am one of the first to play CityVille and uncover REAL playing tips and cheats. Read on...

First of all, much of what you do in CityVille revolves around how many neighbors you have (friends who play the game). If you don't know too many people who play the game, or who would be interested in playing the game, there are a few places you can go to very easily find people to add who play the game. Your best bet would be to go to the official CityVille forum (the link is found on www.cityville.com), go to the "add new neighbors" forum, and add people who have already posted, or post an "add me" post. Another good bet is to go to the CityVille Facebook page and add people who have "liked" the game or commented. You will find yourself with 2 to 3 digits worth of neighbors in no time if you do this.

The layout you start off with in CityVille, is not really an ideal layout. There is no reason for the red barn to be next to the street, as nothing at all happens when it's next to the street. It's still just as useful when it's not next to the street, unlike your businesses and your residences. So use the "move tool" to move it away from the street, in order to make room for businesses and residences.

You start off with various trees growing in empty areas of your city. They don't add any payout bonuses to any of the businesses in your city, so there is no reason to keep any of them around. DON'T CLICK THEM. You will have a task come up where you have to chop down 3 trees in order to complete the task. Wait to chop them down until this task comes up, or else you won't get credit for the trees which you have already chopped down. If you absolutely must chop them for the extra money and energy, leave at least 3 trees behind.


Your decorations should be the centerpiece of your other buildings, because of the effect that they have on how much money your businesses earn you, and how much of an effect they have on how much rent you collect from each house. Try to concentrate them next around your most profitable businesses.

Or, even better, here's a little cheat to maximize your earnings from a business, especially a high-dollar business like the coffee shop, or (later on in the game) the pool hall, sunglass store, and wedding store. Once a store is ready to have money collected, use the "move" tool to move it to a wide open space in your city. Then, use the "move" tool to move all of your decorations to be within range of the business, so that your payout bonus is massive. Next, collect your payout, and watch the extra-large payout flood your account with money. It doesn't matter that the customers weren't served near the decorations, only that the building is near decorations when you collect the payout. Once you're done, move them back to their normal locations and carry on with the game as normal.

To start moving your franchises into your friends' cities, go to your neighbor's city and find their empty lot. Click the empty lot and choose which business of yours you want to place there. Once you choose, you have to wait for your friend to accept your business. 

Once they accept your business, you get a pop up with two options. Choose the "new headquarter available" option, and you can build your franchise's "headquarters" in your city, where you can supply your franchises, as well as collect from them. Build more branches of that same franchise in more friends' cities as well, and your franchise headquarters building will grow taller and taller.

To increase your citizens' happiness (as well as increase your population limit), build community buildings. After you unlock one community building, you can build multiples of the same building, and continue to increase both the happiness and the population limit of your city. You don't need to wait to unlock more and more types of buildings.

That's all for now! More tips? Post them as comments!

Nefis 18 months ago

Excellent

Bernhard Spieth 17 months ago

I am looking for neighbors in Cityville (and maybe Farmville).

lynn higginbotham 17 months ago

please add me on cityville ! thanks

Callie 17 months ago

Help me send the baker chocolate!! Feel free to post your link too:)

Lee Dever 17 months ago

Please add me for Cityville

elizabeth forcadilla 17 months ago

Looking for neighbors in Cityville and farmville...thanks

chaitali 17 months ago

how to unblock cityville ????

alextsui 17 months ago

Very detailed CityVille hub. I wonder how Zynga keeps coming up with all these game ideas that has "ville" in their names. Just thought of an idea- How about "SmallVille" next? Maybe we can be characters in the Superman saga. :)

KLeichester 17 months ago

Very interesting. I enjoyed the read.

Bridgette Wright 17 months ago

Add me if u want to be neighbor, its a great game so far

Callie 17 months ago

http://apps.facebook.com/cityville/Reward.php?frHo Free rewards! (1st few people only)

Stepfanie 17 months ago

How do you cut neighbors trees down. it says to cut neighbor city trees as a goal.. but when i click on them they dont let me and the tool button doesnt work either

Rachel 17 months ago

Stepfanie, are the trees you're clicking on decorations? You should look for the darker, christmas tree-type trees which show up in City Sam. Also, do you have enough energy? Make sure there are lightning bolts on the side of the screen. If it still doesn't work, fill out a ticket!

MoneyCreator24 17 months ago

Wonderful hub.

I found the game to me a few days ago. At first it was just a little plaything. Then I found the Facebook page, and the tab for reviews. There, I read dozens of posts from players who were looking for neighbors. I also wrote such a short text. And within minutes I received dozens of new friend requests. Within 2 days I got over 200 new contacts. This is awesome. My contact list is growing. I play something and I'm already at level 24, after 2 days.

Let us be neighbors, too. My facebook account you can find if you read my profile Hubpages.

Marw123 17 months ago

Do crops get old in cityville?

DJ 17 months ago

I am at a level 14. I have a franchise in four other friends cities. They accepted my franchise, yet I am making no money off my own franchise in their cities.

I have no head quarters building, it never appeared in my inventory, and my floors are not growing. My friends and I are keeping the franchise stocked with goods. Why don't I have a head quarters option in my inventory, why am I not getting credit from my franchise in other towns, and why do I only have one level that isn't growing ? If you could help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

Jamie 17 months ago

Same here, but my case is a little different. I can collect off my franchises in other towns, but I have no Headquarters options, whats up with this ?

melroy 17 months ago

i follwed what they told and i am level 31!!!!!!!!!

melroy 17 months ago

i follwed what they told and i am level 31!!!!!!!!!

karla mae 17 months ago

hey i have a question please answer my question...can i add neighbors in cityville even they are not my friends?can i??please answer...please...

James Suntzu 17 months ago

ADD ME as your neighbor

jake21madsen 17 months ago

Looking for neighbors in Cityville

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josh merriman 17 months ago

add me on city ville

Nancy Little 17 months ago

need neighbors too, please please add me! Thanks!

burnum 17 months ago

can you change the name of your city again if you already have one?

TED LEBLOND 17 months ago

I STILL DONT UNDERSTAND THIS- I BULL DOZED ALL MY BUILDINGS.. NOW WHAT

Lori 16 months ago

How do yu get the penthouse tower?

ayesha 16 months ago

add me as a neighbor on cityville

Kee 16 months ago

Do you have to be friends on facebook to add them as neighbors?

shams 16 months ago

plz help me what i should doing about population ???

RGG 16 months ago

Hi, I have a problem. One of my missions is to build 4

brownstone houses but it keeps telling me that I must build community buildings to raise my population limit above 1790. I have bought all the community buildings, with two extra city halls but still they don't let me to buy the brownstone houses. What's wrong? Please help!!

RRG

Mashaunda Meariday 16 months ago

Add me as a friend, please.

Sumdumbguy 16 months ago

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/Somedumbguy

Sumdumbguy 16 months ago

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#! please ad me as a neighbor on cityville.

bob 16 months ago

plase add me

Johnnie Walker 16 months ago

Add me if you want me to be your neighbour

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ch 16 months ago

Does anyone understand anything about the gold in my inventory. Not sure what I'm supposed to do.

Joey 16 months ago

pay attention to and post your wishlist...i visit the wishlist before i visit the free gifts page so i can give my neighbors what they want, otherwise i will only send energy or a zoning permit...gold plating is a collection requirement to unlock community buildings; some buildings require staff (your neighbors)...the more you visit the posts on ur wall and send people stuff, the more likely they will be to return the favor when you post for your missions...it's better to ask before you try to place a franchise; it will take your coins even if your neighbor declines your franchise...

Duane Gibson 16 months ago

I need neighbors please add me!!

CityVille Tips & Tricks Guide 16 months ago

New CityVille Tips & Tricks Guide Coming Soon At... http://www.CityvilleTipsGuide.com

Conner 16 months ago

actually if ur lvl 12 like me but dont have enough pop for diner or cosmetic businesses the most effective way to get money is through the flower kiosk, ive done the math

Alamaster 16 months ago

Conner: You may have done math, but you didnt take in to the account the price of energy used up on collecting cash from the kiosk.

Its not that simple, if you would have unlimited energy(or time to spend on CityVille), than the kiosk isnt a very good choice.

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caitlin 16 months ago

can someone help me! im trying to complete the one where u need to collect 2 sodas and 2 hotdogs but never seems to be working please help. iv been trying for over a week now,

adnes 16 months ago

cityville its a great game, do you know guys how to have that game on my alcatel phone? .. I got internet on my phone but I have the hard time downloading the game. Any easy way to have it on the phone?

Soshsn 16 months ago

I m looking for neighbors in cityville !! add me

soshsn 16 months ago

Sorry forgot abt the URL

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Play the Game Take 3 16 months ago

'If you don't know too many people who play the game, or who would be interested in playing the game, there are a few places you can go to very easily find people to add who play the game.'

Whip that keyboard!

John 16 months ago

Very nice comprehensive guide. I'm having a hard time with my low energy.

John 16 months ago

Very nice comprehensive guide. I'm having a hard time with my low energy.

umair 16 months ago

add me ... city ville Neigbour

Lucy 16 months ago

Add me as a neighbour please. :)

Mike 16 months ago

I wrote a guide on tips, tricks and hints I found in CityVille. I played for three weeks and currently im at level 33. You can click my name for the article.

Róbert 16 months ago

click to my name and add me as neightbour in cityville thanks !

damagex 15 months ago

Here are some great guides for cityville!:

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Looking for neighbour.add me

Monika Poggenklas 15 months ago

Hallo liebe cityville freunde. auch ich habe ganz klein angefangen, und meine stadt wächst und wächst. tolles spiel. allerdings habe ich ein problem, habe auch schon vieles versucht, habe sehr oft plug in abstürze oder server kontaktieren. mein spiel hakt und klemmt sobald sich die leute bewegen. :-( aber wenn es dann mal wieder läuft, werde ich fix. ist nur erst eine beta version. aber hoffe inständig wenn es anders wird, das es auch besser läuft. so und nun weiterhin viel viel spass. eure monika

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Shahzad 15 months ago

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bee 15 months ago

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How do you hide buildings in Cityville? It's so irritating how you can't access things behind tall buildings >.< Esp the pier since you can't move it while there are ships docked.

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i had just about enough of CityVille!!! i deleted all houses from 7,000 people to 200 people. it worked great at 200. now building back up and its slow and freezing all the time angain! ive had it!!

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Rommel 12 months ago

I found out that each residents building has capacity for people to reside like the Hotel Suites 130/250. How can I get the full residents to fill up the maximum capacity of it? Is there anyone has an answer for this please?

rhondab_rown@hotmail.com 11 months ago

we can not get are gifts on cityville iam not alone can not get them my friends too can not please it my friends need gifts like i do

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Mo 9 months ago

I'm on Level 76 and the game won't increase my population, I have no room to build anymore buildings. I'm locked out of expanding until I reach a required population, how the hell can I increase my population if they won't allow me to expand?? Senseless. I'm gonna go back to jerking off to porn, that never let me down.

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Who is the guy in the boat on the jetty saying he is going to be staying in the governors mansion?

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i want to play on facebook

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bruizer 11 hours ago

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cliff 10 hours ago

my cityville on facebook has been messed up for days can you fix ir

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