Pioneer Trail Cheats and Tips: Where them thar Hidden Missions at?

Shoooot, so we finally found them Hidden Mission locations. Goodie, 'cause I been hankerin' for some more challenges! (Alright, I'm done. How did they keep up that accent back in the day?) The Pioneer Trail in FrontierVille (sort of) is an adventure filled with all sorts of secrets to keep you playing over and over again.

The Hidden Missions appear after certain Goals are completed, and on specific areas on each map, though they may change position with each playthrough. However, we're here to ruin the adventure make sure you hit every single piece of content made available to you with this guide for where and how to find every Hidden Mission in the game, thanks to CE Gamers. Enjoy being spoiled immensely:

Beaver Valley
Case of the Curious Torticoon

    Must complete Travails of a Travellin' Trader Goal
    Appears over a Torticoon (usually near the first river)


Blackberry Pickin'

    Must complete Travails of a Travellin' Trader Goal
    Appears over a Blackberry Bush (usually seen up north on the map)


Beavery Valley Hidden Mission
Purdy Purdy Pignuts

    Must complete Blazin' Campfire Goal
    Appears over an Owl Tree (usually found past the first bridge)


Missin Home

    Must complete Dysentery Danger! Goal
    Appears over a Wild Lupine (Plains grass with purple flowers)


Turkeys Gone Wild

    Must complete Who Wants Gumbo Stew Goal
    Appears over a Turkey (use your Hunter to make one appear)


Who Wants Pie

    Must complete Dysentery Danger! Goal
    Appears over a Pecan Tree (found clustered near rocks and other trees)


Lost Lil' Bucky

    Must complete Dysentery Danger! Goal
    Appears over a "Baby" Beaver by the river (likely appears near the second river)


High PlainsHigh Plains
Wild Rice and Persimmon Puddin'

    Must complete Pickin' Up The Pieces Goal
    Appears over a Persimmon Tree (trees with orange fruits)


Prairie Doggin'

    Must complete Pickin' up the Pieces Goal
    Appears over a Prairie Dog Burrow (appear as half-submerged and very angry)


Stocking the Root Cellar

    Must complete Giant Raging Inferno
    Appears over Wild Rice (appears as yellow stalks on the Trail)


Stockin Up The McBaggins Homestead

    Must complete the McBaggins Well
    Appears over a Lavender (look somewhat like Wild Lupine from Beaver Valley)


Gifts for Back Home

    Must complete Giant Ragin' Inferno
    Appears over a Wild Strawberry (think Blackberry Bushes with red berries)


Skunkadillo Rumors

    Must complete Not the Sheep Pa! Goal
    Appears over a Skunkadillo (could you really mess a black and white, shelled skunk?)


Avalanche PassAvalanche Pass
Gonner Pass Dinner Party

    Must complete Avalanche! Goal
    Appears over a Red Trillium (a small, almost poinsettia-like flower)


Apple Squeezins

    Must Complete Busted Wagon Goal
    Appears over a Crab Apple Tree (grow near other trees, stand out easily)


Missin' Home

    Must complete Fixin' The Storm Shelter Goal
    Appears over a Blueberry Bush (Blackberry Bushes with, again, another different color)


Missing Lynx

    Must complete Build a Plunger Goal
    Appears over a Snowy Rock


What Big Feet You Have

    Must complete Trail Feast Goal
    Appears over the Manzanita (short, almost bonsai-like, green-leafed tree)


Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.

Now that you know where every Hidden Mission is in the game, are you ready to take them head on? Did we spoil any big surprises for you?

Thanksgiving Guide: FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social & More

Next up in the holiday 2011 lineup is Thanksgiving! Hot on Halloween's heels, this festive feast holiday brings on the brisk weather and kicks off that cozy winter feeling. But family bonding and delicious food aren't all Thanksgiving 2011 has to offer. As usual, Thanksgiving items are appearing in all your favorite Facebook games such as FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social, and more! So to see all the latest Thanksgiving updates, features, and goodies; check out our complete Thanksgiving Guide for FarmVille, Pioneer Trail, The Sims Social, and more below!

Make sure to check out the Ultimate Black Friday Deal Guide for social & casual gamers.

Jump to:
FarmVille Thanksgiving | Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving
Cafe World Thanksgiving | CityVille Thanksgiving
Other Thanksgiving Updates

FarmVille Thanksgiving

    FarmVille: Double Mastery on now for Thanksgiving celebration
    FarmVille Mystery Game (11/20/11): Thanksgiving animals and decorations celebrate Turkey Day
    FarmVille Thanksgiving Items: Sheep Balloon, Pilgrim Chicken and more
    FarmVille Harvest Bonfire Goals: Everything you need to now
    FarmVille Harvest Bonfire Thanksgiving Basket: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Thanksgiving Goals: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille: Purchase a Zynga Game Card from 7-Eleven, receive Cornucopia Home
    FarmVille Harvest Hoedown Goals: Everything you need to know
    FarmVille Harvest Hoedown: Everything you need to know



FrontierVille Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving

    Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving Animal Collection: Collect feathers for six new animals
    Pioneer Trail Gravy Train Meals: Everything you need to know
    Pioneer Trail Thanksgiving Feast: Everything you need to know



cafe world thanksgiving
Cafe World

    Cafe World Fall Feast Event: Everything you need to know



cityville thanksgiving
CityVille

    CityVille Harvest Festival Timed Goal: Everything you need to know



The Sims Social Thanksgiving

    Coming Soon



facebook games thanksgiving
Other Thanksgiving Updates

    Turkeys go on Thanksgiving vacay in Island Paradise, or do they?
    Black Friday doorbusters: Coming to an online game near you?
    Empires & Allies Turkey Turmoil Mini Series: Everything you need to know
    Gardens of Time celebrates Thanksgiving with three premium scenes
    Forget the Black Friday rush, give the gift of Zynga stock [Report]



Which is your favorite Thanksgiving update?

Pioneer Trail Stolen Flames Timed Goal: Everything you need to know

If you're running out of things to do in Pioneer Trail (sometimes I wish I were that lucky), and you have a few days to dedicate to a new Timed Goal, you'll be happy to know that you can now do just that, as a cute golden roadrunner has come to the game, and will work with you to bring fire and warmth back to your Homestead's animals, so that they can survive the cold winter nights ahead.

You'll have seven days to complete this goal once you manually start it on your Homestead, and you must start it before December 10, when the goal expires. You'll need to be at least level 8 to access this goal, but since you're probably long past that point, let's go ahead and take a look at what this goal requires:

Clear 10 Rocks
Chop Trees 40 Times
Ask for 15 Flaming Branches

Ok, pioneers, before you panic, let's clear up this tree issue. You won't need to chop down 40 full trees; rather, you'll just need to chop into trees 40 different times. If you don't have very many trees currently growing on your Homestead, you can purchase saplings for a few hundred coins each from the store and then immediately clear them for one chop each. Time consuming and a bit pricey, yes - difficult, no. As for the Flaming Branches, you'll need to ask your friends to send them to you.

Once you finish this goal (again, you'll have seven days to get that done), you'll receive a Roadrunner animal, 1,000 coins and 1,000 XP. Hopefully then your animals will have plenty of warmth, even if it's just body heat, to be able to survive the cold days ahead!

What do you think of this newest timed goal in Pioneer Trail? Do you wish you could access unlimited Roadrunners, or is just one enough for you?

Pioneer Trail Bug Report: Lost progress bug is being squashed

If you've been playing Pioneer Trail (even when it was FrontierVille) for any considerable amount of time, I'd be surprised if you hadn't suffered from a rollback issue or two, or some other form of game/fun-breaking bug. If not, you're liable to run into one now, as a widespread issue has broken out in the game, causing users to lose considerable amounts of progress on goals. This is apparently such a large issue that the majority of the game's official forums has been branded with posts and banners about the issue, but Zynga is here to let you know that help is on the way.

Specifically, we're told this by customer service:

"We have received a high number of inquiries about players losing progress in the game and seeing old missions come back. We apologize for the problem and have our developers looking at the problem now.

There's no need to submit a help ticket for this matter, as we plan on correcting this problem on our end for all affected players. We request if you are having this problem to try again in a few hours (or even later today) to see if your progress has been returned. If this problem has occurred for you, please simply click the "vote to fix" button, this will alert us that you were affected."

Essentially, what this means is that you don't need to contact Zynga Customer Support to fix this issue, as supposedly everything will be placed back to normal on Zynga's end without any input from us. That is, the "game knows" where you were when the bug first hit, and will revert you back to the proper state when the bug has been fixed. As for the time table, things aren't progressing as quickly as we would have hoped. As of yesterday morning, the issue was still being worked on by developers, but a proper fix hadn't actually been pushed out.

While you're waiting for the issue to be resolved, I'd suggest simply not playing the game (or doing anything significant, that you would be upset about having to repeat). Keep checking back with the game's official forums for updates as to the progress of the bug fix, and we'll make sure to let you know if anything significant happens between now and then.

Have you been hit by this "lost progress" bug? How far did it push you back? Let us know in the comments.

Pioneer Trail Shaman Lodge Goals: Everything you need to know

Finally, Halloween approaches. Zynga is already preparing its in-game festivities with the release of the Shaman Lodge to Pioneer Trail. Laughing Bear the Shaman has arrived on the Homestead, and he foresees a terrible spookiness on your land. It's up to you (if you're at least Level 17) to help Laughing Bear build his lodge to collect as many charms as possible in preparation for a seriously spooky event.

Once you complete the Lodge, you will be able to collect shiny charms from it daily. We assume these will come in handy in this year's Halloween event in Pioneer Trail, so it's in your best interest to get started on this new building right away. Since we know the suspense is killing you, here's everything you need to know to build the Shaman Lodge:

Clearin' the Ground

    * Place the Shaman Lodge
    * Clear 12 Skulls
    * Harvest 30 Sunflowers


When the even appears in your game, it will present you with the option to place the Lodge in a pop-up. Select "Build Lodge" to get started. Then, simply search your Homestead for Skulls--they're also a reward for completing the Cow and Graveyard Collections. Harvesting 30 Sunflowers will cost a total of 9,300 Coins and take at least 18 hours to grow. Your reward for completing this Goal includes one Mystery Animal Crate, 500 XP and 500 Coins.
Staffin' Up

    * Chop 30 Oak Trees on a Neighbor's Homestead
    * Collect Two Daily Bonuses from the Shaman Lodge
    * Collect 15 Eerie Gems


By this point, the Goals assume you've already completed the Shaman Lodge, so give the foundation a few whacks (which we imagine will cost Energy and Wood). Once that's complete, a window will appear with what's needed to complete the building, pictured below. Based on previous Goals, we imagine the first three items are requested through News Feed posts, while the latter three are found by asking your friends directly.
Finish your Shaman Lodge
After that's through, visit at least six friends to chop 30 Oak Trees. Collecting two Daily Bonuses from the Shaman Lodge will take at least two days. The 15 Eerie Gems will, again, come from your friends. Your rewards for this Goal include a welcome nod to the popular Internet video, the Double Rainbow, 500 XP and 500 Coins.

Final Preparations

    * Clobber six Snakes
    * Harvest 30 Peppermint
    * Collect 15 Monsterbane Arrows


Snakes appear most frequently beneath Skulls and Rocks, so try to avoid clobbering any Snakes from collecting Skulls in the first Goal. Peppermint acts more like a fruit tree than a crop, so you can choose to buy all 30, but I wouldn't recommend that. Regardless, this portion of the Goal will take you at least four hours at the very least. The Monsterbane Arrows are sourced from your friends like the Eerie Gems before them. Enjoy a Mystical Charm Totem, 700 XP and 700 Coins for completing this Goal.

[Source and Image Credit: Zynga]

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