Tirama -- Get the Fungus Hut game (1st one) up to master and soon you'll be awash in bolgins.  That's how I'm getting my building done and the food.  I think Wendy told us about this.  The other good thing about the Fungus Hut mini is that, at master, I get a bit over 500 XP each time I play it.  You can level up quickly that way.

I tried to find the resources needed for the Pegacorn, but there isn't a list.  All I remember is 10 Whisper lilies, 8 Uniciorn feathers, 5 Moon Fountain tea, some multiples of shoes that you probably already have, ditto herbs (I think the ones in Dawnhope Cavern).

Tirama -- all it takes is 2 tiles to play a game.  That's 600 bolgins.  For the Pegacorn quest you'll need face flowers and 2 kinds of dust     (not the coruscating or radiant).  The Songbird eggs were hard.  I only have one right now.  I have a gazillion portraits.  How are you fixed for Kip puppets?  I think he gives glue.  You could also look on the bright side -- at least you've got quests!

lilyr wrote:

Tirama -- all it takes is 2 tiles to play a game.  That's 600 bolgins.    You could also look on the bright side -- at least you've got quests!

You lose some money for the first 2 levels, I think it is, and then you break even for a level, then you make money after that.  If you've got a few thousand dollars that's about all you need to get yourself up there.  And like Lily said, once you're up there you get 500 exp. every time.  Then you level up and play more HOs and you'll have money for more cards.  I'm totally sick of the game but it pays out awesome.  Whenever you get anywhere close to leveling up it gets you there quickly.  It seems like cheating, it makes everything else so much easier.

WendyDarling wrote:

lilyr wrote:

Tirama -- all it takes is 2 tiles to play a game.  That's 600 bolgins.    You could also look on the bright side -- at least you've got quests!

You lose some money for the first 2 levels, I think it is, and then you break even for a level, then you make money after that.  If you've got a few thousand dollars that's about all you need to get yourself up there.  And like Lily said, once you're up there you get 500 exp. every time.  Then you level up and play more HOs and you'll have money for more cards.  I'm totally sick of the game but it pays out awesome.  Whenever you get anywhere close to leveling up it gets you there quickly.  It seems like cheating, it makes everything else so much easier.

Yeah, and how many bolgins is it going to cost me for the first two levels? 

I don't think anybody is hearing me:  my game does not give what is needed.  I've just played Gobholm 3 times trying to get those stupid portraits for Raphael, which is my oldest quest besides the ones to complete relics.  I didn't get a single portrait.  That's 111 energy (almost 10 hours worth) spent and nothing to show for it.

Maybe those portraits are only available in a certain mode, or at a certain level of experience.  If it's a case of needing to level up the city, then the quest shouldn't have been sent so early to people who were just starting the game in February.
 
Do I have a Puppet Kip so that I could redeem a collection to get 10 of the 34 glues I need?  No. 

Did I have a Faita whatever so I could get blueprints?  No.  I played the HO 3 times without getting one before I said screw it and went to Apricus Plaza and got all the blueprints for Troglid the hard way, one HO scene at a time.

I haven't even counted how many glass shards I need for Chumblepots.  What's the point?  I can't get them redeeming collectibles because the collectible set that gives shards is the portrait collection and I can't get Gobholm to give me the missing portrait.

Really, I'm not exaggerating when I say it will take weeks to complete the quests I have because the drop rate for the items I need is pitiful. 

Yeah, I possibly could make enough money playing the card game to BUY the shards and glue, but is that what this game is supposed to be?  And it still wouldn't help with the portraits or songbird eggs.

I've been playing Gobholme gobs of times trying to get that stupid book.  It always says it's in there but I haven't gotten a single one of them and I need 3.  I can get the stupid portrait that Tirama needs, though.
I only had the food sale available to me once, and I spent most of my money on sandwiches  except for what I spent on a building upgrade and I left a little to buy more cards.  Then tonight when I went back in I had the food sale again.  I only had 1,000 bucks or so, not counting what I have stashed in my collections(and I traded some in the only other day what  I had the food sale) so I broke down and bought the fungus soup or whatever it is that cost 75 of my 117 crystals and gives me +100 and a fill.  I only have 460 energy so I figured that would come in handy, and increase of almost 25%.  I just looked at my map and almost every scene is blinking.  I'm trying to take it slow and not rush it cause it's so easy to run out of quests.  Looks like I'll have the Gobholme quest around for awhile, anyway.