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MAKING THE MOST OF THE NEW LANDHere be tips, FAQs, glitches good and bad and the odd warning. It's a bit of an epic, sorry, but there are section headings if you're looking for something specific :smile:Firstly if you haven't opened up the new land yet there's another post about that on the Northward Bound page or view it with this link . . .https://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1183/newlandcosts/feed_0A quick note on images - There's a composite of the pics I'll mention as I go in the OP. I'll refer to them left to right, top to bottom so its 1+2, 3+4 and 5+6 in the three rows.I'll include a link to each pic as I reference it or you can see the whole album with this next link, including the land-map doodad . . .https://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/album/100/newlandpics/Let's start with some good stuff . . .DUPLICATESImage 1 - selecting a duplicate itemhttps://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1179/newlandduplicates/While not everyone had this, some players found some of the rows of new land contained extras of each item stacked one on top of the other. In my B town I had that in the first 15 rows and for 22 rows in my A town. I have heard of some players getting 3 or even 4 of everything !?!If you enter Design Mode and tap a single item and it shows red not green there's at least one of those things underneath and hidden. Move the one you tapped and pop - there's another left behind. I don't know if it moved the duplicate or the original having only had them doubled up but if there's more you can repeat moving to get more.The duplicate Shacks don't have a pay-out but it's not a bad little building :smile:Three notes of caution . . .I don't know, but the extras probably affect the item count.Beware you don't sell instead of store - I read everything can be sold, even un-mined rocks !!Be careful mining - I'll get to that in the next bit, but don't blitz the lot if you got duplicates.A last tip . . .If you got duplicates you want to move but you don't want to separate them use Area Select and move them as a group.MININGImage 2 - An un-mined duplicate rock-pilehttps://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1176/doublerocks/There's free Donuts in them there rocks !!When you unlock a Tile there will be a glowing pile of rocks which will give a random amount of Donuts when tapped :smile:If you got the duplicates glitch you can tell by looking closely at the bobbing pickaxes - the one in the pic is a double.You don't have to separate them to mine them, it will award one vein at a time as you tap. You might get anything from just a few to a jackpot 100 Ds from any vein, but it seems to average out at around 11 a vein based on what I managed to get in my 2 towns and what I've read in the last few days.A combined tip and warning . . .Don't go mad if you got duplicates and rushed all the land - I'll get to rushing land next - tap a few and then do a sync and check it saved them correctly ( pop to the Friends Towns bit and back if you didn't know what a sync was ). I suspect it stops saving after you mine the first 150 veins ( one for each new Tile ).I burnt through the lot in my B town and got 2,630 Ds but after a sync it lost 935. Still 1,595 grind-free Ds but I was not a happy bunny losing a load !!In my A town I did a few rows worth at a time and then did a sync until I'd added 1,593 Ds and it stopped saving them. I tried a couple more veins but it didn't let me keep those last few sprinkles - grrrr !!There is some hope - I tapped an A town vein by accident getting the screenshot and it seemed to save, so I tapped the other vein and definitely got to keep those. I think I'll tap a few a day from the veins that are left rather than do a load and risk wasting any more - even if I'm not short on Ds !!RUSHING GETTING LANDExtra image - thanks to Katbird for the screenshot :smile:https://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1187/rushnewland/Don't be tempted to rush getting Maps - I'll have more on Maps next - but it might be worth 4 Ds a pop rushing tasks for Deeds if you're in a hurry. Didn't check but those probably drop to 2 Ds when you're under 4 hours to go.The easy way to get land in a hurry if you need it fast or have sprinkles to spare and want it all is to just enter Design Mode and tap to go and buy the Tiles.It will use Deeds if you have them, so you can't bank them for future use, but it will give you the option to pay with Donuts for any Deeds you are short - at 15 Ds per Deed needed.If you had no Deeds and wanted a Tile for 2 Deeds, or had 3 Deeds but wanted a Tile for 5 you could just pay 30 Ds for those 2 Deeds you need.The Tiles in the last row cost 7 Deeds or 105 Ds each !!GETTING MAPS AND DEEDS FOR THE NEW LANDImage 3 - Shack with a Map ready to collect..https://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1180/mapshack/The Prospector's Shack unlocked with that first free Tile pays out one Map every 8 hours. Don't forget to pop over and collect them !!You should find if you do a SkyFinger tap when it's ready to collect and then do a sync it gives you an extra Map :smile:If you completed the Black Friday 2021 prize track, or if it comes back and you get it later, the Jackpot Realty building pays out 5 Maps every 24 hours which will save a whole heap of time if you're not rushing. Sadly I didn't get it and those I know who did rushed so I can't say if the SkyFinger tip works for that too or what you get if it did.EDIT - I've just been informed the SkyFinger boost does work on Jackpot Realty, getting 10 Maps per day :smile:When it works and you've got all the land the Shack will switch to IGC and pay out $300 and 30 XP every 8 hours instead - again can't say about Jackpot Realty a I don't own it as I type this.A warning . . .Don't rush getting Maps. It costs 6 Ds a pop and doesn't go down over time, even with only a moment or two to go. Fair enough if you just want the one in a hurry but it costs less to rush buying the Tile than getting the Maps for it !!WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK . . . !!Image 4 - A Shack paying IGC with land still to buy !?!https://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1177/cashshack/Here's my A town Shack sitting right by an un-bought Tile and it decided it should switch to IGC. It first happened when I had no Deeds banked either, so it's not as though I had all I needed to get the land the usual way instead of sprinkles.Fixing it, or at least a bit of a work-round is a pain too.A SkyFinger tap won't work, ever, and it needs good timing to get there just before it's ready to pay. If I get the timing right and tap to buy that Tile and then Cancel it switches back to showing the tasks and paying Maps until Bart or a badly timed sync sends it back to IGC.EDIT - While still temporary and needs a bit of good timing it's simpler than I thought - just go into Design Mode and back :smile:If it pops up ready to pay IGC that's it, try again in 8 hours.WHEN IT DOES WORK . . . :smile:Image 5 - A Shack showing tasks availablehttps://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1181/taskshack/When everything is as it should be and one or more of the characters is free you'll get the bobbing tap me, I've got jobs thingamajig you can see in the pic.You'll get that even if you don't have enough Maps though but it might be worth a quick check . . .GETTING MORE DEEDSImage 6 - Tap the Shack to check and set tasks for Deedshttps://www.tapped-out.co.uk/photo/1178/shacktasks/Almost done, and this is a quick one too :smile:When you have enough Maps you can tap on the Shack and set tasks to earn more Deeds. They take 8 hours so perhaps overnight or while you're at work, and they can be rushed for 4 Ds a task.I expect that drops after 4 hours too, but didn't check.In case you've forgotten the characters you can send are -Connie Appleseed, Cookie, Homer, Moe and WiggumAre you still awake ?? Well done !! :smile:( That's all, folks . . . !! :joy: )