How to Get Farmville Cash for Free (Without Spending Real Cash)

I was one of the last holdouts on Facenook of my friends to finally cave in and play Farmville, the multi-player, friend-helping online role playing and time management game from Zynga. In Farmville, you play the game as a farmer, who manages his or her farm, by planting crops, harvesting them, planting and harvesting tree, and raising and caring for virtual animals to earn money and supplies, to make more supplies to earn more money.

There are certain things that can be purchased in Farmville that require coins-the currency that's easy to earn-and other things that require Farmville Cash. Farmville Cash is not easy to earn, and I've read many blogs that say the only way to get Farmville Cash is to spend real cash to buy them. Farmville Cash, sometimes called FV or FVC, or 'Cash' in the game, is worth more value than coins. There are some items that can only be purchased with FV Cash.

So let's look at several different ways to get Farmville cash so the higher-dollar Farmville cash items and games can be played.

How to Get Farmville Cash with Real Cash

Of course, the easiest way to get Farmville Cash is to simply buy it with real cash. Either on the Zynga website or through Facebook in the form of Facebook credits that then convert into Farmville Cash. Zynga offers specials on buying packages, where you can get a flat amount of Farmville Cash for a set prices, and sometimes they have special sales for getting Farmville Cash for less real-world cash money. Keep an eye open for the special Farmville Cash options.

How to Get Farmville Cash on Facebook without Real Cash

Now the part you probably came to this article for: how to get Farmville Cash without real money. There are two ways to do this on the actually Farmville game: on Facebook; on Zynga. Let's start with how to get Farmville Cash on Facebook first.

Below the game screen on Facebook, you will find a type of game feed that shows your Farmville activity and then your neighbors' Farmville activity. Immediately to the right of that, you'll see 'sponsored links'. Those sponsored links will state in bold type that you can get Farmville Cash for completing certain offers, surveys, registering for an email newsletter, or other activities. Many of these are completely free; others will cost a small fee, or require a credit card for a trial offer, but you can cancel the offer before the trial is over without being charged.

For example, the other day, American Express offered a special. All a Farmville farmer had to do was visit the Facebook page for American Express, and 'like' the page, and the player would get a Centurion statue for their page. The statue came with FIVE free Farmville Cash dollars, without spending real cash, and as long as it was on your farm, it gave double mastery points for two weeks too! Didn't cost me anything but a few minutes of my time.

Companies like Amex and Farmer's Insurance (remember the blimp with 'farm insurance' a while back?) use Farmville to advertise their products and services. In turn, they offer free things to the players to get their name used in a good way throughout the game. Win/win/win!

How to Get Free Farmville Cash without Real Cash on Zynga

Farmville.com on Zynga not only has free items to give to friends and neighbors on Farmville that Facebook doesn't have, but they also offer special deals for advertising that are different from the ones on Facebook.

Also, Zynga has games like the Lotto where you can play for free spins, and if you win, you get free Farmville cash there too.

How to Get Free Farmville Cash without Real Cash by Playing the Game

Farmville Cash is sometimes given for free inside the gameplay on Facebook or on Zynga when certain activities are performed or certain gifts are opened. For example, Mystery Box, Gift Bags, Christmas Presents, and sometime the Special Delivery boxes contain Farmville Cash. I've received 1-5 Farmville Cash in boxes before and have heard others say they've received as much as 20.

Leveling up in experience points, XP, also can give you free Farmville Cash. You earn cash each time you level up. Playing the game and leveling up with XP faster by choosing XP as your prize when you earn rewards, sell products or sell bushels will all give you faster free Farmville cash.

How to Get Free Farmville Cash by Reporting Game Glitches

If you experience a glitch in the Farmville game, especially one that lasts for a few days or a week or so, and if you report that glitch to Zynga and they verify it, they will frequently offer you free Farmville Cash for taking the time to report it so it can be fixed, or to reward you for the inconvenience. I think you'd be surprised by how few people actually bother to report glitches.

I've reported two major glitches and received 20 Farmville Cash for one and 15 Farmville Cash for another, and then Zynga offered me 15 Farmville Cash for problems with my Christmas items, when I hadn't even reported it! Be sure to report all your glitches.

There you have several ways to earn free Farmville Cash without cheating, without using those websites that might harm your computer, and without having to download anything that might be dangerous. Be wary of any website that offers to give you a lot of free cash or to use a 'cheat'. If you get caught cheating, Zynga will kill your Farmville account. If you download something from one of the cheat sites, you'll run the risk of ruining your computer too.

Play safe, play fair, and earn Farmville Cash for free by following this advice. Happy farming!