The Ville Doors to Riches: Collect your free modern items before they're gone

The third installment in the Ville's popular "Doors to Riches" feature has finally launched, giving players a chance to win seven different items for their homes in the game's current "Modern Retro" furniture theme. As with previous sets of Doors to Riches prizes, you'll be able to earn one prize over the next week, with items being earned by asking your friends to send you collectible items. Here's the complete list of prizes in this Modern Doors to Riches event:

Day 1: Apollo Coffee Table Black
Day 2: Tartan Loveseat Red
Day 3: Cube Rug Lava
Day 4: Tartan Sofa Red
Day 5: Apollo End Table Black
Day 6: Swan Chair White

If you can earn each of these six individual prizes, you'll receive the final grand prize with no additional work: the Freeze-o-matic Blue. This is a teal refrigerator for your kitchen. Just remember, this isn't a case where you've been given a lot of extra time to earn these items: you'll have just a week to earn them all, so you'll need to ask your friends for help every time the game allows you to do so. Good luck winning them all!

What do you think of this set of Modern prizes in the Doors to Riches event? Sound off in the comments!

The Ville Storage Shed Quests: Everything you need to know

For a few days now, we've known that additional item storage was coming to the Ville via an upcoming release of a Storage Shed, but the wait for that storage is now finally over! The Storage Shed has finally been released in the Ville, and of course there are some quests to complete to kick off this feature in full! We're here with a guide to finishing these quests, straight from Zynga, so let's get started!

Conspicuous Consumption

• Place Storage Shed
• Ask for 5 Workgloves
• Talk About Shed with Alexis 2 Times

The Workgloves are earned via individual requests that are sent to your Ville neighbors. Meanwhile, Alexis has now conveniently shown up in our homes, so you can quickly talk to her about the shed (twice) without having to search for her. You'll receive 75 coins and 2 XP for completing this quest.

Measure Twice, Cut Once

• Mow Grass 5 Times
• Plant 3 Flowers

Rewards: 75 coins, 2 XP

Into the Shed

• Build Shed
• Watch Home Improvement Show
• Search for Building Plans

The first level of the shed gives you 20 storage slots, but it requires plenty of building materials to construct. You'll need 10 Screwdrivers, five Workgloves, 10 Wood, 10 Hammers and five Screws, which are earned through a combination of general news posts on your wall and individual friend requests. Meanwhile, the Building Plans can be found by searching through items like bookshelves and desks. You'll earn 75 coins and two XP for completing this quest.

A Fresh Coat

• Store 3 Items
• Buy a New Couch
• Buy 2 New Paintings

Rewards: 75 coins, 2 XP

Surprise Inspection

• Ask friends for 7 Screws
• Collect 12 Wood
• Admire New Paintings Twice

Rewards: 75 coins, 2 XP

Shed Crashers

• Upgrade Shed
• Earn 2,000 coins
• Rummage Through 5 Cabinets

The first true shed upgrade gives you a storage boost to 60 additional items. You'll also receive 75 coins and two XP for completing this quest.

Kitchen Remodel

• Buy a New Kitchen Counter
• Buy a New Oven
• Cook a Cherry Pie

Rewards: Pineapple Surprise, 75 coins, 2 XP

The Latest and Greatest

• Buy 2 Electronics
• Place 20 Tiles
• Search for Loose Change in the Shed

Technically, the 20 floor tiles are supposed to be a path leading from your house to the shed, but it's likely that you can just purchase 20 tiles and place them anywhere to complete this quest. When you finish it, you'll receive another 75 coins and two XP.

If You Can't Beat 'Em

• Upgrade to a Premium Storage Shed
• Buy 2 Outdoor Decorations
• Plant 3 Flowers

The second (and for now final) expansion on the storage shed will give you a boost to 120 slots of item storage, more than doubling what we originally started out with (just 100 slots). Hopefully, additional shed upgrades will be released in the future, so we can fill our homes with even more lovely items for weeks and months to come! 

What do you think of this Storage Shed and its quests? Do you think you'll have any trouble completing them? Are 120 extra storage slots enough for you, or would you prefer the number to be even higher? Sound off in the comments! 

The Ville Progressive Price Gun: Everything you need to know

There are apparently no limits to the kinds of seemingly random cross-promotions we can see across Zynga's games, as we've seen Big Brother team up with Hidden Chronicles, a slew of credit cards come to FarmVille and now, the arrival of Flo from Progressive in the Ville. Flo's here with a simple request, as she's lost her price gun and needs us to help her find it! You'll be able to complete a single quest to do so, and will receive an exclusive item for your home if you finish off this quest before Flo takes off.

Shop Progressive

• Watch a Progressive Commercial
• Visit Progressive.com
• Visit Casey and Search for the Price Gun

The Progressive Commercial can be watched on a TV in your home, while visiting Progressive.com is done via a computer. Finally, you'll need to search Casey's furniture for the price gun to finish off this incredibly simple quest. When you've done that, you'll receive 75 coins, a single XP and a Flo-untain. This is a fountain statue that looks like Flo, of course.

There currently isn't a listed time limit on completing this quest, but I personally doubt it'd be around for anymore than a couple of weeks. Since it's so easy to complete, why not take a few seconds and finish it off for this exclusive, and definitely unique, prize.


What do you think of this Progressive cross-promotion in the Ville? Have you already completed this quest? Sound off in the comments!

The Ville Avatar Outfits: Everything you need to know

While there are dozens of different clothing and accessory items available to choose from in the Ville's clothing marketplace, sometimes it's nice to not have to think about color and pattern coordination and just pick an outfit with a single click. In comes the Ville's new "Outfits" feature that will allow you to do just that. While there are outfits available to choose from for both male and female avatars, it's definitely worth noting that these outfits are made of items you may already own, or individual clothing items that are already available to purchase in the store. This is more of a bundle deal, if you simply like the look of an outfit and don't wish to purchase its parts (including clothing, tattoos and accessories) separately. With that warning out of the way, let's take a look at the game's (fairly expensive) outfits!

Female Avatars

Ville Fan Girl - 3 Ville Cash
Hipster Sport - 5 Ville Cash
Pretty in Pink - 5 Ville Cash
Bohemian Beauty - 7 Ville Cash
Nautical Darling - 7 Ville Cash
Modern Edge - 9 Ville Cash
Sophisticated Sally - 11 Ville Cash
Little Black Number - 14 Ville Cash
Swan Princess - 14 Ville Cash

Male Avatars

Metro Mike - 4 Ville Cash
Bobby Basic - 5 Ville Cash
George Got Game - 8 Ville Cash
Utility Jack - 17 Ville Cash

It's no surprise that there are fewer male Outfits to choose from than female Outfits, as males have traditionally received less clothing items in every Ville update anyway. Hopefully, if this Outfits feature grows to include more original clothing items, males won't be left so out in the cold at that point. Stay tuned for more!

What do you think of these Outfits? Were you expecting completely new clothing items, or are you ok with these bundles of items, some of which you may already own? Sound off in the comments!