As part of the Spring update, Restaurant Story has a new set of goals dedicated to this wonderful time of year! The first step, entitled 'An Old Friend', is pretty simple:
- Accept Spring Flower
- Serve 8 Fruit Salads
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| Spring 2013 goals step 1: An Old Friend |
To accept a Spring Flower, just tap the Accept button. Meanwhile the Fruit Salad is a dessert available to all players under the Basic Stove and takes 15 minutes to cook. As a result you'll get by this goal soon enough.
Then, just like with the Asian goals last month, the Spring goals split into two strands. In order to complete the goals in full, you will need to work at both strands. For example, the second strand requires the purchase of Spring Bloom Chairs which can be unlocked only by completing the opening step of the first strand. To view details of the second strand, scroll towards the bottom of this post.
So starting with the first strand, we are met with 'The Essence of Spring':
- Buy 8 Spring Vine Wallpaper
- Buy 20 Spring Meadow Floor Tiles
- Ask 10 Community Members for Fresh Water
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 1, step 1: The Essence of Spring |
Note that for the first two requirements here, you can buy any wallpapers and flooring to complete the goal. Meanwhile, to request Fresh Water tap the Ask button and choose some reliable neighbours. By completing this goal, you will unlock the Spring Bloom Chair which is necessary for the second strand of goals.
Next up is 'Show Me Spring':
- Serve 12 Garden Salads
- Have 1 Garden Archway
- Buy 2 Counters
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 1, step 2: Show Me Spring |
The Garden Salad is another Basic Stove recipe (listed under lunch), and as a 30 minute dish, won't take long to get done. Like with wallpapers previously, any counters will do the trick here, so stick with cheap ones! Finally, the Garden Archway is only available after completion of
Inferior Ingredients (strand 2, step 1), and costs 64,000 coins. The reward here is the unlocking of the Spring Stove appliance and one is given to you for free - they'll be needed very soon...
After getting those Stews served, you are faced with 'The Green Thumb Guide':
- Build 2 Spring Stoves
- Prepare 30 Zucchini Soups
- Serve 30 Zucchini Soups
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 1, step 3: The Green Thumb Guide |
The Spring Stove is the new appliance which came with the Spring update and was unlocked in the last goal. It requires the collection of 5 Picnic Baskets and 5 Spring Leaves to build - both of these are new components found at the end of the gift list. The Zucchini Soup is an ugly looking broth aboard the Spring Stove which takes 2 hours to cook. I suggest building multiple appliances for two reasons. Firstly they only need 10 parts to construct so you can quickly amass three or four of them, and secondly they are needed in three further goals.
After being drowned in soup, a third strand of goals is opened - view it at the bottom of this post. Elsewhere, prepare to be doused in risotto courtesy of 'Under Pressure':
- Prepare 40 Snow Pea Risottos
- Serve 40 Snow Pea Risottos
- Buy 2 Bird Houses
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 1, step 4: Under Pressure |
The Snow Pea Risotto is another new recipe on the Spring Stove and is a 4 hour dish. Once more, this recipe is rather unappetising, but let's just get on with it! The Bird House is a wall decoration costing 20,000 coins so that's 40,000 coins for two.
Completion of those risottos unlocks the Garden Pond which is a requirement in the final goal, 'Go For the Green':
- Prepare 50 Braised Lamb
- Serve 50 Braised Lamb
- Buy 1 Garden Pond
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 1, step 5: Go For the Green |
The Braised Lamb is the last of the new recipes on the Spring Stove. It takes 6 hours to cook, so you'll be able to do a batch overnight, meaning it won't take much longer to complete than the risotto goal. Also required is the purchase of a Garden Pond - at 100,000 coins this is quite an outlay, although it is a quality item (not least with its 3x3 size) so is a sound investment in my opinion.
Finishing this goal brings a conclusion to the Spring goals, and you are awarded a green plaque for the wall. This seems like a bit of a let down for a final prize, but I suspect this is how all future goals will finish, meaning you can build up a wall covered in plaques to show off your achievements!
The second strand of goals starts following
An Old Friend (step 1) and has just one step called 'Inferior Ingredients':
- Serve 10 Stews
- Buy 5 Spring Bloom Chairs
- Buy 5 Spring Bloom Tables
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 2, step 1: Inferior Ingredients |
The Stew is on the Basic Stove, this time under the dinner tab. However it takes 2 days to prepare. The Spring Bloom Tables cost 16,000 coins each, so that will be 80,000 coins spent in total. The Spring Bloom Chairs cost 18,000 coins apiece meaning they are 90,000 coins in total. However these chairs cannot be unlocked until completion of
The Essence of Spring (strand 1, step 1). Don't be too disheartened though, because fulfilling this goal will unlock the Garden Archway. There are no further steps in this strand.
After stirring up the soups in
The Green Thumb Guide (strand 1, step 3) a third strand of goals appears, entitled 'Feeling Friendly?':
- Add 2 Neighbours
- Visit 10 Community Members
- Leave 20 Tips
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| Spring 2013 goals strand 3, step 1: Feeling Friendly? |
This is a basic goal, and I believe the first step simply requires the player to have added two neighbours at any time since I already had it completed before even opening the goal. Visiting community members and leaving tips are simple enough, so you can rake in the 2 gem reward with ease! Again this is a single goal strand, and in this case has no item reward or aid for progression elsewhere in the goals - just take the free gems and run!
