Mastering the Derby: Tips & Tricks from Little Leaflets

Welcome, fellow farmers! The Derby is where our neighborhood truly shines, with teamwork, strategy, and a whole lot of fun. Dive into our collective wisdom to maximize your Derby success and enjoy the playful chaos that makes Little Leaflets HayDay unique.

Progress efficiently: Your path to Derby glory

To truly excel in the Derby, especially when progressing from levels 10-50, you need to transition from a casual farm to an organized, cash-generating production line. Forget spending diamonds on decorations or missing ingredients. Our top priority for diamond use is production slots! Start with the Dairy and Sugar Mill, then move on to slots for the Bakery, Feed Mills, and Pie Oven. For the Derby itself, focus on 320-point tasks ONLY and get them done quickly. Avoid truck, fishing, town, or boat quests. Wheating and mining tasks are super easy and quick. Remember to fill all your machines like the pie oven but DO NOT COLLECT until you have the task! Derby is all about speed and, for our team, delightful chaos.

Overcoming Derby frustrations

One of the most common frustrations in the Derby is when players take tasks without proper preparation. It’s crucial to ensure you have the necessary items or resources before committing to a task. Another common pitfall is choosing tasks that take an excessively long time to complete. While using gems for the last task isn't strictly necessary, it's highly encouraged if it helps us secure a better position in the Derby standings. Communication and smart task selection are key to a smooth and successful Derby for everyone.

Keeping the fun in Derby

Beyond the glory of winning, what truly makes the Derby enjoyable for our neighborhood is the camaraderie and shared excitement. When we're aiming for gold, you'll often find Rina, Red, Olivia, and sometimes Tee, taking tasks and striving to complete all nine within the hour. This sparks a lot of lively chatter, fast-paced action, and hilarious moments where we trip over nothing – what we affectionately call "playful chaos." It's these shared experiences, the laughter, and the collective effort that keep the Derby fun and engaging for everyone in Little Leaflets HayDay.

DERBY: NO NO

To successfully complete derby, you want to AVOID the long crops, long tasks that will shave off so much time that you could have used to get a new task. You want to do fast crops on the first lab like wheat, corn, sugarcane, etc. WITH A TIMER set so you don't forget.

Derby Preparations

Stock your barn and silo, keep a high inventory or long production items like sweaters, jams, and bars and basic crops. Stack machines with high value items BUT DO NOT COLLECT THEM. Leave them hovering, until you grab the quest that has the item prepared. Fully serve town guests AND DO NOT CLICK ON THEM until you have the Serve Townies Quest. (Not individual townies).

To elders and Co Leaders: (ONLY 320 PTS ALLOWED ON THE BAORD)

IMMEDIATELY DUMP ANY QUESTS THAT ARE TOO LONG!! Like Goat Milk, Individual Townies (Like serve strongman 23 etc), Collection quests that ask for serve town Ladies 23, fishing boats 40 lbs, 300 indigo (as an example). This would be the task marked with the basket. Look carefully at the board before you trash or take a quest.

The Best Tasks: Mining! (Rina will take your ores haha) Serve Town buildings IF THEYRE PREPPED AHEAD OF TIME! Production and Crop Tasks, during the day set a TIMER to remind yourself to not lapse the collections. TRUCK TASKS: ONLY TALE if your board is entirely full BEFORE you take it! Don't take it prematurely if you can't fill orders. HELP TASKS 100% communication and easy points to get ahead in the horseshoes.

BUDGET GEMS FOR EXTRA TASK! Only on final day. Mining: Hoard 50-60 pickaxes and Shovels for quick points.