Optimizing Friends and Neighbors

Cityville is a social game. This is a very important distinction from other games and understanding how to work with in its structure will help you not just do well but dominate the game. This guide will provide some strategies to help you optimize the social aspect of this game.


Accept all gifts and send the gift back to the sender.

          It's very important to take time to respond to gift requests.

• Don’t worry about weather you need an item at the time or not because what you do when you accept the gifts is build a relationship with the other player that lets them know they can depend on your help and you can in turn begin to depend on them. 

• Never ignore a gift. Now and then I will for instance have more zoning permit requests than I can  accept due to limits. I keep them until I expand then cash them in and in turn send them out.  The same goes for energy.

• When someone sends you a three energy battery do not reply with one energy.  Take note of who sent it to you and make sure to send three back to each person through the gift menu. I jot it down on word pad so I don’t miss anybody.

Visiting Neighbors
Depending on how many neighbors you have you may or may not have time to visit each of them every day. If you can  visit each of them every day do so. You will earn money each time along with reputation points which eventually give you goods. You also earn 1 energy every 24 hours each time you visit. As your reputation level rises so do your cash bonuses.

• Active players are usually great for return visits at least 25 percent will probably be in your city within 10 hours of your visit.

• If you have a hundred neighbors or more break up visits daily Go to 30 neighbors a day or how ever many you can, but do the same thing consistently over time. If you are regularly visiting neighbors a number of them will visit you. If they do not don’t worry about it just get your visiting bonuses.

• If many of your current friends no longer play regularly or at all add new ones.  New players are eager to get things done. Not all of them will become strong neighbors but they in the least will give you one more placed to visit and earn money and energy.

*You can tell if they are actively playing by looking at their farms. If they are always empty or have nothing but dead crops they probably are not playing.

Be open to adding friends, either suggested ones or even the ones you add the various Facebook fan sites. I have found that the friends I add from various sites like Cityville Daily players and other face book groups like it always results in new friends who are actively playing.

Ask friends for items through chattingWhen you need items for a given talks like finishing a building or a goal go ahead and ask your friends on chat directly. The reason they are face book friends and neighbors is because they want help in the game and there is no reason not to ask them for help.

Get to know people
It is amazing the difference it makes when you talk with the people on your friends list through chat programs. The truth is that building relationships with people from all over the country is enriching and could very well help both of you in one way or another. People are much more likely to help someone they feel a connection to.  Otherwise the only time anybody will hear from you is when you ask for something.