Smileys just take a really long time to get. I'm currently at 4 for my favorite cow. I got him from the third level on the whale. I've had him forever since I learned that the mail chick loves milk and she's my current goal.

A quick way to up smileys is to breed them

Cool, thanks! I've been using my runeys to seed more runeys, but I think I can spare a few blue ones to breed new monsters.

Yeah I just started actually caring about Runeys recently since all my crops were dying. I actually find balancing them one of the most annoying aspects of the game, but I finally got all the areas back to green so hopefully things will be easier from there.

Oh God

I went so long without reading that OP WHY DID I READ IT LORD HELP ME AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Got some bad news: Green runeys die like the plague, so you may end up having to put out fires again soon.

I've finally hit on a strategy that seems to work: Leave several crops on your farm unharvested. This increases the production of all types of runeys. After two or three days, harvest a dozen or so of each type, and loose as many into an area as you need (you'll find you'll rarely need to release blue runeys). Keep focusing on increasing the total runeys in the same area untill all four types are at around fifty: after that, they'll be so numerous that they never seem to die out. Rinse and repeat for the next area.

Oh, and getting more areas "prosperous" does indeed increase harvest time considerably. At three such places, I'm shaving off two days/plot.

I finally got that damn door to open in Whale island XD
I don't know how it happened, but it did! Then I died.

Can't wait to try exploring again :)
And I couldn't believe that I missed an obvious path in the Green Ruins....it was there all along and I never saw it; I was stuck for days (in game) not knowing where to go. NOw I killed the boss (well, my pet did most of the work :()
Today's Friday. and I made sure I had no plans for today. So I'm gonna pull an all nighter...lol XD

Guys what are the animals you can raise?

If I buy this game, will I still be able to milk cows, and collect eggs from chickens, and shear wool from sheep?

Indeed Khuutra, and you'll be able to collect honey from bees. But all of these are done with a button press from the "harvester" so don't expect a sheep shearing minigame.

Yes, yes, and yes.

But if you don't breed them yourself, each one of them will take a stab at killing you first.

Helpful hint: the sheep in particular are deceptively murderous in the early game...

So the harvester serves as a milker, a set of shears... and I don't have to pick up my own eggs?

Nngh! Change!

Must experience this change.

@noname:

Damn sheep!