Yeah, I got started during a long string of gout attacks.  I can only watch so much TV, and playing is something I can do sitting down, and keeps my mind off the pain somewhat.

Playing the HOS's in your friends' rooms will definitely help get your coinage up.  And there are only 3 more days in this event.  You can also add pet eggs to your wish list which you can sell for coins, or add the crafted items required for quests which will help you avoid spending coins.  Still, you'll need to continue visiting the HOS's to build your inventory of stamps, pet food, and airship items.

Also, somewhere in all the helpfulness here are instructions on how to back up your game.

Best of luck!

Do you have everything you need to add Pete to the member's list, my dear?

Yep!  Although, our good friend Chili will be adding him to the Master List for PC players. as she kindly let me turn it all over to her  a while back. 

Pete is on PC only. ID # 822927 and plays as SirePeteS

He will be added later today.

Thank you, my friend!! 

No problem

FYI, the Raven Egg is for crafting the Little Raven pet.  It's one of the new pets for the anniversary event.

I play TOAD488361  Otter595356 if you need more friends just send friend request. I have been ill and not playing much but feeling better. Will play at least once a day and as I have many friends you will probably get gift once a week.

Good luck KNIMtheTOAD

Well ... time for next set of questions. Thought I had an initial understanding, was doing OK. Just experience  new wrinkles.

Had been visiting friends' rooms & clicking on HOS. Got build-up of coins. Now, that seemed to stop. Did I happen to join & start during some specific event which has ended? What do I do to get more coins now - quickly?

Was playing HOS and had to 'craft' an item. Again, thought I understood this & proceeding OK. Now, I'm stuck. I have one Unique Amulet but need two. How do I seek & get amulet(s)?

Yep, it was the anniversary event to celebrate 5 years of MC. It ran for rather a long time, seasonal events are shorter (but have three HOS to play).

The standard answer for getting coins is: do the rounds i.e. play every HOS in the castle. Very effective but rather tedious. If you had a lot of stamps you could craft some items which sell for way more than they cost crafting. If you have won some eggs on the wheel or in the puzzles or been gifted some by friends you could sell them. (When asking friends make sure to state that you are going to sell them; "need coins" after your name does the trick. Some are able and happy to help you out but others would only help for crafting pets.) Same goes for craft items, a ancestor spirits, blessing pendant or moster of the dawn bring a nice sum and advanced players are often willing and able to help a newbie out.

Crafting: If you have to craft something for a task you get sent to item in the lab directly. There are all the ingredients listed. If you're missing a HOS or ZZ item you will be sent from there to the scene where you can get it. I think you mean unique stamp, not amulet. Amulets can't be crafted, you get them either as an achievement or you buy them during events and there is only one of each kind. The unique stamp (or any other stamp) drop from HOSs, occasionally from collecting morphing flowers, they come out of boxes in the private rooms, sending airships gives a stamp, so does Trina's wheel and the wheel of fortune, playing the puzzles might get you stamps. One or two unique stamps are also in one of the three chests you can open at the start of each game day. Friends may gift them to you when you put them on your wish list. The dame tends to get very miserly when you run out of things. Best to collect a minimum 20 of each, then build it up to 50 and for plain stamps a base of 100 is recommended.