Farming Simulator 17
17 Achievements
1,000
10-12h
Farmer's Favorite
Help each farmer at least once
80
0.84%
How to unlock the Farmer's Favorite achievement in Farming Simulator 17 - Definitive Guide
Below is a list of all 19 computer farmer's and the fields they own, as long as it's not random every time you start a game it should be helpful.
You'll have to go to at least one field of each farmer and do the work for them. Each farmer has a reputation bar that will fill in green when you complete jobs for them.
Farmer/ Field
Richard Write/ 1,6
Victor Robinson/ 2
Peter Wood/ 3,4
Simon Colin's/ 5
George Watson/ 7
Able Nelson/ 8
Joshua Allen/ 9,13
Gary Turner/ 10
Dennis Jenkins/ 11
Erick Roberts/ 16
Natalie Jonhson/ 17,21
Maria King/ 18
Alex Young/ 19
Daria White/ 20
James Harris/ 22,23,24
Edward Gomez/ 25,27,28
Robert Cook/ 26
Steven Bell/ 29
Mary Evans/ 30,31
If you forget which farms you've done, you can check a farm by pulling up their field and noticing a progress bar. I guess this is your reputation with the farmer. If there is some progress, you've done some work for them. Hope that helps.
Do NOT buy any fields until you have this achievement!
If you, like me, accidentally buy a field which is a farmers only field before doing a task for them, field 18 for example, that farmer will be removed from the game and this achievement will be void for that save.
I recommend doing this on day one of your farm. Set the time to real time in the options menu and drive round the map checking each field for tasks. At this point in the game the majority of tasks should be to fertilize the farmers field which is by far the quickest task to complete. You can see if you have already helped a farmer as a progress bar is shown under their name, if it is filled in with a small amount of green you have already helped them at least once. If a farmer currently doesn't have any available missions either note down the field number and come back or speed up time and try again.
You must complete this within one save file on one farm. E.g. You cannot miss one farmer in one save then go and do their task in another save game.
If the duration of the mission is too high (because of poor tools), you can close the mission (without starting it), and reopen it : given tools will be changed, and with some luck, you can cut big on time (eg. seeding field 5, max. 240 minutes, min. 73 minutes).
WARNING, you will be holding and the entire time you are driving, but it's not that bad.
I found a way to speed this up with a bug pertaining to cruise control. Depending on field size, it will take you anywhere from 5 minutes minimum to 20 at most per field. Maybe 25 for the largest ones.
You can keep opening the interface and closing it, which is randomized torwards lowering the ETA and having chances at a better vehicle. But it doesn't stop there.
This will work for any vehicle. Normally when you're doing whatever it is with a vehicle in the field, your MPH will be 6-8 maxed. So what this glitch does, is that it allows you to drive max speed and all you have to do is circle around the field until 95% of it is complete.
To do this, put on the attachments and turn them on. What you're going to do is:
Hold + .
You will see - cruise control.. While you are driving, you are going to HOLD while holding and . Normally, you tap B to activate cruise control, but by holding it down, it allows you to reach max speed while using attachments.
Once you have reached a speed between 20 - 30 MPH, it is safe to let go of . (If you let go too soon, it doesn't retain the speed... Don't ask me why, I don't know)
YOU MUST STILL HOLD and OR ELSE IT WILL DROP BACK DOWN TO 6MPH.
At this point, with and held, you should be doing max speed the entire time. All you have to do is circle around the field until you reach the middle of the field. You cannot adjust the camera while doing this, so find a comfortable position!! At about 95% of the way, it will be complete in no time at all! Don't worry about trailers - swing wide and you will be fine.
**MISSABLE**
As you drive up to a numbered field you'll have the option to purchase it or help out the farmer which will trigger a mission. DO NOT BUY THE FIELD. Buying the field before you complete the mission will make this achievement unobtainable. Choose to help at each farmers field and complete their missions. Each Mission is a farming task and you'll have to figure out how to assemble the equipment and complete the task. You'll have a Pie chart and a time limit that shows your progress. Once you complete a mission for each farmer the achievement will unlock.
An easy way to track which farmers you've helped is by checking the loyalty meter when you first preview the mission. If you've helped a famer there will be progress on that meter.
Use THIS guide to make sure you help each Farmer. You only have to do one mission for each farmer and some farmers own multiple farms.
Thanks to BSH 1975 for his guide.