There are currently 70 levels on farmville. As you play the game, you gain experience points every time you plow a field, sow a crop, help a neighbor, or buy a building or decoration for your farm. These points accumulate and as they do, they bring you up to higher levels. So, the key to getting up through the levels is to do these things as often as you can. Levels are not related to farm coins, only to experience points. You can be at level fifteen and down to your last few coins, or you can be at level 6 and be quite well off. It all depends on how you manage your farm.

Avoid the temptation to buy trees, animals or buildings in the early stages of the game. Sure, they make your farm look pretty, but they're not very valuable for gaining experience points.

• Help your neighbors. You gain five experience points each time you do.
• Expand your farm as soon as you can afford to. This will give you more space to plow, plant and harvest, and you'll see your experience points rise much more quickly.
• Earn ribbons. You are awarded these ribbons when you reach milestones along the way (such as helping a certain number of neighbors or harvesting from a certain number of animals). Each time you earn a new ribbon you are rewarded valuable experience points.
• Plow, plant, delete. You plow a field, plant it with a crop that gives you the most experience points, and delete it immediately, then start the whole process again. It seems like a bit of a waste of farm coins, but there are fans who have done the math, and reckon it's worth their while to sacrifice some coins for the sake of moving up through the levels and gaining access to more goodies.