Garfield: Survival of the Fattest Tips, Cheats and Strategies

Garfield: Survival of the Fattest is a world-building game from Pixowl in which you’ll build up familiar characters and items around Garfield’s campsite, and do whatever’s necessary to keep him from making smart food choices. Gamezebo’s Garfield: Survival of the Fattest Tips, Cheats and Strategies will help you be a fat and happy cat.

• Save lasagna to buy Dicky Beaver – Typically, only one clearing / building task can be done at a time. It’s a good idea to unlock Dicky Beaver,  a clever forest mammal who offers an extra pair of paws and lets you perform two tasks at once. Dicky costs lasagna to unlock, so save up your pasta. It’s worth it.
• Clear away debris for coins and experience – Even before you unlock Dicky, you can clear debris to gain coins and experience. Bulldoze everything to get rich and make your campsite a cleaner, more man-made space.
• Make sure your characters are always performing tasks – Garfield and friends earn experience and coins every time they complete whichever task you assign them to, so keep them busy.
• Repair the broken-down areas to access mini-games – Expand outwards to the broken-down structures littering the campground, then fix up said structures. You’ll be able to access simple mini-games that let you earn coins and lasagna.

• Upgrade trees for more fruit output – It’s hard to get fat on fruit unless you’re determined. Water your fruit trees so that Garfield has more to eat, and an easier time plumping up.
• Keep on top of your water supply – Water’s important for planting and upgrading your trees. It’s easy to forget about your well, but keep it topped up so that you always have some H2O handy.
• Make junk food for a higher calorie count – Food carts are the way to go if you want to make Garfield fat in record time. Combine ingredients to make carts that dole out high-fat treats. Make sure to check on the food after the time limit has passed, otherwise you risk having your food experiment blow up in your face. That’s a lot of wasted time.
• Activate the fiesta as soon as your weight maxes out – When the scale icon in the top right-hand side of the screen goes totally green, tap it for a Garfield fiesta. You earn lasagna for fiestas, so celebrate Garfield’s gluttonous existence.

• Collect your awards – You earn achievements as you complete certain tasks like collecting a certain amount of food, planting a certain amount of trees, unlocking characters, etc. Make sure to visit the Awards menu (the icon’s on the bottom left-hand side of the screen) to claim easy coins, lasagna, and water.
• Taking a nap? Have your character perform a long task beforehand – If you’re ready to put away Garfield: Survival of the Fattest for a while, have any free characters on-hand perform the longest and most profitable task on their menu. That way you can come back to a big payout.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.