Expansions

"The expansions shown in the table below have proven to be erratic. Many villagers are sometimes experiencing expansions of 2 squares per side instead of the theoretical 3. This is followed at a later time by 4 square expansions. In the end of last expansion 32, villages should be either 70x70 or 71x71 but some villagers are reporting 70x71."

Original Size

At the beginning of the game, your village's size measures 18x18 squares and contains the following buildings and decorations:

• Magic Rock (9x9 squares)
• 2 x Palm Trees (1x1 square each)
• 1 House for Rupert (3x3 squares)
• 1 Storage (500 + 500 Capacity) (6x6 squares)

The first Storehouse in your village is the usual storehouse that stores 500 of each resource. The added 500 capacity is a bonus that stays with the village, so in total you will have 1,000 storage capacity. If you put all Storage units in Inventory, you will still have 500 capacity for each resource.

The position of your Magic Rock is fixed in the top corner but you can move and rearrange other items.

Expansions

As your Tiny Village develops you will soon need to increase its size to provide space for additional buildings or decorations. Tapping outside the borders of your village, or choosing expansions in the main shop menu, will bring up the expansion screen. This will tell you the cost of the expansion and the build time.

The first six expansions consist of a five or four square wide strip along the edge of your village. From the seventh expansion on they stabilise at three squares wide (but note warning above). Expansions alternate between the bottom right and left sides, thereby maintaining your village's square shape and leaving the Magic Rock at the top left. Each expansion after the seventh will also measure 9 squares larger in total area than the previous one.

When you choose to expand, you can opt to pay in or pay to instantly expand. If you opt for (as most will), a graphic will be displayed in your village indicating your expansion is in progress and the timer will begin to countdown until the expansion is complete. At any time, you can hurry the expansion to completion by using (the table below shows the initial cost to hurry the expansion to completion, which cost reduces as time goes by).

Only one expansion can be in progress at any given time. While an expansion is in progress, the expansion screen shows the current hurry cost and gives the option to complete the expansion immediately using crystals.

#	Cost	Side	x dim	y dim	Extra Area	Cost/Extra Area	Total Area	Time	Hurry Cost	Instant Expand
1	180	right	23	18	90	2	414	30s	1	2
2	220	left	23	23	115	2	529	5m	1	4
3	600	right	27	23	92	7	621	1h	6	8
4	1,400	left	27	27	108	13	729	2h	8	11
5	3,480	right	31	27	108	54	837	4h	8	11
6	10,625	left	31	31	124	86	961	6h	9	12
7	15,300	right	34	31	93	165	1054	9h	9	12
8	20,400	left	34	34	102	200	1156	12h	12	16
9	25,500	right	37	34	102	250	1258	12h	12	16
10	37,000	left	37	37	111	333	1369	16h	16	22
11	46,000	right	40	37	111	414	1480	16h	16	22
12	47,700	left	40	40	120	398	1600	21h	24	32
13	57,420	right	43	40	120	479	1720	21h	24	32
14	61,600	left	43	43	129	478	1849	25h	32	45
15	66,000	right	46	43	129	512	1978	25h	32	45
16	80,640	left	46	46	138	584	2116	32h	40	56
17	84,600	right	49	46	138	613	2254	32h	40	56
18	95,400	left	49	49	147	649	2401	36h	48	67
19	120,000	right	52	49	147	816	2548	36h	48	67
20	150,000	left	52	52	156	962	2704	42h	56	78
21	225,000	right	55	52	156	1442	2860	42h	56	100
22	240,000	left	55	55	165	1455	3025	46h	96	109
23	300,000	right	58	55	165	1818	3190	67h	96	134
24	375,000	left	58	58	174	2155	3364	70h	101	137
25	450,000	right	61	58	174	2586	3538	70h	101	141
26	510,000	left	61	61	183	2787	3721	70h	101	141
27	600,000	right	64	61	183	3279	3904	75h	108	151
28	720,000	left	64	64	192	3750	4096	75h	108	151
29	1,080,000	right	67	64	192	5625	4288	75h	116	162
30	1,320,000	left	67	67	201	6567	4489	75h	116	162
31	3,000,000	right	70	67	201	14925	4690	90h	120	162
32	4,500,000	left	70	70	210	21429	4900	90h	120	162
33	39,000,000	right	73	70	210	61905	5110	90h	120	162
34	71,400,000	left	73	73	219	136986	5329	108h	124	162
35	119,000,000	right	76	73	219	410959	5548	108h	124	162
36	189,000,000	left	76	76	228	513158	5776	120h	128	162
37	269,000,000	right	79	76	228	657895	6004	120h	128	162
38	399,000,000	left	79	79	237	1,054,852	6241	132h	132	162

Notes

• Instant Expand will skip the coin cost and the time needed for expansion
• Hurry Cost will only skip the time needed to complete but you still have to pay for the expansion.
• 6 new hidden expansions found during 40% discount sale in July 2013. Maximum village size now 79 x 79!!!

Promotions and discounts

• 
  In late March 2012, there was a 40% discount on all expansions, which lasted a short time.

• 
  From June 19 2012 until June 22 2012 at 6 PM EDT there was a 40% discount event on all expansions.
• On 10 October there was a 30% one day discount of expansion hurry costs.
• During Anniversary Week Theme in November 2012, there was a one day sale with 25% off prices.
• 11 November 2012: 1 day 25% discount sale  (coins and hurry costs)
• 25-27 November, 2012: 40% discount sale, including all hurry costs, as part of the US Thanksgiving celebrations.
• 15-16 January 2013: 50% discount sale on expansions, including all hurry costs
• 24 May 2013: 40% discount sale
• 13 July 2013: 40% expansion discount - includes 6 new free hidden expansions!!!
• 26 September 2013: 40% discount sale

Trivia

• There are many reports of unexpected expansions that do not accord with the above table in that they are receiving an extra square on each side. For example, village sizes have been reported as follows:
  • Expansion 23 = 56 x 59
  • Expansion 30 = 68 x 68
  • Expansion 32 = 71 x 71
• There are also reports of expansions that are not 3 squares wide on one side; rather some villages are expanding on both sides. Players may wish to consider expanding more quickly than planned.
• There have been many reports of cheaper than expected expansions. Discounts of 25% to 50% have been reported but there does not appear to be a pattern to these discounts.
• 17 August 2012: The time to complete for expansions numbered 12 to 32 changed
  • On 23 August 2012, discounts and shorter build times for the 12th expansion onwards were made permanent by way of a notice on Tiny Village's facebook.
• 13 July 2013: 6 new free hidden expansions found during 40% discount promotion.  Prices added on 16 July, inclreased on 18 July and again 20 July.

Warning Version 1.13

Kindle users that upgraded to version 1.13 experienced the serious "Expansion Never Finishes" problem. To see more information see problem 9 on this page. This problem has reportedly been fixed in version 1.13.1