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Merge Mansion — 2022 Valentine’s Day Event Item List Guide

Updat­ed 02/21/2022

An Un-Offi­cial Item List Cas­cade Guide by a Merge Man­sion Fan for the Valen­tine’s Day Event

**Dis­claimer: All assets and rights belong to Meta­core Games**

Main Merge Man­sion Item Guide (click me!)

Merg­ing Cas­cades (A‑Z)

Bal­loons

  • From: Event Start, Gift Pouch­es
  • Items Obtained: Bal­loon (from Bal­loons lvl 4), Gray Cin­e­ma (from Bal­loons lvl 5)
  • Cas­cade: Bal­loon lvl1 > Bal­loons lvl 2 > Bal­loons lvl 3 > Bal­loons lvl 4 > Bal­loons lvl 5(max)
  • Note: Bal­loons lvl 4 give 14 Bal­loons lvl 1 total before revert­ing to Bal­loons lvl 3

Cake

  • From: Choco­late Box (lvl 6)
  • Cas­cade: Cup­cake > Piece of Cake > Choco­late Cake > Cheese­cake > Valen­tine’s Day Cake > Engage­ment Cake > Wed­ding Cake (max)

Choco­late

  • From: Choco­late Box (lvl 6)
  • Cas­cade: Choco­late lvl1 > Choco­late lvl 2 > Choco­late lvl 3 > Choco­late lvl 4 > Choco­late lvl 5 > Choco­late lvl 6 > Choco­late lvl 7(max)
  • Note: Cas­cade text — “Just a taste; Maybe anoth­er one; That one looks good too; Mmm this was my favourite; Can’t get enough of you; Sweet heart; (no spe­cial text for lvl 7)”

Choco­late Box

  • From: Gift Pouch (lvls 1–3)
  • Cas­cade: Choco­late Box lvl1 > Choco­late Box lvl 2 > Choco­late Box lvl 3 > Choco­late Box lvl 4 > Choco­late Box lvl 5 > Choco­late Box lvl 6 (max)

Cin­e­ma

  • From: Event Start, Bal­loons (lvl 5)
  • Items Obtained: Ink
  • Cas­cade: Cin­e­ma
  • Note: Pic­ture shows the fed ver­sion. The gray ver­sion needs to be fed a tick­et and shown item in order to pro­duce Ink

Cupid Stat­ue

  • From: Event Task ful­fill­ment
  • Items Obtained: Gift Pouch (lvl 1–2)
  • Cas­cade: Cupid Stat­ue

Gift Box

  • From: Event Task Ful­fill­ment
  • Items Obtained: Plush Toys, Time Skip Boost­er lvl 1 (from Gift Box lvl 3)
  • Cas­cade: Gift Box lvl1 > Gift Box lvl 2 > Gift Box lvl 3(max)

Gift Pouch

  • From: Cupid Stat­ue
  • Items Obtained: Choco­late Box lvl 1, Bal­loon lvl 1, Rose lvl 1
  • Cas­cade: Gift Pouch lvl1 > Gift Pouch lvl 2 > Gift Pouch lvl 3(max)

Jew­el­ry

  • From: Result (Love Let­ter lvl 8)
  • Cas­cade: Medal­lion > Bracelet > Ear­rings > Neck­lace > ?? (max)

Love Let­ter

  • From: Cin­e­ma
  • Items Obtained: Medal­lion (from Result)
  • Cas­cade: Ink > Stamp > Paper > Let­ter > Enve­lope > Signet > Mail > Result(max)
  • Note: Cas­cade text — “Wrote down feel­ings; from the bot­tom of her heart; Saved no pages; Signed with a kiss; Addressed to the right one; Sealed with love; Leap of faith; Like in the movies”

Movie Tick­ets

  • From: Ros­es lvl 6
  • Cas­cade: Movie Tick­ets

Plush Toys

  • From: Gift Box lvl 3
  • Cas­cade: Plush Toys lvl1 > Plush Toys lvl 2 > Plush Toys lvl 3 > Plush Toys lvl 4 > Plush Toys lvl 5(max)

Ros­es

  • From: Gift Pouch lvls 1–3, Ros­es lvl 5
  • Items Obtained: Rose lvl 1, Movie Tick­ets
  • Cas­cade: Rose lvl1 > Ros­es lvl 2 > Ros­es lvl 3 > Ros­es lvl 4 > Ros­es lvl 5 > Ros­es lvl 6(max)
  • Note:
    • Ros­es lvl 5 give 30 Rose lvl 1 total before revert­ing to Ros­es lvl 4
    • Cas­cade Text — “A crush called Urs; The first date; Let’s meet again; And again; Is this get­ting seri­ous?; Oh yes it is!”

Event Notes

  • Goals:
    • Ros­es lvl 6 –> Movie Tick­ets –> Love Let­ters –> Jew­el­ry
    • Max Cake, Max Choco­late, Max Plush Toys
    • Event Tasks
  • Unfor­tu­nate­ly, I real­ized too late that the event tasks had text asso­ci­at­ed with them which told a sto­ry and fur­ther infor­ma­tion about Mad­die. As far as I’d got­ten so far, she’s known Rod­dy since before this man­sion.
  • I found this event to be very frus­trat­ing and skewed, which reduced the fun lev­el tremen­dous­ly. I end­ed up sink­ing upwards of $50 into it (for the sake of this guide!!) and with the event end­ing soon, I’m nowhere near com­plet­ing the Jew­el­ry line of items. This is in part because of the event tasks ask­ing for pieces of this dif­fi­cult-to-craft tree, but also in part to the event skew­ing towards pro­duc­ing choco­late vs. cake, while ask­ing for more cake than choco­late (in both the event tasks and cin­e­ma). The prob­lem is built into the event to like­ly encour­age mon­ey-spend­ing. Ugh.

Ford Maverick DIY FlexBed’s Projects

updat­ed 2/12/2022

This is just a writ­ten-out ver­sion of the DIY instruc­tions by Ford found in their videos HERE. My expe­ri­ence with attempt­ing some of the projects are HERE.

Bed Divider

  • Cut wood to size and place into built-in slots to cre­ate dividers
    • Rear Board (near tail­gate): 54in
    • Front Board (near cab): 43–1/4in

Bed Side Rails

  • Mate­ri­als Need­ed:
    • Two - 30in, 12-gauge, half slot­ted met­al fram­ing strut chan­nels
    • Four - 12-gauge, blue, strut end caps for B‑series chan­nel
    • Four - 3⁄8″ x 11⁄16″ machin­ery eye bolts
    • Four - 3/8in nylon strut cone nuts
    • Four - 3⁄8″ x 1–1/2″ fend­er wash­ers
    • Six - M6 — 1.0 x 25mm inter­nal hex, but­ton-head cap screw (See note below)
    • Six - 1–1/4″ Fend­er wash­ers* (see step 2‑C)
    • Met­al File
  • Ford’s How-To Video: HERE
    • Make sure to use safe­ty gear (glass­es, gloves, etc)
    • Step 1 — Smooth the Edges
      • After cut­ting the met­al struts into 30in pieces, smooth down the edges with a met­al file
    • Step 2 - Insert Cone Nuts
      • Insert 2 nylon cone nuts into each rail (will be used to attach eye bolts lat­er)
      • Align the rail with the cen­ter of the bed
      • Attach rail to bed with the M6 bolts and 1–1/4″ fend­er wash­ers
        • N.B. The video nev­er men­tioned these 1–1/4″ fend­er wash­ers in the mate­ri­als list, and then it appeared in this step
    • Step 3 — Attach Eye Bolts to Spring Nuts
      • Slide the nylon cone nuts to desired loca­tion for the eye bolts
      • Place 1–1/2″ fend­er wash­ers on each eye bolt and screw into strut cone nuts
      • Add end caps to rails
    • Done!
    • Note: The linked video calls for M6 screws, but the pre-drilled side holes in my Mav­er­ick are larg­er than M6’s. The orig­i­nal video from Ford calls for “a mix of M6 and M8 screws.” At this point in time I have yet to get my hands on M8 screws, so I don’t know for sure yet.

Bike Rack

  • Mate­ri­als Need­ed:
    • One - 2″ x 6″ Wood Board approx­i­mate­ly 43.25in long
    • Two - Bike Fork Mounts (that fit your bike)
    • Six - #10 x 1–3/4″ Wood Screws
    • Four - Ratch­et Tie Down Straps
  • Ford’s How-To Video: HERE
    • Step 1 — Posi­tion the Board
      • Insert board at wheel­house area (near the cab)
      • Smooth edges with sand­pa­per if need­ed
      • Fit should be snug but not dif­fi­cult
    • Step 2 — Attach Fork Mounts
      • Mea­sure 14–3/8″ from either side of the board
      • Mark the cen­ter (3 inch­es) of each mea­sure­ment
      • Align the fork mounts cen­tered on the marks
      • Mark hole posi­tions
      • Drill pilot holes with a 13⁄64″ drill bit
      • Align mounts over the holes
      • Dri­ve screws in
      • Insert board with attached mounts into bed
    • Step 3 — Attach Your Bike
      • Remove front wheels and attach to fork mounts
      • Secure the mount fas­ten­ers
      • Use ratch­et tie downs to secure the seat tube to the anchors on truck bed sides
      • Pass straps of anoth­er tie-down across the top tubes and attach it at both sides
    • Step 4 — Secure Tires
      • Posi­tion wheels between the board and truck bed (against the cab)
      • Use adjustable strap to loop the wheel, wood board, and floor anchor togeth­er
      • Make sure all straps are secured tight­ly
    • Done!

Bed Rail Light­ing

  • Mate­ri­als Need­ed:
    • Two - IP86 Rat­ed Water­proof Light­ing Strips
    • Sol­der­ing gun
    • Roll of Elec­tri­cal Tape
    • Pack­age Elec­tri­cal Shrinkwrap
    • One - IP86 rat­ed Water­proof Switch** (see N.B. at end of sec­tion)
    • Pair of Wire Strip­pers
    • Push-Pin Cable Ties
    • Scrap Wire
    • Heat Gun
  • Ford’s How-To Video: HERE
    • Safe­ty Check!
      • Dis­con­nect Bat­tery
      • Nev­er illu­mi­nate while dri­ving
      • Make sure lights do not project above the rails
    • Step 1 — Find the Wire
      • Find wire (make sure bat­tery is dis­con­nect­ed!)
      • Remove the 12‑V access cov­er on D‑Pillar and pull the wiring har­ness from the hold­er
      • Unwind tape con­nect­ing the wire
    • Step 2 — Thread the Wire
      • Thread wire from top of pil­lar down to the har­ness
      • Use elec­tri­cal tape to secure the end of the wire to the match­ing con­nec­tor pig­tail pro­vid­ed with your truck
      • Pull wire from the top so you have suf­fi­cient length of the pig­tail to sol­der to your acces­so­ry
    • Step 3 — Heat the Wire
      • Stripe wires from acces­sories
      • Slide on shrinkwrap before mak­ing the joint
      • Sol­der red to red, and black to black
      • Slide shrinkwrap onto the joint
      • Heat shrinkwrap with heat gun until tight on the joint
      • Push con­nec­tor plate back inside the D‑pillar
    • Step 4 — Attach­ing to the Bed
      • Use cable ties to attach the light­ing so they shine towards the adja­cent bed­side
      • Cut light­ing to length, peel off back­ing to attach to bed, tight­en and trim cable ties
      • Deter­mine desired loca­tion of switch and secure
    • Re-con­nect bat­tery
    • Done!
    • N.B. It is nev­er clar­i­fied in the video, but I assume that you have to repeat on one side what you did on the oth­er? Do you run the strips along the far back of the bed to the oth­er side to con­nect them? The video shows cut­ting the light strip to fit one side. Or maybe have 2 switch­es, one for either side if you want 2?