Probably Stupid Questions

Okay so I've been playing this game for a while, about a month, and I still can't figure some things out.
I have a quest to wake up helpers of friends and every day I look through all of my friends' manors and cannot find a single helper to wake up. Is there something I can do about this or am I just unlucky?
Also, is there any other way to get the illuminati lamp (another quest) because I really don't want to waste so many diamonds on them.
And, do friend codes not work anymore? I can't find anywhere on the game where I could enter one, the only way to find friends is that stupid list they give you every 8 hours or whatever.
And lastly, for now, how can you tell what rooms have had tips left in them?
Sorry if the answers are really obvious, I might just be an idiot.

You are just lucky. Someone must have beat you to them

Here's what I know...

1. your friends must not be using their helpers. Message a friend and ask them to use a helper, and then visit that friend and wake them up.
2. The illuminati lamp is provided as the reward for charging a number of collections - for example, collections 15 and 17. These are low level collections - put the items on our wish list and you will get them quickly from your higher level friends.
3. to invite friends using a code, you have to click on the services tab - there si a place there to type the code in.
4. Rooms with tips have bubbles in them telling you they have a tip. sometimes you have to explore a room to see new tips. Not sure why,

All of this assumes you are playing on an ipad. If you invite me I can help with some of the items you need, code is 64d84e.

Okay, thanks a lot. How is it different on an ipod?

kal1596 wrote:Okay, thanks a lot. How is it different on an ipod?

My understanding is this. There is a version for iPhone/droid, and a version for iPad. I do not know every single variation. But when u ask questions, we can answer better if we are playing on the same device as you. I believe the phone version has some different quests, etc. I asked a lot of dumb questions in the beginning too. It is how we learn, and move on. It's a very "friend driven" game, and I believe most players are very happy to help because we have all been there. I play on an iPad. There is also a Facebook version, I believe but I'm not sure. I am very happy to help you if you like. Private message me.