Prof Pester

[hoonster]

Im a huge viva pinata player...i have done everything that can be done in the first and loving the second. However, Prof Pester is breaking my balls. The cutlass got rid of him in the first one, so when the chance came i bought it in the second. What happens, he walks in and kills the cutlass. He has been such a pain its unbelievable. Anyone know how to get rid of him yet?

[Banjonator]

attention, spoilers ahead!
if you have dragonache in your garden, it will attack prof. pester and burn his butt. looks nice, haha. after that prof. pester will run away BUT he will still come back again and again. but my dragonache is doing a fantastic job. but it still sucks that he is visiting my garden over and over again. but maybe there is a news way to get rid of him...

[the_galagoogoo]

You can pay Pester now (so I've heard). Also, you can buy fake Pinata's for him to smash.

[hoonster]

Thanks for the quick responses. Ill look into the dragonache and fake pinatas. Ill be disappointed if there isnt a permanent way to get rid of him again. He always end up killing the thing that i need the most, and it seems like he comes back a lot more frequently now than he did in the first one.

[thatgeekgirl]

Yeah man he's pretty awful in this one. What I keep doing is making redhotts and he always goes after those since my garden is still kinda low. I don't know what I'm gonna do when they get higher tho! All the WCs I've gotten I've stored away in my post office, because I couldn't bear losing them!

[adam20692]

this sucks i dont have the game yet lol why cant tommorow come quicker actualy its friday already but im not gunna beable to play it till like 7pm friday night NOOOOO

[Banjonator]

You can pay Pester now (so I've heard). Also, you can buy fake Pinata's for him to smash.

that's correct, but it's really costly to buy a fake pinata every 5-10 minutes for 800+ bucks. a nice way to do that is to scan the galagoogoo vision card (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Image:27-GalagoogooPV.jpg) which will give you around 47000 bucks. so you should have enough money to buy those stuff without thinking about the money ;)

[jimmcq]

While the Dragonache may chase Pester away whenever he shows up, Pester can still end up destroying things on his way out. The Limeoceros on the other hand, can eject him more quickly.

[Banjonator]

okay, thanks for the info. but it would have been a lot better if there was an item for it. anyway, i'll now try to get limeoceros.

[thatgeekgirl]

I've been getting the fake pinata but he seems to come back once a day! I just saw the sour limeocerous show up so I'll tame him asap! thanks for the info!

[Bastion6six6]

Just to clarify, the Limeoceros doesn't permanently stop him, its simply the best way, AFAIK, to make him leave because he won't be able to hit anything on the way out. He will still come back after a Limeoceros attack.

[Helpful]

It has been driving me crazy! How do you get rid of him!? (The wiki is too confusing to navigate)

Plus, he is after my Horstachio!
NOW MY CHERRAPIN!

[Stardos]

bribe him!
give him some CC and he will run away, thats what i did, i did 500cc

[Elwakka]

I also bribed him 500cc

his minions i would give 200cc and it would work.


also, put of the decoy pinata from Lotti's store just incase you miss bribing him.

finally, once you got money, build a mine so you can get a Dragonache... he fights Pester when he prances around the garden

[Banjonator]

is there no way to completely stop him from visiting the garden?
any item? maybe a secret one through a vision card? *looksatBIGsheeporanyotherRAREdeveloper*

[shayshay]

the limeoceros hasnt been working to eject prof. pester or the ruffians. i tell the rhino to go to the guys and he does nothing. am i doing something wrong?? the only thing that has been working for me so far is paying them to leave.

[Pretztail4eva]

i'm only level 18 so pester hasn't appeared yet, but if he does any time soon I wont be able to bribe him because I have no money! it's all been spent on failing attempts to trap geckies, i'm tyring the reddhott technique but does anyone else have any money making tips?

[shayshay]

money making tips-
you can keep mating small animals like the whirlms or the bispottis until you get the wildcards and sell them for even more. or you can grow chilis and put red fertilizer on them to make them bigger, then they sell for 400 coins each. trust me, you'll make money in no time. i have about 200,000 coins and lvl 45 now.

[morriss]

How do you bribe him? I hovered over him only a few minutes ago and the bribe option didn't come up.

[FeralKitty]

How do you bribe him? I hovered over him only a few minutes ago and the bribe option didn't come up.

The "Give" option (B button) appears if you catch him quickly enough after he enters the garden. If you wait too long, he'll be too tempted to destroy something, and can't be bribed for that visit.

[morriss]

Thanks! :)

[Br26]

the decoys always work for me. i just make sure to restock if running low.

before that though i was giving him 1k to bug off...too expensive?

[SirMossy]

I spend 500 on him and it works a charm, he runs away immediately. I still have to sell pinatas though just to be able to afford him.

[Pretztail4eva]

oh right you can use 500, i always used 1000ccs :oops:

[Bastion6six6]

As far as the Limeoceros goes, just make sure he is always happy and he should AUTOMATICALLY eject the prof.. I've found that directing him to him will often get mixed results. For the past 10 times or so I've just made sure hes kept at full candiosity and he INSTANTLY finds the prof. (often without my knowledge that hes even in my garden) and does away with him. <3 my limey

[o Potential o]

haha try trapping him...joking.
i don't know, im getting the game today, i'll try to help figure out when i do.

[yinyangmama]

i am not far enough in to have a limeoceros or a dragonache yet so i have just been spending the 500 coins as well. it does get expensive rather quickly though! and i don't have a camera to just scan money into my garden, so i'm trying to build up my stash slowly but surely.

[Bastion6six6]

just make a buncha wildcards and sell them, by FAR the best way to make money

[yinyangmama]

just make a buncha wildcards and sell them, by FAR the best way to make money

yeah, i need to investigate that more. i'm so overwhelmed with all the new stuff and just trying to fulfill all the old things i used to do (like become master romancers and get all the sours gone), that it's hard to find time to play around with the new stuff. plus with pester coming in the throw me off every 5 seconds...well it's just a lot to handle! :p

[Bastion6six6]

yea, i had the same problem, too many things to micromanage sometimes, eventually though you'll get into the groove of things and all will flow smoothly.

[gothi]

I thought the Vison cards with him on in the Wiki were able to get rid of him, is that not the case? If not what do they do, if anything?

[sonictomas]

I thought the Vison cards with him on in the Wiki were able to get rid of him, is that not the case? If not what do they do, if anything?

umm i think that card works i havent seen him for loads of in-game days

EDIT he just came :(

[sonictomas]

anyone found a way to stop him yet???

this game dissapoints me with pester even if the captains cutlass was available at lvl 50 or something i wouldnt mind.

please RARE employees i will do anything to know how to stop him (without drangonache and rhino thingy) PLEASE ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!11111111

[Bastion6six6]

hes not even a threat with a happy rhino in the garden, just leave ur rhino there, shouldnt be that big of a deal

[sonictomas]

1. no because im not the right lvl

2.pester is whats taking all the enjoyment out of the game and im really disapointed.

[morriss]

Well at the start of the game when the Rare symbol is displayed you see a gorilla chasing Pester away.

Massive hint perhaps?

[Bastion6six6]

just buy decoy pinatas, get a dragonache, or bribe him then, the former and the latter only cost 500, money shouldnt a problem EVER in viva pinata TIP due to the frequency of wildcards. Even if you can only get bispottis in ur garden, making a wildcard n selling that would be helpful.

[pinataFan626001]

The best thing to do is make a garden with decoys, a limeocerous, and a dragonache. I'm just like everyone else when I say Pester is a...(******)! I mean he gets me so frustrated all the time. He comes to my garden almost every REAL day and whacks my most precious pinata. What I was thinking about doing was having a garden with your most valuable pinata and a wildcard of the same pinata in the garden and if you already have a wildcard like that and the decoys, rhino, and dragon don't work, he'll whack that.

[sonictomas]

The best thing to do is make a garden with decoys, a limeocerous, and a dragonache. I'm just like everyone else when I say Pester is a...(******)! I mean he gets me so frustrated all the time. He comes to my garden almost every REAL day and whacks my most precious pinata. What I was thinking about doing was having a garden with your most valuable pinata and a wildcard of the same pinata in the garden and if you already have a wildcard like that and the decoys, rhino, and dragon don't work, he'll whack that.


the dragonache works and the rhino works i just got em

sadly the choclodocus dosent do anything :(

[Banjonator]

rhino doesn't work for me. prof. pester came in ignoring him...
weird but the truth.

[sonictomas]

rhino doesn't work for me. prof. pester came in ignoring him...
weird but the truth.

when pester isnt doing anything ( just standing there ) direct the rhino and he will charge into pester

[BIGsheep]

I thought the Vison cards with him on in the Wiki were able to get rid of him, is that not the case? If not what do they do, if anything?They can get rid of him, but only if he hasn't selected a target already.

[RichMR2]

Pester is the reason why I can't be bothered to play this game... how am I supposed to progress when he comes in and breaks whatever I am doing?

The classic VP was a lot better as far as the Sours/Ruffians/Pester goes.

[Evil Mr Kibbles]

I don't know how far anyone has got as to completing the game yet (achievements) but some of them - like restoring all of VP islands records may eventually stop pester. If you have done all those minitasks like gathering information/attending parties he might not have any reason to try and stop you anymore. :confused:

[knack3rs]

I had a situation yesterday where a sour mallowolf got stuck on my fence and died which left two toadstools growing. Not a second later TWO ruffians ran into my garden, one spewing sour candy and the other fighting my diggerling.

Just as I'd finished dealing with all that I noticed Pester whacking the horstachio i'd spent a good half hour residing to death.

On reflection it was quite funny.

[Mat2]

lol I actually delayed pester with my shovel and then the rhino punted him XD

[xenocidic]

Just listen for his footsteps and pay him 500 coins. He always comes right after the ruffians (unless of course you've got a captain's cutlass), in that case he usually comes first thing in the morning. In case you don't pay him in time, always keep a decoy pinata in your garden.

I got sick of visiting Costalot all the time, so, for your scanning pleasure, I present to you:

http://pinataisland.info/images/thumb/5/57/Decoypinata-TroubleInParadise-PV.jpg/800px-Decoypinata-TroubleInParadise-PV.jpg

N.B. This is an unlocked card so it will cost you cc every time you scan it, but it saves you a store visit.

[Hudson]

Is the only thing to keep pester away is having a rhino, bribe, dragonache or decoy. No item. Thats why he keeps coming in when I have a captain cutlass. That's so annoying. I reckon they must've included something that will permably keep him away. Rare sure would've looked at the frustration it would cause players if there was no item to keep him out. Maybe its one of the items you get from completing those challenges for Langston. Out of interest but has someone actually bought every item from Costalots store and see whether it keeps him away?

[yetizai]

I have been trying items as I go. I haven't found anything that keeps them away yet. If I do you all will be the first to know :).

[xenocidic]

Maybe its one of the items you get from completing those challenges for Langston. Out of interest but has someone actually bought every item from Costalots store and see whether it keeps him away?Good point, it's probably your reward for completing every challenge... i.e. completing the storyline = getting rid of Pester

[edge]

he marked one of my favorite pengums! im only a very low lvl... healp!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:

[theultimateend]

They can get rid of him, but only if he hasn't selected a target already.

Are you guys going to release a card that gives us an item that perma bans him like the cutlass in the last game?

If you are that's a genius idea :). I've gotten bored of having to have my dragonache fight him every few minutes. The music is cute and I like to see pester's martial arts stance but I have other things to be doing.

[gothi]

They can get rid of him, but only if he hasn't selected a target already.

Both scan yellow for me and I've never got them to work :( Is one better to use than the other?

[IronicTrout]

If anyone is high enough level get the limeocerous asap and keep his candiosity all the way full and he should automatically eject him. I know what all the low level people are feeling too I was there and I think that it IS REALLY STUPID that there is no item or something to keep him out permanently.

[xenocidic]

I think that it IS REALLY STUPID that there is no item or something to keep him out permanently.that remains to be seen...

[KingRoario]

prof. pester is so freakin annoying in this game!! what makes me most angry is that when i got a walrusk a was overjoyed because the walrusk is a cool pinata, so i named him and gave him joy candy so he will be happy. here's where i get angry, about a day after i got him pester freakin killed him. i thought to my self "oh i'll just buy another and eveyrthing will be all right". so i did and guess what happened, pester killed him again!!! so i thought again, "oh i'll just stop buying the walrusk and wait till i get the captains cutlass and then i'll buy another one." so i did and then when i thought i was in the clear i see him running down the mountain. so i think, "what the heck?" he ran into my garden and destroyed the cutlass!! and than he killed my flapyak!! does anybody have any idea on what the new item is to keep to keep these annoying ruffians out of my garden because this is really grinding my gears!!

[IronicTrout]

Rufians are still kept out of your garden by the captains cutlass, but professor pester can be kept out by a limeocerous at full candiosity. It will run up to him and punt him out of the garden.

[ModestMonk]

There isn't an item to keep pester out, you can bribe him 500 cc, buy and put a decoy pinata so he won't kill any pinatas, and i've heard the limocourus and dragonache keep him out but I haven't gotten them yet

[yinyangmama]

that remains to be seen...

i remain hopeful as well since i don't really always want to have a limeceros or dragonache present in some of my gardens.

[KingRoario]

There isn't an item to keep pester out, you can bribe him 500 cc, buy and put a decoy pinata so he won't kill any pinatas, and i've heard the limocourus and dragonache keep him out but I haven't gotten them yet

neither have i so i'm going to work on that right now, thank you both this helped me a lot

[Bastion6six6]

meh, having a rhino in ur garden isnt a big deal. I suppose if you want to sacrifice security to make "teh UlTimAtE ThEme garden" then thats your decision. I've kept one since they appeared and havent had to worry about pester since then. Item to permanently stop him? Irrelevant with a rhino :)

[SiK TactiKz]

If anyone is high enough level get the limeocerous asap and keep his candiosity all the way full and he should automatically eject him. I know what all the low level people are feeling too I was there and I think that it IS REALLY STUPID that there is no item or something to keep him out permanently.
Even with a low candiosity level, they'l boot him... may have to direct them to, but regardless, theyre the best garden bouncers around

[MinusTheShinobi]

Pester is going to become a huge problem for me later on in the game when I'm done with the whole main game of getting pinatas, romancing them, challenges etc. (you all know the steps) He isn't a problem right now because I have a limeceros in my garden and I plan on keeping him there. So as of now Pester is just a waste of 5 seconds of my time basically.

Later on in the game I like to create a few gardens for the pinatas I like the most. I will have an aquatic garden, probably one with nothing but snow and arctic pinata, one for flying species etc. I'm not putting a limeceros in those gardens, he would be out of place. But then I have to worry about Pester coming in, me not noticing right away to bribe him and messing up gardens that I have made exactly the way I want them. The Captain's Cutlass in the last game made it so I didn't have to worry about that and could concentrate on building the garden the way I wanted it without distractions.

I mean they could of at least made it so you could get an item that got rid of him at a much higher level (i didnt even get a visit from him in the first game, you get the cutlass so early) But here's to hoping they make a patch or offer a DLC item in the future that gets rid of him like the CC did in the last game or I think I'm not going to be enjoying one of my favorite things from the last game. Other than that little nuisance I am really impressed with all the little improvements and additions they made.

[blueberry2]

I just pay him 500 cc every day when he comes into my garden...small price to pay to keep him away from my jelis and other favs

[Javik]

I just pay him 500 cc every day when he comes into my garden...small price to pay to keep him away from my jelis and other favs

That's what I thought until just a few minutes ago, he marked my favorite pinata :( It didn't even have a chance, So I placed a tombstone where he died :p

[Pretztail4eva]

guys just to let u know watch out if you get the dragonache to set him on fire, while he's running around with his butt burning he'll destroy anything he touches (except your pinatas) so far he's burned down my pretztail house, oak tree and walrusk house

yesterday he smashed one of my walrusks, just as I was getting them to romance, I didn't see him:(

[wishful justice]

I'm with you, I want to slap that punk. I finally got a jameleon and was all excited to breed wild cards because in the first game I spent hours and hours and hours trying to get one- and he came and killed all of them! I hope once you 'complete' the game he stays away because having a limocourus in every garden or paying him all the time could get really old.

[Matt LOL]

My limeoceros punts him out every single time. Doesn't matter what it's candiosity is at.

[BIGsheep]

Here is a list of things that will help you in your fight against Pester:

500 Chocolate Coins
Decoy Pinatas
Limeos
Dragonaches
So you could say you have several weapons at your disposal there. And if you want rid of him completely:

Just for Fun mode
Seriously, if you just want to make theme gardens and are worried about Pester then create them in Just For Fun. The main game is based around Pester attempting to destroy Pinata Central, and so he's just doing what he's meant to be doing. The theory behind JFF is a simpler or chill out version of VP so if he's stressing you, feel free to go to that game type.

[yetizai]

Bigsheep while I understand what your saying the problem is this. Not all pinata are available in JFF mode. So basically if someone wants to have all of them at their disposal they have to play the standard game. I haven't had many problems with him but I will say the lack of being able to stop Pester has all but had my son give up playing the game. He just gets too upset and frustrated when he gets a pinata, dresses it up then loses it the next pinata day to Pester. I sincerely hope there is some way to stop Pester from coming to the garden some point in the game or I doubt I'll spend the countless hours in garden after I'm maxed out because paying him every day just gets old.

[knack3rs]

I think you can mail pinatas from standard mode into just for fun (but you can't mail them back).

[FeralKitty]

I think you can mail pinatas from standard mode into just for fun (but you can't mail them back).

Yep, that's correct.

[yetizai]

Sure you can mail them in but you need to unlock them somehow to mail them.

[Pretztail4eva]

plz everyone am I the only one who isn't so annoyed with pester that i have to stop playing the game?

1. I like how u can't get rid of him perminantly, it makes it more challenging in a good way!
2. If you have a limocerous in your garden he pretty much can't come in, as it will go staright up to him and boot him out of the garden
3. If you have enough money, paying him 500ccs isn't a problem!

[yetizai]

Ok I've found a way to keep Pester out of your garden. I have set it up on all of my sons gardens and in the last hour of play Pester hasn't done any damage. In fact it's like he is stuck at the edge of the garden.

Build the "|_|" shaped fence in the same location as the picture below. Add a Captains Cutlass to keep the ruffians out. I did send him decoy's for in his gardens as well just in case.
http://www.hawking.org/pii/757310cf-ce28-4ef7-9a91-4ab1820dbddf.jpg

Anyway on the 2 gardens I tried and the one he has been playing it is about 3 hours of gameplay without Pester making it into the gardens.

So now if you don't want Pester lock him out, if you like Pester just keep paying him or whatever.

Good Gardening.

[sonictomas]

i trapped pester :D

i put loads of decoys by the part were he comes in and he's stuck :)

[BIGsheep]

Ok I've found a way to keep Pester out of your garden. I have set it up on all of my sons gardens and in the last hour of play Pester hasn't done any damage. In fact it's like he is stuck at the edge of the garden.

Build the "|_|" shaped fence in the same location as the picture below. Add a Captains Cutlass to keep the ruffians out. I did send him decoy's for in his gardens as well just in case.

Anyway on the 2 gardens I tried and the one he has been playing it is about 3 hours of gameplay without Pester making it into the gardens.

So now if you don't want Pester lock him out, if you like Pester just keep paying him or whatever.

Good Gardening.Awesome work. I've sent you a little "thank you" for this.

[yetizai]

Thanks BIGsheep, I must say I was a little worried at first as I thought it might be a weed bomb ;).

[xenocidic]

Hrm, nice work. I'll try that =) Does he just stand around looking longingly at your expensive piñata? (Hopefully his loud footsteps stop?)

[yetizai]

Yeah he just kind of stands there. Sometimes he'll laugh and such but he just stands there, never enters or leaves.

[Wiiman104]

yetizai, I love you.

I'll be using this later.

[dovey]

Thank you, Yetizai!!! I will try that!

[Wiiman104]

It works very well.

[Chainer Cygnus]

Looks like a successful Maginot Line to me! Great thinking.

[SirMossy]

Alright, now that is awesome. No more complaints from me.

Well done, sir :)

[d-shade]

In fact it's like he is stuck at the edge of the garden.


if the fence is two pieces deep then he wont get stuck.. he walks on screams yells waves points then leaves.. also you don't need to use a stone fence any fence will work..

This is also posted on xbox forums (http://forums.xbox.com/22629410/ShowPost.aspx)

[Pretztail4eva]

sorry to disapoint everyone but this doesn't work, well, at least maybe not for me, he managed to walk around it somehow, i didn't see it, i have the fences in the excact same way your picture is, today i saw my limo boot him out the garden

just be careful

[yetizai]

I did have him in my garden once as well with the fence. I just happened to be watching him at the time and in my case he actually went through the fence, he didn't break it just kind of glitched through it. Though that was the only time in about 10 hours of play.

d-shade, thanks for the tip. I'll try 2 deep on my next garden.

[Amaroq]

Yetizai, you are a genius! Also, for the bribing methed, if you have no CC's, then you can cheat and get the well, but I dont recomdend this to people. Its not fair(But nor is Pester soo I guess it is fair in a revenge sort of way.) I will try Yetizai idea when Pester shows up in my garden(Im only level 10).

[Pretztail4eva]

it all seems to be working for everyone except me:( oh well with the limos i don't have to worry, as soon as he comes in one of them runs up and boots him away, it's funny watching that:)

[Amaroq]

Can someone get the Pester and Limo on video for me? Then I can watch it again and again nad again and agian etc.

[loz_the_guru]

Is there a way to keep professor pester out of my garden in TiP? The guys driving me nuts! Ive Bought the Captains Cutlass, but he just goes and destroys that everytime he wanders in now instead of my most valuable pinatas!

Anybody got any tips?

[jimmcq]

Is there a way to keep professor pester out of my garden in TiP? The guys driving me nuts! Ive Bought the Captains Cutlass, but he just goes and destroys that everytime he wanders in now instead of my most valuable pinatas!

Anybody got any tips?

The Captain's Cutlass only scares away Ruffians, not Professor Pester himself. For specifics on how to deal with him, see the wiki (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Ruffian#tab=Trouble_in_Paradise) or details further up in this thread.

[paulie]

Is there any way to keep pro. pester out of you garden, cause he's at my garden like every second of the day, if theres not is there a way to keep him from smashing any of my pinatas???? PLEASE help!!!!:o

[FeralKitty]

Is there any way to keep pro. pester out of you garden, cause he's at my garden like every second of the day, if theres not is there a way to keep him from smashing any of my pinatas???? PLEASE help!!!!:o

Please try to search the forum or wiki before asking questions :) You'd have found this whole thread about pester, or the wiki's article.

[dragonacher]

Just put up some fences where he walks in. Then he won't come in..

[paulie]

You can pay Pester now (so I've heard). Also, you can buy fake Pinata's for him to smash.
do you get the fake pinatas in costalot's store???

[dragonacher]

again. They are called decoys. They sell for around 600-1000 :/

[theultimateend]

There should be a way to keep him out period, his presence should vanish once I get some awesome item at level 60 something.

The fact that I have to have pinatas to stop him or some decoy (that I imagine he breaks and has to be replaced) is silliness.

This is a sandbox game :P. I still love it but he doesn't need to always be a factor.

[Sargent Smoke]

Guys - listen to Dragonacher...put up a 'U' shaped stone fence where he comes in by the Tower of Sour. He will not go around. He comes in the same way every time. Put up the stone wall and he'll stand there like an idiot trying to scare your pinatas, but he cant come in or bother you anymore. Make fence like this... ___|--------|___

[BIGsheep]

If you don't want him, there is always Just For Fun mode. This mode has been specifically put in to make life easier for the gardener, including fewer requirements and no Ruffians.

For higher level gardners you could consider this your themed garden mode, should you so wish.

[Eletius Mk26]

If you have unlocked a Pinata in the main mode does that mean that you can get it in Just for fun? Is it only the ones unqiue to the Pinarctic and the Dessert Dersert that you don't have access to in JFF?

I don't mind having pester in, as long as there is a clean and funny way of booting him out. I love the way the Limeoceros kicks him out, but he's just too big. As for my Dragon, Killdozer, he's managed to destroy every building and tree in the garden. I would prefer it if Pester didn't destory every building he runs into.

[BIGsheep]

JFF is its own seperate entity so anything you do in the main garden won't affect JFF, apart from the crates you can import.

As for Pester's destruction, if you remove him from your garden without setting his underwear on fire he might be a little more gentle about it. How would you feel with flaming undercrackers?

[xenocidic]

500 isn't that much to pay off pester, really. decoy pinata in case you forget and he's not that big of a deal.

[Eletius Mk26]

I guess you guys aren't going to make an Anti-Pester Shotgun Tool then? ;P

I'd simply prefer if there was a smaller pinata that could remove him for more tricky gardens like pond based ones. Then again whats wrong with a half-ton jolly rhino called Bob to kick him out.

Edit: 500 you say? Sweet!

[Newtgat]

I'd simply prefer if there was a smaller pinata that could remove him for more tricky gardens like pond based ones.

Hmm... maybe I can work on giving my Newtgats rabies... :p

I gotta say, the Limeo punting Pester over the horizon makes even my dullest day exciting, it's worth having one of those massive pinata stomping everyone for those few moments of hilarity.

[Blue Dragon]

Ok I've found a way to keep Pester out of your garden. I have set it up on all of my sons gardens and in the last hour of play Pester hasn't done any damage. In fact it's like he is stuck at the edge of the garden.

Build the "|_|" shaped fence in the same location as the picture below. Add a Captains Cutlass to keep the ruffians out. I did send him decoy's for in his gardens as well just in case.
http://www.hawking.org/pii/757310cf-ce28-4ef7-9a91-4ab1820dbddf.jpg

Anyway on the 2 gardens I tried and the one he has been playing it is about 3 hours of gameplay without Pester making it into the gardens.

So now if you don't want Pester lock him out, if you like Pester just keep paying him or whatever.

Good Gardening.


Help, I built a fence and it was keeping Pester out, but now there is a Ruffian stuck there and Pester just goes around him! I tried taking away the fence but the Ruffian doesn't move, he's really stuck. :confused:

[n0valife]

Cane eny one tell me when if ever i get some item or pinata that makes prof pester stope comeing in to my garden?

[FeralKitty]

Read this thread for tips and strategies on dealing with Professor Pester.

By the way, searching the forum before posting, finds answers to common questions like this.

[Hudgy_Pretznilla]

Help, I built a fence and it was keeping Pester out, but now there is a Ruffian stuck there and Pester just goes around him! I tried taking away the fence but the Ruffian doesn't move, he's really stuck. :confused:

I have the same situation in one of my garden. I just make a new garden and move everything to the new garden. I put Captain Cutlass first before building the fence.

[Fudgehog_Fan]

it be hilarious if his fear is if you have a whirlm worth 100,000 cc in the garden and he will go away forever.

[Solid Lady]

theres to many pages to look through so i dont know if this has been said you stop him getting in your garden by building a wall 2 down and 5 across and 2 up...just to the right of the tower of sour

[Luckster]

I apologize in advance, as this thread seems to have been inactive for a while.

I always put a moat around my garden (with one or two bridges for good people to get out/in and my Party Pinatas to get out, as well as wild ones entering), as part of my Theme for a Pampered Paradise.

Can the moat also keep Pester out? Fences take too much space in my garden (ugh...seriously Rare...fences taking up space?) and it's very unsightly. I've noticed that in TiP, people, as well as non-aquatic Pinatas are unable to cross water like in the first VP. The only thing I would have to keep my eye on are the Ruffians until I have unlocked the Captain's Cutlass, so they don't make a path for pester.

Of course, if this doesn't work, I don't wish to rely on it. I have no problems paying Pester to leave my two Prized Pretztails alone, but it would be nice to have some peace so I can get MR Awards to block the Pinata I don't care for, without babysitting my stars.

[xenocidic]

Pester walks through water, so I doubt a moat would help. the 2x8 fence doesn't take up that much room, alternatively, keep decoy pinata(s) and pay him off whenever he comes in

[Grukk2]

The other thing to bear in mind is that eventually, when you have the fence up for long enough, Pester seems to bug - once that happens I think you can completely remove the fence safely... mine is reduced down to just 4 lengths at the moment and I intend to completely remove it when I get a few mins to keep my eye on Pester (just in case :) ). Pretty sure other people on the forum have said a similar thing. You can tell when Pester is bugged because he'll shut up - no more laughing/grumbling, he doesn't move, and you can't target him at all.

[xenocidic]

The other thing to bear in mind is that eventually, when you have the fence up for long enough, Pester seems to bug - once that happens I think you can completely remove the fence safely... mine is reduced down to just 4 lengths at the moment and I intend to completely remove it when I get a few mins to keep my eye on Pester (just in case :) ). Pretty sure other people on the forum have said a similar thing. You can tell when Pester is bugged because he'll shut up - no more laughing/grumbling, he doesn't move, and you can't target him at all.

personally I'd rather not have Pester as a permanant fixture in my garden which is why I use the 2x8 fence so he comes in , grumbles a bit, then walks away.

oh, i just made this thought you guys would get a kick out of it. it's my littl'un:

http://images.quickblogcast.com/20250-19315/aydenpester.jpg

[gabirules54]

lolchild...it will catch on.

but to be fair weve all said it at one time or another

[BIGsheep]

Cracking photo. As a man who can spend days trawling CanIHazCheezburger (http://icanhascheezburger.com/), I love it.

[Fudgehog_Fan]

If you don't want him, there is always Just For Fun mode. This mode has been specifically put in to make life easier for the gardener, including fewer requirements and no Ruffians.

For higher level gardners you could consider this your themed garden mode, should you so wish.

Wai but didnt they say that in just for fun mode there are no weeds either? And if there are no weeds then on thistles and no thistles means no fudgehogs:(

[xenocidic]

you could always mail pinatas from a standard garden to a JFF garden (but not vice-versa)

[Fudgehog_Fan]

I hate professor PESTER

WANTED:PROFESSOR PESTER
WILL PAY 100,000,000 choclate coins dead or alive
OCCUPATION:MAD SCIENTIST THAT HUNTS DOWN THE RAREST PINATAS ON PINATA ISLAND AND CREATING EVIL SOURS THAT WILL DESTROY ALL GARDENS

[Weapon X]

yeah, i need to investigate that more. i'm so overwhelmed with all the new stuff and just trying to fulfill all the old things i used to do (like become master romancers and get all the sours gone), that it's hard to find time to play around with the new stuff. plus with pester coming in the throw me off every 5 seconds...well it's just a lot to handle! :p

1: The best way I found was to make the small stone wall next to the Tower Of Sour to keep Pester out. 5 Pieces long did the trick for me.

2: To get quick and lots of cash, I found the best method was to use a wishing well and a lantern-o-loot......then drop coins into the well it lots of around 2000. I know it sounds like alot and occasionally you'll only get maybe one coin or some weed seeds......but.........more often then not you'll get coin tonnage!!!! With the lanten-o-loot the multipling factor for the coins is enormous!! I was in the millions in no time......OK.....it took a bit of time but it was much faster then selling off WCs.........IMHO.....:)

[Hudson]

I hate professor PESTER

WANTED:PROFESSOR PESTER
WILL PAY 100,000,000 choclate coins dead or alive
OCCUPATION:MAD SCIENTIST THAT HUNTS DOWN THE RAREST PINATAS ON PINATA ISLAND AND CREATING EVIL SOURS THAT WILL DESTROY ALL GARDENS

Why would you want to pay 100,000,000 CC's for Pester dead or ALIVE. Surely you want to be rid of Pester rather than paying for him alive. I personally like building a fence that suits the theming of the garden. Like a for a spooky garden I would build an iron rail fence that is about six lines long and two lines deep so Pester won't get stuck groaning and moaning that drives you insane. And also with the wishing well the odd of getting the best "haul" is about 4/10, possibly more or less depending on luck incase anyone was interested.

[Fudgehog_Fan]

Why would you want to pay 100,000,000 CC's for Pester dead or ALIVE. Surely you want to be rid of Pester rather than paying for him alive. I personally like building a fence that suits the theming of the garden. Like a for a spooky garden I would build an iron rail fence that is about six lines long and two lines deep so Pester won't get stuck groaning and moaning that drives you insane. And also with the wishing well the odd of getting the best "haul" is about 4/10, possibly more or less depending on luck incase anyone was interested.
Any way Im just joking around.

[FelixFelicis77]

Thank you so much to yetizai for the wall trick tip. Pester always gets in the way of my master romancing or pinata-attracting schemes.

[gabirules54]

prof pester got round my garden wall today then he realised it was my limeoceros farm, needless to say he hasnt comeback (seriously i played for an hour and i didnt see him) also a sour got trapped behind my fence so its all good

[Blue Dragon]

The wall doesn't always work, I actually saw Pester break through the wall and come into my garden! He destroyed my Cutlass so I had to by another one.

[Lord Zebedee]

Some weird glitch has happened to me, I put some carrots down and put fences around them so bunnycombs couldn't get them (tryin to attract a ponocky). Then i noticed Prof. Pester couldn't get in, once i had got a ponocky to resident i sold all of the fences but Prof. Pester still won't move and a walrusk has walked that way a few times and at the start everytime a walrusk walked passed he pussed Prof. Pester further away from my garden, so now i can always hear him going "Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum"

[SweetieSuicune]

Oh dragonaches and Limeouses whatever I cannot spell. Oh and a Chocodoculus scares sours like mallowolf and macaraccoon:)

[Shroomzies]

So there is a way of making a wall for blocking pester that doesnt perminantly block him?
Is this by making it 2 down by 5 across?

Sorry if this confuses anyone if you say so ill try harder to explain :)

[Furlac]

I did the fence thing, but I made it the length of the garden instead of a few pieces. Really effective, he'd just stand there grunting and run off after a while.

Well it WAS really effective until today. I tamed a Limeoceros then immediately sold it because I didn't want it squishing all my little pinatas. After taming it, I progressed to level 45 and the game autosaved. While I was taming it, Pester came running down and did his usual thing. Until he decided to just walk around the barrier. Now I'm stuck on a save where I only have a few seconds to act. It's a frantic kind of feeling I'm not used to while playing VP.

I guess I'll have to make some huge changes in my garden and get a Limeoceros. And look into JFF mode.

[Irishnut]

Will there ever be a point where you can completely stop Professor Pester? I know in the Classic game the Cutlass did the job but it does not seem to here ... please let me know if there will be a way ultimately .. and how do you get the "give" to show up on the menu I have never seen that option on Prof Pester

I could use help in getting that Famous Pinata award I am Irishnut1958 on X-box live and although I am not too good at using it I am sure one of my kids will help me (lol pretty bad when the kids understand that stuff better then the adults)

[FeralKitty]

Will there ever be a point where you can completely stop Professor Pester?

This question is answered in the TiP Frequently Asked Questions (http://www.pinataisland.info/viva/Frequently_Asked_Questions_-_Trouble_in_Paradise), and in many different Pester threads.

Sometimes it helps to search first, before making a "new" thread.

.. and how do you get the "give" to show up on the menu I have never seen that option on Prof Pester

The give option briefly shows up after Pester enters the garden. Once he's made up his mind what to destroy, it's no longer available.

As for famous pinatas, you'll find plenty of those threads too, where you'll have better luck asking for one.

[twilightfreak13]

i havnt seen pester since i got a wishing well. maybe thats just me or maybe he's afraid of it. anyways do the barkbark and the juicygoose still work for scaring him out of the garden????

[bluewkd27]

build a wall or fence along where he enters, starting from the tower of sour and along the edge about 5 or 6 pannels across he will come but not enter your garden.

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I______I this is a diagram o= the tower of sour

[Sgt. Johnson Walrusk]

I am seriously sick of pester messing me up in TiP! help please!!!

[FeralKitty]

I am seriously sick of pester messing me up in TiP! help please!!!

Check out the TiP FAQ (http://www.pinataisland.info/viva/Frequently_Asked_Questions_-_Trouble_in_Paradise) for a list of ways to deal with Pester. More details can also be found in this thread.

[LimosRock]

Use the LIMEOCEROS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cupcake36]

if you build a rod iron fence right next to the base of the tower of sour. like 8 pieces down it keeps him from coming in.

[love evil]

In my easter garden I made a bunnycomb pen in the area that pester usually comes into the garden. He stayed in there with the bunnies, it was funny watching him hop about with them. As soon as I put the gate in he came into the garden once again, It did give me the idea of trying to make a pester maze in another garden.. has anyone tried that yet?

[FLBeachbride08]

I just figured out an easier way to deal with Professor Pester. The dragonaches and limeosaurus take up too much space and make my smaller pinatas upset. SO, while I was setting up a fenced in area for my weeds, I noticed that it just so happened to be the spot where PP walks in. And to my suprise, he didn't break the fence! He just stood there confused for a while and ran away. Saves time, space and money! YAY!

[Evokazz]

Is there a sure fie way to stop Pester coming in my garden? without fencing it all in?

[Commando501]

For lower levels use the decoys till you can get a Limeoceros and he does is as soon as pester walks into the garden he punts him out.

[FeralKitty]

The FAQ has more information about dealing with Pester (http://pinataisland.info/viva/Frequently_Asked_Questions#FAQ-General-Pester).

[Inferny]

I also bribed him 500cc

his minions i would give 200cc and it would work.


also, put of the decoy pinata from Lotti's store just incase you miss bribing him.

finally, once you got money, build a mine so you can get a Dragonache... he fights Pester when he prances around the garden


Sorry if this post is old, hadn't time to see...But it works fine to bribe with just 100cc, as in Classic. No need to waste the extra 100!!

[Pie the Pienna]

If you ever realized prof. pestor always comes from the same spot. If you make a wall infront of him that is long enough and I think is the second best wall I think stone wall. He'll stand there thinking of what to do for the whole game lol.

[DrWho88]

How do you stop Pester destroying a Piñata that has his face above it, i had a fence in the area that should stop him, but a ruffian broke a piece and he got in, i only had 360CC and i gave him it all in the hopes he would go, but instead he has chosen to go break my Smelba, is there anything i can do to stop him, or should i just stop playing now, because I'm having a hard enough time on this game as it is without one of the few good Piñatas i have been destroyed.

[aidan6]

i will give u some money to by a nother fence and make sure its 12 pices long and dont let any thing brake it for 1 to 3 days(game time)and then pester will be gleched out side of ur garden so after u can sell the fence and he wont come in so the only bad things u have to watch out for is sours and are ruffians

[PinkApocalypse]

You can either purchase a fake pinata from costolot's store everyday(game time), or get a Limeoceros, which will charge Prof. Pester and knock him out of your garden, without letting Pester doing any damage to your pinatas.

[Dr. Sparrel]

If you're planning to stop him from killing one with his face above it, I'm afraid there's nothing you can do, you can't even break the Pinata open yourself. And when it comes to paying Pester, only give him 500 coins and 500 coins only, he won't accept any lower offer, and if you go higher, he'll accept but you'll waste money.

[Mason757]

ok, i know putting the fences near the tower of sour stops pester, BUT he managed to target one of my pinata (the pinata has pester's head over it) but he wont come in the garden. so i cant select my pinata!!@!!@!@ so i ignored it for like, a couple days, until i just gonna stand hearing pester laughing his stupid laugh, so i sold the fences, hoping pester would come in and kill the pinata, BUT NO hes just standing there...doing nothing..and i can never select my pinata, and i have to listen to him laughing...forever..

anyone help? please?

[ImaTestWentBad]

Gosh that stinks. Try reloading the garden maybe that will snap him out of it. If you have a vision camera try scanning a Pester card from the wiki. Sometimes a Dragonache will go over to Pester and pick a fight with him. Then he would be forced to go away. Also try a Limeoceros as they target Pester and boot him. The last resort would be to post everything in that garden to yourself and delete that garden :( That is annoying but sometimes must be done!

[Mason757]

well the thing is, hes outside the garden, so i cant direct a limeocerous at him or a dragonache, and he just so happened to target my best pinata, and when he targets pinata, they become un-selectable, he cant go in a crate, and he just stands there, never moving.

*sigh*

[Liogon]

So I'm in my garden, tending to my 4heads, when I start hearing this noise. I turn around and there's prof. pester, just behind the fence. I thought it was normal, but after 30 minutes, he was still there, just grumbling. So I thought I had to make it stop. I took down the fence, and you know what happened...? He killed all of my pinatas in a bloody rage... nah. He just kept grumbling to himself. If you want to see this for yourself, come to my garden. I won't always be on though.

[ImaTestWentBad]

Unfortunately, he is now stuck for good and may never stop grumbling. That's what has happened to mine too. I don't mind because I know where he is at all times!!!:)

[reklaw_vahn]

Unfortunately, he is now stuck for good and may never stop grumbling. That's what has happened to mine too. I don't mind because I know where he is at all times!!!:)

Yeah, using the "wall glitch" method is permanently effective but has that horrible drawback of hearing Professor Pestor moan and groan all the time. I don't actually mind that so much anymore though so I use this all the time...

[nio90]

I had pester stuck for awhile he left but theres a glitched ruffian the game actually made another ruffian to take its spot!

[Hardcorelee666]

hi their's a better way if you buy 9 stone wall pieces. place the frist wall facing you from Prof Pester volcano and put it just after the tower of sour and next keep going with the next seven pieces with the wall going towares the ice aren sign and with the last piece facing you from Prof Pester volcano and then the jobs a goodun. if that make any sense

[eaglairISking]

prof. pester have smashed my wild card pengum. would i be able to get it again. i have just started yesterday so i wont know if i can or cannot

[Xoatl]

Nope. I do not believe you can get it back.

You could do the Romance Maze again thugh.

[eaglairISking]

i have tried to do a mini game but it say's twins and no wildcard, is there anyway of getting rid of him

[Xoatl]

I'm not sure if it's TiP, but I believe you can use the Captain's Cutlass to keep Pester and Ruffians out.

Edit: Captain's Cutlass doesn't effect Pester in TiP, just the Ruffians.

Try getting a Limeocerous. The Limeoceros will eject Professor Pester from your garden

[FeralKitty]

i have tried to do a mini game but it say's twins and no wildcard, is there anyway of getting rid of him

Try reading the Frequently Asked questions (http://www.pinataisland.info/viva/Frequently_Asked_Questions#FAQ-General-Pester) or searching the site before posting. There are plenty of posts mentioning the ways to deal with Pester.

[eaglairISking]

I'm not sure if it's TiP, but I believe you can use the Captain's Cutlass to keep Pester and Ruffians out.

Edit: Captain's Cutlass doesn't effect Pester in TiP, just the Ruffians.

Try getting a Limeocerous. The Limeoceros will eject Professor Pester from your garden

yeah it is tip

[Funky Flump]

Using the wall glich is kind of cheating but it works you have to get a wall and kind of make a barrier from the tour of sour right for about 5 walls and he gets stuck
0 ....P....
[________] like that

P= Pester
0= Tour of sour
[ ] = vertical wall
_ = sideways wall

[Sonar]

i thought pester cudnt beat up a wildcard? on tip.

[Chela XD]

I have a Dragonache and Limeoceros on each garden and they keep him away
if you need Limeoceros I can send you one

[ilovemacaraccoons]

I have a Dragonache and Limeoceros on each garden and they keep him away
if you need Limeoceros I can send you one I HATE PESTER! Can i have a limoceros please? i havnt got live but i will activate the 48hr trial in about a month:D

[reklaw_vahn]

I HATE PESTER! Can i have a limoceros please? i havnt got live but i will activate the 48hr trial in about a month:D

If you can connect your 360 to the internet then you have live. You only need silver to be able to trade pinatas back and forth so you know...

[ilovemacaraccoons]

i can activate the trial anytime now, but i would prefer it in a saturday so i wont have the 48hr trial on a school day because i wouldnt be able to make the most of it! sooo can i have a limoceros?

[shrly]

i can activate the trial anytime now, but i would prefer it in a saturday so i wont have the 48hr trial on a school day because i wouldnt be able to make the most of it! sooo can i have a limoceros?

But you can activate XBOX live now, without activating the 48 hour trial. The trial is probably for a gold subscription. You can have a silver subscription for free. With silver, you can send and receive all the crates you want. You just can't play in someone else's garden, nor open your own garden on live.

You can save the activation of the gold subscription for when you're ready to get the full house achievement. For that, you need to play with three others online for an hour, thus need gold.

[reklaw_vahn]

i can activate the trial anytime now, but i would prefer it in a saturday so i wont have the 48hr trial on a school day because i wouldnt be able to make the most of it! sooo can i have a limoceros?

Yeah, exactly what Shrly and I have said, make your silver account now, and for free, then you can trade. Use the 48 hour trial for when you will have more time to play in online gardens. Also, if you are looking for something, a trade, then you want to use the trade board (http://pinataisland.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=89) to do that. :)

[BIGsheep]

As Shrly says, when you do have a Silver account you can still receive crates. So as soon as you're online let us all know your Gamertag and we can shower you with gifts.

[ilovemacaraccoons]

haha! Thanks! If anyone is on, i might activate it now...

[shrly]

haha! Thanks! If anyone is on, i might activate it now...

Once you've created your gamer tag, let us know what it is. Can't send anything without it.

[Coacadile123]

Make a fence where he usally willl come out that should block him from coming in. just MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A IRON ONE OR HE CAN BREAK THROUGH.

[FizzlyToad]

You have to make a fence on the Tower of Sour side of your garden with the Solid brick fence (forgot the name) Pester then gets glitched and stuck in the spot by the Tower of Sour. Some ruffians get stuck too! Sometimes Pester will still be stuck after removing the fence (it helps because then bart and other people can get in and out while pester cant)

[mrcyansan1]

build a wall close to the perimiter and that should solve the problem put a gate on the opposite side though or your helpers wont get in