Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-76.168.177.200-20180723205854/@comment-32823535-20180820063533

Hey Steph - did you figure out the helping friends? It's by opening your friend list, or clicking on a friend on your game map and then selecting "VISIT". A new map will open on your screen which now shows your friend's map. The level of your friend, and how long they have been playing will determine which rooms are open on their map. It's up to level 153 to get all rooms open for a new player. When I started, it was level 93. That is 21 new rooms that have been added in the last year and a half. Once you have that map open, click on rooms, trophies, crafting stations to help your friends. Your ability to help increases as your reputation (points for helping) increases, so help to your maximum each day. The maximum will eventually be 100 friends, 10 locations each per day. You will get rewards for helping your friends too, including from 40 to 60 random collection items (CI) per day.

The other thing you can choose is to "HIRE" a friend. This has no effect on your friend, and they do not even know you hired them, but hiring a friend will help you with the next room you visit, depending on the "talent" of your friend. To see how they help, see the wiki page on the topic.