Marco Smurf
By
Marco Smurf is another Smurf who walks freely through the village without having a house to live in. He was added in the September 2011 update of the game (app version 1.1.3) and is available from level 16.
To get Marco Smurf Papa Smurf will, sometime after level 16, give the task to send 3 Smurfs out for 12 hours to rescue him. As soon as they return, Marco comes back to the village, but he will not stay long, and instead chooses to go and explore the villages of your neighbours.
If Marco is in a neighbouring village, a medal next to their banner shows in which village he is currently hiding. If he is found in the friend’s village (to find him, just tap on him), he will return to your village and if you go back to it as well, he gives you a present (such as a free Smurfberry or XP). After he has been found and returned to the village, he will stay there for some time (and walk around the village like Brainy, Jokey, etc.) before he goes into one of the neighbouring villages again so that he can be found once more.
To find Marco Smurf in a friend’s village, it is important to have your village connected to either Facebook or Game Center with at least one friend who plays the game as well. Without that, Marco cannot be found in a neighbour’s village and will therefore not give gifts.
For more information about how to add neighbours, see our “Add Neighbours & Friends” section (http://www.mysmurfsvillage.com/smurfs-village-guide/adding-neighbours-and-friends/).
 |
 |
Missing Marco after Christmas Update: He should reappear about seven days after he was lost. For those people who still did not get him back after that, Beeline released the following statement: We’re aware of the issue with Marco, but it’s proving difficult to track down. We’ll keep working on it and hopefully we have a fix for you soon.
i have a problem with Marco since the last apple update. He disappears from my village for about a week and when he returns i get a message from brainy telling me that marco has returned but may take one of his books with him tomorrow. The next day Marco has gone again, i can't find him on any of my friends villages and there is no blue ribbon to tell me where he may be. It is getting very frustrating as i'm unsure as to what i am meant to be doing. Please help
Please read the article above, we added Beeline's officialy statement regarding the Marco issue
The message I get now (from Brainy) is: "Papa Smurf always says 'if at first you don't succeed, smurf, smurf again!' It looks like Marco returned empty handed, but I'm SURE he'll take one of my books with him when he leaves again tomorrow!"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the message when you forget to find him in your friends village, right? Or is it the message after the 7 days he is lost?
Either way I get this every now and again, Marco walks around for a day, and then he's gone again with no medallion anywhere. I've scoured my friends village but am 100% sure he's not in them.
That is both the message when he first comes back as well as the message if you have not found him in the last 24 hours. I am, at the moment having problems seeing all of my friends villages, so maybe he is in a village that does not show up at the moment? In any case, there is really nothing you can do except every now and then to go and look for the medal.
Yeah, it turns out I'm having the same issues with my friends villages. They're quite often just not there. Maybe he's only available to be found while they happen to be missing! >.<
Please help!! I have 2 friends from Facebook that appear in my game, but I can't find Marco. Their villages appear with a red circle with a line through it and no medal – my village does not have a medal either?? I miss my presents as I used to be able to find Marco
Marco is supposed to reapper about 7 days after he was lost. Then you can find him once a day in a friends village
In addition to this: my Marco finally came back after getting lost and Brainy said something about him not coming back with any books or something… since then he doesn't go to any of my friends villages any more.
I guess we'll just have to wait for a fix!
Since the update i dont see Marco smurf. I waited seven days (even more) after he was lost an still i can’t find him why??
He should be back, if you still can not find him (are you sure he is not in a friends village) contact Beeline (support@beelin-i.com)
Since the update with the snow, marcosmurf is nowhere to find! Please bring him back! Why can we not find him? Greetings from the netherlands
It is a bug, he is supposed to come back about seven days after he was lost.
Ok, hope it will work soon, thank you for your reply!!
I have my smurf village connected to my facebook, i saw the marco smurf badge next to one of my neighbor, everytime i tires to enter the village it says "There was a problem getting the village data…" Its weird that i can go to other villages and not the one with the badge next to it. i also tried restarting my ipod but its not working, any suggestions? thanks!
Banish that particular friends (by clicking on the red circle next to his village banner). Then the medal will go to another village. After you found Marco, you can unbanish your friend from the Options – Manage Friends menu.
I wish smurfs village wasnt on face book
Its not exactly on Facebook. Facebook is used to get friends. You can get friends also by using Gamecenter.
I just emailed them about Marco , I haven't been able to find him since it started snowing in the village.I will post if I get an answer
There is something wrong with my Marco smurf.
I've done all the things papa smurf told me to do and I'm already on level 20 but marco smurf is nowhere!
I don't know why this is happening, is this another penalty to the time cheat? because I did change my time a few times..:(
No, Marco not showing up has nothing to do with penalty for cheating. Since the upate many people are missing him, was Marco ever there or did you never get him?
Papa smurf did say that marco came back or something like that.. you know meaning that marco is now available
but after that marco was never to be found in my village or my friends'
I never once saw him in my village from the start
I am in level 28…. Marco is missing from my village since i updated the game to the new version of xmas season… Have done all the suggestion listed here … Still Marco wont show up and cant find him in my frens' village ….
There is nothing you can do about that, this is happening to many people and Beeline is aware of it. They must fix it, though
They answered me back, said after 7 days from the day you updated he should return. He should be back in my village by Saturday.
Yep, that is the official reply from Beeline, they gave that statement in their support forum as well. I guess we have to wait and see if it works, but I suppose it will.
I saw the medal of Marco Smurf about one week ago but didn't know that it was the sign to go and find him. Since then, I don't see the medal again… What's the problem ? Anyone knows ?
It is an issue that many people are having. There is nothing you can do about it at the moment, Beeline has to look into it and fix it.
Will the beach, day/night, Marco Smurf and all other new characters and items be made available on the Android version of the Smurfs game?
If not, please do as the iPhone version rocks!!
Eventually, yes. But the Android version has been released about a year after the iPhone version and as those are different platforms it takes a while for Beeline to catch up on it. As far as they have announced, it is the plan to have, in the future, the same features on both devices. But they have not given a timeline for that.
Looks like they fixed the Marco bug/exploit in 1.1.5! I havent been able to erroneously find him in friends' villages during inappropriate times. Does he look fixed to everyone else?
I can’t find him either
. I was enjoying all of the extra coins a berries.
Haven't found him since the update
Looks fixed to me, too. I have not found him in my friends village, although I banished all of my other friends for this test. So I guess now he will only give gifts all 24 hours as he was supposed to.
Also have not been able to find him since update … and way more than 24hours have passed … I wonder if Marco has been taken away all together
… how truly sad becuase he was one of the biggest reasons to play the game 24 hrs a day 
… now it's back to waiting for the reminder to say a crop or shrub is ready … almost dull 
This has happened to many people since the update, there is nothing you can do about it at the moment, it seems Beeline has to fix this. He has not been taken away though, mine for example still works.
Can't find him either. Until I read this thread, I didn't connect the update with Marco's disappearance. I was out of town on business somewhere with no wifi so wasn't able to view friends, so I thought that was the reason Marco failed to appear in my friends' villages once I got back. But it has been 3 days and still can't find him. Wish they'd fix this asap so I'd get the gifts (which are better than Jokey's).
Haven't found Marco since the update. I miss the gifts from him.
It has been more than 24 hours still haven't found him anywhere in any neighboring village.
very sad.
That is a bug that came with the latest update, there is nothing you can do to get him back, Beeline has to fix it.
Has one of the administrators told Beeline about the problem ? For instance, a friend gets Marco Smurf every 24 hours and I'm unable to find him…
Beeline is aware of the problem, there are multiple threads about that in their support forum. Mine works fine, too, it is a bit weired, but as it is the Thanksgiving Weekend in the U.S. there have not yet been any statements from Beeline employees.
Ok, thanks for your answers… hope they will soon find how to fix it !
I need a friend, so my Marco smurf can work can someone tell how I can get one since I know no one else who plays smurfs.
You can try the Facebook page for the game, there are always people asking to be added as neighbours, either via Facebook or they give their Game Center nickname so you can add them there. The link is http://www.facebook.com/SmurfsVillage
I don't even know how to save my game so I don't have a nickname, and thank you smerfette but please advice, would greatly appreciate,
I think you need to start reading the basics (about connecting via Game Center and Facebook, How to Add friends etc.). Please start here, it explains everything about adding neighbours: http://www.mysmurfsvillage.com/smurfs-village-gui…
I cant add neighbour as it state i need update application. But mine is the latest version already! Help
Which version to you have? Do you use Android or iOS? If iOS, do you have the one with the Halloween icon?
I have got Marco smurf and I went to my neighbor list to find him back. But suddenly my friends have all gone missing and I click on the 'invite friend' and they redirect me to the Facebook wall and they told me that there was a problem and they would try to fix it ASAP. But this problem has happened for 4-5 days already. What should I do?
This has happened to many people lately, you have to wait for Beeline to fix it, please read further here: http://www.mysmurfsvillage.com/smurfs-village-gui… .
Marco has been to my village about three times, and always come empty handed. I looked for him in my friends village but never found him.I am at level 28. Help, what should I do for him to give me a gift?
You have to look for him in that friends village that has a medal (looks like a bronze olympic medal) on the village banner. Then when you found him, tap on him and it will say "Found Marco". After that return to your village and you will get the gift.
I had Marco smurf and then he left I went on today and he’s back and I don’t even have any neibours and marco masnt given me any presents (as of yet) so what should I do
That is normal, without friends Marco will come back without a gift. If you want gifts from him you must add at least one neighbour and find him in their village before he returns on his own.
I have no friends, can you find Marco in featured villages?
He left and I haven't been able to find him
No, you can not, you need at least one friend, otherwise you will not be able to get a gift from him
Marco Smurf has been in the village a couple of times, but always empty handed. There is always an announcement that he will be leaving tomorrow, maybe he will bring a gift? He disappears for a while then come back again stating that he does not have a present.
I am not in Facebook, not signed up anywhere, will I get any gift from Marco Smurf?
Thanks.
Woosy
No, as the article about Marco says you will need at least one friend/neighbour to get a gift from him.
I checked for a medal and it did not show do u need facebook
You need to be logged into either Facebook or GameCenter and have at least one friend. And of course you also need Marco Smurf in your village, that is you must have completed the quest to find him.
I think Marco Smurf it, but I do not Cado! It says go back to your village and I do it! but he is nowhere! Fleur xxx
Have you completed the quest so that he first joined your village or just found him by accident in a friends village? If it is the last, then he will only start giving gifts once you have officially gotten him. If you did do the quests he should give you gifts. In that case please contact Beeline (support@beeline-i.com)
I just got a message that Marco is in the village until tomorrow, stated that he did not bring a gift, I want to take a look but how do I know which smurf he is? I found I with a little blue arrow in the chest area of the shirt, is that him?
I have no friend in the villages so I have never seen him.
Thanks.
Woosy
He is the one who wears some kind of "cowboy hat/stetson" and a medal around his neck (that is the blue arrow you saw).
I had the same problem when I updated to IOS 5 so I went in settings turned airplane mode on and then off then i did the same thing with the wifi, and roght when I logged in to my smurfs village, brain told me he went off to another village so I had to find him. However, I did not have a problem with Alchemist, that is weird, you should probably contact beeline to let them know bout it : (support@beeline-i.com)
previously marco smurf works fine with me, but i updated the IOS, and restore the smurf village again, and my macro smurf never in my village and neighbour village also,Alchemist Smurf also missing together after i restore, currently in level 30, please advice
level 21, done always papa smurf's tasks, and never saw marco…
He should be in your village if you have completed all of the task. Have you gotten the other Smurfs that come via tasks from Papa (Grouchy, Clumsy and the new Scaredy Smurf)?
only grouchy, in what order do they come?
The order is Jokey on level three, Grouchy on level 15, Marco on level 16, Clumsy on level 20 and Alchemist on level 23 (always assuming you have complete the "storymode" quests from Papa Smurf up to the current level).
i'm at 21, done all tasks but no news from clumsy nor marco
And what is your current task from Papa? Have you completed the current one? If not do so, he might then give you the task to look for the Smurfs
Oh, and another thing, have you installed the latest versions of the game (like the Halloween update?) If not please do so, it might be possible that that is why you are not getting Marco
I've never seen Marco and have 8-10 friends villages. None of them have a medal either. I'm level
20. What can I do?
Have you gotten the quest from Papa to find Marco yet? If not, then your are behind your quests
I don't have any friends in Smurf village either… How would I find Marco?? Maybe we should friend each other?
I mean that to the creators not u
You should definetly contact them (support@beeline-i.com) if you have not done it yet, so they are aware and can fix the problem.
Marco is at my neighbors village and I can find him everytime at my friends, but never can I find him back at my village!!! Frustrating!! I turned off my iPhone and rebooted it but still the same thing, over and over, please fix this glitch it’s annoying!!
I went to a friend's village and found Marco Smurf!!! He said that he would come to my village to give me a gift but he never turned up!!!!
What should I do??????????
That has happened to some people, just try finding him again after 24 hours have past, if he does not give you a present then, please contact Beeline (support@beeline-i.com)
I contacted Beeline but they didn't respond my message and now I find Marco everyday but he still didn't turn up in my village
why marco smurf disappear after having him in my village?
He leaves and goes to visit a neighbour's village. If you find him there he will come back and give you a present. This happens every 24 hours
Does this still work with 1.1.3.1 update, can i update, found lots (30+) of berries with this .
I just tried it to make sure and I found him once with the medal and then another two times without it immediately afterwards, so it does still work (I am on version 1.1.3.1)
Just to let everyone know I have got 4 smurfberries today via the above described method. Thanks a lot
I still haven't gotten any smurfberry from Marco, the best gift I got was the treasure chest from level 39. I've gotten a few of those, any ideas on how to get smurfberry?
I do not think there is. I have only got the one from him as well. It is like Jokey Smurf, its just luck. Although I think everyone got a Smurfberry from him the first time he was found, it is weird if you did not get it. But other than that, I do not think there is a way to influence this
The procedure to get Marco whenever you want does work fine with me. But even after trying for 100 times, I have not got any smurfberries. Am I doing anything wrong ? Does your “only neighbor” have to be of higher level to get smurfberry from marco?
I have never gotten a Smurfberry using that method either (but I have only tried four times). I do not think there is a rule to getting a Smurfberry, it is like with Jokey, he only gives Smurfberries very rarely. I only get on every 2 month or so.
the probability of getting a smurfberry from marco seems to be about 1/50. you might get several in a row, or not another for over 200 tries, but it should average out in the long run. keep it up! ^_^
i can't find marco smurf anywhere! i have 4 friends yet never see him at either village, and i've checked everyday since he's been unlocked!!
He should be there, that is weired. If you continue to not being able to find him, I suggest you contact Beeline (support@beeline-i.com). Before that I would try to power off your device and back on again, that usually helps if the issues have anything to do with memory corruption etc. and might solve the problem
The developers should try to Fix that mistake, if we dont update the game it wont get fixed, so we can buy all the smurfberry costing smurfs for free! But we should need to be patient, before 2 days i have 0 smurfberry but now i have 18 it works awesomely perfect
Wow, that is a lot, I have tried it four times and never got a Smurfberry. I am sure they will fix it in the next update
Can you explain to me what "smurfberry costing smurf" is? Is it the additional smurf that cost 5 smurfberry?
It is an error in our site navigation. Our Smurf sections are separated in Free Smurfs, Smurfs that cost Coins and Smurfs that costs Smurfberries. It just means the Smurfs you can only get for Smurfberries (like Farmer, Smurfette etc.). It does not relate to a special Smurf.
marco is not in my village!! i went to my friends village, tapped on marco, then went back to my vvillage and hes never there!! itsnot fair
I have hear of this issue before, it is really weired, for me he is there and gives me my gift. I would first suggest to restart your device, that usually helps if the problem is due to memory issues. If that does not help, best to contact beeline directly (support@beeline-i.com), they might have a solution for that issue
Hi i can not find the marco smurf i don't have account in face book but i have one in game center also i don't have friends
How can i find him?
You must have at least one friend in GameCenter to find him (you can also create a second acccount and add yourself as a friend).
Create a 2nd GC account and on GC add your 1st GC username and log off and login to your first account and accept your request and then go double tap the home button and close your village in the tab by holding it and now play the game, this should work (NOTE: Need Wifi)
Hi all, the interesting thing I realized is I can keep doing it over and over again, I temporerily banished my friends except one (can be restored from the main menu’s option > manage friends > restore) and then I keep finding marco there (without the medal on the neighbour screen) without any limits to numbers of times I can find him. Yet he still had never left my village once (appearing in both village at the same time)
I usually receive gifts like decorations, coins and potions but I never seem to get as many smurfberries that everyone seems to be getting, am I doing something wrong? Is there a foolproof way to get Marco to continiously give smurfberries?
Not that I know of, I have done it too (banishing my friends to get Marco in one village over and over) just to try if it really works and it does, but I also did not get a smurfberry (only the first time when he came to my village). As Jokey this is random and needs luck, so you can just keep on trying, you should eventually get a Smurfberry from him (but like Jokey he is not giving them out that often)
Okay. Thanks!
I have only found Marco Smurf once and I go to my friends village to find him and he's not there. There is no sign of the medal every one is talking about. Some one please help
The medal thing is only there once ever 24 hours, so just wait a while. It looks like a bronze olympic medal and is on the right side of the village banner
Yah! I would like to know for sure too! who does not love free smurfberries? Thanks for sharing
See five posts above, it does work. Although there is no medal, you can still find him, and once a day there is a medal to indicate where he is
hi.. i love this game:D but im having problems with Marco… when i find him in a friend’s village it says that i will find him in my village but he isnt there :/ but when i come back to my friends village hes there! i do the same but its the same history… sorry if my english isnt well.. im from Mexico:D
That is weired, it has always worked for me. Maybe try to restart your device and see if that helps. If it does not, I would suggest you contact Beeline directly (support@beeline-i.com)
my friend hasn't got that medal thing no time, you should check all of friend villages (if you have 30-40 friends nevermind)
So you find him in your friends village without the medal? That would explain it, seems like the developers have made a mistake and only timed the medal. Unfortunately I got quite a few friends, but I might just temporary bansish them and try it. I'll report back if it works.
i dont wait him to go, i go and find him again, maybe you should try too, then you will have more smurfberries he gave me 2 more today
I can't. I got a gift from him about two hours ago and now he just walks through my village and when I tap on him he just waves at me. And I checked, none of my friends villages has the medal thing, so he is not hiding anywhere
The medal thing does not work correctly. It has never showed Marco in a friends village, but I can still go and find him and he will give you a gift. You can do this for two friends in a row before he returns to your village to stay for awhile. I do not know if it is a bug or not, but Marco never seems to really disappear. I see him walking around in my village and can find him others.
Okay, that is definetly it. I banished all but one friend and then found him four times in that friends village. All the time he was also in my village and there was no medal sign, but I am pretty sure this is an error. The medal has worked for me, though. Every 24 or so hours there was a sign on one of my friends villages and I could find him in their village. I am not sure about Marco leaving. He definetly left the first time (right after Papa's quest to find him), but I haven't checked if he is really gone when one of my friends has the medal. I will do that tomorrow.
it don't works more often, it works whenver i want! i just found him and after a second, i ge the 2. gift
That is weired, for me he walks in my village for about a day before he goes to another village again. But be happy, that way you can get a gift as often as you want.
İ have 1 friend and the Marco smurf, so i can find him Very quickly, is there a time limit for presents because I take presents all the time i find him, its getting a bit freaky because he have me 4 or more smurfberries yesterday
You should actually only be able to get a gift from him every 24 hours. If it works more often for you than you are lucky
So if I don’t have friends, am I prettty much screwed? D: And not going to get marco …
You are going to get friends with game center. Use your apple ID to enter game center. You can also use facebook.
Marco smurf gave me a smurfberry and as well as 360 coins. But the amount of smurdberries and coins did not increase. What should I do?
It should have increased. Best you contact the support team of the game (support@beeline-i.com). They can restore Smurfberries, so they might be able to give you the Berry from Marco.
Just seen this question you might already know now. But I made friends on game center!!! Then they are just random people that love playing the game like you do. Well good luck.
Give me your game center name! I need friends for Marco!
You can add me, my game center name is YvettyMe.