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Superheroes is the seventy-fifth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on February 18, 2015 and ended on March 31, 2015. It was the first Superheroes-themed update for the game.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Fallout Boy 500 Unlocks in The Death of a Hero Pt. 3. Unlocks with Superior Squad HQ. Dr. Colossus 55,000 Issue 2 Prize. The Collider 61,500 Issue 3 Prize. Radioactive Man 5 Issue 4 Prize. Plopper 100 Unlocks with Crap Silo. Petroleus Rex 175 Unlocks with Tar Pits.

Character skins

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Pie Man Unlocks after completing The Death of a Hero Pt. 1. Clownface 18,500 Issue 1 Prize. The Collector 29,000 Issue 2 Prize. Bartman 60

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Sidekick Milhouse 35 Fruit-Bat-Man 90

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Superior Squad HQ 500 4h Fighting Crime Unlocks in The Death of a Hero Pt. 3. Unlocks Fallout Boy. Radioactive Man Statue 1,000 Remembering a Hero Unlocks in Tribute. Burns State Prison 7,000 8h Enforcing Mandatory Minimum Sentence Issue 1 Prize. National Bank of Springfield 12,000 Charging Banking Fees Issue 2 Prize. Death Mountain 37,000 4h Hatching Implausible Schemes Issue 3 Prize. Kane Manor 3 8h Fumigating Bat Infestation Issue 4 Prize. Zenith City Apartments 15 + 15 4h Income Tax Craftable. Available after completing The Collector Pt. 3. Zenith City Lofts 65 + 10 Zenith City Store Front 20 + 10 Zenith City Times 15 + 100 + 30 Being a Dying Medium Botanical Garden 5 Boring School Children Bartman Cave 55 6s Failing to be a Secret Lair Crap Silo 100 Producing Methane Unlocks Plopper. Beach House 120 Ignoring the Threat of Coastal Erosion Tar Pits 175 Preserving Dinosaur DNA Unlocks Petroleus Rex.

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Wrecked Brown House 50,000 Unlocks after completing The Death of a Hero Pt. 4. Super Jeb 14,000 Issue 3 Prize. Rad Mobile 2 Issue 4 Prize. Zenith City Phone Booth 10 + 5 Craftable. Available after completing The Collector Pt. 3. Radstation Air Fortress 225

Returning

Image Name Costs Notes Fruit-Bat-Signal 5,000

Consumables

Image Name Costs Notes Superior Squad Membership 90 Doubles the rewards for capturing criminals in a friend's town.

Gameplay

Upgrading

The Superior Squad HQ can be upgraded for larger task payouts and a larger Criminal-tap radius. You can use Arbitrarium, which can be collected in various ways after "A New Hero Rises Pt. 1". Upgrading is not necessary, but is to complete both quests in the mini-questline "Superior-ior Squad HQ". Fireworks and a brief soundtrack happen when levelling up.

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  The menu that displays when tapping on Superior Squad HQ. This building is Level 21.

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  The panel showing what Arbitrarium does.

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  You can also upgrade with donuts. 1 Arbitarium is 3.

Superior Squad HQ rewards

At Level 0, the reward is 0 every 4 hours. Then, once you level up to 1, it is 35 every 4 hours. Every time you upgrade, there are 10 more rewarded every 4 hours. For example, at Level 7 you have 95 every 4 hours.

Tasks that reward event currency

Character Task Duration Reward Fallout Boy Practice His Moves 4h 10 and 45 Clownface Check Krusty-Brand Merchandize 10 and 45 Bartman Test Gadgets 15 and 70 Dr. Colossus Laugh Maniacally 10 and 45 Pie Man Punish Wrongdoers 8h 20 and 70 Petroleus Rex Terrorize Springfield 30 and 105 Plopper Do Whatever A Spider Can The Collector Practice Swormanship 20 and 70 The Collider Die and Come Back in the Credits 20 and 70

Friend Actions

In a friends' town, you can do SIX daily actions, as opposed to the usual three. Three of them are tapping Criminals, while the other are reporting crimes, which can be done by tapping on the phone icon above all buildings. Only the latter rewards cash, while all reward Carbon Rods.

After tapping on Spied-on Buildings, the yellow logo will disappear and a message will pop up saying "Spied by [player name]". Spied-on Buildings will also have their animations running while the yellow logo is above it.

Action Friend reward (each) Own town reward Capturing Criminals XP, Friend Points (if not completed all levels)/chance of a Donut (if completed all levels) 3 (6 with Superior Squad Membership) 15 18 20 Reporting Crimes 1 Till 2h passed 4 From 2h to 5h passed 3 From 5h to 8h passed 2 Over 8h passed 1

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  What Other Springfield looks like.

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  Buildings with the Spied-On logo above it. This means that a friend has done the Daily Action "Reporting Crimes" on that building.

Criminals

Criminals first appear in towns during the quest "A New Hero Rises Pt. 1". You tap on them to collect event currency, and have a chance to dispense of Arbitrarium, which is used to level up Superior Squad HQ.

Note: Criminals from a phase previous to the one that is currently active will drop the current phase currency.

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  A Criminal in-action in Issue 1.

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  An idle Criminal in Issue 1.

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  A Criminal in-action in Issue 2.

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  An idle Criminal in Issue 2.

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  A Criminal in-action in Issue 3.

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  An idle Criminal in Issue 3.

Felons

A guide to Felons (which appears after completing Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2.)

Felons are like Criminals, but can only be cleared using Superhero costumes for characters/Fallout Boy obtained in the event during the quest: "Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2". Burns State Prison spawns 1 Felon every 8 hours, and one upon building. Felons also have three hearts, meaning the task must be done three times on one Felon to defeat it. Only 6 Felons can be in one town at a time.

It costs 100 to rush the reward.

Task: "Fight Felon" Superhero Duration Reward 1 Heart Down 2 Hearts Down 3 Hearts Down Plopper 3h 25 75 150 Bartman Fruit-Bat-Man Fallout Boy 4h Pie Man The Collector Clownface

"Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2" unlocks most of the Felon's features. After the quest pops up in the taskbook:

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  New speech bubbles appear above their heads

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  The icon in the top-right corner, which leads to ->

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  This is a Felon's menu.

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  This is what happens to a Felon's menu when in-battle.

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  This message appears if you try to spawn more then 6 Felons.

When the task "In Battle" by a Felon is finished, the game will send a notification to the device reading "Felon has finished In Battle." After one heart is depleted, an animation of a breaking heart will appear above the Felon's head.

Crafting

After starting The Collector Pt. 3, Crafting is enabled by tapping on the Android's Dungeon. Crafting items can be collected by defeating Felons and capturing Criminals. At first, one can only craft the Botanical Garden, but after crafting it, you can craft Zenith City buildings, multiple times (except for the Zenith City Times which is unique).

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  The Crafting Guide.

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  The icon in the top-right corner, which leads to ->

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  This is the crafting menu when you need to unlock the Botanic Garden.

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  This is the crafting menu when you need to unlock Zenith City.

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  This is the Android's Dungeon menu when crafting is activated.

Items

Image Name Costs Get It Now Cost Botanical Garden 5 10 Zenith City Times 15 + 100 + 30 395 Zenith City Apartments 15 + 15 105 Zenith City Lofts 65 + 10 180 Zenith City Store Front 20 + 10 110 Zenith City Phone Booth 10 + 5 35

Drops

Image Name Action Drop % Quantity Event Currency Arbitrarium Capturing Criminals 20% 1 Carbon Rod Pie Bomb Freeze Ray Capturing Criminals 100% Carbon Rods 15 Pie Bombs 18 Freeze Rays 20 Capturing Criminals in Friend's Towns Capturing Criminals in Friend's Towns with Superior Squad Membership 30 Reporting Crimes in Friend's Towns 1 Superior Squad HQ Reward every 4h Defeating Felon 25+75+150 Girder Unknown Unknown Unknown Crafting Material Lockpick Capture Criminals 10% 1 Handcuff Defeat Felons 100% Phone Report Crimes in Friend's Towns 20% Cape Collect Superior Squad HQ Reward Every 4 hours

Attacking The Radioactive Man Statue

During the quests "Monumental Battle Pt. 1", "Monumental Battle Pt. 3", "Monumental Battle Pt. 6" and "Monumental Battle Pt. 8", Heroes must attack the Radioactive Man Statue to weaken it. Heroes from the event can be used to weaken it, but 4 additional characters' skins can be used.
After completing "Conclusion", the user unlocks the ability to choose Radioactive Man Statue's skin and the 10h job for the heroes Train For Future Conflict.
Only Bartman, The Collector, Fallout Boy, Pie Man, Clownface, Fruit-Bat-Man and Plopper can do this job.

Jobs at the Radioactive Man Statue

Character Jobs Fight The Final Boss Duration Reward Bartman Fight The Final Boss Train For Future Conflict 3h 20055 Fruit-Bat-Man Plopper Sidekick Milhouse Fight The Final Boss Super Sexy Flanders The Collector Fight The Final Boss Train For Future Conflict 4h 17545 Fallout Boy Pie Man Clownface Ice Princess Martin Fight The Final Boss Moog

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  The Monumental Battle screen.

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  The Send heroes to Attack The Statue screen.

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  All heroes attacking the Radioactive Man Statue

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  The Boss Fight Guide.

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  Click to see Radioactive Man Statue stages.

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  Tapped Out Radioactive Man Statue Skin.

Criminals

Criminals appear in towns again during the quests "Monumental Battle Pt. 2", "Monumental Battle Pt. 4" and "Monumental Battle Pt. 7". You tap on them to complete the quest. No event currency is gained from defeating them. The 30 required criminals will spawn immediately upon starting the quest. Only 30 criminals are needed to complete the quests.

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  A Criminal in-action from Issue 1.

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  An idle Criminal from Issue 1.

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  A Criminal in-action from Issue 2.

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  An idle Criminal from Issue 2.

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  A Criminal in-action from Issue 3.

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  An idle Criminal from Issue 3.

Prizes

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  Issue 1 Prizes

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  Issue 2 Prizes

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  Issue 3 Prizes

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  Issue 4 Prizes

Issue 1

Image Name Cost Donut Cost Arbitrarium 400 50 Burns State Prison 7,000 250 Clownface 18,500 300

Issue 2

Image Name Cost Donut Cost National Bank of Springfield 12,000 350 The Collector 29,000 250 Dr. Colossus 55,000 500

Issue 3

Image Name Cost Donut Cost Super Jeb 14,000 150 Death Mountain 37,000 350 The Collider 61,500 500

Issue 4

Image Name Cost Rad Mobile 2 Kane Manor 3 Radioactive Man 5

Quests

Dates

Conform-o-meter impact

Other changes made

February 18 update (v4_13_SUPERHEROES_Patch1_Prelaunch)

• Freddy Quimby and Fruit-Bat-Man got renewed animations.
• All tree-hugging decorations got resigned with better graphics and shadows.
• Deleted any reference to Santa's tasks.
• Can't exchange KrustyLand Tickets for Money anymore in some towns.
• In Edit mode, after storing a decoration, the game autoselects the next decoration of the same type next to it.
• A new background music is implemented.
• A new font for the game is implemented, similar to Comic Sans.
• Some System Messages now appear on the top left in a new text area.
• A White border was added around the screen while reading quest texts and the text boxes for the event quests are now comic book-like.
• The icon to access the friend's town screen changed and now shows Sidekick Milhouse and Bartman.
• The Task book has been changed to a Comic Book theme.
• Fruit-Bat-Man is moved to the Vigilantes Character Collection.
• Selma and Skinner's Dine at the Revolving Restaurant is in order, instead of at the top of their task list.
• The glitch where the "Walk Mr. Teeny" task gets stuck in the Task List is fixed.
• Daily Play Combo is changed to earn Event currency.
• In the Census, when tapping a character assigned to a visual job next to a building or decoration, it'll now open the character's task window instead of the item's task window.
• Ned's and Duffman's good and bad jobs sound was reversed. Now it's fixed.
• If you tap Arnie Pye in the air by mistake from anywhere in your town the screen automatically redirects to Channel 6 and reveals his "In Task" time/rush meter.
• The Friend Points prize issue that many players faced where the prizes won were sometimes not awarded at all or wrongly awarded has been rectified.
• Placing Fruit-Bat-Signal now yields 500 instead of 0.
• Fruit-Bat-Signal now yields 10 decoration points instead of 100.
• Added chain placement to the Fruit-Bat-Signal.
• Crazy Cat Lady is changed from RegularCharacters and RegularFemale groups to PremiumCharacters and PremiumFemale groups.
• Mindy and Homer's Eat At Madame Chao's now yields premium payout.
• Homer's Book a Reservation now yields premium payout.
• Giuseppe is changed from RegularCharacters group to PremiumCharacters group.
• Giuseppe and George Washington now pays premium payout.
• Fixed a bug where Princess Penelope couldn't visit Krustyland.
• Removed cost of Krustyland debris (was 0 Krustyland tickets).
• Removed one strip of unprogrammed land.
• Changed Fruit-Bat-Man's questline dialogue to appear in comic format.
• Changed Tutorial's Other Frink to use scripted movement.
• Changed Strongman Idle animation to the correct one.
• Removed the requirement of quest Free Hugs Pt. 3 from the Make a Thing Shop.
• Mr. Constington and The Yes Guy are changed from RegularCharacters and RegularMale groups to PremiumCharacters and PremiumMale groups.
• Fixed a possible glitch in Ebenezer Burns' Money Fight.
• Fat Tony, Louie and Legs have a new 16h job: Run Smuggling Operation at Burns State Prison.

February 24 update (v4_13_2; Android Play Store Update)

• On Android, when the game is closed (without force closing) and reopened, the game will, most of the times, continue where it left off without restarting.

February 26 update (v4_13_SUPERHEROES_Patch2_Postlaunch)

• The landing site was moved to the Superior Squad HQ.
  

  The event's friends guide.
  

  Radstation Air Fortress old design.
  

  Radstation Air Fortress new design.
• The unreleased "Air Fortress" was released as "Radstation Air Fortress" and was redesigned to show the missiles on top and have different tubes connecting the rotating stations.
• A new permanent job was added for Fallout Boy with the Radstation Air Fortress, Endure Air Sea-sickness (16h).
• The questline activated once the Superior Squad Membership is bought was expanded.
• When tapping on the Question mark on friend's screen near the currency on bottom left a guide was added.
• Krustyland Entrance was removed from being reportable. This fixed the inability to exchange KrustyLand Tickets for Money.
• Text for spied buildings was changed from "Spied by (username)" to "Reported by (username)".

March 5 update (v4_13_2; Itunes Update)

• Added on iOS the ability Android got on February 24th update: when the game is closed (without force closing) and reopened the game will, most of the times, continue where it left off without restarting.

March 23 update (v4_13_SuperheroesBossFight)

Beach House old design.

Beach House new design.

• Changed end dates for St. Patrick's 2015 to 2014 to disable them.
• Added the previously unreleased Construction Site (now named Radioactive Man Statue), Kane Manor, Beach House, Radioactive Man and Rad Mobile to the game.
• Changed Beach House design.
• Sidekick Milhouse, Bartman Cave and Radstation Air Fortress are being reoffered at the end of Issue 4.
• Removed the requirement quest O'Flan-again Pt. 1 and 2 for some of St. Patrick's Day 2015 quests.
• Wrecked Brown House can now be sold.
• Radstation Air Fortress now can be placed on shoreline.
• Sound has been added to the Radstation Air Fortress and Bartman Cave.
• Changed all quests for Superheroes event from Sidequest to Eventquest type.
• Requirements for Radstation Air Fortress and Bartman Cave changed from A New Hero Rises Pt. 1 completed to having started the event.
• Added the new currency Radioactive Girders.
• Sidekick Milhouse now costs 35 once rereleased and his jobs now yields Premium payout.
• River's water returned blue.
• A new ambience music has been added.
• Storefront returned to Superheroes'.
• Added a job for Bartman, The Collector, Fallout Boy, Pie man, Clownface, Fruit-Bat-Man and Plopper to Train For Future Conflict at the Radioactive Man Statue once the Issue 4 Quests are completed. During Issue 4 the job is Fight Final Boss.
• Superior Squad HQ now has a payout of 90 and 10.

March 25 update (v4_13_SuperheroesBossFight_Patch1)

• Changed the duration of the work for Fallout Boy "Research The Statue" for "Monumental Battle Pt. 5" from 12h to 1h.
• Fixed bugs resetting to Issue 1 or making criminals not appear for Issue 4 quests.
• Fruit-Bat-Signal is now permanent in the Civic section of the store and no longer limited time.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information