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"Black holes, donut holes and a scientist who rolls!
Professor Stephen Hawking has come to Springfield to take part in the town's greatest scientific discovery since Blinky the three-eyed fish!
Join Professor Hawking as you explore the secrets of black holes, stop an army of robots, and listen to his lecture on string theory... probably shouldn't have ended on that one... Featuring dimensionally different duplicates, futuristic architecture, and more!

Will you be able to save Springfield from science?"

―Event description.

Splash screen.

App icon.

Store panel.

SciFi is the one hundred and thirty-third content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on August 16, 2016 and ended on September 20, 2016.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Stephen Hawking Unlocks after completing Dark Matters Pt. 2. Sgt. Skinner 24,000 Act 1 Prize. Mooch Bart 4,600 Act 2 Prize. President Lisa 29,100 Robo Burns 100 Unlocks with Soul Extraction Institute. Doggy Smithers LadyBot Unlocks in Frink's Lab + LadyBot or Future-Proofed Home + LadyBot bundles. Rockstar Maggie 160 Unlocks with Springfield Hyperstadium.

Non-playable characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Evil Homer Unlocks after completing Return to Status Quo Pt. 4. Mecha Hawk 8,250 Act 3 Prize. Robot 30 Drone

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Frink's Robot Dog 60

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes PolyVac 6s Exploring Horizons Unlocks in Dark Matters Pt. 1. 3D Printer Printing Happiness Unlocks in Do Me a Solid Pt. 1. Skyberdine Systems 1,600 4h Not Preparing For Judgement Day Act 1 Prize. Future Simpson's House 9,200 Storing Junk in the Living Room Act 2 Prize. Astro-House 13,800 Income Tax Newfangled Kwik-E-Mart 18,700 Adjusting Prices for Inflation Cryo Stasis Memorial 23,900 Helping Coffin Dodgers Dodge Coffins Dome-icile 560 Income Tax Level 3 Craftable. Atomic Hula Hoop 1,500 Spinning Right Round Level 5 Craftable. Mushroom Office Building 400 Cultivating Productivity Level 7 Craftable. Retro Style Townhouse 380 Watching Period Dramas Level 13 Craftable. Global Housing 600 Building the Ecumenopolis Level 14 Craftable. Tomorrow's Costington's 2,000 Replacing Wages With Vouchers Level 16 Craftable. Office Towers 600 Seeking Alignment and Promoting Synergy Level 17 Craftable. Homer's Dream House 3,000 Sealing the Window Level 18 Craftable. Home of Tomorrow 40 6s Provide Futuristic Entertainment Based on Old Ideas Also unlocks in Home of Tomorrow & More bundle. Future-Proofed Home 45 Income Tax Also unlocks in Future-Proofed Home + LadyBot bundle. Rocket to Your Doom 80 Providing Long-Distance Travel Solutions Soul Extraction Institute 100 Rooting Out Gingers Unlocks Robo Burns and Doggy Smithers. Elysium Project 110 Insuring Against Floods Big Digi-Ben 115 Installing a 40th Step Springfield Hyperstadium 160 Putting on a Rock Band Blitz Unlocks Rockstar Maggie.

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Self-Reliant House 35 6s Snubbing the Energy Grid Efcot Center 70 Making Promises Of A Boring Future Super Collider Pointlessly Accelerating Particles Unlocks in Super Collider and Black Hole bundle. Portal to Rigel 7 75 Locking in Chevrons Re-Neducation Center 80 Re-Neducating the Elite Ultrahouse 2 90 Ignoring the First Rule of Robotics

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Holo-Small Hedge 500 Holo-Large Hedge 1,500 Future Duff Sign 6,500 Act 1 Prize. Simpson's Hover Car 12,000 Holo-Theater 18,000 Mech Robot 2,750 Act 3 Prize. Crazy Plane 5,500 Holo Tulips 40 Level 1 Craftable. Future Street Lamp 100 Vacation to Venus Sign 180 Hover Street Sign 260 Level 2 Craftable. Hover Bench 300 Level 4 Craftable. Holo-Tree 80 Level 6 Craftable. Luminescent Flowers 80 Level 8 Craftable. Mobile Dome 600 Level 9 Craftable. Fountain of Tomorrow 360 Level 10 Craftable. Parked Hover Car 500 Level 11 Craftable. Parcology 1,500 Level 12 Craftable. Teleporter Billboard 500 Level 15 Craftable. Holo-Flower Hedge 2 Give Apes the Vote Billboard 15 Future Monument 35 Springfield of Tomorrow Sign Teleporter Zeta Unlocks in Teleporters Zeta and Theta bundle and Teleportation Bundle. Teleporter Theta Holo-Bench Unlocks in Holo-Bundle. Holo-Boardwalk Tree Holo-Exotic Tree Holo-Lamp Post Holo-Rose Bush Holo-Tree 0-7 Giant Robot 75

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Black Hole 10 Also unlocks in Super Collider and Black Hole bundle. Human Test Subject 15 Cremo Bot 30 Frinkosonic MHV 35 Mechanical Ant Alpha 60 Also unlocks in Mechanical Ants bundle. Mechanical Ant Beta Mechanical Ant Gamma Mechanical Ant Delta Hover-Copter 70 Red Electric Car Unlocks in Electric Cars Bundle. Yellow Electric Car Blue Electric Car Teleporter Alpha Unlocks in Teleportation Bundle Teleporter Omega Mars Colony 200

Bundles

Image Name Cost Notes Contents Teleporters Zeta and Theta 40 Available only if Teleporters Alpha and Omega were owned. Teleporter Zeta and Teleporter Theta Holo-Bundle 70 Holo-Bench x2, Holo-Boardwalk Tree x2, Holo-Exotic Tree x2, Holo-Flower Hedge x2, Holo-Large Hedge x2, Holo-Small Hedge x2, Holo-Lamp Post x2, Holo-Rose Bush x2, Holo-Tree 1, Holo-Tree 2, Holo-Tree 3, Holo-Tree 4, Holo-Tree 5, Holo-Tree 6, Holo-Tree 7, Holo-Tree 8 Super Collider Super Collider and Black Hole Teleportation Bundle 80 Teleporter Alpha, Teleporter Omega, Teleporter Zeta and Teleporter Theta Electric Cars Bundle Blue Electric Car, Yellow Electric Car, Red Electric Car Future-Proofed Home + LadyBot 100 Future-Proofed Home and LadyBot Mechanical Ants 120 Mechanical Ant Alpha, Mechanical Ant Beta, Mechanical Ant Gamma, Mechanical Ant Delta Home of Tomorrow & More 160 Home of Tomorrow, Rocket Car w/ Lampwick Frink's Lab + LadyBot 200 Frink's Lab w/ Professor Frink, LadyBot

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Robot Salvage License Act 1: 90 Act 2: 60 Act 3: 30 5 Flashes 5 Flashes 15 100px Future Buck Conversion Pack 50 500

Gameplay

Crafting

Image Name Cost Required Level Demo Ammount Holo Tulips 40 1 12 Future Street Lamp 100 5 Vacation to Venus Sign 180 3 Hover Street Sign 260 2 2 Dome-icile 560 3 Hover Bench 300 4 4 Atomic Hula Hoop 1,500 5 Unique Holo-Tree 80 6 8 Mushroom Office Building 400 7 3 Luminescent Flowers 80 8 12 Mobile Dome 600 9 2 Fountain Of Tomorrow 360 10 4 Parked Hover Car 500 11 3 Parcology 1,500 12 Unique Retro Style Townhouse 380 13 4 Global Housing 600 14 3 Teleporter Billboard 500 15 4 Tomorrow's Costington's 2,000 16 Unique Office Towers 600 17 3 Homer's Dream House 3,000 18 Unique Future Buck Conversion Pack: 50 500 19 Infinite

Levelling Goals

2 300 3 600 4 700 5 750 6 1,200 7 800 8 850 9 900 10 950 11 1,000 12 1,050 13 1,500 14 1,100 15 1,100 16 1,200 17 1,500 18 1,200 19 1,500

Daily Challenges

Main article: Daily Challenges

Task Location Explanation Assemble a Demo at the 3D Printer 3D Printer Craft an item Get an Item with Future Bucks Craft an item till it completes its demo and you can then craft it with Future Bucks. Collect a Flash Control Building Collect from the Control Building to get one. Make Frank Grimes Prepare High Voltage Defenses Visible Make Alternate Homers Go to the PolyVac [x5] PolyVac Make Alternate Homers Go to the PolyVac [x10] Make Rockstar Maggie Go to the PolyVac Win SciFighter Without Sustaining Damage Play SciFighter Play SciFighter [x3] Destroy Robots in SciFighter [x30] Destroy Robots in SciFighter [x100] Use a Flash during SciFighter After collecting it from Control Building, tap on the top right corner during SciFighter. Win SciFighter Tap Robots [x3] Town Tap Robots [x5] Tap Robots in a Friend's Town [x3] Friend's Town Tap the Anomaly When in a friend town, if an Anomaly is present, it'll take you to it. It looks like this: . Possible prizes: 1,100 / 1,000 / 100 / 250 / 1 / 3

SciFighter

SciFighter is a minigame that is accessed through the PolyVac. The player has to tap as many robots as they can in the time limit. During the event, the minigame rewarded event currency. After the event, it awards , , and .

SciFighter Win Dialogue

After winning the first SciFighter minigame We did it! We destroyed the robots! What else can we blow up? Grampa's dentures? Martin's underwear? Haw-Haw! I was able to visualize that. I'd like to blow up all those things and more. But unfortunately, the PolyVac has a four-hour cooldown time. According to the, uh, laws of science and what have you, most things take four hours.

SciFighter Loss Dialogue

After losing the first SciFighter minigame Crud, the robots defeated us. This could be the end of the human race! Haw-Haw! And I direct that partially at myself. I can dish it out, but I can also take it. Relax. We'll be fine. The PolyVac should regenerate in four hours. According to the, uh, laws of science and what have you, most things take four hours.

Prizes

Act 1

Image Name Cost Skyberdine Systems 1,600 Future Duff Sign 6,500 Simpson's Hover Car 12,000 Holo-Theater 18,000 Sgt. Skinner 24,000

Act 2

Image Name Cost Mooch Bart 4,600 Future Simpson's House 9,200 Astro-House 13,800 Newfangled Kwik-E-Mart 18,700 Cryo Stasis Memorial 23,900 President Lisa 29,100

Act 3

Image Name Cost Mech Robot 2,750 Crazy Plane 5,500 Mecha Hawk 8,250

Gil Promo

After tapping on Gil's Springfield Hyperstadium mark Okay, Gil. Stay calm. You transcended the boundaries of space and time to find this deal. Hello citizens of Springfield. Oh great! Now I'm being bombarded by ads from other dimensions! Just hear me out! Because your own little baby, Maggie, is back from the future, where… get this… she's no longer a baby! Then what the hell is she? She grew up to be every parents dream! A grungy, hard-living rock star! Woo-hoo! If the offer is accepted Ka-ching! Maybe next time I'm in town you can get Ol' Gil some free tickets. Sure! I can do that. As long as you stay away forever. OIf the offer is declined Aw, how could you turn your back on your family like that? I'm like a brother to you, aren't I? A long lost, dirty, thirsty brother.

Quests

Dates

Conform-o-meter impact

Gallery

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  Store artwork

Other changes made

August 16th Update (4.22.0; "4_22_SciFi")

• The town center was moved to the PolyVac.
• Super Collider's build time is now 6 seconds instead of 8 hours.
• A glitch changing the Players Club Tower from the selected skin was fixed.
• A new decorations group, Vehicles, was added, comprehending all vehicles.
• The Funzos were added back to the Funzos character group.
• Daily Challenges were added for the event.
• Black Hole is no longer unique and now has a 0.25% Bonus $ and XP and placing it yields 10.
• Placing Cremo Bot now yields 30 instead of 300.
• All the Height values of characters have been removed.
• New characters have been added to the Open Air Stage: Mooch Bart and Rockstar Maggie.
• Homer's job Plant Shift now requires Population Control Pt. 6 to be started to appear on his job list.
• Jockey Bart, Toreador Grampa, Tennis Marge, Kung Fu Comic Book Guy and Ballet Ralph's jobs are now all premium.
• A new column of land was added.
• Homer's dialogue in A Rail of One City Pt. 8 "No clue, but I built my own Monorail out of cardboard. If you need me I'll be over here pretending to drive it." was removed.
• The Fracker, The Scout Master, Citizen Solar, Wind Lad and Milo were changed from Regular Characters and Male to Premium Characters and Male character groups.
• Placing Portal to Rigel 7 now yields 75 instead of 100.
• Building Re-Neducation Center yields 80 instead of 200, takes 6 seconds instead of 4 hours and its task is now premium.
• Building Efcot Center now yields 70 instead of 10 and its task is now premium.
• A new button was added to Get Help in the game. Hitting it takes you to the EA help site.
• The Kwik-E-Mart and Kill-E-Mart changed appearance.
• A new icon was added to the friend list screen to manage your account and send friend invites.
• Due to a glitch the price for secondary Kwik-E-Mart is stuck at 220.
• Control Building can't be stored or sold for the duration of the event.

August 18th Update ("4_22_SciFi_Patch1_PostLaunch")

• The decoration limit was raised to 8900.
• Springfield Hyperstadium and Rockstar Maggie's promo picture was resized to be bigger.
• The glitched text causing the price for secondary Kwik-E-Mart getting stuck at 220 was fixed.
• Homer's job Collect Junk at the Springfield Dump now requires A Rail Of One City Pt. 5 or Railing On, instead of just A Rail of One City Pt. 5, fixing it missing.
• The buttons to teleport to Teleport Zeta and Tetha now requires the items to be bought to show up.
• The language for help for Brazilian Portugues was fixed.

August 22nd Update 1 (Server Update)

• The SciFi Campaign was activated.

August 22nd Update 2 ("4_22_SciFi_Patch2_PostLaunch")

• In What's the Matter Pt. 6, Stephen Hawking's task name to Force Hawking Drive His Wheel Chair Up and Down Stairs was changed to Force Hawking to Drive His Wheel Chair Up and Down Stairs.
• Stephen Hawking's job name Create a Simulation of Himself was changed to Wonder if He's a Simulation.
• Big Digi-Ben's price was changed from 110 Donuts to 115.
• Future-Proofed Home's price was changed from 40 Donuts to 45.
• Rocket to Your Doom's price was changed from 70 Donuts to 80.
• Springfield Hyperstadium's price was changed from 150 Donuts to 160.
• Holo-Bundle's price was changed from 60 Donuts to 70.
• Future Monument's price was changed from 30 Donuts to 35.
• Give Apes the Vote Billboard's price was changed from 10 Donuts to 15.
• Elysium Project's job Insuring Against Flood now rewards 100 Event Currency and 15 XP.
• Elysium Project is now available from August 23rd to September 20th instead of from September 13th to September 20th.

August 23rd Update ("4_22_SciFi_Patch3_PostLaunch")

• Holo-Bench, Holo-Boardwalk Tree, Holo-Exotic Tree, Holo-Lamp Post, Holo-Rose Bush and the 8 Holo-Trees included in the Holo-Bundle now has a Bonus $ and XP of 0.05%.
• Springfield Hyperstadium and Rockstar Maggie's Gil Promo now ends on September 3rd instead of August 30th.
• Elysium Project's job Insuring Against Flood can't be rushed anymore.
• Fixed some SciFi quests jobs not available once a certain objective is active.
• The Mooch Who Knew Too Much Pt. 2 is now started by Mooch Bart instead of Bart.

September 1st Update 1 ("4_22_SciFi_Patch4_PostLaunch")

• At the Go-Kart Track, the chances of winning 2-1 was changed from 56.51% to 66.01%, 9-1 from 33.15% to 20%, 19-1 from 7.83% to 10% and 49-1 from 2.52% to 4%.
• The money obtained from winning 49-1 at the Go-Kart Track was changed from 2,500,000 to 250,000.
• The Monorail Tunnels are now not placable one after the other without accessing inventory menu, solving a bug that allowed mountains to be removed.
• The glitch that allowed infinite currency from tapping the Big-Digi Ben on friend towns was fixed.
• Robot Parts and Future Bucks now won't appear in the HUD till one is collected.

September 1st Update 2 (Server Update)

• The event currency reward for SciFighter has changed. The base payout is now 100 instead of 50, the Completion reward is now 45 instead of 30 and the Reward per second is now 5 instead of 3.
• Some characters now interact when both idle, performing some of their visible tasks animations: Maggie and Rockstar Maggie, Bart and Mooch Bart, Lisa and President Lisa, Teddy Roosevelt and Stampy, Barney and Homer, Comic Book Guy and Homer, Ned and Kirk, Gina Vendetti and Marvin Monroe, Snake and Jay, Fat Tony and Luigi, Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Krabappal, Mr. Burns and Robo Burns, Michael D'Amico and Luigi, Ralph and Michael D'Amico, Old Jewish Man and Dr. Hibbert, Selma and Patty, Nelson and Otto, Carl and Homer, Paris Texan and Miss Springfield, Smithers and Disco Stu, Space Coyote and Santa's Little Helper, Marge and Mrs. Krabappel, Kang and Kodos, Jasper and Grampa, Willy and Roscoe, Lou and Eddie, Krusty and Handsome Pete, Becky and Otto, Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy, Lugash and Fatov, The Fracker and Charcoal Briquette, Petroleous Rex and Old King Coal, Fruit-Bat-Man and The Scout Master, Squawky and Freedom, Lisa and Dawey Largo, and Ralph and Uter.

September 20th Update (4.22.5; "4_22_SciFi_Takedown")

• The app icon and splash screen were changed back to normal.
• The Daily Challenge's task "Make Cletus Catach A 'Possum" was corrected to "Make Cletus Catch A 'Possum".
• A new character group was added, Krustyland Goers: Sherri and Terri, Bart, Homer, Lisa, Marge, Skinner, Cletus, Krusty, Comic Book Guy, Wiggum, Milhouse, Hans Moleman, Squeaky Voice Teen, Martin, Kearney, Nelson, Mrs. Krabappel, Sideshow Mel, Lenny, Carl, Lou, Eddie, Gina Vendetti and Jessica Lovejoy.
• Grind Pack Values doesn't change after levelling up past Level 60 anymore.
• Mooch Bart and Rockstar Maggie's jobs at the Open Air Stage now requires the character to be unlocked to show in the menu.
• Springfield Heights inventory and store categories no longer shows the Help button, that was over the currency indicators.
• Steven Hawking can now Attend Mensa Meeting.
• The quest-related temporary Ride Krusty's Giant Wheel can now be done only by Krustyland Goers instead of all Springfielders.
• Quest Scratch the Itch now requires Put Up a Parking Lot not to be active or Pave Paradise to be active and Scratchers and New Scracther to not be active.
• Dilapidated Rail Yard is now switched correctly to Rail Yard once the quest is complete instead of having to place the Rail Yard again.
• Evil Homer was removed from the Census.
• SciFi quests' Kill Date was added: October 10th at 7am GMT.
• Mooch Bart and Lenny's job Print 3D Résumés was changed from 2 hours to 3.
• Lampwick's job Watch TV at the Home of Tomorrow is now permanent and lasts 4 hours instead of 8.
• SciFighter is now permanent and rewards XP, and Smart Devices or Junk (if Monorail was started).
• A new text pops up on installing the update, regarding the permanent SciFighter game: "Continue scrapping bots in SciFighter to earn Rewards!".
• If the cap for Smart Devices or Junk is reached, the text "You're at the cap for one or more resources and won't receive rewards for them. Are you sure?" pops up with confirmation buttons below when starting SciFighter.
• Flying Car can't be placed on the ocean anymore.
• Robot and Drone pet were activated in the shop.
• Big Digi-Ben's clock now shows the real life's time and its job was changed to "Installing a 40th Step".
• Elysium Project's job now earns 300 and 30.
• Daily Challenges timer has been readded.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information