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This article is about the Tapped Out's Halloween content update from 2014. For other year's Tapped Out Halloween content updates, see The Simpsons: Tapped Out Halloween content updates.

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The guide to the event.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Halloween 2014 content update is a content update and event which was released on October 7, 2014^[1] and will run until November 12, 2014 or after. It will be the game's third Halloween event, after Halloween 2012 and Halloween 2013. This event launched under app version 4.11.0.^[2]

The event is split into three parts, the first part lasts until October 20, 2014, at which point the second part will commence will will last to October 31, 2014, at which point the third will commence.

Upon installation of the update, players will be requested to enter their age and agree to terms and conditions.

Description

App Store Description:

The Treehouse of Horrors update is here and it’s out of this world!

Aliens have arrived in Springfield with plans to attack! Uncover their plot and save your town! At least until the government finds out and covers this all up.

• Squish the alien invaders and collect probes, ray guns and more to earn special prizes
• Trick-or-treat with more characters than ever and craft unique limited time items
• Compete with your friends on NEW LEADERBOARDS and see who can squish the most aliens
• Enjoy new characters, buildings and decorations and rediscover missed prizes from last year

What's New in Version 4.11.0:

The Treehouse of Horror update is here!

Ready the Spooky Checklist! Costumes? Check. Candy Bags? Check. Ungrateful greedy children? Check. Alien Invasion?... Looks like this totally normal Halloween update got a little out of this world. Maybe add a few mutated trees and zombies to the checklist too. Doesn’t hurt to be prepared.

Enjoy new characters, buildings, decorations and more in the latest event!!!

Gameplay

Squishing Rigellians and Grem-Aliens

Players squish Rigellians that arrive in Springfield and receive 3 Probes (until October 20, 2014), and 1 in a friends' town. You can only squish 90 Rigellians a day in friends' towns.They can also receive Grem-Alien Eggs, which can be used in players' towns to release Grem-Aliens which after 4 hours if not squished by the other player, the player receives a reward. If the Grem-Alien is squished, both players share the awards. Treat Bags can also be obtained from squishing Rigellians.

You can buy Grem-Alien Eggs in the Store:

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  Grem-Alien Egg - 1

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  5 Grem-Alien Eggs - 3

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  10 Grem-Alien Eggs - 5

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  25 Grem-Alien Eggs - 10

Treat Bags

The player receives Treat Bags from sending Kids, Toughies, the Squeaky Voice Teen and Witch Marge on an 8 hour task to "Go Trick or Treating", which rewards either a Bronze Treat Bag, a Silver Treat Bag, or a Gold Treat Bag. Premium characters earn either a Silver or Gold Treat Bag.

You can buy Treat Bags in the Store:

Bag Contains Bought for Bronze Treat Bag Broken Fence and Rotten Egg 3 Silver Treat Bag Candy Corn and Gummy Bear 4 Gold Treat Bag Chocolate Bar and Pumpkin 6 Bundle of 5 Gold Treat Bags 25

Crafting Items

The Crafting interface.

The player can craft items with items received from Treat Bags at the Make-a-Thing Workshop. The items are not cumulative, as whenever you craft something, the store of currency you have built up for example, Rotten Eggs, the amount it takes to craft that item will be taken away.

Image Item Items needed to craft Notes Weapon Upgrade +1 to level up Level 2 - 2 Level 3 - 3 Level 4 - 4 This is used to help squish Rigellians. A higher upgrade, the larger radius of alien squishings are available. The Grand Pumpkin 400 + 350 + 300 Pumpkin House is unlocked with the item's questline "Life is Grand Pt. 2". Hugo 300 + 300 + 250 Spooky House is unlocked with the character's questline "The Good Son Pt. 5". Spooky Wall 20 + 25 + 10 Can receive multiple Human Test Subject 100 + 100 + 50

Currencies & Ammo

The currencies Probes, Ray Guns and Long Protein Strings are available to use in the first part, second part and third part of the event respectively.

The player can also receive Ammo which is used in friends' towns to shoot down UFOs which the player can receive rewards for. Ammo is obtainable through Treat Bags.

Ammo can also be bought in the Store:

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  5 Ammo - 15

Rigellian Hunting License

The Rigellian Hunting License can be bought for 90, which gives an extra 1 for squishing Rigellians in a friend's town.

Daily Play Combo

The Daily Play Combo changed with this event.

There is now a Silver Treat Bag on the fourth day, with a Gold Treat Bag on the fifth.

Leaderboard

On the friends menu, in the medal icon, there is a leaderboard which tells the player how they rank amongst their friends with Probe collection.

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  The player's name rank and score is in yellow.

Personal Prizes

Prizes rotate every 12 days, to coincide with the beginning and ends of the different parts of the event. If the player misses out on getting a prize, "Looks like you missed these prizes, but you can still try craft them" the player can craft them using either Chocolate Bars, Gummy Bears, Jack-o-Lanterns, Rotten Eggs, Candy Corn and Broken Fences.

Part One (Current)
Image Prize To unlock... Silver Treat Bag 325 Gold Treat Bag 825 Silver Treat Bag 1,150 Mutant Peacock 3,250 Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Donut Torture Device

Part Two (unlocks on October 20, 2014)
Image Prize To unlock... Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Silver Treat Bag Bulldozer-saurus Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Hover-copter

Part Three (unlocks on October 31, 2014)
Image Prize To unlock... Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Silver Treat Bag Diet Sign Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Silver Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag Gold Treat Bag U.B.O.

Characters

Image Character Cost Unlock message Notes 100px Space Mutant "We're just like you — if you cut us we bleed, if you cut us deeper we become two people." Unlocked with Drive-In Theater Bulldozer-saurus 2,825 "Don't mention his underbite!" Personal Prize. Hugo 300 + 300 + 250 "Family will always love you… unless they already have a kid that looks like a clean version of you." Can craft him. Mutant Peacock 3,250 "Proud of his deadliness." Personal Prize. U.B.O. 14,900 "Unidentified Burns-like Object" Personal Prize.

Trick-or-Treat Costumes

Note: Premium characters' "Go Trick-or-Treating" task lasts 16h, while non-premium lasts 8h.

Image Character Costume Lisa Simpson Witch Bart Simpson Frankenstein Milhouse Van Houten Astronaut Martin Prince, Jr. Fairy Nelson Muntz Hobo Marge the Witch Witch Ralph Wiggum Canadian Mountie Rod Flanders Cain Todd Flanders Abel Dolph Venom from Marvel 50px Squeaky Voice Teen Grease Character Shauna Female devil Sherri & Terri Grady's daughters from The Shining Kearney The Joker from DC Comics Jimbo Master Chief from Halo

Returning

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Spooky House Personal Prize. Make-a-Thing Workshop 2,000 8h / 4 Drive-In Theater 150 Unlocks Space Mutant. Unimplemented Rigellian Tribal Hut Was to be a Personal Prize.

Returning

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Grand Pumpkin Personal Prize. Human Test Subject Personal Prize. Rigellian Shrub Personal Prize. Donut Torture Device Personal Prize. Hover-copter Personal Prize. Teleporters Alpha and Omega 50 Tentacle Tree 18 Portal to Rigel 7 100 Diet Sign Personal Prize.

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Pumpkin Patch 450 From Halloween 2012. Jack-o-Lantern 135 From Halloween 2012. Spooky Tree 325 From Halloween 2012. Dead Tree 270 From Halloween 2012. Wailing Wall 50 From Halloween 2013. Ray Gun 150 From Halloween 2012. Macaroni's Shed 30 Not in the "Treehouse of Horror XXV" menu. From "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" episode tie-in.

Returning item combos

Image Name Cost Includes.... Notes Ancient Burial Ground + Zombie 60 Ancient Burial Ground - 40 and Shuffling Zombie Mausoleum + Zombie 70 Mausoleum and Senile Zombie Springfield Cemetary [sic] + Zombie 80 Springfield Cemetery and Crazy Zombie Pet Cemetary [sic] + Zombies 90 Pet Cemetery, Clawing Zombie and Snarling Zombie Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop + Maude 150 Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop and Maude

Glitches

UFO glitch

After tapping on a UFO and destroying it with ammo, it's possible to tap anywhere in the area and bring up the UFO tap screen again, so you can shoot it down again. This can mean you get multiple prizes from the same UFO, without having to chance upon another UFO.

Grem-Alien glitch

Occasionally, a Grem-Alien may not be tappable. One may be seen just sitting still and not moving. Then it might start moving again. However, you can not tap on it to "kill" it. It will act as if nothing has happened

Disappearing Prizes Glitch

When you accumulate the 3,250 needed to unlock the Mutant Peacock as a Personal Prize, but receive the last Probe in a friends' town, after unlocking the Mutant Peacock, the Peacock will appear in their town, and when you go back to your own, it says the Mutant Peacock is unlocked, but is not availabe in your town, inventory, and is greyed out in the "Treehouse of Horror XXV" character collection. ^[3]

Quests

Free Hugs Pt. 1

Kang spawns in your town: Hey there. You're new in town, aren't you? I'm a police officer, in case you're wondering why I'm so astute. You do seem pretty sharp. Chief Wiggum! He's not a visitor to our town, he's a hostile alien. Arrest him and call out the national guard. I was gonna do that. That's the procedure for all visitors. I think it may be why our tourism industry is in the dumper. Wait! I have fled the lush tyranny of Rigel VII to seek asylum in this trailer park of a planet: Earth. Oh, Chief Wiggum, we've got to help him! Kang is a defector, like Rudolph Nureyev or Martina Navratilova! Yeah, but those guys could do stuff and this thing's just a drooling squid. I wish to be an Earthling now and follow Earthling customs. Our drone cameras report that you saliva-swallowing bipeds enjoy building useless 2-D buildings. I shall build the most useless, most two-dimensional building of all! Wait, did you say drone cameras? Silence foolish Earth-tween! If you are accusing me of breeding organic, living camera drones that resemble Earth's housefly... and then abandoning the project because we got too much footage of dog poo, you are paranoid! Just build your building. The player unlocks Kang if not already obtained Task: Build the Make-a-Thing Workshop - 2,000, 8h to build and Make Kang Watch Housefly Drone Camera Footage - 8h, requires Brown House After quest completion: So what kind of store did you build, Mr. Kang? It is genius! I provide plush-bear skins and people pay to labor like third-world child-slaves, stuffing and putting sunglasses on them. I guess you'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Look at the accessories! There's even a tiny wheel chair! And a little boombox! I wanna make one! Yes! Stuff! Stuff like there's no tomorrow! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Treat Yourself

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark: I might skip trick-or-treating this year. There's so much hunger in the world, I feel guilty getting candy from strangers just because I'm wearing green makeup and a latex wart. Nonsense. You "liked" that Upworthy video about Darfur. You've gone above and beyond to stop world hunger! Maybe you're right. And I did make that Ethiopian baby sleeping next to a goat carcass my profile picture. I deserve a treat! Mother Teresa never felt guilty about trick or treating. Go and do't come back till your pillowcase strains at the seams. Task: Make Lisa Go Trick or Treating - 8h After quest completion: What a haul! This might be my best year ever! What's this? Who gave me a nail? Remember Professor Frink built that robot that was giving out treats. Oh. Are nails candy to robots? Nah. I think it was just falling apart.

Free Hugs Pt. 2

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark: You were right to insist I go trick-or-treating, Mr. Kang. I had a great time. You deserve it. Now don't be shy -- eat your candy! Thank you, I will. Yes, eat and fatten yourself! Then relax by soaking in some olive oil with garlic and lemon zest overnight in this refrigerator! Hmmm, you're starting to sound like the people-eating Rigellian you used to be. What? No! I am now one of you. Can't you tell by my fanny pack and my tramp stamp? Hmm… Task: Make Lisa Question Kang's Motives - 45s After quest completion: Enough of this grilling! I'll tell you everything. I'm setting you up for a Rigellian invasion. In fact, it's already begun! I didn't even start questioning you yet - all I asked is if you wanted a drink. Oh, In that case… I'LL TELL YOU NOTHING, IMPUDENT GIRL-COW! And I'll take an iced tea. Yeah, I think I'm gonna go alert everyone to the invasion. Great Gas God! She knows about the invasion!! Quickly! Begin phase two of the invasion. Codename: Phase Two!

Free Hugs Pt. 3

People of Earth, cower before the approaching Rigellian onslaught! They're smaller than I expected… Our army is made of juveniles who are old enough to fight but too young to vote. It's the only way we get to fight the really cool, stupid wars. Well, I'm not afraid. We have a secret weapon! Prepare to be squished by The Sky Finger! Task: Squish a Rigellian Invader Ha, ha, ha, ha! Your impotent squishings do nothing! Our troops are wearing a protective film, much like the tinted windows of your Earth limousines. In my short time as an Earthling, I really got into the whole club scene. You know, VIP rooms, bottle service… But that is neither here for any other place! Prepare for your future as livestock! I already came up with the squishing them idea. If the survival of humanity depends on me coming up with another idea, we are ska-rewed.

Free Hugs Pt. 4

Those aliens are going to eat me first for sure. Oh, why do my loins have to be so marbled?! Before we start talking about the quality of our body meat, let's find a way to resist the moiven-occupation! I can engineer a super-weapon! I just need a small, metal, nail-like object. I got a nail in my treat bag. Will that work? Well, it's a little on the nose, but we don't have time for subtlety. Task: Use the Make-a-Thing Workshop to Open a Treat Bag and Use the Make-a-Thing Workshop to Craft a Weapon After quest completion: Good glavin, look what I found here next to the teddy-bear-stuffing-injector! The Rigellians have a re-moleculizor! This fascinating machine can take any thing and turn it into a different thing! With the molecules and reconfiguring and the--- Don't get distracted, Professor! You have to get to work on that weapon. Oh, I've already made the super-weapon. It's there on the counter. You hammered a nail into a piece of scrap wood? I also installed a decal that said, "Awesome!" but it, uh, did not stick. Ahoy-vun.

Free Hugs Pt. 5

We're doomed! We can't fight off an army of aliens invaders with a board with a nail in it! A board with a nail in it?! Retreat! Retreat! Our protective film is worthless if it gets scratched even a little! Sky Finger, squish now! While they are vulnerable! Squish like you've never squished before! Task: Squish Rigellian Invaders (x20) After quest completion: Woo hoo! The town is completely clear of aliens! Time to get back yo our regular, fulfilling lives. You fool! Just because you have cleared your town of Rigellians doesn't mean you have prevailed. We will continue to send small numbers of your Springfield over the course of approximately one Earth month. Maybe longer. Sometimes we extend these things for a week or two after we say we're going to. Why don't you just send everyone at once and get it over with? Ha, ha, ha, ha! As if your Earth phones could handle that many Rigellians on screen at the same time! Message We Want You… to squish Rigellians. Fight the good fight and win exclusive prizes.

Restricted Air Space Pt. 1

Good Glavin, someone please help me! Aliens have invaded my Springfield! Pffft! We've all been invaded for days. Maybe if you spent less time inventing things and deepening your understanding of our world… And more time tapping on your phone and buying imaginary donuts, THEN there would't be monsters running through your Town Hall. As we scientists say, save the lectures for when you're giving lectures! Just help me kill the monsters. Kahell-nup. Message Help your friends out. Visit often and repel invaders. Task: Squish Rigellians in a Friend's Town (x3)

Restricted Air Space Pt. 2

Good work, Sky Finger! Your excellent alien hunting with the tapping, and the squishing has managed to make the Rigellians really a-bloyvan ticked off. They're now sending giant invasion ships which we’d like you to kablooey for us if you’d be so kind. As luck would have it you've acquired ammunition, or "Ammo" as the kids like to say, which is perfectly suited for all your kablooeying needs mhoyvin. Message You can now tap on UFOs in friend’s towns to shoot them down. Each shot requires Ammo, which you can get from Treat Bags. After shout down the first UFO Message Great job! Remember that it takes Ammo to shoot down a UFO. Find more Ammo in Treat Bags!

Trick Yourself

After the player has complete Restricted Air Space Pt. 2 A-ha! Using the Rigellian re-moleculizor I was able to transform this Hello Kitty plush toy... ...into a much more masculine Hockey Playing Hello Kitty plush toy! You didn't need a machine for that. You could have just changed her jersey and removed some of her teeth. Regardless! This experiment proves that we can use the re-moleculizor to change Halloween candies into… well, other things. Nobody's going to want to trick-or-treat during an alien invasion! Message Keep earning Treat Bags and reconfigure treats into prizes at the Make-a-Thing Workshop... for a limited time! Limited time?! But I want everything! Me too! Trick-or-Treat! Go! Go! NOW! *sigh* I'll get my costume. Message All kids can Trick-or-Treat for Treat Bags! Premium characters have a better chance of scoring Gold Treat Bags! Task: Send Youngsters Trick or Treating Count (x3)

Krustyland

Upon entering Krustyland for the first time in the event: I don't care who you are, you still have to pay admission if you want to be in Krustyland... ... and if you're going to abduct anyone, take people who look broke. You're lucky that I need some R&R, this invasion is playing havoc with my social anxiety. I will concede to your demands, puny Earthling, but I refuse to pay $5 for a small soda.

The Whole Truth Pt. 1

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark on the October 20: High Command would like to be debriefed on the progress of the invasion. The entire Rigellian army being squished into oblivion could be seen as a loss. Luckily, I'm the king of spin. I will really have to pile on the space-cow droppings. Task: Make Kang Report to Rigellian High Command Time: 24h Operation Earth-Over-Confident has been a rousing success. They aren't afraid of us at all! Rigellian Chief SILENCE! Do not drool on me and call it precipitation! Rigellian Chief You have failed once again. Rigellian Chief And you wonder why we only let you conquer planets with malls! Rigellian Chief You are relieved of your command. Return to Rigel VII in disgrace. Wait! Give me one more chance! I can take down Earth. I just need to figure out their weaknesses! Rigellian Chief You mean you haven't probed them to detect their weaknesses yet? Why not? Well, to be honest, it kind of weirds me out. Rigellian Chief I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to be honest with me. Really? Rigellian Chief OF COURSE NOT! Rigellian Chief Get to probing, maggot!

The Whole Truth Pt. 2

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: *sigh* Might as well get this over with. Halt, corpulent human! Prepare to be probed! *shriek* Now I have to chase him. Ugh, look how he jiggles. Task: Make Kang Probe Homer Time: 1d, 12h wheeze* You are surprisingly spry for one so gelatinous. Wow. I've never outrun anyone before. I guess it's ‘cause I'm running on two feet as opposed to a million suction cups. Also I just drank a lot of water. Ugh, cramp! High Command would like to be debriefed on the progress of the invasion.

The Whole Truth Pt. 3

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: I am a failure. Earth is too much for me. *sniff*. Aw – hey, don't cry. I assume what you're doing there is crying. *sniff* It is! I could not even catch a pregnant Earthling female. What? I'm male! You are? You look like you are expecting a litter of human cubs! Well, that makes me feel a little better. Yep, no shame in not catching a strapping young male. Really? This is what passes for strapping on this planet? Okay, maybe not strapping, but I'm for sure not pregnant. In that case… wanna get super drunk with me? I'm depressed. Sure, I'll go with you. But, honestly, I'd probably do it even if I was pregnant. Task: Make Kang Drink (x2) and Make Homer Drink (x2) I've always wanted to know... how do you guys tell each other apart? I was going to ask you the same thing!

The Whole Truth Pt. 4

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: You know, Kang, you're all right. You as well. After getting inebriated with you I feel I can now call you “friend.” Awww, thanks. Prepare to be probed, friend! *shriek* Task: Make Kang Probe Homer Time: 1d, 12h It's hopeless! I still can't catch you even after I got you drunk. Wait, you got me drunk just so you could catch me? I trusted you! I'm sorry. Let me make it up to you by buying you bigger, stronger drinks. Sounds great!

The Whole Truth Pt. 5

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: Why are you humans so cruel? Cruel? You invaded our planet! I bonded and got drunk with you twice in one day. But you and your bar friends drew a mustache on my dome after I passed out on the pool table. Yes, we are a charming bunch. I need time alone to do some heavy thinking. You might want to take off the “kick me” sign. We are adorable. ... Task: Make Kang Reflect on his Situation Time: 24h If I am thrown out of the Rigellian army, I will have to move back in with mother. And she has that new young boyfriend. He was a jerk in high school, he is a jerk now. I suppose I could stay here. This planet isn’t so bad. There are some decent waterfalls. And I like the direction the Human Race is going with the whole Pretzel-Hotdog thing….

Alienation Pt. 1

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark on the October 31: Greetings Earth leader! I wish to defect. This time for real-sies. Excellent! Lady Liberty welcomes tired and huddled masses. We are, ah, trying to play down the “poor” part of that little welcome speech. You just need to pass the citizenship test and pay the, er ah, substantial fee. What?! But I have none of your Earth money! And I know nothing of your pointless country! I could help you study for your citizenship exam. Anyone who knows me knows I love a good history drill. ... Mr. Kang? Just waiting for any other option to present itself. ... Fine, I'll go with you. Task: Make Kang Research American History and Make Lisa Be Kang's Study Partner American history is full of impressive bloodshed! Though why haven't we invaded this “Canada”? They're only weapons seem to be hockey sticks and superior grammar skills.

Alienation Pt. 2

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: Armed with knowledge of your country I shall begin my ascent up the ranks of American power players. But first, could you spot me the cash to pay the exam fee? No way. You're going to have to earn it the old-fashioned American way. Which is now known as the new-fashioned Mexican way -- doing jobs everyone else hates to do. Task: Make Kang Shovel Manure, Make Kang Flip Burgers, and Make Kang Wash Dishes. Time: 24h

Alienation Pt. 3

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: Ooh, today's the big day! If you pass this exam you will be *giggle* a legal alien! Ugh. No further attempts at humor. It is painful to roll one giant eye. Task: Make Kang Take the Citizenship Exam How did your exam go? Terrible. I passed, but just barely. Congratulations! That means you didn't try any harder than you had to. You are a true American.

Alienation Pt. 4

After tapping on Kang's exclamation mark: You know what would really jazz this planet up? Lush Rigellian greenery! I could use my carbon re-moleculizor to craft some lovely carnivorous plants! I don't know, carnivorous alien plants seems like a dangerous idea... I am an American! Your concerns violate my constitutional rights! Racism! Sexism! Sue! Sue! Sue everyone! Task: Build Rigellian Shrub *gasp* The indigenous flora of your home planet is so beautiful! Yes. Rigellian plants are far superior to your roses and your baobabs. Though I must warn you -- mind the thorns. And the toxic pollen. And do not let it invade your thoughts. It will steal your soul. Also it likes a little fertilizer in the early Fall.

Alienation Pt. 5

Thanks for integrating me into your society so very easily. To further lull you, I shall dull your senses with donuts! Take them, and suspect nothing! Reward: 20

Warp This Way

Oh my God! Teleporters! I can't believe we have them here in Springfield. Ah yes, the mind reels at the possibilities this kind of technology makes achievable. I'm gonna use it to teleport the milk back to the fridge so my cereal doesn't get soggy. Or it can be just another gew-gaw that makes sedentary bozos even more lazy. With the obesity and the fatty heart and the oy-van, sweating. Task: Build Teleporter Alpha, Build Teleporter Omega and Use eleporter

The Slime of Your Life Pt. 1

A Drive-In? Awesome! I can watch the new Space Mutant movie! Something ‘bout being outside, in the dark makes ya feel extra vulnerable. No way, Jose! The review in Hover Parent Daily says that movie will give you nightmaresa Ha-ha! You're too young, and I get to watch whatever I want! No you don't. You got scared at the animated wood rot from the wood sealant commercial. It was awful. It made the decking dull and lifeless! Can we sleep with the lights on? Task: Make Homer Hide Under the Covers Time: 24h

Other changes made

Launch

Sourced from TSTOTopix - "What Changed with the 2014 Treehouse of Horror Update?"

• There is an Autumn theme to Springfield. Trees have changed to autumn colours/stripped of leaves, leaves falling appear on screen, rivers are dark blue with occasional tentacles coming out of them. There is a slight darkening at the edges of the screen.

• The Store and inventory have changed. In The Store, the items have been split into sections:
  • Characters
  • Premium Stuff
  • Currency
  • Squidport
  • Treehouse of Horror XXV
  • Buildings
  • Businesses
  • Houses
  • Civic
  • Aspirational
  • Decorations
  • Land & Roads
  • Nature
  • Walls
  • Leisure
  • Miscellany

The game will also recommend items which appear on the first page of the The Store next to the "Treehouse of Horror XXV" image.

• A Facebook button has appeared in the bottom right corner of the friends screen.
• Visibility requirements have changed. Instead of being visible but locked when you haven't reached the building's level, now the game won't show them until you're within a level or two. For example, the Power Plant buildings become visible when you hit level 10 but aren't available until you hit level 11 (and reach the associated quest to unlock them).
• The Super Collider will return and will have a cost of 85.
• A few of the Clash of Clones decorations have continued to be available for purchase: the Hot Air Balloon, Flaming Torch, and Chicken Coop.
• Characters were removed again from the Krustyland Goers character group. They were added with the Level 43 update, removed with the Clash of Clones update, and then added back with the Level 44 update. This character group isn't used for tasks.
• The Spooky Tree and Dead Tree was added to the Trees Group.
• Shary Bobbins was moved again from the "More Oddballs" character collection to "Helpful Guest Stars".
• Placing a Beach Chair now requires you to have completed the quest Squidport Pt. 1.
• Cletus' 12 hour task to "Dig Through Garbage" now requires an unoccupied dumpster.
• Barbarian Castle, Castle Recycle and Boxingham Palace now earn 90 and 10 every 4 hours. Barbarian Castle's task is "A Chill Place to Bro Out", Castle Recycle's is to "Host Green Party Meetings" and Boxingham Palace's is to "Visit Rat Kingdom". They are all now storable, and the Barbarian is attached to the Barbarian Castle, so if you store the Barbarian Castle the Barbarian will be stored with it.
• Medieval Banners, Barbarian Statue, Hot Air Balloon, Hay Cart, Stock, Catapult, Flaming Torch, and Windmill can now be placed in Krustyland, they give 10 Kitsch points each.
• A premium default job award for a 45 second task has been added, which earns 5 and 2.
• The regular job award for a 3 hour task now earns 75 and 7. It used to earn 70 and 7.
• Suzanne the Witch and Count Burns are now Premium characters.
• Maude Flanders' 8 hour dual task to "Get Revenge on Homer" now earns 840 and 210 when it used to earn 840 and 205.
• Macaroni's Shed has returned to The Store for 30, from the "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" episode tie-in.

Notifications

On October 6, 2014, at 8:04pm GMT the following notification was sent out: "Not ready to hang up that robe? Luckily, Halloween's just around the corner, so put down the axes and swords and pick up some plastic axes and swords.", to promote the then-forthcoming event.

Sources

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