The Simpsons: Tapped Out Christmas 2014 content update

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out Christmas 2014 content update was released on December 3, 2014, file-named "v4_12_XMAS2014". It was released under app version 4.12.0.

The Present Depot was re-used from Christmas 2013 and there are also two new currencies, Presents and Elf Berries. You can win prizes from both of these methods. This event, akin to Halloween 2014 is split into two phases, one when you earn prizes from Presents, the second earning prizes from Elf Berries.

Part/Phase 1 ends on December 24, 2014.

The event will end by at least January 13, 2015.

Upon installing the new app version there is 12.2MB/29.8MB/153.5MB update.

Description

Santa's in trouble and the holidays are in danger! Help save the season in Springfield with our latest update.'

Gather presents and meet the elvish challenges to discover the true meaning of the holidays…prizes!

Enjoy new characters, buildings, decorations and more in our Holiday update!!!

Gameplay

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 1

Upon installing, and after Santa appears: People of Springfield! Over the years I have made many promises, most of them contradictory, few of them kept. God bless you, voter apathy. But today I am proud to deliver on one promise: new jobs. Because Santa is opening a new toy workshop right here in Springfield! Santa Thanks to global warming, the ice under my old workshop at the North Pole melted, and everything sank into the Arctic Ocean. Santa It was a terrible catastrophe. Many holiday favorites died, including Frosty and Rudolph. I've been warning people about the threat global warming posed to Santa for years, but no one listened! But why come to Springfield? Santa The tax incentives! You're practically paying me to move here. Finally someone takes the bait. All the other corporations backed out once they learned how Springfield workers lead the nation in sullen incompetence. Santa Oh. Well, no matter. Everyone works hard for jolly old Saint Nick, because making presents isn't work, it's play! Santa But you better double those incentives, Quimby. Done, Claus. Task: Build Toy Workshop - 2,000, 12h Quest reward: 100 and 10

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 2

The Christmas event stuff appears: Santa Ho, ho, ho! That's a fine looking workshop. Santa We don't have much time until Christmas, so we'd better get started. Santa Now, who'd like to come and make toys for me? All of us. I mean, we all already have jobs, but when something weird like this happens, we drop all that to participate in the latest thing. Santa Excellent. Then everyone pick a favorite toy they'd like to make. Eyeball gouger! Santa That's not a toy. Right, right. Ice pick sharpener? Santa How about you stuff teddy bears. Yeah! I'll stuff their guts in right through their filthy little belly button holes! Santa You know what, the position's been filled. The Winter 2014 Part 1 Guide appears. After clicking the back arrow: Task: Make Homer Make Sergeant Activity Dolls (4h, Toy Workshop) and Make Lisa Make Musical Instruments (4h, Toy Workshop)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 3

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Santa Homer! Look at this Sergeant Activity doll you just made. It's got a Malibu Stacy head. I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention. I was wondering what’s on the lunch menu at the cafeteria. Santa It’s always cookies and milk, except on Wednesday’s there’s gingerbread house. Hey, who are those cute little guys? Santa Elves, of course. Santa Thanks to my Springfield employees, I’m already behind schedule, so I asked a few elves to come help out. They’re adorable! But where do they come from? Santa They live in secret underground caves, where they laugh and play and occasionally kidnap human babies. Task: Build Elf Cave

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 4

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Ooh, this is fun! I’m in charge of the elves. Santa Exactly the opposite. Meet Bismuth and Leopold. Santa They’re top-level elf efficiency experts, and they’re here to get some kind of order into my toy production. Aw, they’re the cutest bosses I’ve ever had! Happy Little Elf Bismuth Get to work, slacker! Happy Little Elf Leopold Or you’ll regret it! Ouch! They’re whipping me with the toe coils of their elf slippers! Task: Make Homer Get Bossed Around by Elves (12h, Toy Workshop)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 5

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Santa Whew. We finished our first week of work. Santa I won't say it hasn't been a little rocky, but I'm still hoping for a pretty good Christmas. Santa Now, here's your paycheck. Hey, this isn't money... it's candy canes! Santa But I always pay in candy canes. The elves love them. Although their teeth are basically one giant cavity. Look, pal, I need real money to buy the necessities of life, like beer and lottery tickets. Until you pony up some cold hard cash, I'm going on strike. Task: Make Homer Go on Strike (24h, Toy Workshop) Santa Okay, okay. Look, I'll take money out of my retirement account and pay you. Santa Just means I'll have to keep working a few more centuries. Santa Probably would've just got bored playing golf in Laguna Beach, am I right? Santa Without work, life has no meaning, eh Homer? Wouldn't know. Now that I'm off striking I'm on break.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 6

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark: Santa Lisa, why so glum? You know how you put me in charge of making up the lists of who's naughty or nice? Well, to handle this town, you're going to need a lot more lumps of coal. Like 200 metric tons more. Santa Kringlenuts! Now I'm going to need even more elves. And they hate mining. That makes no sense. They live in caves. Santa Yeah, well someone didn't think this story line out very well. Task: Make Lisa Compile Lists of Naughty and Nice Kids (12h, Toy Workshop)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 7

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Happy Little Elf Bismuth Hurry up, Homer! You're working too slowly. Happy Little Elf Leopold You're holding up the bicycle assembly line for the other elves. But they work so fast, and they look so happy. Happy Little Elf Bismuth Because the tinkling of the bells on their hats fills them with joy. Well it's driving me crazy. This toy shop sucks. I'm being insulted by elves, and I'm doing the thing a father hates the most... Assembling toys before Christmas. I'm going back to the nuclear plant! Task: Build Control Building and Make Homer Do a Plant Shift (16h, Control Building)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 8

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Simpson, welcome back to the nuclear plant. I am so glad to be out of that magical toy shop and back in the real world of extreme nuclear danger. There's been a few changes. I've hired a couple of efficiency experts with a lot of great ideas. Happy Little Elf Bismuth Get to work, slacker! Happy Little Elf Leopold Or you'll regret it! Ouch! They're beating me with the bells on their elf hats. When you're done with that, here's your paycheck. Candy canes?! Task: Make Mr. Burns Pay Plant Workers in Candy Canes (12h, Control Building) Task: Make Homer Get Bossed Around by Elves (12h, Control Building)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 9

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Stupid Santa and his stupid elves, always picking on me. There do seem to be a lot of them around the town. They're even printing Elvish on the road signs and ATMs. I hate them, with their work ethic, and their taking jobs no one here wants and their sneaking in through tunnels. Homer, does that remind you of anything? Tunnel... rhymes with funnel... funnel cake? I was suggesting that if you have a problem with annoying immigrants, you might want to call Homeland Security. Of course. They must have funnel cake! Task: Make Homer Call Homeland Security (1h, Simpson Home)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 10

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Russ Cargill Russ Cargill, head of Homeland Security here. Russ Cargill So, Homer, you have a problem with illegal immigration, and you'd like us to clean them out? Yes. Russ Cargill Catch all the elves that are making presents for children. Yup. Russ Cargill Lock them up in detention centers for years. Okay. Russ Cargill Separate them from their wives, families, jobs, everything that makes life worth living. Well... maybe not that. Russ Cargill Too late! You never had a choice. My agents are on their way. Oh, why do the bad things I do always make me feel bad? Task: Make Homer Regret his Selfishness (16h, Simpson Home)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 11

After tapping on Lis's exclamation mark: Santa, what's wrong? You've been crying so hard, there's icicles in your beard. Santa It's over, Lisa. Christmas is over. Santa All I wanted was to bring joy to children. Santa But thanks to Homer, I'm hopelessly behind on production, my elves are being deported, and I'm broke. It's not entirely his fault. You're the one who decided to relocate to Springfield. Santa Well, I've had it. I quit! Santa If you need me, I'll be at Moe's getting blitzed out of my mind. Another broken down old drunk comes to Moe's. Looks like Christmas came early for me. Task: Make Santa Get Drunk at Moe's (8h, Moe's Tavern)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 12

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Dad, we have to save Christmas! We'll keep making presents and protecting the elves from deportation. But someone's got to convince Santa not to give up. Don’t worry, Lisa. I’ll talk him out of it even if I have to guzzle beers at Moe’s from now until Christmas. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. Task: Make Springfielders Make Toys (x10) Task: Make Elves Make Toys (x100)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 13

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark on December 23: We did it! We made all the presents just in time for Christmas Eve! Yeah, but who's gonna deliver them? Santa's drunk out of his mind at Moe's. No! Don't you see what this whole story has been leading up to? I'll be Santa! I'll bring presents to the children! I'll redeem myself for my terrible misbehavior! Yeah! Maybe you could be Santa. You're fat and you never work more than one day of the year. Tell all the world Homer Claus is coming. And to leave out beer and donuts. Task: Make Homer Dress as Santa (1h, Simpson Home)

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 14

After tapping on Homer's exclamation mark: Okay, I'm ready to bring joy to the world. Load up the sleigh with presents. Happy Little Elf Bismuth Maybe you should take it on a test flight first. Happy Little Elf Leopold It's a little squirrely at magical hypersonic speeds. Fine, doubters. On Dunder, on Mifflin! Task: Make Homer Try to Fly the Sleigh (4h, Toy Work shop) The reindeer are trying as hard as they can, but the sled's not moving! Homer's too heavy. But they can pull a sleigh loaded with presents and Santa, the fattest man in the world! I repeat, Homer's too heavy. That reindeer just tore its ACL! Call off the test.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 15

After tapping on Lisa's exclamation mark: Well, so much for Dad being Santa. I guess Springfield really did ruin Christmas. Look! The real Santa is coming out of Moe's bar! He's going to deliver the presents! Is he sobered up? Nah, but I got him a designated driver. *BELCH* Where's the keys? Task: Make Santa Deliver Presents (8h, Toy Work shop) So this story had a happy ending after all. Except for that reindeer Homer hurt. I think we're going to have to put it down. (CHUCKLES)

Prizes

Phase 1

Image Item Requires Christmas Float 580 Presents/195 Frosty the Hitman Toy Workshop Bell Sponsored Church Festive Light Plunger First Ever Christmas Tree Bonestorm Santa Nativity Scene

Phase 2

• Electric Swatter
• Sequel Stop
• Annual Gift Man
• GunPowder
• Little Helper Ralph
• Spruce Caboose
• Tropical Island

Returning items

• Bart snowman
• ClausCo
• Costingtons
• All House decorations
• Ebenezer Burns
• Egg Nog Bar
• Elf Home
• Festive Lawn Bells
• Festive Trashcan Fire
• Festive Lamposts
• Happy Elves Ride (KL)
• Helter Shelter
• "Christmas" Totem
• Holiday Tree
• Homer Snowman
• Lisa Snowman
• Maggie Snowman
• Marge Snowman
• Santa's little Helps Snowdog
• Ice god
• Mr. Plow
• Plow King
• Present Depot
• Santa Flanders
• Santa's Village
• Santa's Workshop
• Snow Monster
• Springfield Mall
• Springfield Skating Rink
• The Grumple
• The Yes Guy

Characters

Image Character Unlock message Notes Zutroy "Tocnikrabda, Mistah Boons" King Winter "I love children" Annual Gift Man "Ho. Ho. Ho." Bonestorm Santa "Shove this up your stocking!" Frosty the Hitman "Snickty snickty! Federal Agent Unlocked in Phase 1. Elf Unlocked in Phase 1. Dummy Elf Unlocked in Phase 1. Bad Elf Unlocked in Phase 1. Santa

Costumes

Image Costume Character Unlock message Notes Stupid Sexy Flanders Ned Little Helper Ralph Ralph Ice Princess Martin Martin

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Toy Workshop 2,000 12h Requires Level 5. Ice Palace 120 6s Requires Level 5. Sequel Stop 120 6s Requires Level 5. Elf Cannon Control

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Elf Cannon Requires Level 5. King Winter's Cave 175 Unlocks King Winter Festive Light Plunger The North Pole Christmas Float Duff Beer Tree 30 First Ever Christmas Tree Nativity Scene Spruce Caboose Destroyed Holiday Wheel Homer Fever Snowman Burns Fever Snowman Ski Lift 150 Requires Level 5 and Flanders Home. Ice Fence Tropical Island Elf Toy Workshop Bell 40 Elf Portal 500 Small Island 30 Small Island 90 Small Island 10,000

Sources

• TSTO Forum - Christmas 2014 Update Information