The Simpsons: Tapped Out Winter 2014 content update

This article is about the Tapped Out's Winter content update from 2014. For other year's Tapped Out Winter content updates, see TSTO Winter Content Updates.

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"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!!!"

―Event description

Splash screen.

App icon.

Winter 2014 Store Panel.

New Year 2015 Store Panel.

Winter 2014 is the sixty-ninth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on December 3, 2014 and ended on January 13, 2015. It was the third Christmas-themed update for the game.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Zutroy 115 Unlocks by completing all of Santa's Daily Tasks in Part 1. Purchasable in Part 2. King Winter 175 Unlocks with King Winter's Cave.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Giuseppe 95 Unlocks with Giuseppe's Workshop. The Yes Guy 100 Mr. Costington 110 Unlocks with Costington's. The Grumple 120

Character skins

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Ice Princess Martin Unlocks for free anytime between event starting and ending. Little Helper Ralph 13,800 Part 2 Prize. Stupid Sexy Flanders 150 Unlocks with Ski Lift.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Ebenezer Burns 50 Santa Flanders 75 Santa Homer 80 Unlocks with Santa's Village. Plow King Mr. Plow 90

Non-playable characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Frosty the Hitman 1,200 Part 1 Prize. Bonestorm Santa 10,800 Annual Gift Man 10,100 Part 2 Prize.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Snow Monster 70

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Toy Workshop 2,000 12h Generate Presents for Santa in order to unlock prizes! Unlocks in Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 1. Cannon Control Building 1,700 2h Part 2 Prize. Sequel Stop 6,500 6s Selling Overpriced Video Games Ice Palace 120 Allowing It to Go Away

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Happy Elves Ride 30 24h Propagating Sickly Sweetness Egg Nog Bar 60 6s Punishing The Lactose Intolerant Helter Shelter Providing Basic Necessities Santa's Workshop 70 Building Toys Santa's Village 80 Feeding Reindeer Unlocks Santa Homer. Springfield Skating Rink 85 Cracking Coccyx Bones Claus Co. 90 Modernizing Holidays Springfield Mall Springfield Mall Giuseppe's Workshop 95 Go Boom! Unlocks Giuseppe. Costington's 110 Cutting Wages Unlocks Mr. Costington.

Building skins

Image Name Cost Notes Christmas Lard Lad Donuts Given out on Christmas Day. Sponsored Church 3,500 Part 1 Prize. Christmas Burns Manor Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 2). Christmas Compound Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 3). Festive Wolfcastle Mansion Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 6). Christmas Crazy Cat House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 13). Christmas Wiggum House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 15). Christmas Sanjay's House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 16). Christmas Apu's Apartment Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 17). Christmas Mansion of Solid Gold 10

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Christmas Brown House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 2). Christmas Willie's Shack Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 4). Christmas Simpson House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 6). Christmas Purple House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 7). Christmas Van Houten House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 8). Christmas Blue House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 9). Christmas Pink House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 10). Christmas White House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 11). Christmas Flanders House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 13). Christmas Skinner House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 14). Christmas Cletus's Farm Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 15). Christmas Orange House Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 17). Christmas Frink's Lab 10 Christmas Krabappel Apt. Christmas Muntz House Christmas Volcano Lair

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Elf Cave 500 Unlocks in Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 3. Activates Santa's Daily Tasks. Elf Cannon 1,000 Unlocks in O Cannonbaum Pt. 1. Small Island 2 10,000 Christmas Float 580 Part 1 Prize. Toy Workshop Bell 2,300 Festive Light Plunger 5,500 Part 1 Prize. Activating the Plunger turns on Christmas skins on buildings. First Ever Christmas Tree 8,000 Part 1 Prize. Nativity Scene 14,000 Homer Fever Snowman 20 Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 1). Purchasable in Part 2. Burns Fever Snowman Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 5). Purchasable in Part 2. Destroyed Holiday Wheel Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 9). Fever Cabin 60 Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 19). Purchasable in Part 2. The North Pole 1,000 Part 2 Prize. Spruce Caboose 17,700 Tropical Island 22,500 Ice Fence 1 Duff Beer Tree 30 One free unlocks in A Very Brewery Christmas. Small Island 3 Small Island 1 90 Ski Lift 150 Unlocks Stupid Sexy Flanders. King Winter's Cave 175 Unlocks King Winter.

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Present Depot 50 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 3). Rewards 8 and 1 every 4h. Elf Home 60 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 4). Rewards 5 every 10h. Holiday Tree 75 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 7). Rewards 10 every 24h. Festive Nutcracker Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 8). Festive Candycane Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 10). Festive Fancy Lawn Bell 385 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 11). Festive Lawn Angel Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 12). Plow King's Plow 50 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 14). Festive Hot Drink Stand Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 14). "Christmas" Totem 40 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 16). Ice God 30 Also available via Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 18). Festive Bell Lamp Post 385 Festive Bow Lamp Post Festive Wreath Lamp Post Festive Lawn Bell 425 Festive Trashcan Fire 3 Lisa Snowman 20 Marge Snowman Maggie Snowman Homer Snowman Bart Snowman Santa's Little Helper Snowdog Snowball II Snowcat Pinwheel Firework 40 Box of Fireworks 60 Fireworks Barge 80

Decoration skins

Image Name Cost Notes Christmas Houseboat Santa's Daily Tasks (Elf Tunnel 18).

Part 1 Gameplay

Daily Jobs

Toy Workshop

The Toy Workshop is where characters complete quests and Tunnel tasks to earn Presents in Part 1.
These are the characters that can work there:

Character Task Duration Reward Ability unlocked Homer Make Sergeant Activity Dolls 4h 2, 45 "Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 2" Lisa Make Musical Instruments Apu Make Executive Stress Toys After completing Tunnel 2 Ned Make Cheery Christmas Sweaters After completing Tunnel 7, first task. Milhouse Make Dolls After completing Tunnel 9, first task. Willie Make Mini Wheelbarrows After completing Tunnel 11, first task. Bart Make Hover Boards After completing Tunnel 13, first task. Rev. Lovejoy Make Train Sets After completing Tunnel 14. Marge Make Karaoke Systems Professor Frink Make Virtual Reality Helmets 4, 70 After completing Tunnel 3. Squeaky Voice Teen Make Piggy Banks After completing Tunnel 4. Moleman Make Slippers After completing Tunnel 6. Barney Make Drinking Board Games After completing Tunnel 8. Hank Scorpio Make Radio Controlled Drones After completing Tunnel 10. Otto Make My First Bong Gift Sets After completing Tunnel 12.

Feds

The ability to release Feds into other Springfields was unlocked during Pixie Plight. In a friend's town, a button appeared in the top-right corner of the screen, offering a chance to send 3 Feds to their town, using up your daily actions.

After tapping on a Fed, it sprouted Cash, XP, Friend Points and Presents, and also the text "Bye Bye Federal Agent Called by [player name]" appeared. After finding all Feds a system message appears reading: "All Feds have been driven away, your town is safe. For now..." Whenever Feds were sent into your Springfield, a device notification was pushed, reading: "Your friends have sent the Feds to your Springfield. Thwart them to earn some Presents!"

The max number of Feds in a town at the same time is 20.

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  Too Many Feds!

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  The Fed button that appears in the top-right corner of the screen when visiting a friend, in this case, offering three Feds to be dispensed.

Santa's Daily Tasks

An example of the Santa's Daily Tasks menu, with Tunnels 10-12 completed, Tunnel 13 ongoing, and Tunnel 14 locked.

Santa's Daily Tasks are a feature in Part 1. They are mini-quests that when completed award you with two prizes and if completed within 24 hours of starting the first task, Presents. There are nineteen tunnels in total.

The tasks later on require the one previous to be completed, and the cash reward for which needs to be fully collected. For example, Task 3 needs Task 2 to be completed and the cash reward collected before it is unlocked in the Tunnel menu. Completing all tasks unlocks an "exclusive character", Zutroy. A new tunnel was unlocked every day at 8am GMT.

If an Elf Tunnel has multiple rewards, only the first one that the player didn't already own was obtained, with the other reward(s) going unobtainable in the event, unless made available for purchase in Part 2. Each Elf Tunnel also rewards the player with one extra Elf. Finishing an Elf Tunnel within 24 hours also rewarded a bonus 100. After completing all nineteen Elf Tunnels, Zutroy was unlocked.

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  A button which appears in the top-right corner of your town which you can use to access the daily tasks.

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  The Santa's Daily Tasks menu with the first three Tunnels locked.

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  An example of a Tunnel, Tunnel 17, with its second task ongoing.

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  All of Santa's Daily Tasks completed.

Elf Tunnels

Date Reward 1 Reward 2 Reward 3 Tasks Character(s) Image Tunnel 1 12/3 Homer Fever Snowman Make a Kook Check out the Toy Workshop (x3) Make a Dimwit Stare at Elves (x2) Make a Youngster Take Inventory Kook Dimwit Youngster Tunnel 2 12/3 Christmas Brown House Christmas Burns Manor Make a Saint Try to Convert Elves to the Church (x2) Make Apu Make Executive Stress Toys Make a Glutton Eat an Elf Berry Krusty Burger Saint Apu Glutton Tunnel 3 12/4 Present Depot Christmas Compound Make Apu Complain About Immigrants Make a Youngster Trade Presents (x3) Make a Youngster Drink an Elf Berry Squishee (x3) Apu Youngster Youngster Tunnel 4 12/5 Elf Home Christmas Willie's Shack Make Homer Prepare Illegal Immigrant Lodgings Make Apu Stock up on Candy Make Lisa Complain About Immigrant Lodgings Homer Apu Lisa Tunnel 5 12/6 Burns Fever Snowman Make Apu Feed the Octuplets Elf Berry Juice Make a High Roller Harass Elves (x3) Make Homer Slack Off Apu High Roller Homer Tunnel 6 12/7 Christmas Simpson House Festive Wolfcastle Mansion Make Lisa Lobby Against Child Labor Make a Youngster Drink an Elf Berry Squishee (x5) Make Homer Squish Happy Little Elves on his myPad Lisa Youngster Homer Tunnel 7 12/8 Christmas Purple House Holiday Tree Make a Youngster Pet an Elf (x5) Make Ned Make Cheery Christmas Sweaters Make Lisa Make Musical Instruments Youngster Ned Lisa Tunnel 8 12/9 Christmas Van Houten House Festive Nutcracker Make a Kook Check out the Toy Workshop (x3) Make Ned Pray for Faster Toy Manufacturing Make a Youngster Trade Presents (x3) Kook Dimwit Youngster Tunnel 9 12/10 Christmas Blue House Destroyed Holiday Wheel Make Ned Have a Festive Sing Song with the Elves Make Milhouse Make Dolls Make a Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys (x5) Ned Milhouse Multiple Tunnel 10 12/11 Christmas Pink House Festive Candycane Make a Glutton Binge on Candy Canes (x3) Make Apu Stock up on Candy Make a Braniac Research Elves (x3) Glutton Apu Brainiac Tunnel 11 12/12 Festive Fancy Lawn Bell Make Homer Shop at Kwik-E-Mart Make Willie Make Wee Little Tractors Make Willie Pull Toys apart with his Bare Hands Homer Willie Willie Tunnel 12 12/13 Christmas White House Festive Lawn Angel Make a Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys (x7) Make Lisa Learn Elvish Make Homer Prepare Illegal Immigrant Lodgings Multiple Lisa Homer Tunnel 13 12/14 Christmas Flanders House Christmas Crazy Cat House Make Bart Play with the Toys he Stole Make Bart Make Hover Boards Make Bart Get a Laffy Meal Toy Bart Bart Bart Tunnel 14 12/15 Plow King's Plow Christmas Skinner House Festive Hot Drink Stand Make Willie Furnish his Shack with Toys Make a Youngster Have a Toy Party (x5) Call a Fed in a Friend's Town (x3) Willie Youngster N/A Tunnel 15 12/16 Christmas Cletus's Farm Christmas Wiggum House Make a Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys Make Homer Hoard Toys in the Basement Make Homer Squish Happy Little Elves on his myPad Multiple Homer Homer Tunnel 16 12/17 "Christmas" Totem Christmas Sanjay's House Make a Dimwit Ride the Toy Conveyor Belt (x5) Make Lisa Lobby Against Child Labor Make Lisa Make Snow Angels Dimwit Lisa Lisa Tunnel 17 12/18 Christmas Orange House Christmas Apu's Apartment Make a Youngster Drink an Elf Berry Squishee (x3) Make Willie Sweep the Toy Workshop's Floor Make a Kook Guzzle Elf Berry Juice in the Canteen (x6) Youngster Willie Kook Tunnel 18 12/19 Ice God Christmas Houseboat Make a Springfielder Complain about Elves (x4) Make Bart Skateboard Make Willie Celebrate the Winter Solstice Regular Characters/Premium Characters Bart Willie Tunnel 19 12/20 Fever Cabin Make Milhouse Complain to his Parents Make Apu Feed the Octuplets Elf Berry Juice Send Springfield Toy Makers to Stock Santa's Sleigh (x9) Milhouse Apu Multiple

Part 2 Gameplay

Friend Visits

The Elves Fired Report Leaderboard

The friend's cannon level window.

Friends visits let you get even more Bells.

• Actions 1-30: 5 Elf Bells each
• Actions 31-60: 3 Elf Bells each
• Actions 61-90: 2 Elf Bells each
• Actions 91-120: 1 Elf Bells each

After 40 friends you won't get any Elf Bells, just Money, XP and FP (or a chance at donuts if you are at max FP level already.

If you tap your friends' Elf Cannon and Elf Tunnels you get DOUBLE Elf Bells! So it becomes:

• Actions 1-30: 10 Elf Bells each
• Actions 31-60: 6 Elf Bells each
• Actions 61-90: 4 Elf Bells each
• Actions 91-120: 2 Elf Bells each

You can only tap friends's cannons and tunnels if they started phase 2. While visiting a Friend's Springfield if one taps the Cannon Control Building they can check their Cannon's Level.

Elf Cannon/Cannon Control Building

Cogwheels

Cogwheels are used to upgrade the Elf Cannon, and can be found in various numbers after tapping Elves, or can be bought in the Store:

Image Name Cost 1 Cogwheel 2 10 Cogwheel 20 50 Cogwheel 100 100 Cogwheel 200

Upgrade Levels

Level Elves per shot Bells per Elf Cool down Upgrade Cost 1 9 2 3h and 45m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 20 or 40 2 9 2 3h and 30m Increase elf bells reward by 1 35 or 70 3 9 3 3h and 30m Increase elves per blast by 1 60 or 120 4 10 3 3h and 30m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 80 or 160 5 10 3 3h and 15m Increase elf bells reward by 1 Elf Bell 100 or 200 6 10 4 3h and 15m Increase elves per blast by 1 130 or 260 7 11 4 3h and 15m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 160 or 320 8 11 4 3h and 0m Increase elf bells reward by 1 200 or 400 9 11 5 3h and 0m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 240 or 480 10 11 5 2h and 45m Increase elves per blast by 1 290 or 580 11 12 5 2h and 45m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 340 or 680 12 12 5 2h and 30m Increase elf bells reward by 1 400 or 800 13 12 6 2h and 30m Increase elves per blast by 1 460 or 920 14 13 6 2h and 30m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 530 or 1,060 15 13 6 2h and 15m Increase elf bells reward by 1 600 or 1,200 16 13 7 2h and 15m Reduce cooldown time by 15 minutes 680 or 1,360 17 13 7 2h and 0m Increase elf bells reward by 1 760 or 1,520 18 13 8 2h and 0m Increase elf bells reward by 1 850 or 1,700 19 13 9 2h and 0m Increase elf bells reward by 1 940 or 1,880 20+ 13 10 2h and 0m Keep upgrading for bragging rights. 2.5*(Level)*(Level+1) or 5*(Level)*(Level+1)

Gallery

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  What appears when you have no Elves-in-a-Bottle to fire out of the Elf Cannon.

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  What appears when trying to release the 4 Elves rewarded from the Elf Cave, but the town has reached its Elf limit.

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  What appears when you have caught all the Elves in your town.

Prizes

Part 1

Image Item Cost Donut Cost Christmas Float 580 195 Frosty the Hitman 1,200 210 Toy Workshop Bell 2,300 220 Sponsored Church 3,500 240 Festive Light Plunger 5,500 290 First Ever Christmas Tree 8,000 315 Bonestorm Santa 10,800 350 Nativity Scene 14,000 400

Part 2

Image Item Cost Donut Cost The North Pole 1,000 15024 Cannon Control Building 1,700 175 Elf Bottler 3,700 250 Sequel Stop 6,500 280 Annual Gift Man 10,100 300 Little Helper Ralph 13,800 340 Spruce Caboose 17,700 355 Tropical Island 22,500 370

Holiday Donut Promo

After tapping on Gil's exclamation mark on December 24 when Part 2 starts Last second Christmas trees! Get your last second Christmas trees here. Old Gil sunk his life savings into these trees, so he’ll stand here freezing until he sells ’em all. Oh thank heavens. I’ll take one tree. Here ya go. Oh, this one’s a beaut. Most of the needles fell off, but that’ll just make it easier to find the branches to hang the ornaments off. Ornaments? What are you talking about? Oh, you gotta have ornaments. What are the kids gonna hang on the tree? Do not mention children and Christmas in the same sentence, I beg you. Now, where can I get these “ornaments”? It just so happens, I sell them. Festive red-and-green holiday donuts to hang on the tree. That sounds very strange. You’ll understand in one moment.

The offer lasted between December 24, 2014 – December 27, 2014. After tapping Gil, it links to the menu depicted in the image to the right. Tapping "Go to" within the Store front offer panel, it links to the "Currency" section of the Store.

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  Dozen Holiday Donuts (+1/8%)

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  Stack of 60 Holiday Donuts (+6/10%)

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  Tray of 132 Holiday Donuts (+18/14%)

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  Truckload of 300 Holiday Donuts (+45/15%)

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  Store Full of 900 Holiday Donuts (+200/22%)

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  Boatload of 2400 Holiday Donuts (+720/30%)

Offer Accepted

Thank you, friend. I get 5% commission on every sale. Although once you include the cost of clean neckties and the bus fare to get here, I’m losing money every time!

Offer Declined

If you decline/press the back arrow I don't blame you for saving your money. You've probably got a career and a family to support. Which is why you're playing a game on your phone at two in the morning.

Quests

Part 1

• Jingle Bell Wreck
• Santa's List
• Redirecting Feds
• Pixie Plight
• Green is Good. Green Works
• Christmas Float
• Frosty the Hitman
• A Punch Below the Bell
• This God Brought to You By...
• Taking the Plunge
• First Ever Christmas Tree
• Bad to the Bone
• Our Home and Nativity Land
• Ghost of Christmas Past

Part 2

• Project After-Party
• Christmas Was Here
• O Cannonbaum
• Better One's Elf
• Annual Gift Man
• Elf Bottler
• The North Pole
• All Sequels Aren't Equal
• Caboose on the Loose
• Tropical Island Nofari
• A Very Brewery Christmas
• Dr. No-el
• Best New Year's Day Ever

Other quests

• The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders
• Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart
• Who Wants to be a Billionaire
• The Princess Nerd
• Special Helper
• Frankincense, Myrrh, and Donuts
• New Year's Eve
• The Italian Grenadessance!

Conform-o-meter impact

Name Rating Points Sequel Stop Consumerism 10 Festive Light Plunger Indolence Toy Workshop Bell Obedience Nativity Scene Righteousness Small Island 3 Tree-hugging 80 Christmas Float, Ice Fence Vanity 10 Elf Cannon 20 Elf Cave 30 Cannon Control Building, Small Island 2 100 First Ever Christmas Tree 160 Destroyed Holiday Wheel, The North Pole 200 Spruce Caboose 600 Small Island 1 900 Tropical Island 1,200 King Winter's Cave Vanity Bonus $ and XP 20 4.5% Duff Beer Tree 100 0.25% Homer Fever Snowman, Burns Fever Snowman 200 0.25% Fever Cabin 1,000 0.25% Ski Lift 1,500 4%

Dates

Date Event 12/3 Part 1 start. 12/3 - 12/23 Festive Lawn Bell, Festive Trashcan Fire, Festive Fancy Lawn Bell 12/3 - 12/24 King Winter's Cave w/ King Winter, Santa's Village w/ Santa Homer, Claus Co., Egg Nog Bar, Santa's Workshop, Christmas Krabappel Apt., Christmas Muntz House, Christmas Frink's Lab, Christmas Volcano Lair 12/12 - 12/19 The Grumple, Ebenezer Burns 12/19 - 12/27 Costington's w/ Mr. Costington, Santa Flanders 12/24 Part 2 start. 12/24 - 1/14 Ice Palace, Festive Bow Lamp Post, Festive Bell Lamp Post, Festive Wreath Lamp Post, Springfield Skating Rink, Springfield Mall, Helter Shelter, Happy Elves Ride 12/27 - 1/2 Snow Monster, Homer Snowman, Marge Snowman, Bart Snowman, Lisa Snowman, Maggie Snowman, Santa's Little Helper Snowdog, Snowball II Snowcat, Ice God, Ice Fence, Christmas Mansion of Solid Gold 12/29 - 1/5 Giuseppe's Workshop w/ Giuseppe, Fireworks Barge, Pinwheel Firework, Box of Fireworks 1/2 - 1/9 Zutroy, Mr. Plow, Plow King, Plow King's Plow, Fever Cabin, Homer Fever Snowman, Burns Fever Snowman 1/9 - 1/14 The Yes Guy, Holiday Tree, "Christmas" Totem, Elf Home, Present Depot, Small Island 1, Small Island 2, Small Island 3 1/14 Event end.

Other changes made

December 3 update ("v4_12_XMAS2014")

• Santa's Village now gives 200 when placed instead of 85. It is also now treated as a premium building, although its earnings did not change.
• Kang has been added to the characters who have a "Drink at Moe's" task.
• Artie Ziff, Akira, and Giuseppe have been added to the Entrepreneur character group. Database is now a member of the Youngster and Brainiac character groups. Mr Teeny is now part of the Celebrity character group. Giuseppe has been added to the Senior group. George Washington is now a Celebrity and a Civil Servant. Princess Penelope is also a Civil Servant. The Barbarian is now a member of the Dimwit group. The Space Mutant has been added to the Glutton group. Uter, Greta Wolfcastle and Hugo are now part of the Youngster group.
• Santa Homer's 12h task to "Endure the Whiney Kids" now takes place at the Kwik-E-Mart rather than at the Try-N-Save.
• When built, Santa's Workshop now gives 50, Costington's gives 145, the Eggnog Bar gives 50, Helter Shelter gives 50, ClausCo 60, the Springfield Skating Rink gives 50, and the Springfield Mall 60. All are now marked as premium buildings with premium earnings.
• The Happy Little Elves Ride now rewards with 90 and 30.
• Mr. Costington and The Yes Guy now pay premium for their tasks.
• The code says that Santa Flanders and Ebenezer Burns tasks are now premium.
• KBBL Radio and the Moonbounce are now animated.
• Donut rewards following the earning of all Friend Points prizes have returned.
• The size of the Tunnel of Love in Krustyland has increased 2 squares in size.

December 5 update (12.2MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Patch1")

• A new task was added for Santa, to "Eat Milk and Cookies" for 4h at the Toy Workshop, with a reward of 2 Presents and 45.
• The Ice Palace and the questline "The Ice Princess" were deleted, as was "Santa's List Pt. 7".
• There appears to be some sort of Donut Promo on December 22 that ends on 27.
• A 1-part quest for the Destroyed Holiday Wheel has also been added which gives you a small bit of dialog between Krusty and Homer and requires you to place the item. Initially placing the wheel was not a requirement.

December 9 update (12.4MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Patch2")

• The Toy Workshop now shows the job that the characters that can work at it are doing in case they're not working there.
• The Rigellian Hut and the Little Black Box now gives Presents to friends that tap them.
• Requested donuts to speedup jobs for King Winter's jobs changed: "Go On A Date" and "Annoy Flanders" (requires 2 characters) doubled (it requested only the donuts for 1 character), "Explore King Winter's Cave" (requires 1 character) halved (it requested the donuts for 2 characters).
• Santa's jobs changed: "Eat A Santerrific Lunch" now requires Phase 1. "Get Drunk at Moe's" changed from temp to permanent, requires "Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 11". "Deliver Presents" changed from temp to permanent, requires "Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 15".
• Sponsored Church, Christmas Burns Manor, Christmas Compound, Christmas Wolfcastle's Mansion, Christmas Sanjay's House, Christmas Mansion Of Solid Gold, Christmas Crazy Cat House, Christmas Apu's Apartment, Christmas Wiggum Home now have sounds when tapped.
• The Kwik-E-Mart income has been removed from own town's Kwik-E-Mart, just to appear when you click on friend's Kwik-E-Mart. Scratch-Rs are still present.
• There is something referenced in the files to the Kwik-E-Mart with the event, it is unknown what it currently is.
• There originally were two requirements to begin the event and the main quest Jingle Bell Wreck: Reach level 6 and complete quest "myPad" which is a quest towards the beginning of the game. Now the only requirement to get the event quest and trigger the event is just to reach level 6. The "myPad" requirement has been removed.
• The icon for "Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 15" which will show in the taskbook while it is active is now the Homer Santa head. It originally was just the Santa Head icon.
• There has also been a small, unnoticable coding change made to activate the Feds aspect of the event.
• One of the tasks for Tunnel 8 has changed It used to be: "Have a Kook Check Out the Toy Workshop" and had a rush rate of 2. It now requires 3 characters of the Kook character group to complete the quest and has a rush rate of 6.
• For Tunnel 18, you no longer have to have reached Level 20 to complete that tunnel's tasks.
• The size of the panel for the "Winter 2014" section in the store was minimised to 1/3rd of its size, with a new design.
• A quest called "Santa's List Pt. 7" was created, requiring 19 (all) Tunnels of the Santa Tasks to be completed.

December 11 update (12.2MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Patch3")

• Ned can now do the task "Take The Boys Snowmobiling" before Rod and Todd have been unlocked, with two different, albeit hidden jobs; the rush cost for the task is now 18; and the time it takes has been changed from 16h to 10h. The glitch involving storing the Flanders House is still happening.
• There were minor script changes for Phase 2.

December 22 update (12.5MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Promos")

• Added a Gil promo.
• Re-added the Ice Palace and relative questline to the files.
• Added new questline, "Frankincense, Myrrh and Donuts".
• Re-added Giuseppe's Workshop, and added a new limited-time questline for him - "The Italian Grenadessance!".
• The Christmas skins now only have the option to purchase them in the Store if you have the building.
• Added the Part 2 questline.
• Removed references to Black Friday on Black Friday's items.
• Added Ice Walls to Walls category.
• The Elf-lectric Swatter is now called Elf Bottler.
• The Event Leaderboard has been added back.
• The Writers Building cash exploit was removed.
• The end date of Part 2 changed to January 18. The time for the Christmas Day mini-event changed from middlenight GMT to 8am GMT.
• Added the Façade Decorated Lard Lad Donuts. Lard Lad Donuts shows the Façade in Other Springfield.
• The Ice Palace changed to differ more from the Frozen one.

December 23 update (12.5MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Promos_Patch1")

• It fixed Zutroy not being gifted once Tunnel 19 is completed.
• It fixed the disappearance of the option to buy Donuts in the store for some people.
• The glitch with "Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 14" not clearing from the taskbook was fixed.

December 25 update (12.5MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Promos_Patch3")

• Fixed crashes.
• Removed the Sideshow You minigame.

January 13 update (12.5MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Promos_Patch4")

• Final date to win or buy the event prizes – January 14 @ 17:00 pm GMT (extended 1 day).
• Limited-time, returning Festive decorations now available until January 18 @ 8:00 am GMT (extended 5 days).
• Phase 2 non-prize, limited-time items now available until January 18 @ 8:00 am GMT (extended 5 days).
• Ice Palace (Premium) is now available until January 18 @ 8:00 am GMT (extended 5 days).
• All items in the store only says Limited Time without any countdown.
• The countdown for the event still says 2014 instead of 2015.

January 14 App Store update (~40MB)

• Changed loading screen and app icon to normal.

January 14 in-game update (18.5MB/39.7MB/441.8MB; "v4_12_XMAS2014_Takedown")

• Removed event questlines and temporary tasks.
• Removed snow skins for buildings and decorations, the snow animation and event grass and river textures.
• Kwik-E-Marts earn income again.
• Sideshow You's balloon popping game is available again.
• One of Cletus' sounds which plays when he is tapped has changed from his "Huh?" sound (CLETUS_TAP3) to laughter (CLETUS_TAP6).
• Most of the character's holiday tasks are gone, but if you have the Nativity Scene, Lisa, Marge, Homer, and Bart still have their related 16 hour tasks. Bart also kept his "Eat Cafeteria Pudding" task, also 16 hours.
• The cannon still fires with the animation and sound. The Cannon Control Building kept the level which you achieved, and now it earns $90 and 10XP every 4 hours for "Cannon Cooling Down".
• The Toy Workshop, Cannon Control Building, and Elf Portal can now be placed in storage.
• Ice Princess Martin's Be Cool and Host an Ice Palace Play Date jobs got removed
• Red Brick walls are thinner and don't meet at corners
• The 3 buyable small islands can be bought any time. They got their Christmas features removed.
• Burns Fever Snowman and Homer Fever Snowman melt with the rest of the Snowmen, Snowcat and Snowdog.
• Activating town editing by keeping a finger on the screen for a short amount of time has been reactivated.
• An animation was added to the Krusty Burger Oil Rig.
• Zombie Cat lost the bowl on its head. In the Character collection screen it's still present.
• The Yes Guy is now permanent in the store.

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out content updates

2012 Release • Level 21 • "Moonshine River" • Treehouse of Horror XXIII (Level 22) • Level 23 • Thanksgiving 2012 • "Penny-Wiseguys" • "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" • Christmas 2012 (Level 24) 2013 Level 25 • Valentine's Day 2013 • Level 26 • "Gorgeous Grampa" • St. Patrick's Day 2013 • "Dark Knight Court" • Level 27 • "What Animated Women Want" • Whacking Day 2013 • Level 28 • "Whiskey Business" • Level 29 • Season 24 Yard Sale • "Day Old Donuts" offer • Level 30 • Squidport • 4th July 2013 • Level 31 • Level 32 • Krustyland • Level 33 • Level 34 • Level 35 • Season Premiere 2013 "Homerland" • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Level 36 • Level 37 • Thanksgiving 2013 • "Yellow Subterfuge" • Christmas 2013 2014 "Married to the Blob" • Level 38 • Super Bowl • Valentine's Day 2014 • Friend Points • "Diggs" and "The Man Who Grew Too Much" • St. Patrick's Day 2014 • "The War of Art" • Level 39 • "Days of Future Future" • Easter 2014 • Level 40 • "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" • Level 41 • Stonecutters • Level 42 • July 4th 2014 • Yard Sale 2014 • Level 43 • Summer Donuts Extravaganza • Back to School Gil Deal • Clash of Clones • Level 44 • Level 45 • "Clown in the Dumps" • Treehouse of Horror XXV • Level 46 • Matt Groening • Level 47 • Thanksgiving 2014 ("Covercraft") • Winter 2014 • Level 48 2015 Queen Helvetica • "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" • Level 49 • Stonecutters Black Market Sale • Valentine's Day 2015 • Superheroes • Level 50 • The Homer • St. Patrick's Day 2015 • Mystery Box Upgrade • Easter 2015 • Level 51 • Terwilligers • "The Kids Are All Fight" • Level 52 • Money Mountain • "Mathlete's Feat" • Level 53 • Pride Month 2015 • End of School • Level 54 • Tap Ball (Soccer Cup 2015) • 4th of July 2015 • Level 55 • Springfield Heights • Ice Cream Man Homer • Level 56 • Monorail • Muscular Marge • Level 57 • Level 58 • "Every Man's Dream" • IRS and Job Manager • Oktoberfest • Treehouse of Horror 2015 • "Halloween of Horror" • "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" • New User Power Ups • Halloween Promo • Level 59 • Gobble, Gobble, Toil and Trouble • Black Friday 2015 • Springfield Heights Chapter 2 • Winter 2015 2016 "Much Apu About Something" • Deep Space Homer • Tailgate and Daily Challenges System • Valentine's Day 2016 • World's Largest Redwood • Burns' Casino • "The Marge-ian Chronicles" • St. Patrick's Day and Easter 2016 • Crook and Ladder • Spring Cleaning • Wild West • Whacking Day 2016 • Level 60 • Homer's Chiliad (Donut Day 2016) • Superheroes 2 • 4th of July 2016 • Dilapidated Rail Yard • Springfield Games • SciFi • Season Premiere 2016 • Treehouse of Horror XXVII • "Havana Wild Weekend" • The Most Dangerous Game (Winter 2016 Teaser) • Winter 2016 • First Time Packs 2017 Homer the Heretic • "The Great Phatsby" • Lunar New Year 2017 • Destination Springfield (Football 2017 • Valentine's 2017) • "22 for 30" • Rommelwood Academy (St. Patrick's 2017 • Hellfish Bonanza) • Secret Agents (Easter 2017) • Pin Pals • Forgotten Anniversary • Time Traveling Toaster (Donut Day 2017 • Road to Riches • 4th of July 2017) • Pride 2017 • Superheroes Return • Stunt Cannon • Homerpalooza • County Fair • "The Serfsons" (Magic Station Promo) • Treehouse of Horror XXVIII • This Thanksgiving's Gone to the Birds! (Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017) • A Rigellian Christmas Promo • The Invasion Before Christmas 2018 The Buck Stops Here ("Haw-Haw Land") • Bart Royale Teaser • Bart Royale (Valentine's Day 2018) • Homer vs the 18th Amendment ("Homer is Where the Art Isn't") • The Springfield Jobs Teaser • The Springfield Jobs • Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Three) • Bart the Fink • Itchy & Scratchy Land • Poochie's Dog Dayz • Moe's Ark Teaser • Moe's Ark • Super Powers • Treehouse of Horror XXIX Teaser • Treehouse of Horror XXIX • "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" • Thanksgiving 2018 • A Simpsons Christmas Special Teaser • A Simpsons Christmas Special 2019 Not Yet Spring Cleaning • Love, Springfieldian Style • State of Despair • A Classless Reunion • Marge at the Bat • The Real Moms of Springfield • Game of Games • Flanders Family Reunion • Simpsons Babies • Krusty's Last Gasp Online • Cthulhu's Revenge • Treehouse of Horror XXX • All American Auction • Abe's in Toyland 2020 Holidays of Future Past • Black History • Share the Magic • No Bucks Given • Simpsons Wrestling • Pride 2020 • Game of Games The Sequel • Summer Games 2020 • The Van Houtens • All This Jazz • Treehouse of Horror XXXI • Blargsgiving • Clash of Creeds: Christmas Royale 2021 New Year New You • Love and War • Springfield Choppers • Rise of the Robots • Foodie Fight • Springfield Enlightened • Tavern Trouble • Into the Simpsonsverse • Breakout Bounty • Season 33 Prize Track • Treehouse of Horror XXXII • Northward Bound • Holiday Whodunnit 2022 Red Alert • Cirque du Springfield • Hot Diggity D'oh! • Hell on Wheels • When the Bough Breaks • Dog Days • Splash and Burn • Showbiz Showdown • Tenth Anniversary • Tragic Magic • Treehouse of Horror XXXIII • The Atom Smasher • A Christmas Peril 2023 Springfield's Got Talent? • A Warmfyre Welcome • Shiver Me Barnacles • Heaven Won't Wait • For All Rich Mankind • Fore! • Food Wars • Mirror Mayhem • A Hard Play's Night • Treehouse of Horror XXXIV • Cold Turkey • Snow Place Like the Woods 2024 Better Late Than Forever • Fears of a Clown (Valentine's 2024 Promotion) • The Great Burnsby • The Simpsanos • Charity Case • Summer of Our Discontent (Donut Day 2024 Promotion • 4th of July 2024 Promotion) • The Mayflower Maple Bowl • A Bart Future • Taps