The Simpsons: Tapped Out Christmas 2013 content update

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The thirty-ninth content update, known as the Christmas 2013 Event, for The Simpsons: Tapped Out is a event which was released on December 10, 2013. The Currency in this event are Gift Cards, and there will be 5 Community Prizes

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Characters

Image Name Unlock message Mr. Costington The Yes Guy Community Prize: requires two billion to have been collected. 150px Snow Monster Christmas Raccoon The Grumple Ebenezer Burns Community Prize: requires one and a half billion to have been collected. Santa Flanders Plow King Candy Kevin

Buildings

Image Name Building time Costs Task Character(s) unlocked when built Level required Santa's Workshop Costington's Mr. Costington Egg Nog Bar 0s 250 Generating Spin Token Helter Shelter ClausCo Happy Little Elves Ride Springfield Skating Rink Springfield Mall

Decorations

Image Name Costs Backwater Brewery 25 Jet Engine Bike 30 Devil Float 40 Present Depot Free Elf Home 60 Lamp Post Festive 385 Festive Candy Cane 450 Festive Nutcracker 425 Festive Lawn Angel 750 Festive Hot Drink Stand 1,200 Festive Trash Can Fire 3 Santa's Little Helper Snowman 20 Snowball Snowmann 20 Grampa Snowman 20 Festive Lawn Bell 425 Festive Fancy Lawn Bell 425

Returning items

Several items from the Christmas 2012 content update were re-added in the update, for the benefit of the players whom missed the 2012's event.

Buildings

Image Name Costs Santa's Village

Decorations

Image Name Costs Holiday Tree 75 1,500 Homer Snowman 20 Bart Snowman 20 Lisa Snowman 20 Marge Snowman 20 Maggie Snowman 20 Reindeer 20

Prizes

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Prizes were used once again in this event, the system working similarly to the Whacking Day event prize system.

Personal Prizes

Image Object Unlock Image Unlocked after collecting Egg Nog Bar 250 or ??? Holiday Tree 1,500 or ??? Springfield Mall 3,000 or ??? Elf Home ??? or ??? Springfield Skating Rink ??? Happy Elves Ride ??? Christmas Raccoon ??? Santa Flanders ??? Plow King's Plow ??? Costington's ???

Once the player has received all prizes, they receive a free Spin Token for every 1,000 they acquire.

Community Prizes

Community Prizes were introduced in this event, rewarding the players every billions they, overall, collect. There were five Community Prizes.

Image Building Unlock Image Unlocked after collecting 200px Krusty Themed Totem Pole 450,000,000 Santa's Workshop 1,000,000,000 Ebenezer Burns 1,500,000,000 The Yes Guy 2,000,000,000 Candy Cane Power Plant 2,400,000,000

Mechanics

Two new mechanics were added to the game. The first is a character locator. At the top left of the screen, there is a face of a character. Clicking on that will take you to the character. The face will then change to another character.

Second is an easier way to navigate through friends. When you're in a friend's Springfield, there are two arrows in the bottom left of the screen, one pointing left and one pointing right. Clicking these will take to the previous or next Springfield on your friends list.

Gameplay

Too much of a Good Thing Pt. 1

The Holidays are here again? It seems like only yesterday I was tapping on my house and changing the design from "Christmas" to "plain." And so much snow! Hey, EA! Ever hear of global warming? The whole "White Christmas" thing doesn't really happen anymore. Lisa, everyone knows EA is overrun with global warming deniers. Every cent of profit from their games goes to support anti-environment think tanks. Fun fact! There's a big crate outside our house addressed to "Resident." Is that for us? Well, I don't mean to brag, but... yeah, it's true. Your old man is a "Resident." Been one my whole life. It's pretty sweet. Sorry we never told you you're descended from Residents. Your mother and I didn't want it to go to your head. You'd naturally want to lord it over other, less-fortunate kids at school. Yeah, thanks a bunch. I really just want to know what's inside the crate. The player receives "Too much of a Good Thing Pt. 1" which is to "Build the Present Depot". The player receives total 20 and and 10 in reward. Two thousand bucks shipping and handling for just a funny-looking metal coat rack? It's a Christmas Tree... I think.

Too much of a Good Thing Pt. 2

There's a memo attached to the bottom of the purchase order slip. "Dear Resident, due to a stack overflow error with the Naughty&Nice record of one Bartholomew J. Simpson, all of Springfield has been erroneously rated "Naughty" for the last ten years." "To rectify the situation, Claus Co is required to provide presents for the town of Springfield until this deficit have been made up." "Please accept this present delivery depot. Best Regards, The Claus Co Public Relations Department. Also, GLobal Warming is a hoax." Stupid stack overflow errors! Hey programmers, give your recursive functions the correct termination conditions! Sheesh! Uh, Dad? How do you know any of those words? I don't! But the people who write for me are colossal nerds. They think stuff like that's hilarious. Stupid nerds! The player receives "Too much of a Good Thing Pt. 2" which is to "Collect presents (x10)". The player receives total 20 and and 10 in reward.

The Face of the Holidays

With all this easy money around, Springfield is starting to remind me of a young Las Vegas. Only Springfield's organized crime problem is worse. And we lack Vegas's excellent schools, strong sense of community, and vibrant art scene. But we can give 'em a run for their money in one category -- lights! The player receives "Too much of a Good Thing Pt. 2" which is to "Have Types of Decorated Houses (x10)". The player receives total 60 and and 30 in reward.

After tapping on the character locator This town is too crowded. IT's impossible to find anyone I'm looking for. Yeah, well, I don't think anyone, in their darkest nightmare, envisioned Tapped Out lasting this long. Find but his is our reality now, however unpleasant. Hey, EA! You listening? Tell your best nerds to get working on it. Type-etty-type!

Too Much of A Good Thing Pt. 3

They're full of gift cards... I love getting gift cards! They let me choose the gift I want. Or, I can put them in a dresser drawer, forget they exist, and get nothing. Which is what happens 99.9% of the time. The choice is mine! They say they're redeemable at a store called "Clause Co." Claus Co? Never heard of them. But then again, there's lots of things I've never heard of. Like the Higgs Boson, for example. I've sure never heard of that thing! Anyway, free stuff is free stuff. Let's celebrate! The player receives "Too Much of A Good Thing Pt. 3" which is to "Make Homer Make a Snowman" and "Make Lisa make Snow Angels". It takes 16 and 6 hours and the player receives total 92 and 190 in reward.

Do Unto Others

We have so many presents. Let's share some with our friends in other Springfields. Giving away what's our for nothing? What a wonderful idea! I'm so proud of you honey. And so happy you're my daughter! ... You know I'm old enough to detect sarcasm, right? Oops. Sorry, I forgot. Let's do your plan, sweetie. Daddy's shutting up now. The player receives "Do Unto Others" which is to "Give Away Gift Bags (x3)" The player receives total 20 and 10 in reward.

Egg on Your Noggin'

The player receives "Egg on Your Noggin'" which is to "Place the Egg Nog Bar". The player receives total 20 and 10in reward. Whoo hoo! A new bar! Whoa, whoa, whoa! That place serves egg nog. If you drink that stuff, it could kill ya. Why? I'm not allergic to eggs. And I outgrew my childhood nog allergy years ago. But the spike the now with un-watererd down rum. As a customer of Moe's you've never had real booze before. It's just one more way Moe's takes care of its' valued lushes. Thanks, pal. Why, you couldn't pay me to drink that nog. But that's exactly what we'll do! A free Giveaway Weel token to one lucky customer every day! And just like that, I'm back on board!

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The player receives "Place the Christmas Tree". The player receives total 20 and 10in reward. *singing* O HOLIDAY TREE, O HOLIDAY TREE, COME MARCH YOU'LL BE A FIRE HAZARD. You could always throw out the dried-out tree in January, you know. Could, but won't

References

The Simpsons: Tapped Out
Appearances • Buildings • Building and decoration groups • Characters • Character groups • Content Updates and gameplays • Daily Challenges • Dates • Decorations • Extras • Friend Points • Land Expansions • Promo Purchase Items • Quests • Quotes • References • The Store • Tap Ball Commercials/Trailers The Simpsons: Tapped Out Trailer • The Simpsons: Tapped Out Return Trailer • Treehouse of Horror Update • Holiday 2012 Spot • Get It On Google Play • Treehouse of Horror Update 2013 Trailer • Christmas 2013 Trailer • Preparing for War • Halloween Update Trailer 2014 • Homer and Tap Ball • Superheroes 2 Unreleased content Unreleased Content • Unused quests • Unused social quests • Memorabilia