The Simpsons: Tapped Out Clash of Clones content update

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The app icon for the event.

The guide to the event.

"Build! Raid! Defend! Tap! War has come to Springfield! The Simpsons are ready to take up arms – are you? Play our latest update, and enjoy new and exciting features in Springfield as you've never seen it before!"

―The event description on the App Store.

Artwork for the event.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Clash of Clones content update is a content update that was released on August 19, 2014, under app version 4.10.2. It is a parody of the mobile game Clash of Clans.

The event lasts from August 19, 2014 until October 7, 2014, making this event the longest ever in the game, at 48 days. The event adds in three new buildings, castles, which the player has to defend from Nerds (other players' troops). The player can receive Elixir which is used to level up castles and Gold which is accumulated to collect exclusive, limited-time prizes, including costumes, premium decorations and two of the castles.

Event trailer

This event adds the 16-hour task added to the game with the previous update, "Play Clash of Castles", but was not able to be activated. A new strip of land was also added, along the bottom of Springfield, with prices exceeding 1 million for land for the first time.

Two content update related to the event have since been released, an update adding new decorations, and another offering a new costume.

The event has received mixed reviews from players, with some praising the event for its originality, creativity and friend interaction, and some criticizing the event for having almost nothing to do with the show at all.

Gameplay

Castle Levelling Up

File:TO Barbarian Castle Interface.png

The interface of the Barbarian Castle.

When the player taps on a castle, in this case the Barbarian Castle, they are presented with that interface. It tells them what level the Castle is currently on, and how much Elixir it will cost to level it up. It also shows the amount of nerds it generates per 2 hours. Upon levelling up, all castles display fireworks.

After a certain decoration for a castle is unlocked after levelling up, it is available in the store to buy for Elixir and Donuts. (Prior to a small update on August 27, 2014, Walls, Towers and Gates for a castle would be available after the castle surpassed Level 10.)

The highest level a castle can be levelled up to is (ostensibly) Level 9,999.

Some of this information may be incorrect:

Level Result Elixir required to level up to 1 5/2 hours N/A 2 10/2 hours 200 3 Increase max s by 5 350 4 Castle Walls Unlock1 600 5 Increase town defense bonus by 1 (1 hour additional defense time) 800 6 Castle Towers Unlock2 1,000 7 15/2 hours 1,300 8 4x Castle Walls 1,600 9 Increase max s by 5 2,000 10 Castle Gate 2,400 11 Increase town defense bonus by 1 (1 hour additional defense time) 2,900 12 20/2 Hours 3,400 13 10 additional Max. s 4,000 14 Increase town defense bonus by 1 (1 hour additional defense time) 4,600 15 25/2 Hours 5,300 16 10 additional Max. s 6,000 17 Increase town defense bonus by 1 (1 hour additional defense time) 6,800 18 30/2 Hours 7,600 19 10 additional Max. s 8,500 20 Increase town defense bonus by 1 (1 hour additional defense time) 9,400 21+ 1 Castle Wall 10,5003 Increases by 1,000 for each level.

^{1 link} Four are placed in the inventory.

^{2 link} Two are placed in the inventory.

^{3 link} Prior to an in-game update on September 4, the number was a massive 105,000 for Level 21.

Fireworks from the Barbarian Castle to celebrate its levelling up. Ready for the player to collect the accumulated nerds. The notification that appears when the player levels up to Level 2.

A summary of the three castles. If the player taps on the westernmost icon in the down-right corner, a jug icon, the Personal Prize screen will be brought up. If the player taps the "turret" icon to the left, a summary of all the castles will be brought up, as well as how many Nerds, Exilir, Gold and Cheaters the player has. It also displays the levels of the Castles, and the player's defense rating.

Character Levelling Up

You can level up a castle's costume at their respective castles. The player must accumulate a certain amount of gold and if they have obtained that amount, they can level up their costumes. Gold is cumulative, so the player won't have to spend gold on levelling up. Whenever a costume is levelled up, the player gets more reward for their tasks.

Castle Character Barbarian Castle Barbarian Homer Wizard Marge Castle Recycle Archer Lisa Boxingham Palace Goblin Bart

Levels

The following is a table of how much Gold a player needs to level up a certain costume. For example, for Archer Lisa to level up to Level 6, the table tells us the player will need 5,400.

After Level 10, each level requires an additional 1,500 for Barbarian Homer, 2,500 for Archer Lisa, 3,500 for Goblin Bart, and 5,000 for Wizard Marge.

The highest level a costume can be levelled up to is (ostensibly) Level 9,999.

Barbarian Homer Archer Lisa Goblin Bart Wizard Marge 1 Starting level 2 300 900 2,100 6,000 3 750 1,650 3,150 7,500 4 1,350 2,650 4,550 9,500 5 2,100 3,900 6,300 12,000 6 3,000 5,400 8,400 15,000 7 4,050 7,150 10,850 18,500 8 5,250 9,150 13,650 22,500 9 6,600 11,400 16,800 27,000 10 8,100 13,900 20,300 32,000 11+ 1,500 1 2,500 1 3,500 1 5,000 1

^{1 link} Amount of additional Gold required per level

Levelling Up Messages

Level Barbarian Homer Archer Lisa Goblin Bart Wizard Marge 1 Starting level 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+ Level-up notice is just their unlock image, "[costume] is now Level [x]" and the quote "Keep upgrading this character for bragging rights!"

Task rewards

This applies to all costumes:

Level 60m 4h 8h 12h 16h 24h 1 1, 17 4, 45 8, 70 10, 100 15, 150 20, 150 2 2, 17 5, 45 9, 70 11, 100 17, 150 22, 150 3 10, 70 12, 100 18, 150 23, 150 4 24, 150 5 12, 100 19, 150 25, 150 6 6, 45 11, 70 20, 150 26, 150 7 14, 100 21, 150 27, 150 8 12, 70 28, 150 9 15, 100 22, 150 29, 150 10+ 23, 150 30, 150

Attacking

The player can only attack five buildings in one town, and if in a friend's town, only five times daily.

Nerds

Each of the three castles, Barbarian Castle, Boxingham Palace and Castle Recycle, generates nerds like a currency. The more nerds the player attacks with, the faster the player earns the reward. The fastest a player can destroy a castle is 4h; a house can be destroyed in 60m if the player uses the maximum amount of 9 nerds to attack. To defend the player's buildings against attacks, the player must tap the shield icon in their town. If a player's building is destroyed, they just tap it and it instantly rebuilds, with an elixir and gold reward.

Upon beginning the event, the maximum amount of Nerds a player can have is 40, which can be increased by levelling up castles, and the maximum amount of Nerds that can attack a building is 9, which can be increased with other town's defense ratings. Upon completion of "Prince and the Premise Pt. 2" the player automatically receives 10 Nerds.

Image Name Cost Gang of 5 Nerds 2 Mob of 10 Nerds 3 Army of 20 Nerds 4

The player can either attack a random town, which they can do by pressing the icon in the top-right corner and pressing "Attack" on the next notification, or a friend's town through the normal means.

Here's the statistics:

Some of this information may be outdated, as some figures and amounts were changed with an in-game update on August 27, 2014.

Attacking... Result Reward Random town Castle Win 140, 50 Lose 10, 2 House Win 70, 25 Lose 5, 2 Friend's town Castle Win 25, 10 Lose 10, 2 House Win 18, 8 Lose 5, 1 Other Springfield Castle 25, 10 House 18, 8

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  Preparing to attack a building.

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  Nerds attacking a building.

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  It's raiding time!

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  It's raiding time, but are you sure you've got enough nerds?

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  Someone's attacking this building.

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  Add some nerds before you attack.

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  The reward of successful attacks.

Cheaters

Once the player collects 800 Gold they will unlock the ability to buy Cheaters; once the player collects 800 Gold they receive a Handful as a Personal Prize. Cheaters are how the player destroys a building immediately (instead of using nerds), can defend the player's buildings under attack (all at once) and can instantly repair all damage to the player's town. To clear a town, the player must tap the cheater shield icon at the top-right corner of their screen. To attack with a cheater, the player must choose the option to wreck immediately at the bottom of the building attack screen. When one defends, there is a 2% probability that a Single Cheaters 20 will be rewarded.

The player can purchase Cheaters for Donuts, but only after receiving the quest "Rolling With It":

Image Name Costs Single Cheaters 20 9 Handful of 5 Cheaters 20s 44 Bag of 20 Cheaters 20s 155

Buildings that can be attacked

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  Flanders House

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  Brown House

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  Purple House

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  Blue House

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  Van Houten House

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  Pink House

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  White House

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  Willie's Shack

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  Orange House

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  Muntz House

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  Wiggum House

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  Skinner House

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  Sanjay's House

Premium Crazy Cat House

Treehouse of Horror XXIV Pumpkin House Gingerbread House

Castles

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  Barbarian Castle

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  Castle Recycle

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  Boxingham Palace

Defending

If the player defends their buildings by tapping the shield icon the player will earn the amount the attacker would have won if successful, doubled. Defending your buildings are only available upon the activation of the quest "Defend Your Honor". By levelling up a castle, the player can increase the defense rating of their town, which appears on the "Castle Summary" menu. The higher the rating is, the more nerds it takes for another player to complete their attack of the building concerned as quick.

Here's the statistics:

Attacking... Result Reward Castle or House Win 20, 10 Lose 10, 5

If a player attacks another town, and the player whose town was attacked defends their buildings before the attacker's nerds complete the attack, the attacker receives the following amounts for friends and random invaders:

Building Reward House 5, 1 Castle 10, 2

Whenever a player defends a building, a quote appears:

• "[player name] made us do it"
• "[player name] will have their revenge"
• "[player name] will have his revenge"
• "We die for the [player name] empire"

Whenever someone who attacks the player isn't one of their friends, "An Invader" will appear in place of a player name.

Repairing

A destroyed Barbarian Castle.

When a building is destroyed the "build" icon will hover above it, and once the player taps that, it will restore the building however reset the timer to give out rewards. A possible glitch is that whenever the player logs on next it is restored to where it would have been if the building wasn't destroyed. The player is rewarded with 5 and 10.

A quote appears:

• "[player name] sends his regards"
• "[player name] hopes you like repairing"

Whenever someone who destroys a player's building(s) isn't one of their friends, "An Invader" will appear in place of a player name.

Quests

To view the questlines with dialogue, please go to the unabridged version.

Note: The table column marked with means that whatever character is in that column, they activate the quest. If there is no character listed, the quest does not require a character to activate it.

Main event questlines

Prince and the Premise

Prior to an in-game update on August 27, 2014, all of the questline was unlocked after Level 6.

The player has to be Level 6 or above in order to play Pts. 1-8, Level 7 to play Pts. 9-10, Level 9 to play Pts. 11-13, Level 12 to play Pts. 14-17 and Level 15 to play Pts. 18-23.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Make Barbarian Attack the Simpson House 1h, requires Simpson House 100, 10 Pt. 2 Barbarian Build the Barbarian Castle Costs 1,000, 16h to build 100, 10 Pt. 3 Barbarian Attack Another Springfield Use s to attack another town's building Pt. 4 Homer Make Homer Attack Barbarian 6s, requires Barbarian and Barbarian Castle Pt. 5 Barbarian Make Barbarian Chase Homer with an Axe 2h, requires Homer Pt. 6 Make Homer Drink at Moe's 8h, requires Moe's Tavern Make Barbarian Drink at Moe's Pt. 7 Homer Make Homer Drink 10 More Beers 60m, requires Moe's Tavern Make Barbarian Drink 10 More Beers Pt. 81 Homer Collect Gold [x200] Make Homer Bulk Up 4h, requires Krusty Burger Make Barbarian Get a Haircut 4h, requires Barbarian Castle/Jake's Unisex Hair Palace (if built) Make Homer and Barbarian Switch Places 45s, requires Barbarian Castle Pt. 9 Homer Barbarian Make Homer Barbarian Pretend to Be a Sitcom Dad 8h, requires Simpson House Pt. 10 Homer Barbarian Reach Level 9 Build Springfield Elementary Requires Level 9 Make Homer Barbarian Chase Bully with an Axe 4h, requires Springfield Elementary and/or Nelson2 Pt. 11 Homer Barbarian Make Lisa Play in the Recital 12h, Springfield Elementary Make Homer Barbarian Make Springfielders Attend the Recital 12h Make Springfielders Attend the Recital Under Threat of Death [x10] 12h, requires Springfield Elementary Pt. 12 Homer Barbarian Make Homer Barbarian Express his Rage Against Noobs 12h The next part of this questline will not unlock until "Clash of Clones Pts. 1 – 4" have been completed. Pt. 13 Barbarian Homer Make Barbarian Attack the Simpson House 60m, requires Simpson House 100, 10 Pt. 14 Barbarian Homer Make [Barbarian] Homer Hide Unconscious Barbarian In Brown House3 4h, requires Brown House and Barbarian Pt. 15 Barbarian Homer Build Castle Recycle Personal Prize, 24h to build Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 4 at Castle Recycle Build Boxingham Palace Personal Prize, 24h to build Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 3 at Boxingham Palace Pt. 16 Barbarian Homer Make Homer Pose as the Barbarian Posing as Homer 12h, Simpson House Pt. 17 Homer Make Barbarian Homer Express his Rage Against Noobs 12h The next part of this questline will not unlock until "The Power of Upgrades Pts. 1 – 3" have been completed. Pt. 18 Barbarian Homer Upgrade Barbarian Castle to Level 10 at Barbarian Castle 100, 10 Upgrade Castle Recycle to Level 8 at Castle Recycle Upgrade Boxingham Palace to Level 7 at Boxingham Palace Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 7 at Castle Recycle Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 5 at Boxingham Palace Upgrade Wizard Marge to Level 3 at Barbarian Castle Pt. 19 Goblin Bart Make Archer Lisa Think About the Impacts of Raiding 8h, requires Castle Recycle Pt. 20 Archer Lisa Make Mr. Burns Blow Lisa's Mind 24h, requires Archer Lisa and Simpson House Pt. 21 Wizard Marge Make The Simpsons Steal Premium Currency 24h, Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa 15, 10 Pt. 22 Archer Lisa Make Lisa Reluctantly Sing Karaoke 60m 100, 10 Make Marge Relucantly Sing Karaoke 60m Pt. 23 Barbarian Homer Reach Level 25 and Build the Burns Manor Make Barbarian Go on a Date with Smithers 2h, requires Smithers and Gilded Truffle

^{1 link} This quest unlocks Barbarian Homer and Homer Barbarian, provided the player has already accumulated 200.

^{2 link} If the player is below Level 21, this task will be able to completed requiring Springfield Elementary only, however for future non-quest use of this task requires Nelson to be unlocked.

^{3 link} It states Homer is the one who is to be sent on the task, when it is actually BARBARIAN Homer.

Clash of Clones

Prior to an in-game update on August 27, 2014, this questline would activate normally after the player completed Pt. 12 of "Prince and the Premise".

To play this questline, the player needs to be on Level 7.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Barbarian Homer Collect Gold [x300] 100, 10 Upgrade Barbarian Homer to Level 2 at Barbarian Castle Pt. 2 Barbarian Homer Make Barbarian Homer Go on an Elixir Bender 24h Pt. 3 Barbarian Make Barbarian Homer Go on an Elixir Bender 24h Pt. 4 Homer Make Barbarian Homer Confront Gold Farmers 16h, Cletus's Farm

The Power of Upgrades

Prior to an in-game update on August 27, 2014, this questline activated normally.

To play Pt. 1 of this questline, the player must be Level 12, and to play Pts. 2-3 the player must be Level 15.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 14 Homer Reach Level 15 and Build Moe's Tavern Collect Gold [x5000] 100, 10 Pt. 2 Homer Make Wizard Marge Throw Fireballs 4h Pt. 3 Homer Make Wizard Marge Put on a Magic Show 12h, requires Springfield Elementary

^{4 link} Completion of this quest unlocks Wizard Marge from the inventory.

Castle-related questlines

Extreme Castle Makeover

To start this questline, the quest "Prince and the Premise Pt. 3" must be completed.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Upgrade Barbarian Castle [to Level 4] at Barbarian Castle 100, 10 Place Castle Walls [x4] Pt. 2 Upgrade Barbarian Castle [to Level 6] at Barbarian Castle Place Castle Towers [x2] Pt. 3 Place Medieval Decorations [x10] Specifies decorations bought with , s or through castle upgrades. Pt. 4 Upgrade Barbarian Castle [to Level 10] at Barbarian Castle Place Castle Gates

Eco Castle

To start this questline, the quest "Prince and the Premise Pt. 9" must be completed.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Lisa Collect Gold [x400] To unlock as a Personal Prize 100, 10 Build Castle Recycle Personal Prize, 24h to build, unlocks Archer Lisa Pt. 2 Archer Lisa Make Archer Lisa Shoot Arrows 8h Pt. 3 Archer Lisa Collect Gold [x900] To be able to unlock upgrade Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 2 at Castle Recycle Make Archer Lisa Make Arrows 60m, requires Castle Recycle Pt. 4 Archer Lisa Place a Recycled Tower Unlocked through upgrading Castle Recycle Make Archer Lisa Judge People from Above 24h, requires Recycled Tower Upgrade Castle Recycle [to Level 6] at Castle Recycle Pt. 5 Place 9 Recycled Decorations Specifies those unlocked through Castle Recycle upgrades. Upgrade Castle Recycle [to Level 10] at Castle Recycle

Boxed In

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Collect Gold [x1400] To unlock as a Personal Prize 100, 10 Build Boxingham Palace Personal Prize, 24h to build, unlocks Goblin Bart Pt. 2 Make Goblin Bart Loot 12h Pt. 3 Collect Gold [x2100] To be able to unlock upgrade Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 2 at Boxingham Palace Make Goblin Bart Pillage Teacher's Fridge 8h, requires Springfield Elementary Pt. 4 Goblin Bart Place 3 Cardboard Decorations Unlocked through upgrading Boxingham Pallace Make Goblin Bart Check for Traps 4h Upgrade Boxingham Palace [to Level 6] at Boxingham Palace Pt. 5 Place 9 Cardboard Decorations Specifies those unlocked through Boxingham Palace upgrades. Upgrade Boxingham Palace [to Level 10] at Boxingham Palace

Tutorial-like quests

Defend Your Honor

Activated Task Reward When the player's town is attacked Defend a Building [x5] Tap the "shield" icon above 5 buildings. 100 and 10

Eye for an Eye

Activated Task Reward After defending one building Get Revenge Tap on an attacked building, then the "Get Revenge" button to be taken to the invader's town. 100 and 10

Splinter is Coming

Activated Task Reward When a building is destroyed Repair a Building [x3] Tap the "build" icon that floats above the destroyed building. 100 and 10

Rolling With It

Activated Task Reward Upon receiving a Handful of 5 Cheaters 20s as a Personal Prize Destroy a Building with a Cheaters 20 When in another town, tap the red button which allows to destroy a building immediately. 100 and 10 Use a Cheaters 20 to Defend Your Town When a town is attacked, tap on the Cheaters icon in the top-right corner and tap on the screen to automatically defend all buildings and collect all rewards.

Other quests

Prize-related

Quest Task Reward Think Happy Thoughts Place Catapult After unlocking it as a Personal Prize and placing from the inventory. 100, 10 Statuesque Barbarian Place Barbarian Statue After unlocking it as a Personal Prize and placing from the inventory.

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive

Prior to an in-game update on August 27, 2014, this questline was named "Shock to Your System" and the task was just to "Collect Gold".

This questline unlocks after unlocking Wizard Marge as a Personal Prize.

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Collect Gold [x9500] To unlock Elixir Bundle, a Personal Prize 100 and 10 Upgrade Archer Lisa [to Level 8] at Castle Recycle Upgrade Wizard Marge [to Level 4] at Barbarian Castle Pt. 2 Collect Gold [x15000] To unlock Hot Air Balloon, a Personal Prize Upgrade Barbarian Homer [to Level 14] at Barbarian Castle Upgrade Goblin Bart [to Level 8] at Boxingham Palace Pt. 3 Collect Gold [x22000] To unlock Three Towers, a Personal Prize Upgrade Barbarian Homer [to Level 19] at Barbarian Castle Upgrade Archer Lisa [to Level 13] at Castle Recycle Pt. 4 Collect Gold [x30000] To unlock Catapult, a Personal Prize Upgrade Goblin Bart [to Level 12] at Boxingham Palace Upgrade Wizard Marge [to Level 9] at Barbarian Castle Pt. 5 Collect Gold [x38000] To unlock Barbarian Statue & Banners, Personal Prizes Upgrade Archer Lisa [to Level 19] at Castle Recycle Upgrade Goblin Bart [to Level 15] at Boxingham Palace

Metagaming

Quest Task Reward Pt. 1 Shadow Knight Place Shadow Knight's Throne From the inventory. Make Shadow Knight Question His Existence 10h, requires Shadow Knight's Throne Pt. 2 Shadow Knight Make Shadow Knight Continue to Question His Existence 24h, requires Shadow Knight's Throne Pt. 3 Shadow Knight Reach Level 13 and Build Android's Dungeon Make Shadow Knight Play "Swords and Slaughter" 60m, requires Android's Dungeon Pt. 4 Shadow Knight Make Shadow Knight Go on a Killing Spree 12h

Characters

Image Character Unlock message Notes Barbarian Is unvoiced. Part of character collection "Clash of Clones". Unreleased: Amateur Mage "Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!" Brave Tin Knight "Let's hurry, I need to be home by 9." Rascal Rogue "Does having two weapons make me look cool?" Warrior of Muffintop "For the glory of Mount Muffintop!"

September 4th content update

Image Character Costs Unlock message Action 100px Two-nicorn 70 Tap him to see a magical rainbow.

Costumes

Image Name Character Unlock message Notes Barbarian Homer Homer Is a prize unlocked after collecting 200 Gold Homer Barbarian Barbarian Is a prize unlocked after collecting 200 Gold Archer Lisa Lisa Is a prize unlocked after collecting 400 Gold Goblin Bart Bart Is a prize unlocked after collecting 1400 Gold Wizard Marge Marge Is a prize unlocked after collecting 5000 Gold. Unlocked after starting "The Power of Upgrades Pt. 1".

October 2nd content update

Image Name Character Unlock message Notes Shadow Knight Bart Was offered for 200 along with a decoration.

NPCs

Image Character Notes 100px An invader A defender

Buildings

Note: It appears that prior to a small updated on August 21, 2014, both Castle Recycle and Boxingham Palace could be unlocked once completing "Prince and the Premise Pt. 9".

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Barbarian Castle 1,000 16h Training Nerds Earn Nerds every 2 hours, rewards 1,000 upon building. Castle Recycle FREE 24h Training Nerds Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 400 Gold, but remains in the inventory locked until "Eco Castle Pt. 1" is completed. Earn Nerds every 2 hours, rewards 1,000 upon building. Boxingham Palace FREE 24h Training Nerds Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 1400 Gold, but remains in the inventory locked until "Boxed In Pt. 1" is completed. Earn Nerds every 2 hours, rewards 1,000 upon building.

September 4th content update

Re-introduced buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Fort Sensible 65 24 hours Boring Schoolchildren From the Whacking Day 2013 event. Freak Show Tent 80 From the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event.

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Hay Cart 200 Stock 475 Catapult 65 (after receive one as prize) Is a prize also. Unlocked after collecting 30000 Gold. 2.25% bonus money and XP to all jobs. Chicken Coop 30 0.50% bonus money and XP to all jobs. Flaming Torch 10 0.20% bonus money and XP to all jobs. Hot Air Balloon 55 (after receive one as prize) Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 15000 Gold. 2% bonus money and XP to all jobs. Castle Wall 100 Upon levelling up Barbarian Castle after Level 4, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 8 free through upgrades. Castle Tower 750 Is a prize also. Unlocked after collecting 22000 Gold. Upon levelling up Barbarian Castle after Level 6, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 2 free through the upgrade. Castle Gates 1,500 Upon levelling up Barbarian Castle after Level 10, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 1 free through the upgrade. Cardboard Wall 2 Upon levelling up Boxingham Palace after Level 4, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 8 free through the upgrades. Cardboard Tower 20 Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 22000 Gold. Upon levelling up Boxingham Palace after Level 6, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 2 free through the upgrade. Cardboard Gates 40 Upon levelling up Boxingham Palace after Level 10, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 1 free through the upgrade. Recycled Wall 2 Upon levelling up Castle Recycle after Level 4, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 8 free through the upgrades. Recycled Tower 20 Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 22000 Gold. Upon levelling up Castle Recycle after Level 6, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 2 free through the upgrade. Recycled Gates 40 Upon levelling up Castle Recycle after Level 10, this decoration is able to buy, as well as receiving 1 free through the upgrade. Medieval Banner 950, 15, 12 Red & Gold and Blue & Biege Banners available as a prize for 38000 Gold. Premium banners give 0.25% bonus money and XP to all jobs. Barbarian Statue Is a prize. Unlocked after collecting 38000 Gold.

September 4th content update

Image Name Cost Notes Elixir Mixer 65 Every 8 hours earns 35 Treasure Chest 85 Every 12 hours earns 20 Barracks 40 Windmill 2,000 Two-Story Outhouse 3,000 Guillotine 5,000 Medieval Tent 300 Re-introduced items Box of Fireworks 50 From the 4th of July events. Satan's Anvil 225 From the Stonecutters event.

October 2nd content update

Image Name Cost Notes Shadow Knight Throne 200 If bought for 200 through offer, it also unlocks a new costume, Shadow Knight.

Personal Prizes

These are Personal Prizes which can be unlocked once the player has accumulated a certain amount of Gold. They can also be bought for Donuts.

Prior to a small update on August 27, 2014, the picture for 4,000 was used instead of the picture for 1,000, the 9,500 Personal Prize.

Prize Unlock when gathered... Barbarian Homer & Homer Barbarian 200 Gold / 100 Castle Recycle & Archer Lisa 400 Gold / 115(?) Cheaters 20 Pack 800 Gold / 175(?) Boxingham Palace & Goblin Bart 1400 Gold / 210(?) Wizard Marge 5000 Gold / 300(?) Elixir Bundle [1000 Elixir] 9500 Gold / 345(?) Hot Air Balloon 15000 Gold / 425(?) Three Towers 22000 Gold / 500 Catapult 30000 Gold / 535 Barbarian Statue & Banners 38000 Gold / 585

Once all the prizes have been unlocked:

System Message Congratulations! You've collected all the Personal Prizes. System Message But why stop attacking? It's not like anyone is going to stop attacking you. System Message Plus, we'll give you a big pack of Elixir if you collect more Gold. Quest: Cyclical Violence - Collect Gold [x8000]

Once the 8,000 to complete the quest has been accumulated:

File:TO COC Personal Prize Elixir Bonus.png

The player receives a bonus of 1,000, and the "Cyclical Violence" quest again.

Purchasing Elixir

Elixir is a currency of the event which every weekend (which constitutes of between Friday 7pm GMT and Monday 7am GMT), the player can purchase for donuts, but requires completion of "Prince and the Premise Pt. 3": (Prior to an in-game update on September 9, 2014, Elixir could be purchased every Wednesday).

Elixir Donuts 200 6 1000 26 Also available as a prize when the player has collected 9,500 4000 100

On September 12, 2014, an in-game update was released which prompted the following upon the start of the first "Elixir Weekend":

System Message: Elixir will be available in the store every weekend. Woo-hoo! I can finally have my drinking binges on the weekend... the way God intended!

Land Expansion

This strip of land is the southernmost.

1,500,000 900,000 600,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,500,000

Other changes made

Launch

• Superintendent Chalmers' 8-hour task to "Catch Some Dinnerrrr" and Judge Snyder's 24-hour task to "Take A 24 Hour Vacation" now require the Minnow Pond and will not be available if the Minnow Pond is already occupied.
• The character group "KrustylandGoers" has been removed from characters descriptions.
• Eddie and Lou no longer have 4-hour tasks in Krustyland to "Ride The Viking Boat".
• The Rush Rate to claim the Capital City Goofball in the Friend Points level 8 has been cut in half.
• Pokey the Guinea Pig (from "The War of Art" episode tie-in)'s animation will now appear when tapped in a friend's town.

Languages

• Seven additional languages have been added to the language options. The list is now: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Turkish, and Thai.

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  Danish splash screen

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  Swedish and Norwergian splash screen

Other Springfield

Other Springfield changed with this update. All players have access to a Level 40 Other Springfield, which contains the event's features. All of the buildings available in the event have been built, as well as, presumably, all the decorations. All the costumes have also been unlocked in this town. The town also has a reduced number of buildings, and misses out some normal gameplay buildings randomly from various levels. A glitch is that upon their first visit to Other Springfield from the start of the event, the player could collect money, XP, Friend Points and Nerds from the buildings introduced in this update despite any waiting time remaining until the player could normally access and collect rewards.

August 21th update

• Everything from this event in the build menu is now marked as "Limited Time".
• Castle Recycle and Boxingham Palace now require "Eco Castle Pt. 1" and "Boxed In Pt. 1" to be unlocked from the inventory instead of "Prince and the Premise Pt. 9"
• Both castles now give 10 points of Indolence each, they were marked as Obedience before. The Barbarian Castle still gives 10 points of Obedience.
• Some castle decorations (unlocked through levelling up castles) now may be placed on the beach.
• The Hot Air Balloon and Flaming Torch can now be placed on the boardwalk.
• The tasks "Bulk Up" (Homer, 4h) and "Feast Until Belly Becomes Bloated" (Barbarian, 8h) can now use Krusty Burger franchise locations in addition to the original.
• Similarly, the "Use Coupons to Buy Spell Components" task (Wizard Marge, 4h) can now use Kwik-E-Mart franchise locations for this task, in addition to the original.
• The Barbarian starts the quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 5" rather than Homer.
• The quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 14" now requires that the quest "Boxed In Pt. 1" be completed in addition to "Prince and The Premise Pt. 13".
• The quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 21" now awards 2 and 10 instead of 100 and 10.
• Costumes for the event now appear in the character collection "Clash of Clones", which previously only contained the Barbarian.

August 27th update

Event-related

• Icon on the bottom right of the screen was changed from the turret icon to the trophy jug icon. Tapping it takes the player to the Personal Prizes, where they can still access the Castle Summary by tapping the turret icon in the lower right corner.
• The icon on the Elixir Bundle in the Personal Prizes screen was changed from the inaccurate 4000 Elixir to the 1000 Elixir icon, as the prize was truly 1,000.
• The Barbarian was added to the Regular Characters character group.
• The Medieval Banners, Hay Cart, Stock, Flaming Torch, and Chicken Coop now appear in the build menu all the time, even if the player does not obtain the Elixir required to purchase the item. The Hot Air Balloon will not appear for purchase until 15,000 is accumulated, neither will the Catapult until 30,000 is accumulated.
• Castle Walls are now enabled for purchase after the Barbarian Castle is level 4 and the Castle Tower when it is level 6. They required level 10 before. Also, to purchase the Cardboard Walls requires Boxingham Palace to be level 4 and the Tower requires it to be level 6 now. Recycled Walls require Castle Recycle to be level 4 and the Tower requires it to be level 6 now.
• Castle Wall, Castle Tower, Castle Gates, Red Medieval Banner, Hay Cart, and Stock have Chain Placement enabled so they should line up when placing more than one.
• Dewey Largo, Chester Dupree, and Chester Lampwick will earn at a premium rate for the task "Attend The Recital Under Threat of Death", which is used in the quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 11".
• "Prince and The Premise Pts. 1-8" now require at least game level 6 to start. "Prince and the Premise Pts. 9-10" and "Clash of Clones" Pts. 1-4 require at least game level 7. Parts 11-13 require game level 9. Parts 14-17 and "The Power of Upgrades Pt. 1" require game level 12. "The Power of Upgrades" Pts. 2 and 3 and "Prince and The Premise Pts. 18-23" require game level 15.
• Payouts on the completion of quest "Prince and the Premise Pt. 21" has changed again, from 2 and 10 to 15 and 10.
• Code was added to purportedly fix the "Rolling With It" bug where using a cheater d20 to defend the player's town would not count for the quest to complete.
• Completing the Clash of Clones character collection now awards 1,500 and 30 instead of 250 and 5.

Normal gameplay

• Code was added to both the Spuckler child cash generation mechanism and the Krustyland visitor ticket generation to make the notifications clearer.

September 4th update

• Fort Sensible, Box of Fireworks, Freak Show Tent, and Satan's Anvil return as premium limited-time items.
• The Cannon was added to the Clash of Clones build menu.
• A bug with dates was fixed, rewarding the nerd bonus from the glitched August 30 "Special Troop Saturday" when installing the update.
• The Two-nicorn was added to the "Exotic Animals and Pets" character collection.
• The amount needed to update castles beyond level 20 was changed. The old formula was 250 * (castle level + 1) * (castle level + 2). New formula is 25 * (castle level + 1) * (castle level + 2). Upgrading a level 20 castle under the old formula cost 115,500, under the new it costs 11,550 Elixir.
• In the task "Attend The Recital Under Threat Of Death" which is used by almost every character in the quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 11", both Rex Banner and George Washington will now earn at their premium rate.
• A new temporary quest, "Attack Benefits", was added to explain how to attack with a maximum chance of succeeding.
• The 4 hour job "Hide Unconscious Barbarian In Brown House" from the quest "Prince and The Premise Pt. 14" now pays the 4 hour Elixir rate rather than the 7 hour.
• Satan's Anvil now earns 5,000 when placed and gives 2000 Vanity points rather than 0 and 10 Vanity points. It also costs 225.
• The Freak Show Tent now gives 800 vanity points when it used to give 150.

September 9th update

• The default payout for premium 6 hour buildings was adjusted from 175 and 17 to 175 and 18.
• Fort Sensible now earns as a premium building (at the 6 hour adjusted rate).
• Shary Bobbins was moved back from the More Oddballs character collection to Helpful Guest Stars, after she was moved in the Level 44 update.
• The Freak Show Tent is no longer sellable.
• Elixir is now only available to be bought for s on weekends rather than Wednesdays. The first Elixir Weekend starts on September 12th, 19:00 GMT and expires September 15th 07:00 GMT.

October 2nd update

Shadow Knight Offer

On October 2, 2014, an offer to buy the Shadow Knight costume for Bart, as well as the Shadow Knight Throne decoration, was launched, like a Gil offer, for 200. The offer will end at the same time the Clash of Clones event ends on October 7, 2014. This offer requires Level 5 to be activated and is found in both the "Clash of Clones" and "Decorations" menus. It also activated a questline.

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  The offer.

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  Its own place in the "Clash of Clones" menu.

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  Its own place in the "Decorations" menu.

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  Its own place in the "Premium Stuff" menu.

NPCs available in the store

To view the dialogue that happened activating this, click here.

At 8am GMT on October 3, 2014, the Nerd NPCs were made available in the store (in both the "Clash of Clones" and "Decorations" menus), and it requires Level 6 to be able to purchase them.

Blue Red NPC Price NPC Price Blue Knight Nerd 35 Red Knight Nerd 45 Blue Warrior Nerd 45 Red Warrior Nerd 40 Blue Mage Nerd 35,000 Red Mage Nerd 50,000 Blue Rogue Nerd 40 Red Rogue Nerd 35

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  The different types of nerds.

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  The notice saying the nerds were available in the store.

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  Its own place in the "Clash of Clones" menu.

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  Its own place in the "Decorations" menu.

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  Its own place in the "Premium Stuff" menu.

Special Currency Additions

Free Donuts

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The notice.

Around 3:30am GMT on August 21, 2014, a push notification was sent out: "Who says winter should get all the wars? Nobody. That's why these Springfield battles are a summertime affair. Play now and earn 15 FREE donuts!". However, when players logged on, there were no donuts added to the total or no notification to accept them. At 12:06pm on the same day, the notification was sent out again, but still there were no extra donuts. At approximately 8pm GMT that day, a notification was sent out reading "Thanks for joining the Clash of Clones! There's a little bonus waiting in your Springfield." And at last, the player received the free 15.

Special Troop Saturdays

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The notice that appeared upon entering Springfield.

It was reported on Reddit on August 22, 2014 that there would be "something that's going to happen each Saturday at 6:01pm", and that "Your nerds will be refilled up to the max".

On August 23, 2014, the game's Facebook page released this:

Are you raiding without all your troops again? They should wear sweaters - it’s cold outside. Your mom will backseat play for you unless you use all your troops to take advantage of the special troop replenishment every Saturday during the event!

At 6:01pm GMT on August 23, 2014, a push notification was sent out: "A new wave of suicidal nerds has entered Springfield. You now have a full army!", marking the first "Special Troop Saturday", when all players have nerds added the maximum allowed. Upon entering Springfield, the players are greeted with a notice (pictured right).

Players can change the maximum capacity of nerds by levelling up the three castles. (See Castle Levelling Up).

The following Saturday, August 30, 2014, saw the majority of players not receiving any extra nerds whatsoever, with EA Customer Service commenting that they were aware of the issue. Due to a glitch concerning the dates for the August 30 "Special Troop Saturday," following an in-game update on September 4, 2014, the player's nerds were increased to the maximum.

The September 6 and 13 "Special Troop Saturday" occurred normally without glitches.

Teasers

The first knowledge of the update was released on August 18, 2014, when a picture of the Barbarian was released on Facebook, along with a description:

Has Homer devolved? Or is this just an elaborate ruse by EA to re-popularize the unibrow (or, as they call it, the mustache of the forehead)? Stay tuned and play Tapped Out this week to find out what’s going on!

The same day, on EA's Instagram account, a picture of Bart and Lisa's costumes was released, along with the description:

War is coming to Springfield! Ready your sword and shield! Your bow and quiver! Your wizard hat and inhaler! Coming this week, The Simpsons: Tapped Out gets a new update!

Other notifications

• At around 6:10am GMT on September 6, 2014, a notification was sent out: "The nerd horde has unlocked a treasure trove of items now available in the build menu! Check out their bounty or they'll unlock their nerd rage!" to promote the September 4 in-game content update that brought new event-related items.
• Frequently a notification is sent out reading "Your army awaits! Invade other Springfields to earn more Elixir and Gold!". It is unknown what this means, but could be a notification to announce a certain castle has now finished "Training Nerds".
• At around 3:04am GMT on October 4, 2014, a notification was sent out: "Shadow Knight has arrived in Springfield! A game within a game? It's like an MC Escher painting! Donuts are basically lazy Mobius Strips anyway." to promote the Shadow Knight costume/decoration combo offer. This notification was later sent out the same day at 11:04am GMT.

References

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• TSTOForum
  • "Do you love or hate this event?"
  • Clash of Clones: Guide to Clashing
• Reddit - Tapped out
  • Free donuts?
  • 15 Free Donuts
• The Simpsons: Tapped Out Official Facebook Page on Facebook
  • (Special Troop Saturdays)
  • (Barbarian Teaser)
• TSTO Addicts
  • NERDS!!!!!
  • Clash of Clones LIVE for All! (Updated and Complete)
• Instagram - EA Mobile

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