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A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe
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Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 5
Update: Better Late Than Forever
Required characters: Normal Springfielders, Lisa, Homer, Caveman Homer
Optional characters: Time Traveler Frink, Otto, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s): AModernStoneAgeCatastrophe
ID(s): 276001 - 276005
Previous quest(s): Why 2K?
Next quest(s): A Sound of Blunder


A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Better Late Than Forever content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After completing Why 2K?
Marge - Confused Are those dinosaurs walking around town?
Homer - Confused Is it me, or does that one kinda look like my dad?
Grampasaurus - Annoyed Get out of my way, shorty!
Time Traveler Frink - Surprised Something went wrong and the entire city has been sent back to the Pleistocene!
Quimby - Sad Like all of my political mistakes, no one could have predicted this.
Lisa - Sad *sigh*
Moe - Sad So we're stuck back in the Stone Age? At least my eyebrows will fit in here.
Homer - Thoughtful It's gonna take a lot of donuts to speed up time enough to get us to the present.
Time Traveler Frink - Nervous The important thing is avoiding the Butterfly Effect. Anything we do here could cause catastrophic changes to our future!
Moe - Confused Uh...what?
Homer - Surprised I think he's saying the butterflies are even more dangerous than dinosaurs!
Homer - Angry There's one! Get it!
Time Traveler Frink - Sad Oh, boy.
Task: "Collect Wooden Clubs" (x155).
Task: "Make Springfielders Complain About Being Stuck in the Past" (x5). The jobs take place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
If Time Traveler Frink is owned: Task: "Make Time Traveler Frink Warn About the Butterfly Effect". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Help Explain the Butterfly Effect". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Eat the First Butterfly He Sees". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Time Traveler Frink - Surprised Did you just eat a butterfly?
Homer - Mouth Full You know what they say — butterflies are the donuts of the Stone Age.
Time Traveler Frink - Annoyed No one says that.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Caveman Homer

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Caveman Moe Y'know, this Stone Age ain't so bad. No responsibility, no pressure, free pickled eggs all over the place...
Lisa - Nervous Uh, Moe, I think those are just regular eggs. Regular pterodactyl eggs...
Caveman Moe - Sad Is that why I keep feeling wings beating in my stomach?
Time Traveler Frink - Nervous I need to figure out a way to transport Springfield back to our old present before things get really crazy.
Caveman Homer - Annoyed Without my donuts, I feel crazy already.
Caveman Moe - Annoyed *throwing a rock* Go back to your cave, you ape!
Lisa - Defeated Our odds of avoiding crazy seem to be pretty slim at this point.
Time Traveler Frink - Sad Less than a smidgeon.
Task: "Collect Wooden Clubs" (x125).
If Time Traveler Frink is owned: Task: "Make Time Traveler Frink Panic". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Watch Frink Panic". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Springfielders Embrace Stone Age Lifestyle" (x5). The jobs take place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
If Otto is owned: Task: "Make Otto Get the Good Kind of Stoned". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Caveman Homer Get the Bad Kind of Stoned". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Tar Pit

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Caveman Moe Not workin' and relaxin' are both nice, but is there anything needlessly reckless to do around here?
Caveman Homer - Happy Well, we could hunt dinosaurs.
Time Traveler Frink - Surprised Dinosaurs? Great Marsh's Ghost! They shouldn't be in the Stone Age!
Caveman Homer - Confused Are you sure? I've seen a lot of nature documentaries. Well, Saturday morning cartoons, but I assume they're based on true stories.
Time Traveler Frink - Confused I'm worried about the timeline...something's floyvin where it's supposed to be flayvin...
Caveman Moe Forget this, let's make cool prehistoric cars like in the cartoons. Like instead of a steering wheel, it'll be a rock! And instead of an engine, it'll be a rock! And instead of a seatbelt—
Amenhotep Does someone want to explain why dinosaurs are using my sarcophagus as a chamberpot?
Time Traveler Frink - Nervous Okay, that's definitely wrong.
Caveman Moe - Annoyed You didn't let me finish. Instead of a seatbelt...
Caveman Moe - Happy It'll be a rock.
Task: "Collect Wooden Clubs" (x125).
If Time Traveler Frink is owned: Task: "Make Time Traveler Frink Realize Timeline is Falling Apart". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Caveman Homer Run From Dinosaurs". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Springfielders Make Cool Prehistoric Cars" (x5). The jobs take place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Pharaoh's Sarcophagus

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Caveman Moe - Surprised Okay, the Stone Age car thing is old now. Let me check my myPhone for something else we can — Hey, wait a minute, my battery is dead!
Caveman Homer - Surprised Mine is too!
Cavewoman Marge - Annoyed Can we just go home now?
Time Traveler Frink - Annoyed Well, we could — except it turns out that you people stripped my time mobile when you were making your hot rods.
Caveman Moe - Sad Turns out, stones don't make good engines.
Time Traveler Frink - Annoyed You may have doomed us all to live the rest of our lives in this mixed-up Stone Age crazy land!
Caveman Homer - Happy Come on, Moe. If we're gonna be stuck here anyway, let's reinvent something actually important: beer!
Caveman Moe - Sad Good idea. I've never seen you sober for more than four hours; I'm scared of what will happen.
Task: "Collect Wooden Clubs" (x155).
Task: "Make Springfielders Get Bored of the Stone Age" (x5). The jobs take place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Caveman Homer Try to Reinvent Beer". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
If Time Traveler Frink is owned: Task: "Make Time Traveler Frink Scrounge for Parts". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Caveman Moe - Surprised BLEAH! That's terrible!
Caveman Homer - Sad I'm sick of trying to make beer. Let's just relax. I'll grab some beer.
Caveman Moe - Annoyed ...
Caveman Homer - D'oh D'OH!
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Prehistoric Car

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
Lisa - Nervous Professor Frink, are you sure you can't repair your time device and get us back to our old present?
Time Traveler Frink - Nervous I've got it mostly repaired, but it won't work without a massive power source.
Caveman Homer How about that sweet, huge firework?
Time Traveler Frink - Surprised Holy Alvarez! That's no firework. That's the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs. Perfect!
Cavewoman Marge - Surprised Perfect?! It's about to kill us, too!
Time Traveler Frink - Happy Ah, but I can harness the energy of that meteor to send us home.
Caveman Homer - Drool Mmm, meatier...
Lisa - Shocked But how can you harness its energy?! You don't have any more tech to build with!
Time Traveler Frink Young lady, remember you're speaking to a proud graduate of the Elizabeth Holmes School of Technology!
Task: "Collect Wooden Clubs" (x190).
If Time Traveler Frink is owned: Task: "Make Time Traveler Frink Build a Time Harness Out of Coconuts". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Help Frink Build Time Harness". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Caveman Homer Run From Dinosaurs Again". The job takes place at Moe's Cavern, Prehistoric Jungle, Cave Wall, Cave Drawing, Rock Pillar 1, Rock Pile 1, Prehistoric Fern, Rock Pillar 2, Rock Pile 2, Prehistoric Foliage, Rock Pillar 3, Rock Pile 3, Prehistoric Plant, Bear Cave, Curvaceous Cave, Ancient Dig, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Cavewoman Marge

Currency-earning jobs[edit]

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward
Carve Wooden Clubs with Rocks Homer, Caveman Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, Moe, Quimby, Wiggum 4h Nature, Simpson House Wooden Club5, XP45
Engineer Time-Appropriate Clubs Professor Frink Frink's Lab Wooden Club7, XP70
Fetch Wooden Clubs from the Past Time Traveler Frink, Mayan Associate God Prehistoric Jungle, Prehistoric Plant, Prehistoric Fern, Prehistoric Foliage Wooden Club8, XP70