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Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners

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Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners
Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 15
Update: Summer of Our Discontent
Required characters: Marge, Lisa, Homer
Optional characters: The Simpsons Family, Delbert Fornby, Bart, Maggie, Ned, Desert Park Ranger, Park Ranger Johnson
Previous quest(s): Communion Chameleon
Next quest(s): The Incredulous Journey

Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Summer of Our Discontent content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

Between June 14, 2024 and July 17, 2024
Marge - Phone Hello? Louie's Towing Company? Can you tow our car?
Marge - Happy You can?! Thank you! We're at the Springfield Desert Park—
Marge - Nervous You can't? No, I didn't hear the "T" at the end of— *dial tone* Hello?
Marge - Angry That was the last one. Every towing company in Springfield says we're out of their service radius.
Marge - Annoyed Homer, are you even paying attention?
Homer Sorry, Marge, I got bored and started playing a game on my phone. I'm tapping so much, I feel like a Morse code expert.
Marge - Angry Try tapping "Dot-dot-dot-dash-dash-dash-dot-dot-dot".
Homer Does that mean "more donuts"?
Marge - Eyeroll It means "S.O.S."!
Homer - Curious What's Morse Code for "more donuts"?
Marge - Angry I DON'T KNOW!
Task: "Collect Scorpions" (x60).
Task: "Capture Chameleons" (x5).
Task: "Make Simpsons Play Cool Donut-centric Mobile Games" (x3). The jobs take place at Ranger's Office, Springfield Desert State Park Sign, Marge's Station Wagon, Homer's Car, Gas Stations, or the Simpson House and take 4 hours.
Task: "Make Marge Make Them Start Hiking". The job takes The Devil's Oasis, Ranger's Office, Springfield Desert State Park Sign, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House.
Marge - Serious Okay, start walking! I think there's a service station in that direction.
Bart and Lisa - Annoyed But, Mom!
Marge - Annoyed Don't "But, Mom" me! You can walk and play on your phone at the same time.
Homer - Serious Yeah, kids. Listen to your mother!
Homer - Surprised Whaaa! *trips and falls*
Marge - Annoyed I wasn't talking to you, Homer.
Quest reward: Cash.png100 and XP.png10
Desert Totem Pole

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Marge - Angry I can't take this anymore. Going to that stupid desert park was a terrible idea!
Homer - Happy Honey, relax! You know what you need?
Marge - Annoyed I don't want to play a stupid mobile game! Mobile games are stupid!
Homer - Nervous Please, Marge... Sky Finger might hear you.
Bart - Surprised Whoa! What is all this junk?
Lisa - Confused I think we walked into somebody's sculpture garden.
Bart - Surprised Whoa! Is that Elvis?
Lisa - Curious I think it's Benjamin Franklin.
Bart Same idea.
Task: "Collect Scorpions" (x125).
Task: "Capture Chameleons" (x10).
Task: "Make Simpsons Be Confused by Weird Statues" (x4). The jobs take place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and take 4 hours.
If Delbert Fornby is owned: Task: "Make Delbert Fornby Scare Simpsons". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Delbert Fornby - Annoyed Who the heck are you?
Bart and Lisa - Scream WAAAAH!
Homer - Scared WAAAAH!
Marge Sorry, sir. We didn't mean to trespass. We were just admiring this sculpture of, uh...
Bart - Curious Elvis...
Lisa - Curious Ben Franklin...
Delbert Fornby That's Isaac Newton.
Marge Yes, of course it is.
Delbert Fornby He invented the fig cookie.
Lisa - Nervous Oh boy...
Quest reward: Cash.png100 and XP.png10
Texxon

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Delbert Fornby - Annoyed What are you doing out here anyway?
Marge - Annoyed It's a long story involving someone doing sand donuts before our car broke down.
Delbert Fornby - Confused Well, of course your car broke down when you do too many sand donuts. Isaac Newton proved that.
Marge - Sad Anyway, we wanted to get a tow truck to come out, but we're out of the service area.
Delbert Fornby I'm in the service area. I get tow trucks out here all the time.
Marge - Happy Really? That's great!
Marge Oh, shoot, my battery's dead after calling all those towing companies. Lisa, can I use your phone?
Lisa - Embarrassed Sorry, Mom, I drained my battery taking all that video of the chameleons.
Marge - Annoyed Bart, Homer, one of you must have some battery life left.
Bart I had a full charge, but Homer took my phone when his ran out.
Marge - Angry Homer!
Homer - Serious Hey, your phone battery is dead, too. At least I have sweet premium in-game currency to show for it.
Marge - Angry *annoyed grumble*
Task: "Collect Scorpions" (x100).
Task: "Capture Chameleons" (x15).
Task: "Make Lisa Be Sad Her Phone is Dead". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Keep Tapping His Phone Anyway". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Marge Be Exasperated With Her Family". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
If Delbert Fornby is owned: Task: "Make Delbert Fornby Think These People Are Weird". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Marge - Annoyed Homer, if your battery is dead, why are you still tapping your phone?
Homer - Serious I'm trying to perform CBR.
Lisa - Confused Don't you mean CPR?
Homer - Proud No, CBR: Cardio Battery Resurrection. It's totally a thing.
Lisa - Nagging It's not a thing.
Marge - Sad Mr. Fornby, do you have a phone I could use?
Delbert Fornby Sorry. Got rid of my land line years ago.
Marge - Confused But you said you got tow trucks out here all the time. How do you contact them?
Delbert Fornby I write letters. It's a lost art.
Quest reward: Cash.png100 and XP.png10
Desert Statues Bundle

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Marge - Annoyed Whoever the idiot is who designed Springfield should have put more gas stations in it.
Homer - Nervous Marge...Sky Finger is listening... *points up*
Delbert Fornby - Annoyed Don't get me started on the design of Springfield! Just another example of government of, for, and by nincompoops.
Homer - Happy Hey, the government is not all bad! I used to be the head of the Department of Sanitation.
Delbert Fornby - Confused Did you say...the Department of Sanitation?
Homer - Proud Yep! I was also an astronaut, and an opera singer, and a snowplow driver...
Delbert Fornby - Annoyed You eco-art haters are my sworn enemies! *attacks Homer* AAAAAAAH!
Homer - Scared AAAAAAAH!
Task: "Collect Scorpions" (x100).
Task: "Capture Chameleons" (x15).
If Delbert Fornby is owned: Task: "Make Delbert Fornby Chase Homer Around His Garden". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Run for His Life". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Try to Calm Fornby Down". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Lisa - Worried Mr. Fornby! Mr. Fornby, calm down! That wasn't my dad. He, uh, has always tried to protect art like yours.
Homer - Confused I have?
Bart - Sneaky Yeah! Everyone always says Homer's taste in art is crap.
Homer - Angry Why you little—!
Delbert Fornby Look, Mister, if you're going to attack your kid, it might be better if you just moved along now.
Marge - Nervous I couldn't agree more. Is there a service station nearby where we can call for a ride?
Delbert Fornby There is a new Texxon station that just got awarded down the road a ways.
Marge - Confused What do you mean it just got "awarded"?
Delbert Fornby Not sure how, but out here in the desert, things just appear. Like, any minute now. I expect a new Desert Planet Sculpture to be awarded.
Quest reward: Cash.png100 and XP.png10
Desert Planet Sculpture

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Delbert Fornby Look, I hate to see you all go...
Lisa - Confused But you just told us you want us to leave.
Delbert Fornby - Confused Did I? Well, that's definitely true. Look, I can give you some army surplus snacks and boxed water and send you on your way.
Marge - Scared But where will we go?
Delbert Fornby Well, I did hear a bit of a commotion a few miles north. Might be worth checking out. Seems like it happens once a year.
Homer - Happy Once a year! Maybe it's the Super Bowl. Or the Oscars!
Lisa - Eyeroll I don't think it's either of those out here in the desert, Dad.
Delbert Fornby Not in the summer. Those are late winter commotions.
Task: "Collect Scorpions" (x160).
Task: "Capture Chameleons" (x20).
If Delbert Fornby is owned: Task: "Make Delbert Fornby Give the Simpsons Old C-Rations". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Ask for Pizza Rolls". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Lisa Wonder About the Commotion". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Marge Get the Family Moving Again". The job takes place at Desert Caravan, The Devil's Oasis, Cacti, Rocks, Parks, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours.
Lisa - Happy Look! That once-a-year commotion in the desert must be this year's Blazing Guy Festival!
Homer - Sly Blazing Guy?! I've heard of that!
Marge - Suspicious You have?
Homer Sure. He's the guy who set the Devil's Oasis on fire.
Quest reward: Cash.png200 and XP.png20
Desert Casa