Sparse Comforts

Sparse Comforts

Tapped Out Quest Information Level: 15 Update: Snow Place Like the Woods Required characters: Homer, Marge, Lisa Optional characters: Bart, Maggie, See Currency-earning jobs Internal name(s): SparseComforts ID(s): 275007 - 275012 Previous quest(s): Looking to the Future Next quest(s): The Creeping Mold of Christmas

Sparse Comforts is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the Snow Place Like the Woods content update.

Dialogue

Pt. 1

Between December 15, 2023 and January 10, 2024 All right! Time to explore our vacation home! *opens door* It is possible to have instant cabin fever? Looks like a moose and a racoon have been living together here. Ooh. Sexy, eh Marge? How is that sexy?! Honestly, sometimes I don't know you. Look at all these animal skulls! And hey, a dead possum's leaking fluids all over the floor. Wow, look at him go! Bart, don't touch it! It could be diseased! Stop enticing me. Look what I found. A pair of rackets. Homer, those are snowshoes. Oh thank God! So I don't have to play tennis. I'll just strap these on and go for a little stroll. *straps snowshoes to his feet* Adieu, Christmas crew! And that's the closest I'm going to get to France this year. Task: "Collect Lumber" (x115). Task: "Make Homer Go for a Snowshoe Walk". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Marge Look Around the Cabin". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Try Not to Have a Nervous Breakdown". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Assemble a Pile of Animal Skulls". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. I hope he's coming back. He'd better. It'll be harder to kill him if he doesn't. Quest reward: 100 and 10 Chopping Log Bundle

Pt. 2

After completing Pt. 1 Well, it looks like your father's little walk is going to take some time, so we might as well start trying to make the most of this. How do you make the most of nothing? Yeah, Mom. I've hidden the animal skulls every place they will scare you guys. Let's get the hell out of this log pile. *suck suck* That's enough! I will not have this family ruin our family vacation! It ruins itself! Look at this place! We've got zero internet reception and I was just about to capture the Golden Dingaroo in Peekimon Get! *annoyed grumble* Okay! Yes. You're right. This isn't ideal, and I really wish your father had discussed it with me before we got out here, but I think we should try to make the most out of this. What? *spits out pacifier* ...?! Task: "Collect Lumber" (x150). Task: "Make Marge Look Through the House for Supplies". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Actually Have a Nervous Breakdown". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Maggie is owned: Task: "Make Maggie Try to Comfort Her Sister". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Finally Get Annoyed by All This". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Come on. This could be fun! Fun? You're worried about fun? What about survival? There's no food. We could end up like the Donner party! Lis, maybe you don't know this because you're never invited, but parties are fun. It wasn't that kind of party. The Donners were pioneers in 1846 who got snowbound in the mountains and turned to cannibalism. Now I really hope Homer comes back. With that lard ass around we'll have enough for dinner and leftovers. But what about me? I don't eat meat! Enough! No one's eating their father! *hyperventilating* Oh, sweetie, don't worry. I'm here and we'll get through this together. I found an axe and I'll chop wood for heat...if there's a flannel shirt around here. I have to dress appropriately. Found one! Thanks Bart! See? We can make this a fun little survival adventure! We haven't had a vacation like that since I don't know when. Detroit. Remember Detroit? Quest reward: 100 and 10 Kevin's Kindling

Pt. 3

After completing Pt. 2 Mom? Yes, dear? I'm going to look for berries. Oh good! And take Maggie with you. I don't think it's healthy for a baby to watch her mother attack innocent trees with an axe. Come on, Maggie, let's go forage. Who doesn't want to starve? You don't want to starve! *happy clapping* Let's see. I'm pretty sure I saw some blackberry bushes as we were driving in. Do you like blackberries, Maggie? *suck suck* Task: "Collect Lumber" (x115). Task: "Make Lisa Investigate the Path". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Maggie is owned: Task: "Make Maggie Follow Along Dutifully". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Wait, this leads out to a road! *suck suck* What is it, Maggie? A store? "The Voracious Vegan"? Wow. There's a progressive vegetarian grocery walking distance from our cabin in the middle of nowhere? This makes Apu's convenience store seem totally inconvenient. I sense somewhere someone has besmirched my store and its offerings. Quest reward: 100 and 10 1

Pt. 4

After completing Pt. 3 Okay, I dragged the possum carcass out of here and tossed out the animal crap. Is this vacation over? No, Bart. But I'm glad you're taking this so well. Well, it turns out, without an internet connection, I'm finally finding real peace. I'm seeing the richness of life and the fullness of my personhood. That's nice. Oh! There's something else you can do! Whatever nourishes this sense of peace and oneness. Work is my meditation. Can it, Bart. No one likes a spiritual show off. I could be enlightened too if I wanted. When we were driving in I noticed an old building at the edge of the property. Go check it out. Wait...so you're asking me to go break into a random building? We both know that you're going to do it anyways. Might as well ask you to so that I at least know where you are. Okay, I will have a look with eyes of respect and a heart of purity. You're about to get the spank of ass. Now go! Task: "Collect Lumber" (x115). If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Investigate the Building". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Whoa! An abandoned fire station? Neat! I wonder if they've got axes or anything in there! Hmm. Looks pretty cleaned out, but...a computer? Hey, it works! This place has power! And a satellite internet uplink? Only 10Mbps? This sucks. Life sucks. No! I can survive on slow speed. There's a reason they call it "roughing it". Quest reward: 100 and 10 Springfield Forest Sign

Pt. 5

After completing Pt. 4 I'm back! Where is everyone? Homer, you've been gone for hours. What were you doing out there? I was getting an accurate measurement of the property lines! That doesn't sound like something you'd do. What's your angle, Homer? Marge, with those measurements, we can...I mean, you can calculate the acreage of this land, so we can put up this FOR SALE sign! *holds up sign* See? I made it myself from an old wooden stump. The post is a frozen snake! How did you paint the letters? With blood. Whose blood? Um...some guy's. I gotta lie down. Hang on. So you drove us out here. No heat. No electricity. No food... Now listen, Marge... No, you listen to me! Oh I'm listening. Especially with that axe in your hand. This so-called vacation was just so you could measure the property so you can sell it when your father dies? Homer, you ruined our children's entire vacation! Mom! We found a grocery store nearby! Also, it's a co-op! Mom! That building has internet and a fireman's pole and internet! Also, internet! See, Marge? It's not all bad! Task: "Collect Lumber" (x185). Task: "Make Marge Attempt to Stay Calm". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Homer Miss Every Warning Sign". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. Task: "Make Lisa Nervously Back Away". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. If Bart is owned: Task: "Make Bart Wish He Had Popcorn". The job takes place at the Holiday Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, Fever Cabin, or a Brown House and takes 4 hours. ...err...are you okay, Marge? *deep breath, slow exhale* Really, Mom, we're all set. We can still have a great vacation here! Yeah, for once Dad managed to do something right. Woo hoo! By accident! Let me finish. Woo. So...you kids really are happy here? Yes! I guess this turned into a real Christmas miracle. Oh, Homie, I could kiss you! Set down the axe first. Quest reward: 200 and 20 Lumberjill Marge

Currency-earning jobs

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward Chop Logs Into Lumber Homer, Lisa, Bart, Marge, Maggie, Grampa, Mr. Burns, Smithers 4h Paula's House, Lumber Mill, Holiday Cabin, Christmas Cabin, North Pole Elf Cabins, Fever Cabin, Spooky Cabin, Lincoln's Cabin, Virgil's Cabin, The Cabins at Honeymoon Mountain, Visitable Homes 5, 45 Order Artisanal Cedar Lumber Paula, Cora, Elf Milhouse, Elf Nelson 8, 70

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Snow Place Like the Woods quests
Looking to the Future • The Road More Travelled • Sparse Comforts • The Dark Heart • Coming Home for Christmas • The Creeping Mold of Christmas
Cora	The Diner at the Edge of Somewhere
Lumberjill Marge	Splitting Hair
Elf Milhouse and Elf Nelson	Santa's Little Employees
Off-The-Grid Flanders	Peace, Love, and Quiet
Hunter Mr. Burns	Apex Predator
Paula	Wood Powered
Randy	Seeds of Knowledge
Walther Hotenhoffer	Clinical Trials
Retirement Castle Orderly	Order in the Castle