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The Simpsons: Tapped Out Better Late Than Forever content update

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
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"Better Late Than Forever"
"Fears of a Clown" 245
"Mayor Quimby went cheap and hired some college students to fix Springfield's Y2K problem! But like all undergrads, they procrastinated, and now if it's not fixed by midnight the entire town will blow up - again! When Professor Frink tries to save the day, he accidentally sends Springfield back to the Stone Age. At least the only bugs to deal with there are mosquitoes."
Store panel.

Better Late Than Forever is the two hundred and forty-fifth content update of The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on January 17, 2024 and ended on January 31, 2024.

Note[edit]

Yearbook Mystery Box.png All items with this icon on the last column of the table are also available for just Donut30 in the Yearbook Mystery Box!

Characters[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Mayan Associate God.png Mayan Associate God We don't know what an "associate god" is, either. Unlocks with Tray of 132 Donuts.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB
Professor Frink's son.png Frink Jr. Donut70 Frink Jr. Unlock.png
Booberella.png Booberella Tapped Out Booberella New Character.png Unlocks with Curvaceous Cave Character Bundle. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Baby Frink.png Baby Frink Donut150 Baby Frink Unlock.png Unlocks with Frink's House.
Mrs. Frink.png Mrs. Frink Mrs. Frink Unlock.png Unlocks with Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center.
Petroleus Rex.png Petroleus Rex Petroleus Rex Unlock.png Unlocks with Tar Pits. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Hollis Hurlbut.png Hollis Hurlbut Hollis Hurlbut Unlock.png Unlocks with Springfield Historical Society.
Mrs. Scratchy.png Mrs. Scratchy Donut165 Mrs. Scratchy Unlock.png Unlocks with Picnic Spot.
Unlock Mayan God.png Mayan God Tapped Out Mayan God New Character.png Unlocks with Mayan Calendar. Yearbook Mystery Box.png

Character skins[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Caveman Homer.png Caveman Homer Not all that different from regular Homer, honestly. Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 1.
Cavewoman Marge.png Cavewoman Marge Switching from homemaker to cavemaker isn't a big change. Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 5.
Time Traveler Frink.png Time Traveler Frink Donut100 If you aren't time traveling, are you really even doing science? Unlocks with Time Mobile Bundle.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB
Caveman Moe.png Caveman Moe Donut80 Caveman Moe Unlock.png Unlocks with Moe's Cavern.
Taskmaster Willie.png Taskmaster Willie Donut90 Taskmaster Willie Unlock.png Unlocks with Egyptian Pyramid.
Cavegirl Booberella.png Cavegirl Booberella Cavegirl Booberella Unlock.png Unlocks with Curvaceous Cave. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Tapped Out Stupid Sexy Flanders.png Stupid Sexy Flanders Donut150 Tapped Out Stupid Sexy Flanders unlock.png Unlocks with Ski Lift.
Mayan Homer.png Mayan Homer Tapped Out Mayan Homer New Character.png Unlocks with Mayan Bundle. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Mayan Marge.png Mayan Marge Tapped Out Mayan Marge New Character.png

Non-playable characters[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Prehistoric Car.png Prehistoric Car A modern Stone Age conveyance. Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 4.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB
Homer Lizard.png Homer Lizard Donut30 Homer Lizard Unlock.png
Raptor.png Raptor Donut40 Raptor Unlock.png Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Polly HOMЯ.png Octoparrot Donut150 Octoparrot Unlock.png Unlocks with Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center.

Buildings[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes
TSTO Springfield History Museum.png Springfield History Museum Donut75 6s Getting Clubs Out of Storage

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Yearbook MB
Tapped Out Monsarno HQ.png Monsarno Research Donut50 8h Improving on Nature
Tapped Out Monsarno Cafeteria.png Monsarno Cafeteria 4h
Tapped Out Monsarno Chimp Resources.png Monsarno Chimp Resources
Tapped Out Monsarno Human Resources.png Monsarno Human Resources
Tapped Out Monsarno Library.png Monsarno Library
Super Collider Tapped Out.png Super Collider Donut70 6s Pointlessly Accelerating Particles Also unlocks with Super Collider and Black Hole Bundle. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Dr. Lenny's Lab.png Dr. Lenny's Lab 4h Being Good at Torturing Superheroes
Abu Simbel Temple.png Abu Simbel Temple Donut75 Slowly Eroding
TSTO Moe's Cavern.png Moe's Cavern Donut80 6s Watering Down the Water Unlocks Caveman Moe.
Springsonian Museum.png Springsonian Museum Donut90 6s Boring Children
TSTO Cretaceous Park.png Cretaceous Park 4h Feeding Dinosaurs Unruly Guests
Egyptian Pyramid.png Egyptian Pyramid Worshiping Cats Unlocks Taskmaster Willie.
Solomon's Temple.png Solomon's Temple 6s Charging People to Look Directly At the Ark
TSTO Catfish Lake.png Catfish Lake Donut100 Preparing for Battle
Curvaceous Cave.png Curvaceous Cave Instant Making Innuendos Unlocks Cavegirl Booberella.
Unlocks with Curvaceous Cave Character Bundle.
Yearbook Mystery Box.png
TSTO Frink's House.png Frink's House Donut150 6s Undergoing Robot Housekeeping Unlocks Baby Frink.
Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center.png Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center Perverting Nature for Fun and Profit Unlocks Mrs. Frink and Octoparrot.
Tapped Out Tar Pits.png Tar Pits Preserving Dinosaur DNA Unlocks Petroleus Rex. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Springfield Historical Society.png Springfield Historical Society Rewriting History Unlocks Hollis Hurlbut.

Decorations[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Tar Pit.png Tar Pit Donut20 Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 2.
Purchasable after unlock.
Pharaoh's Sarcophagus.png Pharaoh's Sarcophagus Donut10 Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 3.
Purchasable after unlock.
Time Mobile.png Time Mobile Donut100 Unlocks with Time Mobile Bundle.

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes Yearbook MB
Chicken Pulled Chariot.png Chicken-pulled Chariot Cash500
Ancient Ornamental Pond.png Ancient Ornamental Pond Cash2,500
Prehistoric Fern.png Prehistoric Fern Donut5
Prehistoric Foliage.png Prehistoric Foliage
Prehistoric Plant.png Prehistoric Plant
Rock Pillar 1.png Rock Pillar 1 Donut5
Rock Pillar 2.png Rock Pillar 2
Rock Pillar 3.png Rock Pillar 3
Rock Pile 1.png Rock Pile 1
Rock Pile 2.png Rock Pile 2
Rock Pile 3.png Rock Pile 3
Tapped Out Black Hole.png Black Hole Donut10 Also unlocks with Super Collider and Black Hole Bundle.
Tapped Out Human Test Subject.png Human Test Subject Donut15
Tapped Out Wooly Mammoth Pen.png Wooly Mammoth Pen Donut30 Also unlocks with Mammoth Bundle. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Cave Drawing.png Cave Drawing Donut40
Tapped Out Monsarno Founder Statue.png Monsarno Founder Statue
Dragonfly Rock.png Dragonfly Rock
Ancient Ruins.png Ancient Ruins Donut45 Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Pterodactyl Nest.png Pterodactyl Nest Donut50
Frinkiac 7.png Frinkiac 7 Donut60
Dinosaur Lake.png Dinosaur Lake
Banana Leaf Windmill.png Banana Leaf Windmill
Harpoon Hill.png Harpoon Hill Donut65
Shelbyville Bluffs.png Shelbyville Bluffs
Chariot.png Chariot
Mammoth Statue.png Mammoth Statue Unlocks with Mammoth Bundle.
Acid Pools.png Acid Pools Donut70 Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Oasis.png Oasis Donut75
Mount Fuji.png Mount Fuji Donut80
Prehistoric Jungle.png Prehistoric Jungle Donut85 Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Tapped Out Bear Cave.png Bear Cave Donut100
Tapped Out Easter Island God.png Easter Island God
TSTO Sugarloaf Mountain.png Sugarloaf Mountain
Ski Lift.png Ski Lift Donut150 Unlocks Stupid Sexy Flanders.
Picnic Spot.png Picnic Spot Donut165 Unlocks Mrs. Scratchy.
Tapped Mayan Calendar.png Mayan Calendar Unlocks with Mayan Bundle. Yearbook Mystery Box.png
Tapped Out Murderhorn.png Murderhorn Donut250

Bundles[edit]

Image Name Cost Contents
Tapped Out Super Collider + Black Hole.png Super Collider and Black Hole Bundle Donut70 Super Collider and Black Hole.
Tapped Out Wooly Mammoth Pen.pngMammoth Statue.png Mammoth Bundle Donut70 Wooly Mammoth Pen and Mammoth Statue.
Time Mobile.pngTime Traveler Frink.png Time Mobile Bundle Donut100 Time Mobile and Time Traveler Frink.
Curvaceous Cave and Cavegirl Booberella.png Curvaceous Cave Character Bundle Donut140 Booberella and Curvaceous Cave w/ Cavegirl Booberella.
Tapped Out Mayan Bundle.png Mayan Bundle Donut250 Mayan Homer, Mayan Marge, Mayan Calendar w/ Mayan God.
Mayan Associate God Bundle.png Mayan Associate God Bundle Tray of 132 Donuts Mayan Associate God and Donut132.

Consumables[edit]

Image Name Content Cost Notes Screen
Dozen Donuts.png Dozen Donuts Donut12 Mystery Box Token1
Shattered Token.png Shattered Token Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token1 Event completed
Daily challenges
Dozen Donuts
2 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token2 Stack of 60 Donuts
3 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token3 Tray of 120 Donuts
5 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token5 Truckload of 300 Donuts
10 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token10 Store Full of 900 Donuts
15 Shattered Tokens Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token15 Boatload of 2400 Donuts
Shattered Dreams Mystery Box.png Shattered Dreams Mystery Box See: Authority Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Token1 Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Screen.png

Prizes[edit]

Better Late Than Forever Event Guide.pngBetter Late Than Forever End Screen.png

Image Name Unlock
Caveman Homer.png Caveman Homer A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 1
Tar Pit.png Tar Pit A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 2
Pharaoh's Sarcophagus.png Pharaoh's Sarcophagus A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 3
Prehistoric Car.png Prehistoric Car A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 4
Cavewoman Marge.png Cavewoman Marge A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe Pt. 5

Conform-o-meter impact[edit]

Name Rating Points
Time Mobile Indolence
Bonus $ and XP
20
4.5%
Springfield History Museum Socialism 20
Tar Pit Tree-hugging
Bonus $ and XP
200
0.5%
Pharaoh's Sarcophagus Vanity 100

Other changes made[edit]

January 17 Update (4.65.5; "v4_65_NEWYEARS2024")[edit]

Sources[edit]

  • TOUI favicon.png Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information