The Simpsons: Tapped Out Better Late Than Forever content update

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"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."

―Event description

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

Note

All items with this icon on the last column of the table are also available for just 30 in the Yearbook Mystery Box!

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Mayan Associate God Unlocks with Tray of 132 Donuts.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Frink Jr. 70 Caveman Moe 80 Unlocks with Moe's Cavern. Booberella Unlocks in Curvaceous Cave bundle. Baby Frink 150 Unlocks with Frink's House. Mrs. Frink Unlocks with Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center. Petroleus Rex Unlocks with Tar Pits. Hollis Hurlbut Unlocks with Springfield Historical Society. Mrs. Scratchy 165 Unlocks with Picnic Spot. Mayan God Unlocks with Mayan Calendar.

Outfits

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Caveman Homer Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe, Pt. 1. Cavewoman Marge Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe, Pt. 5. Time Traveler Frink 100 Unlocks in Time Mobile Bundle.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Taskmaster Willie 90 Unlocks with Egyptian Pyramid. Cavegirl Booberella Unlocks in Curvaceous Cave bundle. Stupid Sexy Flanders 150 Unlocks with Ski Lift. Mayan Homer Unlocks in Mayan Bundle. Mayan Marge

Pets

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

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Homer Lizard 30 Raptor 40 Octoparrot 150 Unlocks with Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center.

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Springfield History Museum 75 6s Getting Clubs Out of Storage

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Yearbook MB Monsarno Research 50 8h Improving on Nature Monsarno Cafeteria 4h Monsarno Chimp Resources Monsarno Human Resources Monsarno Library Super Collider 70 6s Pointlessly Accelerating Particles Also unlocks in Super Collider + Black Hole bundle. Dr. Lenny's Lab 4h Being Good at Torturing Superheroes Abu Simbel Temple 75 Slowly Eroding Moe's Cavern 80 6s Watering Down the Water Unlocks Caveman Moe. Springsonian Museum 90 Boring Children Cretaceous Park 4h Feeding Dinosaurs Unruly Guests Egyptian Pyramid Worshiping Cats Unlocks Taskmaster Willie. Solomon's Temple 6s Charging People to Look Directly At the Ark Catfish Lake 100 Preparing for Battle Curvaceous Cave Instant Making Innuendos Unlocks Cavegirl Booberella. Unlocks in Curvaceous Cave bundle. Frink's House 150 6s Undergoing Robot Housekeeping Unlocks Baby Frink. Screaming Monkey Medical Research Center Perverting Nature for Fun and Profit Unlocks Mrs. Frink and Octoparrot. Tar Pits Preserving Dinosaur DNA Unlocks Petroleus Rex. Springfield Historical Society Rewriting History Unlocks Hollis Hurlbut.

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Tar Pit 20 Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe, Pt. 2. Purchasable after unlock. Pharaoh's Sarcophagus 10 Unlocks after completing A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe, Pt. 3. Purchasable after unlock. Time Mobile 100 Unlocks with Time Mobile Bundle.

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Yearbook MB Chicken-pulled Chariot 500 Ancient Ornamental Pond 2,500 Prehistoric Fern 5 Prehistoric Foliage Prehistoric Plant Rock Pillar 1 5 Rock Pillar 2 Rock Pillar 3 Rock Pile 1 Rock Pile 2 Rock Pile 3 Black Hole 10 Also unlocks in Super Collider + Black Hole bundle. Human Test Subject 15 Wooly Mammoth Pen 30 Also unlocks with Mammoth Bundle. Cave Drawing 40 Monsarno Founder Statue Dragonfly Rock Ancient Ruins 45 Pterodactyl Nest 50 Frinkiac 7 60 Dinosaur Lake Banana Leaf Windmill Harpoon Hill 65 Shelbyville Bluffs Chariot Mammoth Statue Unlocks with Mammoth Bundle. Acid Pools 70 Oasis 75 Mount Fuji 80 Prehistoric Jungle 85 Bear Cave 100 Easter Island God Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Lift 150 Unlocks Stupid Sexy Flanders. Picnic Spot 165 Unlocks Mrs. Scratchy. Mayan Calendar Unlocks in Mayan Bundle. Murderhorn 250

Bundles

Image Name Cost Notes Contents Super Collider + Black Hole 70 Super Collider and Black Hole. Mammoth Bundle Wooly Mammoth Pen and Mammoth Statue Time Mobile Bundle 100 Time Mobile and Time Traveler Frink. Curvaceous Cave 140 Booberella and Curvaceous Cave w/ Cavegirl Booberella. Mayan Bundle 250 Mayan Homer, Mayan Marge, Mayan Calendar w/ Mayan God. Tray of 132 Donuts Mayan Associate God and 132.

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Shattered Token 1 Event completed Daily challenges Dozen Donuts 2 Shattered Tokens 2 Stack of 60 Donuts 3 Shattered Tokens 3 Tray of 120 Donuts 5 Shattered Tokens 5 Truckload of 300 Donuts 10 Shattered Tokens 10 Store Full of 900 Donuts 15 Shattered Tokens 15 Boatload of 2400 Donuts Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Shattered Dreams Mystery Box: Authority 1

Prizes

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

Quests

• Why 2K?
• A Modern Stone Age Catastrophe
• A Sound of Blunder
• Caveman on a Mission
• The Quest for Ire
• No Time Like the Future
• Time Waits for No God
• You've God To Be Kidding Me

Conform-o-meter impact

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

Other changes made

January 17 Update (4.65.5; "v4_65_NEWYEARS2024")

• Mount Fuji, Sugarloaf Mountain, Catfish Lake, Minnow Pond, Springfield Gorge, Tree 1, Bench 1, Easter Pond, Murderhorn, Harpoon Hill, Duck Pond, Picnic Spot, Exotic Pond, Ancient Ornamental Pond, Shelbyville Bluffs, Ski Lift, and Small Snowy Christmas Hill were added to a new Nature building and decoration group.
• The Mayan God was given tasks and added to the Town Census as he's no longer an NPC.
• Gary the Unicorn and Prehistoric Car was added to the list of characters who can be judged at the Springfield Pet Fair Stage.
• Gary the Unicorn was added to the Pet and Animal character groups.
• Buck Mitchell's jobs "Steal Pitches", "Conduct Superstitious Rituals", and "Sign Autographs While Unamused" can now be done at the Brown House.
• Homer's temporary job "Convince Buck Mitchell To Step His Game Up" can now be done at the Brown House.
• Buck Mitchell's temporary job "Try To Have the Best of Both Worlds" can now be done at the Brown House.
• Benjamin, Doug, and Gary were added to a new University Nerds character group.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information