The Simpsons: Tapped Out Monorail content update

← 097 "Level 56"

098 "Monorail"

"Muscular Marge" 099 →

"There's nothing on earth
Like a genuine, bona fide
Electrified, six-car MONORAIL!!!
Springfield is getting a Monorail... again! And this time it might even work!
Lay down the tracks and take your citizens and visitors on the scenic, marginally elevated route through your city. With so many building options available, your Monorail will be as unique as your imagination, or at least your Springfield, so don't wait for the proper building permits to start building in our new update!"

―Event description

Event artwork.

App icon.

Store panel.

Monorail is the ninety-eighth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on August 11, 2015 and ended on September 15, 2015. It introduced the Springfield Monorail to the game.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Ray Patterson 89,350 Act 1 Prize. Hippie 132,700 Act 2 Prize. Unlocks with Uriah's Heap Recycling Center. Sebastian Cobb 154,550 Act 3 Prize. Unlocks with Rail Yard. Jesse Grass 100

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Brandine 100

Outfits

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Conductor Homer Unlocks in Train of Fools.

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Springfield Dump 6s Unlocks in A Rail of One City Pt. 1. Metal Depot Unlocks in A Rail of One City Pt. 7. Plastic Depot Unlocks in Rail Against the Machine Pt. 2. Glass Depot Unlocks in One Track Mind Pt. 2. Monorail Station 3,000 Spawning Possums Act 1 Prize. Tetanus Terminal 4,450 Act 2 Prize. Uriah's Heap Recycling Center 132,700 Giving Unwanted Life Advice Act 2 Prize. Unlocks the Hippie. Mall-O-Rail Station 5,200 Spawning Possums Act 3 Prize. Rail Yard 154,550 Act 3 Prize. Unlocks Sebastian Cobb. Creates track pieces. Self-Reliant House 35 Snubbing the Energy Grid Monorail Cafe 60 Training Waiters and Waiting for Trains Krusty's Drive-Thru Station 150 Spawning Possums Little Lisa's Recycling Plant 200 Aggressively Recycling Sea Life Generates event currency.

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Mapple Store 90 6s Putting M's In Front Of Product Names

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Project Board Unlocks in A Rail of One City Pt. 6. Garbage Pile 500 Recycling Bin 1,000 Straight Track Piece Act 1 Prize. Act 2 Prize. Act 3 Prize. Rail Yard Prize. Short Track Piece Curved Track Piece S Curve Piece Act 2 Prize. Act 3 Prize. Rail Yard Prize. Station Awning Act 1 Prize. Possible Rail Yard Prize. Station Extension Station Stairs Station Platform Terminal Awning Act 2 Prize. Possible Rail Yard Prize. Terminal Extension Terminal Stairs Terminal Platform Mall-O-Rail Awning Act 3 Prize. Possible Rail Yard Prize. Mall-O-Rail Extension Mall-O-Rail Stairs Mall-O-Rail Platform Drive-Thru Platform 10 Drive-Thru Awning 25 Drive-Thru Extension Garbage Truck 35 Drive-Thru Stairs 50 Mechanical Ant Alpha 60 Mechanical Ant Beta Mechanical Ant Gamma Mechanical Ant Delta Golf Course 100

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Recycled Wall 2 Recycled Tower 20 I Choo-Choo Choose You Train 50 Spruce Caboose 85

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Dumping Permit N/A 90 Act 1 Doubles friend visit's rewards. 60 Act 2 Doubles friend visit's rewards. 30 Act 3 Doubles friend visit's rewards.

Gameplay

Event guide.

Depot Jobs

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  Find Building Screen
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  Springfield Dump Jobs
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  Plastic Depot Jobs
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  Metal Depot Jobs
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  Glass Depot Jobs

Springfield Dump

Character Task Reward Homer Collect Junk 50 Lisa Save the Environment Milhouse Try to Impress Lisa Ned Do his Christian Duty Quimby Pose for Photo Op Cletus Put the Newest Spuckler to Work Willy Take a Break from Raking Leaves Ray Patterson Pick Up Trash Uter Look for Discarded Chocolate 75 Brandine Clean Up Nature Using Nature Dewey Largo Assemble the Band Jesse Grass Heal Mother Earth

Metal Depot

Character Task Reward Cost Lisa Recycle Metal 10 100 Ned Hippie Rev. Lovejoy Krusty Mr. Burns Brandine 15 Jesse Grass

Plastic Depot

Character Task Reward Cost Milhouse Recycle Plastic 10 100 Cletus Hippie Skinner Martin Comic Book Guy Uter 15 Jesse Grass

Glass Depot

Character Task Reward Cost Quimby Recycle Glass 10 100 Willy Hippie Bart Marge Moe Dewey Largo 15 Jesse Grass

Spawning Possums

Monorail Stations spawn possums which gave rewards when tapped.

N. of Tracks Possums per station 0-11 8 12-23 9 24-35 10 36-47 11 48-59 12 60-71 13 72+ 8+(N. of Tracks/12)

Project Board

The Project Board allowed players to turn in resources gathered at the recycling depots for event currency. There was a daily cap on how much currency could be obtained each day.

Act 1 11 4,500 12 9,000 13 13,500 14 18,000 15 22,500 16 27,000 17 31,500 18 36,000 19 45,000 20 54,000 21 63,000 22 72,000 Act 2 23 9,500 24 19,000 25 28,500 26 38,000 27 47,500 28 57,000 29 66,500 30 76,000 31 90,000 1 104,000 2 118,000 3 133,000 Act 3 4 14,000 5 28,000 6 42,000 7 56,000 8 70,000 9 84,000 10 98,000 11 112,000 12 126,000 13 140,000 14 160,000 If the user has collected the current act's prizes the cap is inactive.

Prizes

Act 1

Prize N. Image Goal Get It Now Cost Prizes 1 3,000 50 Monorail Station, 3 Straight Track Pieces 2 7,300 75 Curve Track Piece, 2 Straight Track Pieces 3 13,650 50 Curve Track Piece, 2 Straight Track Pieces 4 24,850 100 Station Awning, 2 Station Platforms, Station Stairs 5 32,650 65 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 Short Track Piece, Curve Track Piece 6 43,850 100 Station Awning, 2 Station Platforms, Station Extension 7 52,650 65 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 Short Track Piece, Curve Track Piece 8 63,850 150 2 Station Platform, Station Extension, Station Stairs 9 73,600 65 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 Short Track Piece, Curve Track Piece 10 89,350 400 Ray Patterson

Act 2

Prize N. Image Goal Get It Now Cost Prizes 1 4,450 50 Tetanus Terminal, 3 Straight Track Pieces 2 10,800 75 Curve Track Piece, 2 Straight Track Pieces 3 20,200 75 Curve Track Piece, 2 Straight Track Pieces 4 36,850 150 Terminal Awning, 2 Terminal Platforms, Terminal Stairs 5 48,450 100 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 S Curve Pieces, Curve Track Piece 6 65,100 150 Terminal Awning, 2 Terminal Platforms, Terminal Extension 7 78,150 100 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 S Curve Pieces, Curve Track Piece 8 94,800 150 2 Terminal Platform, Terminal Extension, Terminal Stairs 9 109,300 100 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 Short Track Piece, Curve Track Piece 10 132,700 400 Uriah's Heap Recycling Center w/ Hippie

Act 3

Prize N. Image Goal Get It Now Cost Prizes 1 5,200 50 Mall-O-Rail Station, 3 Straight Track Pieces 2 12,600 75 2 Straight Track Pieces, Curve Track Piece 3 23,550 75 2 Straight Track Pieces, Curve Track Piece 4 42,950 150 Mall-O-Rail Awning, 2 Mall-O-Rail Platforms, Mall-O-Rail Stairs 5 56,450 100 2 Short Track Pieces, 2 S Curve Pieces, Curve Track Piece 6 75,850 150 Mall-O-Rail Awning, 2 Mall-O-Rail Platforms, Mall-O-Rail Extension 7 91,050 100 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 Short Track Piece, Curve Track Piece 8 110,450 150 2 Mall-O-Rail Platform, Mall-O-Rail Extension, Mall-O-Rail Stairs 9 127,300 100 2 Straight Track Pieces, 2 S Curve Pieces, Curve Track Piece 10 154,550 400 Rail Yard w/ Sebastian Cobb

Rail Yard Prizes

The Rail Yard is a permanent addition that allows players to trade in resources from recycling depots for Blueprints. The prize track rotates out every Tuesday.

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Prize N. Image Goal Condition Prize 1 5,000 1 random Track piece between Straight Track Piece and Short Track Piece 2 10,000 2 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece and Curved Track Piece 3 15,000 3 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece, Curved Track Piece and S Curve Track 4 20,000 5 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece and Curved Track Piece Week 1 and 5 5 25,000 Monorail Tunnel Week 2 5 25,000 Monorail Station not owned Monorail Station, 2 Station Awnings, 2 Station Extensions, 2 Station Stairs and 2 Station Platforms Monorail Station owned 10 and 10 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece, Curved Track Piece and S Curve Track Week 3 5 25,000 Tetanus Terminal not owned Tetanus Terminal, 2 Terminal Awnings, 2 Terminal Extensions, 2 Terminal Stairs and 2 Terminal Platforms Tetanus Terminal owned 20 and 20 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece, Curved Track Piece and S Curve Track Week 4 5 25,000 Mall-O-Rail Station not owned Mall-O-Rail Station, 2 Mall-O-Rail Awnings, 2 Mall-O-Rail Extensions, 2 Mall-O-Rail Stairs and 2 Mall-O-Rail Platforms Mall-O-Rail Station owned 20 and 20 random Track pieces between Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece, Curved Track Piece and S Curve Track Week 6+ 5 25,000 5 and 5 Straight Track Piece or Short Track Piece or Curved Track Piece or S Curve Track

Quests

• A Rail of One City
• Same as it Ever Was
• Train of Fools
• Project Management: Metal
• Duct Tape
• Rail Against the Machine
• Off Track
• Project Management: Plastic
• Getting Back on Track
• One Track Mind
• Derailed
• Project Management: Glass
• Them!
• Them Too!
• Little Lisa's Recycling Plant
• Dirty Work: Dewey Largo
• Dirty Work: Uter
• Dirty Work: Brandine
• The Grass is Always Greener
• Bitey's Brood
• King Trash of Garbage Mountain
• It Ain't Easy Being Tie-Dyed
• Social Engineering
• Monorail Station
• Fast Track to Success
• Worth a Shot
• Rail Yard
• Ahead of the Track

Dates

Date Event 8/11 - 8/23 Act 1 8/11 - 8/28 Krusty's Drive-Thru Station 8/16 - 8/23 Brandine 8/16 - 8/28 Krusty's Drive-Thru Station Modules 8/23 - 9/3 Garbage Truck, Golf Course, Recycled Tower, Recycled Wall 8/23 - 9/4 Act 2 8/28 - 9/3 Spruce Caboose 9/3 - 9/10 Mapple Store 9/3 - 9/15 Mechanical Ants 9/4 - 9/15 Act 3 9/8 - 9/15 Krusty's Drive-Thru Station, Krusty's Drive-Thru Station Modules 9/10 - 9/15 Monorail Cafe, Self-Reliant House, I Choo-Choo-Choose You Train

Conform-o-meter impact

Name Rating Points Mall-O-Rail Awning, Mall-O-Rail Extension, Mall-O-Rail Stairs, Mall-O-Rail Platform Consumerism 5 Mall-O-Rail Station, Monorail Cafe, Little Lisa's Recycling Plant 10 Krusty's Drive-Thru Station Gluttony 10 Terminal Awning, Terminal Extension, Terminal Stairs, Terminal Platform Indolence 5 Tetanus Terminal, Self-Reliant House 10 Straight Track Piece, Short Track Piece, Curved Track Piece, S Curve Piece Obedience 1 Garbage Pile, Station Awning, Station Extension, Station Stairs, Station Platform 5 Springfield Dump, Monorail Station, Project Board 10 Recycling Bin Tree-hugging 5 Metal Depot, Plastic Depot, Glass Depot, Uriah's Heap Recycling Center, Rail Yard 10 Drive-Thru Platform, Drive-Thru Awning, Drive-Thru Extension, Drive-Thru Stairs Gluttony Bonus $ and XP 5 0.25% Mechanical Ant Alpha, Mechanical Ant Beta, Mechanical Ant Gamma, Mechanical Ant Delta Obedience Bonus $ and XP 10 0.75% Garbage Truck 20 0.5% Golf Course Vanity Bonus $ and XP 20 1.5%

Gallery

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  Artwork and Splash Screen
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  The Three Store Panel
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  Conductor Homer teaser

Other changes made

August 11 update 1 (4.16.3;"4_16_Monorail","4_14_JobManager")

Get Help Button.

Get Help Empty Page.

• A new strip of land was added at the bottom of the map and on the right.
• The ambience music was changed to a new one for the event.
• The app icon and splash screen were changed to new ones for the event.
• Springfield Heights upgradable buildings are no longer storable temporarily due to a glitch that allowed duplication and reset their level to 1.
• The icons to hide roads, pavements, water, characters, buildings and decorations now have an icon to open and close their menu, and they were moved upwards instead of going left, and a new icon was added to hide Monorail items.
• A new icon has been added to the pavement, road and water icons, for Monorail Tracks.
• Vandalizing friend towns' buildings was reactivated.
• ZiffCorp Office Building, Indoor Tennis Courts, Ghost Pirate Airship, It Blows, Springfield Slaughterhouse, Springfield YMCA, Waverly Hills Elementary, The Castle of Equalia, All Seeing Eye, Blarney Castle, Burns State Prison, Superior Squad HQ, National Bank of Springfield, Death Mountain, Crap Silo, Tar Pits, Botanical Garden, Radstation Air Fortress, Monsarno Research, Outdoor Opera Stage, Minimum Security Prison, Museum Of Swordfish, Republican Party HQ, Radioactive Man Statue, Bartman Cave, Ancient Burial Ground, Present Depot, Elf Home, Toy Workshop, Spruce Caboose and Elf Cave were added to the Pays Taxes buildings group.
• The unreleased House Always Wins Pt. 1 now auto starts instead of requiring Homer to start.
• The Mutant Rabbit doesn't stop the game anymore once it starts or finishes a job.
• Building the Spruce Caboose now yields 85 instead of 60.
• Random tasks are not working properly showing negative numbers for how many times they've been completed.
• The text when collecting $, XP, currency, etc. from items and jobs disappear faster.
• The town landing point was moved to the Project Board.
• The Daily Combo was changed so in Day 5 the reward is currency for the prizes.
• Teleporter Alpha and Omega can now be used in friend towns.
• A new group has been added to the inventory for Monorail.

August 11 update 2 ("4_16_Monorail_Patch1_PostLaunch")

• Fixed Conductor Homer's crash after starting Train of Fools.

August 27 Update (4.16.5;"4_16_Monorail_Patch2_1_PostLaunch")

• Deluxe Condo, Business Center, Classic Mansion and Modern Mansion can now be stored again.
• A new Get Help button was added to the Cannot Connect to Server screen. If tapped, though, a white empty page opens up.

September 8 Update ("4_16_OldJewishMan_Patch1_PostLaunch")

• Fixed the glitch giving out Monorail Prizes again everytime a user logs in once the Rail Yard was unlocked and the second week of the Rail Yard prizes started.
• Fixed the Monorail Build menu not working if the above glitch was active.
• Uriah's Heap Recycling Center, Rail Yard, Monorail Station, Tetanus Terminal and Mall-O-Rail Station are no longer unique.
• For those that started the quest "Ahead of the Track" before the update, it reset to requiring 2000 Bells and Whistles (or will reset to 2000 the next time it's completed). After completing it once, it advances normally by 1000 more everytime.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information