The Simpsons: Tapped Out Summer of Our Discontent content update

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"It's summertime and the living ain't so easy for the Simpsons. Lisa sends them into the desert on a wild chameleon chase but, when Homer suddenly gets obsessed with a new and different kind of donut, they find themselves searching for a reliable cell phone signal and a tow truck. This seemingly never-ending quest brings them face to face with strange sculptures, burning giants, and oddly familiar cactus people. And the key to it all? Ned Flanders' recliner. Naturally."

―Event description

Summer of Our Discontent is the two hundred forty-ninth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on June 5, 2024 and ended on July 17, 2024.

The Summer of Our Discontent content update also included the Donut Day 2024 Promotion, which started on June 6, 2024 and ended on June 10, 2024, and the 4th of July 2024 Promotion, which started on July 1, 2024 and ended on July 8, 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 Cactus Maggie Unlocks after completing A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 4. Desert Park Ranger 150 Unlocks with Ranger's Office. Delbert Fornby Unlocks with Desert Caravan. Calypso Self-Knowledge Unlocks with Drum Circle. Cactus Bart Unlocks with Mother Cactus. Cactus Lisa Park Ranger Johnson Unlocks with Tray of 132 Donuts.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Hell Teacher 75 Gummy Joe Hell Principals 80 Luke Stetson 100 Unlocks with Hootenanny Barn. Buck McCoy 125 Unlocks with Wild West Film Set. Demon Technician Unlocks with Torture Conveyor Belt. Old Scratch 130 Unlocks with Flanders' Personal Hell. The Devil 150 Unlocks with Hellscape. Demon Moe Unlocks with Hell Moe's. Torture Coach Unlocks with Old Scratch's Gym.

Outfits

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Cowboy Homer 60 Unlocks with Bank. Unlocks after completing Frontier Freebies. Wes Doobner 70 Unlocks with Wes Doobner's Rib Huts. Beelzebart Lisafer

Pets

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Chameleon Unlocks in Desert Chameleons Bundle. Chip Chameleon Rock Chameleon

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Tumbleweed 25

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes The Devil's Oasis 4h Exuding Unpleasant Fumes Unlocks after completing Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 5. Texxon Increasing Climate Change for Fun and Profit Unlocks after completing Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 2. Desert Casa 60 Providing Shade and Shelter for Scorpions Unlocks after completing Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 5. Purchasable after unlock. Deluxe Desert Tent 75,000 Providing Shelter to Posers Unlocks after completing The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 4. Purchasable after unlock. Blazing Guy Symbolizing First World Pretension Unlocks after completing The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 5. Slot Canyon Slots Parting Fools From Their Coins Unlocks after completing A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 3. Springfield Mesa Providing Majestic Views Unlocks after completing A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 5. Desert Welding Yard 100 6s Proving One Man's Junk Is Also Another Man's Junk Allows creating Desert Sculptures. Ranger's Office 150 Handing Out Trail Maps to Tourists Unlocks Desert Park Ranger. Desert Caravan Making the Desert Trashier Unlocks Delbert Fornby. Drum Circle Practicing Cringey Cultural Appropriation Unlocks Calypso Self-Knowledge. Mother Cactus Pricking Careless Passers-By Unlocks Cactus Bart and Cactus Lisa.

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Bank 60 4h Installing New Bank Door Unlocks Cowboy Homer. Part and Parcel Postal Sending Important Messages Wilted Rose 6s Fulfilling Fantasies and Nightmares Fort Sensible 65 Boring Schoolchildren Wes Doobner's Rib Huts 70 8h Slathering Sauces Unlocks Wes Doobner. General Store 6s Watching Obsolete Goods Gather Dust Hell Labs 75 4h Inventing New Ways to Torment Flanders Hell's Kitchen 80 4h Serving Devilishly Delectable Dishes Ordnance Express Filling Bandoliers Blacksmith 8h Forging Simple Things Dramatically Top Chop Barber Shop 85 4h Sweeping Up Trimmings Corral 90 Walking Animals In Circles Hootenanny Barn 100 6s Swinging Partners Unlocks Luke Stetson. Town Plaza Wild West Film Set 125 Tripping Horses With Wires Unlocks Buck McCoy. Hellscape 150 Taxing the Damned for Eternity Unlocks The Devil. Hell Moe's Making Hell Just a Little More Creepy Unlocks Demon Moe. Old Scratch's Gym Maintaining More Pain Than Gain Unlocks Torture Coach.

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Desert Tree 2,500 Unlocks after completing Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 1. Purchasable after unlock. Unlocked permanently in the store. Oil Well 50,000 Unlocks after completing Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 2. Purchasable after unlock. Springfield Desert State Park Sign Unlocks after completing Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 4. Desert Creature Sculpture 100,000 Unlocks with Desert Statues Bundle. Craftable via Desert Welding Yard. Purchasable after 5 obtained. Desert Person Sculpture Desert Planet Sculpture 60 Unlocks after completing Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 4. Craftable via Desert Welding Yard. Purchasable after 5 obtained. Desert Public Phone 15 Unlocks after completing The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 1. Purchasable after unlock. Desert Box Tent 25,000 Unlocks with Desert Tents Bundle. Purchasable after unlock. Desert Dome Tent Blazing Guy Attendees 15 Unlocks after completing The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 3. Purchasable after unlock. Cactus 1 2,500 Unlocks with Cactus Bundle. Purchasable after unlock. Unlocked permanently in the store. Cactus 2 Cactus 3 Mirage Ahead Sign 15 Unlocks after completing A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 2. Purchasable after unlock. Desert Totem Pole 100,000 Unlocks after completing Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 1. Craftable via Desert Welding Yard. Purchasable after 5 obtained. Desert Bear Sculpture Craftable via Desert Welding Yard. Purchasable after 5 obtained. Desert Chimp Sculpture Desert Dog Sculpture Desert Gator Sculpture Desert Horse Sculpture Desert Dragon Sculpture 250,000

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Yearbook MB Frontier Fence 250 Frontier Gate 500 Cactus Rock 1 5,000 Wooden Barrel Rock Pile 1 Rock Pillar 1 Cactus Rock 2 25,000 Wooden Barrels 1 Rock Pile 2 Rock Pillar 2 Rock Pillar 3 5 Horse Trough 10 Cacti 15 Explosives Covered Wagon Bloodbath Gulch Sign 20 Frontier Water Tower Cactus Rock 3 Wooden Barrels 2 Rock Pile 3 Hitched Horse 25 Satan's Path 30 Giant Grasshopper 35 Stage Coach Old West Sign Frontier Cemetery 40 Mortician Carriage Quicksand 45 Two-Story Outhouse 50 Forgotten Gold Treasure 60 Rolling Rock 80 Devil's Deluge 90 Torture Conveyor Belt 125 Unlocks Demon Technician. Flanders' Personal Hell 130 Unlocks Old Scratch. Old Mine Satan's Anvil 200

Land tiles

Image Name Cost Notes Sand Unlocks after completing Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 3.

Bundles

Image Name Cost Notes Contents Desert Statues Bundle Unlocks after completing Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 3. Desert Creature Sculpture, Desert Person Sculpture Desert Tents Unlocks after completing The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 2. Desert Box Tent, Desert Dome Tent Cactus Bundle Unlocks after completing A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 1. Cactus 1, Cactus 2, Cactus 3 Desert Chameleons Bundle 60 Purchasable after completing The Incredolous Journey. Chameleon, Chip Chameleon, Rock Chameleon Kumiko Bundle 1 Possible prize in the Summer Mystery Box. Kumiko, Americatown w/ Sailor Kumiko Kumiko Bundle 2 Americatown w/ Sailor Kumiko Great Wall Bundle Great Wall Tower (main), Great Wall Section 1 and Great Wall Section 2 Tray of 132 Donuts Park Ranger Johnson and 132

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Dozen Donuts 12 1 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 The Simpsanos Mystery Box Token 1 70 Summer Mystery Box Resort Hotel, Eiffel Tower, Himeji Castle, Egyptian Pyramid w/ Taskmaster Willie, Rio Days-Inn-Ero, Leaning Tower, Royal Tokyo, Bazaar, Sugarloaf Mountain, Bastille, Chateau Maison, César and Ugolin, Colosseum, Scotland Yard w/ Jack the Ripper, Charmer's Market, Royal Tower, Grand Pyramid, Paris Hotel, Kumiko Bundle 1, Kumiko Bundle 2, International Court of Justice, Fernando Vidal's Villa w/ Fernando Vidal, Great Wall Bundle. Arc de Triomphe, Mount Fuji, Parthenon w/ Mixed Martial Medusa, La Belle Frottage Casino, Island Capitol Building, Safari Casino, The Taj Mahal w/ The Master, Jogyesa Temple w/ The Dalai Lama, Kwik-E-Mart Central Office, Tower of Springfield, Westminster Abbey w/ Geoffrey Chaucer and Oscar Wilde, St. Paul's Cathedral, Abu Simbel Temple 1 Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Shattered Dreams Mystery Box: Entertainment 1 5 Summer Mystery Box Tokens 5 280

Prizes

Camouflaged Intentions

Image Name Unlock Desert Tree Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 1. Oil Well Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 2. Sand Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 3. Springfield Desert State Park Sign Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 4. The Devil's Oasis Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 5.

Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners

Image Name Unlock Desert Totem Pole Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 1. Texxon Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 2. Desert Statues Bundle Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 3. Desert Planet Sculpture Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 4. Desert Casa Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Pt. 5.

The Blaze of Wrath

Image Name Unlock Desert Public Phone The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 1. Desert Tents The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 2. Blazing Guy Attendees The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 3. Deluxe Desert Tent The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 4. Blazing Guy The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 5.

A Separate Dysfunctionality

Image Name Unlock Cactus Bundle A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 1. Mirage Ahead Sign A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 2. Slot Canyon Slots A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 3. Cactus Maggie A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 4. Springfield Mesa A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 5.

Gil Promo

After tapping on Gil's icon Oh boy, has Gil got something special for you today! Take a look at this! Delbert Fornby's art studio, equipped with everything a desert artist needs. Hey! What're you doin' on my property? You told me to sell off your property! I told you to GET off my property! No, you specifically said there's high demand for studios belonging to temperamental artists with mercurial tempers who—Oh, I get it what you're doing. What a dope. What do you say, folks? Better act fast before this guy gets even angrier and the price goes up! If the offer is accepted Oh boy, you won't regret this! Are you still here? I'm gonna break my foot off in your— Gotta go! If the offer is declined I didn't want to sell anyway. You're just saying that to make me feel good. No, I'm saying that to make you feel bad!

Desert Welding Yard

Job Time Reward Delbert Fornby Experiment 8h Random Build Desert Totem Pole 4h Desert Totem Pole Build Desert Person Sculpture Desert Person Sculpture Build Desert Creature Sculpture Desert Creature Sculpture Build Desert Dog Sculpture Desert Dog Sculpture Build Desert Dragon Sculpture Desert Dragon Sculpture Build Desert Bear Sculpture Desert Bear Sculpture Build Desert Horse Sculpture Desert Horse Sculpture Build Desert Gator Sculpture Desert Gator Sculpture Build Desert Chimp Sculpture Desert Chimp Sculpture Build Desert Planet Sculpture Desert Planet Sculpture Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Ned, Milhouse and Nelson Fuse Metal Randomly 12h Random except Desert Planet Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Totem Pole 24h Desert Totem Pole Attempt to Make Desert Person Sculpture Desert Person Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Creature Sculpture Desert Creature Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Dog Sculpture Desert Dog Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Dragon Sculpture Desert Dragon Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Bear Sculpture Desert Bear Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Horse Sculpture Desert Horse Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Gator Sculpture Desert Gator Sculpture Attempt to Make Desert Chimp Sculpture Desert Chimp Sculpture

Quests

• Communion Chameleon
• Camouflaged Intentions
• Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners
• The Blaze of Wrath
• A Separate Dysfunctionality
• The Incredulous Journey
• The Trail Blazer
• Ego Trip and Fall
• Range Romancer
• Prickly Playmates
• Million Dollar Maybe
• Growing Pains
• Cactus Bart's Excellent Adventure
• A Thorn Among Roses
• Desert Fires

Dates

Date Event 06/05 - 7/17 Camouflaged Intentions, Park Ranger Johnson Bundle, Ranger's Office w/ Desert Park Ranger 06/06 - 06/10 Sprinkles Bundle, Donut Day 2024 Promotion 06/14 - 7/17 Dunes, Dooms, and No Diners, Desert Caravan w/ Delbert Fornby 06/23 - 7/17 The Blaze of Wrath, Desert Welding Yard, Drum Circle w/ Calypso Self-Knowledge 07/01 - 07/08 4th of July 2024 Promotion, Jefferson Memorial w/ Thomas Jefferson, Fireworks Control Panel 07/02 - 7/17 A Separate Dysfunctionality, Mother Cactus w/ Cactus Lisa and Cactus Bart

Conform-o-meter impact

Name Rating Points Oil Well Consumerism 5 Texxon, Slot Canyon Slots 10 Desert Box Tent, Desert Dome Tent, Blazing Guy Attendees Indolence 10 Desert Caravan, Drum Circle 20 Ranger's Office Obedience Desert Tree, Springfield Desert State Park Sign, Cactus 1, Cactus 2, Cactus 3 Tree-hugging 100 Blazing Guy, Mother Cactus, Springfield Mesa 200 Desert Totem Pole, Desert Person Sculpture, Desert Creature Sculpture, Desert Bear Sculpture, Desert Chimp Sculpture, Desert Dog Sculpture, Desert Gator Sculpture, Desert Pony Sculpture, Desert Dragon Sculpture, Desert Public Phone, Mirage Ahead Sign Vanity 100 The Devil's Oasis, Desert Casa, Deluxe Desert Tent 200 Desert Welding Yard 400 Desert Planet Sculpture Vanity Bonus $ and XP 200 2.5%

Other changes made

June 4 Update (4.68.0; "v4_68_SUMMEROFOURDISCONTENT")

• Four new building and decoration group were added: Churches, Gas Stations, Rocks and Cacti.
• Sprinkles was added to the list of characters that can Get Judged.
• Cactus Maggie, Cactus Bart and Cactus Lisa were added to the characters that can Bounce on the Moonbounce.
• Chameleon, Chip Chameleon and Rock Chameleon were added to the list of characters that can Pretend to Be Ugly.
• Satan's Anvil's price was changed from 225 to 200.
• Rock Pillar 3 and Rock Pile 3 now has 0.25% Bonus $ and XP.
• Wooden Barrels 2 and Cactus Rock 3 now has 0.5% Bonus $ and XP.

June 6 Update ("v4_68_SUMMEROFOURDISCONTENT_PATCH1")

• A sequence bug on purchasing the Great Wall bundle was fixed.
• In the permanent store, Desert Tree no longer requires the item to be owned to be purchasable, instead Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 1 has to be completed.
• In the permanent store, the three Cactus no longer require the items to be owned to be purchasable, instead requiring A Separate Dysfunctionality, Pt. 1 has to be completed.
• In the event store, Deluxe Desert Tent no longer requires the item to be owned, instead The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 2 has to be completed.
• In the event store, Desert Dome Tent and no longer requires the items to be owned, instead The Blaze of Wrath, Pt. 4 has to be completed.
• In the event store, Oil Well no longer requires the item to be owned to be purchasable, instead Camouflaged Intentions, Pt. 2 has to be completed.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information