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The Simpsons: Tapped Out Superheroes content update

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"Superheroes"
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Splash screen.
App icon.
Store art.

Superheroes is the seventy-sixth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on February 18, 2015 and ended on March 31, 2015. It was the first Superheroes-themed update for the game.

Characters[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Fallout Boy.png Fallout Boy Cash500 Fallout Boy Unlock.png Unlocks in The Death of a Hero Pt. 3.
Unlocks with Superior Squad HQ.
Doctor Colossus.png Dr. Colossus Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png55,000 Dr. Colossus Unlock.png Issue 2 Prize.
The Collider.png The Collider Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png61,500 The Collider Unlock.png Issue 3 Prize.
Radioactive Man.png Radioactive Man Tapped Out Girder.png5 Tapped Out Radioactive Man Unlock.png Issue 4 Prize.
Plopper.png Plopper Donut100 Plopper Unlock.png Unlocks with Crap Silo.
Petroleus Rex.png Petroleus Rex Donut175 Petroleus Rex Unlock.png Unlocks with Tar Pits.

Character skins[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Pie Man.png Pie Man Pieman Unlock.png Unlocks after completing The Death of a Hero Pt. 1.
ClownFace.png Clownface Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png18,500 Clownface Unlock.png Issue 1 Prize.
The Collector.png The Collector Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png29,000 The Collector Unlock.png Issue 2 Prize.
Bartman.png Bartman Donut60 Bartman Unlock.png

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Tapped Out Sidekick Milhouse.png Sidekick Milhouse Donut35 Tapped Out Sidekick Milhouse Unlock.png
Fruit Bat Man.png Fruit-Bat-Man Donut90 Tapped Out Fruit-Bat-Man New Character.png

Buildings[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes
Tapped Out Superior Squad HQ.png Superior Squad HQ Cash500 4h Fighting Crime Unlocks in The Death of a Hero Pt. 3.
Unlocks Fallout Boy.
Tapped Out Radioactive Man Statue.png Radioactive Man Statue Cash1,000 Remembering a Hero Unlocks in Tribute.
Tapped Out Montgomery Burns State Prison.png Burns State Prison Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png7,000 8h Enforcing Mandatory Minimum Sentence Issue 1 Prize.
Tapped Out National Bank of Springfield.png National Bank of Springfield Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png12,000 Charging Banking Fees Issue 2 Prize.
Tapped Out Death Mountain.png Death Mountain Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png37,000 4h Hatching Implausible Schemes Issue 3 Prize.
Tapped Out Kane Manor.png Kane Manor Tapped Out Girder.png3 8h Fumigating Bat Infestation Issue 4 Prize.
Tapped Out Zenith City Apartments.png Zenith City Apartments Tapped Out Phone.png15 + Tapped Out Cape.png15 4h Income Tax Craftable.
Available after completing The Collector Pt. 3.
Tapped Out Zenith City Lofts.png Zenith City Lofts Tapped Out Lockpick.png65 + Tapped Out Handcuff.png10
Tapped Out Zenith City Store Front.png Zenith City Store Front Tapped Out Phone.png20 + Tapped Out Handcuff.png10
Tapped Out Zenith City Times.png Zenith City Times Tapped Out Handcuff.png15 + Tapped Out Lockpick.png100 + Tapped Out Cape.png30 Being a Dying Medium
Tapped Out Botanical Garden.png Botanical Garden Tapped Out Lockpick.png5 Boring School Children
Tapped Out Bartman Cave.png Bartman Cave Donut55 6s Failing to be a Secret Lair
Tapped Out Crap Silo.png Crap Silo Donut100 Producing Methane Unlocks Plopper.
Tapped Out Beachhouse.png Beach House Donut120 Ignoring the Threat of Coastal Erosion
Tapped Out Tar Pits.png Tar Pits Donut175 Preserving Dinosaur DNA Unlocks Petroleus Rex.

Decorations[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Tapped Out Destroyed Brown House.png Wrecked Brown House Cash50,000 Unlocks after completing The Death of a Hero Pt. 4.
Tapped Out Super Jeb.png Super Jeb Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png14,000 Issue 3 Prize.
Tapped Out Rad Mobile.png Rad Mobile Tapped Out Girder.png2 Issue 4 Prize.
Tapped Out Zenith City Phone Booth.png Zenith City Phone Booth Tapped Out Lockpick.png10 + Tapped Out Phone.png5 Craftable.
Available after completing The Collector Pt. 3.
Tapped Out Air Fortress New.png Radstation Air Fortress Donut225

Returning[edit]

Image Name Costs Notes
Tapped Out Fruit-Bat-Signal.png Fruit-Bat-Signal Cash5,000

Consumables[edit]

Image Name Costs Notes
Tapped Out Superior Squad Membership.png Superior Squad Membership Donut90 Doubles the rewards for capturing criminals in a friend's town.

Gameplay[edit]

TSTO Superheroes Help panel.png

Upgrading[edit]

The Superior Squad HQ can be upgraded for larger task payouts and a larger Criminal-tap radius. You can use Arbitrarium, which can be collected in various ways after "A New Hero Rises Pt. 1". Upgrading is not necessary, but is to complete both quests in the mini-questline "Superior-ior Squad HQ". Fireworks and a brief soundtrack happen when levelling up.

Superior Squad HQ rewards[edit]

At Level 0, the reward is Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png0 every 4 hours. Then, once you level up to 1, it is Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png35 every 4 hours. Every time you upgrade, there are Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png10 more rewarded every 4 hours. For example, at Level 7 you have Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png95 every 4 hours.

Tasks that reward event currency[edit]

Character Task Duration Reward
Fallout Boy Practice His Moves 4h Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png10 and XP45
Clownface Check Krusty-Brand Merchandize Tapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png10 and XP45
Bartman Test Gadgets Tapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png15 and XP70
Dr. Colossus Laugh Maniacally Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png10 and XP45
Pie Man Punish Wrongdoers 8h Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png20 and XP70
Petroleus Rex Terrorize Springfield Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png30 and XP105
Plopper Do Whatever A Spider Can
The Collector Practice Swormanship Tapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png20 and XP70
The Collider Die and Come Back in the Credits Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png20 and XP70

Friend Actions[edit]

In a friends' town, you can do SIX daily actions, as opposed to the usual three. Three of them are tapping Criminals, while the other are reporting crimes, which can be done by tapping on the phone icon above all buildings. Only the latter rewards cash, while all reward Carbon Rods.

After tapping on Spied-on Buildings, the yellow logo will disappear and a message will pop up saying "Spied by [player name]". Spied-on Buildings will also have their animations running while the yellow logo is above it.

Action Friend reward (each) Own town reward
Capturing Criminals XPXP, FP Tapped Out.pngFriend Points (if not completed all levels)/Donutchance of a Donut (if completed all levels)
Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png3 (6 with Superior Squad Membership)
Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png15
Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png18
Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png20
Reporting Crimes Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png1 Till 2h passed Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png4
From 2h to 5h passed Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png3
From 5h to 8h passed Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png2
Over 8h passed Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png1

Criminals[edit]

Criminals first appear in towns during the quest "A New Hero Rises Pt. 1". You tap on them to collect event currency, and have a chance to dispense of Arbitrarium, which is used to level up Superior Squad HQ.

Note: Criminals from a phase previous to the one that is currently active will drop the current phase currency.

Felons[edit]

A guide to Felons (which appears after completing Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2.)

Felons are like Criminals, but can only be cleared using Superhero costumes for characters/Fallout Boy obtained in the event during the quest: "Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2". Burns State Prison spawns 1 Felon every 8 hours, and one upon building. Felons also have three hearts, meaning the task must be done three times on one Felon to defeat it. Only 6 Felons can be in one town at a time.

It costs Donut100 to rush the reward.

Task: "Fight Felon"
Superhero Duration Reward
1 Heart Down 2 Hearts Down 3 Hearts Down
Plopper 3h Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png25 Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png75 Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png150
Bartman
Fruit-Bat-Man
Fallout Boy 4h
Pie Man
The Collector
Clownface

"Montgomery Burns State Prison Pt. 2" unlocks most of the Felon's features. After the quest pops up in the taskbook:

When the task "In Battle" by a Felon is finished, the game will send a notification to the device reading "Felon has finished In Battle." After one heart is depleted, an animation of a breaking heart will appear above the Felon's head.

Crafting[edit]

After starting The Collector Pt. 3, Crafting is enabled by tapping on the Android's Dungeon. Crafting items can be collected by defeating Felons and capturing Criminals. At first, one can only craft the Botanical Garden, but after crafting it, you can craft Zenith City buildings, multiple times (except for the Zenith City Times which is unique).

Items[edit]

Image Name Costs Get It Now Cost
Tapped Out Botanical Garden.png Botanical Garden Tapped Out Lockpick.png5 Donut10
Tapped Out Zenith City Times.png Zenith City Times Tapped Out Handcuff.png15 + Tapped Out Lockpick.png100 + Tapped Out Cape.png30 Donut395
Tapped Out Zenith City Apartments.png Zenith City Apartments Tapped Out Phone.png15 + Tapped Out Cape.png15 Donut105
Tapped Out Zenith City Lofts.png Zenith City Lofts Tapped Out Lockpick.png65 + Tapped Out Handcuff.png10 Donut180
Tapped Out Zenith City Store Front.png Zenith City Store Front Tapped Out Phone.png20 + Tapped Out Handcuff.png10 Donut110
Tapped Out Zenith City Phone Booth.png Zenith City Phone Booth Tapped Out Lockpick.png10 + Tapped Out Phone.png5 Donut35

Drops[edit]

Image Name Action Drop % Quantity
Event Currency
Arbitrarium.png Arbitrarium Capturing Criminals 20% 1
Tapped Out Carbon Rod.pngTapped Out Pie-bomb.pngTapped Out Freeze Ray.png Carbon Rod
Pie Bomb
Freeze Ray
Capturing Criminals 100% Carbon Rods 15
Pie Bombs 18
Freeze Rays 20
Capturing Criminals in Friend's Towns
Capturing Criminals in Friend's Towns with Superior Squad Membership 30
Reporting Crimes in Friend's Towns 1
Superior Squad HQ Reward every 4h
Defeating Felon 25+75+150
Tapped Out Girder.png Girder Unknown Unknown Unknown
Crafting Material
Tapped Out Lockpick.png Lockpick Capture Criminals 10% 1
Tapped Out Handcuff.png Handcuff Defeat Felons 100%
Tapped Out Phone.png Phone Report Crimes in Friend's Towns 20%
Tapped Out Cape.png Cape Collect Superior Squad HQ Reward Every 4 hours

Attacking The Radioactive Man Statue[edit]

During the quests "Monumental Battle Pt. 1", "Monumental Battle Pt. 3", "Monumental Battle Pt. 6" and "Monumental Battle Pt. 8", Heroes must attack the Radioactive Man Statue to weaken it. Heroes from the event can be used to weaken it, but 4 additional characters' skins can be used.
After completing "Conclusion", the user unlocks the ability to choose Radioactive Man Statue's skin and the 10h job for the heroes Train For Future Conflict.
Only Bartman, The Collector, Fallout Boy, Pie Man, Clownface, Fruit-Bat-Man and Plopper can do this job.

Jobs at the Radioactive Man Statue[edit]

Character Jobs Fight The Final Boss Duration Reward
Bartman Fight The Final Boss
Train For Future Conflict
3h Cash200XP55
Fruit-Bat-Man
Plopper
Sidekick Milhouse Fight The Final Boss
Super Sexy Flanders
The Collector Fight The Final Boss
Train For Future Conflict
4h Cash175XP45
Fallout Boy
Pie Man
Clownface
Ice Princess Martin Fight The Final Boss
Moog

Criminals[edit]

Criminals appear in towns again during the quests "Monumental Battle Pt. 2", "Monumental Battle Pt. 4" and "Monumental Battle Pt. 7". You tap on them to complete the quest. No event currency is gained from defeating them. The 30 required criminals will spawn immediately upon starting the quest. Only 30 criminals are needed to complete the quests.

Prizes[edit]

Issue 1[edit]

Image Name Cost Donut Cost
Arbitrarium.png Arbitrarium Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png400 Donut50
Tapped Out Montgomery Burns State Prison.png Burns State Prison Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png7,000 Donut250
ClownFace.png Clownface Tapped Out Carbon Rod.png18,500 Donut300

Issue 2[edit]

Image Name Cost Donut Cost
Tapped Out National Bank of Springfield.png National Bank of Springfield Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png12,000 Donut350
The Collector.png The Collector Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png29,000 Donut250
Doctor Colossus.png Dr. Colossus Tapped Out Pie-bomb.png55,000 Donut500

Issue 3[edit]

Image Name Cost Donut Cost
Tapped Out Super Jeb.png Super Jeb Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png14,000 Donut150
Tapped Out Death Mountain.png Death Mountain Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png37,000 Donut350
The Collider.png The Collider Tapped Out Freeze Ray.png61,500 Donut500

Issue 4[edit]

Image Name Cost
Tapped Out Rad Mobile.png Rad Mobile Tapped Out Girder.png2
Tapped Out Kane Manor.png Kane Manor Tapped Out Girder.png3
Radioactive Man.png Radioactive Man Tapped Out Girder.png5

Quests[edit]

Dates[edit]

Date Event
2/18 Issue 1
2/18 - 3/24 Tar Pits w/ Petroleus Rex
2/14 Issue 2
3/3 - 4/1 Bartman
3/3 - 3/10 Bartman Cave
3/10 Issue 3, Fruit-Bat-Man
3/24 Issue 4
3/24 - 3/31 Sidekick Milhouse
3/31 - 4/7 Bartman Cave, Beach House

Conform-o-meter impact[edit]

Name Rating Points
National Bank of Springfield, Zenith City Times, Tar Pits Consumerism 10
Kane Manor, Zenith City Apartments, Zenith City Lofts, Zenith City Store Front, Crap Silo, Beach House Indolence
Superior Squad HQ, Radioactive Man Statue, Burns State Prison, Death Mountain, Bartman Cave Obedience
Botanical Garden Tree-hugging 200
Wrecked Brown House, Zenith City Phone Booth Vanity 10
Rad Mobile 50
Super Jeb 200
Radstation Air Fortress Obedience
Bonus $ and XP
10
5%

Other changes made[edit]

February 18 update (v4_13_SUPERHEROES_Patch1_Prelaunch)[edit]

  • Freddy Quimby and Fruit-Bat-Man got renewed animations.
  • All tree-hugging decorations got resigned with better graphics and shadows.
  • Deleted any reference to Santa's tasks.
  • Can't exchange KrustyLand Tickets for Money anymore in some towns.
  • In Edit mode, after storing a decoration, the game autoselects the next decoration of the same type next to it.
  • A new background music is implemented.
  • A new font for the game is implemented, similar to Comic Sans.
  • Some System Messages now appear on the top left in a new text area.
  • A White border was added around the screen while reading quest texts and the text boxes for the event quests are now comic book-like.
  • The icon to access the friend's town screen changed and now shows Sidekick Milhouse and Bartman.
  • The Task book has been changed to a Comic Book theme.
  • Fruit-Bat-Man is moved to the Vigilantes Character Collection.
  • Selma and Skinner's Dine at the Revolving Restaurant is in order, instead of at the top of their task list.
  • The glitch where the "Walk Mr. Teeny" task gets stuck in the Task List is fixed.
  • Daily Play Combo is changed to earn Event currency.
  • In the Census, when tapping a character assigned to a visual job next to a building or decoration, it'll now open the character's task window instead of the item's task window.
  • Ned's and Duffman's good and bad jobs sound was reversed. Now it's fixed.
  • If you tap Arnie Pye in the air by mistake from anywhere in your town the screen automatically redirects to Channel 6 and reveals his "In Task" time/rush meter.
  • The Friend Points prize issue that many players faced where the prizes won were sometimes not awarded at all or wrongly awarded has been rectified.
  • Placing Fruit-Bat-Signal now yields XP500 instead of XP0.
  • Fruit-Bat-Signal now yields 10 decoration points instead of 100.
  • Added chain placement to the Fruit-Bat-Signal.
  • Crazy Cat Lady is changed from RegularCharacters and RegularFemale groups to PremiumCharacters and PremiumFemale groups.
  • Mindy and Homer's Eat At Madame Chao's now yields premium payout.
  • Homer's Book a Reservation now yields premium payout.
  • Giuseppe is changed from RegularCharacters group to PremiumCharacters group.
  • Giuseppe and George Washington now pays premium payout.
  • Fixed a bug where Princess Penelope couldn't visit Krustyland.
  • Removed cost of Krustyland debris (was 0 Krustyland tickets).
  • Removed one strip of unprogrammed land.
  • Changed Fruit-Bat-Man's questline dialogue to appear in comic format.
  • Changed Tutorial's Other Frink to use scripted movement.
  • Changed Strongman Idle animation to the correct one.
  • Removed the requirement of quest Free Hugs Pt. 3 from the Make a Thing Shop.
  • Mr. Constington and The Yes Guy are changed from RegularCharacters and RegularMale groups to PremiumCharacters and PremiumMale groups.
  • Fixed a possible glitch in Ebenezer Burns' Money Fight.
  • Fat Tony, Louie and Legs have a new 16h job: Run Smuggling Operation at Burns State Prison.

February 24 update (v4_13_2; Android Play Store Update)[edit]

  • On Android, when the game is closed (without force closing) and reopened, the game will, most of the times, continue where it left off without restarting.

February 26 update (v4_13_SUPERHEROES_Patch2_Postlaunch)[edit]

  • The landing site was moved to the Superior Squad HQ.
    The event's friends guide.
    Radstation Air Fortress old design.
    Radstation Air Fortress new design.
  • The unreleased "Air Fortress" was released as "Radstation Air Fortress" and was redesigned to show the missiles on top and have different tubes connecting the rotating stations.
  • A new permanent job was added for Fallout Boy with the Radstation Air Fortress, Endure Air Sea-sickness (16h).
  • The questline activated once the Superior Squad Membership is bought was expanded.
  • When tapping on the Question mark on friend's screen near the currency on bottom left a guide was added.
  • Krustyland Entrance was removed from being reportable. This fixed the inability to exchange KrustyLand Tickets for Money.
  • Text for spied buildings was changed from "Spied by (username)" to "Reported by (username)".

March 5 update (v4_13_2; Itunes Update)[edit]

  • Added on iOS the ability Android got on February 24th update: when the game is closed (without force closing) and reopened the game will, most of the times, continue where it left off without restarting.

March 23 update (v4_13_SuperheroesBossFight)[edit]

Beach House old design.
Beach House new design.
  • Changed end dates for St. Patrick's 2015 to 2014 to disable them.
  • Added the previously unreleased Construction Site (now named Radioactive Man Statue), Kane Manor, Beach House, Radioactive Man and Rad Mobile to the game.
  • Changed Beach House design.
  • Sidekick Milhouse, Bartman Cave and Radstation Air Fortress are being reoffered at the end of Issue 4.
  • Removed the requirement quest O'Flan-again Pt. 1 and 2 for some of St. Patrick's Day 2015 quests.
  • Wrecked Brown House can now be sold.
  • Radstation Air Fortress now can be placed on shoreline.
  • Sound has been added to the Radstation Air Fortress and Bartman Cave.
  • Changed all quests for Superheroes event from Sidequest to Eventquest type.
  • Requirements for Radstation Air Fortress and Bartman Cave changed from A New Hero Rises Pt. 1 completed to having started the event.
  • Added the new currency Radioactive Girders.
  • Sidekick Milhouse now costs Donut35 once rereleased and his jobs now yields Premium payout.
  • River's water returned blue.
  • A new ambience music has been added.
  • Storefront returned to Superheroes'.
  • Added a job for Bartman, The Collector, Fallout Boy, Pie man, Clownface, Fruit-Bat-Man and Plopper to Train For Future Conflict at the Radioactive Man Statue once the Issue 4 Quests are completed. During Issue 4 the job is Fight Final Boss.
  • Superior Squad HQ now has a payout of Cash90 and XP10.

March 25 update (v4_13_SuperheroesBossFight_Patch1)[edit]

  • Changed the duration of the work for Fallout Boy "Research The Statue" for "Monumental Battle Pt. 5" from 12h to 1h.
  • Fixed bugs resetting to Issue 1 or making criminals not appear for Issue 4 quests.
  • Fruit-Bat-Signal is now permanent in the Civic section of the store and no longer limited time.

Sources[edit]

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