The Simpsons: Tapped Out The Invasion Before Christmas content update

This article is about the Tapped Out's Winter content update from 2017. For other year's Tapped Out Winter content updates, see TSTO Winter Content Updates.

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"The holidays are back in Springfield, which can only mean one thing: Kang and Kodos...? The alien duo arrive a couple months late with a nefarious plot to take over the world. Join Bart, Lisa, Buddha, Jesus, Santa and more to stop the alien invasion and save Springfield yet again. Sort of starting to think that gas leak we discovered in the writers' room might have affected this update...

Update now for a Ho, Ho, HOLY good time."

―Event description

Splash screen.

App icon.

Store panel.

The Invasion Before Christmas is the one hundred fifty-ninth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on December 5, 2017 and ended on January 2, 2018. It was teased in the A Rigellian Christmas Promo update. It was the sixth Christmas-themed update for the game.

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Santa Claus Unlocks after completing Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 12. Worker Elves 10,900 Act 1 Prize. Gautama Buddha 1,900 Act 2 Prize. Jack Frost 19,300 Act 2 Prize. Unlocks with Candy Cave. Shiva 75 Lyla 140 Unlocks with The Peak Inn. J. Rigellian Christ 150 Unlocks with Manger. Jesus Christ 199 Unlocks with Heavenly Swing Set.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Kang Unlocks in The Invasion Is Snow Joke Pt. 1. Kodos Patches and Poor Violet 100 Rebate: 50. The Wiccans 110 Rebate: 20. Brother Faith Unlocks with Brother Faith Van. Rabbi Krustofsky 150 Unlocks with Temple Beth Springfield. Rebate: 50.

Outfits

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Santa Kang 400 Act 1 Prize. Mrs. Kodos Claus 17,700 Act 1 Prize. Unlocks with Rigellian Christmas Fireplace. Conductor Otto 4,000 Act 2 Prize. Unlocks in Arctic Hypertrain and Conductor Otto bundle. Kwanzaa Dr. Hibbert 9,400 Act 2 Prize. Christmas Tree Ralph 40 Elf Lisa Unlocks in Elf Lisa and Elf Bart bundle. Elf Bart

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Fairy Kodos 40 White Witch Burns 60

Pets

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Imaginary Bear 35 Rebate: 20. Candy Kevin 45 Rebate: 35. Bonestorm Santa Rebate: 20. Annual Gift Man Rebate: 10.

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Jesus' Carpentry Shop 6s Unlocks in The Invasion Is Snow Joke Pt. 6. Unlocks Crafting. Re-Gifting Machine Unlocks in The Invasion Is Snow Joke Pt. 7. Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop 2,500 4h Luring Humans With Toys Act 1 Prize. Rigellian Construction Site 13,400 Subjugating Puny Humans for Laser Creation Rigellian Christmas Fireplace 17,700 Stuffing Stockings With Terror Act 1 Prize. Unlocks Mrs. Kodos Claus. Arctic Hypertrain 4,000 Restoring Faith In Holidays Act 2 Prize. Unlocks in Arctic Hypertrain and Conductor Otto bundle. Christmas Cabin 12,300 Perfecting Holiday Magic Act 2 Prize. Santa's House 15,000 Determining Who's Naughty and Who's Nice Candy Cave 19,300 Bending Candy Canes Into Shape Act 2 Prize. Unlocks Jack Frost. Eski-Moe's 55 6s Serving Alaskaholics Chinese Restaurant 65 Serving All Religions All the Time Krusty's Kristmas on Ice 75 Providing Holiday Shlock Rigellian North Pole 100 Pretending to Deliver Christmas Magic Rewards 10 every 8 hours. The Peak Inn 140 Failing To Consummate Love Affairs Unlocks Lyla. Manger 150 Embodying Love, Peace, and Understanding Unlocks J. Rigellian Christ Radiant B.S. Station Dumping B.S. On the World Heavenly Swing Set 199 Amusing Savior Unlocks Jesus Christ.

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Rigellian Christmas Spaceship 6s N/A Unlocks in The Invasion Is Snow Joke Pt. 1. Rigellian Tribal Hut 20 Leeching Wifi Rebate: 10. X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular Selling Irregular Trees Fortress of Lonelitude 30 Being a Place of Solace for Nerds Fully upgrades after completing Fixer Upper Fortress. Wooly Bully 40 Selling Overpriced Hats Rebate: 30. Egg Nog Bar 60 Punishing the Lactose Intolerant Rebate: 50. Springfield Animal Shelter Taking Puppies Out Behind The Barn Toy Workshop Making Toys for Ungrateful Kids Unlocks in Toy Workshop and Bell Bundle. Portal to Rigel 7 75 Locking in Chevrons Claus Co. 90 6s Modernizing Holidays Exotic Petting Zoo 100 Dressing up Animals for a Lame Show Fully upgrades after completing The Animal Within. Temple Beth Springfield 150 Teaching How to Properly Hold a Torah Scroll Unlocks Rabbi Krustofsky. Rebate: 50. North Pole Station Hiring Non-Union Elf Workers Unlocks in North Pole Station bundle. Unlocks Short Track Piece x8, Curved Track Piece x4, Straight Track Piece x4, S Curve Piece x2.

Building skins

Image Name Cost Notes Rigellian Christmas Spaceship Destroyed Available post-event.

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Ice Skating Rink 8,200 Act 1 Prize. Large Snowy Christmas Hill Possible prize in Act 1 Re-Gifting Machine Mystery Box. Small Snowy Christmas Hill North Pole Elf Cabins Possible prize in Act 2 Re-Gifting Machine Mystery Box. North Pole Reindeer Stables Candy Cane Fencing 20 Level 1 Craftable. Rigellian Christmas Wall 40 Gum Drop Rocks Level 2 Craftable. Elf Day Care Door 160 Gingerbread House 350 Level 6 Craftable. Poinsettia Flowers 80 Level 8 Craftable. North Pole Columns 160 Level 9 Craftable. Wooden Soldiers 100 Level 11 Craftable. Snowperson Security Guard 180 Gingerbread Simpsons House 350 Level 13 Craftable. Rotating Religious Holo-Statue 30 North Pole Station Awning Unlocks in North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle and North Pole Station bundle. North Pole Monorail Extension North Pole Station Stairs North Pole Station Platform Santa's Plane Sled 40 The Stable at the Inn 45 Snake Eating Rudolph 50

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Murdered Snowman 30,000 Lollipop Flowers 10 Level 3 Craftable. Festive Nutcracker 15 Level 4 Craftable. Festive Hot Drink Stand 60 Level 5 Craftable. Festive Bow Lamp Post 15 Level 7 Craftable. Festive Candycane 40 Level 8 Craftable. Ice Fence 40 Level 10 Craftable. Festive Bell Lamp Post 30 Level 12 Craftable. Destroyed Holiday Wheel 1 Rebate: 1. Pagan Fence Festive Trashcan Fire 3 Rebate: 2. Small Pagan Tent 5 Rigellian Shrub Fancy Igloo Fir is Murder Christmas Tree 10 Rebate: 5. "Christmas" Totem Duff Beer Tree Burns Fever Snowman Cult Flying Saucer Human Test Subject 15 Medium Iceberg Rebate: 5. Christmas Float 20 Rebate: 20. Marge Snowman Rebate: 10 Lisa Snowman Grampa Snowman Devil Snowman Dunk the Monk Snowball II Snowcat Rebate: 1. Santa's Little Helper Snowdog Reindeer Fever Cabin Christmas Clams $50 a Pound Large Iceberg 25 Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene 30 Rebate: 20. Ice God Curved Track Piece Unlocks with North Pole Station bundle. S Curve Piece Short Track Piece Straight Track Piece Giant Burning Goat 45 Flanders' Frozen Car 50 Rebate: 40. Elf Home 60 Holiday Tree 75 Rebate: 30. Toy Workshop Bell Unlocks in Toy Workshop and Bell Bundle. Dunking Device 80 Rebate: 70. Old Tree Spirit 100 Rigellian Queen Unlocks in Rigellian Queen Festive Façade Bundle. Brother Faith Van 110 Unlocks Brother Faith. Pagan Bonfire 170

Tiles

Image Name Cost Notes Ice Unlocks in Ice bundle.

Decoration skins

Image Name Cost Notes Tire Fireplace 20 Also unlocks in Tire Fireplace and Tire Fire bundle. Rigellian Queen Festive Facade 40 Also unlocks in Rigellian Queen Festive Façade Bundle.

Bundles

Image Name Cost Notes Contents Ice Possible prize in Re-Gifting Machine Mystery Box. Ice x5 Santa Kang and Free Land Token 400 Act 1 Prize. Santa Kang and Free Land Token Mrs. Kodos Claus Bundle 17,700 Rigellian Christmas Fireplace and Mrs. Kodos Claus Gautama Buddha and Free Land Token 1,900 Act 2 Prize. Gautama Buddha and Free Land Token Arctic Hypertrain and Conductor Otto 4,000 Arctic Hypertrain and Conductor Otto North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle 35 North Pole Monorail Extension, North Pole Station Awning, North Pole Station Platform and North Pole Station Stairs Funzo Bundle Possible prize in the Winter Wonderland Mystery Box. Blue Funzo, Pink Funzo and Purple Funzo Santa Skin Bundle Santa's Village w/ Santa Homer and Santa Flanders Ice Palace Bundle Ice Palace and Ice Princess Martin Tire Fireplace and Tire Fire 50 Rebate: 30. Tire Fire and Tire Fireplace Toy Workshop and Toy Workshop Bell bundle 75 Toy Workshop and Toy Workshop Bell Rigellian Queen Festive Façade Bundle 100 Rigellian Queen and Rigellian Queen Festive Facade Elf Lisa and Elf Bart 100 Elf Lisa and Elf Bart North Pole Station bundle 160 Rebate: 60 North Pole Station, North Pole Monorail Extension, North Pole Station Awning, North Pole Station Platform and North Pole Station Stairs

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Screen Re-Gifting Machine Mystery Box Act 1: Ice [x5], Large Snowy Christmas Hill and Small Snowy Christmas Hill Act 2: Ice [x5], North Pole Elf Cabins and North Pole Reindeer Stables After 2 Mystery Boxes each act: 10 Free Land Token 400 5,000 1,900 7,500 Act 1 and 2 Prize. Possible prize in Re-Gifting Machine Mystery Box. 25-Pack of Wrapping Paper 25 20 50-Pack of Wrapping Paper 50 30 75-Pack of Wrapping Paper 75 40 Winter Wonderland Mystery Box Dancing Reindeer, Snow Monster, The Grumple, Star Snowsuit Maggie, Plow King, Mr. Plow, Festivus Comic Book Guy, Ice Palace w/ Ice Princess Martin, Virgil's Cabin, Chocolate Shoppe, Ski Chalet, Springfield Skating Rink, Slide Factory, Humble Gingerbread House, Santa Skin Bundle, Spruce Caboose, Ski Lift w/ Stupid Sexy Flanders, King Winter's Cave w/ King Winter, Nativity Scene, Giant Snow Globe, Murderhorn, Funzo Bundle 50 Magic Scratch-R Unlocks after starting 'Twas the Night Before Scratch-Mas.

Gameplay

Battle of the B.S.

Quest Job Reward Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 6 Make Buddha Invoke the B.S. Make Kang Battle the B.S. League Make Kodos Battle the B.S. League 200 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 8 Make B.S. Leaguers Fight Aliens [x4] Make Rigellians Battle the B.S. League [x2] Use the Re-Gifting Machine to Blast Robo-Funzos 100 and 30 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 9 100 and 30 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 10 Make B.S. Leaguers Fight Aliens [x4] Make Rigellians Battle the B.S. League [x2] 200 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 11 200 and 30 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 12 Santa Claus and 50 Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 13 Make B.S. Leaguers Fight Aliens [x4] Make Rigellians Battle the B.S. League [x2] Make Santa Claus Come to Town Upside Rigellian Skulls 400

Crafting

Image Name Cost Unlock Candy Cane Fencing 20 Level 1 Rigellian Christmas Wall 40 Elf Day Care Door 160 Level 2 Gum Drop Rocks 40 Lollipop Flowers 10 Level 3 Festive Nutcracker 15 Level 4 Festive Hot Drink Stand 60 Level 5 Gingerbread House 350 Level 6 Festive Bow Lamp Post 15 Level 7 Festive Candycane 40 Level 8 Poinsettia Flowers 80 North Pole Columns 160 Level 9 Ice Fence 40 Level 10 Wooden Soldiers 100 Level 11 Snowperson Security Guard 180 Festive Bell Lamp Post 30 Level 12 Gingerbread Simpsons House 350 Level 13

Leveling goals

2 20 3 140 4 300 5 465 6 640 7 830 8 1,170 9 1,520 10 1,895 11 2,295 12 2,715 13 3,145

Daily Challenges

Clear Robo-Funzos [x40] Clear Robo-Funzos in Friends' Towns Play the Re-Gifting Machine Send B.S. Leaguers to Battle [x8] Send Rigellians to Battle [x3] Possible Rewards: 450 Event Currency 10

Re-Gifting Machine

Image Name Unlocks in Ice [x5] (4 packs) Act 1 and 2 Free Land Token Large Snowy Christmas Hill Act 1 Small Snowy Christmas Hill North Pole Elf Cabins Act 2 North Pole Reindeer Stables 10 After 2 Mystery Boxes each act

Prizes

Act 1

Image Name Cost Santa Kang and Free Land Token 400 Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop 2,500 Free Land Token 5,000 Ice Skating Rink 8,200 Worker Elves 10,900 Rigellian Construction Site 13,400 Mrs. Kodos Claus Bundle 17,700

Act 2

Image Name Cost Gautama Buddha and Free Land Token 1,900 Arctic Hypertrain w/ Conductor Otto 4,000 Free Land Token 7,500 Kwanzaa Dr. Hibbert 9,400 Christmas Cabin 12,300 Santa's House 15,000 Candy Cave w/ Jack Frost 19,300

Gil Promo

After tapping on Gil's mark Hey there, pal! How'd you like to help someone who's had some pretty rough times? I'm talking about Jesus Christ, of course! So, help me show him we still remember his birthday! If the offer is accepted Oh, wow. That's what I inappropriately call a mitzvah. Now I get to spend the holidays with the people I love... the blackjack dealers at Springfield Casino. I feel lucky, cha-cha-cha! If the offer is declined No sale, huh? Boy, my boss is gonna be mad. He told me if I didn't make a sale I'd have to answer to Pontius Pilate. I don't know who that is, but I was kicked out of my last Pilates class for stealing the mats.

Quests

• The Invasion Is Snow Joke
• More Presents
• Balderdashing All the Way
• More B.S.
• The Birth of a Notion
• That Was Zen, This Is Me-Ow
• Guess Who's Brahman to Dinner
• O Glitterbaum, O Glitterbaum
• To Thine Own Elf Be True
• Joy to the Weird
• Let's Take a Pole: North or South?
• The War on Christmas
• A Rocky Relationship
• The Promised Land
• Unstable Stable
• Chestnuts Roasting on a Tire Fire
• Krusty's Kristmas Makes a Komeback
• Jesus Christ, Alien Superstar
• Third-Eye Watchtower
• Sutrageous Fortune
• A Touch of Ice-Solation
• Angels We Have Heard While High
• Kwanzaa Talk About It?
• Kris-Cross
• Claus-Et Homemaker
• Here Comes Santa's Independent Clauses
• Unbeli-Elf-Able Working Conditions
• Time to Toy Around
• On Thin Ice
• The Cabin in the Redneck Woods
• All Presents and Accounted for
• The Gingerbread House on Lollipop Lane
• It's Snow Trouble
• Ginger Bread and Loving It
• Nay Care Day Care
• Snakes on a Sleigh
• 'Twas the Night Before Scratch-Mas
• Fixer Upper Fortress
• The Animal Within

Dates

Date Event 12/5 - 1/2 Event, Winter Wonderland Mystery Box, Rigellian North Pole, Manger w/ J. Rigellian Christ, Rigellian Queen Festive Facade, Rigellian Queen Festive Façade Bundle, 25-Pack of Wrapping Paper, 50-Pack of Wrapping Paper, 75-Pack of Wrapping Paper, Elf Lisa and Elf Bart, North Pole Station bundle, North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle, Fairy Kodos, Egg Nog Bar, Grampa Snowman, Elf Home, Rigellian Tribal Hut, Pagan Bonfire, Rigellian Chalk Outline, Rigellian Shrub, Festive Trashcan Fire, The Wiccans, Fancy Igloo, Medium Iceberg, Snowball II Snowcat, Pagan Fence, Small Pagan Tent, Cult Flying Saucer 12/5 - 12/19 Act 1 12/7 - 12/13 Santa's Plane Sled, Baby Gerald 12/8 - 12/14 Snake Eating Rudolph 12/9 - 12/15 Eski-Moe's, X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular 12/11 - 1/2 The Peak Inn w/ Lyla 12/11 - 12/17 Toy Workshop and Toy Workshop Bell bundle 12/13 - 12/19 Chinese Restaurant, Human Test Subject 12/15 - 1/2 Christmas Tree Ralph 12/15 - 12/21 Springfield Animal Shelter 12/16 - 1/2 Marge Snowman, Exotic Petting Zoo, Santa's Little Helper Snowdog, Wooly Bully, Patches and Poor Violet, Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene, Large Iceberg, Imaginary Bear, Reindeer, Holiday Tree, Flanders' Frozen Car, Dunk the Monk, Murdered Snowman, Christmas Float, Lisa Snowman, Fever Cabin 12/17 - 12/24 Fortress of Lonelitude 12/18 - 1/2 Brother Faith Van w/ Brother Faith 12/19 - 1/2 Act 2, Shiva, Temple Beth Springfield w/ Rabbi Krustofsky 12/20 - 1/2 White Witch Burns 12/20 - 12/26 Heavenly Swing Set w/ Jesus Christ 12/21 - 1/2 Stable at the Inn, Radiant B.S. Station 12/22 - 1/2 Claus Co., Rotating Religious Holo-Statue, Ice God, Devil Float, Old Tree Spirit, Bonestorm Santa, "Christmas" Totem, Christmas Clams $50 a Pound, Duff Beer Tree, Candy Kevin, Devil Snowman, Destroyed Holiday Wheel, Fir Is Murder Christmas Tree, Dunking Device, Giant Burning Goat, Burns Fever Snowman 12/23 - 1/2 Tire Fireplace, Tire Fireplace and Tire Fire bundle, Annual Gift Man, Portal to Rigel 7 12/25 - 1/2 Krusty's Kristmas on Ice 12/30 - 1/2 Last Chance: Santa's Plane Sled, Snake Eating Rudolph, Eski-Moe's, Chinese Restaurant

Conform-o-meter impact

Name Rating Points Jesus' Carpentry Shop Consumerism 5 Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop, Christmas Cabin, Santa's House, Candy Cave, Chinese Restaurant, Krusty's Kristmas on Ice 10 Snake Eating Rudolph Gluttony 5 Eski-Moe's, Rigellian North Pole 10 Rigellian Construction Site, Rigellian Christmas Fireplace, Arctic Hypertrain Indolence Snowperson Security Guard, Santa's Plane Sled, The Stable at the Inn Obedience 5 Heavenly Swing Set 10 Manger, Radiant B.S. Station Righteousness Re-Gifting Machine, Large Snowy Christmas Hill, Small Snowy Christmas Hill, North Pole Elf Cabins, North Pole Reindeer Stables, Candy Cane Fencing, Rigellian Christmas Wall, Gum Drop Rocks, Elf Day Care Door, Gingerbread House, Poinsettia Flowers, North Pole Columns, Wooden Soldiers, Gingerbread Simpsons House Vanity 100 The Peak Inn, Ice Skating Rink 200 North Pole Station Awning, North Pole Monorail Extension, North Pole Station Stairs, North Pole Station Platform Vanity Bonus $ and XP 100 1%

Gallery

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  Store artwork
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  Holiday Bazaar store panel

Other changes made

December 5 Update (4.30.0; "v4_30_XMAS2017")

• The app icon, the splash screen, and the friend visit's icon were changed to new ones for the event.
• The whole game was changed to a winter theme, and a winter wind blows as the ambient sound.
• Snow is now falling.
• The town center was set to the Rigellian Christmas Spaceship.
• Event Daily Challenges were added.
• The decorations limit was increased to 10,600.
• Holiday Tree now yields 0.75% Bonus $ and XP instead of 0.65%.
• Santa Homer's "Do Santa Training" can now be done at the Simpson House too.
• The Hippie's jobs now pay out premium.
• The end-of-questline fireworks were added to Dollar Dollar Hills Yall Pt. 6 and A Tale of Two Orphan Pt. 5.
• SciFighter's HUD was changed to the new Re-Gifting Machine minigame.
• A new building group was added, Burns Homes: Control Building, Classic Mansion, Burns' Summer Mansion, and Dr. Lenny's Lab.
• Rigellian Tribal Hut build time was reduced from 8h to 6s.
• Santa's Workshop and Costington's can now be placed on pavement too.
• Egg Nog Bar can now be placed on boardwalk tile, ornate pier, and beach too.
• Claus Co. can now be placed on pavement too.
• Placing Festive Wreath Lamp Post, Festive Lawn Angel, and Festive Lawn Bell now yields 0 instead of 40.
• Completing Better Than a Garden Gnome, A Punch Below the Bell, Bad to the Bone, and Ghost of Christmas Past now yields 100 and 10.
• Christmas Float now yields 0.5% Bonus $ and XP.
• Festivus Comic Book Guy's Fight the Power and Give a Sound Bite can now be done at the Android's Dungeon too.
• For the duration of the event:
  • Moe's Tavern requires level 5 instead of 12 to show up in store, though still not buyable till level 15.
  • School Bus requires level 5 instead of level 22.
  • Hibbert Family Practice requires level 5 instead of level 24.
  • Bart's Treehouse requires level 5 instead of level 12.
  • Gautama Buddha, Kang, Kodos, Shiva, Santa Claus, Temple Beth Springfield, Candy Cave, Heavenly Swing Set, School Bus, and Bart's Treehouse can't be stored.
• Christmas Orange House's lights were removed.
• Cheering Crowd and Rude Crowd are now seen shivering in the cold.
• Snake Speakers' normal and flipped were switched.
• Flipped Burns' Summer Mansion's snow was removed.

December 7 Update ("4_30_XMAS2017_Patch1")

• The North Pole Station glitched positioning was fixed.
• Ice tiles are now stored if the town is nuked.
• A glitch awarding 8 Pagan Fences per buy when first buying them in the Holiday Bazaar was fixed. The script from Winter 2016 awarding them if they were bought before the December 14th, 2016 update was disabled.
• In Balderdashing All the Way Pt. 15, the dialogue said by Kang is now said by Santa Kang.

December 21 Update ("4_30_XMAS2017_Patch2")

• The event end time was changed from January 2nd at 7am GMT to January 2nd at 3pm GMT.
• At the end of the event, the Crafting and Re-Gifting Machine screen will now show up "Hurry up! These items will disappear soon."
• The prizes screens now show the text: "Prizes end in:" followed by the countdown to event end.
• The event is now active till the takedown update is used, instead of the end time of the event.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information