The Simpsons: Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror XXV content update

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This article is about the Tapped Out's Treehouse of Horror content update from 2014. For other year's Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror content updates, see The Simpsons: Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror content updates.
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Splash screen.
App icon.

Treehouse of Horror XXV is the sixty-fourth content update for The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It started on October 7, 2014 and ended on November 13, 2014. It was the third "Treehouse of Horror" update of the game.

Description[edit]

App Store Description:

The Treehouse of Horrors update is here and it's out of this world!

Aliens have arrived in Springfield with plans to attack! Uncover their plot and save your town! At least until the government finds out and covers this all up.

  • Squish the alien invaders and collect probes, ray guns and more to earn special prizes
  • Trick-or-treat with more characters than ever and craft unique limited time items
  • Compete with your friends on NEW LEADERBOARDS and see who can squish the most aliens
  • Enjoy new characters, buildings and decorations and rediscover missed prizes from last year
What's New in Version 4.11.0:

The Treehouse of Horror update is here!

Ready the Spooky Checklist! Costumes? Check. Candy Bags? Check. Ungrateful greedy children? Check. Alien Invasion?... Looks like this totally normal Halloween update got a little out of this world. Maybe add a few mutated trees and zombies to the checklist too. Doesn't hurt to be prepared.

Enjoy new characters, buildings, decorations and more in the latest event!!!

Characters[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Hugo 300 + 300 + 250 Crafting Prize.
Space Mutant Donut150 Unlocks with Drive-In Theater.
Unlocks after completing The Slime of Your Life Pt. 1.


Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Kang Unlocks at the start of Free Hugs Pt. 1.
Booberella Donut100
Number 51 Unlocks with Victorian UFO + Number 51 Bundle.
Suzanne the Witch Donut140 Unlocks with Gingerbread House.
Kodos Donut150 Unlocks with Ray Gun.


Costumes[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Moog Answer trivia question correctly.
U. B. O. Long Protein String14,900 Act Three Prize.


Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Marge The Witch Unlocks in Marge The Witch and Cauldron bundle.
Count Burns Donut120 Unlocks with Burns Coffin.
Devil Flanders Unlocks with Devil Flanders + Heck House Bundle.


Pets[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Mutant Peacock Probe3,250 Act One Prize.
500 + 500 + 300 Act Two and Three Craftable (if Act One Prize missed).
Bulldozer-saurus Ray Gun2,825 Act Two Prize.
500 + 500 + 300 Act Three Craftable (if Act Two Prize missed).


Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes
Frog Prince Donut25
Burns Monster Donut25
King Snorky Donut40
Shuffling Zombie Unlocks with Ancient Burial Ground + Zombie Bundle.
Senile Zombie Unlocks with Mausoleum + Zombie Bundle.
Crazy Zombie Unlocks with Springfield Cemetary + Zombie Bundle.
Snarling Zombie Unlocks with Pet Cemetary + Zombies Bundle.
Clawing Zombie
Talking Krusty Doll Unlocks with House of Evil.


Buildings[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes
Make-a-Thing Workshop Cash2,000 8h Activates crafting.
Spooky House 300 + 100 + 50 Tanking Local Property Values Act One Craftable.
Available after completing The Good Son Pt. 5.
Rigellian Tribal Hut 300 + 50 + 50 Incubating Spawnlings Act Three Craftable.
Available after completing The Queen and I Pt. 2.
Spawns 3 Rigellians every 24h.
Portal to Rigel 7 Donut100 6s Locking in Chevrons Spawns 6 Rigellians every 8 hours.
Drive-In Theater Donut150 Plays shows.
Unlocks the Space Mutant.


Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes
Mausoleum 6s Incubating Premium Zombies Unlocks with Mausoleum + Zombie Bundle.
Super Collider Pointlessly Accelerating Particles Unlocks with Super Collider + Black Hole Bundle.
Springfield Cemetery Incubating Zombies Unlocks with Springfield Cemetary + Zombie Bundle.
Bad Dream House Donut85 Scaring Unsuspecting Guests
Pet Cemetery Incubating Pet Zombies Unlocks with Pet Cemetary + Zombies Bundle.
House of Evil Selling Evil and Cursed Frogurt Unlocks with House of Evil + Krusty Doll Bundle.
Ultrahouse 2 Donut90 Ignoring the First Rule of Robotics
Gingerbread House Donut140 Laying Down Ant Traps Unlocks Suzanne the Witch.
Twirl 'N' Hurl Donut150 Twirling Uncomfortably
Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop Putting curses on Non-paying Customers Unlocks with Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop + Maude Bundle.


Building skins[edit]

Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Heck House Unlocks with Devil Flanders + Heck House Bundle.


Decorations[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Donut Torture Device Probe8,050 Act One Prize.
200 + 500 + 500 Act Two and Three Craftable (if Act One Prize missed).
Hover-Copter Ray Gun7,100 Act Two Prize.
200 + 500 + 500 Act Three Craftable (if Act Two Prize missed).
DIET Sign Long Protein String6,000 Act Three Prize.
The Grand Pumpkin 400 + 350 + 300 Act One Craftable.
Human Test Subject 100 + 100 + 50
Rigellian Queen 400 + 400 + 300 Act Three Craftable.
Rigellian Shrub 50 + 25 + 20 Act Three Craftable.
Tentacle Tree Donut18
Teleporter Alpha Unlocks with Teleporters Alpha and Omega Bundle.
Teleporter Omega
Ghost Pirate Airship Donut250


Returning[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes
Pumpkin Patch Cash450
Jack-o-Lantern Cash135
Spooky Tree Cash325
Dead Tree Cash270
Spooky Wall 20 + 25 + 10 Crafting Prize.
Macaroni's Shed Donut30
Freakmobile Donut35
Wailing Wall Donut50
Ancient Burial Ground Unlocks with Ancient Burial Ground + Zombie Bundle.
Ghost Zapper Donut60
Black Hole Unlocks with Super Collider + Black Hole Bundle.
Cauldron Unlocks in Marge The Witch and Cauldron bundle.
Burns Coffin Donut120 Unlocks Count Burns.
Victorian UFO Unlocks with Victorian UFO + Number 51 Bundle.
Ray Gun Donut150 Rewards 1 every 8 hours.
King Homer's Skyscraper Donut250


Bundles[edit]

Image Name Cost Notes Contents
Teleporters Alpha and Omega Donut50 Teleporter Alpha and Teleporter Omega
Ancient Burial Ground + Zombie Donut60 Ancient Burial Ground and Shuffling Zombie.
Mausoleum + Zombie Donut70 Mausoleum and Senile Zombie.
Super Collider + Black Hole Super Collider and Black Hole.
Marge The Witch and Cauldron Donut75 Marge The Witch and Cauldron
Springfield Cemetary + Zombie Donut80 Springfield Cemetery and Crazy Zombie.
Pet Cemetary + Zombies Donut90 Pet Cemetery, Clawing Zombie and Snarling Zombie
House of Evil + Krusty Doll House of Evil and Talking Krusty Doll.
Devil Flanders + Heck House Donut120 Devil Flanders and Heck House.
Victorian UFO + Number 51 Victorian UFO and Number 51.
Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop + Maude Donut150 Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop and Maude.


Consumables[edit]

Image Name Content Cost Notes
100 Candy Corn 100 Donut18
100 Gummy Bears 100
5 Nails 5 Donut20
100 Pumpkins 100 Donut45
100 Chocolates 100


Gameplay[edit]

The event guide.

Squishing Rigellians[edit]

Players squish Rigellians that spawn in Springfield 1 every 5 minutes, with a maximum of 80 (only 50 appear on screen, then as tapped, the remaining 30 will slowly spawn if full), and receive Probe3/Ray Gun2/Long Protein String5, and 1 of the phase currency in a friends' town. You can only squish 90 Rigellians a day in friends' towns. Treat Bags and Donuts can also be obtained from squishing Rigellians.

Device notifications[edit]

  • "Springfield is overrun with Rigellian invaders. It's time to teach them a lesson they won't forget."
    • This happens when the maximum of 50 Rigellians is achieved in your town.

Grem-Aliens[edit]

A Grem-Alien.
A Grem-Alien Egg.

You can also receive Grem-Alien Eggs, which can be used in players' towns (10 maximum) to release Grem-Aliens which after 4 hours if not squished by the other player, the player receives Probe4/Ray Gun4/Long Protein String2 If the Grem-Alien is squished, both players receive 2 of the phase currency.

You can buy Grem-Alien Eggs in the Store.

Leaderboard[edit]

The player's name rank and score is in yellow.

In the friends menu, in the medal icon, there is a leaderboard which tells the player how they rank amongst their friends, with Grem-Alien squishing and spawning. Each Grem-Alien you squish earns 15 points. Each one you spawn in a friend's town earns 10 points, and if the friend doesn't squish it within 4 hours you'll get an additional 20 points. If they do squish it in time, your friend gets 15 points.

Treat Bags[edit]

The player receives Treat Bags from sending Kids, More Kids, Toughies, the Squeaky Voice Teen and Witch Marge on an 8 hour task (16h for premium characters) to "Go Trick or Treating"1, which rewards either a Bronze Treat Bag, a Silver Treat Bag, or a Gold Treat Bag. Premium characters earn either a Silver or Gold Treat Bag. The player can find Chocolate Bars, Gummy Bears, Pumpkins, Rotten Eggs, Candy Corn and Broken Fences, to craft items, Nails to upgrade the weapon, event currency, Ammo, a Rigellian Shrub, a Human Test Subject, a Spooky Wall, Donut2 and a Grem-Alien Egg.

You can buy Treat Bags in the Store.

Image Bag Guaranteed to contain Bought for Notes
Bronze Treat Bag Broken Fence and Rotten Egg Donut3
Bundle of 10 Bronze Treat Bags Donut25 Implemented with October 29th update.
Silver Treat Bag Candy Corn and Gummy Bear Donut4
Bundle of 7 Silver Treat Bags Donut25 Implemented with October 29th update.
Gold Treat Bag Chocolate Bar and Pumpkin Donut6
Bundle of 5 Gold Treat Bags Donut25


UFOs & Ammo[edit]

The player can receive Ammo which is used in friends' towns to shoot down UFOs, which have a 25% chance of appearing which the player can receive rewards for. Ammo is obtainable through Treat Bags and from squishing Rigellians or Grem-Aliens. The Ray Gun also rewards 1 every 8 hours.

Ammo can also be bought in the Store.

UFOs can also be shot down for a cost of Donut5 each, if the player does not obtain any Ammo at that point.

The chances of receiving a prize from the UFO are

Item Chance
Probe50/Ray Gun50/Long Protein String50 29%
20%
25 10%
10%
10%
50 10%
20 5%
20 5%
Donut30 1%


Rigellian Hunting License[edit]

The Rigellian Hunting License can be bought for Donut90, which gives an extra 1 of the phase currency (2 in total) for squishing Rigellians in a friend's town.

Daily Play Combo[edit]

The Daily Play Combo changed with this event.

Trick-or-Treat Costumes[edit]

Note: Premium characters' "Go Trick-or-Treating" task lasts 16h, while non-premium lasts 8h.
Image Character Costume
Lisa Simpson Witch
Bart Simpson Frankenstein
Milhouse Van Houten Astronaut
Martin Prince Calliope
Nelson Muntz Hobo
Marge the Witch Witch
Ralph Wiggum Canadian Mountie
Rod Flanders Cain
Todd Flanders Abel
Dolph Venom from Marvel
Squeaky Voice Teen Grease Character
Shauna Female devil
Sherri & Terri Grady's daughters from The Shining
Kearney The Joker from DC Comics
Jimbo Master Chief from Halo


Which characters can be attacked by the Rigellians?[edit]

Whenever a character has been "face-hugged" by a Rigellian, under the Town Hall "census" it tells you the character is "Under Attack".

Image Character Image Character
Homer Simpson Selma Bouvier
Lisa Simpson Patty Bouvier
Abe Simpson Reverend Lovejoy
Apu Sea Captain
Bart Simpson Skinner
Bumblebee Man Waylon Smithers
Cletus Snake
Comic Book Guy Chief Wiggum
Hans Moleman Groundskeeper Willie
Brockman Rainier Wolfcastle
Luigi Risotto Mr. Burns
Marge Simpson Krusty the Clown
Ned Flanders


"Treehouse of Horror XXV" episode tie-in[edit]

"What the heck is a Shmoo?"
Pretentious Modern Art
An anti-anti-Semitic slur
Swedish Flat-Pack Table
After selecting the right answer the player receives "Moog" and Donut10 if they got the question right first guess.


Prizes[edit]

Act One[edit]

Image Prize Cost Donut cost
Silver Treat Bag Probe325 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Probe825 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Probe1,150 Donut40
Mutant Peacock Probe3,250 Donut260
Silver Treat Bag Probe3,575 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Probe4,075 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Probe4,400 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Probe4,900 Donut60
Probe5,400 Donut40
Donut Torture Device Probe8,050 Donut335


Act Two[edit]

Image Prize Cost Donut cost
Silver Treat Bag Ray Gun300 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Ray Gun775 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Ray Gun1,075 Donut40
Bulldozer-saurus Ray Gun2,825 Donut260
Silver Treat Bag Ray Gun3,125 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Ray Gun3,600 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Ray Gun3,900 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Ray Gun4,375 Donut60
Ray Gun4,850 Donut60
Hover-copter Ray Gun7,100 Donut335


Act Three[edit]

Image Prize Cost Donut cost
Silver Treat Bag Long Protein String650 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Long Protein String1,600 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Long Protein String2,250 Donut40
Diet Sign Long Protein String6,000 Donut265
Silver Treat Bag Long Protein String6,650 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Long Protein String7,600 Donut60
Silver Treat Bag Long Protein String8,250 Donut40
Gold Treat Bag Long Protein String9,200 Donut60
Long Protein String10,150 Donut60
U.B.O. Long Protein String14,900 Donut335


Crafting prizes[edit]

Image Item Currency Notes
1 2 3
Act One
Weapon Upgrade Level 1 2 This is used to help squish Rigellians. A higher upgrade, the larger radius of alien squishings are available.
Weapon Upgrade Level 2+ 1
The Grand Pumpkin 400 350 300
Pumpkin House 300 300 50 Available after completing Life is Grand Pt. 2.
Earns 1 every 24 hours. Can craft multiple.
30 30 5 Previous amount + new amount for subsequent buildings crafted.
Hugo 300 300 250
Spooky House 300 100 50 Available after completing The Good Son Pt. 5.
Can craft multiple.
30 10 5 Previous amount + new amount for subsequent buildings crafted.
Spooky Wall 20 25 10 Can craft multiple.
Human Test Subject 100 100 50 Can craft multiple.
Act Two
Mutant Peacock 500 500 300 Available if the player didn't unlock it in Act One.
Donut Torture Device 200 500 500
Act Three
Rigellian Queen 400 400 300
Rigellian Tribal Hut 300 50 50 Available after completing The Queen and I Pt. 2.
30 5 5 Previous amount + new amount for subsequent buildings crafted.
Gold Treat Bag 50 50
Rigellian Shrub 50 25 20
Bulldozer-saurus 500 500 300 Available if the player didn't unlock it in Act Two.
Hover-copter 200 500 500


Quests[edit]

Dates[edit]

Date Event
10/7 Act One
10/7 - 10/19 Ancient Burial Ground + Zombie, Mausoleum + Zombie, Springfield Cemetary + Zombie, Pet Cemetary + Zombies, Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop + Maude
10/10 - 10/13 Burns Coffin w/ Count Burns
10/16 Moog question
10/17 - 10/20 Gingerbread House w/ Suzanne the Witch
10/19 - 10/31 Cauldron w/ Marge The Witch, House of Evil + Krusty Doll, Devil Flanders + Heck House
10/20 Act Two
10/29 Ghost Pirate Airship
10/31 Act Three, Super Collider + Black Hole
11/7 Victorian UFO + Number 51


Conform-o-meter impact[edit]

Name Rating Points
Make-a-Thing Workshop, Drive-In Theater Consumerism 10
Spooky House, Rigellian Tribal Hut Indolence
Portal to Rigel 7, Donut Torture Device, Hover-Copter, DIET Sign, Human Test Subject, Rigellian Queen Obedience
Rigellian Shrub Tree-hugging 5
The Grand Pumpkin 10
Tentacle Tree Tree-hugging
Bonus $ and XP
10
1%
Ghost Pirate Airship Vanity
Bonus $ and XP
2,500
5%


Other changes made[edit]

Launch[edit]

  • There is an Autumn theme to Springfield. Trees have changed to autumn colours/stripped of leaves, leaves falling appear on screen, rivers are dark blue with occasional tentacles coming out of them. There is a slight darkening at the edges of the screen.
  • The Store and inventory have changed. In The Store, the items have been split into sections:

The game will also recommend items which appear on the first page of the The Store next to the "Treehouse of Horror XXV" image.

  • The Krustyland Store and inventory have also changed. In The Store, the items have been split into sections:
  • A Facebook button has appeared in the bottom right corner of the friends screen.
  • Visibility requirements have changed. Instead of being visible but locked when you haven't reached the building's level, now the game won't show them until you're within a level or two. For example, the Power Plant buildings become visible when you hit level 10 but aren't available until you hit level 11 (and reach the associated quest to unlock them).
  • A few of the Clash of Clones decorations have continued to be available for purchase: the Hot Air Balloon, Flaming Torch, and Chicken Coop.
  • Characters were removed again from the Krustyland Goers character group. They were added with the Level 43 update, removed with the Clash of Clones update, and then added back with the Level 44 update. This character group isn't used for tasks.
  • The Spooky Tree and Dead Tree was added to the Trees Group.
  • Shary Bobbins was moved again from the "More Oddballs" character collection to "Helpful Guest Stars".
  • Placing a Beach Chair now requires you to have completed the quest Squidport Pt. 1.
  • Cletus' 12 hour task to "Dig Through Garbage" now requires an unoccupied dumpster.
  • Barbarian Castle, Castle Recycle and Boxingham Palace now earn Cash90 and XP10 every 4 hours. Barbarian Castle's task is "A Chill Place to Bro Out", Castle Recycle's is to "Host Green Party Meetings" and Boxingham Palace's is to "Visit Rat Kingdom". They are all now storable, and the Barbarian is attached to the Barbarian Castle, so if you store the Barbarian Castle the Barbarian will be stored with it.
  • Medieval Banners, Barbarian Statue, Hot Air Balloon, Hay Cart, Stock, Catapult, Flaming Torch, and Windmill can now be placed in Krustyland, they give 10 Kitsch points each.
  • A premium default job award for a 45 second task has been added, which earns Cash5 and XP2.
  • The regular job award for a 3 hour task now earns Cash75 and XP7. It used to earn Cash70 and XP7.
  • Suzanne the Witch and Count Burns are now Premium characters.
  • Maude Flanders' 8 hour dual task to "Get Revenge on Homer" now earns Cash840 and XP210 when it used to earn Cash840 and XP205.
  • Macaroni's Shed has returned to The Store for Donut30, from the "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" episode tie-in.

October 9th[edit]

  • Squidport tiles (if you have any in storage) has been added to the Squidport Inventory group/icon.
  • Krustyland Land Upgrade has been added to the Krustyland Decorations store menu.
  • More stuff has been added to show in The Store during the game's initial tutorial.
  • Wailing Walls have their chain placement attribute back.
  • There's now code to award the Mutant Peacock properly when you earn him.
  • Multiple tappings of UFOs while visiting friends should be fixed.

October 16th[edit]

  • Included a new costume for Moe, Moog, which has to be awarded by collecting four items and answering a Trivia Question.
  • Fixed a bug that freezes Grem-Aliens caught in weapon radius when exorcising a possessed character.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing people from being awarded the probes their Grem-Aliens gather from friends.
  • Fix to award Goblin Bart and/or Archer Lisa if you have the appropriate castle built but for some reason didn't get the costume before.
  • New quest for Millhouse: "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse" (Charlie Brown reference), which requires the Grand Pumpkin.
  • New quest for Kang (and Kodos if applicable) to drink Hilarium. Requires the Rigellian Queen (craftable in phase 3).
  • Quest name "Trick or Treat" was changed to "Keep Trick or Treating".

October 29th[edit]

  • The Ghost Pirate Airship is available for Donut250 until November 2, 2014.
  • The Treehouse of Horror section image in the Store front was slimmed down.
  • Bundle of 10 Bronze Treat Bags and Bundle of 7 Silver Treat Bags were added, both for Donut25.
  • A "New!" menu in the store was implemented, which contains some newly implemented things as well as some things you've recently unlocked because you've levelled up.
  • XP requirement for the first bonus level was lowered from 1514240 to 510800.
  • The Mayflower from Thanksgiving 2013 was re-added permanently for Donut100.

October 31st[edit]

  • The crafting recipe for the Rigellian Tribal Hut was changed from 400, 400 and 300 to 260, 50 and 50.