Part 16: The Level 46 thru 50 Arc

Welcome to Part 16 of our Continuing Guide to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

This section covers Levels 46 thru 50, and specifically The Story missions and quests that make up the primary Game Play.

For Special and Holiday Events coverage you should use the Special and Holiday Events Section of the Guide, which has each listed in its own Sub-Section under that drop down menu on the Main Menu Block to the right-hand side of the guide.

As always we hope that you will find this Guide to be a very useful and helpful Resource.

If you are looking for Neighbors to add to your game, please check the Sub-Section titled Community Friend Requests in the first (top) part of the Main Menu - making your requests there will obtain better results than randomly making requests in the different sections of the Guide.

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Level 46 Update

If you were surprised that the Level 46 Update and Level Cap Expansion turned out to be centered around Nelson's Mom, well, you are not alone. Did not see that coming...

Still it is worth noting that having that side of the character roll expanded is not a bad thing.

Easy A

The first quest in the Level 46 Cap Expansion sees us creating the circumstances that are required to re-introduce Nelson's Mom to the world of Springfield. That means adding a new Building of course. And so be it!

Easy A Pt. 1

To restore Nelson's Mom we need to add the adult entertainment venue back into Springfield...

Build Classy Girls Strip Club (#1.2m plus 24h Build Timer)

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 2

While she was trapped in limbo Nelson's Mom got her GED and now she plans to reinvent herself and go to college... Wow.

1. Make Nelson's Mom's Status "Not a Stripper"

2. Make Mrs. Muntz Binge on Nicotine.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 3

Make Mrs. Muntz Find Out Who Nathan Zuckerman Is...

Find Out Who Nathan Zuckerman Is (4h) $175 and 45 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 4

Make Mrs. Muntz Have a Counting Crows Phase...

Have a Counting Crows Phase (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 5

Make Mrs. Muntz meet Otto behind the Kwik-E-Mart...

Meet Otto Behind the Kwik-E-Mart (4h) $435 and 115 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 6

It looks like college was more expensive than Mrs. Muntz expected - and now she is back to her old ways to pay for it...

Strip to Pay for College (24h) $600 and 150 XP

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Easy A Pt. 7

Mrs. Muntz has now come full circle in her quest for the College Experience and it is time to wrap things up!

Drop Out of College (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for completing this mission.

Dr. Feelgood

Nelson's Mom turns out to be a stripper, a college student and a drug seeker!

Dr. Feelgood Pt. 1

Make Dr. Nick Prescribe Medical Marijuana

Prescribe Medical Marijuana (8h) $695 and 175 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Dr. Feelgood Pt. 2

Dr. Nick appears to have decided to give natural meds a try of his own...

Meet Otto Behind the Kwik-E-Mart (8h) $840 and 210 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Dr. Feelgood Pt. 3

Dr. Nick is discovering the joys of recreational drugs - and it is time for him to Trip Out!

Trip Out (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

One Small Bounce for Man

The world from the point-of-view of a kid can be rather simple - and while it is pretty clear that thanks to the Internet the whole issue of sex and relationships is very different today than it was 20 years ago from a kid perspective aside, it is pretty clear that if the children of Springfield have not figured out just what the point of the the Classy Girls Strip Club is, they have a pretty good idea...

That said, Bart and his mates have an agenda of their own, and while it involves bouncing, clearly it is a rather uniquely different sort... So let's get bouncing!

One Small Bounce for Man Pt. 1

Bart wants to expand the options for Springfield's youth when it comes to challenging physics and boredom, and this is just the mission to do that!

Place the Moonbounce

Note: Building the Moonbounce will require the outlay of $150K in-game funds, and will take no time at all really because it is an instant build. Placing this structure will immediately end the mission and flag the next stage in it, so it is all good!

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

One Small Bounce for Man Pt. 2

Thanks to the assistance of that ever-reliable handy-man and Doctor of Physics, Willy the Groundskeeper - who if you stop and think about it is the Hagrid of Springfield - the kids have their own fully-functional Moonbounce ride to play on.

With any luck it was placed in a park near the schools, making it both a safe and fully accessible recreational option!

Make Willy Hurt Other Kids in the Mooonbounce

Note: The timing for this new mission line is a bit unfortunate as it comes towards the end of the official and special Halloween Event - so you may have to be careful just how enthusiastically you apply the kids to this and its sub-quests. Bear in mind you still need to complete the Treehouse of Horror Stuff, and the Level Cap Expansion and the tie-in stuff may get in the way.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Adding Greta Wolfcastle

There has been some concern mentioned that we did not adequately address the issues surrounding how Greta Wolfcastle is added to your game. We mean to address those concerns here!

The character of Greta Wolfcastle - the only daughter/child of Wolfcastle - is a Premium Character who was added to the game with the Level 47 Cap increase.

She is added as a result of purchase and placement of the Premium Building called Preparatory School (180D) - Greta is added to the game upon the completion of its construction.

The Springfield Preparatory School is a private school in Springfield that is run by Sinjin Van Hookstrap, who is headmaster there. Van Hookstrap serves a role that is a combination of Principal Skinner and Chalmers.

The school featured in one of the episodes of the TV Show - The Simpsons attended the Annual School Fair there, and that is when it is established that Greta Wolfcastle is a student there.

To re-state this, when you add this Premium Building to your game, you will obtain Greta, and her quests.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle

I don't know why it is so hard to believe that Wolfcastle has a kid, let alone a rather pleasant even nice young girl child, and yet it is... And he does.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle Pt. 1

With the hustle and the bustle of the Halloween, Tie-In, and Level Cap Events now mostly behind us, it is time to get back to the regular work of questing and missions that make up the core of the game - even if we are in the process of anticipating the arrival of the major seasonal events that impact the game each fall.

So let's get started by watching this poor and intimidated girl sit in silence, shall we?

Sit in Silence (4h) $260 and 70 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle Pt. 2

Man I have sen dysfunctional families before - one of my best mates as a teen had parents who slept on different ends of the house and avoided speaking to each other for days at a time, but not like this - not shutting out a child...

Sit in More Silence (8h) $420 and 105 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle Pt. 3

Wolfcastle's daughter Greta has some serious emotional issues to work through - the question is.. Well... Is Bartholomew J. Simpson the best person to help her??

Consider Spending the Rest of Her Life Alone (24h) $1000 and 225 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle Pt. 4

It seems that Greta has discovered that Willie has daddy issues... And now she needs to help him!

Make Greta Work through Willie's Daddy Issues

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Cried Wolfcastle Pt. 5

Providing a safe, secure, and comfortable home environment as a parent - for your children - is among the more important of responsibilities of the parent - and in spite of needing guidance himself, Wolfcastle somehow manages to do it...

1. Build Wolfcastle Mansion

2. Willie: Teach Rainer to Teach How to Play Ball (24h) $1200 and 300 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Attend a Clamphitheater Show

This is a PREMIUM Mission - that is to say that in order to unlock it, you will have needed to purchase the Springfield Clamphitheater (Cost = 138 Doughnuts) which is a Premium Object in the game. Considering the price of this new Premium structure - and considering that we are just emerging from a major annual Holiday Event with plenty of objects with which to spend D - the chances that you arrived at this point by saving up your D are pretty much slim-to-none.

Which means that if you end up owning this particular Premium Structure, the odds are pretty much 100% that it was intentionally purchased with D that was - well - intentionally purchased. We are not judging - we are not saying that it was wrong or right. We're just noting this as a fact.

So all things being equal, and asuming you own this Premium structure and have flagged its Premium Mission / Quest - you can now complete the following one-off mission:

1. Make Krusty Attend A Clamphitheater Show (16h / $750 and 200 XP)

2. Make Marge Attend A Clamphitheater Show (16h / $750 and 200 XP)

3. Make Agnes Attend A Clamphitheater Show (16h / $750 and 200 XP)

For expanding your appreciation of the arts, you are also awarded $100 and 10 XP for this mission!

Level 47 Cap Increase

Thanks to the History of the game and its development process we have gotten used to the devs hitting us with a Level Cap Increase in the midst of major events - but having it hit with TWO Cap Increases in a short perdio of time during a major event and directly following one is rather unusual... And yet there you have it.

The Level 47 Cap Increase comes with the following added Content:

• Florence of Arabia (175D) Level 27 - 4h $135 and 15XP. (Includes new structure)

• French Waiter (50D) Level 19 - This character's jobs earn 50% more Money and XP.

• Quimbotghini (50D) Level 47 - 2.25% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Quimby Compound ($1M) Level 47 - 24H - $300 and 30 XP. (Includes Character)

• Rat Trap Delivery Truck ($150K) Level 19 - Improves your Obedience Rating.

Level 47 Cap Missions

In addition to adding some new structures and Characters, the Level 47 Cap also includes some rather unique new missions...

Tesla, Eat Your Heart Out

This one is for Professor Frink - and his ego...

Conduct Crazy Science Experiments (24h) $1000 and 225 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living

The first mission in the new Level Cap adventure, James May and Jeremy Hammond host this extreme episode of Top House, in which... Wait... No, sorry, wrong game.

The Cost of Living Pt. 1

Our first task is very straight-forward - we need to construct the Quimby Compound - but before we do that we will need to determine where precisely that will be built in our Springfield. Here is the thing - with the game in its advanced mode finding a location at which to build it is no simple task.

The reason for the need to give some serious consideration here is that we don't know at this point whether the structure we are about to build is the ONLY one that we will need to place here... After all, if we take a look at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port - just a moment, that is just down the road so I will go take a quick peek - if you don't like on this island off the coast of Massachusetts you will likely be best off using Google Maps in Street View - just saying.

Ah! Back! Well, clearly while it may have started out as one home it now encompasses what appears to be six homes - so yeah, we need to place the compound in an area that we can expand if need be...

1. Build the Quimby Compound ($1M) 24h Build Timer.

Hopefully you have the Money to do this - if not, we will wait but be advised we have limited patience. We are not going to wait forever, so get busy!

Placing this structure also adds the Freddy Quimby - the nephew of our Mayor Quimby and a rather Kennedy-like character who knows how to properly pronounce Chow-DAH!

Freddy is added to the Civil Servants Character Collection - which also includes Chief Wiggum, Mayor Quimby, Officer Eddie, Officer Louie, K9, and now Freddy. Makes you wonder what role Freddy will play in Mayor Quimby's administration?

You are also awarded $100, 10 XP, and Freddy Quimby.

The Cost of Living Pt. 2

After having a frank discussion about discretion and how not to get caught (literally) with your pants down, the Mayor and Freddy go their separate ways for some Quimby recreational activities...

1. Freddy: Drink Responsibly (8h) $275 and 70 XP

2. Ms. Springfield: Enjoy an Evening with the Mayor (3m) $12 and 4 XP (Requires Mayor Quimby)

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living Pt. 3

It seems that Freddy did not take the advice that his Uncle offered to heart - and instead of waking up in his bed at home, he has awoken in the Drunk Tank down at the Springfield Jail!

Freddy: Await his Day in Court (12h) $420 and 100 XP

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living Pt. 4

The time has come for Freddy to have his day in Court!

Freddy: Make a Court Appearance (12h) $420 and 100 XP

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living Pt. 5

With the court case having ended rather badly for the defense, it is time for the Mayor to step in and start calling in favors...

Mayor Quimby: Call in Favors (12h) $840 and 200 XP (Requires Freddy)

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living Pt. 6

It is time for Judge Snyder to deliver his sentence in the case of The People vs. Freddy Quimby.

Judge Snyder: Deliver a Sentence (12h) $420 and 100 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Cost of Living Pt. 7

Freddy is not happy at all with his sentence - but that just means he does not understand the bullet he dodged... Now it is time for him to settle into his new life...

Freddy: Enjjoy a Privileged Life (24h) $600 and 150 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Testify!

Freddy's day in court does not go quite as expected, as it appears that the Judge actually intends to see the case properly prosecuted, despite the Blue Haired Lawyer making a pretty sound argument for dismissal...

Testify! Pt. 1

The first witness against Freddy is Waylon Smithers, assistant to Mr. Burns, and a sensitive and well-spoken fellow...

Smithers: Testify (4h) $350 and 90 XP (Requires Judge Snyder)

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Testify! Pt. 2

The second witness to take the stand is Selma Bouvier - this should be impressive...

Selma: Testify (4h) $350 and 90 XP (Requires Judge Snyder)

Look if you are too young to remember this, you won't get the slam or the joke on Ted Kennedy - so to help you out, take a moment and Google the following keywords: Chappaquiddick + Mary Jo Kopechne + Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. Have you ever wondered why Ted Kennedy was never elected President of the USA? This is why.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Testify! Pt. 3

The third witness is Kirk Van Houten, a rather timid and useless fella - but what can you do? A witness is a witness after all!

Kirk: Testify (4h) $350 and 90 XP (Requires Judge Snyder)

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Princess Pride

Considering that Princess Kashmir is one of the oldest supporting Characters in the History of the show (she first appears in the episode Homer's Night Out - March 1990)

This is a PREMIUM Mission Series - the mission can only be flagged if you have purchased and placed the new themed Strip Club Florence of Arabia - which was added with the Level 47 Level Cap Content.

Adding the Florence of Arabia Building also adds the new character to the game - Princess Kashmir - who is added to the More Oddballs Character Collection (That collection includes Dr. Nick, Nelson's Mom, the French Waiter, and of course Kashmir).

The addition of Florence of Arabia appears to be part of a theme that the wizards behind the creation of the game are going with - it being a theme-based strip club following a strip club theme when you take into account the addition of the Classy Girls Strip Club (which was the structure with which Nelson's Mom was added to the game). We say theme due to the established pattern - the Classy Girls was added during the previous Level increase.

Princess Pride Pt. 1

Princess Kashmir is having an identity crisis...

1. Build Education Annex

2. Princess Kashmir: Better Herself (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Princess Pride Pt. 2

Princess Kashmir seeks to experiment with alternate careers...

Kashmir: Work at Krusty Burger (12h) $600 and $150 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Princess Pride Pt. 3

It's a small small world in Springfield - so is it really a surprise that Ms. Springfield and Princess Kashmir know each other?? No, not really...

Kashmir: Help Teach a Class on Class (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Ms. Springfield: Teach a Class on Class (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Princess Pride Pt. 4

Make Princess Kashmir be a Professional Celebrity...

Be a Professional Celebrity (8h) $420 and 105 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Princess Pride Pt. 5

Make Princess Kashmir Practice Kicks...

Practice Kicks (12h) $600 and 150 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Calamity Case

This mission introduces the French Waiter - and is a PREMIUM mission - it requires you to purchase the character of The French Waiter - real name Mr. Lacoste - what you would call a professional waiter.

He first appears in the episode The Boy Who Knew Too Much (May 1994) which coincidentally was an episode in which Freddy Quimby also appears. That is the only episode in which Lacoste appears, so we can only assume that his addition to the game is related to Freddy being added. Freddy appeared in three episodes: The Boy Who Knew Too Much, Trash of the Titans (April 1998), and See Homer Run (November 2005).

Calamity Case Pt. 1

The use of a letter or a phone call from the authorities is a very common plot element that is used to open the traditional French mystery or detective story - so its use here is completely appropriate to the character, who is being asked to assist the authorities in their investigation of graffiti.

Interestingly graffiti is a more serious crime in France than in the USA, largely due to the use of that particular art form for spreading political messages as well as protesting civil authority, and the French take it far more seriously as a result than do other authorities.

Answer Questions Downtown (4h) $260 and 70 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Calamity Case Pt. 2

We have to admit that this sort of abrupt and rude Introduction to the American Justice system in the form of the Police is probably a very disturbing experience for a Frenchman who has been literally raised on stories of the decent and respectful US Justice System....

Waiter: Protest (24h) $1000 and 225 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Calamity Case Pt. 3

Wow - Jerry Lewis would love this! And now for your entertainment and horror - it is Mr. French Waiter making a point!

Clumsily Hurt Himself (12h) $600 and 150 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Siren Song

The time has come to rope Princess Kashmir into the investigation of Freddie!

Siren Song Pt. 1

The Chief collects Princess Kashmir and takes her downtown to be interviewed at the Police Station...

Kashmir: Answer Questions Downtown (4h) $260 and 70 XP

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Siren Song Pt. 2

The Chief chooses to protect Princess Kashmir from the dangers of unpaid parking Tickets....

Kashmir: Practice Kicks (12h) $600 and 150 XP

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Siren Song Pt. 3

The Chief continues his "investigation" of the matter of Princess Kashmir...

Princess Kashmir: Dance Around Town (24h) $1000 and 225 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Gets a Dragon Tattoo

It seems that old Wolfies little girl really REALLY wants his attention... Tattoos, dating older men... Hmm...

The Girl Who Gets a Dragon Tattoo Pt. 1

Make Greta pretend to date Mr. Burns - and yeah, Burns is OK with that...

Pretend to Date Mr. Burns (8h) $695 and 175 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Gets a Dragon Tattoo Pt. 2

Make Greta witness Hell on Earth...

Witness Hell on Earth (12h) $600 and 150 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Gets a Dragon Tattoo Pt. 3

Make Greta Write a Rambling Letter...

Write a Rambling Letter (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

The Girl Who Gets a Dragon Tattoo Pt. 4

Make Greta and her Dad Connect...

1. Make Wolfcastle Shoot Action Footage

2. Make Greta Bask in Her Dads Attention

You are also awarded $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate

A new mission for Lisa and Homer that is part of the Episode Tie-In for Covercraft - Lisa needs to buy reeds for her Sax - and she needs Homer's help...

NOTE: This is partly a Premium Quest - you can complete the first two parts without buying anything, but to get all 12 parts of the mission/quest, you will have to spend Donuts to purchase a Building...

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 1

To complete this multi-part mission you will need to do the following:

1. Build King Toots

2. Make Homer & Lisa visit King Toots

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 2

To solve the mystery of what has happened at King Toots Homer must consult Moe at the bar...

Visit Moe's (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

At this point unless you are willing and able to purchase the special Building you are done with this mission. The special building that you have to purchase is a time-limited one called Guitar Central, and it costs 50D. The building requires you to have reached Level 17, and have completed Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 2. The building gives out $135 and 15XP every 4h in addition to the quest continuation.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 3

Lisa is opposed to big-box Stores, so she decides she will just fabricate her own reeds using Popsicle Sticks!

Make Reed out of a Popsicle Stick (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 4

Well that did not work out as well as Lisa was hoping... In fact she now needs her mum to remove splinters from her tongue!

Remove the Splinters from Lisa's Tongue (1h) $140 and 34 XP. (Marge + Lisa)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 5

For once Homer is actually on the ball with the whole Father thing - and so he heads over to the new big-box music store to deal with the issue of the reed.

Go to Guitar Central (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 6

Unfortunately thanks to his short attention span Homer needs a do-over...

Go back to Guitar Central (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 7

And Homer needs yet another do-over... Sheesh!

Go to Guitar Central a Third Tiresome Time (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 8

You know, when Homer left the store without buying a guitar he would never learn to play, I thought - whoa way to go Homer! And then...

Buy an Expensive Guitar He'll Never Play (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 9

And now we go from bad to ... You get the idea! It is time for Homer to rope others into his misery!

1. Homer: Tell People It's Easy to Learn Instruments (1h) $105 and 26 XP

2. Buy Instrument He'll Never Learn to Play (1h) $105 and 26 XP (x5 Adult Springfielders)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 10

Like most villains Homer should have kept his mouth shut instead of detailing their foible - now he is going to take a beating for his bragging...

Beat Homer with Instrument (1h) $70 and 17 XP (x5 Adult Springfielders)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 11

Homer prays he won't take a beating if he goes into the Church - oh man he is so wrong!

1. Homer: Run to the Church (1h) $70 and 17XP.

2. Beat Homer with Instrument (1h) $70 and 17 XP (x5 Adult Springfielders)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Two Minutes of Hate Pt. 12

Having reached the end of his adventure, Marge asks Homer if he has learned anything/

1. Homer: Fall Into a Coma (1h) $70 and 17XP.

2. Marge: Nurse Homer Back to Health (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

That nicely wraps up this Episode Tie-In Quest and then some!

Make Me Look Stomachable

Make Moe visit Jake's Unisex Hair Palace...

Visit Jake's Unisex Hair Palace (4h) $175 and 45 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Prologue: Up Late with McBain

This is a PREMIUM QUEST. When you purchase the Movie Set with the Wolfcastle McBain Costume, it will trigger this Mission. Simply tap on Wolfcastle to begin.

The focus for this mission is to have Wolfcastle - as McBain - host the Late Night Show.

Host Up Late with McBain (4h) $260 and 70 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

McBain, Scene 1: Vengeance, Thy Name Is McBain

McBain's band leader has been killed by a crooked politician and it is time for revenge!

The focus for this mission is to have Wolfcastle - as McBain - host the Late Night Show.

Fine Intel at the Track (16h) $750 and 200 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

McBain, Scene 2: Master of The Disguise

It's time for McBain to blend in...

Go Undercover (12h) $600 and 150 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

McBain, Scene 3: Big Explosion

Commie Nazis being a major issue for modern day Springfield it only makes sense to have your best warrior bring the battle to those dirty Commie-Nazis!

Battle Commie Nazis (8h) $420 and 105 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

McBain, Scene 4: Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Oh man, turning in your badge? Things are pretty bad man...

Turn in His Badge (1h) $105 and 26 XP

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

McBain, Scene 5: Undercover Showdown

The Story is approaching its resolution...

Fight Climatic Battle (24h) $1000 and 225 XP

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Level 48 Cap Increase Event

The launch of a Cap Increase Event during a major ongoing event has become a standard practice with Tapped Out, so the appearance of the Level 48 Cap Increase Event should not come as a surprise...

Think of it as a good thing - after all you are already playing more often than usual just to keep up with the different holiday tasks and missions - what is a few more here and there to that?

New Objects Added to the Game

• Barbeque Pit ($100,000) Improves Vanity

• Beer & Brawl (140D) adds the character of Lurleen to the game.

• Gold Navy ($724,000) adds the character of Janey to the game.

• Krusty Burger Oil Rig ($8m) Improves Vanity

Smells Like Mean Spirit

The world of Springfield must be hell on a girl as smart and sensitive as Lisa Simpson - though having the parents she has must help harden her up to it...

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 1

Springfield clearly needs a new clothing store - and Gold Navy fits the bill!

Build Gold Navy

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 2

Janey and Lisa get to do geek grrl tings together because they are best buds and how cool is that??

1. Make Janey Set Up a View Tube Account on her Laptop

2. Make Lisa Record a School Awareness Video

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 3

Janey and Lisa want to work on a Cat video...

1. Make Janey Work on a Cat Video

2. Make Lisa Work on a Cat Video

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 4

It seems that their video is doing quite well...

1. Make Lisa Pre-Plan a New Video

2. Make Janey Plan, Record, and Post Several Videos.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 5

It seems that it is time for Bart to get in on this!

Put Ads on the Viewtube Account (24h) $600 and 150 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 6

Wow talk about betrayal! And from your own brother and BFF?! And for creative differences??! Really?

1. Make Janey Create a School Fashion Video

2. Make Lisa Cry

3. Make Bart Record a Video of Lisa Crying

You know I knew Bart was a jerk but I had no idea that he was this sort of jerk...

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 7

Well no one will ever accuse Homer Simpson of being consistent or fair... But he is right - nobody likes a snitch!

1. Make Bart go to His Room

2. Make Lisa go to Her Room

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 8

Often it is the young that have a firmer grasp on both technology AND the morality that is associated with it... Just saying...

1. Make Bart try to Bribe the Establishment.

2. Make Wiggum Charge Bart with Fraud Attempted Bribery

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Smells Like Mean Spirit Pt. 9

As sometimes happens in cases like this the greed displayed by Bart and his ability to persuade Janey to go in for the commercialization of the channel - even if only temporarily - may have cost her Lisa's trust and friendship and her self-respect so she is doing the only thing that she can do - shutting down the channel!

Shut Down the ViewTube Channel (6h) $225 and 55 XP

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Country on the Inside

Lurleen has decided upon the best Strategy to re-start her creative process - forming a Grunge Band! Wait, what?

Country on the Inside Pt. 1

The path to finding bandmates for a Grunge Band is complex...

1. Place a barbeque Pit

2. Make Lurleen Barbeque some Roadkill.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Country on the Inside Pt. 2

Help Lurleen get it done...

1. Make Lurleen Perform a Gig

2. Make Springfielders Drink at Beer-N-Brawl.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Country on the Inside Pt. 3

Marge is not happy about Homer and the time he is spending with Lurleen...

Make Marge Write a Smear Article.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Country on the Inside Pt. 4

Marge did not achieve her aims with respect to the article - and man is she angry!

1. Make Moe do a Slanderous Documentary on Lurleen.

2. Make Marge do a Load of Laundry

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Country on the Inside Pt. 5

Lurleen is still having doubts and recrimination...

Make Lurleen Play Country Guitar

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Double Trouble

Lisa has set Bart up on a Double Date but he has to figure out which one of the Twins he is actually dating...

1. Make Bart Attempt to Discern Who he is Dating

2. Make Sherri & Terri Go on a Date

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Gil's Castle of Equalia Offer

One thing you have to hand to Gil is his ability to sell - even to potential targets who are totally aware of his nefarious skills - like Lisa Simpson. This is a PREMIUM Offer by the way - it costs 175D and delivers the life-sized Castle of Equalia and the Queen Helvetica outfit for Lisa.

Purchase the Castle of Equalia (175D)

Note: This offer is on a Timer.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore

Now seriously you had to know that an offer from Gil to endow Lisa with a life-sized castle was going to include a set of missions! Of course it would - after all this is the perfect opportunity for Lisa to make known her social issues!

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 1

It is time for Lisa to start to document the background of her new Queendom! So let's Make Queen Helvetica Write Stories of Eqalia.

Write Stories of Equalia (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 2

Our next interaction is with Mayor Quimby - a man who struggles with the concept of democracy in a monarchy... To help him through his confusion we need to complete two tasks:

1. Reach Level 20 and Build Town Hall.

2. Make Queen Helvetica Meet with Mayor Quimby

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 3

It seems like the harder that she tries to explain the way things are the faster people misunderstand her! In spite of the message of equal rights for all everyone just assumes that Lisa is the Pol Pot of Fairy Kingdoms!

1. Reach Level 23 and Build Channel 6

2. Make Queen Helvetica do an Interview

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 4

The Queen is still trying to drive home the importance of her agenda to her potential peoples...

Speak at Springfield Elementary (12h / $600 / 150xp)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 5

Success eludes her and the Queen is getting really tired of the lack of privacy!

Hide from the Paparazzi (24h / $1000 / 225xp)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

We're Not in Equalia Anymore Pt. 6

After dealing with her inner Voices and the struggle to understand how this situation somehow managed to get as bad as it has, the Queen opts to escape into the comforts of the Royal MyPod and a nice relaxing Audio Book.

Listen tot he Royal MyPod (12h / $600 / 150xp)

Completing this mission awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Level 49 Cap Increase Event

By this point the Cap increases should be a well-worn sock to you :)

For this one we get treated to a decidedly OC flavor - which is cool...

New Objects Added to the Game

• D'Amico Summer Home (Baking Bread Mission)

• Rancho Relaxo (130D)

• Chalk Outline (5D)

• Fat Chalk Outline (5D)

• Old Abandoned Warehouse ($708,000)

Baking Bread

The mission that kicks off the special cap increase collection harkens to the crime problems that seems to be plaguing what used to be a peaceful little burg called Springfield... And it appears that the Mayor is who is being called to task to clean it up - which is odd since well, you know, he does not really have much of a rep for effectiveness in government. But there you have it!

Baking Bread Pt. 1

The first task for this mission set is to build its related Building - the D'Amico Summer Home - which costs a whopping $1,092,000 - as in just over a cool Million smackers!

Obviously if you have not managed to bank that kind of dough you will need to get working on it. The most effective method is to play as many times a day as you can to collect rents as well as keeping all of your citizens working at high-pay tasks...

Build the D'Amico Summer Home ($1,092,000)

Completing the build results in some commentary from Fat Tony - who welcomes Little Caesar - that is to say Fat Tony Jr! Well no, actually it is Michael D'Amico - an up-and-coming reluctant mobster who prefers to be a chef!

Completing the build results in unlocking the new character - Michael D'Amico, who gives 25 XP, and serves as the next addition to the Wise Guys Character Collection.

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Work at Luigi's

This gap quest is part of the current mission and is actually called "Just How You Like It" in the completion description, but is flagged as Work at Luigi's. This mission is for Luigi - and it appears was created mostly to slow you down in completing the current mission line as it puts Luigi to work just when you need him to work with Michael. Sigh.

Work at Luigi's (24h) $600 and 150 XP

Completing this mission awards you $50 and 5 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 2

Eager to not be a gangster, Mike seeks out Luigi and makes him an offer that he hopes will not be refused...

Make Michael D'Amico Cook with Luigi

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 3

Fat Tony and crew are preparing to throw a party - and it seems that the improvements to the menu that Mike has made at Luigi's is starting to gain a following!

1. Make Guests Attend Part (x10)

2. Make Luigi Cater Party

This is a set of 4h tasks - for Luigi and 10 residents...

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 4

While the whole mob thing is generally a manly man's game, The Story unfolding before us is both a sad and frustrating one... You have to feel sorry for Mike, right?

1. Make Legs Rob Luigi's

2. Make Louie Rob Luigi's

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 5

Fat Tony and his crew have taken a strong anti-cooking position - but Mike is standing his ground and means to make a go of his cooking... Don't know about you but I am cheering Mike on!

Make Michael D'Amico Serve Food

As you wrap up this stage it appears that Mike has really grown a set! Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 6

Mike has convinced the boys that his skills - his mad skills - as a chef are worthy of support. Of course that does not square things with his father, but if you can find a secret place to do the cooking perhaps you can soldier on?

Build Abandoned Warehouse

The build site for the Abandoned Warehouse is on the Squidport pier and how cool is that?

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 7

It was a rough and often worrisome challenge but Mike has managed to win the support of his old man! Well done Micky!

1. Make Legs Carry Out a Contract

2. Make Louie Carry Out a Contract

3. Make Michael D'Amico Rake Actual Cabbage

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 8

The next stage of the plan is to bring the cops in line - and that means bribing them with some very high quality tasty slaw!

Make Michael D'Amico Deliver Lunch to the Police

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Baking Bread Pt. 9

Wow. Just wow... Here we were rooting for Mike and he goes all mobster on us! Kill all the other chefs?! Really?!

1. Make Michael D'Amico Flay and Fillet

2. Make Legs Wait Around

3. Make Louie Watch in Horror

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Aftyer you complete this quest you will receive a "Suspicious Dirt Pile" notice and a "bag of gazpacho" will be added to your inventory...

Baking Bread Pt. 10

Being candid here, the Chief never really was the sharpest Tool in the box, right?? So um, go ahead and dispose of the "bag of gazpacho" right?

Place Suspicious Looking Dirt Pile

Huh! We never thought that Michael had it in him... Well at least he has earned the respect and the admiration of his father...

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

This nicely wraps up this part of the cap missions.

Low Costa Nostra

With a secret and secure cooking spot now completed the next stage of the mission series addresses the issue of distribution... Bearing in mind that this phase of the mission series is partially a premium mission as it requires the premium character Squeaky Voiced Teen (30D)...

Low Costa Nostra Pt. 1

While Mike has his doubts, Luigi vouched for the Squeaky Voiced Teen - so Mike has hired him to make the deliveries...

Make Squeaky Voiced Teen Deliver Suspicions Package

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Low Costa Nostra Pt. 2

It seems that Michael is a quick study - let's just hoe that SVT is as well!

Make Squeaky Voice Teen Report an Alibi

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Bushiness

The purchase of the Premium Building Rancho Relaxo results in unlocking the last character in the current Wise Gys character Collection - Don Vittorio - which gives you 25 XP for unlocking the Don, and an additional $1,250 and 25 XP for completing the Wise Guys Collection.

The Family Business Pt. 1

Now that you have added the premium Building Rancho Relaxo- and thus the premium character of Don Vittorio - you get his mission line to do!

Make Don Vittorio Talk with his Hands

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Business Pt. 2

Moe goes to the Don with an issue that pertains to his exotic pet smuggling business...

1. Make Don Vittorio Straighten Out Wiggum

2. Make Moe Smuggle Endangered Species

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Business Pt. 3

Apu brings his issues with Sanjay in the hopes of getting some meaningful resolution...

Make Don Vittorio Straighten Out Sanjay

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Business Pt. 4

Following the specific issues in the previous missions we now revert to a general call to aid.

Make Springfielders Go to the Don for Help (x10)

Basically you need to have 10 residents seek the assistance of the Don...

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Business Pt. 5

Despite decades of proof to the contrary Mayor Quimby sits down at his desk and actually works at being Mayor?! Make Quimby Try to Create Good Policy!

Try to Create Good Policy (24h) $600 and 150 XP

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

The Family Business Pt. 6

Mayor Quimby brings his worries to the Don in terms of the hits he is taking in votes, and the Don fesses up about his own concerns with the filthy side of politics...

Go Back to Business as Usual (12h / $600 / 150xp)

Completing this mission also awards you $100 and 10 XP.

Level 50 Cap Increase

First of all, wow! Congratulations mates, we have reached Level 50! Not only that, but with that Cap Increase we have also reached the end of this Section of the Guide - so two reasons to celebrate! And now we have to get busy creating the next Guide Section -- Part 17: Levels 51 thru 55!

As is usually the case with a Level Cap increase event, it comes during an active event - which is why we briefly confused the structures, Characters, and missions with that event. But once we realized that we got it sorted and all is right in the world :)

So what happens during a Level Cap Increase Event?

Well first, the Cap goes up 1-Level -- in this case to Level 50 Naturally! If you have been actively playing the game since the last Cap Up for Level 49 you have already banked sufficient XP to hit the new Cap as soon as you complete any XP granting action, so good on ya and your spiffy new Level 50 Springfield!

Level 50 CIE Objects

This Cap Increase Event (CIE) brings with it the following objects:

• Book Burning Mobile ($200,000) Improves Vanity Rating

• Canyonero (5,000 FP) Truck / SUV

• IT Blows (3,000 FP) Building.

• Lovejoy Residence (180D) Unlocks the character of Jessica Lovejoy.

• Municipal House of Pancakes ($1M) Unlocks the character of Helen Lovejoy.

• Murderpuss (30D) L50 / 1% Bonus Money and XP to all jobs

• Shorty's (60D) Coffee Shop

You will want to obtain as many of these as you can and, if you are availing yourself of Donuts, you will want to be grabbing the Premium Objects as well. As with all Level Caps Increase Events there is a selection of both Standard and Premium Content, so nobody is left out in the cold!

In addition to the above listed objects there are also some missions associated with this event, which we now list below.

Level 50 CIE Missions

Naturally there are Standard objects and Characters offering missions with them, and equally naturally there are some Premium objects and characters also offering missions - and here they are!

The Joy of Gossip

There is NO such thing as a small-to-medium town in the world that does not include a Gossip Mill. Let's be realistic here, gossip is the retirement hobby for legions of senior citizens after all!

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 1

To get this mission properly started the first thing we have to do is construct Gossip Central - the Rumor HQ - or as it is known by those not "in-the-know" -- The Municipal House of Pancakes!

Build Municipal House of Pancakes ($1M / L50) 24h Build Timer.

Completing this build and task will unlock the new character of Helen Lovejoy.

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 2

Now that she is back Helen - the biggest gossip in town - desperately needs to get her gossip fix. Her husband tells her that Marge Simpson is the source to see...

Make Marge Spill the Beans (1h / $140 / 34xp).

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 3

Helen is really upset over the now quite obvious pecking order (or order of importance) and where she falls on that list. Not Content with being wherever it is in the queue that her karma dictated she almost immediately began flailing about for possible reasons for the mistake.

Unable to find any she quickly declares a Trope - in this case how the matter will impact the children of Springfield - and eschews her fellow Investorettes to "Think of the Children!" Who knows, that may actually work!

Think of the Children (8h / $275 / 70xp).

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 4

The fact that Rev. Lovejoy has not clued into the fact that women - and especially wives - can and often do maintain their life and thoughts in a high state of cognitive dissonance means that he never WILL realize that fact. Which means he loses no matter what the argument is.

Apply for Premium Status (4h / $175 / 45xp).

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 5

Some people just cannot accept reality as, well, reality - so Helen has decoded to plead her case with a higher power... Yeah, you guessed it...

Plead with a Higher Power (8h / $275 / 70xp).

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 6

You don't have to be a fan of old film or classic fiction books to know that pride is one of the most dangerous of the human emotions. Heck just read the Bible - or the Koran, or Talmud, or Tao-Te-Ching - they all pretty much spell it out. And if you need further proof, look at what Helen here says about the chance that the universe will end with the hack that Data is about to perform. She does not care. Period.

Purchase the "Premium" Helen Lovejoy (Free Upgrade)

No matter how much you despise this woman - and I totally despise her - to complete this mission you have to obtain her Upgrade. That is just the way it is.

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Joy of Gossip Pt. 7

It seems that Helen is taking this with more gusto than anticipated... Lucky Rev. Lovejoy heh...

"Worship" Alongside Rev. Lovejoy (20h / $1,100 / 270xp).

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Real Investorettes

You should remember this as it had a related missions ages ago when the whole Flet-A-Pita thing played out. Think of it as a cross between the Real Housewives of Springfield and The Investor-Wives (a short-lived show about the wives of Mormon businessmen in Utah who had this small Investment Group for women that sought the professional advice of experts in each of the many industries that they invested in).

So anyway yeah, Fleet-A-Pita.

The Real Investorettes Pt. 1

The Circle has re-formed. Maybe not as strong as it once was, but re-formed nevertheless. Though it seems that the game has parted way with the cannon of the show in that in the latter Marge was banned from the group whereas in the former she seems to still be accepted.

This opening mission is a three-part challenge:

1. Make Investorettes Seriously Gossip (Seriously Gossip (x4) 12h / $420 / 100xp)

2. Make Skinner Serve Refreshments (Serve Refreshments (x1) 12h / $420 / 100xp)

3. Bart and Milhouse go on Wild Goose Chase (Go on a Wild Goose Chase (x2) 4h / $175 / 45xp)

Remember you had to do the first step four times (x4) which meant with four of the Investorettes; the second step just one (1) time, and the third step two (2) times, which translates to once with Bart and once with Milhouse. Just saying.

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Real Investorettes Pt. 2

It seems that while they are very good at Investing, they are not so good at things like honor, integrity, or you know, honesty? Stealing ideas from kids, man that is low...

1. Plan a Pro Wrestling Show (8h / $275 / 70xp) x4

2. Find a Spanish Translator (8h / $275 / 70xp) x2

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Real Investorettes Pt. 3

We don't know if you got very far with high school Spanish or not, but um, that translator? Yeah he is not exactly fluent... Or more to the point, we don;t think those words mean what he thinks they mean...

1. Attend a Negotiation Meeting (12h / $420 / 100xp) x4

2. Fake Translate (12h / $600 / 150xp)

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

The Real Investorettes Pt. 4

Following the disastrous negations at the business meeting the girls come up with an alternative...

1. Make Investorettes Host a Pro Wrestling Show x4

2. Make Bumblebee Man do Lucha Libre!

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future

Obviously this is another of the Premium Missions and it is flagged through stages. First you need to purchase the Lovejoy House, which comes with the Premium Character Jessica Lovejoy who, to be honest, we don't really remember from the show...

Once you HAVE Jessica Lovejoy she will then make this Premium Mission Series available to be flagged - so flag it already!

Back from the Future Pt. 1

It seems that Jessica is the typical PK - Preacher's Kid. You saw Footloose right? So flag this and then get the Task started!

Disgrace a Local Landmark (24h / $1000 / 225xp)

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future Pt. 2

The Rev is experimenting with parenting techniques - but I can tell him right now that ignoring does not work - that just causes the whole issue to escalate!

1. Make Rev. Lovejoy Ignore his Daughter

2. Make Jessica Lovejoy Pretend to be a Good Girl

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future Pt. 3

Could Jessica actually be turningover a new leaf?? Naw!

1. Reach Level 9 and Build Springfield Elementary

2. Make Jessica find a Gullible Dimwit

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future Pt. 4

Man Jessica is pure evil!

1. Reach Level 12 and Build Bart's Treehouse

2. Make Jessica Baton Twirl

3. Make Bart Replace his Mom's Shampoo with Peroxide

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future Pt. 5

Jessica backs up her threat with details of what Bart will suffer if he fails to give in to her...

1. Reach Level 14 and Build First Church of Springfield

2. Make Jessica go to Sunday School

3. Make Bart Steal Church Money

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Back from the Future Pt. 6

Bart just cannot let it go...

1. Make Jessica Heckle Fat People

2. Make Bart Heckle Fat People

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Homer's Homer

If you purchased the Premium Decoration Item that Gil is offering - the Homer (the car that Homer Simpson designed) for 84D then you will have flagged this short Mission set. If not, then not. Which means if you did not buy that lemon, you can safely ignore this...

Homer's Homer Pt. 1

While Homer is at first a bit more than critical about the design of that car - after Lisa points out that HE is the idiot that designed it, his opinion alters sensibly...

Drink Beer (4h / $260 / 70xp)

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Homer's Homer Pt. 2

While Homer is at first a bit more than critical about the design of that car - after Lisa points out that HE is the idiot that designed it, his opinion alters sensibly...

Give Herb a Call (1h / $70 / 17xp)

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Can't Live With 'Em, Still Can't Live With 'Em

The Rev has his work cut out for him getting couples counseling completed with all the personal issues he is having with his daughter... Just saying.

Counsel Couples (24h / $600 / 150xp)

Completing this build task awards you $100 and 10xp.

Black Market Sale

Every now and then the wizards who make Tapped Out will insert a limited time Special Event in the form of a sale event - for example in the Summer they did a Tag Sale event, and every now and then Gil will offer some specials on Premium Items like Donuts or in-game Money.

This is not one of that type of sale events - instead it is a chance for players who were not playing when the Stonecutter Event was active (and for Tappers who WERE there for it but did not have the opportunity to get all of the objects from the event that they wanted) to get some of the event-specific objects as well as other Items.

The following are on offer for Tappers during this temporary event (bear in mind that for some of the objects if you already have one that object will not show up in your store list)....

• Abandoned Store (30D)

• All Seeing Eye (100D)

• Arnie Pye (85D) Requires Level 23

• Hieroglyph Wall ($500)

• Number 12 (50D) Stonecutter Lenny

• Number 14 (50D) Stonecutter Carl

• Number 36 (FREE) Stonecutter Krusty

• Number 51 (100D) Stonecutter Alien

• Number 67 (50D) Stonecutter Arnie Pye

• Stone of Triumph (75D)

• Stonecutter Daycare Center ($250K)

• Stonecutter Lodge (140D)

• Stonecutter Table (120D)

This Special Sales Event is on a timer - and depending on when you logged in you may have as little as 24h to take advantage of it... Basically if there are objects, Characters, Costumes, or Buildings you did not have the opportunity to obtain during the event this is your chance to get them - but bear in mind that these are largely PREMIUM purchases. Which means spending real-world Money. Just saying...

Daily Progress Reminder

Prior to delving deeply into the missions and quests structure the time has once again come when we need to touch base on a specific issue that may have easily fallen through the gap in play and scheduling.

Think of it as a common occurrence as the Game Play emphasis often creates a sort of tunnel-vision in which the more mundane (but equally as important) daily progress actions and activities slip your mind. After all that old saw "Out of Sight = Out of Mind" is very true and certainly applies here!

So, first thing first, in addition to the well-designed and even fascinating Missions and Quests scheme that was created by the Wizards of Tapped Out who are responsible for that sort of creative thinking, there are very day and day-to-day tasks that both should be completed and provide the sort of predictable stability around which players who pay attention to it thrive in games of this sort.

In short what we are talking about is the base game that floats below the seemingly obvious game itself - so with that in mind we want to remind you that you should be tending to the following on a daily basis and with regularity while at the same time completing The Story lines that are funneled into the event and story missions, quests, and one-off special or character-centric actions.

So be sure to maintain with equal attention the following actions daily:

• Collecting Rent / Taxes -- Each Building in the game (including most of the Premium Structures) will generate a regular payment every so many hours (depending on building type and value) that should be regularly collected. While the Rent/Tax is not even in the ballpark n terms of the actual amount in Income that it generates - particularly when compared to the reward from character tasks - it all adds up!
• Completing Gap Quests -- Every day when there is not an event running (and sometimes when there is) the game will insert a handful of gap-quests. These are mostly documented under the sections "Level Independent Quests" and "Recurring Undefined Quests" in the main Walkthrough Section of the guide. They are worth doing if only for the variety that they add to the game :)
• Story Line Missions & Quests -- One of the most common questions that we see being asked of us is ones that pertain to why the Tapper is already Level XX and still has not received a Mission or a Quest that is supposed to be a Level well below their current one.

  The most frequent reason for this occurring is when the player has not completed a required story line mission or quest string. This often happens due to the Tapper not having placed what appears to be an ordinary if optional Building but that is, in reality, critical to the whole story line!

  The best way to address the issue of Necro Missions and Quests is to ensure that you have purchased and placed every Building that it is possible to purchase and place using the free in-game Money (i.e. not Donuts).

  Maintaining The Story Line Missions & Quests is accomplished in just that fashion - so check to see if you have any "!" and then place any Building(s) you can and check again for "!" resulting from their placement. Getting those completed as fast as you can is the key to catching up on the Story Line!

2015 Springfield Census

In addition to keeping up with all of the Events and Story Line Missions you are also expected to both maintain and advance the population of your Springfield, as you restore both known and some unknown Characters and citizens back to your newly designed Springfield 2.0 (both standard AND the Premium Characters mind you).

With that in mind, we bring you the 2015 Springfield Census - a listing of all of The Characters that your Springfield SHOULD have in it. We do this once a year, usually at the beginning of the year, so that you can measure where you are at compared to where we are at, and so that you get a sense of where the average player SHOULD be at when they reach this stage in the game and its story.

The Census Listings each provides both obvious and implied information that is, in general, valuable to the typical player. The entry is -- line-by-line -- the C-No (Census Number); Unique Character Name; Character Class (Standard or Premium); Cost (the price of adding them to your town); and No. of Tasks (the number of unique jobs - or Tasks - that character has in their Actions Menu).

The value of the C-No is that it provides you with a population total for the year. The value of the No. of Tasks lone is that it provides an over-view of the variety of Tasks you have in your Springfield. The value of the other lines are self-explanatory.

In years past we were Content to simply provide a list of The Characters you should have so that you could tick them off to see if there were any you should have added but for some reason did not. The game is maturing, and now so too is that count list - into a proper Census. So yeah... Hey... Go us!

With all of that noted, your Springfield should include the following residents counted among the living:

2015 Census

Every year we take a Census of the residents of Springfield to provide Tappers with an idea of what their town should look like under the best case scenario. Characters marked with a "P" are Premium Characters - meaning you had to spend real-world Money to get them for the most part.

Tappers who are playing the game with the intention of not spending Money - or spending as little as possible - can ignore the Premium Characters.

The residents of your Springfield have a direct impact on the missions and quests that you can flag and complete - so having as near a match to the Census as possible is a good idea.

Premium Characters are highlighted in Bold Text...

• Abraham Lincoln

• Agnes

• Akira

• Apu

• Arnie Pye

• Artie Ziff

• Barbarian

• Barney

• Bart

• Bernice Hibbert

• Blue Funzo

• Blue-Haied Lawyer

• Booberella

• Brandine

• Brockman

• Bumblebee Man

• Burns Monster

• Candy Kevin

• Carl

• Chalmers

• Chester Dupree

• Cletus

• Crazy Zombie

• Cocoa Beanie

• Comic Book Guy

• Crazy Cat Lady

• Crazy Zombie

• Database

• Dewey Largo

• Disco Stu

• Dolph

• Don Vittorio

• Dr. Hibbert

• Dr. Nick (90)

• Drederick Tatum

• Duffman

• Eddie

• Fallout Boy

• Fat Tony

• Father Sean

• Fiddler

• Fire Eater

• Freddy Quimby

• Freedom

• French Waiter

• Frink's Robot Dog

• George Washington

• Giuseppe

• Grampa Simpson

• Greta Wolfcastle

• Handsome Pete

• Hank Scorpio

• Hans Moleman

• Helen Lovejoy

• Herman

• Homer

• Hugo

• Hugs Bunny

• Itchy Mascot

• Janey

• Jasper

• Jimbo

• Jub-Jub

• Judge Snyder

• Juggler

• K9 Officer

• Kang

• Kearney

• King Winter

• Kirk

• Kodos

• Krusty

• Kumiko

• Lampwick

• Legs

• Lenny

• Leprechaun

• Lisa

• Lou

• Louie

• Luann

• Lugash

• Luigi

• Lumpy

• Lurleen

• Manjula

• Maude Flanders Ghost

• Marge

• Martin

• Matt Groening

• Maude

• Michael D'Amico

• Milhouse

• Mime

• Mindy

• Miss Hoover

• Miss Springfield

• Moe

• Mojo Helper Monkey

• Mr. Burns

• Mr. Costington

• Mr. Teeny

• Mrs. Bouvier

• Mrs. Krabappel

• Mrs. Muntz

• Mutant Rabbit

• Ned

• Nelson

• Number 1

• Number 2

• Number 51

• Number 314

• Otto

• Patty

• Petroleus Rex

• Pink Funzo

• Plopper

• Princess Kashmir

• Princess Penelope

• Professor Frink

• Pokey

• Poochie Mascot

• Purple Funzo

• Quimby

• Ralph

• Rev. Lovejoy

• Rex Banner

• Rod

• Roger Myers Jr.

• Sanjay

• Santa's Little Helper

• Scratchy Mascot

• Sea Captain

• Selma

• Senile Zombie

• Shary Bobbins

• Shauna

• Sherri & Terri

• Sideshow Mel

• Skinner

• Smithers

• Snake

• Space Mutant

• Squeaky Voice Teen

• Stampy

• Suzanne the Witch

• Talking Krusty Doll

• The Grumple

• The Raven

• The Rich Texan

• The Yes Man

• Todd

• Tom O'Flanagan

• Tribal Chief

• Uter

• Wiggum

• Willis

• Wolfcastle

• Yupprechaun

• Zutroy

Notes:

(1) Donuts and Obtaining Premium Characters / Buildings

Ideally there is no such thing as an optional character - especially if that character brings with it a set of missions or special quests - since every bit of new and story-boosting Content both counts and is important to Tappers the world over!

That said though, as many of The Characters with missions and/or quests attached happen to be of the Premium variety, if you are playing with the primary goal being to spend as little as possible in terms of real-world funds (or in the extreme, none at all) that will complicated matters.

Your best bet in that case is to save up your Donuts and only buy Buildings with mission-granting Characters. That is how we approached it and it works. There are, over time, sufficient free Donuts awarded so that you can leverage the sources to obtain the core and most important buildings and their characters - all you have to do is trade the time to do it.

Leveling up when you have already hit the cap is one of the best ways to obtain Donuts as you can get a maximum of three (3) free donuts with each level-up at cap! And that means playing. A lot. Just saying...

(2) Checking the Full List of Citizens

If you need to know which ones you have simply print the Census above and then use the Town Hall Character Locator Listing Database to tick-off the ones you have in your town. Easy-Peasy!

Reaching Level 50 in any game is a major milestone when the game is a level-base grinder, and Tapped Out is not an exception to that rule. We thought we should point that out, and celebrate the manner in which we have arrived at this position - a journey that required massive sacrifice, and a string of small gains that came in the form of constant gathering of XP that would never be applied to our accounts.

The way that this works for the senior players is rather simple - once they reach the Level Cap they can only gain XP up to the point where the cap is locked. After that any and all XP that they earn is essentially unsaved, released to the wind as it were. That is regrettable, but it is also a rather obvious mark of success!

Having reached Level 50 you must take a moment to celebrate not simply that milestone, but the rather long and involved relationship that you have had with the game and its Characters. Looking at this another way, it is really not at all surprising that Tapped Out has come to this point - after all we are talking about a game that was built using the canon and lore of a celebrated TV Show with well over 25-years of seasonal episodes!

So yeah, take a few minutes to mull that over - and take the time to celebrate your accomplishments here. Perhaps now would be a great time to set aside a block of space in the game and create a park to memorialize that accomplishment? Certainly a physical recognition of this long journey is warranted.

And when you have finished - and celebrated - tuck in your shirt mates, because we have another 50 levels at least and then some to go! Oh yeah!