Christmas 2014

Greeting Tappers! Welcome to the annual Christmas Event for The Simpsons: Tapped Out! This is a special - epic Holiday Event that appears in multiple parts for Tapped Out that offers veteran and new player alike a return of what are arguably the best parts of past Holiday Events as well as what are hoped to be improvements over past Content and approach for holiday events in the game...

As this annual celebration of the Christmas Holiday kicks off snow begins to gently fall on Springfield, concealing its dirt and grime and the worse of it, under a blanket of crisp and clean virginal white - and how cool is that?!

To help nature along with this process of change now is a good time for you to take a few minutes to tap on each and every home in your town and turn on their Christmas Decorations - yes! Beauty! Great colored lights and a town that is itself a festival of holiday cheer!

Before we get started, there are a few things you need to know. First, while the Christmas 2014 Event began officially on 3 December, that does NOT mean that the ripples that were created by the past two special events in Tapped Out have yet to fully imprint their effects on the game.

Santa is cool - Santa has cool Elves - the world is cold, presents are good, and the world is getting better! So without dragging this out, it is time to get to the nitty-gritty and the details of the Christmas 2014 Epic Holiday Event!

Bugs and Issues

While we cannot tell you how to avoid these - or even fix them - there are some issues you need to be aware of going in, just you know, so you are aware of them. Due to the massive size and complex nature of this event plus all of the extra objects and code that must remain active during play the game is slightly and a little unstable.

What that means is that it can (will) crash every now and then.

For the record YOU did not cause this. You can not fix it. You just need to accept that every now and then and for no apparent reason the game does grow unstable and its solution to that is to crash.

If and when your game crashes simply restart it.

Addressing the Past

With that in mind - and assuming that you have the capability to manage it - the following goals should be included as part of the pre-event or even "during-event" Game Play activities. In other words, we are here to encourage you to accomplish as much of the following as you can manage, in your game, for reasons that while not obvious now will eventually become obvious.

So with that in mind, please try to accomplish the following objectives:

1. Complete all of the Missions and Quests from the Thanksgiving Day Event that are outstanding;

2. Complete all of the Missions and Quests from the Level 47 Cap Mini-Event;

3. Continue to build the Squidport Boardwalk*;

4. Continue to build Krustyland*;

5. Complete ALL of the Optional Character Tasks you have available to you;

6. Collect 2500 Frink/Friend Points and Claim the Little Black Box Building;**

7. Collect 5000 Frink/Friend Points and Claim the Stewart Duck Character / Wagon Decoration.**

* If you have not already completed these Expansion efforts you should not neglect them as you work towards the Holiday Event tasks - but do not compromise the Event Tasks in the process!

** If you can.... Getting these will of course depend upon the level of your FP bank prior to the event beginning. After the event begins your focus will be on collecting Presents (from the Neighbors who are participating in the Holiday Event). Remember though, for Neighbors who are NOT participating in the Holiday Event you can still collect FP off of .

The focus here should be well-balanced Game Play. Seriously, it is not so much a question of finishing the different tasks that you have started as it is keeping the process well organized. You will thank us for reminding you about this later.

Your Efforts

If you are close to completing the previous missions and quest lines from the previous events - please check their sections of the Guide to determine just how close you may be to that - it may be an idea to delay placing Santa's Toy Shop and get those done.

If the timing is right and you are close you may be able to accomplish both before you officially kick-off this event... But getting those tasks cleared will offer clarity for this (and upcoming) events.

Use your best judgement on this matter...

Expansion Issues

Before we get too far into this event there is the matter of the two-ton elephant in the room: Land Expansion opportunities and the need for open spaces in Springfield.

As difficult as this may be for most players to accept, particularly going into this new Holiday Event - is the notion that the game will reach a point in which open space is at a premium. The why of this is very important to contemplate - so we shall do that now.

Under ordinary circumstances the existence of open spaces for Expansion of game Content is a function of the base game. Or it was. Unless you are a new player - and we hope not for reasons that will rapidly grow to be obvious you need to have leveled both your town and its attributes pretty significantly as the new event unfolds - having a minimum set of both structures and Characters that include the following is really very very important.

If you already possess any of these and they are in storage, be sure to place them in the world. If you do NOT have these but you CAN have them - that is to say you are of the right level and just have to build them - then build them!

• Adult Education Annex (Level 27)

• Businessman's Social Club (Level 28 - Unlocks Fat Tony)

• First Church of Springfield (Level 14 - Cost = $32,500 - Unlocks Rev. Lovejoy)

• Krustyland (Level 20)

• Moe's Tavern and Bar (Level 15 - Unlocks Moe Szyslak and Marge Simpson)

• Professor Frink's Lab (Premium Building - Level 3 - Cost = 150D)

• Springfield Community Center (Premium Building - :Level 1 - Cost = 150D)

• Springfield Court House (Level 38 - Cost = $138,450)

• Springfield Elementary School (Level 9 - Cost = $10,500 - Unlocks Seymour Skinner)

• Springfield High School (Level 34 - Cost = $126,500 - Unlocks Superintendent Chalmers)

• Springfield Library (Level 12 - Cost = $31,365 - Unlocks Martin)

• Springfield Nuclear Energy Plant (3-parts - Level 11 - Cost = $64,505 Total - Unlocks Mr. Burns)

• Springfield Police Station (Level 17 - Cost = $40,500 - Unlocks Police Chief Wiggum)

• Springfield Town Hall (Level 20 - Cost = $48,500 - Unlocks Mayor Quimby)

• Squidport (Level 15 - Cost = 4,500 plus - Very Expensive eventually)

So assuming you have the above resources, you should be in pretty good shape barring one minor wrinkle: Expansion Lands.

Just so you know most of the Buildings above are important for the event but also because they add Characters to the game that it is good to have to help with the event activities.

Special Decorations

The following decoration objects from previous events specifically provide benefits for THIS one and so if you have ANY of these in storage now is the time to bring them out and place them in your Springfield!

• Elf Home Produces five (5) Presents.

• Holiday Tree Produces ten (10) Presents.

• Present Depot Produces eight (8) Presents.

In addition to looking cool, these objects contribute to the Present Production Levels for your Town! So yeah, git-er-done!

Additional Holiday Decorations Past

In addition to - and including the above - since we are on the subject of pulling things out of storage and placing them in town, you may as well be aware that the following objects are event-appropriate and if you have them, you may as well deploy them from storage in order to set the stage for a wonderful holiday!

• Bart Snowman

• ClausCo

• Costington's

• Egg Nog Bar

• Helter Shalter

• Holiday Tree

• Homer Snowman

• Lisa Snow-Woman

• Maggie Snow-Woman

• Marge Snow-Woman

• Reindeer

• Santa's Village

• Santa's Workshop

• Springfield Mall

• Springfield Skating Rink

Christmas Building Decoration Modes

The following Buildings have dedicated Christmas Decoration Modes (if you earned them in previous events that is):

• Blue House

• Brown House

• Cletus's Farm[/strong

• Cooling Towers (Candy Canes)

• Flanders House

• Frink's Lab (Premium Cost = 10D)

• Muntz House

• Orange House

• Pink House

• Purple House

• Simpson House

• Skinner House

• Van Houten House

• Volcano Lair (Premium Cost = 10D)

• White House

• Willie's Shack

LIMITED TIME Items

The following very special objects and/or Decorations were added in consequence of the Event and, as they are Limited Time Items, if you are going to get them you should get them while the getting is good!

• 1 Cogwheel (2D) for Upgrading Cannon

• 10 Cogwheel (20D) for Upgrading Cannon

• 50 Cogwheel (100D) for Upgrading Cannon

• 100 Cogwheel (200D) for Upgrading Cannon

• Elf Home (60D) - Tiny Elf House totally worth having!

• Festive Bell Lamp Post ($385) - Improves Vanity Stat.

• Festive Bow Lamp Post ($385) - Improves Vanity Stat.

• Festive Wreath Lamp Post ($385) - Improves Vanity Stat.

• Holiday Tree (75D) Decorated Xmas Tree

• Small Island ($10K) Island with Gift in Tree - Improves Vanity Stat.

• Small Island (30D) Island with 2 Coconut Trees - Improves Tree-hugging Stat

• Small Island (90D) Island with Plane Wreck - Improves Vanity Stat.

Limited Time Item Notes:

1. Islands can only be placed in the Ocean off of the coast of Springfield. They will NOT place in Rivers or Ponds. Which is fine since you would not want one in your back yard - just saying!

2. While you CAN purchase the Cogwheels when you work out the math the actual cost-to-benefit ratios are not good. Just saying you do what you want...

Land Structure

The way that the game was structured, once you worked your way through the land that could be cheaply and easily unlocked, you were left with the unenviable task of the targeted unlocking of Gold-Sink lands that appear along the far-right-side strip of Springfield.

This is an unfortunate circumstance in that these Expansion blocks are in every sense of the phrase Gold Sink Content. What that means is that the player is required to spend what are obscene amounts of in-game funds - and NOT the sort that can be purchased economically with real-world Money either, so forget about that.

No, don't forget about it - note it. Know it. Make it burn in your brain: Buying Money is BAD. Hell, for that matter buying Donuts is bad, but buying money?: That is really bad. And not just because the exchange rates for real-world currency and in-game currency are entirely out of whack either. It is bad because the need to do it suggests that your Springfield was not properly created and built in the first place!

To put a bald face on this, by the time you reach this point in the evolution of Tapped Out your Springfield should already be in a very solid and productive state. The combination of Buildings, Characters, tasks, and jobs should be such that your daily Income is sufficient to permit over the course of a week the build-up of funds that are more than sufficient for most build projects.

Rephrased, what this means is that a reasonable two-to-three million dollars of bankable Income weekly should be within your grasp, if you commit your entire town to the process.

Of course that sort of treasury Building requires you to abandon any chance at productive questing - and that is why the downtime between events that can be found throughout most of the Spring and Summer months is of critical importance to the player base.

Unfortunately once we begin the serious event season - which spans the months from August through April each season - the possibilities of creating time gaps sufficient for the generation of treasury bank are slim to non-existent.

If you have decided that what we are saying is that you should already have a large bank and nest egg on hand BEFORE the event started, then you do understand what we are telling you!

If on the other hand you do not actually HAVE that nest egg and treasury than yeah, this is going to be a lot harder than it might have been... A lot is going to depend upon how much open space you currently have on which to expand your town. If the answer is none or not much, you are going to need to temporarily alter your town to suit the needs of the events.

The best way to do that is to pick some of the non-producing areas - town parks, that sort of thing - and throw all of the contents for those areas into your personal storage in order to free up that land for use with the events.

You will come back later and repair those alterations - we promise - but for now this needs doing because the worse thing you could do is panic and begin to spend whatever nest egg and treasury you DO have on the very over-priced Gold-Sink Expansion Slots.

Now that we are on the same page in terms of Expansion and Open Spaces, it is time to move on...

New Objects and Items

As the event unfolds additional Items will be added to this list.

The following new objects and Items have been added to the game either via the in-game store or as Event rewards. Note that most of these are LIMITED TIME objects (each is marked with the LT notice) so if you are going to obtain them you need to do it BEFORE the timer on each runs out...

• Bonestorm Santa (Present Prize) (LT)

• Burns Fever Snowman (Quest Reward)

• Christmas Burns Manor (Quest Reward) (LT)

• Christmas Float (Present Prize) (LT)

• Christmas Frink's Lab (10D) Christmas Building Skin (LT)

• Christmas Krabapple Apartments (10D) Christmas Building Skin (LT)

• Christmas Muntz House (10D) Christmas Building Skin (LT)

• Christmas Volcano Lair (10D) Christmas Building Skin (LT)

• ClausCo (90D) Christmas Building (LT)

• Egg Nog Bar (60D) Christmas Building (LT)

• Festive Lawn Bell ($425) Decoration + Vanity Rating (LT)

• Festive Fancy Lawn Bell ($385) Decoration + Vanity Rating (LT)

• Festive Light Plunger (Present Prize) (LT)

• Festive Trashcan Fire (3D) Decoration + Vanity Rating (LT)

• First Ever Christmas Tree (Present Prize) (LT)

• Frosty the Hitman (Present Prize) (LT)

• Homer Fever Snowman (Quest Reward)

• King Winter's Cave (175D) Includes King Winter Character (LT)

• Nativity Scene (Present Prize) (LT)

• Santa's Village (80D) Includes Santa Homer Costume (LT)

• Santa Workshop (70D) Christmas Building (LT)

• Sponsored Church (Present Prize) (LT)

• Toy Workshop ($2,000) Required Event/Mission Item

• Toy Workshop Bell (Present Prize) (LT)

While some of these are optional you may want to make an effort to obtain as many as possible, and in particular the ones that are only present for the limited time of the event...

New Characters

Additional entries may be added as the event unfolds.

The following new Characters have been added to the game with this event:

• King Winter (175D) Includes King Winter's Cave Building

• Santa Homer (80D) Includes Santa's Village (Holiday Costume for Homer)

While some of these are optional you may want to make an effort to obtain as many as possible, and in particular the ones that are only present for the limited time of the event...

The Christmas Gift Mechanism

This event is divided into two logical parts, but its primary focus is the production of presents - creating those being the underlying theme for the event.

Part I - Christmas 2014 Event

The facts are pretty simple for the first part of the event:

• Make Presents for Santa in the Toy Workshop you build in Springfield;

• Finish Tasks on Santa's List for Prizes and more presents;

• Win amazing Prizes for helping Santa give children giant piles of toys that they will forget by New Year's.

• Part 1 ends on 24 December (naturally since that is when the toys get opened!).

There is a timer present in the game for each of the two stages that you can access by tapping on the query symbol next to the Present Count on the bottom left-hand-side of the play screen.

Winter 2014 Part 1 Prizes

he following are found and obtained under Part 1 in the Prize Pop-Up Window that is accessed by tapping the Event Button on the bottom-right-hand-side of the game screen:

• Christmas Fort - 580 Presents

• Frosty the Hitman - 1200 Presents

• Toy Workshop Bell - 2300 Presents

• Sponsored Church - 3500 Presents

• Festive Light Plunger - 5500 Presents

• First Ever Christmas Tree - 8000 Presents

• Bonestorm Santa - 10,800 Presents

• Nativity Scene - 14,000 Presents

Part II - Christmas 2014 Event

Coming on 25 December 2014...

Once Christmas day arrives the second part of the event gets started, and during that part you will need to work very hard to rid Springfield of the Elf menace - thanks to Homer inviting them to stay and party!

Once you place the Cannon and start collecting Elves, that will lead to Bell rewards - the Bells take the place of the Presents from the first part!

Winter 2014 Part 2 Prizes

Coming on 25 December 2014...

• The North Pole (1000 Bells)

• Cannon Control Building (1700 Bells)

• Elf Bottler (3700 Bells)

• Sequel Stop (6500 Bells)

• Annual Gift Man (10,100 Bells)

• Little Helper Ralph (13,800 Bells)

• Spruce Caboose (xx Bells)

• Tropical Island (xx Bells)

There are 24 days to the second half of the event so no worries about time here!

As was previously noted this time around the event is measured in Christmas Presents. This is a fairly complex issue largely due to the welcome fact that the wizards who created Tapped Out chose for this year's event NOT to rely upon luck as half of the process.

Last year (Christmas 2013) part of the prize system was vested in a spinning wheel Mini-Game (call it a wheel-of-fortune type mechanism) that Tappers needed to use by fulfilling the required conditions for its use. That system was not very fair or reliable.

This time it is more of a meritocracy in which your hard work is paid off in Prizes and how cool is that?

Present Collecting

Now in terms of collecting Presents there are several avenues for us to examine.

Legacy Present Objects

First, there are the legacy Decorations from the previous events. Those serve as a source for Presents at the following rates:

• Elf Home Produces five (5) Presents every 10h.

• Holiday Tree Produces ten (10) Presents every 24h.

• Present Depot Produces eight (8) Presents every 4h.

Christmas Presents Tasks List

The following Tasks will result in compensation in the form of Prezzies...

• Apu: Make Executive Stress Toys (4h) 2 Presents and 45 XP.

• Bart: Be a Nutcr acker (10h) 4 Presents + 90 XP.

• Frink: Make Virtual Reality Helmets (4h) 4 Presents and 70 XP.

• Homer: Make a Snowman (16h) 6 Presents + 125 XP.

• Homer: Make Sergeant Activity Dolls (4h) 2 Presents + 45 XP.

• Homer: Pretend to Ski (16h) 4 Presents + 70 XP.

• Lisa: Make Musical Instruments (4h) 2 Presents + 45 XP.

• Lisa: Make Snow Angels (6h) 3 Presents + 55 XP.

• Lisa: Pretend to Ski (8h) 4 Presents + 70 XP.

• Marge: Prepare Christmas Treats (16h) 6 Presents + 125 XP.

• Ned: Take the Boys Snowmobiling (10h) 12 Presents + 270 XP.

• Santa: Eat Milk and Cookies (4h) 2 Presents + 45 XP.

• Squeaky Voiced Teen (4h) 4 Presents and 70 XP.

Neighbor Presents

In addition to obtaining Presents in your own Springfield from a variety of ways you can ALSO obtain them by visiting your Neighbors - on the Neighbor Screen you will be able to determine which Neighbors are participating in the event by the presence of a Present Counter under their name.

Presents can be obtained from the Springfield of your Neighbors with the following detail:

• +2 Presents per appropriately flagged Building (for a total of 3 Actions and 6 Presents).

• Bonus Presents for "Calling in the Feds" on your Neighbor's Town.

Obviously you are going to want to be certain that you visit your Neighbors - ALL of your Neighbors - every 24h since this is an incredible source of Presents that will make the goal of obtaining 700 Presents each day much more realistic!!

Santa's Daily Tasks

Each day (a given 24h period) the wizards who created this event present to you - via the Elf Tunnels (more on that elsewhere) a collection of randomly selected goals and tasks that are meant to be completed within that day's 24h period. Success in completing said random Task List resulting in the award of a nice chuckk of Prezzies!

To obtain the day's list of Tasks one need simply tap on an Elf Tunnel and you will be taken to the list. The process of actually completing them (as opposed to learning what they consist of) will require definite effort and planning on your part. This is no cake walk!

The Missions & Quests

Before we begin the process of documenting the missions and quests for your Reference pleasures it is time to hear from Springfield's Mayor!

"People of Springfield!

"Over the years I have made many promises, most of them contradictory, few of them kept. God bless you, voter apathy.

"But today I am proud to deliver on one promise: new jobs.

"Because Santa is opening a new toy workshop right here in Springfield!"

Santa then takes the podium to explain:

"Thanks to global warming, the ice uynder my old workshop at the North Pole melted, and everything sank into the Arctic Ocean.

"It was a terrible catastrophe. Many holiday favorites died, including Frosty and Rudolph."

"I've been warning people about the threat of global warming posed to Santa for years," Lisa Simpson announces, interrupting Santa. "But no one listened!" she exclaims.

"But why come to Springfield?" she wonders out loud.

"The tax incentives!" Santa quickly explains. "You're practically paying me to move here."

"Finally, someone takes the bait," Homer Simpson chortles.

"All the other corporations backed out once they learned how Springfield workers lead the nation in sullen incompetence," Homer adds.

"Oh, well, no matter," Santa sighs. "Everyone works hard for jolly old Saint Nick, because making presents isn't work, it's play! But you better double those incentives, Quimby."

"Done, Claus," the Mayor quickly replies.

That nicely sets the stage for what is to come - an epic collection of Christmas Missions and Quests, lots of tasks, and the model for which many other games have tried to emulate and gain just a speck of the success that Tapped Out has carved out of the Freemium gaming scene in all its sub-genres.

Preparing for Missions & Quests

You should be aware that in the midst of the missions and the quest lines that actually apply to the various holiday and event Content there will be the to-be-expected filler quests that normally appear just to keep things moving - you can see those in the Level Independent and Recurring Quests Sections if you are curious or need to ID them.

Depending on the event some of these make-work quests will actually be documented in the Event Section either as well as or in place of depending on their rarity.

Use your best judgement on doing these - as well as your best judgement on wrapping up any outstanding missions, quests, and Building tasks that are left over from previous events. Remember you want to keep the key Characters available for Event Quests - that is partly why our Guide is so valuable to Tappers, since it lets them know WHICH characters need to be kept available during the core event events!

As you proceed from here please try to remember that this is a game. You are having fun.

Oh and by the way - the SuperCheats Crew wants to be sure to wish you a very Happy and Safe Holiday Season! We hope you get everything that you want and deserve from the holidays!

And for the record all of the writers here - and particularly the ones working on the grinder guides - if you are curious - would not be disappointed at all if they received the Scottevest Brad Thor Alpha Jacket (Black, Extra Large)!

Just saying... You can never have too many pockets!

Jingle Bell Wreck

Santa - with the aid of Mayor Quimby - has nicely outlined how it is that the Claus Toy Workshops and Christmas Industries has ended up in Springfield. That sets the stage for our story - but The Story still needs to be told, and this is the first chapter in it!

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 1

It is time for Springfield to make good on its promises and assist the Claus-meister with moving his op to Springfield! So to start we need to build Santa's Workshop - and that means having room to do that. Please read the section titled Expansion Issues for details concerning that process.

1. Build Toy Workshop -- $2,000 and 12h to build - Earns $300 and 30 XP every 24h.

Note: The Toy Workshop requires Springfield to be a minimum of Level 5, and requires you have completed Homer Simpson's "myPad" Quest/Task. The Toy Workshop is REQUIRED in order to complete the Jingle Bell Wreck Quest Line.

Once the Toy Workshop completes its build timer you will automagically

Completing this Mission also awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 2

With your Toy Workshop fully constructed the people of Springfield now have an opportunity for some part-time work that will ultimately assist Santa Claus in delivering Christmas Cheer to the masses. The missions and quest activity naturally focuses upon the Workshop - and this one kicks that focus off to a noce and honest start!

1. Homer: Make Sergeant Activity Dolls (4h) 2 Presents and 45 XP.

2. Lisa: Make Musical Instruments (4h) 2 Presents and 45 XP.

For the time being the small number of Presents that you earn as rewards for doing the various Quests and Tasks for Santa should be considered Bonus Presents, since the vast majority of the Presents that you obtain in order to complete the collections for the Prizes will actually be obtained via the various objects and by visiting your Neighbors.

Completing this first mission with Lisa and Homer will also add the Ice Princess Martin Costume to your storage (you get notified of this). Be sure that you go into your Storage and claim (activate) that Costume as it is also the trigger for the next mission/quest!

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 3

You have now progressed deep enough into the event missions to unlock the Elf Caves. The Elf Caves are the mechanism by which Santa's Daily Actions are activated and completed. For this mission all that you need to do is place the Elf Cave.

Place The Elf Cave ($500 - found in the Decorations Section of the in-game store)

After you place the Elf Cave (which is actually pretty big) you get a notice that 4 Elves have joined Santa's Crew. You will have an opportunity to place more and get more Elves in the future...

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 4

While we cannot accuse Homer Simpson of being prejudice in general, it is pretty clear that he has some sort of attitude about Elves in general and maybe Elves specifically! Santa appears to have recognized that shortcoming - and sicked his Elves on the H-Man by dispatching a crew to boss him around...

Get Bossed Around by Elves (12h) $420 and 100 XP

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 5

The real question here is not whether or not Santa really pays his Elves in Candy Canes, but whether or not he legitimately expected that Homer Simpson would accept that candy in lieu of cold, hard, Cash?!

Homer: Go on Strike (24h) $600 and 150 XP

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 6

Perhaps putting Lisa in charge of compiling the local Naughty or Nice listg for Springfield was not such a bright idea - Lisa knows man, she KNOWS...

Compile Lists of Naughty and Nice Kids (12h) $420 and 100 XP

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 7

This mission series is turning into something like a Tour of Springfield! Our next stop on the Tour is the Springfield Energy Plant, which as you know is owned by Springfield Native Son Montgomery "Monty" Burns, one of the most caring and appreciated citizens of the town! (OK, I said it, can you take that gun out of my face now?)

1. Reach Level 11 and Build the Control Building

2. Make Homer do a Plant Shift.

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 8

Oh man, Burns has actually learned a few lessons from Santa!

1. Make Mr. Burns Pay Plant Workers in Candy Canes

2. Make Homer Get Bossed Around by Elves.

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 9

Make Homer Call Homeland Security...

Homer: Call Homeland Security (1h) $70 17 XP.

Unfotunately for Homer Santa is very well used to dealing with agents from Homeland Security, and so he manages to deflect their interest on to other Springfields!

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 10

So you know that old saw about how no good deed goes unpunished? Well it seems that Homers Call to Homeland Security has rapidly turned into something he regrets...

Homer: Regret His Selfishness (16h) $500 NS 125 XP.

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 11

Hey Santa has his own problems man - and he deserves a nice drink at the bar!

1. Reach Level 15 and Build Moe's Tavern

2. Make Santa Get Drunk at Moe's

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Jingle Bell Wreck Pt. 12

Lisa is concerned that if enough toys do not get made Christmas will be a failure!

1. Make Springfielder's Make Toys x10

2. Make Elves Make Toys x100

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Pixie Plight

After smoothly deflecting the attention of the Homeland Security Agents, Santa sends them off to bother the denizens of the other Springfields!

Unleash x3 Federal Homeland Agents in Other Springfields

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Santa's List

This mission series is flagged following the purchase and placement of the first Elf Cave. Once that is in place and you have your first Elf Crew Members, you can proceed with this mission series. When you tap on the commit button for this mission you are shown the Elf Cave Pop-Up Status Window - its title is "Santa's Daily Tasks" by the way.

Santa's List Pt. 1

There are a total of five possible Tunnels - behind each Tunnel is a different list of Tasks that you need to be working towards completing! Most of the Tasks require you to select a Springfielder from a specific subgroup - such as Kooks, Dimwits, and etc.

As you complete each of the missions you expand the selection of Characters who can now work at the Factory - for example when you complete Tunnel 2 it enables Professor Frink to help out at the Factory!

Tunnel 1 Santa's Task

Homer Fever Snowman -- Elf x1 - Bonus = Presents x 100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

1. Make a Kook Check out the Toy Workshop

2. Make a Dimwit Stare at Elves x2 (Requires Task 1 Completed)

3. Make a Youngster Take Inventory (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Homer Fever Snowman (in your personal storage box), and an added Elf to your Crew.

Tunnel 2 Santa's Task

Christmas Burns Manor - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

1. Make a Saint Try to Convert Elves to the Church x2

2. Send Apu to Make Executive Stresss Toys (Requires Task 1 Completed)

3. Make a Glutton Eat an Elf Berry Krusty Burger. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Burns Manor Holiday Decorations Skin (automatically adds this option to the Burns Manor tap menu and enables it by default), and an added Elf to your Crew.

Tunnel 3 Santa's Task

Christmas Compound - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

1. Make Apu Complain about Immigrants

2. Make a Youngster Trade Presents x3 (Requires Task 1 Completed)

3. Make a Youngster Drink an Elf Berry Squishee x3 (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Compound (this reward will automagically add Christmas Decorations - lights and such - to Fat Tony's Compound and automatically enable them - turn them on - for you!), and an added Elf to your Crew.

In addition to the above rewards that are directly attached to this mission, you should also at this point have exceeded the 580 Presents that are required to unlock the first Event Prize - which is the Christmas Float - and so that too should be added to your Personal Storage and ticked-off on the list.

Tunnel 4 Santa's Task

Elf Home - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Homer Prepare Illegal Immigrant Lodgings

Make Apu Stock Up on Candy (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Lisa Complain about Immigrant Lodgings. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Elf Home Building - which if you played last year you already have one of, so this will be Elf Home Number Two and how cool is that?? (this new Christmas structure will appear directly in your personal storage box), and an added Elf to your Crew.

Completing this particular Tunnel will also enable the Squeaky Voiced Teen for access to the Factory and allow them to help out from here on!

Tunnel 5 Santa's Task

Burns Fever Snowman - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

1. Make Apu feed the Octuplets Elf Berry Juice

2. Make a High Roller Harass Elves x3 (Requires Task 1 Completed)

3. Make Homer Slack Off (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Burns Fever Snowman (in your personal storage box), and an added Elf to your Crew.

IMPORTANT: While the five Tunnel Missions are in fact grouped under a single pop-up window and info-source, in reality they are each a separate and unique mission and, as such, they can each be pursued individually and at the same time!

So as that applies to the missions detailed above for example, you can have the following tasks underway all at the same time (and you should):

1. Make a Kook Check out the Toy Workshop

2. Make a Saint Try to Convert Elves to the Church

3. Make Apu Complain about Immigrants

   Make Homer Prepare Illegal Immigrant Lodgings

4. Make Apu feed the Octuplets Elf Berry Juice

The simultaneous pursuit of each of the Tasks in the Numero Uno slot for each of the five missions is an intentional rush job - bearing in mind that you (a) only have 24 hours to complete that entire list of Tasks, and (v) completing every one of Santa's Daily Tasks Lists is generally considered to be an important effort.

Your approach to these missions should be orderly and not scattered. A lot of these are low-time-impact tasks - they have to be as you are meant to complete ALL of them in ONE DAY. Normally we think it is a really good idea to try to maintain a minimum monthly balance of $3M or more in your working account in the game, but if completing a set of tasks can be accomplished by throwing Money at it - well then throw money at it!

Not to focus too sharply upon this as one of the engines by which progress is made but... Successfully completing this within the allotted time frame actually translates - in addition to the odd XP and rewards - to a whopping 500 extra Prezzies!

Incremental Results

As each individual Tunnel is completed you will receive a pop-up notification to that effect that will also release whatever the small prize is for the completion of that mission.

For example the completion of Tunnel 1 above will result in the following rewards being awarded to you:

• Homer Fever Snowman - --

• Santa Elf +1

• 100 Bonus Presents

It should be stressed that the 100 Bonus Presents is in addition to the 100 Presents and 10 XP you receive ordinarily for successfully completing a mission - so for this one (assuming you completed it within the allotted 24h time frame) ends up delivering 200 Presents in addition to the other rewards.

That is pretty substantial considering that getting the massive quantity of Presents we need to get in the very brief time scheme we have available for the getting of them. So hey, well done you!

Open your personal storage to claim the new Decoration Item - Homer Fever Snowman - which you can add to your existing Snowman and Snow-Woman Collection - we put ours in Springfield Central Park, but you can put yours you know, wherever....

Santa's List Pt. 2

Goal: Complete a Total of Three (3) of the Tunnel Missions.

Now that we have proven to S that we can get the job done, it is time for go-round number two!

This time we are informed that as we complete more Tunnels we gain access to more Tunnels as a result. In addition to that the existence of Tunnel Number Six through Tunnel 19 are revealed to us - a group of Tunnels whose eventual completion will assist us along the path to obtaining an Exclusive New Character for our Springfield!!

Unfortunately at first these new Tunnels are firmly locked tight as a drum head - but you are only actually required to fully complete x3 of the previous Tunnels.

Santa's List Pt. 3

Goal: Complete a Total of Six (6) of the Tunnel Missions.

We are now well on our way to establishing serious street creds with the Christmas Mafia and its Godfather, Santa Freakin' Claus!

This time our responsibility is to complete more Tunnels so that we gain access to more Tunnels. Simple enough, right?

Actually we have gained access to additional Tunnels - sort of. When we completed the previous section of this ongoing mission (Part 2) we unlocked additional Tunnels, or rather we completed the basic requirements to do so with the exception of one crucial matter: Time.

You see in order to fully unlock the aforementioned new Tunnels sufficient time must pass. So once we have completed all that we are going to in terms of the original five Tunnels, we should move on to other tasks and missions, and return here 24h later!

Tunnel 6 Santa's Task

Christmas Mansion - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Lisa Lobby Against Child Labor

Make a Youngster Drink an Elf Berry Squishee x5 (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Homer Squish Happy Little Elves on his myPad. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Mansion Building, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield.

The completion of this specific Tunnel unlocks the doors for Hans Moleman to come to the Workshop and help make the toys!

Tunnel 7 Santa's Task

Holiday Tree - Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Youngster Pet an Elf x5

Make Ned Make Cheery Christmas Sweaters (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Lisa Make Musical Instruments. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), as well as award you with a Holiday Tree, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield.

Note that after the initial large number of Tunnels from the first mission in this series were unlocked the following Tunnels are coming in smaller numbers, but they are coming...

Santa's List Pt. 4

The next chapter in our ongoing adventure to complete the Daily Lists of Tasks assigned by Santa Claus via his Elven Tunnel Network! At this point we have completed the Daily Tasks targets for Tunnels 1 through 7, and we simply await the tick of the clock past Midnight so that we can start on the next set of tasks!

As you wait for a new tunnel to unlock and reveal its Tasks it would be a very good idea for you to check your Personal Storage Box to ascertain that any new objects, Characters, and/or Buildings have been added to the game...

Tunnel 8 Santa's Task

Festive Nutcracker - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100..

Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Kook Check Out the Toy Workshop x3

Make Ned Pray for Faster Toy Manufacturing (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make a Youngster Trade Presents x3. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Festive Nutcracker Decoration, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield.

Tunnel 9 Santa's Task

Destroyed Holiday Wheel - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Ned have a Festive Sing Song with the Elves

Make Milhouse Make Doss (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Mke Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys x5. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Destroyed Holiday Wheel - Homer Destroys it BTW - and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield.

Tunnel 10 Santa's Task

Festive Candycane - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Glutton Binge on Candy Canes x3

Make Apu Stock Up on Candy (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make a Brainiac Research Elves x3. (Requires Task 2 Completed)

An un-advertised result of completing this quest on-time is enabling Hank Scorpio to make Toys at the Workshop now!

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Festive Candycane, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Wrapping up this mission also awards you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Santa's List Pt. 5

Things are now advancing rapidly, as this time around we will be completing four more tunnels! That means that this mission will see us through Tunnels 11 & 12.

Tunnel 11 Santa's Task

Festive Fancy Lawn Bell - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Homer Shop at Kwik-E-Mart

Make Willie Make Wee Little Tractors (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Willie Pull Toys Apart with his Bare Hands (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Note: Until you have Homer shop at Kwik-E-Mart Willie is not actually on the list of approved Toy Makers. After tho, he is!

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Festive Fancy Lawn Bell, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Tunnel 12 Santa's Task

Festive Lawn Angel - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys x7

Make Lisa Learn Elvish (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Homer Prepare Illegal Immigrant Lodging (Requires Task 2 Completed)

When Homer completed the Third Task, Otto is thereafter authorized to make toys at the Workshop!

Tunnel 13 Santa's Task

Christmas Crazy Cat House - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Bart Play with the Toys he Stole

Make Bart Make Hover Boards (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Bart Get a Laffy Meal Toy (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Crazy Cat House, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Tunnel 14 Santa's Task

Festive Hot Drink Stand - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Willi Furnish His Shack with Toys

Make a Youngster Have a Toy Party x5 (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Call in a Fed on a Freind's Town x3 (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Festive Hot Drink Stand, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Wrapping up this mission also awards you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Santa's List Pt. 6

Things are now advancing rapidly, as this time around we will be completing four more tunnels! That means that this mission will see us through Tunnels 13 & 14!

Tunnel 15 Santa's Task

Christmas Wiggum House - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Springfield Toy Maker Make Toys x10

Make Homer Hoard Toys in the Basement (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Homer Squish Happy Little Elves on his myPad (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Wiggum House, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Tunnel 17 Santa's Task

Christmas Apu's Apartment - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Youngster drink Elf Berry Squishy x3

Make Willy Sweep the Toy Workshop's Floor (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make a Kook Guzzle Elf Berry Juice in the Canteen x6 (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Apu's Apartment, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Tunnel 18 Santa's Task

Christmas Houseboat - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make a Springfielder Complain about Elves x4

Make Bart Skateboard (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Make Willie Celebrate the Winter SOlstice (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Christmas Houseboat, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Tunnel 19 Santa's Task

Fever Cabin - Santa Elf x1 - Presents x100. Complete all Tasks to receive Rewards - Finish withing 24h to receive Bonus!

Make Milhouse Complain to his Parents

Make Apu Feed the Octuplets Elf Berry Juice (Requires Task 1 Completed)

Send Springfield Toy Makers to Stock Santa's Sleigh x9 (Requires Task 2 Completed)

Completing this mission within the allotted timer delivers a total of 200 Presents (100 regular + 100 Bonus), the Fever Cabin, and a new Elf to help spawn Presents in your Springfield...

Wrapping up this mission also awards you 100 Presents and 10 XP - and at completion you also unlock the new character of Zutroy - so well done you!

Springfielder Groups

For Santa's Daily Tasks the Task Master will suggest a character when you tap on the Task but for specific Reference and to help you keep The Characters working that you actually want working and those free you actually want free, here is the list by group:

Note: Characters that are flagged with "(P)" are Premium Characters - you have to spend Donuts to obtain them

Brainiacs Group

There are 10 Characters in this group, of which 3 are Premium Characters..

• CB Guy

• Crazy Cat Lady (P)

• Database

• Dr. Hibbert

• Hank Scorpio (P)

• Lisa

• Martin

• Professor Frink (P)

• Sideshow Mel

• Skinner

Celebrity Group

There are 16 Characters in this group, of which 8 are Premium Characters..

• Abraham Lincoln (P)

• Arnie Pye (P)

• Booberella (P)

• Bumblebeeman (P)

• Chester Lampwick

• Dr. Nick

• Drederick Tatum (P)

• Duffman (P)

• George Washington (P)

• Kent Brockman

• Krusty

• Miss Springfield (P)

• Mr. Teeny

• Roger Myers Jr.

• Sideshow Mel

• Wolfcastle

Civil Servants Group

There are 11 Characters in this group, of which 3 are Premium Characters..

• Abraham Lincoln (P)

• Chief Wiggum

• Eddie

• George Washington (P)

• Judge Snyder

• Lou

• Mayor Quimby

• Patty

• Princess Penelope

• Rex (P)

• Selma

Criminals Group

There are 6 Characters in this group, of which 0 are Premium Characters..

• Fat Tony

• Herman

• Legs

• Louie

• Mayor Quimby

• Snake

Dimwits Group

There are 14 Characters in this group, of which 4 are Premium Characters..

• Abe Simpson

• Barbarian

• Barney (P)

• Chester (P)

• Chief Wiggum

• Cletus

• Dr. Nick

• Duffman (P)

• Homer

• Lenny

• Otto (P)

• Ralph

• Sea Captain

• Wolfcastle

Entrepreneurs Group

There are 1\4 Characters in this group, of which 3 are Premium Characters..

• Akira

• Apu

• Artie Ziff

• CB Guy

• Fat Tony

• Giuseppe

• Herman

• Lugash (P)

• Luigi

• Moe

• Mr. Burns

• Rich Texan (P)

• Roger Myers Jr.

• Tribal Chief (P)

Gluttons Group

There are 6 Characters in this group, of which 1 is a Premium Characters..

• Barney (P)

• CB Guy

• Chief Wiggum

• Homer

• Mayor Quimby

• Space Mutant

High Rollers Group

There are 10 Characters in this group, of which 2 are Premium Characters..

• Bernice

• Fat Tony

• Hank Scorpio (P)

• Kent Brockman

• Mayor Quimby

• Mr. Burns

• Mr. Costington

• Rich Texan (P)

• Roger Myers Jr.

• Wolfcastle

Kooks Group

There are 22 Characters in this group, of which 11 are Premium Characters..

• Apu

• Brandine (P)

• Bumblebeeman (P)

• Chester Lampwick

• Cletus

• Crazy Cat Lady (P)

• Disco Stu (P)

• Hans Moleman (P)

• Herman

• Hugs Bunny (P)

• Kang (P)

• Kodos (P)

• Krusty

• Otto (P)

• Professor Frink (P)

• Ralph

• Rodd

• Sea Captain

• Shary Bobbins (P)

• Todd

• Willie

• Yes Guy

Pessimists Group

There are 15 Characters in this group, of which 2 are Premium Characters..

• Abe Simpson

• Agnes

• Arnie Pye (P)

• CB Guy

• Chester Lampwick

• Dolph

• Hugs Bunny (P)

• Jasper

• Moe

• Mrs. Krabappel

• Patty

• Rev. Lovejoy

• Roger Myers Jr.

• Selma

• Willie

Saints Group

There are 6 Characters in this group, of which 2 are Premium Characters..

• Father Sean (P)

• Maude (P)

• Ned

• Rev. Lovejoy

• Rod

• Todd

Seniors Group

There are 14 Characters in this group, of which 4 are Premium Characters..

• Abe Simpson

• Abraham Lincoln (P)

• Agnes

• Chester Lampwick

• Giuseppe

• Hans Moleman (P)

• Jasper

• Judge Snyder

• Kent Brockman

• Mr. Burns

• Ned

• Superintendent Chalmers

• Suzanne the Witch (P)

• Tom O’Flanagan (P)

Youngsters Group

There are 16 Characters in this group, of which 2 are Premium Characters..

• Bart

• Database

• Dolph

• Greta

• Jimbo

• Kearney

• Lisa

• Martin

• Milhouse

• Ralph

• Rod

• Shauna (P)

• Sherri & Terri

• Squeaky Voiced Teen (P)

• Todd

• Uter

That pretty much covers it - so if you need a character from a specific group and you want to take care to keep the primary Characters free for missions and tasks, this is the list to get you there!

Premium Missions / Quests

During each of the special and holiday events there are usually Premium Objects, Structures, Characters and/or Costumes that, should you purchase them, offer you special Premium Missions and Quests that you can not obtain any other way.

For the Winter Holidays 2014 Event there are two such mission lines - these are unlocked following the placement of Santa's Village and the Winter King's Ice Cave.

Ho Training

It seems that Homer is going to make a go of being a "good Santa" (this will only flag if you have purchased the Premium Building Santa's Village and thus obtained the Homer Santa Costume)...

1. Make Santa Homer Do Santa Training (24h)

2. Make Barney Go on a Binge (24h)

WARNING: If you are in the habit of rushing Tasks when you have multiples be aware that unlike normally when rushing costs 1/2 D per hour rushed, for Event Tasks the cost is 1D per hour. That will get expensive quickly so take care if rushing tasks. Just saying i could get far more expensive than you are used to...

Completing this Mission also awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart

This first mission that kicks off right after you place the Winter King's Cave (Premium Object)

Now that done - you need Homer Simpson available in order to do this mission - so if you also added Santa's Village he may already be committed to a 24h Task. Just saying.

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart Pt. 1

When Homer is available have him head over to explore the new Ice Cave that has popped up in your Springfield!

Homer: Explore the Winter King's Cave (24h)

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

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart Pt. 2

The mission path that is representing by the Ice King's base of bases offers us an opportunity to begin chipping away at the outstanding mission lists. In particular this three-part mission can reveal the tactics that are used as SOP for Number One...

1. Make King Winter Make Cocoa. (4h)

2. Make Homer Play Video Games in King Winter's Cave. (4h)

3. Make Lisa Play Video Games in King Winter's Cave. (4h)

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

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart Pt. 3

It seems that King Winter is lonely - and Homer Simpson feels the urge to play Cupid - but for a price... In exchange for helping out the KW Homer gets to deliver some Retribution vs. his mortal enemy, Nedward Flanders!

King Winter: Annoy Flanders (4h) $435 and 115 XP.

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

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart Pt. 4

The romance train has arrived at Take the Girl Out to Dinner Station - and things are looking up!

1. Reach Level 16 and Build the Gilded Truffle.

2. Make King Winter Go on a Date.

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

Ice-Cold Hands, Lukewarm Heart Pt. 5

The date was a total bust - because while King Winter likes kids - you know, to eat them - that teacher? She hates kids so bad that she cannot tolerate them, which as you know will not work because really, if you think about it, King Winter actually likes kids... Well, he likes to eat them... But he LIKES them. Totally incompatible!

Gnaw on Baby Back Ribs (24h) $1000 and 225 XP

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

The Princess Nerd

One of the results of what is essentially the off-shoot of what amount to partly-uncontrolled mission work are the sort of mission / quests such as this one, which is called The Princess Nerd...

So with this train leaving the station it is time to double-down and get working!

The Princess Nerd Pt. 1

Thanks to the efforts of Ice Princess Martin we have more than doubled our exposure in terms of active mission space, and as a result

Martin: Sing His Cares Away (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Completing this first mission also awards you with $100 and 10 XP. (Note this rewards Money not Prizes)...

The Princess Nerd Pt. 2

After the Ice Palace has been placed you will flag this next quest in the series...

Show Lisa His Palace (12h) $1200 and 300 XP

Completing this first mission also awards you with $100 and 10 XP. (Note this rewards Money not Prizes)...

The Princess Nerd Pt. 3

We always knew that Marin was a bit of an extrovert in terms of fashion and appearance. Just saying....

Make Ice Princess Marin Show Off the Sparkles on His Dress

Completing this first mission also awards you with $100 and 10 XP. (Note this rewards Money not Prizes)...

The Princess Nerd Pt. 4

The boys have decided that Martin's girl-centric activities have crossed the line - and it is time to make their feelings known to him!

1. Make Bart Ostracize Ice Princess Martin

2. Make Milhouse Ostracize Ice Princess Martin

3. Make Ice Princess Martin Sing his Cares Away

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

The Princess Nerd Pt. 5

You know we had heard that some of the Disney writers were moonlighting as game writers but this plot twist is the first real proof we have seen of it!

1. Make Ice Princess Martin Host an Ice Palace Play Date

2. Make Bart Play in the Ice Palace

3. Make Milhouse Play in the Ice Palace

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

The Princess Nerd Pt. 6

As Martin contemplates his blood relations to the Von Trappe family the world breaks out in song!

1. Make Ice Princess Martin Sing his Cares Away

2. Mark Bart Sing his Cares Away

3. Make Milhouse Sing his Cares Away

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

Green is Good, Green Works

Immediately following the turn-in for the first Tunnel for the first Santa's Daily Tasks run you will unlock and flag this mission series - Green is Good, Green Works. Believe me, it just keeps getting better from here! This is a great Holiday Event!

Green is Good, Green Works Pt. 1

It is time to make elves make toys. Really :) I speculate that the idea here is that in completing one of Santa's Daily Task Tunnels you have primed the Elven Toy-Making Machine!

Have Elves Make Toys x20

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

Green is Good, Green Works Pt. 2

It seems that the Elven Brew that Homer has been "sampling" is some pretty deadly stuff....

Once you trigger this mission the Toy production will take place over time. There is nothing else specific that you need to do here.

Have Elves Make Toys x50

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

Christmas Float

Completing the collection of 580 Presents unlocks and releases the first official prize for the Christmas 2014 Holiday Event Prize List - which makes Homer Simpson a very very happy man!

This mission and quest is a simple one, requiring only that we place the Float in our Springfield!

Place Christmas Float

You can place this puppy anywhere you want where it will fit - personally we deiced to pre-position it for the Grand Christmas Day Parade by placing it in the side parking area for the local Sprawl-Mart which is the designated Official Staging Area for the Parade. But you put yours wherever umkay?

Completing this brief Mission awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Slippery Santa

Homer decides that since the real Santa Claus has arrived in Springfield he does not need to resume his annual role dressed up like the big-red-C-man. THoughtthat does not mean he will decline the ritual offering of Milk and Cookies in his honor!

Break for Milk and Cookies (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

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

A Punch Below the Bell

We originally feared that the conservative target of 700 Presents a day would be difficult to manage but it turns out that the collecting of Presents was not the masive challenge that we feared it would be!

1. Place the Toy Workshop Bell

2. Make Homer Attempt Bell Sabotage.

Completing this Mission awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

A Very Bad Idea

After feeling intense guilt at having upset his daughter Lisa, Homer Simpson decides to make a major gesture...

Santa Honer: Get Stuck in the Chimney (4h) $175 and 45 XP.

Completing this Mission awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Hardly a Silent Night

You know how there are generally good ideas, and then the really bad ones? For this one-off mission what we need to do is put Homer Simpson at the controls of Santa's Sleigh... We will leave it to you to decide which sort of idea that this one falls under...

Homer: Fly Santa's Sleigh (24h) $600 and 150 XP

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

Bug Warning: First - IF Homer goes missing on this mission BEFORE you panic, check the Simpson House for a Finished Quest Icon. You might get lucky and he is not actually missing at all!

If you rush this quest while the Sleigh is off-screen you can end up in a situation where you cannot tap on Homer in order to close-out the quest, which effectively puts Homer Simpson out of reach for the other quests and missions of the event.

Ordinarily in a situation like this you would use the Go To feature of the game to find the character - but that does not work in this instance. Note that EVEN when Homer is actually at the Simpson House and has finished this mission the Go To button will NOT locate him...

Because Homer is one of The Characters that cannot be reset by the player - with most Characters you can simply take the Building that they are associated with and place it in storage to reset them - the only option that is available when Homer gets stuck is to Contact EA. Sorry Tappers, but that is the only course of action if he gets lost.

This God Brought to you By...

Well it being Christmas and all you know, a little religion popping in about now can only be a good thing, right? Err... Right??

1. Reach Level 14 and Build First Church of Springfield

2. Make First Church of Springfield Use the 'Sponsored Church' Facade...

3. Make Homer Worship Billionaires...

Completing this Mission awards you with 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Ghost of Christmas Past

Pay attention to what Homer has to say about this accursed wheel! And hey, be sure you place it as otherwise you totally cannot do this quest!

Place Destroyed Holiday Wheel

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Just Like Mom Used to Make

The holidays being the holidays it is time for Willie to partake of his native holiday foods....

Willie: Haggin Time! (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Taking the Plunge

Once you have collected the required 5,500 Prezzies you will unlock the special prize The Festive Light Plunger - which happens to be the mechanism for this quest!

1. Place the Festive Light Plunger

2. Plunge the Festive Light Plunger

Using the Festive Light Plunger will cause ALL of the Christmas Decoration Modes for ALL of the Buildings and structures that have one to Turn on and be Activated. WooHoo!

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire

This new mission series kicks off once you complete Santa's Daily Tasks and unlock the newest character and Springfielder - Zutroy!

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 1

For this mission there are infrastructure components since Zutroy works at the Plant!

1. Reach Level 11 and Build the Control Building

2. Make Zutroy Eat a Traditional Ethnic Meal of Cat.

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 2

Greta and Wolfcastle find Zutroy with her cat in a pot - oooh.

Make Zutroy Hide from Unsympathetic Springfielders.

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 3

Zutnoy pays a visit to the Comic Shop...

1. Reach Level 13 and Build Android's Dungeon

2. Make Zutnoy Pay Too Much for a Comic Book.

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 4

Zutnoy may be falling prey to a Nigerian scam! Thanks Homer!

1. Reach Level 14 and Build Java Server

2. lMake Zutroy Send Money to a Nigerian Prince

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 5

Zutnoy is in the market for some new real estate - specifically he needs to own his own apartment Building - that way the landlord cannot throw him out for his cat Bar-B-Q parties!

1. Reach Level 37 and Build Bachelor Arms Apartments

2. Make Zutroy Sign Papers

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 6

The issue is clear but murky in that while Zutroy would clearly want the plant, Mr. Burns reasons for selling it are not exactly n keeping with the finest traditions of business...

1. Make Mr. Burns Sell the Plant to Zutroy

2. Make Zutroy be In Charge

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 7

Zutroy not only wants the plant but has arranged to finance the purchase so that it can be shipped back to his home country... Elbonia!

Make Zutroy Ship the Nuclear Plant to his Old Country

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Who Wants to be a Billionaire Pt. 8

Zutroy has a crisis...

1. Make Zutroy Give All His Money to Charity

2. Make Zutroy Siesta

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Bad to the Bone

When you reach the prize before the final prize for part one of the event, you get the Bonestorm Santa - and this mission ..

Tap Bonestorm Santa from your Inventory.

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Frankincense, Myrrh, and Donuts

It seems that Apu has his work cut out for him because his family wants to adopt the Christmas Holiday!

Frankincense, Myrrh, and Donuts Pt. 1

Apu needs to find a way out of this mess!

Make Apu Hide from his Family

Completing this quest earns you 100 Presents and 10 XP.

Christmas Event Part 2

First, hey, well done on all that Christmas tapping action there mates! Well done indeed! But as it is now Christmas, the first part of the event is officially over - and Part 2 has commenced!

Project After-Party

This is the opening mission and quests for Part 2 of the Christmas Event!

Project After-Party Pt. 1

It seems that Xmas went off well this year. Well done you!

1. Make Homer Beg the Elves to Stay

2. Make Lisa Enjoy Christmas Fruit Cake

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 2

Inviting the Elves to stay and party turned out to be a major blunder on Homer's part - but Santa has the answer!

Make Homer Stand on the Elf Cave Hatch.

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 3

The Elves got loose, Santa bailed, and you need to start collecting Elves!

Collect Elves x10

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 4

Lisa is not happy about what is being done to the Elves...

Make Lisa Agonize Over a Moral Choice.

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 5

Homer gets into the spirit of the party...

Perform in Wet T-Shirt Contest (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 6

Homer can still be the life of the party... Maybe...

Make Homer Eat Yumbas

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 7

Where would we be without Groundskeeper Willie to clean up after us??

1. Reach Level 10 and Build Willie's Shack

2. Make Willie Repel Elf Partygoers

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 8

While I would not say no to a properly killed and dressed squirrel in a stew, the idea of road kill? Um, no?

Make Cletus Feed the Elves

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 9

Skinner approaches Lisa and explains that if they don't find another way to get rid of the Elves soon, the town is doomed! Doomed!

1. Reach Level 12 and Build Library

2. Make Lisa Research Elves

3. Make Skinner Look at Self Help Books

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 10

With the Elf Infestation now reaching dangerous pandemic levels and none of the previous attempts to stem the tide having worked, Lisa fires up her web browser and does some committed and serious research into the matter.

Thanks to the Internet and Wikipedia, Lisa has discovered that (a) that this is not the first time that this sort of thing has happened and Springfield is NOT the first town to be so afflicted, and (b) the pandemic appears to have a natural end so if the people of Springfield can just hold things together for a few more weeks, by mid-January the infestation should clear on its own!

The fact that the information came from Wikipedia is reassuring - after all that site has Pedia in its name, it has to be trustworthy, right?

Well, perhaps that is true, but firing as many of these little buggers as you can through the cannon would not hurt!

Fire the Cannon Without Mercy (Fire the Cannon 9 Times)

With the standard cool-down period and the ability to fire the cannon up to 3 times between each cooldown,this mission should take you three days to complete... Being encouraged to fire the cannon as much as you can each day should also go a long way towards you reaching the target for bells and perhaps getting closer to unlocking all of the second set of gifts?

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Project After-Party Pt. 11

After a brief conversation in which Homer and Skinner discuss the merciless anger of the Sky Finger (that would be YOU) they opt to humiliate Bart in the hopes that their efforts may appease you...

Skinner: Dress Up Bart as an Elf (16h) $1000 and 250 XP

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

O Cannonbaum

Completing this reveals the details of the second part of the event! You collect Elves, you fire them out of the Cannon that Professor Frink has made - and you collect cogs to upgrade the Cannon! Collect Bells for fabulous Prizes - what more could you want?!

O Cannonbaum Pt. 1

Time to get this second part started!

1. Place the Elf Cannon

2. Fire Elves with the Cannon

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

O Cannonbaum Pt. 2

The next round of this mission involved - you guessed it! Firing more Elves!

Fire Elves with the Cannon x100

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

O Cannonbaum Pt. 3

The next round of this mission involved - you guessed it! Firing more Elves!

Fire Elves with the Cannon x400

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

O Cannonbaum Pt. 4

Continue to Fire Elves with the Cannon...

Fire Elves with the Cannon XXX/700

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

A Very Brewery Christmas

Duff Man wants to send Homer a gift to let him know just how much the brewery appreciates his continued support and his drinking!

Send an Appreciation Holiday Gift to Homer (6h) $350 and 90 XP

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Dr. No-el

Hank Scorpio wants to send Homer a Holiday Gift too!

Send Homer a Holiday Gift (2h) $175 and 40 XP

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders

If you have purchased the Ski Lift you will flag this mission....

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders Pt. 1

Ned wants to hit the slopes...

Make Ned Wiggle into his Ski Suit

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders Pt. 2

Dreams are valid targets for invasions of the Flanders - just saying...

Make Stupid Sexy Flanders Invade Homer's Dreams

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders Pt. 3

Things are really shaking for Ned Flanders - really!

1. Reach Level 15 and Build Moe's Tavern

2. Make Stupid Sexy Flanders Search for a Bible

3. Make Church Ladies Ogle Flanders x5

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders Pt. 4

Smithers approaches Ned and asks for some help changing a tyre - but we don't think that is his real motive for requesting the help of Ned Flanders and his skin-tight ski suit... Just saying...

1. Reach Level 25 and Build Burns Manor

2. Make Stupid Sexy Flanders Change a Tire

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

The Twin Moguls of Ned Flanders Pt. 5

Sexy? Ned? Really?

|Make Stupid Sexy Flanders Catch the Ski Lift

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Better One's Elf

The Cannon Control Building you flag this mission - which is all about upgrading the cannon!

Better One's Elf Pt. 1

It is time to upgrade the Cannon!

1. Place the Cannon Control Building

2. Upgrade the Elf Cannon

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Better One's Elf Pt. 2

It is time to upgrade the Cannon!

Upgrade the Elf Cannon

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Better One's Elf Pt. 4

It is time to upgrade the Cannon!

Upgrade the Elf Cannon 10/20

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

The Italian Grenadessance!

It needs to be said that it is about time that some of the existing Event Characters are getting used for new events! Whew! And considering that you know, New Year and Fireworks are like Ham and Eggs this makes total sense!

The Italian Grenadessance! Pt. 1

It is time for Giuseppe to do what he does best - make Fireworks!

Make Giuseppe Construct Fireworks

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

The Italian Grenadessance! Pt. 2

Giuseppe gets a rather obviously suspicious package and, far from being scared it gives him feelings of nostalgia and causes him to miss his mother!

Make Giuseppe Admire the Gift Bomb's Craftsmanship

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

The Italian Grenadessance! Pt. 3

It is time for the man to do what he is truly a master at...

Make Giuseppe Wow the Town with a Huge Fireworks Display

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Elf Bottler

The second Prize for Part 2 of the Winter 2014 Event, the Elf Bottler allows you to drag the Tool over the screen in order to automatically zap Elves, thus making their collection quite effortless!

Catch Elves with the Elf Bottler 0/20

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Best New Year's Day Ever

Well the Christmas Event has naturally morphed into the New Year's Event right on schedule and as expected...

Best New Year's Day Ever Pt. 1

With the New Year it is time for some New Events...

Make Homer Shut Up and Do Stuff at Home

Completing this quest earns you 2 Donuts and 10 XP.

Best New Year's Day Ever Pt. 2

While Homer still has no idea exactly what it is that he said or did to make people mad at him, he is still very willing to go on the record and protest...

Make Homer Shut Up and Do Stuff at Home

Completing this quest earns you 2 Donuts and 10 XP.

All Sequels Aren't Equal

This mission is part of the Winter 2014 Part 2 Prize Scheme, being the but where you place one of the Prizes - the Sequel Stop Building. The mission flags after the prize is awarded - and requires you to complete three stages...

1. Place Sequel Stop

2. Make Springfielders Argue about Sequels (x10)

3. Make Homer Try to Score a Free Sequel

Completing this quest earns you 200 Bells and 10 XP.

Annual Gift Man

As the Bell Collection its 10,100 counted we fully unlock what may truly be the most efficient mechanical Santa ever created. Just saying.

Tap Annual Gift Man

Completing this quest earns you 100 Bells and 10 XP.

The Nerdy Professor

Life is not easy for the Nerds of the world - especially in Springfield. Though really if you think about it Professor Frink has his own lab - a whole Building mind you, so really how bad does he have it???

Test the De-Nerdenizer on Self (4h) $260 and 70 XP.

Completing this quest earns you $100 and 10 XP.

Event Conclusion

Wow, is it over already?!