Clash of Clones

Every summer the wizards behind the best mobile city-Building game out there - Tapped Out - put together a number of holiday-themed events and one major Special Event. While the holiday events are fun, and usually add new Characters and Buildings to the game, it is the major summer Special Event that most Tappers eagerly await - and the wait for The Event for Summer 2014 is now over!

The Clash of Clones Event is both the Special Event we have been waiting for - and an homage to another mobile powerhouse of a game - Clash of Clans - a city-Building PvP title whose primary focus is pitting one kingdom against another - so naturally the Tapped Out Version includes its own unique take on that Game Play focus: Springfield vs Springfield!

While it may seem to be a formal thing, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for making SuperCheats and our Unofficial Guide to The Simpson's: Tapped Out your go-to source for Tapper Strategy, Hints, Tips, Cheats, and guidance! You have no idea how much we truly appreciate our Tapper Community!

So thanks for visiting SuperCheats - and thank you for reading the Guide!

About Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans is a 2012 freemium mobile MMO Strategy video game (whew that was a mouth full!) developed and published by Supercell - the same folks who brought us Boom Beach (a massively fun combat adventure). Based out of Helsinki, Finland, Supercell's specialty is base-and-city-Building combat games, and they do that genre very well indeed!

Clash of Clans was released for the iOS platforms on 2 August, 2012 and on Android on 30 September 30, 2013 to a limited region set. It finally launched internationally on 7 October 2013 via Google Play, and the rest as they say, is History.

The game caught on in a big way, developed a huge following - and not surprisingly a significant percentage of its core audience also happens to be Tappers - but then mobile games of that quality and caliber are rare, so that makes a lot of sense!

We don't have to tell you how stoked we are for this event, do we? We just hope you are as excited as we are!

Clash of Clones

Following a very large Update - and then a large patching session when the player first loads the game - as the normal bucolic view of Springfield appears on your mobile device it quickly becomes obvious that something is amiss! For one thing, there is a large barbarian warrior standing in the street!

Our local good-hearted Born-Again Christian, Ned Flanders, is the first Springfielder to encounter the barbarian warrior, and after a brief conversation in which he establishes the intentions of said warrior, offers the helpful suggestion that if he has to destroy things, and if he is dead-set on the act, perhaps a wonderful place to start would be the Simpson home?

Wow, I never would have suspected that Flanders had that sort of Machiavellian bent to his character!

I mean we know he does not exactly care for Homer Simpson, but it seemed like he had a concern for Marge - if not Maggie and Lisa, who he considers to be relatively innocent. That he has no use for Homer or Bart, well, that is understandable considering the grief that the pair has caused him over the past 25 years. But still - destroy the Simpson house?!

The Barbarian Character

After the dialogue is completed between the warrior and Flanders, the game then transfers control of the Barbarian Warrior to you - that is to say you then get that character added to your game FOR FREE!

Naturally the Character Collection Screen pops-up verifying that you have added the Barbarian Warrior, and that he completes the Clash of Clones Character Collection Set - giving you a reward of $250 and 5 XP (we can only presume that there are additional sets associated with this event, but time will tell).

Completing the process by collecting the reward for the Character Collection officially kicks off this Special Event, and the first Mission is flagged - Prince and The Premise Pt. 1 - and that pretty much queues the violence! Well done you!

Preparing to Play

When a Special Event is activated in the game it naturally changes the Game Play mechanics and approach for the players - if you are not used to this we offer the following hints, Tips, and guidance to help you hit the ground running for the Clash of Clones Event!

The first thing you need to do is recall all of your Characters from any ongoing missions and quests that they are actively working on. Specifically that means heading to Krustyland - which is the zone we were working before the new event launched - and complete any of the missions and quests that your characters are doing there and then DO NOT START NEW ONES.

You do not want your Characters committed to quests outside of Springfield right now, because there is no way of knowing which characters you are going to need IN Springfield for the Clash of Clones event. That being the case you are better off having them all present even if you never end up needing them.

Missions & Quests Play

Normally you would be assigning Characters to different quest both to make Money and XP - with the timers being however often you play. For a lot of players that means routinely assigning most of The Characters to a 24h Task. You need to STOP doing that now.

Until the Special Event ends, you should no longer be assigning Characters to ANY missions, quests, or tasks that are NOT related to the Event. That way they are all available - and more important, when one is required in order to Flag a Quest they are available to do so!

This is a temporary situation - it will only last as long as the Event goes on - so no worries there. Besides the point to this is to have fun and play through the Special Event, right?

Money Requirements

A lot of players are saving their Money for major purchases or to decorate the undecorated sections of their town - but with the Special Event comes the likelihood that the game will include Buildings or objects that are mission and quest related and that require regular money.

It is also likely that there will be Premium Items too - so if you have been saving up Donuts, this may be where you end up using them - or not. The important thing tho is to conserve the regular Money you have - do not spend it on Decorations - until we know for sure that you will not need it for the event.

Ideally you should have built up a bank of around 1-million dollars of reserve funds - if you have (and we have covered this before) you should be all set. If not it would be an idea, once we establish which Characters are required for the Quests for the Event, that you work all of the others in Tasks that are equal to or shorter than the ones being played out for the Event - that way when the event task or quest is completed all of your other characters are still available!

New Event Additions

New Objects, Items, Buildings and Characters are to be expected with a Special Event - and an Event of this caliber is sure to have some good ones! Check them out below:

The Items that are listed below are the items that we know about so far. It is possible - and likely - that additional items will be added to the store as the event progresses, bearing in mind that this is the major Special Event for Summer 2014, and it lasts a total of 49 Days (the event officially began on 20 August and ends on 7 October.)

That being the case - and presuming that they will be adding additional Premium Items, Objects, Buildings, Structures, Characters, and the like, you should plan accordingly!

Buildings, Structures & Components

• Cardboard Gates (Cost = 40D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Cardboard Tower (Cost = 20D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Cardboard Wall (Cost = 2D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Castle Gates (Cost = 1500 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Castle Tower (Cost = 750 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Castle Wall (Cost = 100 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Recycled Gates (Cost = 40D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Recycled Tower (Cost = 20D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Recycled Wall (Cost = 2D) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

As you can see the upgrade path here is divided, with Elixir being the form for the main castle that Homer and the Barbarian are supporting, while Donuts are used for the two extra castles that Bart and Lisa are supporting. In theory you only are required to place the objects associated with these two that the game specifically states you must to - but those are a product of the quests and not required premium purchases.

If you decide that you want to have the whole enchilada, you should plan then on spending around 100D in total for reasonable additions if you are having them connect to each other as we have done in the game we are using for the writing of this Guide.

Items and Objects

• Barracks (Cost = 40D) - 0.50% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Box of Fireworks (Cost = 50D) - 2.25% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Cannon (Cost = 20D) - 0.50% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Chicken Coop (Cost = 30D) - 0.50% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Elixir Mixer (Cost = 65D) Creates 35 Elixir every 8h

• Flaming Torch (Cost = 10D) - 0.20% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Fort Sensible (Cost = 65D) Earns $120 and 12 XP every 6h.

• Guillotine (Cost = 5000 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Hay Cart (Cost = 200 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Medieval Banner (Cost = 950 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Medieval Banner (Cost = 15D) - 0.25% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Medieval Banner (Cost = 12D) - 0.25% Bonus Money and XP to all Jobs.

• Medieval Tent (Cost = 300 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Stock (Cost = 475 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Treasure Chest (Cost = 85D) Earns 20 Gold every 12h

• Two-nicorn (Cost = 70D) Creates Rainbow when Tapped

• Two-Story Outhouse (Cost = 3000 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

• Windmill (Cost = 2000 Elixir) - Improves Your Vanity Rating.

The acquisition of extras such as the bulk of the objects above that are priced in Elixir are something of a sticky issues since there are a number of required expenses (in Elixir) in the game to progress the primary story mode missions and quests that are part of this event. That being the case, you will want to refrain from spending the Elixir you have taken in bank early on while you satisfy those requirements.

That being the case, it would be an idea to wait until towards the end of this event - say the week before the ending date - which we know is the first week of October - before you go hog wild in spending Elixir. Just saying.

Resources

• 200 Elixir (Cost = 6D) - Only available on Wednesdays.

• 1000 Elixir (Cost = 26D) - Only available on Wednesdays.

• 4000 Elixir (Cost = 100D) - Only available on Wednesdays.

• Army of 20 Nerds (Cost = 4D)

• Gang of 5 Nerds (Cost = 2D)

• Mob of 10 Nerds (Cost = 3D)

• Bag of 20 Cheaters 20s (Cost = 155D)

• Handful of 5 Cheaters 20s (Cost = 44D)

• Single Cheaters 20 (Cost = 9D)

!FREE DONUTS!

While everyone is expected to download the Clash of Clones Event Content, players who made the effort to be among the first to get it, waking up very early on 20 August and getting it installed on their devices, found that when they logged into the game on 21 August they were gifted a stack of Donuts as thanks for their efforts to be among the first to play!

The following message popped up after players logged in on the 21st:

Personal Prizes

As is the demonstrated case with special events in addition to the optional buyable Prizes there are also prizes to be won by obtaining quantities of the special currency for the event - which in this case is Elixir. The prizes are awarded based on the amount of Gold that the player has accumulated.

• 200 Gold - Barbarian Homer and Homer Barbarian Costumes.

• 400 Gold - Castle Recycle & Archer Lisa Costume (Castle has a 24hr build timer and quest to unlock)

• 800 Gold - Cheaters 20 Pack (5 Cheaters Awarded)

• 1,400 Gold - Boxingham Palace & Goblin Bart (24hr build timer and unlocked with a quest)

• 5,000 Gold - Wizard Marge Costume

• 9,500 Gold - Elixir Bundle

• 15,000 Gold - Hot Air Balloon

• 22,000 Gold - Three Towers

• 30,000 Gold - Catapult

• 38,000 Gold - Barbarian Statue and Banners

Cheaters

Cheaters take the form of 20-sided dice that are very familiar to anyone who has ever played D&D or similar table top games that use pen, paper, and dice. Cheaters are unlocked when the player has collected 800 Gold and the related quest.

Cheaters are used to instantly destroy a Building rather than using nerds to attack it. They also allow the player to instantly repair any building under attack, and to clear their town of all enemy fighters via the Shield Icon at the top of the screen.

Cheaters can be purchased in different quantities using Donuts.

• 9D - Single Cheater 20

• 44D - Handful of 5 Cheaters 20s

• 155D - Bag of 20 Cheaters 20s

Missions and Quests

As the Clash of Clones Special Event kicks off, our Barbarian Warrior Arnold flags the first in what we hope will be a long series of good and fun missions!

The Missions and Quests are guided here using the same system we have used in previous events - the primary Mission or Quest name is indexed in the quick-link menu, with all of the quests associated with it following its place on the page.

So welcome! Well met! Have fun!

The Missions are presented in the order that they appear in the game and not alphabetically...

Helpful Hint #1 - Pillaging

You are going to be encouraged both by the event and by the different narrative dialogue from Characters to have yourself a bit of active pillaging among your neighbor towns. DO NOT DO THAT. At least, do not do it like the game suggests.

There are actually some very helpful strategic points to keep in mind whenever you are contemplating pillaging and we are happy to share them here, with you, now:

The following rules will help you to get the most out of your pillaging and looting efforts. These are not optional, they are mandatory rules IF you mean to profit the most in your activities, so please do take them to heart won't you?

• Rule #1: DO NOT attack your Neighbor's Towns. That is to say, when you are setting off to pillage and loot, do NOT tap the Neighbor Icon (the icon that depicts Milhouse and Bart on the bottom right side of your play screen) and visit the Neighborhood so that you can attack the people who are on your mates list.

  The reason for that is very simple - you earn a lot less in both Gold and Elixir when you attack the people on your friend list, and whose Springfield are in your Neighborhood. We don't really know why that is, but for some odd reason the wizards who created this game - and the event we are playing - decided that you would get a far better reward amount by attacking people you don't actually know.

  Therefore when you set off to pillage and loot, you should do that by tapping the Pillage Icon (the crossed sword and ax) in the top-right-corner of the play screen. Tapping that icon will result in you being transported to the Springfield for a player you don't actually know.

  Alternatively you can also tap the Barbarian Castle, Boxingham Palace, or Castle Recycle, whose pop-up menu will have, at the very bottom, a button labeled "Revenge" that, when pressed, will take you to the Springfield for the player who last looted and pillaged THAT castle in YOUR Springfield. The idea being you pay them back a little of what they gave you in terms of grief, right?

  Basically when you attack the Springfield of a stranger - or get Revenge on the stranger who last attacked you - the reward in addition to a lot more Elixir - is a guaranteed 50 to 100 Gold (we are not sure why some pay 100 and some only 50)

  

Prince and The Premise

The first mission in the Clash of Clones Event has our Barbarian Arnold heading for The Simpsons House at 742 Evergreen Terrace - the house right next door to the Flanders.

The Simpson house is in the Springfield of The Simpson universe -- the house is owned by Homer and Marge Simpson who live with their three children, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, and their pet dog, Santa's Little Helper.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 1

Thanks to some advice from Ned Flanders, Arnold the Barbarian is on his way to attack the Simpson House.

Attack the Simpson House (1h) $70 and 17 XP

This quest also awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 2

After Arnold attacks and pillages the Simpson house, Homer quickly engages the Barbarian in conversation, pointing out his rather short-sighted approach to the matter of pillage and destruction (and gets Arnold to halt his destruction and pillaging of his house) by giving a verbal flowchart of why the whole pillaging thing is not going to work well.

Then Homer convinced Arnold that what he REALLY needs is a Castle! Now the logic of this is easy to see - if Arnold is Building a Castle, he can't be destroying and pillaging the house at 742 Evergreen Terrace, right? Right! So Arnold the Barbarian decides that a Castle sounds like a really great idea!

Build the Barbarian Castle ($1000 and a 16h build timer)

The benefits of Castle ownership include:

• Sending your nerds to raid other players and earn Elixir!

• Using Elixir to upgrade Castles for more nerds and better defenses.

• Storing the Gold you accumulate for buying awesome Prizes!

Once you have completed Building the Castle a new Resource Bar appears above the Conform-O-Meter that displays the amounts of Nerds, Elixir, and Gold you have collected. Go you!

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 3

With your Castle now built Arnold can start acquiring Nerds - and he needs those Nerds so that he can send them off to attack other Springfields! In fact that is the focus for this quest: Attacking other Springfields!

When you tap the go button for this quest the game creates a new button in the top-right-corner of the screen that allows you to randomly attack some Springfield. Let us make this clear - you can go visit a Neighbor via the usual way and attack THEM by assigning Nerds to a Building there OR you simply hit the Random Attack Springfield button that this quest adds and it will take you to some Springfield belonging to some Tapper you don't know so you can attack THEIR Springfield!

In addition to being able to attack a stranger, you actually get MORE Elixir as your prize when attacking strangers rather than the Tappers you know and who are your Neighbors. As odd as that sounds, you should take advantage of it! More is better! More Elixir is even better better!

The Attack

After you arrive in the random Springfield you can then attack a residence or that Springfield's Castle - note tho that if the Castle is already under attack you cannot do so too but you do get more rewards for attacking a Castle rather than just a house.

The reward for attacking a Castle 140 Elixir and 50 Gold - if you are attacking a house it is 70 Elixir and 25 Gold.

For each Neighbor (or Stranger) you are limited to attacking 5 Buildings in their town.

How long the attack will take depends on how many Nerds you assign to the attack. How many Nerds you can commit to an attack depends upon the type of Building you are attacking...

CASTLE ATTACKS

• 1 Nerd = 12h

• 2 Nerds = 10h

• 3 Nerds = 9h

• 4 Nerds = 8h

• 5 Nerds = 7h

• 6 Nerds = 6h

• 7 Nerds = 5h

• 8 Nerds = 4h

HOUSE ATTACKS

• 01 Nerd = 10h

• 02 Nerds = 9h

• 03 Nerds = 8h

• 04 Nerds = 7h

• 05 Nerds = 6h

• 06 Nerds = 5h

• 07 Nerds = 4h

• 08 Nerds = 3h

• 09 Nerds = 2h

• 10 Nerds = 1h

I always try to be sure that I choose my attacks in the following order, so if the Building is available to be attacked it gets attacks - in this valued order:

• Barbarian Castle (Reward = 140 Elixir and 50 Gold)

• Flander's House (Reward = 70 Elixir and 25 Gold) Ned originally set the Barbarian on us so.

Legitimate Targets for Attack

The following structures are legitimate targets for Barbarian Attack! As long as they are not already being attacked by the Barbarian Nerd Horde of another player, you can attack them!

Barbarian Castle (140E + 50G Stranger) / (25 Elixir and 10 Gold)

Blue House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Boxingham Palace (70E + 25G Stranger) / (25 Elixir and 10 Gold)

Brown House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Cardboard Castle (70E + 25G Stranger) / (25 Elixir and 10 Gold)

Castle Recycle (70E + 25G Stranger) / (25 Elixir and 10 Gold)

Flander's House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Muntz House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Orange House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Pink House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Purple House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Sanjay's House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Van Houten House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

White House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Wiggum House (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Willie's Shack (70E + 25G Stranger) / (18 Elixir and 8 Gold)

Once you have set your Nerds to attack you can then return to your Springfield while the timer runs!

Note: While you CAN attack Buildings with less than the maximum number of Nerds, the chances of you actually succeeding in the attack - winning in other words - are much lower when you do. You are best off using the max Nerd count even if that means you can only attack one Building.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 4

It seems that the Barbarian Warrior Arnold has stepped over a line that Homer cannot allow - he pillaged from Ned Flanders, which is poaching on Homer's prized preserve as it were.

Homer: Attack Barbarian (6s) $70 and 2 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 5

Unfortunately it seems that Homer has done something that Arnold cannot forgive - and that was attacking him!

Barbarian: Chase Homer with an Axe (2h) $220 and 54 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 6

It seems that being chased - and chasing - a Homer with an Axe by a Barbarian is some thirsty work!

Homer: Drink at Moe's (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

Barbarian: Drink at Moe's (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 7

Homer and Arnold have a lengthy chat with each other about the differences in their games - and it seems that Arnold has really won Homer over to his side...

Homer: Drink 10 More Beers (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Barbarian: Drink 109 More Beers (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 8

Homer and Arnold have a chat about envy of each other and their life. They decide to change places - what with Arnold being Homer's twin and all minus the hair and muscles... Homer is game, Arnold is game, and hey, it is not as if The Simpsons have not used trite plots before - even well-abused ones!

This one has multiple requirements:

1. Collect 200 Gold.

2. Homer: Bulk Up (4h) $175 and 45 XP.

3. Arnold: Get a Haircut (4h) $175 and 45 XP.

4. Homer: Switch Places with Barbarian (45s) $6 and 2 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 9

It is time for some amusement to arise from this change - and Homer Barbarian is the bomb for amusement!

Pretend to Be a Sitcom Dad (8h) $275 and 70 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 10

It seems Bart is having bully troubles at school - but Homer Barbarian has it covered...

Chase Bully with an Axe (4h) $350 and 90 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 11

Is it actually possible that Homer Barbarian is actually a better father than Homer? Really? Well as difficult as that may be to imagine, current events appear to support the notion! Lisa is having anxiety over her recital, and Homer Barbarian appears to have the matter well in hand!

Lisa: Play in the Recital (12h) $420 and 100 XP.

Arnold: Make Springfielders Attend the Recital (12h) $420 and 100 XP.

Springfielders: Attend the Recital Under Threat of Death (12h) $420 and 100 XP (x10)

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 12

Make Homer Barbarian Express Rage Against Noobs...

Express his Rage Against Noobs (12h) $420 and 100 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 13

Make Barbarian Barbarian Homer Attack the Simpson House...

Attack the Simpson House (1h) 2 Elixir and 17 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 14

Make Homer hide unconscious Barbarian in the Brown House...

Hide Unconscious Barbarian in Brown House (4h) 18 Elixir and 90 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 15

The Upgrade Train is about to leave the station!

1. Build Castle Recycle

2. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 4

3. Build Boxingham Palace

4. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 3

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 16

Make Homer pose as the Barbarian posing as Homer...

Pose as the Barbarian Posing as Homer (12h) $420 and 100 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 17

Make Barbarian Homer Express Rage Against Noobs...

Express his Rage Against Noobs (12h) 12 Elixir and 100 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 18

The fascination that the Simpson family has evolved towards Upgrades has really grown to unhealthy levels - am I alone in worrying that this will soon become a serious issue?

1. Upgrade Barbarian Castle to Level 10

2. Upgrade Castle Recycle to Level 8

3. Upgrade Boxingham Palace to Level 7

4. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 7

5. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 5

6. Upgrade Wizard Marge to Level 3

Note: As you can see the target upgrade levels are commensurate with the timing as to when each of the character outfits entered the game... But clearly we are going to need to step-up our acquisition of Gold to a much higher rate if we are going to keep up with their demands for Upgrades!

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 19

Make Archer Lisa Think About the Impacts of Raiding...

Think about the Impacts of Raiding (8h) 11 Elixir and 70 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 20

You might not think it, but Mr. Burns is not as dumb as he looks...

Blow Lisa's Mind (24h) $1200 and 300 XP.

This quest also awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 21

Make The Simpsons Steal Premium Currency!

Barbarian Homer: Steal Premium Currency (24h) 30 Elixir and 150 XP.

Wizard Marge: Steal Premium Currency (24h) 30 Elixir and 150 XP.

Goblin Bart: Steal Premium Currency (24h) 30 Elixir and 150 XP.

Archer Lisa: Steal Premium Currency (24h) 30 Elixir and 150 XP.

This quest also awards you with 15 Donuts and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 22

The question you have to ask yourself is this... The fact that the wizards behind this game are aware of the rather slanted nature of its transactions to the extent that they can actually poke fun at the very business model that they use to enslave - err - entertain YOU says what about YOU?!

Lisa: Reluctantly Sing Karaoke (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

Marge: Reluctantly Sing Karaoke (1h) $70 and 17 XP.

This quest also awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Prince and The Premise Pt. 23

Did you guys see this coming? A gay Barbarian? I sorta did, especially after he made such a great father figure. Just saying...

Reach Level 25 and Build Burns Manor

Go On a Date with Smithers (2h) $220 and 54 XP.

This quest also awards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Extreme Castle Makeover

After you return from your first foray into pillaging and destruction you are confronted by Martin, who explains to Arnold the Barbarian - using a Game of Thrones Reference no less - that your Castle is actually rather weak and hard to defend in its present condition.

Martin suggests that you do something about that!

Extreme Castle Makeover Pt. 1

The need to boost the defensive capabilities of your Castle now reveals the fact that you CAN increase its defensive capabilities and how cool is that? This mission has you upgrade the Barbarian Castle and build some walls!

1. Upgrade Barbarian Castle (200 Elixir / Instant Upgrade) x4 Total

2. Place Castle Walls

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Extreme Castle Makeover Pt. 2

Continue to upgrade your Castle!

1. Upgrade Barbarian Castle (200 Elixir / Instant Upgrade) x2 (x6 Total)

2. Place Castle Towers

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Extreme Castle Makeover Pt. 3

Continue to upgrade your Castle by placing Decorations...

Place 10 Medieval Decorations

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Defend Your Honor

This quest pops up when one of the Buildings in your Springfield is under attack!

When a Building is under attack you will see a Blue Shield with a Gold Star on it hovering over the building, and the attacker(s) at its base.

Tap on the Building Under Attack to Defend

Tapping on the Building that is being attacked will defend the building. Once you successfully defend the building you can then exact Revenge on the attacker - see the Quest "Eye for an Eye" for the details.

Note: If the enemy player attacked with overwhelming force and actually managed to destroy the Building that they targeted, you will be permitted to "rebuild" that building with just the tap of a finger - there is no timer - just shame in being defeated, sigh...

Eye for an Eye

It is time to exact Revenge upon the miscreant who had the temerity to actually attack YOUR Building and town! What nerve! What gall!

1. Tap your Castle to open the Action Menu

2. Tap the red "Revenge" button on the Castle Action Menu

You will then be teleported to the Springfield that belongs to the player who attacked your Springfield! Determine the target for your Revenge response - ideally that would be their own Castle if it is not already being attacked - then assign as many Nerds as you can to ensure that you obtain a Victory!

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Helpful Hint #2 - Castle Upgrades

You might be thinking - unless it is required by a Mission or Quest, what is the point of upgrading these Castles except maybe the first one, since it is made of stone? Well the thing is, upgrading the castles actually has some real and desirable side-effects!

The Source of Gold is...

Pillaging! And pillaging is made possible by the army of Nerds who willingly lay down their Nerd-lives for the honor of the Prince (Goblin Bart), Princess (Archer Lisa), and King (Homer the Barbarian) of the Barbarians who direct them to journey to the foreign towns and lay siege to the castles (and other Buildings) there!

Pillaging Tactics

There are two basic approaches to Pillaging, each with different results but both of which rely primarily upon luck. The first Strategy is to attack ONLY castles, and to use the maximum number of Nerds you can use, based upon the level of defenses for the target.

This will have the effect of allowing your Nerds to conquer and pillage castles roughly every four hours - assuming that the owner of said castle(s) does not log in to their game, see that you are attacking, and actively defend their castle(s) in which case you get a much smaller reward.

Basically the same applies to any OTHER Buildings you attack. Like we said, there is a luck element involved here.

The second Strategy is to use only ONE (1) Nerd per target, target five Buildings in each town (and preferably three of the targets are castles) and then hope that the player whose town you are attacking does not log in that day, since this tactic requires anywhere from 13 to 19 hours to work.

Again there is the element of luck - but if you ARE lucky Strategy two can result in MASSIVE rewards. There is a reason you see some of your Neighbors with Gold Balances of 50K plus Gold even this early in the event, and that reason is the second strategy (and good luck).

Logically the more Nerds you can throw into the pillage process, the better the results in terms of Gold and Elixir, right?

Castle Upgrades

When the event begins you have a base maximum Nerd Army size of 40 Nerds. That is what you get no matter what you do (or don't do) in the game.

Your Nerd Army is re-supplied each time that the timer runs out on your Castles - that is Castles plural, not singular as each of the three Castles has a timer and after each timer runs out you get a supply of Nerds that are based upon the level of the individual castle.

No matter what the supply - or re-supply if we are being technical - amount is, you can only receive new Nerds up to the maximum number in your Nerd Cap - which as we said by default is 40 Nerds. As you upgrade your Castles however that cap is raised. The following data applies specifically to that part of the equation:

We can only use our own Castles as Guide but here is what we notice - our current Nerd Army Cap is 85 Nerds. That is with our Castles ALL at Level 14. We are trying to raise the level of each castle evenly - meaning get each to Level 13, then each to 14, and so on, since that makes the most sense in terms of the amount of Elixir we would have to spend - bearing in mind that we are NOT paying for Elixir, but rather we are using what we acquire from Pillaging and defending our own town plus Tasks.

In practice therefore each castle can at maximum level increase the Nerds Cap by 30 nerds. That gives you a total of 130 Nerds in your Nerd Army.

While the first Strategy works rather well when you only have 40 to 60 Nerds available, the second strategy relies upon numbers for its success, and if you have an army of 130 Nerds those numbers are in your favor. But WAIT! You are not actually limited to 130 Nerds for your Army mind you, you are limited to a cap of 130 Nerds at any ONE TIME.

Why is that significant? Well it is significant because each time the timer on your castles ticks over you get to collect more Nerds. The Castle Timer is set at two (2) hours - so in theory if you are diligent about logging in and collecting your Nerds every 2 hours and committing them to pillaging you can have 260 or more Nerds in play at any one time AND that does not take into consideration the once-a-day re-supply of Nerds that the game gives you that can take your available army to Cap!

Clearly then, upgrading your Castles is in your best interest - and is the secret behind the success of all of your Neighbors who have 50K plus Gold in their gold bank!

Splinter is Coming

The vagaries of war are such that you cannot always win - and when you do lose it means you will need to repair some Buildings - and that is the focus of this mission.

Look for the three damaged Buildings and repair them to complete this mission!

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Rolling With It

Once you collect 800 Gold you receive the 20 Cheaters Prize - and that flags this Mission in which you need to actually use the Cheaters in order to learn what they can do for you.

1. Destroy a Building with a Cheaters 20

2. Use a Cheaters 20 to Defend Your Town.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Clash of Clones

With Homer and Arnold having changed places, this is Homer's destiny! His new life! A chance to fail.. Err., win!

Clash of Clones Pt. 1

It is time for Homer Barbarian to level up!

1. Collect 300 Gold

2. Upgrade Barbarian Homer to Level 2

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Clash of Clones Pt. 2

Homer has developed a taste for the Purple Elixir it seems and it is time to go on an Elixir Bender!

Go on an Elixir Bender (24h) 22 Elixir and 150 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Clash of Clones Pt. 3

Make Homer go on an Elixir Bender!

Go on an Elixir Bender (24h) 24 Elixir and 150 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Clash of Clones Pt. 4

Make Barbarian Homer Confront Gold Farmers!

Confront Gold Farmers (16h) 18 Elixir and 150 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Eco Castle

It seems that everybody wants to get in on this new pillaging game - including Lisa! Not only that but she is happy to play in a manner that is consistant with her outlook on life - which means Building a castle from recycled objects!

Eco Castle Pt. 1

It is time for Lisa to begin Building her castle!

1. Collect 400 Gold

2. Build Castle Recycle

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Eco Castle Pt. 2

Make Archer Lisa shoot arrows...

Shoot Arrows (8h) 8 Elixir and 70 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Eco Castle Pt. 3

Archer Lisa needs an upgrade...

1. Collect 900 Gold

2. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 2

3. Make Arrows (1h) 1 Elixir and 17 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Eco Castle Pt. 4

Make Archer Lisa expand her castle's view...

1. Place Recycled Tower

2. Judge People from Above (24h) 22 Elixir and 150 XP.

3. Upgrade Castle Recycle to Level 6.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Eco Castle Pt. 5

Make Archer Lisa expand her castle...

1. Place 9 Recycled Decorations

2. Upgrade Castle Recycle to Level 10.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Boxed In

And of course with Lisa having her own castle it was not long before Bart had to have one too, right?

Boxed In Pt. 1

Have Bart build Boxingham Palace...

1. Collect 1400 Gold

2. Build Boxingham Palace

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Boxed In Pt. 2

Make Goblin Bart Loot....

Loot (12h) 10 Elixir and 100 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Boxed In Pt. 3

Goblin Bart needs an Upgrade because all that running around has got him bushed!

1. Collect 2100 Gold

2. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 2

3. Pillage Teacher's Fridge (8h) 8 Elixir and 70 XP

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Boxed In Pt. 4

Goblin Bart needs to upgrade his castle...

1. Place 3 Cardboard Decorations

2. Check for Traps (4h) 5 Elixir and 45 XP.

3. Upgrade Boxingham Palace to Level 6

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Boxed In Pt. 5

Goblin Bart needs to upgrade his castle...

1. Place 9 Cardboard Decorations

2. Upgrade Boxingham Palace to Level 10

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive

Once you hit the 5,000 Gold mark the Wizard Marge Costume is unlocked and awarded from the Personal Prizes Selection, and added to your personal storage in-game. The costume itself is associated with the quest "The Power of Upgrades Pt. 1" and cannot actually be used in the game until that quest has been flagged, which requires you to complete other pre-requisite quests - including this one.

This Mission was originally called "Shock to Your System" and didn't require the character upgrades. It was adjusted on 27 August to be the current "Pointless-Yet-Compulsive" Mission by the August Update.

Bear in mind that this is the continuation of the primary story-mode for this Special Event.

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive Pt. 1

Wizard Marge has been unlocked and added to your storage, which results in flagging of this quest - but until you have completed other pre-requisite quests you lack access to the Wizard Marge Costume. So it would be an idea to aggressively pursue the other quests, right?

For this one though there are some things you can do, starting with collecting lots of Gold! Well that and upgrading Lisa's character and costume as available.

1. Collect 9500 Gold

2. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 8 (requires Gold)

3. Upgrade Wizard Marge to Level 4 (requires Gold)

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP and a Bundle of Elixir!

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive Pt. 2

The next stage in this continuation of The Story mode mission is simply an increase in the requirements for gold and the character upgrades. Please remember that the issue of Gold banking is NOT a question of spending X amount of gold and thus needing to constantly replace it but rather it is a target level of gold obtained via looting and pillaging that then allows you to purchase the like levels on each character on a more coupon-like level rather than you know, actually spending gold, which you are not.

You will recall that in the previous part (Part 1) we were upgrading Lisa and Marge's Clash of Clones Characters, and this time around we have changed to upgrading Bart and Homer's...

1. Collect 15,000 Gold.

2. Upgrade Barbarian Homer to Level 14.

3. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 8.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP and a Hot Air Balloon. A nice Hot Air Balloon mind you...

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive Pt. 3

The name of this mission should give you an idea of its relative position in the grand scheme of things in terms of the Event... That said, it is still an active part of the event, and unless you really don't care one way or the other about the gold-based Prizes that are a focal point for this event, you will need to keep your daily play and pillaging up to get this done within the timer.

1. Collect 22,000 Gold.

2. Upgrade Barbarian Homer to Level 19.

3. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 13.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP plus the Three Towers.*

* That presumes you - like us - did not go ahead and buy some Towers in order to complete your outer walls - though how big a difference that makes in the defense of the realm is anybody's guess and a fair subject for speculation!

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive Pt. 4

The second from last phase in the mission sees us working towards the 30K Gold required to unlock the Catapult - though to be honest here, it would seem that unlocking a Catapult would have made a LOT more sense earlier in the missions and quest that is The Clash of Clones, right?

Either way, our immediate goals are to collect 30K Gold from Pillaging, and then use the Gold so acquired to raise the Upgrade Levels for Goblin Bart and Wizard Marge. Once we accomplish THAT, the final stage is the light at the end of the tunnel, which in this case is a light that illuminates Banners and a Statue. Very illuminating!

1. Collect 30,000 Gold.

2. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 12.

3. Upgrade Wizard Marge to Level 9.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP plus a Catapult.

Pointless-Yet-Compulsive Pt. 5

Amazingly the combination of the two strategies for pillaging very quickly brings us to the final level of this mission, having managed to acquire far more gold in far shorter a time than seems reasonable! That being so, the final set of requirements are still somewhat daunting:

1. Collect 38,000 Gold.

2. Upgrade Goblin Bart to Level 15.

3. Upgrade Archer Lisa to Level 19.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP plus a Catapult.

Helpful Hint #3: Gold Banking

The issues surrounding the pillaged gold in the game have, it turns out, been something of a confusing issue for a lot of players, largely due to the misleading notion that the gold is (a) spendable currency, and (b) actually gets spent for upgrades.

Basically what it is (and we are not being sarcastic here) is a Target Level - that is to say, for instance, when you go to upgrade a character under one of the three Castle Menus - you will see that the next upgrade requires X amount of Gold. We checked our game and these are the current target levels for the applicable Characters at the current moment:

• Archer Lisa - Level 10 - Next Level Requirement = 9,600 Gold.

• Barbarian Homer - Level 10 - Next Level Requirement = 9,600 Gold.

• Goblin Bart - Level 6 - Next Level Requirement = 10,850 Gold.

• Wizard Marge - Level 4 - Next Level Requirement = 12,000 Gold.

As you can see they have very different requirements that are largely dictated by what position it was that they became active in the event in terms of this process. The thing is the list above is a bit misleading in that it is not saying that you must SPEND 9,600 Gold in order to upgrade Lisa to the next level, it is saying that your Gold Total (that being the total amount of Gold you have collected PERIOD as part of the game event) must equal or exceed the 9,600 amount.

When you actually tap the upgrade button under the Castle menu it does not deduct that amount to do the upgrade, it is either available or not available per the total you have collected in gold.

The same is NOT true though about upgrading the Castles themselves - as those actually DO require the amount of Elixir that is indicated in the menu, when you tap on each respective castle.

That being so, you will want to take care not to spend your Elixir on Items that are outside of the mission and quest requirements until AFTER you have satisfied all of them - which is to say it would be an idea, as we have previously pointed out, to refrain from voluntary expenses on decoration items until it is no longer an issue. The first of October being a likely target date for that.

The Power of Upgrades

It is finally time for Marge to join in the excitement - well sort of...

The Power of Upgrades Pt. 1

Get a little basic prep work out of the way...

1. Reach Level 15 and Build Moe's Tavern

2. Collect 5000 Gold

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

The Power of Upgrades Pt. 2

Make Wizard Marge throw Fireballs...

Throw Fireballs (4h) 4 Elixir and 45 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

The Power of Upgrades Pt. 3

Make Wizard Marge Put on a Magic Show...

Put on a Magic Show (12h) 12 Elixir and 100 XP.

This quest also awards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Think Happy Thoughts

Having collected the required 30K Gold you will have as a result a massive Catapult placed in your Inventory - this quest is simply to place the Catapult into the world of your Springfield! By the way, that Catapult adds 2.25% Bonus Money to all XP and Jobs - and how cool is that? Basically it is a Premium Item for free!

1. Place the Catapult from your Inventory.

After you place it there is a short bit of dialogue between Krusty and Sideshow Mel in which Krusty shares his plans to use the Catapult to launch Sideshow Mel - though how that is entertaining we can only wonder...

This also rewards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Shadow Knight Premium Mission

Just when we thought it was safe to leave our Donuts out in the sun, the wizards behind the game have added a new and Limited Time Premium Mission for a Shadow Knight Outfit for Bart...

There is a 4d15h Timer associated with this Premium Limited Time Mission - to complete it you have to spend 200D on the Outfit - which gets you the Shadow Knight Outfit and a Shadow Knight Throne decoration for Bart.

Metagaming

Forget for the moment that Bart and Milhouse are having an exestential argument about the nature of reality - did you see that boss outfit Bart got?!

Metagaming Pt. 1

Bart needs to find a way to define his reality... Note that this is a Premium Quest Series - that is to say if you did NOT purchase the Shadow Knight Outfit you will not flag this.

1. Place Shadow Knight's Throne

2. Question His Existence (10h) $525 and 135 XP.

This also rewards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Metagaming Pt. 2

Bart needs to continue to find a way to define his reality...

Continue to Question His Existence (24h) $1000 and 225 XP.

This also rewards you with 100 Elixir and 10 XP.

Metagaming Pt. 3

Have Bart continue to address his concerns with respect to the Identity of his alter-ego...

1. Reach Level 13 and build Android's Dungeon.

2. Play "Swords and Slaughter" (1h) $105 and 26 XP.

This also rewards you with $100 and 10 XP.

Metagaming Pt. 4

Make Shadow Knight go on a Killing Spree...

Go n a Killing Spree (12h) $600 and 150 XP.

This also rewards you with $100 and 10 XP.

The event concluded on 7 October 2014 with the forced Update for the 2014 Halloween Event The Treehouse of Horror XXV - so hopefully you obtained everything that you meant to obtain from this event!