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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:22:35 GMT -5
Halloween 2013 Your HQ For Everything Ghoulish and Ghostly Hello everyone! Welcome to Halloween 2013, provided to you by the developers at EA. I've synthesized information across the forum into one, concise, easy to read guide. Other forum members mostly provided the information seen here and credit is given where credit is due. The event ends November 7th, so please sit back, relax, and enjoy the ghost hunting fun!
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:22:45 GMT -5
The Event
GOO, GOO, GOO!!! The Event kicks off when you enter your town after updating and a chat carries on between the members of the Simpsons Family.
After this you are prompted to build the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop for a small fortune of $2000, which takes 24 hours or 12 donuts, and then you can actually start the event.
This year, you are required to catch ghosts which will either yield GOO or Gremlins. Gremlins can be released in your friends town to take GOO from them. The GOO collects similar to snakes from Whacking Day, and the more GOO you earn the more prizes you earn. GOO (specifically, 2) can also be earned by unhaunting the houses that your neighbors have worked hard to haunt for you. You also earn 2 GOO by squishing Gremlins your neighbors release in your town.Ghosts spawn every 15 minutes, whether you are logged on or off. The coding says that there is a max of 20 ghosts allowed in a Town, with the "Regular Bank Max" of 80, and a "Premium Bank Max" of 20. I'm not sure exactly how the different "Banks" work in reality, but for Whacking Day, you're bank was 50, so that when you reached your Maximum allowed Snakes in your town, extras would accumulate in your bank, and then release from the bank once snakes in your town had been whacked. Same as I did with Whacking day, if you start collecting GOO tomorrow, this shows how much GOO you will need by the end of each day to get everything by November 7th. Feel free to repost it. |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:22:53 GMT -5
Neighbors As with every event, neighbors are important here. Your neighbor must be updated to the current version of the game and must have started the event for you to drop Gremlins into their town or to pop ghosts in their town. For each neighbor you visit, you can earn at least 8 vials of GOO.
You earn three vials by haunting neighbors' buildings, but just be sure you don't haunt a building that's already haunted! These will have the dark clouds floating behind them. Clicking on already haunted buildings will take GOO from your neighbors!
You can also squish ghosts in each town you visit. The counter says you can squish 5, but it's easy to get 6 or more in each town. Squish your initial 4 in the town to get the counter to 1/5. After that, just scroll around and locate a group of ghosts that are floating near each other. Tap them all quickly and you can usually get 3-4 ghosts at the end, giving you a total of 7-8 ghosts for each visit.
You can also release Gremlins into neighbors' towns that will collect extra GOO for you. To drop a gremlin, you need to click the Gremlin icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Once you do that, the creepy little bugger will appear on your screen, front and center, and start running around (and you thought Burns Monster was bad). Each town can have a max of 10 Gremlins running around at one time. If your neighbor taps your gremlin, you each will get 2 GOO. Gremlins stick around for 4 hours. If your neighbor does not tap your gremlin within that time, you will get 4 GOO and your neighbor will get none. So if you are ahead on the prizes and see gremlins in your own town, leave them alone so your neighbors can get all 4 GOO.
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:23:01 GMT -5
More Land! That's right, you heard me! More land! This update brings us a whooping one strip of land at the bottom edge of our towns! Rejoice, and then realize you have to shift things around to make things look right!
We get one additional strip of land. Here are the prices starting from the sea. 114,000 104,000 86,000 77,000 69,000 62,000 62,000 69,000 77,000 86,000 95,000 104,000 114,000 125,000 137,000 149,000
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:23:10 GMT -5
Prizes No Tapped Out Event is complete without prizes! You need a total of 10,000 GOO to unlock everything, but don't stop there! There are community prizes too, so make sure you keep collecting GOO even after you have all of the prizes. Individual Prizes  | Image | Prize Name | GOO Needed | 
| Pumpkin House | 100 | 
| Ancient Burial Ground | 500 |  | Vacuum Tool | 1250 | 
| Shuffling Zombie | 2000 | 
| Victorian UFO
(unlocks Kang if you don't already have him)
| 3000 | 
| Ultrahouse
(unlocks Kodos after brief quest) | 4000 | 
| King Snorky | 5250 | 
| Twirl-N-Hurl | 6500 | 
| Burns Coffin
(unlocks Count Burns skin) | 8000 |  | Gingerbread House
(unlocks Susane the Witch) | 10,000 |
Community Prizes
| Image | Prize Name | Global GOO Needed | Date Unlocked | 
| First Church of Lard | 5,000,000,000 | 10/8/2013 | 
| Clawing Zombie | 10,000,000,000 |
|  | Ghost Bombs | 15,000,000,000 |
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| Frog Prince | 20,000,000,000 |
|  | King Homer's Skyscraper | 25,000,000,000 |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:23:19 GMT -5
Questing for GOO For the purposes of this guide, I DID NOT include one time quests. | Character | Quest | Time | Payout | | Burns | Eliminate Ghosts | 12 Hours | 5 GOO | | Lisa | Go Trick or Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO | | Bart | Go Trick or Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO | | Milhouse | Go Trick or Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO | | Nelson | Go Trick or Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO | | Maude | Haunt Springfield | 24 Hours | 10 GOO | | Homer | Deal with Ghosts | 12 Hours | 5 GOO | | Frink | Have an Epistemological
Argument with Ghosts | 24 Hours | 15 GOO | | Apu | Reincarnate Ghosts | 24 Hours | 10 GOO | | Flanders | Sprinkle Ghosts with
Holy Water | 24 Hours | 10 GOO | | Marge | Tidy up Ghosts | 12 Hours | 5 GOO | | Witch Marge | Trick-or-Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO | | Martin | Go Trick or Treating | 16 Hours | 8 GOO |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:23:28 GMT -5
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:23:48 GMT -5
Characters
Of course, the update comes with several character skins, playable characters, and non-playable characters listed below.
| Image | Name and Type | Unlock Requirements | Price |  | Booberella
Playable Character |
| 100 Donuts | | Clawing Zombie
Non-Playable Character | Global GOO Prize
2,000,000,000 Global GOO to unlock | 10,000,000,000
Global GOO | 
| Crazy Zombie
Non-Playable Character |
| 12 donuts |
| Frog Prince
| Global GOO Prize
4,000,000,000 Global GOO to unlock | 20,000,000,000
Global GOO | 
| Homer Strongman
Character Skin |
| Had to play daily
10/2-10/6 and
answer THOH episode
trivia question
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| King Snorky
| 5250 GOO to unlock |
5250 GOO |  | Kang
Playable Character | Comes with Victorian UFO (if you don't already have him) | 3000 GOO |  ![]() | Kodos
Playable Character | Unlocks after a brief quest when
you place the Ultrahouse
(requires Ray Gun - 150 doughnuts) | 4000 GOO
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| Count Burns
Character Skin | Comes with Burns Coffin
8000 GOO to unlock | 8000 GOO | 
| Maude Flancers
Playable Character | Ghost in the Machine-based App Pt. 4 | Free | 
| Senile Zombie
Non-Playable Character |
| 12 Donuts | | Shuffling Zombie
Non-Playable Character | 2000 GOO to unlock | 200 GOO | 
| Snarling Zombie
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| $50,000 | 
| Suzanne the Witch
| Comes with the Gingerbread House
10,000 GOO to unlock | 10,000 GOO |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:24:03 GMT -5
Questlines The Ghost in the Machine-based App 1. Build the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop (2000$) (24 Hours)2. Pop Ghosts and Collect their GOO (x10) ( Ned needed next) 3. Remove Ghosts from Haunted Buildings (x3) ( Homer needed next) 4. Make Homer Listen to the Gypsy's Babbling (24 Hours)5a. Make Maude Possess Homer (12 Hours)5b. Make Homer Get Possessed by Maude (12 Hours)5c. Make Ned Spend Time with Possessed Homer (12 Hours) ( Homer needed next) 6. Make Homer use Gremlins to Clean Drains (24 Hours) ( Homer needed next) 7a. Reach Level 11 and Build the Control Building 7b. Make Homer Praise Frank Grimes (12 Hours) ( Apu needed next) 8a. Make Apu Reincarnate Ghosts (24 Hours)8b. Make Ned Sprinkle Ghosts with Holy Water (24 Hours)8c. Make Frink Have an Epistemological Argument with Ghosts (24 Hours) ( Homer needed next) 9. Make Homer Get Possessed by Bont and Live Another Day (12 Hours) ( Lisa needed next) 10a. Reach Level 12 and Build the Springfield Library 10b. Make Lisa Research Old History (24 Hours)11a. Reach Level 16 and Build the Gilded Truffle 11b. Make Homer Get Possessed by Bont and Romance Marge (8 Hours)11c. Make Marge Spend Time with Possessed Homer (8 Hours) ( Moe needed next) 12. Place the Freak Show Tent (760$)13. Make Lisa and Moe Watch the Freaks (24 Hours each) ( Moe needed next) 14. Make Lisa Solve the Freak Show Tent Mystery (24 Hours) ( Burns needed next) 15. Make Burns Read From the Necronomicon (4 Hours)The Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Booberella)1a. Reach level 6 and build Cletus's Farm1b. Make Booberella Milk Cletus's Cow (60 minutes) (Comic Book Guy needed next)2a. Reach level 13 and build Android's Dungeon2b. Make Booberella work at the Dungeon (2 hours)3a. Place a peanut cart ($520)3b. Make Booberella sell peanuts from a peanut cart (8 hours) (Apu needed next)4a. Reach level 19 and build the Springfield Penitentiary4b. Make Booberella serve time for unlicensed peanut vending (24 hours)5a. Reach level 23 and build Channel 65b. Make Booberella host a children's show (4 hours)Pumpkin House 1. Place Pumpkin House (Homer needed next) 2. Make Homer Attempt to Eat the Pumpkin House (24 hours)
Ancient Burial Ground
1. Make Lisa Prepare an Indignant Petition (1 hour)2. Make Lisa Mediate Land Rights Between Angry Spirits (1 hour)Prize: Mastodo spirits now roam the town We Come in Pieces! (Victorian UFO w/Kang) This quest is only for those who did have already have Kang 1. Make Kang Deploy the Beacon (12 hours) (Lisa needed next)2. Make Kang to Activate the Beacon (10 min) (Lisa needed next)3. Make Kang to Properly Season Humans (6 hours) 4. Make Kang 8-Hour Evil Laugh (8 hours) (Lisa needed next)5. Make Kang to Run from Puny Humans (24 hours) Ultrahouse 2 1. Make Homer Share a Romantic Evening with the Ultrahouse 2 Prize: Kodos unlocks for those with a Ray Gun King Snorky 1. Make Homer Agonize over Which Style of Tuna to Buy (12 hours) ( Homer needed next) 2. Make Homer Cry after being insulted by a sea mammal (4 hours) (Homer needed next)3a. Make Homer strangle Bart at home (8 hours)3b. Get Bart Strangled at home (8 hours)Twirl "N" Hurl (Krustyland) 1. Bart Triggers to build Twirl "N" Hurl 2. Make Bart ride the Twirl "N" Hurl (16 hours)Count Burns 1. Make The Count Rub Lotion into his Wings (12 hours)2. Make The Count Burns Stalk Victim (60 minutes)3a. Make The Count Burns Drink Homer Blood (4 hours)3b. Make Homer get Sucked (4 hours)4. Make The Count Burns Drink Blood (4 hours) (Homer triggers next)5. Make Burns Read from Neconomicon (4 hours)6. Make The Count Burns Make Large Donation (4 hours)7. Make The Count Burns Chill out to reggae (12 hours)Hex in the City (Suzanne the Witch) 1a. Make Homer Temp the witch with a Succulent Bart (4 hours)1b. Make Bart Be Tempting (4 hours)1c. Make Suzanne the Witch be temped. (4 hours)2. Make Suzanne Nanny for the Simpsoms (24 hours)3. Make Suzanne Magically tidy up Bart's room (1 hour)4. Make Suzanne Rest in her Gingerbread House with a Migraine (8 hours)5. Make Suzanne go bowling at Barney's Bowlarama (12 hours)The day Springfield Stood Still - Kodos (unlocks after Ultrahouse quest) You have to shoot Kodos ship with Ray Gun to obtain him. 1. Make Kodos Act Harmless (24 hours)2. Make Kodos read grade 4 science books (4 hours)3. Make Kodos demostrate superior Technology (1 hour)4. Make Kodos impersonate Kang (8 hours)
The Lard of the Rings (Strongman Homer) 1. Make Strongman Homer Impress Rubes with His Strength (12 hours)2. Make Strongman Homer Battke Apu's Octoples (60 minutes)3. Make Strongman Homer Punch Meat in the Freezer (4 Hours) (Mr. Burns needed next)4. Make Strongman Homer Piggyback Mr. Burns (24 Hours)5. Make Strongman Homer Drink Duff Bull (8 Hours) |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:24:09 GMT -5
Fun StuffOne of the neat, new things about this update it something called the Simpsons "Attic." You can access it by clicking on the Simpsons house, and it will give you a prize every day for the next five days.
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 13:53:22 GMT -5
Thank Yous and Contributions
I did not exactly do "formal" citations and give people credit for what exactly they contributed, but I tried to be specific enough as to avoid any hurt feelings. If you see anything of yours I used and you would rather me not, please let me know so I can remove it. - Solar Dragon and WikiSimpsons for many of the images used in the guide and some information.
- Chrisp530 for all of the information in this post.
- albert2k for the information in this post
- Duder for game file information: [1] [2]
- OuterHaven for some of the images I used in the walkthrough.
- spanser for information on potential Global GOO requirements as well as some images.
- Spud for GOO collection information.
- Spiffshine for information on Gremlins.
- @themeparks4life for the guide on getting GOO fast.
- Duder for information on the ghost spawn times and the maximum amount of ghosts you can have in your town.
- LSLeong for all of the help making things nice, tidy, and pretty as well as information on land prices.
- Andy for the help with keeping the guide current with the latest information.
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 14:22:18 GMT -5
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 14:54:06 GMT -5
Here's what I have so far, everyone. I'll work on it more after class tonight.  |
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The Doctor
Donut Eater
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2013 15:45:14 GMT -5
Nice guide, and nice work on the forum. Thank you (and all contributors) very much.
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Post by Linguo Is Dead on Oct 1, 2013 15:47:09 GMT -5
Great work!
So until the fortune teller is done, nothing else gets unlocked?
I don't see any premium characters, or even locked items in my build screen. Don't we normally see those greyed out at least?
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Post by Vigilante on Oct 1, 2013 15:50:51 GMT -5
Great work! So until the fortune teller is done, nothing else gets unlocked? I don't see any premium characters, or even locked items in my build screen. Don't we normally see those greyed out at least? The only thing in the build screen is premiums after fortune teller is built,and decorations that cost cash |
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Post by Linguo Is Dead on Oct 1, 2013 15:53:03 GMT -5
Great work! So until the fortune teller is done, nothing else gets unlocked? I don't see any premium characters, or even locked items in my build screen. Don't we normally see those greyed out at least? The only thing in the build screen is premiums after fortune teller is built,and decorations that cost cash ah ok thanks. And when does the goo collecting begin? I don't see any, and don't have a counter. |
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Post by Chrisp530 on Oct 1, 2013 15:55:08 GMT -5
The only thing in the build screen is premiums after fortune teller is built,and decorations that cost cash ah ok thanks. And when does the goo collecting begin? I don't see any, and don't have a counter. As soon as the Fortune Teller building is done it will kick off |
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Post by tedtheodorelogan on Oct 1, 2013 16:07:09 GMT -5
It would be most excellent if we could have a list of which characters have goo tasks (i.e. seems only some of the kids get to go trick-or-treating...which seems bogus).
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Post by JustForFunzo on Oct 1, 2013 16:18:09 GMT -5
Generic question... does your friend have to have goo in order for the gremlins to collect them? I have a few dead towns (in which I know the people IRL) and I'd like to hit them up if they update...
I assume that if you release a gremlin into someone's town, it steals their goo, similar to Lisa releasing snakes during WD.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2013 16:19:59 GMT -5
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TRTX84
Donut Dunker
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Post by TRTX84 on Oct 1, 2013 17:13:42 GMT -5
Five billion goo for only the first item... Wow. That's a lot of goo.
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Post by Crazylife on Oct 1, 2013 17:14:09 GMT -5
Another thing i notices is there are 8 actions now... three buildings and 5 ghosts
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 17:24:01 GMT -5
Generic question... does your friend have to have goo in order for the gremlins to collect them? I have a few dead towns (in which I know the people IRL) and I'd like to hit them up if they update... I assume that if you release a gremlin into someone's town, it steals their goo, similar to Lisa releasing snakes during WD. I haven't played with it much. I'm going to mess with the Gremlins tonight and tomorrow and see hat happens. So far I've only released one in Andy's town and its got me a whopping 2 GOO. Also, I randomly got a donut when popping a ghost. |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Oct 1, 2013 17:24:46 GMT -5
It would be most excellent if we could have a list of which characters have goo tasks (i.e. seems only some of the kids get to go trick-or-treating...which seems bogus). Will be done. Promise. |
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