Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down? We do, we do!
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps? We do, we do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do, we do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night? We do, we do, we do!’
The Stonecutters have arrived in Springfield! Yes, that’s right after a year and nearly 9 months of TSTO EA has FINALLY brought the secret society to our Springfields!
Be sure to hit up your App Store for the newest update:
Update is live on iOS Devices..download version 4.9.0
Update is live on Android Devices…
Amazon friends…please let us know when you see it on your device
For those who like to be surprised we’ll post spoilers below the fold. However, we will tell you that Homer kicks off the event with an Autostart.
Now…warning spoilers ahead!
Your first task will be to Rebuild the Stonecutter Lodge it costs $2,000 and is a 16hr build. Also it comes with number 1 AFTER you build the lodge that’s when the event will start. Homer then has a 4 hour task before you see all the goodies. We’ll be posting a turbo tap soon for all your viewing pleasure.
Event Ends July 2nd, 2014
Here’s what the update has brought us….
New Buildings:
Freemium…
Stonecutter Lodge- $2,000, 16hr build (comes with number 1)
Stonecutter Daycare Center- $250,000, 24hr build
Premium:
Abandoned Store– 30 donuts
All Seeing Eye- 100 Donuts Earns Emblems
Decorations:
Freemium:
Tube Slide– $2,500
Hieroglyph Wall– $500
Premium:
Chest of Scared Artifacts – 55 Donuts Earns Emblems
Characters:
Number 1 (comes with Stonecutters Lodge)
Premium:
Number 51– 100 Donuts
Skins:
Freemium
Number 908– FREE (after you build the Lodge and go through a bit of dialogue)
Premium:
Number 2– 60 Donuts
Number 314– 12 Donuts
The Game:
Here’s how the Stonecutters Event is played…
Game Currency:
– Emblems are the new game currency. You’ll earn Emblems by Doing Number 1’s Tasks, Visiting Neighbors, Tapping the Hooded Men, Completing the Questline & Stopping Neighbors from Spying on You.
The Prizes:
Sacred Parchment- 1450 Emblems Collected
Number 36– 4,000 Emblems Collected
Chest of Sacred Artifacts- 6,500 Emblems Collected
Number 600 & Number 85- 10,000 Emblems Collected
Number 29 & Money Pool- 14,000 Emblems Collected
Number 50 and 79– 18,000 Emblems Collected
Stone of Triumph– 22,500 Emblems Collected
Numbers 12, 14 & 5- 28,000 Emblems Collected
Stonecutters Table- 31,500 Emblems Collected
Satan’s Anvil– 35,000 Emblems Collected
Number 1’s Tasks:
Complete Task’s Given by Number 1 to earn more emblems. We’ll have more posts about this later.
Robed Figure:
Tap the Robed Figure in your town to earn more Emblems (4 emblems per tap). They Spawn 1/hr. A Max of 6 in your Springfield. And it looks like there is no bank.
Spy on Your Neighbors:
Spy on your neighbors (tap buildings with Cameras) to Collect More Emblems.
Ok guys…that’s it for this rundown post! We’ll be back with more info about each and every aspect of this event as we work through it ourselves. However, this event so far looks AMAZING! It’s exactly what everyone was asking for…back to collecting Emblems to earn prizes. No Wheel… no game of chance… Just earn your emblems and you’ll unlock your prizes!
Happy Spying Friends!
So is it too late to build the stonecutters lodge? I know the event ended but is it still possible to build? I missed out on all the robed goodness.
Too late for the event and all the items with it. You never know though, EA could bring it back at some point…
Hmmmm fAmily guy had the same update and it sucks…I just downloaded this game with this update so I’m hoping its better
I’ve almost unlocked all of the prizes. But for some reason, when I unlocked the Lenny Carl and Jasper robes, they never showed up. Anyone else have this issue or know how to solve it?
Yes known issue. Contact EA and post in forums. Post on it will be up within an hour. So keep eye out for it.
I was just visiting friends when an email popped up, when that happens the game reloads my Springfield, just now it reloaded my Springfield and Krusty popped up and said I would get punched by the money fist? Does that have anything to with this event?
LOL…YES!!! 😉
Hi, can you people add me as a neighbor, I just started this game and I only got 1 person lol
Not sure if this has been asked or answered yet, but does anyone know what will happen to Number 1 when the event is over? Will he go away, will he get quests like the others or will he be another “decoration” walking around my town?
Until the event is over…there is no way to tell.
Thanks for the quick response, I figured that would be the case but, never hurts to ask! As always thanks for being so awesome Bunny!!!
😉
One of my neighbors has 2 stonecutter lodges..how is that possible?
They, more than likely, have a hacked game. As you can see from what other players have said in the comments, if you get more than 1 of something and it’s unique it stays in your inventory forever (part of the game coding). The only way to have more than 1 of something that’s unique (like the lodge) it’s more than likely they’re played a modded game.
Just a quick question what task do we see homers “costume of the chosen one” rather than the generic stonecutter costume?!?
Make Homer Be the Chosen One.
and what if i dont have a character to make an quest ? for example i dont have Agnes Skinner.
You can skip it and do another one the next day to make up the puzzle.
Well yes i know but if i dont mąkę 24 riddles i will not recived big price and im missing 3 charakteru i gues 🙁
Just keep working towards unlocking the characters, but yes that is what would happen.
Thx
Hey everybody! 🙂
I dont Got any friends,
Add me please : llcoolgonz
Thank you!! 🙂
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knew how many puzzles (or riddles) we need to solve between each prize in The Sacred Parchment? (I know the first one you got as soon as you did the first puzzle, then you had to solve 4 to get the next one…) I am trying to plan out when I will get each prize. Thank you in advance 🙂 valbelair261
Prizes are at the 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 24 mark. This post has more details. It will take at least 24 days to get them all because they unlock one a day.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/04/ark-of-the-stoneconvenant-sacred-parchment/
I have a really annoying bug in the game. I collected enough emblems to get the parchment and then placed. However I play the game on two devices and since I switched every time I start the game I get the pop up that I’ve won the parchment. It won’t register it on the the screen or give me the next item which I now have enough emblems for. How do I fix this problem?
If the standard troubleshooting will not resolve it, EA is really your next step. Sorry.
I found the answer to my problem. http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/Emblem-Prizes-screen-problems-stuck-at-Sacred-Parchment/m-p/2921658#M77733
Does the daycare center come with tasks??? I thought i saw that but also thought i may be wrong.
Yes. People will use the daycare. More info coming up on that with the Stonecutter Skins. 😉
Should I buy the abandoned store?
Should I buy post coming soon. But it’s your call. Doesn’t do anything but sit…abandoned 🙂
no emblems are dropping when I visit neighbors and click on the cameras. is anyone else having this issue?
You only get 60 tap chances per 24 hours. If you already used them prior to getting spy option, you have to wait for your clock to reset.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/04/eye-spy-peeking-on-your-neighbors/
I’m not getting any tokens either. I visited 3 friends like I was told to, and I didn’t receive any after that. Is there a glitch?
Never mind. I closed out of the app & then went back in & it updated to the correct amount.
I’m tapping my friends and not getting any tokens!! Is this happening to anyone else?!
You only get 60 chances per 24 hour neighbor visits.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/04/eye-spy-peeking-on-your-neighbors/
Does anyone else have problems with the number 1 tasks? If I tap on him or on the icon in the right corner the screen flashes so I cant do any task that give extra emblems at the moment because I cant see them :/
I just updated the glitch post…
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/04/glitch-number-1s-daily-tasks-disappeared/
In the meantime try this…look on the calendar I made to see the time frames for the tasks (they go in order 1 to 4 for the day), then using that…go to the tasks list I have below and then you can just locate the characters on those tasks and see who has one of those random task in there lists to send them.
For instance, today is 1 hr/ 2hr/ 2hr/ 4hr…so find the tasks in those brackets and see if your character can be sent without tapping on Number 1.
Let me know if that works.
Have I placed the sacred parchment, yet every time I log in it tells me to place it again! It has -130 donuts to buy it now?! And I have 3344 emblems and I’m stuck on the parchment help wtf!?
I am getting reports from a few players on this issue now. Try storing it, resetting your device, then replacing it again to see if that helps.
Outside basic troubleshooting, EA is the next step of help.
This is getting frustrating. Ea closed my case because I had an old resolved case with the same issue that was fixed by updating my phone software. The new one is “resolved” and old one is still closed. Problem is the last update issued keeps prompting and I can’t play until I download it (daily, sometimes twice daily). Phone software is up to date, I’ve tried the troubleshooting tips and nothing. 🙁
If they close it without resolution, contact them back and this time ask for a supervisor or manager. Don’t let the generic rep just give you the same responses.
Thanks! They took all the info and are passing it along after reopening it. I hope they figure it out soon!
GREAT!!! Keep on top of them. Don’t let them close it until it is fixed. 😉
Ugh. They gave me steps to try for an iPad (which I don’t have and specified I had an iPhone 4s) and close it again! Apparently after accessing my account with an android and an iPad they don’t see a problem.
Hmmm….the steps may be same for the two. Did they say why closed? Or just tagged it closed as “resolved”. I am also wondering if you should seek help on the forums. The techs look there (not the customer support that manages chat and email). They are a lil better at helping out.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/bd-p/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out
They more or less gave me the same thing to try again plus downloading iTunes, which I already have so I’m not sure what that has to do with my phone. Didn’t explain that and told me to do all this on my iPad and aren’t responding anymore. It just says my case was closed. I talked with apple and short of setting my phone back to factory settings I’ve tried everything else. Ea also said they think its a memory leak problem but tsto is the only app with problems and the apple rep said it should effect everything, not just one. More or less, not their problem. Maybe I can do out my husbands old phone and hope it works so I can play this event because I really don’t want to lose everything.
Yah…that is perplexing to me. I will see if I can find out any information on my end here.
Another question, so far so good on not prompting any updates today (woo hoo) but tsto is taking up over 400 mb of space on my phone. Is that normal?
Yes…Mine…takes up almost 1GB. Like I always say…the file for this game is HUGE. Lol 😉
YES. Lol. Mine takes up almost 1GB of space. It is a LOT going on. 😉
It used to take up less than 100, maybe my problem is fixed!! No updates since I reinstalled it earlier today. Tentative woo hoo!!
Does number 51 have any tasks? I wanna know before I buy it 😀
Yes, we’ll have a Should I Buy up soon (after all the intro game play stuff is up) but he does have tasks and a questline 🙂
okay is this supposed to happen most of my neighbors have just the usual cash above their buildings only about 15 neighbors have the camera I only got like one stonecutter emblem for the first 55 actions then goes back to cash even when I tap a camera. I thought it might just be because my neighbors hadn’t updated but they have the stonecutters lodge so they have to have should I take this to EA or is this supposed to be the case? it doesn’t seem right.
someone please help?
Check out this post for the answers on this:
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/05/addicts-question-corner-your-stonecutter-questions-answered/
THEY PROBS HAVE THE CASH SIGN BECAUSE THEY HAVENT GOT THE STONECUTTER BULIDING YET. SORRY MY COMPUTER LIKES TO KEEP MY WORDS ON CAPS 😛
So what if I don’t have one of the characters (i.e Arnie or Carl & Lenny-didn’t reach level 27 yet) Could I still win their stonecutters skin once I reach enough emblems?
You’ll win it, it’ll be stored in your Inventory until you buy/unlock the character. You can check out the details here:
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/05/addicts-question-corner-your-stonecutter-questions-answered/
LOVE THE UPDATE SO FAR!!!! So many new details on buildings ie ice rink and duff stadium. Always been a fan of earning ‘currency’ in this case emblems and delighted to see it return!
What happens if we do not have some of the characters, for example Disco Stu or Jasper? Do we get the characters? I’m confused
No the skins will stay in your inventory for when/if you purchase them.
How do you get the kids to drink the extra cold squishee
Locate a kid on the list. Go to their tasks…and find the task and send them on it. 😉
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/06/05/number-1s-daily-tasks/
Bunny, did you notice the little tractor peeking out of the Skating Ring we got during christmas? just saw it today, never before? Maybe more buildings have these details now the stonecutters got inside? :p
It is a Zamboni…they clean the ice on ice rinks. 😉
I did see it and MANY other cool things. LOVING THIS EVENT!! 😉
They don’t “clean” the ice. Like what the **** haha
Hello. Can the Kwik-E-Mart not be stored in inventory anymore? Previously, it did …… Please confirm. Thanks
P.S. Apu is on a task inside Kwik-E-Mart, and I needed him to solve a riddle. Thats when I discovered that the Kwik-E-Mart was not storing
Looks like both Krusty Burger and Kwik-E-Mart were disabled. Sorry.
Yes, I also realized the bad news about Krusty Burger on my own ……. need Lisa, Apu and Krusty for the riddles but cannot get any of them free from their tasks :((((((( ……… Will have to wait a few hours.
🙁 Sorry
I’m glad EA has returned to what worked. This event harks back in part to the first major event back in October 2012, when we had to solve a few puzzles to earn prizes.
this might have already been mentioned, but a lot of my buildings will randomly have the “i’m being used” animations (for lack of a better term) when they’re not being used. sometimes when they have been spied on by neighboreenos but sometimes not. Today somebody had spied on my guinea pig rescue center, and I got to see that cute guinea animation for the first time since we got it 🙂 and now I have a zamboni at my skating rink and i don’t know if i am hallucinating.
You are hallucinating…but that is besides the point. 😛
We have more coming on this. I am loving all the “awakened” animations. Stuff I haven’t seen for a LONG time.
If I buy with d’nuts Doc Hibberts stonecutter skin, will he have premium tasks with premium payouts or is it just a skin with normal payouts?
Just working out how much to buy 🙂
A lot of info on all the skins still coming. To help…
Dr. Hibbert regular 60 minute task: Do Surgery Outdoors/ 1hr/ $60 & 17XP
Dr Hibbert Stonecutter Skin (#2): Quick Drink at the Stonecutter Lodge/ 1hr/ $115 & 26XP
Homer regular 60 minute task: Shop at Kwik-E-Mart/ 1hr/ $70 & 17XP
Homer Stonecutter Skin (#908): Quick Drink at the Stonecutter Lodge/ 1hr/ $80 & 17XP
Hope that helps. 😉
Thanks bunny girl, I knew that you would be getting skin info up at some point, but wondered if it was worth the sprinkled treats for Doc’s skin.
looks like it could be, might get the Prof as well as I’ve been after him for a while and his skin is pretty good value. X
Welcome. I got Frink mainly due to his geeky #314 aka 3.14 or pi 😉
Under #1’s tasks it says “complete tasks in a row to increase your reward”. Question, what exactly is meant by “complete tasks in a row” & what is the reward?
Well you have to go in order no matter what. Lol. However, the more you complete…the more Emblems you earn. That is the reward…the extra Emblems. The faster you earn them, the faster you unlock all the cool Emblem Prizes and skins for characters.
That simple. Guess I was reading too much into the statement. It’s late & I need to go to bed.