CURRENT UPDATE: This Glitch No Longer Works.
NOTE: This glitch is supposed to no longer work as it was fixed with the Holiday 2013 Update. Some folks report the glitch still working so there is no harm in trying it out. I hope we’re wrong.
Per Bunny: The Glitch is still alive and well working quite nicely in both her towns. Others still report it is gone. So it is a hit and miss. Keep tapping just in case, can’t hurt right?
Hey there exhausted Halloween Party People.
I know it seems dumb to add “a must read” after a post title but I really had to this time. I wanted to shoot out a quick post to all my favorite addicterinos who frequent this site with some potential awesome news about those blasted Squidport Tiles.
Back on June 12, 2013, EA gave us Squidport (SqP) to enjoy over the summer (provided you were already at Level 15). I really enjoyed the expansion but building those SqP tiles quickly became a chore. The first ten were easy to build at 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16 hrs and the prices weren’t too bad either increasing slowly from $250 to $3,350.
Then it got fun. The next 5 took 24 hours at $5000, followed by 15 tiles at 1.5 days/$7500. Tiles 31-60 increased to two days/$10,000, 61 to 90 to 2.5 whopping days/$12.5K AND it kept rising! The last two time frames are 3 days/$15K and 3.5 days/$17,500 respectively. To sum it up… you’d have to steadily build tiles for over 257 days solid with no breaks spending over 1 and a half million dollars of your hard earned game currency! That’s a lot of tapping and you thought Halloween lasted forever, eh?
Easy to understand why people think of a tiles as a four letter word, right?
Well, as the title promised, there’s hope. Recently (about 6 days before the end of Halloween) on www.tapped-out.co.uk., I found out about a supposed tile glitch that lets you earn tiles faster via your friends. Not wanting to report on a glitch that would disappear with the mist and goo, I held off but as of yesterday, IT STILL WORKS!
Currently, I think this may actually be intended by EA but before I’m wrong and it disappears, I wanted to share with all of you.
Here’s how it works.
1) When your Squidport tile is ready… do not tap it. Leave it be.
2) When your friends visit your town, they will see the tile floating and be able to tap it for a nice XP bonus (last one I hit was 750 XP).
3) In your game… you will see multiple handshakes floating above your SqP Entrance.
4) Carefully tap one handshake at a time allowing the tile, cash and XP to be collected by the game for each one. IMPORTANT: Ensure you leave at least one handshake floating to keep going. Two can sometimes look like one so it is a good idea to zoom in on the entrance to distinguish how many you have.
5) Once your done, go back to your neighborinos and see if they have any tiles you can tap.
If you give a neighbor a tile, you will not be able to give them another until the first one is collected. If you have a good line of communication with a friend though, it is possible to give each other 3 tiles in one day. If you don’t care, tap one. You can also tap the tile, leave their town and then re-enter for another big XP tap but this only helps you.
There are reports of people having upwards of 8 handshakes at one time. I have a friend who has earned over 42 tiles in a week with this! My usual is 1-3 extra tiles every 24 hours but considering my tiles take 3 days right now, I am so not complaining. I’ve earned 16 tiles so far at the time of this writing but plan on heading back for more lol.
I hope this all makes sense, please put any questions you may have down in the comments. I seriously hope this special treat was done on purpose by EA but only time will tell. Until it stops, there really is no better number than free!
I know this info was available for a little while, but here at Addicts we wanted to make sure it wasn’t a glitch that would disappear quickly before posting about it. Special thanks to John O. over at tapped-out for sharing this info and Strong Work EA if this was intentional! If not, why not just pretend it was lol.
Y’all stay classy… Wookiee out!
Please add shaleonikare and I will tap your tiles 🙂 My current neighbors never tap my tiles, and I always have one waiting. Let’s do this!
I’ve gotten 25+ tiles this way. Now I’m waiting 24 hours for another one because I accidentally tapped the only handshake. Aarrrg! Oh well, life taps along.
How does this work for the farm? I’ve never had my crop tapped (that I know of. I’m still relatively new here.)
Works basically the exact same. You just need to make sure someone taps your crop so it doesn’t die within 24 hours. Let the handshake stack up. Always leave one there. Don’t tap them all.
Thanks! So are you saying don’t harvest my crops because people tapping them is a better deal?
Depends on the crop and if you can get people to Tap them or not. If you’re only planning on planting crops with quick grow times it’s not necessarily worth it, but with corn or even Moonshine…always worth it. 🙂
Please add me and I will return the favor, level 38. My tile will be ready again next Wednesday morning 1/29/2014.
Thanks,
djonline2344
Added. My IGN is IrwinLinker. Let’s trade tiles!
Add me… Juanda78 daily player… Tile ready to tap! 😉
Added! Let’s traded tiles!
I play everyday. Level 38… let’s do this tile thing! :D. Add mgr. king3ne
I will tap your tile in return djonline2344
I have tried to send friends request but they are not going through, i have tried the first 27 on this page but no luck, please add me and i will accept. ID: djonline2344
There is a possibility that they have maxed out on their friends list.
kristi77738 – I play many times a day. Need squid port tiles, I’ll click yours too 🙂
Added. My IGN is IrwinLinker. I always keep a tile ready. Let’s trade!
Have a tile ready
Add me mnlsanford779
Added! My IGN is IrwinLinker.
Level 31 with a tile waiting for you. ALSO, be sure to click on the TV broadcast building-it does the same thing as the tiles (but not as valuable)
jimw917629
Thanks, and enjoy! 😉
Added! I have a tile waiting for you too!
Add me : cjosehous
Tile ready. Tap mine and I’ll return the favor
Please add Acaroline369 I play everyday
Please add me – just got squidport and have a tile ready. I will watch all my friends’ daily for tiles to tap! jjleigh73
Add me thebatmanvirus
Tap my tile and ill tap yours
My origin ID is actually gale61095
I’ve made friend requests to most of the recent posters. I have a, tile, Channel 6, and Open air stage ready too with corn on the way.
hbghbg
Pls add. A-KATgal
Same, play daily. 🙂
Add: masoo0n
Tap my channel 6 and SP tile and I will tap yours in return, thanks 😀
(You can do the glitch with channel 6 building and farm if anyone was unaware!)
That’s masoo(zero)n to be clear
I added you masoo0n. I also have SP tile ready for picking. Thanks
Level 38 will tap tiles everyday -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- x3xJONNYx3x
You don’t seem to have a tile that can be tapped!
Add me and tap my tile and I’ll return the favor brittnicas114
Add me im a daily player. Need tiles. Kalelthela702
Elmobrat470
Have only recently discovered this am happy to tap up to three times I won’t have a tile to tap for 24 hrs but am happy to tap others ID: truemanem2
Thanks!
You tap mine and I’ll tap yours 😀
AliceSaurus585
I requested some of you already.
Add me for SP tile tapping please. Level 38 with a current tile ready. I play and visit neighbors every day:
Gypsydla
Thanks!
Also feel free to add my extra IDs and I will also use them to tap your tile. These are low level dummy IDs that I use only for getting extra SP tiles, so you don’t need to visit them:
Gypsyd66
Gypsydfit
I really need some reliable friends! I play every day and will look for your tiles and crops! Add me! Brokentong616
Hey all
You can add me: ro6686
I have a boardwalk piece waiting to be tapped and I will return the favor!
Cheers
Feel free to add me for Tiles too
88Fuzzy
My current neighbors suck 😛 Two days and not a single tile tap 🙁
I’ve added most people in the list.
Please add me for tile tapping parnaby699
Thnks
Add me for some tile tapping.
Have a tile waiting..
Bokkie_TA
Thanks!
Add me for tile tap 15westlake
I Need More Tiles!!!!
Add me for tile tap jemm09285
Anyone know if there’s a maximum number of tiles you can have? Obviously there is only so much space to place them but in case there’s ever future expansion I figured I’d keep collecting them (unless someone knows of a reason not too – ouch null pointer exception!).
Max in game is just around 151. Once you hit it, you will get an alert that you can’t build more. So if you are using glitch, do NOT hit that last tile because once you’ve gone over that threshold…You’ll not be able to get more. Otherwise if you always leave one handshake there…you can keep collecting them to your hearts content. Most I’ve seen is around 200.
We wouldn’t need to do this if EA made tiles cheaper and sooner.
I agree, but I think the theory is its their way of making it take a while. But I also think that this isn’t a glitch, I do think it’s intentional of EA and the way the tiles were supposed to work from the start. If it was a glitch they would have fixed it with one of the many updates we’ve gotten since it started. So I do think they’re trying to correct the cost/time issue. 🙂
Add me for a tap on the tile, philsmurf@me.com
I will add you and tap yours. My name is gokie62