Good morning Tappers. Get your fingers ready. We got a lil update in our games. Homer kicks it off.
Well it’s not Whacking Day and it’s 1 day before the “other game” (Update Clarification the “other game” is the Family Guy Game which is released tomorrow. We have a full site dedicated to it (FamilyGuyAddicts.com) BUT when we first told you guys about the new site I PROMISED I wouldn’t talk about it on TSTO Addicts again…since it’s such a polarizing topic. However, looks like some people are confused by that reference just wanted to clarify it 🙂 ) is released BUT it’s an in-game update nonetheless! I’ve got to tell you, when I looked at the upcoming episodes of The Simpsons THIS is one I had marked as a possible Episode Tie-In (and one I was hoping for!). So let’s take a look at the goodies this new update brings…
As always for our friends who don’t like to know what’s in the update before they play it details are below the fold…so SPOILERS AHEAD!
UPDATE: There was a HOTFIX/Patch to the Game about 5:30PM EST…to see more CLICK HERE!
First up the free stuff! Hilarious new quest line involving Homer and Maude (and free prize(s) at the end!)
Here’s the rundown of what’s included in the update:
Free Stuff:
Homer’s Grave…awarded at the end of the questline (more details coming, it’s pretty cool)
NEW FRIENDSHIP LEVEL!! WOO-HOO!!
Capital City Goofball- 3,000 FP NPC (non-playable character). No tasks associated with this. Some animation when tapped. We will have a complete Friendship Level 7 rundown on this soon 🙂
Premium Stuff:
New decoration…
Cremo Bot- 30 Donuts. Awards 0.75% bonus to all cash and xp (2×6 in size). Can have multiples. Animation, front opens to show fire, no tasks associated with this. We will have a Should I Buy on this soon…like always 🙂
Returning items….
From what I’m seeing if you didn’t play TSTO during the Halloween update you’re getting the chance to purchase Maude and the Fortune Teller shop again. Trying to confirm this so more details will be up soon (since we were all around during Halloween we all have her in our towns, so I’ve got to do some digging and see)
UPDATE:
From the BEST READERS EVER! Maude and the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop ARE back, as premium items. They’ll unlock in your build menu (if you don’t have them from Halloween) after you complete the first part of the quest. And they’re 25donuts for the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop and Maude (combined) UPDATE: EA realized their “oops” and corrected the cost to what they originally wanted, 150 donuts for the combo.
Originally this was a free item at Halloween and now it’s 25 donuts 150 donuts and we will have a Should I Buy on it soon…just like we always do 🙂
Homer auto starts into the Update by saying he is hungry. He will need to be free to kick off “Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.1“.
Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.1
Homer starts
Homer: So hungry…haven’t had…eating job…in days.
Lisa: If you’re hungry, how about an apple? You could probably grow some at Cletus’s farm.
Homer: I saw I’m hungry, not peckish. The idea that you can satisfy your hunger by eating a piece of fruit is complete nonsense. It’s just one of those things grown-ups tell kids to do but don’t actually do themselves…like brushing your teeth before bed, or reading instead of watching TV, or practicing safe sex.
Lisa: What about thank-you cards?
Homer: I haven’t written one since I was eleven. Also, don’t play video games. And don’t mindlessly do whatever you’re told.
Reach Level 7 and Build a Krusty Burger
Make Homer Eat at Krusty Burger– 30min, Earns $40, 10xp
Homer: What’s going on? And who’s that fat guy lying on the pavement who looks a lot like me….but obviously isn’t because I’m transparent and hovering over him?
Maude: That’s you, Homer. You’ve had a heart attack, causing your spirit to leave your body.
Homer: Oh yeah? Well, if I’m just a spirit, how come you can talk to me?
Maude: Because I’m just a spirit too. You killed me, Homer. Don’t you remember?
Homer: Eh, I kill a lot of people — Frank Grimes, Shary Bobbins, that trucker who ate too much steak. It gets hard to keep track.
Maude: And if you’re not careful, soon you’ll kill yourself.
Homer: You mean I get a second chance? Woo-hoo! There was still so many things on Earth I never got a chance to eat.
Maude: No Homer, that’s why I’ve appeared to you. You need to mend your gluttonous ways. Otherwise…The next time you binge, it will be the GRAVE for you!!!
Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.2
Homer starts
Homer: I can’t believe I’m being haunted…again. We’ve really been going to the ghost well a lot lately. But Maude is the worst ghost of them all….because she’s making me watch what I eat! Maybe I can get Flanders to reason with her. After all, there’s no one a woman is more likely to listen to than her recently remarried ex-husband.
Make Homer Ask For Ned’s Help– 1hr, Earns $140, 34xp
Ned: How-diddily-hodiddiliy-hi-there-dilly-neighboreen–
Homer: Shut up, Flanders! I need your help. Maude is haunting me and I need your help to get her off my back. You’re good at driving her away. Remember that one time when you drove her away from the world by killing her?
Ned: Actually Homer, that was you.
Homer: Right, right. Why do I keep forgetting that?
Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.3
Ned starts
Ned: You know Homer, maybe this spooking is just the wake-up call you need to turn your diet around. You want to live to see your kids grow up, don’t you?Homer: Of course… if that ever actually happens. In the meantime, I’ll do what I can to watch my eating.
Ned: That’s the spirit!
Make Homer Eat Everything in Ned’s House– 12hrs, Earns $420, 100xp
Maude: I warned you this would happen if you continued to over-eat. And now…It’s the GRAVE for you!
That decoration is Homer’s Grave (4×2 in size)! But now here’s where the cool part comes in….
Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.4
Homer starts
Homer: Hang on a minute. I’m not dead. What’s going on here?
Maude: Well…I’m just a ghost. I can scare you and try to get you to mend your ways…but I can’t actually kill you. Union rules.
Homer: So what was that whole grave thing about?
Maude: Well, I said it would be the grave for you, and I had to honor my promise. More rules – they’re a really serious union. But let me make one thing clear. If you over-eat again in the future, it will once again be the GRAVE for you.
Homer: By which you mean, you’ll put another decoration in my inventory?
Maude: That’s right.
Homer: So you’re telling me that instead of dying a horrible painful death from over-eating, I get a FREE grave EACH time I do it?
Maude: I…uh…guess. Where are you going with this Homer?
Homer: Woo-hoo! Out of my imaginary way, Maude! I’m going to eat like a Midwesterner!
So you have until midnight Saturday to earn 9 additional graves (10 total)! All FREE! (Note: the graves are all the same thing. You’ll just get 10 of Homer’s grave. They are not different)
Make Homer Raid Random Fridges– 7 hrs (x9), Earns $250, 60xp each time.
Each time you make Homer raid a fridge and complete it he has a heart attack (great animation!) and either he or Maude say one of these lines of dialogue (that i’ve seen…if you have something different please share it with us!):
-Homer: Hate the heart attacks — love the graves!
-Maude: Shame on you, Homer! I’m punishing you with this complimentary grave!
-Homer: Woohoo! Another free grave to add to my already outrageous collection!
-Maude: I’d dance on your grave, but there’s just too many of them. And I can’t dance when floating.
-Homer: Getting to over-eat is its own reward. The grave is just gravy.
-Maude: Enough with the graves! I’ve got other people to haunt already!
Yes they do repeat…and each time you’ll earn another grave for your inventory!
Not Enough (Moral) Fiber Pt.5
Homer starts
Maude: Homer, I give up. This haunting has accomplished absolutely nothing. If anything, it’s only made you fatter.
Homer: Yes, thank you.
Maude: The good news is the time limit on my haunting contract with you is done. I may not have been able to kill you, but you’re doing a fine job of that yourself. I’ll see you soon!
Make Homer Raid Another Random Fridge– 7 hrs, Earns $250, 60xp
Homer: What? No more graves?
*sigh*
*Vomits*
And with that the episode tie-in questline is complete!
I just got a mini update IOS any idea what that was for
Combing through info as we speak…so far nothing sticks out.
Sweet! I grabbed Maude and the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop when they were at 25 donuts 🙂
Awesome!
I was going to ask if any one managed this I thought it was amazingly generous at 25d.
So I poked around looking for the right place to share random show related news, couldn’t find a good spot. I’ll leave it here and if the admins find it newsworthy, maybe they’ll know where it goes!
Mega Marathon coming this summer!!!
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Thanks…we actually have a post sitting ready to go with the information. Put it on hold for the Update content. We will put it up soon. 🙂
Megamarathon?
Uh Huh 🙂
Whoa
Level 39 and play everyday please add me kcoll88
I think i’m one of the lucky ones, i bought maude and the fortune teller shop when i saw it last night, was saving my donuts for something good and was lucky to she her when i did, was well happy to complete the flanders clan
WOOHOO! 🙂
I know this isn’t the right place for this but I’m not sure where to look. If someone could point me to the right forum or area please do!?
I’m from Australia and I recently noticed that the price of Donuts has gone up. Is this the same for other areas? I purchased a ‘Store full – 900 @ $49.99’ last week and only this week I’ve noticed that the price has been updated to ‘Store full – 900 @ $64.99’ – up a few dollars on all the other offers too. It just seems a bit much of a change and I can’t find any info on the update!?
Thank you 🙂
The donut prices set in the U.S. (home to EA) have not changed. My store still lists the cost of a Store Full at $49.99 USD. Not sure as to why it changed for you. Only thing I can think of is a conversion issue. I would try restarting your game to see if they change back. If not, contacting EA for an explanation would be your best bet. They always try to keep the cost so it equals as close to the same U.S. dollar amount when converted.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/01/14/troubleshooting-101-contacting-ea/
I’m from South Africa and the prices went up here too. I wasn’t very happy about it.
Thank you. Conversion rates still don’t explain a $15 price hike (should be more like $4)! I’ll be contacting them ASAP. Thanks for all the replies! 😉
Originally Maude was 25 doughnuts but I only had 13 was waiting to get paid today to try my luck winning doughnuts to buy her but now she is 150 what happened
It was in the link at the top. EA realized their mistake and corrected it via an update right away to the game.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/04/09/in-game-update-2/
Maude and the Fortune Teller shop are 150 donuts for me! Why??? I really want! Do I have to complete the quest for it to be 25? I can’t afford more donuts right now, but I will skip dinner for a week if I have to! Lol! Just kidding! But seriously, I want them really bad!
Never mind, I just saw the post about EA fixing their screwup. So sad right now 😭😥😓
Can you sell any of the graves?
Unfortunately, not.
Can you place them in Krustyland? They’d go great with The Haunted Condo…
They would…so far, only Springfield placement.
Why in Apple the gipsy house cost 25 donuts and in Google cost 125 donuts its crazy
EA corrected their “Oops”. She was supposed to be 150 so if the combo is still showing for 25 and you havent got the update, I would get it at the 25 price.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/04/09/in-game-update-2/
Hey guys, I seem to have a problem getting the quest to kick off… I did everything on your troubleshooting page: visiting friends’ towns, hard close, deleting and reinstalling (which installed the update!) – still nothing, even though I didn’t assign a task to Homer! Any more ideas? Getting a bit desperate here 🙁
As long as you are at least at level 5 and have a Krusty Burger, it should autostart for you. (The dialog to begin was automatic.) I know this sounds silly, but you can try logging out and restarting a couple of times. (When my phone got stuck one time, I swear I did that like 10 times and it finally triggered.) Homer and Ned are the main two that you need free at first. Homer the entire time pretty much as he is involved the whole way.
Otherwise, if nothing else works or triggers it…EA would be your next best step. Let me know how it goes.
It works! I followed your suggestion, Bunny, and Homer has started now 🙂 You’re the best!
Random excitement:
WooHoo!! My avatar is updated!!
Sorry guys :p
WOOHOO!!
beautiful avatar and Happy Early Birthday Evilkitten! i don’t see any evil in that avatar! 🙂
Thank you!! And its fitting for now only because my hubby gave me the nickname when we first met. I’ll change it up soon. 🙂
Woohoo…14 donuts since Earl 🙂 …five of which came from Sideshow You…guys, I know you’ve been saying that there’s a 5 donut prize for the 300th tap there, but there’s no way I’ve gotten that far…maybe 150…either way, WOOHOOOOO!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 …one more round through my neighbors around midnight-thirty…I’m using semi-gloss enamel paint this evening… 😉
Kicked out again…this “social butterfly” crap never lets me finish!!! I only got 785 FP… oh well… 🙂
Mine too. At one point I had to go back to the “old” way of visiting neighbors. every time I used the arrows I would get booted.
Sent you an email mister. I hope the address you put in files here is the right one. If not, you better email me the right one. 😛
Freaky… 😉 🙂 😉 🙂
Pssssh…no… YOU are the freak…not me silly. 😛
Don’t be hatin on the brains. 😉
Evil, my list is so scrambled up time wise that those arrows are useless to me…there was something in your town that I wanted to compliment you on but I’ve forgotten what it was…lol…
It did dawn on me 21 things not to combine…the Observatory and 20 snapdragons…think you can figure out what I mean…lol… 😉
o.O
What???…I did what? …no hating intended… 🙂
😛
Compliment on my town? Pssh I have nothing going on there lol. As for the Observatory, you have me stumped. I haven’t bought it yet, but I promise not to combine it with snapdragons lol. (At least not 20 of them.)
Oh Evil…(I finally get to say that)…I will be banned if I explain it…maybe Bunny can tell you when there’s no kids around…yeah, that made sense…lol 🙂
Lol. Figured it was an inside thing. My new corner is quiet 😛
LOL…no, not between me and anyone…let me just say…if you put snapdragons at or around the observatory just so…it would/might give the appearance that your town may need to consult with a medical professional , after 4 hours… 😉
LOL
PS: I haven’t bought one either…I kinda going nuts ( 🙂 ) with these extra donuts ( 171)…I wanna spend ’em but then I wanna save for Halloween…arrrrrgggg!!!
Gotcha. Lol. Good luck with that itchy spending finger. At least you still have the chance to win more 🙂
🙂
Great update, as usual.
However, for the second time, a day before I’m set to max out my Friendship Level, a new level rolls in. So far I haven’t had the chance to try my luck at donuts yet. Oh well. I’m getting the Capital City Goofball, so I can’t complain.
If you need an extra neighbor I’ve got plenty of spaces free 🙂
First off I am so sorry to all of you who this update caused an inconvenient glitch.
.. Now I have to boast. I have expressed my dismay with all of the content that I have missed before joining TSTO this past December. The Halloween events particularly. I may have not mentioned that Maud was the number one item I was hoping to see come back around. I was truly worried that I would have to wait until October for a chance to get her. You can imagine how happy I was to get her and the gypsy fortune teller shop both for 25 DONUTS YEAAAH !!!!!! (doing a horrible version of the running man dance in the kitchen with the dogs looking at me like I am having a seizure)…. best episode tie in ever…..YEEEEEAAAAHHHH 😉
Lol. THIS…made me giggle. It definitely was one of those “first in got lucky” moments. I missed many of them in the past. Including getting discounted wheel prizes. That is great you got the item while it was cheap. Congrats! 😉
Leon, I’m with you!! I started playing at Valentines, and I had complete Flanders’ clan envy. I might not even set her on any inside quests so I can see her wandering around the town all ghosty (but not scary ghosty….). I thought i had missed out because my game updated again last night before I bought her, but in my store on google she was still on 25 donuts so I grabbed her up. Good good times.
Woohoo! A great price for not only a playable character…but premium payout on the tasks. 🙂
I started playing just before we got Maude last year wahooooo so got her I hope whacking day comes though I missed it last time and heard so much about it! Why do some friends tell you they play “all the time” then never check their worlds! Love the site as always!
That friend thing drives me crazy too! 🙂
Caught a funny moment this update. Thought I’d share!
CAUTION SPOILER IMAGE (Contains task dialogue)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kkcjz4sajk398s9/2014-04-09%2019.35.12.jpg
lol
And mill house saw what went down and kept it moving
Lol! I caught a couple in mine too 🙂
You got Homer saying my name!!! Woohoo… 🙂
I just unlocked the option to buy Maude but she’s not 25donuts….she’s 150!!
There was an in game update. EA corrected their “Oops”
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/04/09/in-game-update-hotfixpatch/
Ahhh that would be my luck!! I was waiting for homer to finish a task I’d set for him and when I logged back on another update was downloading grrrrrrrr.
Omg the shop is 150 donuts now!!! What happend i wanted to buy it in my b game and and and… 🙁
Yah…sorry. EA caught their oops.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/04/09/in-game-update-hotfixpatch/
The rumor is we are still getting Whacking Day tomorrow. Apparently there have been a few times a tie in has posted and then a major update has posted a day or two later.
I hope that continues to be the case.
Only time will tell 🙂
One thing that is really weird, if you have the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop but not Maude you have to get Maude for 90 DONUTS that’s crazy since the shop with Maude costs only 25 donuts. Can you just get rid of your Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop then get both building and character for 25 donuts?
😉
That is VERY odd. I got her originally with the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop, so I didn’t think it possible to have one without another. Unless someone JUST joined the game the moment it was disabled and only got to that first part of the quest line. As far as I know you can NOT sale the shop…you can try, but I have no idea what would happen if you do.
Yah…just tried to sell it. No luck. I would suggest to contact EA, see if there is something they can do to let you get the discounted offer instead. Worst they could say is no.
Great mini update love the dialogue but 7 graves where do I put them I will need a new cemetery
Oh and good morality tale pre Easter…..
Seven? There are TEN! Lol. I am still trying to figure it out myself. 😛
Got a question to anyone willing to respond, after the Homer goes to Krusty Burger quest 30 min, they said that I can now get maude for 25 donuts but as soon as I clicked the picture to get it, it disappeared and now it’s not there anymore.
I am getting more an more reports on Maude not showing right away. Essentially to get her, you need to buy the gypsy fortune teller house first, then she will come with it. I am looking into whether or not you need to complete the original quest that launched Maude to begin with. (See post below)
http://tstoaddicts.com/2013/10/01/tapped-out-halloween-walkthrough-the-ghost-in-the-machine-based-app-parts-2-4/
Well I should have been more clear in my first post but both maude and the gypsy shop were 1 item togeather for 25 donuts, you said: “you need to buy the gypsy fortune teller house first, then she will come with it”
but I can’t since they were 1 item and that item (the shop and maude) is now not available for some reason. I will continue playing through this new quest and see what happens, and thanks for trying to help
I am just double checking all the files to ensure no other triggers. It seems that a few games are getting update glitches. My suggestion is to try the basic troubleshooting as all the files confirm it should be just a purchase of the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop and they should both appear in your inventory (Cardboard Box) to place into the game.
Try the initial trouble shooting of logging out and restarting your device to see if it brings you back the option to buy it, or if you already had successfully purchased it…see if they both are now in your inventory after restarting and logging back in . Let me know if that helps. 🙂
My Maude was stored as a separate item and not with the building.
They are two separate identities, but the initial purchase itself is just the one item building, Gypsy Fortune Teller. 😉
Everything is working now got both maude and the fortune teller shop thank you very much for the help.
Not a problem at all. Glad we were able to help 🙂
Hmmm…I bought the Gypsy Fortune Teller Shop, and no sign of Maude. I’ve restarted, put the shop into storage and back out, and nothing. Oddly enough, in the Premium Stuff shop the gfx for the shop showed the shop and Maude, but when you put it into inventory it only displays as the shop.
I am looking into seeing what triggers her to come out. It may be similar to the original way she appeared in the game.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2013/10/01/tapped-out-halloween-walkthrough-the-ghost-in-the-machine-based-app-parts-2-4/
She came with the fortune teller shop for me. Just like a regular character, they did appear separately in my inventory, but they came together.
Yah…that is all I keep seeing in the files. Just wanted to make sure there was not a quest attached. All I see is you buy it…and POOF…you get them both. Must be a glitch
It should be in your inventory
I knew I recognized the hat that’s on top of the Olmec head in the Friend Points Guide! It’s the Capital City Goofbal’ls hat! Maybe the cool Lisa costume will be next. 😬
Lol. That is what we were thinking a while back. 😉
I just started my game this past December. I love this website, you all are so on the ball!
Thanks. Welcome to the Addicts!! We try to get it out there quick due to when we just started, that’s how we wanted it too. 😉
Has anyone else noticed that after the update Agnes’s 2 hour task has been changed from “go on a date with comic book guy” to “get help crossing the street” weird.
Uh huh…my post on it just went live. 😉
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/04/09/random-changes-noticed/
A family guy game?! Yuck… how about a Futurama one, I’d totally check that out. I shudder to thing of what FG will be like.
Enough of that (I agree).
So WOOHOO new stuff 🙂 I need to finish getting EARL first. Ack!
Later when I get home, I’ll see if you guys unearthed anything else. (har har) …why would we want more than one grave for homer anyway? He’s not THAT big. lol
I am giggling at all the graves. I dunno where to put them. I was hoping the Creamo bot would eat them. THAT would be funny. 😉
This just happened, and I predict something bad is about to happen.
https://db.tt/HmRtyamp
Can I enter this for “caption this” ?
Uh Huh. Email TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com
Include “Caption this” in subtitle and send us the pic. (It will get lost in the comments here.)
That’s cruel dude…little did ComicBookGuy know of the effect his cougar cologne had on the ladies… 🙂
Lol.. I just happened to catch it at the right time, and I was like what’s really going on. 🙂
Hi, I just bought Maude and the fortune teller shop and it don’t appear! My donuts were spent but nothing happened and she still hasn’t been unlocked. This I pretty annoying.
Has it happened to anyone else? And how do I sort it?
Thanks.
Did you go into your storage/inventory area? (The lil cardboard box) and see if you can find them in there?
Thanks bunny. It’s all sorted. You guys rock!
WOOHOO!! Happy to help out. 🙂