Here we are again. Back with some more fun information on this silly lil Event going on in our lil Springfield towns. Who have thought that the calm before the storm would bring such a completely different way of gaming than we were used to.
So on to what you came here for. Defending your town.
How does it all work? What is with the shields? Why should we Defend our town? Let’s hop on in and break it all down.
How do I Defend my town? 
There are a couple of ways you can Defend. The main way is pretty simple. You just locate any building in your town that has a shield over it. This means that building is under Attack by a Neighbor or Random Invader. To Defend, just tap on the shield. It is really that simple. A funny lil dialog will rise up once you Defend it with the Attackers name in it.
“______________ will have their Revenge.”
“______________ made us do it.”
“We die for the ______________ Empire.”
The secondary way is to use the “Cheaters”, or for us old school gamers…the 20 sided die. More info on that coming in a separate post.
What do I get for Defending my town?
By Defending a building, you and the Attacker will receive an instant payout. As you can see, the payout on this one is the same regardless if the Attacker was a known Neighbor or a Random Invader.
| Location Defended | Elixr Payout | Gold Payout |
| Neighbor Castle Defended | 20 | 10 |
| Neighbor Castle Lost (Not Defended) | 10 | 5 |
| Neighbor Building Defended | 20 | 10 |
| Neighbor Building Lost (Not Defended) | 10 | 5 |
| Location Defended | Elixr Payout | Gold Payout |
| Random Player Castle Defended | 20 | 10 |
| Random Player Castle Lost (Not Defended) | 10 | 5 |
| Random Player Building Defended | 20 | 10 |
| Random Player Building Lost (Not Defeated) | 10 | 5 |
As you can see, these payouts are quite lower than if you Attack and win. My suggestion is outside of the requirement for the questline, allow your building to be destroyed. By doing so you are giving your Neighbor MORE Elixr and Gold and in return, if your Neighbor does the same, you will receive similar payout for them not Defending you and allowing theirs to be destroyed. In the end, it is up to you of course.
Additional note: This is not really possible for Defending a Castle as you need those Nerds and they generate every 2 hours. So NOT tapping the Shield on the Castles will be hard. If it is already destroyed, that does not matter. Once repaired any Nerd production completed will instantly come back.
Can I up my Defense for my town?
Yes. As you are leveling up your Castle, you can earn a higher Defense for your town. This means it will take a lot longer for a player to be able to destroy a building they attacked. Essentially giving you time to Defend it.
Castle Destroy times start at 12 Hrs and can be lowered with the amount of Nerds used to Attack to 4 Hrs MAX.
House Destroy times start at 10 Hrs and can be lowered with the amount of Nerds used to Attack to 1 Hrs MAX.
As your Castle Levels Up to certain points, 1 Hr will be added to the total time it will take to Destroy an attacked location. (The lowest time will always remain at 4 hrs for Castles and 1 hr for Houses.)
Level 5: Higher Defense + 1 Hour
Level 11: Higher Defense + 1 Hour
Level 14: Higher Defense + 1 Hour
Level 17: Higher Defense + 1 Hour
Level 20: Higher Defense + 1 Hour
Again, you have 3 Castles you can build total. Barbarian, Recycled, and Boxingham. So as each one hits these levels, they will add an extra hour to your destroy times. This means all 3 Castles at Level 20 will make it take an extra 15 hours to destroy a location. So a Castle could take up to 27 hrs to destroy and a House could take 25 hrs.
In short, it all is up to you on whether or not you want to use the Defend options available to you. Leveling up will help you to have a lil more time to decide whether or not to tap that Shield icon.
Did this help you to understand Defending a lil better? Any other questions we can help with? Any other suggestions? Let us know.
~Bunny
Notice to any neighboreenos out there reading this: I’ve set up a special attack zone of 5 brown houses top right corner (with the word “attack” !) – I’ll add more when I get more cash. If you attack those, I won’t defend them, and will return to attack you, starting on brown houses, when they are destroyed. Good luck!
You call yourself an ‘old school gamer’ in connection to 20 sided dice.
Out of interest, what Tabletop games do you play?
I played D&D for ages. So much fun. I jumped briefly into Magic, but found more excitement in consoles. Other ones…Killer Bunnies, Settlers, Card Against Humanity, just a mix of board and card games. I like playing in groups…no TOO large due to time it takes to complete…but a nice handful of fun friends and strangers. There is just such an array now of them. It is amazing to me. 🙂
There seems to be a double-edged sword going on here: To be beable to visit all my neighbours, I will need a LOT of Nerds per day, but in order to get them, my defence levels will also increase, meaning it will take neighbours AGES to destroy a building….that’s just pants!!!
I know the game is still young, but so far I can think of 2 major flaws in this update;
1) Unless each gamer has a massive house farm, it is impossible not to defend because only houses earn elixir and gold.
2) There is no way of knowing how many daily attacks you have left on each neighbour, unless you go into their town (knowing how much gold my neighbour has is only useful in showing me if they have started this update.) I know it’s wishful thinking, but it would be great if EA took heed (something similar to the Stonecutters event), especially as this update is so long.
Anyway, as all of us are still trying to feel our way around, I (and all the other TSTO Addicts) would really apprecaite any strategic advice to help us along (or could you set up a page where gamers post suggestions that they think could help other gamers?)
Apologises for this rather long post, but this was bugging me…..
We’re getting all the basics out…but then Strategies are coming 🙂
I agree. You never know. Defend will lessen the payout vs Destroy. But you HAVE to clear your Castles and get Nerds. Maybe just leave them open during sleeping hours. Clear them the rest of the time.
I dont know if anyone else has seen this yet, but I have received 2 cheaters from defending my town by tapping on a shield! Just wondered if any other people have had any this way?
Yup, they pop out of buildings 🙂
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/08/22/cheaters-20-sided-die/
Can you please tell me what does upgrading homer do.I know that It doesn’t cost anything but it seams it doesn’t do anything.also I’ve noticed that I had one more cheater this morning than I had yesterday can you possibly get them through clearing your friend’s town’s.
The only thing upgrades to characters do is increase the elixir payout for their tasks. However, it’s maxed at Level 10. Any upgrades over Level 10 are meaningless…
For the true addict, it all comes down to sleep. We all need it and, insomniacs aside, that gives a window of attack of about 8 hours. Personally I don’t mind if people want to attack me while I’m asleep (CET midnight-7.30 in case any of my neighboureenos are reading this). If you want to try a one hour or two hour attack this is the obviously the best time. If you’re lucky you’ll get away with an 8 hour attack but I wouldn’t count on it! I’ll get half payouts but half is better than none, right. I am but a poor house farmer, so during the day I toil for donuts and defend to scrape together some elixir. But I try to reciprocate to those who attack, nerds permitting! I’m starting to get a feel for which neighboureenos are in America and which in Europe, by their speed of defending in the morning. My main strategy is to spam 14hr nerds early in the morning, hoping to hit sleeping/dining Pacific coasters or Asians 🙂
I just been spamming nerds with 1 per attack. Figure they get defeated. And instead of 5 or 10 nerds on one house I hit 5 to 10 hours with one each
Same here.
By the time you get all three castles producing Nerdius Maximus, there will be plenty to send out for attacks.
Agreed.
Ok I’m still a bit confused. If another player taps on his house annd destroys my nerd does he return to my availability of them or he’s lost, dead and I have to wait for more?
GONE…once they go out to “LARP” heheheheh…Attack…they are done and gone. Can’t get them back. That is why more come every 2 hours to replenish your troops.
I just unlocked the Recycle castle, and I love how it looks.
Very zombie apocolypse, what with the improvised walls made of garbage bins.
Can you tell me how you unlocked it? Or where you found it? I have supposedly unlocked or won the Castle Recycle and Lisa, but I can’t find it anywhere.
Help please!
It will unlock to place when you reach and complete Part 9 of The Prince and The Premise questline.
It seems like everyone would benefit from not defending, with possible exception of the castles, as that would give everyone more gold/elixir.
Idk seams like a trade off, like the Easter update baskets, but this one everyone is benefiting as long as everyone is on board and playing.
But again the major disadvantage is other players will not be able to get their war freak on if you are letting yoir whole town be attacked. So I believe if possible to defend the town and maximize your friends. Also be sure that you have alot of buildings setup to defend and let be destroyed.
How do you use the cheaters (20 sided die) to defend your buildings?
Hang on to it. Post will be up in the morning with all the details. Also, be cautious as there is a glitch with them not working in some players towns.
I’m not getting attacked much. I even put up the Happy Easter Banner to piss people off, but to no avail. The pink Valentine’s Day fountain might be scaring people off. lol
I think we will see more traffic this weekend. 😉
Ya I have alot of other players that need to update their game. Their town may still be awaiting building the castle and raiding homers pad.
Is the cheaters defend task still not working for others? I can’t clear that task off my board because it won’t recognize the cheater being used to defend the town. It works to attack a town but not defend my own. It’s becoming very frustrating…
It worked for me. Some reports of issues still coming in. Follow the steps on the Glitch post if you have not already.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/08/21/clash-of-clones-glitch-report/
Hi guys,
Im having a brain fart.
Where/how do I get the castle walls? I got three, put them up and then it is locked out. I can’t buy any. 🙁 Any and all help is appreciated.
Thx.
You have a limit to how many you can add at a time. Then it locks til you hit another level. This event is all about the levels. More info on them coming. 😉
Is the cheaters defend task still not working for others? I can’t clear that task off my board because it won’t recognize the cheater being used to defend the town. It works to attack a town but not defend my own. It’s becoming very frustrating,,,
It worked for me, but then again I never had the glitch. All I can suggest is to follow up with EA until it is resolved.
so.. If you choose to let your castles get destroyed, what happens to the nerds that would have been generated? My assumption is that you don’t get them, so you in effect loose the ability to defend.. is that right? if so.. I am all for defending my castles to get more nerds.
Incorrect. I have more info coming with my Cheaters post I am putting together. As soon as I repaired the castle, the icon for my Nerd collection popped right up. 😉
Do you get all of them? so if it takes 10 hours for your castle to be destroyed, and you get 10 nerds every 2 hours, will you get 50 nerds?
No. It just pops up the one payout. That is why I put in this post that to let the Castle sit with a Shield will be hard as you need the Nerds. One already destroyed, especially if they used Cheater dies to instant destroy it, won’t matter. Just a quick repair tap and the Nerds will be back to production.
What effect does leveling up Homer have? Sorry if you have already covered this in another post just not sure what its accomplishing. Thanks for all the info you all provide, this site is the best!
More info coming on the Level ups. Essentially you can get MORE elixr
Somebody please explain to me how I seek revents cause I’m going to quest line telling me to seek revenge and told me to hit three venge button but I don’t see revenge button
It’s in my Attack post. Let me know if that helps.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/08/20/attack-run-away/
So basically anything with shields on I should leave until the building is destroyed that way both neighbour and me benefit? Sorry if I’ve missed the point 😉
It is up to you. Castles not so much as you need the Nerds every 2 hours to add to your game. Maybe when you sleep let them sit. As for the buildings, that is up to you to clear them. You never know how long you have to wait is the issue. Could be one hour, could be 20 depending on what Level your Castle is on. It does help THEIR payout.
Hi….wonder if you can tell me the prize rewards for getting gold. Ii says that my rewards (recycle castle and Lisa) is already in my inventory….but there is nothing there. It happens to me already before in other quest. What is wrong with this TSTO?
Only the castle will appear in your inventory…for me it was the very last thing in there. However, it will be locked until you unlock the quest via the main questline…
Defend Defend Defend! Just give the shields a little tappy! Tap Tap Taparoo!
So what is with using cheaters to defend? I’ve never failed to defend so I don’t see the value other than (eventually) clearing the task.
Is there a higher payout? What an I missing?
No higher payout, the nice thing is it clears EVERYTHING at once (beneficial when you first wake up in the am). 🙂
Then maybe that’s part of the glitch. I was asked to pick something, I found one of the shields and it cleared it, but then I had to go around and clear the rest.
It seems to me that the simplest way to engage your neighbors in this update is to attack, attack, attack, and then defend, defend, defend, meaning that similar to earlier events, when I “attack” you, or leave gremlins, I’m doing you a favor, and vice versa. The wait and see element of potential better rewards is very passive aggressive and usually unrewarding. Simply put, if I attack you, I like you. Please reciprocate. And then attack anonymous castles for a potential big return.
You are correct sir, I just realized this point. Hope everybody sees it as well!
Sorry TSTOA,
I know this is not the right place to place this, but my post on the proper thread does not seem to be working and I am late to the party anyway, and have never added friends before (despite being a level 43 player), so I thought I might get a pass in asking for non-graffiti friends.
I’m a daily, premium player. Waited until now to add friends since I don’t know anyone personally who plays, but friendship levels going too slow and the new update seems like a good time.
Add your user name to this thread and you’ll get a TON of friends 🙂
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/08/19/add-friends-who-pledge-not-to-vandalize-you-part-4/
That’s what I tried to do but it told me I am awaiting moderation. I tried to correct the problem by verifying email. it seemed to wok here but not there.
I really appreciate you, bunny and wookie by the way. I’ve been following for a while and you guys are great..
🙂 Thank you for the kind words! This community is AWESOME!
I don’t care if my friends want to defend… but I really wish they attacked me!! With the attack button seems like nobody is attacking neighbours!!
Give it time. The Event JUST hit. Lots of people are still loading it up and trying to figure it out (not everyone knows there is help out their like our site). I predict a boost this weekend as more people realize something hit the games after a LONG lull with nothing. (Most stopped playing out of boredom)
Alissa,
Bunny explained the moderation process and that is certainly reasonable. Regardless, I have added 20 or so folks since I posted so YAY! I am quite fond of this community and its members so I hope to keep interacting with you guys. Keep doin’ whatcha doin’.
Joe (edgecrushe192 on TSTO…for some reason)
What’s the deal with people not wanting their towns vandalized? I don’t understand why it’s different than tapping a $ sign. Thanks in advance.
It lowers your Righteousness rating. Therefor impacting the bonus payout multiplier. The lil stars in the lower left corner of your main screen. So…essentially taking money and XP away from them.
So am I the only person freaked out paranoid about ppl I don’t know being my friend/neighbor? What will they have access to?! But I’m so lonely, but I’m freaking out, I need a friend, I need the world, but I’m afraid and I don’t know what to do!!! Seriously
You are anonymous to anyone that travels your town. They have no name. No ID. Nothing. No worries at all. 😉
Wow, this lil world truly is amazing, especially you who hold it together…… sooooooo…..maybe I should add my name to a friend request list??? ….
“Moderation” just means we haven’t got to it yet. Every single comment has to be individually approved by us. This keeps this site and our readers safe from harmful spam and vulgarity. Also keeps it from being flagged and/or shut down. On busy days it may take a lil longer as there is few of us and lots n lots of you. Lol.
No worries. We will get to them. 😉
Gotcha. That is certainly appreciated then, I’m the only demographic that cannot be attacked effectively, but I hate the Wild Wild West of the Internet and I love this site, so.. MODERATE AWAY!!
Like I said to Alissa, I am a huge fan of this site (first time, long time as the cliche goes)/
Thanks for everything.
You are most welcome. 😉
Is there any way to collect your nerds without defending the castle? The nerd symbol is always under the shield.
Not that I’ve found, unfortunately 🙁
I thought you can purchase them?
You can…that is not the point they are making. You have lil icons above your buildings that pop up when the building is “ready” to collect. Like money, menus, etc. In this event the castle pops up a Nerd icon when it is time to collect the new batch of troops. If someone attacks, the Shield covers that icon thus preventing you from getting those Nerds. So you have no choice but to tap it and Defend the Castle.
I would also add that with the disappearing shields after visiting Krustyland bug, that you either defend and continue to visit the park, or don’t defend and STAY OUT OF THE PARK. I’ve lost quite a few today.
This bug/glitch is so easily reproduced. I wish that they would fix it already. I’ve lost lots of shields 3 times now. To make it worse on us that are in the habit of going to Krustyland after clearing the town, you can’t store the bus.
I was wondering just that. For those of us who still have to go to Krustyland, it seems better to defend first…that way, at least everybody gets a little somethin’-somethin’. Otherwise, I’m not sure what happens when the shields disappear, if any reward is mysteriously given or not. It seems like I still had a “revenge” option where a shield disappeared, not sure why that would be.
I make sure to clear all my shields before going to KL. Just seems the safe thing to do.
Are we going to have a thread for finding friends who won’t defend. I’d be happy to not defend if others don’t as well. I don’t want a prisoner’s dilemma.
Couple of ideas forming now…trying to determine the best way to do it.
I believe that it doesn’t matter how you crunch the numbers, when it comes down to it your going to need max friends and create an all out war. This update I think if we all just participate in it we all can benefit from it. You give me a nerd I give u a nerd and mass friends will enable us to collect more than just wait out the time clock for the buildings to be destroyed. ESPECIALLY if the nerds return to your town once they have been defeated, if they die then ya it’s going to take longer, but 5 attacks per day =50 defend points & $ x amt of friends you have. Letting all the buildings be destroyed has a disadvantage of other players can not attack on your town if ALL the buildings are being left for destruction.
That is why they tossed in the randoms…there are NO limits to your “neighbors” now. 😉
I was thinking of setting an area in town noted as either neighbor or attacker. Or defend or revenge.
Only problem is that random visitors could cheat and use the neighbor side.
If I am defending, and I see a neighbor name on a shield, I won’t defend the surrounding houses, hoping they tap 5 next to each other.
Love to hear better ideas.
Thanks for getting this info up Bunny!
This helps a little. I am still not entirely sure what I am supposed to be doing but I am having a HUGE amount of fun with what I am doing. I will apologise in advance to my neighboureenos if I can’t attack all of you. I am trying to work my way through systematically to hit you all as I get nerds and still clear buildings 🙂
Thanks to you all for the information that is coming so quickly. You guys are AWESOME
🙂
Oh ya it’s war baby! Bring it on whatcha gots Alpine1M? Lol 😉
I’m all for leaving my houses undefended, but maybe not my castle(s). That way random attackers have something to tap on.
Although, for those of us who aren’t building farmers, we really won’t leave a lot of available buildings to tap for our neighbors. Only a few could benefit.
This is going to take more thought…
That’s what I say too is a major disadvantage. Other players will not be able to get their warior feak on!
If I let my buildings to get destroyed, do I still get the same payout when I rebuild it?
Just read your table properly. All done. Thank you.