Hey Howdy Hey Super Tappers!
The week long speculated Superhero Event is Here! Currently it’s live on Google Play, iOS and Kindle!
Remember this is an App Store update, so you’ll have to check your stores for the latest version. If you don’t see it in your app store, and it’s out, hard close your store app and reopen it. If you still don’t see it restart your device. Should bring it up.
As always more details on the way as soon as we go through them…remember we’ll be updating as we go, so keep refreshing this post for the latest info.
Also note, Homer needs to be free for the first part.
More details below the fold…
WARNING: Mild Spoilers Ahead
First thing you’ll notice is Springfield has a new look & everything (dialogue included) is in Comic Book format! Pretty sweet looking touch!
As mentioned above you’ll need Homer free for the first part. He’ll have a 30 minute task and then you’ll unlock….PIE MAN!
(Free)
Pie Man will then have a hilarious 4hr task, to throw pies at Springfielders. Lisa will then need to be free to start Part 3. You’ll then be tasked to build the Superior Squad HQ. This will cost you $500 and comes with Fall Out Boy! This is also a 4hr Build.
Once you’ve gotten Fall Out Boy you’ll see this video play…
At that point you’ll then see the Event stuff unlock! You’ll also be tasked with tapping Criminals to earn the game currency, Carbon Rods.
Details for all will below…
Now let’s get to the new stuff….
Superior Squad HQ- $500, 4hr Build. 5×6 in size. Comes with Fall Out Boy. This is upgradeable..
Wrecked Brown House- $50,000 (You can buy as many as you want. Currently NOT functioning as a building. No payout. Not tappable.)
Fruit Bat Signal- $5,000 (You can buy as many as you want)
Premium
Tar Pits- 175 Donuts. Earns $150, 13xp/8hrs. 11×9 Comes with Petroleus Rex
Crap Silo- 100 Donuts. Earns $150, 13xp/8hrs. 4×4. Comes with Spiderpig!
Superior Squad Member- 90 Donuts. Just like the hunting license from Halloween. This will double the rewards for capturing criminals in friends towns
New Characters
Fall Out Boy- Comes with the Superior Squad HQ
Petroleus Rex- Comes with the Tar Pits
Spider Pig (Plopper)- Comes with the Crap Silo
New Currency
The currency for this Event, at least right now, are Carbon Rods.
Collecting Carbon Rods will help you earn the prizes for Issue 1.
Issue 1 Prizes
Like other events, this one will be released in Phases. Here are the prizes you can win for Issue 1:
Arbitrarium- 400 .
Once unlocked you can earn more by tapping on the Criminals. Arbitrarium will help you upgrade the HQ. Each upgrade does various things, like gives you more currency etc.
Burns State Prison- 7,000
Clownface- 18,500
Other Issues
Again, this will be released in phases…4 total phases, 3 prizes per phase. So there will be a total of 12 prizes all together. Here are the release days for each phase (so far)
Issue 2- 2/24/15 0800 GMT (3am EST)
Issue 3- 3/10/15 0800 GMT (3am EST)
Issue 4- 3/24/15 0800 GMT (3am EST)
The understanding is that all of the other stuff will lock out on the 24th when Phase 4 launches, and the actual event itself will end on the 31st of March. BUT you’ll have to get everything else in game before the 24th.
You can also get a sneak peak of what prizes are for each phase by tapping on it in the game. However, here’s a quick rundown for Issues 2 and 3 (again Issue 4 is still a mystery at this point)
Issue 2
Will require the collection of Pie Bombs
National Bank of Springfield
The Collector
Dr. Colossus
Issue 3
Will require the collection of Freeze Rays
Super Jeb
Death Mountain
The Collider
Criminals
Right now there’s only 1 type of Criminal in our games and they look like this:
Tapping on the Criminals will give you Carbon Rods (15 per Criminal to start) and occasionally Arbitrarium (see info on it above). Remember Carbon Rods will earn you prizes for Issue 1 and Arbitrarium will help you upgrade your HQ.
The spawn rate on the Criminals is at least 1/ 5 mins and you can have a Max in your town of 30 at one time.
HQ Upgrades
As with events past, you can upgrade your Superior Squad HQ for even more power & currency when tapping Criminals!
Once you’ve unlocked the Arbitrarium prize, you’ll unlock the ability to upgrade your Superior Squad HQ.
Arbitrarium looks like this and will occasionally pop out of Criminals (in addition to Carbon Rods) when tapped. Think Cog Wheels with Christmas.
Friend Visits
AFTER you’ve tapped your first 20 Criminals you’ll unlock the ability to go to friends towns and arrest/report criminals (to earn more Carbon Rods).
Here’s what you can do. You can either Arrest Criminals in their towns (Tapping on them) OR Report on them (tapping on the phones over Buildings).
Phones look like this 
For each arrest you make (tapping on Criminals) you’ll earn 3 Carbon Rods.
For every report you make (tapping on the Red Phones) you’ll earn 1 Carbon Rod.
You can tap 3 Criminals/town AND 3 Phones per town, for a total of 12 Carbon Rods/neighbor.
We’re checking into a couple of things at the moment…like number of actions/day you’re limited too & if the counts go down at all. Once we have numbers/details we’ll update this post with it.
Now…when you return to your Springfield if you see a red phone Radioactive Man’s Glowing Signal, if you tap on it right away you’ll get 4 Carbon Rods. (a gift from your neighbors) 
We’re also checking to see if this declines & by how much with time.
Note: As long as you’ve reached the part in the questline, AFTER you’ve cleared the first 20 Criminals…you’ll be able to earn rewards from both tapping phones and Criminals from visiting neighbors. Even if they haven’t started the event. Both will appear in their towns for you to tap. However, if you don’t clear the first 20 Criminals and reach the part of the questline telling you to go into neighbors towns and Arrest Criminals/Report on them…you won’t earn Carbon Rods from tapping Criminals, only from reporting on them. So make sure you clear the questline first BEFORE visiting neighbors.
Remember: If you buy the Membership Card you’ll earn double Carbon Rods in Neighbor’s Towns.
There you have it…the basic information of the Superhero Event! As always we’ll break everything down more in-depth in the coming days! For now enjoy the fun!
What do you think of the Superhero Event? Thoughts on the characters? How about the prizes released? Anyone you’re bummed not to see yet? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Does anyone know how long Lisa’s task is? By the time Homer has finished his pie throwing task it will be 10pm in the UK and I wondered whether I’ll be able to make Lisa do her task and set the Superior Squad HQ to build before I go to sleep! I’m a freemium player and not willing to spend donuts on completing tasks, I’m saving them for spider pig!!
Task? Are you referring to part 3? Because as you can see in this post she just starts it… the “task” is to build the HQ. 😉
Oh I get you! Sorry, I totally misread that, it’s been a long day! Thank you 🙂
Lol. No worries. Just wanted to make sure you weren’t expecting her to do anything. 😉
Noooo nothing on Kindle yet!!!
Best. Event. Ever. Lol – love the new background music too
Where is Petrolus Rex from? What episode? I missed him and would like some history on this character
WDTCF will come up later, right now working on all the details for the event. 😉
This update rocks! ! Do you guys know what the level cap on the superior squad HQ is? Just curious.
Working on it… we got to get the Arbitrarium too to level it up. Not so easy 😉
Cool, cool. Thanks Bunny!!
Is spider pig and the lizard playable or NPC? Also, is that fruit batman in the vigilantes character set & is he available?
Thank You!!!
Still working on it… will have more details as we play it out live.
And yes, that is Fruit Bat man from 2013
They are both playable (not NPC).
SWEET A NEW EVENT!!! Looks like a fun one, too. I’m so happy that Spider Pig is purchasable, buuut… Why does he have to be attached to the silo?! I don’t wanna display that in my Spingfield regardless of extra bonuses and, of course, SPIDER PIG. uuugh XD
I’ve a question about the Arbitrarium. Does it function EXACTLY like Christmas Cogs in the sense that they’re completely random and you’ll never know if you’ll get all the upgrades on the HQ because *Nelson’s voise* HA HA THEY’RE RANDOM? =P That’d be a big disappointment for me…
Again, thanks to all for making the info!
Because that is what came with him in his episode. Lol.
Just like Cogs… still playing with it as it will take me time to get all I need for the Upgrades to see what they are worth.
Episode? Or… MOVIE? XD I know that’s his tie-in object, but still. Oh well; I’m still thinkin’ on it.
Okie dokie on the Arbitrarium. So far it appears to be random, so boo.
Movie. 😉
Wow, this all sounds amazing. I’m a huge old-school comic/superhero nerd (although my days of actually collecting comics is over, I’m still a fan of the genre). Why, oh why, couldn’t this update have happened yesterday, on my day off!?!? LOL
Purchased spiderpig immediately. Worth 100 donuts. And it has normal set of quests. My number 2 wish for Springfield (No. 1 is and always will be Bender).
When visitng neighbour towns, after some time (I think 30 fully collected towns), thieves stopped droping rods, but buildings continued till the last neighbour.
Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Best event EVER!
LOL!
Just starting this comicbook/sci-fi event and I get a random task for Flanders to “Condemn Science!”
Looks exciting. I have Homer out on his task now. I see the Fruit Bat Man Signal will be available again. Cool. I was hoping for the accompanying skin for Mr. Burns too though (hopefully it may come later in the event).
Me too. 😉
It does show Fruit Batman and Bartman in the vigilantes collection so hopefully there will be a way to get them soon
Love the new comic book look.
So cross with myself, I spent my donuts on Professor Frink after the Valentines event because I thought that was it for now. Soooo wanted Spider Pig. Might have to buy donuts for the first time ever.
One question. Are the carbon rods inanimate ? 🙂
Lol. They are the game currency for this phase.
I am so buying Spiderpig. I don’t care if your article eventually says not to bother! 😉
He’ll be walking on my ceilings long before I even read that!
HHAHAHHAHAAH as soon as I saw him in the files I squealed…. like a piggy… 😛
I sent Lisa on the 24 hour mini golf task as part of a bread and putter right before I found out about the update. Can I stop her task by storing Sir Putts a Lot b/c she’ll still have about 20 hours left on the task by the time I need her for part 3 of the super hero event. Your thoughts?
Yes… store it and kick her out.
Yes, you’ll be able to store that and kick her out. 🙂
This. Is. Awesome. Way better than the Christmas event!
I like the appearance of this one. I’m still in the pre-event warmup tasks, but I like what I’ve seen. I’ve never really been a comic book reader, but I still recognize and enjoy the stylistic references. I also enjoy getting buildings like the bank that will fit well into my everyday Springfield even after the event. The HQ building itself could pass for a fancy office building, though I don’t really have a section of town where skyscrapers fit in very well. I’ll think about it.
I noticed that where my level usually shows in the lower left corner is now just showing a “4”. (This was on an Android tablet and on an Android phone – no idea about iOS.) I am guessing that the new font takes up a little more space and squeezed out the second digit of the number. This is pretty minor, and I’m sure they’ll fix it very quickly, but it raises the point that we may see other places where text is squeezed out of containers that it used to fit inside.
Lol. The fun of seeing how it plays out live and what lil fixes will be needed. 😉
Oh, nevermind. I guess that’s the number of open tasks. Oops.
You keep updating this page a few moments after my comments. 🙂
And we will continue til we verify it all live. Just keep watching. 😉
We will notate once it is “Complete” and updated
When you visit your neighbors after that unlocks, you will click on criminals (3) and red telephones (3) to report crimes. The tapped buildings will get a yellow atom above them (reported by Fallout Boy, I guess?)
All info that will be in this post.
Tap Phones to report and launch the Radioactive Signal. Your neighbor will then have to clear the tap to get Rods too.
Tap Criminals to capture them
This is going to be the greatest event of all time!! First event where I’ve wanted to buy/win pretty much every item. I’m assuming at some point we’ll be getting Radioactiveman and FruitBat?
fruitbatman would be a premium item since he is from an episode tie in
I bought the membership card right off the bat but I’m only getting money from criminals in friend towns. I get 1 rod per criminal reported, so 3 per friend. Anyone else have info on this?
You need to wait until you hit the point in the questline. Details will be up in just a minute
As with every other event…BOTH you and neighbor need to be ready to be visited as well as you cant have used up your daily actions for the 24hr period already. So first check your main neighbor screen to see if they are collecting Rods (which many wont as the event JUST launched) and wait to tap until they are. Otherwise you are wasting taps
Ahhh that makes sense…thanks.
I just found out that if you are storing an item, if there is an adjacent decoration (trees, etc.) it will be automatically highlighted for movement or storing. Is this new?
New
Gigitty, THIS IS AWESOME! Like that the font matches my system font. This is gonna be an epic tsto event, let’s hope for minimal bugs 🙂
Spider pig, spider pig…..
what is your system font, I’d really want to get this font
I use iFont app for changing fonts, has hundreds to choose from. Works great on the galaxy S4
Did anyone else notice the task book icon is now a comic book? I love all the little subtle changes they make
Fun!!!!
Am I the only thinking that it’s good we didn’t get a Valentine’s update so we could get this instead?
It just started and I’m already loving it. Fun storyline, tasks, animations and loving the updated look.
Love the HQ; cool looking building.
Only drawback… Seeing all my sprinklies disappear. 🙂
Oink oink and a-zoink! Climb that silo, plopper.
I knew ea would not disappoint us. They treat us rappers nicely but I wish the tar pits were non premium
There’s a new visitor alert!!!!! A neighbor visited my town and Homer goes “*gasp* Visitors! Better put on pants!”
Oh he’s done that… but it’s always fun when you discover it! 😉
I had never heard (noticed??) that one before!! And yes, was VERY fun to discover – I was already all hyped up about the superhero event…. and then that alert??? SQUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Addicts, for getting all this info up so quickly!
I’ve never had him say this. I get the “better them than me/oh wait that was me” and “push notification”, but that’s it.
Yeah, I’ve never heard that one either. Now I’m hoping I do soon. The new Siren alert from visitors really startled my entire office when it went off though …
lol mine too…
looking at phase 2 makes me wonder how easy it is to get clown bombs :/
Hey btw you guys at Addicts are the first and most thorough again to report on the newest additions and updates. Love you guys!
😉
I love the update. The look and characters are great. I love that we can tap the animation of the buildings back on. I love the bad dream house animation. I wish Florance of Arabia could be tapped on but other than that it’s great.