Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Here we are in the final few hours of Terwilliger Act 1…are you ready for Act 2 to start up?!
I know many of you are stressing out about not earning enough items to craft the Farmer’s Market or not getting enough spades (spatrowvels) to unlock all of the prizes…but don’t sweat it! Really. It’s going to be ok.
Let’s break down what’s leaving, what’s staying and what’s cha- cha- cha-changing, when Act 2 kicks off!
Note: Act 2 Offically Starts at 0800 GMT (4am EDT) on 4/28…
So, here’s what we know…
What’s Leaving…
Basically everything from The Kids are All Fight Episode tie-in (note that ends at 0700 GMT (3am EDT)..so about an hour before Act 2 starts)…
So grab them while you can…
Bart’s Three Wheeler- $7,500
Nightmare Pile- 100 Donuts. Note: You DO NOT have to complete the tasks for this before the tie-in ends, only purchase it. You’ll have as much time as you need to complete the tasks.
Wondering about Lisa’s Car? Well…as long as you’ve started the questline for The Kids Are All Fight you’ll have about a month to complete it and earn the car (the questline kill date). So just make sure you work on the questline as you can over the next month to ensure you unlock her car for free…
From Terwilligers…
Republican Party HQ- 90 Donuts. Should I Buy can be found here.
Museum of Swordfish- 70 Donuts. Should I Buy can be Found here.
What’s Staying…as is
The Farming License- 90 Donuts…although if you didn’t already get it, I don’t recommend buying it now.
It’s A Wonderful Knife & Gino- 150 donuts. This pair is sticking around until the Terwilliger Event leaves Springfield…
Willie’s Tractor- 35 Donuts. This does leave on May 5th…
ALL of the items you can craft!
Yes, that’s right ALL of the Act 1 Craftable items will still be in the craft menu when Act 2 hits…so there’s NO RUSH to get the Farmer’s Market (or anything else). For a complete crafting guide for Act 1 check out this post…
Corn and Fertilizer
Both Corn and Fertilizer will be used and needed during Act 2. So whatever amounts you have will carry over into Act 2. So keep collecting!
Mutant Seedlings- Yes…these lovable blobs will be sticking around for Act 2. So you can hang onto them if you want to get a head start on the new prize currency when Act 2 starts. Once Act 2 starts they’ll act the same as they did during Act 1 only now they’ll drop the Act 2 prize currency (instead of Spades) along with Corn and Fertilizer
What’s Staying….but Changing
Act 1 Prizes
Once Act 1 is over the prizes you haven’t yet won will remain….BUT they’ll be moved to become craftable items. Which means you’ll need Fertilizer and Corn to craft them once Act 1 is over…
What’s Going…
Spades/Trowels/Shovels…oh how we’ll miss you Spatrowvels!
Once Act 1 is over Spades will no longer be a currency in the event and they will be replaced by something else…and no, your spade count will not carry over. You’ll start all over again in earning the new currency from 0.
Strategy
A lot of you are asking me what’s the best strategy for going into Act 2…and really that’s a personal choice. It depends on how you play and where you are in the event.
In otherwords…I cannot tell you what to do or don’t do. I can only tell you what I would/wouldn’t do.
I DO recommend crafting the Farmer’s Market as soon as you can (if you’re close) so it’s out of your focus for the event. So if you can craft it now, do it. Do hold onto those items because you’re worried about upgrading when Act 2 starts. Upgrading won’t cost you nearly as much, and once you’ve crafted the Market it’s off your mind and you can focus on the new items introduced for Act 2.
I DON’T recommend leaving mutant veggies in your town, unless you plan on staying up all night. They’ll still replenish as usual so there’s no need to hoard them for a long period of time…remember you can only have 40 in your town at a time.
Personally, I’ve been saving my Mutant Seeds for Act 2 to start. This will give me a head start on earning the new prize currency, as well as help my neighbors get a head start as well. But to each his own…what works for me may not work for you.
Again take it with a grain of salt…and make up your own mind about what to do. A lot of you are still questioning me about the Farmer’s Market. Honestly, if you don’t want to craft it…don’t. It’s your choice. That’s the beauty about a game with free will. I’m just saying that’s not how I would do it (and not what I did). Personally on the Farmer’s Market for me…I knew that if I didn’t craft it as soon as I could I probably wouldn’t. With Fertilizer being required for Upgrading in Act 2 as well as new prizes I knew it would be easy to forget about the Market and not craft it. So for me I decided to craft it as soon as I could. Since I could easily earn enough Fertilizer to upgrade to Level 8 once it hit and continue to move up.
Again…that’s what I did (and why I did it). What you want to do is up to you. You’ve got to do what makes sense to you…
Act 2 Leveling Up
A lot of you are worried about Leveling Up Monsarno when Act 2 starts, and yes it will be a factor. However, don’t stress about it. The amount of Fertilizer and Corn needed to level up is no where near that which you’ll need to craft. Let’s take a quick look at some patterns in the cost to level up during Act 1…
During Act 1…
Level 2 cost 150 Fertilizer 25 Corn
Level 3 cost 300 Fertilizer 50 Corn
Level 4 cost 450 Fertilizer 75 Corn
Level 5 cost 600 Fertilizer 100 Corn
Are you starting to see the pattern?
Each level increase required an additional 150 Fertilizer and 25 Corn. So based on that pattern, if Act 2 continues on that pattern (and I don’t see why it wouldn’t)…
Level 8 will cost 1050 Fertilizer 175 Corn
Level 9 will cost 1200 Fertilizer 200 Corn
Level 10 will cost 1350 Fertilizer 225 Corn
And so on…
As you can see Leveling up will be MUCH easier than crafting (plus this will help some of you know how much to set aside for leveling up). So don’t stress about it!
Neighbor Visits
Remember it takes 24hrs for the timers to reset, so if you’ve visited your neighbors already today you won’t be able to go into their towns right when Act 2 hits, you’ll need to wait the full 24hrs to start visits again.
What We Know/Speculate….
-New items will be added to craft (in addition to the old ones).
-New Act 2 Prizes will be added (Act 1 prizes move to craftables).
– Cecil’s Daily Tasks will continue into Act 2
-A new crafting currency will be added…in addition to Corn and Fertilizer
-More of the Terwilliger family will be unlocked as the event continues
So there you have it my friends…just some quick basics on what to do to get ready for Act 2 starting up in the morning. And, hopefully, a reassurance guide that there’s no need to panic! Remember…the most important advice we can give you…Don’t Spend Donuts to Craft Items, Rush Tasks or Get Prizes. This event is meant to be long and tedious. Everything can be achieved without spending donuts, as long as you put the time it. It may take you a while to get there, but you can and will get there. So don’t spend donuts to rush it…then you’ll just be bored.
Remember Act 1 Ends and Act 2 Starts at 0800 GMT (4am EDT) on 4/28/15..
What are your thoughts on Act 1 ending and Act 2 starting? Any other questions you might have about it? (remember no spoilers) Have you earned all the Act 1 prizes? Which items have you crafted? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Okay, after seeing everyone’s posts on upgrading, I’m not going to do it and just keep working towards the Market first. This is going to be tough haha
I don’t think I’m ever going to be able to craft the Farmer’s Market. I only have 3.5k fertilizer and now that the upgrades to the research centre have come through, I’m thinking upgrading will be the better option in the long-term (but I do really like the Farmer’s Market and would love to have it).
Oh, and finally a little message to Alissa, Bunny and Wookiee: thank you! I found your site when searching for new neighbours and it’s been a wonderful resource. You guys do an amazing job – much love xx
🙂
A word of caution…many players already commented they burned through the crafting currency to upgrade and completely regret it. Here’s the breakdown for Act 2
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/04/28/terwilliger-act-2-is-upon-us/
Thanks Alissa – will have to have a think about what to do.
greenfreak, that’s exactly what I did. Wish I’d read this first 🙁
I just kept on going with the upgrades until nearly everything had gone.
act 2 started in my game – the currency has changed but no plants are appearing and on trying to upgrade monsarno it still says wait until act 2. What’s happening?
Hard close and restart TSTO
Update has come to me @ 9 am GMT. (I’m in the UK). Upgraded my monsarno to lvl 14 or so. Braniacs can craft items and you get more rewards. However in the rush to upgrade I totally forgot I was grinding to get the farmer’s market and have to start again. 🙁
And…that’s why I said to get the Farmer’s Market first…that was my fear. 🙁
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/04/28/terwilliger-act-2-is-upon-us/
So I’ve got the update, and I’m awake cause it’s only 6pm my time. And they did what I thought they would do with act 2 crafting, by bringing in a new ingredient to craft with. Characters can still earn corn and fertiliser, but now characters (and assumedly new characters one you upgrade Monsarno) can also earn DNA. And you need either corn or fertiliser and DNA to craft the new prizes so it won’t be so hard to craft the new and old items.
Still struggling a bit with crafting though. I haven’t yet unlocked further upgrades, but I’m guessing it will be like you said and the amounts needed to upgrade probably won’t be much and now I may need DNA instead of corn or fertiliser. I haven’t crafted anything yet, but I’ve got 12000ish fertiliser and about 5000 corn. I’m considering upgrading as much as I can and then right at the end of the event or whenever the items will go then craft what I can. Because I could craft say the cane field now and then get to the end and because I’ve done that, not be able to craft the markets.
Anywho, that’s my thinking. Long post haha. Now back to tapping!
Aaaand even though I read the post, I missed it and you had already mentioned the new crafting currency.
Seedlings can be dropped anytime you have’em and your nieghbour has room. IE, you don’t have to wait 24hrs to go back and seed more mutants.
It’s 9.15am here in the UK and act 2 hit at 9am. So maybe it’ll be delayed by an hour across the board. I went into my game at 8.50am and it was still in act 1, so I waited 15min and went back in and act 2 started. So you may all see the same pattern.
It’s on time. We’re in BST in the UK so we’re not currently on GMT 😉 8am GMT = 9am BST.
I went to clear my town one last time and was able to get the bonus, but then the new prizes came in and no more veggie people! Argh…
I guess I need to see who starts the second part.
Hey guys, I keep going into my game but I haven’t seen an update yet, do I need someone free? I didn’t want to end the tasks and miss out on the new currency before the update! Thanks!
I’ve just seen the timer within the game still reads 44mins until new content is added.
I got the new currency for the event, but I don’t have any mutant veggies anymore… T_T I guess those were supposed to disappear after Act 1?
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/04/28/terwilliger-act-2-is-upon-us/
First of all thank you guys for all you do with this site, it is so helpful and y’all rock. My issue is I keep seeing people say Mr. Teeny has event tasks? He doesn’t for me nor does Krusty? Should he as well? Also what about Mrs. Bouvier? I would think she’d be in the senior division. Wondering if I have any other characters missing event tasks.
His event task is locked until you upgrade monsarno
And Mrs. B just hasn’t been added to a character group yet (as have many others).
Dammit! I just crafted Farmers Market with just 1 hour until Act2 – and I was awarded 100 useless spade/trowell/shovels !! I would have rather 100 of the Act2 currency 🙁
Those that are close, HOLD OFF to get the new currency as a reward for crafting it.
I wish I knew there was a 100 award for crafting…
I hope we get Robert Terwilliger Jr in this act!
My countdown timer at 7am ( GMT) is showing 2 hrs until the next stage of this event which would mean the stage 2 starts at 9am (GMT). Anyone else’s showing this? 😕
I guess it’s cause right now we’re on BST 😉 it caught me out too, lol
Yes if you’re in the UK you’re not currently on GMT 😉 9am BST = 8am GMT.
Australia Eastern seaboard (V/N/Q/T, no DLS at the mo’) update time should be 6pm?
I have new items in my game as of 6pm.
I’ve had 3 donuts at the start, but I now have 12 donuts, because every time I got the Spade bonus, I always got the 3 donuts box.
This might not be the area for it, but I still want to comment on what is going on tonight in the United States.
Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, all have my thoughts and prayers tonight. We lived in Ellicott City for ten years and Loved Baltimore and all that it offered. Listening to the news tonight you only hear of the burning and looting, my grandson’s father is probably one of them. My Springfield is about the eight different states, across the US we have lived in, and a few days ago I bought the Museum of Swordfish because it reminded me of the National Aquarium at the Inner Harbor. Baltimore is a beautiful city, full of wonderful architecture that is not just downtown – look at the buildings that are in the background of the news feed, things to do and arts and especially people you will never hear about on CNN when something “newsworthy” negatively happens.
Princess Bunny, your pink sprinkly trick is working great for me! Thank you, thank you, thank you, just hit 5 in row on this event!
I never saw Bart’s three wheeler for sale at all. Would have bought it if I had, looked at all the for sale stuff and it is no where in sight. What a bummer!
Thanks! I’m so excited for Act 2. I’ve gotten the space bonus 3 times and I’m so close to getting the Farmer’s Market. I can’t wait to see what comes next.
Do you guys think there will be any quest/tasks with start of act 2 that we would need free characters eg lisa, to trigger?
I tapped diligently and got prize plant days ago and 3 lots of free donuts but am still 2000 fertiliser short of farmers market but with 1000 extra corn! At this stage I’ll be upgrading as much as possible to unlock the earning tasks for other characters I have and worry about crafting later on in event.
There will certainly be new tasks with Act II. We’ll know just as soon as it drops which character should be free to start it.
Keep Homer and Lisa free, they will start it off
You’ll definitely need Lisa free
I keep getting a notice to update?? 3rd time today but I don’t have the data or space for more Right this second ugh is it just a glitch fix, or more likely prep for act 2?
Correct me if I’m wrong but, since SPADES are the event currency in Act 1 and it will likely be something different in Act 2, I guess there would be no reason for try for the extra 300 spades I would receive if I did the completed my first and second tasks* before the 4:00 AM EDT deadline, unless it would bring me right to the Super Bonus quota or maybe number of items needed to craft the Farmer’s Market, eh? \
Hmmm, maybe I’ll wait this one out until Act 2 is launched since even 600 more spades would still leave me short of achieving another 3000 count for doughnuts.
* [I am basing my times on the pattern I have discovered, if I start the 1st task at ~12:00 AM EDT]
Whoops! Billowy bad grammar!
What I meant was the following.
… I guess there is no reason to try for the extra 300 spades that I could receive, by completing tonight’s first and second tasks* before the 4:00 AM EDT deadline. It would only prove advantageous if the extra items result in a last minute Super Bonus for doughnuts, or enable me to finally build the Farmer’s Market.
Sorry Maudlin Monarch, but you have another error. A game error. It’s every 3,000 spades/shovels/trowels (I don’t know what to call them). If it were every 300 spades/shovels/trowels, then I’d be striking it rich with donuts (not that I’d mind being rich in donuts :))
There will be a new currency for Act II.
Does anyone know if after this event is over, will the buildings such as the Chimp Research building, become money makers and pay out ever so often? Let me know. Thx!
In the past, buildings transferred over to earning money and XP. SHould be the case with most if not all of the new stuff.
I don’t understand how anyone is even close to the farmers market…playing as often as I can I’m not even half way there with fertilizer (though almost there with corn). Oh well, I try not to stress about this game. I refuse to pay for anything (unlike family guy) because the game mechanics don’t offer enough of a reward for spending a reasonable sum. And these crafting scenarios have always seemed to be anywhere from a little messed up to seriously jacked up. Not sure why they are bothering to introduce new items to craft though..seriously just charge donuts for them because that’s the only way it seems anyone is going to get any of them anyway.
Anyone else’s RIGHTEOUSNESS totally bottomed out since this event started? I went from maxed to 1 star and I have no idea why,
Thank you so much for this advice! I’m about 3k manure away from Farmers Market and was sweating over dropping the doughnuts for it.
My choice is to use my stockpiled fertilizer to upgrade first, and then as quickly as possible will build the market – I can’t leave a task undone, so I’m not worried about not coming back to that.
Thanks again for the scoop!
Sheesh hours went bu before I could get back in here! Alright, Alissa if we can’t call you St. Alissa how about Queen Alissa? Has a nice sound to it everyone say it out loud QUEEN ALISSA! How would we survive without this sight!
Sorry but still confused, our spades/shovels/trowels go away? What about all we still have! I was hoping they would go for next level up! We can’t do anything with them but we tapped our behinds off & now poof!!! I rarely complain here I safe that joy for EA, but to late to write at this point, but gotta say that’s just BROKEN! As far as responding to other tappers the way some of us got this far is we tap, till we can’t tap anymore? I stay up till I set first chore of day, sleep a little, pour coffee sit down & start tapping again so always on 2nd chore of day before day really starts. I have a ton of characters & send everyone on this events task as I can. I read this site before I play everyday & if any updates back here. I post & ask questions or look them up on site. I visit my neighbors everyday (think I’ve missed two days in 14 months I’ve played). So all you have to do is become an addict and BAZINKA! More time u put in more you get back.
Thanks again Queen Alissa for earlier answer! Bunny & Wookiee thanks for all your hard work also, just seems like I get Alissa more, random timing, but appreciates all of u I do.
Lol at Queen… I suspect she’s two modest for any title. I’ve called her Alissa the AMazing since well before she started this site.
Good to know someone has the same playing regimen as I do. Makes me comfortable being an addict that much more. Altho I do confess to purposely miss waking up at midnight (in the past 2 days) to have headstart on Cecil’s tasks. >.<
It would appear that EA fixed the Cecil glitch in the latest update that we received this afternoon. Drat! I loved that glitch while it lasted. I wish I had learned of it even earlier than I had.
Thanks, Alissa… I feel much better going into act II after reading this.
Eric
Still like, 5k fertilizer away from the farmer’s market, blah. I was really hoping to hit that before act 2, but that’s definitely not happening. I guess we’ll see what act 2 brings, but I’m guessing I’ll be spending my fertilizer upgrading monsarno again…hmm