Hey there Hoppereenos!
Trying to figure out just what is going on? What to focus on first? Where to begin? Well, here to help as usual. Bouncing by with some of the Basic Mechanics of the New Tap Ball Event.
In this post, I will be going over that additional Prize Giving Option in the Menu. The Daily Training Challenges.
Completing Daily Training will bring a lot more goodies into your silly lil game as you complete each one. The really cool thing on these is there is NO TIME LIMIT on when you can start them. In other words, you can wait 10 days and then finish 10 in a row (depending on Character required, but you get the idea). The ONLY TIMER is the 24hrs to complete each task to get a Bonus.
Let’s take a closer look and get into more details on it.
WHERE DO I FIND THE DAILY TRAINING?
First things first, the Daily Training will NOT show up until AFTER you have completed Meet My Trophy Life Part 5 and around Balls of Glory Part 3. Just look for the ! on the Soccer Ball & Mit Icon and see if you notice the Stop Watch Icon. Meet My Trophy Life Part 7 will actually prompt you to Complete the Daily Training Challenge.
In the Lower Right Corner of your game, there is the Soccer Ball & Mit Icon. Tap on it to go into your Event Menu Pop UP. Look for the Stop Watch Icon Tab and tap on it. You will see the Daily Training info.
As you play along, you will also eventually see a Stop Watch Icon pop up in the Top Right Corner of your game. This will take you right to the Daily Training Challenges. (This Triggered for me in my game around Balls of Glory Part 4 & Fickle Fans. )
DAILY TRAINING INFO
Once you are in the Daily Training Screen, you will see a few different areas of Interest. Let’s take a look at them all.
PRIZE LIST: You can scroll on through to see all the Daily Prizes that you can win by completing each Daily Training Challenge. Tap on the one lit up and unlocked to see the details linked to it below.
REWARD: This is where it will tell you what you can win by completing the tasks below for the Daily Prize you currently have highlighted and tapped on up above.
COMPLETE IN: Here you will see that it will take 24hrs to complete the current task in order to get the Bonus in addition to the Daily Prize. This will start to countdown as soon as you trigger the task below.
BONUS: This is what you will win in ADDITION to the Daily Prize if you complete the tasks assigned BEFORE the 24hr timer runs out.
PAY DONUTS…: This is how much it will cost you to rush the current set of tasks for the current Daily Prize item and instantly complete it.
DIRECTIONAL ARROW: This is the tasks you will be required to do for the Daily Prize you currently are looking at. Take a close look as some require you to do the task MORE than once.
Example For Day #3
PRIZE LIST: Brain & Nerve Tonic
REWARD: Brain & Nerve Tonic
COMPLETE IN: 24h 00m 00s
BONUS: 800 Foam Fingers
PAY DONUTS…: 6
DIRECTIONAL ARROW: Make Mr. Burns Brew Tonic, 0/3
WHEN DOES THE 24HR TIMER START?
As soon as you tap on “DO IT” and start that very first Task for the Challenge, the timer will begin to countdown. You can keep coming back to check how many hours, minutes, and seconds you have remaining to complete it.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO NOT COMPLETE IT IN 24HRS?
The ONLY thing you will miss if you do not complete the Daily Training Tasks in the 24hrs is you will NOT get the Bonus listed. So if you really need that Bonus to help towards your Personal Prizes… completing all the tasks within the 24hrs will be very beneficial.
You will STILL get the Daily Prize regardless once the task is completed.
WHEN DOES THE NEXT PRIZE UNLOCK?
Two different things going on here. First, you will only have the Daily Prizes open one at a time. So every morning (about 8GMT/4AM Eastern) you will have a new task open. ONLY ONE A DAY WILL UNLOCK.
However, if you have NOT completed the day before it will still remained lock and will not unlock until you complete the Days in front of it.
In other words, you can’t just skip from Day One to Day Five. You will have to do every single one day by day by day … in order. And if it is Day 7, you can’t jump ahead to Day 8, 9, etc.
WHAT ARE THE DAILY TASKS & PRIZES?
Here is the list of the Day, Task, and Prize. NOTE: This information is as of the day of THIS post. EA may change it at anytime during the Event.
Some of these tasks will be completed by the Character in their “Sports” Costume. So keep an eye out for those.
| DAY | CHARACTER | TASK | PRIZE |
| 1 | Apu | Sell Tap Ball Merchandise, 2hrs (x2) |  |
| 2 | Referee Homer | Work on the Stadium, 5hrs (X2) |  |
| 3 | Burns | Brew Tonic, 4hrs (X3) |  |
| 4 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X2) |  |
| 5 | Celebrity Group | Sing National Anthem, 3hrs (X5) |  |
| 6 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X2) | |
| 7 | Pin Pal Apu | Work on Bowling Machine, 4hrs (X3) |  |
| 8 | Soccer Lisa | Work on Balance, 2hrs (X6) |  |
| 9 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X3) | |
| 10 | Soccer Lisa | Fill Soccer Balls w/Air, 3hrs (X4) |  |
| 11 | Brainiac Group | Analyze Tap Ball Statistics, 2hrs (X4) | |
| 12 | Milhouse | Fret About Field Day, 6hrs (X2) |  |
| 13 | Referee Homer | Work on the Stadium, 5hrs (X2) |  |
| 14 | Fit Milhouse | Order Unnecessary Fitness Gadgest, 4hrs (x3) | |
| 15 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X3) |  |
| 16 | Youngster Group | Play Real Football, 2hrs (X10) |  |
| 17 | Tap Ball Players Group | Sign Autographs, 4hrs (X8) | |
| 18 | Comic Book Guy | Watch Kung Fu Movies, 4hrs (X4) |  |
| 19 | Brainiac Group | Analyze Tap Ball Statistics, 2hrs (X7) |  |
| 20 | Comic Book Guy | Attempt High Kicks, 2hrs (X5) | |
| 21 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X3) | |
| 22 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X4) |  |
| 23 | Lisa | Hide Cats, 2hrs (X5) |  |
| 24 | Celebrity Group | Sing National Anthem, 3hrs (X5) | |
| 25 | Referee Homer | Work on the Stadium, 5hrs (X2) | |
| 26 | Tap Ball Players Group | Practice, 4hrs (X20) | |
| 27 | ~ | Tap Ball Win (X5) | |
WHO ARE IN THE GROUPS?
Many of these tasks are asking you to use a Character Group. It is NOT the one listed in your Characters Section in the game. It is actually a specifically coded one into the game (similar to past Events). Here are the lists you will need.
Note: Some of these will unlock DURING the Event. So you will not have access to them until you Win them in the 3 Acts, Personal Prizes, Daily Training, or Donut Purchase.
| Tap Ball | Celebrity | Braniac | Youngster |
| Ballet Ralph | Abraham Lincoln | CBGuy | Bart |
| Baseball Jasper | Arnie Pye | Cecil Terwilliger | Database |
| Boxing Drederick Tatum | Booberella | Crazy Cat Lady | Dolph |
| Crazy Cat Lady | Bumblebee Man | Database | Gino Underdunk Terwilliger |
| Fit Milhouse | Chester Lampwick | Dr Hibbert | Greta Wolfcastle |
| Football Nelson | Dr Nick | Frink | Hugo |
| Furious D | Drederick Tatum | Hank Scorpio | Janey |
| Jockey Bart | Duffman | Lisa | Jessica Lovejoy |
| Kung Fu CBGuy | George Washington | Martin | Jimbo |
| Lugash | Kent Brockman | Sideshow Bob | Kearney |
| Ned | Krusty | Sideshow Mel | Laura Powers |
| Pin Pal Apu | Lurleen | Skinner | Lisa |
| Referee Homer | Miss Springfield | Martin | |
| Soccer Lisa | Mr Teeny | Michael D’Amico | |
| Softball Mr Burns | Roger Myers Jr | Milhouse | |
| Tennis Marge | Sideshow Bob | Nelson | |
| Toreador Grampa | Sideshow Mel | Ralph | |
| Wolfcastle | Rod | ||
| Shauna | |||
| Sherri & Terri | |||
| Squeaky Voice Teen | |||
| Todd | |||
| Uter |
HOW DO I PASS THE WIN TAP BALL?
In my game, it was just a matter of WINNING 2 Tap Ball games. This even included a Single Player Game. So just as long as it says you WIN at the end, it should check it off.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I WIN THE PRIZES?
When you win items like the 4-Pack Obesotade or the Brain & Nerve Tonic (came in 3’s) those will go immediately to your totals.
When you will additional Decorations like the Bleachers & Stadium Lights, you will notice they will show up in your “Amateur Shop” to craft now. Here is the cost for the 2 so far.
Single Bleacher: 900 Amateur Bucks, 2x4base
Stadium Lights: 1650 Amateur Bucks, 3×3 base but VERY tall. Lights turn off and on when tapped.
When you unlock a Character Skin, we assume you do need the Character themselves to put it on. We will know by tomorrow when Drederick unlocks how that pans out in “available to play Tap Ball” and will Update this post on it.
There you have it. You now have an idea of what to expect each day and who to possibly keep available so you can get started on these tasks right away.
What do you think of the Daily Training Challenges so far? Any Prizes you are looking forward to? How are yours coming along so far? Getting them done in 24hrs? Let us know.
~Bunny
I just earned the day 8 prize but I can’t find that character anywhere. the other characters (Tatum and jasper) I have their skins in my inventory because I don’t have those characters but the guy form the daily tasks day 8 I never got yet it shows that I finished the task. Probably a glitch, huh?
There is no skin for Lugash, which is why you don’t see anything in your town. All the task unlocks is the ability for Lugash to Play Tap Ball (And his ticket earning tasks). If you don’t have Lugash you won’t see anything in your game. You have to buy Lugash, a premium character, in order for it to be used.
you keep missing the point that he is not even available for purchase
No i’m not missing the point. Maybe he’s not available for purchase in YOUR game but in other games he is. People are genuinely thinking they’re supposed to get a character as the prize for this. So no, I’m not missing the point.
If you don’t see him, double check your entire premium store menu (homer buddha). If you STILL don’t see him after checking the entire menu, contact EA.
O I have unlocked baseball Jasper, but do I have to but the community Center(?) and then baseball jasper? And he gets to play tap ball?
It is a Costume, so yes… you need the actual Character first in order to use it.
I got off to a late start and am trying to get to Burns before it closes tomorrow. What day are we officially on today- wondering how many more 800 point bonuses I can get before Act 1 ends. Thanks.
Today is the stadium bleachers, after Lugash.
Too bad, I’m already on Lugash and I don’t think there are enough points left for me to get to Burns. Will he be available to craft after Act One ends?
Possibly, but we can’t confirm until the Event actually switches over.
I am interested in how the task 8 plays out.. I just finished it and never got anything. Is it just an outfit for him or is it now available to purchase him and the gym?
Just unlocks the ability for him to play Tap Ball if you already own him…nothing else.
As with the post below, I ‘unlocked’ lugash during the daily tasks but don’t see him anywhere.
A message popped up to say he’s available for tap ball games although he doesn’t appear in my team roster.
Thoughts?
You have to own Lugash to use him to play tap ball. ie you have to spend the donuts on him.
So will it work the same way with the crazy cat woman? I was so happy that I would earn some premium characters hahaha
Seems that way….
I also completed today’s Daily Training, but don’t see Lugash in the Team Management list of eligible Tap Ball players. He’s also not in my inventory. Am I missing something? I didn’t have Lugash and his gym before, so do you have to have him in the game first in order to have him be a Tap Ball player?
You have to own Lugash to use him to play tap ball. ie you have to spend the donuts on him.
I completed day 8 and I got nothing. What’s up with that? I never bought Lugash’s gym but now It’s not even available for me to purchase now.
The gym should be available in the premium menu.
Same here, it doesn’t show in my character inventory like baseball jasper etc… Why is that?
You have to own Lugash to use him to play tap ball. ie you have to spend the donuts on him.
Yup same here Jarvis 🙁
Incidentally I’ve also just got Softball Mr Burns and he does appear in my tap ball players list.
He is in the premium menu, but there’s no way I can afford 175 donuts, as I spent all my donuts on the Bowlarama before the event. Seems they are really punishing freemium players in this event.
I am stuck on the Daily Challenge to have Soccer Lisa work on balance. Do I have to buy the balance beam in order to complete this challenge? As is, Soccer Lisa does not have a quest for “work on balance”. If I don’t buy the balance beam then how will I progress in the Daily Training Challenges? I am sure I am missing something quite simple but am stuck at this point and would appreciate any input you could provide. Thank you so much for this most excellent site that I visit daily 🙂
Lisa should have the quest…just regular Lisa
Doh…. I knew it was something simple I was missing! Kept looking under soccer Lisa. Thank you so much Alissa for your quick response
Hey guys / gal’s quick question I have Apu doing a 48 hr task is there room for missing a day or two and still get all the daily prizes? Thanks.
Wes
The timer for Daily challenges doesn’t start until YOU start it (ie start the task). So if Apu’s busy you can hold off, it’ll still be there when you’re done 🙂
Ok, right I gotcha. But when you count the number of daily prizes it comes out to 29 and we’ve done 7 it says ” season ends in 21 days” ? What would you do rush it? Cause there’s no time left I guess it depends on what the prize is that I’ll miss out on…. Do you know or have an idea of what the soccer ball prizes might be? Thanks.
Wes
You can stack days. So if you miss today, you can do two tomorrow. You just can’t go ahead…so you can’t do tomorrow’s task today, but you can do today’s task tomorrow along with tomorrow’s task…make sense?
No idea until it’s live in game.
Oh gotcha you can do two in one day but not skip ahead?
Yup.
Ok, I understand Thank-you so much always appreciate the help. Sweating there for a second. Have a good day……. or night. lol
Not really related to this post but…
What is the best way to increase your difficulty level? Should I level up all my players simultaneously or have a ringer or two? For example: would I have a higher difficultly level if I had one character at 5 stars with the rest at 1.5 or would my rating be higher with everyone at 2.5 stars?
My thoughts are at least increase 4 of them fully, and then slowly bring up the rest.
On a side note, Bunny-
We’re always going to the EA forums with threads to complain about certain aspects/problems within an event. Can we (meaning you Addicts 😉 ) start a THANK YOU thread and post a link on here, so everybody can comment on how GREAT the new time system is on the Daily Tasks? Seems like a lot of people prefer it to the mandatory 24-hours-on-EA’s-schedule that we had during the Terwilliger event, and I know that I, for one, hope they keep this system for future events!!
I know I could start one myself, but I figured they’d actually pay attention if it came from one of The Great and Powerful Addicts. 😉
Thanks so much! 😀
Usually we do stuff like that once the event ends…the polls.
Ahh, good point! And welcome back, Alissa! 😀
Does anybody know what will happen if you already have the fit milhouse skin when that prize comes up?
No one will know… until the prize comes up.
Maybe this is to early to ask this but I can’t help it, I am nosy. Why does Lugash and the Crazy Cat Lady’s skins not look any different from the preimum characters? (Not that I currently have either of them so I guess it doesn’t make that much of a difference to me) but really if they are new skins shouldn’t look different?
Look at Ned. Some items are NOT really skins, just a chance to unlock the Character to use them in Tap Ball. 🙂
I see what you are saying, now it makes more sense to me.
How do we get the boxer dredrick please
Well, first you have to own the actual Character Drederick, then you need to complete Day #5 Challenge.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/06/27/tap-ball-101-daily-training-days-1-5/
Hi addicts *waves* …it would be really handy if you could pin the list somewhere like the calendar as I imagine its gonna get lost in a sea of other posts soon and its extremely useful! Happy Sunday xx
If you tap on the Refereee Homer Icon on the main home page (bottom of screen for mobile lookers), ALL the event info is linked on the Event Page. The daily training too. It is TOO long a list and a lot of detailed information to just post a “list” image.
Thanks for the reminder about Event Pages!! I always forget about those and end up searching seemingly endlessly during events. 🙂
I just keep that tab open or bookmark it.
Do we win the fit mill house skin if we don’t already have it? Or will it just be the case that those who do have it will have the option to use him in their tap ball team?!
Assuming it’ll be like Drederick. Won for those that don’t have him. Playable for Tap Ball
Thanks SO much for this one, Bunny!! Great job!!! Really clarified a lot of points for me. 😀
Hi. I’m up to day 6 with all the days completed but it’s saying that I’ve “completed all tasks”. Am I just getting ahead of myself (miss calculating time differences) or is there something wrong?
We are currently on Day 5 of the event… with Day 6 about to roll over. One a day. 😉
Yeah, I unlocked the Drederick Tatum skin but I don’t have his character, so the skin is just sitting in my inventory. :'(
~~ BREAKING NEWS ! ~~
I now have first-person confirmation that you CAN earn donuts from tapping fans in friendvilles (for those of us who have maxed out on FPs)! I hadn’t gotten any until today, nor had I seen anyone mention getting any (although Bunny or Alissa had said that they thought it should still be possible when I asked several days ago), so I thought I’d let folks know in case they were wondering and wanted to know for sure.
I’ve been paying close attention, so I’m positive that this happened when tapping a fan, not just when tapping a building in one of my friendvilles that hasn’t converted to the event yet. (Side question…anyone have any idea why I still have several players who are actively playing – leaving me handshakes every day, etc. – but who don’t seem to be into the event yet?)
Okay… Back to finishing yesterday’s friendville taps… Now that I know that donuts are still possible, I’m a lot more excited to go back to that activity! 🙂
If they bought donuts, but when the payment tried to go through there wasn’t enough money, then the user owes money to the iStore or whatever Android-equivalent. Sometimes this may happen unbeknownst to the user.
Then, when a cool new event comes out, the user tries to download it from the iStore and receives a notification, “there was a mistake with your previous iStore purchase….” then it prompts you to give the credit card information again…
If you don’t have enough $ to cover the bill, you can’t download any iStore app updates.
Weird – this is the second time in two days (or less) that a comment had jumped over to the wrong comment thread! Until yesterday, I’d never seen this happen, and then twice in 24 hours? I wonder if there’s something going on with WordPress that’s making it go wonky?
Lol. I told you… it does this time to time. Makes our responses even sillier when they hop. 😉
Thanks for the info, Sandra!! I haven’t had a donut drop since the event started. I meant to post this afternoon to ask if anyone had but I got tied up- this is my first chance to check the Addicts, and here’s my answer!! Yay! 🙂
I have been getting Donuts all along! Sometime back, I got Two Donuts from one Neighboreeno!! A very nice Surprise!!👍😀 I can average 3-4 Donuts on any given Day, And it helps if u have 100 Neighbors plus the Other Springfield! Your Odds are better that way!!
Yes I was worried about that cos I didn’t earn any for a few days then last night got 3
I ended up getting three by the time I was done, too! Sounds like we’ve had the exact same situation as each other since the event started! 🙂
Any word if Drederick Tatum is going to be available to win, or was the skin just a sneaky way to get us to drop some donuts? I was so excited to get it when I thought it was a character…didn’t realize it was a worthless skin until after I won it.
You have to buy him.
So grateful for reading all of this …. Thank your so much for publishing this (happy tapping everyone) 🙂
Ummm hopefully this isn’t the case, but think Lisa’s “practice balance” daily task will require the balance beam to be purchased?
Being picky here aid on but bunnys right because we’re in BST now not GMT (+1 hour).
“As soon as you tap on “DO IT” and start that very first Task for the Challenge, the timer will begin to countdown.”
Minor correction: countdown begins when you FINISH THE PREVIOUS CHALLENGE (or when the new one unlocks, if it was still locked when you finished the previous one). None of the challenges takes 24 hours to complete, so a timer beginning when you START each task wouldn’t make much sense.
That is how they worked in my game. Each morning… when the new one arrived… I had to tap on “do it” to start the timer. Stacking them day after day after day may give you a different result
So the timer starts when you tap on “do it”, regardless of whether or not you actually start the task? Another one of those event things that don’t make any sense…
Yes… I will check again in the AM. I believe “Do It” is essentially the trigger telling the game you are going to “do” the challenge. So that makes sense.
For them to just autostart one day after another like you said is what would NOT make sense.
If the game auto triggers each one… regardless if you’re ready ot not to do it… then essentially you’d lose out on every single bonus item payout and not have a chance if you waited a few days to do a run on them.
Hey Bunny,
In my game, the 24-hour clock doesn’t begin until I actually begin the task. I tap “do it” to see how long the task is, and if it’s a short one I don’t want to start right before bed because I can knock it out quickly the next day, I’ll hold off. Then next time I go into my game, the timer still shows 24 hours.
Does that clear anything up?
You’re right – that’s how they were behaving when I started the event and had a few of them already stacked up waiting for completion (which was ok since I was able to do several per day). Sorry for the confusion. I still don’t get why anyone would click on “do it” and then take 24 hours to actually do it, that’s what I said doesn’t make sense 😛
I woke up a little after Day 6 was in play – Win Two Tap Ball. Since my characters were now rested, I carefully strategized and won my game. Then realized I hadn’t tapped to start the timer for Day 6. DRAT! Pondered, then hit the timer and went back to sleep. Woke up, the timer hadn’t moved. Back to sleep. Woke up. Characters were rested, and I had credit for completing the first win – even though it had occurred within the day but before I officially started the day/ timer.
You have to Trigger the Challenge. That is what tapping “Do It” does. For instance… today… I did NOT tap on “Do It”, played a game, won, came back… I did NOT get credit for it. You have to alert the game you are ready for the Challenges. So you HAVE to tap Do It to start that. Tasks are a little different as they are tapping “Do It” and starting the first task, but Tap Ball… always make sure it is triggered first. 😉
The timer for Tap Ball usually starts AFTER hitting Do It and as soon as you start the first Tap Ball game after. BUT by triggering “Do It” it also allows you to get credit for those challenging you and you win… so you dont even have to do anything.
I still can’t get past balls of fury part 3. I think it’s because it never acknowledged the two games I won so that task is not complete in their eyes. I tried going to krustyland and deleting the game on my Kindle and iPhone with no luck. Help please. I haven’t visited my neighbors because I am trying to save it my actions for prizes.
I would appreciate any help you and the community can offer.
Then right after I post this I win a tap ball match that registers. However now my players are too fatigued to play. Oy e vay! I guess I will see my neighbors in 4 hours.
I’ve read several posts and it’s not sinking in…
If I have jasper, when I get the skin, will he be able to play tap ball?
I see he can earn tickets
Maybe the better way to ask to avoid repetitious questions
Is everyone you show listed in the tap ball group able to play tap ball?
(Considering buying jasper and dedrick)
Yes and Yes
What is the last prize? Just a decoration, only asking
Pro_Tanking
Part of the game mechanics, until they go live later in the game… we can’t confirm their total use. 😉
Ok, thanks, mcommunity prizes coming back 😉
Just wondering, is there a way to increase you tap radius for fans? Or is it linked to team level or something?
Players leveling up seemed to increase it
I noticed that, too. I was wondering if it had to do with leveling players, or number of daily tasks complete, or just increased progressively through the event.
It seems to only be in your own Springfield, though, not in neighbors’ towns. Since fans can be kind of hard to spot, I’m taking the approach of “tap anything that moves.” 😉
The daily training tasks unlock at 9 GMT not 8 👍
Then why did it just unlock? 4AM EST/8GMT 😉
It just unlocked for me, 9 GMT
It’s that time change over that some do and some do not utilize. So to us… 4AM Eastern and coded as 8GMT. 😉
I have since realised that it depends on if you observe day light saving time.
Sorry for any confusion and this may be why some people are commenting about not having the task unlock. 😀
No worries. It is also why I try to note the USA time too. May help. 🙂
Don’t forget the UK is currently in BST not GMT. If you’re in the UK as I am, you will have seen it unlock at 9am. That’s 9am BST, which is 8am GMT. So Bunny is correct 🙂
So for the character prizes on the daily tasks, does it mean that those characters are unlocked too, or just able to play if you have them? (Crazy Cat Lady, Lugash, etc…)
As it says in the post on the Characters… we will not know to WHAT extent they can be used until they unlock. We do know they are skins… now whether or not you can use them WITHOUT the Characters is another question.