Hey there Hoppereenos!
With the New Springfield Heights in our games, there are a lot of lil details that I am sure many of your are trying to figure out.
One of those being the “Storage” Capacity and Character Tasks that take place within the New Buildings. Tasks to help you gain Material Items needed to unlock New Land as well as other Buildings.
In this post I will breaking down the LA Body Works.
First up, some Basic details.
Land: You are going to have to work at this. That is fine. It is meant to take a LONG time as it is here to stay. Much like Squidport. No rush needed. So it may take you some time to earn the appropriate items, gain Storage, gain Materials, gain Real Estate… all to be able to unlock the Land surrounding the following Buildings. To get an idea of the shortest/cheapest route to go in order to get to each one, use the Land Map Guide.
You can find the Land Map in the post HERE.
You can find some tips to gain Real Estate HERE
You can find the Funiture & Coffee Shop Details HERE
You can find the Institute of Technology Details HERE
Now on to the Building…
LA BODY WORKS
The Shortest/Cheapest way to get to the LA Body Works is to purchase the plot of Land ABOVE the Furniture Shop for 3 Furniture
. Then you will need an additional 10 Furniture to Unlock the Land under the Coffee Shop. Then once you got the Institute of Technology Unlocked, go up from the Coffee Shop Towards LA Body Works. 10 Latte
for the first section. Then up into LA Body Works for 6 Smart Devices
. (Again, this path is chosen due to you need the 3 Furniture plot to access the Institute of Technology & Smart Devices… that you need to Unlock LA Body Works. So it should already be unlocked by now.)
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Now that it is Unlocked, let’s look at the Basic Stats…
Starting Storage Capability: 10 Yoga Mats
Characters Available to Unlock: Moe, Disco Stu, Bart, Legs, Fat Tony, Nelson
Starting Characters (Unlocked with Building): Moe, Disco Stu
Task Time: 8 Minutes
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This one has some pretty short tasks too. So do as many as you can to keep gaining the amounts to continue going. In the meantime, let’s take a look at WHAT you will need to Unlock the Character Tasks in the LA Body Works. The more you Unlock, the higher the Storage goes up, the more you can progress in the game (as you will need those higher amounts for Land, Buildings, Decos, etc).
TASKS TO EARN STUFF
| Character | Task | Time | Reward | Unlock Requirement | Storage Increased By |
| Moe | Watch Yoga Class | 8m | 1 3 |
Unlock LA Body Works | ~ |
| Disco Stu | Teach Sweatin’ 70’s Workout | 8m | 2 5 |
Unlock LA Body Works | ~ |
| Bart | Drop Tadpoles In The Pond | 8m | 1 3 |
8.8M & 20 20 |
10 (20 Total) |
| Legs | Workout His Swing Arm | 8m | 1 3 |
Bart Unlocked & 12.7M & 30 30 |
30 (50 Total) |
| Recruit Some Muscle | 8m | 1 3 |
Legs Unlocked & 20.2M &40 40 |
50 (100 Total) | |
| Nelson | Steal Dirty Towels for Home | 8m | 1 3 |
Fat Tony Unlocked & 34.2M& 5020 |
100 (200 Total) |
UPDATE 7/30: EA has changed the list of Characters in this Building. Instead of Fat Tony, you will now find Snake in his place for the same spot.
As you can see, some of the items required to just Unlock the Characters Tasks will come from other Buildings. Just more to show you that this will take time. Unlocking Land, Upgrading, Unlocking Buildings, and Earning Materials.
NEXT LOCATION?
You are going to need the Pharmaceuticals next, so I would suggest to start heading over towards the Pharm-Er John’s.
The Shortest/Cheapest way to get to Pharm-Er John’s is to purchase the plot of Land ABOVE the Furniture Shop for 3 Furniture. Then once you got the Coffee Shop Unlocked, go to the Right to the 6 LattePlot. Then Up into the Institute of Technology for 6 Latte. Then after Unlocking the Institute of Technology, Right again. First through the 20 Smart Device Plot. Then the 15 Yoga Mats and the Land under Pharm-Er John’s.
There you have it. An overview of what you can do as soon as you Unlock a Building along with what to look forward to as you progress through Springfield Heights. Just take your time. No hurry. Enjoy the New Area.
What do you think of all this? How many Buildings have you unlocked? How many Characters? Like that they used mostly Freemium Characters for tasks and just a few Premiums? Let us know.
~Bunny
How to expand storage for La body fitness?? I dont see an option for that but i need more yoga mats to unlock pharmaceticals
Have you unlocked all six characters for the fitness center? This gives you 200 storage. If you don’t have the premium character assigned, you can get up to 100 storage.
Help help help I’m stuck on level 58 every time I click on the 2 missions I need it takes me back to the gym and I can’t find fat tony please please some one help me
Did you check townhall for him?
I have an issue here. I sent Moe on jobs and have used up all the storage available (10/10) and do not have enough to spend on other things.
It says to unlock Bart i require 8.8M real estate. Does that mean that once I reach that (I still need another 1M) this shop will be unlocked again?
Thanks
As you Unlock Characters by getting more Real estate points and earn the required materials… the Storage will increase by amounts notated for each building.
So like it shows in this post… You’ll need to reach 8.8m real estate AND to open him for use with +10 more storage, you’ll also need 20 Coffees and 20 Smart Devices.
Essentially all Springfield Heights will be for a while is earn, unlock, earn, unlock… repeat. Just know no rush needed. It’s here permanently. So go at a pace you feel fits your game style. 🙂
Since the Fat Tony/Snake switch, I can’t find Fat Tony at all. Town Hall still says he’s still recruiting some muscle, but he’s obviously not, and I can’t find him anywhere else. I need him to finish the Declan quest. (I’ve been on vacation.) Anyone else having this issue?
You may have to contact EA and see if they can restore him for you
I’m having the same exact issue
I have enough real estate to unlock snake but it’s saying I need legs slot to unlock him. Anyone know what that is ?
You need to unlock Legs first…
I’ve reached the storage limit on yoga mats and have no clue how to ‘spend’ them, can someone please help?
There’s nothing to be purchased from the menu, or land to be purchased stoa the capacity is only 11
You need more Real Estate Points. Read this post
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/07/27/springfield-heights-101-increasing-storage-coffee-smart-devices-yoga-mats-pills-trophies/
The thing with LA body works is that even if Fat Tony was replaced with Snake, if Fat Tony doesn’t have a task, the icon for LA body works appears as there is some character that can work there, even if it’s not. As soon as I put Fat Tony to another task, the icon dissappear. What can be done?
Hopefully EA fixes it soon. I know I saw a thread on the forum about it so hopefully soon.
I was just coming to see if someone else had that issue. The icon was driving me crazy, couldn’t figure out why it was showing up sometimes and not others. I’ll keep Fat Tony employed from now on.
My bobbing yoga mat won’t go away either. And it’s always in the task book. 🙁
Strangest thing, I have all 5 characters, including snake, in yoga but the icon still shows with the yoga mat and hammer above it. I see others are reporting the same issue. I never even got my missing donuts back so feeling this rollout was pretty glitch and needed more debugging.
Contact EA to get your donuts back.
Just updated the game and fat tony is no longer available to make yoga mats. Anyone else have this issue?
See the details right under this very post under the Character Tasks breakdown.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/07/30/new-gil-deal-in-town-ice-cream-homer/
i only get 1 yoga mat at a time if I put four workers on yoga mats… Anyone else have this problem??
I’ve been seeing this go around. First thing to try is the basic uninstall/reinstall. If it still happens after that, contact EA.
Fat Tony isn’t showing up in the LA Body Works list anymore. I unlocked him and he worked a few times but now isn’t on the list. LA Body Works always has the hammer above it like it has an available position to be filled. Nelson is unlockable and my storage isn’t filled. What is happening? I haven’t given Tony a Springfield task so he is just waking around right now.
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Wish I’d seen this BEFORE contacting EA. They told me they didn’t know what was wrong and made me uninstall, reinstall. Urgh. Is Snake unlocked already or do i have to spend resources on him even though i paid for Fat Tony already?
If you had Tony unlocked, Snake will be too. It is like he just took his spot.
For whatever reason, Fat Tony is no longer a LA BodyWorks earner and Snake is…which was nice to know right after I put him on a 24 hour task…
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Following the update, Snake has replaced Fat Tony at LA Body Works on the “recruit new muscle task”. Strange. I guess it’s ok as long as snake isn’t used anywhere else. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out if he belongs anywhere else. I looked on the site and didn’t find that snake was needed on any tasks but wanted to be sure….So my questions are…is anyone else seeing this switch? And did I overlook snake having a task in Springfield heights?
Thanks in advance.
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Is it just me, or did Fat Tony’s task to get yoga mats get replaced with a task for Snake?
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Why does my game have Snake in the ‘Recruit some Muscle Slot’ instead of Fat Tony?
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Ever since today’s update Fat Tony can’t make yoga mats anymore. I get the yoga mat icon in the top left corner but he is not on the list anymore. 🙁
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Fat Tony isn’t an option anymore since Gil showed up today. Weird??
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
I swear no one had asked yet when I posted that. Lol!
Currently the Bodyworks removed Fat Tony from the list, added Snake in place of him and had the yoga mat logo over the building as if I have an available job (which I do not), unintended bug I assume?
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Anyone else has Fat Tony bugged after patch, he cant “work” at the LA Body Work. But the icon on the building still marks that there is a char that’s now working in there. All others are working fine.
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Just had ice cream van update and it changed a character task for la body works, now have snake doing the task in place of fat tony, still has the icon above to indicate there still a task to allocate but no fat tony
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Looks like Snake replaced Fat Tony, but still has the “Recruit Some Muscle” task. I’m guessing this was swapped in the latest update which just happened for me.
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Did Fat Tony lose his job making Yoga Mats today? After an update around 12:30pm CST my game no longer uses Fat Tony to make Yoga Mats. Wth? Anyone else having this issue?
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
Did anyone else lose the ability to have Fat Tony earn yoga mats in the update?? I already had him unlocked-and I have Nelson unlocked- and now my yoga mat emblem sits on top of the building, like I can do something, but I don’t have the Fat Tony option. He’s just wandering around :/
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
This morning’s forced update through the Google Play store seems to have removed Fat Tony’s task at LA Body Works, and replaced it with a task for Snake. I’m guessing this is affecting everyone, or will.
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
In my game, Snake has replaced Fat Tony in the task list for LA Body Works, still the same task “Recruit Some Muscle”. Is this a glitch? Or is anyone else noticing this in their games?
Also, the bobbing yoga mat symbol over the building doesn’t go away now even when all the task spots are being worked on…
EA changed it. No explanation. Looking into it.
I noticed the job for Fat Tony is gone and now it’s Snake in his place. Is my game glitching out or is this a permanent change?
EA changed it.
not having disco stew is a real hindersome there should be an alternative
I think it was smart that the one premium character they used for the coffee shop was the Squeaky Voiced Teen. As an unusually inexpensive premium character he’s the one people are probably most likely to have, and the one that EA is most likely to convince people to spring for if they don’t have him. And the coffee shop seems to be particularly pivotal in this new section, as coffee is a necessary ingredient for any purchases that involve coffee, electronic devices, or pharmaceuticals. (I’m not sure about statues yet, but I’m working on unlocking them.)
The game has started to branch into multi-piece buildings… the outside opera, and the Tap Ball stadium… but so far the classic mansion seems to be the best designed as far as providing pieces that connect seamlessly and allow some creativity in layout. And, unlike single-piece buildings, I like that I can drop a plant or other decoration into a little nook in the side of the building. I haven’t started with the modern mansions yet, and I hope they are similar, but I think I’m going to like the classic mansion best.
SVT is the only premium I have of the bunch, got him from a mystery box and he definitely helps out a lot.
As far as the modern mansions go, I stuck one beside that sky scraper that came with Fallout Boy, fits in quite nicely and looks like an extension. They’d also probably go well with the Zenith City apartments that we could craft during that event.
I really like that you can mix and match and make a bunch of different designs. Just wish they wouldn’t disappear when I stored them! My SH looks like a giant jumbled mess of condo and mansion farms because I don’t want to store anything. I really want to design my city but I’m going to have to wait until there’s a patch that fixes the storing glitch.
Changing the subject……I received an email from EA in regards to the patch to fix missing doughnuts, etc. Long story short….they anticipate the patch will be released today (Tuesday) or Wednesday.
Wonder if that patch will fix my cash problem. Since Tap Ball ended I have 1.8 Billion cash, but it should “only” be around 25 Million. I am very worried EA will ban my account since there are 1.775 Billion too much in my game…
The dude from chat support did not want to understand my problem and was insisting on the patch going to restore my donuts… Great news if you have cash problems…
Since premium characters get double amounts and so few statues are needed, do NOT use freemium characters to generate statues IF you have Bumblebee man. If you send him alone to get statues, it will tale him five hours to collect 50 statues at a cost of only fifty pharma. This means you save from 1.5 to 2 hours depending on whether or not you have Jasper.
If you are having trouble with craft-producing characters reporting late to work, simply add a single square of road near the building’s entrance. Since mine are all clustered anyway, I used one square for all six buildings.
Last, in case anyone was wondering which items to craft for that ubiquitous furniture, here is the breakdown by worst to best results showing: the cost in furniture, the return for that cost, the return for one unit of furniture, and finally the return for 200 furniture, which is the value of the best and most expensive items. Since eventually everyone is going to have to buy for RE point effect once they have their glut of lampposts, trees, etc., perhaps we should have a contest to see who can amass the most jet skis, gold trees, SH gates, and gold plants?
fence 10 1500 150,00 30000,00
lamppost 30 5000 166,67 33333,33
tree 1 25 4500 180,00 36000,00
tree 2 25 4500 180,00 36000,00
plant 5 1000 200,00 40000,00
wall 15 3000 200,00 40000,00
gold palm 150 200000 1333,33 266666,67
jet ski 200 300000 1500,00 300000,00
gold tree 200 300000 1500,00 300000,00
Sh gate 50 75000 1500,00 300000,00
gold plant 100 150000 1500,00 300000,00
Useful data, thanks! To bad there isn’t a TSTO Addicts gmail account which could be used for sharing spreadsheets and such… That data would be so much easier to read in a spreadsheet or table! (Spreadsheet would be better, because then it would be sortable, too.)
*Too bad (not “To bad”)
I can send it directly to you using my facebook page to exchange email addresses. Otherwise, it is easy to program oneself. Enter =(C1/B1) in the equation box (not directly into the data box) for the data box at the top of the second to last column and =(C1/B1)*200 for the last box. Then just drag the data box down to copy the formulas to the other data boxes in the columns. Do doubt my explanation is too short and as clear as mud, but the operation is very easy. It took me minutes to create the graph. Always happy to share.
Oh, I know how to set it up and I may even do that at some point (at which point your data will come in handy and save me from having to go back and find the numbers myself). If I ever get around to putting together some spreadsheets, I’ll see if there’s a place/way I can make it easily sharable!
Oops, Sraige, I forgot to say thank you for your kind offer before I hit submit. So, thanks! 🙂
….But, but, but…that’s a small part of why I purchased Bumblebee Man. 🙁
I didn’t quite get what you said. You said don’t use him. Or did you say “only” use him? Either way I’m using him. hah. Just tell me which technique is best, master. *Ralphie quotes*
Thank you for remembering my earlier post. All of the crafting supplies are finely tuned to one another except furniture (way too much) and statues (little need). So if you have, for example, Jasper and do not have Disco Stu, the proportions are wrong and you need to drop a player or two (a nice correction being made by Becca). However, because you need so few statues, all you need for the most part is Bumblebee man (BBM) making them alone. Then one statue equals one pharma, saving you the cost of making a second pharma. Just keep him making them all the time because at 6 statues per hour, he is slightly slower than pharma so you need to craft them in advance or wait. To be more specific, crafting the 175 pharma (125 + 50 for BBM) at freemium rates takes 7 hours, but BBM can only craft 50 statues in 8.33 hours. Modern Mansion level 4 requires 15 statues (2.5 hours for BBM alone) and 30 pharma + 15 for BBM (an hour and 48 min. to craft at freemium). Any better or just the same confusing text?
Better AND confusing text. 😉 Only use him, I hear. The evening out reason, I hear. Stuff like that. I’m not getting into or worrying about the detes until necessary. For example I’m at a point of waiting it out a bit before the next level is reached (which is before I even get to the theater). I’m really going to try to chill at this point. But, thanks! I’ll hunt your comment down if that stage comes. 🙂
I hate having 36 characters tied up indefinitely, so I am putting on the steam to get through this. I had hoped to put the game aside for a few weeks until the next event hit so I could get some work done. As a consequence, I am way ahead of the average neighbour in my century. I agree, that without the background, my comments could be confusing. Playing around a bit when the time is right should do the trick. Good luck and happy tapping.