Hey there Nerdereenos!
Act 2 is now in full swing and much like Act 1… there is panic of “Can I really get all the Prizes in time?”
Once again we are seeing the same kind of panic on the Project Board caps, Neighbor Visits, and daily tapping. No worries, here to help out as usual for those that scream “I CAN’T MATH!”
Lots of options all around in the game of ways to earn the needed Duct Tape, so let’s break each one down a bit smaller and take a closer look.
PROJECT BOARD
As we learned in Act one, the Project Board has some kind of Cap on it. A Cap of just how many Duct Tapes you can earn per day from the Project Board. So let’s take a look at just how much Duct Tape you can earn just from the Project Board.
Again, this is ONLY on the Project Board. Nothing else. No Bonuses, Possums, Neighbors, etc. JUST THE PROJECT BOARD REWARDS.
Let’s take a look at these caps (as they are stated to appear, although I see different in my games)
As you can see, it seems you are SUPPOSED to be hitting a Cap of 7500 a day until the very last day of Act 2 where you jump to 15,000 Cap.
It’s a running total and NOT an individual per day cap. The cap per day is set at 7,500.
Also important to note it’s not a hard 7,500. You can go slightly over it each day (depending on the projects you do) from what I’m seeing…BUT if you go over it the previous day, the next days amount will be lower. It balances out in the end, that by September 3rd you can earn a max of 97,500 Duct Tapes from the Project Board.
Side Note: The Cap this time will NOT lift once you get all your Personal Prizes. I got them all and am still running into a cap.
So from the project board you’ll earn 97,500 Duct Tapes
UPDATE 8/27: With the Changes to the Project Board Caps, you now can get 133,000 Duct Tapes
MY PROJECT BOARD RESULTS
Now, as far as MY games are going, I am hitting around 9000-9500 Caps each day before I am locked out. I am not sure why I am able to exceed the 7500 but I wanted to let you know. For instance, here are my results…
382 + 1263 + 19 + 950 + 1915 + 2 + 1546 + 826 + 2045 + 1744 = 10692
1915 + 190 + 1792 + 2659 + 763 + 380 + 1692 = 9391
1992 + 2845 + 1924 + 1792 + 2 + 248 + 960 = 9763
I will continue to test this throughout the week. But just in case there is a “glitch” and they patch it, the info is 7500 for now… results for me a bit different.
UPDATE 8/27: My counts were proving accurate. 9500 Daily Caps for most of Act 2 and rising at end.
DAILY BONUS PROJECTS
Of course 97,500 isn’t enough to unlock all of the prizes, as you’ll need 132,700 to get to the Hippie w/Uriah’s Heap Recycling Center. Let’s take a look at a separate Bonus from the Project Board. The Daily Bonus.
Here’s a look at those Daily Bonuses (and the tasks needed to earn it):
| Date | Bonus Payout | # of Projects Required |
| 8/23 | 1200 | 2 |
| 8/24 | 1200 | 2 |
| 8/25 | 1200 | 2 |
| 8/26 | 1200 | 2 |
| 8/27 | 1800 | 3 |
| 8/28 | 1800 | 3 |
| 8/29 | 1200 | 2 |
| 8/30 | 2400 | 4 |
| 8/31 | 2400 | 4 |
| 9/1 | 1200 | 2 |
| 9/2 | 1200 | 2 |
| 9/3 | 3000 | 5 |
So if you make all the Daily Bonuses throughout Act 2 you’ll earn an additional 19,800 Duct Tapes
PROJECT BOARD TOTAL ACT 2
If you are able to collect all the available Duct Tapes according to the Project Board Cap, you will earn 97,500 Duct Tapes.
Then if you get all the Daily Bonuses just for clearing out a few Project Board Tasks, you will earn 19,800 Duct Tapes.
97,500 + 19,800 = 117,300 Duct Tapes
Just with the Project Board alone, you will be just 15,400 Duct Tapes from the Final Prize.
Since we know you do not want to stop there, as well as with the possibility of some extra Monorail Track Pieces BEYOND the Personal Prizes, let’s keep going further on other options around the game to earn more Duct Tapes.
NEIGHBOR VISITS
You’ll earn Duct Tape in Act 2 for Dumping Garbage on your Neighbors Buildings. The Daily Actions will be the same.
90 Daily Actions Total (Roughly 30 Neighbors at 3 taps each)
6 Duct tapes for each Building you tap on to Dump Garbage on.
So just bouncing around and making your Neighbors Houses all smelly will bring you in 6 Duct Tapes x 90 Daily Actions = 540 Duct Tapes a Day
Act 2 started 8/23 and will run until 9/4, so let’s look at 12 Days Total of tapping.
540 x 12 = 6480 Duct Tapes
CLEARING THE STINK LINES
Back in your town, the Garbage that was dumped on your Buildings by your Neighbors will leave you Stink rising up from the Buildings. Tapping on the Building to clear this off will give you an additional 1 Duct Tape
As this number all depends on how many active Neighbor Visits you have, just think of these as an added Bonus to your totals.
If you are having issues clearing the stink, see the help info HERE.
POSSUMS POSSUMS POSSUMS
Possum’s appear when you place a Monorail Station. Currently there are 3 possible Monorail Stations in the game. (2 Freemium, 1 Premium.) Possum’s will start out at each Monorail Station at a rate of 8 Possums every 4hrs. Each Possum you tap as it scurries out of the Monorail Station will give you 10 Duct Tapes each.
Side Note: You WILL need to tap the Possum Icon over each Monorail Station to release them at the 4hr mark. They will not appear on their own.
Let’s breakdown a few different looks at the possible Payouts for the Monorail Station Possums.
Main Monorail Act 1: 8 Possums every 4 hrs x 10 Duct Tapes = 80 Duct Tapes every 4hrs
80 Duct Tapes x 2 Collections a Day = 190 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 3 Collections a Day = 240 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 4 Collections a Day = 320 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 5 Collections a Day = 400 Duct Tapes a Day
Tetanus Monorail Act 2: 8 Possums every 4 hrs x 10 Duct Tapes = 80 Duct Tapes every 4hrs
80 Duct Tapes x 2 Collections a Day = 190 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 3 Collections a Day = 240 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 4 Collections a Day = 320 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 5 Collections a Day = 400 Duct Tapes a Day
You could almost reach 6 collections a Day if you are really on it.
For not even getting that far either of the Acts, you can still bring in a lot of extra Duct Tape Daily with little effort. Now for a step further. As going into your game 4 times a day seems pretty standard for many, I will look at those totals overall for 12 Days.
320 Duct Tapes a Day x 12 Days in Act 2 = 3840 Duct Tapes
That is just ONE Monorail Station. Double the total for 2.
3840 Duct Tapes x 2 Monorail Stations = 7,680 Duct Tapes
MORE POSSUMS
There is added benefit to placing Track Pieces into your game for the Monorails, and NO they do NOT need to be attached to the Stations… just in the game. You will get MORE Possums every 4 hrs.
These are the result I saw in my games…
Up to 11 Track Pieces – 8 Possums
12-23 Track Pieces – 9 Possums
24-35 Pieces – 10 Possums
36-47 Pieces – 11 Possums
48-59 Pieces – 12 Possums
60 Pieces – 13 Possums
From what I see in my game, every 12 Track Pieces you add to your town will add 1 more Possum Scurrying out of your Monorail Stations when you tap them every 4 hours.
I am currently sitting at 60 Pieces in my test game. You get 21 from completing all of Personal Prizes in Act 1, and 21 from Act 2. The rest can be won by completing random tasks and the Ahead of the Track Bonus after all Personal Prizes are awarded.
You can read more about the Ahead of the Track Bonus on the Calendar Posts.
****PREMIUM OPTIONS****
For those of you that like to splurge a lil extra Donuts into the game, there are a few things that will indeed help you out on the Daily Totals. Let’s take a look.
DUMPING PERMIT
For those of you that splurged 60 Donuts and took it one step further, The Dumping Permit doubles your Total. That means you can add an additional 5940 Duct Tapes
KRUSTY’S DRIVE THRU STATION
For those of you that splurged 150 Donuts to add another Monorail Station to your game, here are the additional Payout options you will see for Krusty’s Drive-Thru Station
Krusty’s Drive Thru Station Act 2: 8 Possums every 4 hrs x 10 Duct Tapes = 80 Duct Tapes every 4hrs
80 Duct Tapes x 2 Collections a Day = 190 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 3 Collections a Day = 240 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 4 Collections a Day = 320 Duct Tapes a Day
80 Duct Tapes x 5 Collections a Day = 400 Duct Tapes a Day
Collection 4 times a Day for Act 2…
320 Duct Tapes a Day x 12 Days in Act 2 = 3840 Duct Tapes
LITTLE LISA’S RECYCLING PLANT
For those of you that splurged 200 Donuts to pick up Little Lisa’s Recycling Plant and put it on your shoreline, you are adding 350 Duct Tapes to your total every 4hrs. Let’s break this one down to how that Donut Purchase will impact your totals overall.
350 Duct Tapes x 2 Collections a Day = 700 Duct Tapes a Day
350 Duct Tapes x 3 Collections a Day = 1050 Duct Tapes a Day
350 Duct Tapes x 4 Collections a Day = 1400 Duct Tapes a Day
350 Duct Tapes x 5 Collections a Day = 1750 Duct Tapes a Day
Now for a look at the totals by the end of Act 2 basing it again off of 4 Collections a day.
1400 Duct Tapes a Day x 12 Days in Act 2 = 16800 Duct Tapes
QUICK RECAP
Now with an idea of WHAT you can earn and some of the options for additional earnings too, let’s add up some of those very Basic totals.
- 97,500 from Project Board
- 19,800 from Daily Bonuses
- 6480 from Neighbor Tapping
- 7,680 from Four Possum Collections per Day on Two Stations
This leaves just 1240 Duct Tapes to reach the Personal Prize Total of 132,700. That is EASILY picked up by tapping a few houses that Garbage has been dumped on. Adding a few more Collections to the Daily Collections. Or just by simply even just adding those Track Pieces you win into your town and increasing your Possums.
There is also one more item left not in these totals just yet… if you play 5 days in a row… you get the Daily Combo Bonus of 5000 Duct Tapes
131,460 Duct Tapes + 5000 Duct Tape Daily Combo Bonus = 136,460 Duct Tapes
And that my friends sums up this Monorail Math Act 2 Post! You can see that both Freemiums and Premiums should have no problem hitting these totals and beyond just by playing daily. Lots of wiggle room too.
What are your thoughts on the math of this event? How are you doing with your Duct Tape count so far? Are you visiting all your neighbors daily? Clearing those possums? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!