Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Well it’s not Christmas, but EA has dropped an update in our laps today nonetheless. As Springfield Heights Round 2 hits our games…
This is an IN-GAME update…so there’s nothing to download from the App Store. This should automatically download for you direct to your game once you start up TSTO. If you don’t see it (you should see the downloading update screen) try hard closing and restarting TSTO, you can also restart your device.
Cookie Kwan will start this off (should auto-start) for you. As always, I’ll be back with more info as soon as I go through it…
So as mentioned above Cookie will kick things off with some auto-start dialogue…
Cookie: This tunnel to Springfield Heights is ruining the curb appeal. It’s too bad there’s no possible way to move a tunnel.
Cookie: I’ve got some prime real estate- available for one day only!
Homer: Woo Hoo! Stuff on sale!
Cookie: It’s not on sale. The rich don’t need discounts.
Carl: What about government subsidies?
Lenny: Yeah, and there’s the whole “too big to fail” situation, too!
Cookie: Sure, the rich want free stuff. But when they spend it, they like to pay full price.
Lindsey Neagle: Is that 50 cups of coffee in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
At this point you’ll unlock a new questline for SH (which Cookie will start as well) and a whole bunch of new stuff in the shop!
First the premium SH items have made a comeback for the next 36hrs…so if you didn’t pick them up last time and wanted them, now’s your chance:
Polo Field House- 200 Donuts. Should I Buy
Plastic Surgery Center- 80 Donuts. Should I Buy
Incubator Think Tank- 100 Donuts. Should I Buy
Column Mansion- 120 Donuts. Should I Buy
A couple of changes/additions to Springfield and Heights
NEW LAND!!!!
2 new strips in Springfield Heights…going away from the ocean
AND
2 new strips in Springfield! Bottom of the screen, furthest from the mountains.
You can also change the look of your SH upgrade-able buildings! Just tap on them and you’ll be able to change to whichever facade you prefer… 🙂
Now onto the new free stuff…
First there’s a new currency in Springfield Heights…Ads 
Here’s what you should see to start
Ocean Suite- 20 
. +60k 
Exotic Pond- 20 +120k
Elegant Grill- 10 +60k
Ultra Luxury Yacht- 200 
+900k
Clay Tennis Court- 10 
+150k
Gone Fission- 85 Donuts. +35million
Then there’s a whole bunch of stuff that will unlock as you move through the questline…
A NEW CHARACTER! Lindsey Naegle!
You’ll unlock Lindsey once you unlock the Marketing Agency, on the new land plot.
Marketing Agency- Unlocked via land 15 . Once unlocked you’ll get Lindsey Naegle. The Marketing Agency will also be how you earn Ads ( ).
Ads- To earn ads you’ll need to send characters on tasks at the Marketing Agency (just like all of the other SH currencies). Each time you send a character on a task there it’ll cost you TWO 
AND TWO and takes 16 minutes. The yield is 1 for Freemium characters and 2 for premium characters. Here’s a list of who can go:
Blue Haired Lawyer
Lindsey Naegle
Skinner (increases storage by 10)- Costs 40 and 20 to unlock
Martin (increases storage by 30)- Can only unlock AFTER you unlock Skinner. Costs 60 and 30 to unlock.
Carl (increases storage by 50)- Can only unlock AFTER you unlock Martin. Costs 80 and 40 to unlock.
Lenny (increases storage by 100)- Can only unlock AFTER you unlock Carl. Costs 100 and 50 to unlock.
MAXIMUM STORAGE FOR ADS IS 200.
Here’s a look at the items you’ll unlock as you move through the questline..
Exclusive Resort- Requires 20 million . Costs 10 Unlocks after SH Pt. 10 (Can build 10)
Opera House- 150 Donuts. Requires Unlocks after SH Pt. 11
Elite Yacht Club- 20 . Earns 120 million. Unlocks at SH Pt. 12
Private Island- 40 Requires 7.5 Million . Unlocks after SH Pt. 14 (can build 3)
Mountain Lodge- Unlocks after Lodge a Complaint Pt. 8. This is a “prize” for completing the Lodge a Complaint questline
Ornate Pier- 15. Requires SH Pt. 12. Earns 90k (like Squidport. Can build tiles via tapping on the pier…similar to Squidport tiles)
Ornate Pier Bench- 10 
+45k . Unlocks after you unlock the Ornate Pier
Ornate Pier Railing- 1 +4,500. Unlocks after you unlock the Ornate Pier
Ornate Pier Post- 2 +9,000 Unlocks after you unlock the Ornate Pier
Christmas Teaser…
You’ll see a short questline pop up from Ned after you start the SH questline. This is a teaser for Christmas, here’s a look:
The Proclamation of Decoration
Flanders starts
Flanders: December’s here! That means the Lord’s birthday is right around the corner!
Rod & Todd: Yay!!
Flanders: Get decorating, boys! We’re gonna party like its 4 to 6 B.C. The Bible’s a little cloudy on the actual date.
Make Ned Decorate his House- 30s, Earns $3, 1xp
So it looks like Christmas will be starting up next week….
Who’s ready for some snow?!
And that’s it my friends. The details of Springfield Heights Part 2..
What are your thoughts on part 2? Excited for new land? How about Lindsey joining Springfield? Thoughts on the new items added? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
I want to restart AKA nuke my Springfield so I can redesign it. Does anyone know what happens to Springfield Heights and Krustyland? Would I have to unlock the Heights again or redo the quests for Krustyland? Thanks!
My username is daddelongleg
They only have us 36 hours 🙁 ugh. I was moving and unable once again to get the premium buildings.
Just realized this was from a while ago, now I don’t feel so bad lol.
Hi can I check how much hidden XP percentage does each upgraded private island give?
I don’t have a quick way too do it
OK. thanks. Seemed like this info is hard to dig out in the net.
Wait until you have two white houses ready for collection. Make a note of how much XP you have. Collect one of the houses. Make a note of how much XP you have now. Then store or put out one of the upgraded private islands and collect the other white house. Compare the yield between the two.
Oh yeah. I actually did something like what you mentioned. I think it is worth 1.5 percent per island. By the way, thanks, I am surprised you still read this old thread!
I subscribe to the comments for all of the posts I comment in, so I get an email whenever there’s a new comment in that post. 🙂
I have got the app for The Elite yacht club but can’t place it. How do I put it in?
Water and beach. Has to be on both
Why so few craftable SH pier tiles?? I need more! Any idea when they might increase the #?
Probably not for a little while. And I think the limitation on numbers has to do with performance issues. They’re trying to prevent people from having too many items..
It says in the post you can build 3 private islands and I bought one at the start of the event and they’re gone from my store. I never was even offered the opera house which I’ve gotten no where with EA on. Was the island limited time? I have 1 resort and it says I can build 10 more
They should still be there. Are you looking in the Springfield Heights Icon? (when you expand the menu, there’s the icon that that looks like the brick SH sign..)
That’s not in my menu either, I’ll try taping the sign next to the tunnel
You don’t see this icon when you expand your menu?
https://tstoaddicts.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/springfield-heights-icon.png
Well that’s weird. Nothing happens when I tap on the entrance either. Weird. Well guess it’s EA, *shudders*. Wish this little doodle godspeed.
If you unlocked Number 1 and get the mountain lodge, he has a 60m task that yields 15 lattes.
Not sure where to ask this..looked at other posts and couldn’t find anything about it. I hope you can point me in the right direction. Just happen to notice that number one from the stonecutter shays an hour task for 15 coffees or lattes. Is there anyone else that has tasks like this?! Thanks for all you do!!!
Yea it’s part of Springfield Heights when you get the mtn lodge.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/12/03/turbo-tappin-springfield-heights-heights-round-2-and-lodge-a-complaint/
Does the Ornate Pier come with buildings? Or can we just put buildings on it?
It’s like squidport but for heights
Do the new SH buildings give you the hidden XP bonus?
I have to wait until Monday to contact EA. Still no opera house
Honestly … after I’ve gotten all the other SH things leveled up, I’ve boxed them and placed houses that earn money/xp instead. That’s what i’ll be doing here too probably. I’m mostly a freemium player so I need all the xp/% items I can get.
If you need all the XP you can get, I suggest bringing those Springfield Heights buildings out of storage, since they each have a significant hidden XP bonus multiplier. As a freemium player, XP is even more important than cash.
Totally agree after you get your 2 billion why keep these buildings that give nothing in return? They take up valuable land which I can use for buildings that return $$ and/or XP.
hidden…xp…bonus……
The aquarium animation in the Exclusive Resort is pretty cool. However, I was disappointed when I realized it’s not actually transparent. My train went behind the building, but you could not see it through the tank. Now there’s an upgrade that I would work for!
I find it peculiar that the pier tiles attached to the Elite Yacht Club and the Private Island are standard Squidport tiles, instead of the new Ornate Pier tiles. Does that mean that those two “buildings” are up-gradable, and will *eventually* have Ornate tiles?
I suspect the Christmas event will be as underwhelming as the last Halloween event. It looks like most of EA’s efforts have gone to Springfield Heights. And, again, instead of launching Xmas sooner and build up excitement to the holiday, it’ll likely linger on way past the New Year.
I don’t think your argument has much merit, but I’m happy to see folks have more modest expectations for the Christmas event than the Halloween event. Back when everyone was wildly over-anticipating the Halloween event, I posted that I was concerned about how everyone’s expectations were so high, and that they were just setting themselves up for disappointment, since it would be hard for EA to ever meet those expectations. And, sure enough, most people were disappointed (as I thought they almost inevitably would be). The players I felt the most bad for were the ones who hadn’t done a Halloween event before…they just kept reading everyone’s big buildup and then were disappointed when it wasn’t as as mind blowing as foods had said it would be.
So, I’m all for people having more modest expectations of the Christmas event, and hope that EA ends up disproving the unfounded theory that you just set forth.
I don’t know. I agree with Anthony. I have been playing for two years now and I was also disappointed with the Halloween event for many reasons – especially not being able to send the kids out on visual tasks with their costumes, and absolutely nothing good to buy for long time players. I am tired of the 3 act cookie cutter circus and I want those gift bags and better community interaction/prizes back. And I would like holidays to start around the time people generally decorate and begin anticipating in real life (like Dec 1 for Christmas), and end just shortly thereafter (i.e. from Boxing Day on, I want to be able to enjoy some downtime tapping away Christmas, but by around Jan 4 – get rid of it!!).
I agree with everything you’ve just said…never said I didn’t.
It was my first Halloween event, but don’t feel bad for me. I heard similar high expectations for Monorail, too. Seeing how people hated Tap Ball before it even started, let’s just say I had good experience not following along blindly with people where they wanted to lead me. So, while THOH was a bit disappointing, it was because of EA and not because of commenters. In the case of Xmas, I’m ready to be disappointed but only because of what I have actually seen from EA when it comes to events. (That is, their ability to fail well, not that they can’t do well. I hope for the latter but brace myself for the former.)
For very new newbies, I’d say your statement stands well if this is their first or second event.
Spotted a mistake: “Elite Yacht Club- 20 . Earns 120 million”
It earns 120 000 only.
anyone else notice the shacks and tents can no longer go on squidport boardwalk pieces? I have a few already there and went to try and move them around and now they can only go on land. Only my game or has something changed?