Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
So, Act 1 is coming to an end. As in…Today is the last full day of tapping before it ends. Act 1 Ends May 3rd at 0800 GMT. So time is ticking down quick.
We’re seeing a TON of comments from people about what to do, what you should save, what you should spend & a million other questions. Now we’ve covered just about every single question we’re seeing in the comments in one post or another (except for a breakdown of the Quick Sand Pros and Cos)…but I dunno if you guys just aren’t seeing them…if you’re having trouble realizing that the info is in the posts…or if you just don’t care about what we write and you’re still going to ask a million times in the comments anyway. 😉
So…this is your FULL breakdown for the End of Act 1 and various other things. Included in this post (so there are no excuses about why the info was missed):
–Bonuts from Clues (and why you’re not getting them)
-Changing the Task at the Town Plaza from Earning Hats to Earning Pickaxes (and vice versa)
–Should You Turn in Your Pickaxes and Hats or Save them
-Should You Send your Prospectors or Save them
-Will Currency Change with Act 2
-Can You Still Get Act 1 Prizes During Act 2
-Break down (Should I Buy) of the Quicksand
-As well as other changes that will happen when Act 1 ends….including what items will leave the store
So if you have a question about one of those items, check out this post.
Remember…Act 1 Ends May 3rd at 0800 GMT, 4am EDT.
Ok let’s start with the number 1 question/comment we’re seeing…
I’ve Unlocked The Rib Hut and It Says Keep Earning Clues for Donuts…WHERE ARE MY DONUTS?!!!!!!!!!
Ok. As we’ve covered, over and over and OVER again….there are no bonut rounds with this update. Yes, you may get the task to earn 1500 Clues after you’ve earned all the prizes…I promise you. It’s not a task for donuts.
Is this misleading? A little. But there are donuts awarded via the General Store today. One of your General Store Prizes…the last one for Act 1:
So…you collect pickaxes and hats to trade in at the general store. Pickaxes and hats = clues. Clues=donuts (today). Therefore collecting more clues awarded you donuts…so not a lie. Just a little misleading.
We covered this completely in this post here…
Why Am I Not Earning All of the Prizes? I Can’t Get Enough Pickaxes and hats! What Am I Doing Wrong?!
This is something we covered in the rundown post way back when Act 1 hit, this is also something that was broken out for you in the Act 1 questline. I did not do a full blown how to post on this, because I honestly didn’t think I needed to. However, we’ll do one now…since I’m seeing a lot of people confused on this. Because you’re going to need to know how to do this, if you don’t already, for Act 2.
So here’s the deal…you control your own destiny with Pickaxes and Hats. You can assign characters to do tasks at the Town Plaza to earn you Pickaxes or Hats every 4hrs.
The town plaza looks like this:
Tap on it to bring up the task lists. Where you see it says start a craze, tap on that:
This is going to give you 2 options. 1 for Homer 1 for Apu:
Select one to determine which currency you want to earn. If you select Apu you’ll be able to send characters to earn pickaxes. If you select Homer you’ll be able to send characters to earn hats. So decided which you want and hit start.
In this scenario let’s assume we selected Sell Overprice Supplies…
Now go BACK into the Town Plaza (tap on it) and select the start button next to Buy Overpriced Supplies:
This will bring up the list of characters you can send to the Town Plaza to earn you Pickaxes by buying overpriced supplies:
Now another list will appear if you selected Get Riled up:
You can only select one or the other…and it takes 4hrs to clear the tasks.
The Pickaxes earn at DOUBLE the rate of Cowboy hats. Which is why some of you seem to always bottleneck with hats.
Here’s my strategy, and I never have an issue: For Act 1 for every 1 time I’d send characters for pickaxes I’d send them twice for Hats. So my day would be: Pickaxes (4hrs), Hats (4hrs), Hats (4hrs)..and repeat. I also make sure I go in every 4hrs to clear the tasks.
Now this is going to change for Act 2, but I will make sure I break it all down in it’s own post for Act 2 with the new changes for those that are confused….
From there you just hand in at the General Store to earn Clues…
Should You Turn in Your Pickaxes and Hats or Save them?
If you’ve finished Act 1 and the prizes..and earned all of your General Store prizes. SAVE YOUR PICKAXES AND HATS. There is no point in turning them in for Clues, since Clues are worthless now that you’ve earned all of the prizes. SO SAVE THEM!!!!
We covered this in several posts but in particular on the rundown of the last prize the Rib Hut here.
Should You Send your Prospectors or Save them?
Prospectors will remain for Act 2. So it’s up to you if you want to save them for the start of Act 2. At this point I don’t think it matters too much since we’re hours away from Act 2 starting.
Personally, I’d just take a look and see if it looks like any of your neighbors are struggling and send them their way. Otherwise hold onto them for the start of Act 2.
Will Currency Change with Act 2?
Yes, Clues 
will be completely useless once Act 2 starts. And there will be a new currency that arrives for us to earn prizes with.
HOWEVER…Pickaxes 
and Hats 
will remain. And a new “crafting/trade-in” currency will be introduced.
So forget about Clues…save Pickaxes and Hats. And be prepared for a new set of prizes once Act 2 hits..and a whole new way to get them.
Can You Still Get Act 1 Prizes During Act 2?
Not via Clues. Clues will disappear once Act 2 starts and be replaced by a new currency. So if you’re still able to get Act 1 prizes you missed it will be via donuts, as we’ve seen from recent events. So earn everything you can for free now before time runs down.
Break down (Should I Buy) of the Quicksand…
45 Donuts.
I always tell you guys decorations are a personal decision. If it’s something you like and want then get it. Otherwise it’s just not worth it…
The Quicksand is..meh in my opinion. It has some animation when tapped…the hat blows away and you see the guys face (and the bird is animated):
It is supposed to award a 2% bonus, however there are reports of the bonus not hitting towns. So if that happens, contact EA.
My personal opinion? I’m avoiding it. Just not worth the donuts to me.
So What Else Happens When Act 1 Ends?
Act 1 changing into Act 2 is an AUTOMATIC change. There is nothing you can do to stop it…there’s also nothing to download. It’s just programmed in our games to start at 0800 GMT on May 3rd. Which means if you haven’t finished Act 1 by the time Act 2 starts, you cannot go back to Act 1.
The following premium items leave the store:
Quicksand- 45 Donuts, adds 2% bonus on all cash and XP
Frink’s Mechano Spider- 130 Donuts. Adds a new job for Frink
Wilted Rose- 60 Donuts. Earns $200, 22xp/8hrs
Clues. Again, a new currency for prizes will be introduced once Act 2 starts.
Staying in the game:
Prospectors
Pickaxes and Hats However a new currency will be introduced as well, so this won’t have the same value they did in Act 1.
And that’s it my friends! Hopefully everything you need to know about Act 1 ending to get you ready and prepped for Act 2. And hopefully early enough in the day that I won’t have some readers yelling at me for not saying anything sooner…
Again Act 1 ends MAY 3rd at 0800 GMT…4am EDT
What were your thoughts on Act 1? Ready for Act 2 to start up? Which Act 1 prize was your favorite? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
i just got a free donut thanks to reading this post and learning I wouldn’t need clues after starting Act II. I just finished collecting all Act I prizes. My first choice daily challenge reward was to drop prospectors in friends towns for a reward of 60 clues. Since I knew I didn’t need the clues, thanks to this post, I opted for the second choice for daily challenge and it turned out to be to have Ned power walk and the reward was 1 free donut! Thanks Alissa.
Have you got your alarm set, Alissa? ⏰ Maybe I’ll stay up; 3 am for me. 😴 Haha, seriously, why do I only feel tired in the afternoon and never at night? 😀
lol i’m not sure if I will get up with the change this time dave. I kinda swore off doing that when Riley was born. But if I’m up…I do write it up quickly. So we’ll see what happens..
Is there a SIB on the wilted rose?
http://tstoaddicts.com/2016/04/27/should-i-spend-donuts-on-the-wilted-rose/
In my game too—is this a glitch???
Whoops–that was in reply to henchman24
Just wanted to say you are pretty awesome for working so hard to explain things which are self explanatory to many, but not to all. One question people may have soon is in regards to the crafting. Unless something changes it is my understanding that we won’t be crafting with our hats and pick axes (and pistols & gold) for extra rocks and decorations until May 24th-June 1st, the final week of the event. I am assuming we will still be trading hats and pick axes at the General Store in addition to pistols in act 2.
Depending on one’s situation, it may behoove us to hold onto our bandits at close of this evening so that when we exchange them, we will receive the “new” currency rather than the expiring Clues.
So if Act 2 leaves us without clues, does that make us,
Clueless?
Yup… just like Alicia Silverstone.
Thank you for repeating yourself – because this post wrapped up all the questions I wanted to read about. Save or spend, where’s the bonuts, should I try for more clues….All the answers in one tidy package. Thanks for spoiling us.
Although I’m guilty of it myself sometimes, at times I also feel like pointing out this website has a search function lol. Instead of re-asking a question, try the search, maybe it was covered somewhere 😀 Not directed at you iowawa, or anyone specific, just some questions get asked countless times over numerous threads on here, and if its getting to the last week or so of an Act, chances are it was already asked. lol
Opps, i meant Apulia get 2x the stuff Homer got, sorry
Disappointed, this is the first event I didnt max out, i got the bonuts but im 4k short of getting the 2nd to last prize, i dont know why I didn’t finish, i had Homer do the thing, because he got 2x than a punk, and set the rest to do the event crap, i have almost every premium character, if u read this, seND them dudes my way, I only had 2 or 3 friends drop in my Springfield, and i made sure I sent to all i could… Any suggestions maybe I can plan ahead for act two? Also, i did the friends list, like i do every day, it’s annoying that when they have these events, it takes literally two times longer to do then with normal friends tappin.. I think they should change it to, once u have gotten the max u can from the event stuff it should go back to normal tapping, because, if you havnt maxed out your friends level, you loose the xp you would get when people visit your town, and well cause it takes two times as long, if not 4.. I think the best I did normal friends tapping was 15m, but on Aug it takes no longer than 30, with the event stuff, it takes 60m+, also, what iv been doing while doing friends, is doing the stuff to get coffee cups, cell phones, i get to do 6 friends, then go back and make more coffee, it takes roughly two minutes to tap six friends….
Anways, any suggestions for act two will be appreciated!!!
Thanks in advance
Have you turned in all your supplies at the general store? Keep turning in as much as you can. Good luck. 🙂
You’re not supposed to send only Homer. Apu and Homer et you different currencies. Maybe you got a lot of pickaxes but 0 hats. My suggestion would be tonsee what you have less off and send characters to earn that currency. I double checked every time.
Also, for Act 2, try to hand in the min amount of supplies every day. Just 4 times a day, and keep hoarding currency until the last day of the event.
I’m having the same problem. I’m about 1300 short of the last prize and I’ve been going back and forth between generating hats and pick axes and I’ve been exchanging as much as possible every day. I have had very few prospectors in my town and I’ve given all of mine away to my neighbors. It’s not as much fun when you do as much as you can and you still can’t earn enough.
When I tap on prospectors and get hats it says +8 but I’m only getting 1 or 3 anyone else with this problem!?
Visually or added to your total?
Visually +8 but only 1 or 3 it’s random added to the total
Contact EA. They’ll probably advise uninstall and reinstall
Cant wait, been bored for last 5 days. I miss the bonuts at least it kept be busy between acts. I didn’t get a bonus with my quicksand either. Looks awesome in my town though next to the big rocks & magnifying glass with burning shrub @ end of beam.
Got it!
So,a very weird glitch happened to me today. A lot of tasks from previous updates popped out. Also, I can now view prizes from act 3(but not earn,act 2 is still unavaliable). Also I can now earn dynamite( act 3 currency) and even earn act 3 daily prizes. Should I contact EA now or wait until act 2 launches?
P.S. save your donuts, there will be 100 donuts character+building combo in this event(although this may be another bug with thr price)
Reboot your device. If that doesn’t work contact EA. 🙂
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Friend requests belong here…
http://tstoaddicts.com/2016/04/19/add-friends-for-gold-prospects/
Anywhere else they’ll get deleted. Thanks!
I use that same password.
Just so you know: you can actually get pickaxes and hats at the same time from the Town Plaza. Once you’ve started a “craze” you dont need to restart it the next time. The previous Craze is still on. So you can send half your players (Get Riled Up) to collect the previous item. Then start the opposite Craze with either Homer or Apu, and send the other half in for this new Craze. All on the same 4hrs. Its how I’ve kept the Rich Texan going 24/7.
Yea except it’s unproven. Every time I do it belle disappears and I don’t earn pickaxes from her.
I don’t know or have Belle but, I mean, I’m doing it right now. I was actually here to post a screen shot. I can’t seem to figure out how….?
I recommend imgur. Use the direct link option.
I have Belle in both my towns and the I haven’t had a problem with her disappearing in either town. (I guess I’ve been fairly lucky avoiding the myriad glitches this event; only problem I had was being invisible to all my neighbors for awhile.)
I’m not sure what you mean? I do this in both my towns all the time. Here’s screenshots showing Belle on my list after I switched to the other craze, if that helps.
Primary town:
http://i.imgur.com/rCrAstn.jpg?1
Secondary town:
http://i.imgur.com/nEqnKlH.jpg?1
every time i do it Belle disappears. As in she vanishes from the list and doesn’t come out of the building when I clear the tasks. Could just be my game…but I never recommend unless i can verify.
I don’t know if it works with Belle and Rich Texan, but it definitely works with all of the “regular” characters…I’ve done it a whole bunch of times, with no problems whatsoever.
But I could see that they might have possibly put something in to prevent folks from being able to collect from both Belle and the Rich Texan in the same go….
I’ve collected from both of them at the same time multiple times per day. If there’s a problem with it in some games, I doubt it’s deliberate.
Can’t wait for the Tumble-Weed! :l
will the clues be staying in Act2? Where are my bonuts? JOKING…. thanks for this post helpful.
I did find a way to do both tasks simultaneously. If you click on the Plaza area before starting any of the tasks when the window pops up a task is automatically assigned (either buy overpriced supplies or get riled up) At that point I select the task that is assigned and send 3 people on that task making sure that Homer and Apu are not sent. Then close out of the box and click on the plaza to get the window again and then select “start a craze” and this time I pick the opposite job from the one I picked initially.
I do this because the rich texan only does the get riled up job. If you do it this way he can always be earning loot.
If you go to the very first picture in the explanation above the pic has the start a craze option and an option for get riled up. In this instance I would have started by clicking on the get riled up and selected the rich texan, bart and Marge, then gone into Start a Craze and selected sell overpriced supplies and selected Homer, luralene and the prospector.
Sorry if I missed this…. if I don’t get to turn in 10 today for the donuts, will I be able to complete the task tomorrow and still get the 3 doughnuts?
Maybe…but with donuts I wouldn’t chance it.
Okie dokie thanks 🙂
Oh lord, I needed that laugh.
You know I can’t post the rest of that…but I agree…
Send me the original if you could. I forgot what I said
I edited it so I can’t resend it. But I will email you the basics of what you said…
Man – this little comment thread between you two is such a tease!! Now I’m dying to know, too (even though it’s totally none of my business).
Thanks. I think I I remember now. Didn’t think I was being too bad but I’ve been in a funk the last few days
“… As we’ve covered, over and over and OVER again….there are no bonut rounds with this update. …”
Huh.
……..
So hey, I’m confused… are there any bonut rounds with this update? 😉
I have a quick question about the finale that we collected the 5 pieces for?! Yes it gives us the ability to unlock a video but is that it? Or will the rubble turn into buildings when act 2 hits?! Or should it have Already turned into buildings because mine hasn’t and I have completed act 1
That’s it for now…just that little video. Nothing else should change, so don’t panic. If your town plaza looks like it does in this post, you’re fine.
I have krusty n moe tasks unlocked to do event jobs…but still don’t know where or how to do so!! Any insight?
They shouldn’t be unlocked until Act 2 starts. So that’s what’s screwing you up. It’s glitched and once act 2 starts it should be clearer.
I was just about to ask about the Clues. My phone fell off the dresser Sunday so now only half the screen works and I am having a ton of troubles visiting and doing anything. So I’m glad the clues will still be good I so hope my new phone is here within the week. Problems of living in small towns. 🙁 I had to have my phone shipped to my brothers house in the city. Well at least it will be in the same province anyway.
I missed the first couple of days of the event BUT thanks to all the crew a tstoaddicts, I finished Act 1 with two days to spare.
So this post is a drive by thanks for the ladies who barely sleep.
Don’t forget Wookiee 😉 At least I’m pretty sure he’s not a lady 😀
Now this is what i call a great informative and comprehensive post, good job.
Im saving hats and pickaxes but sending prospectors to my neighbors.
Gummy joe is the best, derpin around with his tooth. Honorable mention homers horse “riding” task.
Cant wait for act 2 and certian skin.
I still need a little over 2000 clues and I visited all my neighbors for today and dropped prospectors in every town. Should I just give up and save my hats and axes?
You should still be able to get 2000 if you keep playing.
Fingers crossed. I’m going to give it a shot! Thanx!
Thank you!! I did it! Phew! Now I can sleep.
This is what I would do if I was in your place: work as hard as I can to get all the clues you can. But, if it still looks like you wont make it in time then I would exchange the hats/pickaxes for the clues you need to finish.
Thanks so much! I’m tapping away.
You are very welcome. 🙂
Can you max out your purchasing of clues?
Make sure you’re sticking to only the biggest lots (the ones on the right)…best bang for your buck (or, rather, pickaxes and hats).
Thank you for this breakdown!
Ok, so just to be clear (I’m suffering from one of my migraines today so please bear with me) once I hand in 10 batches of clues to get the three donuts, I can’t send in another batch of 10 clues to get three more donuts right?
Correct. You can only get donuts ONCE.
Thank you Alissa 🙂 Hopefully all those pickaxes and hats will be worth some nice craftables in the next acts.
Can we hold off on completing the 10 tasks until tomorrow? This will allow us to generate the new currency and get Donuts if possible. Any idea if that’s the case?
Maybe…but with donuts I wouldn’t chance it.
Never question the timer
Can’t wait to start Act 2!
Thank you for these answers; this is really helpful! I’m about 200 clues away from getting the last prize 😀