Update: Now that i’ve been able to get back in, I’ve updated the post below with a few more bits of info. The update of this post now explains WHY you can’t get Snake to do the task at the Town Plaza & about the Wanted Bandits. Also, some of you are confused about a “mystery prize” in the General Store after Day 14’s donuts…that’s covered below as well.
Servers are having issues…I’ve been booted 5 times now. Info is best I can get you for now…I’ll update anything I need to once it’s not 4am 😉
Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Welcome to the wee early morning hours…at least here on the East Coast. It’s just after 4am…and the showdown begins at dawn! So much for high noon! Act 2 of the Wild West is upon us…so have at it my friends!
Remember…this is an automatic change in your game. Nothing to download, it should just start up in your game..
Things should auto-start for you with a task for to build the Jail, you’ll need 5 Springfielders for 30 seconds. This is then followed by a quest for Snake (4hrs), Wiggum (2hrs) & Springfielders who can go to the Town Plaza…
Just what does Act 2 have in store for us? Let’s take a look…
Update: Snake’s Task at Town Plaza
Seeing reports from many of you saying you can’t get Snake to do his task at Town Plaza. Please keep in mind that this isn’t an ordinary task, this essentially the new “craze”. So if you’re currently earning Hats or Pickaxes (i.e. Homer is getting people Riled Up or Apu is Selling Supplies) you WILL NOT be able to do Snake’s task.
In order to do the task you’ll need to select it from the list at town plaza:
If you don’t see the Start a Craze option, it means you’re doing another craze at the moment and once you’ve cleared that task you’ll be able to select another.
It will not be in Snake’s task list. It’s ONLY accessible via Town Plaza. And ONLY if you don’t have Homer or Apu doing a Craze.
New Prize Currency for Act 2..
Deputy Badges…because as Sheriff Woody says, “you’re my favorite Deputy!” (you’re welcome DaPimp…)
So the ability to earn Clues is now gone. (so none of us have a Clue…) Your counter prize track for Act 2 has reset to 0..because you have 0 Deputy Badges. So forget about the Clues and now it’s time to start over Deputy Badges.
You’ll earn Deputy Badges the same way you earned Clues in Act 1…
-Tapping Bandits
-Tapping Prospectors (and sending them)
-Hand Ins at the General Store….(tasks at the Town Plaza)
Act 2 Personal Prizes
Tumbleweed- 1,190 
200 Revolvers- 1,910
Ordnance Express- 3,890
400 Hats- 5,870
Outlaw Snake- 9,200
200 Revolvers- 14,960
The Kid with No Name- 20,720
800 Pickaxes- 27,020
Corral and Princess- 33,320
Act 1 Prizes…
F you didn’t collect them all… you can still access them by tapping on the “ACT ONE PRIZES” tab in the Personal Prizes area. As you can no longer collect items for them, your only option now is to pay donuts to outright by each one left at the point you left off at. (just like every other event)
New Currency For Trading in at the General Store…
As I’m sure you gathered from the prize list above, there’s a new item to trade in at the General Store….Revolvers
Pickaxes and Hats are still around, the Revolver just adds another depth to everything. We’ll break it all down in a new General Store post for Act 2…
You won’t see these until after you build the Jail…
New Items in the Store..
Cow Tongues- $45,000
A couple of new premium items have dropped…
Hootenanny Barn & Luke Stetson– 100 Donuts
Old Mine- 180 Donuts
Hitched Horse from Act 1 is also available for 25 Donuts (no bonus %)
Characters that Have Tasks..
Same as act 1…
Homer, Apu, Lurleen, Cletus, Marge, Bart, Buck, Gummy Joe, Rich Texan, Belle…as you upgrade you’ll unlock Moe, Krusty & Wiggum. Also if you purchase Luke he’ll have a task as well.
In addition Snake will now be able to start a Craze to earn Revolvers.
Again, we’ll break this all down in detail when it’s not the crack of dawn here 😉
Update: Big Bad Bandits
New element added with this Act is the Big Bad Bandits.
I’ve got to do some research on the spawn rates etc, but you’ll see them roaming your town and they look like this:
Tap them and you’ll get currency…and he’ll turn red and run really fast (like the Leprechaun does)
You cannot tap him when he’s running, but stay with him because he’ll slow down and you’ll be able to tap him again. Tap 4 times (from my experience) to completely clear the Big Bad Bandit.
I’ll further break this down in another post…but there’s the basics on it.
Update: “Mystery Prize”
A number of you are confused about what happened after day 14’s donuts in the General Store. You thought there was a Mystery Prize, but were never awarded anything….mostly because you saw this:
That Up Next! Is not a Mystery Prize. It’s just a teaser for Day 1 of Act 2. Which does not start until Act 2 starts. Now that Act 2 has started, there is a Day 1 for Act 2.
I promise you didn’t miss anything. There was no Mystery Prize…it was just a teaser to let you know more was coming when Act 2 hit.
It’s even there again at the end of Act 2…to let you know more is coming when Act 3 hits…
And before you ask…
Here’s a list of posts we’re working on that should be up soon…
-Act 2 Calendar
-Act 2 walkthrough
-SIB for New Content
-General Store Breakdown, including prizes and caps
-And more!
And that my friends concludes the quick rundown of the Wild West Event Act 2!
Remember this is just a quick rundown…as we have time to play through Act 2 ourselves we’ll break everything down in more detail. If you need help with the basics check out the Wild West Event page…in the meantime.
Thoughts on Act 2? Just like Act 1? Excited about these prizes? How’d you do with your Act 1 prizes? Will you be buying any of the new premium items? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Well I’ve wasted a good 30-60 minutes looking for the big bad bandit. I even called EA. They aren’t reporting any glitches. I don’t know what to do. I’m getting tired of searching.
He’s there…just a royal PITA to find
Any advice (short of nuking my town)? I’ve tried various filters, and I still can’t find him.
No real advice…honestly it’s a royal pain. I just happened to catch him in Springfield Heights
I finally found him, but only after a new task appeared for me to find him. I know what you’re thinking. He wasn’t there yet. But that can’t be the case. It had been 28 hours since I tapped him yesterday. Also- I already had a separate message (independent of the new task) that said that he was in my town. I think EA must have had a number of complaints that resulted in the new task. I’m not sure, but I’m glad I found him. What a pain in the butt!
My daughter is on Level 4 Town Plaza. Has Snake on her craze list. Got the tumbleweed. Everything seems to be fine yet her jail has not been built and her gold pan is missing from her taskbook. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
My daughter is on Level 4 Town Plaza. Snake is on her “craze” list. Has been able to get the tumbleweed. Everything seems to be working fine yet she has not been able to get her jail built. Any ideas or suggestions?
I fell a little short on Act I and didn’t score Wes Doober’s. Anyone got an opinion on whether he’s worth 120 donuts to a mostly Freemium player? (Context; I currently have 122, so it would be a wipe-out and likely prevent me from getting the Wild West Film Set I was hoping to get before the event was out.)
No. That simple. No.
Not worth it
My daily task is to tap a big bad bandit. I got the pop up telling me that there is a big bad bandit loose in my town, but for the life of me- I can’t find him. I’m pretty sure it’s been 24 hours since the first one.
I am having the exact same issue. Searching through town and still can’t find him. Seems to be a glitch.
https://tstoaddicts.com/2016/05/04/wild-west-101-wanted-bandits/
If he’s not in your task book then he’s not in town yet. If he is in your task book try going to build menu and turn off all buildings, decos, trees, … everything but people then look around your entire town including heights. He’s there somewhere. He hides, but this helps a lot. The only way I have found him twice now.
I’m waiting for the post on the big bad bandit since I’ve only seen him at the initial time in the game. I’ve been looking and never seen him since.
I’ve also only seen the tumbleweed once since it landed but that to be expected since it’s so tiny.
there is notification that will sound for the bug bad bandit. go to the game nd he will be there random spawn..I saw the tumble weed but does not do anything so I put it away…
Actually, the tumbleweed does do something….did you try tapping on it? I get a little kick of it and tap it whenever I happen to see it.
I am not getting any Big Bad Bandits
I tapped the first one but have not seen a single one in two days
?
Well…considering they only hit the game yesterday and you got one yesterday…it hasn’t been 2 days.
It looks like the spawn every 24hrs. So you should see one popup today.
Maybe Ryan’s missing Saturday popped up for him between yesterday and today. 😉
I’m having some difficulty with the ‘wanted’ bandit – I’ve spent about 15-20 real time minutes watching my town, and he doesn’t seem to appear, but I keep getting an alert saying he is there. Now usually I’d put it down to not being observant or looking too swift, but I left it on and he just doesn’t seem to be appearing out of any buildings, or running around. I think I’m going insane. It worked yesterday when I updated, straight away, really obvious… now I think they’re messing with me!
It’s there. I searched my ENTIRE town for 10 minutes, didn’t find it. Then I just tapped some other bandits and buildings and went and looked again, and I found him just hanging out in Springfield Heights.
I think he hides in buildings…which causes him to disappear from time to time.
I can’t find any big bad bandits. I found the beginning one, but no more. And my daily quest needs me to find one… anyone else have this problem?
They’re hard to find…honestly you just have to search your town.
I don’t seem to get any more most wanted bandits after the first one that I cleared yesterday, now I have a daily that requires me to tap one. I guess wait is the answer, but I’m just wondering if I missed anything, do I have to do anything to get them to spawn?
Just have to wait for it to spawn. I just got one this morning
can all the side quests be saved until after act 3 completes? like the ones with snake and sideshow bob? or do they have to be done along with the acts??
Yes they can wait
The tumbleweed is, um………yeah
When the Big Bad Bandit flashes, it reminds me of the bosses in the old Simpsons Arcade game.
This was my exact thought when I saw him start flashing red.
I have not been able to find one .. although I got the WANTED-Pop Up…
When you enter your neighbors list, below each name you see rank and deputy badges number. I currently have near 3000 so I guess that’s what it says under my name. Anyway, I was visiting my neighbors an hour ago and saw 33500 deputy badges under one neighbors name. I was confused so I entered his town and saw that this person already had every single act 2 prize. Literally all of them. How is this possible?! This person has always been a good neighbor, but now I’m suspecting maybe he/she has hacked account?
Thoughts?
Donuts. It really doesn’t take that much to speed through it and get them all. It’s just a matter of whether or not you want to spend it. Alissa and myself do it all the time in our test games for the site.
It completely mystifies me why anyone would do that, unless it’s for the kind of reason that you and Alissa do it. Besides the waste of donuts, it must make the event so boring! But, to each his/her own, I guess… 🙂
Sometimes a friend of mine who loves & has played this game from day 1 is unable to play all of the event because of worldwide travel to really remite areas. He uses donuts to speed through & ensure he gets all the prizes. Unfortunately for him he is a Completionist. Fortunately for him he is super wealthy (……& not single😩😂)…💜X
I have a neighbor who I just noticed has premium items that aren’t even offered until act 3. Nothing else seems to be unusual with their game though. They have the same amount of badges as me its just they have every item in the game….Even ones not offered yet lol. I was wondering for a while now if their game was hacked (They have characters walking around with wigs. Not sure if that was something previously offered). More than likely a hacked account correct?
Act 1 had a lot of strange bugs. Someone posted that they were able to get all the Acts’ prizes. They were allowed to keep them too once the bug was patched. For my part, I was given two horses (I never cheat, no clue how to hack etc) and would hate to think that my neighbours were assuming that I had somehow cheated. It’s not always through nefarious behaviour😇X
Very true, you can’t help but wonder sometimes though. I would never jump the gun and unfriend someone just on a one time instance. However, if I start to see weird patterns happening then that’s another story lol
Luke Stetson is a must buy for anyone with 100 doughnuts. Any character/building combo for sale at 100 doughnuts is a steal, and Luke has the added bonus of being useful for this event.
Eh – I’m not sure I agree that it’s a “must buy.” It’s a great deal if you like Luke Stetson and the building, but, for most folks, this event hasn’t been very difficult to get through without any premium characters (and I don’t really believe in buying a character or building just to help with an event, anyway). As someone who’s not all that into the Wild West theme and doesn’t really have any memory of Luke Stetson (he’s not exactly a “core” character), I don’t find the deal all that compelling, although I agree that it is reasonably priced for anyone who finds the combo appealing. If you’re a premium player who has a completionist streak, then I would recommend getting it; but, if you’re a freemium or primarily freemium player, I think it’s just “buy it if you like it.”
Hi Sandra. I know what you’re saying, and you make some good points. But to be honest, I’m not too concerned with “core” characters, or even with the plaza chore bonus the character provides (though- it’s definitely a nice bonus). I’m more concerned with the value of the offer. There are very few character/building combos that are this affordable. That’s why I think it’s a must buy for both premium and freemium (and everything else in-between).
It’s all subjective, and I encourage everyone to make their own decisions.
It’s always nice to have your input. 😃
Marge, Bart and Lurleen aren’t active players for the Town Plaza. Anyone else having this problem? I don’t see their heads as an option, but an exclamation point appears on the Saloon icon. Is there a glitch? Or am I not understanding something?
When you tap on the Plaza and it opens up to the currently Level… is there a “Start” option to select a Task like “Buy Overpriced Supplies” “Sell Overpriced Supplies” OR “Promote Lawlessness”? If so, tap on it… see what Characters are listed as able to send on a Task there.
I noticed at times it will still show a ! on Characters that can perform one of the three Tasks and are currently free… but not necessarily able to do that Task right now as the Appropriate “Craze” is not currently running for them.
Once you send them on just a regular task the ! will go away.
It only makes sense that we get Mongo, since Blazing Saddles also brought us a Sheriff Bart.
Maybe all of our cowboys can have a “eat beans” task in Act III.
i can’t seem to connect (3:30pm in central). are servers still having issues? the game says its my fault, not theirs this time…ha, i dont think so EA.
I am in.
I check now and it works! i assume you used some magic bunny powers.
Having issues with snake as well.
He is not on any task (confirmed via town hall), nobody is on any tasks earning any pics/hats, homer and apu aren’t holding things up with pics/hats. Jail was built but when I click on the other two tasks in the quest window it goes to open the town hall task screen but no snake task is listed there.
So when you select Start a Craze, only Homer and Apu are listed?
Add me donnasealey level 59 maximum
You’ll have better luck on the add friends posts. 🙂
ttps://tstoaddicts.com/category/add-tsto-friends/
Mongo ain’t exactly a who, he’s more of a what
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
Dagnabbit! It’s the mine I want (but dutifully did not name in previous posts), but I still need 81 donuts (and no thanks to the person who phoned me this morning right while I was playing Where’s Maggie. *sigh*) I was hoping this item wouldn’t release until Act 3. I can’t even think about Luke and his barn…. urgh! Stupid completionist tendencies vs. real life. Fake pixel dust or afford groceries and retirement…? :)))
Oh! Oh! AND I played regular scratch R and hit the jackpot, which of course would have been 100 donuts, if only I had ESP and paid for a Golden Scratch R this morning!!!
If you force close the app before the timer runs out, you can open it back up and try to find Maggie all over again.
I couldn’t because I had to take the call (long distance and important), so I guess the timer ran itself out in the background or something and when I opened the app back up, it said too bad and try again in 16 hrs.
Even if the timer “continues” while you’re gone, hard close it anyways, that should reset it.
It was very weird. It didn’t reset it, but I was able to do Where’s Maggie around 4 pm that evening (about 5 hrs afterwards, instead of 16). I’ll take it.
Grrr, now I’m super mad!! Found Maggie for the 3rd time just now, but at the end I got NOTHING. Nothing popped up good or bad, and the game was just normal. Force closed and went back in – timer at 16 hrs. GRRR!!!!!!
You have to force close while the timer is still running. I’m not sure about why you got nothing. That sucks.
Two tips – one for now and one for the future….
For now… Have you tried QuickThoughts? It’s an app that lets you earn iTunes gift cards for answering surveys. I’ve gotten at least $20-$30 worth of them that way so far (the first $10 pretty quickly, too).
For later… If you ever find yourself running out of time (for whatever reason) in the Find Maggie game, just hard close your game before the timer runs out. It’ll reset the game to be ready to play again in a few minutes. (Once you do have a successful round, that’s it, though…you can’t successfully play Maggie more than once every 16 hours.)
The hard close thing was weird. It didn’t seem to work, but 5 hours later, I was able to go again and find Maggie. Good enough I guess. I tried Quick Thoughts awhile back, but after a few surveys I couldn’t log in. They had suspended my account and I had to contact their customer service and all this weird stuff that just didn’t make any sense at all. After a few attempts at resolving the issue (I also tried to just create a new account with a new e-mail, etc. but the app seemed to be able to tell and I was still blocked) – after a few back and forth where they asked me for increasingly personal info, I decided it was all too shady and not worth my time anyway, and gave QT the boot.
The cow tongues bought for game money seem to give a cash/xp bonus!
Yeah, too bad we can only buy one lol. Seems to be a 2% bonus.
I no longer get event resources from visiting neighbors (just money and xp now). This started shortly before act 2 went live. Anyone else seing this?
Just wait for the daily timer to reset; happens every time.
Is the big bandit supposed to be Mongo from Blazing Saddles?
Mongo only pawn in game of life
So I go to play last night I get “there’s not enough room on your device” AGAIN! I have done this three times now and it works every time. Don’t delete anything, don’t uninstall your other apps. Uninstall TSTO, reinstall and it takes a while but had worked for me three times in the last week.
I have had it about seven times so far. I have to delete the data and download it again. It is very annoying and has ended up making me miss time on a few occasions. I may have been able to get the Wes Doobner skin if I hadn’t had the problems. I don’t get it though, I have cleared plenty of space. Hopefully once the event is over, it will go back to normal. I am also trying to contact EA about it but as always, I end up being out through to a live chat or calling them.
Haha! That big bad bandit is Mongo! Great joke and reference to the funniest movie of all time.
Care to enlighten us to the movie and/or who Mongo is? Not everyone has seen the movie apparently lol.
Mongo is a character from the Western comedy Blazing Saddles, it’s a very funny film and I would definitely recommend it.
I thought I saw that movie long ago but I don’t remember an ounce of it.
“Blazing Saddles”
Am I the only one who have problems exhanging my guns, pickaxes and hats for Sharif badges?
Out of the blue my exhange thingy went grey and i can’t exhange anything but i still get badges from bandits is that normal?
I’m having the same issue.
Can you only trade in a certain amount each day or something?
If it went grey that usually means that you’ve exceeded the amount you can trade in for the day, unless I’m thinking of something else. I know it turns pink when you don’t have enough of a certain resource material.
Do you know how many donuts it is to get the last prize? I would have to clear the 8th prize first and don’t want to if Doobners is an insane amount of donuts
It was 375 when I saw it prior to unlocking it..
yikes! that’s enough to give anyone diabetes…. thanks for looking after us freemiums. *hugs*