Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Well the jocks have left, bring on the nerds! It’s time for the Sci-Fi Event! EA teased it a few days ago and now it’s here! So buckle up, hunker down, and get out your app store to download the Sci-Fi Event!
Right now this is live on iOS, Android and Kindle users you know the drill…
Remember this is a APP STORE update. So you’ve got to go into your Google Play, Apple App or Kindle Store to see it. If you don’t see it appear on the “update list” try searching for Tapped Out and see if an update is available. If you STILL don’t see it, try hard closing the store and restarting your device.
Also remember, a few weeks ago we let you know that TSTO was no longer going to be compatible on older devices. So if you’re having issues getting the download to work, or seeing compatibility issues, that could be why. Check out this post for more details.
This will AUTO START for you with some dialogue from Fink and Homer (Lisa too), and you’ll be tasked with building the PolyVac (Free). You’ll then need Homer free for a 6s Task, followed by another 6s task & another 6s task. This will start a little more dialogue and eventually the main event stuff will kick in.
Back with more as I play through it… 🙂
So lots of twists and turns with this one guys. As always the BEST way to figure something out is to play through it. And remember, we’ll have full posts breaking down the ins, outs, ups, downs and what the heck am I doing wrongs as we move through the event. For now let’s quickly talk about the basics.
Act 1 Ends August 30th 7:00 GMT (3am EDT)
Event Ends September 20th
We’ll start with that’s in the store…
LOTS of premium offerings. Here’s a look at what’s available..
Freemium:
Holo-Large Hedge- $1500
Holo-Small Hedge- $500
Premium:
Black Hole- 10 Donuts (will not appear unless you already have the Super Collider)
Soul Extraction Institute- 100 Dounts. Earns $200, 22xp. Comes with Roboburns and Doggie Smithers.
Giant Robot- 75 Donuts. Earns 3% Bonus on all cash and XP
Springfield of Tomorrow Sign- 35 Donuts. Earns 1% Bonus on all cash and XP.
Robot Salvage License- 90 Donuts. Doubles rewards from neighbor Actions (tapping Robots). Does not unlock in store until you’ve unlocked friend actions, see below.
Freebies You’ll Get Via the Questline
PolyVac- Free, instant Build. Unlocks via part 1 of the main Act 1 Questline
Stephen Hawking- Character unlocks for free during Part 1 of the Act 1 Questline.
3D Printer- Free with part 1 of the Build Me A Solid questline. (it’s MASSIVE..9×11). This is where crafting is based out of.
Prizes…
As the normal trend, this event is broken up into Acts. 3 total Acts. For Act 1 you’ll need to collect Dark Matter…
Here are the breakdowns…
Skyberdine Systems- 1600
Future Duff Sign- 6,500
Simpson’s Hover Car- 12,000
Holo-Theater- 18,000
Sgt. Skinner- 24,000
How Do I Earn Dark Matter?
You can earn it by tapping Robots
Each Robot tapped yields 1 .
Here’s a reader tip from Echo006 in the comments on how to collect Robots Faster:
Hey Alissa!
I have found an easy and quick way to find all the robots roaming around your town!
1. Open the 3D Printer Crafting Screen
2. Click the button to level up with robot parts.
3. If you don’t have enough, click “Go to” and you will be sent the closest robot for you to tap!Hope this helps, please share it in the post so people find out about it early so they aren’t frantically searching for robots in their overcrowded towns!😀
And here’s a little video I quickly did demo’ing Echo’s comment, for those who are still confused:
ROBOT SPAWN RATE: Robots Spawn at a rate of 1/3 minutes. You can have a max of 30 in your town at once, with a bank of 50.
Tasks at the PolyVac. Various other Homers can perform tasks there, as well as Frank Grimes. Earns 33 for the Homers (each) and 66 for Frank (if you have him. He is premium).
Questline Completions. You’ll earn 25 for every part of the main questline you complete.
Friend Actions. Once unlocked you’ll earn 2 for every Robot you tap in a friend’s town. (unless you have the Salvage Card, in which case you’ll earn 4. Friend actions will not unlock until you’ve completed Dark Matters Part 7.
Various questline tasks. Various tasks in the questline will have a reward of attached to them. For Example, in What’s the Matter Pt. 2, both Ned and Hawking can earn instead of cash for their tasks.
SciFighter Minigame. Tap as many Robots as you can in 20 seconds and earn as the payout.
Neighbor Actions
You can Tap Robots in Neighbors towns
This unlocks after Dark Matters Part 7. Via Across the Multiverse. And From what I saw Other Springfield Does Not Have Robots to Tap.
You’ll earn 2 for every Robot Tapped in a Friend’s town. They are hard to see…so look closely. Your neighbor DOES NOT have to be at this point in the questline for you to see them in their town.
If you purchase the Salvage License, it’ll earn you 4 for every Robot Tapped in a Friend’s Town. Salvage License will appear in your store after you’ve completed the Across the Multiverse Questline.
New Land!
A new strip of land was added to the far right of our games. It’ll run from the mountain range down. (opposite end of the ocean)
Crafting
So the 3D Printer controls crafting. You’ve got to move through the questline to unlock it, fortunately it unlocks fairly early on.
Similar to the Casino Event you’ve got to unlock Levels to unlock more items to craft.
Crafting Currency for Act 1 
I’ve got to fully play around with crafting to fully breakdown the ins and outs of demoing and what Future Bucks do. Also to breakdown the level requirements. As you’ve guessed, i’ll have a full breakdown post on this…But for now here’s a breakdown of what you can craft at Level 1:
Holo Tulips- 40
Future Street Lamp- 100
Vacation to Venus Sign- 180
Those three are the only three currently unlocked, at Level 1.
SciFighter Mini Game
This is a fun little game to play, and a great way to earn more Dark Matter. Every 4hrs your PolyVac will reset and you can play this mini game. You’ll have to protect the PolyVac from the incoming robots.
So tap as many as you can in 20 seconds to save it.
As you may have guessed…we’ll have a full breakdown on this game in another post. But that’s enough to get you going for now.
Oh and these guys 
are Flash Blubs. You can earn 1/ day via the Power Plant, you’ll get 5 to start via the questline, and you can buy a pack in the store for donuts.
5 Flashes– 15 Donuts
Flashes will kill all of the robots in the area, during the mini game only, when used. A handy tool if you can’t keep up with the incoming Robots.
New Feature
There’s now a “Get Help” Button in our games to directly connect you with EA, should you need help in your game. Just find the Get Help icon (in your Store Menu is the easiest place to find it) and tap it:
And no, this won’t call 9-1-1 for you. So if you’re in an actual emergency….don’t use this feature 😉
This will bring up the EA Help Screen:
And if you hit Contact Us it’ll give you more options for getting in touch with EA:
Neat little feature, so now you don’t have to navigate their website to contact them. 🙂
And that’s it my friends..the full rundown on Act 1 of the Sci-Fi Event!
And before you ask here’s a list of what’s coming…
-Walkthrough Act 1, Turbo Tappin’ Version
-Calendar Act 1
-Should I Buys on all the premium content, even the Robot Card
-Crafting Breakdown
-PolyVac Game Breakdown
-And Much, Much More!
Sit tight, enjoy the game…and we’ll get back to you with more information once we’ve got it ready! 🙂
What are your thoughts on the Sci-Fi Event? Excited to have Stephen Hawking in the game? How about the robot battles? Excited for some futuristic content? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
You can also collect cubes in your neighbors down that also yield 1 robot part.
If I counted right – this is good for 90 taps (30 friends)
Do you know what affect the rate that robot appears in our city?
Homer never work that hard. I began to play some weeks ago and he now has task waiting for the olympics, squidport, krustyland, the main quest line and now he will work in quadruple with his clones
Play the update. The rest will wait!
Anyone else come across the cube doing friend visits yet? I got a short bit of dialogue with Otto, Frink and Hawkings. Clicking on it gave me 5 dark matter plus some other stuff.
Just got one! Fun new twist…
It hides. If your screen zooms to a place while visiting neighbors, pause there and wait for it to come out.
I got it visiting cube3dex!!!
I got my first one today, but it was hidden behind a stupid building, so I couldn’t see it. 🙁
Just exactly tap into the middle of the screen.
Oh, I did…I was just sorry I couldn’t actually see what it looked like.
But, since then, I’ve gotten a couple more (both of which I could see), plus I’ve seen the image posted here. So I’m all good now! 🙂
Why future Lisa and Bart from episode “Bart to the future” this is a worst future episode !!!!
What’s so bad about it?
Who is the robot lady under the category robots? I don’t mean R.O.S.A. I’m taking about the lady with a human face and robotic body.
It is prof.Frinks girlfriend from a new episode
I’m so glad my old device is able to play in this new update! And also really excited about everything going on in it!! The prizes look pretty awesome as well. My fingers are definitely going to be sore from all the crazy tapping I’ll be doing over the next several weeks!
The second Roboburns and Doggy Smithers came into Stores I immediately bought it. Normally, I don’t like spending donuts on anything that’s too expensive, but I can’t say no to my two favorite characters.
I felt the same way!
I bought them, too, but I don’t find 100 donuts for two characters and a building very expensive. It is actually the cheapest we had in a long time.
Cheapest since the Vegas wives I think lol
I agree, I’m just on a Donut Budget. I’m just that cheap.
are they new characters or just skins?
New Characters, both fully tasked.
I can’t seem o figure out how the future bucks work yet. It would appear that we have to craft all of the demos to be able to use future bucks. So I’m guessing that the future bucks won’t factor into the game for a while.
Isn’t that one of the lass crafting items available to craft at 20?
Isn’t that one of the lass crafting items available to craft at 20?
Yeah…I unlocked them through quests, so now I’m earning them. And I have a task to craft demos AND use future bucks to craft an item.
Maybe you’re right…we have to wait. Just annoying if that’s the case, I’ll have that task sitting there for a while.
I’m earning Future Bucks too, but I can’t use them yet. Weird.
Just store and save and you’ll have a massive head start on the last prize!
Looks like you have to use robot parts to craft a certain number of one demo. After that, you can use your bucks to buy that item. But doing it that way doesn’t count towards your level.
Any idea how to use a flash in the mini-game? There’s a quest to do that, but somehow i stuffed it up and didn’t do it right…
Just press little camera icon in the upper right of the screen to kill a bunch of robots at once. I haven’t had the need to use it.
Just completed my first neighbours visit. Looks like you can tap 30 different friends towns, at 3 taps a town. The 30th friend you visit you only get 2 taps. So a total of 89 taps where you win matter. Presuming your timer of 24 hours starts on your first tap. Have fun
Thanks for this since I forgot the exact number but this tends to be the number for every event they do involving neighbours.
That Springfield Of Tomorrow sign is going to go PERFECT with my EFCOT/World’s Fair globe. can’t wait to get it. haven’t been playing the past few days.
I confess, I’m a little disappointed that there’s no rebate on Frink or Grimey. I’d happily pick them up at a discount.
Still, it’s cool to have Stephen Hawking as a character. Is he the first non-Simpsons-creator currently-living real-world character in the game?
Seems to be, and I hope he’s the last. The Simpsons slips down a very slippery slide when it comes to stunt casting (tongue-twister alert!)
next thing you’ll know we’ll have Gaga running around ruining the game just like she ruined the season finale.
ODL, you just had to go and mention her name 😲🤐
Personally I love Gaga and would shell out a ridiculous amounnt of doughnuts for her. One of my favourite episodes. The only celebrities I want more are Sonic Youth and David Byrne.
Sonic Youth, ok, David Byrne, ok… but… to each his own 😂 No sprinklies spent here for her, I’d buy Moleman😂
Bleah.
I would spend whatever amount of donuts necessary to get Sonic Youth in the game!!!
i’m pissed off because she ruined American Horror Story too 😮
😂😂😂😂. I LOVE The Gaga but I have not seen the episode to which you are referring. As long as TSTO remains a Kardashian free zone then it’s all good to me. I personally would love to have U2 and the McCartneys as reminders of two of my fave episodes😎….💜X
no, we have Matt Groening.
Note, non-Simpsons creator 🙂
I wouldn’t give up hope on a rebate on one of these two soon… 😉
Too early to say but I think this might be my favorite non holiday related event so far. The black hole is a great way to get in some odd characters like Robot Burns, Robot Dog Smithers and Sgt Skinner
How quickly did you buy robo burns? 😉
I AM EXCITED!!!!!! Is it better to craft 12 tulips or 5 lamps?
Which do you like the most? I usually craft what I like the most, but make sure I satisfy any crafting requirements to move on through the task 😊
12 tulips are far better than a dozen roses (on your piano)
😈
Those tulips need to be sent from Amsterdam in Spring 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
I’m loving this event! Also I’m loving the little KEM bug that has made it easier to get sprinklies lol
And for the first time, I’m not paying to max out each level-up: So much cheaper to just spam the heck out of KEMs and just take whatever you pick the first time.
I usually pick a second box if I only get 1 donut the first time, but I seem to generally having an unerring ability to pick the one with two donuts in it almost every time. ;P It was easy to stop going for the if I picked two when I realized that it only takes 3x$50,000 to get a rat trap truck, and I can fill my meter buying just three of those (actually, I think I fill up at 2 point something, but you can’t buy fractional rat trap trucks (although, I suppose I could buy two rat trap trucks and one bloodmobile instead, but that sound like too much work)).
16 KEM’s is my level up number too lol
What is a KEM bug? Haven’t heard of that.
Buying KEM (kwik e marts) is just a way of donut farming, the bug is that KEMs aren’t upgrading in price and that there stuck at the price of $202 EA will soon patch this tho
How many KEM should i buy? Do i farm just by collecting from them every 3 mins?
Farming is by building them. Then you sell and but more
Ok so what you do is you buy a bunch of KEMs when a kwik e mart is built you get 2000xp so before buying any you use the xp collider which gives you 5xp so obviously 2000 x 5xp = a lot of xp, that’s just one kwik e mart so it’s great income. When you level up you get donuts by mystery box but after level 60 or 61, you get one donut and it takes just 50k exp to level up. Kwik e marts only take 4 hours to build.
So what I do is turn on the xp collider for a day which is 5 donuts and then buy a bunch of kwik e marts and wait for them to build for 4 hours, click them all so they’ve built and get the xp, then sell them all and rinse and repeat. It only works really well with the xp collider turned on but it’s a very quick way of levelling up. Good luck and don’t be afraid to ask any other questions you might have 🙂
Blding them gives 2000 base XP each. with the collider and my bonuses, I get a level-up with about 16 of them.
Pretty sure they stay at $220 now, when they used to go up in price depending on how many you bought
It’s a bug, they are supposed to go up in price but the new sci fi update released this bug lol it’ll be fixed soon.
Shhhh! Everyone be quiet now. Don’t jinx it!
*closes zip mouth, locks and throws key*
In all seriousness it’s brilliant that I and others can finally use the full potential of the KEM method now that’s it’s stuck at $220. Very funny tho that I was struggling to do it because of low cash and then this bug comes along followed by me winning the max prizes on the go karts 😃
I used a quite different way. With 260 MGC, a primed XP Collider, buying/selling Rat Trap Delivery Trucks, I got from level 60 to level 939 in just four hours.
KEM’s is a faster and cheaper way for me personally lol
I beg to differ. I got 2,100 bonuts in the formentioned four hours.
Stick to whatever method works for you:)
EA is rEAding this!
You keep saying this like you know this for a fact. Do you? It’s certainly possible that they just decided to change the pricing structure for it.. I’m not saying which guess is more likely – just saying that we really don’t know for sure what EA might be trying to do. Frankly, it seems like EA has been going out of their way to make it really easy to earn donuts these days…I’m sure they have a reason for this, but, if they’re aware of the farming thing, then perhaps they’re actually trying to help us out!
The funny thing is that the change in price hasn’t changed how many I farm, but I still like it because it makes my farming more efficient. I have two and a half different places where I farm (the “half” is for one area of just 4 KEMs, that’s also kinda near one of the other farming areas). I used to have to collect them all and then rebuild them all, because if I just farmed some and then wanted to rebuild those as I went, the price was higher, since I hadn’t brought my KEM count back down to the bottom. Occasionally, this would cause me to forget to “reseed” one of my areas. Now I can collect and reseed in one area and then move onto the next area to do both there, as well.
I said it was a bug because I can’t imagine EA would want you to make this many sprinklies so easy lol
Well I was obviously right about it being a bug since they fixed it now 🙁
Who said you were wrong? lol I think just about everyone thought it was a glitch and to use it while you could.
I think that was directed at me…I had commented about stating for a fact that it was a glitch because, although that certainly was a reasonable assumption, there’s always the possibility that EA did it on purpose and intended to keep the price there. Of course, that turned out not to be the case and the “glitch” theory was validated!
Alissa
I know everyone thought it was a bug but Sandra said that I might be wrong and EA might have updated this price to help people get donuts and that it might be permanent lol
Anyone else unable to see Frink / Frink’s Lab in the store? Hopefully this means we’re getting him for free!
Already praying for that to happen…
Grimes should get a rebate too lol
Um I’m not seeing the black hole as an option to buy in my shop, I see the other stuff, just not the black hole. No I don’t have it, since I wasn’t in the game when it came around the first time. Am I bugged? Or is it coming later?
You get one from the super collider. I think then they are available for purchase.
Is there a difference between the xp collider and the “super” collider referenced? I have an xp collider but have not received a black hole and it is not available for purchase. I have been playing the event since 20 min after release today and still no black hole.
the Super Collider is a limited time building that originally came with the black hole. it was last released during the cyber monday 2015 promotion, for the same initial cost, but without the black hole. this might be why they gave those of us that have the building a free one.
the XP Collider is a decoration everyone gets at level 20, used to boost one’s xp through the purchase of premium refill capsules. it has nothing to do with the super collider or the black hole.
I have a spare black hole:-)
One came with the super collider in October 2012, the second one just a few hours ago.
Nope… not going there 🤐
Yes – two different things entirely. The supercollider is a premium building released a while back as a limited-time item.
Same here.
I had one last year, and it’s an option to buy this year, and at some point I was awarded another (so I have two now, never bought any)
I’m saying this for information purposes, not to tease or brag, but it could just be that it’s hard to see Black Holes :p
Not even picking up that 10′ pole
I don’t see the black hole either!
I don’t either. Just guessing but I think you’re not offered black holes if you don’t have the collider…….
That whole paragraph could be taken in an entirely different context 😳
i have the super collider building, and i saw it available for donuts in the store before i was given a free one. glad i waited on purchasing it, as i don’t want more than one.
Any idea how you got it for free…is it part of the quest line maybe?
The Super Collider was introduced in October 2012.
http://simpsonstappedout.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Collider
it was rereleased during the cyber monday 2015 promotion for the same initial cost, but without the black hole. my guess is they gave us a free one to make up for it.
Has anyone noticed that there are now three options for the teleporter? It says that the others are in storage, but I can’t find them.
Hmmmm. Just noticed that too!
Must be some more stations coming!
Looks like it is live on Android now, I was able to update.
There’s also a fun little dialogue if you put homer in his skins during the first 4 hour task.
Are robot Smithers and burns separate characters or skins for Smithers and burns? If separate character, I’ll def. buy, if just skins it’s a pass.
Separate.
Add me up, tyleroutlet level 55
FYI saw robots in Other Springfield after Dark Matters Part 7. Also seeing the typical limit around 90 robots in friend’s towns.
Hmm…i didn’t see them so that’s good. I’ll check again.
I like the little added touch with the Frinkohedrons in neighbors towns as well.
Was able to download the update on my Amazon Kindle a few minutes ago.
Quest isn’t showing up for me. 🙁
You have to go to your app store and download the update.
So why did the Kwik-e-mart change colors? Anyone else notice that?
Just something EA did to change design.
But did the design change in the show? I want the ones in my town to match the one in the show!
I think they made a few minor adjustments..to match some of the way it looks in the show.
Thanks for the giggle Sandra 😊
But I’m serious! I don’t like the look of these new ones at all…I don’t think they look like the “real” one anymore. 🙁
I kind of like them better 😊
i kinda like the way it is now… which btw, is actually more accurate than the way it used to be. if you look at the KEM in the show, the green at the top of the sign doesn’t touch any part of the “kwik” and “mart” text, just the E. the (now) old one in the game DID have the green encroaching down into the text.
Well, I guess that makes me feel a bit better then! I guess I just got attached to the old design. (I’m not always good with change. 🙃)
The color was not the only change. I noticed the the price was dropped to $220 each. I’m sure this is a mistake, but it is great for farming.
The Kiki-e-mart looks different.
Yea they changed the design
OMG when you switch the original Homer to his “skins” that are also homers from the multiverses there is in-game dialogue!! 🙂
Fun stuff!
Can someone tell me who I need free for after Dark Matters Part 7? I’m getting ready to send my characters on their overnight tasks, unless I’m gonna need them still tonight for something event-related. I have another hour to go to finish part 7.
TIA! 🙂
A lot of side quests trigger after that…so it depends on what you have. I’m running the turbo tappin’ now…
I have a task called A Matter Of Density , pt2 requires Lenny to retrieve Frappucino, & if I remember correctly, it’s from a free black hole I got from Homer doing part1…
lol see all kinds of side quests going on…
I know… I’m afraid to send anyone on a task longer than an hour, and any attempt at a nap today has gone to the wayside. Oh well, I can be up at 4am after playing all day and night😂😂😂😂
lol Sleep lady!
I tried, even muted my phone, I’m too excited 😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol Tylenol PM
Not allowed😕 No OTC, no alcohol, no riding, no range, no fun whatsoever except tapping (& if they knew about that lol), at least until after the MRI. I do get to go to work for 20-24 hrs a week so I can keep my health insurance … weeeeeee NOT 😂😂😂😂😂
Is the Black Hole that is available for 10 donuts the same one that was given away for free years back?
I believe it’s the same.
I don’t have a black hole, and I don’t know how to get one. There’s none being offered in the store for me. I don’t have any in inventory either.
I also am having the same issue. Not offered in my store and the quest line has not triggered yet. Anyone else having this issue??
Do you have the Super Collider in your Store? I realized I only see the Black Hole because I already have the Collider. If you buy the Collider you’ll get a black hole for free.
Do you have the Super Collider in your Store? I realized I only see the Black Hole because I already have the Collider. If you buy the Collider you’ll get a black hole for free.
No Super collider is being offered at this time. Bummer.