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Hi, I’m Super Safi and you may remember me from such stats and strategy posts as KEM Farming and the advanced losing-to-win Superheroes battle strategy.
What better way to spend your time than talking math. So from time-to-time, I’ll come to you with a post that delves into the wonderful world of numbers, stats, and/or strategies.
While we’ve previously discussed Springfield Downs and the Go Kart Track a couple months ago, this month we’ll continue to look at most of the Minigames found within our game. After discussing Conquer The Eliminator yesterday, we continue our journey today with Bigclaw!
BIGCLAW
The Bigclaw minigame can be played every 24 hours and involves tapping the non-playable character (NPC) Bigclaw. It can be tapped three time per day and will drop a random reward for every tap.
These are the rewards for each tap:
50  |
25% |
$250  |
25% |
| $500 |
25% |
2  |
25% |
Pharmaceuticals earned from Bigclaw allows you to go over your Pharmaceuticals cap.
Do you tap Bigclaw? How many times do you usually tap Bigclaw in a week? Are you over the Pharmaceuticals cap? How many Pharmaceuticals do you have? What stats or strategy related topic would you like discussed? Share your thoughts. You know we love hearing from you. And be sure to come back tomorrow for the Excavation Site.
Minigames:
Springfield Downs, Go Kart Tracks, Insanity Mode, Sideshow You, Rocket Launch Pad, Claw Machine, Scratch-R, The Eliminator, Bigclaw, Excavation Site, Drone Scan, Sci-Fighter, Where’s Maggie
Where did he come from originally. I enjoy your post, can you please add in, for any future ones, where the item originally came from, to appease our curiosity? Thanks.
For BigClaw, I noticed when he first came, however I got him, I would always tap three times and would always get three different items, money, XP and pills. Now It varies but I never get all three of the same.
Bigclaw
Fun at 1st, but Tappers will forget this NPC that delivers 3 Prizes every 12 Hours exists once their Springfield gets HUGE (lol)!
It’s 3 prizes every 24 hours actually. I try to remember him when I start my 24 hour neighbour visit cycle.
Safi, Thanks. Can always “count” on you. Lol I know weak pun.😊
Just feeling silly.
I thought it was quite “pun”ny.
Hehehe, that’s cute. 😀
Do you think he’s worth 30 donuts??
I enjoy him, but I’m very stingy with my donuts and would never spend 30 donuts on an NPC right now. If ever I get to the point where I have all the premium playable characters, then yes, I would get Bigclaw.
Would be good if prizes were a bit better payout like a refill of the railyard or heights or even donuts then player would have a reason to play instead of small percentage payouts
Safi. Nice work on these guides. Have you got any idea what the chances are of getting boardwalk tiles is for using the submersible.
Thanks again for all your info
Yes I do. I’ll have a post on the submersible as soon as the three remaining Minigames are covered.
Tap every time I see him, great npc and reward
I tap him when I see him and then try to follow him for the next 2 taps but can often lose sight of him. I have over 1000 💊
Any one having issue with s8 getting update
He’s on sale now! Do you think he’s worth the 30 donut purchase?
One time in the beginning, I got a donut from tap! Can’t replicate it again since
I’ve been tapping on him whenever I see him (“Bwaaa!!”), but I never knew until I read your post that there were two different dollar amounts!
Thank you, Safi, for this valuable information.. I wonder if you’ll cover a mini game by name “Surveillance Post”? I understand that the prize is by “number of trash bin” for Springfield Dump. I noticed that if I place it in middle of hundreds of tree, I average around 240-270. If nothing around, really goes low.
Cheers!
Billy
Yes, I’ll be covering Drone Scan next week.
I think this character is funny. I tap on him quite often.
Me too. 😁
By the way thanks Safi , for your input. Very helpful. 👹
Thank you for this post, I had him in storage
I totally forgot you could tap him. Not sure I’ve seen him in quite a while.
Question – I noticed that big claw just happens to show up in my playable screen all the time. Is he by chance warped near my vicinity when I play? When I see him I definitely tap him. Once you get your percentages up 250 or 500 x 400% add up.
His on-screen location is not tied to anything I’m aware of. Might just be a coincidence for you. I’m sure the size and layout of your Springfield are huge factors in this.
If i find him by luck i tap him and try to follow him. Sometimes i have luck, sometimes he goes behind buildings where i can’t find him anymore.
Not looking for him then.
Same as that gnome, i never find him
Unless I’m busy searching for tapables during an event, I tap him when I see him. I have 541 pharmaceuticals. He’s a pretty fun NPC.
I really can’t say how many times per week I tap Bigclaw, but I have a series of 24hr buildings I use as timers for Bigclaw. When it’s time for me to clear the buildings, it’s also time to tap Bigclaw. I’ve been doing that since Bigclaw was first brought into the game. The last time I checked my pill count was over 1500 or 1700 pills or more.
Correction. I have over 1100 pills. It’s smart devices that I have just under 1500.
I was debating on buying this fellow during the Thanksgiving 2017 event, 30 donuts. Looks like a worthy buy!
If you’re frustrated by not being able to find him every day you can inventory him after the 3 taps and then pull him out of inventory in 24 hours and he’ll be ready to go.
Or, if you have the animal sanctuary, send Homer to fight Bigclaw once a day – the money and XP earned from a 3 hour task is great, and then Bigclaw can be found at the animal sanctuary after you finish…
I have gotten up to 100s of pharmaceuticals over my cap tapping him regularly
I just stumbled upon the fact that they have a 3-hour task to fight one day while clearing my town. Those secret surprises (secret because I didn’t pay attention) really thrill me. It’s like stumbling upon a cool task you never utilized or knew was possible. Amber Simpson’s “Run from Abe” 10-hour task was an unexpected visual task surprise.
Good tip, I didn’t know that, thank you 😊
I tap him and the leprechaun when I see them.
Homer also has a 3 hr task to fight Big Claw for $270 and 45xp. That’s about the equivalent of a normal 8 hr task.
I often send Homer on that task for both the good payout and amusing animation.
Huh. I didn’t know we could tap him for rewards XD
If my posts bring a smile to or help just one person, I consider it a success.
This post is officially a SUCCESS!
Bigclaw is great!
I just bought him(?) yesterday, and he really adds to the Thanksgiving atmosphere. I also love that he just wanders all over Springfield and that you can click him 3 X for prizes every 24 hours. I wish they had more characters like this who walked around Springfield and dropped items when you “catch” them. It really brings the town to life.
If I remember correctly, there are also 3 leprechauns you can tap for cash and/or XP. And also kids of Cletus (if you buy his wife, you can send her to give birth to up to 3 kids) – they generate cash that you can get by tapping them.
Yes, there are other tappable NPCs that earn cash. However, Bigclaw is currently the only one that earns a reward/other type of currency (Pharmaceutical).
And Chippy from the Casino event!
Hi Doogler11. Who or what is Chippy?
Chippy:
https://tstoaddicts.com/2016/03/09/should-i-spend-donuts-on-chippy/
One of the leprechauns will earn you $$/xp even if you tap him in a neighbor’s town! Not the green one, tho – I think it’s the one with white/light colored clothing. They all run when tapped though, which is still amusing! lol