Tis’ the moment for an update….fa la la la la, la la la la
Let’s hope EA doesn’t blow it….fa la la la la, la la la la
Download now for snow in Springfield…fa la la, la la la, la la la laaaaa
Well Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Welcome to a winter wonderland in Springfield! Yes, inside the snow is falling and Simpsons are calling yoohoo…download the update!
Right now it’s live on iOS and Android…waiting on Android and Amazon…
Things start off with a task for Kang (6s), followed by back to back 6s tasks each for Kang & Kodos & this will trigger the start of the event….
Back with more as I go through it…more details below the fold
First thing is first…I’m going to start this by saying…
Dear EA,
THANK YOU! So far this looks promising, all-inclusive and ridiculouslySimpsonn-y. So thank you! Of course, the full jury is still out…but right now I’m a happy blogger.
-Alissa
Now onto what’s included…
Seriously stoked about a lot of this content guys!
Act 1 Ends December 19th.
Event Ends January 2nd.
Only 2 Acts with this one guys…nice 4-week event.
Currency for Act 1….
Rigellian Batteries (Prize Track)
Magic 2x4s (Crafting)
Wrapping Paper (Special Game)
First, let’s take a look at the prizes…
Santa Kang (Costume) & Free Land Token- 400
Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop- 2,500
Free Land Token- 5,000
Ice Skating Rink- 8,200
Worker Elves- 10, 900
Rigellian Construction Site- 13,400
Mrs. Kodos Claus Bundle- 17,700
Stuff in the Store…
New stuff…
Manger- 150 Donuts, Earns $90, 10xp/4hrs.
Rigellian North Pole- 100 Donuts, Earns 10 /8hrs
Rigellian Queen Festive Facade- 40 Donuts
Elf Lisa & Elf Bart- 100 Donuts, costumes for Bart & Lisa. Earn Event Currency
North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle- 35 Donuts
Wrapping Paper Packages
25-Pack of Wrapping Paper- 20 Donuts
50-Pack of Wrapping Paper- 30 Donuts
75-Pack of Wrapping Paper- 40 Donuts
Returning Items
Fairy Kodos- 40 Donuts (Costume for Kodos)
Winter Wonderland Mystery Box- 50 Donuts. Details Here
Tappables
The tappables for this event are…
Robot Funzos!
And boy are they a royal pain in the funzo to tap!
They unlock with The Invasion is Snow Joke Pt. 5, and they earn…
12 , 1 and a chance for 2
It looks like they spawn 1/18 minutes. Max of 20 in Springfield, bank of 60.
Important Note: Info I put in the post about banks etc is just from the files, it’s not verified in-game. It could be that it’s not supposed to work and I just don’t see the line of coding saying it.
Tip for tapping them quickly, because they are hard to find….
Tap the Robot Icon in the top Right Corner, it’ll take you right to them in your town….
Crafting
Crafting unlocks at Part 6 of The Invasion Is Snow Joke. And the “hub” for crafting is…
Jesus’ Carpentry Shop- Free, 4×6
Crafting currency, which can be earned via tapping Funzos, is 2x4s.
Actually not a ton of Craftables, and some of them are fairly decent. While I would have preferred Crafting to be gone altogether, I do think this is nice.
Again, there are levels you’ll need to move up to unlock all of the items.
Here are the craftables…
Candy Cane Fencing- 20 (Level 1)
Rigellian Christmas Wall- 40 (Level 1)
Elf Day Care Door- 160 (Level 1)
Gun Drop Rocks- 40 (Level 2)
Lollipop Flowers- 10 (Level 3)
Festive Nutcracker- 15 (Level 4)
Festive Hot Drink Stand- 60 (Level 5)
Gingerbread House- 350 (Level 6)
Festive Bow Lamp- 15 (Level 7)
Festive Candy Cane- 40 (Level 8)
Poinsettia Flowers- 80 (Level 8)
North Pole Columns- 160 (Level 9)
Ice Fence- 40 (Level 10)
Wooden Soldiers- 100 (Level 11)
Snowperson Security Guard- 180 (Level 11)
Festive Bell Lamp Post- 30 (Level 12)
Gingerbread Simpsons House- 350 (Level 13)
Re-Gifting
At Part 7 of The Invasion is Snow Joke you’ll unlock the Re-Gifting Machine…
Re-Gifting Machine- Free, 8×4
Wrapping paper (earned by tapping Funzos) fuels the machine.
If you win 6 times you’ll unlock a special Mystery Box. Each round takes 15 Wrapping Paper. 
Basically, this is like the Sci-Fi robot battle (Poly Vac)…although there’s a Mystery Box after 6. So that’s fun.
There is no cool down period from what I can see, if you have 15 wrapping paper you can keep going.
Here’s what’s in that Mystery Box…
5 Ice Tiles (4 times)
Free Land Token
Large Snowy Christmas Hill
Small Snowy Christmas Hill
Neighbor Actions
Neighbor Actions Unlock with Part 8 of The Invasion is Snow Joke…
You earn 1 for 30 actions.
Just tap Funzo Robots in neighbor’s towns.
Holiday Scratch-R
New premium Scratch-R available for $4.99
And that’s it my friends! All the details to get you through the first part of Christmas!
As always we’ll have FULL breakdowns of all of the details in the coming days…so yes, the following posts are coming..
Walkthoroughs
Should I Buys
Calendar
Crafting
More info about Wrapping Paper Game
And a lot more!
So stay tuned my friends!
And this event truly is awesome! I’m loving it so far & what I see to come! After the let down of last year, this one looks awesome & there’s something for everyone! No matter what you believe/think/feel/don’t believe there’s something for you with this event! It’s going to be AWESOME!
What are your thoughts on the Christmas Event? Excited for the prizes? How about the craftables? Any premium items you’ll be picking up? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
I saw someone saying the station parts offered %, is that correct?
I’m so annoyed, there were like 4 things in the mystery box I didn’t want, and 4 I wanted. I managed to get ALL of the ones that I didn’t want.. all of them.. how?? So now at least I can only get what I want… But seriously!
I really must vent my disappointment with this update! There’s nothing at all great, I log in click the funzos n that’s it!….boring boring boring….come on EA! This is free time season!
Great site tho TSTO! You’ve been invaluable 👍
Can anyone tell me what the prizes and chances are for the Holiday Scratch-R?
Does anyone have the phone number for EA? I have called them before but now I can’t find the number.
Thanks
Why don’t you use the call back option?
I bought the Bart and Lisa elves. How do you generate event currency from them. I finished all of their missions, but there are no jobs for them showing an option to earn currency.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2017/12/06/addicts-question-corner-christmas-2017-act-1/
My bonus percentage went up .1% and I didn’t buy anything, anyone know of anything tasing the bonus perhaps from past events or anything?
If you have the Holiday Tree in your town the increase is from this because it used to offer 0.65% but now with the Christmas update it now offers 0.75%.
I believe the festive tree went from .65 to .75
Thanks guys!
Hi,
I’ve updated the game but I don’t have any funzo icon in the right corner or anywhere. I can’t find any of them.
All I can do it to click on 6s tasks about funzos???
Any idea what can I do? I can’t update the game again, since it has already been updated!! 🙁
Thanks
Have you started the quest with Kang and Kodos?
I have, but now on 5th level of the quest they have appeared. Thanks anyway 🙂
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
(I made a Christmas sign in my world 🤪)
Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing a glitch on the Re-Gifting Machine since the last update. When finished my screen is frozen on the collect button. Doesn’t happen always. Can fix it by exiting (hitting home button) and then returning to the game and then collecting.
I like the dialogue of the Wiccans a lot. It’s very funny.
Isn’t lewis Clark one of the worker elves? And will Wendell ever be in the game? :(((((
My kodos is currently stuck in “flirt with humans” task even though it has Been marked as done for ages! Haven’t been able to start Christmas! ☹️
Just updated to the Christmas theme 2017. I purchased the nort pole station for 160 donuts, but ithe train will not move. I touch “ride” and receive a message that I must connect 7 track pieces to “unlock” the station. I did so, but stll no train movement. Connected to my existing monorail loop did not fix it, in fact it prevented my existing monorail train to stop.
Read my post on this. Move the station back a half space. Looks wrong. But correct.
Thanks! Offset the station by one square forward from the track, and my whole loop is up and running again.
Will Gil save Christmas?
I didnt know it needed to be saved
This event is the worst yet. Just tapping funzos is boring. And that’s all there is to do till the 5th prize in the act. Where’s the character quests? The prizes are meh. Feels like they forgot Christmas this year. I dunno where all the ‘love’ is coming from in the comments but let’s be honest, so far this event has a quarter the effort put into it as past events.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2017/12/06/addicts-question-corner-christmas-2017-act-1/
The good parts are with the premium characters.
I love the Rigellian North Pole. Though bonus percentage is a deciding factor for me too sometimes, I’m often swayed by how something looks and if I have design ideas for it.
Can I add you as a friend?
Sure, we should probably do that at the friends post (a few posts back) though, I’ll leave my name on there and you can add me.
Not a few posts, the one before this one. I’ve added my player details on there.
Hey, how can I get the Christmas decorations for the houses in the game? Please help me.
Is the character an NPC or full controlled with the manger?
Full character
Not sure if this has been addressed anywhere yet, but I bought Elf Lisa and Elf Bart because it said they earn event currency. However, I am not seeing any tasks where they earn it. Will this be changed to where they do?
Me neither
So the only way to get batteries is tapping funzos? no 4h activities?
You also get some from the cannon.
With hardly any effort? I’ve already obtained the Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop (1st Act Prize) 👍
It’s an improvement over last year, with my ONLY complaint being that Crafting doesn’t offer much of interest (a Gingerbread House, a Gingerbread Simpson’s House – that’s all I see as worthy) 👎
I am impressed with the Premium Store schwag (love this Rigellian Christmas with the lol worthy dialog and Holiday Skins for our favorite Alien Duo)🤣
Thank you EA for the extra Land (various ways to earn Free Land Tokens) 🤗
Apologies if someone already mentioned this, but you can make the re-gifting game MUCH easier by moving your Simpson’s House into a blank area of land. Makes those little buggers simple to spot.
Is anybody else having a login issue where after you close the app for so long it keeps logging you out and have to wait a several minutes for it to download content? It’s been happening to me for about a week and a half.
Make sure your phone has enough space. If you’re nearing the limit of your HDD capacity, TSTO will uninstall itself. This happened to me a lot before I got a new phone and was driving my wife up the wall and crawling across the ceiling until she got hers too.
Someone has probably already posted this, but
My Rigellian Queen facade costs me 100 💯 donuts
But, I don’t have the Queen.
Anybody purchase this facade and can tell us if it has a payout?
Tomorrow, I’ll buy it
I’m having trouble with the North Pole Station as the monorail won’t move. I noticed that someone mentioned it on here yesterday but has anyone realized what this might be due to exactly? I have connected it properly and made a giant loop for it yet the NPS monorail still won’t move. It continually gives me a notification to connect seven more track pieces to unlock the station. Perhaps build more track pieces?
The rail graphic is off now for some reason. If they look like they connect with this station, they don’t. You need the rail on the station to be one square off from the rails you’re trying to connect to (I don’t remember forwards or backwards so try each way).
As stated elsewhere, move it forward. It will look strange but work.
So far, so good. I’m enjoying the alien takeover! However, finding Funzos in neighbors towns is virtually impossible. After scrolling all over about 2-3 towns, I gave up. Here’s to hoping that I generate enough currency w/o it.
I only have problems in towns with a lot of roads. I usually can find them easily on the roads.
FYI if you don’t have the North Pole monorail station it’s available instead of the accessory bundle. 160 donuts – a bonus 60 back for a total of 100.
I see you!
There is a new section on the store with others returning items…