Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
So last night a short little teaser hit our games…presumably for the next event…Homergeddon.
This is a short little teaser, complete with one new item (free) and a questline. It’s really short and lasts less than a week. End date is slated for January 23rd, which I assume is when the next event will hit.
So let’s break down the details & because it’s short, the questline too.
So, as I said at the top, this is pretty short. Less than a week and only contains 1 new item (free). It’s similar to the Homerpalooza teaser we got over the summer…short, sweet & teases what’s next.
Again this ends on January 23rd.
Another thing to note, before we get into the teaser details, is that for a lot of you Mini Events you may not have finished (or even got) will likely repeat themselves. So don’t think you’re going crazy when you see Deep Space Homer, Pin Pals, Homer’s Chilliad etc appear. If you need help with those mini events check out our events page here and click the link for the corresponding mini event you see. All of our questlines, tips/tricks & prize breakdowns are there.
Now onto the Teaser…
Let’s start off with the questline, since that’s what’ll unlock everything else. Here’s the Turbo Tappin’ Version of the Teaser questline…
Drunky Road Pt. 1
Auto start
Place Fifty-Year Ice Cream Supply- Free
Build Bart’s Treehouse
Drunky Road Pt. 2
Bart starts
Make Homer Guard Ice Cream Supply- 8hrs, Earns $275, 70xp
Drunky Road Pt. 3
Bart starts
Make Bart Get a Squishee- 2hrs, Earns $110, 27xp
Make Homer Drunkenly Guard Ice Cream Supply- 8hrs, Earns $275, 70xp
Drunky Road Pt. 4
Milhouse starts
Make Bart Create Fake Social Media Campaign- 4hrs, Earns $175, 45xp
Make Homer Check Facelook to Ease Boredom- 4hrs, Earns $175, 45xp
Drunky Road Pt. 5
Homer starts
Make Homer Race to Moe’s- 6s, Earns $35, 1xp
Place Moe’s Tavern
Drunky Road Pt. 6
Bart starts
Make Bart Raid Fifty-Year Ice Cream Supply- 6s, Earns $35, 1xp
The first item you’ll unlock with Part 1 is the 50 Year Supply of Ice Cream….
Fifty-Year Ice Cream Supply- Free, 6×5. Animated when in use.
The second thing you’ll unlock..when the questline is finished…is an animation for the Ice Cream Supply when tapped. When tapped sirens will go off and Ice Cream will pour out of it…
And that’s it. Short and quite literally sweet.
Like I said this ends next Tuesday, which is likely when we’ll see the next event. For now, enjoy the downtime (that so many of you complain we don’t get anymore), work on your town designs or just spend time with your loved ones. Because you know once the next event starts it’ll be right back to the tappa, tap, tap grind! Enjoy the calm before the storm, I know I am!
What are your thoughts on the Teaser? Where have you placed the Ice Cream Supply? How far in the questline have you gotten? What do you think the next event will bring? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
I’ve finished the teaser and no older event triggered for me. I started the game in November so am I just out of luck?
I got the will Bart forgive homer pop up thing and I got the animation of melted ice cream when tapping on the building and I’ve tried reopening my game as well as putting the ice cream building in inventory and pulling it out. How do I start an older event?
There’s a level requirement for being able to start them. I forget what it is (I can probably find it again if someone else doesn’t reply with it). Anyway, maybe you haven’t reached that level yet. What level are you? (Not your XP level, but your actual level, which if you don’t know can roughly be determined by who’s the last new character you got for free whose questline you have entirely completed…or by looking at the walkthroughs on this site)
I think you need to be on level 60 or higher to start the Classic Mini Events.
That makes a lot of sense. I’m level 51 so I’m under the level 60 requirement. Thank you both for answering.
How often do these classic mini event throwbacks happen each year?
Lately periodically before major events. They started this trend last year I think. I expect others to pop up throughout this year as they rerelease old content for new players.
Side note there must be a lot of new players if they are rereleasing old stuff so others can catch up. I would suspect that is a good sign for the health and longevity of the game. Not that they are dumping everything because the end is coming…
It’s only the second time old minievents came back.
I haven’t been able to log in to my game since Sunday. I go to the EA website and can’t really find an answer to my question. And there’s no way to contact technical support there.
I used to have an 800 number for them but I don’t have it anymore. Does anybody have an 800 number. The last time I used it I also had a connectivity issue I called in and they answered my question and got me connected within one minute.
If you go to their website, look for “problems” and then “contact us” …and request a call back. They are usually pretty quick. Sorry, couldn’t find an 800 number.
Put homer’s honey smoker that looks like a bee’s nest on the game, that would be a great item to have.
Good timing…. I’ll be away in NYC for my mom’s birthday Saturday through Monday and it looks like I won’t have to worry about keeping up with the game while I’m gone (since I should be done with this mini thing and the next event won’t have started yet). I’ll probably tap once or twice a day while I’m away, but it’s nice to know I won’t have to if it’s not convenient.
🎶 While you’re away, you’ll tap the game every–day 🎶
Hello I’m Sandrashill and I am an addict! (no worries – me too!) Enjoy NYC.
Actually, my addiction is waning…. I’ve been playing much less diligently for the past couple of weeks. I’ve been super busy, finished the previous event at least a week early, and don’t really need the income (I’m flush with cash and donuts). I even sent my characters on 24-hour tasks for a few days, which I’d never done before.
Apologies to my neighbors for not visiting more often… the last time, since my time was limited, I just focused on visiting my neighbors who weren’t at level 939 yet (figuring that those who were probably didn’t need the income from my visits). I’m not sure when/if I’ll be resuming more regular visitations (although I’ll definitely visit during an event in which visiting would help my neighbors with the event), so, if anyone wants to dump me as a neighbor, I’ll understand.
I’ve been visiting less often also, usually only a couple times a week. I was surprised to discover that being unable to tap for a couple days (no connection) was not such a bad thing, as long as no event was running. Have been putting my folks on 24 hr tasks for a while now, except for my pin pals and a few others whose tasks I really like (Sideshow Bob doing lasso tricks as Wes Doobner is hilarious 😂). Don’t need anymore cash at this point, so checking in once a day is plenty.
Have a great trip…we’ll keep the neighborhood watch going for your town while you’re gone 😎.
Ah…you guys are finally coming over to my side… Tap Less, Live More!
I really like how the Tappers avatars look like them…but why doesn’t Alissa’s look anything like her? I feel Alissa is getting an injustice somehow. Make one that looks like her! Do it now!
I am having trouble sending my peeps on tasks from the “Unemployment office”. I can only send the about 23 of them (i have 120+) The only tasks i have are the current Homer/Ice Cream mini event and the daily challenge: collecting lattes. This is something new for me, happening just today. Anyone else having this problem or maybe a link to this?
huh. Its working now. And, evidently i have 189 Springfielders. Who new? 🙂
ok, scratch that. I have 212 task-able peeps in my Springfield. (pretty sure, They really should put a number on that somewhere, j/s)
So, I have maybe a little tip for people that have more than one game going. I was in my “B” town, and I was just clicking around. In The Store, at the upper right is a little gear icon. Click it, and you go to an Options menu. Near the bottom, there is a button for “Info” Click it and you’ll see a list of 5 or 6 options. The bottom one is “Restore Purchases”. I clicked it to see what it does, and I got Jebediah Springfield, who I had purchased for my “A” town added to my “B” town for free. Then I tried it my “A” town, and I got the serf skin I had bought for SVT in B added to A.
Hi; Thanks for the tipI tried this in both my A & B towns & ultimately got the message “you have nothing to retrieve” I did B first; & had to login to Apple Store to proceed (after seeing the caching screen); But thankfully no money was taken.
Both my towns are old & have Jebediah. B has Fracker; But A doesn’t. Other than that most have the same characters & skins previously won or purchased. Maybe it only works with skins? Worth a try anyway! Nothing to lose except a few minutes of time to check!
Will the Deep Space Homer Stuff go on january 23th??
My store has Malibu Stacy HQ with a 40 donut rebate (so net 125). Sorely tempted but the last event nearly wiped me out with mystery box purchases. I have enough but it’d put me under 100 for the first time since I passed 100 eons ago.
Unless Stacy is a must-have for you, I’d pass for now. I have her, but her questline wasn’t overly interesting and now she just blends in as a forgotten character who is never involved in anything new. There will almost definitely be a new mystery box between now and Valentine’s Day, and it will likely include other characters for a price that allows you to get 2 boxes for roughly the same price as she is. Moreover, you may get another chance at her in the Vault anyway. Worst case scenario: you don’t find anything/anyone you want more throughout the next event and the next mystery box and you some day spend 40 extra donuts on her, but at least waiting gives you more options in the meantime.
I haven’t had a mini event trigger and I know I haven’t played any of the mini events yet. Is this a bug?
Looks to me like you can only finish those you started before – I have the last part of Rommelwood in my B game, but I also have a newer game with nothing, and I didn‘t play any of the events in that one.
Maybe Homergeddon is a play on the Armageddon movie, and with an asteroid heading to Springfield, everyone will need to cram into a fallout shelter, like in the “Bart’s Comet” episode. I suppose that would play well into the recent “preppers” storyline. I’m just not sure how that would fill an entire event.
HOMERGEDDON!? ERMEGERD DOES THAT MEAN THIS IS THE FINAL TSTO EVENT EVVVVVVVER?!? THE DEVS ARE GONNA ABANDON THE GAME!!!
(Kidding…)
Can anyone confirm they’ve triggered Pin Pals as part of this update? I believe the only mini events available right now are Deep Space, Chiliad, Heretic, and Rommelwood, but Alissa referenced Pin Pals, so I’m confused. I’ve already played the other four and had nothing trigger, so I don’t think Pin Pals is included, but maybe it’s just stuck? Any feedback is appreciated!!
I had the ice cream event in my town last night and this morning. Got up to Part 3. When I checked my town a moment ago, the ice cream shack was gone and Homer and Bart were available for tasks. Any idea why this happened and (more importantly) how I can get it back?
Thank you Alissa and crew – love this site.
Same thing happened to me. I placed the shack and started Homer’s first 8 hour task on both my A and B games yesterday at 5pm. This morning one game moved on to the next task, but the second game had me starting over with the ice cream shack needing to be placed again. Luckily it is a really short “event”, otherwise I’d be very unhappy.
Me too 🙁 had a 6.5 MB forced update this morning (mobile connection) and the ice cream is gone. Now at home – it reappeared!
Duff stadium is in my vault with 25 donut rebate. Wanted it for a long time. Since spring training is right around the corner…..think i might finally set up a baseball stadium area. Hmmmmm. Thinking warm thoughts……go cubs! Lol. Its NEVER to early!
Does anyone have an idea when the snow will leave our tiny Springfields?
It takes an app store update to remove the snow. So likely when the next event hits.
Thank You. Do you know if the “next even” is likely to hit until Feb 14? ( For Valentines)
Please read the post you’re commenting on. It says in the post exactly what I think about when the next event will hit….
Was just thinking (oooohh noooo🤪), since we’re now getting land “coupons” as prizes in our events, wouldn’t it be nice to get a coupon that was equal to donuts? How about a “20 donuts rebate on your next purchase” coupon? Kinda like a vault purchase, but you could choose whatever you wanted instead of just those 4 items. Would help to increase sales for EA also, effectively bringing the price down a bit on those “over the top” items that seem to show up in each event. Just a thought…
Was offered some alien stuff and drive in, came to this site to check out the should I buy it,went back to purchase….no longer in the store! This has happened before during other events. My question is …is this a normal occurrence to offer you something for a few minutes and not really give you a chance to research?
I am very very happy that we can keep the snow for an extra week (some may disagree) because the adjustment from snow to green grass can be irritating. I am also happy that it is only a five part questline and that there is just under a week of down time. If the next event is an apocalypse theme, the only thing I can speculate is the items that are already in the game like the Biohazard Towers and Walls, Apu’s Jeep, Battle Dome, L.T. Smash (since he is a prepper) and maybe Lloyd could re-appear. It would be cool if instead of green grass it could be brown or dead grass and the trees are still leafless and maybe some run down buildings and decorations.
homergeddon is “Homer Goes to the Prep School” ‘s title in german
Question: Can ANY of the mini events start? Or is it just a limited few of them that are returning?
Yay! Currently finishing up Rommelwood! The one that I hope appears for me eventually is Pin Pals!
I like these kind of teasers, they don’t require many characters so you can still get your daily 5 railyard donuts. While still intriguing for what is still to come. Thanks for the fast and excellent breakdown as always!
I like the animation
Downtime is great. 3 – 4 major events per year are/would be enough for me. Life’s more than being busy with a lil game. 😉
Meh! There is no rest! I am grinding doh! Nuts! So I can buy premium stuff. My rail yard is working hard at the moment.
I love these small and short quests, as I don’t really see them as events due to their small size, in between larger events. It brings some sort of energy into the period of waiting for the next larger events. Since this hit in the middle of the night for us Europeans I’m still waiting for the first 8 hours to pass and didn’t really figure out a location for the building yet.
But, it’s off to a good start of the year with the last event and this right after!
Anyone else get a update with religious stuff? The game is trying to sell me a facade for the church I already own. Which is weird.
I have a feeling that this will be the moment we get trump/Kim jung showdown. One year anniversary of trump presidency is here……..Definitely a lot of items to go with those characters. Especially the escalator, the journey homer takes through trumps hair, they can bring back past content here too…..president Lisa etc.
So now that homers bomb shelter is a sticky mess maybe it can be used for hiding from voting machines that don’t let him vote for Obama 😂
Please, please NO!
I got the Deep Space Homer event. Grabbing the Barney + Outfit bundle since its technically 120 donuts (once you get the bonus). Overall interesting event. Cant wait to see what happens next!
(Fun fact: The day the event ends is my Bday!)