Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
So it’s the week BEFORE Black Friday, and Black Friday “deals” have been live in our game for a couple of days now. Late with Halloween, early with Black Friday, huge gaps with no updates….someone really needs to buy EA a calendar for Christmas.
Anyway, similar to last year, EA has not only added Mystery Boxes to our games but they’ve also added cash only (as in, actual cash…not in-game cash) prizes/options. Loads of questions/comments/complaints/general panic coming in over this. So let’s break it all down…
So right off the bat, it’s important to note there are TWO aspects to this mini-event.
- Traditional mini-event, Thanksgiving-ish themed. This mini-event is FREE to play. You don’t need donuts, and you don’t need cash. You can unlock several really good prizes just playing for free. This follows the “All American Auction” questline.
- Black Friday, which has two elements to it.
– The main element of the Black Friday portion of this update consists of the Mystery Boxes (outlined here and here). You do NOT need to buy donuts to participate. You can simply spend farmed donuts to open other Mystery Boxes.
-The second element of Black Friday is the cash purchase. Where you buy donuts, instore, with actual cash (farmers need not apply) and in exchange you’re given donuts, tokens for the Gold Mystery Box, and special prizes. This post is dedicated to that second element of Black Friday.
It’s also really important to note: Just because you have a questline titled Black Friday 2019, does not mean that you have to follow it. Just ignored this questline (which is the cash one) until the event is over, and it will be removed from your task book.
Now that all of that is out of the way…on with the breakdown:
After you’ve triggered the All American Auction questline, you’ll see the Black Friday 2019 questline popup. This requires you to do a couple of this 1) use the Gold Token you were given for free at the start to open the Gold Mystery Box and 2) buy donuts in order to unlock Black Friday prizes:
I’m not going to breakdown the option purchase options again in this post, I feel like I’ve done this a bunch already. If you need to refresh check out the rundown post here.
There are 6 total prizes, and you’ll need a total of 900 donuts in order to unlock all 6 of them. 3 prizes are special buildings and 3 prizes are more tokens. (which, again, can be used for the Gold Mystery Box or can be converted to donuts)
Here are the 2019 Black Friday Prizes:
You’ll need 900 total donuts in order to unlock all five prizes.
A couple of things to note:
-To unlock these prizes you MUST purchase donuts from the store. You cannot convert tokens to donuts. Donuts much be purchased from the game store…whether via cash or a gift card.
-You do NOT need to purchase several donut packages to unlock each prize. Just because it says “Purchase 12 Donuts” does not mean you need to buy a dozen donuts, and sequentially increase from there. IF you buy a larger package of donuts, you’ll unlock all of the prizes below that as well.
For example: if you buy a Store Full of donuts (900 donuts), you’ll fill the meter at the top of the prize track and unlock ALL of the prizes below that as well. (this applies only to this special Black Friday prize track. To unlock the All American Auction prize track you’ll need to follow that questline)
Again…for those in the back not fully listening…
You DO NOT need to purchase individual packages to unlock everything. If you have the money, your best bet is to spend the $49.99 (US) and get the 900 donuts, that will unlock the whole questline and give you all 3 prizes.
And….
No, you cannot buy Golden Scratch-Rs to complete the token questline. YOU MUST BUY DONUTS FROM THE STORE TO COMPLETE THIS. So don’t waste your money on Scratch-Rs they won’t help.
Now, for what I assume most of you are here for, the prize breakdown:
First up, Blockbuster’s ugly twin brother…
How You Unlock it:
Other Details:
Item: VHS Village
Size: 5×8
Build Time: Instant
Earns: $135,15xp/4hrs
Conform-O-Meter: Consumerism+20
Can Be Placed: grass|pavement|boardwalk|pier|dirt
Task: Bart and Homer both have a 4hr premium task there. Bart “Break VHS Tapes”, Homer “Be Nostalgic”
What Does it Do?: Animated when in use. Otherwise, it’s pretty standard building, nothing truly special about it.
WDTCF: “Saturdays of Thunder” S3, E9
Questline: Yes, this comes with a short questline. Here’s the dialogue:
Be Kind, Rewind Time
Homer starts
Homer: Ooh, Cosmic Wars… the pre-special edition re-release… with un-photoshopped non-special effects!
Bart: That rectangle brick has Cosmic Wars on it?
Homer: Quiet, boy! This block encapsulates my entire teenage years. If only I could rewind back to them
Make Homer Be Nostalgic- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Make Bart Break VHS Tapes- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Next up, the bankrupt baby store…
How You Unlock it:
Other Details:
Item: Babies B This
Size: 5×8
Build Time: Instant
Earns: $135,15xp/4hrs
Conform-O-Meter: Consumerism+20
Can Be Placed: grass|pavement|boardwalk|pier|dirt
Task: Lisa and Maggie both have a 4hr premium task there. Lisa “Protest Baby Stores”, Maggie “Want Everything in the Store”
What Does it Do?: Animated when in use. Otherwise, it’s pretty standard building, nothing truly special about it.
WDTCF: “Covercraft” S26, E8
Questline: Yes, this comes with a short questline. Here’s the dialogue:
Babies R Expensive
Lisa starts
Lisa: Another baby store? Baby stuff should only be bought online. It’s not like a baby knows how to shop for things.
Maggie: *pouting* *suck* *suck*
Lisa: I think it’s time middle children got their own stores.
Bart: You already have one. It’s called the library.
Make Lisa Protest Baby Stores- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Make Maggie Go Shopping- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
And finally, the Simpsified version of my favorite store…Costco
How You Unlock it:
Other Details:
Item: CostMo Foods
Size: 6×13
Build Time: Instant
Earns: 6
Conform-O-Meter: Consumerism+20
Can Be Placed: grass|pavement|boardwalk|pier|dirt
Task: Marge and Homer both have a 4hr premium task there. Marge “Marvel at Bulk Savings”, Homer “Play Ping-Pong with Himself”
What Does it Do?: Animated when in use. Otherwise, it’s pretty standard building, nothing truly special about it.
WDTCF: “Simpson Safari” S12, E17
Questline: Yes, this comes with a short questline. Here’s the dialogue:
Bigger Store, Bigger Prices
Marge starts
Marge: Everything in this store always seems to be slightly more expensive than it should be.
Ned: It’s in the name. And I like CostMo. The high prices keep out the riff-raff.
Homer: Marge, I found another ping-pong table here! It’s the kind that flips up so you can practice against yourself!
Ned: Never mind. I’m going to go shopping at one of the discount places.
Make Ned Flee- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
Make Homer Play Ping-Pong with Himself- 4hrs, Earns $260, 70xp
And that’s it my friends, the full breakdown of the 2019 Black Friday cash prizes!
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