# The Simpsons: Tapped Out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231 "2012-12-06T21:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 317
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6330 "2021-11-17T16:18:42Z")
I don’t see it. I might already have it I guess. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6331 "2021-11-17T16:22:19Z")
I found it as the very last item in this events inventory of stuff to buy. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6332 "2021-11-17T17:26:45Z")
Woohoo! Something a little different! And I got a Lard lad donut building. That’s neat. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6333 "2021-11-17T18:07:36Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yeah, I’m running into that problem, too. Looks like they fixed it with the update. I think I can clear those jobs now. It definitely puts me behind. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6334 "2021-11-17T19:23:04Z")
Lots of opportunities to spend donuts, just blew through a few hundred and then churned out more via buying ambulances which, for $99,000 each (after sale), nets me 11 donuts, or 1 donut for $9,900 of in-game cash. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6335 "2021-11-17T19:51:22Z")
Your bonus must be way higher than mine. I’m at 584.60%. I know mine is pretty low. I get like 6-9 donuts when buying 40 ambulances. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6336 "2021-11-17T20:14:28Z")
6,320.43%, prior to the 5x generator. I have over 500 characters and when I collect for 24-hour jobs, I get about 130 donuts for that alone. But I prefer to do ambulances and never work the characters, excepting quests. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6337 "2021-11-18T00:33:06Z")
I can’t get in again. So that’s fun for me ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6338 "2021-11-21T19:47:22Z")
I was being dumb and rushing the land deeds and characters to get plots of land. Cost in donuts is 6\*3+4 for 22 donuts per land plot. You can just buy the land plots for 15 donuts. Until later that is where land plots cost 2 deeds or 30 donuts. I wonder if it gets even more expensive later on? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6339 "2021-11-26T03:41:39Z")
It does. I spent a half hour harvesting about a 1,000 donuts last night to see how expensive it gets: Each E-W row has 7 plots. I just went up one of the columns, buying donuts and plots of land. There are 4 rows each at a price of 2 deeds(?) (30 donuts), then 4 rows of 3 deeds (45 donuts). This pattern continues: Four rows of 4 (60 donuts), 5 (75), and 6 (90) deeds (donuts), follow. The final row is 7 deeds, and you can buy that plot of land for 105 donuts. There is only 1 row of 7 deeds. 4x7x30=840 4x7x45=1,260 4x7x60=1,680 4x7x75=2,100 4x7x90=2,520 1x7x105=735 9,135 donuts for 2 deeds and beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6340 "2021-11-26T05:17:21Z")
I generate a lot of donuts, but this will take awhile. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6341 "2021-12-09T00:09:38Z")
Christmas has arrived in Springfield ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6342 "2021-12-09T14:41:37Z")
And the Christmas event is more than just 4 mini-events! We have trivia, Christmas daily quests, and more! Looks like they put in more than the minimal effort for this one! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6343 "2021-12-09T15:50:08Z")
Thanks for the heads up. I had to manually update. It was a big download too. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6344 "2021-12-10T13:37:47Z")
Apparently, if your friends have unmined donut mines, you are able to mine them. It can be done apparently multiple times. For now, maybe it’s a bug. If your friends harvest yours, they still remain there. So maybe leave some unharvested if you still have active friends. Most of my friends seem to be inactive at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6345 "2021-12-10T16:30:55Z")
Oh wow, I just got some from your town. As I expand, I’ll put a couple unmined donut rocks someplace obvious. I think most of my friends aren’t playing too much any longer though, just about all are from this board. Username: Jsteck13 ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6346 "2021-12-10T18:01:32Z")
You should be able to keep going back to mine. It stopped adding to my total somewhere north of 1000 donuts though. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6347 "2021-12-11T01:11:28Z")
oh wow that’s like the old corn thumbs glitch ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6348 "2021-12-11T19:55:32Z")
The update they just pushed out seems to prevent you from mining your friends towns. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6349 "2021-12-18T20:32:24Z")
24 days left on the Christmas event, looking at snowball snow statues @ 20 donuts each, increasing the percentage by 2%… a better ratio than any other item currently in stock. So I’ve begun the Push to 10k. Starting @ 6,367%, I spent 3 hours mining donuts via buying the rat control trucks @ $150k of in-game cash. I got over 3,000+ donuts, am now at 6,854%. 24 days, 66 snowballs, 1,300 donuts, per day to do this. I currently earn 15 donuts per truck. If my calculations are right, by the time I get to 10k%, I should get 21-22 donuts per $150,000 truck, or 1 donut per $6,850 of in-game cash. No wonder they’re selling characters and skins, lol. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=316) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=318)