# 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:** 324
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6470 "2023-10-10T01:04:46Z")
I haven’t had to do that for awhile. With this update I had to do it once and that was it. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6471 "2023-10-15T22:58:39Z")
Tried several times today and I keep getting a spinning donut. No try again later just the spinning donut. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6472 "2023-10-15T23:24:00Z")
Did you check the App store for the update dated earlier this week? I think that solved it for most people. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6473 "2023-10-16T01:35:56Z")
That was weird. I updated all my apps and it didn’t update. I searched for the app and it showed no update. Then I clicked on the app and it showed an update. It was incredibly small. It did help. Now I don’t have the spinning donut. I have the can’t connect to server error over and over. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6474 "2023-10-17T00:50:36Z")
I tried again today and no good. I had to delete and reload the entire app. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6475 "2023-10-17T01:47:16Z")
When this happened to me it was because my phone was running out of memory, like I had 1 gig of 64g remaining. ---
**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 15, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6476 "2023-11-15T15:47:19Z")
New event just dropped for Thanksgiving plus a Black Friday event which includes a ton of returning items to the store. Plus a Black Friday questline which you complete by buying donuts. Sigh. I’m willing to throw in a few bucks because I’ve gotten so much entertainment out of the game and it comes with Homer’s Hedge, which seems pretty cool. I just don’t think I want to spend that much. ---
**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 6, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6477 "2023-12-06T21:51:05Z")
Christmas is live. It didn’t feel like Christmas till I got snow in my town ---
**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 13, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6478 "2023-12-13T20:30:49Z")
In one of those possible “they may have messed up” deals, there is a series of snow statues… 20 donuts apiece… where you get .5% added to your bonus. However, one of the statues, the “Snowball II” statue, nets you a 2% increase on your bonus, making this one of the more effective bonus multiplying items in a couple of years, 2% for 20 donuts. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6479 "2023-12-13T20:48:03Z")
Nice! Just bought 10 of them. Thanks for the heads up. ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6480 "2023-12-13T21:27:55Z")
You’re welcome! I’m doing some Bloodmobile harvesting which nets me 18 donuts for $132k of in-game cash for each BM. With the XP multiplier, my bonus is now 52,830.6% (10,566.12 with no XP multiplier), or… an easier way to think of it, 528.306X. So a 24hr task which nets 375XP w/ no multiplier will get me 198,115XP. ETA: Just re-read my post where I began the push to 10,000% and it was these very same Snowball statues that I used to get me over the hump. For that, I had to harvest about 36,000 donuts to get me there! > [@The Simpsons: Tapped Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6349): > > 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 … ---
**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:** [December 13, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6481 "2023-12-13T21:38:16Z")
Those numbers are just nuts. I’m at a measly 1,381.1% before multiplier. I generally use Rat Trap Delivery Trucks to farm donuts. I get roughly 3 donuts per truck ($150k), I think. ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6482 "2023-12-14T13:57:06Z")
Nice heads up on the Snowball statue. Thanks! What’s the best way to determine your bonus? I remember looking it up once but all the info on it is from years ago. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6483 "2023-12-14T14:02:50Z")
Tap on your conform-o-meter stars in the lower left. It shows it in the box that pops up. ---
**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 14, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6484 "2023-12-14T14:04:15Z")
Aha, thanks. I’m at 1268.5%, I better get cracking! ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6485 "2023-12-24T21:15:30Z")
Cider mill! ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6486 "2023-12-26T16:02:34Z")
I just realized that I had Springfield Heights buildings in storage that include bonus modifiers. I’m not really a fan of the SH buildings, the grind to upgrade them, as well as the need make room for their placement, but I did just add 14%. I may have to add a few more. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6487 "2024-02-05T16:05:32Z")
I just got the Undercover Hoover skin from the Shattered Dreams box but I don’t have Hoover so I can’t use it. Wah wah. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6488 "2024-02-05T22:52:22Z")
ugh i have a task to do something with lady duff with my duffman skin (forget which… business duff?) and I can’t do it because I don’t have lady duff and she’s _never_ for sale or in the boxes. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/6489 "2024-02-06T16:40:43Z")
I had the Game Master skin for the longest time and never had Milo until they had him available last year at discount. It almost seems like they should just throw you the skin at some point. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=325)