So you have a crazy lil Squid looking Stewie in your town now, inking buildings and turning them dark. Not sure what to do with him? What is his purpose? Well I’m here to give you the breakdown of it all.
I figured you would want all the ins and outs of this crazy lil Mutant Baby that seemed to take over your Quahog. Well I have a lot of details below that will hopefully be able to help answer any of those remaining questions on Latcher Stewie and the Zapper.
WHEN DOES HE ARRIVE?
Latcher Stewie’s will start to appear into your town after you complete Quahog Comic-Con Part 6. (After completing Captain Hammered and opening the Convention Center.) NOTE: Make sure your device is update to 1.1.1 BEFORE you complete this to avoid issues with Ron Perlman.
Once you get to this point, a task to unlock the Latcher Stewie’s will be triggered.
The Latcher Stewie’s will start to take over the buildings in Quahog and make them unusable until he is zapped or the 8 hours pass by and he moves on. Keep in mind, up to 4 max Latcher Stewie’s can be in your town at the same time so another one could potentially take its place. They will keep coming every 3 hours until that max is hit.
Now for those of you that have the same building for “farming”, he can attach to multiples of that same building. So it is likely you could see him latched onto 4 of the same Office Buildings. He also can latch on at ANY time. So it won’t matter if that $ sign is above or not.
There is the question as to whether or not the Latcher Stewie will keep characters inside or not. This is random. Some he will hold hostage, while others may be kicked out. If the characters are still inside, their timers are still going and they will still payout as usual once he is zapped or moves on and the building tapped as normal.
So in summary: 4 Latcher Stewie’s max, Respawn every 3 hours, Move every 8 hours.
IS HE HERE TO STAY?
Latcher Stewie is here to stay for the entirety of the event. I don’t think Ron will be the last person he grabs a hold of.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Now that Stewie is in your town, you will need to pick and choose wisely as to when and where you want to Zap him.
So just how does the Zapper work? Well the first time you unlock the Zapper you will be able to give it a try. You can trigger it one of two ways. By tapping on any building that Latcher Stewie has a hold of. (This will allow you to pick an choose what building you want to Zap the Latcher Stewie off of.)
Or by tapping on the lil Zapper icon in the lower right hand corner of your game. This will just go to the nearest Latcher Stewie no matter what building he is on. (The number in the box is how many Zaps/Batteries you have left to use. FYI, they can take a few moments to refresh and update after use…so the number may not lower immediately, but will eventually catch up and sync.)
Once you tap on either, the Zapper will then let you know if it is ready to use or if you need to wait a little more time. If it is ready to use, then you will see the following… “USE” and/or “ZAP”. (If you only have a short time left on the charger, you may want to wait until it completes so you get a free charge and don’t waste batteries. Seeing that timer still going means you are using a Battery and NOT the charge.)
A little video will then come up showing Latcher Stewie being zapped, turning into dust, and going away.
The building will go from dark back to its original hue. You now will have the option to tap on the building and clear it out. I would suggest to clear it right away before another Latcher takes hold. (Since the Latcher does move every 8 hours, if you want to save your Zap for a more important building, just let him hang out on the ones you don’t care about and don’t waste Batteries.)
He also has a few silly catch phrases that pop up after he is defeated. 
If you try to Zap Latcher Stewie’s and there are none around, you will get a funny lil dialog pop up from Captian Hammered. 
WHAT DO YOU GET FROM ZAPPING?
So what do you get for Zapping him? Well there are a variety of items that you may or may not see pop out. You will get 50 Blam! for each Latcher you zap. You also will get a “Chance” item. This will depend on what character(s) you are currently unlocking. Right now you may see one of the following items:
Pizza
Puppies
Black & White Movie
So zapping the Latcher will not only give you some extra Blam!, but some other items you may be having difficulty acquire.
HOW DO I RECHARGE THE ZAPPER?
With the Zapper now depleted of its charge, you are going to have to wait 4 hours for it to recharge or you can get some Batteries to keep going. There are a few different ways you can earn Batteries for free.
Completing tasks involving Latcher Stewie.
Sending Patrick to the Thing A Mah Gadgets for his Battery earning task.
Tapping on Red or Yellow Shirt Nerds. (Random Batteries dropped.)
For those of you that wanted the info, here is the Battery earning task for Ron once you unlock him.
However, if you REALLY want those Batteries right now… you can also part with some of your precious Clams and buy/invest to get them.
Infinizap Battery Factory 250 Clams, 1 Battery $60 & 40XP Every 12 hours.
1 Pack Battery 15 Clams
3 Pack Batteries 40 Clams
12 Pack Batteries 140 Clams
Or you can even take a chance at the Robo Brian Mystery Box (75 Clams) to get 12 Batteries.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE LATCHER STEWIE DOES?
TinyCo has added to the Fabulous Challenge game play by offering Limited Time vehicles. Each week you will be asked to do something different to earn them. This week it was to Zap 15 Latcher Stewie’s to get the Nailgunner.
There will also be times you need to Zap Latcher Stewie to complete the Creature from the Goo Lagoon quest. 
So it looks like he is pretty involved in the ongoing Quahog Comic Con Event. I for one am giggling and having a blast Zapping him. I even wish there were other things I could Zap too. Lol.
Did this help YOU out? Did I leave anything else unanswered? Have YOU purchased any batteries? Won any? Let us know your thoughts below.
~Bunny
Family Guy Addicts 
Do you think we are gonna need the batteries in the future? i have like 15 now due to some lucky drops and am not using them. should i clear the mutants and keep it down to the one that will spawn or just let em sit and zap once every 4 hours? i am wondering if later on there will be some crazy goal that can only be achieved with mad batteries (new items to drop since i got ron now) that needs to be saved for. any thoughts. my fear is that with 3-4 days left i’ll have 40 of them and not enough time to use them. they are a great source of blam right now.
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We honestly do not know. This game changes weekly so hard to say when and where they will be needed.
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I thought I read somewhere on here, that they made it so the Q bank/building doesn’t get “latched” anymore…is that wrong? Mine just got attacked by Mutant last night.
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Ooo they supposedly did. Do you have a screenshot of it? (or can you grab one?)
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If it happens again, I will.
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Those are two different buildings. The Q hotel and the bank. He still latches onto the hotel.
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Could have meant Quahog bank and just wrote is as Q 😉
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unlocked the Ron tasks on Saturday and between Sat. to Tues night I had only collected 17 of the 40 items..pretty much only 4 a day with my characters going non stop. ..this made me sad (not really but it sucked lol) since then I have been pretty hot and now only need 2 film, 1 dog and 1 record. plus instead of the 1 battery I got the first 4 days i have picked up around 5 or so…so why bring this up on the Stewy latcher page? well after clearing out the 3 stewy latchers in my town only one responds every 4 hours…basically I don’t even need batteries at this point..I would completely burn up my excess batteries right now if it helped get Ron so I could put Quagmire on his day sleep over task with Patrick Steward before the next celeb comes out not to mention freeing up Peter to surf the bird some. Any news only the complete slowdown on stewie latchers? last 16 hours or so only 4 Stewie respawns
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They’ll spawn every 3 hrs with a max of 4 per town. I’m still seeing that rate (approx) in my town….might be off by a few minutes or so. We all know TinyCo’s clocks are a little “off” lol
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Thanks, yes that is what concerned me because I read on here (probably from you lol) that they spawn every 3 hours. The issue is since I accidentally cleared them all out yesterday at 2 p.m. my time (noon yours) only one has generated every four hours..pretty much an hour before I get the free zap. Will see if that changes the next 12 hours…If not I should just send tinyco a message right?
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Yea shoot them a message. Zapper should be resetting every 4 hrs Mutants every 3…
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Unlocked me a Hellboy this morning. Now I’m just bored. Oh by the way, I have something to share with the Addicts, can I send an email? I’d post it but…well, you’ll see why I’ll send it to you first.
Sitting on 30k Blam! too, with only the Blam Bar. I really can’t wait for Super Joe too!!!
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You’re welcome to send us an email any time…
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I’m diggin around other posts tryin to find that email. I had it written down at one point…is it somewhere obvious via menus? I’m tired and blind and lazy right now.
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Nevermind, found it under a Caption This! post 🙂 email sent.
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lol ok
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I’m currently need just 3 puppies for Ron. My drop rate for all the items to unlock him have been quite good. I have been zapping mutant Stewie as well as soon as it’s charged and been getting good drop rates of puppies. I have not saved any batteries so I hope it does not cause me problems later. I have currently 10 missions pending as I have just unlocked Dr Hartman, I’m in the process of unlocking Brian. I have not unlocked all the costumes either (ie Cop Joe+all of Lois’). I have not been paying with real money or using much of my clams. I do not understand how people could have unlocked Stewie already?! I still haven’t unlocked Asiantown! Am I really slow? But to be fair I never want this game to end and I’m honestly not in a rush. Can this game ever end do you think or they will just continue to give us new events? Also do u think we will have a chance to unlock characters such as peterschmidt, consuela and damaged horse without having to pay for them in clams? Also do you think they will add new characters to unlock?
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*My missions still to do are 2 for Quagmire, pirate Peter, and more
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This game changes weekly. It is one that definitely will keep your attention a long time. Each player has different methods in which they play the game. Those that are in it constantly do progress faster than those that don’t. It all comes down to managing time that suits YOUR lifestyle. No need to rush if you don’t want to. Take your time on the regular here to stay characters…as…they are here to stay. Focus more on the limited time ones you want so you can get them before they go away. Just…manage your time. Fit it to your schedule. Don’t worry about others as they won’t ever mirror you or you them. Its a fun game to customize to YOU. 😉
As for Clam items, I do not know that answer. So many surprises up TinyCo’s sleeves each week, you never know what is around the corner. I am just excited to wait and see. 😉
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Right, long story, I have these now: Bonnie Swanson, Brain Damaged Horse, Brian Griffin, Bruce, Carter Pewterschmidt, Chris Griffin, Cleveland Brown, Connie D’Amico, Dr. Hartman, Glenn Quagmire, Human Rupert, Jake Tucker, Jerome, Joe Swanson, Lois Griffin, Meg Griffiin, Mort Goldman, Mr Herbert, Patrick Stewart, Peter Griffin, Ron Perlman, Seamus, Stewie Griffin, Tricia Takanawa.
But I don’t have these yet (some obv. not avail.) Tom Tucker [n/a yet], Mayor Adam West [n/a yet], Consuela, Buzz Killington, Barbara Pewterschmidt [n/a yet], Jillian [n/a yet], Neil Goldman [n/a yet], Death [n/a yet], Evil Monkey [n/a yet], George Takei [n/a yet], Bryan Cranston [n/a yet], Nathan Fillion [n/a yet]
FaceSpace says 24/27, I get Consuela n Buzz to make it 26, but who is the 3rd person? Also, after Patrick & Ron, who are the next two ComCon toons? cos iPhone 4S does not show names for those?
BTW: This is mostly Freemium, so it is achievable for anyone who plays 24/7 lol. Only on 15K butts/blam, so just won the Outhouse of Loneliness, with a cracked iPhone screen which is tougher to read than the actual iPhone is 🙂
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So …short story long? Lol 😉
Felicia and Stan Lee are set to come in. Quagmire and Chris have skins coming…who knows what else is up their sleeves. 5 weeks of fun still. 😉
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Thanks Bunny! & Ok, Long story long I know, but It’s the Evil monkey telling me one thing and Patrick Stewart saying “Shutup Neopod” 🙂
I just want to prove as Freemium, it IS possible if you have no life or requirements to sleep lol!
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AHAHAHAHAH. What is this sleep of which you speak? Addicts don’t sleep. 😉
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Yh, I’m like Stewie, I has changed my sleep cycle due to reading The DaVinci Code
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Lol 😉
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So I just hit 15k blam! Today which I know is hilariously behind what the calender reckons I should be on. Just wondering where abouts other people are on at this stage in the event?
Iv currently completed all quests so I’m keeping up to date with that, just feel like I’m lagging when it comes to blam!
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You’re close to me..and I’m on Android. I just hit 15k yesterday
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Ah… Well since I’m iOS I should probably get a move on haha.
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lol
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I’m closing in on 12k which according to Bunny’s Android chart is about a day behind (pretty much 500 blam behind a day). Not going to all out fear mode yet because all that calendar is is an average of what you need a day not what you actually need to have to have a chance. Every week it will be easier to hit those goals as I go on because every week you can unlock another celeb that can help with that total. If this event is anything like the last one at some point what you make for your characters tasks will double then triple and again if it is like the last event at some point it will allow your premium characters earn as well. Once I unlock hellboy i will also get a semi short task that will give batteries..just using two batteries a day will give me an extra 100 blam..with 35 days left would be 3500 blam towards the end goal (odds are you will get more than 2 batteries a day from Ron but I am just using 2 as an example). Pretty much I am saying in a week or two it should be easy to get at least what you need a day and after that you should easily get a lot more than what you need to cancel out not making enough daily right now
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Same i hit 15k as well. #teamandriod
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I am almost 9K, on android and playing freemium. I just hope to get the Q hotel, l know l can’ t finish the prizes in time.
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So is there a time for when the joe character is going to drop for android?
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Nothing specified as of yet.
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Is the max of 4 per town something new? I’m 100% positive I have had 5 in my town multiple times when it started because I was frustrated I couldn’t keep up until I finally stocked up on batteries now it seems like mutant stewie never comes to my town.
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Yes, couple of days ago they tweaked some numbers. Information in the post is up to date. 😉
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At first, I was frustrated by the little buggers, but now I adore them. It helps that the zap gun recharges every four hours. Thanks for writing such a thorough account on the subject.
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Bunny is indeed thorough, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. 😉
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Here’s a little “where the hell” – the mutant Stewies we see in our games came from a season 2 episode called “DaBoom”. Y2K had happened with a nuclear meltdown, and the Griffins went in search of a twinkie factory. When they found it, Peter declared the area “New Quahog”, and created a new town (sounds like something we’re doing right now)! A little later, Stewie became the mutated monster we’re familiar with and his little Stewie mutant clones destroyed New Quahog. I believe it was revealed that the episode turned out to be a dream. Here’s a pic from that episode!
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Excellent info, Mike…well done! 🙂
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I can’t say I have ever seen this game before, but it looks pretty cool. I always liked the Stewie squid/octopus, and I loved the episode even more. I have been a F.G. fan forever. Love the site.
play dress up stewie – http://tinyurl.com/nc6l4kk
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lol that’s great!
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How have you got the fab 4 building?
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You purchase it with Blam!
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It seems lately that there is always a mutant Stewie with a boner for my Q building. (Can I say that without being censored? I’ve heard that word used in the show). Out of all the buildings in my Quahog, one of those little buggers is always on that one, pooping ink all over it. Bad little Stewie! Still waiting for our exclusive Joe and any other android exclusive bonus to come rolling in – any update on that? Thanks, Guys!
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No update as of yet on Joe release time. Patience. 😉
Boner used in the old regard is fine. As in mistake. Even Flanders, Barney, and Fred used it too. Radio morning crew use it too, so I hear it all the time as its original meaning. So, it is all in a matter of context of whether or not it is allowed.
“noun: boner; plural noun: boners
1.
NORTH AMERICAN informal
a stupid mistake.”
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Lol 😉
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Stewie loves my qbuilding also so yes he might have a boner for q building… gigety :p
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I was wondering about this. How random is the building choice? He has yet to occupy one of my several office buildings and seems to always come back to the Q Hotel. He also appears to really like the zoo and pancakes.
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It’s interesting that the Q seems to be a popular place for him, but beyond that it’s random. I’ve see him at the Aquarium and Zoo too, so I think he likes animals lol
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I’m thinking TinyCo needs to double check their random algorithm then. The same 6-7 buildings keep getting occupied.
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I do know that not ALL buildings are latched to. So they are limited, it is just a matter of finding out which ones. Lol. They seem to favor the newer ones placed, regardless what they are.
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Getting pretty irritated that none of my characters are earning the stuff for Ron Perlman. The only items I have collected are from zapping stewie and tapping nerds.
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Im in the same boat, but I still seem to be fairing pretty well with what Stewie’s, the Q and Nerds are dropping. The good thing is you have the entire event to unlock Ron 🙂
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You’re both doing better than I am. I seem to only get items from Stewie. Except puppies, I see to be getting a lot of puppies…
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Who doesn’t love puppies….lol 😉
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I’ve managed to unlock Patrick Stewart, pewtersmicht, stewie and Ron Perlman. It all seemed farely easy to do. My blue shirt nerds will drop blam in amounts that vary from 2 to 20. And recently they started dropping clams also. I get batteries from my yellow shirt nerds more than the red shirt ones. I have the battery factory I won it trying it win the clamsterprize. I think I’m right on track to unlock George Takei before the event is over. Loving this game can’t wait to see who we need to unlock next I’m a little bored right now with no missions to do or people to unlock. Just saving up my blam for now.
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great job!
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Has anybody else noticed the cost of fast forwarding Patrick Stewart in the battery task it seems like a clam is worth 2 hours rather than half an hour (except final 45 minutes)
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Yes, it’s a nice little bonus 🙂
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Haven’t gotten an item drop from zapping any Stewie since the car/only 4 Stewies update…anyone else having this issue? Ron P is giving me a mean glare and I still need over half of his stuff
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I am still getting the random Puppy in one game.
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That is strange. I only need 2 puppies and two records (freemium style) and zapping stewie was 80% of that stuff. Peter got me 2 films and bruce only earned me about 6 puppies.
You have some bad stewie luck!!!
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Ha!! guess Stewie is being stingy. Thanks Bunny and Kitten…guess I will go back to facing the general direction of California and waving my fist in a somewhat menacing way lol
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Don’t forget to yell the “Dirty Apes” part… just like the movies. 😉
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Heh just checked back in on my 4 hour cycle….one battery (yellow nerd), two stewie zaps, two puppies and the Q dropped a jazz album.
I will give you my luck until friday.
*using the force, harry*
There ya go…you have till thursday at midnight Cinderella.
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Was prepping myself so when I screamed darned dirty apes it would be manly…the whole Cinderella thing has put a delay on that lol. My luck so far with Ron is bad….but at least there is some there. Star Trek guys have given me 1 item and 1 battery since Saturday when I got the Ron quest going…will have to go on a heck of a streak to have him unlocked by Saturday (a week is reasonable..right?). My Android using self is slowly working my way into competition with my apple friends 🙂
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Lol…so…becoming MORE an Addict? 😉
Mine or hit and miss too. Seemed like nothing then BAM…all sorts of things dropping now. 😉
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Ha!! been since I started ..just after the pee pants event. it’s crazy..have seen a steady stream of people go on and on about being frustrated over the way they don’t get drops each and every time or whatnot..I just see it as a challenge…I just want to start getting more lucky in this case…could use the batteries and extra blam in my quest to overcome the loss of a week 😉 btw my frustration and cursing a half hour ago when quagmire, Bruce, Captain Hammer, two yellow shirts, two red shirts and hotel only gave me blam consisted of a solid..”Well that sucked” lol…now back to waving my fist of fury towards your wonderful state in a menacing manner!!
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Lol….I agree, this California born and raised lad loves his west coast lair (but I would hope that everyone would love the state they were born in)……unless, of course, that was the state of confusion. 😉
I’m sending you good luck Juju vibes, my friend.
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Oh, that Felicia Day. Charlie from Supernatural. Man that picture looks NOTHING like her, well except the red hair but didn’t know she is wearing it short. OK, I guess I kinda care a little.
But Stan ‘The Man’ Lee is still my primary objective.
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WANT. STAN. NOW!!!
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Oh yeah, she’s deff wearing it short. Google it, it’s gorgeous.
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Oh boy…you would have gone and looked. Lol 😉
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Are people getting batteries from nerds after unlocking Ron? I haven’t gotten a single battery from the nerds, and only 1 Record. Ron seems a million miles away.
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I have been. Those random drops are funny things. 😉
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Any speculation as to what the Minion Stewie mentioned in the Nothing Suspicious Here factory refers to? I personally think Mutant Stewie will continue to mutate into bigger bosses as Minion is different than Mutant but is still a word for an underling to something even more sinister. Maybe we’ll see a change after getting Stan Lee down from the third flagpole?
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I am awaiting confirmation on more details. I do not notice any changes as of yet. 😉
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Not anything in game yet. Just the reference in the 85,000 blam factory prize. “Spawns Minion Stewies.” Pure speculation on my part that this could be something different than Latcher Stewies.
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We have it in one of our test games. I really don’t see anything unusual…yet. Not to say it will spark something. 😉
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Anyone else having a problem with the zap Stewie crashing? Every tune I Tao on a building he’s darkened I forces my app to close. I have a “Samsung galaxy S 4 active”
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Interesting. My GS4 is working just fine. Just zapped 4 Stewies in mine like 30 mins ago no problem. Have you tried some basic troubleshooting to see if it helps?
Restart device, Force Close app, uninstall/reinstall app as long as it is linked to an Email or FB account? Let us know.
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Question….I dont know if anyone knows yet, but once that mutant factory is open(won and placed) will it affect or change anything? Or will it be like the nerds and just little squidstewies run around every so often?
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Haven’t seen any changes. Just another building. 😉
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So it doesnt even really spawn little stewie squides?
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I didn’t notice a change, but I am on top of Zapping them. Lol. I am looking into stats on the building and will get back to you on it. 😉
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Mutant Factory spawns lil stewies that drop plutonium and eyeballs, thoroughly pissing every single player off!!!
Just kidding, im not even close to the factory.
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HAHAHAhahahahah you WOULD start a flame war wouldn’t you. FIRESTARTER!!! 😛
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Mine are dropping pieces of patrick Stewart to be put back together in order to have him as a playable character….I think that would even piss off bunny!
Nah im not close either, BUT it shall be mine…eventually
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Lol! Little bunny ears and buck teeth and fluffy tail parts just popping out everywhere.
Thats actually a hilarious idea for a character. 5 parts, each epic and each on a different characters 24h task. Build up a character or costume hangman style.
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HEY NOW! My teeth ain’t buck. Sharpened pointy fangs maybe…but no buck. 😛
The thought does make me giggle.
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Wow, can’t you just imagine the fall out over that one! Haha
I am certain tinyco wouldn’t survive! At minimum some crazy fan boy/girl would fly to California in frustration and torch their lil tiny office!( I’m in Kentucky, how close are you?) 😃
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Now…now…we have enough “crazies” in my state that might just think you are serious. Lol. Let’s not “fuel” the fire. 😉
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Do you live in cali silly? Ive often wondered where you and others I see on here frequently are located…also I have to tell you, I see a lot of people on here say to you they imagine chris griffins voice as yours when they read your posts. I for some reason have always “heard” Snot from American dad when i read your posts. I guess I see him as the voice of reason in their little click and as ive said before you have talked me off a few cliffs over this silly game . so to me you are Snot. I say it with love and of coarse I voted American dad in the last poll. When you read my posts id LOVE it if you do so with the voice if roger as mine! HAHA
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DEAL! LOL….I now hear you as Roger. 😉 Yes, I’m a SoCal guy. Lived part of my life at the beach even. Glad I’ve been able to “talk you down” (quit climbing up there in the first place…lol)
Ps “so to me you are Snot” is the nicest thing anybody as ever said to me. HAHAHA XD
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*first post* just unlocked Ron and found his 4 hour “practice combat with large monsters” also drops batteries so that was nice…i went crazy with the robo brian box at the weekend and ended up with 36 batteries and a 2nd battery factory so now have a healthy 40 battery stash ready for this weekends next car task and for clearing the stewiemonsters whilst waiting to get the next celeb 🙂
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Welcome to the madness that is the Addicts. Correct, Ron’s task does drop batteries. I hope more do come. I also chanced the Brian box and got a nice pile of batteries from it too. 😉
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Are the batteries instead of Blam? So you essentially have a choice between tasks that net you batteries or tasks that gain you Blam? Or does the task drop both?
I guess the batteries would be better as you can get a greater amount of Blam from using the batteries to zap Stewie. Provided you use them all before the end of the event of course.
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It is much like any other task that drops materials. You get the standard items, like $$/XP/Blam, and then you also get a chance drop at a material. In this case a battery.
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I have unlocked the nailgunner and I already have 8 batteries and counting saved up for the next challenge to start. It is a double edged sword though because with me not using batteries until then I haven’t gotten much for Ron Perlman since most of the items I got already for him was blasting latcher stewies all the time.
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Great post, been wondering about this. I guess they capped the number to 4 mutant Stewie recently because I had 5 at one time. I’m really hoping they release mutant Stewie as a possible costume to keep!
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They originally rolled out at 6 max. TinyCo updated and changed that to help players with not so many in the town at once. 😉
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Has anyone actually had Latcher Stewie attack an office building or other non-task building? In my Quahog, he has only latched onto task related buildings and Comic Con event related buildings. He even used the outhouse for a bit of lonely poo!
Is it just my town? I have a few dozen spas, which perhaps makes a difference.
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I’ve had him latch onto my Zoo as well.
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Mine seems to favor Quahog Oceanland, Q, Fabulous 4 Headquarters, Quahog Day Spa, Rock-it Playground, Founding Father Restaurant, to name a few. I however have most “standard” buildings in storage at this time. For room sake.
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Ive had him on my zoo and preschool and yacht club and a lot on my day spa and q hotel.
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He is just all over. I know they pulled a few like the Bank, not sure what others were pulled too.
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On mine he’s exclusively on the Spa, Flappy Jack’s House of Pancakes, and the Mini-Mart… plus the ones I got through the event (the Rock-it Playground, Furry Funhouse, Q Hotel, Sir Lanceawarts so far).
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He seems to prefer latching onto newer buildings. I built some new Mini marts, pancake houses, etc. after section 8 opened, and he’s been on those a lot of the time and basically out of my hair.
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Hey guys! Haven’t commented in awhile, (been way to busy collecting bam!). I just wanted to say that this has to be by far the most fun I’ve had in this game. I’m a day one freemium player and just invested my first real money into the game. I love how with this event they continue to add new and exciting things like the zippers and Ron freaking Perlman! I just wanted to share because I figured all the complaining can be tiresome for the people who run this page. Wanted to spread some cheer! Well back to the Blam!
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Well thank YOU! I am glad you are enjoying our silly lil blog. 😉
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I unlocked the Nailgunner, but can’t seem to find where it went to. Has anyone else had this issue?
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Nevermind, I found it. It didn’t show up right away.
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great! 🙂
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Originally batteries had a pretty decent drop rate, I finished the goo lagoon and fabulous challenge very fast, but since then not one battery drop… Has anyone else noticed this drop rate change?
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I just got 2 from Nerds. They are random, so they will hit off n on.
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I got 4 batteries so far. I’m saving them for when my hotel is getting latched on. That’s the only building dropping relevant items anyway. I usually wait until the zapper recharched though.
Btw. For an android player… About 7000 Blam so far, almost unlocked the nailgunner and just unlocked Patrick Stewart. Is that kinda ‘on schedule’ for the quest and blam? Because I am nowhere near getting Ron Pearlman (not even almost halfway). Especially those damn puppies.
PS: shame the battery factory costs clams. Because I really like the esthetic look of it. Better than those ‘common offices’ :p
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Edit: Never mind. I found the Calendar. I’m already like 6000 Blam behind on schedule. Wow… that’s… encouraging…
Probably partly because my characters unlock very slowly. But… 6000 behind on schedule after only 5 days!
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Also on android and I am about where you are at. And having no luck with batteries or drop items for Ron.
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I would consider using all the batteries you do have to zap all possible Stewies, as that is how I’ve been getting most of my Ron items. The tasks are hopeless at dropping them. Especially when Bruce’s task for the puppies is 8 hours each time, frequently doesn’t drop any, and you need 20 overall.
Once Ron is unlocked, THEN I’ll start saving them up and only using them on important buildings.
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Not to mention, Ron does have that 4 hour task to have a chance at earning a battery. 😉
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I have one more record (please Q!) and one puppy left. Bruce has been super helpful along with the spawning (saving 8hrs each time). My Q has been taken over 3x this morning alone that I haven’t had a chance to collect once yet.
Once I get both, hopefully before the next zap, I’m going use my remaining 3 batteries to aim for the last 5 reels. Would you recommend this strategy or hold onto the batteries?
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i’ve got the same left for ron! 🙂 personally, i’m going with the hold batteries as long as i can strategy…you never know when they’ll come in handy for a future challenge
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Up to you. I seemed to get more puppies from Stewie, but each game varies. So if that is where you saw them, it may be your best bet. 😉
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Yes, I used some batteries and Stewie seems to drop quite a bit of puppies. I’m now halfway there to get Ron (for each item). Not great, but it could be worse! Superhero Joe better drop a load of items when he comes out! :p
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Why does this make me want to say what the deuce?! lol
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I am a droid user as well and just passed 10k not buying any blam products. Keep in mind that kick butt calendar Bunny created is just basically showing you an average a day you need to make per day and not what you actually need per day…basically saying that everytime you unlock a celeb you will have another source of blam, if its anything like the last event they will double then triple what you score at some point and if you have rupert or any premium character again if its like the last event they will start earning blam as well at some point and finally being an android player once they release super Joe and you get his costume he will earn blam as well..so although I don’t know if its possible to get the 100k needed to finish everything for a fact..it is starting to look very plausible. Plus if you ever get caught up with doing all the tasks you need with Peter as well as all the things you need to unlock with Peter you can then use his 1 minute tasks as often as you can to get even more blam. also when I have the time it seems like I have at least 9 blue shirts running around every 15 minutes which is a quick 18 blam right there. Thinking after I unlock Ron the extra batteries he gets will pay off big time with 50 blam a shot at Stewie!!
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Very true. It is more just a visual guide. This game is unlike any we have played before, so to pinpoint an exact would be impossible. Too many changes weekly. I am seeing Blue Nerds give me +2 and +3 Blam! a lot. So it is getting better and better with the payouts. And STILL 5 weeks to go. So much time, so many more Blam! earning possibilities. Don’t let the calendar worry you. See where you are with 2 weeks or 1 week to go, THEN decide what strategies if any you need. 😉
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Any idea when the quagmire and chris costumes for the fab 4 will be available? If its not until lois’ costume is reached, and they need items collected, most of us will never get them before the event ends. Im at 13000 blam and playing round the clock. Unless earning rates triple soon ill barely break 45000 by the end.
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No, they haven’t been released yet. So if you hit Lois’s costume now…it won’t matter since the other 2 costumes have yet to be released. I’m sure they’ll hit with a future Thursday/Friday
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I asked tinyco about characters being kicked out of buildings attacked by latcher stewie about four days ago. They only replied to me today and this is their reply:
“If Latcher Stewie has attached to a building with a character inside, this character will be kicked out of that building and their current task will end.
We’ve reduced the max amount of Latcher Stewies that can be in your town from 6 to 4 so fewer characters will be kicked out. The Zapper now recharges in 4 hours and Red-Shirt Nerds (in addition to the Yellow-Shirt Nerds) will drop Batteries too. We’ve also reduced the type of buildings Latcher Stewie can attach to. For example, he can no longer latch onto the Quahog Bank.”
Looks like they changed it since the last time i checked before contacting them, the FAQ stated characters should not be kicked out of buildings attacked by latcher.
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Correct. All this info is inside of my post. People still have characters trapped inside a building, others see them kicked out. All the other stats are up to date in it. 😉
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Off subject but does anyone know what the Ron perlman In the cocoon is in the event inventory? It says Go but when tapped does nothing.
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The Chair will be released once the event is over (like Cleveland’s house). I know it’s confusing having it in the store (i don’t get why it’s there), but it’ll be released once the event is over. 🙂
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Anyone else noticed people got Patrick Stewart fast and easy me I struggled a bit and others found captain hammered but didn’t find Patrick Stewart to easy and Ron permanent is the same other people get lucky with other stuff has tiny Co made it like it’s gets this celebrity faster than android but they will get him faster or is this a coincidence
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Trying to make a lil sense of your comment. I think you are saying it seems to you that others got items faster than you?
Each item drop is random. So it all depends on your game play. If you play constantly throughout the day…like every hour…your chances may be higher than those that only play every 6 hours or so. So it is hard to say who gets what over someone else. Make sense?
It is all in how YOU play the game. Don’t focus on others, just what you want and apply yourself to achieve that goal. 😉
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no its like other devices getting characters faster than other love the Btw 🙂
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Makes sense. I am on Android GS4, and my games differs from Alissa’s on also GS4. I don’t see real differences in devices. Just how the game is played and how often. 😉
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Ok Thx for replying I can’t wait for Stan Lee I might Clam Him So I Secure Him And I think Nathan Fillian is a premium Celeb
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You are most welcome. 😉
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First off love the site been following for a while you guys are really awesome!😄 I know this is kinda off topic but is it just me or does anyone else think that the robo brain and robo stewie would make for really cool prizes. Especially if they came with an animation I know we gotta lot to come from this event tho that’s just started but just saying 👍
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Well thanks for enjoying our silly lil blog. 😉
They are definitely cool looking items. I also wondered if they would be around somewhere to win or own. Never know. 5 weeks still to go. 😉
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Another thing I’m confused about I thought we were told that characters being kicked out of buildings was a glitch now you’re saying that it’s actually a 50-50 shot on whether or not the character is trapped or kicked out of the building?
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This is what I am seeing. TinyCo looked into issue of him kicking characters out. It still is happening. I also still see characters being trapped inside. I do not know the percentage, but it looks like characters being kicked out will happen.
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I’m confused because this post says the max number of mutant stewies is four but when he was first introduced to the game I had six Mutant Stewies at one point in my game
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That is why I posted this. They updated and changed the timer on the Zapper and the spawn of Stewie as well as the Nerds dropping Batteries. My info is up to date for all. 😉
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Thanks for the hard work
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Welcome. 😉
I try to keep on top of all the changes so it helps you and other readers in the long run.
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I’m SOOO happy I bought a battery factory before they changed the Latcher Stewie spawn rates and zapper cool down time. Seemed like a decent investment at the time, but I feel like a fool now. Can’t imagine I’ll be buying any more ‘premium’ items if TinyCo will be changing the mechanics of the game so dramatically.
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You still will need many batteries throughout the event. Stewie is here to stay. It is not like they’re just useless. 😉
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Doubtful as I’m already sitting on a surplus of batteries with no Latchers to zap…
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Thank you! Awesome advice (as usual!)
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Do we know for sure the next celeb is being unlocked on Thurs? I really hope their blam cost doesn’t go up to 10k. I’m still working on getting Ron unlocked. Can’t wait for them to start up the mystery boxes that cost blam instead of clams.
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With the releases all over…no idea what day for sure. 😉
Could be Thursday or Friday.
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Just to be clear, tapping USE will use a battery. If it is charged the button will say ZAP and that one’s free. The description above is a little unclear that distinction.
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Yes it will say Zap once it free but if you press the use button it will charge the Gun and you will press Zap again.
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Correct. I’d go further, personally, and say that I found the description misleading not just unclear. (I have no desire to fall out with Bunny, any of the other addicts or the wider addict community, I’m just saying it as I see it.)
If you see USE, you’ll also see a picture of a battery next to it. That means “use a battery.” That means your Zapper is NOT ready to use. It will be ready to use once it has charged itself up in anywhere up to 4 hours time, or once you have charged it up by using a battery.
If on the other hand you see ZAP, that means that the Zapper already has Stewie-zapping capability. It is fully charged. It is ready to use 🙂
The choice whether to USE+ZAP or just ZAP is yours. With around 32 hours to go in the Fantastic Challenge, pretty much everyone – regardless of timezone – should have at least a full waking day of mutant-zapping opportunities ahead of them. That could be 4 recharges plus an immediate zap from the overnight charging that you slept through – 5 zaps (5 zapped Stewies.)
If you need more than 5 Stewies then you’ll need to rapid-charge your zapper at some point soon, and you should do it immediately after zapping the little blighter so that you save as much of that 4 hours as possible. Otherwise hang on to your batteries – they might be more important as a game currency than Blam! and clams by the end of the month!
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Thanks Tristan, We all read your other comment. 😉 Bunny had some things to attend to tonight, but will be reworking the post later to make it clearer.
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I understand where it may have not been clear. The point I was making (complete with description in area just as this), is if you see time left…your are using a battery to Zap. Hence why I stated to wait and not waste it. Hopefully it’s a lil clearer now. 😉
And no falling out perceived. If something we write is not clear and more details needed, we WANT to be asked or suggested to. We welcome it. Hence why we encourage commenting at the end of our posts.
We are here to help, not hinder. You’re feedback was appreciated. 😉
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just won the nailgunner 😀
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nice!
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I did as well. Where do you claim it. I can’t find it.
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As with most won items, they go straight to your inventory. Take a peek there. 😉
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I found it, and felt like a Peter for not realizing where it went. Thanks for the reply!
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Awwww no worries at all. It’s usually the last place anyone thinks to look. Like a forgotten area at times. Lol. Glad we could help out. 😉
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Which bldgs do we need to build that cost blam in order?
I.e. you needed to build the Furry bldg. but which one is next do we need to hold off so we can unlock the next celeb for 10k blam?
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Right now…it’s just the Furry Funhouse and Thing-a-ma-gadgets. Nothing else has been required as of yet.
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I had a strange thing today. I wanted to send Patrick to the Spa, but Stewie was there. Zapped him away and sent Patrick to the task. Now Stewie came again and Patrick was on the street.
a) I was blind
b) The game really starts to become unfair. So every time Stewie comes, I need to restart the tasks???
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As I stated in my post, Latcher Stewie does have a possibility that the character inside will be knocked out. (Myself as well as others have had characters trapped inside too.) I have already sent in my response to this to TinyCo. You are welcome to do the same through your game menu.
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Are there any plans anyone knows of to incorporate Latcher Stewie’s eggs into the game? I think it would be a cool idea to have them pop up with a mystery gift inside every now and then. Maybe money, blam, a clam, or any little surprise. It would be a good way to add a little extra something even though this event is really stacked already. Just wondering.
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As far as we know, nothing yet. But that is a cool idea 🙂
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You rock. I know your name is Alissa but every time I see your name I hear “Mellisa” by the Allman Brother’s Band. The song gets stuck in my head for hours. Just like when I read anything by Bunny, the voice in my head reads it as Kristen Schaal from Bob’s Burgers. Even Cybersilly sounds like my brother in-law. Maybe I’m just a little crazy. Or a lot. “Get out of my head random voices and catchy tunes.”
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hahahaha that’s awesome! 🙂
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Can you shave the 4 hour charge? It doesnt seem like it, seem you can only save batteries.
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No, once you use the Zapper (even if you use a battery to recharge it) the timer resets back to 4 hrs…
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I still haven’t received any answer from tinyco also batteries drop quite often from nerds for me
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My guess, they have their hands full with the group of players that can’t get into their games right now or the group who’s comic con event ended early for some reason. Hopefully you’ll hear something soon and maybe get a clam refund. 🙂
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I really do have the urge to purchase batteries so that my buildings are free, but is it neccessary? Can we do this freemium and still collect all of the vehicles?
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Yes indeed, you should be able to. Just try and save your batteries until this weeks new challenge starts. Only use the 4 hour charge on the zapper. Do you have Ron unlocked yet? He earns a lot for me.
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No, not yet. Ive only just repaired the flag pole yesterday. Im a little behind lol
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Zapping Stewie does get more items to unlock him and then he has a 4 hour task that has a chance at batteries. So it’s a bit of a “Catch-22″…lol
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Thanks to the reduced rates and quicker charge he isn’t interfering with my town too much any more which is nice. Batteries seem to be handed out fairly frequently too which is also nice. I won 12 on Saturday and still have 10 left 🙂 Iv been zapping fairly frequently so I’m not exactly being tight on them either.
Soon Ron will be mine! I find the drops from the latchers are much better than task. I only need 2 more movie reels and 1 more puppie and I’d say 90% of these have been from stewie.
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Jealous…I have only received 1 battery 😦
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Aw man that sucks 😦 keep tapping away. Usually one of the yellow nerds that spawn give me one.
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