Halloween Phase 2 Rundown (Updated and Complete)

Update 10/14: Just fully completed the rundown post, with images and details.  Everything you’ll need for the basics is there.  Including a few new decorations TinyCo just added.  Thanks for your patience guys! 🙂

UPDATE BUNNY 2:10 PM EST: TinyCo JUST pushed a fix for the Poltergeists issue. For those players on Fright Level 7 and above, it seems to have impacted the most. So give it a moment to load and you should be good to go. 🙂

They are also looking into the issue of Banshees. Waiting for clarification on spawn rates, etc. Will update once we have more details.

MORE INFO… Banshees should be spawning 2 every 3 hours for a max of 4 in your town at once.  So if you are not seeing them at this rate (you have to have Ghostbuster Quagmire to start to clear them and have them regenerate), please contact TinyCo.

UPDATE BUNNY: Sorry for the delay, was hurrying to get back to a signal so I could pass this on. We have already reported the issues with Predator not leveling up, Grey ghosts not droppin vials, and Poltergeists not counting that are impacting players.  Will update when we get anymore info on it. Our hopes is they can locate and fix issues soon. They are working on it.

UPDATE: We’ll be live tweeting through the event tonight….you can follow us on twitter @famguyaddicts

UPDATE..again….TinyCo has just announced American Dad with be the NEXT Event!!  Are YOU excited?!

Hello There Clammers!

We’re coming to you live from San Francisco!  Just before the start of the Tiny Hour Event and…TinyCo had dropped an update on us (would we expect anything less?)

Looks like phase 2 has hit and there’s a whole bunch of new goodies for us yup explore!  The portal can now be upgraded and there’s now latching poltergeist yup contend with!

We’ll be back with more as we can…it’s really hard to update from our phones.  But we’ll get all we can for you guys 🙂

Thanks for your patience and look forward to seeing some of you tonight!

UPDATE FROM BUNNY:

How do I see Phase 2 of the Halloween event?

You will need to upgrade your portal to the Poltergeist Portal in order to access Phase 2 of Ghostbusters: Quahog’s Halloween. Upgrading will require at least Fright Level 2.

What triggers the Ghostbusters Challenge 2?

When you upgrade your portal to the Poltergeist Portal, this will trigger “Ghostbuster Challenge 2: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Latchers.” This will require you to defeat 8 Poltergeist Latchers in 3 days to win the Ghostbuster Lockers.

What are the Poltergeists attached to my buildings?

When you upgrade your portal to the Poltergeist Portal, this will introduce a new ghostly creature into your town. Poltergeists will haunt Quahog’s buildings, making them too frightening to enter. Any character currently in the building will be trapped until the Poltergeist is cleared or moves to another building. 

How do I clear the Poltergeists?

Tap on the building with the attached Poltergeist to clear it. You will need to use Ghost Traps to capture the Poltergeists. Ghost Traps take 6 hours to recharge, and you can get traps from Diane Simmons or the shop to instantly recharge. 

Clearing a Poltergeist will reward Spirit Vials, XP and a chance for Poltergeist Talons and Colander Helmets.

What is the Poltergeists’ spawn rate?

A Poltergeist will spawn every 2.5 hours for a maximum of 3 in your town at a time. After 6 hours, the Poltergeist will move to a different building.

How do I unlock Ghostbuster Quagmire?

Ghostbuster Quagmire is available after you upgrade your portal to the Poltergeist Portal.

To unlock this costume, you will need the following items:

1,000 Spirit Vials

10 Ghost Condoms (rare) from Lois, Bonnie, Chris and the Goth Nightclub

10 Colander Helmets (rare) from Poltergeists, Ghostbusters HQ and Kamikaze Plane

15 PKE Meters (uncommon) from Mort, Quagmire, Bruce and Airplane Graveyard

If you unlock him, Ghostbuster Quagmire is yours to keep in the game permanently. You will have until the end of the entire Halloween event to unlock him, otherwise he will disappear from your game.

How do I get Banshee Tears?

In order to clear the Banshees and earn Banshee Tears, you will need to have the Ghostbuster Quagmire costume completed. Once complete, tap on the Banshees to clear them or start Quagmire’s action for “Zap Banshee” for your chance to collect Banshee Tears. You can also earn Banshee Tears from the Quahog Cannery and the Banshee Fountain.

How do I get the Predator?

The Predator will be available in the shop for 250 clams. He will zap Banshees and drop batteries to recharge the Ghost Traps.

That should tie yah over for a bit  ; )


Content info…finally!

Now that we’re back from our Trip to TinyCo I can finally sit down at my desk and put everything that Phase 2 Contained down for you guys.  We seriously appreciate how patient you guys have been over the last several days!  We have the best readers 🙂

So let’s get into it shall we?

In order to get the goodies for week 2 you’ll need to first upgrade your portal….

Poltergiest Portal

Once your portal is upgrade you’ll be able to start on the new stuff for Phase 2….

New Buildings:

Freemium:

Quahog Cannery – Quahog Cannery- 500 Spirit Vials.  Earns 20 vials and 4 FP/ 12hrs.  Chance for Banshee Tears or Latcher Talons

Hooter’s Owl Shop- 3000 Spirit Vials.  Earns 20 Vials and 4FP/ 12hrs.  Always drops Latcher Talons.

Premium:

Airplane Graveyard   Airplane Graveyard- 50 Calms.  Always drops PKE Meters.

Emo Globin Night Club Emo-Globin Nightclub- 100 Clams. Always drops Ghost Condoms.

Banshee's Lament Fountain Banshee’s Lament Fountain-225 Clams.  Always Drops Banshee Tears.

WWII Dive Bomber WWII Dive Bomber- 50 Clams.  Always drops Helmets.


Decorations

Mr. Dead Bonez  Mr. Dead Bonez- 150 Spirit Vials.

Predator Ship Predator Ship- 250 Spirit Vials.

Archnidasarboretum Arachnids’ Arboretum- 35 Spirit Vials

big scrub Big Scrub– 10 Spirit Vials.

gnarlytree Gnarly Tree- 35 Spirit Vials.

largeblazingbush Large Blazing Bush- 15 Spirit Vials.

largeorangetree   Large Orange Tree- 35 Spirit Vials

littleshurb Little Scrub- 10 Spirit Vials.

smallgreenbush  Small Green Bush– 15 Spirit Vials.

spidersanctuarytree   Spiders’ Sanctuary Tree- 35 Spirit Vials.

unrulybush Unruly Bush- 25 Spirit Vials.


Characters:

predator Predator- 250 Clams.  Will help earn Banshee Tears and Ghost Traps.  Comes with his Trophies…

predator trophies

10665192_894655730545752_1985981470913402485_nGhostbuster Quagmire- Collect STUFF to unlock him.  Once unlocked he’ll help you deal with the Banshees.  Here’s what you’ll need to collect in order to get him:

Spirit Vial1,000 Spirit Vials

Ghost Condom10 Ghost Condoms (rare) Get From: Make Lois Clean Up Peter’s Mess OR Make Bonnie Go to Ladies’ Night OR Make Chris Enjoy Private Time OR Get From Emo Globin

Collander Helmet10 Colander Helmets (rare) Get From: Ghostbusters HQ OR From WWII Dive Bomber OR From Poltergeists

PKE Meter15 PKE Meters (uncommon)Get From: Make Mort Retreat Cowardly OR Make Quagmire Order New Toys OR Make Bruce Pass Out Flyers OR From Airplane Graveyard


Week 2 Challenge:

Challenge

Week 2 Challenge Involves Trapping Poltergeists:

Locker Challenge

The challenge will start early in the questline, so be ready.  You have 3 days to trap 8 Poltergeist and win the lockers.  Once you’ve completed the challenge the lockers can be found in your inventory.


New Ghosts to Defeat:

Banshee Banshee- Ghostbuster Quagmire (or Predator) will clear them.  They’ll drop Banshee tears.  They come from the Portal.

Poltergeist Poltergeist- They’ll latch onto buildings and take them over (similar to Latcher Stewie).  You’ll need Traps to defeat them.  They drop Poltergeist Talons.


New Materials for Crafting:

Banshee TearsBanshee Tears- Get from Clearing Banshees or from Various Buildings.

Poltergeist ClawsTalons- Get from Clearing Poltergeist or from Various Buildings.

Both items are needed to craft various items in the Cauldron…


New Items to Craft:

More items have been unlocked in the Cauldron….

Effigy of DeathEffigy of Death- Requires:
Spirit Vial300 Vials
Banshee Tears5 Banshee Tears
Terror Dog Bones5 Terror Dog Bones

Peter Lantern Peter-Lantern- Requires:
Spirit Vial160 Vials
Poltergeist Claws5 Talons
Terror Dog Bones3 Terror Dog Bones

Monster From Space Ace Ace Ace Monster from Space-Ace-Ace-Ace!- Requires:
Spirit Vial300 Vials
Poltergeist Claws10 Talons
Terror Dog Bones5 Terror Dog Bones

Slutty Cat MegSlutty Cat Meg- Requires:
Spirit Vial3,000 Vials
Banshee Tears20 Banshee Tears
Poltergeist Claws15 Talons
Terror Dog Bones25 Terror Dog Bones

Mr Weed Mr. Weed- Requires:
Spirit Vial17,500 Vials
Banshee Tears40 Banshee Tears
Terror Dog Bones40 Terror Dog Bones


Traps for Poltergeist:

As mentioned above…Poltergeists are now latchers for buildings in Quahog.  You’ll need traps to clear them.  When they’ve taken over a building they’ll look like this:

Poltergeist on BuildingGhost Trap

 

To clear it tap on it and and if you have a trap available (they recharge every 6hrs).  You can also earn traps from Diane and Predator.  They’re also available for purchase with clams.

12 Ghost Traps


 

Macabre Mystery Box:

Death BrianFor 100 clams you can purchase the Mystery Box.  Here’s what’s inside…

Pumpkin PatchPumpkin Patch

Abandoned MansionAbandoned Mansion

ScarmaraScarmara

Spirit Vial LaboratorySpirit Vial Laboratory- Drops 1,000 Spirit Vials/12hrs

Clams200 Clams

12 Ghost Traps12 Ghost Traps

Spirit Vial300 Spirit Vials

Terror Dog Bones15 Terror Dog Bones

Banshee Tears15 Banshee Tears

Poltergeist Claws15 Latcher Talons

The Pumpkin Patch, Abandoned Mansion, Scarmara & Spirit Vial Laboratory are all unique items and once they drop from the box they won’t drop again…thus increasing your odds of getting Clams, Traps, Vials or another item you’ll need to craft.

And with that…the rundown is complete!  Of course, as always, we’ll be going more into details with the specifics, but this should give you a great overview of everything 🙂

What are YOUR thoughts on Halloween so far?  Are you enjoying the event?  How about the new items?  Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!

619 responses to “Halloween Phase 2 Rundown (Updated and Complete)

  1. The second Ghostbusters challenge hasn’t activated yet, is it because i haven’t finished the first one yet? Also, if that’s the case does the timer for the second one not start until I finish the first?

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  2. They changed theblook on the zombie

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  3. Okay, glad to see I’m not the only one having leveling issues with Predator.

    Pretty steep price for Mr. Weed. It makes me tempted to buy one of the vial dropping items, but I think I’m gonna risk it and save for the other premium characters in this event. I hope they are super good like Bryan and Nathan were last event.

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  4. Thanx for the update bunny i have all three of those issues in my game

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  5. Love the idea of American dad being next!

    Really want the predator but you think there’s a chance of the being a Alien too? Because out the two I’d prefer one of those more. All my class are saved from freebies, very picky on what I’ll spend them on

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  6. Oh I sincerely hope they give us a lot of American Dad characters! Maybe even Cleveland Show characters.

    Because I’ve been fiddling around with giving my town an actual layout instead of just sticking buildings wherever, and it’s made me realize, seeing my characters walking around: there’s not a whole lot of characters yet, is there?

    Of course I’m comparing it to TSTO, which has been around longer, and is probably not a fair comparison. But it seems like the focus of this game is on costumes (which are still fun!) over characters.

    I think this sounds like I’m complaining. I’m not, I’m having a lot of fun playing both games (usually… -_-). Just something I’ve been thinking about.

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  7. Not sure if it was a one off or not but, my purchase price for clams has reverted back to show usd ($) rather than gbp (£)

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  8. Is there any point in buying the predator ship? I managed to get Kool Aid man for free, and I’m not buying clams to get the predator, and given that my ghosts aren’t dropping fright points any more (thanks for reporting that glitch, guys), I am loathe to spend 300 points on the ship if it’s purely decorative. I know from seeing screenshots of Predator’s tasks that he needs the ship to do the task ” Polish his trophies” – so are there any plans to unlock predator for free or will he stay premium only? Thanks. You have both done amazing work filling us in about the update, if I wasn’t 3,000 miles away in the UK I would come to the Play With Us thing you’re doing

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  9. Go to the menu: help: Halloween troubleshooting: and tap the last question. Here’s the answer for your ghosts not dropping vials:

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  10. I just wanted to say this. I have never spent money for clams. Then the Predator crash lands in the game and makes me open my wallet. This event and game rock, and so do you gals.

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  11. I bought the predator ship and my game closed and now saying
    Config empty id halloween_predatorShipGenric in BuildingAction

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  12. Have had this since yesterday afternoon and can’t get loaded either through android or on bluestacks on pc. Tinyco please sort it out as can’t be the only people who have got predator ship for this to happen to.

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  13. Have just brought the predator ship whisly playing on my Galaxy S5. Now after exiting game and playing again later we are constantly getting ‘config empty for id halloween_predatorsShipGeneric in Building Action’.

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  14. SWEET….American Dad is Awesome… Although I would like more land for this Halloween event. To many buildings, little space to place.

    But phase 2 is great. I’ve unlocked Preditor, but my game is now coming up with a load error now he is on a task.

    “Config empty for id
    Halloween_predatorsShipGeneric in
    Building action”

    And as its a load error I can’t access my game to let TinyCo now about the problem.

    Any ideas? I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled but it’s still giving the same message. I’ve reported it to TinyCo via their website, but was wondering if anyone else was having this problem.

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  15. I am blown away by your commitment to respond to every commentor. Even if it’s a copy/paste copy/paste at 1:15am California time. Lol. Actually worked pretty perfect considering you had a dozen of the same questions in your inbox! Hope you guys had a great night! Go bark back at the sea lions for me down at the pier tomorrow…tourist trap or not…I go there every time. 🙂

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  16. Yeah I’m having the same issue with the poltergeist and I have 3 days to get the lockers so what are y’all going to do about it

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  17. Sorry I just read the update sorry to bother you 🙂

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  18. I know you guys are busy having fun but was just wondering if anyone else was having problems with the poltergeist ghost? I have cleard about 5 now and it keeps saying I’ve cleard 0 just wondering if anyone else wAs having that problem

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  19. Hmmm, new portal upgrade seems to have broken my ghosts. As when I tap on them now they aren’t dropping anything for me – so I’ve tapped on 20-30 of them so far today for no reward. Have sent Tinyco a message about it so we’ll see what happens.

    Hope it’s a quick fix as I’m missing out on that sweet, sweet currency. Almost had 3k to buy that unique building too. Boo!

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  20. Is anybody else having a problem with zapping the poltergeists and not having them count towards the weekly goal? I’ve zapped three or four and my counter is still showing 0.

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    • We did report it to them and they were looking into it while we were there. Hopefully it will get resolved soon. Hang in there. 😉

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      • They should definitely extend the poltergeist week 2 challenge as a result of losing 8-10 hours already. Hopefully they’ll be able to determine how many we’ve already cleared and fix that soon.

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      • As a data point to fix the latched issue; still running 1.3.2.2 & latchers are counting correctly for me (obligatory grr Amazon)

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        • but the ghosts are inconsistent about dropping SV for me, also the building where Lois does her only SV quest is a building that can be latched onto (and Bruce’s 2 hour Quagmire unlock job( I already in game messaged re the Bruce latcher thing

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      • my count is at 2/8 i’ve zapped 5 or 6 i currently have 2 in my town if i tap on them i have the option to zap them however if i click in the menu on the task and click go a peter bubble pops in saying “there aren’t any more poltergeists! But don’t leave ’cause it gets really dark when you’re not here”. i can clearly see 2 there but I’m not going to waste them if it’s not going to count them

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      • It’s almost as though people aren’t reading the post before they comment, but that makes no sense …

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      • Any advice on whether we should keep zapping them, or leave them until fixed? In other words, when they fix it will we be credited for what was zapped, or should we save up containment devices and leave the ‘geists until it is fixed, to try and rush the 8 in whatever time is left. And I of course ask this full well knowing you all don’t work for Tiny co., but you’ve got connections, 😉
        Thanks

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  21. Oh wow, how are they going to put all Rogers costumes in the game in one event? We definitely need Ricky Spanish to make an appearance. Does this mean we get to visit Langley falls too? So many questions to ask lol

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    • Bunny and Alissa likely know more, but I didn’t get the feeling American Dad was going to be an event – it seemed like a permanent addition, like maybe to be released in future districts. The guy I believe is the TinyCo CEO was even going around asking attendees last night if they were excited about American Dad (uh, YES!). I think he wanted to get a sense of initial player response to this addition. I told him I was personally very excited and also mentioned that other people on here had posted about wanting AmDad. (Oooh! I’m so excited about this!!! Sorry, had a Bruce-level hand-flailing moment there…) Like you said, Roger alone will have endless costume options.

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  22. Thanks for the rundown but Megs costume is 3000SV and Mr Weeds is 17500SV….is that numerically doable (the premium characters are still at 20 per day, Peter’s 2 hour terror bones quest is still needed for these 2 characters, it doesn’t seem like we got a bump in SV for clearing ghosts (I mean Comic-Con prices also increased but then blam payouts Increased–if Meg and Mr Weeds were shop items we could figure out how many clams it would take to make up for the missing SV (ie track how costume prices declined based on increased number of terror bones)

    Mods is there a way to find out (by asking tiny co) if SV payouts would increase I’m able to head to official game FB and ask but it turns me off from investing money in the game if the things don’t seem doable at this point because I’m assuming the cost will continue to just increase

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    • Is it because I’m still running 1.3.2.2 (grr Amazon) Is there a payout bump under 1.3.3 (because if not the math feels wrong) Thanks (but I mean I can access week 2s content under 1.3.2.2 so the prices are still boggling (I also asked on official FB)

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    • Yes or is doable. Remember they’re always adding ways to increase the payouts and there’s still a few weeks left in the event 😉

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  23. Clearing Poltergeists is not counting to my Week 2 challenge. I was previously 3/8, then I cleared another 3 and the counter still remained 3/8 instead of 6/8. Does TinyCo know of this or not? Grrrrr….

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  24. Anyone else finding they are trapping poltergeist but not being credited for it? Trapped 3 but my progress for this week’s challenge remains on 0. Other than this issue, good second phase so far.

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  25. soo have are we supposed to lvl up the predator since he is only dropping halloween stuff but no xp? I cleared a few banshees with him and he is still at lv1 0 xp.

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  26. Great news about American Dad! Can’t wait!

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  27. Quick question, when you tap on the gray ghosts are they all supposed to drop the virals?? At the minute I have a 50% drop rate at the minute. Also has anyone dared to open the get mr weed quest yet?

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  28. PS- I noticed that Ghosts don’t always drop Vials anymore. Is this a bug?

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  29. Does anyone know how to unlock Mr Weed? Is it just a case of collecting the items? Or will there be other things to do?

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  30. Is the predator a playable char?

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  31. Have someone problems with the polterghost, for me they did not counted

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  32. The poltergeist latcher counter is broken. It will always stay at 0 cleared latchers. According to the Facebook page and what people have written there, it affects both Android and Apple users.

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  33. I love the update, keep ’em coming. I do have one problem though, I’m not getting anything from the grey ghosts anymore. I tap on them, they disappear, but no rewards.

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  34. My poltergeist counter is not going up. It also says there are no poltergeists in my town but i can see them and manually trap them. Is this something that anyone else has experienced?

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  35. Great news about American Dad! Outside of the main cast I hope they include Reggie the Koala. I wonder how they’ll include Claus the fish. He’ll be so tiny in his bowl to use. It would also be wild having Avery and Patrick Stewart together.

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  36. To TinyCo Support staff visiting this website:
    The counter for tracking the number of Poltergeist Latchers trapped (for 2 separate tasks) isn’t working properly. I, along with several of my neighbours, have noticed that the counter is either stuck at 0 or 1 Latcher trapped, despite successful multiple trappings thus far. Could you please inform your programming team, as well as QA testers, that this needs to be looked into as soon as possible, given that the counter impacts the task to unlock the Ghostbuster Locker, which is a timed event. Thanks

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  37. im having issues with phase 2, poltergeists arnt registering for either quest line, mr weed and slutty meg quests wont start.

    any ideas?

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  38. My question about Predator is: Is he a character with different tasks or just to use for Halloween? 250 clams for a one week character doesnt make much sense.

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  39. SWEET….American Dad is Awesome… Although I would like more land for this Halloween event. To many buildings, little space to place.

    But phase 2 is great. I’ve unlocked Preditor, but my game is now coming up with a load error now he is on a task.

    “Config empty for id
    Halloween_predatorsShipGeneric in
    Building action”

    And as its a load error I can’t access my game to let TinyCo now about the problem.

    Any ideas?

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  40. How do I get mr weed

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  41. American dad as the next event. They should have bullock in the game and have a quest with him and Patrick stewart

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  42. THE PREDATOR IS FREAKING SWEET!!!

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  43. Is the predator worth it?
    How does he drop that stuff exactly?

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  44. Anyone else clearing the poltergeist and it not counting them?

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  45. Love the update but I’m seeing a problem with the poltergeists not counting towards the quests. After trapping the poltergeists the quest totals remain at zero trapped. Since this is a timed quest I fear I may miss out on the second week’s reward of Ghostbusters Lockers.

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  46. My poltergeist hit counter seem to be stuck at 1 even after I trapped two of them already.. Am I missing something or doing something wrong? Anyone else having the same issue? Thanks!

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  47. Great, more ridiculously overpriced items of limited use – just what the game needs. And then more to spend your money on next week. Woohoo!

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  48. Is anyone else seeing a problem where they zap the Poltergeists and the task counters aren’t updating? I’ve zapped three already and both poltergeist related tasks are still showing 0/2 & 0/8 respectively.

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  49. Awesome phase 2! Thanks for the post! sad that predator is premium though 😦

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  50. Oh. And Mr. Weed is available at the very end of the crafting list in the cauldron. He’s a real task character like the predator.

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