Hello There Clammers!
Halloween phase 2 is here! It’s time to upgrade those portals and gain ourselves a new Ghostbuster! Giggity!
Of course TinyCo has armed you with a fun questline to help rid the dead of Quahog (and in some cases raise it)! By following along with the questline you’ll learn the ins and outs of how to succeed at Halloween, and send the dead packing!
Of course you all know we’ll be here every step of the way to give you that little extra insight and support throughout the update! So let’s get things started with our quick walkthrough for Week 2 of Halloween…and see just what happens when you search for big busts!
The Search for Busts Pt. 1
Peter starts
Learn How to Defeat Poltergeists – Click ‘Go’ to learn how to defeat the new latchers
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points and 1 Ghost Trap
The Search for Busts Pt. 2
Peter starts
Clear 2 Poltergeist Latchers- Tap the latchers to clear them.
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
At this point this week’s challenge will start
Ghostbuster Challenge 2: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Latchers
Peter starts
Check out the Ghostbuster Lockers
Defeat 8 Poltergeist Latchers in 3 days
Completed Task Earns 25 Vials, 15 Fright Points, and 1 Locker.
You’ll find the locker in your inventory.
Who You Gonna Call? Pt. 2
Peter starts
Craft Ghostbuster Quagmire-
Collect STUFF to unlock Ghostbuster Quagmire. Here’s what’s needed:
1000 Spirit Vials
10 Collander Helmets (Rare): Earned by: Get from Ghostbusters Headquarters OR Get from WWII Dive Bomber OR From Clearing Poltergeists
15 PKE Meters (uncommon): Earned By: Make Mort Retreat Cowardly OR Make Quagmire Order New Toys OR Make Bruce Pass Out Flyers OR Get from Airplane Graveyard
10 Ghost Condoms (Rare): Earned by: 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 Nightclub
Completed Task Earns 25 Vials and 5 FP
The Search for Busts Pt. 3
Peter starts
Earn 4 Poltergeist Talons- Earn by getting the Latcher Poltergeists OR from the Mystery Box
Brew Peter-Lantern from the Witch’s Cauldron- Requires 150 Spirit Vials, 3 Terror Dog Bones and 3 Poltergeist Talons.
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 4
Peter starts
Build Quahog Cannery- Costs 500 Spirit Vials
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 5
Peter starts
Clear 2 Poltergeist Latchers
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 6
Peter starts
Have Peter Deal with Straggler Ghost- 8hrs, Earns 25 Vials and 5 FP
Place Orange Poisonous Plant
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 7
Peter starts
Clear 3 Banshees- Requires Ghostbuster Quagmire. Zap 3 Banshees. Each one takes 3hrs to clear and earns 15 vials and 3 Fright Points. With a chance for Banshee Tears Can only clear 1 at a time.
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 8
Peter starts
Have Quagmire Look for Lady Ghosts- 8hrs, Earns 25 Vials and 5 Fright Points
Have Peter Do His Sexy Ghostbuster Dance- 4hrs, Earns 10 Vials and 2 Fright Points.
Completed Task Earns 25 Spirit Vials 5 Fright Points
The Search for Busts Pt. 9
Peter starts
Reach Fright Level 3- Earn enough Fright Points to upgrade to Fright Level 3
Upgrade to Trick or Treaters Portal- Can only do this once a week…so will have to wait until next week to be completed.
And that, my friends, is where the main questline ends for week 2. We’ll pick the main questline back up once I can upgrade my dang portal once again! (wait..that sounds wrong…)
Also note that the Fiscal Fright questline will run alongside this throughout the entire event. This is basically telling you to upgrade to the next level. And remember, you can earn clams from the Fiscal Fright questline…
What do YOU think of the event so far? Are you following along with the questline nicely? Stuck anywhere? Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!
Family Guy Addicts 
What is the Cannery? If it’s a building, it’s not available for me and I don’t know how to get it unlocked.
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Where are you on the questlines? Did you upgrade to portal level 2?
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I have a question:
I have enough stuff to get slutty cat meg. Do you think I should get her or wait and get more stuff and first get Mr.Weed
What is your opinion?
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I want them both, so hard to say. Lol. Focus on what YOU want most and what YOU can obtain through play.
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Who should I try to get first?
Slutty cat Meg or Mr. Weed?
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Hmmmmm….choices
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Any one else having the game crash when they try to collect character job rewards? Any job and any reward are causing the game to crash now. It has gotten worse in the last two days or so. I have been playing for a little while now and I just unlocked Connie as the Halloween event started and she was the first character that started to crash the game when I collected anything from her but now it is any collection. If anything it got worse after the free clams…
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I have been collecting fine in my game. Have you tried any basic troubleshooting to see if it helps?
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Is predator worth the clams or should I use them on something else for this event or one of the other characters?
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He is REALLY cool. It honestly comes down to personal taste.
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Is Scarmara a character or decoration? One of the prizes in Brians 100 clams prizebox?
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Decoration. She “phases and jumps” in the area she is located though. Cool to watch.
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Am I the only one that feels Diane’s task to get Traps is pretty much useless? I’ve done it a ton of times and only got Traps twice. Its ridiculous that its set to Rare for a character that’s a ghost, who had a limited time frame to get. The bonus for getting Diane before the time limit should be that’s its a bit easier to get Traps with it being no harder than Uncommon.
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vonVile, I completely agree with you. Except you’ve gotten 2 more than I have, I’ve gotten ZERO! It’s kind of ticking me off as the latchers are appearing more than he trap can recharge and they’re on buildings that give out good items or that have characters in them. Oh well, I guess we just have to buy more and play on.
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I had Diane drop traps all 4 times I used it. I am not sure what the difference is in drop rate from game to game, but it has seemed easy for me.
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I honestly think this was done because during the last event a lot of people bought the battery factory and it turned out that with drop rates from other characters doing battery task made it a joke and a majority of them complained about wasting their money. Plus a ton of other people complained that they had a ton of extra batteries that didn’t purchase the factory and wanted clams and other items in exchange. So either way I’m thinking they will be harder to collect this time because of it. Yes I am up to three from her myself
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I’m glad they changed the respawn rate so they come out without quagmire being unlocked, now I can use my predator to get banshee tears instead of having him focus on batteries
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I’m having a really hard time getting helmets, I keep using batteries to have a chance at getting them but keep getting talons instead of getting the helmets I need. I’m so tempted at spending those 10 clams and get those helmets out of the way
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Yeah, I’ve zapped tons of latchers and the tapped the HQ a bunch and I’m getting nada. Seems like it’s set more to extra rare than rare.
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I caved when i only had to spend 10 clams too lol I decided to do it when i woke up in the morning and collected the event buildings’ revenue and zapped two poltergeists and STILL did not even get one of the two helmets i still needed. It was worth it though bc then i got to spend the rest of the day sending Quagmire on his 3 hour task to get the tears which is good bc im trying to get Sluty Cat Meg done before the portal upgrades again bc im sure there will be something good in the cauldron that will want tears too. Now if the helmets had cost any hire than 10 clams….well then i would of had to think a little harder about that lol 🙂
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I am the only one here who getting trouble finding those helmets for quagmire we only 3 days left and i havent catch up yet
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3 days left?
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3 days to next phrase come on bunny u suppose to know these things! Lol :p
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I just had to tease yah bout it. Seemed like “3 days til the end”. Lol. 😉
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Three days left until the phase three begins than you might find that you fall farther behind. That’s my guess.
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Lol. I just giggled cuz it sounded like 3 days left and event is done. 😉
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Nothing against Predator. I still bought him anyway and the animations/tasks are cool. But considering this was halloween, would have been better, in my opinion, if it was freddy or jason. Would have loved to see those talons/cleaver.
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From what I’ve heard both of em are goin to b in the game never know til thursday think about it y not save the best for last
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My predator seems to have stopped levelling up again. Inge has been stuck on level 3 all weekend. The yellow bar seems stuck 2/3s the way full. Is this still a problem or is his level requirements bigger then other characters???
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We reported it. Please do so as well. Will update when we get an update.
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Agree with Katy same thing here they are latching onto my cannery all the time and my Ghostbusters headquarters, a lot more than other none esential buildings required for the event, and Diane only drops traps very rarely, am I being cynical, or is this to try to get us to use clams for more traps, or am I just paranoid 😉
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of course its to gently prod you in the direction of spending clams. How else are they gonna pay for the next player cocktail party? 😉
if the poltergiests have no impact by latching onto useless buildings, then it becomes a completely mechanical task, and doesn’t add to the mood of the event. Oh don’t get me wrong I hate it as much as you do when I have 30 minutes left on collecting my cannery and 5 hours before the trap recharges. But its all a part of the fun.
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anyone else having trouble with the helmets? i know they are rare but ive only had 2 since thursday
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I’ve had 1 from HQ and 1 from poltergeists – from about 15 attempts. My mate however got 6 over the weekend. I think we’re just really unlucky. It’s Epic level drops, not rare 😦
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Does “The Search for Busts Pt. 3” only pop up AFTER Ghostbuster Quagmire is unlocked ?
If not then my search for busts questline has disappeared 😦
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It did for me.
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bunny for president!
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HAHAHHAHA I don’t think people will like me running the country. I would make a LOT of changes.
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Hopefully u start with tsto… 😮 did I just go there…. SURE DID LMAO SO WHAT WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?
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HAHAHAHHHAHAHAH
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Hey wassup? I need help on search for busts part 1. When I click go nothing happens! I have forced closed the app and my phone. I have contacted tiny co through the game and theough Facebook with no response. I have made sure I have the level to portal. I am fright level 3 and level 2 portal! Plzz reply in need help so i can continue in the event. Thanks! 🙂
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If you have completed ALL of the previous tasks, and none are open on the task bar to the side….If you have tried all the basic troubleshooting (see link below)…if none of that helped, all you can do at this point is to wait for them to respond. Sorry.
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My predator won’t level up and my game is updated already please help
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We did report issue and waiting for results as they did send a patch.
In the meantime, please message them you have the issue still.
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I build the Quahog Cannery I thought it was suppose to drop Banshee Tears but all it has dropped since I built it is…Poltergeist Talons. Very disappointed!!! As I don’t need the Talons as must as I need the Tears.
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We have reported this. You should too if it is still happening.
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My cannery lists ‘chance’ and has the box. It had dropped both talons and tears. It was supposed to drop tears but I just figured they changed it. Is it actually an error?
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Looking into it. Waiting for word back on it.
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Thanks, as always!
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🙂
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Hi gm, are banshee tears the only thing that should drop from the cannery? From I bought the building I haven’t gotten any. Is it a glitch why I’m getting the blue fingers things in the jar instead?
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We are looking into this. Please report it if you are still seeing this issue.
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This is werid but I always and I mean always get tears and bones I think there suppose to be always
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Please…… Any chance of asking Tiny to sort out new ways to have traps dropped by other characters .
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Asked. 🙂
You should do so as well from your game.
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So if i have already placed a peter lantern will i have to place another one for part 3 or will that one count?
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It should count. As long as you have one. If anything, put it in storage and replace it back out.
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Okay, thanks!
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When Ghostbuster Quagmire clears a Banshee, do the tears always drop like terror dog bones?
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I am waiting on verification
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I’m pretty upset alissa and bunny..my helmets for quagmire are not dropping. I received 3 when the update hit. Since then I have received 0. Not cool 😦 I have contacted tinyco but doubt they will answer….anyone else having this issue?
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Still same? I just had like 3 drop from various people and locations. Have you tried a force close and/or restart?
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Is Scarmara a decoration or a character?
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decoration
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Hello there lovely people. I hope you enjoyed your visit and had a fantastic time with TinyCo and the addicts 🙂 Just curious, will there be a follow up post to the TinyCo event for those who did not manage to attend? Would love to know what was discussed, what was shared, what tidbits you were given etc?
Keep up the fantastically amazing work you gals are doing on this website.
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Yes, we’ll have a full recap once we get back 🙂
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Will talons collected before part 3 count towards the 4 needed? Or do we need to collect 4 new ones once part 3 starts?
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They are all collected in the cauldron, so I believe they will still count.
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Damn it! I hate those PKE meters. I have 14 now but I’ve sent mort and quagmire on the task over and over again, but no luck.
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If I had the clams avaliable, what’s your opinion on the Macabre Mystery box? Is it worth it or should I pass?
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I’d pass for now…I know they’re hard to resist BUT they’re pricey and can be slightly addictive 😉
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Got it. Thank you for the input I know exactly what you mean. You can’t buy just one! 😁
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Only thing I would want is Samara, and chance of that is pretty tiny, so I’ll keep my clams in my pocket…
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I actually got her first try.
The vial factory give 1000 vials an hour been really helpful in saving for mr. weed.
I do agree that it is very addictive ive but at least 600 claims into it overall disappointed:-( still hope they let us keep that sweet statue though;-)
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If I had 700 clams burning a hole in my pocket, I’d gamble to try and get the Spirit Vial Lab (1000sv/12hrs) rather than just buy the Spirit Vial Factory (500sv/8hrs). In fact, I did just that, although hitting the 200 clams prize twice didn’t hurt. I got enough of the other “stuff” to help unlock Meg’s costume along the way, and she has a Terror Dog clearing task. Of course, YMMV!
No idea if having extra vials will actually do me any practical good versus a freemium player down the road of course; maybe just a little less stress during the event. But as long as TinyCo keeps me entertained I don’t mind lining their coffins. Er, coffers. 🙂
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I may have just been lucky but when I did a few mystery boxes I got the abandoned mansion, pumpkin patch, laboratory, scarmara, then 12 traps. But they are definitely addictive.
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I bought the WWII dive bomber before I realized poltergeists dropped collander helmets. But I would have bought it if it had dropped nothing.
Frikkin sweet decoration and it drop spirit and fright! Gold star for TinyCo!
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I already rebuild the Cannery site, but I’m still working on the rest. Does that mean I did the Cannery task already ?
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Yup 🙂
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Just need to vent a bit, because these latchers are making me want to bang my head against a wall. I cannot keep my Cannery free of the latchers. Every time my battery recharges, my first priority is freeing the Cannery so that I have a chance of getting Banshee Tears for the cauldron recipes while I’m working to unlock Ghostbuster Quagmire. And without fail, not even an hour will go by before a new latcher is attached to that darn Cannery again. I think I remember reading during the Comic-Con event that the building latchers randomly pick the building they’ll attach to, but I don’t believe it. It’s too consistent in going for the same building every time while dozens of others haven’t been touched once.
They really need to code an exception for the event-specific buildings, or at least reduce the chance of it picking an event-specific building, because it’s no fun when my Ghostbuster HQ and the Cannery are locked up, or the Haunted Mansion and the Cannery are locked up, and I only get one trap every six hours. (Diane’s not been much of a help – I unlocked her right before the new wave hit and have had her on the trap task non-stop – only 1 trap dropped the entire time.) Plus, it really messes up the timing I try to have so that I can coordinate breaks at work/leisure events to check in on the game.
I feel a bit better now. Thank you.
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Glad we could be here for you to vent 🙂
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I believe it is random but they wont pick from all your buildings just a small amount of them, so far I’ve seen them on the Mini Mart, Tiny Tots Pre-School, the Fabulous Four building, the French Café and maybe another one or two besides the event buildings. Saying all that they do seem to prefer the event buildings, since the update they’ve mostly went to Ghosbusters HQ, the Haunted House and the Cannery.
I’m having the same problem with Diane, she dropped 2 traps in the first 3 attempts but has dropped nothing since.
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This is what happened to me during ComiCon. The Latching Stewie only went to 5 different buildings through the whole event. The main one that really pissed me off was it would go to the Q Hotel that dropped Blam! and stuff to unlock celebs. I’d get rid of a Stewie and not even 5 minutes later he’s reappear making it near impossible to collect anything from it.
The poll for ComiCon said Latcher Stewie was the worst part of the event by a large margin, so its a surprising they brought it back.
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It might come back to bite me in the butt, but I think I’m going to wait to brew items until the last minute… I’m seeing some I don’t really want this time around, and who knows what might show up in the final round!
Also, I’m wondering if the Alien from Space-Ace-Ace is animated… Anyone?
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Decoration. 😉
Nothing wrong with waiting. 🙂
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It’s not animated. 😦
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I think they must have changed the banshee spawn. I have not yet unlocked gb quagmire but purchased predator to clear the first 2 banshees. I’ve just had 4 banshees spawn without unlock locking quagmire. Thank the Lord. 😉
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In the mystery box is scarma do anything? or is she just a decoration?
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Just a decoration..
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Bunny I have forced closed the app my phone and made sure the portal was upgraded. still no Pop up 😦
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4 banshees have appeared for my predator. I do not have gb Quagmire yet. Great! 🙂
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Hey bunny and Alissa maybe u guys got this info already but In case u didn’t, I haven’t gotten ghostbusters quagmire and been killing 3 banshee with predator so I thought from reading the post that they won’t spawn unless u get quagmire but my town have been spawning them very often.
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We believe they changed it
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Any chance we keep Brian statue
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Don’t know yet. It is cool looking. 😉
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In part 1 when I click go nothing happens plzz help
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You have your portal upgraded? Do you see a pop up on the screen about the new items? If not, try to tap on the portal itself and make sure it is on Portal 2. You should be seeing a dialog pop up instructing you about all the new stuff. You can also try to force close the app and restart your device and try again by tapping on the task menu on the left side to see if it will trigger it.
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I have forced closed the app and my phone and checked the portal but nothing is happening no Pop up no anything 😦
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I’ve completed week one quest, upgraded portal, have latchers,which I am killing, am working on quagmires outfit, but
NO challenge we don’t need no stinking latchers.
Contacted tiny co before and after their update.
Got word after update my issue should be solved, it’s not so notified them again, waiting to hear.
I’ve killed 8 latches, so should have completed the weeks quest and hope they will correct in my game so I can move on. :(.
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Just keep playing and you will eventually get the challenge to pop up. You can also try some basic troubleshooting to see if it helps trigger it. Like force close, restart device, and clear a task or two still pending in your task bar.
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Tried all troubleshooting except clearing some old tasks from the bar. I’ll try that next.
I’m also letting all characters finish jobs and not sending anyone back for a bit to see if that helps.
I’m sure once I figure it out it will be some bone headed thing.
I also wonder if maybe I have the quest, but no TIMER. I have horrible memory, but kind of remember learning how to kill latchers, and I have them, and I’m killing them, so how would I have gotten there without the first part of the quest.
Maybe I’m just missing the timer or can’t see it because I have too many uncompleted tasks.
So clearing those May be the answer.
I’m So happy, I get to let peters gas issue (super mega fire) potentially solve my problem. :).
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Cleared 3 old tasks from bar and got the challenge. They were all just random things to do when you win a skin, not connected to this event but it worked. Sadly, the 8 latchers I killed did not register so I have to start over. But I got the challenge. 🙂
(You are a genius). Thanks sooooooooooo much.
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🙂
Sometimes you just gotta “kick” it.
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Do the prizes repeat in the Macabre Mystery box?
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Only the standard items like jars, traps, clams, and vials
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Hey gals;
quick question; Is the alien that you can craft in the cauldron a playable character or a decoration? He looks like a decoration, but just wanted to make sure
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By alien I mean Monster from Space-ace-ace-ace!
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Decoration.
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Will clearing Banshees using the Preditor count as well or does it have to be done by Quagmire?
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It will still count, but Quagmire has to be unlocked in order for them to respawn.
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I had used Predator to clear one Banshee, and only one other was lurking about, so I thought that they wouldn’t respawn until Quagmire’s outfit unlocked, but when I got him started on the second Banshee two others appeared from the portal.
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TinyCo has adjusted the spawn rates…
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I dont have quagmire’s outfit unlocked yet but my hamsters just respawned and I’ve been killing even more of them with my predator. (Sweetest character ever!!! I hope they add the alien and an interaction between the two)
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Mine respawned and I dont hav equagmire unlocked.
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Strange. Q is still locked but got new Banshees from the portal. Not complaining though 🙂
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We think they changed the spawn of them now. 😉
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Will u guys have info on cat Meg?
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Coming soon. 🙂
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I am curious about Slutty Cat Meg and Mr. Weed. I have the quest to unlock both of them but I am scared of another Diane Simmons type of situation. Should I brew them yet? Is there anything to fear? Have any fellow clammers already done so? I’ve search the site for these answers but did not find anything.
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No timed items with either. Just earn items and brew. 😉
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I finished the 8 poltergeists off, but no locker in inventory… Is that a delayed appearance?
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It should be there. Try to scroll through and look for all the ghostbuster items if you have any of those stored too. If not, just gotta keep an eye out for it.
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completed week 2 now waiting to upgrade portal if you havnt yet Predator is well worth the clams. you can have him help as well. Any word if death is coming to us?
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Death will not be coming this Halloween
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Aw man…..I was soooooo waiting for him in this event. Wth
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My biggest worry is that I’ll spend all my clams on Predator (who admittedly looks cool) and another even cooler character will become available later, attainable only with clams. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were Jason Voorhees, for instance.
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For me the Fiscal Fright questline stopped at Level 5, I’ve got to level 7 now, thanks to winning the Spirit Vial Labratory from the Mystery Box, is the questline supposed to stop at level 5, or should it still be going on?
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Let me check through the screenshots and get back to you 🙂
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my fiscal fright questline disappeared this morning after i reached level 3. perhaps a bug?
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Give it a bit. Some of them come and go …especially if you have TOO many open tasks on the side. If that is the case, clear some off to make room for them.
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Helpful hint Diane has a four hour task thank has a chance to drop a poltergeist trap
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That’s a rare time to drop. 4 times in a row and no trap from Diane. 😦
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