Update: TinyCo is currently looking into “fine tuning” the trick or treaters and stink bombs. So bare with them while they see what they can do, to accommodate all of YOUR feedback! We’ll keep you posted if we hear/see anything else 🙂
Hey there Minions. Getting annoyed at the lil kids? Trying to figure out how you can catch and Stink Bomb the lil Brats? Well I am here to help you out.
Now that the newest Portal has been opened, crazy lil kids hopped up on sweeties are running mad around our lil Quahogs. Many are trying to figure out just what to do with them. How do we stop them? How on earth can you get the amount you need for the Challenge? Let’s break it down.
First some basic STATS for the Kids…
WHEN DOES THE CHALLENGE START?
The newest Challenge in your quest to acquire Ecto-1 is to get Zuul’s Portal. In order to do that, you will need to clear 200 Trick or Treaters in 3 days. So here is my suggestion, this quest triggers by Peter shortly after you clear the initial 5 Trick or Treaters triggered by Joe. So hold off if you can, stock up on Stink Bombs, and get a Maze or strategy built to get as many as you can in one Stink Bomb Drop.
SPAWN RATES?
The lil Trick or Treaters will spawn out of the Portal area with the changes to the spawn rates, they now also spawn on sidewalks. Where you are on FP Levels as well as Districts open will determine your Spawn Rate on these kids. Expect to see at least 2 every 30 mins Minimum and up to 6 Maximum. The total amount you will see will be at least 8 Minimum Total and up to 48 Maximum Total in your Quahog at one time.
So this means the Levels you are on will impact the amount you see and the total amount running around after a few hours. For myself, I notice the FP Level impacted the spawns the most. So make sure if you are getting close to another FP Level, that you are prepared for more to come running out of the Portal and Sidewalks . If you are wanting to get the most out of each Stink Bomb…wait a lil while to let the kids pile up, then hit as big of a group as you can.
If you already hit your MAX and have them running round your town, no more will spawn out of the Portal/Sidewalks (no matter what the timer says as it is just set) until you clear the ones currently running around and no longer are at a MAX.
WHAT DO I USE TO GET RID OF THEM?
You will need to use Stink Bombs you collect to destroy the lil Kids. How do you get them? Here a the locations you can find them.
Demonic Mystery Box-win a pack of 6
Chris- Make Stink Bombs, 4hrs
Bonnie- Make Stink Bombs, 4hrs
Mort- Make Stink Bombs, 4hrs
Jake Tucker- Make Stink Bombs, 4hrs
Bruce- Make Stink Bombs,4hrs
Pink Brian- Pretty in Pink, 4hrs
Slutty Cat Meg- Punch Drunk Dance, 4hrs
Alien- Chase Tail, 4hrs
Purchase Packs from the Shop (Available in packs of 1 (15 clams), 12 (150 clams) and 24 (250 clams).
Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory, ALWAYS drops 1 Stink Bomb every 6hrs
WHAT DO I GET FOR DESTROYING THE KIDS?
You have a mix of items you can win from Stink Bombing the Trick or Treaters. Here are some of the items you will see rewarded.
Spirit Vials
Candy Corn
Occult Books (If you are still creating Ghostbuster Joe)
1 Clam
Now for some fun…
HOW DO I CORRAL THE KIDS?
I tested this theory out last Event and it worked pretty well. This time around is a lil more tricky as the kids just go n go n go n go, so my best suggestion is to form a “Tunnel” effect and direct them all to a specific location. To do this, I made mazes. I used only supplies from the list of Halloween items you can currently get. I used a mix of them…all held up.
I started out by directing the “traffic” coming out of the portal area down into my maze. Then I routed them back and forth until the exited out. This gives me a focal area I can Stink Bomb and hit many at one time. You need an entrance and an exit. You also need to leave it wide enough to allow for walking room. Too narrow and it may force them to just walk on through it all and not follow the path. (I also have my town cut in half right down the middle at all times. This allows me to make a break point to funnel anything to the center.)
With the changes and update to the Trick or Treaters, they are now spawning both at the Portal and on your sidewalks. Due to this, the double maze can help. One to catch as they come out the top, the other to catch as they spawn out the sidewalk and/or to corral those that got away.
I also placed a maze at the other end to direct the Trick or Treaters that got away back into a maze formation to make them easier targets.
This is my lil game and the Maze I built around the main sidewalk (only sidewalk) area to help trap them and keep them to specific zones of my town. 
Now at first some of the kids WILL walk through the items, but as they get used to the new placement of items they will start to follow the newly set route. It will just take a lil patience to let them start to follow the paths.
There is another way you can hit many kids at once, but you will need to act quickly and have Stink Bombs at the ready. Stay out of your game for about 2 hours to let the kids pile up. Then go back in your game and immediately go to the edge of the Portal/Halloween area. As soon as you see the Trick or Treaters start to spawn, drop a Stink Bomb. Depending on YOUR spawn rates, you can get a good group of them this way. Some may still get loose and you will have to catch them in other areas in your town. They will stop occasionally to Spray Paint, but not for too long.
With the changes to the Spawn of Trick or Treaters, be careful as they now spawn on sidewalks too. So you have multiple points of attack to focus on.
After you do hit some, you will also see some silly phrases pop up. Here are a few.
There you go. A bit of a breakdown and some help for those of you trying to get these lil brats out of your game. Lol. Was this helpful to you? Have any tips of your own? Have pics of YOUR maze(s) that you would like to share? Feel free to let us know in the comments below.
~Bunny
Family Guy Addicts 
So I just looked and it’s changed to 150.. Got 47 with 2 days 14 to get the rest 😀
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In your experience, how long does it typically take tinyco to respond to the ingame contact customer service chat? I bought $20 worth of clams and they never showed up in game. It’s been over 4 hours and I haven’t received a response. Pretty ridiculous quests to begin with without spending money- but i’ll be pissed as shit if I spend money and don’t even get my clams to help with the goals.
If they don’t show up soon I’ll be expecting more than what I paid for to make up for it. There’s no excuse for this
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Depends on the time of day as well…they should be back to you on it soon. I know this is a top priority for them.
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Thank you Bunny for this maze walkthru, I appreciate your work.
Having said that, it’s just ridiculus how TinyCO is doing this tasks in game. Especially ‘bombing taks’ and ‘time limited’ (Diane or Francis undigging). I realy hate ‘bombing task’ and that recently game is forcing me to check for spoilers or the tasks will became undoable.
During comic-con event I have cleared whole Quahog and later had to remodel it back. I am not doing it again. Cannot be bother to destroy my Quagog and loose time to do this back and forth, this game should be casual and it’s drifting away from that. If upcoming Amercian Dad event is going to give us ‘bombing task’ or ultra short time to do the task (similarly to Diane’s task where I undigged to fast) I will uninstall the game. The game should be fun and it’s starting pissing me off more and more.
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American Dad event?
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Uh huh. We announced it. Shown at the meet n greet. 🙂
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One more fix: they added Bruce to the list of characters able to generate stink bombs. His task is also 4 hours! This goal is looking more attainable now. 🙂
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Yup 🙂
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the path can only be done with halloween items for it to work ? :O
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I had 0 spawn all day until about 30 minutes ago. I’ve got a little over 40 now with exactly 2 days to go, but no more bombs. It’s nice that TinyCo responded to the feedback (I sent an in-game message expressing my frustration as well as concern that I wasn’t getting new trick-or-treaters spawning this morning) and the changes seem to be helping. I don’t feel like the goal is impossible anymore, but only time will tell if it’s realistic.
Thank you, as always, for offering tips as well as acting as a sounding board for your fellow players’ gripes.
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🙂
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Thank you, built a maze and for the first few spawns they just went out the sides but on the third spawn they followed the path, started the day with 11 (lol) now I got 97! Again thank you.
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Awesome!
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I just saw they changed the tasks from 8 to 4 hours as well as the 150 ToT drop. Woo!
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🙂
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I have 9 districts unlocked and I’m at FP level 4. The most kids I had come out of the portal is 6. How are you guys getting 15-16? Is it your FP level?
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At level 5 they start increasing drastically
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I’m glad they reduced the requirement to 150 but my previous method of waiting for them to spawn from the portal no longer works. This time when I went back in after two hours all the treaters were back roaming my town and none came out of the portal. 🙂
Be interesting to see if this affected others as well. Feeling frustrated.
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I just cleared a chunk and I’ll wait to see what happens in an hour or so, but I had the same concern. Last time I opened it, the kids were everywhere and only six came out of the portal ( I had been clearing 12-15 at a time.). I’m really close to the 150 mark, but was hoping to keep racking up here a little 😀
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Yes, same happened to me. Then a couple of hours later I actually SAW them spawn in a puff of smoke, all over the town. It wasn’t even limited to just the roads either, so the tactic used for Minion Stewie of reducing the road to one section probably won’t work. My maze feels useless now, but at least it got me a decent start.
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Mine are only popping out by the one strip of sidewalk I have and my portal.
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Looks like they lowered the amount to 150 kids instead of 200 on my game when I last checked.
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🙂
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Am not sure if this is a glitch. Accidentally started the 3 day portal quest. Was planning on stocking up on bombs before doing so. Somehow, my count already shows 68. The game may have been taking into account kids I have bombed even before I started quest. If this is the case, which I am not sure of, players may be able to bomb at their own leisure (without the stress of timer running out) and just start the quest when near the intended target count.
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So glad that not only do we get the xenomorph, they also changed the challenge number from 200 to 150. I already bombed 76, so 150 is easily doable. Huge sigh of relief. So glad TinyCo is a company that actually listens to its players.
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Nope we need to clear 150 trick or treater’s not 200. Read the challenge. The counter says 200 but the text clearly says clear 150 trick or treater’s in 3 days and win ..
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They JUST lowered it..
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Hi. I emailed tiny co about the total stink bombs total not updating or delayed updating. They responded that they will make changes to help us reach 200 and the changes will be live tonight. Just wanted to share if this hasn’t been shared yet 🙂
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Actually JUST updated the post with it 😉
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According to TinyCo support, they have been inundated with complaints about the challenge 3 and changes will be incoming. They are hoping to have them live by the end of the day.
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Yup, we just got that same feedback. Post is updated with it 🙂
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I’m having the same problems as other people. I’m max level with every part of the map unlocked. I’ve got about 5 Demond kiddies running around after waiting 14 hours. I don’t understand how some people are getting 48 while others at Max level with everything unlocked have a half dozen. I have all the characters unlocked (along with their costumes and I have 2 people who can get stink bombs (jake and costume Meg), not the 6 posted.
Oddly enough, my gf is the same level as me (max level and everything unlocked) doesn’t have these issues. She did try the maze thing and it doesn’t work. It wouldn’t matter either way, after doing the math on it, the 200 isn’t possible without buying bombs. Works out to about 170 (because people don’t play 24hrs, they sleep.
Like othes have posted, we should not have to redesign our town to complete a quest, that’s just beyond wrong on so many levels. This keeps up, expect the game will die off after xmas.
We should also not have to contact tinyco on anything. If we are paying customers, these updates shouldnt be as Buggy as they are, nor should they require you to drop constant cash.
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I’m really disappointed with the rate getting the stink bombs. I wouldn’t even mind spending clams on them but the cost for 24 bombs is way too much & that wouldn’t even be enough for me to get the timed challenge done. 😦
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Patience. We always say patience. They’re observant and aware of the frustration with it. Just watch. Feedback from players is ALWAYS a plus.
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Hello addicts!! If I have missed this in another post, I apologize. But, are the quest that Brian and especially the 8 hour tasks to get bombs supposed to drop bombs every time? Mine are not. Should I report to TinyCo or is this normal? Again, if I have missed this, my apologies.
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No, they are not supposed to drop every time. They are uncommon…
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Good news… I messaged TinyCo about this challenge earlier today and have received a reply that there WILL BE CHANGES coming as soon as tonight to help us stink bomb our 200. I can’t wait… I was planning an all-nighter anyway!
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Ok first change already noticed – the total requirement is down to 150. That’s a start… hopefully they add more ways (and frequency) to get stink bombs.
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https://familyguyaddicts.com/2014/10/17/friday-night-update/ 🙂
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I just got a reply from TinyCo in game about a trick or treater fix going live today so maybe that will help. Good luck. 🙂
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I’ve been in contact with TinyCo through the ingame support and have just got an update on the trick-or-treaters (since I sent in some feedback on them and offered some suggestions to fix them). They’re making some changes to help out with the challenge and they should be live “by the end of the day.” As a reminder, keep checking Facebook for updates for when it goes live!
So glad. I finally got to 50 of a way there this afternoon. 1/4 of the way there.
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Dont think I will be able to complete this one, 2 days left and so far 40/200, I have max fright level and been hitting 4/5 with each bomb but cant produce anywhere near enough bombs, there also doesnt appear to be enough kids spawning to actually hit 200 anyway as Ive had no more than 10 at one time running around.
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Games customer support is terrible so no point reporting issues, last event no response for a week then a message saying ‘due to volume of tickets we will not be replying to any existing tickets’.
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You are completely incorrect. The message states they are Clearing out the messages and focusing on only those still in need. (As many players issues are resolved by patch or by player realizing solution) And if your issue was not resolved already, reply back to stay in tech queue.
This is a must in any company to not waste time on issues that do not exist anymore and allow more free time to focus on remaining issues.
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This sucks, not ur plan that’s pretty smart, I just wish it was like the minion stewies where if you tap them they would stay frozen for a few seconds. Just not gonna do this challenge I don’t have any bombs and I don’t wanna destroy my town to make a maze then havta build my town again, this game is too hungry for money. Just gonna get the characters and be done with this. comic con was better, probably cuz it was easier I guess haha
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I tried the hedges, did not work, even tried office blocks, walked streight through them. 😦
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Did you give it a lil bit for the code to take effect?
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It takes at least 4 hours for the “code to take effect”, and that’s time we don’t have. Plus, I’d love to send you the screenshot I just took of three of the kids WALKING ON WATER, one of them as far as 6 tiles deep (Certainly deeper than I can place a building), just to avoid going in my maze. I have buildings right next to each other, they still walk. I have hedges cutting my town in half, they still walk. You *CANNOT* get out of the hole if you have no bombs and ~40 kids already in town. It will take more time than we have.
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you’re welcome to send screenshots to Familyguyaddicts@gmail.com
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UPDATE: Zapping them at the portal has gotten me 121 with two days to go. Just hope the bombs don’t dry up and I’ll have the prize sometime tomorrow. Also looks like the most you can get at one time is 15.
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I just came across a problem that I’m wondering if anyone else has seen. I was all prepared to take out some kids in my maze with my one remaining bomb, when to my surprise, I had no bombs left. The counter said I had one, but when I went to target them, it showed zero left. Any ideas?
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Let TinyCo know please. It may be the game just did not sync back up after a use. Try to go out and in again and see if the count is the same.
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I have had this happen frequently. The count in bomb view is correct, but the overview counter does not always update after both collecting or using bombs.
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Thanks for this Bunny. I made a somewhat smaller maze than yours, partly because I’m unwilling to destroy much of my town, and partly because I’m too cheap to pay more Spirit Vials for more bushes. I think it should still be enough just to delay them while I get over to the portal to bomb them though. I’ll see how it goes.
Sadly I already had a ton marching around my town, and I’ve only had one single bomb drop all day, so I splashed out clams on a pack of 12 in order to clear out the majority and let them start spawning again. I just hope I won’t need those clams later. If only bombs were a guaranteed drop, or a faster drop, or we could ‘freeze’ the brats… any one of those would have made this so much better, but the combination of uncommon long-duration tasks and unstoppable demon children just make this one a killer.
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This is why I made two. One for those about to pop out…the other to trap the “runners”. Lol.
You don’t have to use items for this event. I only did to show options currently available. Any hedge will do. 😉
Even lava fences if you have those.
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I’m using chain link fence and it works just fine. No clams or spirit vials needed.
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That’s not true. I don’t know how long the “coding has to take effect”, but I placed hedges 4 hours ago and they are all still walking right through it. There isn’t enough time to sit and wait for them to acknowledge it’s a wall, and then adjust it and wait another X hours again … the timer is going and going and I can’t even get the setup, never mind the bombs.
Sorry, I’m just disagreeing with you on this one, Bunny. It’s not gonna work if you’re too far behind the set up. And that’s poor design.
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I guess you missed the part in my dialog where I said that some WILL still go through. But only like one or two. The rest…just need a bit to find it and it works just fine. Many are successful.
This also is an OPTION. We are providing variety to players asking for other ways to trap them. YOU do not have to do it. It is YOUR choice to. But that does not mean you have to be negative about us helping those that DO want the info and asked for it specifically. If this post does not cater to you, that is fine. It is not for everyone.
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I’m going to give the maze a try.
What I’ve done is remove all of my roads, bar one segment and then made a maze route that takes a while to get to, with another route.
So far, the kids are adapting to it, but some are still roaming free. But then it takes time for the code reset, so I’ll wait until two hours to see how it goes. I think I have about 3 hours before I have another bomb drop (hopefully). If it works, then I will be happy bunny…pun not intended.
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HEHEHEHHEHE 😉
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Update: Maze didn’t work after about 4 hours to allow time for code to correct itself. The kids did go in the maze, but then they escaped.
I’ve reached about 50 now. With the update of it being 150 and more changes coming, I’m holding off some bombing for now to see what happens.
Although it’s interesting that now Alien has shown up and drops bombs too. Very tempting, but again, going to wait it out.
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🙂
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I just read that bit of good news. 🙂 Definitely much more manageable, 100 kids with more bombs should be workable. I’m tempted to dissemble the maze, but I’ll at least wait until after the challenge is done because without the roads, the kids are easier to see.
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I tried making a maze with the regular hedges because I have a Thone of coins I have over 1 1/2 million coins but I have very limited spirit vines and it did not work I one day I have lost my check I had two days two hours left on my countdown and only seven out of 200 trick-or-treaters I don’t think any amount of mazes at this point is going to help because I have zero stink bombs even though I keep sending everybody on task for stink bombs even ones that I need to be doing has to make Ghostbusters Joe
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Let them know this.
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I love your maze! It’s a great idea. I just have one question…I see in your image that you have all your other characters, and they are on a small area of sidewalk. Is that the only area of sidewalk in your town?
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Yup. I keep them there on purpose for my test game. I want to get to them quickly when I need them. I asked for and am hoping we get cement type plots to use as “roads” in the future. Then I can put cars on them. 🙂
Otherwise I like to keep all my stuff where I can see it. Makes it so much easier to get the characters, Slimer, Banshees, Ghosts, etc.
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I’m on search for busts 6, though I’ve upgraded portal and working on joes ghostbusters outfit (search for busts 9) I’ll complete tonight overnight the long tasks. (Is lack of completing the bust quest holding up the bomb making.)
I’m in this weeks portal, and am working on joes outfit just fine, but
None of my characters can create bombs yet
I want to create bombs before triggering challenge
I have roll out part 1- the tutorial- but have not begun it, as I want to create a stockpile of bombs first.
Do you know which quest/number triggers the ability to make bombs??
Do I need to do the tutorial (part 1), then stop, or will that trigger the kids??
Bunny for president.
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Lol. You need to start the tutorial so they can show option for Bombs. Without that part of the phase initiated…the characters do not have a way of knowing it exists. Just don’t complete the bomb 5 just yet.
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Bunny for president.
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You crack me up…telling you…country wouldnt like me so much. TOO many changes I would force. 😉
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I don’t think they allow lagomorphs in the oval orifice… the little poop pellets wouldn’t pass EPA guidelines.
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Why not… the place is already covered in …
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I have yet to start bombing but I have a maze of fences just outside the event area that seems to herd the ones that wander in. My strategy is to build up at least 20 bombs before I start. When I do, I’m going to clear at least 15 trick or treaters then wait 1 1/2 hours to log in to the game again & use a bomb as soon as I see the spawn. Hopefully I will get 15 with each bomb & should be above the 200 mark 19 1/2 hours (13 bombs) after clearing the initial 15. That means I’ve got to start about this time tomorrow & no sleep until sometime Sunday.
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My life became a lot easier when I decided that I do not care if I finish the timed quest. I can miss out on this weeks prize and the ghostbuster car and somehow I will survive. It would stress me more to completely trash my town to make a maze
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back in the comic con event, I was able to coral the stewie crawler octo-thingies (I’ve clearly forgotten the name) without redesigning my town. I tapped on one when I saw one. This caused it to do an animation that paused it in place. & kept doing so until another one came nearby & so then I tapped on the 2. So on, & so on. I think the most I could tap without one escaping before I could switch to the bomb was 10.
Do you think that tactic would work here? (currently waiting for respawns)
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It doesn’t. They pause for a few seconds to spray…but that is it. They move fast too. So it is more to catch them at the portal, round edges or narrow “funnel” points in town, or resort to making a maze to corral them. 😉
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My thinking is that we shouldn’t have to resort to “tricks” in order to complete a challenge. Spirit vials add up rather slowly for this event as well so I won’t be burning them to get tons of Halloween bushes for a maze. I’m also not the type that likes to tear apart my town to make room for such things. However, I do think I just may achieve the challenge barely even though I totally wasted the first handful of bombs I received, but if I do it’s because I made my first ever clam pack purchase to get more bombs and make up some ground.
This was the first time I wasn’t patient to see if they would increase a drop rate to make something more achievable, or just said I’m fine not getting it done. I’m rather convinced the bomb drops will increase over the week but the initial rate for 200 kids is pretty low for players that can’t be extremely diligent with clock and method.
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You do not HAVE to. It is a choice. Bombing the portal works too. I am just offering an alternative option for players asking for it. 🙂
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Thanks Bunny, building the maze will keep me busy while my bombs build up and hopefully they will start following a pattern. Appreciate you got this post up so quick, I’d send you a double espresso but I fear it wouldn’t travel well from Scotland.
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SIgh, I only got 11/200. I have an idea for TinyCo, if you fail a challenge, you could always play like 30-50 clams to get back on track for the Echo-1.
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So you are saying, if you already have some in town they will eventually walk back into the maze and regroup, or are you just saying that once the maze is placed, and the code “sticks”, then the kids will not walk through the walls of the maze any more?
Thanks I like the double maze idea, I’m going to build it before I begin the challenge and using the haloween items to build it may increase my fp to a higher level helping my spawn rate (I’m d8, almost done with stewie, got carter yesterday and I’m high level 3 on fp, May get to 4 with deco purchases).
Bunny for president. 🙂
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I am saying the first part…yes. 🙂
This serves a dual purpose. A few here and there may still sneak on by, but mine are all now following a pretty lil path and I am targeting 10-15 a hit. FYI…ADDING a bunch of these decorations gives you FP…which means higher FP level…which means MORE kids to bomb. 😉
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Great minds think alike, though yours seems to think alike a lot faster than mine. 🙂
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🙂
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Bought a ton of the big spiky grass thing (double square size) golden color. It costs 10 vials, provides 2 fp when purchased, best ratio I see.
With the fp I earned, Now I’m at level 4fp. So should spawn more kids.
Didn’t spend too much, have a maze, did the tutorial, characters will now earn bombs till sun or Monday night then I’ll give it a go…
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NICE! Let us know how it turns out for you. 🙂
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Last time I used the well trimmed bushes **snicker** to make my maze. Will this work again or just the Halloween items???
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I only used current items as many players may not have access to others. The Lava worked great. Hedges too. 🙂
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I used the same hedges I did during comic con and they work great just hit 15 with one bomb
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Just finished the task and got Zuul’s portal. I did buy 24 bombs but I used my own tactics of bombing the kids as they left the portal was managing up to 15 at a time. Also bought two mystery boxes and got the lighthouse and toy factory.
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There is no way to get to 200 in three days when most of the bomb drops take 8 hours and don’t always drop bombs. The ghosts should drop bombs the way the nerds did.
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Suggest it.
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Ya you shouldn’t have to create a maze to do the event, it’s just asinine.
Already a hoard of problems with the event:
1). The only characters showing to drop stinkbombs at the moment is Meg, bonnie and brian. Mort, jake, and brian do NOT have a stinkbomb job. Also, why are they 8hr tasks yet most tasks for bombs for stewy on the last event were 2hrs and that was barely doable at the time?
2) They are not respawning at the rate claimed. It’s been 12 hours since I last used a stinkbomb and there are only 3 demon kids in the yard. I removed all my buildings so I can see the map clearly. Only 3 kids; even if I had unlimited stink bombs, there isn’t enough kids.
3) the guide does absolutely no good when you’ve already dug up for the next timed character. There needs to be a disclaimer in the game BEFORE digging up so players have the option, or don’t make it a timed event.
Additionally, last poll posted about Diane simmoms showed only 11% of people got her . Does tinyco not learn? Geez this isn’t diffiucult…
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Ok. I get people are upset, but please take those complaints to the WTH post. NOT here where we are trying to provide information on how to create a maze. We get you are upset, we get you do not like this aspect in the game, but please place your replies in the appropriate location. Keep this post to ONLY what it’s content is about. And that is helping others to corral the kids.
1: Will depend on who you have unlocked and where you are in the quests. All have the Stink Bomb tasks for me. If yours do not, you need to report it.
2: Will depend on your level of FP and District. If you are not seeing the Minimum drop rate and no more spawning, you need to report it. They are spawning as stated in all 4 test games on 4 separate levels.
3: Let them know that.
The rest can got to WTH or utilize your in game menu, help, contact…and report your thoughts to TinyCO.
Thanks.
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“There is another way you can hit many kids at once, but you will need to act quickly and have Stink Bombs at the ready. Stay out of your game for about 2 hours to let the kids pile up. Then go back in your game and immediately go to the edge of the Portal/Halloween area. As soon as you see the Trick or Treaters start to spawn, drop a Stink Bomb. Depending on YOUR spawn rates, you can get a good group of them this way”.
This is what I’m doing and it’s working perfectly. I did have to use some bombs initially to lower the overall total in my park, but now every 2-3 hours I’m nabbing 12-16 each time. The key is making sure you ALWAYS have a bomb available to nab them so as to prevent your park from maxing out again.
Awesome job Bunny!
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Welcome. 🙂
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TWO HUNDRED IN THREE DAYS?! This is ludicrous. You shouldn’t HAVE to do overly complicated set ups like this to even stand a chance. Some of us love our towns the way we have them. We shouldn’t HAVE to reorganize our towns every month or 2 to even slightly come close to fulfilling a challenge. Not to mention the drop rates and times of the quests that drop stink bombs ENSURES you’re going to need to buy the max amount of bombs in order to even come close.
I call shenanigans and if TinyCo doesn’t remedy this,I call quitsies.
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In ANY game out there I have been playing since childhood…there is ALWAYS a strategy to play the game in a better, quicker, easier way. No it does not follow the standards the game may have intended, No you do not HAVE to do it, but it is all in how YOU would like to play the game. This post may not fit ALL players, but NOTHING in the game is for ALL players. So options and methods are used to provide alternate ways. This is MY alternate way. Many are working at it just fine hitting them at the Portal. This is just an option readers asked for. You do NOT have to do it if you do not want.
I get you do not like the Trick or Treaters, so let TinyCo know. Tell them how it is playing out for you. Your struggles. Your difficulties. Our feedback has helped to improve this game many times. 😉
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Althought the point is moot now, being as they are trying to fix it. I did want to clarify that I wasn’t trying to insult your idea. On the contrary, it’s quite creative and inventive. Figuring out how and what herded them must of taken a lot of time. And it IS impressive!
What I’m trying to say is that the adds should come with a trick ,in the update itself. Like, for example, the mutant Stewies, you could just tap them. Keep tapping one until another shows up,tap them both until another shows up,then tap all 3 etc etc until you got a group of 10ish grouped together, then bomb. This one now has no trick attached to it. It was either take however long it takes to redisign your town to herd them, or HOPE you have a bomb, good time keeping skills and a lot of luck.
But, again, the point is moot now. I just didn’t mean to insult your set up, if I did.
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I still find that keeping my regular town layout is just fine since it has the classic “H” shape for the roads near the centre of town which naturally funnels the little ankle monsters.
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Just hitting them at the portal works too. Just offering a Maze idea for those that wanted it. 🙂
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Bunny, would rectangular hedges work?
And why don’t you just make an area close to the portal without exit? Or would that cause them to just walk through.
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No exit FORCES them to find one. You got to gave an exit.
They worked last time for me. 😉
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Bunny, I bought the macabre mystery box, but my game crashed when the screen was popping up, I lost the clams and have no prize! Please help?
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Did you check your inventory and all your counts to see if you still won something? If not, I would suggest to reach out to TinyCo so they can verify too. 😉
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The problem here is that once your town is full of the max kids, it takes more bombs to try to clear them out for the maze-enabled scenario … and the pace you gain bombs does not keep up with the pace that they respawn. If I have 48 kids in my town, I’m gonna need a ton of bombs … and when I use the first 2 or 3, then there is less than max kids .. they spawn, walk through my maze .. and right out of it into the world because I’m out of bombs. It really feels like the only way to get on top of it is the initial purchase of 15 bombs.
The main difference between this and Comic Con was that you can get bombs from the nerds, giving you a chance to at least get started before you were inundated. Without that, I don’t see a way to not fall into the deep hole that is too hard to climb out of.
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Using a maze…it does not. I had my town maxed…had a few bombs…made the maze…waited. Once the coding locked in, I was able to clear them all out within a matter of like 5 mins. Then as more respawned the next go round…I hit them too.
It will vary by player as the minimum and max are varied…but I found this to be the best alternative to do it. All I can suggest outside that is let TinyCo know.
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I dunno, I’ve managed to succeed in every timed event since before Comic Con, and I’m not even close to corralling this guys now. It’s not like we have a lot of time to get it figured it out, either. The clock is ticking on the solution as well as the 200 in general.
Just frustrating.
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I get it. I know. Just trying to help until we see something changed or added from them. 🙂
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They just walk through decorations and my maze doesn’t work + I just finished designing my town
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They did with mine…at first. Once the coding locks in…they fall in line with mine. I got the new ones coming out…and with patience…the ones running round my town.
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Ugh 2 days and 3 hours left. Stinker 37
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