Phase 3 Jolly Christmas Tree Is HERE!!

Hey there yah bunch of Yettis.

The new Phase 3 of Miracle on Spooner Street is here! So get to updating to the Jolly Christmas Tree to see all the cool new stuff!!

As per usual…MORE TO COME!!

Puppy Brian Delay Pop Up Image

More details in a bit but for now know that Peter will trigger the week 3 challenge.  If you don’t want to start it…don’t tap Peter after Part 3 of the main questline has triggered.

Update from Alissa…Details below the fold..

New Buildings

Snowy HospitalSnowy Hospital- 500 Cookies.  Earns 16 Cookies and 3 HC/12hrs (a Skin for the Hospital)

Superstore USASuperstore USA- 250 Cookies, 4hr Build.  Earns 12 cookies and 2 HC/ 8hrs.  Chance to drop Spiked Eggnog.

Bunny HillBunny Hill- 250 Cookies, Earns 50 Cookies and 10 HC/ 6hrs.  Chance to drop a shovel for Jingle Joe.

Holiday Babble Greeting CardsHoliday Babble Greeting Cards- 100 Clams.  Earns 10 Cookies and 2 HC/ 6hrs.  Always drops the Wrapping Paper Stocking.

Christmas Swanson HouseChristmas Swanson House- 75 Clams.  Earns 10 Cookies and 2 HC/ 6hrs.  Always drops one of the items needed for Jingle Joe.


New Decorations

Jolly Snow GlobeJolly Snow Globe- 100 Cookies.

Tiny TannenbaumTiny Tannenbaum- 50 Cookies.

Sweetheart's GazeboSweetheart’s Gazebo- 100 Cookies.

Elve's DisplayElves Display- 75 Cookies.

Kiddy TrainKiddy Train- 75 Cookies.


New Costume

This time we’re creating Jingle Joe.

Jingle Joe

Joe with warmer clothes.  Jingle Joe will be able to help attack the Yeti.  Here’s what you’ll need to collect to get Jingle Joe.

Christmas Cookies1,000 Cookies

Spiked Eggnog15 Spiked Eggnog- Get From: Make Herbert Read to Children OR Make Mr. Weed Take a CPR Class OR Make Joe Give Self a Sponge Bath OR Get From Superstore USA OR Get From the Christmas Swanson House

Snow Shovel15 Snow Shovels- Get From: Make Peter Shop the Sales OR Make Felicia Day Play Freeze Tag OR Make Chris Shop for Toys OR Get From Bunny Hill OR Get from Christmas Swanson House

Christmas Wreath10 Christmas Wreath- Get From: Make Intimate Apparel Peter Buy Designer Toys OR Make Bruce Be a Good Listener OR Get From the Christmas Swanson House

For Those curious it’ll cost you around 300 Clams to purchase outright.  Depending on how many cookies you have.

Jingle Joe also has a task to help you earn more Furbals.


Puppy Brian

Puppy Brian

You’ll find Puppy Brian in the Workshop.  He’s similar to Jesus, in that you have to craft him.  Here’s what you’ll need to get him:

Christmas Cookies5,000 Cookies

Candy Cane Stocking 110 Candy Cane Stockings 

Red Doll Stocking10 Doll Stockings

Wrapping Paper Stocking40 Wrapping Paper Stockings

UPDATE BUNNY: Just an FYI, Puppy Brian is TEEEEEEENY. Like extremely small and cute. It is a costume for Brian complete with tasks. To give you an idea just how teeny, here he is next to Brian. (Think how small Brian is.)Puppy Brian vs Brian

 

Even more, here is a shot of the Puppy roaming my town covered in snow, can YOU spot him in the pic?Puppy Brian Teeny


New Character

Babs Pewterschmidt is here!Babs Pewterschmidt

Note: You will have FIVE days to unlock her.

In similar fashion to Jasper you’ll have to “repair” the Train Station (yes again…Jasper must have wrecked it with all his cheering) to find Babs.  Repairing the station takes 4hrs and costs 200 cookies.  You cannot repair the station until you’ve trigger the Five Golden Rings questline. (This triggers around Prophets vs Profits Part 4)

Do not repair the Train Station until you’re ready…you will only have 5 Days to unlock Babs.  So be sure you’re ready before you do it! 

Once you find her you’ll need items from various gift boxes to unlock her.  Here’s what you’ll need:

Death Roe CaviarDeath Row Caviar (From Snowflake Giftbox)
Hanukkah Bush
-Hanukkah Bush (Fancy Giftbox)
Les Bijoux
Les Bijoux (Fancy Giftbox)


New Gift Box

The Fancy Gift Box is here now!

Fancy Gift Box Phase 3

 

To create it you’ll need:

Christmas Cookies750 Cookies

Red Doll Stocking2 Doll Stockings

Wrapping Paper Stocking3 Wrapping Paper Stockings

Takes 3 hrs to create once you have enough..

We will have a full post about each item that’s inside but here’s a quick list:

Royal Tea SetRoyal Tea Set

Yule LogYule Log

Christmas Quahog MallChristmas Quahog Mall

Les BijouxLes Bijoux

Hanukkah BushHanukkah Bush


 

New Targets to Attack

Procrastinators.

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Basically…it’s Comic-Con and Halloween all over again.  Break out those mazes because it’s time to bomb some animated characters again!

You’d think TinyCo would get the hint…when this was the LEAST favorite part of Halloween.  ANYWAY…

To Bomb the Procrastinators you have to collect Furballs.  You then use the furballs to “bomb” as many Procrastinators in 1 shot as you can.

There are two kinds of Procrastinators.  Naughty ones and Nice ones.  Each one drops different rewards….

Christmas Shoppers 2 Naughty- Drops Cookies, HC & Occasionally Clams

Christmas Shoppers 1 Nice- Drops Wrapping Paper Stockings and Christmas Cookies.

Again…you’ll need Furbals to bomb the Procrastinators.  You can earn them through various characters:

Furbal Icon

Jingle JoeJingle Joe- Rage Shop, 4hrs

QuagmireQuagmire- Donate Toys, 4hrs

ChrisChris- Shop for Toys, 4hrs

JasperJasper- Do a Cheer, 4hrs

cleveland-animation-actionmodal-001@4xCleveland- Browse Figurines, 4hrs

And because I know you’ll all ask…

What’s the Spawn Rate for Last Minute Shoppers?

Per Tinyco…The Amount of Last Minute Shoppers in your town will vary depending on your level.  Generally, these shoppers will spawn every 2-6hrs for a max of 10-15 in your town at 1 time.


More Furballs (to beat Procrastinators)

Furbal

Furbal1 Furbal- 10 Clams 

12 FurbalsPack of 12 Furbals- 90 Clams

48 FurbalsPack of 48 Furbals- 300 Clams


Week 3 Challenge

This Challenge is Trigger by Peter AFTER Part 3 of the main questline is triggered.  So if you don’t want to start this task…DO NOT tap Peter after you trigger Part 3 of Profits vs. Prophets.

For this week’s challenge…you’ll have to bomb 100 Procrastinators in 4 days.

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And for this week’s prize you’ll receive Mutant Elves.

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Again…we suggest the maze method for successfully completing this.  More specific details are coming but check out these posts from events past about mazes:

Comic-Con Maze
Halloween Maze

UPDATE BUNNY: As you can see in the image above, the prize for the Challenge was not the correct image. It glitched and showed the Elves Display instead. The actual Challenge prize is what it showed in the Pop Up for the Challenge…the Mutant/Demented Elf. Just the one. And it runs around on the streets of your town as soon as you tap on it to get it out of storage. It is small, like size of Stewie. 

Demented Mutant Elf


Gold Mystery Box

There’s a new premium Mystery Box available for 50 Clams.

Gold Clam Gift Box

We’ll have a more detailed post on this…but for now here’s what’s inside:

UPDATE BUNNY: DO NOT SPEND CLAMS ON THIS RIGHT AWAY!!! You will notice several of these items are available for purchase for just Christmas Cookies. BUY THEM WITH COOKIES FIRST. This will narrow down the items in the box to just a few, making you spend LESS Clams and get the extras for cheaper if you still want to risk the Clams on them. (See below). Once you have all the Decorations/Buildings the Gold Box will close out. 

Elve's Display-Elves Display
Manger-Nativity
Kiddy Train-Kiddy Train
Bunny Hill-Bunny Hill
Meg's Pink Luxury Car-Meg’s Pink Luxury Car
Peter's Christmas Tank-Peter’s Tank
Christmas Cookies-250 Christmas Cookies
Red Doll Stocking-10 Doll Stockings
Wrapping Paper Stocking– 5 Wrapping Paper Stockings
Clams-100 Clams
Clams-150 Clams

Note: A lot of these items you can purchase with Cookies.  IF you purchase them with Cookies before the Gold Box…they will be removed from the Gold Box.  Thus increasing your chances to get clams!

(Note: Cookies, Clams, Stockings are non-unique items.  Everything else will disappear once won/purchased)

Note there IS a known glitch with this…Per TinyCo

Known bug: storing moving decorations will cause the game to crash
The new Gold Gift Box includes two decorations that are animated, Meg’s Pink Luxury Car and Peter’s Tank. There is currently a known bug if you try to store these items, it will cause your game to crash. This currently only affects iOS players and we’re working on a fix!


New Yeti!

Top Hat Yeti has arrived!

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Currently I’ve got to wait 4hrs before I can attack Top Hat Yeti.  Once it unlocks I’ll let you know what the Life Level is.


 

So that my friends are all the details on phase 3 of Christmas!

What do YOU think of Phase 3?  Thoughts on the Procrastinators?  How about the new character additions?  Jingle Joe?  Sound off in the comments below, you know we LOVE hearing from you!

644 responses to “Phase 3 Jolly Christmas Tree Is HERE!!

  1. Hi guys I’ve just experienced a glitch in which my game thinks I need to update I order to see my friends even though I have the latest version? Please help

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  2. I cant get the game to update. According to Google Play I have version 1.50 from 12/4. I cant get to any of my friends cities so I am assuming they cant get to mine either…also I am hoping this update will make the shoppers clickable like others have posted…my maze must suck cuz they are avoiding it like the plague…I have uninstalled and reinstalled but nothing…not sure what else to do. My gifts are piling up…maybe they will have an exchange event cuz at this rate I will not get rid of them all.

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    • OK so apparently the comments had not refreshed and I just saw a barrage of comments similar to mine. I just submitted a message to tinyco…fingers crossed.

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  3. UPDATE: if you update the app, you can tap the christmas shoppers now to stop them from moving.

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  4. Game is now not loading on my android device. Its saying I need an upgrade but no upgrade is available.
    Luckily I have it installed on my I phone and can still play it.

    I had installed the upgrade on my I device which allows me to freeze the shoppers walking around – is this the reason why its now affected my android ?

    Is anyone else experiencing this problem ?

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  5. Does anyone see Christmas tasks for Stewie and Seamus? I received their Wish List items but nothing new for them to do.

    On the other hand, I’m pretty happy with the character usage right now. 34 of 44 of my characters are out of storage doing something towards a goal. About a dozen (AD characters and Vinny, Kool-Aid Man and the Comic-Con celebs on an endless 25 level quest) are doing nothing more than trying to level up. The rest are earning cookies, HC, and items. Not too bad.

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  6. Ugh. The drop rate on getting the wrapping paper from the nice shoppers seriously sucks. I completed the goal and I have 14 wrapping papers. I even specifically tried to bomb only the nice shoppers. I sent tinyco a message thru my game about it. Hopefully they’ll up the drop rate. As it stands now, it’s absurd. There’s no way I’m gonna be able to get enough to unlock and craft what I have left in the workshop before the event ends. Is anyone else having this problem?

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  7. Thanks for that mutant elf update thought I had lost him XD

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  8. So I’ve actually had this mutant elf in my town for a few weeks now. I got him when one of my friends gave me a gift. Has this happened to anyone else??

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  9. I target the NICE (green) procrastinators and get cookies most of the time. Your post only says they drop stockings. You may need to update this 🙂

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  10. I got babs yesterday so she’s out of the way yay, but the timer on Jesus is very intimidating then again I didn’t think I was gonna have mr weed and I got him and almost done the week 3 challenge Comic con and Halloween prepared me well for this. Thanks for all the help and advice happy holidays you guys

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  11. I got 1000 cookies for the mission to wrap a Fancy Gift Box. I think it is because I already had all the gift boxes wrapped when the Quest opened. Does someone also got this?
    (I don’t know what the questline’s name was, but in my game it was the one before The “Five Golden Rings” questline.)

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    • Uh huh. The previous boxes caused issues by locking out before that quest triggered, so now it defaults to a Material prize if you unlocked them all before hitting that point. It helps prevent you from coming to a stop by having nothing to clear.

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  12. Who triggers the five golden rings story?

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  13. I don’t find the maze to be needed at all. If you value your town’s set up, take out 15 of the procrastinators, then bomb their spawn point when you load in.

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  14. I unlocked Jasper.. He’s on the facebook thing, but he’s not in my game. I’ve contacted TinyCo but they haven’t responded. Sighhh.

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  15. I completed the weekly challenge then I went to place my elves and the game glitched now I don’t have the elves. It still says I completed it but no decoration.

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  16. I am also getting an error saying that I need to update my game to visit anyone else’s Quahog. Tried closing game and restarting but it didn’t fix the problem. Sent Tiny Co a message in game. Hopefully they will get it fixed soon as I have gifts to give 😕

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  17. I’m not sure but I think I may have a couple of glitches.

    First of all,when I visit my neighbours,in some of them (curiously only high leveled ones) Consuela pops up saying I need to upgrade my game to visit them only there is no update.

    Plus,I just won the weekly challenge(yayyy!) but I thought the prize was sth like a parade of elves as a decoration.instead I get this cute little mutant elf walking around like a character and whenever I tap him it has the button to store him next to his name “mutant elf”.it is darn cute but,is that the prize or a temporary glitch?sure hope not cause I love the little guy!
    Finally an observation.I saw Bruce’s outfit on the “event” things to buy but locked.did anybody else see that?
    Aaaand….that’s it 🙂

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    • I sent a report in. All I can suggest at this point is to do so as well if nothing helps. I believe iOS got an update that wont allow you to visit til Android gets it too.

      The image on prize was a glitch. It is a Mutant Elf.

      The Angel? We all do.

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      • Any word on when Android will get the update? That is terribly unfair to us to not be able to clear those shoppers! The wrapping paper is very, very tough to get! I did send an in game message.

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        • Update or not, they were still fine to bomb without a maze. Many doing it just fine.

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          • Yes, I did get the 100 done quickly, it is a matter of getting the nice ones for the wrapping stockings. I think getting Jesus was easier than it is to get puppy Brian. It would be nice to be able to tap them like we can with the snowmen, as IOS players can.

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      • Hmm will do.report it I mean….and yay I love that little mutant elf!!he’s mine to keep forever!hehe.thanks Bunny 🙂

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  18. familyguyforever's avatar familyguyforever

    Got the new Yeti but unable to defeat him after 12 hoursplaying got 13 hits and with Lois Jon and Mort, I still needed13 more snowflake stockings for Jesus, as was short when new Yeti hit the game, so would need to play next 12 hours and no sleep, so waiting for the timer to reset and should get them before facing the new Yeti, the new total cannot be reached this ratio would need to play 24/7, or play 16 hours with max hits, when I get Jesus hopefully should work as I belive he helps is this correct. Thanks.

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  19. I have a quick question, I enjoy these events and it helps keep everything interesting. I started playing during the last week of the Halloween event. I’m just kind of curious if there’s ever really a time where there isn’t an event going on? I have now reached Asian Town and its hard to progress on the original quest with all the events happening. Also, thank you Bunny and Ailssa, this is one amazing blog and has helped me out a lot in these events.

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    • They’ve been really back to back lately. Hopefully they’ll slow down a bit soon. Normally there used to be a downtime. I just think it’s this time of year.

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  20. Anyone know if it’s me or the game …. it says I need to update before I can visit a neighbor BUT I’m getting that message while in my own town, I can’t even get to my neighbors list. I checked play store and there’s no updates available.

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    • There was a patch for iOS that I believe is messing with Google users trying to visit those iOS users towns. I sent a report in. Suggest you do the same. Message them right from your game if you can.

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  21. Wish i had a picture of this to show but…when I defeated Top Hat Yeti, the items I received for beating him popped up and it showed, along with the regular items, that I won 1 green square with a red bow around it. It was so quick I’m not sure what it was…a small shrub with a red bow? A present? I looked in my inventory and nothing that resembles this is in there, no new item in the Christmas area where it shows my stocking count, nothing to be found.
    Have you girls or anyone else seen this or commented on this?

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    • Check inventory buildings for Quagmire’s House Christmas Decoration . 😉

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      • Nope already got that. 🙂 it was strange it wasn’t a house skin, or a stocking, or cookies, not anything like I’ve seen this event. It was a green square with a red bow tied to the front of it. Waiting to defeat top hat yeti again to see if it comes up. It only happened the second time I defeated him. If it happens again, I’m going to be ready and I’ll take a screen shot and send it to you. 😛

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  22. I wont let me bomb the shoppers!

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  23. After I win the week 3 challenge, I click on the mutant elves item from my inventory, but I don’t see it anywhere in my town.

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  24. Hmm! I see sone comments that we can tap the shoppers now to stun them…..doesn’t seem to work for me and the snowy hospital skin isnt dropping cookies and HC. Other than these couple of points, things seem to be easy going well for now, although I only have Lois and Mort give the yeti a kicking, so I haven’t been able to defeat childish yeti yet – mainly because they only seem to be causing 1 point of damage each time.
    still, I’m enjoying it, which is what matters. I would like them to come up with something different though. Fight the big baddie, bomb the annoying things wandering around, wrap (craft) prizes……we only need a Christmas variation of the latchers to be four for four.
    I do wish they would stop with the celebrity characters. It’s becoming more like “The quest for everything….except Family Guy”
    Anyway, thanks for the blog, makes the game a whole lot more accessible and is entertaining as well.
    May the holiday season bring you love, joy and a big pile of prezzies under the tree.

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    • I think it was pretty lousy if them to remove the “stun” option. It takes skill and luck to corral them and then pull the bomber out, aim and shoot. The minions were the only ones you could stun momentarily by tapping them. And actually, I think they should have left that capability in. This is a tap and collect game. I feel like they removed the stun effect to actually make it more difficult; which is a huge slap in the face. Just MHO.

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  25. Both jesus and babs pewtershmitt I’ll have within 6 hours now.
    Killed 100 procrastinators . took about 28 hrs in total. Very easy done.
    Won everything out of the Xmas box.
    Only gotta acquire Joe now and start collecting towards puppy Brian.

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  26. Giancarlo Coppola's avatar Giancarlo Coppola

    My RollyHamster shrunk

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  27. Game won’t let me log on. It says I need to upgrade, but when it directs me to do it, it just says install and I click it and nothing happens. Stupid android…

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  28. this is probably the wrong place to ask this question but any update on the sound glitch? i have an android and i’m still having problems with the characters having no sound. i already wrote to tiny co several days ago and they haven’t responded

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  29. Which is worth getting: Puppy Brian or Jesus and is it possible to get both before the event ends ? 🙂

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  30. Does anyone know how much damage joe does? 1-2?

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  31. The game is saying i need to upgrade my game to visit a neighbor, but no updates on the app store, what the hell?? I have gifts to give xD

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  32. This event is easy breezy so far. I’ve had a couple slack offs that caused me to use clams to reset the yeti timer and I bought McClane right away. No doubt I’ll have Jesus in two days and Santa right behind. Also, the current weekly task isn’t that hard, guys and gals. I’ve got 47 shoppers downed in day one without a maze or any spent clams. Just keep your 3 furbal makers on it every four hours just like your yeti blasters.

    Great event!

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  33. Alright, dumb question but for the maze, do you have to use Christmas Decorations to guide them or can you use regular decorations?

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    • Anything that interlocks and leaves no gaps. Just follow the basics. Room to walk the path. One entrance, one exit…not TOO long or you need multiple entry and exits.

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  34. SO HAPPY that we can now tap the shoppers to keep them in place! Thank u tiny co! 😀

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    • I want that too! I’m on android!and I just checked the app store to be certain, but nothing .. is this function coming back to android too? I didn’t mind the mutant stewies at comicon because you could get a whole lot of them with tapping. Now they just ignore me, sniff.

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  35. IOS 1.5.5 update in App Store. Updated and I can now stun procrastinators. Yay! Hopefully the update brought a higher drop rate for the wrapping paper. Out of fur balls to check.

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  36. I can’t repair the train station yet if there a quest block? Also the mutant elf from the challenge is very interesting it’s like a cross between a character and a decoration

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  37. I really hope they extend this event!!! Just a few more days at least

    I want at least a small chance of acquiring JESUS 🙂

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  38. Do we have to have the manger as well to get Jesus? On the facespace thing it says he’s acquired through the manger?

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  39. do we know how much hp the top hat yeti has yet?

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  40. HisNameisJames(quagmire's cat)'s avatar HisNameisJames(quagmire's cat)

    Do the shoppers spawn from the sidewalk or the the christmas tree area?

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  41. This was b.s. i used probably 300 clams trying to get peters tank i got evry single oter thng out of the gold box i even got 200 free clams and cookies and stockings evry time its STUUUUPID hard to get peters tank

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    • You did better than me. I dropped 300 and got nativity scene and then I just got cookies and dolls over and over again. Its a complete rip off. The only reason I kept going was i was hoping to get some clams back. I had over 800 😦 I really wish they didnt put the mystery boxes in the game. I would have happily bought each of the items for 25 clams a piece. Now im out 300 and didnt get the tank.

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  42. Is it possible to het furballs before starting the challenge

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    • Just check the characters tasks as listed in this post, you should be able to. 😉

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    • Yes I got the demo and the first 5 furballs and used them all before I got the challange. And Im already at 97/100 after wasting the free 5 before it started counting very easy to hit 5-7 per shot even with no maze set up or the tap to freeze update that iOS has already.

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  43. How do you make the maze to keep them all contained. Pain in the ass to get those guys

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  44. Question: on Jesus’s facespace, it says you need “manager” to unlock him. So if I were to get this item from the gold present, would it unlock Jesus or do I still need to buy him with the stockings and cookies?

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  45. Won the challenge and got the mutant elf. Of course is was at the end of my inventory. After I clicked it, poof, it disappeared. Contacted tiny co. Was wondering if anyone else had this happened?

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  46. Where did my Mutant Elf go? Clicked it in my inventory and then it disappeared.

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  47. Ha, Chris is currently holding up three separate questlines (Charity Case, It’s Better To Give, Profits vs. Prophets) because I have him making furbals. I’m regularly counting 30-40 Procrastinators in my Quahog, but that might be something to do with me being on cheer level 8 already.

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  48. After defeating the week 3 challenge are we suppose to get something? My game crashed during the quest reward pop-up. I’m still credited for completing it but I don’t see any mutant elves nor anything in my inventory. ??

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  49. I am not understanding how to make the walkways to put all my little men in one spot to shot more can u help by sending my pictures and instructions please thanks for all u ladies do for us .

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    • There are two links in this very post to the previous mazes I have made. You are welcome to use them as instructions as the concept is the same. Also, the comments from other readers on both posts can be helpful too. 😉

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  50. There is just too much to do. There is no way I can achieve much in this event, making it feel futile and like I want to delete the game. I come to games to relax, and feel some satisfaction in ease of completion compared to real life, which is sh*t atm. I hope TinyCo ease up a little bit and not make this a game where you have to buy ingame content to get anywhere.

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    • In my opinion, from the last 2 events the way its set up is, that it is really hard in the beginning, thus making you want to play more or buy clams. Then it gets a bit easier so you have hope, a little harder again, then you complete it and get the satisfaction and warm feelings about the game making you want to play more. Its marketing to keep people interested, but sometimes it does fail.

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