Addicts Question Corner: Your Valentine’s Day Part 1 Questions Answered

Hello There Clammers!

So we’re into day two of the Valentine’s Day Event.  As we’re all working on getting our bearings in this new event a lot of you have questions. And now that we’ve worked our way through just about all of phase 1 we’ve got answers for you!

So let’s break down some of your most common questions for Phase 1 (including Love/Hate Prizes, Couples, Handsome Peter, Character Tasks and more).

Handsome Peter isn’t in Al Harrington’s, Why Can’t I See Him?

Handsome Peter won’t appear, to collect items for, until you’ve reached Part 6 of the Beautiful People questline.  Once that starts up you’ll see Handsome Peter appear in Al Harrington’s & the Store (under characters).

Can I Collect Items for Ida Davis before Repairing the Park Bench?

No.  You cannot start collecting items for Ida until after you’ve “found” her.  This means you’ll have to start the timer to collect the items.

What Strategy Do You Recommend for Earning Both Handsome Peter & Ida Davis?

I recommend focusing on collecting Valentine’s first.  Earn as many as you can BEFORE repairing the Park Bench.  You’ll need to build the Tunnel of Self-Love to unlock Ida, which costs 800 Valentines.  I suspect this could be one of the biggest delays for many of you.  So focus on earning as many Valentines as you can first (800 for Ida & 500 for Handsome Peter) & build the Tunnel of Self-Love before repairing the bench.

I also recommend working to get Handsome Peter first, because he has an action that will help you get Ida.  But remember Handsome Peter isn’t timed.  So if it comes down to it, focus on Ida and the timer first.

Why Can’t I See Tasks from Characters to Earn Valentines?

Various characters earn Valentines through tasks, we’ll have a complete breakdown up later, but they don’t start to unlock until after you progress through the questline.  So keep moving through the various questlines and you’ll uncover more Valentine earning tasks. 🙂

What’s Up with Arnold?  How Come It Says He Has a Task for Handsome Peter, But You Can’t Unlock the Ability to Buy Him Until After you Have Handsome Peter?

So initially there was an oversight with Arnold.  Here’s the deal….he’s a premium character available for purchase at 250 clams.  The ability to unlock Arnold won’t happen until you’ve completed the Beautiful People questline (at least past part 9).  You’ve you’ve completed that questline the Clams and Muscles questline will start (Chris should start it).  That questline is what will unlock Arnold in your store for purchase.

Now…initially it was indicated the Arnold could help earn Hot Wax for Handsome Peter.  Of course this doesn’t make sense since you can’t get Arnold until after you have Handsome Peter.  So….TinyCo has fixed this.  Now Arnold will help earn items for Ida (Ribbons and Hormone Pills), as well as earn extra hearts.

What Happened to the Hot Wax Task Then?

TinyCo has moved the Hot Wax earning task from Arnold to the Tunnel of Self-Love (all the more reason to unlock it ASAP!).

What’s Up With the Couples? 

Bunny wrote a VERY detailed post about the Affection Meter.  (You can find that post here.) Since that post went live TinyCo has made some changes…in addition to revised spawn rates & an extended timer to 3 minutes…they’ve also added animations to float over each couples head to distinguish which couple is which.  Here’s the guide:

Fighting couples = a cloud of broken purple hearts will be animating above their heads
Enamored couples = a cloud of red full hearts will be animation above their heads

Here’s what the hearts look like over the love couples:

Here’s what the broken hearts look like over the fighting couples:

Should make it a little easier to spot which is which!

Speaking of Affection Meter, How Do I Know Which Path to Choose?

It’s up to you if you want to go the Love route or the Hate route.  Take a look at the items and decide which one you want to go.

Here’s what I can tell you…at least right now (for the first 2 prizes).  So far all of the Love items are buildings.  Buildings that earn extra Valentines and can help you with this event (and generate cash afterwards).  While all of the hate items are decorations.  Just items to look at but offer no payouts/tasks.

Remember, you can jump back and forth between the two for each character, but you can only choose 1 item for each character.

And yes…the Hot Tub is just a decoration.  It is animated BUT no one uses it (at least not that I can see).

How Many Hearts (or Broken Hearts) Do I Need For Each Level?

So far Level 1 (Quagmire) requires 15 hearts (Broken or unbroken) and Level 2 (Peter) requires 50 hearts (Broken or unbroken).  Remember…the hearts cancel each other out.  So if you collect 5 Broken Hearts and 5 Unbroken Hearts you’ll have 0 Hearts.  Make sense?

So I think that about covers your most commonly asked questions.  Of course we’ll have posts going more into detail for each one..but for now I think this gives you guys a good overview.

What do you think of the Valentine’s Day Event so far?  Thoughts on the changes to the couples?  How about Arnold’s Heart earning tasks?  Which path are you choosing, Love or Hate?  Do you have any other questions about the event thus far?  Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!