Tribble Trouble?

K…how about now?? 😉

So here’s the work around…Tribbles will spawn on the Enterprise endlessly until next week sometime. So… grab em while you can.

For those still in Quahog and the spawn has stopped before you get Riker… please let them know.

Again, we know many of you are still saying you are stuck in Quahog. (Officer and and Idiot Part 1). A fix WAS pushed this morning so make sure your game is up to date. Try restarting your device to see if that helps. Also try tapping “Go” from the task or Riker. 

 


3-21 6 2PM EST: TinyCo pushed another patch. Let me know once the hour mark hits if your Tribbles are back after Part 4 of Officer and an Idiot. 🙂

Update on the update… it did not relay through as intended. Hang in there. TinyMatt and the crew are on it. They know we need these Tribbles to continue. So sorry for the hiccups. Help is still on top of it. I think the Tribbles may have got in the patch lines and chewed through. Lil brats apparently don’t want us squishing them. Lol


3-21 3 2PM EST: After sending reports last night Tribbles stopped at Officer and an Idiot Part 4, have not gotten an update on a patch as of yet. They are looking into it as it is supposed to go to Part 7. Hang in there. Will Update when I get more info back. 


3-20 10PM EST: TRIBBLES… TAKE… THAT NUMBER: So… PATCHES AWAY!!!! 
Tribbles will spawn in your town during the following questlines… 
Where No Griffin Has Gone Before Part 1-4 (Quahog Only)
An Officer and an Idiot Part 1-7 (Starts in Quahog but continues in Enterprise. Quahog will stop as soon as you go to Enterprise.)

Hope this helps out now. If you do not see the change right away, wait an hour for the next spawn time as we may have JUST missed it. 😉 

 


FYI… TinyCo did clarify the Tribbles STOP spawning in Quahog once you collected the 35 in Part 4. Still waiting on when/if they stop on Enterprise. DON’T PANIC!!! There are other things coming to still help with Riker and the Crystals. Hang in there. 

 

UPDATE: Spawn on Tribbles should be resolved now. Please let us know if you run into anything else. 😉

Android users: Download the 1.7.3 update from the Google Play store for bug fixes!

Hey there Tribbles!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I am having so much frakkin fun and it is only day one into this Event. This Geeky Nerd Girl is just all sorts of giddy and bouncy. (Someone send poor Alissa some meds, drinks, sweets, earplugs, rope to tie down Bunny, ummmm… Lol.)

Anywho… where was I? Oh yah, TRIBBLES!!!

Tribbles and Bunny

If you are not a SciFi Fanatic and you haven’t seen many Star Trek episodes, or none at all. You are a bit taken aback by all these lil Fuzzballs roaming the town and why the heck they are.

Let me first give you an idea just WHAT a Tribble is. I will keep it VERY basic. Lol. These lil floating puffs of fur come from the Original TV Series of Star Trek. They were sold to unknowing crew members of the Starship Enterprise as “pets” (other travelers too). Much like Gremlins, these lil things tend to multiply quite quickly after eating something they shouldn’t have. For the Crew of the Enterprise, this started causing a major headache when they got into every nook and cranny in the ship… which is stuck in space. They got into wiring, food, and everywhere they should not be. Essentially becoming a huge nuisance to everyone and disabling the Enterprise. Eventually the Crew got rid of them. They have since shown up in many more episodes as well as the Movie Versions of Star Trek, including the new REBOOT Star Trek Movies. (Again, this is just basics. Do a search online if you really want a LOT more details.)

Here is Captian Kirk buried in Tribbles after finding them tucked in one of the ships panels. (Look a lil like my picture up top? 😉 )

Tribbles

 

Now that you have an idea of the lil creatures origin, let’s move on to the Tribbles in our game for this really cool Star Trek Family Guy Event.


WHEN WILL THE TRIBBLES APPEAR IN MY GAME?

Yellow Tribble 3 Brown Tribble 3 Beige Tribble 2

In Quahog~
The Tribbles first start showing up in your Quahog during Where No Griffin Has Gone Before Part 4. You will  be required to “pop” 35 of them as one part of the 3 part task. Once you hit this point, a “poof” of smoke will appear on your sidewalks as the Tribbles start to randomly appear. Popping Quahog Tribbles will NOT count towards the Enterprise Tasks.Where No Griffin Has Gone Before Part 4

On the Enterprise~
The Tribbles first start showing up on the Enterprise during An Officer and An Idiot Part 4. You will be required to pop 70 of them as one of the 2 part task. Once you hit this point, they will “poof” in randomly and start wandering the ship. Popping Enterprise Tribbles will NOT count towards the Quahog Tasks.An Officer and An Idiot Part 4

 


WHAT IS THE SPAWN RATE ON TRIBBLES?

(Same for both Quahog & Enterprise)
As of this post, the spawn rate is NOT public. That means there is not a verified source or detail yet on the Spawn of the Tribbles.Tribble Spawn 6

From what I am seeing in my game, 6 Tribbles Spawn every hour in my Quahog and on the Enterprise (once I get to those points in the questline).

Here is the Breakdown of Tribbles I had during 10 Tribble Spawns (1 Spawn group every hour for a total of 10 hrs) :

Yellow Tribble 2Yellow Tribble 3Yellow Tribble3 Yellow Tribble

Beige Tribble 3Beige Tribble2 Beige Tribble

Brown Tribble1 Brown Tribble

I was still at Starfleet XP Level 1 when testing this (XP for the Event). That may or may not impact for the spawn amount. I will update if I see anything change. For now, it will at least give you a general idea of what to expect.

 


HELP! I CAN’T FIND THEM!

In Quahog~
They will spawn on sidewalks only. So if you have sidewalks hidden behind buildings or decorations, this will be a lil more tricky for you as they are REALLY little. The less sidewalks you have the better as well as the more visible your sidewalks are the better.

If you still are having trouble seeing them, you can always use the Characters needing them for Material Drops to find them. Just tap on that Characters Material Drop Down Menu. Locate a Tribble. Tap “GO”. The game will take you to them or tell you there are no more.Tribbles in Quahog

Now look at this Zoomed Out pic of Quahog with People. Can you spot the Tribbles? They are REALLY TEENY, so stay zoomed in and don’t hide your sidewalks. Tribbles in Quahog Zoomed Out

 

On Enterprise~
They will spawn around pretty much in any room they feel they want to go. They will inch along the walls and in corners, so zoom in when you can and tap on them quickly.Tribbles  Enterprise

Tribbles on Enterprise

 


WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I POP A TRIBBLE?

One of two things will happen when you locate and tap on a Tribble to Pop it.

1: You tap on it and it spits out ONLY ONE the following (the drop rates are MY personal calculations not anything in FAQ, your results may vary)

In Quahog~
Nothing (Rare/Extra Rare)
Dilithium Crystal+1 Dilithium Crystal (Common)
Dilithium Crystal+2 Dilithium Crystals (Uncommon)
Tricorder1 Tricorder (Uncommon/Rare) –This item may vary depending on Character being unlocked.
Clam1 Clam (Epic)

 

On Enterprise~
Nothing (Rare/Extra Rare)
Dilithium Crystal+1 Dilithium Crystal (Common)
Dilithium Crystal+2 Dilithium Crystals (Uncommon)
Dilithium Crystal+5 Dilithium Crystals (Uncommon/Rare)
Captain's Log1 Captain’s Logs (Uncommon/Rare)-This item may vary depending on Character being unlocked.
Clam1 Clam (Epic)Tribble Clam Payout

 

2: You tap on it and it multiplies and spawns up to 6 more Tribbles. If this happens, pop them quickly as they tend to disappear as fast as they multiplied. Then you will go through the same payout as listed above. This will increase your payouts quickly.

As you can see in the Quahog picture below, two of the Tribbles I tapped spawned 6 more each giving me a total of 12. They scattered fast. This happens in both Quahog & on the Enterprise.

Tribbles Multiply Quahog

Tribbles Spawn 6 Enterprise

 

Now you have an idea of what to expect from these furry lil creatures. If YOU are having issues with your lil Tribble Fuzballs spawning, remember they are REALLY REALLY TEENY and to look close as they are easy to miss if you have hidden streets. If you still feel there is an issue, please reach out to TinyCo (a fix was already pushed for them, so they should be spawning correctly for everyone).

What do YOU think of the Tribbles? Do you like them? Like the payout they are offering? Got any Clams from them yet? Let us know below.

~Bunny

514 responses to “Tribble Trouble?

  1. sorry if i posted on the other place, at 21:22 EDT still no Tribbles that pop up, iOS8 1.7.2 iPad air

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    • It is fine…as you can see in this post they stop at a point and don’t spawn anymore.

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      • yes indeed, it was just to report it, that on iOS still haven’t been fix, and in App Store no update either, and yes they are probably aware and already trying to fix it, as for me nothing pop or spawn since roughly 4:00PM EDT or 16:00 EDT a la Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Entreprise,

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  2. I see many of us are at the same level about unlocking Riker and seeing tribbles for the crystals. I need eight to complete the task.

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  3. Downloaded 1.7.3 for android around 5 hours ago. Need like 50 crystals to unlock Riker but haven’t had any tribbles spawn since update. Any ideas?

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  4. Jeez we really do have tribble troubles! You couldn’t have captioned this post any better when you wrote it this morning! Haha

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  5. Richard Everson's avatar Richard Everson

    Ok so I’m really stuck,
    Still trying to unlock Riker
    I need those crystal things, and I haven’t had any Tribbles for over 6 hours. So frustrating

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  6. Every time I try to go to the Enterprise Consuela pops up with an error message 😮

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  7. Not got riker but collected the 35 tribbles and no more have spawned for 8 hours, any advice :)?

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  8. Will they be releasing a fix for the kindle version? I haven’t seen a tribble since this morning and the app store still only shows 1.7.2

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  9. Downloaded the new update. Went from getting very few Tribbles to getting none at all for the past six hours. Fail. :/

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  10. I’m 13 shy of getting Riker. I have had no tribbles all day. I use iOs. I figured once the post saying everything was resolved than they would spawn, they haven’t. I’m on An Officer and an Idiot Part 1.

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  11. I haven’t had any trouble with my Tribbles spawning. I did purchase Fuzzball bay for enterprise, it seems to help with the spawn rate, but I honestly can’t tell if it was worth the 200 clams or not…? Bunny or Alissa Do you have any stats on how much Fuzzball Bay helps with the spawn rate?

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  12. I’m on “An Officer and an Idiot Pt.3” and I have not had tribbles since yesterday. I have my game sitting in the Enterprise for over an hour now and nada. Any idea what’s going on? I’ve checked Qahog multiple times as well, just in case, but nothing there either.

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    • K. If you are on part 3 and waiting for Tribbles on Enterprise, please see this very post you are commenting on for when they unlock for Enterprise. 😉

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      • So am I in some no-man’s land until I start An officer and an Idiot pt 4? Because I have no tribbles spawning anywhere – Qahog or Enterprise.

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        • What are you needing them for at this point in the game? If you have Riker, you can move forward.

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          • I need the Tribbles for Starfleet Peter skin.

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            • You will get them unlocked again when you hit that point and collect them for Peter. The Lift also drops Crystals in the ship

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              • Come on man, give me a tribble, just one, that’s all I need right now, one tribble man. Help a guy out.

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              • When we hit what point Bunny? Do you mean “An Officer and and Idiot Part 4?” BUT if I have not reached that point, and yet the skin for Starfleet Peter is CURRENTLY available for me to create at Al’s in Quahog, and we NEED tribbles for the Captain’s logs to create that skin, then doesn’t it stand to reason that tribbles should be spawning in Quahog, for us to get that item required? Sorry really long run on there. But ya know what I mean? It just doesn’t make sense that they are locked if the outfit is unlocked. Scratching my head over here.

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                • You can create Peter where ever. He shows up both in Quahog and Enterprise. 😉 Captain’s Logs- Enterprise (See this very post) 😉

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                  • OK but I still can’t get Captains logs from the tribbles even though his outfit is unlocked, because the tribbles are locked. That’s the part that doesn’t makes sense :/

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                    • Play through the questline on Enterprise. Patience, they are still tweaking it, but you can still get items for him by the questline once you hit that point. I know it is a bit odd, and I have told them. Just know you are not stuck… just gotta get to Tribbles again or if fix hits first. Either way. 😉

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          • Jamesha secord's avatar Jamesha secord

            We need them to unlock peters costume

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  13. no tribbles for the past 5 or so hours. Past part 4; I just unlocked Riker. On iOS. I’ve tried closing the app, restarting my phone, etc.

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  14. I have had Tribbles every hour since the shuttle was fixed and they just stopped when I got all items for Riker. Only had the quest An Officer and an Idiot Part 1 in my list of things to do. Hope this information helps. Thank Ladies.

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  15. I haven’t had any tribbles for about 3 hours now. on iOs. On part three of officer and an idiot, on the enterprise. No tribbles in Quahog, which I think is correct? But none have spawned since I got to the enterprise. On the ship or elsewhere.

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  16. I’ve not had any tribbles spawn since I started collecting captains logs for peters starfleet outfit,been waiting about 4hours

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  17. I miss the little fluffy fuzzlings running around my town. I hope it gets fixed soon as they’re the only reason why I turn my sound on.

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  18. Nope still no tribbles. I’m well past the point listed at the top of the post. On IOS and been logging in multiple times per hour since they said they patched it. No tribbles popping on the enterprise at all. It’s possible they are supposed to stop on the enterprise but I doubt it at this point as it’s taken me all day to get about 80 or so crystals. Would take me 5 days to get enough to get the rad cargo room.

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  19. My tribbles were spawning just fine until this afternoon and I had finished the 35 yesterday. A few hours after they stopped spawning in quahog, I unlocked the enterprise, and they are not spawning there either, so I have no way of getting Peter’s costume.

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  20. Kk I don’t know what to do to get the yellow gem looking stuff sorry I don’t watch star trek but how do we get them plz help Bunny stuck

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  21. Think lots may run into this Tribble trouble:
    They stopped spawning after collecting the 35 and don’t have enough crystals to unlock Ryker. The only Star Trek quest I have now is to unlock Ryker but no way to earn the crystals to make it so…(see what I did there 😉 ) Haven’t spent any crystals so it is indeed an issue. Poor Tribbless Crystal Difficient Locked Up Ryker.

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  22. So now supposedly tribbles don’t spawn in Quahog until after you reach Part 4, where you have to pop 35 tribbles, and then stop spawning after you complete the step? What a disappointment. I liked how they had the hourly spawns before.

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  23. They kept spawning all day, even after collecting 35 of them.
    Last hours they stopped spawning. I’m now more than 2 hours since I installed the patch. Just unlocked the enterprise and no tribbles there either

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    • The extra spawn wasn’t supposed to happen. As far as Enterprise… are you to the questline that unlocks them on board? (Listed in this post)

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      • You’re right. Missed that part as I was so focused on missing them in my town.
        Working on part 2 so not having them is normal.

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  24. So the tribbles stop spawning after I complete the 35 tribbles quest? I competed it yesterday and I still had some spawn a few hours ago. I was waiting for them to respawn again because I haven’t unlocked Riker yet. I’m at 154/175 crystals. I can’t get more crystals because I can’t get into the enterprise yet (since I haven’t unlocked Riker), and I can’t get more crystals from the event quests because my only event quest is to unlock Riker (I competed the other one already). So are tribbles the only way to get crystals? Or are there some character tasks that give crystals that I’m missing? I feel like I’m kind of stuck here…

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  25. been over an hour after the update and phone/game reboot. no dribbles.and im sure they should be spawning on enterprise for the captains log.

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  26. Ok so I read your post, I’m on iOS and have completed where no griffin has gone before part 4 but have not unlocked Riker yet. No tribbles since this morning. Is there another way to get the 30 dilithium I am missing for Riker? I sent a message to tiny co with no response yet

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  27. I’m only on part 3, and tribbles stopped spawning once I unlocked the enterprise.

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  28. Had 146 Tribbles before 12 EST. now I have none. I am on IOS. Any info? Thnx.

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  29. 3 hours without tribbles now. I’m still collecting for Riker so it’s not the Enterprise-Quahog tribble thing, although maybe the fix for that caused this new problem. Last tribbles spawned at 6pm GMT. Messaged TinyCo and their response was to the reset the device (power down, power-up). Did that but no still no tribbles at 9pm. It’s sad when you ain’t got no tribbles 😦

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    • See top of post. Does this apply to you?

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    • Just seen your latest update at the top of the post and yes, I’m past part 4. Completed that about 18 hours ago.

      The reply I had from TinyCo about 30 mins ago did not mention a part 4 limitation, just the recomendation to reset my device (iPad2) and let them know if that didn’t fix it. Messaged them back and thought I’d check here too as you have good info on bugs.

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  30. Still no tribbles. Going through withdrawls. Need my trouble fix. I see info on a patch for Google but I am on iOS. What gives?????? Am I the only one on iOS still not getting tribbles?

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  31. I have completed the quest and now I’m not getting spawns. I’m 4 crystals short of unlocking Riker though. What do I do now?

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    • Find a Ferengi to sell you some? Lol

      No but seriously, you’ll get some from quest completions. If you don’t, please let them know.

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      • The only event quest I have now is to unlock Riker. I didn’t see any tasks that give them but I’ll look. I love the idea for the event but this was not well designed so far. My wife is 36 crystals short and stuck the same way.

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        • I know it is a stand still point for many, I expressed that concern as soon as I was given the info. Waiting for a response now.

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          • I submitted a help ticket about it also. That was an extremely poor choice of place to halt the spawns. They should have been tied to Riker or the sub-requirement for crystals on Riker. There is almost no way you could reach 175 crystals without tapping 35 tribbles and there is no way you could reach 175 crystals from *only* 35 tribbles. Given that they may drop one or two crystals each you are still looking at tapping in the area of 100 at least.

            If I hear anything on my ticket I will update here also.

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      • I don’t think there are any quests you can do after you finish part 4 but before getting Riker. This seems like a big oversight.

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  32. Well downloaded the  1.7.3 before my spawnrate was fine,but now it sucks I haven’t got any tribbles since the update at all?really regret I updated!

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  33. Lotta talk about Android here, but I’m having the problem on iOS. No tribbles since checking in over an hour ago. Was fine last time I checked early this morning. I sent an in-game report.

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  34. still no tribbles for me. using an iPhone

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  35. I haven’t seen any all day and I’m using an iPhone. Same reported issue or was it just android.

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  36. Sorry I posted this in the Q&A thread before seeing this thread. I havent had any spawned in 3 hours now and im on iOS.

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  37. I’m still not getting Tribbles (5:04pm EDT). The FAQ in the app says they stop spawning in Quahog after Pt 4 of where no Griffin has gone. I know I was getting them well after I completed part 4, they stopped when I unlocked the enterprise, I think. I’ve waited through 4pm and 5 pm, I’ve reloaded the app a few times. Should they still be spawning?

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  38. I am on iOS and haven’t had any tribbles since I unlocked Riker. I even did the 35/35 mission before unlocking Riker.

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  39. Is the tribe spawning issue affecting iOS users too? Cause I just played for the first time since this morning and no tribbles came up. I’m on an iPod touch.

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    • See top of post. Does this apply to you?

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      • Yeah I guess so. It was weird cause I tapped the 35 last night but got some when I logged in this morning. I think personally they stopped when I had enough for Riker’s requirement of 175. Thanks for the quick response Bunny! You’d make an excellent Starfleet officer lol

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  40. I am on iOs and have not had any tribbles for over two hours. I have sent a message to TC.

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  41. The Problem Child's avatar The Problem Child

    Finally got the update. Managed to pop 28 of them. Just waiting for the next spawn.

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  42. I’ve had no “trouble with Tribbles” until I completed where no griffin pt. 4. They stopped spawning after that. I have not yet unlocked Riker. Is this normal or is this part of the glitch? It’s been about 1 1/2 hrs

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  43. I too am having the tribble trouble. No spawns at 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. It will be hard to get dilithium without these lil buggers. I’ll give it an hour or two to see if a patch pops up before sending an in game, however.

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  44. still no dribbles, before that supposed patch it was working for me. been over 2h now without any. messaged tinyco about it.

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  45. Poor Alissa…. Lol
    I don’t if I’m happier ’cause the Star Trek event or for Bunny. When I think I’m enjoying, she is having almost the time of her life!!!

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  46. So, I woke up this morning to find that I got the last few items to unlock Riker. Had a look at the enterprise before heading back to my town to squash some tribbles. Only problem is they are not there. No tribbles to be found anywhere. I’ve messaged them through my game, but I assume that’s not meant to happen. First issue I’ve had with this event. Have I missed something?

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    • There was a patch JUST sent for Tribbles. You may need to wait for next spawn to see them. They pop every hour.

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    • I just had the same thing start happening, and it started after the patch was supposedly released. I boarded the Enterprise, and now no more tribbles in Quahog. I’ll send them a message in game about it, but for some reason it normally takes them a few days to a week to looking at whatever I send them.

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  47. I’ve seen mention in the comments of a timed quest for popping tribbles on The Enterprise. I want to make sure I don’t accidentally start this before I gain the ability for tribbles to spawn on the ship. What is it that starts this timed quest?

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  48. I don’t know what quest line the other people were on, I read something about the enterprise, but I still have to unlock the captain, my tribbles stopped spawning as well!

    I finished the first quest (with quagmire’s task + 2 other tasks as part 4) this morning, still had ‘m spawning. Last thing I recall is giving that Riker guy some of those pink crystals, popping some more furballs throughout the midday and now nothing, nothing at all! x_x

    So what now? Sending in a message through the game? Or is there a faster way which doesn’t require to make an intercontinental phonecall? Desperate, frustrated, this is the second game being a *bleep* today, nargh! 😦

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    • In game message is best way to reach them. They are aware players stating the issue and have said a patch was sent out. So try restarting your game.

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      • I’ll send in an in-game message a.s.a.p. and wait for the patch.

        As for the restart, a normal restart (note 4 – stock android – I always close all apps) doesn’t do anything unfortunately. That’s the first thing I tried. But if it’s not only me affected, I have my doubts that clearing the cache will do anything.

        Just checked the play store, there was a new update, didn’t do anything, reinstalling the game didn’t do it either, so I’m going to contact them, as for now I can’t really continue in this event.

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        • They spawn on the hour… so you may have missed the window. Give it 30 mins to an hour for next spawn and they should be back by then. 🙂

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          • I really hope so. Do they leave anyway? That’s the one thing I wasn’t sure about, as I just got spawns whenever I logged in (whether it was 1,5 hours later or not). I’ll check the game in a bit again to see if it works for me again.

            Thanks so far for your support Bunny. 🙂

            Now I’ll also have to wait for the rerun of my favorite Dutch soap, lol. The episode just finished, my coffee was almost cold, no I’m not addicted to that device in my hands. 😉

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  49. 🎶Soft Tribble, warm Tribble, little ball of fur.
    Happy Tribble, sleepy Tribble.
    Smash Smash Smash🎶

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  50. thanks for reply bunny have tried all ive sent an inticket message though have to say love the update love this website it always gives me a good head start love from the uk

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