Let the festivities continue! I’ll bring the mistletoe if you’ll bring the margarita!!!
That can only mean one thing. Yes, it’s time to be naughty or nice as Santa Griffin Is Coming To Town Week 2 is here!!!
EVENT ENDS
3rd January at 3PM PST
ADDICTS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Remember to collect from your North Pole Credit Union I you purchased it, the clam floating above it should help us remember!!! Consuela’s Vacuum does not auto collect from this so don’t forget to manually tap the building to collect.
CURRENT APP VERSION
1.59.1
NOTICEABLE CHANGES
None
GLITCHES
I’m not personally experiencing any with the Christmas update on IOS, but seeing few comments about not seeing new items n Quahog Shopping Centre. If you’re experiencing this try to fully shut the App and restart. If problem continues make sure you’re actually on Week 2 Questline s new page won’t trigger until you’re there.
If you are having any other issues let me know in the comments.
QUICK LINKS
Addicts Area
Main Questline – O Christnas Spree
MAIN QUESTLINE
O Christmas Spree
And here’s a snippet to get you started.
Part 1
Learn About Quahog’s Balls
Balls Salespeople Are Here
Check out Mrs Claus’ Wishlist For Balls
Part 2
Clear 1 Balls Salesperson
Get 2 Cranberry Margaritas
See Who’s Sloshed At Quahog Moll
Part 3
Shop At Balls Sporting Goods
Upgrade Tree To Level 6
Complete Look For Help Pt. 3
CHARACTERS
Mrs Claus(Character): 240 Clams, has 4hr task to clear Ball Salesperson
Should I Buy – bit of a boring but sweet new character that will really help you get move quicker through the second week of the event. But I think she’s one of these buys that is down to whether you find the character endearing or not, she’s not an impulse buy. So if the character makes you smile, then bring her to your town, if she doesn’t wait to see what comes later. But remember Week 2 can be when events get tough, so if you’re struggling she may be a big help.
Jill Frost (Character): Top prize in the A Very Frozen Mystery Box that costs 145 Clams per try, can shop at Ball Sporting Goods
Should I Buy – Great new character, shakes she’s in a mystery box, but the materials that are in the mystery box are non repeatable so might tempt you take a try. I’ll put full details in the mystery box section later on in this post, but for your information I was lucky and won her on my 2nd try.
Sloshy The Snowman (Character): You’ll be directed to place him for unlocking at Pt 2 of the main Questline O Christmas Spree. Can shop at Balls Sporting Goods, character itself is NOT timed but there is a 40 Clam Reward if yo can unlock him within 7 days of repairing him.
Requires
56 Pipes (Always): Complete tasks in Mrs Claus Wishlist
55 Coal (Always): Complete tasks on Mrs Claus Wishlist
28 Tequila Bottles (Common): Jerome Restock The Bar
28 Lime (Uncommon): Shop at Balls Sporting Goods, North Pole Mini Golf
24 Top Hat (Uncommon): Mort Dress Up, Yiddish Candles
Caroler Lois (Costume): You’ll trigger the Side Questline to starting creating her at Al’s at Pt 2 of the main Questline O Christmas Spree. Can shop at the Balls Sporting Goods store.
Requires
8 Cloak (Always): Shop at Balls Sporting Goods
29 Caroler Books (Common): Quagmire Go Carolling, Chestnut Sports Support
10 Bonnet (Uncommon): Joe Buy Bonnets, Bonnie Donate Old Clothes
9 Holly (Uncommon): Clear Balls Salesperson
BUILDINGS
***The Buildings for Week 2 can be found in the The Quahog Shopping Centre – you’ll find full details in that section below***
DECORATIONS
Cranberry Margarita Stand – 120 Drops 2x Eggnog every 10 hours.
Should I buy – Just like last weeks Eggnog Stand I’d have said snap it up at 50 clams but at a 120 I’d think very carefully. If you’ve bought Mrs Claus you likely won’t need this, as he’ll get you extra Margarita. This is a tiny 2×2 decoration that is only a must buy if you’ve no time to dedicate to playing but plenty money to spend.
EVENT CURRENCY
Presents (Always) – Get from the Oh Christmas Tree, the A Very Frozen Mystery Box
EVENT MATERIALS
Cranberry Margarita (Always) – Get from clearing Ball Salesperson, Cranberry Margarita Stand, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Basketball (Always): Shop at Balls Sporting Goods, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Football (Uncommon): Get from clearing Balls Salesperson, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Eggnog (Always) – Get from clearing Infomercial Salesman, Eggnog Stand, Some tasks on Santa Wishlist, the A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Remote Control (Always): Shop at the Seen On Tubes Store, the A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Red Ornament (Uncommon): Get from clearing Infomercial Salesmen, the A Very Frozen Mystery Box
A VERY FROZEN MYSTERY BOX
Costs 145 Clams per try. No duplicate prizes, so basically once you win an item it leaves the box.
Prizes:
Jill Frost
145 Clams
18 Cranberry Margarita
5 Footballs
90 Presents
18 Eggnog
3 Remote Control
5 Basketballs
** Obviously the star prize is Jill Frost, and it took me 2 attempts to win her. My results were as follows:
5 Basketballs
Jill Frost
Total spend to win Jill Frost: 290 Clams
Should I try: It’s a lot of clams on a game of chance, sure TinyCo have listened and removed the repeatable materials, but materials still make up the majority of prizes, and are they worth 145 Clams? Not in my mind they aren’t. But the odds recently do seem to be a bit higher of winning the star prize, so although the Mystery Boxes are still overpriced in my opinion, you do have a better chance of a good outcome.
EVENT AREA
There are 6 places of interest here, and 2 of them are new. These are marked
1: Balls Sporting Goods
2: Quahog Shopping Centre
3: As Seen On Tubes Store
4: Oh Christmas Tree
5: Blitzen’s Bar
6: Sloshy The Snowman
1: BALLS SPORTING GOODS
This is where a new store where you send you characters Christmas shopping. It’s quite simple like last weeks store, you just tap on the building and you’ll see the shopping screen.
But remember like last week you can’t shop until you’ve collected the necessary materials, in this store it’s 2 Cranberry Margaritas. Once you have two tap Shop to bring up the Character selection screen. But notice to the left of the image above that the store isn’t always available, it also closes for 4 hours periods. So you can only send characters shopping when the “OPEN” sign is showing. If the Shop is open you’ll be able to select characters to go shopping.
Simply tap on SELECT to choose the Character or Characters you wish to send then like last week simply tap SHOP.
Characters Used:
Willie Stokes
Caroler Lois
Slushy The Snowman
Jill Frost
Cranberry Margarita (Always): Get from clearing Ball Salesperson, Cranberry Margarita Stand, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Task Time: 4 hours
Chance Payout: This is per Character sent for up to 2 characters, however if you send all 3/4 characters you will get a lot more of each item.
1 Basketball (Always)
1 Lime (Chance)
1 Cloak (Always)
2: AS SEEN ON TUBES STORE
This is where you sent your characters Christmas shopping in Week 1 and it will still be required, so don’t forget to send characters here as well.
Characters Used:
Lois
Santa Griffin
Willie Stokes
Eggnog (Always): Get from clearing Infomercial Salesmen, Eggnog Stand, Some tasks on Santa Wishlist
Task Time: 2 hours
Chance Payout: This is per Character sent for up to 2 characters, however if you send all 3 characters you will get 5 of each item.
1 Remote Control (Always)
1 Sleigh Bell (Chance)
1 Vodka (Always)
3: THE QUAHOG SHOPPING CENTRE
Here is where you will trade the Presents you collect from under the Oh Christmas Tree to buy Buildings & Decorations to use to further your game play in the Event.
Here are the items you can unlock during Week Two…
Chestnut Sports Support: Chance Drop of 2 Carole Bookers every 3hrs
Cost~ 185 Presents
North Pole Mini Golf: Chance Drop of 2 Limes every 4hrs
Cost~320 Presents
Mistletoe Kissing Booth: No drops
Cost~ 355 Presents
Yiddish Candle: Chance Drop of 2 Top Hats every 3hrs
Cost~380 Presents
Jill Frosts Trailer: Chance Drop of 2 Tequilla every 2hrs
Cost~ 395 Presents
Ice Luge: No drops
Cost~ 460 Presents
4: OH XMAS TREE
The centre piece of the Christmas event and the all important source of the event currency, Presents. Now as you know at first the tree looked rather sad and the but it’s been taking shape as we’ve been upgrading the tree, and this continues this week as we try to get our tree to Level 8.
So click on your Christmas Tree and you’ll see its current level, its current payout rates, and of course the cost and rewards if you upgrade it to the next level. And here’s what I know so far.
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 1
Drops: 4 Presents every hour
Capacity: 8 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 2: 2 Red Ornaments
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 2
Drops: 8 Presents every hour
Capacity: 16 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 3: 4 Red Ornaments
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 3
Drops: 16 Presents every hour
Capacity: 32 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 4: 5 Red Ornaments
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 4
Drops: 24 Presents every hour
Capacity:48 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 5: 8 Red Ornaments
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 5
Drops: 32 Presents every hour
Capacity:64 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 6: 3 Red Ornaments & 4 Footballs
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 6
Drops: 36 Presents every hour
Capacity: 72 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 7: 6 Red Ornaments & 7 Footballs
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 7
Drops: 40 Presents every hour
Capacity: 80 Presents
Cost to Upgrade to Oh Christmas Tree Level 8: 11 Red Ornaments & 10 Footballs
Oh Christmas Tree Level: 8 (Current Max)
Drops: 48 Presents every hour
Capacity: 96 Presents
Red Ornament (Uncommon): Get from clearing Infomercial Salesmen, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
Football (Uncommon): Get from clearing Balls Salesperson, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
5 BLITZEN’s BAR
This is where you store all those Presents you’ve collected before you spend them wisely. You can see you current storage either on your Present counter icon at the top of your screen or by tapping on Blitzen’s Bar.
Now in Week 1 we started upgrading Blitzen’s Bar to Level 5, well that upgrading continues, and like your Christmas tree Level 8 is the new goal.
But to put it simply, the Blitzen’s Bar currently can now be upgraded to Level 10 and here’s what it will cost and more importantly what you’ll increase your storage to at each level.
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 1
Total Present Storage: 40
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 2: 3 Remote Controls
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 2
Total Present Storage: 80
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 3: 4 Remote Controls
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 3
Total Present Storage: 120
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 4: 4 Remote Controls
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 4
Total Present Storage: 240
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 5: 6 Remote Controls
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 5
Total Present Storage: 320
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 6: 3 Remote Controls & 4 Basketballs
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 6
Total Present Storage: 360
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 7: 4 Remote Controls & 5 Basketballs
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 7
Total Present Storage: 400
Cost to Upgrade to Blitzen’s Bar Level 8: 12 Basketballs
Blitzen’s Bar Level: 8 (Current Max)
Total Present Storage: 480
The upgrade material is Remote Controls.
Remote Control (Always): Shop at the Seen On Tubes Store
Basketball (Always): Shop at Balls Sporting Goods, A Very Frozen Mystery Box
6: SLUSHY THE SNOWMAN
Slushy The Snowman is the Christmas attraction to unlock this week. You’ll find full details in the Characters section.
BALL SALESPEOPLE
You will trigger them and learn about them at Part 2 of the main Questline O Xmas Spree. You will find them wandering your sidewalks and you will need to use a Character to clear them.
Basically to clear them Tap on a Ball Salesperson that’s wandering around, this will bring up details of the Character needed to clear them, it will also show you the rewards.
Simply tap on SELECT to choose the Character and put them on task to clear the Ball Salesperson.
Characters Used:
Santa Griffin
Mrs Claus
Task Time: 4hrs
Chance Payout:
1 Cranberry Margarita (Always)
1 Holly(Chance)
xp (Always)
$ (Always)
Spawn: A few times a day up to a MAX of 8 at a time on your game play screen
MRS CLAUS’ WISHLIST
This is the Week 2 “CHECK LIST” of items you will unlock, tasks you will perform, or things you will need to do to help earn Charity Buckets and all sorts of other items for the Event. There’s also a Clam reward achievement linked to unlocking Sloshy The Snowman within 7 days.
You can get to the current Achievements Check List Screen by tapping on the Wishlist Icon in the lower right corner of the game screen. You can move between Santa’s and Mrs Claus’ Wishlist using the arrow at the top of the Wishlist screen.
Once you complete an Achievement, just tap on “CLAIM” button next to it to gain your reward. Be vigilant on collecting rewards in order you trigger the subsequent task.
To go quickly to location of Achievement you need to complete, tap on the “GO” icon next to it.
Here is the list of what I currently see in my game for this Weeks Santa’s Wishlist (as you clear one or progress through Main Questline, another will appear)…
Get Sloshed
Oh Christmas Tree
Getting Blitzed
Supper Shopper
Looking For Help
Show Me Your Balls
Raise Your Shiny Wood
WEEKLY PRIZE: If you complete 22 of the week 2 Achievement Tasks on Mrs Claus’ Wishlist you will unlock the Weekly Prize. This weeks prize is Mrs Claus’ Cookie Shop.
There you have the overall basics to get you started through the second week of the New Event. Where are you so far? Anything particular you like the most? Suggestions or tips to fellow players? Let us know.
~Russian Tigger
Not sure where to post this question, but has anyone else had problems with the game freezing and crashing? I have not been able to progress with week 2 due to this constant problem. I’ve already uninstalled twice. Any suggestions?
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What device are you playing on?m
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iPad Air 2 and all software is updated
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That’s one devices I play on and no issues. You might need message TinyCo at help@tinyco.com to get them check your game.
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Thank you!
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Oh wow… I literally JUST found out that you can send more than one character at a time to the shop. I’ve always been sending one. It doesn’t seem to have slowed me down much, as Week 1 was easy peasy and I only unlocked Lois yesterday
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Argh!!! Make them shop until the drop, or until the store closes 😅😅😅
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Am I slow or does the pipe count for sloshy not add up right? I need 29 more but only 19 are available?!!!
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More tasks will appear as you complete parts, you’ll get enough.
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I got Jill frost on my second attempt too (it said). Then it gave me margaritas and she’s nowhere to be found. Wth
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Have ou checked your inventory under characters? If not there message TinyCo straight away
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I actually sent them two messages and never heard a word back from them. I’m pretty mad now
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Give it a little more time, things might be slower with time of year, but I get your frustration.
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They finally responded and said I got the margaritas. I told them it said and showed me that I got her. I guess nothing they can do. Oh well. Clams wasted I guess.
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I’m sorry you got this response, did you by any chance screenshot the prize, I know it’s a long shot. But I’d try message them again and ask for a refund
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It’d be great if they had something in addition to reindeer to buy with extra presents. Until we can upgrade the bar to make it to a higher level of building purchase there are so many wasted presents. I’m going to have scores of reindeer in my herd by the end of this.
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I’m stuck trying to upgrade my tree, Chris hasn’t dropped an ornament in the last 3 salesmen cleared and i only need the 1 😦
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😒 Frustrating.
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Finally got it! 🙂
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Gameplay seems bottlenecked. Need to enlarge Blitzen’s to have enough room to buy a Kissing Booth. Need 4 Basketballs. They require 2 cocktails each. Peter takes 4 hours for each. So 4 x 2 x 4 = 32. Your help can come from Caroler Lois, but her Cloaks come from the same place as the Basketballs. (She needs 8) And future items each cost more.
Am thinking of buying herds of Reindeer since the tree is capped. Is it safe to buy the Rabid one? I mean, I have time to refill everything, right? Seems wasteful to let it all sit there.
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Yeah I bought quite few reindeer while presents were maxed out. And I agree Week 2 is tougher, as is the case in many events.
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My biggest problem is trying to get more than one shopping session in before the store closes, I feel like there are enough steps that this is an unnecessary buffer given what it takes to get to the store.
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I agree with this. Seems like the store is closed more than it is open. I’m sure this is done purposely, but still annoying. Makes collecting items for upgrades more difficult.
I can upgrade the tree pretty easily, it’s the other one that takes forever. Other than this I am enjoying this event!
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Unless you get Mrs. Claus, its going to take most people 6-7 days to get the Lois costume, which will hold up the entire event. Yay go TinyCo.
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Hi,
I can’t see yet almost anything from second week of the event. I don’t know if it wasn’t updated or what. Only thing that changed this week was the chance to get the mistery box, idk why… I already got the Bad santa character.
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What part of The Santa Pause are you on? You need complete that Questline for Wk 2 content to trigger
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