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Phoning It In
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Tapped Out Quest Information
Level: 12
Update: A Warmfyre Welcome
Required characters: Bart, Martin, Milhouse, Homer
Optional characters: Nelson, See Currency-earning jobs
Internal name(s): PhoningItIn
ID(s): 265001 - 265006
Previous quest(s): Game On
Next quest(s): Spelling Disaster


Phoning It In is an event-exclusive questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. It was introduced in the A Warmfyre Welcome content update.

Dialogue[edit]

Pt. 1[edit]

After completing Game On
Chat Bubble Decoration
Martin - Vault Master A quick recap — you've pillaged the local village. You've extorted all the craftsmen for gold...
Bart Don't forget the travelers we robbed.
Martin - Vault Master Now that you've stuffed your pockets with gold, shall we pursue the primary quest — defeating the evil dragon?
Bart - Happy *phone chimes* My phone finally finished downloading the update!
Nelson - Happy Mine too! Smell ya later, nerds.
Martin - Confused But what of our adventure here?
Bart It's over, dude.
Milhouse Now we can play more mature games on our phones.
Bart - Rolling Eyes Except for Milhouse. That "Happy Little Elves" game you're playing is for babies.
Milhouse - Happy But it's for BIG babies!
Task: "Collect Dice" (x115).
Task: "Make Bart Go Home". The job takes place at the Simpson House, Future Simpson's House, Simpson Houseboat, Outlands Simpsons House, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Nelson is owned: Task: "Make Nelson Go Home". The job takes place at the Muntz House or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Martin Pack Up". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Milhouse Play the "Happy Little Elves" Game". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
The Serfson's Mailbox

Pt. 2[edit]

After completing Pt. 1
Bart - Surprised What the heck?! My phone is downloading another update?!
Lisa - Shocked Your phone is four versions old! You'll be updating forever.
Marge So you've got time to do some chores around the house.
Bart - Sneaky Actually, Mom... I'm late for a game of Vaults and Vandals with my friends.
Homer - Surprised Vaults and Vandals? That's a nerd game!
Bart - Sneaky Yeah, but there's a kid at school who doesn't have any friends. I thought it would be nice to play with him.
Marge - Happy Tears That's sooo sweet.
Homer - Skeptical Sweet like a fox.
Marge *handing Homer a broom* And your game can be doing Bart's chores.
Homer - D'oh D'oh!
Task: "Collect Dice" (x155).
Task: "Make Bart Round Up the Gang". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Homer Do Bart's Chores". The job takes place at the Simpson House, Future Simpson's House, Simpson Houseboat, Outlands Simpsons House, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Nelson - Confused So why are we all playing Vaults and Vandals again?
Bart - Rolling Eyes Because I have housework waiting for me at home.
Milhouse I'm here for pleasant company with my good friends.
Nelson - Grim I got your "pleasant company". *punches Milhouse*
Milhouse - Pained Ow! Good friends.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Banana Monarchy

Pt. 3[edit]

After completing Pt. 2
Martin Ready to continue our Vaults and Vandals adventure, gentlemen? Who shall assume the Vault Master role today?
Bart No one else knows the game, so you're it.
Martin - Surprised Surely you jest! I've a twelfth-level wizard itching for action.
Nelson - Eye Roll Either you do it or we all walk, dingus.
Milhouse - Proud Nelson, you've played Vaults and Vandals, so you might be considered a dingus too.
Nelson - Angry Try calling me dingus again...without teeth!
Martin Please, I'll accept your terms. Now let's resume our adventure in the magical Kingdom of Springfieldia.
Milhouse - Excited And before we begin, let's all put our hands together and sing a friendship song.
Nelson - Grim *punches Milhouse*
Milhouse - Pained Ow! We can skip the song.
Task: "Collect Dice" (x155).
Task: "Make Bart Resume Playing Vaults and Vandals". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Milhouse Resume Playing Vaults and Vandals". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Martin Resume Playing Vaults and Vandals". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Nelson is owned: Task: "Make Nelson Resume Playing Vaults and Vandals". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Chat Bubble Decoration
Martin - Vault Master You make your way to the local tavern. What's your first action?
Bart - Happy Drink some grog!
Martin - Vault Master But the barkeep tells you they have none — they've been raided by bandits.
Bart - Annoyed Lousy bandits!
Milhouse I'll ask the bartender to point me to the bandits' lair.
Martin - Vault Master He gives you the direction they traveled when they left. So you should all follow their tracks!
Nelson Hold up. If we muscle these bandits to get the grog back, what's in it for us?
Martin - Vault Master All the grog you can drink.
Nelson - Smug Oh right. Let's roll.
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Mystery Box Token1

Pt. 4[edit]

After completing Pt. 3
Martin - Happy You dispatched that bandit camp quite easily.
Nelson I have to admit, being able to punch your way through every problem in this game is cool.
Bart - Laughing I liked the part where you made all the bad guys march home in their underwear.
Nelson - Smug That's straight outta MY playbook.
Martin So, same time tomorrow everyone?
Bart I'm not much for planning my tomorrows. How 'bout anytime our phones have a new update we meet up to play?
Bart - Frustrated *phone chimes* ...and there's another update.
Martin - Happy I'll get the maps and dice back out!
Task: "Collect Dice" (x155).
Task: "Make Bart Download Another Update". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Milhouse Enjoy Not Being Punched". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Martin Set the Game Back Up". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Nelson is owned: Task: "Make Nelson Secretly Have Fun". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Chat Bubble Decoration
Martin - Vault Master A magical portal with glimmering gems and a mountain of gold now stands before you.
Bart - Happy Whoa! That's some real Mr. Burns-level jingle!
Martin - Vault Master You are instantly teleported through the portal and into a world of wealth beyond your wildest imagination.
Nelson - Happy We're eating steak tartare tonight!
Martin - Vault Master However, when you turn around, you see the mighty Dragon of Springfieldia preparing to burn you and your companions to a crisp.
Nelson - Surprised He better not burn my tartare!
Quest reward: Cash100 and XP10
Victarion's Secret

Pt. 5[edit]

After completing Pt. 4
Chat Bubble Decoration
Bart - Scared We're about to become dragon toast!
Milhouse - Happy Don't worry, fellas. I've got just the thing to handle dragons. *pulls out a V&V supplement*
Martin - Confused Just what have you procured? Explain!
Milhouse - Happy It's a special V&V spellbook I bought with a super rare spell that I've been saving for a special occasion!
Martin It's got the official logo, so it's technically within the rules of the game. I'll allow it.
Milhouse - Proud Hiding my lunch money from the bullies for a month paid off!
Task: "Collect Dice" (x195).
Task: "Make Bart Hide Behind Milhouse". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
If Nelson is owned: Task: "Make Nelson Punch Bart". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Martin Allow the Spell to be Used". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Task: "Make Milhouse Cast a Super Rare Spell". The job takes place at Springfield Elementary, Springfield High School, Shelbyville Elementary, or a Visitable Home and takes 4 hours.
Bart - Scared *ground shaking* What's happening?!
Martin - Scared It's the spell cast by Milhouse!
Nelson - Confused How'd you do that, dingus?!
Milhouse If I told you, everyone would be as cool as me. Besides, it's only a tiny earthquake.
Nelson - Surprised And it brought to life that wizard standing behind us!
Sorcerer Chalmers - Confused What's going on here?
Martin - Surprised Egads! It's the head of the Wizard's School from the Kingdom of Springfieldia!
Sorcerer Chalmers - Surprised Now I remember! You idiots opened a portal between our two worlds. But how?
Milhouse We were playing this game called Vaults and Vandals.
Sorcerer Chalmers - Annoyed Cease your game play at once! There are dangerous elements in Springfieldia that should never be pulled into your world!
Bart And some great ones like this giant pile of gold!
Sorcerer Chalmers Okay, gold, sure. But also know there are many dangers within my world. Now put the dice down!
Bart - Determined And miss out on more treasure? No way! *rolls dice*
Sorcerer Chalmers - Annoyed Fine. When an ogre bites your head off, don't come running to me.
Quest reward: Cash200 and XP20
Sorcerer Chalmers

Currency-earning jobs[edit]

Task Character(s) Time Location(s) Reward
Raid Comic Stores for Dice Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, Martin, Nelson, Comic Book Guy 4h Android's Dungeon, Coolsville, Brown House Dice5, XP45
Procure Some Vintage Dice Melric Melric's Melnibones Dice8, XP70