The Simpsons: Tapped Out Snow Place Like the Woods content update

This article is about the Tapped Out's Winter content update from 2023. For other year's Tapped Out Winter content updates, see TSTO Winter Content Updates.

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"Homer's plan for a Christmas present for his father backfires when, upon calling to let Grampa know they're going to do his estate planning for him, his father informs him that it's already been done. When Homer and Marge read through the will, they discover a vacation home neither of them knew anything about, so Homer decides to go check it out, dragging the family along with him as a "Christmas vacation." But when they arrive, they discover that this vacation home is nothing more than a basic log cabin with no amenities to speak of, and the vacation looks like it'll be a total bust. But the family pulls together, much to everyone's surprise, and manage to have a relaxing week out in the woods. That is, until Lisa and Maggie discover a lake on their property that's glowing an ominous shade of green. Turns out that Mr. Burns "gifted" the land to Grampa to hide an illegal dumping site for toxic waste, and now the Simpsons are responsible for the cleanup. Will they be able to find a way out of this? There's Snow Place Like the Woods to find out!"

―Event description on app store.

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The Simpsons: Tapped Out Snow Place Like the Woods content update is the two hundred and forty-fourth content update. It started on December 6, 2023 and ended on January 10, 2024.

Note

All items with this icon on the last column of the table are also available for just 30 in the Yearbook Mystery Box!

Characters

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Retirement Castle Orderly Unlocks after completing Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 2. Cora 150 Unlocks with Cora's Diner. Paula Unlocks with Paula's House. Randy Unlocks with Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill. Walther Hotenhoffer Unlocks with Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals. Elf Milhouse Unlocks with Tray of 132 Donuts. Elf Nelson

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Worker Elves 80 Rex Banner 90 Unlocks with Nighthawk Diner. Old Man Winter 150 Unlocks with Geriatric Snowman. Wolfguy Jack Unlocks with Greaser's Cafe. Young Barney Unlocks with Ice Fishing Shack. Abraham Lincoln Unlocks with Lincoln's Cabin.

Character skins

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Lumberjill Marge Unlocks after completing Sparse Comforts Pt. 5. Hunter Mr. Burns Unlocks after completing The Dark Heart Pt. 5. Off-The-Grid Flanders 200 Unlocks with Flanders' Cabin.

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Elf Moe 75

Non-playable characters

Returning

Image Name Cost Unlock image Notes Yearbook MB Dancing Reindeer 45 Christmas Raccoon 50

Buildings

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes The Buzzing Sign Diner 4h Ensuring Sign Continues Buzzing Unlocks after completing The Road More Travelled Pt. 2. Holiday Cabin 4h Smelling Like Cedar and Spiders Unlocks after completing The Road More Travelled Pt. 5. Kevin's Kindling 4h Selling Kindling in a Forest Unlocks after completing Sparse Comforts Pt. 2. Springfield Medical Center 4h Prescribing Medication For Everything Unlocks after completing Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 5. Cora's Diner 150 6s Providing Home-Burnt Flavors Unlocks Cora. Paula's House Washing So Many Flannel Shirts Unlocks Paula. Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Peeling, Chopping, and Boiling Apples Unlocks Randy. Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals Putting Powder in Capsules Unlocks Walther Hotenhoffer. Flanders' Cabin 200 Being Intentionally Nondescript Unlocks Off-The-Grid Flanders

Returning

Image Name Cost Build time Task Notes Yearbook MB Spooky Cabin 50,000 4h Creakin' 'n' Shakin' Spooky Cabin (premium) 20 6s Creakin' 'n' Shakin' The Timberlog Diner 60 Making Everything Bacon Flavored Truck Stop Diner Providing Service Few Want to Remember Christmas Cabin 80 4h Perfecting Holiday Magic Lumber Mill Logging In The Snowed Inn Being Menacingly Cozy Virgil's Cabin Skinning Cute Animals for Fur Nighthawk Diner 90 6s Giving Insomniacs a Place to Go Unlocks Rex Banner. Bag a Reindeer Hunting Range 4h Bagging Reindeer The Cabins at Honeymoon Mountain 6s Stacking More TVs for Privacy Greaser's Cafe 150 Holding the Fourth Doo-Wop Contest of the Day Unlocks Woflguy Jack. Lincoln's Cabin Income Tax Unlocks Abraham Lincoln. North Pole Station Hiring Non-Union Elf Workers Unlocks with North Pole Station Bundle.

Building skins

Returning

Image Name Cost Christmas White House 3 Christmas Purple House Christmas Pink House Christmas Orange House Christmas Brown House Christmas Blue House Candy Cooling Towers Festive Church Sponsored Church Christmas Lard Lad Donuts Christmas Volcano Lair 3 Christmas Compound Christmas Mansion of Solid Gold Festive Wolfcastle Mansion Christmas Crazy Cat House Christmas Burns Manor Christmas Willie's Shack Christmas Sanjay's House Christmas Apu's Apartment Christmas Krabappel Apt. Christmas Frink's Lab 3 Festive Cletus's Farm Christmas Cletus's Farm Christmas Skinner House Christmas Wiggum House Christmas Muntz House Festive Van Houten House Christmas Van Houten House Tasteful Festive Flanders House Christmas Flanders House Tacky Festive Simpson House Christmas Simpson House Christmas Krusty Burger 5 Snake's House Decorated Santa's Tavern 10 Christmas Costington's The Android's Mittens & Mugs Snowed-In Springfield Elementary Holiday Duff Brewery Christmas Court House

Decorations

Image Name Cost Notes Now Leaving Springfield Sign 15 Unlocks after completing The Road More Travelled Pt. 1. Purchasable after unlock. Roadside Car Football Launcher 25 Unlocks after completing The Road More Travelled Pt. 4. Purchasable after unlock. Log Pile 3,000 Unlocks with Chopping Log Bundle. Purchasable after unlock. Chopping Log Unlocks with Chopping Log Bundle. Springfield Forest Sign Unlocks after completing Sparse Comforts Pt. 4. Mt. Swartzwelder Cider Mill Sign Unlocks after completing The Dark Heart Pt. 1. Toxic Waste Lake Unlocks after completing The Dark Heart Pt. 2. Buffalo Massacre 10 Unlocks after completing The Dark Heart Pt. 4. Purchasable after unlock. Retirement Castle Excursion Shuttle Unlocks after completing Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 1. Crowd of Cranky Elderly 15 Unlocks after completing Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 4. Purchasable after unlock.

Returning

Image Name Cost Notes Yearbook MB Trees 1,000 Candy Cane Fencing 2 Rigellian Christmas Wall Christmas Fence Buffalo 1 5 Buffalo 2 Reindeer 20 Small Snowy Christmas Hill Santa Homie 25 Fever Cabin 20 Also unlocks with Fever Bundle. Burns Fever Snowman 10 Also unlocks with Fever Bundle. Homer Fever Snowman North Pole Elf Cabins 25 North Pole Reindeer Stables Snowperson Security Guard 30 Large Snowy Christmas Hill 40 Lisa Snowman 20 Also unlocks with Snowman Bundle. Grampa Snowman Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene 30 Homer Snowman 20 Bart Snowman Maggie Snowman Santa's Little Helper Snowdog Snowball II Snowcat Marge Snowman Festive Light Plunger 55 Geriatric Snowman 150 Unlocks Old Man Winter. Ice Fishing Shack Unlocks Young Barney. North Pole Monorail Extension Unlocks with North Pole Station Bundle and North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle. North Pole Station Awning North Pole Station Platform North Pole Station Stairs

Decoration skins

Returning

Image Name Cost Tire Fireplace 3 Rigellian Queen Festive Facade Christmas Houseboat

Bundles

Image Name Cost Notes Contents Chopping Log Bundle Unlocks after completing Sparse Comforts Pt. 1. Log Pile x2 and Chopping Log Fever Bundle 25 Fever Cabin, Burns Fever Snowman and Homer Fever Snowman North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle 35 North Pole Monorail Extension, North Pole Station Awning, North Pole Station Platform, and North Pole Station Stairs Snowman Bundle 45 Marge Snowman, Lisa Snowman, Grampa Snowman, Ice Sculpture Couch Gag Scene, Homer Snowman, Bart Snowman, Maggie Snowman, Santa's Little Helper Snowdog, Snowball II Snowcat North Pole Station bundle 160 North Pole Station, North Pole Monorail Extension, North Pole Station Awning, North Pole Station Platform and North Pole Station Stairs Elf Milhouse and Elf Nelson Bundle Tray of 132 Donuts Elf Milhouse, Elf Nelson, 165

Consumables

Image Name Content Cost Notes Screen Dozen Donuts 12 1 Shattered Token 1 Event completed Daily challenges Dozen Donuts 2 Shattered Tokens 2 Stack of 60 Donuts 3 Shattered Tokens 3 Tray of 120 Donuts 5 Shattered Tokens 5 Truckload of 300 Donuts 10 Shattered Tokens 10 Store Full of 900 Donuts 15 Shattered Tokens 15 Boatload of 2400 Donuts Snow Place Mystery Box Token 1 Unlocks after completing The Road More Travelled Pt. 3. Unlocks after completing Sparse Comforts Pt. 3. Unlocks after completing The Dark Heart Pt. 3. Unlocks after completing Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 3. 60 Snow Place Mystery Box Appropriations Cultural Artifacts w/ The Ghost of Christmas Present, Pile of Snow (fully upgraded), Costington's w/ Mr. Costington, Ms. Claws Bundle (Crazy Cat Sleigh and Ms. Claws), Crazy Cat Sleigh, Ms. Claws, Deep Freeze Bundle (Deep Freeze and Snow Bank), Deep Freeze, Snow Bank, Egg Nog Bar, Elf Bart, Elf Home, Elf Lisa, Evil Candy Cave w/ Krusty the Christian, Festivus CBG, Humble Gingerbread House, Gingerbread Simpsons House, Happy Elves Ride, Holiday Homer, Holiday Tree, Ice Skating Rink, Krusty Sleigh, Mr. Plow Bundle (Mr. Plow and Mr. Plow's Plow), Mr. Plow, Mr. Plow's Plow, Plow King Bundle (Plow King and Plow King's Plow), Plow King, Plow King's Plow, Re-Gifting Machine, Rigellian Christmas Toy Workshop, Santa Bundle (Santa's House and Santa Claus), Santa's House, Santa Claus, Sequel Stop, Sideshow Mel Sleigh, Simpsons' Skating Rink, Snow Monster, Springfield Men's Mission, Spruce Caboose, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Grumple, The Heartmark Channel w/ Mary Tannenbaum, The Peak Inn w/ Lyla, The Rich Texan Sleigh , Toy Town, White Witch Burns Sleigh, Whiz-Bang Toy Company, Widow's Peak, Toy Workshop and Toy Workshop Bell, You Forgot-Me-Nots 1 Shattered Dreams Mystery Box Fantasy 1 5 Snow Place Mystery Box Tokens 5 240

Prizes

The Road More Travelled

Image Name Unlock Now Leaving Springfield Sign The Road More Travelled Pt. 1. The Buzzing Sign Diner The Road More Travelled Pt. 2. Snow Place Mystery Box Token The Road More Travelled Pt. 3. Roadside Car Football Launcher The Road More Travelled Pt. 4. Holiday Cabin The Road More Travelled Pt. 5.

Sparse Comforts

Image Name Unlock Chopping Log Bundle Sparse Comforts Pt. 1. Kevin's Kindling Sparse Comforts Pt. 2. Snow Place Mystery Box Token Sparse Comforts Pt. 3. Springfield Forest Sign Sparse Comforts Pt. 4. Lumberjill Marge Sparse Comforts Pt. 5.

The Dark Heart

Image Name Unlock Mt. Swartzwelder Cider Mill Sign The Dark Heart Pt. 1. Toxic Waste Lake The Dark Heart Pt. 2. Snow Place Mystery Box Token The Dark Heart Pt. 3. Buffalo Massacre The Dark Heart Pt. 4. Hunter Mr. Burns The Dark Heart Pt. 5.

Coming Home for Christmas

Image Name Unlock Retirement Castle Excursion Shuttle Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 1. Retirement Castle Orderly Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 2. Snow Place Mystery Box Token Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 3. Crowd of Cranky Elderly Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 4. Springfield Medical Center Coming Home for Christmas Pt. 5.

Dates

Date (All times are 2pm GMT) Event 12/6 The Road More Travelled, Elf Milhouse and Nelson Bundle, Cora's Diner w/ Cora 12/15 Sparse Comforts, Paula's House w/ Paula 12/24 The Dark Heart, Flanders' Cabin w/ Off-The-Grid Flanders, Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill w/ Randy 1/2 Coming Home for Christmas, Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals w/ Walther Hotenhoffer

Conform-o-meter impact

Name Rating Points Kevin's Kindling Consumerism 10 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill 20 The Buzzing Sign Diner Gluttony 10 Cora's Diner 20 Holiday Cabin Indolence 10 Paula's House, Flanders' Cabin 20 Now Leaving Springfield Sign, Retirement Castle Excursion Shuttle Obedience 5 Springfield Medical Center 10 Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals 20 Log Pile, Springfield Forest Sign, Toxic Waste Lake, Buffalo Massacre Tree-hugging 100 Mt. Swartzwelder Cider Mill Sign Tree-hugging Bonus $ and XP 200 0.6 Chopping Log Tree-hugging Bonus $ and XP 200 0.75 Roadside Car Football Launcher, Crowd of Cranky Elderly Vanity 100

Other changes made

December 5 Update (4.65.0; "v4_65_XMAS2023")

• Sorcerer Chalmers' "Clean Up Springfield" task was fixed to avoid a clash with Homer and Lisa's "Clean Up" Springfield task.
• Spruce Caboose was removed from the Buildings inventory group and added to the Decorations inventory group.
• Elf Milhouse and Elf Nelson were added to the characters who can Moonbounce.
• Volcano Lair was added to the Buildings and Characters store pages.
• The Log Pile, Buffalo 1, Buffalo 2, and New Frontier Trees were added to the Decorations and Nature store pages as permanent items.
• Bale of Hay and Bales of Hay no longer have any restrictions to buy them.

December 7 Update ("v4_65_XMAS2023_PATCH1")

• Snow is now falling in town.
• Tire Fireplace, Rigellian Queen Festive Facade, Santa's Tavern, Christmas Costington's, The Android's Mittens & Mugs, Snowed-In Springfield Elementary, Holiday Duff Brewery, and Christmas Court House skins are now activated using the Festive Light Plunger.
• Simpsons Mountain Home now has snow covering it.

December 14 Update ("v4_65_XMAS2023_PATCH2")

• The North Pole Monorail Accessory Bundle was added to the store for 35.
• Marge's job "Drive the Greyhound Sleigh" and Santa's Little Helper's job "Lead the Greyhound Sleigh" were fixed to no longer require the quest "Christmas Doesn't Suck Suck Pt. 6" to do.
• The Holiday Facades store panel now only shows if the player has items available in it.
• The dimensions for the snow-covered Mirrored House were fixed.

Sources

• Overview at Tapped Out - Update Information

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