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sanostyle9999's avatar
6 years ago

Special items

Hello members

How can I get special items to expand city area??!

I click on blue thought bubbles but no items appear for me ?

What is the solution to upgrade and expand my city in this case and from where you get special items ?!

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  • How I could get special items to expand my city ...I click the blue thought bubbles but no items appear for me and is that a special time that items is a lot at it?!

  • @sanostyle9999 Most blue conversation bubbles do not include a prize...often it’s just useless chatter - but always pop the bubble because you never know which one is the one. A much better success ratio is to visit other cities in the global market whether you intend to purchase their advertised item or not and look for the blue conversation bubble - you have a 100% success rate when opening these bubbles. Patience is the key.

    Perhaps your best bet is to join a helpful and supportive club that’s willing to share...that does not mean be the one that’s constantly asking for help as that gets old quickly, but balance participation, support and requests and you’ll have success. Good luck in your game travels.

  • cricket4103's avatar
    cricket4103
    6 years ago

    @sanostyle9999 the bubbles go into what I call 'bubble storm' at least once every 24 hours. The bubble storm lasts approximately 45 minutes and produces a varied number of expansion and Vu items, depending on your experience level. It happens at different times during the day but will stay the same for as long as 5 days at a time before the time shifts. You need to continue to pop bubbles until you find it. Once you pop a bubble in your own city that yields an item, you need to continue popping for at least an hour. Bubbles appear approximately every 30 to 45 seconds. I used to get 12 to 15 items per storm. As I leveled up, the amounts changed and eventually went from twice a day to once a day. At my current level, I get 2 each of storage, Vu, and dozer parts once every 24 hour day. Originally,  I recieved mountain and beach items as well. When I opened all of those sections, those items stopped being offered. The storm changes as you advance through the levels so be patient. At lower experience levels, the storm happens every 12 hours. So if you find it at 6 pm, it's gonna go off again at midnight.. Keep popping those bubbles, you will eventually get the hang of 'chasing the storm'.  Good luck.

  • EA_Lanna's avatar
    EA_Lanna
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    6 years ago
    Hi @sanostyle9999,

    Special items can drop randomly from the thought speech bubbles and the video speech bubbles once the clip has ended. Your special item collection will build over time but if you're finding that's taking too long to happen, the game lets you speed up this process by using simcash to purchase the missing special items and complete that lot of land either.

    If you're new to the game, I've found this mini guide to be a good helper: https://simcity-buildit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201518582-The-new-Mayor-s-guide-to-SimCity-BuildIt

    Happy building,

    EA_Lanna

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