EVENT THREAD #9: THOH 2016: Q & A AND STRATEGY THREAD: ACT I

Crafting

How to Earn Obols:
1. Trick or Treat Jobs
2. Tapping Feral Animals
3. MAG Points
4. Films
5. Daily Challenges (Random Chance)

Trick or Treaters
Bart Simpson-2 Obol & 30 Film
Squeaky-Voiced Teen-2 Obol & 40 Film
Milhouse-2 Obol & 30 Film
Martin-2 Obol & 30 Film
Nelson-2 Obol & 30 Film
Ralph
Rod
Todd
Dolph

Feral Animal Spawn Rate
TBC

Film Characters
Space Mutant
Suzanne the Witch
Count Burns
Booberella

Fighting Monsters
(150 Film Each)
Homer
Apu
Krusty
Skinner
Cletus
Crazy Iguana Lady
The timer for this is currently broken

Amount of Obols needed to Increase Crafting Level
Cumulative Amount-Per Level Amount
Level 2- 30 Obols-30 Obols
Level 3- 90 Obols-60 Obols
Level 4- 170 Obols-90 Obols
Level 5- 270 Obols-100 Obols
Level 6-485 Obols-215 Obols
Level 7- 765 Obols-280 Obols
Level 8- 1,070 Obols-305 Obols
Level 9- 1,375 Obols-305 Obols
Level 10-1,690 Obols-315 Obols
Level 11-2,180 Obols-490 Obols
Level 12-2,760 Obols-580 Obols
Level 13-3,425 Obols-665 Obols
Level 14- 4,055 Obols-630 Obols??
Level 15-5,200 Obols-1,145 Obols

MAG Points-Obol Crafting Ratio
Item-Obol Cost-MAG Points-Ratio
Iron Wall-20 Obols-20 MAG-1 MAG per Obol
Gargoyle Wall-20 Obols-20 MAG-1 MAG per Obol
Hanging Streetlamp-20 Obols-20 MAG-1 MAG per Obol
Flying Bats-50 Obols-45 MAG-0.9 MAG per Obol
Catacombs-250 Obols-225 MAG-0.9 MAG per Obol
Spooky Brambles-30 Obols-25 MAG-0.833333333 MAG per Obol
Vampire Casket-160 Obols-90 MAG-0.5625 MAG per Obol
Forest Cave-700 Obols-315 MAG-0.45 MAG per Obol
Shipwreck-1000 Obols-450 MAG-0.45 MAG per Obol
Pyre-60 Obols-25 MAG-0.416666667 MAG per Obol
Haunted Stables-480 Obols-110 MAG-0.229166667 MAG per Obol
Ruins-400 Obols-90 MAG-0.225 MAG per Obol
Forest Grove-160 Obols-35 MAG-0.21875 MAG per Obol
Compiled by @nedimaz, edited by AOFIGO009

Event Tactics-A Basic Overview
Spend those Obol Coins on crafting items that reward you MAG Points, as this will get you more Trick or Treat Jobs, getting you even more Obols, and Film too. A very important thing to note is that to get the MAG Points from the crafting, you first have to note that you only get MAG Points from a certain amount of each item, for example, the first 8 Iron Fences will net you some MAG Points, while some items you craft, mostly the re-released items, won't give you any MAG Points at all.

Event Tactics-An Indepth Look
According to very complicated Maths undertaken by Becker, it's possible to complete Act I completely Freemium. It requires four visits per day in 4-hour intervals, plus neighbour visits (actually 3.6, so if you miss a couple of visits it should be ok). It's worth noting however, that the following common extras are not included in this calculation, meaning many people will probably have even more leeway than that: A bonus for a second fighter in monster battles, having Squeeky Voiced Teen, unlocking Trick-or-Treating jobs early, Daily Challenges, or extra Feral Monsters accumulated between 4 hours and reaching the limit in your town (except overnight).

All-in-all, a manageable event with plenty of wiggle room with these additional currency sources. Just visit regularly and it'll work out fine.

Becker is willing to post the calculations if anyone's interested, but you can probably manage with just the Event Currency Calendar and MAG Targets. Based on proportional crafting currency earnings, we should unlock Ralph's Trick-or-Treating task at the end of Act I, and we need to accumulate 250 MAG points from craftables to get there. That might be 8 Iron Fences and 5 Gargoyle Fences, or any other combination of craftables that grant the required MAG points. Although this route is the most cost-effective, Obol-wise, as per a post I'm going to find in a moment! The rest of the MAG points should come from Act I prizes.

Unlike with the Main Prize Track, you can jump ahead on the MAG prizes with additional craftables if you've the crafting currency (craft new items only - returning items don't give MAG points) and this'll help in Act II, even if you don't get far enough to unlock the next kid's job.

Combined Calendar - Event Currency/MAG Points
October 4 - Event Start (for most people)
October 5 - 3408 Film---137 MAG Points---Milhouse's Task Unlocked
October 6 - 6816 Film---Town Square---274 MAG Points
October 7 - 10,224 Film---Bell Tower---411 MAG Points---Martin's Task Unlocked
October 8 - 13,632 Film---Crafting Currency---548 MAG Points
October 9 - 17,040 Film---685 MAG Points---Event Currency
October 10 - 20,448 Film---Burns' Crypt---822 MAG Points
October 11 - 23,856 Film---959 MAG Points---Nelson's task
October 12 - 27,264 Film---1096 MAG Points
October 13 - 30,672 Film---Burns' Castle---1233 MAG Points---Medieval Gate
October 14 - 34,080 Film---Crafting Currency---1370 MAG Points
October 15 - 37,488 Film---1507 MAG Points---Event Currency
October 16 - 40,896 Film---1644 MAG Points
October 17 - 44,300 Film---Space Marshmallow---1780 MAG Points---Ralph's task
Complied by @00becker, edited by AOFIGO009

No problem Brabsel, I love doing these Threads!!

@direwolf987 or @DireWolf86 (sorry, I'm not sure which one made the thread!!) can you provide a new link to the thread, re @Brabsel's comment above please?

Does anybody have anything to contribute? Sadly I'm a day behind so I'm still just starting.

"Brabsel;1466380" wrote:

"AOFIGO009;1466348" wrote:
Does anybody have anything to contribute? Sadly I'm a day behind so I'm still just starting.

I will contribute soon.

...... hey, where'd my post go.....?

Okay... take 2.... well done Brabsel!! Well done!!!

Do we know yet whether you have to leave your buildings untapped in order for neighbours to be able to place cameras?

Never really contributed to your guides before, but I'll give it a shot with what I've noticed. In regards to obols, it seems you randomly earn them from tapping feral monsters (1 at a time) and from sending the kids trick or treating, you don't seem to get any from neighbour visits, but you do get 5 films for the first 90 actions. You can also get obols from levelling up the MAG. Crafting is just like the Sci Fi event, every obol you spend goes towards the next level, or you can level up instantly for a certain amount. I don't know the maths for levelling up crafting so I won't attempt to guess in case I mislead some people. That's about all I can think of so far.

"HappyGamer73;1466395" wrote:
Do we know yet whether you have to leave your buildings untapped in order for neighbours to be able to place cameras?

Answered my own question here.

You don't have to leave your buildings untapped. I've found the cameras on buildings that were tapped and found buildings with cameras on them still tappable. So go ahead and tap everything, it doesn't affect neighbour actions.

(There's a current bug that as far as I know is on

The bug is no mystery pumpkin for buy. I'd like to have a spin at it to get the sepulcher as it's the last thing besides witch marge I don't have.


So hopefully that will get resolved soon. may be on other devices as well, not sure.

"Big82S;1466415" wrote:
(There's a current bug that as far as I know is on

The bug is no mystery pumpkin for buy. I'd like to have a spin at it to get the sepulcher as it's the last thing besides witch marge I don't have.


So hopefully that will get resolved soon. may be on other devices as well, not sure.

If you have all the items then you will not get the option for the Mystery Jackolantern.