10 years ago

MONORAIL Q & A AND STRATEGY

Earning Bells and Whistles

The following are ways to earn Bells and Whistles (for free):
-Daily Play Bonus
Provided you play daily everyone should get this at least twice. 10,000 in total
-Projects Complete Bonus
This changes from day to day please see the table on the first post
-Projects
For details on caps see the first post
-Neighbour Visits
You can earn 6 Bells and Whistles for your first 90 actions, so that's 540 a day
-Visits from Neighbours
Each time a neighbour taps one of your buildings you get stinklines on it, clearing stinklines rewards you 1 Bell and Whistle per building
-Possums from Station
Stations produce a minimum of 8 possums every four hours, one possum earns 10 Bells and Whistles. To increase your amount of possums place more tracks, every 12 tracks gets an extra possum added to the total that spawns every four hours

The following are extra ways of earning Bells and Whistles (for donuts):
-Dumping Permit (60 donuts)
Doubles the amount of Bells and Whistles earned per tap on neighbour visits (I.e.12 duct tape per tap) Giving you a total of 1080 Bells and Whistles
-Little Lisa's Recycling Plant (200 donuts)
Every 4 hours earns 350 Bells and Whistles
-Krustys Drive Thru Station (150 donuts)
Same as regular station above

I don't recommend getting any premiums just for there ability to earn Bells and Whistles as I will now show you it is possible for a freemium player to unlock all prizes with a bit of wiggle room also.

And Now For The Maths

This is for the whole lot of act 2, I would do a daily one but there is variables that change from day to day.
This is for the whole lot of act 3, I would do a daily one but there is variables that change from day to day.
Daily play bonus (everyone will get atleast twice)- 10,000
Projects complete bonus (this is the sum of all daily bonuses)- 19,200
Project limits (The max amount you can earn from projects)- 160,000
Neighbour visits (This figure is for all 90 actions done everyday)- 5,940
Possums (This is the base amount collected 3 times a day)- 7,920
Total=203,060

You only need 154,550 to get the final prize so this gives you 48,510 extra

ephphoneapps
10 years ago
I just set up the Monorail. I've been keeping everyone working at the Metal Plant over and over. I saved up my metal pieces and bypassed the 55 and 85 piece exchanges and went straight for the 160m + 400t exchange for the 2,000 blueprints. That, plus the bonus from doing the first round of trash exchanges, gets the Monorail station easy.
larsyuipo
10 years ago
So do we only get 3 free tracks and 21 on the personal prize ? If its for the other phases too it seems kinda low.
aofigo009
10 years ago
ephphoneapps wrote:
I just set up the Monorail. I've been keeping everyone working at the Metal Plant over and over. I saved up my metal pieces and bypassed the 55 and 85 piece exchanges and went straight for the 160m + 400t exchange for the 2,000 blueprints. That, plus the bonus from doing the first round of trash exchanges, gets the Monorail station easy.

This pretty much confirms it for me, but it seems that these blueprint exchanges are random, as I definitely didn't have a 2,000 blueprint exchange!! Lucky for you!!!

Edit: Can anybody else confirm this?
Shirtless_Willi
10 years ago
moltres874 wrote:
Shirtless_Willie wrote:
Anybody know if any premium characters that can work at the metal depot?

Bradine and Jesse Grass can collect metal. Dewey Largo and Bradine can collect trash.

Thanks.
aidx1054
10 years ago
AOFIGO009 wrote:
ephphoneapps wrote:
I just set up the Monorail. I've been keeping everyone working at the Metal Plant over and over. I saved up my metal pieces and bypassed the 55 and 85 piece exchanges and went straight for the 160m + 400t exchange for the 2,000 blueprints. That, plus the bonus from doing the first round of trash exchanges, gets the Monorail station easy.

This pretty much confirms it for me, but it seems that these blueprint exchanges are random, as I definitely didn't have a 2,000 blueprint exchange!! Lucky for you!!!

Edit: Can anybody else confirm this?

I have two towns and they both have different exchange rates
suetopia
10 years ago
neuroheart wrote:
tommy1724 wrote:
Oh, I think there will be some serious forum angst about the similar mechanics... Not as much as when Neuro finds out about the secret prize wheel, but people will not be happy...

Wheel what now??? http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h121/PhoenixRoseStar/Emotes/shock_twitch.gif

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Tommy my friend- you are such a trouble maker!
aofigo009
10 years ago
aidx1054 wrote:
AOFIGO009 wrote:
ephphoneapps wrote:
I just set up the Monorail. I've been keeping everyone working at the Metal Plant over and over. I saved up my metal pieces and bypassed the 55 and 85 piece exchanges and went straight for the 160m + 400t exchange for the 2,000 blueprints. That, plus the bonus from doing the first round of trash exchanges, gets the Monorail station easy.

This pretty much confirms it for me, but it seems that these blueprint exchanges are random, as I definitely didn't have a 2,000 blueprint exchange!! Lucky for you!!!

Edit: Can anybody else confirm this?

I have two towns and they both have different exchange rates

Thanks Aidx, I thought so! I'll add this to the front page!!
ephphoneapps
10 years ago
AOFIGO009 wrote:
ephphoneapps wrote:
I just set up the Monorail. I've been keeping everyone working at the Metal Plant over and over. I saved up my metal pieces and bypassed the 55 and 85 piece exchanges and went straight for the 160m + 400t exchange for the 2,000 blueprints. That, plus the bonus from doing the first round of trash exchanges, gets the Monorail station easy.

This pretty much confirms it for me, but it seems that these blueprint exchanges are random, as I definitely didn't have a 2,000 blueprint exchange!! Lucky for you!!!

Edit: Can anybody else confirm this?

What was your blueprint payout for the 160+400?
aidx1054
10 years ago
AOFIGO009 wrote:
aidx1054 wrote:
Tip
Place all the tracks you earn so every four hours you get the maximum amount of possums possible

Possums earn 10 blueprints when tapped

Some great tips here Aidx, do you mean monorail tracks? Do they all have to be connected? How are you getting the tracks? And do we know if the possums converge yet, or do we have to search for them?

When you get the station you get 3 straight rails for free.
So far I don't know much about the possums as I just tapped them the second I was told to.

Edit:More Possum Info
When the four hours have passed a possum icon will appear on top of the station, When its tapped the possums will spawn around the station and wait for a second before running away, so make sure when you tap the icon to tap the possums quickly so you don't have to go searching for them
Khorah
10 years ago
Yeah.. not sure how folks are rolling in blueprints that quick..
I am only at 1846 and have used all of the trash projects so far.. unless you guys are using the metal ones already.. those have a large payout for sure!