Treehouse of Horror XXVI Shopkeeper's Challenges (Update: 11/5)

drboat20 wrote:
Hi Wadebear, thanks for your advice, but by my count that means 28 hours of hunting which isn't possible in 24 hours.

It would appear that a LOT of people don't understand that the Shopkeeper Challenges do NOT have to be finished in the 24 hours from which they start.

So let me repeat: YOU HAVE 7 DAYS TO FINISH THE FIRST TASK.

The task to tap 30 Skeletons starts Monday the 9th at 7 AM. You have until Monday the 16th at 6:59 AM to complete it.

Oh, and yeah you also have any Skeletons spawned from the Gate to Nowhere as well. I keep forgetting about it (and forgetting to tap mine since I tucked it out of the way so I won't tap it at the wrong time and lose the Nightmares).

Big OH... Something I think I've figured out (at least my explanation explains what's been happening in my town):

Your town can now only hold 20 Nightmares now. There is no bank for them. When Starspawn are spawning (when M'nthster is at the temple) and you release more than 20 Nightmares in your town you will stop spawning Starspawn and start spawning however many Nightmares over 20 that you released.

So say you sent all your kids to the Brown House to Hunt Nightmares, then tapped them out. For me that would be 56 Nightmares. The first 20 appear in your town and you tap them out. The next 36 creatures that spawn will be the Nightmares you lost instead of Starspawn.

I don't know if this applies to the Nightmares you get from the Gate to Nowhere. In fact I've seen bunnies pop in after tapping the Gate and then had them promptly vanish right before my eyes.