Wadebear speaks the truth!I don't know whether this only works for skeletons followed by zombies, or whether it's just a coincidence that the same pattern worked for me.I needed four more skeletons, and started my neighbour visits. I started working through neighbours' towns, dropping formless terrors wherever I could and looking for towns spawning skeletons to tap. I tapped three skeletons in one town, then I mostly avoided non-skeleton terrors but I did tap two zombies in two towns that were spawning zombies (i.e. four zombies in total) just for the heck of it.I then found another town with skeletons, tapped one to updgrade my campfire, and returned to my Springfield. The campfire upgraded and then switched to requiring zombies, but instead of starting at zero it started at eight. Four would have made some sense, but eight is even weirder...

OK, so I've just gone back to those two towns where I tapped two zombies, and have squished one more zombie in each town. My zombie total is now 10. So it does seem that tapping one of the next nightmare (in this case, zombies after skeletons) when you're close to the upgrade total counts as double and is carried over when you upgrade, before then reverting back to counting as one after the upgrade.Not sure when this kicks in - my theory is that it happens when you reach the "upgrade campfire for zero donuts" options (which doesn't actually work). But I can't test my theory until the next campfire upgrade...

Wade, the same thing happened to me as well, with a slight twist.Last night before I went to bed, my campfire kids were making skeletons. Between my neighbor visits and tapping skeletons in my own town I had enough to upgrade the campfire to the next level. I didn't feel like staying up for the kids to finish at the campfire so I went to bed.This morning, the first thing I did was tap all the skeletons that generated overnight. Then I checked the campfire upgrade tab and it showed that I already had 26 zombies (same as you)! I hadn't even tapped the campfire or changed it to collect zombies yet. I have no idea where they could have come from. I thought I read somewhere that tapping nightmares in other towns didn't count towards your campfire upgrade. But, how did the campfire upgrade change from skeletons to zombies without me changing the campfire to produce them???Oh well, it did give me a head start on the zombies. :D Edit: I guess the zombies could have come from neighbor visits. I'm not picky anymore about whatever nightmare it is. I tap them all. Then if I haven't fallen asleep by the time the nightmares have run out, I keep tapping for donuts.

I agree It happens.I have been manipulating the story teller and its spawn too, and once saw a whole batch of bunnies convert to skeletons right before my eyes! And i wanted those bunnies!So there's definitely some issues. But not much we can do, it's obvious they fix things on their own schedule, and if you contact them, they run you through the same series of supposed remedies that actually have nothing to do with your issue. Now in your situation, I'm waiting on campfire reassignment until i get the needed nightmares from the neighbor towns. It delays the next batch only about 20 minutes but i know I'm getting my desired nightmares. Which sounds creepy.Keep calm and tap on!

mystery2mi wrote:I thought I read somewhere that tapping nightmares in other towns didn't count towards your campfire upgrade.Either you read wrong or the person who wrote it didn't know what they were talking about. Whenever I come up short on an upgrade I go to my neighborhood and start hunting Nightmares. It comes in really handy if you're only a handful short. I'll go ahead and change the Campfire to the next Nightmare and have them 'perking' while I hunt down the last few in neighboring towns.Now one thing I don't know is if it changes over automatically when you hit the upgrade number while you're in the neighborhood. Once I get the number I need I stop and go back to my own town.mystery2mi wrote:I'm not picky anymore about whatever nightmare it is. I tap them all. Then if I haven't fallen asleep by the time the nightmares have run out, I keep tapping for donuts.I tried that. It was taking too long (as in around 3 hours...). Everyone's complaining about how long it takes to load neighbor towns. Well try it on satellite internet. M. O. L. A. S. S. E. S. Then there's the time it takes to hunt down Nightmares, tapping behind every building in case there's one hiding there...So I'm just saving my neighbor visits to do catch ups on Nightmares. Then every 2 or 3 days I'll go through just dropping FTs until I start to run out. (Which still takes WAY too long, but not as long as hunting for Nightmares.)

wadebear wrote:mystery2mi wrote:I thought I read somewhere that tapping nightmares in other towns didn't count towards your campfire upgrade.Either you read wrong or the person who wrote it didn't know what they were talking about. Whenever I come up short on an upgrade I go to my neighborhood and start hunting Nightmares. It comes in really handy if you're only a handful short. I'll go ahead and change the Campfire to the next Nightmare and have them 'perking' while I hunt down the last few in neighboring towns.Nightmares only count when tapped in neighbours town if it is within the 90 actions (I.e. still paying out crafting currency) after that they don't count.

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mystery2mi
Seasoned Newcomer
10 years ago
aidx1054 wrote:
wadebear wrote:
mystery2mi wrote:
I thought I read somewhere that tapping nightmares in other towns didn't count towards your campfire upgrade.

Either you read wrong or the person who wrote it didn't know what they were talking about. Whenever I come up short on an upgrade I go to my neighborhood and start hunting Nightmares. It comes in really handy if you're only a handful short. I'll go ahead and change the Campfire to the next Nightmare and have them 'perking' while I hunt down the last few in neighboring towns.

Nightmares only count when tapped in neighbours town if it is within the 90 actions (I.e. still paying out crafting currency) after that they don't count.

Yes, I knew that nightmares only count for the first 90 actions. I was confused about whether they counted towards campfire upgrades. During this event, I only do the 90 friend actions because the towns load so slow and then having to hunt all over for something to tap. If I have any energy left after that, I will continue tapping for donuts.

As for the FTs, whenever someone drops them in my town I go to their town asap to return the favor. I also tend to drop them on towns that have the maximum 10 slots available in hopes they are active. This seems to work well for me. My campfire is at level 26. I also have 21 kids slaving away... :wink:
amazonprimechic
10 years ago
Just completed a bones level and started the zombies level with 60. I hadn't tapped on anything in this new level yet. Camp fire still set on bones.
Phinnea
10 years ago
This has happened to me the whole act, though I never counted. Get the level up, switch the story teller, get a burst of whatever the next nightmare is. I just got 20 bunnies and I don't have the gate. Certainly don't want them 'fixing' it.
wadebear
Retired Hero
10 years ago
cdepast wrote:
could have come from spooky car, formless terrors, or gate to nowhere.

I don't have the spooky car (whatever that is), my Gate To Nowhere just paid out a few minutes ago, and Formless Terrors don't pay out Nightmares - they pay out Brains, Eggs, Ears, and Bones.
mystery2mi
Seasoned Newcomer
10 years ago
Phinnea wrote:
This has happened to me the whole act, though I never counted. Get the level up, switch the story teller, get a burst of whatever the next nightmare is. I just got 20 bunnies and I don't have the gate. Certainly don't want them 'fixing' it.

Strange, I never noticed until this morning. Agree with you, no need to fix... :wink:
nissa762
10 years ago
You can switch what's in your bank by changing the storyteller BEFORE pulling from bank. This may be what's happening to some here.

ETA: it's risky and sometimes doesn't quite work by a couple. But say your town has 20 spawned from campfire you just released. 40 go into bank. If you need less than 20 to upgrade to next level, you can set the storyteller right away to the next currency. The 20 in your town will level you up, and the 40 from the bank will turn into the next currency. You may have to synch with friend screen at an optimal time to switch the next 40.
wadebear
Retired Hero
10 years ago
mystery2mi wrote:
I only do the 90 friend actions because the towns load so slow and then having to hunt all over for something to tap. If I have any energy left after that, I will continue tapping for donuts.

I tried that strategy, too. Still took too long.

mystery2mi wrote:
My campfire is at level 26. I also have 21 kids slaving away... :wink:

Well you got me beat. I'm still at level 21. Of course I only have 19 kids, I diverted a bunch of my kids to finish up my Railyard crafting last week, and I lost nearly another whole day to attend a funeral (3 hours driving back and forth - in a Suit).
wadebear
Retired Hero
10 years ago
amazonprimechic wrote:
Just completed a bones level and started the zombies level with 60. I hadn't tapped on anything in this new level yet. Camp fire still set on bones.

Have you tried force quitting the app?
wadebear
Retired Hero
10 years ago
nissa762 wrote:
You can switch what's in your bank by changing the storyteller BEFORE pulling from bank. This may be what's happening to some here.

ETA: it's risky and sometimes doesn't quite work by a couple. But say your town has 20 spawned from campfire you just released. 40 go into bank. If you need less than 20 to upgrade to next level, you can set the storyteller right away to the next currency. The 20 in your town will level you up, and the 40 from the bank will turn into the next currency. You may have to synch with friend screen at an optimal time to switch the next 40.

1. I waited a couple of minutes to see if any banked Skeletons were going to show up so I wouldn't have to do the neighbor thing - I even skimmed my town to see if I could find any stumbling around.

2. I didn't tap ANY Zombies until after I came back and checked to find I had 26 already gathered.
amazonprimechic
10 years ago
wadebear wrote:
amazonprimechic wrote:
Just completed a bones level and started the zombies level with 60. I hadn't tapped on anything in this new level yet. Camp fire still set on bones.

Have you tried force quitting the app?

??..Not sure we're on the same page. Completed a lvl upgrade then the next lvl started at 60 zombies instead of zero. Pretty good IMO. Not sure if this has happened before only checked this time after seeing your thread.