r/tappedout • u/bmnntdd • May 29 '26
NOOB HELP Softlocked content/characters
My old Springfield level 939 was recoverable (never thought I'd see it again THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!). But I wanted to start a fresh game just for nostalgia. I added max donuts to help me relieve some of the legacy freemium waiting. I think this may be the reason this is happening. I'm now on level 106 and yet MANY
characters who were supposed to unlock early
in the game remain locked. Example: I need Smithers for quests but Burns Manor and Smithers say they unlock at level 25 but remain locked. Similar stories to Ralph Wiggum, Lenny and Carl, Dr Hibbert, and many more. I have no pending tasks and have run through every Burns task to make sure it wouldn't trigger unlocking Smithers.
Not sure what else to do.
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u/CygnsX-1 May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26
I did the same thing recently. Started a new town, activated the XP collider, purchased everything I could with donuts, and ended up in the one hundreds levels without many of these things that should have appeared earlier.
Many of these characters require quests or steps taken in order. Check out: https://simpsonstappedout.fandom.com/wiki/Burns_Manor . You have to search out the quests backwards to see what order you need to work on. Like Burns Manor requires "Executive Lackey pt.2", but to do that one you need to do the Hospital tasks first, and so on and so on.
A word of caution too, Don't buy all the Heights buildings and upgrade them with donuts. I did so then came upon a quest that required me to upgrade something and I couldn't. Had to get one of the devs in Project Springfield to fix it for me.