Talk:Christmas 2014 Event/@comment-94.227.30.215-20141225104704/@comment-25021853-20141225214512

You have to watch the numbers that fly up once you collect the Elf Bells to see how many you got. If you wait for the game to collect you'll get a jumble of numbers from the Bells, the Cash stacks, and the XP, so I tap on the Bell Icon right away to see what the number of Elf Bells is. Alternatively, you could just note your total before and after collecting the Bells and do the math. I found that I got twice as many Elf Bells when I tapped on my neighbor's Elf Cave or Elf Cannon. You get one Bell Icon for 5, but you also get one for 10, and 4 is two Icons (one is 3, the other is 1) and two for 8 (one 5 and one 3). I've tried tapping on different properties while visiting my neighbors and the Elf Cave and Elf Cannon were the only ones that gave Double Elf Bells. I will try the Cannon Control Building and other Elf Buildings tonight when I visit my neighbors again. There is precedent, during the Stonecutters Event, spying on the Stonecutters Lodge gave more Emblems than spying on anything else, I think it gave 5 Emblems versus 1 for anything else.

Thanks for the reminder about collecting from the Elf Cave. I don't think you need to clear your town completely, as it's only 4 more Elves, but I'm sure there is a maximum capacity and if your Springfield is already filled up to capacity with Elves then you would likely miss out if you tapped on your Elf Cave before clearing out some of the existing Elves. I'm close to getting the Elf Bottler, I'm hoping it will either be an onscreen button or a small device you place and then tap to instantly Bottle all the Elves floating around. At the very least it could be like Professor Frink's Zapper from Easter 2014, where we can roam around zapping and Bottling any Elves in range. I should have it later tonight.