Squidport Expansion

The Squidport Event is the fifth major event to be introduced into the game. It was released on June 12, 2013 and is available to all players of Level 15 and over. Unlike other major events, it is a permanent installment in the game - meaning that the squidport and it features will always be available. The Sea Captain was introduced in this update, as he had been in the games files since March 2013. Along with the Sea Captain, 6 characters with no jobs were released; five of which being Street Performers.

The new buildings included could only be placed on Boardwalk Sections. This made placing them especially hard, due to the fact the player has to wait to build more of them. Overall, nine boardwalk buildings were released - one being premium - and they all take up at least 4 spaces of boardwalk tile. Planet Hype was the only premium building, and was therefore not part of the Squidport quest chain.

30 new plots of land were opened up on the ocean side, and beaches automatically replaced the rocky mud edge into the ocean. Some items, such as the Houseboat, can only be placed on the ocean. Regular decorations can be placed on boardwalk tiles, but not all boardwalk decorations can be placed on regular land. Land decorations and some squidport decorations can now be placed on the beaches. Also, fences were now able to turn a full 360 degrees with the update, and the odds and pricing for Springfield Downs changed. It will now cost the player $2000 to place a bet, and the top payout is $200000. Although this may seem good, the odds of getting the top payout are 99:1 and you may only place a bet now once every 8 hours, when before the player could bet every hour.

New Content
Below is a list of all the new content included in the original Squidport Upadte on June 12, 2013:

Decorations

 * Lamp Post
 * Basketball Game
 * Boardwalk Bench
 * Coffee Cart
 * Ferris Wheel
 * Fried Dough Stand
 * Lemonade Stand
 * Boardwalk Fountain
 * Tree
 * Fence
 * Squidport Entrance
 * Hot Dog Stand

Trivia

 * Upon the release of the Squidport Event, the lamp post from the Christmas Event strangely dissapeared. This could be due to the fact that a new lamp post was released with the same name, therefore accidentaly overwriting the old one.