Clash of Clones 2014 Event

The Clash of Clones Event was the tenth major event in The Simpsons: Tapped Out. This event was made available to players on August 19, 2014. The main quest for this event was Prince and the Premise. This update also brought new land to Springfield. 16 new plots of land were added to the bottom right of the player's Springfield (the land farthest from the mountains).

This event had two different types of currency; Elixir and Gold. Players could send Nerds to attack other Springfields. At the beginning the number of nerds was limited to 40 but this could go up by upgrading Castles. Elixir and Gold could also be earned by shielding your buildings or by rebuilding them when another player attacked (done by tapping/clicking, players did not need to repurchase buildings).

Once players collected 800 Gold they unlock the ability to buy cheaters. Cheaters allow you to wreck a building immediately (instead of sending nerds) or they will defend your buildings under attack.

The event preceded the Treehouse of Horror XXV Event, as only Major Event followed by another.

New Content
Below is a list of all the new content included in the initial Clash of Clones 2014 Event on August 19, 2014. Please note that after the event, some or all of the items listed may no longer be available:

Costumes
* Added on October 2nd.

Decorations
* The related Castle must be at level 10 or higher for these items to be available in the store.

** Available for purchase after unlocked in the prize track.

*** Added on September 4th.

**** Added on October 2nd.

Other
* Elixir could only be purchased on Wednesdays.

Returning content
Below is a list of content which was previously released, and re-released for this event. These items were added during an update on September 4th.

Unreleased Content
Unreleased The following characters can be found in the game files but have not been released for the event. These characters may be released later during the event.

Attacking/Defending
During this update, players can attack other towns to earn Elixir and Gold. This is done by sending Nerds to attack houses or castles.

Upgrades
Costumes and Buildings could be upgraded during this event. Upgrades gave more benefits and unlocked new items. Elixir and Gold could be used for these upgrades. The Gold used was not lost, players just had to reach a certain amount for the upgrade. However the Elixir used was spent.

Upgrades to buildings increased nerd production, raised the amount of nerds a town could have, and increased the defense of a town. Increasing a defense bonus gave an extra hour of time to all attacks on that town, this gave players more time to notice attacks.

The following buildings/costumes could be upgraded:
 * Barbarian Castle
 * Castle Recycle
 * Boxingham Palace
 * Barbarian Homer
 * Archer Lisa
 * Goblin Bart
 * Wizard Marge

Saturday Troop Replenishment
Every Saturday at 2:00 PM (EST) player's nerd counts would increase to the max amount. This happened every week during the event. Players who already had a max amount of nerds did not get more as nerds cannot be saved after the max limit is reached.

Poll
This poll ran during the event. Players were asked: What do you think of this event?

Trivia

 * The first teaser of the update was released on August 18, 2014, when a picture of the Barbarian was released on Facebook, on same day, on EA's Instagram account, a picture of Bart and Lisa's costumes were released.
 * This was the first event to have the entire Simpson family on the splashscreen.
 * This update added Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian as language options.
 * On August 21st, 15 free donuts were given to players who had already installed the update.
 * Similar to the Stonecutters 2014 Event, the costumes from this event were also assigned a character collection.
 * Clash of Clones is a parody of Clash Of Clans.
 * Bender from Futurama makes a cameo in the main questline.