Winter 2016 Event

Winter 2016 Event

December 6, 2016 - December 30, 2016

The Winter 2016 Event was the sixth major event of 2016, the fifth Christmas Event and the 24th major event overall. It was released on December 6, 2016, and ended on December 30, 2016.

Unlike most recent major events, it was divided into 2 acts:

• Act 1: December 6th - December 18th
• Act 2: December 18th - December 30th

On December 13, Gil offered a new deal, the Pagan Simpsons Promo for 170 donuts.

Springfield Henge

During the whole event, you can send Springfielders to work at Cletus's Farm, Willie's Shack, Springfield Library and Moe's Tavern to earn offerings you exchange at the Springfield Henge in exchange for gifts from the gods.

In addition there will spawn random Pagans in your town. When tapped, these characters will disappear and drop antlers and rune stones.

The currency for the event is Antlers, Brooches, Runestones, Catnip, Carved Figurines, Books of Shadows, Chicken Fingers and Guilt Dust. Antlers is the prize currency for unlocking the Act 1 Prizes, Brooches for the Act 2 Prizes. While Runestones is the main crafting currency. Both Catnip and Carved Figurines can be obtained by sending springfielders to work, and can later be exchanged for Antlers and Runestones and other prizes. Books of Shadows and Chicken Fingers replace them for Act 2.

Gnome Box

The gnome will leave his box every 4 hours and run around your town. This mini game let you tap the gnome for a short duration of time, to gather loot that can be used in exchange for gifts or upgrade the actual Gnome Box.

The Gnome Box has 15 levels you can upgrade to get more loots for each mini game.

You can also capture a neighbor's gnome, but this is limited to one neighbor per day (resets at 8 AM GMT).

New Content

Buildings

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Springfield Henge	FREE, start Springfield Henge Pt. 1	Whole Event
Lumber Mill	FREE, start Logging In	Whole Event
$5 Antler Rental	22750	Act 1 prize
Ba'al Pit	25250	Act 2 prize
Phone-Henge Kiosk	750	Lumber Mill Level 5
Pagan Bonfire	170	December 13 - December 20

Characters

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
The Parson	68350	Act 1 prize
The Wiccans	110	December 18 - 30

Outfits

Name	Character	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Satyr Willie	Willie	FREE, complete Yule Love It! Pt. 3	Act 2
Ravencrow Neversmiles	Lisa	40950	Act 2 prize
New God Mr. Burns	Mr. Burns	35800	Act 1 prize
Star Snowsuit Maggie	Maggie	Sacrifice Your Sheep to Odin	Act 2 prize

Consumables

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Pagan Simpsons Promo	170	December 13 - 20
Pagan Fence Bundle	60	December 22 - 30
Singing Stones Bundle	60	December 9 - 30
Santa Skin Bundle	80	December 8 - 14
Christmas Stuff Bundle	60	December 22 - 30
Exotic Petting Zoo Bundle	80	December 21 - January 3
Fever Bundle	25	December 9 - 15
Santa's Workshop Bundle	115	December 15 - 21
Snowman Bundle	45	December 22 - 30
Winter 2015 Super Bundle	110	December 21 - January 3

Decorations

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Pagan Winter Carnival Sign	FREE, start Yule Love It! Pt. 2	Whole Event
Singing Stone 1	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 2	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 3	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 4	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 5	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 6	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Singing Stone 7	Singing Stones Bundle	December 9 - 30
Secret Singing Stone	complete Singing Stones	-
Goat God Statue	4850	Act 1 prize
Goat Head Statue	180	Lumber Mill Level 3
Small Pagan Tent	270	Lumber Mill Level 1
Large Pagan Tent	450	Lumber Mill Level 4
Pagan Hall	950	Lumber Mill Level 7
Large Pagan Tent	450	Lumber Mill Level 4
Devil Snowman	5200	Act 2 prize
Sacrifice Your Sheep to Odin	78450	Act 2 prize
Dunk the Monk	1250	Lumber Mill Level 10
Brazier	75	Lumber Mill Level 6
Giant Mushrooms	200	Lumber Mill Level 6
Large Mushrooms	60	Lumber Mill Level 2
Carnival Banner 1	120	Lumber Mill Level 1
Carnival Banner 2	120	Lumber Mill Level 5
Carnival Banner 3	120	Lumber Mill Level 8
Pagan Cauldron	120	Lumber Mill Level 4
Fir is Murder Christmas Tree	250	Lumber Mill Level 9
Dunking Device	80	December 21 - January 2
Flanders' Frozen Car	50	Whole Event
Small Iceberg	80000	December 21 - January 2
Medium Iceberg	15	December 21 - January 2
Large Iceberg	25	December 21 - January 2
Old Tree Spirit	100	Whole Event
Wickerman	60100	Act 2 prize
New God Mr. Burns Statue	35800	Act 1 prize
Cult Flying Saucer	52050	Act 1 prize
Pagan Hut	20	?
Pagan Fence	10	?
Giant Burning Goat	45	?
Chicken Coop (non-premium)	105	Lumber Mill Level 2
Windmill (non-premium)	400	Lumber Mill Level 8
Two-Story Outhouse (non-premium)	125	Lumber Mill Level 7

Returning Content

Buildings

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
It's A Wonderful Knife	150	Whole Event
Santa's Village	Santa Skin Bundle	December 8 - 14
	80
Blocko Store	30	December 10 - 16
Ice Palace	120	December 22 - January 3
Stonecutter Daycare Center	250000	December 6 - 21
Ski Chalet	80	December 11 - 16
Duff Center Arena	200	December 21 - January 3
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers	120	December 21 - January 3
Egg Nog Bar	60	December 21 - January 3
Santa's Workshop	70	December 15 - 21
Toy Workshop	75	December 15 - 21
Claus Co	90	December 15 - 21
X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular	60	December 22 - 30
Best Snowman Ever	80	December 21 - January 3
Gingerbread Mansion	140	December 21 - January 3
Exotic Petting Zoo	70	December 21 - January 3

Characters

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Annual Gift Man	45	December 21 - January 3
Baby Gerald	100	December 18 - ?
Bonestorm Santa	45	December 21 - January 3
Candy Kevin	40	December 21 - January 3
Dancing Reindeer	45	December 22 - 30
Frosty the Hitman	45	December 21 - January 3
Gino Underdunk Terwilliger	It's A Wonderful Knife	Whole Event
Kearney's Other Son	90	December 21 - January 3
King Winter	King Winter's Cave	December 18 - 24
Ling Bouvier	110	Whole Event
Lucille Botzcowski	Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers	December 21 - January 3
Patches and Poor Violet	100	Whole Event
Snow Monster	70	December 21 - January 3

Outfits

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Stupid Sexy Flanders	Ski Lift	December 11 - 16
Little Helper Ralph	Toy Workshop	December 15 - 21
Ice Princess Martin	Ice Palace	December 22 - January 3
White Witch Burns	60	December 18 - 24
Santa Homer	Santa's Village	December 8 - 14
Santa Flanders	Santa Skin Bundle	December 8 - 14	75

Decorations

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Festive Light Plunger	55	December 6 - 21
Festive Bow Lamp Post	385	December 6 - 21
Festive Fancy Lawn Bell	425	December 6 - 21
Festive Wreath Lamp Post	385	December 6 - 21
Festive Candycane	450	December 6 - 21
Murdered Snowman	30000	December 6 - 21
Lollipop Flowers	6500	December 6 - 21
Marshmallow Tree	10000	December 6 - 21
Slide	8500	December 6 - 21
Ice Fence	500	December 6 - 21
Festive Hot Drink Stand	1200	December 6 - 21
Present Depot	2000	December 6 - 21
Fever Cabin	Fever Bundle	December 9 - 15
Burns Fever Snowman	Fever Bundle	December 9 - 15
	10
Homer Fever Snowman	Fever Bundle	December 9 - 15
	10
New Year's Ball	FREE	December 30 - January 4

Façades

Name	Cost/How to Unlock	Available
Christmas Houseboat	10	December 6 - 21

Rebate offers

During the event some of the returning content was offered with a rebate.

Name	Cost	Bonus
Best Snowman Ever	80	40
Candy Kevin	40	10
Claus Co	90	45
Dancing Reindeer	45	20
Duff Center Arena	200	60
Exotic Petting Zoo	70	35
Gingerbread Mansion	140	70
Ice Palace (with Ice Princess Martin)	120	40
King Winter's Cave (with King Winter)	175	75
Santa Flanders	75	35
Santa's Village (with Santa Homer)	80	40
Santa's Workshop	70	35
Ski Lift (with Stupid Sexy Flanders)	150	40
Toy Workshop (with Little Helper Ralph)	75	35
X-mas Trees Slightly Irregular	60	30

Personal Prizes

Act 1

Prize	Cost
Goat God Statue	4850
Pile of Runestones	11350
$5 Antler Rental	22750
New God Mr. Burns	35800
Goblet of Runestones	42300
Cult Flying Saucer	52050
The Parson	68350

Act 2

Prize	Cost
Devil Snowman	5200
Goblet of Runestones	13900
Ba'al Pit	25250
Ravencrow Neversmiles	40950
Chest of Runestones	49650
Wickerman	60100
Sacrifice Your Sheep to Odin with Star Snowsuit Maggie	78450

Bonus Gift

As it happens with some major events, players are able to get bonus Donuts once they had unlocked the last prize in the current prize track. Every 5100 Antlers and 5400 Brooches, they are presented with 3 boxes containing either one, two or three Donuts. The boxes works the same as the ones from the Where's Maggie? Minigame, with players having to spend 150,000 Cash to open another box.

Crafting

Player may craft prizes at the Lumber Mill using Runestones. Almost identical to the Treehouse of Horror XXVII Event, the player can level up their crafting level in order to unlock more prizes. Crafting a prize contributes to the total amount of Runestones needed to reach the next level. Prize track currency is rewarded for crafting each item, on an amount depending on the item itself.

Prize	Cost	Prize track Reward	Reward/Cost Ratio	Crafting Level	Level-up Cost
Carnival Banner 1	120	/100	0.833	1	N/A
Small Pagan Tent	270	/220	0.814
Large Mushrooms	60	/50	0.833	2	300
Chicken Coop (non-premium)	105	/85	0.809
Goat Head Statue	180	/145	0.805	3	400
Hay Cart	225	/180	0.800
Large Pagan Tent	450	/360	0.800	4	520
Pagan Cauldron	120	/100	0.833
Carnival Banner 2	120	/100	0.833	5	800
Phone-Henge Kiosk	750	/600	0.800
Giant Mushrooms	200	/160	0.800	6	900
Brazier	75	/60	0.800
Two-Story Outhouse (non-premium)	125	/100	0.800	7	1150
Pagan Hall	950	/760	0.800
Carnival Banner 3	120	/100	0.833	8	1200
Windmill (non-premium)	400	/320	0.800
Fir is Murder Christmas Tree	250	/200	0.800	9	1300
Medieval Tent	200	/160	0.800
Dunk the Monk	1250	/1000	0.800	10	1650

Daily Challenges

During the event, new challenges were added following its thematic. This additions got priority over the usual Daily Challenges, and were the ones players always got unless a dismiss was used.

Challenge	Possible Rewards
Act 1 - 2	75 (Act 1) 75 (Act 2) 75 (Act 1) 75 (Act 2) 75 80* 1 3**
Tap Pagans (x20)
Catch the Gnome in Your Home (x3)
Hand In Offerings at Springfield Henge (x4)
Craft an Item
Collect Runestones (x300)
Only Act 1
Collect Catnip (x100)
Collect Carved Figurines (x100)
Only Act 2
Collect Books of Shadows (x100)
Collect Chicken Fingers (x100)

*This reward has a two-day cooldown time.
**This reward has a five-day cooldown time.

Trivia

• The event ended on December 30, 2016 and lasted 24 days, making it the shortest and earliest ending Christmas/Winter event to date.
  • It is also the second shortest major event overall.
• Unlike previous events, it ended without an app store update.

Gallery

The app icon during the event.

The splash screen during the event.

The store banner for the event.

The store panel for the event.

The event guide.