One of the things that confused me about the event was the different nightmare types. To upgrade my campfire I needed zombies, but all I was getting were snakes. If you look at the screenshot below you’ll see that there are additional nightmare types as well: bunnies and skeletons. The only thing you need to worry about at the start are zombies or snakes. You can switch your nightmare type whenever you want, but you need to do something first.

At the campfire you can choose which kid tells a story. Whoever tells the last story determines the nightmare type. In this instances I needed zombies, so I had to send Martin on the task to tell a spooky story. That switched my nightmare type from snakes to zombies.

Martin – Unlocks Zombies

Lisa – Unlocks Snakes

Milhouse – Unlocks Bunnies

Bart – Unlocks Skeletons

In the screenshot below you’ll the zombie head icon on the progress bar. For you it might be different though. So check what you need in game and change your nightmare type appropriately. If you fail to do this, you’ll set yourself back in the event. This aspect of the event is a little more confusing than previous events, so it warranted explaining.

A big thanks to Bunny over at TSTO Addicts for explaining this to me, because I was totally in the dark about this aspect of the event.