It turns out that upgrading the herbicide is the real key to acquiring more resources quickly. If this little device were introduced weeks ago, it would have been even more beneficial. Since a town left unattended for approximately four hours will fill-up with Bob clones, and Bob clones drop resources, it is key to your success in this event to upgrade the herbicide.

You don’t want to over upgrade though, because at a certain point you actually need to save what you collect if you ever hope to craft the Springfield Farmers Market, the Gas and Grub, or the upcoming act three craftable, the Simpson Houseboat.

Recommendation: Get this device to Level 15 before you stop upgrading it.

Once you get to level 14 you’ll unlock the fourth and final Monsarno building, and at level 16 you’ll unlock a 3h job for Brainiacs to earn DNA. The next three levels increase the rewards you earn when you send characters out on jobs.

In a previous post I theorized that this part of the event wasn’t very important, and it’s not, so long as you don’t want any of the craftables. It is entirely possible to get the resources you need for personal prizes by simply collecting from the Monsarno Research Facility and accomplishing as many of Cecil’s daily tasks as you can.

On the flip-side of that, if you care enough Tapped Out that you are reading this blog, you probably want those craftable prizes. More to the point, you want someone to give you information to help you reach your goal. Even though it may seem like a good idea to stop upgrading Monsarno at level 16, you should actually upgrade a bit further.

If you’re going to bother sending characters on resource earning jobs, it just makes sense to increase that payout. The next three levels (17, 18, 19) increase reward for fertilizer, corn, and DNA respectively. At level 20, all three of those resource rewards are increased, but only marginally. The cost to upgrade isn’t worth the reward.

Recommendation: Get the Monsarno Research Facility to Level 19 before you stop upgrading it.

P.S. Sorry for the spoiler, but you should know what’s coming before you spend your resources. The Simpson Houseboat requires 4,600 corn and 9,600 of a new resource that will debut in act three. For reference the Springfield Farmers Market and the Gas and Grub also require 4,600 corn in addition to 15,250 fertilizer and 8,300 DNA respectively.

Basically, all of your corn is going to wind up going towards one of these three prizes, so choose wisely.