This event is complicated. As soon as you complete the Monsarno Research building, you’ll be inundated with a seemingly overwhelming amount of information. The only way to really get a grasp of what to do is to breakdown each aspect of the event, one at a time.

Cecil’s Tasks

Every day there will be four jobs to complete. These jobs can be completed by different character groups, (e.g. Braniacs, Gluttons, Youngsters, etc.) which is something we’ve seen in previous events. The nice thing about this event though is that it’s no longer up to the player to figure out which characters belong to which groups. When you are given one of these jobs, a pop-up window will appear showing you who belongs to that group.

For example, my first job was to “Send a Celebrity to Herd Plants”. When I selected this, a pop-up window (similar to that of Town Hall) appeared. It then showed me a list of celebrities I have in my town, which included Brockman, Krusty, Roger Myers Jr, and Wolfcastle. The I just had to chose who to send on this job.

The jobs may be 60m, 2h, 4h, or 6h in length. All four of these jobs need to be completed within a 24 hour time span. You don’t have to complete all of these jobs each day, but the more jobs you complete, the more resources you will gain. This will help you earn prizes more quickly.

Act One Prizes

As you progress through the event you will earn shovels (spades) which unlock prizes. These are cumulative, so you don’t have to spend anything to unlock these. There are eight prizes, but only three of them are for your town, the remaining five are event resources. The prizes you’ll be working towards are the Monsarno Founder Statue, the Old Simpson Farm, and the Pet Mutant Plant.

There is a possibility that this will work like the Superhero event, in that you may not be able to work towards Act Two prizes until you unlock all of the prizes in Act One.

Craft Items

You can use the resources you gain by completing jobs to craft three different prizes. Just like the Act One prizes, these craftable items will rotate in 13 days. Right now the prizes are a Cane Field, a Sani-John Smokehouse, and the Springfield Farmers Market.

Monsarno Research

You can also use your resources to upgrade the Monsarno Research facility. This is something you’ll want to focus on, as it opens up the ability for different character groups to earn resources. This is also how you’ll unlock more “parts” for this building, with four in total. Some parts cannot be unlocked until further into the event.