Mits' Mafia Wars Page

More free GF reward points for the holiday - from Zynga

2009-12-22T21:27:00.000-08:00

Just today, Mafia Wars fan page posted a link for a free 5 godfather reward points:

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/track.php?next_controller=index&next_action=fan_blast&next_params=%7B%22id%22%3A%2210%22%7D

Hurry and get your free GF now!

Special Holiday Blowout Sale

2009-12-21T22:58:00.000-08:00

Available: December 21, 2009 - December 28, 2009

Just like the Black Friday Sales Event, get limited edition items at discounted prices. Also have a hourly featured item with huge discount.

You can also get a free limited edition item/reward once you've purchased 10 items.

Holiday Sale Reward:

Cherry Picker
36 Attack | 13 Defense

For hourly featured items, you can monitor it at http://mafiawars.wikia.com/wiki/Holiday_Blowout_Sale_2009

Enjoy!

Public Enemies Special Job

2009-12-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

Available: December 9, 2009

Today's Zynga release contains Public Enemies special job. Just like the Big Apple week event's Cargo Ship loot, it has a series of steps which is available in 8-hour interval. Not sure as of the moment what's the final loot. I will update this article once I reached and done in the final step.

Step 1: Bust Out of the Joint
Loot: 10 Prison Stripes

Step 2: Hold Up a Bank
Loot: 10 Dilinger's Pistol and Holster

** TO BE UPDATED...

Pre-Bangkok

2009-12-09T13:24:00.000-08:00

Bangkok is just around the corner. Today's Zynga's release contains special jobs which you can obtain Bangkok loot items. These items are pre-requisite to our adventure in Bangkok.

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/index.php?next_params=YTozOntpOjA7czo2OiJ0cmF2ZWwiO2k6MTtzOjY6InRyYXZlbCI7aToyO3M6NTE6IiZkZXN0aW5hdGlvbj00JnNlbmR0aW1lPTEyNjAzNDA4MzgmZnJpZW5kPTYyMDE1NzA1MyI7fQ==

Soldier job tier:

Enforcer job tier:

Hitman job tier:

Dilinger's Overcoat

2009-12-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

Available: December 9, 2009

22 Attack | 40 Defense

Public Enemies Loot Event: Loot Items

2009-12-06T02:05:00.000-08:00

An hour after the event started, I've finally completed all the items. I've got it all thru fights (400 staminas). On the other hand, if you are mostly an energy character, just do the Mugging job in Street Thug job tier in New York.

Below is the complete list and stats:

Goodluck!

UPDATE:

Please note that we only have a limit of 32 items. So better get them all before the total items reached the 32 limit.

Dentist's Drill

2009-12-04T10:46:00.000-08:00

Available: December 4, 2009

21 Attack | 11 Defense

Again, you can obtain this item through social aspect. First, simply click the "Loot shipment" button, once your friends helped, clicking the "Collect your take" will give you the item. You can also help your friends and get the item.

Public Enemies Loot Event

2009-12-04T06:33:00.000-08:00

The event will start on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 at 12:01am PST. This is in celebration of Public Enemies movie. The event end on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 11:59pm PST. Fights and jobs will give you the chance in getting the Public Enemies themed loots.

Below are the high resolution photos of the loots:

Photo Source: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=165503&id=71775107787&l=9cc440ebd8

Sharkskin Gloves

2009-12-02T07:02:00.000-08:00

Available: December 2, 2009

25 Attack | 37 Defense

The stats is really crap, but good for profile decoration. Totally up to you.

Bangkok Boss Contest Winner: Congratulations "ritaxnann"

2009-12-01T20:02:00.000-08:00

Ritax Nann ("Don Taxman") won the Bangkok Boss Contest, officially announced from Mafia Wars blog and their twitter. Take a peek on his video below. It's cool!

Guitar Case Machine Gun

2009-11-30T00:54:00.000-08:00

Available: November 30, 2009

41 Attack | 26 Defense

Black Friday Sales Event

2009-11-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

Available: November 27, 2009 - November 30, 2009

The event exactly started at 12:01am PST on November 27, 2009. One of the highlights is to complete the 20 items purchase in order to get the "uber" item. Here's what you got once 20 purchases is completed:

Apparently the item is not "uber". You can check the stats of Ubijca Assault Rifle which is more superior than this and can be obtained in Moscow.

Thanks to the Mafia Wars community in Zynga forum for the early information. I've also purchased 20 items and have this limited edition item, though I will still not recommend really to purchase them all. I just have enough Godfather points and enjoy this one time opportunity of the year. But it's totally up to you.

Thanksgiving Food Fight Items: Loots

2009-11-26T03:10:00.000-08:00

More than 2 hours after the event started, I've finally completed all the 8 items. It takes a while to have the Food Coma. Somewhat worth the wait and effort though, as it has good stats and of course, you have the complete collection.

Top recommendation in order to have a good chance in having these loots, as most of you might already know, is to do the Mugging job in Street Thug job tier if you don't have lots of stamina.

Turkey Silencer

2009-11-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

Today, after Zynga's update, I've noticed some changes in Turkey Silencer gift item:

Old:

New:

No changes in the stats though.

Black Friday Sale!

2009-11-25T17:04:00.000-08:00

The event starts Friday (November 27, 2009 12:01am PST) and ends Monday (November 30, 2009 11:59pm PST). As per Zynga, it has Black Friday Limited Edition items, Hourly Special and hard to get items at steeply discounted prices. Can't wait!

Loot a Shipment of: Power Ploughs

2009-11-25T16:51:00.000-08:00

Available: November 26, 2009

20 Attack | 16 Defense

This is the same with Idaho Special where you can obtain the loot through social way. The "Send Invites" doesn't help you really in getting the loot and it will redirected to MyMafia page or worst, a null page.

Click the link below to obtain the loot (social way):
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=index&xw_action=initiate_vloot_job&xw_city=1

Update: This link also works.
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=index&xw_exp_sig=3e04798cd58dd2955130d89a52ff35b8&xw_time=1258686333&xw_action=initiate_vloot_job&xw_city=1&tmp=acd8a8f2ae89dbd05fccbc7f21e6c959

Update: Just received the item after helping my mafia.

Viking Helmet

2009-11-25T00:03:00.000-08:00

Available: November 25, 2009

21 Attack | 37 Defense

The stat is really crap and is not worth for 25 Godfather points. But it's really up to you if you are collecting items.

Thanksgiving Food Fight Items

2009-11-24T19:53:00.000-08:00

Get Ready!

The event will start November 26, 2009 (Thursday) 12:01am PT until November 30, 2009 (Monday) 11:59pm PT. You can loot the items through jobs and fights.

Below are the photos of the loot items:

Photo source: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=163065&id=71775107787&l=aa1406e8ee

Manhunter Shotgun

2009-11-22T23:49:00.001-08:00

Available: November 23, 2009

40 Attack | 24 Defense

Mafia Wars Toolbar

2009-11-21T20:08:00.000-08:00

Zynga released the Mafia Wars toolbar which is a Firefox plugin. The plugin will monitor your health and stats in real time.

http://toolbar.zynga.com/install/mw/

I haven't tried it though and what it looks like in the background, but for now I'm a little bit skeptical in using it. They offered a limited edition loot item for installing this thing. Not much worth the risk, but good for collection. Though I've found a way getting it without installing the toolbar. Thanks to Top Mafia Disabled forum for the tips, esp. to Bossy Don. Please use this link:
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/index.php?xw_controller=index&xw_action=toolbarlootreward&gift_key=insertgiftkeyhere

If you have no idea on the insertgiftkey, go to spockholm site (http://www.spockholm.com/mafia/bookmarklets.php), install the "MafiaGift" bookmarklet. Go to your Mafia Wars' gifting page and run the bookmarklet:

You will get something like this:

Replace the "insertgiftkeyhere" with the Secret Key above. Copy the complete URL and paste it in your browser's address bar and viola! You got the Utility Belt.

Toolbar Page:

How to Promote a Maniac Character to a Wheelman

2009-11-21T17:18:00.000-08:00

This post is inspired from the Top Mafia's facebook note "Loophole Exposed - How you can promote ANY person to ANY "Top Mafia" Position". But there's some changes, in which you can now only promote any character to one Top Mafia position. In this case, a Maniac to a Wheelman position. The advantage of course is a chance to perform jobs with no energy.

Below are the steps how:

1. In Mafia Wars, go to "My Mafia".
2. Select a person to promote, click the Promote button.
3. Promote first the Mastermind, in order the get the URL of promoting a mastermind, and the user UID. The link should look like this:
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=group&xw_exp_sig=71eb67e909943def283b0e4167b6daf3&xw_time=1258851370&xw_action=promote&xw_city=1&tmp=e99087324a34fc98597a5c8aed5c8d9e&slot=mastermind&uid=100000223491165
4. Now that we have the URL, demote the mastermind (so that you can promote him to Wheelman).
5. Modify the URL in order to promote to Wheelman. The URL should look like this:
http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=group&xw_exp_sig=71eb67e909943def283b0e4167b6daf3&xw_time=1258851370&xw_action=promote&xw_city=1&tmp=e99087324a34fc98597a5c8aed5c8d9e&slot=wheelman&uid=100000223491165
6. Finally, copy and paste the URL to the browser's address bar and hit Enter.

That's it! Enjoy!

Holiday Gifts: Thanksgiving Items

2009-11-19T22:14:00.000-08:00

Available: November 19, 2009

Thanksgiving items are available thru gift page. If you are redirected to the main page, you can find it in MyMafia menu of the game, beside the "Top Families".

Stats of these items are not so high, but good for collections.

Weapon

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Turkey Silencer	28	13
	Potato Masher	26	17
	Tomahawk	23	19

Armor

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Pigskin Helmet	18	24

Vehicle

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Parade Balloon	14	28

Idaho Specials

2009-11-19T21:45:00.000-08:00

Availabe: November 19, 20009

This is different from normal $10,000 Dollars item as it's more on helping mafias to loot the item. Eventhough the "Buy" button is not available, you can still purchase the item thru this link:

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=index&xw_action=buy_vloot

My thought on this is more likely on having the item without adding additional mafia in your family. If you want to have this thru social way, click the link below:

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=index&xw_action=initiate_vloot_job&xw_city=1

Spetsnaz Operative

2009-11-18T00:03:00.000-08:00

Available: November 18,2009

Iron Bull

2009-11-17T23:53:00.000-08:00

Available: November 16, 2009

Big Apple Week

2009-11-15T03:28:00.000-08:00

Date Available: November 15, 2009 - November 22, 2009

Finish New York! Double Mastery, Double Loot Drops and a Special Featured Job.

The event include special job called "Raid the Docks". You have to perform 4 steps in order to obtain a special loot, the "Cargo Ship" (15 Attack | 46 Defense).

Every step has a corresponding energy required and experience gained depending on your level. I'm in level 550+ when doing the jobs which 60 energy required and 120 experience gained.

Step 1: Break Into The Docks
Step 2: Force Open a Shipping Container
Step 3: Loot Valuable Electronics
Step 4: Find the Captain's Secret Stash

Mafia Wars Blog: http://blog.mafiawars.com/2009/11/big-apple-week-finish-new-york-now.html
Photo Source: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=160241&id=71775107787&l=6c64dfaa18

Veteran's Dog Tag

2009-11-11T20:37:00.001-08:00

Availabe: November 11, 2009

Experimental Crates

2009-11-10T22:25:00.000-08:00

Available: November 10, 2009

- 60% chance

- 30% chance

- 10% chance

Limited Edition Items: November 5, 2009

2009-11-09T19:19:00.001-08:00

Available: November 5, 2009 - TBD

Lobotomizer

2009-11-09T19:15:00.000-08:00

Available: November 9, 2009 - TBD

Whaambulance

2009-11-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Available: November 6, 2009

Halloween Crate

2009-11-04T19:00:00.001-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Available: November 4, 2009 -November 10, 2009

- 60% chance

- 30% chance

- 10% chance

Cuban Crate

2009-11-04T18:59:00.004-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

- 60% chance

- 30% chance

- 10% chance

Tiger Crate

2009-11-04T18:59:00.003-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Hard Labor Crate

2009-11-04T18:59:00.001-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Red Hammer Crate

2009-11-04T18:58:00.004-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Colosseum Crate

2009-11-04T18:58:00.003-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Street Crate

2009-11-04T18:58:00.001-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Wild West Crate

2009-11-04T18:57:00.000-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Woodsman Crate

2009-11-04T18:56:00.000-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Yakuza Crate

2009-11-04T18:55:00.003-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Tools Of Persuasion

2009-11-04T18:55:00.001-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Available: ?

Godfather Crate

2009-11-04T18:54:00.001-08:00

- TO BE UPDATED

Guerilla Bodyguard

2009-11-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

Available: Nov. 4, 2009
End Date: Nov. 9, 2009

Useful Links

2009-11-03T18:54:00.000-08:00

1. Recommended Order of Mastery for Maximum Progression
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=81052532198

2. How you can promote ANY person to ANY "Top Mafia" Position
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=101205432198

3. Bulk Add List
http://mafia.monkeytooth.net/

4. Wishlist Adder
http://shell.only4fun.org/~locheed/wish/index.html

Halloween 2009 Loot Event

2009-11-02T16:30:00.000-08:00

The event started on Oct. 30, 2009 and ended on Nov. 2, 2009. Special halloween job also became available on Oct. 28, 2009 and ended on Nov. 4, 2009.

Rob a Candy Truck

Energy: 100
Experience: 200

Chance to Loot:

Mastery Loot:

Loot drops in fights and jobs:

Weapons

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Frankenstein Poker Chips	22	10	-
	Fake Vampire Teeth	34	15	-
	Laser Squirrel	43	12	-

Armors

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Monkey Brain Stew	2	27	-
	YoZombie	21	18	-

Vehicles

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	ID
	Zombie Cow	25	15	-
	Dead End	32	20	-
	Kraken	24	41	-

The Sneak Attack

2009-11-02T04:42:00.000-08:00

Available: Nov. 2, 2009
End Date: Nov. 4, 2009

Limited Edition Items: Street Crates

2009-10-30T09:18:00.001-07:00

Available: Oct. 29, 2009
End Date: TBD

Riot Shield

2009-10-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 29, 2009
End Date: TBD

Infierno SAM Launcher

2009-10-28T20:31:00.001-07:00

Available: Oct. 28, 2009
End Date: Nov. 2, 2009

You can have this using your Godfather reward points.

Fugama Gureihaundo-X

2009-10-26T08:55:00.001-07:00

Available: Oct. 26, 2009
End Date: Oct. 28, 2009

You can have this using your Godfather reward points.

Limited Edition Items: Collesseum Collection

2009-10-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 23, 2009
End Date: Oct. 29, 2009

There are 3 items offered from the 8 Collesseum collection items:

You can have this buy using your Godfather reward points.

CA-10 TMP

2009-10-22T19:14:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 23, 2009
End Date: Oct. 29, 2009

18 Attack | 24 Defense

You need a certain number of Mafia members to have this.

Spockholm Tools: Job Helper

2009-10-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

As many of you (mafiosos) might already know, there's a Spockholm Mafia Wars Tools which make your life easier in playing the game.

I've used one important tool which if you don't use it, you really missed something. It's the Job Helper tool, where if there's any help needed from your Mafia family, you'll always be there willing to help. Good thing, you earned Money and Experience.

Below are the simple instructions how to use it:
1. Go to Spockholm Page.
2. It's best if you use Firefox (please see instructions on the page).
3. Look for Job Helper button and drag and drop it into you Bookmarks and/or Bookmarks Toolbar (Firefox).
4. Open Mafia Wars and click Job Helper in your Bookmarks/Bookmarks Toolbar.
5. That's it and enjoy!

Below is the sample screenshot:

When I am online, I always check Facebook for any job help in Mafia Wars. Well I missed those help above.. :|

Ballesta de Muneca

2009-10-21T07:58:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 21, 2009
End Date: Oct. 26 2009

40 Attack | 20 Defense

You can have this using 25 Godfather reward points.

Tesla PD Gun

2009-10-19T09:15:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 19, 2009
End Date: Oct. 21, 2009

You can have it for 25 Godfather Reward Points.

Episode 4: Avtoritet

2009-10-18T03:47:00.000-07:00

Episode 3: Brigadir

2009-10-18T01:39:00.003-07:00

Episode 2: Boets

2009-10-18T01:39:00.001-07:00

Episode 1: Baklany

2009-10-17T03:05:00.000-07:00

Unlike New York and Cuba, Moscow is quite different to progress jobs. It's chapter by chapter and a finale. You have to complete the current chapter in order to unlock the next chapter. At the end of the level mastery, you have a boss fight, which can be completed with the help of your mafia.

Jobs

Chapter 1

Job	Energy	Exp.	Payout	Chance to Loot	Item Required	Mastery
Smuggle Consumer Electronics for Vory	40	71	R$ 74,060
Arrange a Drug Shipment for the Mafiya	35	62	R$ 64,400
Figh Off an Ultra-National Gang	110	134	R$ 108,192

Chapter 2

Job	Energy	Exp.	Payout	Chance to Loot	Item Required	Mastery
Kidnap a Local Gang Leader for the Vory (Pick Vory)	41	73	R$ 75,670
Kill a Local Gang Leader for the Mafiya (Pick Mafiya)	41	73	R$ 76,670
Collect the Ranson (Vory)	44	74	R$ 40,250
Receive Vory Intel on Dmitri (Vory)	35	63	R$ 64,400
Collect the Hit Payoff (Mafiya)	49	84	R$ 45,080
Buy Mafiya Intel on Dmitri (Mafiya)	46	82	R$ 83,720

Below are the first 3 jobs:

After you finished all jobs in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 will be unlocked:

In Chapter 2, you have to choose a side. Vory or Mafiya.

I picked Mafiya in level 1 mastery. After completing the jobs in it, Chapter 2 jobs will be available:

After finishing all jobs in Chapter 2, Chapter 3 jobs will be opened:

After completing all jobs in Chapter 3, Finale will be opened, which involved Boss Fight which is Dmitri Leonov. Please see below for the Finale job:

Loots

Business

After I've completed the first job in Chapter 3 (ie. Threaten a Gang's Supplier), the Cigarette Smuggling Ring business opened.

El Cacique (Levels 151+)

2009-10-16T21:53:00.000-07:00

El Padrino (Levels 130 - 150)

2009-10-16T21:52:00.000-07:00

El Patron (Levels 110 - 129)

2009-10-16T21:51:00.002-07:00

El Jefe (Levels 85 - 109)

2009-10-16T21:51:00.001-07:00

El Capitan (Levels 60 - 84)

2009-10-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

Complete jobs in El Capitan job tier in Cuba:

After mastering level 3, you'll receive a Guerilla Commando:

El Soldado (Levels 35 - 59)

2009-10-16T21:42:00.000-07:00

Complete jobs in El Soldado job tier in Cuba:

After mastering level 3, you'll received a El Rey Roadster:

New Achievements on Oct. 15 Update

2009-10-16T09:10:00.000-07:00

- TO BE UPDATED...

Limited Edition Items: Woodsman Collection

2009-10-16T09:07:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 16, 2009
End Date: TBD

Ranger Body Armor

2009-10-16T09:02:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 12, 2009
End Date: Oct. 14, 2009

Carnivore Urban Shotgun

2009-10-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 16, 2009
End Date: Oct. 23, 2009

25 Attack | 14 Defense

You can have this in terms on the required number of mafias.

Jetski

2009-10-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 15, 2009
End Date: Oct. 17, 2009

40 Attack | 14 Defense

You can have it for 25 Godfather Reward Points

Boss (Levels 100+)

2009-10-14T20:37:00.000-07:00

Finally I've completed the Boss job tier and apparently the whole New York jobs.

Complete jobs for Boss Job Tier:

After mastering level 3, you'll receive a Golden Throne giving you 2x the energy regenerated per regen period.

Underboss (Levels 60 - 99)

2009-10-14T20:29:00.000-07:00

Complete jobs for Underboss Job Tier:

After mastering level 3, you'll receive a Private Island giving you a 5% bonus on job experience.

Consigliere (Levels 35 - 59)

2009-10-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

Complete jobs for Consigliere Job Tier:

After mastering level 3, you'll receive a Helicopter giving you a 30 seconds reduction on your energy regen timer.

Capo (Levels 25 - 34)

2009-10-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

Level 25

Level 26

Level 27

Level 28

Level 29

Level 30

Level 31

Level 32

Level 33

Level 34

Complete jobs for Capo Job Tier:

After mastering level 3, you'll recieve a State Senator giving you a 5% discount on property repairs.

Hitman (Levels 18 - 24)

2009-10-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

Level 18

Level 19

Level 20

Level 21

Level 22

Level 23

Level 24

Complete jobs for Hitman Job Tier:

After mastering level 3 in this tier, you'll recieve a Chainsaw Bayonet giving you a 30 seconds reduction on your stamina regen timer.

Enforcer (Levels 13 - 17)

2009-10-14T19:56:00.001-07:00

Level 13

Level 14

Level 15

Level 16

Level 17

Complete jobs for Enforcer Job Tier:

After mastering level 3 in this tier, you'll receive a Money Plate giving you 5% discount on property purchases.

Soldier (Levels 9 - 12)

2009-10-13T23:18:00.001-07:00

Level 9
- Destroy Enemy Mob Hideout
- Kill a Protected Snitch
- Bust a Made Man Out of Prison
- Fight a Haitian Gang

Level 10
- Clip the Irish Mob's Local Enforcer
- Steal a Tanker Truck

Level 11
- *No jobs added*

Level 12
- *No jobs added*

Complete jobs for Soldier Job Tier:

After mastering level 3 in this job tier, you'll receive a Golden Skull giving you 30 seconds reduction on your health regen timer.

Associate (Levels 5 - 8)

2009-10-13T22:58:00.000-07:00

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7
- Collect a Protection Money
- Rough Up Dealers
- Take Out a Rogue Cop
- Perform a Hit
- Bank Heist
- Jewelry Store Job
- Hijack a Semi

Level 8

Complete jobs for Associate Job Tier:

After mastering level 3, you'll receive a Roadster giving you -7% damage received in fights.

Street Thug (Levels 1 - 4)

2009-10-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

When you start playing Mafia Wars, you start at Level 2 with first 2 available jobs.

Level 2
- Mugging
- Corner Store Hold-up

Below are the complete jobs for Street Thug:

There are 3 levels of Mastery in every Job Tier. Once you master this tier (Level 3 Mastery), you'll get a Job Mastery Bonus of Pistol Bayonet giving you +4% damage dealt in fight.

Promoting Members in your Mafia

2009-10-11T22:26:00.000-07:00

Use this as a guide:

Mastermind - Choose the member with the most jobs completed and promote the best member to Mastermind for increased experience points when doing jobs.
Wheelman - Choose the member with the highest level, find and promote the best member with the Fearless character type to Wheelman for reduced energy cost on jobs.
Button Man - Choose the member with the highest level, find and promote the best member with the Maniac character type to Button Man for an increase in Attack.
Bodyguard - Choose the member with the most fights won and promote the best member to Bodyguard for an increase in Defense.
Safecracker - Choose the member with the most successful heists and promote the best member to Safecracker for increase money from fighting and robbing.
Bagman - Choose the member with the highest level, find and promote the best.

Weekly Sale: Cowboy Collection

2009-10-09T01:32:00.000-07:00

Phoenix Hang-Glider

2009-10-08T09:53:00.001-07:00

Available: Oct. 7, 2009
End Date: Oct. 12, 2009

Moscow: New Inventory from Episode 3 and 4 Release

2009-10-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

Upon exploring Moscow Inventory, I've noticed new items.. cool items..!

Weapons
New weapons from Episode 3 and 4 release are:
- Shturmovaya Vintovka
- RAS-28 SMG

Armors
New Armors are:
- Bronezhilet
- Riot Helmet
- Forest Camo Suit
- Arctic Camo Suit

Vehicles
New Vehicles are:
- Lisitsa 32 Sedan
- BYK-922
- KRZ8

Blunderbuss

2009-10-08T09:25:00.000-07:00

Available: Oct. 8, 2009
End Date: Oct. 16, 2009

Free Gift Page: Sending Multiple Gifts

2009-10-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

Most of you might already know this, for those who are not, this helpful especially sending multiple important consumable items in a day (ie. Blackmail Photos, Untraceable Cellphone, Illegal Transaction Records, etc). It all begin with the Free Gift Page. In a day, you can send up to 30 items (1 in each recipient). Below are the steps on how to do it:

1. Copy the Free Gift Page link in the browser address bar.
2. If you're using IE8 or any tab browsers, just open new "Tab" and copy again the Free Gift Page link.
3. I usually do this 29 times (29 tabs).
4. Go to each tab and select the gift you want to send.
5. Click "Proceed to Send" in each tab, and select recipient.
6. Finally, click "Send Mafia Wars Gift Request" button in each tab.

Mafia Wars Moscow: Exclusive First Look!

2009-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:00

Source: Games.com

Mafia Wars: Moscow, the second expansion to the mob-themed Facebook game Mafia Wars, lets players expand their criminal empire into brand new territory. Mafia Wars publisher Zynga gave us an exclusive sneak peek at the new expansion, set to hit a browser near you September 24.

The expansion's basic game mechanics will remain unchanged. Score cash and experience points by taking on missions and fighting rival mafias; use the cash to buy weapons, power-ups and properties; and use the experience points to level up your mobster's energy levels or fighting skills as you see fit.

The biggest difference in this expansion? Mafia Wars Senior Product Manager David Kahn says it will have, "a new look and feel," and, "will be much harder than other expansions we released before, more geared to higher level players, level 70-plus."

As soon as you arrive in Moscow, you're forced to choose sides. Will you help the the Vory v Zakone, a group of old-school Russian mobsters, or the Mafiya, former KGB and military officers who have learned that organized crime pays far more rubles than a government job? The loot items for the missions will be different depending on which faction you go with, so choose wisely.

Also unlike the other Mafia Wars scenarios, missions will be broken down into chapters, and you will not be able to see the next set of missions until you complete a chapter and defeat the boss at the end. Players will also have to rely on friends more than before to defeat these high-powered crime lords.

As for achievements, Moscow will have six new achievements, five new businesses, six new collections and 50-plus Russian-themed weapons, armor and vehicles. Some of those specialty items will include an AK-47 type gun, specialty night-vision goggles, and of course, classic Russian nesting dolls.

Of course, we had to ask, "Why Moscow?" Kahn says in addition to Moscow's mobbed up history, they chose the city because that's what the fans wanted (via an online voting campaign).

The fans also picked the location for the next two Mafia Wars expansions -- Asia and the Western US -- but details are scarce since Zynga developers are busy asking players what features they want to see next. Now that's what we call social gaming.

Mafia Wars Moscow launches Thursday, September 24. As they say in Russia, Увидем Вас там! (we'll see you there).

Original Article: http://blog.games.com/2009/09/25/mafia-wars-moscow-its-live-check-out-details-from-episode-1/

Mafia Wars: Moscow - It's Live! Check Out Details from Episode 1: Baklany and Episode 2: Boets

2009-10-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

Source: Games.com

The newest expansion to the popular Facebook social game, Mafia Wars, went live at just after midnight PST this morning. Moscow introduces a whole new set of missions, items and businesses to take over. We covered the main changes in our exclusive Mafia Wars preview earlier this week, but here's a rundown of the things you'll run into during your first few days with the expansion. Reminder: you'll need to be at level 70 or higher in order to travel to Moscow and access these missions.

Episode 1: Baklany
- The first chapter of Moscow kicks off with three different missions: Smuggle Consumer Electronics for the Vory, Arrange A Drug Shipment for the Mafiya, Fight Off An Ultra-National Gang.
- Each mission will run you at least 30-40 energy points each (depending on your Top Mafia and other upgrades you may have), so be prepared to either spend some money buying energy refills or wait a long time to regenerate in order to master the stages.

Business Time
- Moscow starts you with one business, an Unlicensed Taxi Stand. Don't be fooled by its high selling numbers -- that money is all in Russian Ruble (and according to current conversion rates, one Ruble is equal to roughly 0.03 Dollars). Life's tough.
- Two other businesses are visible but not available: Cigarette Smuggling Ring and Black-Market Car Lot, which you can purchase after Episode 1, Chapter 3 and Episode 2, Chapter 3, respectively.

Weapons and Defense
- Many missions will utilize guns and vehicles you've previously owned in Cuba and New York.
- Three weapons are available immediately: Dubina, Pistolet Besshumnyj, Boevoy Nozh.
- Two types of armor : Tracksuit, Balaclava (tracksuit... really?)
- And three vehicles: Mototsykl, Taksi, Dvina

The Loot
- The collection tied to the Baklany episode is called Prison Tattoos.
- The following 'items' are in the collection: Rose Tattoo, Church Tattoo, Star Tattoo, Spider Tattoo, Tiger Tattoo, Skull Tattoo, Crucifix Tattoo.
- A second collection is visible, and contains items that can be earned in the second episode.
- The Matryoshka Doll Collection includes: Natalya's Doll, Olga's Doll, Oksana's Doll, Svetlana's Doll, Tatyana's Doll, Anastasiya's Doll, Ekaterina's Doll.

Other Changes:
- You'll note that each episode now has unique header art. We've seen this in other Facebook games, notably Yakuza Lords, but never before in Mafia Wars (save for the boss battles back in New York).
- The second episode is called Boets (as revealed on the Collections page). The header art is below.

Original Article: http://blog.games.com/2009/09/25/mafia-wars-moscow-its-live-check-out-details-from-episode-1/

Mafia Wars Moscow: Exclusive Sneak Peek at Episodes 3 & 4

2009-10-07T07:56:00.000-07:00

Source: Games.com

On Thursday, October 8, Mafia Wars Moscow will get a little bit bigger with the launch of two new add-ons: Episode 3: Bragadir and Episode 4: Avtoritet.

In Episodes 1 and 2, which were initially released with the Mafia Wars Moscow expansion -- you took up smuggling and drug running (depending on which Russian mafia faction you joined), now it's time to move on to more high-profile operations.

In Episode 3, you'll take on the Moscow Financial System, pulling off a heist of the RossijaBanc Central Repository. Then you'll work your way toward this episode's boss -- bank president Gregor Belikov. Let's just assume there's not going to be a bail-out package for this banking fat cat (see image below). Two new loot items in this episode include the Taiga Combat Shotgun and the Ex-KGB bodyguard.

Episode 4 will take you deep into the Russian military where you'll work with the Vory or the Mafiya to take down the corrupt General Osipov. Use your mafia members and major firepower to defeat the General and his commanders. New items in this episode include the Orel Armored Helicopter and the Razoritel Grenade Launcher.

Reminder: you will need to be at least level 70 to access any episode in Mafia Wars Moscow. Happy hunting.

Original Article: http://blog.games.com/2009/10/06/mafia-wars-moscow-exclusive-sneak-peek-at-episodes-3-and-4/

Energy Pack..

2009-09-14T00:40:00.000-07:00

Players can receive energy pack every 23 hours. If no one sent you today then copy and paste the link below to get one.
Note: You must logged in your account for this to work.

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_time=1237585519&xw_exp_sig=e18dcf6e9b149755d11809297ca910cf&xw_controller=index&xw_action=use_and_energy_all

If you've already used it then you'll get the message below:

Check again tomorrow, or check the time remaining to get one.

The Free Gift Page

2009-09-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

If you're unable to find your Free Gift page, the link below can bring you there:

http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/remote/html_server.php?xw_controller=interstitial&xw_action=view

The game should bring us to this page for a certain interval/period of time (after we sent gifts to our mafias). If you can't see this page frequently, reason is you might clicked the "join my mafia" link and/or bonus link, etc.

4th of July

2009-07-03T00:20:00.000-07:00

The event started on July 3, 2009 to July 6, 2009. This is in celebration of United States independence day 2009. Loots can be obtained through jobs and fights. And also, the only giftable loot so far from an event. No crates was also offered after the event.

** to be updated.

Add Me Page

2009-03-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

I always welcome new friends. Feel free to add me if you like to your mafia family..

click here to add me as a friend in facebook

Please indicate "Mafia Wars request".

My additional info on Top Mafia position:
Mastermind = max (11%)
Button Man = max (11%)
Bodyguard = max (11%)

Feel free to promote me if you like. :)

See you there!

Special Loots and Gifts

2008-11-29T02:47:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered on some items owned by high level/veteran players in Mafia Wars? Items that are not obtainable by Godfather points and/or $10000, and even items/loots from an event? Out of curiosity, I've looked around what are these items and how did they get it.

Below are some few examples:

Item	Name	Attack	Defense	-
	Gold 9mm Gun	15	10	No longer available. Originally obtained from playing Mafia Casino. Also once drop in a special crate of discontinued loot.
	Mac-10	7	5	Originally obtained from playing Mafia Casino by doing the "Hustle a High Roller Job".
	Bullet-Proof Bentley	10	30	No longer available. Can be obtained by winning 20,000 pokers chips in the Mafia Casino.
	Weighted Knuckle Gloves	18	11	Gift from Zynga.
	Bloody Mop	18	14	Gift from Zynga.
	Tire Iron	18	15	Gift from Zynga.
	Phone Bomb	27	18	Can be obtained by installing Mafia Wars in your I-pod.
	Bloody Webby	22	15	A gift appreciation from Zynga for winning the Webby Awards for Mafia Wars.
	Stolen Mail Truck	10	20	Can be obtained when signing up the Mafia Wars newsletter.

Well, credit goes to Mafia Wars Maniac blog (thanks Ade), in which for now, the only source of information for these items.

If you happened to find out some items same as these, drop me an email (mitsram@gmail.com).