Challenge Mission South Africa

It looks like South Africa will be the next mission for us, and it looks like it is coming soon.


It looks like it will be much like Challenge Mission London and Paris; 3 chapters, collect a consumable item (in this case Counterfeit Tickets) to finish jobs.

There will be one new chapter each week, and 3 chapters total. The first chapter comes out in two days (Saturday night late).

Oh, and make sure you add someone to your Mafia right away - you will be able to collect 10 counterfeit tickets right away and get a little bit of a head start on the collection!

New Fighting Loot - 2 Year Mafia Wars Anniversary

So, it is time for part 2 of the Mafia Wars 2-year anniversary.

According to a sneak peak from the Mafia Wars official Facebook page, here is what we are getting:

"It’s time to man up and fight. For two days only, get TWICE THE LOOT in all cities. Fight for new loot. Fight for revenge. Fight now. We’re celebrating 2 years of crime, and giving you 5 Throwing Knives to get started. Double Fight Loot starts tonight at 12:00 AM PT and ends June 17 11:59 PM PT."


So, for two days, you will get twice as much loot as normal from fighting. It's a nice perk, but the real catch is apparently you will be able to fight for new loot as well.

Here are some of the items you can get. They are not tradeable.

Weapons:

Zeus (54 attack, 18 defense)

Devastator (52 attack, 36 defense)

12 Gauge (35 attack, 51 defense)


Armor:

Skull Cap (28 attack, 51 defense)

Segmented Body Plate (50 attack, 31 defense)


Vehicles:


Turbo Road Warrior (51 attack, 35 defense)

Cobra G7 (53 attack, 25 defense)

Ruby Red (38 attack, 52 defense)

Animals:

Condor (37 attack, 50 defense)

Cougar (51 attack, 32 defense)

Rhinoceros (20 attack, 54 defense)


According to the moderators on the official forums, the new loot items are here to stay, but the bonus drop rate is just for 48 hours.

Looks like its time to go back to fighting!

Mafia Wars 2 Year Anniversary - Double Job Mastery

Mafia Wars 2 Year Anniversary - Double Job Mastery

In all cities (except for London), players will now earn double job mastery now through Sunday, June 13th at 12:01 AM (i.e. Saturday night).


So, really, you only have about a day from now to get your double mastery. As you can see from the picture above, there will be some sort of "fight rewards" offered as part of the 2 year anniversary; we will have to wait until June 16th to see what that is all about.

Personally, if you are like me, job mastery is not stopping you in Bangkok but rather $B itself. I think most players who are almost done all the content would say the same. The cost of Bangkok chapter 7 is intense to say the least!

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As some of you have mentioned in the comments, the Coming Soon section of Mafia Wars has been updated to include Mafia Wars Las Vegas:


Note the key words: "Fighting and battle take the center stage in Sin City."

After reading that I hope this is not referring to the new "Fight Club" but rather actual content that players can progress through using Stamina (bosses, fighting other players, robbing targets, etc).

If that is the case, it would make sense that Episodes 6 and 7 are so lengthy. If players use primarily stamina to progress through Las Vegas, then they will have plenty of energy to slowly chip away at Episodes 6 and 7. Players might be able to concurrently work through Las Vegas and Bangkok at the same time, spending stamina in Las Vegas and energy in Bangkok.

Of course, this is all just conjecture, we will have to wait and see!

Mafiawars Paris Chapter 3

The final episode of Mafia Wars Paris, Chapter 3, is now live!


Entitled "The Last Tangle in Paris", this episode is actually pretty easy. The requirements do not seem to be much higher map-wise than previous chapter, and as you can see from the picture above, you get more maps every day from the "collect" button.

Here are the map requirements for each job:

Find an Escape Route: 12% mastery per job attempt; 3/4/5 maps per job (depending on heat meter)

Evade the Authorities: 6% mastery per job attempt; 3/4/5 maps per job

Flee the Country: 4% mastery per job; 4/5/6 maps per job

If you are struggling with the map collection, the easiest way to collect maps is to repeat low energy jobs over and over.

The reward is the DaVinci Q415, which is a car with 63 attack and 103 defense.

Mafiawars Central Mainframe Access Secret Code

As you do jobs and fight, you will have a random chance for this pop-up to appear:



Apparently, players can enter this secret code (blurred for privacy, of course!) in at the Mafia Wars app home page for a special bonus each day.

Many players have not reported seeing a place on the home page to enter the code. There seems to be a refractory period (of about a few hours) between which you get your code and the space appears on the homepage that allows you to edit it. The box to enter the code is big, so once it is available you can't miss it:


Additionally, this bonus is also only meant for one account - if you enter the wrong code into a different account, you won't get a bonus (or worse, who knows), so make sure you keep your accounts straight and do not share your code with friends.

If you have been entering your Central Mainframe Access Code in each day, here is what you would have gotten:

Day 1: +3 attack
Day 2: +3 defense
Day 3: +10 (!) Health
Day 4: +3 stamina

So far, so good! The +10 health from yesterday was really unexpected. Between the past 4 days, the Central Mainframe has given away the equivalent of 19 skill points, or almost 4 level ups (though 10 health is not quite as good as 10 attack or energy).

Not a bad deal at all. If you lost your code, readers have reported that by e-mailing Zynga you can get a code replacement in short order.

Edit for some frequently asked questions:

1. I am unable to get my code again.

You only get it once. Write it down. What I did was save it to my desktop in a .txt document so I can copy and paste it in.

2. I do not see the place to enter the code.

This pops up on the home page every now and again. You can only enter your code every 24 hours. Be patient.