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Mafia Wars Cake Jailbreak Event Exposed

Phillip Scott — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:41:21 +0000

We all know that the gang over at Zynga have never been stingy when it comes to providing the players of their top social network game, Mafia Wars with new and exciting events. Today we are going to learn about one of the most current events, the Mafia Wars Cake Jailbreak event.

Here is the official Zynga take on the event.

You can have your cake and eat it too with the upcoming Cake Jailbreak event! You’ll have a limited time to collect different cakes from your mafia to earn awesome new mastery items. You’ll be working on 3 cakes filled with escape tools to get out of jail. Each cake will have 3 levels of mastery for you to complete. As you finish one level, you’ll move on to a more challenging level. Get on your Mafia’s good side and have them send you as many cakes as you can get your hands on!

The Birthday Cake, Wedding Cake, and Cupcakes will be unlocked one at a time and available to send from your free gifts page. Help your friends out during the event by sending these special desserts their way so they’ll reap the sweet rewards as well. Once you master all 3 cakes through the gold level, you’ll be rewarded with the grand prize for your efforts.

Events in Mafia Wars have always been fun and in most cases provided some very nice equipment that you can use to strengthen your mafia and the Mafia Wars Cake Jailbreak event does not disappoint in this area either.

The event can be replayed a total of three times after mastery. Here is list of the rewards that you will earn playing Cake Jailbreak in Mafia Wars. Each item will increase in attack and defense value as you complete the different levels.


Gift	Number	Item	Attack	Defense
Birthday Cakes	4	Lockdown	58	92
	8		66	106
	16		74	120
Wedding Cakes	4	Jailbird	37	97
	8		42	110
	16		47	123
Cupcakes	4	Orange Peel	63	89
	8		71	104
	16		79	119

When you have completed all of the levels you will be presented with the Mastery Item.

Mug Shot

Attack: 94

Defense: 136

Events are a great free way to build up an arsenal of very good equipment for your mafia.

Mafia Wars Sixth Generation Gold Treasure Chest

Phillip Scott — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:37:38 +0000

The first Gold Treasure Chest appeared in Mafia Wars on April 16th, 2010 offering some very nice items. We are not up to the 6th generation gold treasure chest.

Sixth Generation Gold Treasure Chest Facts

6th generation gold treasure chests may be found by doing jobs and are on a random chance.
In order to open your treasure chest you will need a key; which can be purchased from the Marketplace, it costs 9 Reward Points.
Hourly sales give you the opportunity to purchase keys at a reduced cost.
You may send gold treasure chests as a gift, but the items inside are not giftable.
You may win 1, 10, 20, 50, 100, or 1,000 Reward Points in each chest. Good luck on getting the big one!

Item	Type	Attack	Defense	Notes
Armor Piercing K-28	Weapon	26	54	Originally debuted on 9/13/2010 and was a Jack Pot Bonus
Ascension	Weapon	26	57	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest
Hopi Rattle Snake	Animal	58	32	Debuted 6/9/2010 as a 35 RP Marketplace Item
Rock Python	Animal	58	31	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest
Trouble Maker	Weapon	55	46	First offering 6/23/2010 for completing 10 levels on Crime Spree
Remorra Gray	Vehicle	62	34	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest
Pesaro Racer	Vehicle	25	61	Offered on 8/13/2010 as a Jackpot Bonus
Signal Scrambler	Armor	52	26	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest
ShrapShield	Armor	59	30	First appeared 4/22/2010 as a Jackpot Bonus
Scissor Sister	Armor	25	51	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest
Offroad	Vehicle	51	23	Appeared 8/13/2010 as a Jackpot Bonus
Folding Machine Gun	Weapon	54	27	New item for 6th Generation Gold Treasure Chest

Chests have been part of the Mafia Wars game since the beginning and are a great way to pick up some very nice items.

Mafia Wars Black Friday Raid

Phillip Scott — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:34:02 +0000

The folks over at Zynga have always provided fun and exciting events on holidays and this Thanksgiving weekend is no exception. The Mafia Wars Black Friday Event started on Friday November 26 and runs through Monday November 28.

During the Black Friday Event you will find that there are many very nice items on sale a deep discounts. Here is the official notice that was posted by Zynga regarding the event.

It’s a Thanksgiving sale-abration! Get ready for huge savings for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. From November 26th through the 29th, you’ll be able to enjoy significant discounts on all items in the Marketplace. You’ll have to hurry for the savings though – sale items are only available for a limited time, so act fast and do your shopping before they sell out at the reduced prices.

While you shop, you’ll also be able to participate in the Black Friday Heist. You’ll be given a high stat truck as soon as the event is underway, and you’ll work to keep it by filling it with 15 Marketplace goodies. Once it’s filled, it’ll be put in your inventory. Not only are you getting sweet savings, you’ll be getting a great limited edition item to boot!

As an added bonus, when you spend:

500-999 RPs, you could win a Mafia Wars Dog-Tag necklace

1000-1999 RPs, win a Dog-Tag necklace and Mafia Wars Hat

2000+ RPs, win a Dog-Tag necklace, Mafia Wars Hat, and an autographed Mafia Wars poster

We will be tracking all spends and will notify winners 2-3 weeks after the sale. The Black Friday Raid ends November 29th at 11:59PM PST.

Mark it on your calendars and join us this weekend for incredible deals at the Marketplace!

There are 5 new items available during the Black Friday Event.

Item	Attack	Defense	RP Price
Nightmare Claw	80	41	20
Black Friday Mask	79	44	20
Christy	39	81	20
Chomps	80	37	20
Berzerker	120	60	**FREE
** Mastery Reward if player purchases 15 or more items during the event.

Note: If you choose to buy crates to fulfill the 15 item requirement make sure that you purchase them individually as it seems that the purchase of 3 still only counts as one purchase.

Mafia Wars Rumble in Russia

Phillip Scott — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:42:36 +0000

The Rumble in Russia fight event is on the way. Here is the official Zynga announcement

New bosses, new fights, new rewards – Get ready for the Rumble in Russia fight event! Players will be taking on 4 bosses with the help of their mafia in order to earn a special mastery item. Each boss requires that the previous boss be defeated before progressing further. You’ll need to ask your mafia for help to defeat each boss before time runs out. When your mafia comes to your aid, they’ll be able to fight a boss as if they are facing the boss themselves. Those who earn the most damage per boss fight will receive additional rewards!

Make sure you have your strongest gear and weapons in tow – each boss fight will become increasingly tougher as you make your way through the levels. Only after you defeat one boss will you be able to move on to the next. When you play, you’ll be rewarded for defeating each boss and earn mastery items along the way, as well as gain well-deserved bragging rights. Defeat all 4 bosses through the gold level and you’ll get the Ursa Major, with 60 attack and 115 defense, as your grand prize.

There’s never been more incentive to play. Join us for this limited time event coming your way soon. Click here and play Mafia Wars today!

In order to participate in the Rumble in Russia event you must be level 20 or higher.

The event requires that you defeat each of the 4 bosses on each of 3 levels in a specified period of time.

Boss Info

Boss	Level	Health	Timer
Leneov	1	8,000	12 hrs.
	2	24,000	8 hrs.
	3	96,000	4 hrs.

Boss	Level	Health	Timer
Belikov	1	10,000	12 hrs.
	2	30,000	8 hrs.
	3	120,000	4 hrs.

Boss	Level	Health	Timer
Osipov	1	12,000	12 hrs.
	2	36,000	8 hrs.
	3	144,000	4 hrs.

Boss	Level	Health	Timer
Bassinov	1	14,000	12 hrs.
	2	42,000	8 hrs.
	3	168,000	4 hrs.

As you defeat the bosses you will earn Rewards

Boss	Item	Level	Attack	Defense
Leneov	Atlas Torso	1	44	31
		2	70	43
		3	89	51

Boss	Item	Level	Attack	Defense
Belikov	Crushed Ice	1	50	29
		2	77	46
		3	96	59

Boss	Item	Level	Attack	Defense
Osipov	Big Z	1	58	54
		2	72	82
		3	49	108

Boss	Item	Level	Attack	Defense
Bassinov	Civ-4 Carbine	1	49	59
		2	62	87
		3	84	113

After defeating all of the bosses on each level your mastery item will improve as well.

Mastery Item	Level	Attack	Defense
Ursa Major	1	43	65
	2	49	92
	3	60	115

Mafia Wars San Juan Event – Time for Tropical Drinks and Big Fun

Phillip Scott — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:30:51 +0000

Zynga has always been great about giving us special events, holiday events, movie events and much more. Right now the San Juan event is going on. In this event you will face four very Bosses who have been running the Puerto Rican underworld. Will you come out on top?

All of the Bosses in San Juan are social missions. Social missions are those in which you can ask your mafia for help. The more people that respond the more success you will have. Once these Bosses are bested you will gain a mastery item as well as other rewards including experience and Las Vegas chips.

Each Boss can be defeated three times. At every defeat the mastery item that you acquired from a particular boss will become stronger. Once you have defeated each Boss for the third time you will be awarded a rare vehicle. Here is a quick list of the mastery items that you can win by completing Mafia Wars San Juan.

Boss	Item	Attack	Defense
Senor Carazco	Throwing Knives	49	87
General Vargas	MG Gloss 350	57	95
Don Ramirez	Night Vision Viewer	106	71
Big Lou	Red piranha	110	82

Mastery Item for Beating All Bosses
Outlander		112	58

The San Juan event is a limited time encounter and lasts 10 days. When you engage a Boss you have a limited amount of time to defeat him. Bosses in San Juan are particularly tough and you may want to rely on shivs, stun guns, grenades and other fight enhancing boosts.

San Juan is a very welcome mini-adventure for Mafia Wars players and consists of defeating 4 quite tough Bosses. With risk comes reward in the form of mastery items that increase in power with successive defeats of the same boss. Finally after defeating all of the Bosses 3 times you will be rewarded with another mastery item. Hurry to San Juan to complete this limited time event.

Mafia Wars Mystery Vault

Phillip Scott — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:52:54 +0000

The Mystery Vault is new to Mafia Wars. It is a randomly appearing pop up that players are seeing from time to time that gives them the opportunity to find some limited loot, Reward Points or experience points.

To make use of the Mystery Vault you must click on “Email Me The Code!” You will have to give Zynga your email address of course.

After you have provided your email you will get a new email message from Mafia Wars or Zynga with a link in it that you will have to click. When you click the link you will be returned to your Mafia Wars page where you will be presented with a new message, which you must click in order to open the vault.

You can find random limited loot items, 1000 Reward Points, or 250 XP. To be totally honest you are most likely to find the experience points since giving away 1000 reward points would be counter productive to a game with the sale of reward points as its revenue model.

Good luck to everyone and may you find what you seek in the Mystery Vault.

Mafia Wars Tax Evasion Party!

Phillip Scott — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:02:55 +0000

April 15^th is a day that many people in America dread. It is the last day to file your income taxes and usually is a cause for dread. Not so this tax day. Mafia Wars is throwing a huge Tax Evasion party to lift your spirits and fill your bank account.

Zynga has been wonderful when it comes to celebrating holidays and other days of note. They did not fail on tax day either. The Mafia Wars Tax Evasion Party gives everyone that plays today (April 15) some perks that are very nice indeed.

Enjoy tax day by taking advantage of

Double Mastery in ALL Cities
If you have been lagging behind or want to finish off a tier or two this is a great thing. Double mastery will give you a huge leg up when you are trying to finish off New York, Cuba, Moscow or Bangkok.
The Backdoor
The Backdoor is one of the best defensive items in the game and boasts 21 Attack and 53 Defense.

As I said above, Zynga is great about providing interesting items and fun opportunities for holidays and other events.

Always take advantage of these opportunities, especially ones such as the Tax Evasion Party because they offer double mastery. While double mastery may not level your character quicker it does give you the chance to get your hands on some of the mastery items. These items are usually some of the best to be had in the entire game.

Mafia Wars St. Patrick’s Day Collection

Phillip Scott — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:49 +0000

Zynga has always been very good about putting out limited edition loot for major holidays and come to think of it some minor ones as well. St. Patrick’s Day is no exception.

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated every March 17th and is named after Saint Patrick who lived from the year 387 to 461 and is the patron Saint of Ireland. St. Patrick’s day began as a purely Catholic holiday, then became an official feast day in the 1600’s, and eventually grew into a holiday celebrated around the world.

The holiday fits into the Mafia Wars imagery in that the Irish Mob dominated Boston and New York for more than a century before facing competition from Jewish and Italian gangs in the late 1900’s.

This year Zynga has given us a brand new collection to gather. Here they are and how you can get them.

The St. Patrick’s Day Collection
Item	How to Get it
Irish Flag	Dublin Derby Job
Green Fireworks	Jobs
Lucky Pint Glass	Win Fights
Leprechaun	Jobs
Green Bowler Cap	Jobs
Pot of Gold	Win Fights
Bag Pipes	Free Gift

Vault Bonus: Irish Wolf Hound (48 Attack / 29 Defense)

The collection can only be vaulted once.

The St. Patrick’s Day collection is the newest in a long line of holiday themed collections from Zynga. Let’s hope that they continue the tradition for a very long time.

Mafia Wars Treasure Chests

Phillip Scott — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:40:41 +0000

On Tuesday Zynga released “Treasure Chests” for Mafia Wars. The chests are a way that players can get their hands on a number of fairly sweet items. There is a catch however, the feature is not free. It will cost you some Godfather Points.

To participate in the “Treasure Chest” event you must acquire a Treasure Chest Key. To obtain this item you simply need to complete jobs as normal and you will be presented with a popup that offers you the chance to purchase the key for 9 Godfather points.

One might wonder if purchasing the key and participating in the event is really worth it. It is not my place to tell you if it is or not but I can help you make your decision by giving you a glimpse of the items that you can get if you choose to.

Treasure Chest Items
Item	Type	Attack	Defense
A Deadly AA-12 Auto Shotgun	Weapon	34	18
A Deadly Boomslang ACR	Weapon	45	20
A Deadly Bullet-Proof Berkshire	Vehicle	20	36
Deadly Armed Guards	Armor	12	28

The above are the items that I have seen so far but may not be a complete list.

The items are very nice and are a must for those of us who are serious collectors and want at least one of everything available in Mafia Wars. If you have the spare Godfather points and want to get some good equipment then by all means jump on the offer. On the other hand there are items in the game that are much better and are completely free. The decision is yours.

Zynga also announced this week that the Bangkok Expansion will be going into beta sometime this week. With as many accounts as I have it is likely I will be able to begin to give you some insight on the expansion early next week. Feel free to leave some comments detailing your experiences if you are part of the beta as well.

The Last Score of 2009

Phillip Scott — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:40:01 +0000

Mafia Wars is running a year’s end job called the “Last Score of 2009.” The job is available right now and will continue through January 4th so get cracking on it if you want to master it.

The Last Score of 2009 job is different than other event or holiday jobs in that for the first time players will be able to choose their own path with three separate jobs to choose from.

Each job has its own rewards and time frame. Here is a quick breakdown of the jobs that are available along with their pertinent information.

Last Sore of 2009
Job	Payout		Requires	Bounus Payout		Redo Time
Job	Exp	Mastery	Requires	Bounus Payout		Redo Time
Seal a Shipment of Champagne	+45	1%	30 Energy	+45 Exp	10% Chance of Attack Bonus	5 mins
Crash the Mayor’s NYE Party	+120	7%	60 Energy	+30 Exp	50% Chance of Special Item	4 hours
Steal the NYE Manhattan Ball	+300	15%	100 Energy	+50 Exp	100% Chance of Special Item	8 hours

When given the opportunity to publish these jobs on your wall you should do so because any mafia members who click on “Score Big” will be awarded 2 Free Reward Points.

Job mastery awards a rare item but as yet I do not know what it is. Rest assured that I will post the item as soon as I get some information on it.