How to Master Mafia Wars

The question, what we need to build a powerful mafia?. This guide will show you how to quickly achieve success in the game.

Step 1. Jobs/Investments
You'll want to do some jobs to get some money. But pretty soon, you won't have to do any jobs, because with the right investments, you can make more money letting your investments do the work for you. At that point, you'll just be doing jobs to level up. Stick to doing jobs that give you the highest payoff/energy used ratio or the highest experienced gained/energy used ratio. This will let you gain money faster or level up faster, or both.

Once you have some money, you'll want to invest it. Stick to getting the most out of your money. Mafia Mike's is the best investment you can make, so get as many as you can. After that, only buy properties with the highest return to investment ratio. Don't forget to include the land cost into this figure; once you build on land you lose the return the land gives you.

It's better to stick the money in the bank until you can put it to use later. The bank will charge you a 10% laundering fee, but that's much better than losing it all in a fight.

Once you have a stable income, you can move on to outfitting your mafia with weapons, armor, and vehicles.

Note: As you complete jobs, you will level up, and you will gain experience and Godfather points. Do not spend them without reading the section about leveling (below).

Step 2. Winning Fights
To win more attacks, outfit everyone in your mafia with the weapons, armor, and vehicles with the highest attack ratings. The higher your average attack rating per mafia member is, the better your chances are of winning the fight. Usually the best weapons are awarded from the Godfather.

To win more when you are attacked, you should also have the weapons, armor, and vehicles with the highest defense ratings. When you are being attacked, your mafia will use those items to defend instead of the attack weapons. Again, the higher your average defense rating per mafia member, the better your chances are of winning the fight.

And maybe you can see from the mafia size, just choose with small mafia size better than you. So that will increase chance you to win fights.

Step 3. Leveling
When you advance your level, you are awarded experience points and godfather points. Early in the game, focus on increasing your energy. You should do this until you can have enough energy to do most of the jobs (I recommend about 40-50 energy points). After that, focus on defense and stamina. Later in the game, you can adjust the strategy a bit to fit your needs.

Normally, you should not spend Godfather points on anything except weapons. If you wish, you can earn godfather points by completing offers or purchasing them. In the event you earn some extra godfather points, use them to boost your skill points or to get specialty weapons. The other options (like giving you cash or a full energy refill) will come in time with no interaction required by you anyway, so why spend precious godfather points on them?

Step 4. Mafia Size
You don't need a large mafia to be successful at Mafia Wars. In fact, the larger your mafia is, the harder it is to play the game, especially early in the game. When you have a large mafia, you have to outfit each member with the best weapons, armor, and vehicles you can get your hands on. This costs a large amount of money, and unless you have a very large income, it's better to just build your investments so you can afford to grow your mafia later. Once you have a large income (at least $1 million per hour), then you can start to grow your mafia. As you grow your mafia, remember to get both attack and defense items for them to use.

Mafia Size - is crucial, even if not outfitted. Large mafia only helps you. The combat formula is (Attack/Defense TIMES members) + weapons. So a 100 attack skil * 501 members = 50,100 + Weapons. All else being equal 501 members unarmed will beat 100 members armed to the teeth. The more members, the more mafia mikes you can purchase and the faster money accumulates. Plus winning wars (500 people to help from vs 50 and job assists.)

Tips & Warnings
• When you are not logged in, money that you have earned from investments since you logged out cannot be lost in a fight. However, money you have not invested or deposited in the bank can still be lost.
• If you have health below the fight threshold, you won't see when someone attacks you (and if you attack someone, they won't see it on their updates...an easy way to tell if they are too weak is to try to add them to the hitlist. If the game asks you how much money you want to spend, they are not too weak; otherwise, you will get a message telling you that you can't add them to the hitlist).