New York Items

Items in Mafia Wars range from weapons, to vehicles, to special tools, all of which aid in completing jobs and fighting other mafias. Below is a complete list of items that can be found in Mafia Wars, organized by City, Job Tier, Loots, and Buyable Items. At the end is a complete list of special edition items and crate items.

Street Thug Job Tier

Item: .22 Pistol - 2 Attack, 0 Defense
Job: Beat up rival gangster

Item: 9mm Semi-Automatic – 3 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Rob a pimp

Associate Job Tier

Item: Butterfly Knife – 2 Attack, 1 Defense
Job: Collect protection money

Item: Brass Knuckles - 2 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Rough up dealers

Item: .45 Revolver - 3 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Take out a rogue cop

Item: Tactical Shotgun - 3 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Perform a hit

Soldier Job Tier

Item: C4 – 5 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Destroy enemy mob hideout

Item: Stab-Proof Vest - 2 Attack, 5 Defense
Job: Kill a protected snitch

Item: Automatic Rifle - 4 Attack, 4 Defense
Job: Bust a made man out of prison

Item: Semi-Automatic Shotgun - 5 Attack, 4 Defense
Job: Fight a Haitian gang

Item: Lucky Shamrock Medallion - 1 Attack, 7 Defense
Job: Clip the Irish mob’s local enforcer

Item: Firebomb - 4 Attack, 2 Defense
Job: Steal a tanker truck

Enforcer Job Tier

Item: Armored Truck - 4 Attack, 8 Defense
Job: Smuggle across the border

Item: Untraceable Cell Phone, Computer Set-Up, Concealable Camera – 0 Attack, 0 Defense
Job: Each item can be obtained (one at a time) by the job “Rob an Electronics Store”

Hitman Job Tier

Item: Grenade Launcher - 14 Attack, 10 Defense
Job: Repel the Yakuza

Item: .50 Caliber Rifle - 16 Attack, 11 Defense
Job: Disrupt rival smuggling ring

Item: Armored Car - 14 Attack, 15 Defense
Job: Invade Tong-controlled neighborhood

Item: RPG Launcher - 20 Attack, 12 Defense
Job: Sell guns to the Russian mob

Item: Bodyguards - 8 Attack, 25 Defense
Job: Protect your city against a rival family

Item: Night Vision Goggles - 5 Attack, 16 Defense
Job: Assassinate a political figure

Item: Napalm - 25 Attack, 9 Defense
Job: Exterminate a rival family

Item: Blackmail Photos – 0 Attack, 0 Defense
Job: Obtain compromising photos – requires Concealable Camera. This item is consumable.

Capo Job Tier

Item: Prop Plane - 5 Attack, 20 Defense
Job: Steal an air freight delivery

Item: Chopper – 18 Attack, 6 Defense
Job: Run a biker gang out of town

Item: Illegal Transaction Records - 0 Attack, 0 Defense
Job: Steal bank records. This item is consumable.

Consigliere Job Tier

Item: Luxury Yacht - 10 Attack, 20 Defense
Job: Influence a harbor official

Item: GX9 - 20 Attack, 14 Defense
Job: Ransom a businessman’s kids

Item: Bookie’s Holdout Pistol - 24 Attack, 12 Defense
Job: Fix the big game

Underboss Job Tier

Item: Multi-Purpose Truck - 26 Attack, 22 Defense
Job: Break into the armory

Item: BA-12 Assault Rifle - 32 Attack, 10 Defense
Job: Rip off the Armenian mob

Item: Falsified Documents - 2 Attack, 30 Defense
Job: Take over an identity theft ring

Boss Job Tier

Item: Federal Agent - 15 Attack, 25 Defense
Job: Buy off a federal agent

Item: Private Jet - 12 Attack, 38 Defense
Job: Make a deal with the Mexican cartel

Item: Police Cruiser - 22 Attack, 28 Defense
Job: Blackmail the district attorney

Item: Armored Limousine - 16 Attack, 36 Defense
Job: Shake down a city council member

Buyable Items

Item: Baseball bat
Attack: 1
Defense: 0

Item: Crowbar
Attack: 1
Defense: 1

Item: .45 Cal Pistol
Attack: 2
Defense: 2

Item: Sawed-off Shotgun
Attack: 3
Defense: 1

Item: Grenade
Attack: 2
Defense: 3

Item: Machine Pistol
Attack: 3
Defense: 3

Item: Hacksaw
Attack: 6
Defense: 3

Item: Tommy Gun
Attack: 12
Defense: 10
Upkeep: $1,500

Item: Chain Gun
Attack: 16
Defense: 14
Upkeep: $2,500

Item: Bonus Weapons
Attack: 20
Defense: 20
Upkeep: $2,500

Item: Bullet Proof Vest
Attack: 2
Defense: 4

Item: Body Armor
Attack: 4
Defense: 7
Upkeep: $400

Item: Motorcycle
Attack: 2
Defense: 2
Upkeep: $15

Item: Delivery Truck
Attack: 3
Defense: 3
Upkeep: $20

Item: Sedan
Attack: 4
Defense: 5
Upkeep: $50

Item: Armored Sedan
Attack: 4
Defense: 6
Upkeep: $100

Item: Getaway Cruiser
Attack: 6
Defense: 7
Upkeep: $200

Item: Town Car
Attack: 10
Defense: 12
Upkeep: $1,200

Item: Speed Boat
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Upkeep: $1,800

Part 3

Underboss (Fully unlocked by level 99)

Total energy to master first time: 7256
Total energy to master second time: 9700
Total energy to master third time: 15880
Total energy to master fully: 32836
Best exp payout job: ‘Order a Hit on a Public Official’, 2.065 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Order a Hit on a Public Official’, $241,129/energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Private Island, 5% more exp from jobs
Collections: N/A
Consumables: You need 263 Computer Setups, 184 Untraceable Cell Phones and 263 Illegal Transaction Records to master Underboss

Underboss is a huge jump in difficulty, it takes over twice as much energy than the previous tier and a huge load of consumables. This tier is really important for energy accounts to master as soon as possible, because the 5% more exp from jobs bonus is a god send on job exp/energy ratios and extends the lifespan of an energy account significantly.

For fighter characters, I would temporarily skip underboss and get boss mastered as the regen bonus is more important for fighters, however, after that underboss should be completed as the 5% more exp adds up a lot in the end, even if it doesn’t allow continuous leveling.

Boss (Fully unlocked by level 135 )

Total energy to master first time: 10939
Total energy to master second time: 15708
Total energy to master third time: 28950
Total energy to master fully: 55597
Best exp payout job: ‘Settle a Beef…Permanently’, 2.114 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Make Arrangements for a Visiting Don’, $1,642,857/energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Golden Throne, doubles energy regeneration
Collections: N/A
Consumables: You need 368 Blackmail Photos (BMP) and 109 Illegal Transaction Records (ITR) to finish boss

Boss is justifiably by far the hardest tier in New York, requiring almost twice as much energy as Underboss and almost 400 BMPs to master fully, and BMPs are really hard to get the normal way. First you have to collect cameras from the ‘Rob an Electronics Store’ job or the ‘Smuggle Consumer Electronics for the Vory’ job in Moscow and then hope for blackmail photos to drop from the job ‘Obtain Compromising Photos’.

Now, that might sound insane considering the amount of photos you need, it could take you months to do it this way. Fortunately, there are some shortcuts to happiness:

1. BMPs are listed in the free gift page, so if you have a large mafia you can ask them to gift you free bmps this way.
2. BMPs aren’t worth that much in the trading market, you can trade your good loot that you have found in fights for BMPs. It’s much better to be temporarily weaker in fights than go months without double regeneration as it adds up for a lot of “lost” energy .
3. Have friends that are farmers, getting 400 BMPs as an energy or stamina farmer account is a joke and they can then gift them to you.

Now for some good news. All the boss jobs are extremely high exp/energy ratio, in fact, ‘Settle a Beef… Permanently’ is the best job there is in the whole game for pure exp farming. Boss jobs also generate insane amounts of money compared to earlier tiers. The biggest plus, however, is the reward for mastering. The Boss reward pretty much trumps any tier mastery reward in the game and the tier is a joke compared to later Moscow episodes, so it’s definitely worth it.

Part 2

Enforcer (Opened at level 13, fully unlocked by level 17)

Total energy to master first time: 1041
Total energy to master second time: 1107
Total energy to master third time: 1249
Total energy to master fully: 3397
Best exp payout job: ‘Run an Illegal Poker Game, 2.24 exp/energy before consumables
Best money payout job: ‘Wiretap the Cops, $87,692/Energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Money Plate, -5% reduced cost on properties
Collections: Cigars, +2 energy; Spade Flush, +2 stamina; Billiard Balls, +1 stamina

Enforcer tier has the most amount of different jobs available, 11 total. So while the special item reward is completely useless, as some characters have rackets and buying properties is generally not a good investment anyway, the small energy cost required to master for 33 total skill points is worth it very much. You will also much more likely find the all 3 collections because they can be found even in the preparation jobs.

There are four preparation jobs in the Enforcer tier which all give reagents for different jobs, they cannot be traded but can be given as the daily free gift in the facebook version.

The money payouts have also skyrocketed, so money will definately stop being an issue after starting the tier, if it hadn’t already. This tier also has the best exp payout job in the game, ‘Run an Illegal Poker Game’, when ignoring the preparation jobs needed. However, you can stockpile the consumables by doing the preparation jobs with energy that would otherwise been wasted and use the poker game job later when the good payout would serve you better. Don’t skip the enforcer tier.

Hitman (Fully unlocked by level 24 )

Total energy to master first time: 2081
Total energy to master second time: 2328
Total energy to master third time: 2556
Total energy to master fully: 6965
Best exp payout job: ‘Exterminate a Rival Family’, 1.914 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Exterminate a Rival Family’, $98,571/energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Chainsaw Bayonet, -30 seconds off stamina regen timer I.E. 11% more stamina regeneration.
Collections: Rings, +4 Defense Skill; Ties, +6 Defense Skill
Consumables: You need 29 Concealable Cameras and 80 Wiretap Devices to master Hitman

Hitman tier is probably the easiest tier of them all, low energy costs but more importantly, all the jobs have very high exp/energy ratio on average. The reward for mastering is also great, it’s the only way to get more stamina and the more stamina you have the more you can fight and perform heists.

Hitman tier is the first tier in the game that requires consumables acquired from doing jobs in other tiers. You need 29 Concealable Cameras and 80 Wiretap Devices for full mastery. The wiretap devices aren’t tradeable so it is really annoying to go back to the enforcer Preparation Jobs to get them, but it’s worth it.

Hitman tier also has jobs for loot that is required to do jobs later in the game, ‘Assasinate a Political Figure’ job drops night vision goggles and ‘Protect your City Against a Rival Family’ job drops bodyguards. However, both of these jobs have 2% base chance to drop the loot so it is very likely you will not get them by the time you are done with hitman, I suggest fighting and trading for them, they aren’t worth anything to higher level players. You can also get them through the free gifting in facebook.

Capo (Fully unlocked by level 34 )

Total energy to master first time: 2638
Total energy to master second time: 3001
Total energy to master third time: 3488
Total energy to master fully: 9127
Best exp payout job: ‘Whack a Rival Crew Leader’, 1.833 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Whack a Rival Crew Leader’, $71,875/energy
Special item reward for full mastery: State Senator, -5% on property repairs
Collections: Paintings, +6 energy; Cufflinks, +10 health; Barber, +4 energy
Consumables: You need 104 Untraceable Cell Phones to master Capo

In whole New York, capo tier is the least worth it to master. All jobs have generally a really poor ratio in relation to how late in the game the tier is mastered and the reward is as useless as it can get. Not all accounts even have properties to repair and it is generally a very poor play to repair your properties in the first place when you are getting chain robbed. The money payouts are also, strangely enough, worse than in the previous tier.

So why master Capo?

The only reason to master capo is the skill points and more importantly, you get a better drop chance on “Illegal Transaction Records”. The only job that drops ITR is in the Capo Tier, and fully mastering a tier gets you 10% increased drop chance on jobs in that tier. You need 424 ITRs to master whole New York, so it really adds up in the end.

On the other hand, if you get all those gifted or traded then there isn’t much reason to master Capo at this point. Later on it will be great for skill points, after you have got tiers with higher priority mastered first.

Consigliere (Fully unlocked by level 59 )

Total energy to master first time: 4223
Total energy to master second time: 4908
Total energy to master third time: 5814
Total energy to master fully: 14945
Best exp payout job: ‘Steal an Arms Shipment’, 1.900 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Dispose of a Body’, $130,682/energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Helicopter, -30 seconds off energy regen timer, I.E.
11% more energy regeneration for moguls and fearless
20% more energy regeneration for maniacs
Collections: Race Horses, +7 Energy.
Consumables: You need 35 Blackmail Photos, 35 Untraceable Cell Phones and 52 Illegal Transaction records to master Consigliere

The reward for consigliere is one of the best in the game, especially if you are a maniac. It also boosts the Boss tier reward considerably. If you are a fighter type character and can get the 52 ITR without doing Capo tier, skip it completely and master consigliere first. The earlier you get the energy regen boost, the better.

Consigliere is relatively easy to master, lowish energy requirements and mostly high exp/energy ratio jobs with a couple of annoying low exp/energy jobs thrown in which also require consumables on top of it.

Consigliere tier is the last tier in New York that drops collectable items .

Part 1

New York is the most important city to master as soon as possible. Unlike Cuba and Moscow, the rewards for tier masteries give all around bonuses to your character, and the earlier these bonuses start rolling for your character, the stronger will your character be in the long run. The loot found in New York jobs is pretty bad compared to Cuba and Moscow, however.

New York has one special job, a boss fight, for each of the first four tiers. Boss fights will award exp depending on your max energy. They will give MaxEnergy / 2 amount of exp when killed for the first time, and (MaxEnergy / 5)*1.4 for consecutive kills so a smart move would be to save the boss fights for later levels when the exp really counts.

All numbers assume 11% mastermind, -11% wheelman, 15% bagman and private island (5% exp).

Street Thug (Fully unlocked by level 4)

Total energy to master first time: 197
Total energy to master second time: 225
Total energy to master third time: 260
Total energy to master fully: 682
Best exp payout job: ‘Auto Theft’, 1.333 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Collect on a Loan’, $1140/Energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Pistol Bayonet, +4% damage dealt in fights
Collections: Diamond Flush, +1 Energy

The total energy cost for mastering Street Thug is so low that the minimal effort is worth it for the 21 skill points alone. The special item reward is also essential for people who want to collect bounties on the hitlist. Most jobs in this tier pay 1 exp per 1 energy spent, which is fine for the very early levels but will hurt you at later levels if neglected.

Money payouts are nothing to write home about but the money gained doing jobs is more than enough to buy the required items to do all the jobs.

Associate (Opened at level 5, fully unlocked by level 8 )

Total energy to master first time: 340
Total energy to master second time: 371
Total energy to master third time: 437
Total energy to master fully: 1148
Best exp payout job: ‘Bank Heist’, 1.875 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Rough Up Dealers’, $639/Energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Roadster, -7% damage taken in fights
Collections: Heart Flush, +5 health

Like street thug, associate tier is a low energy cost tier and that means more effortless skill points. Associate tier also offers a very good exp/energy ratio job ‘Bank Heist’ which can be used in the early levels for fast level ups. The money payouts are interestingly a lot lower than in Street Thug, the best paying job in Street Thug is almost twice as much money per energy than the best paying job in Associate.

The reward for associate is much better than most people think, less damage taken means much better hitlist rides and more fights done with a full health bar. Like Street Thug, try to get this tier mastered as soon as possible.

Soldier (Opened at level 9, fully unlocked by level 12 )

Total energy to master first time: 494
Total energy to master second time: 549
Total energy to master third time: 642
Total energy to master fully: 1685
Best exp payout job: ‘Clip the Irish Mob's Local Enforcer’, 1.625 exp/energy
Best money payout job: ‘Museum Break-in’, $3420/Energy
Special item reward for full mastery: Golden Skull, -30 seconds health regeneration timer
Collections: Boxing Gear, +3 attack skill; Club Flush, +3 attack skill; Sculptures , +3 defense skill ;Poker Chips, +2 attack skill

Soldier tier has the most amount of different collections available. You will not get all these collections just from mastering the tier and they might take a lot of farming even after mastering the tier, I would suggest trading for the missing collection pieces.

The tier mastery reward is completely worthless as health is refilled fully in hospital and hospital can be used every 60 seconds. However, soldier tier still awards 21 skill points for a very low amount of energy spent mastering it, so for that reason it should be mastered as early as possible. Many of the jobs are still 1:1 exp/energy ratio and the earlier tiers have higher priority so when you start mastering soldier these ratios will sting a bit.