Thrill of the Hunt Mission Walkthrough

A little different mission this time around cycling you through New York, Italy and Brazil.  When it was first launched, there was 9 days to complete this mission, so most should already have a good start on this one.  There are 9 parts to this mission so it's a little bit harder than the previous couple.  Without further ado:

Part 1:

Not too bad on the supports from mafia this time.  They are involved in 3 parts, but nothing more than 8.  Part one requires 6 of them.  Build 2 armors (18 hour timer) and 10 jobs in NyC (27 energy each).

Part 2:

Easy step for fighters.  Fight 24 in NyC and ice 3 of them.  Done.

Part 3:

Asking for Hot tips from Mafia auto-completed for me, but it is a wall post, so should be easy anyways.  Rob (successfully) 15 times in NyC and loot 8 CSUs (21 energy per job).

Part 4:

Win 15 fights in Vegas.  Take out 7 Bodyguards on fight list (10 Stamina each).  20 jobs and 1 vehicle build (18 hour timer).

Part 5:

Collect your Winery twice (6 hour timer).  Loot 12 Alarm codes.  It's easier if you do the original alarm code job - "Buy some Black Market Info" - in District 3 of Vegas.  Almost 100% drop rate there.  Take out 9 bodyguards (10 Stamina again).

Part 6:

This part requires 8 supports from your mafia (remind them to help in game and through facebook requests for double credit).  Clear 1 robbing board in Italy.

Part 7:

Another one to knock out quickly.  Win 18 fights in Italy and loot 10 Motor Oils from fights (Took me 71 fights in Italy to complete).  12 jobs and on to the next one.

Part 8:

Buy 2 Items from your Port (24 hour timer).  Use the Gas Can job in Region 1 of Brazil for this step (54 energy on Ruby).  Ice 7 more opponents in Italy.

Part 9:

Last 7 supports from your Mafia.  Tenement has a 48 hour timer.  Loot 12 BMPs from robbing (took me 7 boards in NyC).  15 jobs (16 energy).  Cash out and done.  Great Reward for finishing this with a 151 Attack and 87 Defense weapon.

Terminator vs. Rambo Event

The newest gifting event is similar to the Super Bowl event and the initial Man vs. Woman fighting event.  You can collect 5 of each character which each take 10 of their respective gifts.  It is in your best interest to collect 5 of each because at the end whoever has the most completions will win.  The grand prize will either be the Get Down or Rambo's Head Band.

Grand Prize possibilities:

New Upgrades for Private Zoo and Armory

The Armory and Private Zoo are upgradeable to level 15 just like the Weapons Depots and Chop Shop.  Here are the new build stats for both:

Armory -
Level 11-15 upgrade is 80 each (Hammer, Rivet, Furnace, Vice, Anvil)
Total 1-15 build is 161 each

Zoo -
Level 11-15 upgrade is 70 each (Aquarium, Big Cake, Bird Cage, Feeding Trough, Terrarium)
Total 1-15 build is 133 each

Brazil Precious Collection

Well, the Precious Collection in Brazil is one of the 3 most sought after collections in Mafia Wars now (joining the Lotto Collection and the new Superhero Collection).  This is not giftable and is very hard to get.  These can be obtained through collecting your Brazil properties, Daily Take Day 5, and from robbing Brazil properties.  I have spent over 1 million stamina robbing in Brazil and have not received a single one, so don't get your hopes up.  This collection initially will give you the My Precious Gun along with some stat boosters and can be revaulted once per day for a random reward.  Be sure to activate the Guardian in your Brazil Crew as it will help from any Precious Gems you have from being stolen.  You are safe from 1 of each being stolen without your Guardian in place, but if you have multiples of any, they can be stolen from your properties.  Good luck with this collection and happy icing!

Against All Odds Mission Walkthrough

The newest Mafia Wars mission is heavily Vegas based and comes with new loot drops in Vegas as well.  Without further ado - here we go!!

Part 1:
Get 6 helps from your mafia.  Keep in mind that if your request you send out gets sent in-game too (from my experience, about half of these show up in your mafia's pop-up acceptance screen), that people can actually help you twice.  Accept in-game and then accept through facebook requests.  If you have some good people to rely on, this should go quick.  Loot 10 Sets of Cards through robbing is pretty fast too.  Took me 4 boards to get the 10 Sets.

Part 2:
Rob 15 times in Vegas (successfully).  The 12 Stubborn Con Artists are 8 Stamina each on the fight list.  Depends on timing, but the 2 builds in the Weapons Depot could take up to 36 hours (if you just built before starting this part).  Remember - Plan ahead on these!!

Part 3:
Another 8 helps from Mafia (seems to be increasingly important in these).  Take out 10 Neo - Imperium Operatives on the fight list (12 Stamina each).  The last step is a bit misleading.  Says to do "Break into a Luxury Suite" job in Vegas to loot Illegal Transaction Records.  This job is 136 Energy if you already mastered it and the ITRs only have about a 10% drop rate.  Go to the Steal Bank Records job in NYC and do the original ITR job for 27 Energy instead and the drop rate is almost 100%.  This will save a ton of energy.

Part 4:
Ice 6 opponents in Vegas may take a while, but if you have enough Stamina, should be easy enough.  Go to the robbing board and find a Table Games property to rob.  If successful, click on the profile, then click rob and repeat 7 more times.  After each rob, you will have to click the "Refresh (free)" button, but it's the quickest way to go.  Top defense Vehicles rewarded here and 5 of them at that :)

Part 5:
Easy enough to fight 24 opponents in Vegas, and yes, it's really just 24 attacks.  They don't have to be unique opponents.  Clear one board in Vegas and collect from your Restaurant 3 times.  This is a 12 hour timer, so it could take 36 hours on this one.

Part 6:
8 more helps.  My job step auto-completed for me.  Not sure if it will for all those who have mastered Vegas or not, but an easy step regardless.  Defeat John Yun which isn't too hard and you are done.  The boss had 22k health for me, but this number will vary.  Took 6 hits though, so not too bad.  Great mastery item and you are done!

Now, during this mission event, there is also 3x mastery in Vegas and 2 new loot drops from all jobs.  The mastery gives you 3x the percentage of job mastery as well as 3x the cash from jobs.  Once you reach 100% on an unmastered job though, the 3x cash stops and goes back to the original reward.  Here's the two new drops:

Brazil Boss Missions - Ruby Level

Here's numbers 51-65.  As you can tell from the space between posts on these, it will probably take you a few weeks.  The health on these bosses vary from account to account, but just to warn you that on these missions, the health of my bosses was: 10k, 50k, 100k, 150k, 262.5k.  The last one took me over an hour to beat so they are tough.  Best advice on these is to START the boss fight in Vegas or Italy as it does the most damage.  Will do more damage to you, but will be easier to beat the boss in the long run.  Good luck with all of them.  The improvements in loots are definitely worth it.  Enjoy!!

Arachnophobia Spam Event

 Well, looks like they will keep going along this path of starting another spam event before the previous one is even over.  A lot of people are skipping these events now as Zynga has interpreted everyone doing them as people loving them.  Here's all the images and stats:

What you're after:

What you can buy with Harmless Spiders:

25 Harmless Spiders

 50 Harmless Spiders

 100 Harmless Spiders

 150 Harmless Spiders

Can get the usual 10 each from jobbing, robbing and fighting, 40 from free gifts, 10 from feeds and 5 from collecting one Poisonous Spider from feeds.  Plus there is the game which is a random in-game pop-up:

Brazil Properties Build Guide

Wondering how many parts it takes you to upgrade all your Brazil properties?  Well, here ya - a detailed guide of each of the 5 Brazil properties.  The first 3 parts are giftable and can be obtained fairly easily.  The construction workers and Brazilian timbers only drop from jobs and fighting.  Just a ballpark figure, but in order to get all the Brazil specific parts, I spent around 400,000 stamina fighting in Brazil.  They are included in the 5x loot drops, so when you pick them up, chances are you'll pick up a handful.  Ask for help every 18 hours and you can get 5 from your mafia, but you can only ask for help on one or the other.  Here's some pics and the stats/rewards.  Rewards can be collected every 8 hours and can only be collected through the "Collect All" button.