Mafia Wars Strategy Guide: Jobs, Boss Fights & Help Requests

This is a part of my Mafia Wars strategy guide, which I have broken up into several mini guides for easier browsing. Be sure to check out my other guides for Mafia Wars. I play this game on Facebook but most of the strategies work the same on other platforms, such as MySpace.

JOBS

Jobs are the most important aspect of the game. Almost everything that you do revolves around the jobs. You will need to do thousands and thousands of jobs throughout the game, so it is very important to understand. You need specified amounts of energy to do each job, ranging from 1 energy point to over 100 energy points. Jobs are separated into tiers, each requiring increasingly more energy for each job under that tier. You can not access upper tiers until you reach higher levels, so you need to do jobs to access bigger jobs. Jobs also require different inventory, such as armor, vehicles, weapons or various other loot that you pick up while doing other jobs or fighting. The specific job tier and the respective levels are below:

New York

Street Thug (Levels 1 - 4)
Associate (Levels 5 - 8)
Soldier (Levels 9 - 12)
Enforcer (Levels 13 - 17)
Hitman (Levels 18 - 24)
Capo (Levels 25 - 34)
Consigliere (Levels 35 - 59)
Underboss (Levels 60 - 99)
Boss (Levels 100+)

Cuba (Levels 35+)

El Soldado (Levels 35 - 59)
El Capitan (Levels 60 - 84)
El Jefe (Levels 85 - 109)
El Patron (Levels 110 - 129)
El Padrino (Levels 130+)

You cannot access the Cuba job tiers until at least levels 35. Cuba jobs do not work parallel to New York jobs; they are like two different games that merge at times during different activities but they are basically separate once you get to level 35.

BOSS FIGHTS

Boss fights are special premium jobs available one in each of the first four job tiers. The job is basically to defeat a major boss or other character that is very strong and to defeat them requires a lot of health in order to withstand the back-and-forth fight between the two of you. You don't go into the fight alone; one or two of your mafia members will be randomly selected to fight the boss or his henchmen first. They will fight with them until their energy is gone and, if the boss and his men are not defeated by them, then you are the last line of defense. If you think that you will lose, you can always quit for a fee and the boss will forgive you. If you defeat them, the payout is huge, especially the amount of experience points that you earn. To fight the boss, you need to have the required amount of energy, Mafia members and materials. Based on the required amount of energy, the energy that you learn is really proportionately worth it compared to other jobs. The boss fights are a good way to earn money and experience points when starting out in Mafia Wars but not really worth the energy after you reach the Hitman job tier.

Street Thug (Levels 1 - 4)
Giancarlo Morillo
Risk: $0
Payout: $39,900 & 133 Experience
Requires: 133 Energy, 2 Mafia, Crowbar X1, Colt Pistol X1

Associate (Levels 5 - 8)
Detective West
Risk: $0
Payout: $39,900 & 160 Experience
Requires: 133 Energy, 4 Mafia, Colt Pistol X2, Tommy Gun, X1, Bullet Proof Vest X1, Sedan X 1

Soldier (Levels 9 - 12)
Luis Castana
Risk: $0
Payout: $39,900 & 173 Experience
Requires: 133 Energy, 8 Mafia, Machine Pistol X2, Tommy Gun X4, Armored Sedan X2

Enforcer (Levels 13 - 17)
Agostino Cleto
Risk: $0
Payout: $39,900 & 186 Experience
Requires: 133 Energy, 16 Mafia, Tommy Gun X9, Chain Gun X3, Getaway Cruiser X2, Town Car X2

HELP REQUESTS

You do not have to do jobs alone. You can't do the same exact jobs together with members of your Mafia but they can help. The help request feature of Mafia Wars allows you to request help from others for one specific job at a time. Your Mafia members can help you once per member for each job request sent. Separate members can help you once each until the job is done -- I believe they can help you 10 times for each job request over the span of two days, at which time you can send out another help request.

Once a help request is done, you will receive experience points and cash, in different amounts depending on the job. On the lower levels, don't expect much of a return but, on the upper levels, expect a pretty good return, especially if your Mafia fully completed all 10 times. It helps to have a larger Mafia because there is a better chance that your help request will be fully done, earning you a bigger profit and making more of your helpers willing to help you again.

On the flip side, you can also do help requests for other members of your Mafia. You will earn immediate experience points and cash. The more Mafia members and friends that you have, the more help requests you can fulfill and earn quite a bit of experience and cash that do not require any energy, health or stamina from you. It is also a good idea to

Note that (on the Facebook version of the game at least) in order to do help requests for others members of your Mafia or to have them help you, they not only need to be members of your Mafia but they also need to be on your friends list. I do not know why they make this feature require friends only when many of the other features do not require it.

MULTIPLE JOB HELP REQUESTS

Whether due to a glitch or not, Mafia Wars allows you to send out multiple help requests. They can't be done all at the exact same time but they can be done consecutively for as many times as you energy will allow. Theoretically, you can probably send out over a dozen help requests during a 48-hour time. This is a lot compared to the usual one per 48-hour period, so it can earn you and your Mafia members tons of experience points and cash quickly. Follow the steps below to send out multiple help requests.

1. Save up a lot of energy to guarantee that you have the maximum energy to do the most jobs and make the most help requests.

2. Wait for the job bonus button to appear after you do a job but don't click it yet.

3. Open up multiple job bonus tabs or windows by right-clicking on the "Do This Job Again!" and opening it in a new tab or window of your browser. You can keep opening up Windows with help request buttons until you run out of energy. Do not close any of the tabs or Windows!

4. Click on one (and only one) job bonus button on one of the tabs or Windows and you should see the message "Your mafia has been alerted to your request. Come back often to see the results" on the tab or window. Other mafia members will start to do your help request.

5. Wait for one of the help requests to be completed. You can open up another window to refresh it to check for a notification that the help request has been completed.

6. Go to another tab or window with an active job bonus button and click on the job bonus button the same way you did for the first. Wait for it to be completed and notify you before beginning the next job request.

JOB TIER MASTERY REWARDS

Each time you master one of the job tiers (level 1-3), you are rewarded one profile point. When you master the job tier completely (the third time), and are awarded a special bonus or item. A list of each reward is as follows:

New York

Street Thug: Pistol Bayonet: +4% damage dealt fights
Associate: Bugatti: -7% damage received in fights
Soldier: Golden Skull: 30 second reduction on your health regeneration timer
Enforcer: Money Plate: 5% discount on property purchases
Hitman: Chainsaw Bayonet: 30 second reduction on your stamina regeneration time
Capo: State Senator: 5% discount on property repairs
Consigliere: Helicopter: 30 second reduction on your energy regeneration timer
Underboss: Private Island: 5% bonus on job experience
Boss: Golden Throne: 2x the energy regenerated per regen period

Cuba

El Soldado: EL Rey Roadster
El Capitan: Guerrilla Commando
El Jefe: Avispa Machine Gun
El Patron: Che's Beret
El Padrino: Cocodrilo APC