The Marketplace was added to the game on February 25, 2010 as a replacement for the Godfather. You must reach level 15 before you can access the Marketplace.
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GRAND OPENING - Marketplace is now open for business! A fresh buying experience. International payments, hourly sale items, surprise daily specials, and much more.
Marketplace Rewards Card
Ever get a free cup of joe after your 10th purchase at your neighborhood coffee shop? We're pleased to announce the introduction of a similar rewards program in Mafia Wars - because everyone likes a deal, even mobsters. Complete a Mafia Wars Marketplace Rewards Card to receive 15 Skill Points FREE! Here's how to earn card punches:
To get you started, if you've made a purchase within the last 2 weeks, your Marketplace Rewards Card will already include 1 punch! Purchasing RPs just got a bit more rewarding, so get some now!
VIP Membership was introduced on April 5, 2012 and is available from within the Marketplace. VIP Membership costs $24.97 and is a recurring monthly subscription unless you cancel it. Payment is made by either credit card or Paypal.
Membership benefits are as follows:
Weekly delivery of 50 Reward Points and exclusive limited edition loot.
At least one skill point re-allocation can be purchased anytime, everyday.
Extra VIP loot drops from doing jobs, fighting and robbing.
VIP Membership benefits work on a tiered system offering increasing value for money depending on the duration of uninterrupted membership. If you cancel your membership and then sign up again later you will restart from the lowest tier again.
Put your money where your mouth is and you've got a deal.
Deposit your Reward Points with Daniela and earn great returns every week. Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies, and you'll double the money deposited by the end of the deal!
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Daniela's Deal offers you the oppertunity to make a long term investment. Make a one-time initial investment of 260 (taken instantly) and collect 10 every week for 52 weeks doubling your investment.
Collection is available each Saturday, all day. But don't forget or you will miss out. Each time you collect you are also given an exclusive offer to purchase the newest Limited Edition Loot items from the Marketplace at a discounted rate.
Earn Reward Points
Here you can earn Reward Points by completing offers. Remember these can cost real cash.
Pawn Shop
The Pawn Shop is run by Trader Goh. He offers you to trade your old loot for new items. Depending on which item you want you have to trade , , or items. There is also a Reward Points cost for each item. For a list of items check Trader Goh's Pawn Shop.
Stat Items
Item
Base Price
Energy Refill
10
Stamina Refill
10
Health Refill
2
New Name
15
Class Change
15
Extra Mafia Member
1
City Cash (Varying amounts per city)
10
+4 Skill Points
14
+8 Skill Points
28
+25 Skill Points
80
+50 Skill Points
150
+100 Skill Points
290
Reallocate 10 Points (Available on occasions)
10
Reallocate 50 Points (Available on occasions)
50
Limited Edition Loot
This section contains various equipment items available as the base price of 35. New items are added regularly (multiple items per week).
For a list of items released into the Marketplace see the Category:Marketplace page.
Boosts offer one-time-use or temporary benefits in game play and are sold in packs of 10. Various boosts are available in other areas of the game and as part of limited time special events. The following is a list of boosts that are permanently available from the Marketplace.
Never fail to collect cash from fights and +200% more experience points
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Crates
Crates are boxes available that offer you a random item (or items). The potential items for each crate are known but you can not choose which item is granted. New crates are introduced regularly each with its own unique set of items not available elsewhere in the game.
Crates are available at a cost of 12 for a single crate or 35 for three crates. The quality of the items in a crate varies and the chances of getting an item of certain qualities follows the basic rules below.
60% chance for items
30% chance for items
10% chance for items
For a full list of previously and currently available crates see the Crates page.
Playing Cards
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Improve your stats with collectable cards! Each card gives you stat points. There are multiple sets of collectable cards available. Complete each collection to gain access to powerful loot drop items.
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Collectable Stat Cards are available through the Marketplace or from the Collections page at a cost of 15 for a single card and 42 for three cards.
Each set of cards contains 5 series (or hands) and a Reward series. As you complete a single series (or hand) you are presented with a reward card that opens up the chance to loot an exclusive equipment item is a specified City/District. Complete all 5 series (and therefor the whole set) to automatically complete the Reward series and be granted a mastery item.
The Special Loot section of the Marketplace contains a list of various Consumable items available and used throughout the game. The item costs vary but generally follow the pattern of 1 each for job consumables that can also be crafted for free, 2 for 1 for job consumables that can not be crafted, and 10 for 10 for boss fight consumables.
Items here can be purchased using Victory Coins earned from fighting and robbing. Various items and boosts become available as you increase your fight mastery level and earn the four related Achievements. The maximum fight mastery level required to open up all items is 21 but your mastery level can continue far beyond this.
Group Sales prove there's (more) strength in numbers. Here's how they work:
An item is made available in the marketplace with a starting price and starting stats (100/56 in the case of our first Group Sale item, the Onyx 50). Then, as more of the item are sold, its stats are upgraded. When the stats improve, the price increases too, but only for any new purchases of the item. Pre-upgrade purchases get the better stats for free! The level of stats everyone ends up receiving depends on the sales tier achieved by the end of the Group Sale (note the timer in the image, which is counting down to an end time of 2am PDT on 8/26 for the Onyx 50).
The Loyalty Program is an installment where you can earn items by clicking news feed, accepting gifts,... There are 4 Loyalty settings. You start out as , then , then and finally . You earn Loyalty Points to buy items. Items increase in attack, defense and price in each tier.
Every week there is a Mafia Wars Lottery called the Daily Chance. You get a free ticket every 24 hours or you can get them free from Mystery Bags or The Daily Take. You can also buy then at a cost of 2 each.
To submit a ticket in the lottery you much choose 5 numbers (or use the random number generator). With every ticket submitted you earn 1 ticket progress mark (max of 6) which can be redeemed for increasingly better bonuses. You may submit a maximum of 50 tickets per week.
At the end of each week the lottery numbers are calculated and prizes awarded based on how many numbers you got correct from any single ticket.
There is also a collection associated with the daily chance feature.