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Mafia Wars Rendezvous at the Pentagon

Mafia Wars has launched the limited time onlu mission "Rendezvous at the Pentagon ". You can master levels by collecting militiary unifroms and be rewarded with special mastery rewards. Once completed you'll get Goverment Secrets which comes with 103 attack and 132 defence. The second level has been unlocked and you can now head over to your free gifts page and send some navy uniforms to your mafia friends who may be needing them badly. The good thing about this challenge is that you can get multiple mastery rewards from all wings of the forces, army, navy and the airforce.

Grand prize: Government Secrets




Number of gifts required to master each level are:
· Bronze-3 Gifts
· Silver-6 Gifts
· Gold-12 Gifts
(Total per uniform = 21)


Players who master all the military uniforms during the Rendezvous at the Pentagon event will earn the grand prize Government Secrets armor mastery item. The Grand Prize will only be given to players who master all three levels of all three gifts. For the first time, players will have the incentive to repeat the event after achieving the Gold Mastery Items, so that they can accumulate multiples of items.


Collecting 100 military uniform gifts will award a special achievement
Army Uniform Mastery Item: Ranger Kukri


Bronze Mastery Weapon 58/40


Silver Mastery Weapon 70/36


Gold Mastery Weapon 75/39






Navy Uniform Mastey Item: Patrol Dolphin


Bronze Mastery Animal 41/59


Silver Mastery Animal 35/69


Gold Mastery Animal 44/77






Airforce Uniform Mastery Item: Angel's Grace


Bronze Mastery Vehicle 42/61


Silver Mastery Vehicle 35/71


Gold Mastery Vehicle 43/78






Grand Prize: Government Secrets


Armor Mastery Item: 103/132




Q: Why isn't there a uniform for the Marines ("Oorah!")?


A: We only had three available spots, and by civilian leadership, the Marine Corps is a component of the US Department of the Navy.


Q: When does this event end?
A: A deadline hasn't been set yet.


Q: How many multiples can I get?


A: Once you've earned the Grand Prize item, your ability to collect multiples of the 3 Mastery items will unlock.


The current best strategy is to collect just enough uniforms to accomplish the first Gold Mastery item for each uniform and then wait until you've collected the Grand Prize. Then you can resume collecting other uniforms. It is possible to have multiple Gold Mastery Patrol Dolphins, but only 1 either Bronze or Silver Mastery Patrol Dolphin are allowed to exist at a time. Once you have a second set of Gold Mastery items, you will receive a second Grand Prize item.




Q: How many uniforms can be claimed from feeds per day?


A: Max number of uniforms you can claim from feeds is 3 per day. There is no limit on the number you can receive through gift requests.


At the moment (Thursday evening/Friday morning) we have a bug in which unsuccessful claims ('already claimed') counts against that limit of 3. We apologize and will get that fixed as soon as possible.


Q: When will the Navy / Air Force uniforms become available?
A: This is still to be determined depending on how the first day or so of this event goes.


Q: When will the 100 Uniform achievement become available and how can I track my progress?


A: The 100 Uniform achievement will become available once the Grand Prize is available. Until then, only 21 of each uniform can count towards your total.

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