Game guide

GangCity Wiki

Guides, tips and explanations for the free online mafia browser game. From your first crime to building a family empire.

Getting started

Beginner's guide: your first day in GangCityA step-by-step walkthrough of your first day in GangCity: committing crimes, earning money, buying protection and weapons, breaking out of jail, traveling, and making your first allies. Best Mafia Browser Games from the Netherlands: GangCity ComparedA comparison of Dutch mafia browser games like Mafiaway, Omerta, Bendes and CriminalWar, and what sets GangCity apart: ranks, story missions, families and economy.

Crime & money

Crimes in GangCity: Earning Money and Weighing RiskAn overview of all solo crimes in GangCity: crime, extortion, robbery, breaking in, plundering accounts, the street network and kidnapping, plus how risk, energy and police attention work. Stealing Vehicles in GangCity: Bicycles, Cars and HelicoptersHow vehicle theft works in GangCity: steal bicycles, motorcycles, cars and helicopters, store them in your garage, damage and resale value, and use vehicles in joint heists. Smuggling in GangCity: Trading Liquor and Drugs Between CitiesHow smuggling works in GangCity: buying liquor and drugs cheap and selling them for more in another city, carrying capacity, selling risk, city heat and cooldown. Heists in GangCity: Route 66, Organised Crime and Mega HeistThe three joint heists in GangCity: Route 66 (2 players), Organised Crime (3 players) and the Mega Heist (4 players), with their roles, vehicle stakes and family rewards.

Game mechanics

Ranks in GangCity: All 16 Ranks and How to Get PromotedOverview of all 16 ranks in GangCity, from Empty-Suit to Legendary Godfather, with the XP thresholds and an explanation of how to earn rank progress and get promoted. Titles in GangCity: Competition Titles, Prestige and Family TitlesOverview of all titles in GangCity: rotating competition titles like The Don and Crime Lord, the honorary titles Legend and First Legend, recruiter titles, family titles from the season competition, and cosmetic titles. Prison in GangCity: Getting Caught, Breaking Out and Freeing OthersHow prison works in GangCity: why you get caught committing crimes, how to break yourself out, free fellow gangsters, and limit your time behind bars. Buffs and bonuses in GangCity: where do they come from?What buffs in GangCity are: permanent city bonuses, the new-player bonus, marriage bonus, family donation buff, credit shop and slot machine jackpots, and how stacking and the per-buff maximum work. Daily missions and your career in GangCityEverything about GangCity's daily missions: rewards, rerolls, career ranks that unlock options, mission types like versatile and travel missions, and the contracts offered by your city contacts. Traveling in GangCity: The Five Cities and Why You TravelThe five cities of GangCity (Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia and Hawaii), how traveling works with cost and travel time, and why you travel: smuggling, story missions and opportunities. Story Missions in GangCity: The City Contacts and Il CapoGangCity's storyline through city contacts: Don Moretti, Yusuf, Mei Ling, Officer Bakker and Eddie the Fence, building trust per city, and unlocking the final boss Il Capo. Detective bureau in GangCity: tracking players and simulating attacksHow the detective bureau in GangCity works: tracking down players for murders and kidnappings with a choice of cities, tier and speed, plus the murder simulation to calculate an attack in advance. Honor points in GangCity: earning, sending and boostsWhat honor points (respect) in GangCity are: how you earn them, send honor or disgrace to players, and spend them on boosts like Discretion, Connections, Street Tip and Intimidation, or on anonymous murders. Starting Over After Death: Keep Your Name or Choose a New OneWhat happens when you die in GangCity and how you start over: keep your name or choose a new one, what you carry over (donor status, badges, titles) and what you leave behind. Prestige in GangCity: Starting Over as a Living LegendWhat prestige in GangCity is: voluntarily starting over as Legendary Godfather for permanent stars, titles and benefits. The costs, the payoff and the three prestige levels.

Cooperation & competition

Murders in GangCity: Weapons, Protection and the AttackHow killing another player works in GangCity: detective, weapon and bullets, protection, bodyguards, murder experience, vigilance, backfire risk, the loot and the hitlist consequences. Families in GangCity: missions, season competition and warEverything about families in GangCity: founding and the member limit, the don and Capo hierarchy, the shared family treasury and bullet vault, story missions, weekly operations, the season competition, family respect and family war. Hitlist in GangCity: Bounties, the Pot and Hired KillsHow the hitlist works in GangCity: bounties as a growing pot, buying off your own bounty, wanted for murder, and what you need (bullets, weapons, murder experience) to kill a target. Events in GangCity: underworld actions, city takeover and moreThe recurring events in GangCity: underworld actions (community pot + the title Underworld Boss) and short flash actions, City Takeover for bullet factories, the big GangCity Event with levels and an XP boost, and the organized mass breakout. Street Duels in GangCity: Minigames, Street Cred and TitlesHow street duels work in GangCity: challenge players to Rock-Paper-Scissors, Tic-Tac-Toe, Battleship or Connect Four, earn street cred through an ELO rating, and climb to titles like Street Kid or King of the Street.

Economy

The stock exchange in GangCity: trading shares with bankruptcy riskHow the stock exchange (Wall Street) works in GangCity: a rotating market of companies across five risk tiers, buy and sell price impact, sales tax, bankruptcy with partial recovery, and a weekly profit cap. Casino in GangCity: blackjack, poker, slots, lottery and scratch ticketsAll the games of chance in the GangCity casino: blackjack, poker, the fruit machine, video slots with a progressive jackpot, the daily lottery and Scratch & Win. Plus an explanation of casino ownership and the house edge. Bullet Factory in GangCity: Buying Bullets and Owning a FactoryHow the bullet factory works in GangCity: buying bullets at the city price, owning a local bullet factory with pricing, margin and security, and acquiring ownership through City Conquest. Neighborhood Management in GangCity: Building a Street Network and Raiding RunnersHow Neighborhood Management works in GangCity: build a street network of runners for passive income, and hijack or steal runners from other players through a push-your-luck raid (PvE and PvP). Obay in GangCity: The Underground Auction and MarketplaceHow Obay works, the underground marketplace of GangCity: trading bullets, vehicles, properties, runners and eyewitness statements through auctions with minimum bids and buy-it-now prices. Bank and safebox in GangCity: keeping your money safeThe difference between pocket cash, the bank and the safebox in GangCity: pocket cash can be stolen, the bank is safe with daily interest, the safebox offers extra security for donors, plus how your will protects your estate.