Chop Shop/Weapons Depot: New Levels

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When I logged into my Mafia Wars account, I was surprised to get another new pop-up for the day.  In the middle of the Prized Pig event, Zynga rolled out a major update.  Additional levels have been added to The Chop Shop and The Weapons Depot.  With new levels, comes new loot.  11 new loot items have been introduced to the game.  5 vehicles, 5 weapons, and 1 building part.

If your Chop Shop was fully upgraded, you were at Level 13 yesterday.  Now you can upgrade it to Level 15.  Chop Shop building materials have been around the longest and have the highest drop rate so you should have plenty in your inventory.  If you don't have enough, use the Mafia Wiki Wishlist Adder to get them on your list and ask your mafia to help you.  

(image from Mafia Wars Wiki Wishlist Adder)

I'n not sure what the exact number of each building material item is needed to upgrade because I had enough in my inventory and the numbers aren't listed when you upgrade. If they follow the pattern of the first 13 Levels it should be 17 each of the above parts (85 total) for Level 14 and 18 each (90 total) total for Level 15.  Check The Mafia Wars Wiki Chop Shop Page for updates.

Once you have all the items you need, start upgrading.

Here are the 5 new vehicles that have been added to the chop shop.  The Sportsster and The Extended Cab 640 have excellent combined scores which could help you with win a Las Vegas Tournament.  The Palermo Luxury offers +5 Health. 

Here are the top FHEL and VHEL vehicles to compare.  The last 2 weapons are worth making as they are will most likely add to your overall combined attack and defense scores. 

If your Weapons Depot is fully upgraded, it should have been at Level 10 yesterday.  You can now upgrade it to Level 15.  The Weapons Depot building materials may not be as readily available as The Chop Shop items and you will need more of them.  Many players have extras, so follow the same advice as above.

(image from the Mafia Wars Wiki Wishlist Adder)

Again, I didn't get the opportunity to verify the exact numbers, but according to the Mafia Wars Wiki Weapons Depot Page, you need 15 of each item above (75 total) to upgrade each of the 5 levels.  When you have enough items in your inventory, start upgrading.

These are the 5 new weapons you can build.  They all have good combined stats and offer an excellent array of skill point additions for all player types. 

Here are the top FHEL and VHEL items to compare.

Zynga must not have felt like being creative by adding individual special parts to craft each of the new vehicles and weapons.  We got one new item simply called a Special Part.  The graphic image is just a generic wood box with the word Parts splashed across it.  Not much effort went into coming up with this one.  They were probably busy think of names for the Prized Pigs.

The Special Part is the only item of all the NY property consumables that is not giftable.  Hopefully this will soon change.

In addition to not being giftable, these don't drop in jobs, fights, or robberies.  To give and receive special parts, use the Free Gift page.

Look in your Facebook request page to accept and return Special Parts.

When you click on the "Ask for Gift" button on your free gift page, you will generate a post that will enable your mafia members to send you a Special Part.

When you find these posts in your news feeds, click on "Send Special Part".  Your mafia member will receive one Special Part and so will you.  

I manually searched for these and there is a limit on how many we can send a day.  It doesn't tell you what that number is and I didn't count but I'm pretty sure it was 5.

If you don't feel like scanning your newsfeeds, Streamhelper by Team Spockholm will do it for you.  Click on the link for instructions and visit the Spockholm Mafia Tools Fan Page for updates.