Ancient Relic Gifting Event

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Another Gifting Event! This one comes as no surprise as we had a lot of clues right from our Inventory Page and gifting links were created before the event began (1).  Now I'm not too sure what Ancient Relics have to do with the Mafia but we are used to this when it comes to Gifting Events. We've come a long ways since those ridiculous Prized Pigs. Maybe someone at Zynga has a kid that wants to be an archaeologist when he grows up.  I'm still waiting for a Dinosaur Event. Maybe they will be close to covering all areas that have nothing to do with the Mafia and we can move on.  Anyways, "dig" for the event by closing out the pop-ups before this one.

After the initial pop-up, all the information can be located on the Home Page Current Events Module on page 2 ( we still have the Love Is Hard to Find gifting event on page 1).  To regenerate the pop-up form above, click on the little yellow question mark.

The first gift in this event is the Mayan Calender.  This is that thing that says we are all going to die in December of next year. Maybe it's specific to Mafia Wars? Anyways, find Mayan Calenders on the Free Gift Page, the Link-a-Nator, and the Get-a-Nator.  If you don't have enough of them on your Get-a-Nator, do a refined Facebook search to look for more (1).

You can also send Ancient Relic gifts by generating spam from this pop-up from doing fighting, robbing and jobs.

Look for the spam posts to collect more for yourself.  You can only accept 3 of these a day.

Once you are all set up, start looking for Mayan Calenders. Just like the Bury The Mole event, we need to collect 4, 8, and 16 gifts per mastery level Bronze, Silver and Gold.

The mastery item for the Mayan Calender is a Gecko and can collect it from the Home Page. Like always, you get one Gecko but the stats increase with the mastery level.

Brag about your achievement if you must, but these posts do nothing for you or your mafia members.  When players click on "Collect Ancient Relics", they are only directed to their Mafia Wars Home Page.

The only differences, besides the names and images, is The Ancient Relic Event will end in 8 days instead of 12.  There is also less time between the unlocking of the third gift.

It now costs 2 Reward Points instead of 3 to buy one gift.  Don't be fooled by the term "buy mastery", you don't get complete mastery for 2 Reward Points, you have to buy each individual gift and eventually buy mastery.

There is one question that doesn't have an answer yet. Can we master the event 3 times? There was no 411 page from Customer Support and it's a Holiday in the US (President's Day).  It seems odd that the Event would even be released on a Holiday as releases usually happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We recently saw the Limited Time Mission get pulled because it was released early.  I wouldn't be surprised if this was a early release as well and question if the timers will change.  All we can do is wait for the 411 or a Moderator response to this question on the Zynga Forum Boards.  The Grand Prize it the Leopard Tooth which I told you all about (1) 3 days ago.  If we can master the event 3 times than we will have the opportunity to get 3 of them.

Update #1:  The Customer Support 411 Page is out (1).  We will get to re-master the event, but the 411 doesn't say how many times.  Eventually it will be updated to answer this question as well. See my next post for more details.

Update #2, We can master the event 3 times.

Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast. All material is protected by copyright law