What changed?
An overview of the relevant changes to the Mobsters game over time.
Development of Mobsters United has resumed, and the years below are the catch-up: the bigger player-facing changes between early 2022 and July 2026, grouped by year with the newest year first and the newest changes at the top of each year. Smaller bug fixes and polish are summarized per year; the in-game change feed on the New York tab carries the latest day-to-day changes. Entries from February 2022 and earlier keep their original dates further down the page.
Diamond mastery prestige
Diamond mastery is now presented as an optional prestige step after you complete Platinum. (July)
Feedback on your reports
When staff resolve or dismiss something you reported, you now receive an in-game message telling you the outcome. (July)
Direct lines to Tony and Don_Paul
Chat now always shows pinned DM channels for Tony and Don_Paul, and Tony can send you personal in-game messages. (July)
One game style for everyone
The choice between the old and the new game style was removed. Everyone now plays on the current style, and the style selector is gone. (July)
Flasher upload overhaul
Flasher (profile image) uploads now accept WebP and HEIC files up to 4 MB, are normalized on the server, and give you real success and error feedback instead of failing silently. (July)
Claimable public coupons
New first come, first served coupon drops that any player can claim. Coupon perks from scheduled drops now also show a proper description. (July)
Ask support a question
A player support inbox was added, so you can send your questions straight to the support team from inside the game. (July)
Many more challenges
26 new challenge templates went live across the cooldown, daily, weekly and monthly families, on top of the existing lifetime onboarding set. (July)
Contests
A full contest system launched. Join a time-limited contest, make progress through missions, combat and blackjack, climb the leaderboard, and get your reward paid out automatically when the contest ends. Active contests appear in a widget on the New York page, and a contest can carry entry requirements such as a minimum level or VIP only. (early July)
Richer game guides on the website
The equipment and mission guides on this website are now generated from live game data and show full stats such as required level, mob, energy cost, payout, XP and avatar details. (June)
Plus smaller fixes and polish
A steady stream of smaller bug fixes shipped through the year, including corrections to VIP duration, store subtotals, coupon bonuses, polls, mobile chat and blackjack. The in-game change feed on the New York tab carries the latest day-to-day changes.
Level cap raised to 3000
The level system now supports levels all the way up to 3000.
Challenges arrive
A brand new Challenges tab with daily, weekly and streak challenges across the whole game: fights, blackjack hands, lottery tickets, territory purchases, vault codes, hired guns, bounties and more, all with claimable rewards.
Prestige Tokens
Completing challenges earns Prestige Tokens, a new currency tracked on your stats.
In-game chat replaces Discord
A full chat system was built into the game: a General channel, public channels you can join and leave, private channels you can create, archive and invite players to, and direct messages with an invite and accept flow. Chat gained mentions, an emoticon picker, images in messages, unread badges in the menu bar and tab headers, read receipts, per-user profile images, and slash commands such as /round, /gift and /gifts.
System broadcasts in chat
Automatic announcements for bounties (in a dedicated #bounties channel), happy hour, lottery and ultra rare drops.
New payment options
PayPal and Stripe Link were added as payment methods in the store.
Report players from anywhere
A unified reporting modal lets you report toons and comments, with the reports going straight to the moderation team.
Plus smaller fixes and polish
The year also brought faster loading, a refreshed dark look, and fixes to fight effects, bounty payouts, the store and the Made Men lists.
Stay logged in for a week
Session lifetime was extended, so you stay logged in for up to a week instead of being logged out quickly.
Dark design for account pages
Login, registration, forgot-password, change email, change password, change toon name, the Store and the error pages were restyled in the game’s dark theme.
Bigger friends list
The friends page now shows 50 friends at once, with a button to load more.
New lottery types
The Lottery got new game types, brought over and integrated into the game.
Cancel friend requests
You can now cancel a friend request you sent, and a broken friend-request entry point was fixed.
Plus smaller fixes and polish
A long list of reliability fixes shipped through the year, covering equipment inventory, blackjack, coupons, bounty claims, the Godfather pages, skill points and flash sale pricing, plus faster page loading and double-click protection on money actions.
Classic interface retired
The old game interface was removed along with its settings switch. Everyone now plays on the responsive interface.
Penalty system
Rule-breaking toons can now receive penalties with real in-game effects on attack, defense and luck. Active penalties and their effects are visible on your profile, your avatar page, a new My Mobster tab and in fight results, and you get a notification when one is applied. A later fix corrected how long penalties stay active.
Discord integration
The in-game chat gained a Discord tab with an invite link, you can link your game account to Discord through a login flow with account commands, and Tony now talks to you through Discord.
Friends made easier
You can send friend requests straight from search results and friend suggestions, and a new setting lets you auto-accept incoming friend requests.
Ban and suspension visibility
Banned or suspended players are now clearly marked on their profile and in search results, and suspended or banned accounts can no longer receive friend requests.
Instant Happy Hours
Happy Hours bought by players now activate immediately instead of waiting in a queue.
Plus smaller fixes and polish
The year also brought a help section for new players, profile layout polish and various display fixes.
Level cap raised to 2,000
XP requirements were added for levels up to 2,000.
XP curve smoothed
The leveling system was made more gradual.
New York change feed
New York now shows the latest 15 game changes.
Dump hired guns
The Junkyard gained the ability to dump hired guns.
Plus smaller fixes and polish
The rest of the year was steady maintenance: fixes to achievements, fight stats, comments, password resets and the store, plus quality-of-life touches such as mass-blocking toon ids and hiding announcements from the main page.
Date: February 20th 2022
Made Men: Hospitalized ranking
Toons are now also ranked on time spent in the hospital
Grid Header
In the modern interface you can now design and configure the top header in the game. Go to your Settings to adjust.
Bodyguards prevent missions
Bodyguards are there to protect your account when you go on extended leave from your keyboard, such as a holiday. They have become cheaper, and affect your full account, and don’t allow you to do any impacting things anymore.
Backend caching improved
More caching happens on the backend which should reduce experienced lag on all interfaces
Modern interface Made Men
The Modern interface now loads the lists in the background so the interface itself is much more responsive when you go to the Made Men tab
New toon protection
New toons are under the Godfather’s protection for thirty days, unless they chose to waive protection early.
Instant achievements
You will now get an immediate notification on reaching an achievement
One-click heal
If you enable the setting, you can now heal with just one click in the modern interface.
Round confirmation
If you are gifting a round in the Chat tab in the modern interface, you are now asked to confirm, to prevent expensive misclicks.
Mass friend invite
You can now invite a whole list of Mobster IDs at once in the modern interface.
NPC indicator
NPCs are now marked as such in the Attack and Search tabs on the modern interface.
Fights stats reset change
Fights stats resets are not covered by your VIP reset anymore. In addition, the cost has gone up. In general these resets are frowned upon by the Godfather and might be removed entirely in the future.
Daily rewards changed
There are now some new daily rewards.
Refresh comments button
On a profile there is now a refresh button to refresh the comments.
Experience levels adjusted
Experience required for levels below 315 has changed.
Date: July 16th 2021
Date: July 15th 2021
Friend status in Search
When searching toons you now see your current friend status
Alternative payment provider
A new option to replace PayPal has been added, which allows discounts, and includes options to use Google Pay.
Show/Hide items in the header
You can now show/hide the virus bars and skill points in the header from your settings
Date: July 14th 2021
Date: June 18th 2021
Date: June 17th 2021
Date: June 16th 2021
Extra confirmation for resets
In order to prevent misclicks, you now get a confirmation pop-up on asking the Godfather for a reset of skill points, fight stats or employed mob.
Placing a bounty is now considered targeting
Placing a bounty on another toon is considered targeting, and opens you up to retaliation
Happy Hour changes
You can now purchase anonymous happy hours, and the price of happy hours has been reduced to 39 Favor Points
Date: May 15th 2021
Date: April 13th 2021
Date: February 15th 2021
Date: January 6th 2021
Date: December 20th 2020
New item
Large Assault Squad introduced
Subscription bonus improved
You now receive +5% per month up to +50% instead of +1% up to +25%)
Date: October 29th 2020
New items
Large Military Escort and High Level Politico introduced
Happy Hour price reduced
Happy Hour prices reduced to 59 Favor Points
Date: October 8th 2020
Date: September 20th 2020
Date: June 6th 2020
Date: June 3rd 2020
Date: May 8th 2020
Introducing over-powered and under-powered attacks
Balancing changes made to XP received in extreme over and under-powered attacks.
Blueprint introduction
Blueprints introduced to upgrade items in the workshop. Blueprints allow you to upgrade existing equipment at a cost.
Date: May 7th 2020
Date: March 24th 2020
Date: March 21st 2020
Date: March 20th 2020
Date: March 19th 2020
Date: March 15th 2020
Date: March 13th 2020
Date: March 9th 2020
Server Migration
The game server migrated from the traditional AcidBay server to a dedicated game server based on modern technologies.
Moved away from AcidBay accounts
After the ownership change, the entire backend and frontend of the game was rebuilt by Don Paul, but still used AcidBay user accounts. Today we move to game-only accounts and stop using AcidBay as a backend.
Date: January 1st 2020
Bodyguard Companies
If you are going on a holiday or want to protect all your accounts, you can now hire a bodyguard company to protect all your toons instead of just one.
Toon cannot be listed with bodyguard
When a toon has a bodyguard, it won’t be listed by Tony in the hit-list anymore.
Date: December 16th 2019
Date: December 10th 2019
Date: October 20th 2019
Date: October 17th 2019
Date: October 5th 2019
Date: October 2nd 2019
Date: October 1st 2019
Date: August 13th 2019
Favor Point Lottery
A new lottery is available in which the winner receives favor points
Vault Code Lottery
A new lottery is available in which the winner receives vault codes
Date: July 27th 2019
Top Mob restricted to friends
You can now only add friends to your Top Mob
Decline friend requests when attacking
Received friend requests are automatically declined when attacking or punching the requestor.
Date: July 15th 2019
Date: July 9th 2019
Date: June 30th 2019
Date: June 21st 2019
Date: June 14th 2019
Date: December 31st 2018
Date: September 14th 2018
Virus Upgrade
The virus levels have been completely rewritten from scratch. Many will notice that their virus levels are higher than they were as a result. It is now much easier to level, and requires far less credit to do so.
Auto-Return Gifting
If you send a gift in the chat to Tony, he will automatically send one back! This works exactly the same way as if you were to send a gift to someone & they sent you the same gift back, making it easier to level up your viruses without having to find someone to trade with.
Daily Gifts
You will now get 1 Entry Level Vault Code per toon every day you log into the game. These can be used in the Bank Vault to get 1 of many different prizes, ranging from free Favor Points, free Chat Credits, Limited Edition items or even those elusive Ultra Rare items!
Automatic Happy Hours
Tony will now start a Happy Hour if there are at least 3 unique users online. He checks every 15 minutes and will start one if he sees 3 Unique users on at the same time. After that, another one will not run for 3 hours. Happy Hours grant unlimited energy refills to VIPs while the Happy Hour is running.
Flash Sales
The Flash Sale system automatically generates sale packs that can include any combination of Limited Edition Equipment, Vault Codes, Hired Guns and/or Energy. Flash Sales last for 24 hours or until they sell out, at which point a new one will be generated automatically. Flash Sales are priced at a discount of the normal retail price if you bought the items individually.
Tony’s Bounties
Tony’s bounties are now time limited. They will disappear if not collected within 15 minutes. This change was made to avoid having bounties sit on the Hit List for days or weeks at a time and only applies to bounties issued by Tony.
New Security
Due to abuse, we have blocked all known Proxy and VPN services. If you use a Proxy or VPN service, you will need to disable it to play Mobsters United.
Date: May 22nd 2018
Diamond Mission Mastery added
There is a new level to Mission Mastery, the Diamond Level.
New Mission Chain at Levels 500+
There are 4 new missions starting with making a friend in Las Vegas. From there, you will be given 1 of 3 different Key Cards that unlock the next mission. The hotel chain missions each have different loot and different mastery rewards, including 2 new cars only available through those missions.
Happy Hours introduced
Happy Hours can be purchased through the Godfather and provide Unlimited Energy to ALL VIP Slots on the game for the duration of one (1) hour. It also causes certain Vault Codes to go into “overstock” mode, increasing chances of getting larger drops.
Dig up the Graveyard drop rate increased
Property AutoBuyer limit increased
The Property AutoBuyer will now buy up to 2,000 properties at a time, up from 500.
Date: March 27th 2018
Date: January 15th 2018
Employed Mob Reset introduced
All players now automatically have the number of mob they’ve used to do missions reset on the 1st of the month for free. VIPs have the option to reset their employed mob for free 1 additional time under the Godfather tab.
Property AutoBuyer for VIP
Allow VIPs to buy up to 500 properties in the background.
New missions introduced
Level 1 mission Residential Burglary and Level 400 mission Revolution in Central America
Date: November 1st 2016
Date: September 5th 2016
Top Mob introduced
You can now send energy to your friends! They get 25% of their Level, you get 25% of that back. The user does NOT have to login to return the energy, it’s all automatic. Someone can only be removed from the Top Mob if it’s been at least 24 hours since that slot was last used to send energy. Regular users have 3 Top Mob slots, VIPs have 6 slots.
Henchmen introduced
A new category of equipment has been introduced, Henchmen. Henchmen are separate from weapons, armor or vehicles. Some can be acquired for mob cash like any other piece of equipment, others are rewarded by the Mission Mastery system.
Mission Mastery introduced
Mission Mastery has been introduced with 4 levels, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Bronze rewards $10,000 Mob Cash, Silver rewards $20,000 Mob Cash, Gold rewards 1 Favor Point and Platinum either rewards 3 Favor Points or a special weapon, armor, vehicle or henchman.
Back Alley expanded
The Back Alley has received an expansion, now showing most of the past LE items instead of just the last 15.
Date: July 16th 2016
Date: May 29th 2016
Date: February 18th 2016
New Graveyard Missions
2 new missions are available at Levels 90 (Get supplies from Maulmart) and 100 (Rob the Graveyard).
New Player changes
New players now start out with $25,000 cash on hand and a base income of $2,500 per hour. New accounts now start out with 25 Favor Point.
Low Level damage adjusted
The damage cap has been adjusted. It now only applies if a higher level is attacking someone 25 or under. It no longer applies when someone 25 or under is attacking. The amount of experience given per fight has been increased as well.
Bank charge removed
The bank no longer charges $10,000 to open an account, the funds are deposited instead.
Tony issues short-time bounties
Tony the Shark will now issue short-time bounties on in-game players.
Skill Points introduced
Health, Energy and Stamina no longer increase automatically. You are given 6 Skill Points to spend instead. Skill Points can be reset through The Godfather on a sliding payment scale.
Fighting and Regeneration adjustments
Percentage stat regeneration now applies to Level 50 and above instead of Level 200. You also now lose experience when you die in a fight you start rather than gaining experience from that lost fight. Attack and Defense skill points now count a hundredfold when fighting.
Date: February 6th 2016
Date: June 28th 2015
Experience adjusted
Made it easier to level as a new starter.
Avatar equipment with powers released
Avatar Powers increase your stats, either adding Critical Attack / Spirited Defense (double attack/defense boost), extra health, energy, or stamina.
Avatars redesigned
Avatars have been redesigned from the ground up with new clothing, hairstyles and more.
Damage Limit introduced
A damage limit is in place up to Level 25. If you or the toon you’re attacking is below Level 25 all damage is capped.
Date: March 31st 2013