What Is a Hired Gun?

A Hired Gun is essentially a virtual mobster. When you go into battle, your Hired Guns join force with your Mobsters to provide either defense or offense. Based on your current location (details provided below), each eligible Hired Gun will be equipped with the best available equipment (Attack stat based if you are attacking in a fight and Defense stat based if you are defending in a fight.)

Since each Mobster/Hired Gun is equipped (if available) with one each of the best available equipment from each of the s6 equipment categories, a Hired Gun can represent a significant boost in Attack or Defense strength in a fight! For example, let’s look at a level 40 account who is defending in a fight. For our analysis, we will assume that the account has a Core Defense stat of 60 and that the Hired Gun will be equipped with generally available equipment:

Core Defense: 60 (which is multipled by .66 to determine the effective defense of 40)

Melee: Jackhammer – Defense: 10

Gun: Jericho 941 – Defense: 8

Explosive: Nitroglycerin – Defense: 4

Armor: Night-Vision Goggles – Defense: 16

Vehicle: Garbage Truck – Defense: 12

Henchmen: Sleeper Agent – Defense: 11

If we add this up, in our example each Hired Gun will provide a total Defense boost of 101! This is more than the Defense boost that you can get from practically any Limited Edition item in the game and certainly at a much lower cost (20 FP). Therefore, as a general rule, I recommend purchasing a Hired Gun instead of a Limited Edition or Black Market item. The one exception is if you are purchasing an LE or BM item which provides a straight percentage boost to your Attack or Defense stats. (I will be covering this in detail in a separate post.)

Now, let’s look at the same level 40 account who is this time attacking in a fight. For our analysis, we will assume that the account has a Core Attack stat of 60 and that the Hired Gun will be equipped with generally available equipment:

Core Attack: 60 (which is multipled by .66 to determine the effective attack of 40)

Melee: Jackhammer – Attack: 21

Gun: Jericho 941 – Attack: 20

Explosive: TNT – Attack: 16

Armor: Exoskeleton – Attack: 8

Vehicle: Snowmobile – Attack: 8

Henchmen: Sleeper Agent – Attack: 8

If we add this up, in our example each Hired Gun will provide a total Attack boost of 121! The value of a Hired Gun in terms of relative boost in Defense and Attack increases as you level up and have access to even more powerful equipment.

It’s very important to obtain Hired Guns as early as you can in the game. When you are level 1 to 10, having Hired Guns can give you a seriously decisive edge both offensive and defensively.

The inline game help states: “These hired guns will be much more valuable after you pass level 100 and can use over 500 mob members in fights.” but this is really not true unless you obtain a lot (80+) of Hired Guns.

Missions That Reward Hired Guns

The following missions reward a Hired Gun after completing Platinum mastery:

• Take Out a Killer in the Neighborhood in BRONX 1(available at level 10)
• Whack a Mole in CONEY ISLAND 1 (available at level 14)
• Get City Sanitation Contract in DOWNTOWN 1 (available at level 20)
• Full-Out War Over Little Havana in MIAMI 1 (available at level 40)
• Take a Night Out on the Town in CHICAGO 1 (available at level 49)
• Smuggle Weapons-grade Plutonium in MOSCOW 1 (available at level 54)
• Fight Local Unions in NEW JERSEY 1 (available at level 60)
• Kidnap Relative of Business Mogul in AMSTERDAM 1 (available at level 65)
• Destroy a Rival Casino in LAS VEGAS 1 (available at level 75)
• Bank Holdup in CHINATOWN 1 (available at level 95)
• Take Over An Offshore Bank in GRAND CAYMAN 1 (available at level 115)
• Track Down the Oyabun in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Take Over a Tattoo Parlor in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Order a Drive-by on the Yakuza Bathhous in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Make an Example of the Yakuza Shate in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Sabotage Yakuza Bullet Train in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Play Pachink in TOKYO ? (available at level ?)
• Tango con el Diablo in BUENOS AIRS ? (available at level 100)
• Raid a Custom Crush Facilityin BUENOS AIRS ? (available at level 100)
• Port: Tip off Secret Police SHANGHAI 1  (available at level ?)
• Party HQ: Torture a Triad Member SHANGHAI 1  (available at level ?)

Equipping Hired Guns

Hired Guns are automatically equipped based on how many you have and the restrictions of each location. Here are the restrictions sorted by Hired Gun allocation:

• GRAND CAYMAN – 1 Mobsters and 1 Hired Gun
• BRONX – 5 Mobsters and 5 Hired Guns
• CONEY ISLAND – 5 Mobsters and 6 Hired Guns
• DOWNTOWN – 10 Mobsters and 10 Hired Guns
• NEW JERSEY – 20 Mobsters and 20 Hired Guns
• LAS VEGAS – 40 Mobsters and 40 Hired Guns
• AMSTERDAM – 80 Mobsters and 80 Hired Guns
• CHICAGO – 100 Mobsters and 100 Hired Guns
• MOSCOW – 300 Mobsters and 100 Hired Guns
• MIAMI – 150 Mobsters and 150 Hired Guns
• CHINATOWN – 200 Mobsters and 250 Hired Guns
• TOKYO - 400 Mobsters and 200 Hired Guns
• BUENOS AIRES - 25 Mobsters and 50 Hired Guns
• SHANGHAI - 50 Mobsters and 50 Hired Guns

Buying Hired Guns

Hired Guns can be purchased using Favor Points at a cost of 20 FP each. You do this using the Godfather tab.

Once you master the Vegas location, you will be rewarded with special avatar items that can be assigned to your avatar as a Top. They will give you a 10% chance of being rewarded a bonus Hired Gun when you purchase one. Make sure you remember to equip this special avatar item before you make a purchase!