Mafia City : Gem and Lapidary Complex Guide

I'm often asked by the members in my clan, "What's the best way to get gems in Mafia City?". In this post, I'm going to discuss what Gems are, and how you can use them to progress your Maia City account faster than people who don't do there research.

What Are Gems Used For? 

Gems are used to get equipment in the game. If you want to get better equipment, and you don't have gems then your going to have to wait and try to get lucky with crate drops and lucky prizes from the casino. If you're looking for a fast way to get other resources in Mafia city, check out this guide.

What Types Of Gems Are There In Mafia City?

Just to make matters more complicated, there different types of gems AND different levels of those corresponding gems. Each type of gem helps with a different aspect of the game, and the higher level of those gems, the better the corresponding buff will be.

Here's the levels of gems and what colour you can expect them to be.

⦁ Level One Gems ( Grey)

⦁ Level Two Gems ( Green)

⦁ Level 3 Gems (Blue)

⦁ Level 4 Gems (Purple)

⦁ Level 5 Gems (Orange)

⦁ Level 6 Gems (Gold)

Here are the types of gems you can get in Mafia City, and what they do.

⦁ Diamonds : Increases your construction speed.

⦁ Amethyst : Increases the value of your investments.

⦁ Garnet : Increases your cash flow production

⦁ Sapphire : Increased Crew Load.

⦁ Olivine : Increases your defence weapon capabilities.

⦁ Ruby : Increase the capability of your bulker attack units.

⦁ Emerald : Increases the capability of your biker attack units.

⦁ Opal : Increases the capability of your shooter attack units.

⦁ Jade : Increases the capability of your vehicle attack units.

⦁ Tourmaline : Increases Crime Operations Speed.

⦁ Pearl : Increases Hospital Capacity.

⦁ Chrysoberyl: Increases the healing speed.

How To Get Gems Fast In Mafia City?

Now that you have  a basic understanding of what different types of gems they are, along with there corresponding colours, lets talk about how to actually get your hands on them. The good news is; there's many ways to get gems fast in Mafia City. Let's take a look at the best ways.

Synthesize Gems In The Lapidary Complex 

The simplest way to get gems is to synthesize them in the Lapidary Complex. You can unlock 3 slots very cheaply (less than 100 gold bars). It can be quite time consuming to produce gems here, so make sure you max out your investment skill in the investment center to be able to make gems 50% faster.

Trade With The Smuggler For Gems

It's a good idea to periodically check what the smuggler is offering for trade. Sometimes, you can trade cash for high level gems. If you see an offer like this, just accept it. It's so much easier to get cash than it is gems, so if you leave the page and the offer resets, then you've missed out.

Keep An Eye Out For Redeem Codes

Mafia City creators (2k Czech) periodically offer redeem codes for perks and things that would normally cost real money in order to encourage users to spend real money in the game. You can obtain get redeem codes for gems. This site contains several redeem codes that work.

That's it for now. Be sure to check out my other blog post about Mafia city.