Monopoly Go is a game that brings classic board games to your mobile device, providing players with a very interesting option for leisure time. But unlike the original board game, in Monopoly Go, you can not only build landmarks and collect rent from other players but also sneak into other players’ banks and steal all their cash.
But this is not exclusive to a certain player. Any player can also attack you like this, and your valuables may be stolen. If you don’t have a corresponding countermeasure, you may even go bankrupt.
So how can you protect your property from being invaded while getting the most benefits from other players? This guide will give you a detailed introduction to how Bank Heists work and how to deal with them, so that you are prepared to face every invasion.
How To Play Bank Heists?
The condition for triggering Bank Heist mini-game is that you need to land on the railway tile on Monopoly Go board. This will teleport you to another player’s bank, and your task is to find three safes with the same image through some memory skills. It is essentially a memory game.
In each game, there are 12 safes, each with an image of a silver coin, a cash stack, or a diamond ring. If you identify the image, the player’s funds will be credited to your account. But different images offer different rewards.
- When you turn over the image of three Diamond Rings, it means that you will take away all the player’s funds and he/she will go bankrupt.
- When you turn over the image of three Cash Stacks, you can get the largest share of the target’s money. This is also called Large Heist.
- When you turn over the image of three Silver Coins, you can only get the smallest share of cash and some Monopoly Go Cards. This is also called Small Heist.
It is important to note that Bank Heists do not allow revenge. This means that even if you know which player robbed you, you cannot target that specific player and can only perform random Bank Heists.
How To Protect Your Assets?
When you are not online, you can use shields to protect your bank or assets from the threat of Bank Heists. It plays a very protective role and provides you with a way to protect its economic interests and strategic position in the game.
So using shields effectively will help you overcome game obstacles and increase the speed of reaching milestones, and it will also make it easier to get Monopoly Go Stickers.
Once you get a shield, you can randomly place it on different property tiles on Monopoly GO game board. When you land on a tile with a shield icon, you can pick up the shield and use defensive abilities, so that your landmark will be protected from attacks by others.
But it should be noted here that shields are one-time, and every time you use one, the shield is invalid. And shields can only be used to prevent Bank Heists, not other robbery activities. So you must always pay attention to your shield inventory, and once the number of shields is low, remember to get some in daily activities or tournaments.
How To Avoid Bank Heists?
Although you can use a shield to protect your assets during offline time, the shield cannot prevent Bank Heists initiated by your friends or random Monopoly Go players. So the only good thing to do is to spend all your cash before logging off.
Because the losses in Bank Heists are calculated proportionally, your opponent may get a lot of cash from you, but it’s just the money in the bank. In addition, your bank is safe when you are online, so logging in frequently every day will result in fewer robs.
How To Cancel Bank Heists?
These Bank Heists will make you lose a lot of money, so how can you turn it off or cancel it? I’m sorry to tell you that once you start Bank Heists, there is no way to cancel it, even if you exit Monopoly Go, clear the cache or force, stop it.
For this game that relies half on strategy and half on luck, all you have to do is rely on some strategies to help your cash inventory become a little richer, so as not to face bankruptcy after experiencing a Bank Heists. This way you will have enough assets to rank on the rich list and get more Monopoly Go Cards.
About Shutdown
In addition to Bank Heists, which lets you get some extra assets from other players, Monopoly Go also has a mini-game that can earn you a lot of cash rewards – Shutdown.
During Shutdown, you can raid a friend’s or a random player’s city and destroy their landmarks. Unlike Bank Heists, while the default in the game is to randomly select your opponent players, you can use some strategy to choose which player you want to invade.
You can also trigger the Shutdown mini-game when your token lands on a Railroad tile. Once you are teleported to the opponent’s board, you can choose to destroy his/her landmarks directly to get some cash or Monopoly Go cards for sale.
Also, if the opponent player has a shield equipped, you may fail to attack and only get a small reward. Here’s a tip for you: attack the weakest or lowest-level landmarks, which will be easier. These landmarks will have some smoke around them. The dice multiplier affects the reward you get from Shutdown, so using a higher multiplier can help you win more cash.
If you want to attack a specific player, you can use Switch Opponent button at the bottom of Shutdown screen to select Revenge or Friends. When you click Revenge, you can attack other random players or seek revenge for your landmark being shut down. When you click Friends, you can visit any of your friends’ cities and attack their buildings.
That’s how to use Bank Heists and Shutdown in Monopoly Go. I hope these two methods can help you get more cash and let you achieve wealth freedom soon!
