How does Monopoly Go work? In the first-ever mobile app version of Monopoly, roll your dice to travel along squares on the board. As you do so, earn money, pay money, and even land on Chance and Railroad tiles, much like the tabletop version. In a twist to the classic version, spend money to construct a series of themed structures, building them up and upgrading them before progressing to a new environment and theme.
From here, an even bigger twist comes in the form of PvP. In Monopoly Go dice links to maximize your potential income and progress faster for huge rewards.
How to play Monopoly Go
Just like in the board game, you choose a token. As you roll, your token moves around the board based on the number indicated by the dice roll. Some tiles you land on are reminiscent of classic Monopoly: properties award you rent from other online players, Chance tiles grant you a bonus card, Free Parking even occasionally rewards you with free dice rolls or cash. You can also lose cash on your journey around the board if you land on Income Tax or Luxury Tax tiles.
Others are completely new. For example, as we discuss further below, landing on Railroad tiles launches a quick PvP minigame in which you can earn plenty of bonus cash.
You can multiply the rewards earned from each tile by tapping the small multiplier icon near the dice, known as roll multipliers. This will earn you more money from property rent, more points during tournaments and events, more items collected from the board, and more, but consumes more of your dice each time. You begin with a limited number of dice rolls, but there are ways to get more:
- Free Monopoly Go dice links
- Completing sticker albums
- Chance tiles
- Community Chest tiles
- Railroad minigames
- Quick Wins missions
- Limited-time events
Railroad minigames
Bank Heist and Shut Down minigames are triggered by landing on one of the four railroad tiles. These minigames each pit you against another online player. In Bank Heist, you have the chance to steal some of their hard-earned cash. In Shut Down, you instead destroy one of their buildings, forcing them to pay to repair it. Succeeding in both allows you to progress through the current limited-time event.
Limited-time events
At least two of these Monopoly Go events take place at all times, taking the form of daily leaderboard events, short tournaments, solo events, or partner events. Landing on specific tiles or completing minigames rewards you with tokens that further your progression through these events, either automatically or with some interaction. In turn, you can earn dice rolls, sticker packs, tokens, shields, and more.
Monopoly Go islands
As you progress through Monopoly Go, you build landmarks on each island, up to five levels each, using in-game coins. When each landmark has reached its maximum level, you will progress to the next island. There are hundreds of islands in Monopoly Go, ranging from real-world inspired locations like New York and London, to fictional destinations. Each island, or world, costs slightly more to upgrade as you progress through, with the later islands being significantly more expensive and requiring more hours to earn the cash required for all of the landmark upgrades.
Bank of Monopoly
As you progress through the hundreds of Monopoly Go islands, there is a chance you may come across the Bank of Monopoly. This randomly occurring island can appear at any place on your map, and can show up more than once.
Rather than the usual island gameplay, the Bank of Monopoly island gives you free around a special board. Keep rolling until you have landed on and collected seven random rewards to keep you going into your next standard island.
Sticker albums
Sticker albums are sets of stickers with a set theme. There are 21 sets of stickers per sticker album, and each set contains nine stickers. Some of these contain gold stickers that cannot be traded unless they feature in the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event. Wild stickers come into play, as you can use these to earn missing stickers that you haven't yet found in normal gameplay. Each sticker album runs for around three months before it expires and is replaced by a completely new album. Here are a few examples of the Monopoly Go sticker albums so far:
- Marvel Go!
- Star Wars
- Home Suite Home
- Role Models
- Globe Trottin'
- Wildlife Tales
- Epic Myths
- Heartfelt Holidays
- Monopoly Origins
- Making Music
- Monopoly Games
How to add friends in Monopoly Go
To play with friends in Monopoly Go, you can invite from your list of the most recently interacted players in-game, or link to your Facebook or phone book and see which of your friends are already playing Monopoly Go, as well as send invitations to those who aren't yet.
To add friends in Monopoly Go, hit the friends menu icon and select list to automatically add anyone from your phone's list. You can follow the same steps, but select Facebook to find your Facebook friends.
Finally, you can also select the invite link option to share a link directly with friends or family to invite them to you in Monopoly Go. This could earn you up to 150 dice or tokes by inviting people to the game via your invite link. This will only work if you're inviting people who don't already play.
Monopoly Go shields, tokens, and emojis
There are multiple shields, tokens, and emojis available in Monopoly Go, some are unlocked as default, while others are awarded as part of an event or tournament. You can view your token, shield, and emoji collections in the My Showroom area, available from the main menu, and filling a shelf with four of the same type grants you even more rewards.
Base game tokens
- Top Hat – Unlocked by default
- Classic Car – Unlocked by default
- Battleship – Unlocked by default
- Ducky – Upgrade your Net Worth
- Penguin – Upgrade your Net Worth
- Thimble – Upgrade your Net Worth
- Train – Upgrade your Net Worth
- Dog – 7-day reward
- Cutie Cat – 14-day reward
- Mr. Monopoly – Invite 10 friends to the game
- Free Parking Car – progress through the game
- Rockstar Mr. Monopoly – progress through the game
- Disco Mr. Monopoly – progress through the game
- Discus Thrower – progress through the game
Event tokens
Event tokens may not be available anymore, as they were awarded for completing events. Some may recur, but others are associated with bygone sticker albums and will never be available again. Just some examples of exclusive tokens include:
- 1st Birthday Mr. Monopoly – Free during Monopoly Go's first anniversary
- American Eagle – Fireworks Fortune event reward
- Anniversary Scottie – 1st Anniversary Bash event reward
- Celebration Train – Railroad Rally event reward
- Chubby Cheeks – Nocturnal Treasures event reward
- Clam Shell Mr. Monopoly – Fountain Partners event reward
- Crypt Car – Spooky Car Partners event reward
- Cupid Lizzie – Valentine's Partner event reward
- Cyclops – Epic Myths sticker album completion reward
- Diamond Dragster – Hot Rods Partner event reward
- Diving Helmet – Ecological Escapade event reward
- Dolphin – Wildlife Tales sticker album completion reward
- Fancy Duck – Monopoly Origins sticker album completion reward
- Garden Cat – Gardening Partners event reward
- Grand Marshal Mr. Monopoly – Parade Partners event reward
- Hammer – Epic Myths sticker album completion reward
- Ice Cream Truck – Ice Cream Partners event reward
- Lion – Wildlife Tales sticker album completion reward
- Mr. Avocado – Taco Takeout event reward
- Mr. Mech – Gift Partners event reward
- Mr. Monopoly's Cupcake – Choco Partners event reward
- Octopus – Sunken Treasures event reward
- Peg-E Car – Car Show Partners event reward
- Peg-E Rover – Martian Treasures event reward
- Pharaoh Scottie – Sunset Treasures event reward
- Popstar Ms. Monopoly – Mogul of the Opera event reward
- Pufferfish – Aqua Partner event reward
- Pumpkin Pie – Thanksgiving Pride event reward
- Robo Penguin – Robo Partners event reward
- Sailboat – Globe Trottin' sticker album completion reward
- Sandy Snowman – Xmas in July event reward
- Santa's Express – Heartfelt Holidays sticker album completion reward
- Skateboarding Scottie – Monopoly Games sticker album sticker reward
- Suitcase – Globe Trottin' sticker album completion reward
- Snowman – Heartfelt Holidays sticker album completion reward
- Sombrero – Lucha Libre Loot event reward
- Space Scottie – Moon Walkers event reward
- Strawberry Cake – Baking Partners event reward
- Tiara – Anniversary Treasures event reward
- Toy Peg-E – Toy Maker Partners event reward
- Tycoon Racer – Tycoon Racers event reward
- USA Hat – Memorial Day event reward
Base game shields
- The Defender – Unlocked by default
Event shields
As with the event tokens, these may no longer be available, as many were awarded for completing past events and sticker albums, but here are a few examples of shields you may be lucky to have – or may have missed.
- 1st Birthday Cake – Billions Dash tournament event reward
- Anniversary Elegance – Anniversary Treasures event reward
- Armor Up – Barrel Race tournament event reward
- Balloon Surprise – Electric Escape tournament event reward
- Celtic Knot – Horseshoe Games tournament event reward
- Cha-Ching Peg-E – Dot Com Dash tournament event reward
- Choco Heart – Bouquet Builders tournament event reward
- Cozy Sweater – Xmas Sweater Contest tournament event reward
- Cranberry Splat – Turkey Race tournament event reward
- Disco Ball – Fireworks Frenzy tournament event reward
- Easter Egg – Easter Egg Hunt tournament event reward
- Electric Company – Monopoly Origins sticker album completion reward
- Fearless Flex – Greek Treasures event reward
- Ghost – Ghost Chase tournament event reward
- Go! – Prize Drop event reward
- Heroic Red – Buy during the Games for Red sale
- Ice Cream Cone – Free in the Monopoly Go first anniversary
- Jungle Tablet – Jungle Treasures event reward
- Martian Runes – Martian Treasures event reward
- Masquerade Scottie – Masquerade Madness tournament event reward
- Merry Spruce – Heartfelt Holidays sticker album completion reward
- Golden Merry Spruce – Heartfelt Holidays sticker album completion reward
- Mr. Monopoly Spartan – Nessie's Quest tournament event reward
- Mr. Monopoly Vintage – Quick Wins reward
- Ms. Monopoly – Empowering Quest tournament event reward
- Neon Nights – Moon Walkers event reward
- Peg-E – Martian Mysteries tournament event reward
- Pink Heart – Oktoberfest Contest tournament event reward
- Rocket Blast – Skyscraper's Blast Off tournament event reward
- Rudolph – Reindeer Gallop tournament event reward
- Saharan Sapphire – Sunset Treasures event reward
- Santa – Mistletoe tournament event reward
- Scarab Sentinel – Sunset Treasures event reward
- Scorpion – Egyptian Treasures tournament event reward
- Seahorse – Shark Track tournament event reward
- Ship's Wheel Shield – Sunken Treasures event reward
- Snowflake – Santa's Spring tournament event reward
- Snowman – Snowman Contest tournament event reward
- Space Capsule – Galactic Treasures event reward
- Spring Forest – Spring Treasures event reward
- Summer Champion – Monopoly Games sticker album completion reward
- Superstar – Pretzel Party tournament event reward
- Uncle Scottie – Memorial Marathon tournament event reward
- Vintage Turntable – Making Music sticker album completion reward
- Golden Vintage Turntable – Making Music sticker album completion reward
- Water Works – Monopoly Origins sticker album completion reward
- Winter Champion – Speedster tournament event reward
Emojis
Up to four emojis can be equipped at any time, and they play automatically during events. The four categories are hello, taunt, victory, and defeat, but any emote can be applied to any category. There are no default emotes per se, and most are earned during events and tournaments.
Monopoly Go Tycoon Club
The Monopoly Go Tycoon Club is an exclusive, invite-only society website known as Mr. Monopoly's Tycoon Club. You can earn rewards from special offers and deals that will be applied to your Monopoly Go . Here, you can also purchase loyalty points or earn them and then redeem them against sticker packs and other rewards.
The more loyalty points you spend, the more progress will be filled up in the Tycoon Club's for extra prizes. You can also get these for free from the daily wheel and other gifts. To gain entry to the Tycoon Club, you will receive an invitation in the game. There is no other way currently to the Tycoon Club.
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