BadFellas gameplay encyclopedia
BadFellas Gameplay Mechanics
Use this complete topic cluster to understand the current systems behind character progression, crimes, crews, properties, markets, travel, sailing, intelligence, combat, casinos and multiplayer games.
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What does the BadFellas gameplay guide cover?
The encyclopedia contains 41 focused guides organised into seven connected clusters. Start with a player objective, open the specialist page, and recheck the live interface before committing Cash, inventory, travel, combat or crew resources.
Choose a learning path
Start with the goal you have in the game
Start a new character
Understand rank, core crimes, Cars, Jail and the systems that create a sustainable early activity loop.
Build a crew empire
Move from crew structure and Crewbank governance into Headquarters, shared properties, territory and political influence.
Plan an international operation
Separate personal flights, carried drug stock, maritime inventory and crew cargo before moving between countries.
Prepare for combat
Combine current intelligence, Detective reports, weapons, attachments, bullets and Backfire before targeting another character.
Manage an economy
Protect liquidity while comparing production, player markets, property ownership, Auctions and five-minute stock movement.
Play games with a bankroll
Compare country-casino property games with direct-Cash Poker and the separate Horse Race systems.
How to use the encyclopedia
Move from broad planning to the exact live decision
Choose the correct inventory and ownership layer. Personal Cash, Swiss Bank balances, Crewbank, central Crew Stock, Drugs Market Stock, Country Port stock and reserved operation cargo are different systems. The specialist guides explain where each resource lives and which page controls it.
Follow the current state, not an old screenshot. Multiplayer ownership, country, cooldowns, market supply, Crewbank commitments and defensive assignments can change after a page is opened. The server validates the final request.
Use connected guides together. A Drugsrun depends on Airport travel and personal market stock. A kill depends on a valid Detective report, weapon, bullets and Backfire risk. A Trade Route depends on Harbour infrastructure and current central stock reservations.
Keep protected mechanics protected. The encyclopedia explains visible rules and practical planning without publishing hidden XP thresholds, exact outcome probabilities or anti-abuse controls.
Topic cluster
Character progression, crime and consequences
Build rank through supported activity, manage vehicles and missions, and understand Jail or Organized Crime consequences.
Ranks & ProgressionRanks measure a living character’s gameplay progression in BadFellas. They advance through eligible activity, remain separate from wealth status and unlock access to more demanding systems as the character develops.
CrimesCrimes are repeatable personal actions that build criminal status and generate cash or rare finds. Status promotions improve the chance of future success rather than awarding separate promotion loot.
Car Theft & CarsCar Theft is the BadFellas crime system for stealing vehicles and adding successful results to Cars, where the character can sell, secure, scrap, auction or route eligible vehicles through supported follow-up actions.
Organized CrimeOrganized Crime is a coordinated multi-player operation with defined roles, equipment and readiness requirements. It rewards preparation and reliable team participation.
MissionsMissions are structured objectives that ask the player to complete a specific sequence or achievement across one or more gameplay systems. Progress is recorded only after the underlying action succeeds.
JailJail is the temporary restriction state caused by failed crimes, travel controls or other risky actions. A jailed character has limited access until released or successfully busted out.
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Crews, territory and political power
Organise leadership, Crewbank decisions, Headquarters growth, Domination, Land Don influence and Commission status.
CrewsA crew in BadFellas is a persistent player organisation with its own identity, members, leadership structure, Crewbank, shared infrastructure and coordinated operations. Crews turn individual characters into an organised network that can build properties, control territory, move cargo and manage long-term strategy.
Crew PropertiesCrew Properties are shared BadFellas facilities for current production, logistics, intelligence, drugs-network, defensive and Commission-related systems. Availability always follows the live Crew Properties page.
DominationDomination is the territorial control system where crews develop plots, infrastructure and influence in individual countries. It connects long-term construction with country power and crew strategy.
Land DonThe Land Don represents country-level underworld influence and receives defined income from activity in that country. The role connects local commerce, criminal activity and territorial prestige.
The CommissionThe Commission is the upper level of organised underworld power in BadFellas, where the strongest crews and leadership structures compete for lasting recognition.
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Crew Properties and advanced infrastructure
Use production, logistics, intelligence, specialist training, item protection, ships and advanced crew defence.
Lead FactoryThe Lead Factory is a Small-HQ Crew Property that converts scheduled production cycles into lead stored in central Crew Stock, where it can support Bulletfactories, Harbour containers and the wider ammunition economy.
Drugs LabThe Drugs Lab is a Small-HQ Crew Property that produces one of the six drug types into central Crew Stock for crew supply, Drugs Market consignments, smuggling and maritime logistics.
HarbourThe Harbour is a Medium-HQ Crew Property that turns central Crew Stock into managed maritime logistics through containers, Country Port buyers, cargo reservations and the separate Trade Route command flow.
Intelligence AgencyThe Intelligence Agency is a Medium-HQ Crew Property that sends timed spies, stores current crew intelligence and can be upgraded through Radar into an Advanced Intelligence Agency with targeted options.
Counterintelligence CenterThe Counterintelligence Center is a Large-HQ Crew Property that passively disrupts targeted crew spying and actively runs focused sixty-minute information operations about attachments, Legendary Weapons, Detectives or properties.
Crew ShipyardThe Crew Shipyard is a Large-HQ Crew Property that constructs one random crew vessel at a time for €2,500,000, then lets council list the completed ship in Black Market Specials or assign an eligible Nautilus to Trade Routes.
RadarRadar is a €100,000,000 advanced crew project that requires an active Intelligence Agency and ten completed Agency runs, then upgrades it into an Advanced Intelligence Agency with targeted crew and exact-user options.
Underground BunkerThe Underground Bunker is a €500,000,000 cash-only advanced crew defence that takes four hours to build and protects eligible members only while they are actively sheltered at their crew Headquarters in the HQ country.
Laser GridThe Laser Grid is a €750,000,000 cash-only advanced crew defence that takes six hours to build and lets the crew assign protection to eligible living council members.
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Economy, markets and player-owned properties
Protect liquidity, buy and sell stock, source equipment, produce bullets, list assets and convert discoveries into Cash.
Swiss BankThe Swiss Bank is a country-based financial property and private account system for storing and transferring money outside ordinary cash holdings.
BulletfactoryA Bulletfactory is a player-owned country property that converts lead into bullets and supplies the combat economy. The owner manages production stock, pricing and operational availability.
Drugs MarketThe Drugs Market is the country-based marketplace where players buy and sell personal drug inventory. Prices change by country and create the economic foundation for Drugsruns.
Black MarketThe Black Market is the equipment and contraband shop for weapons, protection, transport and player-listed Specials. It combines fixed country inventory with a protected peer-to-peer marketplace.
Stock MarketThe Stock Market lets players buy and sell shares whose prices move over time. It is a long-term financial system where timing, diversification and available cash matter.
AuctionThe Auction is the protected marketplace for transferring eligible player-owned properties. It supports bids, direct-sale prices and final ownership settlement.
Pawn ShopThe Pawn Shop is the sale point for eligible stolen goods and selected valuables. It turns crime inventory into cash and can unlock contact opportunities through repeated business.
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Travel, sailing and cargo logistics
Move characters or goods through Airport flights, Drugsruns, Private Sailing and crew Trade Routes.
Airport & TravelAirport travel moves a living character between the five BadFellas countries. Aircraft change the flight cooldown or carrying capacity, while carried drugs and contraband can create seizure and Jail risk.
DrugsrunA Drugsrun is the act of moving personal drugs between countries to use differences in local market prices. The system combines travel planning, carrying limits and the risk of airport controls.
Private SailingPrivate Sailing is BadFellas’ persistent maritime route system for Country Port travel, Offshore Operations, raw-material discoveries, contracts and special events. Its Treasure of Gold event can replace the normal arrival choices with ten dedicated explorations and a cash treasure worth €250,000,000 to €900,000,000.
Trade RouteA Trade Route is a crew maritime shipment that moves full production stock through foreign markets. It connects Crew Properties, Harbour approval, route events and shared profit.
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Intelligence, weapons and survival
Prepare information, Detective reports, weapons, attachments, bullet requirements and defensive Backfire before combat.
Street ContactsStreet Contacts are persistent underworld relationships that provide intelligence, favours, missions and rare opportunities after the player earns access through normal gameplay.
DetectivesDetectives search for another living character and can produce a time-limited report with the target’s current country. That report is the required intelligence input for a normal kill attempt.
Kill SystemThe BadFellas Kill System is the high-risk player-versus-player combat system. A murder attempt uses a current detective report, country match, active weapon, ammunition, target rank, council role, protection, Crew Property defence, Weapon Attachments and Backfire state to produce one transactionally final result.
BackfireBackfire is the defender’s armed response to a kill attempt. When enabled with a valid weapon and enough bullets, it can kill the attacker even when the original attack fails or is blocked.
Legendary WeaponsLegendary Weapons are the rare named combat weapons L96A1 Sniper, Sicilian Lupara and Dragunov SVD.
Weapon AttachmentsWeapon Attachments are rare BadFellas equipment items that modify the active primary weapon. They can reduce attack or Backfire requirements, counter specific protection, shorten the Kill cooldown or create special survival and witness effects.
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Casinos, Poker and competitive games
Compare the five country-casino properties with Wheel of Fortune, direct-Cash Poker and the two Horse Race systems.
CasinosBadFellas has five country-casino games: Blackjack, Numbersgame, Roulette, Slot Machine and Wheel of Fortune. Each game validates the bet server-side and settles against the current casino property.
Wheel of FortuneWheel of Fortune is a country-casino game with a fixed clapper, an independently rotating wheel, six visible outcome types and a separate Heads-or-Tails decision after Special.
Horse RaceHorse Race contains two current BadFellas systems: a one-versus-one Track Owner race with a wager and a separate Horse Race Competition for Wild Horse ownership, training and standings without race betting.
PokerPoker is the BadFellas multiplayer Texas Hold’em system with direct Cash buy-ins, three to five seats per table, configurable blinds, timed turns, table chat and server-settled pots.
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