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Bernard's Mansion is a location in the City that is accessible only by the most accomplished of hobos.

It houses multiple rooms and provides exceedingly useful benefits to fighters, beggars, and hybrids alike.

History

Bernard's Mansion was originally designed and implemented by the late Governor Malord. It was meant to be a place that rewarded players with exclusive benefits, such as access to a 15T (later 20T) food item, an exclusive Message Board, and useful equipment known as Special Items, provided that they were at least level 20, partook in at least 1000 battles, and had at least a win percentage of 80%. It was also made top secret, meaning that any discussion of Bernard's Mansion or its contents in-game would lead to undesirable consequences, such as a loss of access to the Mansion, a Message Board ban, or even a jailing. Bernard's Mansion was popular among those who had access to it and largely went unchanged for many years.

It wasn't until June 15, 2010, that Bernard's Mansion saw its first significant update: Governor Cube released a revamped, redesigned Bernard's Mansion, one that was more accessible to more players and had better variety of benefits. He also tossed out the top secret policy of Bernard's Mansion, which allowed players to freely discuss Bernard's Mansion in-game.

So far, the updates to Bernard's Mansion have been generally well-received by the game's community.

Gaining Entry

Before you can enter Bernard's Mansion, there are two prerequisites that must be fulfilled:

• You must be at least 100.
• You must have at least 2500 battles under your belt.

Once you meet those two requirements, four ways to gain entry to the prestigious mansion will be available to you.

Entry Method #1: Receive permanent access to the mansion.

• You must have a lifetime win percentage of at least 80%.
  • If your lifetime win percentage dips under 80%, you will lose access to the mansion until it is brought back up to 80%.

Entry Method #2: Receive 5 days of guaranteed access to the mansion, which are renewable once access is lost.

• You must have a lifetime win percentage of at least 50%.
• You must have fought in at least 1000 battles in the last six months, winning at least 80% of those battles.
  • If your six-month win percentage dips under 80%, you cannot receive the five days of guaranteed access until it is brought back up to 80%.

Entry Method #3: Receive 30 days of guaranteed access to the mansion, which are renewable until access is lost.

• You must fork over $50,000,000 to Bernard.
  • Use the computer inside of the mansion to buy more days of access for $1,500,000 per day of access.

Entry Method #4: Receive 30 days of guaranteed access to the mansion, which are renewable until access is lost.

• You must fork over 2,500,000 tokens to Bernard.
  • Use the computer inside of the mansion to buy more days of access for 75,000 tokens per day of access.

Lastly, regardless of what entry method you chose, you must pay for a membership card, which costs 10 points. Once you purchase a membership card, you will never need to purchase another one again.

Also, keep in mind that once you receive guaranteed access, you cannot lose access to the mansion until your days of access run out, regardless of what your current win percentage is.

Features

Bernard's Mansion has a variety of features, such as its own form of currency (Credits), nine rooms to explore, and special items that have exceedingly beneficial bonuses.

Credits

Bernard's Mansion has its own form of currency, called Credits, which are only usable inside the mansion. You gain credits daily by having access to certain rooms in the mansion.

You can hold up to 100 Credits at a time. Your Credits do not disappear if you lose access to the mansion.

Rooms

Bernard's Mansion currently has nine different rooms.

Foyer

The entrance room for the Mansion. Here you can purchase Fighter's Lunches, get general information about the place, and renew your membership.

• All mansion members automatically have access to this room.

Bernard's Basement

You get 25 turns per day to explore the basement for cash, cans, food, and other goodies. You can trade 1 Credit for an additional 5 basement explore turns.

• All mansion members automatically have access to this room.

Staff Meeting Room

This room is reserved for Hobowars staff only. Its contents are rather secret...

• Only HoboWars staff members (Testers, Secretaries, Vice Ministers, Ministers, and Governors) have access to this room.

The Parlor (a.k.a. the Bernard's Mansion Board)

A place for Mansion Members to relax and discuss how great it is being rich and/or powerful.

• All mansion members automatically have access to this room.

Fighter's Lounge

The Fighter's Lounge houses all the classic Bernard's special items.

• You must have a lifetime win percentage of 80% or higher to access this room.
  • +5 Credits per day with access.

Private Library

Bernard's Private Library; it houses a large collection of books that provide various benefits.

• You must have at least 2000 intelligence and collect intelligence for Bernard to access this room.
  • +5 Credits per day with access.

Beggar's Paradise

A bunch of rich people lounging around the back of a mansion drinking and feeling generous. Can you think of a better place to beg?

• You must keep the Begging Master's brunch fund filled up to access this room.
  • +5 Credits per day with access.

Cabana Bar

Relax and have a drink at the cabana bar! You'll be the envy of all drunks once they see you carrying a bottle of Bernard's special wine.

• You must be able to drink an entire bottle of Rubbing Alcohol without getting sick to access this room.
  • +5 Credits per day with access.

War Room

The War Room is a special place for sidewars winners. You can use your credits here to buy a green card or to switch sides.

• You must have the SideWars reward (the "+100 intelligence") to access this room.
  • +5 Credits per day with access.

Special Items

There are many special items that you can acquire from various rooms inside the mansion. The catch is you can only have one special item at a time. Your first special item must be purchased for 100 points, but afterwards you can switch between special items whenever you would like for 10 Credits.

Special Items only function while you have access to the Mansion.

The following is a list of all of the special items available in Bernard's Mansion. Note that if you were using an item but lost access to the room, you can still be using the item, as long as you still have access to Bernard's Mansion.

Image	Name	Bonus(es)	Location
	Training Shoes	+10% stat gain at University.	Fighter's Lounge
	Special Sunglasses	+15% experience gains from begging and fighting.	Fighter's Lounge
	Professional Beggar Outfit	+10% begging income gain.	Fighter's Lounge
	Library Card	+5% stat gains at university. +5% experience gains from begging and fighting. +5% begging income gains.	Private Library
	Debit Card	80% of begging gains go straight to your piggybank.	Beggar's Paradise
	Cabana Club Card	+1 Cup Bonus to any booze drank straight from backpack. Enemy skills will miss 25% of the time.	Cabana Bar
	Green Card	Removes side taxes and gang taxes when you're the attacker.	War Room