Begging

Begging means going to the Corner 7/11 or City Hall and standing around with your cup for 10T to try and get some cash. Begging is pretty simple, but requires a lot of patience to get anywhere with. Very few people have ever maxed out their begging, so don't expect it to happen overnight. The first step on the long road to reaching your goal is to max out your Intel - get to level 20 and train at the University until it's 1000, then you can choose to start your begging career or to continue onto 2500 intel. It should also be mentioned that being a higher level will give yield more money per beg, so it is also a good idea to level to at least 200-300 before considering begging.

Intel

You gain a bonus +10% cash per beg for every 50 Intel you have, for up to a +200% bonus at 1000 intelligence.

You gain a further bonus +10% for each 100 intelligence from 1000 to 2500.

Beg stat

Beg stat is your skill at begging. It goes up rather slowly, but faster at first, gaining more each beg. At 100 beg, the gains split and progress slows, however your gains will eventually increase; begging at 800 is faster than begging at 200.

Your beg stat is also connected to the maximum beg level, described in a later section.

Begging Stat	Begging Stat Gains	Begging Stat	Begging Stat Gains
0 - 50	0.0171 ~ 0.0225	600 - 650	0.022
50 - 100	0.022 ~ 0.026	650 - 700	0.023
100 - 200	0.014	700 - 750	0.024
200 - 300	0.0139 ~ 0.0155	750 - 800	0.025
300 - 350	0.017	800 - 850	0.026
350 - 400	0.018	850 - 900	0.027
400 - 450	0.019	900 - 950	0.028
450 - 500	0.020	950 - 1000	0.029
500 - 600	0.021

Beg Bonuses

As of recently, begging now includes some of the bonuses previously seen in the arena. These bonuses are fairly rare, occurring every few bars of T.

The list includes:

• +100%, +200%, and +400% cash and experience.
• 10, 20, 30 cans.
• 5T, 10T, 15T, 20T
• 25 max life
• 1, 2, 3 points
• 7, 10 donator days
• 3, 7, 10 intelligence
• 15, 30 explore turns
• Shots
• Pawnables
• Respect

Beg Modifiers

There are several items that have the ability to increase begging cash, experience, beg stat, bonuses, and other begging perks. These items are listed below.

Image	Name	Effect	Type	Other Information
	Apple Flavored Gum	Increases your begging income by $1000 and your begging experience by 40%.	Effect - Food	—
	Bacon Blast Jelly Beans	Increases your begging income by 20% and your begging experience by 15%.	Effect - Food	—
	Bawling Baby	Permanent +0.007 Begging stat Increases your begging experience by 50%, but decreases your begging income by 50%.	Effect - Drink	Stat gain increases based on Drinking stat. Doesn't increase beg stat above 1100.
	Beggar's Bouillon	Permanent +0.5 Begging stat.	Food	Doesn't increase beg stat above 1100.
	Beggars Brunch	Permanent +0.5 Begging stat. Increases your begging income by 20% and your begging experience by 15%.	Effect - Food	Benard's Mansion special Doesn't increase beg stat above 1100.
	Beggar Ring	+[ 2 + (R–RANK / 4) ]% begging experience. +(R–RANK / 4)% chance of begging rewards.	Equip - Ring	Negative respect swaps the chances of exp and bonuses.
	Begging Piggy	+10% Cash, +1 Begging Level, +1% Begging Stats Gains	Equip - Backpack	Mining item. Breaks after 500~1000 uses.
	Blueberry Blast Jelly Beans	Increases your begging income by 10% and your begging experience by 15%.	Effect - Food	—
	Cinnamon Flavored Gum	Increases your begging income by $1500 and your begging experience by 40%.	Effect - Food	—
	City Hall Booster Pack	+10% to Beg Multiplier, Begging Awards, +1% Beg Stat Gains	Wish	Permanent upgrade to City Hall only.
	Clever Beggar	Increases your begging experience by 55%, but decreases your begging income by 25%. Also allows you to raise your begging stat to 1200.	Effect	Benard's Mansion special
	Dead Man Walking	Gives you the ability to do things like exploring and begging while dead, without any negative consequences.	Effect - Drink	Even with this effect, you cannot fight while dead; any battles will result in an automatic loss.
	Debit Card	80% of begging gains go straight to your piggybank.	Equip - Benard's	Benard's Mansion special item
	Eggnog	Permanent +0.0036 Begging +0.0250 Intelligence +0.0750 Power, Strength, and Speed	Effect - Drink	Stat gain increases based on Drinking stat. Doesn't increase beg stat above 1100.
	Eye Gouger	Increases your begging income by 10% and your begging experience by 35%, but decreases your accuracy.	Effect - Drink	—
	Gingerbread Bum	Increases your begging income by 25% and your begging experience by 40%.	Effect - Food	X-mas gift item.
	Library Card	+5% stat gains at university. +5% experience gains from begging and fighting +5% begging income gains.	Equip - Benard's	Benard's Mansion special item
	Professional Beggar Outfit	+10% begging income gain.	Equip - Benard's	Benard's Mansion special item
	Special Sunglasses	+15% experience gains from begging and fighting.	Equip - Benard's	Benard's Mansion special item
	Sugarfree Gum	Increases your begging income by $3000 and your begging experience by 50%.	Effect - Food	Halloween basket item.
	+5 Begging	Permanent +5 Begging stat	Wish	—

Beg Upgrades

Your first beg upgrade will be at the begging stat milestone of 50, after that you start gaining exp from begging while alive. Getting the upgrades as soon as possible will increase the amount of money you gain from begging as well as the EXP you earn. Otherwise, begging upgrades have no impact on the actual begging process; there is no downside to an upgrade, besides the monetary cost. The begging upgrades, and their prices, are outlined below.

Upgrade number	Begging Stat Required	Money Required
Upgrade 1	50	$500,000
Upgrade 2	100	$1,000,000
Upgrade 3	200	$2,000,000
Upgrade 4	300	$3,000,000
Upgrade 5	500	$5,000,000

City Hall Begging

Another location to beg is the City Hall in the Second City. The major downside to begging at the city hall is a reduced income. You will get 50% of your regular begs, or 60% with the City Hall Booster Pack that you can wish for from the Loompa Land Prize Redemption Shaman.

One major advantage of begging at city hall is the rare event of meeting the Deputy Mayor. If you are lucky enough to get this random event, you will receive 40000% of your regular beg.

Other Sources of EXP

Rapes and sluts are the secondary source of EXP for a beggar. With the money you make from begging, you can pay for people to lose to you one way or another.

Gang Beg level

Gang beg levels helps with your begging, although you should never base your gang choice purely on their begging level. The higher your gang's beg level is the more money your gang earns every time you beg, known as gang income. You also receive extra money equal to the gang income you earned. For every gang begging level you and the gang get an extra 0.4 percent of your money you earn per beg. For example if a gang had level 10 beg you and the gang would receive 4.0 percent extra to the amount you normally earn.

Further Advice

There's not much you can do about even or higher level fighters beating you, although if you're nice when caught begging, you can probably get back your cash. Otherwise, you can always get your gang to hitlist them. There's two things you can do to help yourself out against inferior-level fighters:

1. Get a rat. Train his agility more than anything else, allowing him to get in the max number of hits. Speed bonuses from respect make this even more important.
2. Train your strength, this will reduce the damage done to you and can drag the fight out longer giving your rat time to do more damage or causing a draw. Don't spend too much time training or your begging will fall behind. The two best times to train are when theres someone refreshing your profile and not letting you get 1 beg in before dieing, and when you get a 13+ score at the University. At the start of the day, it's a good idea to see what kind of score you can pry out of the University, you may get lucky and not waste time later.

Begging in FBHW

In Facebook Hobowars with every upgrade you can open new places for begging. Additional to the usual 7/11 according to the beg upgrade you have the chance to beg in the following areas (only available after the upgrade).

Upgrade number	Begging Stat Required	Location	Gains Received
Upgrade 1	50	Arcade	More exp gains and begging stats and chances of pawnable items
Upgrade 2	100	Casino	More Cash gains and normal exp gains
Upgrade 3	200	Soup Kitchen	More exp gains and chances of various soups. Additionally everyday you can get the soup of the day
Upgrade 4	300	Diving Bar	More exp gains and begging stats and chances of a drink. Additionally you can have (5) instant drinks for a fee
Beggers Paradise in BM			You can beg for 5T instead of 10T for the same gains. Additionally having a beggers brunch can help get over 400 begging.