Monopoly GO!’s main objective is to complete different themed boards by building landmarks and then enhancing them. You will have several ways to earn money as you play, which will let you invest it in your boards and improve your net worth. This is how you can secure your spot at the top of your leaderboard.

The challenge in Monopoly GO! lies in its multiplayer element. Players can get up to all kinds of mischief, pulling daring money heists on other people’s banks, and demolishing landmarks off their boards to set their progress back. That’s where shield come in.

Mr. Monopoly about to demolish a statue in Monopoly GO!

What Are Shields?

The shield mechanic in Monopoly GO! gives you a kind of measure topartially defend against attacks on your board. They are equipped in a passive fashion, and theyonly activate when your landmarks get attackedby another player.

Every time someone attempts an attack on one of your landmarks, a shield getsautomatically used. However, if you have no shields, your landmark will get damaged and it willlose one level.

A simple shield in Monopoly GO!

Shields aresingle use, and you can only havethree equipped simultaneously.

How To Get Shields

Shields can beacquired directly from your board. They will automatically spawn on random tiles, and all you have to do to get them is toland on a tile with a shield on it.

Shields disappear from the board once you get them, and it takes a minute or two for a new one to spawn.Various shields can existon your board at once, and they will spawn even while you’re away from the game.

A section of the Shield skins view in Monopoly Go!

Landing on shields when you already have a full shield count willtransform the shields into die.

How To Get Shield Skins

Shield skins aremostly a seasonal thingin Monopoly GO!, meaning you canonly unlock new skins during certain events. Shield skins area kind of rare rewardthat only gets offered to players on occasion; that makes them all the moreprecious and worth collecting.

There are a few ways to unlock shield skins in the game:

Skins have no particular benefits other than making your shields look different. However, the act of unlocking many shield skins and collecting them canhelp you gain rewards.