🚬 Story & Difficulty

How to earn it

Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 1. The WWII prologue: Vito Scaletta fights with the U.S. Army in Sicily before being sent home to Empire Bay. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 2. Vito returns from the war, reunites with his friend Joe Barbaro, and takes his first steps into Empire Bay's criminal underworld. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 3. Vito and Joe run stolen gas-ration stamps around the city for quick cash. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 4. A night of hijacking and warehouse work as Vito takes on rougher jobs. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 5. Vito gets pulled deeper into the rackets — and the chapter ends with him headed to prison. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 6. Vito serves his prison stretch, working out and making connections behind bars with Leo Galante. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 7. Out of prison, Vito returns to a changed Empire Bay and pays his respects before getting back to business. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 8. Joe's truck of stolen cigarettes draws the Greasers; after a deadly run-in with their leader Billy Barnes, Vito and Joe sell muscle cars to Derek's export racket at the docks. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 9. Vito proves himself and is finally made a member of the Falcone crime family. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 10. A hit carried out inside a hotel as Vito's standing in the family rises. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 11. Henry Tomasino wants in; ordered to kill Leo Galante, Vito instead helps him escape — then has to flee his own burning house. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 12. Vito and Henry get into the heroin trade with a risky drug shipment that sets the endgame in motion. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 13. The drug deal's fallout hits hard, sending Vito to a chop shop and into open conflict. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

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Story-unmissable — pops on completing Chapter 14. Betrayals come due at a construction site as Vito learns what it means to be a Scaletta. Mafia II is a linear story, so simply play through; nothing in the chapter can be missed.

How to earn it

Story-unmissable — the finale. Pops when you finish what you started and close out Vito's story against the Falcone family. Just complete the last chapter.

How to earn it

Complete the story on Medium difficulty or higher. Any Medium/Hard playthrough awards it.

Tip

Difficulty stacks upward here — playing the whole game on Hard gives you this and Tough Nut in one run, which is what most people do.

How to earn it

Complete the story on Hard difficulty — the platinum's main challenge.

Tip

Mafia II's Hard mode is about cover discipline, not reflexes: enemies deal heavy damage and health regenerates slowly. Stay behind cover, lean out for headshots, and carry a shotgun for close rooms. Doing Hard on your first run saves a whole playthrough.