MAFIA III DEFINITIVE EDITION

Our Verdict

Mafia III has one of the best openings and one of the best stories in the whole series — Lincoln's revenge is angry, sharply written and unafraid of the era it depicts, and New Bordeaux is a genuinely striking recreation of 1968 Louisiana. The problem is everything between the story beats: taking down rackets is a loop you'll repeat dozens of times, and it wears thin long before the credits. Play it for the narrative, the soundtrack and the atmosphere, and treat the empire-building as background noise. Flawed, but worth it.

Platinum Trophy Guide

Let the Good Times Roll — Full Roadmap

A long platinum with real planning attached. Difficulty doesn't matter — play on Easy — but 15 trophies are missable and several are mutually exclusive, so you need at least two playthroughs. Get the plan right up front and it's more time than skill.

1Platinum

1Gold

7Silver

77Bronze

4/10

Difficulty

40–60h

To platinum

2

Playthroughs

86

Trophies

15

Missable

🎷 Plan your two playthroughs before you start. Difficulty affects nothing (play on Easy), but 15 trophies are missable and three pairs directly conflict: We're in This Together (all three underbosses alive) vs Just You and Me (only one alive); The New Boss (flip 16 racket bosses) vs No Loose Ends (kill them all); and Live Another Day (recruit 15 informants) vs Can't Trust a Rat (kill 15). Do the keep-everyone-alive, spare-everyone run first — it's also the one where all three underbosses' side-missions are available.

Step-by-Step Roadmap

Step 1

Run 1 — the 'good' route

Play on Easy and keep everyone alive. Flip racket bosses (16 for The New Boss), recruit informants (15 for Live Another Day), keep all three underbosses alive and Loyal by splitting districts fairly, and complete all three underbosses' side-missions (IRA Don't Ask, I Need a Favor, .45 in My Hand) before the endgame.

Step 2

Set up the racket pair

Two combat trophies need different rackets: on one racket kill every Enforcer first (Softened 'Em Up), on another go straight for the boss without touching the Enforcers (I'm Goin' In!). Do these early while you have plenty of rackets left.

Step 3

Finish run 1 & the DLCs

Complete the story through Yet Here We Are with all three underbosses alive, then finish the game. Afterwards, clear the three DLC packs — Faster, Baby!, Stones Unturned and Sign of the Times — which add 30 trophies and are entirely separate from the missable planning.

Step 4

Run 2 — the 'bad' route

Start again and invert everything: kill all racket bosses (No Loose Ends), kill 15 informants (Can't Trust a Rat), and reach Yet Here We Are with only one underboss alive (Just You and Me). You can rush the story on this run — no need to redo side content.

Step 5

Cleanup → Platinum

Mop up the counters that carry over: takedowns (300), stealth takedowns (100), brutal takedowns (50), the money totals and the driving stunts. When the last one lands, Let the Good Times Roll is yours.

Full Trophy List

	Trophy	Grade	How to Unlock
	Let the Good Times Roll	Platinum	Earn every other trophy. The base game is 56 trophies and the three DLC packs add 30 more. The catch is that two base trophies are mutually exclusive — We're in This Together and J…
	Before They Bury You	Gold	Reach the end of the story and decide Lincoln's fate. → Story guide
	Pray on the Way Up	Bronze	Hang Ritchie Doucet from the Ferris wheel. → Story guide
	It's a Brave New World	Bronze	Turn the Butcher over to Burke. → Story guide
	Fish Gotta Eat	Bronze	Help Vito capture Michael Grecco. → Story guide
	Everyone Will Notice	Bronze	Throw Derazio out of his penthouse window. → Story guide
	My Name is Lincoln Clay	Bronze	Deal with Santangelo. → Story guide
	Little Late for That	Bronze	Help Enzo escape. → Story guide
	The Poor Sumb****	Bronze	Kill Judge Holden. → Story guide
	Burn Like Napalm	Silver	Finish Tommy Marcano. → Story guide
	Certainly Was Exciting	Silver	Leave Olivia Marcano to her fate. → Story guide
	Yet Here We Are	Silver	Avenge Sammy and Ellis — the story's climax. → Story guide
	Somethin' I've Gotta Do	Bronze	Collect your things from Sammy's. → Story guide
	For Old Time's Sake	Bronze	Get Cassandra to agree to help you kill Marcano. → Story guide
	Cut & Run	Bronze	Get Burke on side. → Story guide
	We Partners Now	Bronze	Get Vito on side. → Story guide
	Sure Thing, Boss	Bronze	Unlock all Associates by progressing the districts and assigning rackets. → Rackets guide
	IRA Don't Ask ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Complete all of Burke's side-missions. → Rackets guide
	I Need a Favor ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Complete all of Vito's side-missions. → Rackets guide
	.45 in My Hand ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Complete all of Cassandra's side-missions. → Rackets guide
	Cash in Hand	Bronze	Hold $150,000 across your wallet and the bank at the same time. → Rackets guide
	Baby, You're a Rich Man	Bronze	Earn $500,000 in total across the game — cumulative, not held at once. → Rackets guide
	Racketeer	Bronze	Get the maximum earn from one racket by fully building it up. → Rackets guide
	We're in This Together ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Keep all three underbosses alive right through to Yet Here We Are. → Rackets guide
	Just You and Me ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Reach Yet Here We Are with only one underboss still alive. → Rackets guide
	Trust	Bronze	Reach the Loyal state with one underboss by giving them districts they want. → Rackets guide
	Family ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Reach the Loyal state with all three underbosses simultaneously. → Rackets guide
	Hole in Your Pocket	Bronze	Spend at least $500,000 across the game. → Rackets guide
	Big Earner ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Receive $10,000 in earn from a single underboss in one payout. → Rackets guide
	The New Boss ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Flip 16 Racket Bosses — spare them and recruit them rather than killing them. → Rackets guide
	Live Another Day ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Recruit 15 Racket Informants — spare informants when interrogating them. → Rackets guide
	No Loose Ends ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Kill all of the Racket Bosses instead of flipping them. → Rackets guide
	Can't Trust a Rat ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Kill 15 Racket Informants rather than recruiting them. → Rackets guide
	Custom 358	Bronze	Drive at 120 mph or faster for 20 seconds. → Combat guide
	Testing the Shocks	Bronze	Perform a 50-metre jump and land on your wheels. → Combat guide
	New Bordeaux Drifter	Bronze	Drift for at least 5 seconds. → Combat guide
	One Good Turn	Bronze	Perform a 180-degree turn at high speed without hitting anything. → Combat guide
	Wrecker	Bronze	Execute 10 Vehicle Takedowns — ram a pursuing car until it wrecks. → Combat guide
	Combat Specialist	Bronze	Kill 300 enemies with Takedowns — the melee finisher. → Combat guide
	Shh, shh	Bronze	Perform 100 Stealth Takedowns on unaware enemies. → Combat guide
	Closed Casket	Bronze	Perform 50 Brutal Takedowns — the heavy finisher (hold the takedown input rather than tapping). → Combat guide
	Softened 'Em Up ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Completely weaken a racket by killing all of its Enforcers before taking the racket down. → Combat guide
	I'm Goin' In! ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Attack a Racket without killing any Enforcers — the opposite of Softened 'Em Up. → Combat guide
	Standard Communication Grid	Bronze	Wiretap the Delray Hollow Smack Racket. → Combat guide
	Recruited to 5th SFG	Bronze	Land 5 headshots in 5 seconds. → Combat guide
	Bon Appétit!	Bronze	Feed a body to an alligator out in the bayou. → Combat guide
	Next Time Swim Faster	Bronze	Get eaten by an alligator yourself — swim into one in the bayou. → Combat guide
	Sending A Message	Bronze	Chain 3 or more Brutal Takedowns together back to back. → Combat guide
	Code 112	Bronze	Steal a police car. → Combat guide
	Insurance Risk	Bronze	Escape a Police Zone after a 2-minute chase. → Combat guide
	Never Saw it Coming ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Kill an enemy within 2 seconds of kicking open a door. → Combat guide
	Flambé ● MISSABLE	Bronze	Make 10 enemies kill themselves with their own Molotovs — shoot the bottle while they're winding up to throw. → Combat guide
	Real Nice Time	Silver	Deal with Lou Marcano. → Story guide
	The Connection to Cuba	Bronze	Chase down and kill Frank Pagani. → Story guide
	There's a War Goin' On	Bronze	Burn Remy Duvall. → Story guide
	Jesuit in New Mexico	Bronze	Help Alvarez escape. → Story guide
	Another Brother Falls ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Survive the drive into Sinclair Parish, opening Faster, Baby! Story-forced — it pops as the mission plays out. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Kickin' Up Dust ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Help MJ and Roxy free the witnesses. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Ain't Nowhere Safer ◆ Faster, Baby!	Silver	Capture Slim Beaumont — the climax of Faster, Baby! Story-forced — it pops as the mission plays out. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Concerned Citizens ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Help Irma, Jeremiah and Christian — the DLC's three side characters. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Herbalist ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Reach the maximum Herbalism level in the Faster, Baby! grow-house system. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Mr. Green Thumb ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Fully upgrade the Grow House. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	That Good Connect ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Sell a single batch of weed for $10,000 or more. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Campaign Strategy ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Destroy 10 of Slim's re-election billboards around Sinclair Parish. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Danger Close ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Kill 30 enemies with Proximity Mines. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Trap Game Strong ◆ Faster, Baby!	Bronze	Successfully trigger 10 Vehicle Traps. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Creature of Habit ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Investigate the scene, opening Stones Unturned. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Devotchka ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Survive the trip to Boicherot's. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Big Money ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Get the tip on the loose nuke. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Aid and Comfort ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Help Donovan end Connor Aldridge. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	There Are No Dominos ◆ Stones Unturned	Silver	Secure the nuke — the finale of Stones Unturned. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Operation: Deep Sleep ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Knock out 30 people with the Dart Gun added in this DLC. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Did I Forget Something? ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Put an unconscious person in a car boot. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Big Fat Party Animal ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Kill 50 enemies using the Hartmann 7.62mm while wearing the Party Animal outfit. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Skip Trace ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Complete all Bounty Hunting assignments. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Spotter ◆ Stones Unturned	Bronze	Kill 30 enemies using Sniper Support — call in Donovan's overwatch during fights. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	A Little Closure ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Investigate the cult's activities at Sammy's, opening Sign of the Times. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Covered in Blood ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Meet Bonnie Harless. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Haunted Places ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Investigate all 3 'Places of Darkness' — the DLC's ritual sites. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	…Worse Than Dying ◆ Sign of the Times	Silver	Kill Bonnie Harless — the finale of Sign of the Times. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Barkeep ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Begin Sammy's renovation. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Amateur Bouncer ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Protect Sammy's from the Dixie Mafia when they come calling. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Pour Sammy! ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Fully renovate Sammy's — the bar rebuild that runs through this DLC. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Pop, Pop ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Kill 4 enemies using Slow-Mo Shooting, 10 separate times. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Blade of Death ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Kill 20 enemies with Throwing Knives. → DLC: All Three Packs guide
	Street Rocket ◆ Sign of the Times	Bronze	Drive 50 km in the Samson Harrier, the DLC's muscle car. → DLC: All Three Packs guide

Deep-Dive Guides

Detailed Trophy Pages

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Story & Endings

Lincoln's revenge from Ritchie Doucet to the final choice.

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Rackets & Underbosses

Building the empire — and the mutually exclusive choices that decide your playthroughs.

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Combat & Driving

Takedowns, stealth, police heat, alligators and vehicle stunts.

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DLC: All Three Packs

Faster, Baby! · Stones Unturned · Sign of the Times — 30 trophies.