------------------------------------------------------------------------------ XBOX 360 ACHIEVEMENT GUIDE V. 1.00 ____ _ __ _ _ ___ ___ / ___| ___ __| |/ _| __ _| |_| |__ ___ _ __ |_ _|_ _| | | _ / _ \ / _` | |_ / _` | __| '_ \ / _ \ '__| | | | | | |_| | (_) | (_| | _| (_| | |_| | | | __/ | | | | | \____|\___/ \__,_|_| \__,_|\__|_| |_|\___|_| |___|___| By: neeker Gamertag: Optimus Neeker ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL STUFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This FAQ can be posted on: - GameFAQs.com - Neoseeker.com - 1UP.com - SuperCheats.com and their associates only. Please do not ask whether you can post this on your site if you are not from the above. It's getting too difficult to keep track. If you happen to see anyone other than the above hosting this, please let me know so that I can feed them to the sharks, torture their feet with a feather and throw them into a mall infested with zombies. Also, please note that, as with most gaming guides: + + + THIS GUIDE CONTAINS SPOILERS! + + + If you can get offended by spoilers, please don't use a guide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Contact Information 2. Introduction 3. Achievements - Don's View - Crime Rings and Compounds - Story Events - Favors - Banks and Safes - Execution Styles - Firearms - Family Tree - Killing Mobsters Conclusion Version history Credits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, I'm Lestor Wong. I post on GameFAQ.com/ GameSpot.com by the username "neeker". Feedback for this document can be directed to lestor underscore wong at yahoo dot com. You may check out my other works here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/52881.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Godfather II is loosely based on the classic movie of the same name. For those who've played the first game, you'll find this game pretty familiar. There are some notable inclusions (Don's View) and exclusions (yeah, no more hidden items collection side quest!), but the game still plays pretty much the same. As compared to the first game, however, this game is so much easier to get the full 1,000G, and the purpose of this guide is to tell you how to get it. As usual, I'll do this guide by putting the achievements into categories: - Don's View - Crime Rings and Compounds - Story Events - Favors - Banks and Safes - Execution Styles - Firearms - Family Tree - Killing Mobsters ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. DON'S VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The cowardly and/ or lazy way of doing things - send someone to die while you go for a pee break! MOBFACE (5) ----------- Description: Create a Mobster using MobFace Once you start the game, you'll be asked to create a character using the Mob- Face tool. Just do whatever you want to your appearance, and click ok to accept to unlock this. You can change your appearance at any time later. To do so, press Start to go into Don's View, and select "Your Family" to access your Family Tree. Click A on your photo, press LB or RB to move to the "MobFace" tab, and make the changes. TORCH THE JOINT (5) ------------------- Description: Send your men to bomb a venue from the Don's View See "Pullling the Strings". PULLING THE STRINGS (5) ----------------------- Description: Send your men to attack a venue from the Don's View Press start to go into Don's View, and then select a business that you want to bomb or attack. Select any crew member and click ok to proceed. You'll get the achievement immediately. The outcome of the bombing/ attack attempt does not matter. Note that if your attack fails, the person you send for the job will usually be out of action for a period of time. FORTIFIED VENUE (5) ------------------- Description: Max out all guards at a venue After you take over a business, you'll be prompted to press start to allocate the number of guards at the location. The earlier joints you take over have low requirements (some max at about 8 guards). Simply allocate the maximum number available to unlock the achievement. You can quit out and reload last save if you want. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. CRIME RINGS AND COMPOUNDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You love killing people and taking over their hard-earned money! FIRST CRIME RING (15) --------------------- Description: Control your first Crime Ring To take over a joint, kill all the guards there, and look for this person with a "Godfather" icon above them, i.e., the owner. Press LT+RT to grab this person to raise his/ her pressure level (see top right corner of screen). Once it reaches the "success" point, release him/ her, and press Y to take over the business. You can continue to grab him/ her to increase the amount of money you receive, but make sure you don't go over the "boiling point", since the owner will go berserk and you'll not be able to take the joint. You can also make use of weak spots to make the taking over easier. For example, some owners are scared of jabs and punches, some are scared of property damage. If you manage to find these weaknesses prior to grabbing them, it'll make it easier for you to raise the bar to the "success" point. Finding these weak spots also give you a +25% bonus for the amount you manage to squeeze out of the owner. Now, crime rings. When you check the map in Don's View, you'll notice that most rackets that you can take over have an additional information about the crime ring it belongs to. Taking over all rackets in the same crime ring will net you a bonus, like bulletproof vests, larger ammo clips and such. The first crime ring you'll take over would be Prostitution. The two rackets in this ring are Sweet Life Bakery and La Maison Rouge. Simply go to these places with your Soldier(s), and do the thing mentioned above. The bonus for controlling this crime ring is Brass Knuckles (your punches are stronger). THREE CRIME RINGS (40) ---------------------- Description: Control three Crime Rings As you continue to take over businesses, you'll eventually own three crime rings. You won't be able to proceed the story unless you take over crime rings anyway. Together with the Prostitution one that you've gathered earlier, just do any two more to get this achievement quickly. See "Organized Crime" for a list of crime rings. FIVE CRIME RINGS (50) ---------------------- Description: Control three Crime Rings See "Three Crime Rings". ORGANIZED CRIME (75) -------------------- Description: Control all Crime Rings The last Crime Rings can be found in Cuba. Some of the joints here have 28 guards, so just bring enough crew members and make these enemies eat lead. This would just come normally as you can't complete the game without taking over everything. Below are all the crime rings and their respective shop names/ locations: GAMBLING -------- Casino Imperial : Cuba Casino Havana : Cuba Jersey Sports Bar : Florida Ausiello's Bar and Grill : Florida --> BONUS: Incendiary Ammo ARMS SMUGGLING -------------- Battaglia Cement Depot : Cuba Battaglia Quarry : Cuba Battaglia Masonry : Cuba Battaglia Cement Factory : Cuba --> BONUS: Carry More Explosives DIAMOND SMUGGLING ----------------- Bertolli Thrift Company : Florida Lansky's Deli : Florida Emilio's Packing Company : Florida --> BONUS: Bulletproof Vests CHOP SHOPS ---------- Global Crushers : Cuba Global Towing : Cuba Global Imports : Cuba Global Storage : Florida --> BONUS: Armored Cars ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ------------------- Corazon de Oro : Cuba Luscious Entertainment : Florida The Aristocrat : Florida Foreplay Picture : Florida --> BONUS: Cheaper GUards PROSTITUTION ------------ La Maison Rouge : New York Sweet Life Bakery : New York --> BONUS: Brass Knuckles DRUGS ----- SaniCo Truck Depot : Florida SaniCo Hauling Depot : Florida SaniCo Dump & Disposal : New York SaniCo Incineration : New York --> BONUS: Double Crime Ring Income CONSTRUCTION ------------ ABF Ltd. Construction Site : Florida Astoria Construction Site : Florida S&L Construction Site : Florida --> BONUS: Bombed Buildings Rebuild Faster GUN RUNNING ----------- Basso Oil Fill & Go : Florida Basso Oil Express : Florida Basso Oil Depot : Florida Basso Oil Refinery : Florida --> BONUS: Bigger Ammo Clips SHAKEDOWN (25) -------------- Description: Control all extortable businesses There are nine venues that do not have any crime ring information. These are extortable rackets that give to +5% income upon controlling them, primarily through money laundering. The names of these joints are: NEW YORK -------- Appliance King Richie's Tavern The Empire Room FLORIDA ------- Berry's Pawnbrokers Elite Diner Active Electronics Las Palmas Corman Drive-In Theater CUBA ---- Juan Sizzlio's IT'S NOT PERSONAL (20) ---------------------- Description: Eliminate a rival family by successfully bombing their compound To eliminate a rival family, you must bomb their compound. This means that you should bring a demolitions guy along. In order to attack a compound, you must first take over all the businesses of said family. Your first rival family is the Carmine Rosato's. Simply go to his compound and kill everyone in sight. Find the "firecracker" icon in the building (locations varies for different compounds). I'd suggest that before you ask you guy to place a bomb, familiarize yourself with the escape route - if you actually stay in the compound when the bomb goes on, you die! Once the bomb is planted, you should see a timer on screen. Quickly run out of the building and wait for the bomb to go off. It's ok to stay near the building. As long as you're not in it, you should be alright. DOUBLE CROSSED (20) ------------------- Description: Eliminate two rival families The second family you take out should be the Granados. As usual, take over all their business, bomb their compound. VENDETTA (30) ------------- Description: Eliminate three rival families Should be Tony Rosato and friends, or you can destroy the Manganos first. It's up to you, really. Do the usual. AMBUSHED (40) ------------- Description: Eliminate four rival families Should be the Manganos, or Tony Rosato's friends, depending on who you iced earlier. LAST FAMILY STANDING (50) ------------------------- Description: Eliminate all rival families The Almeidas are the last to go. All the rival families achievements will unlock upon the bombing of their compounds. They've the toughest enemies in the game (apart from the police). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. STORY EVENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Things happen in a story, and you get points when they do! THE COUNSELLLOR (25) -------------------- Description: Accept Tom Hagen as your Consigliere This happens when you return to New York, after Michael has landed in some hot soup. After Hagen becomes your Consigliere, he'll appear in your Family Tree, to the right of you. PAYING TRIBUTE (10) ------------------ Description: Unlock all Safehouses This one unlocks once you talk to Henry Mitchell, upon your first visit to Cuba. Unlike the first game, there's no need to fight through waves of enemies to take over a safehouse. CIA? DOA (25) ------------- Description: Eliminate Henry Mitchell This mission comes close towards the end of the game. You simply have to go to the green X on the map and kill Mitchell. He has some firepower around him, but I manage to solo this mission without much problems. He's on the second level of the location. Just go up the stairs, kill the enemies across the balcony, and then continue up until the roof. Kill the remaining enemies, and Mitchell will appear soon after. Finish him off for an easy achievement. IT'S ONLY BUSINESS (75) ----------------------- Description: Eliminate Hyman Roth This is the final mission of the game. After destroying all the five families, return to Florida. Roth is at the airport. Your job is simple - kill him! First drive to the airport. Then, go to the green "X" spot and bribe the guard there. Go into the room near him and take the stairs up. Once up there, plenty of goons will start firing at you from all angles. Stay crouch and in cover as much as you can. It's advisable to bring two medics for this mission just in case one of them dies before you could revive him. After killing off the first wave of attacks, go towards the green "X" spot. More enemies will spill out from nowhere, so repeat the killing process until everything that moves is shot down. Now, you can run up to Roth and plant a bullet (or ten) into him. I didn't even bother talking to him. Upon Roth's "departure", you'll need to escape the police. As you may've found out by now, the police are quite a force to be dealt with in this game, especially those super drivers that will hunt you down in trucks and bump your car all over the place. Solution? Go into Don's View, and mark your safehouse as destination. It's pretty nearby, and you should reach it easily as compared to your end mission location, the Manganos Compound. Drive (safely) to the safehouse, and hide inside to remove all level of police attention. Stay in the house for a little while more, until the coast is almost clear. You can now leave the safehouse and drive to the compound without any police chasing you. Once you reach the compound, the achievement will unlock. "Congratulations! You've completed Godfather II, and Fredo is dead!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. FAVORS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do people a favor, get achievement points! CONTRACT KILLER (15) -------------------- Description: Eliminate 5 made men with the appropriate kill condition Before you actually bomb Carmine's compound, you may have noticed random NPCs in the streets with "key" icons above them. These NPCs give out information on how to kill the made men from your rivals, in exchange for favors. The favors are usually one of the following: - Burglary : you must bring a safecracker to crack a safe in a building - Bomb : you must bring a demolitions expert to bomb a building - Beatdown : you must melee attack the target but don't kill him/ her - Murder : you must kill the target by any means - Sabotage : you must use a melee weapon to smash objects in a shop The favors are random. Note that you may be required to bomb or steal from your own businesses when doing these favors. Also, in the event that you've already cracked a safe in a Burglary location, the safe will be locked again for you to complete the favor. Upon completing these missions, you'll be given the kill condition of your rival's made men. The conditions are listed as follow, with many thanks to the guys at x360a.org: Carmine Rosato -------------- Capo : Norman Rossi - Execute him with a pistol. Soldier : Jimmy Guidalatto - Throw him into the East River. Soldier : Franklin Credi - Strangle the life out of him. Soldier : Clyde Lando - Run him over with a car. Tony Rosato ----------- Capo : Leroy Castellani - Tenderize him with a melee weapon execution. Capo : Gary Lamberteschi - Brutalize him with a punch execution. Capo : Philip Giotti - Toss him off a high ledge. Soldier : Bill Ciompi - Choke him with the garrote wire. Soldier : Richard Chiechi - Tenderize him with a melee weapon execution. Soldier : Jimmy Vecchio - Put a bullet between his eyes with a headshot. Soldier : Jerry Gallo - Hurl a glass bottle at him for the final blow. Soldier : Clarence Pucci - Strangle the life out of him. Granados -------- Underboss : Stanley Jimenez - Strangle the life out of him. Capo : Theodore Ruiz - Go clubbing - kill him with a melee weapon. Capo : Johnny Salazar - Serve him a Molotov Cocktail. Capo : Anthony Espinoza - Get a clean shot with the sniper rifle. Soldier : Paul Morales - Let a Bruiser shank him from behind. Soldier : Thomas Ramos - Toast him with any kind of explosive. Soldier : Harry Reyes - Put a bullet between his eyes. Soldier : Bruce Rivera - Bloody him up using only your fists. Mangano ------- Consigliere: Paulo Riccitello - Blow up the Mangano Compund. Underboss : Provenzano Porco - Teach him to fly - toss him off a high ledge. Underboss : Giorgio Strozzi - Break his bones with any melee weapon execution. Capo : Doffo Spini - Slam him into a wall until he croaks. Capo : Baldo Campi - Revoke his license by killing him with a car. Soldier : Luchino Uliari - Make it look like a "traffic accident." Soldier : Giovanni Corbinelli - Get a clean shot with the sniper rifle. Soldier : Jacopo Vanni - Drop him with a Magnum execution. Soldier : Guccio Ferrara - Slam him against a wall until he dies. Almeida ------- Consigliere: Angel de la Paz - Blow up the Almeida Compound. Underboss : Payo Saavedra - Make some holes with a shotgun execution. Underboss : Ramon Valiente - Shoot him in the knees, then show him no mercy. Capo : Juan Mazon - Execute him up-close and personal with a rifle. Capo : Raul Limonta - Crack his skull with any melee weapon execution. Capo : Jaime Fesser - Bash his brains onto a casket. Soldier : Pablo Benitez de Lugo - Make him eat lead with any automatic weapon execution. Soldier : Baltasar Barreto - Serve him a Molotov Cocktail. If you accidentally kill these mobsters with other methods, they'll recover after a while for you to try again. They'll die permanently only if you do the correct kill condition. When they die this way, they'll not appear in their respective compound when you attempt to bomb it, making it supposedly easier to complete the task. Now, to get this achievement, you'd only need to do any of the above five kills. There's no need to do every one of them, since it wastes too much time. This game is no way as difficult as the first, so even if they do appear in the compound when you attack, they wouldn't give you much problems. They'll also die permanently after you bomb their compound, anyway. As such, I'll recommend that you do the first four (Carmine Rosato's) plus any one from Tony Rosato or the Granados to get this achievement. ACCEPT THIS AS A GIFT (30) -------------------------- Description: Earn one of each favor The description is not clear for this one, but if you go to Don's View and cycle to "Collectible", you should be able to find a table for "Corrupt Officials". These officials are found on fixed locations on the map. You'd need to do one unique favor for them, in return for some specified favors that you can call upon whenever you need them (for example, call off police). You must complete all 12 of such favors to unlock the achievement. The list of officials that you must help are as follow: NEW YORK -------- Official : Leon Brinker Favor : Rapid Recovery Location : In-between the two SaniCo joints, close to the Airport Official : Victor Grosser Favor : Rebuild Bombed Businesses Location : Beside The Empire Room, near to your Safehouse Official : Ken Jameson Favor : Call off Police Location : Near the Police Station, in-between Appliance King and Sweet Life Bakery FLORIDA ------- Official : Matthew Tilden Favor : Granados Sting Location : Luscious Entertainment Official : Joey Katz Favor : Tony Rosato Sting Location : Near Emilio's Packing Company Official : Pedro Ilievarra Favor : Call off Police Location : Just beside Bertolli Thrift Company Official : Lt.Gov.Robert Rizzo Favor : Rapid Recovery Location : Along the coastline near Active Electronics and South Beach Hospital Official : Wayne Reisdorf Favor : Call off Police Location : Just beside SaniCo Hauling Depot Official : Charlie Green Favor : Bridge Access to Warehouse Location : Near Las Palmas Note : This one is unmissable - you'd need him to lower the drawbridge so that you can attack Global Storage, which is part of the story mission. CUBA ---- Official : Jaime Agassiz Favor : Almeida Sting Location : Near the Police Station Official : Juan-Pablo del Monte Favor : Free Made Men from Jail Location : At the circular area, near the Bank (Banco de Cuba) Official : Maria Torres Favor : Mangano Sting Location : In front of the Battaglia Masonry, near the Airport This achievement is reported to be glitched for some people. There are no known causes or solutions to this glitch at this moment. All I can suggest is that you play the game when you're online, because I remember there being a patch the moment I loaded this game on release date. Playing the game online ensures that you don't miss out on anything that EA patches. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. BANKS AND SAFES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You do not own a business until you crack its safe! LOCKPICKER (5) -------------- Description: Crack five Safes Every business you take over has a safe, or two. As such, you should always bring a safecracker along when you attack a joint. Earlier in the game, you won't be able to bring one, so as and when you employ one, go back to those joints you took over earlier and ransacked the safes. You should easily get five safes for this achievement before you leave New York for Florida. For the list of all safes, refer to "Safecracker". SAFECRACKER (75) ---------------- Description: Crack all Safes Most safes are easily found when you take over a joint. They're mostly found in the room where the owner is. I'll list all the locations that have safes below, with pointers on the harder-to-find ones. The sequence of this list is from your Don's View -> Safes option, from top to bottom, left to right: NEW YORK -------- La Maison Rouge Carmine Rosato Compound The Empire Room SaniCo Dump and Disposal Liberty Banking* Richie's Tavern New York Federal Building** Tony Rosato Compound SaniCo Incineration Appliance King Sweet Life Bakery FLORIDA ------- Jersey's Sports Bar Global Storage Elite Diner Las Palmas bertolli Thrift Company Berry's Pawnbrokers Basso Oil Fill & Go Active Electronics Mangano Compound Lansky's Deli Security 1st Savings and Loan* ABF Ltd. Construction Site Emilio's Packing Company Basso Oil Express SaniCo Truck Depot Basso Oil Depot Corman Drive-In Theater Basso Oil Refinery Astoria Construction Site Luscious Entertainment SaniCo Hauling Depot The Aristocrat Foreplay Pictures Granados Compound Merit Credit Union* Ausiello's Bar and Grill S&L Construction Site Florida Airport*** CUBA ---- Casino Imperial Global Crushers Casino Havana Juan Sizzlio's Corazon de Ore Global Towing Battaglia Cement Depot Global Imports Almeida Compound Battaglia Quarry Battaglia Masonry Battaglia Cement Factory Banco de Cuba* * All are banks. Apart from breaking into the vault, you must crack the safes within the vault. ** You only enter the New York Federal Building twice, during missions. One of them is when you're required to still some items from the safe there, another is during Michael Corleone's trial. Note that there are TWO safes in this building. As you enter, go to the left side of the building to find one, and the return to the middle, and go right to find the other. *** Access to the safe at Florida Airport will be granted after a certain point of the story. Enter the airport from the right, and you should see a small alley with two guards with the "$" icon above them. Bribe them to go into the room that they're guarding. The safe is inside. BANK JOB (5) ------------ Description: Heist your first bank The first bank you can heist is the Liberty Banking, located in New York. The easiest way to heist a bank is to do the following: - bring an Engineer, a Demolitions man and a Safecracker - get the Engineer to cut power - go to the back of the bank to find the "bomb" icon, and get the Demolitions man to bomb it - enter the vault from the bombed wall, and sweep everything off the shelves - get the Safecracker to crack the safe in the vault - pick up the final loot and escape through the bombed wall - return to yur safehouse You must return to the safehouse to make the heist count. It's advisable that you attempt this when you've unlock the Bulletproof Vest bonus (from controlling the Diamond Smuggling crime ring) before you do this. It makes it so much easier since you pretty much can't die with that thing on, as long as you run as fast as you can. BAG MAN (20) ------------ Description: Heist all banks There are only four banks in this game: NEW YORK -------- Liberty Banking Florida ------- Merit Credit Union Security 1st Savings and Loan Cuba ---- Banco de Cuba ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. EXECUTION STYLES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Killing someone is not enough, you must do it in style. Fire a round into someone's mouth, punch an iron rod through the eyes of another. You get points for doing all these! ENFORCER (15) ------------- Description: Complete 10 execution styles When you shoot or melee an enemy a few times, he'll be in "dizzy" state. If you walk up now and press RS with your weapons (guns or melee) or bare hands, you'll do an "execution" move. There are a total of 36 execution styles, two for all weapons, a few more for Blackhand attacks, and some environmental. For list of all executions, see "Executions in Style". EXECUTIONS IN STYLE (75) ------------------------ Description: Complete all execution styles List of all execution styles below. For "standing", it means that the mobster must be standing when you do a RS execution. For "kneeling", the mobster must be kneeling down when you execute. Do make a mobster kneel down, shoot him in the kneels. Note that even though Don's View -> Exeuction Styles show your kill record for mobsters, police and innocents, only kills on mobsters will add to this achievement. ENVIRONMENT ----------- High Fall Kills : Throw victim off a high ledge Low Fall Kills : Throw victim through a ground-floor window Table Slam : Slam victim onto a table or counter Wall Slam : Slam victim into a wall Road Rage : Run over victim with a car WEAPON ------ Headshot : Death by any headshot Kneecap : Shot in the knees Disarms : Shoot in the shoulder, and make victim drop his gun Pistol Standing : Do a RS execution with a pistol Pistol Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a pistol Shotgun Standing : Do a RS execution with a shotgun Shotgun Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a shotgun Magnum Standing : Do a RS execution with a magnum Magnum Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a magnum Machine Gun Standing : Do a RS execution with a machine gun Machine Gun Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a machine gun Rifle Standing : Do a RS execution with a rifle Rifle Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a rifle NOTE: For rifles, scoping is not required. EXPLOSIVES ---------- Explosion Kills : Death by a dynamite or bomb HAND-TO-HAND ------------ Garrote : Choke victim with the garrote wire Strangle : Choke victim by strangling him Punch : Kill victim with any non-execute punch attack Grabbed : Kill victirm with any non-execute grab attack Neck Snap Kills : Kill someone using the neck snap skill Bare-handed Standing : Do a RS execution with bare fists Bare-handed Kneeling : Do a RS execution with bare fists NOTE: For Neck Snap, you must upgrade your character to learn the Neck Snap Skill. You perform this skill using the Garrote. MELLE/ OBJECTS -------------- Nightstick Standing : Do a RS execution with a nightstick Nightstick Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a nightstick Bottle Kills : Throw a bottle to make the killing blow Melee Weapon : kill someone normally with any melee weapon Bat Standing : Do a RS execution with a bat Bat Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a shotgun Tire Iron Standing : Do a RS execution with a tire iron Tire Iron Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a tire iron Pool Cue Standing : Do a RS execution with a pool cue Pool Cue Kneeling : Do a RS execution with a pool cue Bats, tire irons and pool cues can be found at Berry's Pawnbrokers in Florida. Nightsticks can be found by killing a policeman with melee weapons (he'll drop it upon death). Bottles are found in most diners (e.g., Juan Sizzlio's). You should get many of these just by playing the game normally. Ideally, you should try to do this before you bomb the last family, so that you get more mobsters to kill. If you happen to have already killed off all five families and completed the story missions, you can still get this achievement by going to the Casino Imperial in Cuba. There's a roadblock there with three dudes in green military uniform. These are "Cuban Rebels" that happen to fall under the "mobster" category. After killing them off with the desired execution style, simply drive off for a distance and return. They'd have respawn for you to rinse and repeat. This is not foolproof though, since it'd be very difficult to pull off high fall kills here, for example. It's advisable that when farming these executions, try not to bring your crew members. This is because they tend to be trigger-happy, and may kill off the mobster whom you're trying to do the execution on. If you definitely must bring them, use the "B" button to order them to rest at some place further away from the action. This should make things easier for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. FIREARMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You love guns, and you want to find them all for some easy achievement points! GUN SMUGGLER (10) ----------------- Description: Find a Level 2 firearm upgrade Each gun has three levels. Simply find a Level 2 firearm and this should unlock. You can get this early in the game by bringing an Arsonist to the Corleone Compound. As you enter the gate, turn left to find a "fire" icon near some bushes. Set a fire there to find the Sawed-Off Shotgun (Lv.2 Shotgun). MODIFIED FIREPOWER (20) ----------------------- Description: Find a Level 3 firearm upgrade The first one you come across should be at the Global Storage Chop Shop, after you do a favor for Charlie Green to lower the drawbridge leading to this joint. WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW (30) ---------------------------- Description: Collect all Level 2 and 3 firearm upgrades All firearms location, thanks to the guys at the GameFAQs.com boards: MACHINE GUNS ------------ Lv.1 Tommy Gun : Acquired from start Lv.2 MP38 : Florida, Granados Compound, 2F Lv.3 Modified AK-47 : Cuba, Battaglia Masonry, take the ladder down to the underground tunnels MAGNUMS ------- Lv.1 .357 Magnum : Acquired from start Lv.2 .44 Magnum Force : New York, Carmine Rosato's Compound, 2F Lv.3 .501 Magnum Enforcer : Cuba, just left of the lighthouse near the Battaglia Quarry Chop Shop PISTOLS ------- Lv.1 Pistol : Acquired from start Lv.2 Silenced Pistol : Florida, found during a mission when you need to rescue one of Roth's soldiers Lv.3 Delta M1911 : Florida, Mangano's Compound, 2F RIFLES ------ Lv.1 Sniper Rifle : Acquired from start Lv.2 Spitzer Centerfire : Florida, Emilio's packing company, Rooftop - you'd need an Engineer to cut the fence leading to it Lv.3 Vintovka SR-98 : Cuba, Almeida Compound, 2F SHOTGUNS -------- Lv.1 Shotgun : Acquired from start Lv.2 Sawed-off : New Yor, Corleone's Compound, left of the main gate behind some bushes - burn bushes with Arsonist Lv.3 Schofield Semi-Auto : Florida, Global Storage Chop Shop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. FAMILY TREE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These achievements involve your crew members. Recruit, upgrade and promote - be the boss! GETTING MADE (5) ---------------- Description: Recruit your first Soldier After the events in Cuba, you return to New York to take over your family. For your first mission here, you'll be asked to recruit a Soldier. There are two guys with a "$" sign above them. Talk to either of them to find out their specialty, and recruit whichever one you require. Note that different members have different skills. The skills are as below: - Medic : heals you when you're dead - Arson : sets fire at specified points with "fire" icon - Safecracker : unlocks safes/ doors at specified points with "safe" icon - Bruiser : kicks down locked doors at specified points with "punch" icon - Engineer : cut fences/ power supplies at specified points with "cut" icon - Demolitions : bomb specified points with "firecracker" icon The first two guys you meet should be either a Medic or an Arson. I took the Medic simply due to his healing ability. LET ME UPGRADE YOU (5) ---------------------- Description: Upgrade one of your made men's skills or weapons After recruiting a Soldier, go to Don's View -> Your Family, and click on his profile. Now, upgrade any one of his attributes to unlock this achievement. RIGHT HAND MAN (10) ------------------- Description: Promote one of your made men to Capo As you progress through the story, your contacts will eventually remind you to promote one of your Soldiers to the position of Capo. When prompted, go to Don's View -> Your Family, and click on the person you want to upgrade. Press RT to promote him. SECOND IN COMMAND (15) ---------------------- Description: Promote one of your made men to Underboss As you progress through the story, your contacts will eventually remind you to promote one of your Capos to the position of Underboss. When prompted, do the same as in "Right Hand Man" to unlock this. THIS THING OF OURS (25) ----------------------- Description: Recruit a full family tree Your full family tree consists of the following positions: - one Don (you) - one Consigliere (Tom Hagen, story-related) - one Underboss - two Capos - four Soldiers You can fill up these positions once you promote someone to Underboss. Soldiers can be easily recruited from any joints and compounds that you own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. KILLING MOBSTERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Just rack up the kill counts for points served on a dish! 25 MASSACRED (10) ----------------- Description: Kill 25 Mobsters See "750 Sleeping with the Fishes". 100 WHACKED (15) ---------------- Description: Kill 100 Mobsters See "750 Sleeping with the Fishes". 250 ICED (20) ------------- Description: Kill 250 Mobsters See "750 Sleeping with the Fishes". 500 EMPTY SUITS (25) -------------------- Description: Kill 500 Mobsters See "750 Sleeping with the Fishes". 750 SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES (30) --------------------------------- Description: Kill 750 Mobsters Simply kill the required number of mobsters (police and innocents don't count) to get these achievements. They can be killed by any means. You can check your progress by going into the Don's View. Click "Your Family", and then click on your photo. Use LB/RB to cycle to "Rap Sheet", and you'll find the number of mobsters you've killed. I got 750 soon after I bombed my 4th compound. As with the execution styles, try doing this before you bomb the 5th compound (Almeida's), for the same reason that if you don't get the kills before that, there'll be next to no mobsters to kill except the three respawning Cuban Rebels at the Casino Imperial. If you're close to killingAlmeida and friends, and still haven't get this, and you don't want to keep killing three Cuban Rebels, I'd suggest doing the following: - leave at least one Almeida business uncontrollled - attack the business alone - kill as many mobsters there as possible, but don't take over the joint - escape - rinse and repeat until you get 750 kills Check your kill counts from time to time to ensure that you're on track. Usually, by the time you reach Cuba for the first time, you should have about 600+ kills, if you've been shooting for fun. FULL OF LEAD (10) ----------------- Description: Kill 150 mobsters only using firearms You should get this normally as you do the 750 kills. The majority of your kills should be by using any of the five types of guns: - Pistols - Shotguns - Machine Guns - Rifles - Magnums BLACKHAND BRUTALITY (10) ------------------------ Description: Kill 25 mobsters using only Blackhand attacks Blackhand attacks simply means killing enemies without any weapons. Just use your fist and punch mobsters to death. This can be done by using Blackhand executions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONCLUSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I consider the guide complete at this point in time. I hope it's a good help for people who're stuck, and a good read for those who just wanted to read something. Feedback/ better ways to do achievements are welcomed at the usual email address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSION HISTORY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 1.00: Guide completed (4/14). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CREDITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EA Achieve360points.com BOB.com.sg Discuss.com.hk x360a.org ASCII Generator (@ http://www.network-science.de/ascii/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTRIBUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'd like to say that I've done better than Prima/ Bradygames/ anyone else that publishes game guides, but I know that a text document can never look as appealing as a thick book with colorful pages. Nevertheless, if you like this guide, and would like to contribute to my continued existence in this world, you may send Paypal to the following email: lestor underscore wong at yahoo dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright Lestor Wong 2009.