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The New Boss achievement in Mafia III: Definitive Edition

The New Boss

Flip 16 Racket Bosses

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How to unlock the The New Boss achievement

  • MyDanishRealityMyDanishReality
    12 Oct 2016 12 Oct 2016 05 Apr 2017
    2nd EDIT: It appears this achievement is also bugged at the moment and cannot be unlocked (thanks to erod550). Some people have been unlocking this achievement again, but it looks like you will need to do a new playthrough in order to unlock it, otherwise it will stay locked.

    There are a total of 18 Racket Bosses in the game, however 2 of them cannot be flipped - they will die no matter what. These are the Prostitution Racket boss (the very first one in the game, before you're taught how to flip Bosses) and the Slavery Racket boss (for kinda obvious reasons.)

    In order to flip the 16 Racket Bosses for the achievement, you will need to have the area they're in wiretapped. You can check on your map if an area is wiretapped by clicking on cn_LSc, which will light up the areas in the district that are wiretapped. When you go to confront a Racket Boss, assuming you have wiretapped the area, you will get the option to either kill or recruit him. RECRUIT him cn_B, as killing just one of the bosses will void the achievement for the playthrough.

    The achievement should pop as soon as you flip the 16th Racket Boss, assuming you've recruited all available ones.

    EDIT: So to avoid some confusion, you should know that each district is divided into a number of areas. You only need to wiretap the areas where the final confrontation with the Racket Bosses occur. You do NOT need to wiretap the entire district.

    As a sidenote, I missed this achievement on my first playthrough because I forgot to wiretap an area before going for the Racket Boss, but when I went back and recruited him on my 3rd playthrough, the achievement popped. Whether this is a bug or if you just need to flip all the bosses once across all playthroughs I'm not willing to guess.

    Slimey Cat Log says: "I can confirm that the playthroughs carry over. I got the achievement on my second play through on the third racket boss." which would appear to back up the idea that the bosses only need to be flipped once across all playthroughs.

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    RoXx iBerserkerthe best way is complete this all in one session without close the game, when you close the game or the game crashed the kill tracker get a reset and you can start a new playthrough.
    Posted by RoXx iBerserker on 04 Jan at 18:21
    HyperionstonTried over different playthrough's but it had to be done in one sitting without turning the game off.

    Took me about 12 hours
    Posted by Hyperionston on 19 Feb at 01:30
    MelodicVirus118
    I wish I had never started
    This game is garbage🤢🤮
    I don't know... Soundtrack is pretty cool
    Posted by MelodicVirus118 on 19 Feb at 02:07
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  • Kyotic GBabyKyotic GBaby
    18 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2016 02 Apr 2022
    EDIT 2: credit goes to Nikoyroslav, she has ran 4 playthroughs the last few days and may have come across a way to get the achievement. What she did was DELETE ALL SAVE DATA AND EVERY DLC. Nothing else. Then play the game normally and FLIPPED all Bosses that needed to be flip. Please if more ppl try let us know if it can be confirmed. -Not sure if this is true, I just saw this person hacking gamerscore. -

    EDIT: THIS ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE BUGGY AND MAY REQUIRE MULTIPLE PLAYTHROUGHS

    The guide written above is great and wanted to just help in some more details.

    The game is broken into 9 districts and each has a max of 2 Racket bosses in each area that need to be either killed or FLIPPED making a total of 18 Racket Bosses. 2 Racket bosses CANNOT be flipped.

    So for this achievement we will be FLIPPING the Racket bosses.

    In order to CONFRONT the Racket bosses you will have to do mini missions which consist of destroying, stealing from or interrogating enemies. A STAR ICON will show up on the map of the Racket bosses location after you meet the dollar requirements. From here to find out which area to wiretrap you will go to the map and pressing LS. This will show you of all locations that are available to be wiretrap and if an area is wiretrap it will be darken. The wiretrap you need to do will be in the same location of the STARRED ICON.

    When the Racket boss has been downed he will stay in a kneeled position until you interacted with him. There will be dialogue between Lincoln and the Racket boss and the decision to either kill or RECRUIT will show up. MAKE SURE TO PRESS B TO RECRUIT THE RACKET BOSS. Here is the list of Racket bosses in each location that can be recruited or killed.

    Delary Hollow
    Merle Jackson -KILL ONLY
    “Four Finger” Charlie Kincaid – Recruit

    River Row
    Andy Turetto - Recruit
    Roy Thibideaux – Recruit

    Point Verdun
    Carl Bevers - Recruit
    Sonny Blue - Recruit

    Tickfaw Harbor
    Jack “Junior” Holland - Recruit
    Walter “Pops” Holland – Recruit

    Barclay Mills
    Pete Santini – Recruit
    Paul “Puppy” Simmons – Recruit

    Downtown
    Jimmy Cavar – Recruit
    Frankie Bernard – Recruit

    French Ward
    “Handsome” Harry Robicheaux – Recruit
    Doc Gaston – Recruit

    Frisco Fields
    Bobby Bastian – Recruit
    Chester Moreau – KILL ONLY

    Southdowns
    Artie Higgins – Recruit
    Johnny “Two-Dicks” Peralta – Recruit

    Me and other gamers can confirm that this can be done over multiple playthroughs so don’t worry. If you have any questions please comment below so we can make this achievement as easy as possible.
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    MarkusW86Tried 6 plus times and still didn't unlock gave up
    Posted by MarkusW86 on 26 Sep 21 at 20:17
    Hatred ProphetI got hope because the informant flips unlocked. went after the last flippable guy and... nothing. what a great game (nearly) ruined by developers that didn't give a shit
    Posted by Hatred Prophet on 23 Jan 23 at 19:01
    OxmixWire tapped both racket bosses in Frisco Fields and did not get a choice...he just killed them. And yes I did it correctly and double checked before starting the mission. Like WTF!!!
    Posted by Oxmix on 13 Feb at 09:14
  • DefeacerDefeacer
    15 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022 16 Apr 2022
    The new boss and No loose ends

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    MrPain128Thanks to Defeater. Just got the success. It is important that the game should be completed in one go without closing the game
    Posted by MrPain128 on 12 Jul 22 at 18:30
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