GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide
The GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide will help you to master the popular Grand Theft Auto game with ease. Rockstar Games released the remastered version of the 2001 title in 2021 and also added a few achievements and trophies that you can unlock by completing various objectives. While the achievements are available for all, trophies are only available for the PlayStation version of the game.
The title is currently available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. This GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide applies to both consoles, as they share the same gameplay features. Since it is an old game, the number of trophies is also considerably low. Therefore, you should be able to complete it quickly.
Note: Some parts of this GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide are subjective and only reflect the writer’s opinions.
GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide: An introduction to the journey
Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition takes around five hours to complete and you should be able to unlock most of the trophies during this time. Rockstar Games added 29 trophies in the 2021 version, and most of them were borrowed from the original version. The following are all the rewards that GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should know about:
- First Day on the Job
- Hunting Season
- Disposing of the Evidence
- Repeat Offender
- Street Sweeper
- Population Control
- If You Ain't Cheatin', You Ain't Tryin'
- By a Mile
- Wreckless Driving
- Wheels Up
- Where we're going, we don't need roads
- Where To?
- Blood in the Streets
- Play Fetch
- Pest Control
- A Marked Man
- Offshore Delivery
- Not So Fast
- A Gift from the King
- Man Toyz
- Splish Splash
- Playing Doctor
- Going Rogue
- Dirty Money
- Right-hand Man
- Like a Boss
- Liberty City Secrets
- Is That All You've Got?
- King of Liberty City
These are all the trophies that you can collect while playing the game. Some of them are also associated with various side missions. Nonetheless, the GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide will briefly discuss how you can collect them all below.
Classification of the trophies in Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition
Rockstar Games divided the 29 trophies in Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition into four categories. You can get one platinum, six gold, 11 silver, and 11 bronze trophies while playing the game. The following is the classification of all the trophies in the 2021 title:
Platinum Trophy
- King of Liberty City
Gold Trophies
- Is That All You've Got?
- Liberty City Secrets
- Like a Boss
- Not So Fast
- Play Fetch
- Wheels Up
Silver Trophies
- Population Control
- Where we're going, we don't need roads
- Where To?
- Blood in the Streets
- Pest Control
- A Marked Man
- Offshore Delivery
- A Gift from the King
- Man Toyz
- Playing Doctor
- Right-hand Man
Bronze Trophies
- First Day on the Job
- Hunting Season
- Disposing of the Evidence
- Repeat Offender
- Street Sweeper
- If You Ain't Cheatin', You Ain't Tryin'
- By a Mile
- Wreckless Driving
- Splish Splash
- Going Rogue
- Dirty Money
GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should note that these are offline trophies. While Rockstar Games planned to add a multiplayer mode in the original 2001 title, it was not there in the final version. As a result, the Definitive Edition also lacks the feature. Nonetheless, collecting all the offline trophies should take you between 20 to 25 hours of playtime depending on your skills.
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Conditions to unlock the trophies in Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition
You have already learned about all the trophies in the remastered version of the game, now the GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide will explain the conditions to unlock them.
Readers should note that to unlock all 29 trophies, you must complete the game to 100 percent. While the Grand Theft Auto 3 speedrun guide is very popular among players, you may not unlock all rewards using this method. Therefore, GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers are advised to play the game normally so that they do not miss out on any of the trophies.
The following are the trophies in Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition and the conditions to unlock them:
- First Day on the Job: Complete the Luigi's Girls mission.
- Hunting Season: Destroy five helicopters.
- Disposing of the Evidence: Crush a car at the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard.
- Repeat Offender: Get caught by the police 20 times.
- Street Sweeper: Kill 100 gang members.
- If You Ain't Cheatin', You Ain't Tryin': Blow up 2,000 cars.
- By a Mile: Complete the Turismo Pay Phone race mission in under 180 seconds.
- Wreckless Driving: Perform a perfect insane stunt.
- Splish Splash: Extinguish 20 fires during a single Fire Truck side mission.
- Going Rogue: Kill 20 criminals during one Vigilante side mission.
- Dirty Money: Amass a fortune of $1,000,000.
- Population Control: Kill 1000 people.
- Where we're going, we don't need roads: Complete Patriot Playground, A Ride in the Park, Multi-Story Mayhem, and Gripped! missions.
- Where To?: Complete 100 taxi fare side missions.
- Blood in the Streets: Pass all 20 Rampage side missions.
- Pest Control: Deliver all emergency vehicles to the crane at the Portland Harbor Docks.
- A Marked Man: Complete the Last Requests mission.
- Offshore Delivery: Complete the A Drop in the Ocean mission.
- A Gift from the King: Complete the Kingdom Come Pay Phone mission.
- Man Toyz: Complete the Diablo Destruction, Mafia Massacre, Casino Calamity, and Rumpo Rampage missions.
- Playing Doctor: Reach level 12 in the Paramedic side mission.
- Right-hand Man: Earn a criminal rating of 2,500.
- Liberty City Secrets: Collect all 100 hidden packages.
- Like a Boss: Earn a criminal rating of 5,000 or higher.
- Not So Fast: Complete The Exchange mission.
- Play Fetch: Deliver all cars in the Portland Harbor Docks and Shoreside Vale import/export lists.
- Wheels Up: Complete 20 unique jumps.
- Is That All You've Got?: Complete the game to 100 percent.
- King of Liberty City: Unlock all the trophies mentioned above.
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List of all Rampage missions for the ‘Blood in the Streets’ in GTA 3 Definitive Edition
GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should note that unlocking the ‘Blood in the Streets’ trophy will take time as it requires completing all 20 Rampage missions. Each mission spawns in a different location and has unique objectives. They are as follows:
Rampages based in Portland:
- Kill 20 Mafia members in two minutes using an AK-47.
- Kill 20 Triad members in two minutes using a Shotgun.
- Kill 25 Triad members in two minutes using a Uzi.
- Murder 30 Diablo members in two minutes using an M-16.
- Destroy 10 vehicles in two minutes using Grenades.
- Destroy 13 vehicles in two minutes using a Rocket Launcher.
Rampages based in Staunton Island:
- Torch 16 Yakuza members in two minutes using Molotov Cocktails.
- Destroy eight vehicles in two minutes using a Shotgun.
- Burn 25 Yakuza members in two minutes using a Flamethrower.
- Explode 25 Yardies in two minutes using Grenades.
- Pop 17 Yardie heads in two minutes using a Sniper Rifle.
- Annihilate 30 Yardies in two minutes using a Rocket Launcher.
- Destroy 15 vehicles in two minutes using an M-16.
Rampages based in Shoreside Vale:
- Splatter 20 Cartel members in two minutes using a car.
- Behead 20 Southside Hoods in two minutes using an M-16.
- Splatter 20 Southside Hoods in two minutes using a Shotgun.
- Destroy seven vehicles in two minutes by Drive-by.
- Destroy 15 vehicles in two minutes using the Rocket launcher.
- Remove 15 Colombian heads in two minutes using the Sniper rifle.
- Fry 20 Cartel members in two minutes using a Flamethrower.
The GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should try to finish them one after the other.
List of all emergency vehicles for the ‘Pest Control’ trophy in GTA 3 Definitive Edition
As mentioned earlier in the Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide, the Pest Control trophy requires you to deliver emergency vehicles to the Portland Harbor Docks. Rockstar Games included seven vehicles for this purpose. They are as follows:
- Fire Truck: Can be found in every fire station.
- Police Car: Can be found in every police station.
- Ambulance: Can be found in every hospital.
- Rhino: Spawns during a six-star wanted level.
- Barracks OL: Spawns during a six-star wanted level.
- FBI Car: Spawns during a five-star wanted level.
- Enforcer: Spawns during a four-star wanted level.
You can also find some of these cars in freeroam or can be prompted to arrive near you. For example, the Ambulance, Fire Truck, and Police Cars arrive at your location whenever you kill an NPC or burn a car.
List of all the cars for the ‘Play Fetch’ trophy in GTA 3 Definitive Edition
The ‘Play Fetch’ and ‘Pest Control’ trophies are interrelated in Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition. While the latter requires you to deliver only emergency classified vehicles, the former requires other vehicles, including the emergency class. Moreover, the Play Fetch trophy requires you to deliver vehicles to two different garages. They are as follows:
Cars for the Portland Harbor Dock:
- Blista
- Bobcat
- Bus
- Coach
- Dodo
- Flatbed
- Linerunner
- Moonbeam
- Mr. Whoopee
- Mule
- Patriot
- Pony
- Rumpo
- Securicar
- Trashmaster
- Yankee
- Fire Truck
- Ambulance
- Barracks OL
- Enforcer
- FBI Car
- Police Car
- Rhino
Cars for the Shoreside Vale garage:
- Banshee
- BF Injection
- Cabbie
- Cheetah
- Esperanto
- Idaho
- Infernus
- Kuruma
- Landstalker
- Manana
- Perennial
- Sentinel
- Stallion
- Stinger
- Stretch
- Taxi
GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should note that each normal car delivery will reward them with $1000 and completing a particular list will award $200,000. On the other hand, each emergency vehicle will offer $1500 and $200,000 upon completion of the list.
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How to complete Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition to 100 percent
Completing Grand Theft Auto 3 Definitive Edition to 100 percent unlocks the ‘Is That All You've Got?’ trophy for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players. But, it is a long road that comprises 50 story missions, 17 Pay Phone missions, four types of side missions, 20 Rampage missions, 20 Stunt Jumps, and collecting 100 Hidden Packages.
The main story missions in GTA 3 Definitive Edition are as follows:
- Introduction (Cutscene)
- Give Me Liberty
- Luigi's Girls
- Don't Spank Ma Bitch Up
- Drive Misty For Me
- Pump-Action Pimp
- The Fuzz Ball
- Mike Lips Last Lunch
- Farewell 'Chunky' Lee Chong
- Van Heist
- Cipriani's Chauffeur
- Dead Skunk in the Trunk
- The Getaway
- Taking Out the Laundry
- The Pick-Up
- Salvatore's Called a Meeting
- Chaperone
- Triads and Tribulations
- Blow Fish
- Cutting the Grass
- Bomb Da Base: Act I
- Bomb Da Base: Act II
- Last Requests
- Sayonara Salvatore
- Under Surveillance
- Paparazzi Purge
- Payday For Ray
- Two-Faced Tanner
- Kanbu Bust-out
- Grand Theft Auto
- Deal Steal
- Shima
- Smack Down
- Silence the Sneak
- Arms Shortage
- Evidence Dash
- Gone Fishing
- Plaster Blaster
- Liberator
- Waka-Gashira Wipeout!
- A Drop in the Ocean
- Grand Theft Aero
- Escort Service
- Decoy
- Love's Disappearance
- Marked Man
- Bait
- Espresso-2-Go!
- Ransom
- The Exchange
The 17 Pay Phone missions are as follows:
- Turismo
- I Scream, You Scream
- Trial By Fire
- Big'n'Veiny
- The Crook
- The Thieves
- The Wife
- Her Lover
- Bling-bling Scramble
- Uzi Rider
- Gangcar Round-up
- Kingdom Come
- Uzi Money
- Toyminator
- Rigged to Blow
- Bullion Run
- Rumble
The four types of Side Missions and Activities are as follows:
- Four Vehicle Sub-Missions: Firefighter, Paramedic, Vigilante, and Taxi Driver.
- Four Off-Road Challenges: A Ride in the Park, Gripped!, Multistorey Mayhem, and Patriot Playground
- Four RC missions are available through the TOYZ vans.
- Three Import/Export vehicle lists (mentioned above).
If you go through this GTA 3 Definitive Edition trophy guide thoroughly, you should be able to unlock all the trophies, ultimately getting the King of Liberty City Platinum trophy.
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