Unfriendly Competition

Location
Mendez Mansion, Prawn Island, Ocean Bay
Reward
$1,300

Requires Hostile Takeover

Unlocks High Wire

Armando Mendez wants two rival drug runners who use his family’s territory dealt with. You hunt them down at their homes and then chase the second one when he tries to escape.

Before you start

Arrive with full health and armor and a rifle or SMG if you have one. Both fights start at close range with several gunmen.

Objectives

  1. The first drug runner is relaxing at his place. Get over there.
  2. Kill the drug runner and his bodyguards!
  3. The other drug runner is at the Standing Vice Point Hotel. Pay him a visit.
  4. It’s a trap! Take out the bodyguards!
  5. The dealer is making a run for it. Get after him!
  6. Watch out! The dealer’s throwing grenades!
  7. Don’t let the dealer reach his speedboat!

Unfriendly Competition walkthrough

Armando’s orders

Walk into the mansion library and the brothers talk with Vic. Armando explains that rival crooks are bringing drugs through his home territory and tells you to kill them near Ocean Beach. When the cutscene ends, take a car from the drive and head for the first marker. A fast car saves time.

Armando Mendez at his desk in the mansion library talking to Vic
A tan sedan parked on a driveway with the first drug runner objective shown
Two sedans on a Vice Point street under palms with the area name showing

The first drug runner

The first runner is at his house in the Vice Point area. Park close, get out and shoot the bodyguards first. They go down to a single hit from almost any weapon, so do not waste heavy ammunition. Then kill the runner himself. The mission message that follows points you to the second target at the Standing Vice Point Hotel.

Driving down a Vice Point street toward the first target
Vic stepping out of a sedan on the street with the kill-the-runner message
Vic firing a gun on a street outside a house, the hotel objective message below

Standing Vice Point Hotel

Drive to the hotel on the beachfront and walk in toward the pool terrace. Several sunbathers lie around the pool and none of them seems to be a threat yet. Stop at the edge of the terrace and look for the drug runner before you start shooting, because the moment he sees you the fight starts.

Driving along a street lined with palms and hotels
The hotel pool terrace with loungers and palm trees

The trap

The runner shouts for his bodyguards, and the women around the pool turn out to be armed. Back up against a wall so you do not get surrounded, and aim at whoever is closest. There is a health pickup by the pool, so use it when you are low instead of running. When the last bodyguard drops, the runner escapes.

The pool terrace with palms and umbrellas and a woman saying this is a private party
Vic firing a pistol on the pool deck at a target marked by a red arrow
Vic aiming a rifle across the pool toward the hotel, palms and umbrellas behind
Vic running along the wooden pool deck past a fallen gunman, a red arrow ahead

The chase to the speedboat

The dealer jumps on a quad and races along the beach toward a speedboat. Take a bike or quad yourself, get alongside and shoot him. He throws grenades once you get close, so swerve instead of riding straight behind. A helicopter with more bodyguards arrives later, so finish him quickly before he reaches the water.

Vic riding a quad across the sandy beach with the dealer's health bar showing
Vic firing from a quad at the dealer's quad ahead on the beach
Vic on a white quad shooting at the dealer's quad with a red arrow above it

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • The drug runner reaches his speedboat
  • The dealer gets away

After the mission

You earn $1,300 and High Wire becomes available at the Mendez mansion.

The Mission Passed notice with $1,300 and a new purchasable item at the beach-side hotel