Mission: “Kill Tony Derazio”
Talk to Donovan about Tony Derazio
Activate this objective and follow the trip route to Donovan’s blue van parked in an alley (1). Enter the van to trigger a cutscene: Donovan testifies at the Senate Committee hearing that he bugged a meeting between Derazio and one of his underlings. Then you see that meeting. When Derazio hands the keys to Dominick and gives him the hotel elevator access code, Lincoln has his way in. Donovan describes both entry options to the Senators.
Infiltrate the Royal Hotel: Option 1
Steal Dominick’s Car
We like this option because it gives you an armored vehicle for your eventual escape. Activate this objective and follow the trip route to Dominick’s Armored Majesty (2), not far from the hotel. Steal it and travel to The Royal Hotel (3), using the garage entrance. Move through the utility area filled with circuit boxes then take the stairs up to the second floor, where you can use the elevator.
Infiltrate the Royal Hotel: Option 2
Enter the Lobby
Travel directly to The Royal Hotel (3) and walk in the front lobby.
Use the Elevator
No use pussyfooting around—walk straight to the VIP elevator on the left side of the lobby and quickly gun down the two goons standing guard. Hustle into the elevator and use the keypad; Lincoln automatically enters the code and rides up to the top.
This triggers a cinematic: Tony Derazio calmly handles an agitated phone call from Lou Marcano as he prepares for Lincoln’s arrival. We get a glimpse of his account ledger, with payments made to Lou and somebody called “US5CJ.” Who could that be?
Find Tony
Clear Floor 13
The elevator stops on the 13th floor, which features a luxury room next to a secret blackmail post, with a camera and a one-way mirror. Use the kitchen carts for cover as you advance down the corridor and around the corner to the emergency exit, picking off Tony’s men. Use Intel View and your Minimap to spot them coming.
Clear Floor 14
Take the stairs up to the 14th floor where more gunmen await Lincoln’s arrival. Fight to the laundry cart at the corner and use it to pick off attackers down the next hall. Again, be proactive with Intel View in these tight quarters so nobody gets the drop on you. You can also move through the two-bedroom connected suite to flank the bad guys who emerge from the elevator at the far end of the hall.
Move through the 14th floor laundry room to a service staircase that leads up to a supply room on the 15th floor. Continue up the next set of stairs to the penthouse area door.
Clear the Cavar Office Level
Open the door to reveal a Cavar Construction Company reception desk manned by “receptionists” who want to kill you. Quickly flip a grenade or Molotov just over the desk, check your Intel View to see other gunmen approaching, and pick them off. When the coast is clear, push forward past the desk and take cover at the next doorway as more shooters open fire from the next area, the Records room.
Another goon squad waits in the next room, a lounge area with a scale model of the Paradiso Hotel & Casino, Sal Marcano’s pet project. Fight your way from here through two offices full of recording equipment and film reels. Once you clear out this space, open the far door to another staircase. This leads to the lower level of Tony’s luxurious penthouse suite.
Clear the Penthouse Suite
The lower level of the luxury suite features a huge living room with a piano; a cavernous kitchen/dining area; a large bedroom/dressing area; a spectacular wraparound balcony; and a big squad of Tony’s men. Use the doorways and furniture for cover, and use the balcony for flanking maneuvers. You can find lots of cash around plus a Tac-Vest stored in a closet in Tony’s dressing area.
Climb the stairs to a terrace that features a library and small art gallery. Use your Pry Bar to unlock the security door that leads into a small antechamber outside Tony’s office. Open the next door to trigger a quick sequence: Tony fires a rocket launcher at Lincoln!
Confront Tony Derazio
Make Tony pay for such audacious behavior. Shoot to incapacitate him, then approach and grab him to trigger a cutscene: Lincoln discovers Tony’s ledger. As police units arrive on the street far below, Marcano’s numbers boy spits out a few last insults. Lincoln makes sure his demise is a media sensation.
Escape the Royal Hotel
You still have to get out. Mob gunmen swarm the premises, and now cops are arriving too; you’re in the middle of a Blue Police Zone. Hustle to Tony’s private elevator just off of the penthouse living room and ride down to the hotel’s second floor. Exit and go left to the emergency exit. Careful, a cop is in the stairwell. You can sprint past him and down the stairs to the utility power room. Exit into the garage.
Lose the Cops
If Dominick’s Armored Majesty is here because you stole it earlier, hop in. Otherwise, steal any vehicle and escape the garage. When you get to the street, start your usual evasive maneuvers to shake off the police pursuit. (Or you can radio your associate, the police dispatcher, to call off the cops if you’ve got that service available.)
Assign the District to an Underboss
When you finally get free, the scene automatically shifts to another sitdown meeting with your Underbosses at the bayou mansion. The Downtown district is now Lincoln’s to assign. Give it to one of the three to trigger a chapter-ending cutscene: Lincoln delivers Derazio’s ledger to Donovan, and together they figure out what “US5CJ” stands for.
