Desperados 3: Kill Frank and his men; final boss - mission 16, walkthrough Desperados 3 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 23 February 2021

On this page of our Desperados 3 guide, we have posted the last third part of the walkthrough for Mission 16 - The Old and the New. This is a confrontation with Frank in the cemetery in front of the chapel. This encounter can be described as a fight with the final boss, as Frank cannot simply be shot. Our walkthrough tells you how to kill Frank and how not to get Cooper killed. The perfect execution of all actions will allow you to see the only available ending.

• Confrontation with Frank - general idea
• Preparing for the confrontation
• Killing Frank and his men - final showdown

Confrontation with Frank - general idea

1. After watching the cut-scene taking place on the cemetery (M16,1), Cooper has a plan which involves shooting Frank. Do not activate Showdown Mode now, or Cooper will die. This is because despite hitting Frank, Cooper gets shot by the antagonist's henchmen.
2. To counter that, you need to place four remaining team members and send them to kill the remaining opponents found in the circle's radius. You have to bring the remaining heroes to the cemetery, place them accordingly, and plan Showdown Mode actions for them.
3. There are other enemies in this location and they are the ones you should deal with first. We described this below in the next sub-section of our walkthrough.

Preparing for the confrontation

You can sneak into the cemetery by climbing vines. As Cooper remains inactive, the only character able to interact with vines is Isabelle. Take a look at two adversaries talking at one of the graves. Don't risk using Connect on them - attack opponent 1 after enemies disperse, hide his body quickly and dispose of opponent 2 as he searches the area for his colleague.

Getting rid of these enemies will allow the three remaining heroes to safely sneak into the cemetery after the main gate is opened. Make sure they stay in a crouched position, of course.

One of the enemies on the right can be dragged away by Hector's whistling. What is important is that he goes beyond the viewcones of all the enemies gathered around Cooper.

To the right of the chapel, you can use Connection on two opponents. Before you kill them, use Kate's perfume to blind two enemies who stare at this area.

Opponents from the roof of the chapel can be easily led down - distract them with Hector's whistling and place a second team member by the ladder to eliminate them as soon as they come down.

There is another guard to the left of the chapel - go out to the roof of the chapel and whistle for the guard to march towards the building. You can get rid of him any way you want, like jumping on him after he reaches the ladder.

On the cemetery grounds, there are three ammunition crates - for Kate's revolver, McCoy's scope pistol and Hector's sawed-off shotgun. Ensure that these characters have at least 1 cartridge in stock. Only Isabelle doesn't need ammunition because she doesn't have a firearm.

Killing Frank and his men - final showdown

The image above shows an example of the correct placement of the team members with an action plan for each of them. Try to recreate it perfectly. Here is a detailed description of this image:

1. Cooper from point 1 takes aim at Frank at point 2 - nothing has changed here since the beginning of the confrontation.
2. Hector is placed at 3 and takes aim south. There must be four opponents in the red cone so that all four die as a result of firing a single shot from sawed-off shotgun.
3. Isabelle uses Connection on enemies marked 4 and 5. This would result in Hector eventually killing five opponents - four of them hit by sawed-off shotgun, and a fifth that was connected to one of them.
4. Isabelle is placed at 6 behind the back of one of her opponents (be careful not to enter someone's viewcone!) and has a melee attack planned.
5. Kate is placed anywhere on the right and takes aim at the opponent at point 7.
6. McCoy is placed anywhere on the cemetery grounds and aims his sniper rifle at the opponent from point 8.

To be sure, save the game before activating Showdown Mode. If you have correctly planned the actions for all the characters, then all of Frank's henchmen will be murdered in a single action. Frank himself is fatally shot by Cooper and the final mission ends. Congratulations!