Smuggling (smuggling racket) | Walkthrough Mafia III Guide

It is one of two rackets in Tickfaw Harbor. You can start weakening it after speaking to Donovan in the story mission "Hot Rubber & Cold Blood". The main objective of the mission is to remove the enemy lieutenant, Walter "Pops" Holland, from his position. You will be able to weaken the racket by using various methods that are described below.

Important - Before you start weakening this racket, you should install wiretaps at all boxes in Tickfaw Harbor.

• Meeting with Pablo Duarte
• Interrogating the radio operator
• Murdering Butterbean
• Stealing the smuggling money
• Murdering Walter's enforcer
• Initiating a confrontation with Walter

Meeting with Pablo Duarte

Pablo can be found in the small building in the port in the eastern part of the district. Speak with him about the possible ways of weakening Walter's racket.

Interrogating the radio operator

The operator can be found in Holland Bros. Shipping & Freight, a location that is well guarded. At the main entrance to the port there is a closed gate and you shouldn't break through it since it would alarm the enemies. Instead of that, go to the right and walk through the warehouse or around it. The operator is on the first floor of the large building and the easiest way to get there is by using the stairs shown on the picture.

Once you get inside, try to silently eliminate at least one enemy and then sneak up on the operator. You should avoid causing an alarm because in addition to having to chase the informant you would have to face potential reinforcements. Once you interrogate the operator you can either kill or recruit him.

Important - During this and further mission objectives you should look for chests with smuggling items. Destroying them will weaken Walter's racket.

Murdering Butterbean

Reaching the base from the water will enable you to get to its back

Butterbean is the man responsible for organization of illegal air drops. He can be found on the camp located south from Tickfaw Harbor. Once you get close to the destination, you can enter the enemy territory through one of the main entrances or by jumping into the water and swimming to the pier. The latter will enable you to act from hiding, but you must time the moment when you leave the water well. Once you on the pier, eliminate (preferably by using a weapon with suppressor) the nearby gangsters.

You can shoot down Butterbean through a window or get closer to him

Butterbean can be found on the first floor of the main building. It will be easier for you to get to him if you arrived at the pier because there is a ladder at the back of the building that enables you to reach the upper exterior balconies. You can kill Butterbean with an accurate shot after you position yourself at one of the windows, but you can also lure him to a remote place with whistling or deal with his men and sneak up on him. Killing Butterbean will weaken the enemy racket by 15 thousand dollars.

If you initiated open battle, then try to quickly eliminate the sentries so that they won't call for reinforcements. In this case Butterbean can move to a different location, so don't forget about controlling his position on the minimap.

Stealing the smuggling money

The place where the money is stashed

The money is stashed in one of the warehouses in the western end of the district. You can find it on the ground floor, in one of the corners. If you want to make it easier to surprise and takedown the enemies that guard it, you should get to the first floor (watch out for the sentry that guards the upper entrance door!). If you are detected, look for explosive objects in the area, they can help you in murdering the enemies. Stealing the money will weaken Walter's racket by 10000 dollars.

Murdering Walter's enforcer

You can kill Jerry by shooting him from distance or by getting close to him

There is only one enforcer to eliminate - Jerry "The Ferret" Verret. He can be found in the port, more precisely next to one of the train cars. You can kill Jerry with a bullet shot from a sniper rifle, but if needed you can also easily flank him. In the latter case you should also lure him away by whistling near the chests where you can easily get him.

Initiating a confrontation with Walter

Once you weaken the smuggling racket enough (actions related to Walter are marked with yellow points on the map), go back to Pablo. Speak with him and go to Holland Bros. Shipping & Freight, a location that you could have visited previously in order to interrogate the operator. This time you must go even deeper into the location - Walter can be found in the building in the eastern edge of the area.

While moving towards Walter you can move through buildings or remain on open space. You can also pass around the large ship from any side you want. The easiest way to get to the boss is by using the stairs shown on the picture. Walter will be accompanied by a single person in the glass office, but you can easily lure that person away. As for the boss, as usually you can kill or recruit him.

Important - In the end you must decide who will receive the racket - Cassandra, Burke or Vito. Each of them will offer you a different bonus in exchange for the racket. You should know that you will be able to change your decision - after taking over whole Tickfaw Harbor you will have to decide which underboss will assume complete control over it (including all of the rackets in the area).