Rub Out

Overview

Rub Out is the turning point of GTA Vice City. After learning that Ricardo Diaz was behind the ambush and that he tried to kill Lance Vance, Tommy Vercetti and Lance storm Diaz's Starfish Island mansion. Killing Diaz gives Tommy his empire and his home.

Walkthrough

1. Wait on the bridge to Starfish Island until Lance arrives in a Stallion with M4 rifles in the trunk.
2. Approach the mansion and kill the guards on the grounds; the front door is locked.
3. Fight around the estate to the entrance near the pool at the back of the mansion.
4. Go inside and fight up the main staircase.
5. Clear the main room. Diaz comes out of his office armed.
6. Kill Diaz.

Tips

• Buy armor and full health before the mission; the guards are numerous.
• Let Lance draw fire, but keep him alive.
• Use the M4 in first-person mode for headshots on guards behind cover.

Rewards and unlocks

$50,000. Tommy takes over the mansion, which becomes the Vercetti Estate. Six-star wanted levels become possible, the Colt Python, MP5 and M4 go on sale at Ammu-Nation, and the Vercetti Estate missions, starting with Shakedown, unlock.