GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide

The GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide will walk you through all the rewards Rockstar Games included in the remastered version of the game. While the original title was released in 2002, the Definitive Edition was released in November 2021 with a few new trophies for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. You can unlock up to 34 trophies in the game. While the trophy count is low, the path to achieving them is not a cakewalk.

Nonetheless, this GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide will provide all the important details you should know about the rewards. Readers are advised to go through them thoroughly and prepare a plan so that they do not miss out on any trophies by mistake.

Note: Some parts of this GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide are subjective and only reflect the writer’s opinions.

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide: A rundown of all the rewards

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should know about all the rewards beforehand. (Image via Rockstar Games)

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition is one of the newest titles in the Grand Theft Auto series and it has become increasingly popular among trophy hunters. The 34 trophies in the game are divided into four categories. They are as follows:

1 Platinum trophy
5 Gold trophies
9 Silver trophies
19 Bronze trophies

Fortunately, these are all offline trophies as the original game did not have any multiplayer modes. However, the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide advises you to keep your PlayStation console connected to the internet all the time during the trophy run so that your progress gets registered to your account in real time.

Here are all 34 trophies in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition:

Kingpin
Born in the 80’s
Running Rampant
Iron-y
Not my First Time
One is Better Than Two
Point A to Point B
High Quality H2O
Pie Guy
Bull in a China Shop
Vice City Mogul
Salutations My Little Friend
Catch Me if You Can
Somebody Call the Wambulance?
Greasy Palms
Just Like the Real Thing
Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie
Gun for Hire
I'm Famous!
Don't Need Roads
Daredevil
Legal Counsel
Life of the Party
South American Connection
Big Heat from Little Havana
Chauffeur
Tommy Two-Wheels
Grand Theft Auto
Bloodstained Hands
Take the Cannoli
Mischief Managed
Chopper’d Up
City Sleuth
Done it All

It is worth noting that Born in the 80's, Iron-y, Not my First Time, Salutations My Little Friend, Don't Need Roads, and Chopper'd Up are new trophies in the Definitive Edition of Grand Theft Auto Vice City.

While the gameplay is mostly harmless for adult audiences, if your kids want to play it, the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide advises you to go through the Vice City parents guide first.

Classification of all the trophies in GTA Vice City Definitive Edition

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should properly understand the classification of the rewards. (Image via Rockstar Games)

As mentioned earlier in the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide, the 34 trophies are divided into four categories. Here are all the trophies in their respective categories:

Platinum Trophy:

Kingpin

Gold Trophies:

Salutations My Little Friend
Somebody Call the Wambulance?
Chopper’d Up
City Sleuth
Done it All

Silver Trophies:

Running Rampant
Iron-y
Not my First Time
One is Better Than Two
Point A to Point B
High Quality H2O
Daredevil
Grand Theft Auto
Take the Cannoli

Bronze Trophies:

Born in the 80’s
Pie Guy
Bull in a China Shop
Vice City Mogul
Catch Me if You Can
Greasy Palms
Just Like the Real Thing
Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie
Gun for Hire
I'm Famous!
Don't Need Roads
Legal Counsel
Life of the Party
South American Connection
Big Heat from Little Havana
Chauffeur
Tommy Two-Wheels
Bloodstained Hands
Mischief Managed

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should note that the difficulties of the trophies are related to their classification. While the Bronze trophies are fairly easy to unlock, Silver and Gold trophies and harder, and the Platinum is the hardest trophy to acquire.

Conditions to unlock all 34 trophies in GTA Vice City Definitive Edition

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should memorize the trophies as well as their unlock conditions. (Image via Rockstar Games)

To unlock all 34 trophies, you have to play the game thoroughly. Various aspects of the gameplay make Grand Theft Auto Vice City one of the best video games, and you will certainly enjoy it during the trophy hunt. The following are the trophies in the Definitive Edition game and their unlock conditions:

Born in the 80’s: Listen to all music stations at least once.
Running Rampant: Reach level 12 in the Vigilante side mission.
Iron-y: Kill the property developer with a Golf Club during the Four Iron mission.
Not my First Time: Complete the mission G-Spotlight without falling from the rooftops.
One is Better Than Two: Perform a 30-second wheelie.
Point A to Point B: Drop off 25 passengers driving the taxi side mission.
High Quality H2O: Extinguish 10 fires.
Pie Guy: Deliver 10 pizzas.
Bull in a China Shop: Cause property damage worth $1,000,000.
Vice City Mogul: Own 10 properties.
Salutations My Little Friend: Use the M4 to take out Diaz during the Rub Out mission.
Catch Me if You Can: Achieve a six-star wanted level.
Somebody Call the Wambulance?: Reach level 12 in the Paramedic side mission.
Greasy Palms: Use a police bribe to reduce your wanted level.
Just Like the Real Thing: Win the RC Bandit Race mission.
Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie: Earn a high score of 5 with the Keepie-Uppy Beach Ball.
Gun for Hire: Complete all assassination contracts.
I'm Famous!: Earn the Stuff of Legends media attention rank.
Don't Need Roads: Hit max speed in a Deluxo.
Daredevil: Complete 36 unique jumps.
Legal Counsel: Complete the Riot mission.
Life of the Party: Complete the All Hands on Deck! mission.
South American Connection: Complete the Supply & Demand mission.
Big Heat from Little Havana: Complete the Trojan Voodoo mission.
Chauffeur: Complete the Publicity Tour mission.
Tommy Two-Wheels: Complete the Hog Tied mission.
Grand Theft Auto: Retrieve every wanted vehicle at Sunshine Autos Import Garage.
Bloodstained Hands: Earn the Butcher criminal rating.
Take the Cannoli: Earn the Godfather criminal rating.
Mischief Managed: Complete the Keep Your Friends Close... mission.
Chopper’d Up: Kill all hostile NPCs during the Demolition Man mission using the RC chopper’s blades.
City Sleuth: Find all 100 hidden packages.
Done it All: Earn 100 percent completion.
Kingpin: Unlock all trophies.

An official screenshot for GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers. (Image via Rockstar Games)

Also read: Grand Theft Auto Vice City speedrun guide

List of all radio stations for the ‘Born in the 80’s’ trophy

Rockstar Games requires you to listen to all radio stations in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition at least once for the ‘Born in the 80’s’ trophy. There are nine radio stations in the game with multiple songs listed in each of them. They are as follows:

Wildstyle
Flash FM
K-Chat
Fever 105
V-Rock
Vice City Public Radio - VCPR
Radio Espantoso
Emotion 98.3
Wave 103

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should listen to each of the radio stations for a few minutes to unlock the Bronze trophy.

List of all properties for the ‘Vice City Mogul’ trophy

Rockstar Games offers 10 ownable properties in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition and you have to acquire all of them to unlock the 'Vice City Mogul' Bronze trophy. The properties and their buying prices are as follows:

Vercetti Estate - N/A
Print Works - $70,000
Viceport Boatyard - $10,000
Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory - $20,000
The Pole Position Club - $30,000
Kaufman Cabs - $40,000
Sunshine Autos - $50,000
InterGlobal Studios - $60,000
Malibu Club - $120,000
Phil's Place - N/A

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should note that two of these properties can be acquired for free while playing the game. Tommy acquires the Vercetti Estate after the Rub Out mission and Phil Cassidy gives his scrap yard to the protagonist after the Boomshine Saigon mission.

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should complete the trophy objectives properly. (Image via Rockstar Games)

List of all assassination missions for the ‘Gun for Hire’ trophy

The ‘Gun for Hire’ bronze trophy can be acquired by completing all five assassination missions (also known as the Pay Phone Missions). These missions are given to Tommy Vercetti by a mysterious character named Mr. K. The missions and their objectives are as follows:

Road Kill: Assassinate Carl Pearson.
Waste the Wife: Assassinate Mrs. Dawson.
Autocide: Assassinate Mike Griffin, Dick Tanner, Franco Carter, Marcus Hammond, Nick Kong, and Charlie Dilson.
Check Out at the Check In: Assassinate a businessman at the airport and deliver his briefcase to the Downtown Ammu-Nation.
Loose Ends: Sabotage a deal between the Sharks and the FBI.

List of all cars required for the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ trophy in GTA Vice City Definitive Edition

The 'Grand Theft Auto' trophy requires you to collect and deliver 24 cars to the Sunshine Autos car showroom. However, GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers must acquire the property first to unlock the missions. Rockstar Games categorized all cars into four lists. The lists and their associated cars are as follows:

List-1:

Landstalker - Found at the Downtown Dirt Track
Idaho - Little Havana and Viceport
Esperanto - Little Havana and Little Haiti
Stallion - Little Havana, Downtown, Washington Beach, and Vice Point
Rancher - Little Havana, Downtown, Washington Beach, and Vice Point
Blista Compact - Little Haiti and Little Havana

List-2:

Sabre - Washington Beach, Vice Point, and the North Point Mall
Virgo - Vice Point and Prawn Island
Sentinel - Common in the entire Vice City
Stretch - Downtown and the Vercetti Estate
Washington - Downtown, Vice Point, Little Havana
Admiral - Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Vice Point, and Downtown

List-3:

Cheetah - Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, and Starfish Island
Infernus - Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, Vercetti Estate, and Starfish Island
Banshee - Ocean Beach, Washington Beach, and Starfish Island
Phoenix - Starfish Island and Ocean Beach
Comet - Vice Point and Starfish Island
Stinger - Starfish Island and Ocean Beach

List-4:

Voodoo - Little Haiti
Cuban Hermes - Little Havana
Caddy - Leaf Links and the Ocean Beach Lighthouse
Baggage - Escobar International Airport
Mr. Whoopee - Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory
Pizza Boy - Vice Point and Little Haiti

‘Grand Theft Auto’ is a Silver trophy and it will take some time to complete. If you are pro at managing multiple things at once, the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide advises you to collect the cars while playing the main storyline. You will be able to explore various interesting locations in Vice City while completing this trophy.

Things to avoid during trophy hunt in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition

GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should be careful while hunting for trophies. (Image via Rockstar Games)

Trophy hunting is very different from playing a game casually for fun. Therefore, GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide readers should be cautious not to make the following mistakes throughout their journey:

Never use any cheat codes during a trophy hunt: While it is understandable that some missions in the earlier Grand Theft Auto games were very difficult to complete without any help, you must complete the trophy hunting journey without using a single cheat code. Rockstar Games disables all the trophies and achievements as soon as you activate a cheat code. Therefore, if you don’t want your effort to go in vain, avoid cheats at all costs.
Do not use any speedrun techniques in Grand Theft Auto Vice City Definitive Edition during a trophy hunt: The speedrun techniques heavily rely on skipping missions and objectives, and you will miss out on various trophies in this way. Therefore, the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide advises you to play the game normally.
The use of glitches should also be kept off the table during the trophy hunt: Glitches can ruin the progress of the game, softlocking the trophies from unlocking.

If you thoroughly follow all the tips mentioned above in the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition trophy guide, you should be able to unlock all trophies, eventually getting the 'Kingpin' Platinum trophy.

Edited by Jito Tenson