Ransom

For the mission in GTA IV, see Ransom (GTA IV).

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Type	MISSION
Ransom
Game	Grand Theft Auto III
For	Catalina
Location	Panlantic Construction Site, Fort Staunton
Conditions of mission failure
N/A
Reward(s)
$45,000 (from the previous mission)
Unlocked by	S.A.M.
Unlocks	The Exchange
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

“I've got your precious Maria. If you don't want her face to look like she fell out with the butcher, bring $500,000 to the Villa at Cedar Grove.”

— Catalina's Letter

Ransom is the penultimate mission in Grand Theft Auto III. It is automatically triggered following the completion of the S.A.M. mission for Asuka Kasen and is started by protagonist Claude on a construction site in Fort Staunton, Staunton Island, Liberty City.

Mission

Claude enters the construction site's elevator and, after reaching the top floor, finds Miguel and Asuka Kasen dead and Maria Latore nowhere to be found, having been taken hostage. Claude takes a ransom letter from Catalina from a pole, which Miguel is impaled on, and reads it, walking back to the elevator quickly.

Deaths

• Asuka Kasen - Killed off-screen during S.A.M. from an unknown cause or assailant, possibly by Catalina.
• Miguel - Killed off-screen during S.A.M. from an unknown cause or assailant, possibly by Catalina.

Reward

The reward for completing this mission is $45,000 (the reward from the previous mission, S.A.M.) and the final mission, The Exchange, is unlocked, providing Claude has $500,000 available.

Gallery

Original version intro.

Claude comes back to the Panlantic construction site after shooting down a landing airplane and stealing SPANK aboard to find Asuka laying on the ground dead, Maria missing and Miguel impaled on the pole he was tortured with. On the pole is a note.

The note is from Catalina, Claude's former girlfriend and his arch-enemy. She reveals that she kidnapped Maria and threatens to hurt her...

Unless Claude brings $500,000 to the Colombian Cartel villa in Cedar Grove, Shoreside Vale.