Son of Medici

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Son of Medici
Mission in Just Cause 3
Type	Storyline
Previous	The Shatterer of Worlds
Next	Sandbox Mode Operation Whiteout (first mission of Just Cause 4)
Starting location	Ruins at the western edge of Rocca Blau
Reward	Urga Mstitel unlocks at Rebel drop Sandbox Mode unlocked

Son of Medici is the twenty-second and last storyline mission in Just Cause 3.

Introduction

Mission briefing on the map: "The military is frayed and failing. Medici is free, but Dimah is gone. As Rosa declares the freedom of the Medician people to the entire world, Rico recalls his friends, his family, and the decades of squalor Medici has endured. Di Ravello must be found and ended."

It's advised to bring anything with a great deal of firepower, the choice of which is up to preference. This is the last mission and final boss fight, so bringing a personal favorite weapon would make for an enjoyable experience, even if the weapon is not very powerful.

Walkthrough

Rico and Mario are talking about the end of the war when Annika and Teo arrive. According to Teo, Di Ravello was last seen at Falco Maxime: Centcom boarding an advanced military chopper, just before the base tower exploded. He was last seen flying to the volcano island off Medici's western coast and nobody has seen him return. Rico sounds angry and wants to kill Di Ravello. The others want to help and the team agrees to meet at the volcano.

A U-7 Dravec or CS7 Thunderhawk spawns on the dirt runway next to the ruins. Use it to get to the island.

Along the way Mario asks Rico what he will do when Di Ravello is dead. Rico says the first thing he will do is sit at a beach and have a drink, alone. He has not thought about it further ahead and asks Mario what he will do. Mario wants to convert his garages into an international company that sells "fine automobiles" and insists that Rico should be his business partner. The company would be called "Frigo and Etcetera" and the slogans would be "Our sales are revolutionary!" and "Our prices are pure insanity!" Rico responds that "We'll see."

Getting close enough to the target will start a cut-scene where Rico and the team are on the ground, on the edge of the crater. The others (who only minutes ago promised to help) will tell you to just go down there (to the lava pools) and wait for Di Ravello, who should soon show up.

Get down there. Di Ravello will appear in a Golden Urga Mstitel and start launching missiles at you. If you have a weapon that can disable the shield and kill him instantly, use it. Otherwise get behind the nearest column of cool lava and use it as cover. Di Ravello will keep asking you to show yourself and die like a man. Ignore him and only step out when the helicopter's Bavarium powered shield is turned off.

Ways to stop him

What not to try:

• Stepping out to shoot when the shield is down and getting back to cover when it is turned on again is not a good plan, because his helicopter is simply too strong to destroy with bullets alone.
• Hijacking the helicopter is impossible and the grappler cable will break as soon as the shield is activated.
• Climbing out of the volcano is not advised because apparently you will not have as much cover as you would have in the volcano.

What has reportedly worked:

• The M488 rocket launcher is without a doubt the most (or at least one of the most) powerful weapons in the game. However, the developers have probably expected the player to use it, and so Di Ravello's helicopter can withstand at least two direct hits when unshielded.
• The Fire Leech (provided in The Watcher on The Wall) can take away a large portion of helicopter health. 4 to 5 clear shots when the shield is off can take it down.
• Calling a Rebel drop at the right place in the right time can cause the crate to hit and destroy the helicopter.
• Wait/lure him closer to the column and then grapple the helicopter to the column. As soon as the cable is set, retract it. This will make the helicopter flip over and crash.
• Reportedly, Di Ravello is not programmed to fly out of the crater, so if you do make it out, he might crash into a crater wall and blow up the helicopter.
• If you have Mech Land Assault completed, a pretty easy way to defeat Di Ravello is to get a Mech from rebel drop. Pick his helicopter up with the mech's GRIP and smash it into the ground a couple of times. If you force the helicopter into the ground and somehow clip it into an indestructible object, it will blow up immediately. An alternative option is to use the mech's onboard weaponry. The autocannon apparently does a fair amount of damage while it is unknown how much damage the Bavarium Splitter does. You can also choose to use the Reaper Missile Mech, should you own it. In any case, having all Gear Mods would be obviously helpful.
• As mentioned before, The Thunderbird is possibly the quickest way to defeat him, only limited by its relatively low range. It can bring down his shields forcibly for several seconds, and while the reload is long, the weapon still has a brief window of opportunity to connect the second shot. If it doesn't work, it has enough ammo to support several attempts.
• It is possible to collect all the Di Ravello tapes and obtain the Golden Urga Mstitel before the mission (normally the regular variant is unlocked after this mission, and both are identical in performance) and spawn one with rebel drop. Using it, you can put a quick end to his.
• With the Bavarium Sea Heist DLC, a very fast way to defeat Di Ravello and complete the mission is to use the eDEN Spark (must be upgraded to five gears through challenges), which can destroy his Urga Mstitel relatively quickly when the shield's down.

The end

Once his helicopter's health is completely depleted, it will start a cut-scene where the burning helicopter is still flying at high speed, but starts losing control and crashes. Di Ravello crawls out and claims to be fireproof and immortal. He crawls to his dropped revolver, but Rico gets there first, denying him the chance. He stops crawling and stands up, while explaining that defeating him will throw the nation into chaos. He continues to explain that Rico ruined everything and that it was actually The Agency who helped him take control of Medici.

At one point the player gets a chance to shoot him, and he clutches the wound before falling into the lava. Otherwise, he continues on, explaining that he has allowed those imperialist pigs to hold sway over Medici for this long (implying that he had to do favors for The Agency in exchange for their assistance) and that he has failed his nation and himself. He commits suicide by jumping into the lava.

After the mission Rico spawns on the east coast of the Volcano island in Medici, sitting in the beach chair as seen during the game's startup scene, but with no alcohol and oil rigs in sight. There's a Stria Ghibli 3 plane just off screen to the right for you to get off the island. Rebel drop and Fast Travel will also work here. Your dual-wielded weapons will be forcibly overriden with The Little General.

The government radio station announces that Di Ravello is probably on a vacation and there's nothing to worry about. The announcer is happy to report it.

Trivia

• Di Ravello was not lying about the The Agency in his final monologue. This is reinforced in the Di Ravello tapes and Just Cause 4.
• Di Ravello's revolver, The Little General, can be found again near the helicopter wreck after this mission.
  • On another note, if you quit the game after finishing the mission but before the credits are done, you will not be given this weapon at all. Everything else works normally.
• This is the last storyline mission, but Downloadable content for Just Cause 3 adds more missions.
• No matter how the helicopter is destroyed, the cut-scene always plays normally.
• The song playing during the boss fight was first heard in A Long and Dangerous Road. After this mission, it can only be heard one other time.
• This mission is the game's ultimate boss fight. As such, it is similar to the final mission of Just Cause 2, where the main antagonist is defeated.
  • See also: previous and future final missions where the main antagonist is not fought, but still defeated.

Glitches

Main article: Just Cause 3 Bugs and glitches.

 PS4   If you order a rebel drop above Di Ravello's Golden Urga Mstitel, the helicopter will do several aerial flips and immediately be destroyed, playing the ending cutscene.

This is not too much of a glitch per se, but rather, a more amusing and fast way to deal with Di Ravello.

 Xbox One   If one chooses to use The Thunderbird to destroy Sebastiano Di Ravello, the shield on the Urga Mstitel will somehow not be disabled permanently. It is unknown if this occurs on any other platform.

 PS4   REPORTED WITH ONLY ONE USER. NEEDS MORE CONFIRMATIONS. Your special weapon will disappear if you die. Also choosing the M488 before the mission will make the gun disappear in the fight.

Gallery

Golden Urga Mstitel appears.

Use cover.

Fighting Di Ravello.

Some weapons are highly effective.

Di Ravello's health is depleted, but he'll stay alive for a few more seconds before the cutscene starts.

Helicopter crashing.

Di Ravello explaining about imperialist dogs.

Sandbox Mode unlocked.

At the beach right after the mission.

Lava field with the wreck still there after the mission.

The helicopter wreck and The Little General spawn point.