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|                             - Introduction -                                |
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It's been a while since I've gotten the inclination to crunch out a guide, but
that feeling strikes again. It's possible that GTAIV will kill my drive to
write a guide for a long time, but we'll see how things go.
This guide was originally going to be a joint project with video walkthroughs
for tougher missions and locations of the Flying Rats and Unique Stunt Jumps,
but I'm still unclear on Take Two's policy with uploading gameplay videos. If
this issue happens to be resolved at any point, I will upload all the freakin'
videos that I got ready as supplements to the guide.
Also, please email me if you have any concerns with the guide, find any
mistakes (spelling, grammatical, or otherwise), or have a great strategy that
you feel works better / just as good / faster / more interesting than mine.
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|                                - Contents -                                 |
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- FAQs                            ....... [FQQS] [  0%]
- General Strategies and Gameplay ....... [GSGP] [ 50%]
- Walkthrough                     ....... [WKTH] [ 60%]
- 100% Checklist                  ....... [100L] [ 80%]
- Vigilante and Most Wanted       ....... [VMWD] [ 75%]
- Drug Delivery Missions          ....... [DDMS] [100%]
- Exotic Exports                  ....... [EXEX] [100%]
- Street Races                    ....... [STRC] [ 66%]
- Random Characters               ....... [RNDC] [  0%]
- Flying Rat Locations            ....... [FRLC] [ 14%]
- Unique Stunt Jump Locations     ....... [USJL] [  0%]
- Girlfriends / Friends           ....... [GFFS] [  0%]
- Phone Fun                       ....... [PHFN] [  0%]
- Internet Interests              ....... [ININ] [ 40%]
- Weapons and Other Pickups       ....... [WPSP] [  0%]
- Multiplayer                     ....... [MLTI] [  0%]
- XBox 360 Achievements           ....... [360A] [ 45%]
- Credits                         ....... [CRDS] [N/A%]
- Version History                 ....... [VERH] [N/A%]
- Legal                           ....... [LEGL] [N/A%]
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- COMING SOON -
Ask me questions! Frequently! I will answer them here!
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|               |   General Strategies and Gameplay [GSGP]   |                |
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GETTING AROUND THE CITY
-----------------------
- On foot, Niko can walk, run, swim, and climb ledges and ladders.
- Niko can drive pretty much anything on wheels.
- You can steal cars by pressing Y.
- If you are jacking a car with a driver in it, you can usually get them to
stop by standing in front of them. But often times you will be hit, which
isn't too fun. After they are stopped, press Y to pull them out (or scare
them out if you have a gun equipped), and hop in. Some drivers will fight
back and attempt to pull you from their car. If you drive away fast enough,
they won't get this chance. They might even cling to the side as you speed
down the road!
- Parked cars tend to be locked, and Niko will break the window and unlock
the door. After he's in, he hotwires the car, a process that can be sped up
by pulling RT repeatedly.
- You can hail taxis, and they will take you to any destination, including any
waypoints you have set.
- If there is already a passenger in the Taxi, you can approach the door
nearest them and pull them out to get in.
- You can either wait out the ride, or skip it (for a tiny extra fee).
- There are many train stops throughout the city. Trains are a good fast way of
getting around.
- If you need to get around in the water, boats are a good choice.
- Helicopters become available to you later on in the game, a good choice for
getting around safely and quickly, and also pretty fun.
GPS
---
- The in game GPS is used to get from point A to point B. During missions, a
GPS route will appear automatically. If you need a GPS to an arbitrary
destination, you can set one yourself in the menu screen on the map, and
the GPS will now help you.
VEHICLE DAMAGE
--------------
- No matter what vehicle you're in, driving fast into something solid will do
more harm than good. Typically, you will be able to tell when a vehicle is
getting damaged when parts fly off, there are massive dents, and smoke is
coming out of the engine.
- When driving in cars, your tires can catch on fire and be burned off, and
they can also be shot out. When this happens, steering becomes much more
difficult.
- Massive damage and disfiguration on one side of the car can disrupt the air
flow over the car, causing it to drift when you drive.
- Flipping a car no longer causes it to light on fire and explode, but once
the car is flipped, you'll have a hard time getting it back upright again.
- If your car IS on fire though, that means it will explode, so get out
immediately. You can jump out of a moving car with Y.
- If you hit something solid and immovable, Niko will fly out of the windshield
and smash into anything in his way, causing him to lose a lot of health.
- Cars won't always explode. Sometimes the engine will just stop working, and
Niko will attempt to start the car over and over. Normally, this means that
you'll need to find a new car, but you can actually call 911 from your car,
hang up, and the car will work. I'm not sure if this is a glitch or a secret.
It's worth knowing though.
HEALTH
------
- Health is displayed as a green bar around the mini-map.
- Health can be restored by the following means:
- Restaurants
- Street vendors (cheap and convenient)
- Soda machines (also nice)
- Sleeping at your safehouse
- First Aid Kits (scattered around the city; see the Weapons and Other
Pickups section)
- Calling 911 and dialing 2 for the Paramedics will cause an ambulance to
drive to your location, where the paramedics will heal you for a fee,
unless you scare them off
- Entering an ambulance (refer to the previous tip for finding an ambulance)
- Paying a hooker for her services; get a suitable car (i.e. no police
vehicles), pull up beside a hooker, honk your horn, have her get in, drive
to someplace private, and pay her for her services; you will probably have
to search at night as well
- Losing all your health will cause Niko to become wounded, and the screen will
fade as he's taken to the hospital. You lose a percent of your cash when this
happens, so dying when you have a lot of money isn't too reccommended. Niko
will end up at the nearest hospital.
BODY ARMOR
----------
- When you get Body Armor, a blue bar will fill the other half of your
mini-map.
- You can find Body Armor lying around the city (see the Weapons and Other
Pickups section)
- Body Armor can be purchased from Gun Shops.
WEAPONS
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WANTED LEVELS
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FIGHTING
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GUNFIGHTING
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VEHICLE BATTLES AND CHASES
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|               |             Walkthrough [WKTH]             |                |
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The way I wrote this walkthrough was in a more linear fashion than the game
actually requires you to play through. I decided to do it this way simply
because this is what I would be looking for in a guide if I needed to find one
myself.
That being said, you can actually just skip around to whatever mission you want
to by reading the contents. There are a few missions I'll have written
strategies for that will assume that you've done some things before the
mission, but for the most part, you can use the walkthrough as a case-by-case
mission reference as well.
Each mission description has three parts: The basics, an overview of the
different stages of the mission, and a detailed walkthrough. Later in the
guide, if it's ever possible to upload gameplay videos without fear of
copyright issues, there will be YouTube links as well.
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| 1. THE COUSINS BELLIC                                                [M001] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  Start the game!
Starts:  East Hook, by the ship
Ends:    Hove Beach, Roman's Place
Rewards: Safe House (Roman's Place)
$25
Off The Boat - 5G (X360 Achievement)
Unlocks: It's Your Call
Overview:
1. Follow the GPS to Roman's Place while learning about the game's controls
(and well endowed women). Just don't blow the car up or kill Roman!
This intro mission starts as soon as the opening cutscenes end. Your cousin
Roman is a bit too much over the line to drive, and so Niko takes the wheel.
There are a lot of things going on at first (drunken chatter, the game's
control tutorial), but you can take some time while you're not on the roads to
practice driving. When you're ready, follow the yellow GPS line on the mini-map
(in the bottom left corner) to reach Roman's Place.
When you get inside, you'll be introduced to the game's saving and auto-save
features. Take a moment to peruse the menus and familiarize yourself with
everything. When you exit the house, you'll also be taught about the game's
"garage" system (similar to the garage system for saving cars in the previous
GTA games, minus the actual garages) and how to heal by eating food from a
stand.
And guess what? A lot of the game has already opened up to you, so go ahead and
run around if you want. Roman can wait, and there's plenty to do around the
city.
If you're playing the XBox360 version of the game, you'll have gotten the "Off
The Boat" Achievement (5G).
When you are ready though, head to the R icon on the map. You can either sweat
it out on foot, or just nab a car and head over. Look around first if you
decide to jack a car though, since there are sometimes police milling around.
This will be good practice for later.
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| 2. IT'S YOUR CALL                                                    [M002] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  The Cousins Bellic
Starts:  Hove Beach, Cab Office
Ends:    Hove Beach, Cab Office
Rewards: Cell Phone
Roman as a cell phone contact
$30
Unlocks: Brian (Random Character)
Three's a Crowd
Overview:
1. Drive Roman to the hardware store.
2. Roman gives you a cell phone and heads in. After a while, loan sharks pull
up and start to head into the building (don't attack or scare them!). Use
your phone to call Roman before they get into the building.
3. They begin to chase you. Quickly follow the GPS back to the Cab office to
lose them.
The mission begins similar to the first one; you're in Roman's taxi driving him
somewhere. This time, it's to a hardware store, but this mission has nothing to
do with tools. Instead, Roman is gambling and trying to make up some lost
money. So just head to the hardware store.
When you arrive, you can just park in the spot out front, but to make things
easier later on, head PAST the parking spot, turn around, and park facing the
other way (assuming you were following the GPS). Roman gives you his old cell
phone before heading inside.
As you're waiting, use the right analog stick to look around. Roman will call
you after a bit, and you can answer if you'd like. Soon after that, the
Albanian loan sharks will pull up on the other side of the street (Niko will
spot them, even if you don't, and drop an audio clue). At this point, press up
on the d-pad to pull up the cell phone menu. Press A to enter the phone book
and call Roman before the loan sharks enter the building (or else the mission
will end).
Roman books it out of the building and hops in the car. If you parked facing
the other way like I mentioned, you can just drive straight and follow the
yellow line. Otherwise, you can either drive past the loan sharks and double
back to the GPS route, or spin the car around quickly. Either way it's not
really that hard, although they will begin shooting at you if you get too close.
When you reach the cab office, the mission will end.
Roman will have a new mission for you, but not immediately. You can just run
around the block a few times until the R appears though.
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| 3. THREE'S A CROWD                                                   [M003] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  It's Your Call
Starts:  Hove Beach, Cab Office
Ends:    Hove Beach, Russian Shop
Rewards: Michelle as a cell phone contact and potential girlfriend
Some free clothes
Unlocks: First Date
Bleed Out
Overview:
1. Drive to the subway station to pick up Mallorie and Michelle (use your horn
to get their attention).
2. Drive to Michelle's apartment to drop them off.
3. Roman suggests buying some new clothes to better impress the ladies. Drive
there and buy at least one article of clothing (the first one will be free).
Another simple mission. Head over to the subway station to pick up Mallorie and
her friend Michelle. Mallorie will more or less set you up with Michelle, and
she gets added to your contacts list on your phone when you drive them back to
Michelle's apartment.
Niko now speaks to Roman on the cell phone, and Roman suggests getting some new
clothes at a Russian Shop in Hove Beach. Head there now, and head inside. You
can try on most of the clothes and accessories that you see here, and you'll
need to buy at least one article of clothing to complete the mission. Find
something you like, and purchase it. This first piece will be on the house, but
any additional clothes you want will have to come out of your own funds. This
ends the mission.
There's a tiny branch in missions now. You can call Michelle and ask her out on
a date, or wait for her to call you. Either way, the phone call will end in a
date for Niko, and an M/Heart icon will appear on the mini-map.
Before we do that, however, there's someone new we can meet. If you open up
your map and look about a block east from the Platypus (the ship Niko shipped
in on), you should see a blue "person" icon. Basically, he's right near Roman's
Cab Office. This is Brian, and he appeared when we finished Mission 2. Head
there now.
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| 4. BRIAN: ENCOUNTER #1                                               [M004] |
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Chain:   Brian
Prereq:  It's Your Call
Starts:  Hove Beach, Cab Office
Ends:    Hove Beach, Cab Office
Rewards: $100
Unlocks: Brian: Encounter #2
Approach Brian to trigger an exchange. You'll make a quick $100. It's a shame
there aren't more rich young cokeheads around, eh?
Before you start the next mission, I suggest you arm yourself (a baseball bat
will do fine), so let's go find one. First, head back to your safehouse and
save if you want. When you exit the house, head straight across the street,
into the alley, and straight into the alcove in the building in front of you.
There should be a baseball bat sitting in the tall grass.
To continue, head north towards Michelle's icon. When you get near her house,
Roman will call you and ask for help. You can ignore him and go on your date
with Michelle, but Roman will be sent to the hospital, and you'll have to pick
him up and drive him home before attempting his mission. If you want to skip
this step, snub Michelle for now and rush to Roman's aid.
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| 5. BLEED OUT                                                         [M005] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  Three's a Crowd
Starts:  Firefly Projects, Basketball Court
Ends:    Hove Beach, Cab Office
Rewards: $50
Unlocks: Easy Fare (1 of 2 mission prerequisites)
Overview:
Conditional: If you are doing this mission after First Date, you'll have to
drive Roman home from the hospital first.
1. Drive to the basketball court in the Firefly Projects.
2. Beat up Bledar and Kalem. Darden is here too and takes off in his car. Hop
in Roman's car and give chase.
3. Darden will jump out of his car at some point and proceed on foot. Chase him
and finish him off.
4. Drive Roman back to the cab office.
When you reach the basketball court, head over towards the vicinity of Roman to
trigger a cutscene. Afterwards, the game will give you a tutorial while Bledar
attempts to fight. You can follow the tutorial if you'd like, but it's actually
kind of dangerous to get low on health before the mission is over. If you
picked up the bat, as I suggested, just beat Bledar a few times to drop him,
and then focus your efforts on Kalem.
When they're down, Roman will spot Darden, who jets off when he's spotted.
Follow Roman out of the court to his waiting cab and give chase. By the time
you make it out of the court and Roman gets in the car, Darden will have had
quite a head start. Follow him on the radar (use down on the d-pad to zoom out
if you'd like), and you should catch up with him shortly.
He'll speed up the moment you draw close to him, and it's very difficult to
catch up to him. Concentrate on driving at a speed that isn't too fast, but
don't lose sight of Darden. It is worse to drive too fast and hit tons of stuff
than driving a bit slower.
There are a few scripted cars and trucks that will be in your way during the
chase. Specifically, watch out for the garbage truck. When you see it, get
ready to take a quick left turn to follow Darden. Soon after this, he will hop
out of his car. Run after him up all the flights of stairs, where you will
corner him in a room.
Darden wields a knife, and so it's important that you either have a bit of
health remaining or brought the baseball bat. The bat will make short work of
him, and you can pick up the knife after if you want. If you don't have the
bat, your best bet is to remain on the defensive, tap A to dodge his attack
when he strikes, and tap one of the other melee buttons to disarm him. If you
manage to wrest the knife from him, the fight gets a lot easier.
There's an easter egg you can get here. Being very offensive will back Darden
up to the windows. If you manage to hit him while he's close to one, you'll
get an extra cutscene and comment from Niko!
After he's down, hop in Roman's car and head back to the cab depot to end the
mission.
Now head to Michelle's icon for the next mission.
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| 6. FIRST DATE                                                        [M006] |
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Chain:   Michelle
Prereq:  Three's a Crowd
Starts:  Rotterdam Hill, Michelle's Apartment
Ends:    Rotterdam Hill, Michelle's Apartment
Rewards: Gobble Gobble - 10G (X360 Achievement) - 3 strikes in a row (Turkey)
Unlocks: Easy Fare (1 of 2 mission prerequisites)
Overview:
1. Watch the tutorial on girlfriends and friends.
2. Watch the slightly awkward conversation between Niko and Michelle.
3. Drive to the carnival and take Michelle bowling.
4. Drive Michelle home.
Michelle will hop in the car with you after you go and get her. Depending on
whether you're doing this mission before or after Bleed Out, you'll have a
different conversation with Michelle on the drive over to the boardwalk.
When you get there, get out of the car, head up the steps in front of you to
the actual boardwalk, and head left. You'll see the rather suggestive bowling
alley sign off in the distance, so walk there with Michelle (or run, she
doesn't mind).
You'll get a free game when you're inside, so pick a lane to begin playing. Pay
attention to the controls, since you can't just wave the controller around like
a madman like on other consoles (even though Wii bowling is a lot of fun).
If you bowl three strikes in a row, you can earn the "Gobble Gobble"
Achievement (10G), but it's definitely not necessary to do this now. Practice
for now, and if you don't get the Achievement, you can always just try later.
As of now, I don't have any really good tips, since I haven't gotten the
Achievement myself.
Michelle will ask you to drive her home after, so do so.
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| 7. EASY FARE                                                         [M007] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereqs: Bleed Out
First Date
Starts:  Hove Beach, Cab Office
Ends:    Outlook, Pay 'n' Spray
Rewards: $100
Unlocks: Jamaican Heat
Overview:
1. Pick up Jermaine.
2. Drive him to his garage.
3. Outrun the cops. First drive away from them to escape the flashing circle on
the radar. Then stay out of the circle and out of trouble until your stars
go away.
4. Drive to Gibson Street.
The mission starts out simple enough. Pick up Jermaine and drive him to his
garage. He notices that the garage is open, which means that something isn't
right. Indeed, the police arrive soon after, and you'll have to make a quick
getaway.
Immediately start driving away from the cops and try to find a nice open
straightaway. Remember that driving carefully is probably better than being a
speed demon but hitting a lot of stuff, especially if the cops run up and grab
you out of the car while you're stopped. You can look on the mini-map for roads
that are wider than others and head to those. Your best bet is to head more or
less north, since it's difficult to escape the police circle by heading east or
west.
When you've escaped the circle, hold tight a moment while your wanted level
fades. When the heat is gone, you'll be cued to drive Jermaine to the Pay 'n'
Spray on Gibson Street.
If you aren't familiar with Pay 'n' Sprays, you'll learn what they do here.
Head back to the cab office for another mission.
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| 8. JAMAICAN HEAT                                                     [M008] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereqs: Easy Fare
Starts:  Hove Beach, Cab Office
Ends:    Beechwood City, Homebrew Cafe
Rewards: Pistol
Little Jacob as a cell phone contact
$150
Unlocks: Bull in a China Shop
Concrete Jungle
Overview:
1. Pick up Little Jacob.
2. Drive him to his meeting.
3. Protect Little Jacob during the exchange. Make sure to pick up the ammo
afterwards.
4. Drive Little Jacob to the Homebrew Cafe.
Pick up Little Jacob and drive him to the meeting place (I'm not going to waste
time or space with details about these easy beginning parts of the missions
anymore, as the GPS will take care of that work for you). During the drive,
Little Jacob will give you a pistol.
Head up the steps that Little Jacob indicates, and crouch in the marker for a
good lookout position. During the exchange, three thugs will appear and open
fire on Little Jacob. Use the pistol's auto aim feature to target and shoot
them before they gun down Little Jacob. Make sure you remain crouched, as this
will increase your accuracy.
Don't immediately jump down when you're done gunning down the first three guys,
as someone will emerge onto a second story landing and start shooting. Gun him
down, and hop down yourself. Take some time to pick up the various weapons that
the thugs dropped, and head back to the car with Little Jacob in tow.
Drop him off at the Homebrew Cafe to end the mission.
No new missions make themselves apparent at the moment, so drive around until
you get a phone call from an unknown caller. Answer it. It's Vlad, and he wants
you to come visit him.
You should also get a call from Little Jacob. If you answer, he asks you to
swing by, and an LJ icon will appear on the map.
Finally, if you call Roman, he will tell you that he has some Taxi missions for
you to do. These are similar to previous taxi missions, wherein you drive the
customer to their desired location and get money based on how fast and well you
do it, but the difference is that the Taxi missions don't add to your final %
score. Basically, you can do them for some extra cash when you need it.
Let's help out Little Jacob first.
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| 9. CONCRETE JUNGLE                                                   [M009] |
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Chain:   Little Jacob
Prereq:  Jamaican Heat
Starts:  Schottler, Little Jacob's Place
Ends:    Beechwood City, Homebrew Cafe
Rewards: $200
Unlocks: Shadow (1 of 2 mission prerequisites)
Overview:
1. Pick up Little Jacob from his apartment, and drive him to a drug deal.
2. Run over the dealers that jet out the back of the building.
3. Drive to another drug deal, and ice the dealers there, while learning about
the game's cover system.
4. Drive Little Jacob to the Homebrew Cafe.
It seems we're still not out of the tutorial missions yet! Yet more gameplay
mechanic is introuced later in this mission.
For now, drive Little Jacob to his deal. He asks you to pull around back into
the alley and park there. Do so, and he will almost immediately call you,
confirming his suspicions about the sour deal. He says the guys are running out
the back, and sure enough, three of them come high-tailing it out. Since you
should be pointed at them, hit them with your car until they die. Otherwise,
you'll be in for a firefight if you step out and start shooting.
When that's done, pick up Little Jacob, and drive him to a town house in
Meadows Park. When you arrive, follow Little Jacob up to the front door. Use
the onscreen tutorial to back up against the wall. Little Jacob will break open
the door, and a firefight will immediately begin. Keep paying attention to the
tutorial, and aim before coming out of cover to shoot. Taking cover like this
gives you a good opportunity to land a head shot.
When the first dealer goes down, shimmy to the left (Niko's right) to the
window, and use the same tactics to cap the shotgun toting dealer. Little
Jacob has you follow him in the house after.
Two more dealers are left. Run into the room to your left, stay to the right of
Little Jacob, and use the cover button to stay behind the couch. From here, you
should be able to kill off the last two dealers. One of them may be hiding
behind the wall. The walls in this house break apart when you shoot them, so
don't be afraid to auto target him and unload on him anyway.
After all of these fun and games, pick up any extra ammo and cash, as well as
the first aid kit, if you need it, and head back out to the car with Little
Jacob. Drive him to the Homebrew Cafe, where the mission will end.
Head over to Vlad's bar for a new mission.
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| 10. BULL IN A CHINA SHOP                                             [M010] |
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Chain:   Vlad
Prereqs: Jamaican Heat
Starts:  Hove Beach, near Roman's Place
Ends:    Hove Beach, near Roman's Place
Rewards: $50
Unlocks: Hung Out to Dry
Overview:
1. Either take a cab or walk or drive or whatever to the china shop.
2. Talk to the owner.
3. Find a brick.
4. Throw it through the window.
5. Get the money and return it to Vlad.
The game introduces you to the fact that you can hail cabs and use them to get
to your destination. Do this if you wish, but either way, head to the china
shop.
When you get there, the owner doesn't seem to intimidated, and the game prompts
you to find something to throw through the window. The green dot on your mini-
map clues you in to where you can find a bunch of bricks. Head over there and
grab one, and then run back to the china shop (red dot). Hurl the brick through
the window (pay attention to the throwing controls too!) and you'll finally
scare the owner. He pays up.
The mission ends when you return the money to Vlad.
Drive around until you get a text message from Vlad. He has another mission for
you.
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| 11. HUNG OUT TO DRY                                                  [M011] |
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Chain:   Vlad
Prereqs: Bull in a China Shop
Starts:  Hove Beach, near Roman's Place
Ends:    Wherever you manage to corner the shop owner
Rewards: $100
Unlocks: Clean Getaway
Overview:
1. Drive to the laundromat and speak with the owner.
2. Chase him out the back, and grab a car.
3. Ram him off the road and collect the money.
Grab a car and drive over to the laundromat. The owner is inside, and he jets
as soon as you mention Vlad. Run out the back after him, and break into one of
the vehicles (you'll have to wait through the breaking in animation after
pressing Y to let Niko break into the car). Use the mini-map (or the menu map)
to find where the owner went, and start chasing him.
When you reach him, follow him until you have a good chance to start ramming
his car. If you can make him fishtail into a wall, all the better. This gives
you a few free hits. When you've rammed him enough, a cutscene will play where
we get a first look at Niko's more brutal side, and the mission will end.
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| 12. FREEFORM FUN                                                     [M012] |
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If you've been following this guide, you probably haven't done too much on your
own. Drive around for a bit, and if Roman hasn't called you to hang out by now,
he should at this point. Any activities you do with him will change his
attitude towards you for the worse or better, and can be tracked in the menu.
Try taking him out drinking; it costs $50, but ensuing madness trying to walk
and drive him home drunk is pretty fun.
Roman should call you sometime after, offering to let you use his Taxis for
free anytime you call him. If you are playing on the XBox 360, you will get an
Achievement for this: Driving Mr. Bellic (10G).
If you want to make back that $50, you could try some Taxi missions!
Also, if you've been ignoring Michelle, maybe it's time to take her on another
date.
You can start hunting for flying rats too. Check the section at the end for
more details.
Hunt around for weapons and body armor. It can never hurt to be armed and
protected.
Most of all, just explore and have fun, create havoc, visit different venues,
games, events, strip clubs, whatever!
Now is also a good time to look for Brian again. Check out the map of the
island. In the bottom left, look at the main (brighter white) streets. There's
a main road that curves to the north and east. From the curve, head east until
you see the blue "person" marker. In short, he's along the southernmost street
in Hove Beach. This is Brian again.
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| 13. BRIAN: ENCOUNTER #2                                              [M013] |
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Chain:   Brian
Prereq:  Brian: Encounter #1
Starts:  Hove Beach, southwesternish corner, near hardware store
Ends:    Hove Beach, Brian's "Place"
Rewards: $200
Unlocks: Brian: Encounter #3
Overview:
1. Pick up Brian.
2. Drive him to the deal.
3. Drive him "home".
Brain is tweaking out pretty bad when you approach him, but he offers you a
chance to make a quick buck. Find a car (you probably have one) and pick him
up. All you need to do for this mission is drive him to the Deal, and then
bring him home. Afterwards, you'll get quite a nice reward.
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| 14. CLEAN GETAWAY                                                    [M014] |
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Chain:   Vlad
Prereq:  Hung Out to Dry
Starts:  Hove Beach, near Roman's Place
Ends:    Hove Beach, Vlad's Garage
Rewards: $200
Unlocks: Ivan the Not So Terrible
Overview:
1. Board the train and ride it to your destination.
2. Stun punch Jimmy and steal his Blista. You don't have to kill him, but you
can.
3. Drive the car to the car wash and clean it up.
4. Park the car in Vlad's garage.
From Vlad's car, head around the block towards the yellow dot on the mini-map.
When you reach it, head up the steps to the train platform, which should arrive
just as you do. Press Y to enter, and you're on your merry way.
From where it drops you off, head over to Jimmy (a distance easy to travel on
foot) to trigger an interaction. You have a few choices: you can stun punch
him, grab the car without hurting him, or kill him (the only thing you change
with this choice is the conversation with Vlad in a moment, as far as I know).
Any way you do it, Jimmy shouldn't give you too much of a problem.
Niko calls Vlad and lets him in on the condition of the car. Niko must now take
the car to the car wash. So just follow the new GPS line to the car wash, get
it washed, and bring it back to Vlad's Garage. Simple mission really.
Before you head to the next mission, pick out a car that won't flip over
easily, and is fairly fast. If you can't find a sports car, try to find a
Blista or something else that doesn't move too slow (try to avoid SUVs or other
top heavy cars). When you're ready, park outside Vlad's bar for the next
mission.
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| 15. IVAN THE NOT SO TERRIBLE                                         [M015] |
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Chain:   Vlad
Prereq:  Clean Getaway
Starts:  Hove Beach, near Roman's Place
Ends:    Hove Beach, rooftops
Rewards: $200
Unlocks: Uncle Vlad
Overview:
1. Head to the cab office where Ivan will take off.
2. Chase Ivan until he gets out of his car and runs off.
3. Chase him on foot up a bunch of buildings.
4. Make a decision: save Ivan, or send him to his death.
Head towards the cab office with the car you picked out. Before you even reach
the destination, Ivan will jet off. Follow him at a decent speed, but focus
mostly on avoiding crashing into any walls. A tricky spot is when you head
through the traffic circle. You can head straight through like Ivan does, but
don't hit the little posts, as they will stop you dead. He turns left right
after the circle too, so don't blow through it TOO fast.
Soon after that, he'll come across a traffic jam and head out on foot. Jump out
of your car too, and head to his dot. At this point, he should still be
climbing the ladder, so you shouldn't have a problem finding the ladder
yourself. Head up and chase him up some more ladders, and he will jump across a
gap in buildings. You need to do this yourself by running and jumping at the
right time (the timing for this isn't too hard).
Do this a few more times until Ivan slips and clings to the edge. From here,
you can make a choice. Press LB to lift Ivan up onto the edge, or X to kick him
off. From what I understand, saving him has more benfits than killing him,
though I don't know the details of either choice as of yet (send me an email if
you have a nice little description of either choice!).
Also, the couple times I've played through this mission, I've fallen off the
building and died, because I'm an idiot. Just be careful when the mission ends,
and make your way down slowly.
Grab another halfway decent car, and head to Romans cab office for an important
new mission.
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| 16. UNCLE VLAD                                                       [M016] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  Ivan the Not So Terrbile
Starts:  Hove Beach, cab office
Ends:    BOABO, under the Algonquin Bridge
Rewards: Fed The Fish - 5G (X360 Achievement)
Unlocks: Crime and Punishment
Overview:
1. Drive Roman over to Vlad's bar, and head inside to talk to him.
2. Chas Vlad out of the bar, hop in your car, and give chase.
3. Eventually he will crash. Get out and approach him on foot. After the
cutscene, follow the onscreen tutorial and execute Vlad.
Head over to Vlad's bar with Roman to trigger a cutscene. Vlad sets his two
goons on you while he makes an escape. Don't even bother with the two guys, and
head out either door (the back door will let you escape from the thugs easier,
but Vlad gets more of a head start; the front door should lead you right to
your car, but the thugs may give you trouble, especially if you need to wait
for Roman to get in; it's your call).
The chase itself is easier and shorter than the one Ivan just gave you, so it
won't be so much of a major issue in this mission. Vlad will crash his car
eventually, so run out and approach him. After the cutscene, aim your pistol at
Vlad, and the targeting reticle should turn red. Pull the trigger to perform an
execution and start a pretty brutal cutscene.
If you're playing the XBox 360 version, you'll get an Achievement at this
point: Fed The Fish (5G).
After this mission, the game suggests that you call Roman. Calling him will
cause his icon to appear. Or you can just wait for him to call you.
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| 17. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT                                             [M017] |
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Chain:   Roman
Prereq:  Uncle Vlad
Starts:  Hove Beach, street corner
Ends:    East Island City, near a parking garage
Rewards: $200
Dimitri and Faustin as cell phone contacts
Unlocks: Do You Have Protection?
Overview:
1. Steal a Police Car.
2. Pull over the three vans driving around southern Broker before they reach
their destinations.
3. When you find the right van, steal it and drive it to the garage in East
Island City.
When the mission begins, start running north up the road. There should be a
police car coming straight down the road at you. Watch the cop get out and
enter a house, a perfect time to nab the car and be on your merry way with the
mission.
After a phone call to Faustin, blue blips will appear on the radar, denoting
the locations of the vans. Open up the main map and look for the closest one.
Either mentally plan a route to it, or use the GPS. By the time you reach where
the van WAS, it shouldn't be too far from you, and you should be able to cover
the rest of the distance with the mini-map. Anyway, when you catch up to the
van, turn on the police car's sirens (press in the left stick) and stay close
to the van. When it pulls over, park the police car, get out, and approach the
window. Niko will interrogate the driver, and ask him to open up the back.
You'll need to do this to all three vans (I think) before actually finding the
correct one with the TVs. When this happens, be ready to duck for cover, since
the passenger of the van will jump out and start shooting you. Either that or
immediately jump into the van, which is the next objective of the mission.
Once you make a clean getaway, drive the van to the garage indicated in East
Island City.
Roman will call you soon after, triggering the appearance of the next mission
marker.
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| 18. DO YOU HAVE PROTECTION?                                          [M018] |
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Chain:   Faustin
Prereq:  Crime And Punishment
Starts:  Beachgate, Faustin's Place
Ends:    Beachgate, Faustin's Place
Rewards: Free Micro SMG
$400
Unlocks: Shadow (1 of 2 mission prerequisites)
Final Destination
Overview:
1. Pick up Dimitri and drive him to the sex shop.
2. Intimidate the three "businessmen" in the back room with your pistol. The
game will walk you through how to do this.
3. Drive to the gun store where you will be able to buy a Micro SMG courtesy
of Mr. Faustin.
4. Drive Dimitri back to Faustin's Place in Beachgate.
This is a fairly easy mission, another "tutorial" mission. Pick Dimitri up and
head to the sex shop. Once there, you'll enter the back room, and are told to
intimidate the shop employees. Target the first guy with the red arrow over
him, and then target the guy next to him. When the game prompts you to do so,
shoot him in the leg (hold the LT halfway and aim with the right stick).
After a few more scenes, you'll be told to head to a gun shop. Head there now,
and Dimitri will let you buy a Micro SMG with Faustin's money. While you're
here, you can buy some extra ammo and body armor, though the armor is
expensive, and there are places around the city where you can find it for free.
After this, bring Dimitri back to Faustin's and the mission will end.
If you've already completed Little Jacob's mission Concrete Jungle, he will
text you now with a request to come visit him. Why don't we go see how old
Brian is holding up first though?
You know that gun shop you were just at? Well, it's still marked on the map.
Head there and head north out of the alley to the street corner. A blue person
icon should appear on the radar. This is Brian again, and this is the last time
we'll deal with him.
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| 19. BRIAN: ENCOUNTER #3                                              [M019] |
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Chain:   Brian
Prereq:  Brian: Encounter #2
Starts:  Downtown, north of the Weapons Shop in the alley
Ends:    Hove Beach, Brian's Place
Rewards: $500
Unlocks: --
Overview:
1. Pick up Brian and drive him to a couple of dealers.
2. Scare off or kill the dealers attacking Brian.
3. Drive Brian home.
Brian seems a bit... different. In fact, he's cleaned up his act and gotten
engaged. As a part of his ongoing recovery, he wants to make amends with those
he hurt, which includes paying back money he owes to some of his dealers. Get
in a car with him, and drive to the destination.
The exchange doesn't unfold too well, and Brian is downed by a thug with a bat.
Hop out of the car and open fire on the two thugs, who will run off (you can
kill them if you'd like). After, hop back in the car, and drive Brian back
home, where he'll generously hand you $500. A happy ending for everyone.
Let's go help out Little Jacob now.
TIP (don't read this if you want to try the mission yourself beforehand; it's a
nice touch): Turn off the ringer on your cell phone before you start the next
mission.
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| 20. SHADOW                                                           [M020] |
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Chain:   Little Jacob
Prereqs: Concrete Jungle
Do You Have Protection?
Starts:  Schottler, Little Jacob's Place
Ends:    South Bohan, Apartment Complex
Rewards: $250
Unlocks: Little Jacob as a friend
Drug Delivery missions
Badman (Random Character)
Overview:
1. Find the dealer that Little Jacob and Badman mention.
2. Trail the dealer to his apartment.
3. Take out the dealers inside.
When the mission begins, you have a long haul to Bohan. When you reach the
marker, park there and watch the deal unfold. The dealer is heading back to his
apartment to pick up more product. At this point, you must begin tailing him on
foot. Maintain a safe distance (about 100 feet) so that he doesn't spot you. If
your cell phone ringer is on, Roman will call you at this point, and spook the
dealer (if you answer the phone, you'll hear a funny exchange though). If you
turned off the phone before the mission, this won't happen. If you do spook
him, you can still chase after him, but he and his fellow dealers will be
alerted to your presence.
Keep following the dealter through an apartment building, over a fence, and
finally into another building. Follow him up a few stories (the details during
during this ascent are astounding) until you reach his place. Open the door,
and they will all go on the offensive. Use cover from the wall to take them all
out (not a terribly difficult task), and the mission will end.
Niko will call Little Jacob afterwards and give him the good news. A little bit
after this, Little Jacob will call you and let you know that he has work for
you to do. These are the drug dealing missions, and are detailed in the