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CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take control of the streets." +============================================================================+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- || =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- || || --------------------- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ------------------ || || ---------------------- For the Playstation 2 ----------------- || || ----------------------- By casanova973 ---------------- || || ------------------------ AKA Dominic Smyth --------------- || || ------------------------- casanova973@hotmail.com -------------- || || -------------------------- A Full FAQ/Walkthrough ------------- || || --------------------------- Guide created on: 11/05/04 ------------ || || ---------------------------- Last updated on: 12/02/04 ----------- || || ----------------------------- Version 1.2 ---------- || || ------------------------------ FAQ Size: 320KB --------- || || =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- || ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +============================================================================+ Check out my other FAQs here at GameFAQs: http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/45885.html This guide is copyright 2004-2006 © Dominic Smyth ===============\______________________________________________________________ 1: Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Welcome to my guide for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Playstation 2. I have always wanted to write a guide for a Grand Theft Auto game, so thank you all for coming to witness a truely wonderful project. I hope this guide to be useful, readable and most importantly enjoyable. But you must take in that this is a REALLY long and big game (150 hours minimum) and this will be a huge guide, so expect to see a lot of mistakes as a guide this big is very hard to keep control of. As most of you all well know, it takes quite a lot of time for games to turn into classics. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is different; this game was an instant classic. We all expected this to be the game of the next two years, and the more Rockstar released information on the game, the better it got. The freedom you got in the previous two GTA games is nothing to what is in this game. You thought Vice City was the best... you better think twice. I am Dominic Smyth, and I am 14 years old and am a very busy person. I am writing this guide out of my love for writing and San Andreas. Do not frustrate me by sending me stupid Emails, do not ask me first (I'm sure there are other people who want to help you) and don't steal this guide. If I'm lucky, everyday I get to spend an hour on this guide and an hour on San Andreas so that is why this guide is moving very slowly. I could do without the questions regarding help, but please feel free to send me tips and things like that. After that intro, I am sure you know how I feel about this game. In my opinion, this is, and will be, the greatest Playstation 2 game... EVER! Thank you. ****************************************************************************** IMPORTANT NOTE! PLEASE READ! I started this guide as soon as it came out in Europe. Therefore, at least in the early versions of the guide, most of it will be a bit rushed. Because of this, not only will there be lack of detail, but there will be a huge amount of typos. Also this guide tends to be very detailed to San Andreas, so there will also be a lot of spoilers in this guide. If you find any typos, mistakes, or spoilers that I haven't warned you about, Email me at: casanova973@hotmail.com ****************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1: Introduction (above) 2: Version History 3: Basic Controls 4: Different Ways of Transport 5: Tips/strategies 6: Vehicle list 7: FAQ 8: Characters 9: Gangs 10: Police 11: Weapons 12: Los Santos Walkthrough Opening Mission 12A: Sweet 12A.1: Ryder 12A.2: Tagging up Turf 12A.3: Cleaning the Hood 12A.4: Drive-thru 12A.5: Nines and AK's 12A.6: Drive-by 12A.7: Sweet's Girl 12A.8: Cesar Vialpando 12B: Ryder 12B.1: Home Invasion 12B.2: Catalyst 12B.3: Robbing Uncle Sam 12C: Big Smoke 12C.1: OG Loc 12C.2: Running Dog 12C.3: Wrong Side of the Tracks 12C.4: Just Business 12D: OG Loc 12D.1: Life's a Beach 12D.2: Madd Dogg's Rhymes 12D.3: Management Issues 12D.4: House Party 12E: Frank Tenpenny 12E.1: Burning Desires 12E.2: Gray Imports 12F: Sweet pt. 2 12F.1: Doberman 12F.2: Los Sepulcros 12F.3: Reuniting the Families 12F.4: Green Sabre 13: Badlands Walkthrough 13A: Frank Tenpenny 13A.1: Badlands 13B: Catalina 13B.1: Tanker Commander 13B.2: First Base 13B.3: Against All Odds 13B.4: Gone Courting 13B.5: Small Town Bank 13B.6: Made in Heaven 13B.7: Local Liquor Store 13C: The Truth 13C.1: Body Harvest 13D: Cesar Vialpando 13D.1: king in Exile 13D.2: Wu Zi Mu 13D.3: Farewell, My Love... 13E: The Truth pt. 2 13E.1: Are You Going to San Fierro? 14: San Fierro Walkthrough 14A: Carl Johnson 14A.1: Wear Flowers in Your Hair 14A.2: 555 We Tip 14A.3: Deconstruction 14A.4: Photo Opportunity 14A.5: Jizzy 14B: Jizzy 14B.1: T-Bone Mendez 14B.2: Mike Toreno 14C: Woozie 14C.1: Mountain Cloud Boys 14C.2: Ran Fa Li 14C.3: Lure 14C.4: Amphibious Assault 14C.5: The Da Nang Thang 14D: Frank Tenpenny pt. 2 14D.1: Snail Trail 14E: Carl Johnson pt. 2 14E.1: Outrider 14E.2: Ice Cold Killa 14E.3: Pier 69 14E.4: Toreno's Last Flight 14E.5: Yay Ka-Boom-Boom 15: Desert Walkthrough 15A: Mysterious 15A.1: Monster 15B: Mike Toreno 15B.1: Highjack 15B.2: Interdiction 15B.3: Verdant Meadows 15C: Airstrip Asset 15C.1: Learning to Fly 15C.2: N.O.E 15C.3: Stowaway 15C.4: Black Project 15C.5: Green Goo 16: Las Venturas Walkthrough 16A: Woozie pt. 2 16A.1: Fender Ketchup 16A.2: Explosive Situation 16A.3: You've Had Your Chips 16B: The Truth pt. 3 16B.1: Don Peyote 16C: Ken Rosenburg 16C.1: Intensive Care 16C.2: Meat Business 16C.3: Freefall 16D: Madd Dogg 16D.1: Madd Dogg 16E: Salvatore Leone 16E.1: Saint Mark's Bistro 16F: Frank Tenpenny pt. 3 16F.1: Misappropriation 16F.2: High Noon 16G: Four Dragons Casino 16G.1: Architectural Espionage 16G.2: Key to Her Heart 16G.3: Dam and Blast 16G.4: Cop Wheels 16G.5: Up, Up, and Away! 16G.6: Breaking the Bank at Caligula's 17: Return to Los Santos Walkthrough 17A: Carl Johnson pt. 3 17A.1: A Home in the Hills 17A.2: Vertical Bird 17A.3: Homecoming 17A.4: Cut Throat Business 17B: Sweet pt. 3 17B.1: Beat Down on B-Dup 17B.2: Grove 4 Life 17C: Riot Missions 17C.1: Riot 17C.2: los Desperados 17C.3: End of the Line 18: School FAQ 18A: Driving School 18A.1: The 360 18A.2: The 180 18A.3: Whip and Terminate 18A.4: Pop and Control 18A.5: Burn and Lap 18A.6: Cone and Coil 18A.7: The '90' 18A.8: Wheelie Wave 18A.9: Spin and Go 18A.10: PIT Maneuver 18A.11: Alley Oop 18A.12: City Slicking 18B: Bike School 18B.1: The 360 18B.2: The 180 18B.3: The Wheelie 18B.4: Jump and Stop 18B.5: The Stoppie 18B.6: Jump and Stoppie 18C: Boat School (COMING VERY SOON!) 18C.1: Basic Seamanship 18C.2: Plot a Course 18C.3: Fresh Slamlom 18C.4: Flying Fish 18C.5: Land, Sea and Air 18D: Plane School 18D.1: Takeoff 18D.2: Land Plane 18D.3: Circle Airstrip 18D.4: Circle Airstrip and Land 18D.5: Helicopter Takeoff 18D.6: Land Helicopter 18D.7: Destroy Targets 18D.8: Loop-the-loop 18D.9: Barrel Roll 18D.10: Parachute onto Target 19: Side Missions (UNDER VERY HEAVY CONSTRUCION!!!) 19A: R3 Missions 19A.1: Vigilante 19A.2: Paramedic 19A.3: Taxi Driver 19A.4: Firefighter 19A.5: Pimpin' 19A.6: House Invasion 19B: Cesar 19B.1: High Stakes, Lowrider 19C: Zero 19C.1: Air Raid 19C.2: Supply Lines 19C.3: New Model Army 19D: Lowrider Challenge 19E: Beat the Cock! 20: Street Racing Guide 20A: Los Santos Street Races 20A.1: Little Loop 20A.2: Backroad Wanderer 20A.3: City Circuit 20A.4: Vinewood 20A.5: Freeway 20A.6: Into the Country 20B: San Fierro Street Races 20B.1: Dirtbike Danger 20B.2: Bandito County 20B.3: Go-Go Carting 20B.4: San Fierro Fastlane 20B.5: San Fierro Hills 20B.6: Country Endurance 20C: Las Venturas Street Races 20C.1: San Fierro to Las Venturas 20C.2: Dam Rider 20C.3: Desert Tricks 20C.4: Las Venturas Ringroad 20D: Airport Races 20D.1: World War Aces 20D.2: Barnstorming 20D.3: Military Service 20D.4: Chopper Checkpoint 20D.5: Whirly Bird Waypoint 20D.6: Heli Hell 21: Los Santos & Badlands Side Quests 21A: Los Santos Courier 21B: BMX Challenge 21C: Lowrider Challenge 21D: Los Santos Arena 21E: Chilliad Challenge 21E.1: Scotch Bonnet Yellow Route 21E.2: Birdseye Winder Yellow Route 21E.3: Cobra Run 21E: Trucking Missions 22: San Fierro Side Quests 22A: Valet Parking 22B: San Fierro Courier 22C: San Fierro Arena 22D: NRG Challenge 23: Las Venturas & Desert Side Quests 23A: Las Venturas Arena (Dirt Track) 23B: Las Venturas Arena (Kickstart) 23C: Las Venturas Courier 23D: Quarry Missions 24: Random Side Quests 24A: Girlfriends 24A.1: Denise Robinson 24A.2: Katie Zhan 24A.3: Helena Wankstein 24A.4: Michelle Cannes 24A.5: Barbara Schternvart 24A.6: Millie Perkins 24B: Gambling 24C: Two Player 24C.1: Free Roam 24C.2: Rampages 25: Property Guide --------- 26: Clothing FAQ | 27: Statistics | 28: Car Modding | 29: Tag Locations | 30: Snap Shots Locations |------- UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION!!! 31: Horseshoes Locations | 32: Oyster Locations | 33: Unique Jumps | 34: Item Locations | 35: Glitches | 36: Misc. --------- 37: Legal Stuff 38: Email Policy (PLEASE READ!!!) 39: Credits SPOILER WARNING! PLEASE READ!: This guide tends to be very detailed to San Andreas. Therefore, there will be a lot of spoilers in this guide. I recommend using your browser's find function (Ctrl+F) and typing in what part of the game you need help with. Thank you. ==================\___________________________________________________________ 2: Version History ----------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Date format: mm/dd/yy Version 0.1 (11/1-6/04) ----------------------- Very first version of the guide. After just playing hours and hours of San Andreas and reaching San Fierro, I decided it was time to start the guide. I thought I might complete the game before I start the guide, but that just didn't work out. This version includes a lot of the basics and stuff like that but the next version should have some of the missions in it. I have not yet submitted to GameFAQs. Version 0.3 (11/7-14/04) ------------------------ Put in some missions walkthroughs and made a rough layout of what the table of contents will look like when the guide is complete. This guide is still under VERY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION so I really could do without the Emails right now. Version 0.4 (11/21/04) ---------------------- Added a contribution and added all missions up to San Fierro. My GTA: San Andreas disk is badly scratched and it won't work so the guide is going to be moving very slowly for now until I get a new disk. The next update will probably be in quite a while unless I get a new disk soon. Added different parts to different sections. Version 0.5 (12/05/04) ---------------------- Finally got a new disk which cost a LOT of money... and I am quite annoyed that I spent another £30 just to finish off this guide. Oh well, I'm here now to finish the guide as it seems quite a lot of people enjoyed reading it :D. Didn't really do much for this update, just completed first five missions of San Fierro and I just wanted to tell you guys that I'm still around and totally dedicated to finishing this guide! Version 0.5 (12/25/04) ---------------------- Maybe not as dedicated as I might have stated above. I started playing The Getawat: Black Monday and I've been addicted to that game and I just haven't had the motivation to complete this guide. Anyhoo, this version includes all the San Fierro missions and some of the Los Santos street races. Version 0.6 (01/08/05) ---------------------- Sorry people, I've been on holiday over christmas, and it took me a while to work out the new GameFAQs registration system (lol). Anyway, I've lost my motivation for this game almost completely, so I think I'll FAQ for POP: Warrior Within after I do the story missions for SA, then maybe I will finish off this guide a bit later than expected. I am sorry about this, but I will try and fit in as much as I can to this guide for the next update, which should be by next week. Version 0.7 (01/29/05) ---------------------- I am terribly sorry for this really long update, but I've just been really busy lately with my social life and other stuff. Anyway, I haven't been able to write as much as I hoped but now I have got my motivation back to complete this guide. Expect all the main story mission walkthroughs up by the next update. Version 0.8 (02/26/05) ---------------------- Sorry dudes, my computer got infected with LOADS of viruses then my broadband stopped working so I haven't been able to submit this version as soon as i hoped to. This version includes every mission up to 'Dam and Blast' for the Four Dragons Casino. I hope the next version to have all of the story missions in it, but i am not promising anything. Version 1.0 (04/11/05) ---------------------- Sorry people I couldn't get any missions done. All I managed for this update was R Carr's wonderful tag location guide. I've been very busy lately so I haven't even had time to get in the computer. Again, the next update will be in a while, life's moving quickly right now. Version 1.1 (04/15/05) ---------------------- I completed the gang section and started work on the weapon section and edited most of the missions. Next version should include some more mission walkthroughs. Sorry again for the huge delay, but I think I'm back on track to complete this guide now. Version 1.2 (04/25/05) ---------------------- All the street races and finally all of the main storyline missions are complete. It took a lot of work but now I can relax and enjoy finishing off the guide. I'm looking to have this guide at at least 500kb when it's complete, so I got a long way to go. =================\____________________________________________________________ 3: Basic Controls ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: ON FOOT | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Triangle | Enter vehicle | | | Activate mini game | | | Secondary Attack | | | Pick up object | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Circle | Attack/fire weapon | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (hold) | Run fast | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (tap) | Sprint | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Square | Jump/climb/block | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2 button | Cycle weapon left | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Centre the camera/view stats, fire | | | weapon | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R2 button | Cycle weapon right | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R1 button | Target/aim | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L3 button | Crouch | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Select button | Camera modes | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Start button | Pause menu | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R3 button | Look behind | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Up button | Gang active mode | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Down button | Gang passive mode | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right button | Talk positive response | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left button | Talk negative response | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right analog stick | Camera moevement | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Character movement | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: BICYCLE | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (hold) | Pedal | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (tap) | pedal faster (sprint) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Bunnyhop | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button (hold & release) | Bunnyhop higher | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: IN VEHICLE | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Triangle | Exit vehicle | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Circle | Vehicle weapon/nitrous | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button | Accelerate | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Square | Brake/reverse | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2 button | Look left | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R2 button | Look right | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2 + R2 buttons | Look behind | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Vehicle weapon/nitrous | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R1 button | Hand brake | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Vehicle steering/camera | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Up button | Cycle up radio stations | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Down button | Cycle down radio stations | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right button | Trip skip | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L3 button | Horn | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Select button | Camera modes | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Start button | Pause menu | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R3 button | Odd job mission trigger | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right analog stick | Turret control | | | Manual camera | | | Change cinematic camera | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: FIRST PERSON SHOOTING | --------------------------------- (When equipped with a sniper rifle or rocket launcher press and hold the target button to go first person) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Circle | Shoot | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2/R2 buttons | Zoom in/zoom out | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Shoot | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Move scope/aim | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right analog stick | Move scope/aim | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R1 button | (let go to normal control) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L3 button | Crouch | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: SWIMMING | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ( O N S U R F A C E ) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Circle | Dive underwater | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (hold) | Sprint (swim faster) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (tap) | Super sprint | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Square | jump | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Triangle | Enter vehicle | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ( U N D E R W A T E R ) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (hold) | Swim forward | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button (tap) | Sprint (swim faster) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Swim direction (rotation only) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: HELICOPTER | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R2 button | Rudder right | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2 button | Rudder left | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button | Ascend | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Pitch/roll | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Square | Descend | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L3 button | Hover | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Primary weapon | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right analog stick | Turret/camera | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: PLANE | --------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | BUTTON | WHAT THE BUTTON DOES | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R2 button | Rudder right | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L2 button | Rudder left | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | X button | Thrust | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Square | Reverse thrust | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Left analog stick | Pitch/roll | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | L1 button | Primary weapon | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Circle | Alternate weapon | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | R3 button | Raise/lower landing gear | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Right analog stick | Turret/camera | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Controls (explained): (Coming soon!) --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: ON FOOT | --------------------------------- Triangle (enter vehicle): This is easy. To steal a vehicle, just stand by it and press triangle. CJ will usually do a cool move and get in. If you pressed triangle by accident or CJ got in the wrong car, just move the left analog stick around and CJ won't get in. Just watch out for those vigilante pedestrians who will chase after the vehicle you stole off them! Triangle (activate mini game): Mini games can be found throught San Andreas. There is one in your house, but they can be found in bars or in shops. If you find one, press triangle to start the game. Triangle (secondary attack): You can only unlock the secondary attack once you have challenged the boxer in the gym in Ganton and beat him. To use it, just target an oppoenent and press or tap triangle for a more powerful and accurate attack. You can unlock more moves the more you play the game. Triangle (pick up object): If you find an object other than a weapon on the floor, just press triangle to pick it up. Circle (attack/fire weapon): If you have a gun in your hand, you can press circle to fire your gun. Some guns will only allow you to shoot if you aim first, but with most guns you can shoot just by pressing circle. Circle is also the attack button, so you can fight with any melee weapon with circle. For more accuracy with your gun, always aim with R1 before youi fire. X Button (Hold) (Run): If you have a one-handed weapon such as a pistol or a knife, hold X and you will sprint, but you won't sprint for long if you don't have a lot of stamina. You can't sprint with big guns like Shotguns and Flame-throwers. X Button (Tap) Sprint): Like the one above, but tapping X will make you run faster and you will get tired more quickly. Square (jump/climb/block): Like the other GTAs, you can jump by pressing square. But a new feature in San Andreas is the ability to climb walls/fences. Stand by a wall or a fence and if it is in CJ's reach, he will jump up and hang on to it, press square again and CJ will climb the wall. You can also use square to block punches when you are fighting, but you have to be targetting the opponent in order to block. L2 Button (cycle weapon left): Does exactly what it says on the tin. L1 Button (centre the camera/view stats/fire weapon): If you are wondering what your stats are like, press and hold L1 to view the important and general stats. But you can also view your whole list of stats on the pause menu. You can also use L1 to fire your weapon when you are targetting someone, this is probably best used for drive-by's. L1 also puts the camera right behind CJ. R2 Button (cycle weapon right): Does exactly what it says on the tin. R1 Button (Target): You can target someone else by holding R1. You can then attack by pressing circle. L3 Button (crouch): Yes, like Vice City you can crouch, but this time you can move while you're crouching. Crouching is best used for stealth like when you're robbing houses. Select Button (camera modes): You can change the camera angle by pressing the select button. Start Button (pause Menu): You can view the map, load games, look at your photos and look at your stats on the pause menu. R3 Button (look behind): While you are running or walking, you can look at what's behind you by pressing the R3 button. Up Button (gang active mode): Target one of your gang members then press up and you can recruit him to your gang/group. The more respect you have the more gang members you can recruit to your group. Down Button (gang passive mode): Target one of your gang members then press down and you can recruit him to your gang/group. The more respect you have the more gang members you can recruit to your group. Right Button (talk positive response): When someone is talking to you, whether it be on a mission or on the streets, press right to reply positively. Left Button (talk negative response): When someone is talking to you, whether it be on a mission or on the streets, press left to reply negatevely. Right analog stick (camera movement): move the camera around with the right analog stick. This can help a lot on missions and will improve your accuracy. Left analog stick (character movement): Move CJ around with the left analog stick. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: BICYCLE | --------------------------------- X Button (hold) (pedal): You will pedal really slowly if you just hold X while you're on a bike. X Button (tap) (pedal faster (sprint)): The faster you tap X, the faster your bike will go. You can pedal faster for longer if you have more stamina. You don't really go that fast even if you sprint while on a bike, but tapping X on a bike is much better than just holding it. L1 Button (bunnyhop): The more cycle skill you have, the higher you can bunnyhop. Hold down L1, then release it to jump. I use this a lot when I'm on a bicycle to jump over cars. L2 Button (hold & release): The more cycle skill you have, the higher you can bunnyhop. Hold down L1, then release it to jump. I use this a lot when I'm on a bicycle to jump over cars. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: IN VEHICLE | --------------------------------- Triangle (exit vehicle): Presstriangle to get out of your vehicle. Circle (vehicle weapon/nitrous): Some vehicles have their own weapons, and if so you can fire them by pressing circle. You can also perform a drive-by if you have a sub-machine gun by holding R2 or L2 and pressing circle. If your car has a nitrous you can trigger it with circle. X Button (accelerate): Hold X down to accelerate. Simple. Square (brake/reverse): To stop your car while it's moving, hold square. Hold square while the car is still to reverse. L2 Button (look left): To change the camera angle so you are looking at the left side of the road hold down L2. Best used for drive-by's. R2 Button (look right): To change the camera angle so you are looking at the right side of the road hold down L2. Best used for drive-by's. L2 + R2 Buttons (look behind): To look at what's behind you, hold down L2 and R2 at the same time. Release them to change back to the normal camera mode. L1 Button (vehicle weapon/nitrous): Some vehicles have their own weapons, and if so you can fire them by pressing L1. You can also perform a drive-by if you have a sub-machine gun by holding R2 or L2 and holding L1. If your car has a nitrous you can trigger it with circle, as well as L1. R1 Button (hand brake): For a more powerful brake than just holding square, hold down R1. You can perform skids with R1 at sharp turns always. Left Analog Stick (vehicle sterring/camera): When your vehicle is moving, use the left analog stick to control the car. Holding up or down will also move the camera around so you can see down hills and change the camera so it suits you. Up Button (Cycle up radio stations): Unlike Vice City and GTA3, this time you can change the radio stations by pressing up or down. Down Button (Cycle down radio stations): Unlike Vice City and GTA3, this time you can change the radio stations by pressing up or down. Right Button (Trip Skip): If you are on a mission that involves driving somewhere then doing something like enter a warehouse, you can skip the drive by pressing right. Note that you can only skip the boring driving bit if you have got to the destination already. L3 Button (horn): You know the drill... Select Button (camera modes): Change the camera angles with this button. Start Button (pause menu): You can view the map, load games, look at your photos and look at your stats on the pause menu. R3 Button (odd job mission trigger): If you get in a Taxi or any other emergency vehicle, you can trigger the 'odd job missions' with R3. You can also turn off these missions with R3. Right Analog Stick (turret control): If you are in a vehicle that has a turret on it (i.e fire engine or tank) you can move it around with the right analog stick. You cannot aim the turret though, so you just have to judge where it's going by sight. Right Analog Stick (manual camera): Move the camera around with the right analog stick. Right Analog Stick (change cinematic camera): If you change the camera to cinematic view, you can go through the cinematic views by moving the right analog stick right or left. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: FIRST PERSON SHOOTING | --------------------------------- (When equipped with a sniper rifle or rocket launcher press and hold the target button to go first person) Circle (shoot): You heard... L2/R2 (zoom in/zoom out): Hold L2 to zoom in for more accuracy but if you want to move your scope around quickly press R2 to zoom out. L1 Button (shoot): Pressing L1 will also fire your weapon as well as cirle. Left Analog Stick (move scope/aim): Use this button to move the scope of your gun. Right Analog Stick (move scope/aim): Use this button to move the scope of your gun. R1 Button (let go to normal control): Yes, to exit first person view let go of R1. L3 Button (crouch): You can also crouch for more accuracy in first person shooting mode. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: SWIMMING | --------------------------------- ( O N S U R F A C E ) Circle (dive underwater): When you are swimming on the surface, press circle to dive underwater. A breath-meter will appear. When it runs out, you will start to lose health. Just swim upwards onto the surface before you run out of breath and you'll be alright. X button (hold) (sprint): Hold X to swim alot faster than normal. X button (tap) (supersprint): An even faster way to move across the water is to tap X. Doing this will be quicker than just holding X, but tapping X will drain your energy more quickly. Square (jump): When you are on the surface of the water, press square to jump up onto a ledge or another boat. Triangle (enter vehicle): Press triangle to jump into another boat. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: SWIMMING | --------------------------------- ( U N D E R W A T E R) X button (hold) (swim forward): To move about underwater hold X. X button (tap) (supersprint): To move even faster underwater, tap X. Left analog stick (swim direction): To change the direction that you are swimming in, point the left analog stick in the direction you want to swim in. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: HELICOPTER | --------------------------------- R2 (rudder right): To spin your helicopter round to the right, hold R2. L2 (rudder left): To spin your helicopter round to the left, hold L2. X button (ascend): Hold X to go higher into the air. Left analog stick (pitch/roll): To tilt your helicopter, point the left analog stick in the direction you want to tilt in. Holding it upwards will sometimes make you travel faster. Square (descend): If you want to land or just fly a little closer to land, hold square to descend. L3 (hover): Press L3 to hover or stay where ever you are. Pressing any button while hovering will break the hover. L1 (primary weapon): If your helicopter has a weapon connected to it, you can fire it by holding L1. Right analog stick (camera/turret): To move your camera around move the right analog stick. If there is a turret on your helicopter then you can aim that aswell with the right analog stick. --------------------------------- | CONTROLS: PLANE | --------------------------------- R2 (rudder right): To turn right, hold R2. Sometimes the left analog stick will help you turn more sharply, but sometimes it is easy to lose control. L2 (rudder left): To turn left, hold L2. Sometimes the left analog stick will help you turn more sharply, but sometimes it is easy to lose control. X button (thrust): To acceclerate on the ground and sometimes in the air, hold X. Square (backwards thrust): To reverse on the ground hold square. Left analog stick (pitch/roll): To tilt your plane or turn it, just point it in the direction you want to go in. L1 (primary weapon): If your plane has a weapon connected to it, you can fire it by holding L1. Circle (second-hand weapon): Another way to fire your primary weapon is to hold circle. R3 (raise/lower landing gear): This is essential to landing and taking off. You can't land without your wheels out, and you can't fly with your wheels out! Press R3 to take them out or put them back in. Right analog stick (camera/turret): To move your camera around move the right analog stick. If there is a turret on your plane then you can aim that aswell with the right analog stick. ==============================\_______________________________________________ 4: Different Ways of Transport ----------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== In San Andreas, you will find different ways to get around the city. It may be by car, by foot, by bike or even by train! Whatever suits your needs... By Car ------ Probably the most popular choice of transport. Cars can be found all around the huge state of San Andreas. You can drive them, you can trash them, you can use them as punch-bags... let's stick with driving them. San Andreas is a state packed with cars, from sport coupes to tractors, to four-door luxery's to even tanks! Whatever you choose, I'm sure you will have fun driving cars. By Foot ------- Want to go for a stroll along the beach? Or don't want to crush your suit getting into a low sportscar? Press and hold X button to run faster - but watch the sweat on that suit. Fitness is a fad, and though you may not be into a full-on workout tape with legwarmers, a bit of training not only keeps you slim but also builds your stamina. (Taken from Vice City manual) You might find yourself on a bike in the countryside one moment, then you see something cool and lose your bike the next. You will find yourself on foot in the middle of nowhere quite often, but whatever you do to lose your vehicle, walking around on foot is the best way to get around and to kep fit. By Motorbike ------------ They made it's first appearence in Vice City, but now they are back... with attitude. The same bikes from Vice City are back but there is a wider list of motorbikes this time round. You will have fun riding around on the bikes and if you spend a lot of time on them, your bike skill upgrades and when it fills you will hardly ever fall off your bike, but we're only getting started... By Bicycle ---------- Oh yeah! Now not only can we have fun falling off our dirt bikes in the desert, now we can enjoy the wonderful sound of bicycles. BMX's are very common in the city, but if your looking to take a trip on Mount Chilliad, you're better off with a Mountain Bike. Whichever bike you decide to cruise in, I'm sure you will have a lot of fun riding around on one of these. By Boat ------- Yes, they are back from the last two GTA's. The boats in San Andreas are very similar to the ones in Vice City and GTA 3, so there isn't much of a surprise here. But now there is a wider range of boats, so you can now enjoy the feel of wind on an even faster speed boat! By Helicopter ------------- Due to the size of San Andreas, the helicopters play a big part of getting around the state. And now for my favourite part.... the hunter frmm Vice City is back. Now I can enjoy shooting rockets at the damn San Andreas police department! By Plane -------- You can now fly planes! From full-winged Dodo's to jets San Andreas feature a wide choice of planes. You have to buy the Airstrip Asset in the Desert to learn how to fly a plane, and it can be very frustrating learning how to control a plane. Oh, and remember that when you're really high up in the air you can jump out of the plane with a parachue and have fun falling through the sky. By Train -------- Yes, now you can finally not only get on the back of a train, but drive them. The speed you can create while driving a plane is really quite amazing. But be careful not to go too fast, or you can bail off the tracks. ==================\___________________________________________________________ 5: Tips/strategies ----------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== I will split this section into different sections so you can easily find what you need help with without skipping through paragraphs of rubbish. If I missed anything, please get in contact with me. Swimming -------- - Swimming is a new feature in SA that was never in any of the previous GTA games. It is not hard to swim in this game, but at times if you don't have enough stamina you will just drop down and drown. Push the left analogue stick in the direction you want to go in to move, and hold down X if you want to go faster. You can also tap X to go really fast but you do get tired after a short while. You can also dive under water. Just press circle to dive down, then tap X to swim underwater. But swimming underwater isn't that simple. You need to pay attention to your breath metre that appears by your health metre if you want to stay alive. It will go down quickly and when it runs out you go out of breath, so just swim towards the surface to catch your breath again. Riding Bikes ------------ - In Vice City there were motorbikes, but never in a GTA game has there been a bicycle. SA's bicycles range from BMX's to Mountain bikes, but what is the point of just having the bicycles without the motorbikes? All of the bikes from Vice City are back, and SA also introduces us to some new motorbikes as well. I guess you all played Vice City, so I'm sure you all know how the motorbike gameplay works, so I won't bother explaining how to ride motorbikes. - The hard thing getting used to is riding the bicylcles. You can just hold X on the pedal bike to go at quite a slow speed, but tap X really fast and CJ will lift his bum off the seat and pedal very quickly. You can also perform tricks on bicycles, from bunney-hopping to wheelies, but the more you practice on the bike, the better you get at controlling it. If you get really familiar with the bicyles, you will hardly ever fall off of your bike which can be very pleasing at times. Driving ------- - No surprise here people, the cars are back from the other games. I am almost positive that you all know how to drive cars, so again I won't bother explaining. Not much tips for this section I'm afraid, but if anyone has any, please tell me. Shooting -------- - San Andreas has a new shooting system which allows you to see how much health an enemy has and to switch targets quickly without letting go of aim. When you are shooting at someone or something, their colour will go from light to dark. If a person has a green target, they have full health, and red means that they are nearly dead; all the other colours are obvious. Also, the best way to shoot is to hold R1 and when one person is dead, press R2 to aim at the next target on your right, and L2 for the next target on your left. This can be a very helpful and useful technique when you are shooting against a very large group. Gangs ----- (There maybe some spoilers in this section) - The gangs of San Andreas are not friendly people, and you need to know how to protect yourself from them. The Ballas (dressed in purple) are your rival gang, and if you are caught in their territory they will try their very best to kill you. There are many other gangs in the game, but they all have the same routine of going around in groups smoking and causing trouble with the police. If a gang starts shooting at you, the police usually shoot back at the gang, but if you shoot back while the police are there they will just go for you. - You gain respect throughout the game by completing missions. You need a lot of respect in the game to survive, and only because the more respect you have, the more men you can use as bodyguards. You learn this trick later on in Los Santos, but I think you can use it whenever you want. When you have more than a little of respect, go up to a Grove Street member (someone dressed in greeen) and target them and press up on the D-pad. They will follow you around and shoot anyone you lock on to, and will do drive-by's when you pass other gang members in the car. - If you are caught alone in gang territory, the gang won't chase you and hunt you down immediately, they will try and talk to you sometimes. You can use the left and right buttons to reply positively or negatively, or you can just run away. Fighting the gang would be the worse thing to do if you have little muscle, so only really fight if you have a lot of muscle. - You can also take over Ballos and Vagos territory when you start working for Sweet again. All over the map there are different colours (you won't know what I'm on about if you've just strated the game), but green (Grove Street), purple (Ballas) and yellow (Vagos) are the main territories. Your gang owns the green part of the map, and you can take over new territories by entering the territory and shooting that gang. You will get a message on the screen when you have taken over that part of the map, and a money icon (like the one in Vice City) will appear outside your house. Police ------ - Like other crime-simulators like GTA, the police play a very big part of the game. But, if you played Vice City or GTA 3, you might find it a lot harder to escape the police. This time in San Andreas, the police are a lot more clever and don't just ram their cars like little children. Rockstar have improved the AI system so the police have their own tactics to hunt you down. I haven't seen a huge difference yet, but I have noticed that the police don't drive like monkeys. - For example, the police on bikes sometimes jump on top of your car and punch or shoot through your wind-screen, and sometimes they hang on to the back of your car to slow you down. You can shake them off by shooting them or just by taking sharp turns and hitting walls etc. - The police now have different forms of transport. They do still travel in cars and helicopters, but they also have police motorbikes and police 4x4's. Also, the police in the city have different outfits than those in the countryside. I just found this a really cool feature and I just wanted to share it... Stats (keeping fit) ------------------- - This is a new and really cool feature that San Andreas includes. You now have your own stats that you control. You can now build up muscle, stamina, sex appeal, weapon skill, respect, fat, cycle/bike/car/boat/plane skill, gang progress, progress with Denise and a few others that I've probably forgot to mention. This is a really cool thing but you don't really need to take notice of it if you don't want to. - Muscle and stamina can all be upgraded at any gym. The weights prove to be very useful if you want a lot of muscle, and the running machine and cycling machine both improve your stamina. You can also challenge the boxer to a quick round but only if you have enough muscle. If you beat him the first time around, he will give you three new skills: Running Attack, Ground Attack and a Combo Attack. All of these moves can be done by holding R1 and pressing triangle. But, let me explain a bit more about your muscle. If you just stand around all day or drive cars all the time, your muscle stats will decrease, but if you work out quite often, your muscle stats will increas or stay at the top. Try and keep your muscle stats high for your punches to inflict more power. Your stamina can increase if you cycle often or if you sprint, but it will decrease if you eat too much fat or don't exercise. - You can also get fat if you eat too much fast food and if you don't get enough exercise, but you don't really have to take any notice at all to your fat. I don't think it damages your health if you are really skinny, but it does if you get really over-weight. If you do end up turning o-beast, you can go to the gym and work out to get buff again! - Respect can be earned by completing missions, dressing appropriately and treating people nicely. Respect plays a big part because the more respect you have, the more Grove streets you can have in your group (like I mentioned earlier in the gang section). I am still a little confused about the Sex Appeal stats, but I think it goes up if you pick up prostitutes, dress nicely and drive cool cars it goes up, but I'm still trying to work out what reward you get for having max Sex Appeal. - Having high stats for your weapon skills can be very helpful in the game. The higher it is, the better accuracy you have and the more power your gun produces. cycle/bike/driving/boat/plane skills aren't as important or vital as the other stats. The higher cycle/bike skills you have, the less chance you have of falling off your bike. Boat/plane/driving skills just make you go faster if you have high stats, and you can also handle each vehicle better the more stats you have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submitted by Aziz Strife 7777: When still in Los Santos, and you really want to raise respect, there is one very effective method, and can take as little as 2 hours to max out your respect and be able to recruit 7 gang members, What you must do is quite simple, stock up on the AK - 47; make sure you have a good amount of bullets. After you have enough bullets, go to the LSPD headquarters (Police station) and park a fast car or bike outside. Head down to the jail cells, where one of them contain armor. Take the armor, then scroll to get your AK-47. You will now get 2 stars for taking out the weapon. Now, while in the cell, position yourself to around the left side in the middle of the cell, and manually AIM your AK-47. Police will come one after another, and position the gun to be able to get a head shot. The Police AI for some reason stops and does not shoot at you for the most part, so simply blow off their heads. Police will just keep coming and coming, so continue one after another aiming and shooting their heads. Eventually with persistence, you would have maxed out your respect! When you are happy with the amount of respect you have earned, or you have been shot at one too many times, sprint out the building, ignoring the shooting cops, and enter the vehichle that you parked before hand. Quickly drive to the pay and spray that is near by to lose the police, then save the game as a heavily respected CJ! You can either do this all at once, or bit by bit, either way, it will only take an hour or two to gain a good chunk or respect using this handy method. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Barbers and Tattoo Parlor ------------------------ - You can get your haircut in San Andreas if you want to impress the ladies, you want to look stupid or you are just bored. You can also get your own tattoos if you want to look really cool, but you don't get anything by visiting these places. They both cost quite a lot of money so don't waste your money on this. - Like Vice City you can also change your clothes, but the clothing system is very different in San Andreas. In this game, you can choose clothes for your torso, legs, feet, neck and wrist and your face/head. Again, clothing CJ does cost quite a lot of money, so don't waste silly amounts of money on your clothes. Also, when you buy and item of clothes, you keep them in your wardrobe at your house so you can wear whatever you have purchased whenever you are at the Johnson's house. (More to be added the more I play the game) ===============\______________________________________________________________ 6: Vehicle List -------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== I found this list on the SA message boards at GameFAQs. It is a full vehicle list but so far I only have the names. When I get a bit done on the walkthrough and other important stuff I will give a description and location of every vehicle in the game. So thank you ShadowFigure for this whole list! SUV's and Wagons ---------------- Huntly Landstalker Perennial Rancher Fegina Romero Solair 2-door Sedans and Compacts Alpha Blista Compact Bravura Buccaneer Cadrona Club Esperanto Feltzer Fortune Hermes Hustler Majestic Manana Picador Previon Stafford Stallion Tampa Virgo 4-Door Luxury Sedans -------------------- Admiral Elegant Emperor Euros Glendale Greendale Greenwood Intruder Merit Nebula Oceanic Premier Primo Sentinel Stretch Sunrise Tahoma Vincent Washington Willard Muscle Cars ----------- Buffalo Clover Phoenix Sabre Elegy Flash Jester Stratum Sultan Uranus Banshee Bullet Cheetah Comet Hotknife Hotring Racer Infernus Super GT Turismo Windsor ZR-350 Heavy Trucks and Utility ------------------------ Benson Boxville Boxville (black) Cement Truck Combine Harvester DFT-30 Dozer Dumper Dune Flatbed Hotdog Linerunner Mr. Whoopee Mule Packer Roadtrain Tanker Tractor Yankee Light Trucks and Vans --------------------- Berkley's RC Van Bobcat Burrito Forklift Moonbeam Mower Newsvan Pony Rumpo Sadler Tug Walton Yosemite Lowriders --------- Blade Broadway Remington Savanna Slamvan Tornado Voodoo Recreational ------------ Bandito BF Injection Bloodring Banger Caddy Camper Journey Kart Mesa Monster Personal Transport System Quad Sandking Vorkex Bikes ----- BMX Lowrider Bike Mountain Bike BF-400 ***gio FCR-900 Freeway NRG-500 PCJ-600 Pizzaboy Sanchez Wayfarer Civil Servent and Transportation -------------------------------- Baggage Brown Steak Engine (train) Bus Cabbie Coach Freight (train) Sweeper Taxi Towtruck Trashmaster Utility Van Commercial/Government --------------------- Ambulance Barracks Enforcer FBI Rancher FBI Truck Fire Truck HPV1000 Patriot Police Ranger Rhino Securicar S.W.A.T Aircraft -------- AT-400 Beagle Cargobob Crobduster Dodo Hunter Leviathan Maverick Nevada News Chopper Police Mavrick Raindance Rustler Seasparrow Shamal Skimmer Sparrow Stuntplane VTOL Fighter Boats ----- Coastgaurd Bingy Jetmax Launch Marquis Perdator Reefer Speeder Squallo Tropic RC Vehicles ----------- RC Bandit RC Baron RC Goblin RC Tiger ======\_______________________________________________________________________ 7: FAQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== This section is made to answer all of the most frequently asked questions for San Andreas before you ask me them yourself via Email. Pleasepleaseplease read this section before you send me an Email, as my brain does not take kindly to stupid questions.... ============================================================================== Q: It says on the case that the game is 1-2 players, how do I play 2-player mode? A: Yes, this game is two player, and I think that two player is the best new feature yet. You cannot select two player whenever you want, but around the cities are these little red icons with two stick-men on it; walk into one to trigger two player mode, but you can only find two player icons when you have two analog control sticks plugged in to your PS2. I have found two two player icons so far in the game. I found one just outside Denise's house (your girlfriend later on in the game) and another one in a car park in San Fierro (didn't take directions down). But, I also played two player pool against my friend (I won!). To play pool, enter the "Ten Green Bottles" bar just down the road from Grove Street, and challenge the man by the pool table to a game of pool. Press start on the second control stick to start your game. ============================================================================== Q: I also heard that you can control your own gang. How can I do this? A: You need a bit of respect to do this, but you can do it early on in the game anyway. Just find a Grove st. member and target him and press up or down on the D-pad. The more respect you have, the more members you can recruit to your gang. ============================================================================== Q: How do I get fat? A: Don't run, cycle or swim and just drive cars. This is the perfect way to get fat. Fast food also increases your fat a lot, but my character has never been fat so I don't know what difference it makes towards your health. ============================================================================== Q: I was just messing around in the burger shot place but now I'm really fat. How do I get buff again? A: Head over to the gym in Ganton, Los Santos. work out on the weights and on the running machines often to get your CJ back into shape. ============================================================================== Q: When can I take over gang territory? A: When you complete the mission "Doberman" for Sweet. Then gang warfare is not open until you complete Las Venturas again. ============================================================================== Q: Can I have gang warfare with any gangs other than the Vagos and Ballas? A: No, unfortunately. They are the only two gangs in the whole game that you can have gang warfare with. ============================================================================== Q: Vice City and GTA 3 had hidden packages, where are they in SA? A: Rockstar decided that San Andreas is just too big to put hidden packages in it, so they made a few things almost the same. There are 100 tags to spray (play "Tagging up Turf" mission) in Los Santos, 50 Oysters in the sea, 50 snapshots in San Fierro and 50 horseshoes in Las Venturas. Check the in-depth guides to find locations for these, or you can check the next updates to my guide that should include the locations. ============================================================================== Q: Where can I find the driving/boat/plane school? A: If I haven't covered it in the guide yet, I have no idea where to find them or how to unlock them or even what they are! So stop with the stupid questions! ============================================================================== Q: How do I communicate with random people on the street? A: If a pedestrian makes a remark about you on the street, press the right button to reply positively and maybe start a conversation, or press left to reply negatevely and start a fight. Quite a cool feature. ============================================================================== Q: I swam into Las Venturas, but the I got a four star wanted level and the police were trying to kill me! Why is this? A: Remember quite early on in the game, when you got that phonecall from Tenpenny, saying that leaving the city would be your worst mistake? Well, he was being serious. Swimming into another city that you haven't unlocked yet will give you a four star wanted level, and it is almost impossible to escape the cops from there. ============================================================================== Q: I lost my camera/spray-can, where can I retrieve them? A: In the bedroom upstairs in your house in Ganton. ============================================================================== Q: I am stuck on a mission that you haven't covered in your guide. Please help me! A: NO! NO! A thousand times, NO! This guide is under heavy construction and needs a LOT of work before it is complete. If you really need help with a mission later on in the game, go read some of the other FAQs at GameFAQs, there are loads! If you ask me a question about a mission I haven't covered yet, I will perminately block your Email so you will never be able to Email me again. I'm serious, I'm getting really fed up of this. ============================================================================== Q: I have a tip, can I give it to you? A: Sure, I love tips. However, if it is a tip on something I haven't covered yet, It'll be much appreciated if you held your submission until I update my guide again. ============================================================================== Q: How often will you update your guide? A: For the early versions of the guide, I am hoping to get a 50KB+ update every week. I don't want to add tiny little bits for every version, because the guide will get very confusing. Once a week at the latest I'd say, at least for the early versions of the guide, but when the guide is complete, I won't update it a lot. Edit: 50KB+ is too much for me right now, but I honestly can't tell you how often this guide will be updated. Hopefully, the guide will be updated every couple of days until the guide is complete, and that's if I'm lucky. ============================================================================== Q: What are the numbers next to some of the missions in your walkthrough? A: You will probably see that in the main walkthrough section of this guide there will be a number beside some of the titles to some missions. Those numbers are the times that you can start a mission. e.g in the "Home Invasion" mission for Ryder, it will say: 12B.1: Home Invasion (12:00 - 20:00). This means that you can only start the mission between 12:00 and 20:00 because if you started the mission anytime in the day the guy would be awake during the mission. ============================================================================== More FAQs to come through the more I play the game. =============\________________________________________________________________ 8: Characters ---------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== Carl "CJ" Johnson ----------------- Carl Johnson, known as CJ by most people, is the main character and the character you control throught the game. He left the streets of Los Santos 5 years ago to escape the pressures and the troubles to live in Liberty City, but now his mother has been murdered he's headed back to Grove Street. When he arrives back at Grove Street, he is framed for homicide by two crooked cops and he is not greeted kindly by his older brother, Sweet, who is the head of Grove Street Families. Sean "Sweet" Johnson -------------------- CJ's brother. He does not welcome CJ very nicely as he blames CJ for the death of their mother. However, Sweet alongside CJ is very loyal to Grove Street, and has no choice but to be nice to CJ and put Grove Street back on the map! Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris ------------------------- A loyal member to the Grove Street Families. Big Smoke enjoys eating at fast food restaurants and playing basketball. Big Smoke is my favourite boss as his missions have been the best (so far). Lance "Ryder" Wilson -------------------- Ryder is a close friend of Sweet and has been since high school. He's been dealing drugs since the age of 10 and like Big Smoke he is very high up in the Grove Street Families. He likes dissing your driving skills and taking the mic out of you since you've been on the east coast. Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Pulaskie --------------------------------- Two crooked cops who framed CJ for homicide on his way back to Grove Street. They drop him off in rival gang territory and has talks with the other GSF members. They also make CJ do their "dirty work". Cesar Vialpando --------------- Cesar proves to be very loyal to CJ later on in the game, but they both get off on the wrong foot when CJ sees him with Kendl Johnson (CJ's younger sister). Cesar is part of the "Vagos" gang and can be very dangerous, but he is very protective over Kendl, his girlfriend. Kendl Johnson -------------- Your younger sister. Her and Sweet never got on very well since their youngest sibling Brian died in a car accident. Not much I can say about her..... ========\_____________________________________________________________________ 9: Gangs --------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== There are many gangs in San Andreas, but you only really need to care about them in Los Santos. They play quite a big part in Los Santos, but in the other islands, they are not important. Gang: Grove Street Families Leader/s: Carl and Sweet Johnson Location: Grove street, Ganton, Los Santos Colour: Green Info: This is the gang you run and reprisent throughout the game. It is not the biggest gang in San Andreas, and it's your job to put them back on top. They dress in green and you can usually find Grove Street gang members driving around green turf in lowriders. Gang: Ballas Leader/s: Zane Location: Most of Los Santos Colour: Purple Info: The ballas are Grove Street Families sworn enemies. Fights between these two colours aren't too rare. The ballas more or less run Los Santos. When CJ and Sweet aren't running Grove Street full-time, the ballas usually have the bigger gang and the most territory. Gang: Los Santos Vagos Leader/s: Unknown Location: East Los Santos Colour: Yellow Info: This gang is the third big gang in Los Santos. They control mainly the east side of Los Santos. They have no leader according to me so that's probably why they're not a very strong threat to the ballas or Grove Street Families. Gang: Las Aztecas Varrios Leader/s: Unknown Location: East Los Santos Colour: Cyan Info: A very small gang in Los Santos. They don't own any turf in the whole game and they are either the Vagos' rivals or close friends. Not much is known about this gang, but I think they are just there so the Vagos gang have rivals. Gang: Triads Leader/s: Woozie Location: Chinatown, San Fierro Colour: Black? Info: Woozie is the guy you meet at one of the races in the countryside. He runs the Triads in Chinatown, San Fierro. You work for him through the most of the story. Gang: Da Nang Boys Leader/s: Unknown Location: Easter Basin, San Fierro Colour: Unknown Info: The Da Nang Boys are the second largest gang in San Fierro. Fights between this gang and the Triads aren't too rare, just like the fights between the Ballas and Grove Street Families. You have to do quite a few missions which involve killing members of this group for the Triads, so you're not too popular with this mob. ==============\_______________________________________________________________ 10: The Police --------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== The police play a big role in San Andreas, and you need to know what they do, what to do if you have a wanted level and so on. This section is made to help you feel more confortable with the police, so please don't diss it... Wanted Level ------------ * - You can earn one star by killing a few pedestrians, aim at a cop, aim at a pedestrian when a cop is watching, or just do a small crime while the police are watching you. Whatever "small" crime you commit to get a one star wanted level, you can escape the cops easily by just hiding in one spot away from the police, or just by not killing anyone for a while. Alternetly, you won't have any trouble with the police as long as you have one star. ** - Now the police are angry, but they are not using brutal force yet. To earn two stars, you need to kill a cop by running them over or by shooting them. Basically, the more chaos you cause, the more dirty the police get, but even at two stars the cops are trying to shoot you, chase you and run you down. *** - Now you have really pissed off the feds. Just keep on driving over pedestrians/cops, blowing up cars and just simply causing as much chaos as possible if you want a real tough fight against the cops. The helicopters will start flying in now, and if you're driving a car, the police on bikes will jump on the back of your car and you will have to shake them off. **** - Now the police are bringing in the SWAT team and the police SUV's. The SWAT carry Tec 9's and will take you down very quickly if you don't take cover quickly. If you've caught the police's attention "by accident" (which is very hard to do if you've got 4 stars), then you might as well fight back with your gun so you can upgrade it to hitman level. ***** - It is only on rare occasions when you get a five star wanted level. When you are in Los Santos, you can only get a maximum of four stars, so you need to unlock the other cities if you want five stars on you. If the wanted level system in San Andreas is anything like the other two, then the FBI will show up next. The FBI use AK's and are very hard to take down, but you must have done some terrible things to get the FBI on you... ****** - Now you're just too hot to handle. The police decided that they'll drop your case and let the army take over. The army come in tanks and all sorts of armoured vehicles and they are not very kind people. They will shoot you on sight, so you escaping the army WITHOUT cheats is the equivelent to being the GTA KING. Busted ------ You only really get busted when you have 1-3 stars because if you have more than that, the police will just try and kill you. You can't get busted on foot, you can only get busted in a vehicle. This is a neat feature put in by Rockstar because if you fight the police on foot, there is a chance of you getting wasted, but if you fight back in vehicles, then can arrest you by simply opening your door. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit submitted by tomxiaau: if your on foot you can get busted by a cop. If a cop swings his nightstick at you and you fall to the ground the police will bust you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you get busted, the screen will fade out and you will spawn to the nearest police station and you will lose all your guns and some money. The first time you get busted, you get a short tutorial showing you what happens when you get busted, so that is probably a lot more clearer than this section of the guide :P Escaping the Police ------------------- There are different ways of escaping the police, but it gets harder when you have more than three stars. This small sub-section should clear that up. * - Find a car and drive into a Pay N' Spray to completely get rid of the police, or just find a police bribe. But the easiest way to get rid of your first star is to just keep a low profile and stay away from the police. And don't fight back at this stage, because then you will raise your wanted level. ** - You can't hide from the police anymore. Just find a police bribe to get rid of one star, then you can just lay low for a while. *** - Now things get a bit harder. Driving into the Pay N' Spray is probably the easiest way to evade your wanted level. But you could try just finding two police bribes, but I don't think you'll last. **** - Definately the Pay N' Spray. ***** - Chances are, now the place is swarming with cops and FBI cars and you won't be able to find a normal car. If this is the case, either find a police bribe and take it from there, or go to your house and save it. Saving will shake off your wanted level. ****** - Now the chances of finding a normal pedestrian car is slimmer than a bear skating on really thin ice. Therefore, the easiest and the only thing to do is to drive over to your house and save. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit from Bladewil: Just wanted to let you know stars do fade away if you have two or even three if you just wait long enough and run a while. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Police Transport ---------------- The police now have different ways of transport. Here is the list: Police Car: These can be found all over the city. They are black and white and have sirens. They are really fast and jacking one will give you a one star wanted level. Police Motorbike: Around the cities you will find a lot of these. They are driven by black men all the time wearing helmets and goggles. The HPV100 (sp?) is probably the most common motorbike in the game and the consequences of stealing one is the same as stealing a cop car. Police SUV: The police SUV's can be found mainly around the countryside and the Badlands. They are the same colour as the police car but they are in the shape of a Land Rover or a 4x4. Police Helicopter: If this game is anything like Vice City, you are able to drive the police helicopter. I hope it is the same in this game. Anyway, these things start chasing you when you have a three star wanted level, and it takes a long time to blow it up with your guns. ===========\__________________________________________________________________ 11: Weapons ------------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================================== The weapons in San Andreas are very similar to the weapons in Vice City. Again, you can only hold one type of weapon (e.g you can't hold an AK47 and an M4). This section will explain all the weapons in the whole game. I will split this section into groups of different types of weapons to make it easier to look through. Power : How powerful it is out of 10 Accuracy : How accurate it is out of 10 Speed : How fast it reloads out of 10 (10 being the fastest) Clip Size : How many bullets it can hold in one round Durability : How long this weapon is going to last you Rareness : How rare/common the weapon is out of 5 (5 being VERY common) Best used for : (e.g stealth, gun fights) Gangstar : How much percentage you need to reach gangstar level Hitman : How much percentage you need to reach hitman level Overall : My overall socre of the weapon out of 10 Hands ----- ~~~~~~~ Fists ~~~~~~~ The only thing you keep with you throughout the game. Your fists. A vital instrument in San Andreas. This is the one weapon the cops don't take away from you when you get busted. Your fists are only really helpful at the beginning of the game when you don't have many guns or melee weapons. Power : 3/10 Accuracy : 8/10 Speed : N/A Clip Size : N/A Durability : Forever Rareness : 5/5 Best used for : Stealth Gangstar : N/A Hitman : N/A Overall : 5/10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brass Knuckles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once you get hold of these babies you can't give them up. They stay on your hands until you die or get busted! They do a bit more damage than your fists but theres not a huge difference. I like bare fists better than these, but only because it looks better. When you have brass knuckles on, it looks like a big metal chiken wire on your hand. Power : 3/10 Accuracy : 8/10 Speed : N/A Clip Size : N/A Durability : Forever Rareness : 5/5 Best used for : Stealth Gangstar : N/A Hitman : N/A Overall : 5/10 Melee ----- Baseball Bat Shovel Nightstick Knife Katana Pool Cue Golf Club Chainsaw Pistols ------- 9mm Silenced 9mm Desert Eagle Shotguns -------- Shotgun Sawn-off Shotgun Combat Shotgun SMGs ---- Micro SMG Tec 9 SMG Assault Rifles -------------- AK47 M4 Rifles ------ Rifle Sniper Rifle Heavy ----- RPG Heat Seeker Minigun Flamethrower Projectiles ----------- Grenades Molotov Cocktails Tear Gas Satchel Charges Special ------- Spray Can Camera Fire Extinguisher Gifts ----- Flowers Dildo Kane Vibrator Misc. ----- Parachute Night-vision Goggles Thermal-vision Goggles ==========================\___________________________________________________ 12: Los Santos Walkthrough --------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================== This is the main story-missions walkthrough - probably the most important part of the game and this guide. The early missions of the game are very easy and I probably won't give much detail and stuff like that, but when the missions get harder then I will start putting a little effort into the walkthrough. SPOILERS AHEAD! ONLY READ WHAT MISSION YOU ARE STUCK ON TO AVOID MAJOR SPOILERS!! Opening Mission --------------- The game starts off with a touching but kinda weird opening movie which you should watch, but when you get dropped off by the cops and are in Balls territory, quickly hop on the BMX in front of you. Ride the bike to the "CJ" blip on the radar, and just try and get used to the feel of the bike. You will want to ride the bicycles a lot in the game so start building up your stats here. When you get to CJ's mums' house, you just have to watch through a series of cut-scenes, then you hop on another BMX with the rest of the gang and you have to run away from the Ballas. Stay close to Sweet and Ryder and try your best to avoid the Ballas' cars. When you arrive back at Your place, Sweet will give you a quick phonecall explaining a little about how the streets have changed since you've been gone. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12A: Sweet =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sweet is your big brother, also head of the Grove Street Families. He is quite mad at you for the moment because of your ma' but he does strt giving you some love later on (not in a gay way :P) lol. Anyway, he gives you the first eight missions, and they are quite easy to get through (especially if you've played Vice City). Sweet's missions can be found just outside of his house which is just to the right of your house. His missions are mainly just tutorials and they are very easy. Try and get these missions done as quickly as possible, before you get bored. -------------- 12A.1: Ryder -------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get a haircut and some food - Drive Ryder back to his house Start the mission by walking into the red marker outside Ryder's house. Get in the car with him and drive to Idlewood (just down the road) and enter the barber shop. Choose whatever hairstyle you want. You start the game with only $350, so why not get a cheap cut like and afro or something you can afford. Once you're done with Old Reece, go outside and when you're finished talking to Ryder go into the pizza shop just across the road. Order some food (I got the $10 meal) then Ryder will come in with a gun and try and start a raid. Too bad the guy behind the counter knows who Ryder is and pulls out a shotgun. Quickly run outside and hop in the car with Ryder and drive back to Grove Street to complete the mission. REWARD: - Respect + ------------------------ 12A.2: Tagging up Turf ------------------------ OBJECTIVES: - use the spraycan to spray over some tags - Drive Sweet back to his house Walk into the red marker outside Sweet's house then watch the cutscene. Get in the car with Sweet and drive over to the yellow icon on your radar. Sweet will get out and spray over the first tag to show you how to use the spraycan. Now you're in control. You have to spray over 5 more tags around this area. To use the spraycan, aim at the graffiti with R1, then hold circle or L1 until you get a message on your screen telling you how many tags you've sprayed over. Quickly tag the first two tags in the area (the green dots on your map is where the tags are) then get in the car and drive to the next location. Drive to the next yellow icon on the radar in East Los Santos, then run into the alleyway where you will find two ballas standing next to some graffiti. Don't forget that you can use the spraycan as a weapon, but here it is probably easier if you use the spraycan on one of them, then when they are blind, beat up the other guy with your fists. When you're done, spray over the tag. Now, this is a very short tutorial of how to climb over fences. Run up to the red marker by the fence and press square to climb it. Follow the instructions and go left and climb onto the roof of the building. Spray over the tag up there and Sweet will pull up in his car. Get in and drive back to Grove Street with Sweet to complete the mission. REWARDS: - $200 - Respect + - Spraycan is now available in your bedroom, you can now spray over tags in Los Santos. NOTE: When the mission ends, you will get phonecall from one of Tenpenny's officers, "Hernandez". He will tell you that leaving the city pf Los Santos right now would be your biggest mistake. He is being serious, because doing so will give you a four star wanted level. NOTE: You can now find the spraycan in the bedroom in your house. Tags work like hidden packages. Find a tag, target it with the spraycan and hold circle or L1 to spray over it. Check out the in-depth guide to find all 100 tags at GameFAQs. -------------------------- 12A.3: Cleaning the Hood -------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Find and kill the drug dealer - Go to the Ballas' gang house and beat the crap outa them Start by getting in the car with Ryder and driving to B Dup's place. Watch the cutscene then get in a car and drive with Ryder around the block to find someone dealing to one of your homies. Get out of the car and beat him up. Pick up his bat and get back in the car then drive over to the Ballas crack yard with Ryder. When you're inside, Target the first Balla lying down on the floor with the bat and you should kill him in one shot. Next, take care of the two guys on the left side of the room. Make sure you don't get knocked down on the floor because you will probably never be able to get up and you will die. When all the Ballas are dead, go outside with RYder and get in a car and drive back to Grove Street. REWARDS: - Respect + ------------------- 12A.4: Drive-thru ------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to Cluckin' Bell with Smoke, Ryder and Sweet - Ram into the Balla's car while your friends shoot it - Drive Smoke back to his house Drive to the icon of a chicken on the map and a cutscene will play of the four Grove Streets ordering their food. When Big Smoke orders his FEAST of a meal, Ballas will drive past and do a drive-by - and they're heading towards the Grove! Quickly step on the pedal and go right and right again. Keep close to the car and don't rely on the others to shoot the car. To damage the car quickly, ram into the side and trap it against the wall. If the Ballas make it back to the Grove, you fail the mission, so you have to stop them really early on in the chase or else you'll lose them. However you end up killing the Ballas, drive back to Grove Street, then Smoke will ask for a lift back to his place just down the road. REWARDS: - $200 - Respect + - Gym is now available to use NOTE: When you drive Smoke back to his house, you will get a phonecall from Sweet. He will tell you to visit the gym in Ganton just down the road from your house. I went there as soon as I got the message from Sweet. Use the weights to build up some muscles and use the two running machines to build up stamina. ----------------------- 12A.5: Nines and AK's ----------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to Emmet's with Big Smoke - Drive Smoke back home - Pick up some new threads at Binco Start the mission then head over to Emmet's to pick up a 9mm pistol. Now you have to go through a short tutorial on how to weild a pistol. When you're done with the tutorial, drive Smoke back to his house. Shortly after you will get a call from Sweet telling you to put on some green threads at Binco's. Drive over to the icon and go into the shop. Put on some green clothes and anything else that catches your eye, then step outside to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + - Big Smoke opens up as a boss ----------------- 12A.6: Drive-by ----------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive over to Ballas territory and do some drive-by's - Shake off the cops - Drive the gang back to grove Street After the short cutscene of Ryder and Smoke talking about you and your bad driving, get in the Greenwood outside of Sweet's house and drive to the red mark. Drive past the first lot of ballas quite quickly and take note of your cars' health in the corner of your screen. If you don't manage to take out all the Ballas first time around, go back and do it again. When they are all dead, get out of the car and pick up all of the dropped weapons and money. Now head to the next set of Ballas. Do the same as you did last time, drive past the group and let Sweet, Ryder and Smoke take care of the shooting. If there is enough space in front of you, try and do a drive-by yourself. Again, when they are all dead, get out and pick up the weapons. Now, the next set of Ballas is just down the road. This group is slightly different to the others, this group doesn't have a car. Therefore you can just run them all over and pick up their guns. The fourth and final set of Ballas are in Glen Park, the centre of Balla territory. Again this group doesn't have a car, so you can run over the biggest part of the group, and let the others shoot the survivers. When all the Ballas are dead, you get a two star wanted level. The best thing to do here is to drive straight to the pay N' spray. If you go around to the other side of the park and pick up the police bribe, the police will still be on your tail so just go straight to the icon on your map. When you've shaken the feds, drive back to Sweets house. REWARDS: - $500 - Respect + - Ryder now opens up as a boss --------------------- 12A.7: Sweet's Girl --------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to Sweet's girl's house - Kill all the Ballas and take Sweet and the girl back home A very easy and short mission. You should have a lot of ammo from the previous mission but if you feel you need some more ammo just for safety, go over to Emmet's. But take note of Sweet's health at the corner of the screen. Drive over to the location and run over as many gang members as you can. Shoot the remainders and then get in a four-door vehicle (just hop in the one by the red circle) and pick up Sweet and his girl. Drive back to the Grove to finish the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + ------------------------ 12A.8: Cesar Vialpando ------------------------ OBJECTIVES: - Pick up the lowrider - Go to the lowrider meeting Drive over to the yellow icon on your map and pick up your lowrider. The dealer here will give you a free lowrider with free hydraulics. Back your car into the garage and you can mod it. You don't have to for this mission, but you should because you will keep the car for later on in the game. Anyhoo, once you're done, drive over to the lowrider meet and place a bet. This part is really easy. Just move the right analog stick in the same direction as it says on the screen IN TIME with the beat/circle. You shouldn't have any problems doing this, because your opponent is rubbish. If you win the lowrider challenge, you open a cutscene with Kendl and Cesar. But if the other lowrider gets more points than you, you fail the mission. REWARDS: - How much you bet - Respect + - Cesar opens up as a boss NOTE: When you're done with the mission, Cesar will ring you up and tell you to go to his ends with a lowrider to have a race. You can do this whenever you want as long as you have a lowrider. Check out the walkthrough for his mission in the side missions section. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12B: Ryder =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= All of Ryder's missions can be found just outside his house which is to the left of yours. He only has three missions, but they are quite hard, and you have to be quite patient to actually enjoy them. ---------------------- 12B.1: Home Invasion (12:00 - 20:00) ---------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Steal 3 boxes of guns before daylight This is your tutorial to breaking into houses. Start by getting in the truck with Ryder and driving to the house. Then walk in and follow the instructions on the screen. You have to steal at least three crates to complete the mission. There are six crates in the house, but collecting more than three doesn't make a difference on your reward at the end of the mission. Anyway, you can find two crates on the bottom floor, and another one in the same room as the guy sleeping. Try and keep a steady pace throughout the robbery because if you jog the analog stick it will make a lot of noise. When you have three crates of guns in the van, drive to the lockup to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + ----------------- 12B.2: Catalyst (20:00 - 6:00) ----------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get to the train and shoot gang members - Throw crates off the train into the car - Shake off the cops This is quite a fun mission. Drive with Ryder to the train and you will see Grove Street fighting against the Vagos gang. Take out some Vagos gang members, then some Ballas will show up. Pick up any dropped guns and take out the Ballas. Use the Vagos car and the boxes for cover if you need to. Pick up all the money and guns on the floor, then run over to the back of the train and the screen will blackout. You are now standing on the back of the moving train in first person view. You need to throw the crates from the back of the train into the Ryder's hands who is standing on the back of a car. To throw a crate, hold L1 and release it, using the left analog stick to aim where you throw it. The longer you hold L1, the more powerful your throw is. You are more likely to get the crate into the car if you aim above the car. When you have 10 crates with Ryder in the car, CJ will jump off the train and you will get a 3 star wanted level. If you got off the train halfway through the tunnel, turn back and go out of the tunnel, don't go through the tunnel because it goes on for ages. Get in the car and drive to the Pay N' spray to shake off the cops, then drive back to Grove Street to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + -------------------------- 12B.3: Robbing Uncle Sam -------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to the army base - Use the Forklift to put 6 crates of explosives - Deliver the boxes with Ryder safely to the lockup This is probably the funnest mission so far. Start by driving to the yellow icon on your radar which might be hard to get to because the bridge that leads to your destination is quite hard to reach. Park in the red marker when you get there, then Ryder will tell you to shoot the switch on the other side of the fence. To do this, equip your 9mm (pistol) and go to the yellow wall on the if you are facing the gate from the road you came from. Press square to get on top of the wall then shoot the guard standing next to you from the top of the wall. When he's dead, quickly jump down and shoot the switch. Shoot the switch as quickly as you can because Ryder might be able to run over some guards. Now Ryder has the van inside the base, shoot the two or three guards that start shooting at you and make sure you don't lose any life here. When the place is clear, go over to the warehouse by the van and shoot the other switch. The gate will open and there will be two guards waiting for you in here. Shoot them both and pick up their guns if you want. Now hop in the Forklift inside the warehouse. You have to get six boxes into the van using the Forklift. There are four boxes at the back of the warehouse, and two are just outside the warehouse. To get the boxes on the Forklift, use the right analog stick to move the fork up and down, then just drive the boxes into the back of the van. Whenever you get a box into the van, enemies will shoot at Ryder. Get out of the Forklift after every box to help shoot the guards with Ryder. When you have all six boxes in the van, get in it with Ryder and head back to the lockup. This is the fun part. The guards will be chasing the van in Patriots, and Ryder will be standing at the back of the van. You can order Ryder to throw a box out of the van by pressing L3, so do so when you see a Patriot by the back of the van, but the great thing is that you can't run out of boxes. The boxes will explode when Ryder throws them out at the guards, so you only really need to use Ryder once. Anyway, the guards won't trouble you too much in this chase, so just drive to the lockup and you should have no problem. REWARDS: - Respect + =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12C: Big Smoke =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Big Smoke is a close family friend to you and Sweet, and is a very important member of the Grove Street Families. His missions are all at his new house which is just down the road from Grove Street. --------------- 12C.1: OG Loc --------------- OBJECTIVES: - Pick up OG Loc - Chase Freddy on a PCJ and kill him - Take OG back to Burger Shot Get in the car with Sweet and Smoke once you're in control of Carl, then drive to the yellow icon on your radar and pick up OG Loc. After the short conversation with CJ and OG Loc, get back in the car and drive to the next yellow icon on your radar. When you arrive at Freddy's house, Sweet and Smoke will shoot off so go and ring the bell to Freddy's house. When OG Loc scares off Freddy, quickly hop on the PCJ just by his house and chase Freddy through the alleyways. OG will shoot from the bike at Freddy but Freddy never falls off his bike. If you don't ride motorbikes that often, you will find this mission very hard to complete. Freddy will wait for you sometimes if you're too far behind, so don't worry too much about losing him. Just don't stay right on his tail because he takes sharp turns and you will crash and fall off your bike. Anyway, when Freddy stops at the basketball courts with some Vagos gang members, get off the bike and shoot the gang members. Don't rely on OG Loc to shoot them back because he will get scared and not fight back. When Freddy is dead, get back on the bike or in any vehicle and drive OG Loc to Burger Shot to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + - OG Loc opens up as a boss -------------------- 12C.2: Running Dog -------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to "Smoke's cousin" - Chase gang member and kill him A very simple mission, and a very stupid one at that. It involves almost no effort and no fun. Just drive with Smoke to the yellow blip and watch the cutscene. Chase down the Vagos gang member as he climbs over the different fences and then just either shoot him or punch him to death to end the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + --------------------------------- 12C.3: Wrong Side of the Tracks --------------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to the meeting point - Chase the train and let Smoke kill the four vagos boys Finally, a fun mission! Get in Smoke's crappy car and head right and right again and find the yellow blip on your map. Watch the cutscene and when the gang members spot you and Smoke, hop on the Sanchez nearby and chase the train. Now, this is the fun part. Follow the train and let Smoke shoot at the Vagos gang members on top of the train. Quite early on in the chase, a car will block your path and explode in your face. To avoid this, just drive slowly or around the car. Then, shortly after another train will come in your direction. If you don't get out of the way quick enough you will crash and lose precious time so when the train comes go right off the tracks. Now, you have passed two quite difficult obstacles, but there is one more. The easiest way to kill the gang members is to stay on the far right of the front carriage so Smoke can shoot them. If you get too close to the train, Smoke won't even hit the gang members, he'll just hit the train, so move to the right a little. By the time you are out of the tunnel, you should have at least two gang members dead. At the end of the tunnel, follow Smoke's instrucions and take the dirt road on the right. Keep on the road until the small tunnel, then get back on the tracks and finish off the remaining Vagos gang members. If the train reaches the bridge leading to San Fierro, you fail the mission and Smoke will fade away into the distance. REWARDS: - Respect + ---------------------- 12C.4: Just Business ---------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive with Smoke to the building - Help him shoot the guards - Shoot the guards off the back of the dirt bike and make it back to Grove Street alive. If you thought the last mission was fun, that was just a little taster because this mission is by far the best mission so far, but make sure you have saved before attempting this mission. Start by driving to the building downtown with Smoke, then after the.... amusing cutscene, get into cover behind the small wall and help Smoke blast out the guards. Inside the building, lock on to the nearest guard and stay in position until you have killed at least five guards. Use the R2 and L2 buttons to change target while locked on for more accuracy and speed. When you've killed enough guards, your machine-pistol skill should be upgraded just a little, but anyway, pick up the armour behind the small wall then go to the door with Smoke. Now you're on the roof of the building. Stay crouched for more accuracy but if you are shooting a guard and he's not dying, just stand up and finish him off. Pick up any dropped weapons and money then when all the guards are dead Smoke will hop on a Sanchez and you have to shoot off the back. Now Smoke's returning the favour by driving, and it's your job to use the Tec 9 and shoot the guards. you have infinite ammo now, so just keep an eye on the road and on the bike's health. The motorbikes probably cause the most damage so take them out as quick as possible. The big truck you don't have to worry about because there's no way of destroying it. When you get to the roadblock, take out the middle car to blow evrything up, then take out the next car on the left as Smoke takes you through the L.A (or L.S) dam. Now just shoot the cars and bikes and when the truck finds you again, just ignore it because Smoke will deal with it and you can't destroy it. When you get to the really awesome cutscene which will blow your eyes out, take out the guards by the car, then when Smoke tells you to, shoot the fence and the two guards so Smoke can get through. Finish off the cars and in the alleyways shoot the barrels to lose your tail and go your seperate ways with Big Smoke. REWARDS: - Respect + =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12D: OG Loc =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OG Loc is one of your friends and was just released from prison not long ago. As you should know from one of the missions not to long ago, OG Loc is REALLY annoying and he's just... annoying! Anyway, his missions can be found at the burger shot in Verona. ----------------------- 12D.1: Life's a Beach (22:00 - 6:00) ----------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Drive to the Beach Party - Get a score higher than 4000 - Drive the van to the garage Try and start this mission at almost exactly 22:00 because if you fail, you will have enough time to try the mission again without waiting another 12 hours. So, drive down to the beach and when you get to the party go over and talk to the DJ by the van. Press right twice when you talk to her and you will have to start dancing. This can be very frustrating at times because the buttons aren't always in time with the music. Anyway, you need a score higher than 4000 to pass. I can't help you with the dancing, because even though the buttons come in the same order everytime, it's up to you to get it in time. When you finally get more than 4000 points, talk to the DJ again and reply positevely to gain access to the van. Quickly drive off the beach and CJ will throw the DJ out of the van. The security will now chase you to get the van back, but they're not that aggresive so you should find this very easy. Drive to the garage to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + --------------------------- 12D.2: Madd Dogg's Rhymes --------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Sneak into Madd Dogg's crib and steal his rhyme book - Escape the mansion and take the rhyme book back to OG Loc Drive down to Vinewood and enter Madd Dogg's crib. This mission is just an introduction/tutorial to stealth missions. The game will tell you what to do while you're in the mansion, so I don't need to write a walkthrough for this mission. All I can say is that make sure you are blue on the radar nearly all the time because when you (on the radar) turn blue, that means you are in the shadows and you can't be seen. When you get the rhyme book, quickly run out of the studio and pick up the armour in the room in front of you. Then, shoot the guard shooting at you and pick up his gun. Now go back THE WAY YOU CAME FROM, if you go another way, you will get lost completely and it will take even longer to get out of the mansion. When you get out of the mansion, hop on the Mountain Bike outside and drive back to OG Loc to complete the mission. REWARDS: - Respect + - Frank Tenpenny opens up as a boss NOTE: After you complete the mission, you wil get a call from Officer Tenpenny telling you to go see him at the donut shop in the centre of town. This will open up a new set of missions, but let's stay with OG Loc for the time being... -------------------------- 12D.3: Management Issues -------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Steal the Chauffeur's car and drive to the concert - Drive the car into the sea with Madd Dogg's manager in it Head straight to the red icon on your radar to find the Chauffeur's car. Now it says that you have to destroy the car to get the chauffeur out of the car but you can just park in front of it and steal it normally. When you have the car, drive to the next red icon on the radar. Park between the two black cars in the same direction then stay in the middle of the pack until you get to the concert. Madd Dogg's manager will hop in your car along with another woman. You have to drive the car into the sea without you in it and without anyone seeing you. The other chauffeur's will now be chasing you, but again they are easy to lose and they're not that aggresive. Drive to the pier and when you get to the long stretch, head down it at top speed, then press triangle near the end of the pier to jump out. If anyone sees you dump the car in the river, you'll have to chase them and kill them yourself. To prvent anyone seeing you, drive-by the other cars chasing you, but it's not a big deal if you are seen, because it's easy to kill whoever sees you. REWARDS: - Respect + -------------------- 12D.4: House Party -------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get to the house party in Grove Street - Shoot all the Ballas When you get to Burger Shot, OG Loc will tell you to go get some new clothes and a new haircut to get ready for the party he's throwing. You don't have to do this, but it can be a chance to try out the other clothe shops. I put on a cowboy hat and a checkered shirt with jeans, I looked quite cool... The party starts at 20:00 and ends at 6:00. The party is in Grove Street opposite your house. When you get there, you get to REALLY see how bad OG is... so step outside with Ryder and one of your homies will warn you about some Ballas attacking. Sweet and the others will block the road off with two cars. After the cutscene, pick up the Tec 9 by the car and start shooting the Ballas. Try not to lose any health here, but make sure you leave the Balla behind the car for now. Just let him wait behind the car and se this time to pick up the dropped money and Tec 9's. Kill him when you're ready and more Ballas will come from the bridge above. When all the Ballas on the bridge (second wave) are dead, loads of Ballas will attack the Grove from all different directions. Now Sweet's health will appear on the screen, so if he dies, you fail the mission. Sweet tells you to protect the alleyway by your house, but your homies will do that for you so you should shoot the other Ballas coming from different parts of the Grove. Some will come from near Sweet's house, and some will come from where the cars are (where you started the shootout). Take them all out by yourself (if you're low on health just duck behind a wall or something) and when you have killed all the Ballas by yourself, there should still be some more troubling Sweet and your homies, so just go down the alleyway and finish them off yourself. REWARDS: - Respect + =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12E: Frank Tenpenny =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Polaski are two crooked cops who frame you for homicide on your way back to Grove Street. Their missions can be found in the donut shop in the centre of town. It is marked with a donut icon on the radar (it's a bit hard to see, don't know exactly what it's meant to be) ----------------------- 12E.1: Burning Desire ----------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Torch Vagos gang house - Rescue Denise and take her home Tenpenny wants you to go and torch the Vagos gang house with Molotov Cocktails. He's hidden some in an alleyway and you need to pick them up. When you pick them up, head over to the Vagos house. When you get there, get out any gun and shoot the gang members outside the house, using the car as cover. Make sure you kill them all losing minimum health. Throw a Molotov through the first window and more gang members will come out so kill them as well. Run around to the other side of the house and smash those windows, and also kill the other gang members here. A cutscene will now play showing a woman still trapped in the house. The front door will open, so quickly run inside and stay away from the flames. Run into the kitchen avoiding the fire and pick up the Fire Extinguisher. Head to the back living room and go up the stairs. Denise is in the last room on the left, and you can only get to the room by putting out at least one fire. Aim the Fire Extinguisher at the base of the fire (the middle) and hold it there until the flames go out. The walls will colapse when you get to the girl but you have to escape the house with her. The hallway will be blocked so you have to go through the different rooms to get down the stairs. Go slowly so Denise stays close to you and you don't run into fire. When you get downstairs, the rest should be really easy. Just get outside but before you get out, make sure Denise is right behind you because it is really annoying when you have to go back and get her. When Denise is safely out of the house, she will ask you to take her back to her place in Grove Street. When you take her back and complete the mission, Denise can now be your girlfriend, so check out the Girlfriend section of this guide for more information on how girlfriends work. REWARDS: - Respect + - Denise can now be your girlfriend - Sweet opens up as a boss NOTE: Sweet will ring you up and tell you to go to the Ammunation store in Downtown. You should do his mission after you finish off Tenpenny's last mission. --------------------- 12E.2: Gray Imports --------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get to the warehouse and sneak in - Kill the Russians Arms Dealer When you are in control of Carl, get in any vehicle and drive to the yellow blip on your radar. When you get to the warehouse, go to the right and run behind the garage thingies. Take out the guard standing with his back to you standing just outside the door to the warehouse. Now you have alerted the other guards, climb up on the crates and stand by the armour up here. Now that you're up here, you can't get run over by the Forklifts. Shoot the guards on the ground then shoot the barrels on the forklift to blow them up. Pick up the armour if you need to, then shoot the switch by the big door to open the gate. Shoot the two guards waiting for you in there then run inside and pick up the guns and money. It is quite important that you pick up everything you find in this mission because you don't get any money at the end of the mission. Run inside the warehouse and make sure you look around the corners before you turn them. Pick up the health and armour pickups and shoot anyone you see. When you get to the end of the warehouse in the big area with loads of Russians in it, don't rush in all guns blazin, instead just stand in one spot behind a crate or something and pick your targets out one by one. Run up the stairs when you have cleared the warehouse and if you got through the warehouse anything like I did, you will have a lot of health left. When you see the short cutscene of the russian geeza, take out the few Ballas in the room and chase him. You can kill the Russian guy before he runs out and gets in his Banshee so don't give up and only shoot the guards that are annoying and killing you. If the arms dealer gets in his Banshee, just hop on the bike behind him and drive-by him. When he's dead, the mission is complete, and you are finished with Tenpenny and you can work for your brother again. REWARDS: - Ammunation is now open =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12F: Sweet Pt. 2 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You can now work for your brother again. His last four missions are probably the hardest missions so far in the game, so make sure you save after every mission. ----------------- 12F.1: Doberman ----------------- OBJECTIVES: - Take over Glen Park This mission starts outside Ammunation. You have to take over some Ballas turf in Glen Park and this mission is a tutorial to gang warfare. Go inside the Ammunation shop and buy some armour and a lot of the same machine guns. Drive over to Glen Park and read the information as it appears on your screen. When you get to Glen Park, find a group of more than 3 Ballas and kill them all to start a gang war. You have to defeat and survive three waves of Ballas to complete the mission and to take over Glen Park. The first wave mainly just carry melee weapons and maybe some have pistols. There will be some armour and health around the park somewhere so look out for them. The second wave should be a bit harder and Ballas will now come with machine-guns and Shotguns. But when the third wave comes, there will be a LOT of Ballas all carrying AK's and powerful weapons. When you defeat the three waves, kill the remaining Balla by running him over or something. Now you own Glen Park, and you can start gang wars and take over territories. Look at the Gangs section of this guide when it is updated for more information. REWARDS: - Respect + - You can now take over territory --------------------- 12F.2: Los Sepulcos --------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get to the graveyard and kill Kane - Drive Sweet back to Grove Street Sweet's made a plan to attack the Ballas at a funeral where all the main heads will be at. You need to recruit two gang members to roll with you on this mission. They're not really that helpful at all, but you need to do recruit them so you get used to the idea of gang warfare. Recruit the two Grove Street members outside Sweet's house, then hop in the car with Sweet and the others. You will be given a time limit of 4 minutes, which is more than enough time to get to the cemetery. Once you get there, stop in the red marker, then climb over the wall with your homies. You have to kill Kane when he arrives. In the meantime, you will be told how to lead your gang around (press up to order them to follow you, press down to order them to stay put). When Kane arives, go left and duck behind the small wall and take out each Balla slowly. When you've killed about five Ballas, pick up their ammo and cash then quickly chase down Kane. He really takes his time to escape, but kill him quickly just incase something goes wrong. Use an AK or an M4 to kill him (shotguns might be better, but they're too slow). When you have killed Kane, hop in the car with Sweet and drive back to Grove Street. The police won't bother you too much, but when you get back to Grove Street, they go away. REWARDS: - Respect + ------------------------------- 12F.3: Reuniting the Families ------------------------------- OBJECTIVES: - Get to the Motel and save Sweet - Get back to Grove Street safely Get in the car with Sweet and the others, then head over to the Motel where all the Grove Street Families will be meeting. When you get there, the cops will show in a helicopter and Smoke and Ryder will kick out. Sweet is trapped inside the Motel and you have to rescue him. Don't bother shooting the police outside because you will lose a lot of health. Run inside the Motel and use the soda machine if you need any health. Run up the stairs and blast the cop that dives out. Tap R1 in this hallway and blast away anyone you lock on to. If you find that you're being overrun by cops in the hallway, just go inside one of the rooms and take your time. I can't really remember what rooms have armour, but keep your AK or M4 armed at all times because you can't sprint in-doors anyway. There will be a lot of hallways to get through in the Motel, but in between them, make sure you look around up the stairs and in the rooms for armour and health. Sweet is in the last room on the right on the last hallway. When you get to him, the police will have blocked the Motel completely so your only escape is the roof! When you get to the roof with Sweet, a SWAT helicopter will circle above you and some SWAT guys will be shooting from it. Auto aim at the helicopter with an AK/M4 or a shotgun, then blast it until all the SWAT are dead. Finish off the chopper with a variety of attacks from the AK/M4 or the shotgun. When the helicopter blows up, run down the stairs and Smoke and Ryder will pull up in the same car they drove off with. Smoke, Sweet and Ryder will give you the luck of shooting out of the car while they just sit there doing nothing. If you got through Smoke's "Just Business"