Mission Guide
Main Story Missons
Employer: Ken Rosenberg
Mission: The Party
Reward: $100
After your meeting with Ken, he informs you about a retired colonel, Col. Juan Garcia Cortez. He is hosting a party, and it would be a good place for you to snoop out the Vice City hotshots. First, head to the blue "shirt" blip on your radar, where you will pick up the new Soiree outfit. Then, head towards the pink blip on the radar, which is the colonel's boat. After a cutscene, you will just need to drive his daughter, Mercedes, to the Pole Position club. It will be marked on your radar as well.
Mission: Back Alley Brawl
Reward: $200
Head Back to the "L" icon, and into the pink marker to start this mission. Ken will tell you about Kent Paul, and you will need to find him at the Malibu. Go there, it'll be marked on your radar as a pink blip. From there, you just drive into the alley, and talk to a Chef. Kill him, take his phone, then when Lance gives you a gun, kill the angry Chef's coming after you. Find Lance on the street, drive down to Ammu-Nation, then back to the Ocean View for your reward. Save while you're here.
Mission: Jury Fury
Reward: $400
Once again, start by walking into the pink marker Ken Rosenberg's office. After the cutscene, take the hammer, from the man who is run over in front of you. Drive to the nearest of the blips on the radar, and smash up the juror's car at the first one, until Tommy talks to him. Drive to the next blip, and smash up the car, until he screams and runs away from you. Once he runs, you've got your reward.
Mission: Riot
Reward: $1000
After arriving back at Ken's once again, you'll notice another man is in his office, real estate baron Avery Carrington. Avery needs you to start a riot down at a construction site. After the cutscene, head to Rafael's, and pick up the Worker uniform. You may want to head down to Ammu-Nation to pick up a few pistol rounds. It could come in handy. ;)
Once you arrive at the site, you need to start a fight with 4 workers, so just shoot four of them, and they'll give you no trouble at all. For extra fun, use a melee weapon. When the security guards open the gate to stop the riot, walk in, and shoot the red barrels. This will destroy two of the three trucks you need to take out. For the other, repeatedly shoot its engine, until it blows up. Mission complete, that's it for Ken.
Employer: Avery Carrington
Mission: Four Iron
Reward: $500
To start this mission, go to the construction site, and walk into the pink marker. After getting the membership card from Avery, head to Jocksport to get your new Country Club threads. Make your way to the Leaf Links golf course, and go through the metal detector. You cannot bring any type of gun onto this mission. Take the golf club, and hop into the caddy. Go to the pink blip on your radar, a man will be playing golf, and several bodyguards surround him. Get their attention by walking near them, and, despite there being many ways to do this mission, I recommend just ignoring the guards, and doing a kamikaze run to your target. All you need to do, it kill him before he reaches his golf cart. If he makes it in, ram him around with your cart until it explodes or falls in the water. Once he's dead, the reward is yours.
Mission: Demolition Man
Reward: $1000 This is a tough mission. You need to control an RC helicopter, and drop explosives into several barrels. Helicopter
Controls:
W - makes you rise
S - makes you go down
Left Mouse Button - makes you drop the bomb
E - rotates the helicopter clockwise
Q - rotates the helicopter counter-clockwise
NumPad-9 - Makes you lean forwards
NumPad-6 - Makes you lean backwards Use the A and D keys to steer left and right
Follow your radar carefully on this mission! There is one barrel per floor, with one on ground level. Pick up the explosives by flying very low, and take them to the top floor first, then head back, pick up another explosive, drop it in the barrel on the second highest floor, and so forth, until you reach the ground level. There are enemies who will attack you. Just cut 'em up with your chopper blade! ;) This may take a few tries, since this is the first time you use a helicopter. Plant the last bomb, and the building will blow up, mission complete.
Mission: Two Bit Hit
Reward: $2,500
Start the mission by speaking to Carrington, and head over to the icon to get your Havana Wear. Stop by Ammu-Nation before-hand if you want. Get in a car and speed to the blip. There are a ton of Haitian Gang members here, so either try to take them out, speed in, or just ignore them. The hearse may drive away, or if you're lucky, like I was, you can just get into the hearse and drive away. If it does happen to speed away, hop in your car and catch up. Don't drive right behind it, but get beside it and ram or drive-by it until it's destroyed. Complete this and you'll get your reward. That's it for Avery.
Employer: Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez
Mission: Treacherous Swine
Reward: $750
Now this is a fun mission. Gonzalez, one of the turncoats responsible for your drug deal gone wrong, was formerly Cortez's right hand man. He needs to be dealt with. After the cutscene with the colonel, take the chainsaw he gives you, and drive to the blip on the radar. Head inside the penthouse, and chase Gonzalez. He'll run out to the street. Follow him, and kill him. Chainsaw is best. : D take him down, and you've completed the mission!
Mission: Mall Shootout
Reward: $500
In this one, Cortez instructs you to pick up some equipment at the mall. Go there, and stand near the courier that's at the top of the elevator to start a cutscene. The SWAT's will start firing at you, so just run out of the mall as fast as you can, and kill the courier if at all possible. If he makes it out, just hop into a car, and run him down, or do a drive-by on his car until he dies, then take the briefcase he was carrying. Drive it back to Cortez, and you've ticked another one of the chart.
Mission: Guardian Angels
Reward:$1000
Cortez needs you to watch over a deal Diaz has set up, so first, you'll need some firepower. Drive to the car park marked on your radar, it's a pink blip (of course). Take the Kruger, and Lance will come and talk to you. Drive him to the meeting point, then walk up to your marker at the top of the stairs. The deal begins between Diaz and some Cubans, but then out of nowhere, a group of Haitians come to start some fun. Kill all of them as fast as you can. Two or three more vehicles will come and drop of gang members, kill them all immediately. Another car will come down the opposite end of the alley, again, Diaz is in danger of being hit by these guys. Take them out! Soon, two Haitian bikers will zip by, and one will take a briefcase. The other will be shot down. Take that dead guy's bike, and ram the other Haitian until he crashes, kill him if he doesn't die. Do NOT shoot the bike! It will fail the mission! Take the briefcase back to Diaz, and you're done with Cortez. For now.
Mission: The Chase
Reward: $1000
Head to the "D" on the radar to start Diaz's missions. After this first cutscene, drive to the blip on the radar, and follow the pink markers. Go up to the window to look in, the head up to the roof, where the thief will shoot at you, then he'll run away. Chase him, sprinting as much as you can. Watch out for the fire from the exploding barrels. Shoot them before he can so you don't need to worry about them. Follow him along the roof, then take the Faggio and follow the BF Injection, making sure to dodge his fire. Do not lose him, or you'll fail. Just follow him to the house on Prawn Island, and the mission's complete.
Mission: Phnom Penh '86
Reward: $2000
This is a fun, but hard mission. After watching another crazy Diaz cutscene, You'll be in a helicopter with Lance, at the helm of a pretty nice gun ; )] . Lance will do the flying while you shoot. Once you reach Prawn island, you'll run into a ton of gang members. Wherever you can, shoot the explosive barrels, just do whatever it takes to kill them all! Lance will sway a lot, so be careful to aim accordingly. You need to kill all the gang members in each area before Lance will move to the next. Your helicopter can take quite a bit of damage, but don't let it take too much, because there's a rooftop with a group of gangstas packing some heavy heat. After you kill all of the guys from the helicopter, Lance will let you off. Use whichever gun you want. The one you get from the chopper is awesome, and it has plenty of ammo for the last bit of this mission. Head into the house, and just peek around the corners to take out the guys, go for head shots. Make your way to the roof, and take the briefcase. Lance will pick you up in the helicopter, from there, you'll be done.
Mission: The Fastest Boat
Reward: $4,000
This one is fun, but can be tricky, if not approached properly. You need to drive down to the Boatyard down near the docks, it'll be the blip on your radar. When you get there, make sure you have any type of gun, and just take out the guy nearby. Take his Kruger, and you can use it on each enemy, then take their Kruger ammo, and you'll be fine. Just be sparing with ammo. Work your way around the left side of the boat house, taking out the guys with a shot or two to the head, then take their ammo. Once you get to the other side, hit the switch to lower the boat by stepping in the marker. Several enemies will now come for you, just crouch behind the crates, and pop up to shoot them, then duck down, pop up, duck, and so forth. Once the area's clear, just jump into the boat, as you normally would a car, and speed away, dodging the police boats, and just go to Diaz's jetty at the back of his house. There is a huge marker for you, it's hard to miss. ; )] Mission Complete.
Mission: Supply and Demand
Reward: $10,000
This one is fun. It's just a boat ride to the meet, and a gunslingin' session on the way back. You need to beat a bunch of other boats to get the merchandise from the boat on the radar, and there are 2 paths you can take. Either head to the left of Leaf Links, that route is longer, but has less winding turns, or to the right, where it's shorter with more turns. Just get there as fast as you can. The 2nd part is just a gunning part. Kill everyone that comes after you, take out the guys in boats, and the docks, and in the chopper. It's a bit tricky, but it's certainly doable. Just blast everything. Once you get back to Diaz's place, you're done. That's it for Diaz, sort of. ; )]
Employer: Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez
Mission: Sir, Yes Sir!
Reward: $2,000
This one is very easy, and very fun, it's your first chance to test out the tank, on a mission, that is. ; )] Well, there's a military brigade moving down the main road on the western island of Vice City. Head over there, follow alongside the troupe, but don't attack or block them. Wait until they reach the donut shot across from the police station in Little Havana. The company will halt, and the tank operator will get out of the tank to get some donuts. Here's your chance! Get out, steal the tank, and drive away, nothing can kill you, just make sure you don't get busted. Drive to the pink blip, which is a garage. Drop off the tank, and mission complete. Cortez will be calling you again later on in the game.
Mission: Death Row
Reward: None
Head to the Malibu Club to start this mission, and talk to Kent Paul. He'll tell you your buddy Lance is being held down at the Junkyard near Little Haiti. Make sure you have some good firepower before you start this mission. One sniper rifle, and one submachine gun, both with lots of ammo, is all you need. Also, a fast car. Lance's health is slowly draining, and you need to go fast, drive fast, but carefully down there. Once you get near the junkyard, send your car flying into the barricade by jumping out. That'll take out those guys. Just use your sniper rifle to take out all the guys strewn about the yard from a distance, but move FAST. Get to Lance, and either take your fast car, or the Trashmaster, if it's there. You need to drive Lance to the hospital, and a whole bunch of Comet's filled with Diaz's men will start ramming into you. Use your SMG to drive-by them, so they blow up, or just keep out of their way, by driving REALLY fast. This can be quite difficult. Or, use the Trashmaster to ram your way to the Hospital. Both ways are difficult, choose whichever you prefer. Get him there, and the mission is complete.
Mission: Rub Out
Reward: $50,000, Diaz's Mansion, and a few other things
You get a call from Lance, and you need to meet him outside Diaz's mansion. After a cutscene, you'll get an M4, which is very nice to have. This mission is very straightforward. Just work your way around back of Diaz's manor, taking out his bodyguards as you go. Go inside the back, and up the stairs to the second-from-the-top
Property Missons
Employer: Cherry Poppers Ice Cream Factory
Mission: Distribution
Reward: $3,000 Cherry Poppers Asset
Employer: Print Works
Mission:Spilling the Beans
Reward:$2,000
This is a cool mission. All you need is a type of automatic weapon. Your only real objective is to get some information from a guy inside a boat down near the docks. Once you're spotted on the boat, security guards will start shooting at you. Just follow your way up a few floors to the yellow blip. Take out any guards that are bugging you, but don't pay much attention to them. Once you get the information, the escape can be tricky, unless done properly. Jump OFF the edge of the boat onto the street below. You'll lose a bit of health, but it's way easier than trying to get off the boat by normal means. Have your car waiting, and make a mad dash to the print works. The money can now roll off the presses, once you've got the plates.
Mission:Cap the Collector
Reward:$30,000
Sonny Forelli has sent six of his lackeys, in three separate groups, to head down and tax your businesses. You fail if they go to them all, so hurry, and kill them. Luckily, they only come in groups of two, so you just have to worry about two at a time. Make SURE you have a very fast car, and a submachine gun. The best strategy is to take them out while they are on the bikes. Ram them off their bikes, then run them over, or drive-by them. They pack some serious heat, so don't give them the chance to shoot at you. Use this same strategy to take out all 3 groups of two. As long as they don't get all the businesses, you're good. Print Works done, BRING ON KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE!
Mission:Friendly Rivalry
Reward:$2,000
This level is simple! It's very fun, just make sure you have a bunch of submachine gun ammo for drive-by's. Just go to all of the blips (taxi's) on the map, in any order, and drive up beside them, drive-by them until they explode, then get out the explosion's radius. Done, once you've gotten all 3.
Employer: Malibu Club
Mission:No Escape?
Reward:$1,000
This mission isn't bad, but it can be difficult. Make sure you have a fast, and durable car, as well as plenty of submachine gun ammo. Drive down to the police station, and head down to the cellblock. It's on your radar as the pink blip. Step in the marker near Cam's cell to let him out, and RUN straight for the exit. Cam will automatically be outside with you. Have your car be right nearby the doorway, and jump in. Make SURE Cam is with you. just shoot down the street to the right of the police station to the nearby Pay n' Spray. After your wanted level is gone, you can easily cruise back to Cam's place. Mission complete.
Mission:The Driver
Reward:$3,000
This is for most, the hardest mission in the game. You need to beat Hilary in a race. He is driving the insane Sabre Turbo, while you are driving the standard old Sentinel. Unfair, I think so. The real only way to win this is through a little bit of luck, and fast driving. Do not crash at ALL! He will almost always pass you. The best technique is to try and fishtail his car at the beginning, and to get an early lead. Also, just hope he gets into some crashes, because his car is MUCH faster than yours. Just follow the checkpoints, drive fast, but carefully, and hope for some luck.
Employer: Film Studios
Mission:Recruitment Drive
Reward:$1,000
This mission is quite simple. Go find Candy Suxxx, she's on the radar. Once you talk to her, she'll agree, but her pimp won't be so nice about it. Take out any and all resistance, of which there is little, and then, you'll be prompted to go talk to Mercedes. Talk to her, take both her and Candy back to the movie studio, done and done.
Mission:Martha's Mug Shot
Reward:$4,000
The object of this mission is to catch 3 photos of Alex Shrub doing something..incriminating. Take the Sparrow that's in the studio lot, and follow Candy's limo. Make sure it's always in sight, don't get too far ahead, or behind, or else you'll fail. Once the short cutscene starts, park your Sparrow just to the side of the hotel with the viewing window, you'll need it for a quick escape. Run up a several flights of stairs, until you can't go any higher, and head into a hallway, and look out the window. Use your camera, and take 3 clear shots of Alex Shrub with Candy, in his women's clothing. Once you get three, Candy will say something, and you'll get an automatic 5-star wanted level. Just run down to the bottom of the stairwell, kill the couple feds waiting for you, and rush to your sparrow. Make sure you get off the ground as fast as possible, so they don't storm that area. As long as you fly high, and fly fast, you'll evade their fire, and the mission will be yours.
Employer: The Boatyard
Mission:Checkpoint Charlie
Reward:The Boatyard Asset, starts at $2,000 Goes up with each faster time on Checkpoint CharlieThis course can be a bit tricky, just make sure you are comfortable with driving the boats. The Squalo, (left) is MUCH faster, and easier to win with, but it takes some practice to get the handling down. Once you're good with the Squalo, just zip through the course, picking up every checkpoint along the way. Faster times after the first completion=bigger asset. That's for the boatyard.
Employer: Sunshine Autos
At Sunshine Autos, you also have a map of the street races taking place around Vice City. They get you money, just not the asset.
Mission: Car Lists (no real name)
Reward: Up to $9,000 Sunshine Autos Asset
List One
Landstalker
Idaho
Rancher
Blista Compact
Esperanto
Stallion
List Two
Sabre
Sentinel
Virgo
Stretch
Washington
Admiral
List Three
Cheetah
Banshee
Infernus
Phoenix
Stinger
Comet
List Four
Voodoo
Cuban Hermes
Pizza Boy
Caddy
Baggage Handler
Mr. Whoopie
Side Missons and Odd Jobs
Trial by Dirt
Location: Downtown
Get onto the Sanchez to start this. This one is a fun one, you just need to complete 3 laps, complete it once, and it counts towards 100%. Just once. Though, every time you get a faster time, the reward gets bigger and bigger
Test Track
Location: Downtown
This one is in the exact same place as Trial By Dirt, except it uses the landstalker. Still fun, and still counts towards 100%. Complete it once for the reward.
Hyman Memorial Stadium - 3 Events
Location: Downtown, Little Haiti, Ocean Beach, Vice Point
Just get into the Sparrow Helicopter at each location, and fly through all the checkpoints as fast as you can. Complete each one for an addition to your quest to 100%.
PCJ Playground
Location: Vice Point
This little course tests your skill with the PCJ-600 motorcycle. Once you get on the bike, you have as long as you need before the timer starts, because it doesn't start until you hit the first checkpoint. Once it goes through that 1st one though, you only have 2 minutes to get a whole whack of checkpoints. Go fast, and don't crash. It takes a bit of luck, but just generally good handling skills.
Cone Crazy
Location: Washington Beach
This just tests out your driving skills. With any play in this game, you should be good at driving by now. Just weave your way through the cones and touch each checkpoint before time runs out. Each checkpoint adds to your time though.
RC Races - 3 Locations
Location: Vice Point, The Beach, and Escobar International
Get into the "Top Fun" vans at each of the locations to do the RC checkpoint missions. They are all fairly easy, and fun, though the chopper RC takes a long time to do.
Street Races
Location: Sunshine Auto's, Near Escobar International
The street races are located in various places across the city. Just step into the marker next tot he poster to choose which race you want. It tells you where the starting grid is, as well as puts a pink blip on your radar representing the starting line. The only strategy for these races: Drive fast, and drive hard. Just make sure you get to the end before any of the opponents do.
Assassination Contracts:
Map Location: Various Places, wherever the Phone Icon appears, after the unknown caller gives you a ring.
Location:Various Places in Vice City; Phone Icon will appear each time unknown caller calls you
Mission:Road Kill
Reward:$500
This mission is quite easy, and quite fun. Once you get the call, you need to kill the Pizza Boy before he finishes his deliveries. Just make sure you have a fairly fast car, then find him, and run him down. Once he crashes, run him over, and it's mission accomplished.
Mission:Autocide
Reward:$5,000
This is one of my favorite missions. You have a limited time to kill a few sets of people, so use your time wisely. After you get the call, run down to the yellow blip, and pick up the sniper rifle, and the nice white PCJ. Zip over onto the grass on the waterfront, in order to get a good view of the man on the billboard. Snipe him, and move onto the man in the securicar. Keep a good distance, and snipe him through the windshield. Next is the 2 men in the truck. Go around the far side of the street so that you can get a good shot of the driver. Take him out, and the other guy is no problem, since they can't drive away. ; ) The next guy is on his boat. Drive onto the bridge overlooking his boat, and get off your bike, and snipe him. It's a far shot, but definitely doable. For the last guy, ram him off his bike, run him over, whatever, to take him out. Do a drive-by to make it really easy if you want. Once the last guy is dead, victory is yours.
Mission:Loose Ends
Reward:$10,000
This is the last assassination mission, but this time, you don't have one particular target. There's a big deal going on on the roof of Cherry Poppers Ice Cream. Kill all of the people involved. So, when you drive up to the alley leading behind the factory, make sure you have a sniper rifle with tons of ammo, a rocket launcher, and a submachine gun. There are enemies everywhere behind the factory, so take them out from a distance, since your sniping range is longer than their sight range. Once you clear them all out, by slowly moving forward, and taking out guys as you see them, head to the roofs, and work your way onto Cherry Poppers. Once you get near where the deal is being done, fire a rocket right where all the guys are standing. You can't see them, and they can surprise you, so hurt 'em first, then kill any survivors. Once they're all dead, take the briefcase, and take the nearby helicopter down to the helipad at the airport. Land there, and mission complete. Done and done with Assassination contracts.
Rifle Range AFTER The Shootist Mission:
Location: Downtown, Ammu-Nation
You need to do the first shooting range round again, after completing "The Shootist", and you need to get a score of 45 points or more, in order for it to count towards your percentage.
