Badlands

Mission
Badlands
	The cabin containing the witness on Mount Chiliad with an FBI agent patrolling the outside of the cabin; The cabin containing the witness on Mount Chiliad with an FBI agent patrolling the outside of the cabin
Game	GTA San Andreas
For	C.R.A.S.H.
Location	Angel Pine, Whetstone, San Andreas
Reward	None
Unlocks	First Date
Unlocked by	The Green Sabre
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Badlands is the twenty-eighth storyline mission, twenty-sixth central storyline mission and first exile-chapter mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl "CJ" Johnson by the primary antagonistic C.R.A.S.H. team from the trailer near the save point in the town of Angel Pine in rural Whetstone, San Andreas.

Mission

After the massive deadly assault battle under the Mulholland Intersection that resulted in his brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson's incarceration, Carl is taken out of the city of Los Santos to begin performing tasks for C.R.A.S.H. officers Frank Tenpenny and Edward "Eddie" Pulaski. The first of these tasks is a favor for Tenpenny, who asks Carl to eliminate an ex-police officer being held by the FBI under a witness protection program. The witness, who has compromising information about Tenpenny, is hiding in a remote cabin located on the side of Mount Chiliad. Carl, disarmed by the officers and carrying only a camera, is forced to make his way from Angel Pine up the side of the mountain. He then flushes the witness out of the cabin, and chases him down the mountain as he attempts to flee in his car. After Carl stops and kills the witness, he photographs the evidence that Tenpenny's former colleague will no longer be talking.

Reward

There is no reward for this mission, but a phone call will be received from Cesar Vialpando, which unlocks the cutscene First Date.

Tip

Before starting the mission, it is best to complete all side missions and challenges and acquire needed weaponry as phone calls will now ensue mission after mission once this mission is completed, atleast until the time one reaches King in Exile, post which it is risky to pursue these until Yay Ka-Boom-Boom and atleast Wear Flowers in Your Hair as Carl will be randomly phoned by his newfound ally Cesar Vialpando over the drug courier missions, further complicating the situation.

Post-mission Phone Call

CJ: Cesar, it's me.

Cesar: Car, you alright, holmes? Your sister's been worried, I heard some shit went down.

CJ: Yeah, Los Santos is dangerous right now. I'm out in the middle of .. I don't know what ... Whetstone, or whatever that is.

Cesar: I don't know Whetstone too well. I got some family out there, I think. But atleast you ain't in jail, holmes, shit's fucked up with your brother, ese!

CJ: You be careful, and look after Kendl.

Cesar: Don't worry about me, man. You worry about the man who try to fuck with my woman. I got some backup coming out to protect you - my cousin. Really intense, holmes, trust me! Meet them over at the diner in Dillimore over Red County, you won't miss them.

Sweet: Carl, it's me!

CJ: Sweet, what's going on, man?

Sweet: Man, what the fuck do you think is going on, I'm in a prison hospital, nigga!

CJ: I know, man, you alright?

Sweet: Hell no. You gotta do something.

CJ: I'm trying, man. I just gotta make sure Kendl's safe first.

Sweet: A'ight, man, I gotta go.

CJ: Don't worry, bruh, I ain't gonna leave you in there.

Trivia

This mission is the first in the game requiring the use of a camera and serves as training in its use if the player isn't familiar with the camera.
This is the only mission in the game without any dialogue, and among a handful of missions that would not involve any in-game dialogue. This is also the only mission in direct succession to an equally equipped mission to use the Trip Skip feature, being the fifth mission to do so.
The light blue Washington that the witness escapes in has a San Fierro license plate that reads "ASSMAN".
Sometimes, the witness may run over the edge of the mountain and kill himself. This can be achieved if the player destroys the car, but a 2-star wanted level will be attained in this case.