Ivan the Not So Terrible

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Mission
Ivan The Not So Terrible
Niko making his choice.
Niko making his choice.

Niko making his choice.
Game GTA IV
For Vladimir Glebov
Target Ivan Bytchkov
Location Comrades Bar, Hove Beach, Broker
Fail Lose Ivan in the car chase
Reward $200
Unlocks Nothing
Unlocked by Clean Getaway
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Ivan the Not So Terrible is the fourth and final mission from Vladimir Glebov in GTA IV. This is the first mission in the game to offer a choice of killing or sparing a person, and is the first to use ladders and jumping.

Walkthrough

The mission starts with Vlad telling Niko that Ivan has upset Mikhail Faustin, his boss, and wants you to kill him. Vlad explains to Niko that Ivan is robbing Roman's cab depot and wants you to kill him. Get a car (not necessarily a fast one) and drive to Roman's cab depot. Don't stop once you get there - it seems Ivan's already robbed Roman. He is escaping from the cab depot.

Chase Ivan to a construction site nearby. He will crash near a ladder and run up it. Get out of your car and run up the same ladder with the in-game instructions. Once you get to the top Ivan continues running up another ladder. Follow him. He continues to run away. Follow him until a cutscene appears. In the cutscene, Ivan will jump over to a nearby building. Get onto the crane and do the same.

He will jump a few more buildings - follow him. Soon he will get to the end of the building chain. Niko chases him to a ledge where Ivan hangs from. You now have the choice of helping him onto the building and letting him run away, kicking/shooting him off of the ledge, brutally killing him on the sidewalk below.

If you let him live then he'll come back as a random character. If you kill him, you have closely followed Vlad's instructions.

This mission may be a reference to Ivan The Terrible, the Russian Tsar between December 3, 1533 to March 28, 1584.

Ivan's Car

It is possible to obtain Ivan's nicely colored Ruiner (gold trimmed with a random metallic color) by entering it as Ivan begins climbing up the construction site. Simply drive it down the block to the south and park it. Ivan will not continue climbing until Niko has begun climbing and you will not fail the mission for moving away from him. After pursuing Ivan and making your choice on his fate, you may descend the stairs to the west of the building and down the ladder to find Ivan's Ruiner where you moved it and you make take it to your parking space if you like.

Deaths

  • Ivan Bytchkov (by Niko Bellic) - Niko witnessed Ivan robbing his cousin Roman and kicked him off a building ledge as revenge. Ivan's death is optional, and it is the player's choice.