Missions in GTA San Andreas

This is a comprehensive list of story missions in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. There are 104 missions in total.

Los Santos

Protagonist Carl Johnson returns to his hometown of Los Santos and needs to re-establish himself in his long forgotten neighborhood. Missions in this city involve Carl's rise to power in the Grove Street Families, and the challenges with his family. Many of these missions have Carl as the driver plus additional help as required.

There are 28 missions in the main thread in Los Santos.

Introductory missions

These missions slowly introduce you to the essentials of the game and the main characters you will encounter many times throughout the story. This is the only section of the story where you will receive one of the most major benefits/unlocks.

Name/Screenshot	Objective	Rewards	Unlocks
File:FirstMission-GTASA.jpg #1 In the beginning...	Using the allocated bike, head back to the Grove Street.	None	Big Smoke
#2 Big Smoke	Meet your friend Melvin Harris aka Big Smoke.	None	Sweet & Kendl
(No Picture Available) #3 Sweet & Kendl	Follow Sweet and Ryder back to Ganton.	Respect	Ryder
File:Rydermission-GTASA.jpg #4 Ryder	Get a new haircut and some food from shops around Los Santos.	Respect+	Tagging Up Turf

Sweet

Name	Objective	Reward	Unlocks
#5 Tagging Up Turf	Tag the Grove Street Families tag in the enemy gang territories.	$200 Respect	Cleaning the Hood
File:CleaningtheHood-GTASA.jpg Cleaning the Hood	Beat up the enemy crack dealers around Ganton.	Respect+	Drive Thru
File:Drive-Thru-GTASA.jpg Drive Thru	Get some food at Cluckin' Bell at Willowfield Prevent Ballas from reach Ganton	$200 Respect+	Nines and AKs
Nines and AKs	Collect some weapons from Emmet	Respect+ Binco Pro-Laps Sub Urban	Drive-By OG Loc
Drive-By	Attack Ballas' turf Jefferson	Respect+ $500	Sweet's Girl Home Invasion
File:Sweet'sGirl-GTASA.jpg Sweet's Girl	Rescue Sweet from Seville Boulevard Families	Respect+ $500	Cesar Vialpando
Cesar Vialpando	Win the Lowrider Challenge	Amount of money bet at the challenge	High Stakes, Low Rider Lowrider Challenge Loco Low Co. TransFender

Big Smoke

Name	Objective	Reward	Unlock
File:OGLocmission-GTASA.jpg OG Loc	Pick up OG Loc from Los Santos Police Department at Pershing Square Kill Freddy	Respect+	Running Dog Life's a Beach
Running Dog	Take Big Smoke to meeting Kill Los Santos Vagos gang member	Respect+	Wrong Side of the Tracks
Wrong Side of the Tracks	Kill four Vagos gang members on a train before they escape	Respect+	Just Business
Just Business	Take Smoke to Atrium Kill the attacking Russian Mafia	Respect+	None

Ryder

Name	Objective	Reward	Unlock
Home Invasion	Burglarize Colonel Fuhrberger's house for weapons	Respect+	Catalyst
File:Catalyst-GTASA.jpg Catalyst	Get to the train Kill the Vagos and Ballas Throw the crates to Ryder.	Respect+	Robbing Uncle Sam
File:RobbingUncleSam-GTASA.jpg Robbing Uncle Sam	Raid the National Guard Depot for weapon crates using a forklift. Outrun the Guardsmen pursuing in Patriots.	Respect+	None

Cesar Vialpando

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
(No image currently available) High Stakes, Low Rider	Win the lowrider race	$1000	None

OG Loc

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlock
File:Life'saBeach-GTASA.jpg Life's a Beach	Steal a sound system in a Pony.	Respect+ Madd Dogg's Rhymes
Madd Dogg's Rhymes	Break into Madd Dogg's mansion and steal his rhyme book using a knife, stealth, and silenced pistol.	Respect+	Management Issues Burning Desire
Management Issues	Kill Alan Crawford and his escort; drive them into the ocean.	Respect+	House Party
House Party	Defend Grove St. from invading assault force of Ballas	Respect+	None

Frank Tenpenny

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Burning Desire	Burn Vago's Gang house Rescue Denise Robinson and use extinguisher to lead her from inferno.	None	Gray Imports Denise is now CJ's girlfriend.
Gray Imports	Raid the warehouse in Ocean Docks where Ballas and Russian make a deal.	None	None

Sweet

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Doberman	Takeover Glen Park and learn/begin the turf war segment.	Respect+	Los Sepulcros Ammu-Nation Gang Warfare.
Los Sepulcros	Kill Kane while attending funeral along with the rest of the Ballas.	Respect+	Reuniting the Families
Reuniting the Families	Go to the Jefferson Motel Rescue Sweet from SWATs Use AK-47 to retaliate against the attacking SWATs.	Respect+	The Green Sabre
The Green Sabre	Go to the underpass where Cesar waiting Witness Smoke's betrayal Rescue Sweet at Mulholland Intersection.	None	Badlands Countryside and San Fierro access

Countryside/Badlands missions

CJ has stumbled onto something that is much bigger than himself. It appears that Big Smoke is totally loyal to Officer Tenpenny and he does exactly what he is told. Tenpenny warns CJ to stay away from Big Smoke or Sweet will suffer. Tenpenny has a few loose ends that need to be taken care of at the same time CJ is trying to re-establish himself.

There are 14 missions dedicated for the Countryside. These missions consist of minor objectives which will take you around Red County and Flint County.

Frank Tenpenny

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
File:Badlands-GTASA.jpg Badlands	Kill a witness for Tenpenny and bring back the proof he's dead.	None	First Date

Catalina

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
First Date	Choose from one of the four places to rob around Red County.	None	Tanker Commander Against All Odds Local Liquor Store Small Town Bank

The Truth

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Body Harvest	Steal a Combine Harvester from The Farm Take the Harvester to Truth's farm	Respect+	King in Exile

Cesar Vialpando

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
File:KinginExile-GTASA.jpg King in Exile	Meet Cesar and Kendl at Angel Pine	None	First Base

Catalina

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
First Base	Choose a place to rob	None	None
(No image currently available) Gone Courting	Choose another place to rob	None	None
Made in Heaven	Choose the remaining place to rob	None	None

Robbery

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
File:TankerCommander-GTASA.jpg Tanker Commander	Jack a Tanker Take the tanker to Mr. Whittaker.	$5000	None
File:AgainstAllOdds-GTASA.jpg Against All Odds	Rob the Inside Track betting shop in Montgomery.	$2000	None
(No image currently available) Local Liquor Store	Chase the robbers and take their money.	$1000	None
Small Town Bank	Rob Palomino Creek Bank.	$10,000	None

Cesar Vialpando

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
(No image currently available) Wu Zi Mu	Beat Wu Zi Mu in a race around Red County.	None	Farewell, My Love...
Farewell, My Love...	Beat Catalina and Claude in a race.	None	Are You Going To San Fierro?

The Truth

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Are You Going to San Fierro?	Burn Truth's crops Head to the garage CJ won in San Fierro via The Mothership.	Respect+	Wear Flowers in Your Hair

San Fierro missions

Things are starting to look up a little for CJ. He now owns a dilapidated garage and a close circle of allies to assist him in his rise to power. San Fierro offers a variety of missions to help CJ become even stronger in his quest to return to Los Santos.

There are 26 story missions in San Fierro.

Carl Johnson

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Wear Flowers in Your Hair	Recruit some Truth's acquaintance to work in your garage	None	555 We Tip Zero RC on sale
555 We Tip	Set up a D.A. car by planting drugs in his car's trunk	None	Deconstruction
Deconstruction	Destroy the portables on construction site behind your garage Bury the foreman alive for calling Kendl a hooker	None	Photo Opportunity

Zero

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Air Raid	Defend Zero's transmitters	$3000	Supply Lines...
Supply Lines...	Use RC Baron to kill all Berkley's delivery	$5000	New Model Army
New Model Army	Control RC Goblin and defeat Berkley in RC BattleGround	$7000	Zero RC as an asset

Loco Syndicate

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Photo Opportunity	Go meet Cesar at Red County Go to Angel Pine and photograph the member of Loco Syndicate	None	Jizzy
Jizzy	Part I: Meet Cesar and Woozie at the garage to identified the member of Loco Syndicate Part II: Do errands for Jizzy B	Part I: None Part II: Respect and $3000	T-Bone Mendez Mountain Cloud Boys
T-Bone Mendez	Retrieve the stolen packages	$5000 Respect	Mike Toreno
Mike Toreno	Locate and rescue Mike Toreno	$7000 Respect	Outrider
Outrider	Clear the roadblocks for yay shipment to get through	$9000	Snail Trail

Wu Zi Mu

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Mountain Cloud Boys	Take Woozie to the meeting Defend Woozie from attacking Da Nang Boys	$5000 Respect	Ran Fa Li
Ran Fa Li	Retrieve the packages for Ran Fa Li from the airport	$6000 Respect	Lure
Lure	Use decoy to lure the Da Nang Boys out from Angel Pine	$8000 Respect	Amphibious Assault
Amphibious Assault	Swim to Vietnamese' ship and plant a bug	$11,000 Respect	The Da Nang Thang
The Da Nang Thang	Attack the Vietnamese' ship with minigun from the chopper Rescue the refugees aboard the ship Kill The Snakehead	$15,000 Respect	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom (after Toreno's Last Flight)

Frank Tenpenny

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Snail Trail	Follow the train Follow the reporter, but don't too close Assassinate the reporter and the journalist in Yacht Harbor	None	Ice Cold Killa

Loco Syndicate

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Ice Cold Killa	Kill Jizzy B	$12,000 Respect	Pier 69
Pier 69	Kill all the guards using the sniper rifle Assassinate T-Bone Mendez Kill CJ's former friend Ryder	$15,000 Respect	Toreno's Last Flight
Toreno's Last Flight	Destroy the chopper containing Mike Toreno to kill him	$18,000	Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
Yay Ka-Boom-Boom	Get the wired car from a garage in Downtown San Fierro Detonate the car inside the yay factory in Doherty	$25,000 Respect	Monster Wang Cars showroom for sale (after completing Driving School)

Wang Cars

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Back to School	Complete the Driving School	Increased Driving Skill Vehicle parked in front of the school depending of the medal you won	Wang Cars showroom for sale (after Yay Ka-Boom-Boom)
Zeroing In	Follow and steal a car from a woman	$5000 Respect Uranus in the showroom Wheel Arch Angels	Test Drive
Test Drive	Steal with Cesar two cars from Otto's Autos	$5000 Respect Elegy and Sultan in the showroom	Customs Fast Track
Customs Fast Track	Steal a car from container in Easter Basin using a crane	$10,000 Respect Savanna in the showroom Exports and Imports	Puncture Wounds
Puncture Wounds	Use stingers to stole a car	$5000 Stratum in the showroom Wang Cars showroom as an asset	None

Desert missions

These series of missions have more of a fun and adventuresome ring to them. CJ will be doing some rather strange things on some missions. In addition, you get to learn how to fly which will come in very handy later on.

There are 9 story missions in the Desert.

Mike Toreno

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Monster	Use monster truck and go through the checkpoints around the deserts before 6:30	1st: $5000 2nd: $4000 3rd: $3000 4th: $2000 5th: $1000	Highjack
Highjack	Jack a Tanker truck on the highway with Cesar	$7000	Interdiction
Interdiction	Protect Toreno's helicopter from the attackers in El Castillo del Diablo, retrieve the package, then deliver it to Las Brujas	$1000	Verdant Mission
Verdant Meadows	Buy Verdant Meadows airstrip cost $80,000	Save points at Verdant Meadows and Verdant Meadows airfield	Learning to Fly Race tournament access (will open after received a call from Jethro in the middle of the mission) (Must finished Puncture Wounds first)

Verdant Meadows Airstrip

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Learning to Fly	Finish Flying School	Increased Flying Skill Plane parked in the airstrip depending of the medal you won	N.O.E. Fender Ketchup
N.O.E.	Deliver the package from Toreno to Angel Pine using a Rustler, but remain flying low	$15,000	Stowaway
Stowaway	Use a bike to catch up with Andromada plane Plant an explosive aboard the plane Steal a parachute, then escape the plane	$20,000	Black Project
Black Project	Break into Area 69 and stole the black project	None	Green Goo
Green Goo	Use the newly-acquired jetpack to steal a green goo from the military train	$20,000 Verdant Meadow airstrip as an asset Jetpack spawning at the airstrip	Saint Mark's Bistro (after Freefall and High Noon)

Las Venturas missions

CJ has really made a name for himself. Not only has he regained a lot of his power back, he is also the proud owner of one business and a partner in a major casino. This series of missions basically ensures that the competition is either eliminated or it is severely subdued.

There are 19 story missions in Las Venturas.

The Four Dragons Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Fender Ketchup	Scare Johnny Sindacco	$5000 Respect	Explosive Situation
Explosive Situation	Steal the dynamite from a quarry	$7,000 Respect	You've Had Your Chips Architectural Espionage Quarry Mission
You've Had Your Chips	Get to the factory where Sindacco make fake chips and destroy their machines	$10,000 Respect	Don Peyote
Don Peyote	Rescue Kent Paul and Maccer from the desert	Respect	Intensive Care

Heist

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Architectural Espionage	Go to the City Planning Department and photograph Caligula's Palace blueprint	Respect	Key to Her Heart
Key to Her Heart	Follow the Caligula's croupier; Millie Perkins. Don't too close on her	Respect Millie Perkins as girlfriend	Dam and Blast
Dam and Blast	Plant explosives on Sherman Dam	Respect	Cop Wheels
Cop Wheels	Stole 4 police bikes and bring them to Woozie's Packer	Respect	Up, Up and Away!
Up, Up and Away!	Steal a Leviathan with a magnet crane, then use it to steal a Securicar	Respect Leviathan at Verdant Meadows	Breaking the Bank at Caligula's

Caligula's Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Intensive Care	Rescue Johnny Sindacco from the Forelli Family	$5000 Respect	The Meat Business
The Meat Business	Take Ken Rosenberg to abattoir Escape from the abattoir alive	$8000 Respect	Fish in a Barrel Madd Dogg Misappropriation

Frank Tenpenny

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Misappropriation	Retrieve the dossier from an agent at Aldea Malvada	None	High Noon (after Freefall)

The Four Dragons Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Fish in a Barrel	Meet Woozie at Four Dragons Casino	None	None

Madd Dogg

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Madd Dogg	Save Madd Dogg from falling, then take him to the hospital before he dies	None	High Noon

Caligula's Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Freefall	Get a Dodo from Las Venturas International Airport Catch up with the plane full of Sorelli hitmen Kill the hitmen, then land the plane at the airport	$15,000 Respect	High Noon

Frank Tenpenny

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
High Noon	Kill Eddie Pulaski	None	Saint Mark's Bistro

Caligula's Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Saint Mark's Bistro	Take a flight to Liberty City and assassinate the Forelli gang members in Marco's Bistro	$20,000 Respect	Didier Sachs A Home in the Hills Breaking the Bank at Caligula's

Heist

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Breaking the Bank at Caligula's	Rob the Caligula's Palace	$100,000	None

The Four Dragons Casino

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
A Home in the Hills	Retrieve the Madd Dogg's Crib Kill Big Poppa	Madd Dogg's Crib Respect	Vertical Bird

Los Santos missions

CJ has it all now. Money, power, and fame. He isn't happy, though, since he has been watching lame acts audition and he finds the business life isn't for him. He wants to go back to the old neighborhood to take it once and for all. Of course, Madd Dogg's release only hastens his desire.

There are 8 story missions in Los Santos after the return.

Carl Johnson

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Vertical Bird	Stole a Hydra jet from Easter Basin Naval Station Use it to destroy the spy ships in Tierra Robada Land the Hydra at Verdant Meadows	$50,000 Respect Hydra at Verdant Meadows	Home Coming
Home Coming	Pick up Sweet at Pershing Square Retake Ganton	Respect	Cut Throat Business Beat Down On B Dup
Cut Throat Business	Chase OG Loc using the Vortex and Kart	Respect	Riot (after Grove 4 Life)

Sweet

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Beat Down On B Dup	Retake Glen Park to find B Dup	Respect	Grove 4 Life
Grove 4 Life	Retake Idlewood	$10,000 Respect	Riot (after Cut Throat Business)

Final missions

Name	Objectives	Reward	Unlocks
Riot	Drive Sweet to Ganton; avoid the riot	None	Los Desperados
Los Desperados	Help Cesar retake El Corona from Los Santos Vagos	Respect	End of the Line (after taking over 35% of gang territories in Los Santos)
End of the Line	Part I: Drive to the Smoke's Crack Palace Enter Smoke's Crack Palace and kill Big Smoke Part II: Chase Frank Tenpenny and Sweet Use Micro Uzi to drive-by any attacking police	$250,000 Respect	None; you've beat the game!

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