Random Characters in GTA IV Era

Random Characters are minor characters found standing on the street in Grand Theft Auto IV, its episodes, and Chinatown Wars. Their presence is indicated by a small blue person icon on the radar. They provide Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz, Luis Fernando Lopez and Huang Lee with small storylines and minor missions. Some random characters only appear at certain times of the day.

Random characters appear on the streets, this one with Real Badman.

Sick freaks to avoid.
- in-game website description

The achievement/trophy "No More Strangers" for GTA IV involves locating all of them and helping each one out at least once. Most of the random character missions are required for completion. This is one of the more difficult aspects of completion without a guide as the icons only appear when Niko is close to the person, and some, such as Ilyena, are located where Niko might not travel in the normal course of missions or friendship outings. This is rectified in the DLCs which place the icons on the map irrespective of the player's location.

One random encounter in GTA IV, Gracie Ancelotti, is not marked on the map with the icon, while one encounter in The Ballad of Gay Tony, Daisie Cash-Cooze, does not always trigger, even when the icon is on the screen.

GTA IV

A map displaying all of the Random Character locations in GTA IV.

Required for 100%

Name	Location	Unlocked After
Brian Meech	Iroquois Ave, Hove Beach, Broker	It's Your Call
	Crockett Ave, Hove Beach, Broker	Brian's first encounter
	Montauk Ave & Dillon St, Downtown, Broker	Brian's second encounter, at least one Vigilante mission
Real Badman	Dukes Boulevard, East Island City, Dukes	Shadow
Mel	Mohawk Ave, Hove Beach, Broker	Escuela of the Streets
Ilyena Faustin	Firefly Island, Broker	The Puerto Rican Connection
Hossan	Garnet St & Frankfort Ave, Suffolk, Algonquin	The Puerto Rican Connection
Sara	Back Passage, Suffolk, Algonquin	The Puerto Rican Connection
	Flatfish Plaice, Fishmarket South, Algonquin	Sara's first encounter, night only
Pathos	Denver-Exeter Ave, Star Junction, Algonquin	The Puerto Rican Connection
	Star Junction, Algonquin	Pathos's first encounter
Marnie Allen	City Hall, Algonquin	Three Leaf Clover
	Quartz St & Ivy Drive South, Middle Park West, Algonquin	Marnie's first encounter
Eddie Low	Lockowski Ave, Alderney City, Alderney	Three Leaf Clover, night only
	Cockerell Ave, Berchem, Alderney	Eddie's first encounter, night only
Gracie Ancelotti	Babbage Drive, Acter, Alderney	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

Not Required for 100% or achievement

• Jeff (3 missions)
• Cherise Glover (1 mission)
• Ivan Bytchkov (1 mission)
• Clarence Little (1 mission)

The Lost and Damned

Required

• Dave Grossman (1 mission)
• Malc (2 missions)

Optional

• Brian Jeremy (1 mission)

The Ballad of Gay Tony

• Margot (2 missions)
• Daisie (1 mission)
• Arnaud (2 missions)

GTA Chinatown Wars

• Alonso
• Cherie
• Giorgio (2 missions)
• Guy
• Marcy (2 missions)
• Selma (2 missions)
• Tommy (2 missions)
• Wilhelm (3 missions)

External links

• Random Characters map at WikiGTA - GTA IV
• GTA 4 Liberty City Map (select NPCs > Person (contact) in the right menu)
• Random Characters map on GameFAQs - GTA Chinatown Wars