Safehouses in GTA Chinatown Wars

Safehouses in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has become much more useful than in previous Grand Theft Auto games. Safehouses can be acquired through missions or through purchases. When the player purchases a safehouse, the player can use the touchscreen to sign a deed confirming the purchase or void the deed to cancel the purchase. Safehouses not yet purchased are indicated by a blue house icon in the radar. Purchased safehouses are indicated by a green house icon. Safehouses that the player encounters can be viewed in the PDA.

The functionality of the interior of the safehouses differs dramatically from previous games. The player can use the touchscreen to browse around the safehouse. Along with the introduction of drug dealing, every safehouse has a stash box in which the player can stash collected drugs to free up space in the holdall or prevent the drugs from being taken by the police when busted. The whiteboard is used to replay previously completed story missions and to input cheats in the iPhone/iPod touch versions. The laptop is used to upload stats using Nintendo's Wi-Fi connection, viewable on the Rockstar Social Club. The couch or chair is used to save the game to restore the player's health, remove wanted levels, and advance the game by six hours. The door is used to exit the safehouse. Rewards in the form of objects can be seen placed on selves and on tables for the player to view.

A new feature to the safehouse is seclusion. During certain missions or hijacking certain vehicles with valuable contraband or weapons, the player must go to a secluded safehouse in order to search for them. Some safehouses include garages. Garages can only store one vehicle at a time.

Owning all twenty-one safehouses will reward the player with the Jeweled Key to the City and a step closer to completion.

Acquirable safehouses

Location	Garage	Secluded	Unlocked by
Cerveza Heights, Dukes	Yes	Yes	Yu Jian
Lancaster, Algonquin	Yes	Yes	Carpe "Dime"
South Bohan, Bohan	No	No	Raw Deal
Lower Easton, Algonquin	Yes	No	Missed the Boat?
Northwood, Algonquin	Yes	No	Grave Situation
Meadow Hills, Dukes	Yes	No	Wilhelm's third encounter
Star Junction, Algonquin	No	No	Scratch Cards

Purchasable safehouses

Location	Price	Garage	Secluded
BOABO, Broker	$10,000	Yes	No
Colony Island, Algonquin	$11,000	Yes	Yes
Firefly Island, Broker	$7,000	No	No
Hove Beach, Broker	$8,000	Yes	No
Hove Beach, Broker	$8,000	No	No
Little Bay, Bohan	$12,000	Yes	No
Middle Park, Algonquin	$8,000	No	No
Northwood, Algonquin	$9,000	Yes	Yes
Rotterdam Hill, Broker	$8,000	No	Yes
South Slopes, Broker	$12,000	Yes	Yes
Steinway, Dukes	$15,000	Yes	No
Suffolk, Algonquin	$9,000	No	No
The Meat Quarter, Algonquin	$9,000	Yes	No
Varsity Heights, Algonquin	$8,000	Yes	No

Gallery

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  The deed for a safehouse.

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  An interior of a safehouse in the Nintendo DS rendition.

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  Ditto.

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  The interior of Wilhelm's safehouse in the DS rendition.

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  The interior of a safehouse in the iPhone/IPod Touch rendition.

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  The Mission Replay whiteboard in the iPhone/IPod Touch rendition.