Every story and side mission across all seven Grand Theft Auto games. Filter by game to walk a specific campaign in order, or search by name.
Tenpenny sends CJ to plant evidence on a corrupt judge at the Hotel Embassy in San Fierro. CJ infiltrates the gala in a tuxedo, slips the package, and slips back out.
Donald Love has a DeadDodo dropping packages over the harbor as a decoy. Claude takes a boat and recovers each crate from the waves before Cartel divers reach them.
Woozie sends CJ to retake Madd Dogg's mansion in Mulholland from the Vagos who squatted in. CJ assaults the property in waves, clearing each floor of the rapper's house.
Ray Boccino's opening: hit Teddy Benavidez at his Northwood penthouse. Niko climbs the high-rise, fights through Dominicans, and throws Teddy off the roof for Ray.
The 'Deal' branch finale. Niko hunts Dimitri Rascalov on a Charge Island freighter for the last reckoning, fights through guards, and confronts him in the cargo hold.
Catalina demands CJ rob the Inside Track betting shop in Montgomery to prove his worth. CJ shoots it up, empties the till, and outruns the cops back to her hideout.
Zero needs RC drones taken out of his rooftop. CJ mans an anti-aircraft gun on top of the electronics shop and shoots down every drone Berkley sends in waves.
Cortez's final job: defend the colonel's yacht from a French navy ambush as he flees Vice City. Tommy mans the deck guns through wave after wave of attackers.
Mitch Baker's first test for Tommy: ride with the bikers and win a multi-lap street race through Downtown Vice City to earn The Greasy Chopper crew's trust.
Woozie sends CJ on a stealth swim out to a Da Nang freighter at night to plant a tracking bug on the Vietnamese gangsters' boat — without alerting the deck patrols.
First Bureau Raid prep mission. Michael infiltrates an architect's office in West Vinewood and lifts plans for the FIB tower — sneaking past staff or making a loud exit.
Woozie sends CJ undercover at City Planning with a microcamera to photograph the architectural blueprints of Caligula's Casino — the foundation for the upcoming heist.
The Truth burns his marijuana fields before the DEA raid arrives. CJ defends the perimeter from agents in helicopters, then hauls The Truth's Mothership van north.
Corrupt cop Ray Machowski sends Claude to back up old gunrunner Phil Cassidy at his Staunton trailer as waves of Cartel hitmen close in for the kill.
Derrick wants Niko to back him up on a meet at the LCPA dock with an old IRA contact. The contact comes packing — Niko shoots his way out as the meeting falls apart.
Tenpenny exiles CJ to Whetstone's Angel Pine and orders him to kill an internal-affairs witness hiding in the woods. CJ ambushes the lookouts and silences the snitch.
Asuka tortures Miguel for Cartel intel and uses Claude as the lure. Claude drives an open Cartel Cruiser through Staunton, drawing every Cartel hitter into an ambush.
Sweet wants the Grove cleaned up. CJ goes after B-Dup, the dealer who turned to crack, and beats him until he hands over leverage to bring the Families back.
El Burro of the Diablos has a delivery truck full of his adult magazines that needs distribution. Claude drives across Portland scattering crates before the run times out.
The Truth wants the government's secret jetpack. CJ stealth-infiltrates Area 69, fights through every floor of the underground base, and steals the jetpack to fly out.
Roman has been kidnapped by Vlad's enforcers. Niko tracks down a Russian witness, beats the location out of him, and storms a warehouse to drag Roman home alive.
Francis or Derrick — one McReary brother has to die. Niko picks his side, climbs to a sniper roost above the Memorial Park, and pulls the trigger on the chosen target.
Toni's last job: wire the Triad fish factory in Callahan Point with explosives, plant the truck-bomb out front, and detonate before the boss arrives for inspection.
Elizabeta Torres needs muscle on a heroin buy at the warehouse. Niko realizes the buyers are undercover cops mid-trade and shoots his way out as the bust collapses.
Pot-growing hippie The Truth wants a Combine Harvester for his farm. CJ infiltrates a military base in the desert, hijacks the rig, and outruns the National Guard back to Whetstone.
One of the four Blitz Play prep missions: any protagonist boosts a set of generic boiler suits from a Cypress Flats laundry depot for the heist crew's disguises.
Auntie Poulet has Tommy fly an RC plane loaded with explosives over the Cuban gang's car convoy. Drop the payload precisely on each cruiser before the timer runs out.
Phil Cassidy detonates one of his moonshine bombs and loses an arm in the blast. Tommy rushes him through Vice City traffic to the Schuman Health Care hospital before he bleeds out.
The big Caligula's heist. CJ leads the Triad crew through the casino vault, blows the floor, fights up through the surface, and escapes Las Venturas in a fire engine getaway.
Red Jacks leader D-Ice has Claude collecting platinum bullion scattered across Pike Creek by a downed plane, beating Purple Nine looters to every last brick.
C.R.A.S.H. orders CJ to firebomb a Vagos house. Inside, Denise Robinson is trapped. CJ extinguishes a path through the flames and carries her out before the building collapses.
Michael and Trevor finally bury the past at Ludendorff Cemetery in North Yankton — only to be ambushed by Triads and have to fight their way back through the snow.
TLAD episode mission seen from Johnny Klebitz's side: parallel to Niko's 'Blow Your Cover'. Johnny shows up to Elizabeta's heroin deal and shoots his way out as it goes wrong.
GTA V's controversial torture mission. Spawned a thousand thinkpieces.
Madrazo orders Michael and Trevor to shoot down a charter plane over the Vinewood hills. Michael snipes the engines, Trevor takes a chopper to recover the cartel target alive.
Francis McReary's first job: a blackmailer is loose somewhere in Algonquin's Castle Gardens with a phone. Niko has to find him in the park and recover the evidence.
Cuban café owner Umberto Robina sends Tommy to torch the Haitian compound. Tommy rolls in with Cuban backup, fights room to room, and burns the place to the ground.
Lester scopes the Vangelico jewel store with Michael. The two pose as customers, photograph the security and ventilation, and lay out the smart vs loud heist approach options.
CJ and Ryder hijack a National Guard ammunition train rolling out of Ocean Docks. They knock out the guards, unload the boxcars, and outrun the response unit back to Ganton.
Phil Bell has Niko intercept a heroin shipment coming in by speedboat at the Alderney pier. Niko takes a Squalo offshore, sinks rivals, and brings the heroin home to Phil.
Sweet sends CJ to a lowrider competition at Unity Station to spy on Kendl's new boyfriend, Cesar Vialpando. CJ wins the dance-off and earns Cesar's respect.
Salvatore Leone's daughter Maria wants a night out. Claude gets stuck driving her and her friends to a club — and escorting them safely back through gunfire.
Joey Leone needs Toni Cipriani driven to Saint Mark's. Claude plays chauffeur, dodging Triad heat as he ferries Toni across hostile Portland streets.
First half of the Bureau Raid. Michael and Trevor swap out a fire engine, stage a high-rise fire emergency, and infiltrate the FIB tower disguised as firefighters.
Sweet wants Ballas crack dealers run out of Grove Street. CJ and Sweet pile into a car, sweep through the neighborhood, and put down every last dealer they find.
TLAD episode mission seen from Johnny Klebitz: heists a museum exhibit of diamonds for Ray Boccino. Same diamond strand that surfaces later in IV's main story.
Little Jacob calls Niko to back him up on a deal in Schottler. The deal goes sideways and Niko shoots his way out, learning about cover and crouch on the streets of Broker.
Trailer 2's central set-piece — Lucia and Jason rob a Vice Beach convenience store and improvise a getaway. Officially shown by Rockstar.
Woozie's heist team needs LVPD HPV1000 motorbikes. CJ raids a dirt-track event, takes four cop bikes from inside the loop, and delivers each one back to the Four Dragons.
Vlad orders Niko to steal a police car for a heist setup. Niko bumps a cruiser, takes it from the cop, and outruns the LCPD pursuit before delivering the car to Vlad.
Cesar's chop shop crew needs the docks cleared for a stolen-car shipment. CJ races a tanker across San Fierro to wreck the customs cargo before inspectors arrive.
Madd Dogg's comeback gig is sabotaged by OG Loc's crew. CJ chases the rival rapper across LS, runs his Stretch limo off the road, and ends OG Loc's career permanently.
Salvatore suspects a rat in the Leone organization. Claude tails Curly Bob from the strip club to a meet with the Cartel, then takes him out before he talks.
Michael's slacker son Jimmy gets stuck on a yacht with hostile bikers. Michael surfs out, swims to the boat, and brings the yacht — and Jimmy — back to shore in Pacific Bluffs.
Woozie's heist team needs power cut to Caligula's at the right moment. CJ infiltrates the Sherman Dam, fights through workers, plants the charges, and parachutes out.
Dave Norton has Michael fake his own death and infiltrate the Mount Zonah morgue to kill an Azteca informant before he wakes — chaos exit through hospital corridors.
Joey wants a Forelli wiseguy whacked. Claude grabs a car with the body in the trunk, races to a crusher in Harwood, and dumps the evidence before the Forellis catch up.
Kenji Kasen has Claude steal a Yardie Lobo, gatecrash a Cartel/Yardie SPANK deal, and frame the Yardies for the slaughter — sparking a war between rivals.
Lance Vance has been captured by Diaz at the junkyard. Kent Paul phones Tommy with the bad news. Tommy fights through the junkyard to rescue Lance before Diaz finishes him.
Playboy X sends Niko to a Northwood construction site to settle a Russian payroll dispute. Niko climbs a half-built tower, fights through site workers, and finishes the foreman.
Donald Love asks Claude to drive a Securicar full of decoys past SWAT roadblocks across Staunton, drawing the Old Oriental Gentleman's guards into the open.
Devin Weston sends Franklin to Richards Majestic to repo two cars from a movie set. Franklin sneaks past the security guards, drives the targets out, and delivers them to Devin.
Property developer Avery Carrington wants a competing building blown up before opening day. Tommy pilots a rented RC helicopter through the half-built tower planting bombs on each floor.
Trevor drives a four-by-four onto the moving Liberty City freight train rolling through Bolingbroke, breaks open a boxcar with charges, and lifts the cargo before it derails.
TLAD episode opener for Ray Boccino. Johnny Klebitz and the Lost track stolen diamonds across Liberty City through a Stretch chase to a final shootout in the Bronx warehouse.
Michael's awkward yoga session with Fabien LaRouche turns into a peyote-fueled hallucination — Michael chimps out across Vinewood until the trip wears off back at home.
Don Jon Gravelli wants a Korean Triad rival hit at a packed Cipriani's restaurant. Niko slips in, clears the kitchen and dining room of bodyguards, and finishes the target.
Auntie Poulet's last job: take a sniper position above Little Havana and pick off Cubans as they ambush the Haitians. Tommy thins the Cuban ranks from the rooftops.
Mikhail Faustin sends Niko to a cop hangout disguised as a pharmacy to wipe out a Russian rival before he talks. Quiet entry, loud exit through Hove Beach traffic.
Sweet teaches CJ how gang wars work and points him at his first three Ballas turfs. CJ provokes a takeover, holds the territory through three escalating waves, and flips it Grove.
The Truth and CJ's drug-fueled run-in with two reckless friends in the desert outside Las Venturas. CJ chases their truck through hallucinations and brings them home alive.
Luigi sends Claude after a Diablos dealer pushing SPANK on his girls. Tail him through the Red Light District and put him down before he poisons more clients.
Luigi sends Claude to collect Misty again — this time to ferry her across Portland to Joey Leone's garage, opening the door into the Leone family proper.
Sweet, Smoke, and Ryder pile into CJ's car for a Ballas drive-by. CJ drives while the others lean out and shoot — then they outrun the LSPD response back to Grove Street.
After lunch at Cluckin' Bell, Sweet, Smoke, and Ryder spot a Ballas car and tell CJ to chase. CJ closes the gap and the Grove crew shoots up the rivals on the run.
The United Liberty Paper agent has Niko fly an Annihilator chopper to the rooftop of a hotel under siege, extract a target alive, and bring him back to The Triangle ahead of pursuit.
Roman teaches Niko the cab business. Niko picks up a fare in Hove Beach and runs him through Broker traffic past police pursuit to a Schottler delivery.
San Andreas's series-defining finale — Grove Street, on fire, against the world.
Gravelli has Niko escort a federal witness into a deal — but the meet is a trap. Niko fights the witness's escort out of an Algonquin garage and through Liberty City traffic.
Donald Love sends Claude to escort the Old Oriental Gentleman's Securicar through Cartel ambushes from a Staunton drop point safely back to Love Media.
Manny Escuela introduces Niko to Bohan with a kidnapping job — sweep through the South Bohan projects to grab a drug-dealing gang member from his apartment.
Asuka has the locations of Cartel SPANK distribution stalls posing as espresso carts. Claude tours Liberty City and smashes every last cart before the day ends.
Ray learns blackmail photos of Donald Love are being moved around the city in a courier's car. Claude smashes the vehicle and recovers every photograph before LCPD does.
Brucie hires Niko for a string of stolen-car runs around Liberty City. Niko boosts each high-end target without scratching the paint, then delivers it to Brucie's lockup.
Woozie wants demolition charges for his Caligula's heist. CJ raids a Sindacco quarry, fights through workers and gangsters, and loads dynamite into the back of a Cement Truck.
Devin Weston has Franklin and Trevor assassinate paparazzo Beverly's targets from a Maverick chopper above Vinewood. Trevor gunner, Franklin pilot.
Michael storms an in-game talent show set — one of GTA V's funniest mid-campaign moments.
Joey Leone and Luigi want Triad noodle vendor 'Chunky' Lee Chong dead for selling SPANK out of his stand. Claude tracks him to Chinatown and finishes the job.
Catalina dumps CJ for Claude. The breakup is settled with a street race for ownership of the El Corona house — CJ has to win or lose his Liberty City contact for good.
Michael's introduction to Franklin. After Franklin tries to repo Jimmy's truck through Michael's living room, the two team up and chase Jimmy's stolen yacht into a Vespucci Beach freeway pursuit.
A made man owes Triad money. CJ ties him to the front of a car and drives across Las Venturas while Woozie threatens, scaring the address out of him for the next hit.
Mikhail wants the head of a rival lieutenant. Niko intercepts him at Willis subway, chases him through carriages, and finishes the job before he hits the next stop.
Francis McReary wants a corrupt journalist silenced before he prints. Niko sits in on the interview, then ambushes the reporter when he leaves the Westminster police station.
Catalina drags CJ to a Liquor Store hold-up at Blueberry. CJ covers the door while she empties the registers — then they dodge the LSPD on the run home.
Woozie's pre-heist warmup. CJ joins a Triad team in clearing a Sindacco ambush at the Four Dragons valet — a nasty firefight at point-blank range in the parking lot.
Pegorino wants ex-capo Goldberg killed in his hospital bed. Niko infiltrates the Schottler Medical Center as a paramedic, slips past staff, and finishes Goldberg in his ICU room.
Avery Carrington's first job for Tommy: head to the Leaf Links country club, find an obstinate landowner among the holes, and persuade him with extreme prejudice on the green.
Salvatore Leone wants old enemies on a flight to Liberty City dead. CJ skydives onto the moving plane mid-flight, fights his way to the cockpit, and finishes the job.
Michael is held by Triads at the Vapid factory. Franklin races there with Trevor, fights through the meat-packing floor, and rescues Michael from execution at the last second.
Lester needs Michael to break into Lifeinvader HQ and plant a bomb on the CEO's desk while staff watch a presentation — viral assassination disguised as a marketing stunt.
Trevor learns that Michael — his old heist partner — is alive and hiding in Los Santos under witness protection. Trevor jumps in his truck and drives south to confront him.
The opening tutorial. After Catalina ambushes the prison convoy on Callahan Bridge, Claude breaks free and teams up with explosives expert 8-Ball to escape into Portland.
Catalina sends CJ to rob the Tax Office in Dillimore. CJ clears the staff, grabs the cash, and races a getaway vehicle through Red County's winding roads.
Ray suspects his old partner is talking to internal affairs. Claude takes a Predator boat to Portland Rock, ambushes him on the lighthouse run, and sinks the rat.
The earlier harbor packages were fakes. Donald has Claude follow a real Cartel cargo plane to Francis International, kill its guards, and recover the genuine briefcase.
Kenji owes a debt and the payment is six specific cars. Claude drives Kenji's wishlist back to a Newport lockup before the timer runs down on each delivery.
C.R.A.S.H. sends CJ to a Russian/Ballas weapons exchange at the Ocean Docks warehouse to seize a crate of guns and torch the rest of the contraband.
The Truth flies CJ over a freight train carrying military samples. CJ jetpacks down to the train, lifts a green-goo container, and flies it back to the Mothership van.
Sweet leads CJ on a Ballas-cleansing tour of the old neighborhood — three Ballas turfs taken back, gang by gang, until the Grove flag flies again over Ganton.
Lance Vance and Tommy back up Ricardo Diaz's deal in Washington Mall as a mystery crew opens fire. Tommy rides shotgun in a hail of bullets, protecting Diaz and his money.
Phil Cassidy's first job: ambush a Mesa convoy carrying military hardware on the Vice Beach boardwalk and clear all rivals — Tommy delivers each rig back to Phil's depot.
Trevor's run-in with the O'Neil brothers' meth-cooking cousin lures him to a remote farmhouse, where he chases the cousin off a dirt-bike on the Stab City flats.
Patrick McReary takes Niko down to the East Hook docks where they hijack a Russian truck full of contraband and outrun a docks-wide ambush back to Algonquin.
Elizabeta's last job for Niko before her arrest. She sends him to deliver a transplant heart to a corrupt surgeon — chaotic chase ensues through Bohan when the cops show.
Marty Chonks of the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory wants his wife's lover gone. Claude picks the man up under a pretense and feeds him to the cannery grinders.
Tenpenny lures CJ out to the Las Brujas ghost town to silence the last witnesses. CJ has to outdraw Pulaski in a final desert showdown after being forced to dig his own grave.
Cesar enters CJ in a serious lowrider street race for cash and rep. CJ tunes a lowrider, beats four Mexican rivals through Los Santos backstreets, and pockets the prize.
Mitch Baker's final test: a rival biker has Mitch's Angel — Tommy chases him down through Downtown traffic and the construction site, recovers the bike, and rides it home.
Francis McReary needs a Northwood drug lord eliminated. Niko climbs the project tower in Holland, fights through layers of bodyguards, and finishes the dealer in his penthouse.
Toreno phones CJ from Madd Dogg's mansion: get back to Los Santos, retake Grove Street from the Ballas. CJ leads the Grove crew on a turf reclamation push.
Ryder takes CJ on a stealth burglary tour of a sleeping homeowner's mansion. Move quietly, lift every valuable, and slip out before the marker maxes the noise meter.
Lamar drags Franklin and Trevor into a Vagos drug deal in Strawberry. The deal goes bad — running gunfight from the alley back to Grove Street as the Vagos chase them out.
Niko rescues Roman from kidnappers — emotional beat for IV's central duo.
Sweet throws a comeback party at his Ganton house. The Ballas crash it. CJ defends the porch and the perimeter through wave after wave of attackers until the smoke clears.
Devin Weston wants a Sea Sparrow chopper from the Cluckin' Bell test track. The trio has to swap a fast Beejay XL onto the moving track and outrun pursuit through Los Santos.
TBoGT episode opener seen from Luis Lopez's side. Luis intervenes during the Bank of Liberty heist Niko, Packie, and the McRearys are pulling — saving hostages while they escape.
El Burro has Claude rig a Mister Whoopee ice cream van as a mobile bomb, lure his rival's crew with the jingle, and detonate when they swarm.
The 'Deal' branch ending. Niko, Phil, and Pegorino's crew run the Ancelotti heroin deal at Charge Island. The exchange collapses and Niko shoots his way out across the docks.
The opening cinematic. Sonny Forelli sets up the story by sending Tommy Vercetti to Vice City as a Liberty City exile to handle a high-stakes drug deal for the family.
Mike Toreno's first job: defend his cargo helicopter from DEA gunships. CJ rides a Maverick over the desert and shoots down each pursuer before Toreno's chopper lands.
Roman calls Niko in to deal with the loan sharks who've been beating him. Niko grabs a bat, runs them down across Hove Beach, and reminds them who Roman's cousin is.
Roman owes Vlad money. Niko introduces himself to Vlad's circle by running an enforcer job — collecting a debt at gunpoint from a stash house in Schottler.
Woozie gives CJ a way into the Loco Syndicate via a strip-club owner named Jizzy B. CJ runs three errands for Jizzy across San Fierro to earn the man's trust.
Auntie Poulet sends Tommy to recover three Haitian ju-ju packages stashed across Little Havana before the Cubans get to them. Sweep each location and bring the packages back.
Big Smoke's deal at the Idlewood market goes wrong. Russian gangsters open fire and CJ rides shotgun on Smoke's escape, blasting pursuers across Los Santos to the safe house.
A Yakuza Kanbu has been arrested. Claude commandeers a police car, intercepts the prison transport on Staunton Island, and breaks the Kanbu out of the back.
Vice City's final mission — Sonny Forelli's siege of the Vercetti Estate.
Woozie's heist needs an inside man's keycard. CJ tails a Caligula's croupier, beds her on a date, and lifts the keycard from her bedside while she sleeps.
CJ tracks down Cesar Vialpando at an Angel Pine trailer park. The two reconnect after the Glen Park ambush and start planning their counter-strike against the conspirators.
Stretch sets Lamar up for a Ballas execution at the Cypress Flats foundry. Franklin, Michael, and Trevor storm the plant, fight through Ballas waves, and pull Lamar out alive.
Salvatore sends Claude to dispatch a target on a yacht in Portland Harbor. The setup is an ambush — Claude has to fight clear before the trap closes.
Ray sends Niko to the Majestic Hotel to put down a Russian contact who's gone rogue. Niko clears each guarded suite floor by floor and ends the target on the roof.
Toreno enrolls CJ in a full Pilot School curriculum at Verdant Meadows. CJ runs every lesson — takeoffs, loops, helicopter landings — to earn his wings for what's next.
Lester's stock-market assassination strand. Five hits on corporate executives across Los Santos that Franklin pulls off and Lester uses to manipulate share prices for the trio.
Cartel forces have grabbed the Old Oriental Gentleman in Aspatria. Donald sends Claude to a war-zone construction site to fight through them and rescue him.
OG Loc wants a beach-party DJ van and its mixtapes. CJ infiltrates the party at Verdant Bluffs, distracts the DJ, and drives the van back to OG Loc's Burger Shot.
Gravelli sends Niko to wreck a Pegorino-aligned trucking depot in Acter. Niko hits each rig with a rocket launcher and clears the lot before reinforcements arrive.
Catalina robs a Top Hat liquor store in Blueberry with CJ along for the ride. He covers the entrance, holds off arriving cops, and gets her clear with the cash.
Roman drags Niko into the internet age at the TW@ café. Niko sets up an email account, browses LibertyCity.net, and stumbles onto a date that becomes Carmen Ortiz.
Cesar and CJ help Varrios Los Aztecas push the Vagos out of El Corona. CJ wades through Vagos defenders street by street to reclaim the territory for Cesar's gang.
Sweet, CJ, and Cesar plan a hit on Kane and Little Weasel at a Ballas funeral in the cemetery. CJ snipes from a hilltop while Sweet finishes any survivors below.
Love Fist's frontman is desperate for a fix. Tommy collects Mercedes Cortez and his dealer, then races them through Vice City traffic before the band's tour bus rolls.
Donald Love has vanished from his penthouse. Claude searches Bedford Point for clues, then drives Maria Latore home as the Cartel begins to close in on her.
Elizabeta puts Niko on a basketball court rooftop with a sniper rifle to cover Patrick McReary's deal with Bucky Sligo's crew before the Irish turn on each other.
Claude's first job for Luigi Goterelli: pick up call girl Misty from her dealer in Hepburn Heights and chauffeur her safely back to Luigi's Sex Club 7.
Francis McReary needs an LCPD informant taken out before he testifies. Niko lures the snitch out with a phone call, ambushes him on the way, and finishes the loose end.
Woozie's plan: lure the Da Nang Boys away from their compound. CJ pilots a stunt plane low and loud to draw the gang into Triad territory for an ambush.
Madd Dogg, washed-up and on a Royal Casino ledge, threatens to jump. CJ commandeers a pizza delivery truck full of pies and catches the rapper as he leaps.
OG Loc demands Madd Dogg's rhyme book. CJ scales the Madd Dogg Mansion in the hills, sneaks past bodyguards through the upstairs corridor, and lifts the notebook.
Catalina celebrates the robbery streak with a flight in a stolen Maverick. CJ pilots her home over the countryside as she dumps her affection on him from the back seat.
Cortez has Tommy attend a 'business meeting' at the North Point Mall that turns into a Cuban shootout. Tommy fights through the food court to drag the briefcase out.
OG Loc wants Madd Dogg's manager dead. CJ rigs the manager's car with a sticky bomb during a funeral procession, follows him out, and detonates at the right moment.
Ray's cover is blown. Claude smuggles the marked cop across Staunton through Cartel and police roadblocks, gets him to Francis International, and onto a flight out.
Michael's wife Amanda is in Vinewood with her tennis coach. Michael grabs Franklin and tears down the coach's mansion onto the hill below — accidentally starting Madrazo's debt arc.
A Blitz Play prep job: any protagonist drives across Los Santos to the costume shop in Vespucci to buy heist masks for the security-truck robbery setup.
Ray Boccino has Niko clean up the diamond mess. Niko tracks the buyer to the Westdyke industrial yard, ambushes the deal, and lifts the cash before the Russians close in.
Michael's premiere of Meltdown at the Oriental Theater turns into a Devin Weston ambush. Michael chases Stretch and Devin's hitmen across Vinewood after the credits roll.
Mitch wants Vice City's police pushed to chaos. Tommy goes on a citywide rampage — escalating wanted stars by smashing cruisers and torching meters until the heat hits boil.
Joey has Claude rig Forelli capo Mike Lips' car with a bomb while he eats lunch at the St. Mark's bistro — then detonate it the moment he turns the key.
Jizzy sends CJ to extract Loco Syndicate man Mike Toreno from a Yardies ambush near Battery Point. CJ shoots his way through the firefight to drag Toreno clear in his Stretch.
Trevor parachutes onto a moving cargo plane mid-flight, fights through guards in the cabin, and pilots the hijacked plane back to Sandy Shores before fuel runs out.
Tenpenny wants a stash of dirt-files retrieved from a corrupt official's house in Prickle Pine. CJ breaks in quietly, finds the case, and slips out before backup arrives.
Steve Haines orders the trio to attack a Merryweather research lab. Michael drives a sub, Trevor scuba-dives onto the offshore platform, and Franklin runs surface support.
CJ helps Woozie's Mountain Cloud Boys reclaim a Triad shipment from the Vietnamese Da Nang Boys in a brutal Chinatown firefight that establishes Woozie's debt.
Niko's penultimate mission. Roman's wedding to Mallorie ends in disaster as Pegorino's gunmen open fire on the church reception, killing one of Niko's loved ones.
Trevor's introduction. Trevor wakes up at the Sandy Shores trailer, ends his rivalry with Johnny Klebitz violently, and rolls in to wipe out the Lost MC clubhouse.
Solomon Richards introduces Michael to studio politics. The two race onto a Backlot City film set and Michael runs an action sequence to scare a problem star straight.
Ray Boccino has Niko handle the Liberty City Museum diamond exchange. The deal is a setup — Niko shoots his way out of the museum atrium as Lost MC bikers crash the meet.
Toreno's nap-of-earth mission. CJ takes a Rustler under the radar across the desert, dodges Hydras, and delivers the package without ever climbing past tree height.
Umberto Robina has Tommy and Cubans intercept a Haitian shipment. Tommy takes a Cuban Jetmax out into the bay and sinks every Haitian boat carrying drug crates back to shore.
Trevor's coke-running buddy Ron needs Trevor to disrupt a Mexican rival's plane drop. Trevor takes a duster crop-plane, tracks the smuggler, and downs his shipment over the Alamo Sea.
Zero's RC battle showdown with Berkley. CJ pilots Zero's RC tank through the model battlefield while Zero coordinates from the rooftop in the noisy final encounter.
Sweet drills the Grove Street boys on shooting fundamentals at the LS docks before sending CJ off to handle a real threat against the family.
Mikhail orders Niko to retrieve his brutally beaten lieutenant Anton from a warehouse. Niko shoots through Russians and Brucie's bodyguards before extracting Anton alive.
Ray sends Niko after the rats who hit his Algonquin meet. Niko hunts a Korean target through Algonquin's K-Town subway, fights through commuters, and finishes the job below ground.
TBoGT episode mission seen from Luis Lopez's side: Tony Prince has Luis ambush the same diamond exchange — Niko, Johnny, and Luis all converge at the Libertonian Museum.
Trevor's optional off-road race strand. Five point-to-point dirt races across Blaine County: forest trails, desert washes, and Mount Chiliad descents. Win all for 100% credit.
Big Smoke's nephew Jeffrey wants help with his rap career. CJ picks up the freshly paroled OG Loc and chases down the rapper Freddy across Los Santos to settle the score.
Pegorino offers Niko one last job: a heroin deal with the Ancelottis at Honkers. Niko has to choose between taking the money with Pegorino or refusing and ending the alliance.
The 'Revenge' branch finale. Niko and Roman chase Pegorino across Liberty City — boat, helicopter, on foot to the abandoned casino site for GTA IV's final showdown.
Jizzy sends CJ to escort a Loco Syndicate convoy of dealer cars across San Fierro. CJ rides a sport bike and shoots down rivals harassing the convoy en route.
Devin Weston has Franklin and Trevor chase a sealed shipping container across the Vinewood Hills. Trevor hijacks the convoy truck and Franklin defends from his motorcycle.
Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen wants a snooping reporter dead. Claude tails the press helicopter and shoots it down over Staunton Island before the photos go to print.
ULP's contact has Niko intercept a foreign agent on a motorbike chase across Algonquin. Little Jacob rides shotgun while Niko forces the contact off the road and recovers his briefcase.
Pegorino wants the Ancelottis hurt for muscling in. Niko ambushes their convoy on the Algonquin Bridge, takes the cars apart, and walks the bridge before LCPD arrives.
Asuka has Claude run a payment to her bent cop, Ray Machowski. Answer phone booths around Staunton Island in order until Ray's drop point is revealed.
Pegorino sends Niko on a coke deal at Acter Industrial Park that goes sideways fast. Niko fights through Triads and Lost MC bikers and recovers the briefcase by helicopter.
Pegorino wants Ray Boccino silenced before he becomes a federal asset. Niko ambushes Ray as he packs to flee the country and finishes him at Coquettes apartment in Algonquin.
Diaz wants payback on a crew of Streetwannabe's gangsters. Tommy rides Lance's helicopter as gunner, raining fire down on the Prawn Island compound from the air.
Cesar and CJ stake out a Loco Syndicate meeting beneath the Garver Bridge. CJ uses a camera to photograph each member while Cesar narrates the conspiracy.
Playboy X needs photos of his old gang rival Marlon Bridges. Niko corners Marlon at Swinger Park, clears the basketball court of his crew, and snaps the headshot.
The full pilot training strand at Verdant Meadows: ten increasingly demanding flight tests in fixed-wing planes and helicopters that unlock pilot rank for Toreno's missions.
An optional Pimping side-job started by climbing into a Broadway. CJ ferries working girls to clients, fights off rough customers, and pockets a cut from each pickup.
Lester sits the trio down to plan the Union Depository job. Michael picks the subtle or obvious approach, picks the crew, and locks in the final heist's variables.
Ray's first hit on Officer McAffrey failed. McAffrey is now in a body-cast in an ambulance bound for the LCPD HQ. Claude rams the rig and finishes him off in transit.
ULP wants a former agent dead. Niko climbs the Funland abandoned theme park, fights through paranoid mercenaries, and finishes the man inside the park's central building.
Trevor pilots a stealth chopper while Michael snipes from the cabin to clear a Merryweather strike team chasing the trio's coke shipment up Mount Chiliad's hillside.
Strongly implied opening sequence — Lucia's release-into-action introduction. Trailer 1 framed her in prison clothes.
A stalker is hunting the rock band Love Fist. Tommy ambushes the killer, hijacks his Sabre Turbo, and fights off the goons sent to retrieve the would-be assassin.
A bomb is planted on Love Fist's limo and they have to keep moving above a certain speed. Tommy drives the band through Vice City as the timer ticks toward detonation.
Tonya's first call: Franklin tows a stranded car from a Strawberry parking lot to the impound. The Strangers and Freaks job that opens the towing-side strand for Franklin.
A rival pimp is muscling in on Luigi's turf. Claude grabs a vehicle, hunts him down on the streets of the Red Light District, and clears the competition.
Cesar wants the chop shop's Loco Syndicate competitors taken down a notch. CJ chases their tow truck and trashes their fleet of getaway vehicles around San Fierro.
CJ drives Triad veteran Ran Fa Li to a meeting from Woozie's Chinatown apartment, fending off Vietnamese ambushes through the streets of San Fierro.
Catalina returns. After murdering Asuka and Miguel, she kidnaps Maria Latore and demands a half-million ransom — setting up the showdown at the Cartel mansion.
Packie's sister Gracie has been kidnapped — and Niko has to deliver the ransom diamond exchange. The deal collapses into a chase across Algonquin under fire from the Ancelottis.
Sweet calls a Families peace summit at the Jefferson Motel. The LSPD storm the place. CJ and Sweet shoot their way out floor by floor, then escape across the rooftops.
Michael chases his runaway son Jimmy through Vespucci, fights drug dealers who drugged him, and wraps up an awkward family-therapy session that puts the De Santas back together.
D-Ice tasks Claude with driving a truck rigged with a delicate detonator to a Purple Nines drop site in Wichita Gardens — without bumping into anything along the way.
Mikhail rigs a truck with explosives and tells Niko to drive it to a meet. Niko has to deliver carefully, set the bomb in the warehouse, and walk away before detonation.
Ryder's last job: hit the National Guard depot at Ocean Docks. CJ keeps lookout from a forklift while Ryder loads crates of military hardware onto a Mule truck.
Dimitri burns Roman's apartment and taxi depot to the ground. Niko escapes the inferno, drags Roman away from the destruction, and sets up the move to Bohan's projects.
Tommy's hostile takeover of the Diaz mansion. Vice City's most quotable cutscene.
Dwayne Forge wants the man who's been with his ex Cherise put down. Niko tails the target's car across Algonquin and runs him off the road in a tight pursuit.
The Purple Nines call out the Red Jacks for a final brawl. D-Ice sends Claude to back up the gang in a fistfight that decides who runs Wichita Gardens.
Big Smoke wants a Vagos dealer dead and his cash collected. CJ and Smoke chase the dealer on foot through the back streets of East Los Santos and corner him in an alley.
Dimitri's betrayal — Niko walks into a Hove Beach warehouse meet that turns into a trap. Niko fights through Russian gunmen and Bulgarin's enforcers as the alliance collapses.
CJ's introduction to his Grove Street friend Ryder. The two of them rob the Well Stacked Pizza in Idlewood — CJ keeps lookout while Ryder takes the till.
A Cartel SPANK plane is making its drop run over Liberty City. Asuka hands Claude a surface-to-air missile launcher and tells him to bring it down before delivery.
Salvatore sends CJ all the way to Liberty City for one job: kill the Forelli capos at Saint Mark's Bistro. CJ fights room to room and disappears before LCPD arrives.
Toni Cipriani's first job for Claude: ferry Toni across Portland to a Leone family sit-down at Salvatore's mansion, with Triads gunning for them every block.
Asuka wants Salvatore Leone dead for his betrayal. Claude ambushes the don as he leaves the Sex Club 7 and gets the long-awaited revenge for Catalina.
Trevor cases the Port of Los Santos for the Merryweather Heist setup. Climb the harbor crane, scope the cargo, and pick the gear-up approach for Floyd and the crew.
Optional speedboat race strand. Five buoy-marked sea circuits along the Pacific Ocean coast, Paleto Cove, and Alamo Sea. Win all for 100% completion progress.
Little Jacob hands Niko a sniper rifle and a list of targets across Trumbull. Niko picks each one off from a rooftop while staying clear of police chatter on the air.
Kenji needs his protection rounds collected. Claude visits each shopkeeper across Staunton, beats off rival Yardie collectors, and brings the Yakuza take home.
McAffrey is talking from his hospital bed. Ray sends Claude to torch every one of his safehouses across Newport and Staunton before he names names.
Cortez has lined up a buyer for serious military hardware. Tommy infiltrates the Fort Baxter army base, hijacks a Rhino tank, and drives it back to Cortez's yacht.
Kenji wants the Yardies wiped out for muscling into Yakuza turf. Claude hunts Yardie crews across Staunton Island until every last one of them is gone.
Derrick wants old IRA enemy Bucky Sligo dead. Niko tracks Bucky to a fight at the Berchem Boxing Club in Alderney and shoots him as he leaves the gym in a hurry.
Catalina, CJ, and Claude rob the Palomino Creek Bank. CJ holds hostages downstairs while Catalina cracks the vault, then drives the loot truck through the highway chase.
Tenpenny sends CJ to tail a journalist on a moving train without being spotted. CJ has to keep his distance, then make the move when the journalist meets a contact.
GTA V's Ending A. Franklin sides with Devin Weston and ends Trevor's life — the trio is broken, Trevor dies in a fuel-tanker chase across the Alamo Sea oil fields.
An enhanced-edition exclusive: stock-car circuit races at Los Santos and Blaine County tracks for cash and 100% completion progress on the next-gen versions of GTA V.
A government cargo plane is taking off with stolen weapons. CJ jumps into a Hydra, intercepts the plane mid-air, lands on its hull, and disables it before takeoff.
Manny wants the dealers off the corners. Niko strafes the South Bohan basketball court from a moving SUV in a coordinated drive-by that wipes the spot in seconds.
Umberto's first job: prove yourself by winning a Cuban speedboat course around Starfish Island. Tommy threads buoys at full throttle to earn the Cubans' respect.
Diaz's final job: stop a French smuggling crew with a Squalo speedboat, then return for the deal as gunfire breaks out — kicking Tommy and Lance out of Diaz's orbit for good.
Zero hands CJ an RC Baron with a fuel limit and a list of three Berkley couriers. CJ flies the RC plane around San Fierro and shoots each one down before fuel runs out.
The trio scopes the Union Depository in Pillbox Hill from a rooftop opposite. Michael, Trevor, and Franklin photograph approaches and weak points to plan the Big Score.
Sweet is pinned down at his girlfriend's place in Seville Boulevard. CJ races through Ballas territory to extract Sweet and fight their way back to Grove Street.
Jizzy and T-Bone send CJ to a deal that goes wrong at the docks. CJ rides shotgun in a chase across San Fierro, defending the Loco Syndicate's drugs through ambushes.
Sweet hands CJ a spray can and a list of rival tags across Los Santos. CJ paints over every Ballas, Vagos, and Front Yard tag he can find before time runs out.
Ray uses Niko as a moving collection service. Niko drives a garbage truck across Algonquin, picks up sealed Lost MC payouts at three drop spots, and brings the truck back to Drusilla's.
Toni wants the Triads bled. Claude tracks down three Triad laundry vans across Chinatown and torches every single one before they finish their rounds.
Cesar shows CJ the chop shop business: steal two specific high-end cars from a heavily guarded car dealership and deliver them back to the garage in Doherty.
ULP delivers on the deal: the agent gives Niko the location of Darko Brevic, the man who betrayed his unit in the war. Niko meets the prisoner at Francis International Airport.
GTA V's final heist — the Union Depository job that pays out the entire campaign in one mission.
Lester targets venture capitalist Isaac Penny. Franklin tails the city bus Penny rides, ambushes it from a parked vehicle on the Vinewood route, and finishes the deal.
Solo-able stealth heist on a private island — biggest single Online drop in years.
Diaz wants the rider who's been spying on him from a rooftop. Tommy chases the spy across Vice City rooftops on foot, through alleys and traffic, to the building site on Prawn Island.
Lester's final hit: Enzo Bonelli, a corrupt construction tycoon. Franklin climbs the unfinished Mile High Club tower and finishes Bonelli at the construction site's overlook.
GTA IV's opening mission. Niko gets off the boat in Liberty City, meets his cousin Roman in Hove Beach, and learns very quickly that the American Dream he was promised was a lie.
Failing dog-food magnate Marty Chonks owes a fortune. Claude picks up Marty's white-collar mark and drives him to the cannery for grinding — and quick cash.
The final hit on the Da Nang Boys. CJ raids their freighter from a helicopter, shoots through every deck, frees the captives, and bails as the ship goes under.
Multi-approach casino vault job — Rockstar's first 'big-budget' Online heist.
Three-act techno-thriller heist — one of GTA Online's high-water marks for scripted content.
Liberty City's GTA III finale — Catalina's final betrayal, played out in helicopter chase.
Diaz needs a specific Squalo speedboat. Tommy storms a heavily guarded boatyard in Viceport, takes the boat, and outruns the harbor police back to Diaz's mansion.
Luigi has eight working girls scattered across Portland and a police charity ball to staff. Claude collects every prostitute and delivers them to the venue on time.
Joey lines up a Securicar heist. Claude's job is the wheel — bust the van open with a tow truck, then outrun the police back to Joey's garage.
The pivotal mission. CJ and Sweet drive into a Ballas ambush at Glen Park, fight off waves of attackers, and the truth about the Green Sabre that killed CJ's mom comes out.
Playboy X wants Dwayne Forge dead — Niko has to choose. Either kill Dwayne for Playboy's $25k or kill Playboy for Dwayne's friendship. The choice locks out one of the two for good.
Lester's first paid assassination for Franklin: kill the corrupt Vinewood hotel owner. Snipe him from the rooftop opposite or storm the suite — both options open up market plays.
Dimitri orders the hit on Mikhail Faustin. Niko climbs the Russian boss's mansion in Beachgate, fights through bodyguards, and finishes Mikhail on the rooftop balcony.
Lester targets four lawyers boarding a chopper at the Del Perro Pier helipad. Franklin sets up a sniper roost and drops all four targets before they board the helicopter.
Toni's restaurant is under attack. Claude races to the scene, fights off Triad enforcers in waves, and protects the Cipriani family kitchen until the heat dies down.
Manny Escuela tries to live-doc his work for the camera. Niko follows their target, Teddy Benavidez, through Bohan and shoots him out of his bulletproof Cavalcade.
Elizabeta sends Niko, Johnny Klebitz, and Playboy X to recover heroin from a NOOSE-controlled hospital. Niko leads a rooftop assault and clears every floor of the building.
Marty Chonks needs another scapegoat. Claude collects two Yardie burglars under false pretenses and feeds them into the same dog-food cannery as the others.
GTA V's canonical Ending C. Franklin teams Michael and Trevor against every enemy at once — Stretch, Wei Cheng, Steve Haines, Devin Weston — and the trio survives together.
GTA V's Ending B. Franklin sides with Steve Haines and ends Michael — a chase up to the Palmer-Taylor power station overlook for the final cliffhanger fight.
Lester puts Franklin on Brett Lowrey, a Bilkington VP. Franklin tracks Lowrey to a Vespucci high-class brothel, sets a fire to flush him out, and snipes him in the chaos.
Marty's last desperate scheme: cash in his wife's life-insurance policy. Claude collects Mrs. Chonks for a final ride to the dog-food factory in Trenton.
Dave Norton sets up a meeting with Steve Haines that turns into an FIB-IAA shootout on the Kortz Center cliffs. Michael and Trevor escape with both groups gunning for them.
Niko's bank-robbery mission with the McReary brothers. Still considered one of the best-staged scenes in any GTA.
Roman wants Niko to drive him and his date Mallorie out for the night. The evening goes sideways at Firefly Island when loan sharks corner them in the parking lot.
Steve Haines' first FIB job for the trio. Michael, Trevor, and Franklin extract Mr. K from the FIB tower with a window-rappel raid and helicopter Trevor to the bridge for the drop.
Phil Bell has Niko stop a Triad attempt to hijack their heroin shipment. Niko sets up an ambush along the Alderney coast, fights off the Triads, and clears the road for the truck.
Blitz Play prep: any protagonist boosts a heavy tow truck from a Strawberry yard. Tow it back to Trevor's lockup as ammunition for ramming the security truck.
D-Ice points Claude at three SPANK Securicars driven by the Purple Nines. Claude commandeers a TOYZ van and uses RC Bandits to blow each one across Shoreside.
Blitz Play prep: any protagonist hijacks a city sanitation rig from its route through Los Santos. Drive it back without losing the cab to the LSPD pursuit response.
Cortez's first job for Tommy. A French gangster has betrayed the colonel — Tommy hunts him through a jeweler's, takes him out, and recovers the stolen jewels.
Phil Bell tracks rivals who've been hitting Pegorino shipments to a Westdyke construction site. Niko climbs the unfinished tower in waves of cover fire and finishes the target up top.
Toni wants three Triad warlords dead before sundown. Claude hunts each one through Chinatown markets and back alleys, settling old Leone scores in blood.
El Burro tasks Claude with torching a series of Diablos rivals using a flamethrower. Sweep three sets of gang members across Portland before time runs out.
GTA V's optional triathlon strand: three swim-bike-run races across San Andreas at Vespucci, Alamo Sea, and Mount Chiliad. Win all three for 100% completion credit.
Umberto's final job: torch the Haitian drug factory in Little Haiti. Tommy and a Cuban crew fight their way through layered gunmen and detonate the lab from inside.
Phil Bell sends Niko to hijack a Triad heroin truck on the move in Alderney. Niko takes out the cab, fights through the escort cars, and drives the rig back to Phil's depot.
Derrick wants federal witness Aiden O'Malley dead before he testifies. Niko intercepts the prison transport convoy in the Booth Tunnel and finishes O'Malley before backup arrives.
El Burro fronts the cash for a street race. Claude lines up a Cheetah at Hepburn Heights and battles three rivals through Portland, first across the line takes all.
Avery Carrington's last job. Tommy gears up as a rival gangster, ambushes a Forelli capo arriving for a meeting, and disappears into the chaos before backup arrives.
Asuka uncovers an undercover cop posing as a Yakuza informant. Claude hunts Tanner through Staunton's traffic, runs his car off the road, and finishes him.
Vlad has been sleeping with Mallorie. Niko corners him under the L tracks and ends the Russian's scheme — sparking the full mob war that swallows the early game.
Asuka introduces Claude to her brother Kenji and an FBI surveillance team watching them. Claude takes out three FBI vans on Staunton Island before the heat builds.
Niko, Packie, and Kate attend the McReary brother's funeral. The procession through Algonquin gets ambushed — Niko mans the hearse's gun and fights the shooters off in transit.
Dwayne sends Niko to a Triangle Club to handle a debtor in the back. Niko clears the club through bouncers, finds the target backstage, and finishes him in the dressing room.
The penultimate heist setup. CJ shoots down a Caligula's surveillance blimp over Las Venturas with a heat-seeking missile so the heist crew can move unseen.
D-Ice gives Claude an Uzi and a strict timer: kill twenty Purple Nines in drive-bys across Wichita Gardens within two and a half minutes for the bounty.
Joey wants three Securicars. Claude rams each open with a tow truck, neutralizes the guards, and delivers every armored van back to the Trenton garage.
Toreno tells CJ to buy the abandoned Verdant Meadows Airfield in Bone County. CJ buys the property, kicking off the flight school and the Catalina-era setpieces to come.
Toreno needs a Hydra jet stolen from a Navy ship. CJ swims out, infiltrates the carrier, hijacks the Hydra, and shoots down the pursuit fighters across the bay.
Donald wants a war started between Yakuza and Cartel. Claude takes a Yardie Cartel Cruiser and assassinates Yakuza heir Kenji Kasen at his own casino opening.
Patrick has Niko ambush a Russian crew at Meadow Hills with a four-seater. Niko grabs the bagged hostage, races south through Algonquin traffic, and delivers him for ransom.
Ray Boccino tells Niko where to find Florian Cravic — the man Niko has been hunting since Eastern Europe. Niko corners him in a Middle Park penthouse for the long-awaited reunion.
ULP sends Niko to grab an Algonquin financier with terrorist ties. Niko storms the helipad ambush, drags the target alive into a chopper, and delivers him to the rendezvous.
Yes — the meme mission. Big Smoke wanted that train followed.
Cesar introduces CJ to Triad boss Wu Zi 'Woozie' Mu at a country airfield. After a tense first meeting, the two race off-road through Red County for honor.
Woozie sends CJ to wreck a Sindacco chip-counterfeiting operation. CJ infiltrates a forgery factory, plants charges across each floor, and detonates the place from across the street.
Cesar's chop shop needs a particular Sentinel. CJ chases a stolen one through San Fierro on the freeway, runs the driver off the road, and tows it back.
