Welcome to the ultimate guide for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition! This linear checklist will help you achieve 100% completion and unlock all achievements as you play through the game. Simply follow the steps from start to finish and conquer San Andreas like a pro. Let’s get started!
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Introduction
Are you about to play GTA SA after several years, or maybe on your way to do your first playthrough and/or want to experience every little thing this game has to offer?
This walkthrough will let you efficiently finish Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition while unlocking all achievements and getting 100% completion.
Missions, relationships, sidemissions and other tasks are in order of when they are unlocked, or in the order that makes the most sense.
Some tasks in the list are not necessary for either 100% or an achievement.
Usage example
Create a new note for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition and copy the checklist section you want to work on from this guide into it.
That way you can use the steam overlay to check off any task that you’ve done.
Notes on steam can be a bit buggy if they are too long, keep each section as its own note.
Checklist explanation
Bold = 100% task
Underlined = Achievement task
Normal = Optional task
Italic = Comments
Time to finish
60 hours
External tools
https://mapgenie.io/ – Map Genie – Great for finding collectibles, stunt jumps, missions and/or all other kind of things.
https://gtasnp.com/ – GTASnP – Online tool for uploading your save files and being able to check your progress.
Checklist Part 1: Los Santos
[ ] Intro: In the Beginning
[ ] CJ: Big Smoke
[ ] CJ: Sweet & Kendl
[ ]
Fail a mission
Can be done at any point and is not missable as it can be achieved in for example BMX Challenge as well as several other side missions
[ ]
Get arrested 50 times
To efficiently grind this achievement, do it at the start of the game by repeatedly running into the police precinct and hit a cop, they will either arrest you immediately or beat you until you only have a sliver of health left and then arrest you. You can however also achieve this during your playthrough, but you will lose your weapons each time, unless you are dating Barbara, and getting arrested 50 times is probably not going to happen in a “normal” playthrough anyway
[ ] Courier Roboi’s Food Mart – Level 4
[ ] Pimping – Level 10
Uses Broadway
[ ] Vigilante – Level 12
Achievement: What the City Needs
Unlocks 50% Armor increase
[ ] Firefighter – Level 12
Achievement: Rescue a Kitten Too?
Unlocks Fireproof
[ ] Paramedic- Level 12
Achievement: Saviour
Unlocks Maximum Health
[ ] Taxi – 50 fares in total
Achievement: Yes I Speak English
Unlocks Nitro and Boost Jump on taxis
[ ] Spray 100 tags in Los Santos
Resupply Spray Can ontop of CJs house
Unlocks Molotov co*cktail, AK-47, Sawn-off Shotgun, TEC-9 in the Johnson House
[ ]
Drown
[ ] 11 Oysters in Los Santos
Oysters in Red County will be accounted for later
[ ] 24 Unique Stunt Jumps in Los Santos
Jumps in Red County will be accounted for later
[ ]
Achievement: Sticky Fingers
Unlocks Infinite Sprint
[ ]
Win Inside Track Betting
Save and bet on Teal Horse until win
[ ] Buy 6 Safehouses in Los Santos
[ ]
Buy a safehouse
[ ] Dance minigames (3 levels)
[ ]
Perform a perfect dance routine
[ ] R: Ryder
[ ]
Get a Grove Street tattoo
[ ]
Achievement: With Extra DipBuy 8 Meals from Cluckin’ Bell
[ ]
Achievement: I’ll Have Two Number 9s Reach maximum weight
At most 11 big meals at a time every 6 hours, 4 times
[ ] S: Tagging Up Turf
[ ]
Score 30 points in Basketball
[ ] S: Cleaning the Hood
[ ] S: Drive-Thru
[ ]
Do a barbell curl or benchpress
[ ] Fighting Style in Los Santos Gym
Requires 35% Muscle
[ ] S: Nines and AK’s
[ ] Buy all clothes in Binco
[ ] Buy all clothes in Sub Urban
[ ] Buy all clothes in ProLaps
[ ]
Spend $6969 on clothes, hair and/or tattoos
[ ] S: Drive-By
[ ]
Use a Pay ‘n’ Spray while wanted
[ ]
Achievement: Where’d He Go? Use 20 Pay ‘n’ Sprays while wanted
Keep this in mind while doing a playthrough and you will achieve it at some point without having to specifcally grind for it
[ ] S: Sweet’s Girl
[ ] S: Cesar Vialpando
[ ] CV: High Stakes, Low-Rider
[ ] R: Home Invasion
[ ] R: Catalyst
[ ] R: Robbing Uncle Sam
[ ] BS: OG Loc
[ ] BS: Running Dog
[ ] BS: Wrong Side of the Tracks
[ ] BS: Just Business
[ ] OG: Life’s a Beach
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] OG: Madd Dogg’s Rhymes
[ ]
Stealth kill all guards
[ ] OG: Management Issues
[ ] OG: House Party
[ ] Cops: Burning Desire
[ ] Girlfriend: Denise Robinson
Available: 4pm – 6am
Relationship unlocks:
40%: “Hot coffee”
50%: Hustler
100%: Pimp Suit
[ ] Date: Ten Green Bottles Bar
[ ] Cops: Gray Imports
[ ] S: Doberman
Unlocks Shooting Range, but I’d recommend waiting until all weapons are unlocked.
Unlocks Gang Warfare temporarily, but I’d recommend waiting until it’s unlocked again later in the game.
[ ] S: Los Sepulcros
[ ] S: Reuniting the Families
[ ] BMX Challenge
Requires 20% Cycling Skill
[ ] Stadium: 8-Track (1st place)
Requires 20% Driving Skill
Unlocks Hotring Racer
Unlocks Monster
[ ] S: The Green Sabre
Achievement: All Dressed Up for San Fierro
Unlocks San Fierro
Disables Gang Warfare temporarily
Checklist Part 2: San Fierro
[ ]
Achievement: 81 Years Too Late Spend 24 continuous in-game hours in the countryside
[ ]
Go 24 continuous in-game hours without breaking the law
Can combine this with the 81 Years Too Late achievement
[ ] The Chilliad Challenge (1st in 3 races)
Requires 40% Cycling Skill
Available: 7am – 6pm
[ ] 8 Oysters in Flint County
[ ] 6 Oysters in Red County
[ ] 3 Unique Stunt Jumps in Flint County
[ ] 11 Unique Stunt Jumps in Red County
[ ] Buy 2 Safehouses in Flint County
[ ] Buy 3 Safehouses in Red County
[ ] Girlfriend: Helena Wankstein
Require: Less than 15% muscle and fat
Available: 8am – 12pm & 2pm – 2am
Relationship unlocks:
0%: Chainsaw, Flamethrower, Molotov co*cktail, Pistol
50%: Bandito
70%: “Hot coffee”
100%: Rural Clothes
[ ] Date: World of Cоq
[ ] Cops: Badlands
[ ] C: First Date (Tanker Commander)
[ ] Trucker: 6 Missions
Mission 7 & 8 not accessible yet, will be accounted for later
[ ] TT: Body Harvest
[ ] CV: King in Exile
[ ] Phonecall: Loco Syndicate Drug Courier
Every Wednesday and Saturday
Disabled after Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
[ ] Phonecall: Big Smoke’s Cash
Every Monday and Friday
Disabled after Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
[ ] C: First Base (Local Liquor Store)
[ ] C: Gone Courting (Against All Odds)
[ ] C: Made in Heaven (Small Town Bank)
[ ] CV: Wu Zi Mu
[ ] CV: Farewell, My Love…
[ ] TT: Are You Going To San Fierro?
Unlocks five-star wanted level
[ ] Courier Hippy Shopper – Level 4
[ ] Fighting Style in San Fierro Gym
Requires 35% Muscle
[ ] NRG-500 Challenge
[ ] Stadium: Blood Bowl (Survive 1 minute)
Requires 20% Driving Skill
Unlocks Bloodring Banger
[ ] Girlfriend: Katie Zhan
Require: High Muscle
Available: 12pm – 12am
Relationship unlocks:
0%: Free hospital visit without losing weapons
50%: Romero
52%: “Hot coffee”
100%: Medic Uniform
[ ] Date: Paradiso Diner Restaurant
[ ] Girlfriend: Michelle Cannes
Require: Fat over 50%, High Sex Appeal
Available: 12am – 12pm
Relationship unlocks:
0%: Michelle’s Auto Repair (Free Pay ‘n’ Spray)
40%: “Hot coffee”
50%: Monster
100%: Racing Suit
[ ] Date: Misty’s
[ ] 50 Snapshots in San Fierro
Unlocks Grenade, Sniper Rifle, Pump Action Shotgun, Micro Uzi at the Doherty Garage
[ ] 9 Oysters in San Fierro
[ ] Buy 6 Safehouses in San Fierro
[ ] 14 Unique Stunt Jumps in San Fierro
One additional one not accessible on Gant Bridge yet, will be accounted for later
[ ] Buy all clothes in Zip
[ ] CJ: Wear Flowers in Your Hair
[ ] Buy Zero RC
[ ] Z: Air Raid
[ ] Z: Supply Lines…
[ ] Z: New Model Army
[ ] CJ: 555 We Tip
[ ] Valet – Level 5
[ ] CJ: Deconstruction
[ ] Driving School (Atleast Bronze on 12 tests)
Bronze unlocks Super GT
Silver unlocks Bullet
Gold unlocks Hotknife
[ ]
Get all golds in a vehicle school
[ ] Racing: San Fierro (6 races, 1st place)
[ ] Racing: Los Santos (6 races, 1st place)
[ ] Triads: Photo Opportunity
[ ] Triads: ji*zzy
[ ] ji*zzy: T-Bone Mendez
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] ji*zzy: Mike Toreno
[ ]
Find Mike Toreno without searching at any of the referenced locations
Go directly to Easter Bay Airport
[ ] ji*zzy: Outrider
[ ] Cops: Snail Trail
[ ] Triads: Ice Cold Killa
[ ] Triads: Pier 69
[ ] Triads: Toreno’s Last Flight
[ ] W: Mountain Cloud Boys
[ ] W: Ran Fa Li
[ ] W: Lure
[ ] W: Amphibious Assault
[ ] W: The Da Nang Thang
[ ]
Achievement: What happens in Las Venturas…
Unlocks Las Venturas
[ ] Freight Train (Level 2)
[ ]
Take the train between cities
[ ] Buy Wang Cars
[ ] CV: Zeroing In
[ ] CV: Test Drive
[ ] CV: Customs Fast Track
[ ] CV: Puncture Wounds
[ ] Exports and Imports
[ ] List 1
[ ] Admiral
[ ] Buffalo
[ ] Camper
[ ] Feltzer
[ ] Infernus
[ ] Patriot
[ ] Remington
[ ] Sanchez
[ ] Sentinel
[ ] Stretch
[ ] List 2
[ ] Blista Compact
[ ] Cheetah
[ ] Comet
[ ] FCR-900
[ ] Rancher
[ ] Sabre
[ ] Slamvan
[ ] Stafford
[ ] Stallion
[ ] Tanker
[ ] List 3
[ ] Banshee
[ ] BF Injection
[ ] Blade
[ ] Euros
[ ] Freeway
[ ] Journey
[ ] Huntley
[ ] Mesa
[ ] Super GT
[ ] ZR-350
[ ]
Complete all three export lists
Checklist Part 3: Las Venturas
[ ] Ammu-Nation Shooting Range (3 rounds, 4 weapons, in one go)
[ ] Trucker: 2 Missions
[ ] Beat the Cоck! (2 triathlons, 1st place)
[ ]
Win a Beat the Cоck marathon
[ ] Boat School (Atleast Bronze on 5 tests)
Bronze unlocks Marquis
Silver unlocks Squalo
Gold unlocks Jetmax
[ ] 10 Oysters in Bone County
[ ] 6 Unique Stuns Jumps in Bone County
Including the jump on Gant Bridge which is now unblocked
[ ] Girlfriend: Barbara Schternwart
Require: High fat
Available: 12am – 6am & 2pm – 8pm
Relationship unlocks:
0%: Keep weapons after being busted
50%: Ranger
60%: “Hot coffee”
100%: Police uniform[/i]
[ ] Date: Jays Diner
[ ] Buy 3 Safehouses in Bone County
[ ] ?: Monster
[ ] ?: Highjack
[ ] T: Interdiction
[ ] T: Verdant Meadows
[ ] S: Learning to Fly
[ ] Pilot School (Atleast Bronze on 10 tests)
Bronze unlocks Rustler
Silver unlocks Stunt Plane
Gold unlocks Hunter
Unlocks access to airports
Unlocks six-star wanted level
[ ]
Fly up to the height limit
[ ] Courier Burger Shot – Level 4
[ ] Racing: Las Venturas (4 races, 1st place)
[ ] Racing: LV Flying (6 races, 1st place)
[ ] Fighting Style in Las Venturas Gym
Requires 35% Muscle
[ ] Stadium: Dirt Track (1st place)
Monday & Wednesday
Requires 50% Bike Skill
Unlocks BF Injection
[ ] Stadium: Kickstart (at least 26 points)
All week except Monday & Wednesday
Requires 50% Bike Skill
Unlocks Dune
[ ] Bike School (Atleast Bronze on 6 tests)
Bronze unlocks Freeway
Silver unlocks FCR-900
Gold unlocks NRG-500
[ ] 50 Horseshoes in Las Venturas
Unlocks Satchel Charge, M4, Combat Shotgun, SMG at The Four Dragons Casino
[ ] 6 Oysters in Las Venturas
[ ] 12 Unique Stuns Jumps in Las Venturas
[ ] Get 100% Gambling Skill
Without losing money; Bet 50/50 black and red on roulette
[ ]
Max bet on red or black in roulette and win
[ ]
Win at least $1,000 on Wheel of Fortune
[ ] Buy 9 Safehouses in Las Venturas
[ ] Buy all clothes in Victim
[ ]
Get a six-star wanted level
[ ] Airstrip: N.O.E.
[ ] Airstrip: Stowaway
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] Airstrip: Black Project
[ ]
Sneak into the underground base without setting off the alarm
[ ] Airstrip: Green Goo
[ ] Triads: Fender Ketchup
[ ] Triads: Explosive Situation
[ ] Quarry: Mission 1
[ ] Quarry: Mission 2
[ ] Quarry: Mission 3
[ ] Quarry: Mission 4
[ ] Quarry: Mission 5
[ ] Quarry: Mission 6
[ ] Quarry: Mission 7
[ ]
Achievement: Lots of Guns
[ ] Triads: Don Peyote
[ ] Dice: Intensive Care
[ ] Dice: The Meat Business
[ ] MD: Madd Dogg
[ ] Triads: Fish In A Barrel
[ ] Dice: Freefall
[ ] Cops: Misappropriation
[ ] Cops: High Noon
[ ]
Achievement: Liberty City State of Mind
[ ] Buy all clothes in Didier Sachs
[ ] Robbery: Architectural Espionage
[ ] Robbery: Key to Her Heart
[ ] Girlfriend: Millie Perkins
Available: 12pm – 10pm
Relationship unlocks:
35%: Key card for a mission
40%: “Hot coffee”
50%: Club
[ ] Date: Steakhouse, The Craw Bar, World of Cоq
[ ] Acquire the keycard (35% with Millie or kill her)
[ ]
Go on a date with every potential girlfriend
[ ] Robbery: Dam and Blast
[ ] Robbery: Cop Wheels
[ ] Robbery: Up, Up and Away!
[ ] Robbery: Breaking The Bank At Caligula’s
[ ] Triads: A Home In The Hills
[ ] CJ: Vertical Bird
[ ] CJ: Home Coming
Unlocks Gang Warfare (again)
[ ]
Max all weapon skills
Pistol, Silenced Pistol, Desert Eagle, TEC-9/Micro-SMG, MP5, AK-47, M4, Shotgun, Sawn-off Shotgun, Combat Shotgun
Efficiently max each weapon skill while taking over all gang territories
Or, repeatedly shoot a vehicle in CJs garage while repairing it by closing and opening the garage door
[ ]
Control all gang territories, own all 32 properties, amass $1,000,000
[ ]
Reach maximum respect
Should be reached during Gang Warfare if not already achieved
[ ] CJ: Cut Throat Business
[ ] S: Beat Down on B Dup
[ ] S: Grove 4 Life
[ ] CJ: Riot
[ ] S: Los Desperados
[ ] Gang Warfare – Control at least 20 territories (35%)
Required for the last mission to unlock
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ]
Achievement: The End of the Line
[ ]
Watch the credits till the end
[ ]
Achievement: Remastered Reach 100% completion
[ ]
Start a new game after getting 100% on a save file
[ ]
Achieve maximum sex appeal
You can gain 1% sex appeal by repeatedly applying and removing tattoos, do this until you have 50%, then drive a nice sports car to get 100% sex appeal
[ ]
Unlock all (Steam) achievements
End of walkthrough
Congratulations, you won!
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And that wraps up our share on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition: 100%, All Achievements, Linear Checklist. If you have any additional insights or tips to contribute, don’t hesitate to drop a comment below. For a more in-depth read, you can refer to the original article here by MellowMange, who deserves all the credit. Happy gaming!
