Grand Theft Auto V 100% Achievement Guide

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Story Related Achievements

Welcome to Los Santos
You repo'd a car and raced it through the heart of a sun-soaked metropolis.

• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish Franklin’s first mission “Franklin and Lamar.”
  
  A Friendship Ressurected
  With friends like this who needs enemies?
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “Fame or Shame.”
  
  A Fair Day's Pay
  It's time for a little getaway.
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “Caida Libre.”
  
  The Moment of Truth
  You knew the truth about Brad.
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “Bury the Hatchet.”
  
  To Live or Die in Los Santos
  You have completed the last main story quest
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the final story mission in the game.
  
  Diamond Hard
  You cleaned out Vangelico to pay back Martin Madrazo
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will unlock this achievement once you finish the mission "Jewel Store Job."
  
  Subversive
  You stole the Merryweather experimental super weapon and then returned
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “The Merryweather Heist."
  
  Blitzed
  You performed a classic blitz play.
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “Blitz Play."
  
  Small Town, Big Job
  You made a big impression at the Paleto Bay Chicken Festival
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “The Paleto Score."
  
  The Government Gimps
  You have extracted valuable information and entering into a well guarded federal building
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “The Bureau Raid."
  
  The Big One!
  That's a dream come true
• Story related, cannot be missed.
  You will obtain this achievement once you finish the mission “The Big Score."

Other Achievements

Solid Gold, Baby!
Earn 70 gold medals on Missions and Strangers and Freaks

• All of the story and side missions (Strangers and Freaks) in GTA V have specific requirements that will net you a Gold Medal if you complete them all. These requirements range from completing a mission under a certain amount of time, getting a specific number of headshots, completing the mission with average accuracy, etc.
  Fear not, for the requirements do not all have to be completed in one run of the mission and there a total of about 117 missions to work with. Once you complete a mission, you can replay them by pausing your game and going to the “Game” tab in the paused menu. Here, you pick and choose which missions you would like to replay as well as see which requirements you have left to work on. To learn more about the individual tasks, check out this guide.
  
  Career Criminal
  Attain 100% Game Completion
• In order to obtain full 100% completion in GTA V and unlock this achievement, you will need to complete the following requirements:

1. Story Missions

• Complete all 69 Story missions

2. Strangers and Freaks

• Complete the following 20 Stranger and Freaks side missions
• Pulling Favors
• Pulling Another Favor
• Pulling Favors Again
• Still Pulling Favors
• Pulling One Last Favor
• Shift Work
• Paparazzo
• Paparazzo - The Sex Tape
• Paparazzo - The Partnership
• Paparazzo - Reality Check
• A Starlet in Vinewood
• Grass Roots - Franklin
• Grass Roots - The Smoke-In
• Exercising Demons - Franklin
• Far Out
• The Final Frontier
• Risk Assessment
• Liquidity Risk
• Targeted Risk
• Uncalculated Risk

3. Random Events

• Complete at least 14 out of the 57 random events

4. Hobbies & Pastimes

• Complete the following 42 Hobbies/Pastimes
• Shooting Range - Handguns (Win 3 Medals)
• Shooting Range - Sub-Machine Guns (Win 3 Medals)
• Shooting Range - Assault Rifles (Win 3 Medals)
• Shooting Range - Shotguns (Win 3 Medals)
• Shooting Range - Light Machine Guns (Win 3 Medals)
• Shooting Range - Heavy (Win 3 Medals)
• Street Race - South Los Santos (Win a Medal)
• Street Race - Circuit City (Win a Medal)
• Street Race - Airport (Win a Medal)
• Street Race - Freeway (Win a Medal)
• Street Race - Vespucci Canals (Win a Medal)
• Win at Tennis
• Play 9 holes of Golf and finish even or below par
• Win at Darts
• Get a private dance at the Strip Club
• Triathlon - Vespucci Canals (Win a Medal)
• Triathlon - Alamo Sea (Win a Medal)
• Triathlon - Coyote Cross Country (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 1 - Canyon Cliffs (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 2 - Ridge Run (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 3 - Minward Spiral (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 4 - Valley Trail (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 5 - Lakeside Splash (Win a Medal)
• Off Road Race 6 - Eco Friendly (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Training Take Off (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Runway Landing (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Inverted Flight (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Knife Flight (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Flat Hatting (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Touchdown (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Loop the Loop (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Helicopter Course (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Helicopter Speed Run (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Skydiving (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Drop Zone (Win a Medal)
• Flight School - Earn Your Wings (Win a Medal)
• Sea Race - East Coast (Win a Medal)
• Sea Race - North East Coast (Win a Medal)
• Sea Race - Raton Canyon (Win a Medal)
• Sea Race - Los Santos (Win a Medal)
• Parachuting - Complete all Base Jumps
• Parachuting - Complete all Heli Jumps

5. Miscellaneous

• Complete the following 16 Miscellaneous activities around San Andreas
• Purchase any 5 Properties
• Purchase a vehicle from a website
• Collect 50 Space Ship parts
• Collect 50 Letter Scraps
• Walk and play fetch with Chop
• Collect a Booty Call
• Receive a Prostitute Service
• Hold Up a Store
• Complete 25 Under the Bridge Challenges
• Complete 8 Knife Flight Challenges
• Complete 25 Stunt Jumps
• Visit the Cinema
• Friend Activity - Visit a Bar
• Friend Activity - Visit the Cinema
• Friend Activity - Visit the Strip Club
• Friend Activity - Play Darts
• Be sure to link your gamertag to Rockstar's Social Club website in order to keep track of your progress towards this achievement!
  
  San Andreas Sightseer
  Explore of all of Los Santos and Blaine County
• The entire island of San Andreas is open from the start; however, the world will be hidden on your map by dark clouds of fog until you have explored that area. Once you have explored a certain section of the map, the fog will clear up and you can see the map as normal.
  Even though most of the map will be uncovered through natural story progression, the best way to uncover the map quickly would be to use a plane or helicopter. Unlike cars, aircraft will uncover the world much faster as opposed to maneuvering through every street, mountain pass or body of water. Once you have cleared up about 98% of the island and the surrounding waters, the achievement will unlock.
  
  All's Fare in Love and War
  Purchase Downtown Cab Co. and complete a private fare
• You will eventually come to a point in the main storyline where you can begin to purchase property around the city of Los Santos. Owning a piece of property not only allows you to use their services for free, but you will also net a substantial weekly income as well.
  For this achievement, you will want to purchase the Downtown Cab Company which is located on Tangerine Street in East Vinewood. This will set you back $200,000 and can only be bought as Franklin. Now, wait until the manager, Raul, calls you. When he does, he will have a private fare ready for you. Accept this job offer and the letter "P" will appear on the world map. Pick up the customer at the "P" icon and drive them to their destination. When you get there, they might need help with a small mission or they will simply get out of the car and pay you right away. Once you are paid, the achievement will unlock.

Other Achievements #0.5

TP Industries Arms Race
Purchase McKenzie Field Hangar and win the arms race

• While playing as Trevor, you will need to complete the two story missions "Mr. Philips" and "Nervous Ron" before you can buy properties around San Andreas. Upon completing the latter mission, the game will inform you about property buying.
  You can actually purchase the McKenzie Field Hanger for $150,000 as soon as you finish the "Nervous Ron" mission, as you will have just enough cash and the mission ends right outside the hanger.
  Once purchased, you can begin undertaking trafficking missions for Oscar, who you meet after making the purchase. Arms Trafficking missions are performed in the Cuban 800 airplane parked in the hanger and in the BF Dune Buggy parked outside the hanger. Enter either vehicle in order to receive instructions from Oscar. After completing a mission, you will either need to travel some distance and return in order for the next mission to be available, or quick save and reload your saved file. All in all, there are five of each trafficking missions (air and ground) and the achievement will unlock once all ten are completed.

Other Achievements #2

Multi-Disciplined
Attain a gold medal in all applicable hobbies and pastimes.

• In GTA V, there are over 60 hobbies and pastimes available around San Andreas. Some of these include Taxi Missions, Races, Parachuting, Triathlons, Sports and more.
  For this achievement, you only have to worry about obtaining ONE Gold Medal in the following activities:
• Flight School
• Off-Road Race
• Sea Race
• Street Race
• Shooting Range
• Triathlon
  Franklin's very first Strangers & Freaks Mission, "Shift Work," will count as a Street Race for this achievement even if you did not get a Gold Medal on it. For the Triathlons, Sea Races and Off-Road Races, you only need to get 1st place to obtain a Gold Medal. For the Flight School and Shooting Range, you only have to worry about getting a Gold Medal in one of the many challenges available. This achievement can be done with any character, so don't worry about keeping track of who does what!
  
  From Beyond the Stars
  Collect and return all spaceship parts.
• While playing as Franklin, you will eventually encounter a mission called, “Far Out One”, which will be designated on your map by a green question mark icon. This mission will direct you to a man named Omega in east Sandy Shore. He will recount a ridiculous tale about an alien ship that crashed in San Andreas and it is up to you to recover all 50 space ship parts for him.
  Although this is a Franklin-only mission, you can still recover the ship parts while playing as Michael and Trevor. Each collectible will have a bright gold aura and emit a small humming sound when you are near them. Keep in mind that some parts can only be reached with a helicopter, but you can easily get one from the Los Santos Hospital helipad. If you don't know where that is, jump to 10:39 in the video below and you will see its location. Once you have collected all 50 parts, return them to Omega and the achievement, plus a very unique vehicle, will be yours.
  Refer to "A Mystery, Solved" for a great tip on how to collect the space ship parts quicker, using the taxis in the game, if you do not always have a helicopter.
  
  A Mystery, Solved
  Solve the mystery of Leonora Johnson.
• There are 50 hidden Letter Scraps scattered all over San Andreas and they can be picked up with any character at any time during the game. These letters are small, glowing pieces of paper that were left behind by a serial killer in San Andreas. Like the space ship parts, some of these scraps can only be reached with a helicopter.
  After finding all 50 scraps, proceed to the newly discovered green question mark icon in Rockford Hills while playing as Franklin. There, you will meet Leonora Johnson's killer, Peter Dreyfuss. After a short cutscene, it is up to you in deciding Dreyfuss's fate. Regardless of what you do to the man, the achievement will unlock after your decision is made.
  It is recommended to work on both set of collectibles after you have purchased the Downtown Cab Company as Franklin. Once you own the company, taxi rides will be free. If you are following the videos, you can just set a waypoint to the next collectible and fast travel to your destination through the taxi cab. Make sure to whistle when you get out of the cab so it stays there while you grab the collectible. Credit goes to WalterWhite for this brilliant idea.
  
  Waste Management
  Purchase the old dock and collect all nuclear waste.
• Before you can begin collecting the 30 nuclear waste collectibles, you will need to buy the Sonar Collections Dock - located in Blaine County - for $250,000. This property can be purchased by any of the three characters and will only be available after completing the "The Merryweather Heist" story mission.
  In order to pick up the nuclear waste, which is scattered around the ocean floor, you need to use the yellow submarine that always spawns at the docks of this property. Buying the docks will also give you a new app called "Trackify," which will automatically turn on when entering the submarine as it provides a sonar radar that points to the nearest collectible. The order of collectibles in the video below matches with the order of the Trackify app. The app will not mark any of the waste on your in-game world map and sometimes, a piece of waste is extremely far away on a different part of the coast; so be sure to follow the video to a tee. The submarine is also VERY slow, so if you're trying to collect all the nuclear waste in one run, it will take around two hours.
  Fortunately, collecting all the nuclear waste will help uncover the ocean on your map if it is not already cleared up. In addition to this, you will earn $23,000 per piece of nuclear waste you find if you collect them with the character who purchased the Docks, and an additional $250,000 bonus after finding the last piece of waste.
  
  Red Mist
  Complete all Rampages.
• Rampages are a form of Strangers and Freaks missions that are only available when playing as Trevor. Like all Strangers and Freaks missions, the first Rampage will appear as an orange question mark on your map. After that, their icon is an Orange Skull but they will not appear on the map until the mission "Friends Reunited" is completed. The goal of these missions is to defeat the required number of enemies in the time allotted. You do not incur a Wanted Level during the challenges which is the fun part.
  Overall, there are five different Rampages to complete. The first Rampage will be available after completing the “Trevor Philips Industries” story mission. Below, you can check out where each Rampage is located.
• Rampage 1 – Sandy Shores on Marina Drive.
• Rampage 2 – Corner of Macdonald Street and Jamestown Street in Rancho, Los Santos.
• Rampage 3 – In an alley on Forum Drive in Chamberlin Hills, Los Santos.
• Rampage 4 – Fort Zancudo Approach in Great Chaperral.
• Rampage 5 – Mirror Park, Los Santos.
  Upon completing all five rampages, the achievement will unlock.

Other Achievements #2.5

Show Off
Complete all Stunt Jumps.

• Within the world of San Andreas, you will come across a total of 50 stunt jumps that you will need to complete for this achievement. Having the right vehicle for each jump is extremely significant. Usually, a fast sports car or motorbike is key for nailing the jumps at top speed; however, certain jumps are more restrictive with their “landing zone” so you may need a slower vehicle. With this said, knowing where to land each Stunt Jump is half the battle. You can land the jump as much as you’d like, but if you do not land in the desired location, it will not count.
  The Stunt Jumps are scattered throughout the city Los Santos and valleys of Blaine County. Keep in mind that Franklin is the character of choice for these Stunt Jumps, as his special ability can help make a last second adjustment in mid air or as you are going to launch off the ramp of a jump.
  Tip:
  It is recommended to use your in-game cellphone to quick save before every Stunt Jump. Using this method is great for ensuring that you will never lose any progress if you die or destroy your vehicle. If you fail a jump, just reload your saved file and you will be sitting in your vehicle right in front of the Stunt Jump you just saved your progress at. This is great for saving time instead of having to find a new vehicle or line up the jump again.
  
  Out of Your Depth
  You're gonna need a bigger boat...
• At any time during your playthrough, make your way to the beach in Western Los Santos and hop into a jet ski near the pier. Drive out into the ocean until the water is dark blue, as this is where you can generally find sharks if you wait long enough (you will know if a shark is nearby when there is a red dot on your mini-map). Once a shark appears, hop off your jet ski and dive underwater. The shark will ignore you at first, but once it gets close it will finally eat you and the achievement will unlock.

Other Achievements #3

Pimp My Sidearm
Fully mod a weapon.

• This achievement can be easily done after completing the fourth story mission when you gain control of Michael outside the car dealership.