Walkthrough — GTA: San Andreas Wiki Guide
GTA: San Andreas Wiki Guide
By Luis Joshua Gutierrez, IGN-GameGuides, Aric Pun, +2.9k more
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Welcome to IGN’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas walkthrough and mission guide! From this page, you’ll have the ability to see and choose from our entire GTA San Andreas mission list, which contains all 105 missions in the game. This walkthrough has been updated for the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition release for Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
Complete GTA San Andreas Mission List and Walkthrough
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- Los Santos
- Whetstone, Flint County, Red County
- San Fierro
- Tierra Robada, Bone County
- Las Venturas
- Return to Los Santos
Los Santos Missions
Listed below is every mission you will find in Los Santos at the beginning of the game. Click on the link below to jump to a specific mission.
Whetstone, Flint County, and Red County Missions
Listed below is every mission found in the Whetstone/Flint County/Red County area. Click the link below to jump to a specific mission.
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San Fierro Missions
Listed below is every mission found in San Fierro. Click the link below to jump to a specific mission.
Tierra Robada and Bone County Missions
Listed below is every mission found in the Tierra Robada and Bone County area. Click the link below to jump to a specific mission.
Las Venturas Missions
Listed below is every mission found in Las Venturas. Click the link below to jump to a specific mission.
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Return to Los Santos Missions
Listed below is every mission found in Los Santos near the end game. Click the link below to jump to a specific mission.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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GTA San Andreas Missions List: All Story Missions Guide
GTA San Andreas Missions List: All Story Missions Guide
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Here you find the full list of all Story Missions in GTA San Andreas, along with a complete mission guide, locations, mission givers and rewards.
There are 100 missions in total in the main storyline of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The GTA San Andreas missions below are listed in chronological order, grouped by the Location/Area they take place in. Note that some missions from different contacts become available at the same time, so they can be played in a different order.
Also, 14 of these are optional side missions not required for story progression, meaning they can be completed at any time, even after the main storyline is completed. However, they are still required for 100% completion of the game.
Clicking on a GTA San Andreas mission brings you to its full details, with Mission Objectives, Video Walkthrough, Unlocked Items, and more information. The walkthrough also applies to the GTA San Andreas Definitive Edition.
- Los Santos Missions
- Countryside Missions
- San Fierro Missions
- The Desert Missions
- Las Venturas Missions
- Return to Los Santos Missions
- How many missions are in GTA San Andreas?
- GTA San Andreas Side Missions
Los Santos Missions
Below you find the list of GTA San Andreas Missions taking place in Los Santos.
There are 28 missions in this section before the next area of the map is unlocked.
Countryside Missions
Below you find the list of GTA San Andreas Missions taking place in the Countryside, which includes Whetstone, Red County and Flint County. There are 10 missions in this section before going to San Fierro.
San Fierro Missions
Below you find the list of GTA San Andreas Missions taking place in San Fierro.
There are 26 missions in this section, however 8 of these are optional and not required for story progression.
The Desert Missions
Below you find the 9 Story Missions of GTA San Andreas taking place in the Desert area of Bone County.
Las Venturas Missions
Below you find the list of GTA San Andreas Missions taking place in Las Venturas. There are 19 missions in this section before returning to Los Santos, however 6 of these are optional and can be completed at a later time.
Return to Los Santos Missions
Below you find the list of the final 8 Story Missions in GTA San Andreas, taking place again in Los Santos.
How many missions are in GTA San Andreas?
There are 100 main story missions in GTA San Andreas in total. You can find them all listed on this page.
Out of these, 14 missions are optional (not required for story progression), so the mandatory missions required to progress the GTA San Andreas storyline are 86.
However, all missions are required if you want to achieve 100% completion of the game.
Note: If you also count the Introduction and the 4 Catalina cutscenes that set up her robbery missions, the total mission count would become 105.
GTA San Andreas Side Missions
See our section dedicated to the Side Missions in GTA San Andreas, for a guide on all optional endeavors in the game, including Asset Missions, driving Schools, the vehicles-based Sub-Missions, Challenges, Races, and more.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas completion time
Game rating
based on 1632 ratings
How many hours of gameplay in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Main campaign
32 hours. 37 min.
Campaign + additional tasks
51 hours. 5 minutes.
Complete passage
86 hours 48 min.
| Playstyle | Average time | Median time | Fast | Slowly |
| Campaign | 32 hours. 37 min. | 32 hours | 20 hours. 40 min. | 55 hours. 39 min. |
| Campaign + add. tasks | 51 hours. 5 minutes. | 48 hours | 32 hours. 16 min. | 124 hours 48 min. |
| Complete passage | 86 hours. 48 min. | 80 hours | 56 hours. 34 min. | 191 hours. 42 min. |
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- In the Beginning
- Big Smoke
- Ryder
- Tagging up Turf
- Cleaning the Hood
- Drive-thru
- Nines and AK’s
- Drive-By
- Sweet’s Girl
- Cesar Vialpando
- Home Invasion
- Catalyst
- Robbing Uncle Sam
- OG Loc
- Running Dog
- Wrong Side of the Tracks
- Just Business
- Life’s a Beach
- Madd Dogg’s Rhymes
- Management Issues
- House Party
- High Stakes, Low-rider
- Burning Desire
- Doberman
- Los Sepulcros
- Reuniting the Families
- The Green Saber
- Badlands
- Tanker Commander
- Against All Odds
- Small Town Bank
- Local Liquor Store
- Wu Zi Mu
- Farewell, My Love…
- Body Harvest
- Are You Going to San Fierro? nine0159
Carl Johnson
- Wear Flowers in your Hair
- 555 We Tip
- Deconstruction
- Big Smoke’s Cash
- Yay Courier
- Photo Opportunity
- Jizzy
- T-Bone Mendez
- Mike Toreno
- Mountain Cloud Boys
- Ran Fa Li
- Lure
- Amphibious Assault
- The Da Nang Thang
- Outrider
- Snail Trail
- Ice Cold Killa
- Pier 69
- Toreno’s Last Flight
- Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
- Air Raid
- Supply Lines
- New Model Army
- Zeroing In
- TestDrive
- Customs Fast Track
- Puncture Wounds
- Monster
- Highjack
- Interdiction
- Verdant Meadows
- N.O.E.
- Stowaway
- Black Project
- Green Goo
- Fender Ketchup
- Explosive Situation
- You’ve had your Chips
- Don Peyote
- Intensive Care
- The Meat Business
- Madd Dogg
- Freefall
- Saint Mark’s Bistro
- Architectural Espionage
- Key to her Heart
- Dam and Blast
- Cop Wheels
- Up, Up and Away!
- Breaking the Bank at Caligula’s
In the Beginning
Sweet
Ryder
Big Smoke
OG Loc
Cesar
C.
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Sweet
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The Truth
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Loco Syndicate
Jizzy
Wu Zi Mu
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Mike Toreno
The Truth
Wu Zi Mu
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Ken Rosenberg
Madd Dogg
Salvatore Leone
Heist
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