Every GTA 5 Story Mission in Order

GTA 5 has 69 story missions on the game's own checklist, from Prologue to one of three endings. The count includes Lester's four optional assassinations. Below, every mission in order, who you play in each and who gives it, then the six heists with their approach choices, the endings and what 100% completion requires.

Why Do Guides Say 69, 73 or 83?

The game's checklist counts 69 story missions. The number you actually play is higher, from 73 to 83, because each heist approach has its own setups and the three endings are separate missions. Missions that share a number in the table are alternatives, and several stretches can be played in either order.

Five missions are played without counting: the three optional family missions, The Good Husband, Doting Dad and Parenting 101, and two setups, BZ Gas Grenades and Fire Truck. A short Blitz Play Intro is sometimes counted as a mission too.

What Are the Six Heists in GTA 5?

The story is built around six heists, each with a planning mission and a set of setups. On four of them you choose an approach, and the choice decides which setups you play. Getaway Vehicle, a short setup that cannot be failed, appears for Blitz Play and for some approaches of the Bureau Raid and the Big Score.

Lester's Four Optional Assassinations

The Hotel Assassination is required to move the story on. The other four, The Multi Target Assassination, The Vice Assassination, The Bus Assassination and The Construction Assassination, are optional but count toward the 69, so a 100% run needs them. All are played as Franklin, for Lester.

How Do the Three Endings Work?

Spoilers from here. After The Big Score, Franklin is told to kill Trevor by the FIB's Steve Haines, and to kill Michael by Devin Weston. His answer decides the last mission: Something Sensible or The Time's Come or The Third Way.

Once the story is over, the other two endings can be replayed from the pause menu, under Game and Replay Mission, without changing the choice in your save.

How Many Strangers and Freaks Missions Are There?

66 in all: 12 for Michael, 29 for Trevor, five of them rampages, and 24 for Franklin, plus The Last One after 100%. Only Franklin's count toward 100%, and only 20 of his 24: Grass Roots: The Pickup, Grass Roots: The Drag, Paparazzo and Paparazzo: The Highness give no percentage but must be played to unlock the next ones.

What Does 100% Completion Require in GTA 5?

161 checklist entries across five categories. The story is more than half of it.

* The split of the last 25% differs between guides: some give 5% for random events and 20% for miscellaneous, others 15% and 10%.

The 42 hobbies: Shooting Range 18 (6 classes x 3 challenges, bronze or better), 9-hole golf at or under par, win 1 tennis game, win 1 darts game, 3 triathlons, 5 street races, 6 off-road races, 4 sea races (top 3), 12 Flight School lessons (bronze or better), 13 parachute jumps (7 heli + 6 base, as Franklin), 1 private dance at the strip club. The 16 miscellaneous tasks: purchase any 5 properties (Vanilla Unicorn does not count); purchase a vehicle from a website; collect all 50 Spaceship Parts; collect all 50 Letter Scraps; walk and play fetch with Chop; complete a booty call; receive a prostitute's service; hold up a store; complete 25 of 50 Under the Bridge; complete 8 of 15 Knife Flights; complete 25 of 50 Stunt Jumps; visit the cinema; friend activity: bar; friend activity: cinema; friend activity: strip club; friend activity: darts.

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