Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition

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100%, All Achievements, Linear Checklist
By MellowMange
Complete GTA IV and its expansions 100% and unlock all achievements by following this "from start to finish"-checklist as you play the game
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Introduction
Are you about to play GTA IV and its expansions 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 GTA IV while unlocking all achievements and getting 100% completion.
Missions, relationships, friendships, sidemissions and other tasks are in order of when they are unlocked, or in the order that makes the most sense.

All the choices that are specified in this guide are picked to be as close to what the canon storyline would be, and they also increase the content for the game.
By following this guide, no achievements will be missed by making the "wrong" decision.

There are extra information about unique vehicles that can only be found in certain missions, feel free to save them in your 2 parking spaces outside any of the 5 safehouses.
Some tasks in the list are not necessary for either 100% or an achievement, like giving the Buskers 30$ in total for a ringtone, buying all clothes or buying all ringtones and themes, but I still liked the extra content so I've added most of what I could find.

Usage example
Create a new note for Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete 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
GTA IV - 50 hours
TLAD - 25 hours
TBoGT - 30 hours

Liberty City Minute
GTA IV contains a missable achievement, Liberty City Minute, which requires you to finish the main storyline missions within 30 hours.
You will miss this achievement if you follow this walkthrough since you will be closer to 50 hours before you finish the game.
I'd recommend cheesing this achievement by finding alternative ways of doing it.
Download a save file with less than 30 hours right before the last mission

External tools
https://mapgenie.io/ - Map Genie - Great for finding pigeons, stunt jumps, random encounters 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.
GTA IV Checklist Part 1: Broker, Dukes, Bohan
Off The Boat[ ] Intro: The Cousins Bellic
  Achievement: Off The Boat
King of QUB3D[ ] Achievement: King of QUB3D
  Beat QUB3D record (10950 points)

[ ] Win Darts against anyone
One Hundred And Eighty[ ] Achievement: One Hundred And Eighty
  Hit triple-multiplier on 20 with 3 darts to score 180
[ ] 13 Stunt Jumps in Broker/Dukes
[ ] 4 Stunt Jumps in Bohan
[ ] 50 Pigeons in Broker/Dukes
[ ] 3 Pigeons on Charge Island
[ ] 22 Pigeons in Bohan
[ ] Rob 3 Stores in Broker/Dukes
  1 TW@, 2 Laundromats
Wheelie Rider[ ] Achievement: Wheelie Rider
  Wheelie for 500 feet
Rolled Over[ ] Achievement: Rolled Over
  Roll a car 5 times
  As long as you don't let go of accelerate it will keep counting rolls, so go back and forth doing barrel rolls on ramps at the airport and it will unlock eventually
[ ] R: It's Your Call
[ ] Random Character: Brian Meech
 [ ] First Encounter (South of Roman's Taxi Depot)
 [ ] Second Encounter (South of Broker apartment)
 [ ] Third Encounter (North of roundabout)
[ ] R: Three's a Crowd
[ ] Buy all clothes at Russian Shop
[ ] Phonecall: Bleed Out
[ ] M: First Date
[ ] Girlfriend: Michelle
  Available: 6am-11pm
  Clothes: Russian Shop / Hats / Glasses
  Vehicle: Banshee / Blista Compact / Roman's Taxi
  Date: Darts / Pool

Warm Coffee[ ] Achievement: Warm Coffee
  Get invited inside by a date
[ ] Friendship: Roman Bellic
  Available: 24/7, will call first time
Driving Mr. Bellic [ ] Unlock ability: Taxi Rides (75% Like)
   Achievement: Driving Mr. Bellic
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Bowling
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
Pool Shark[ ] Win Pool against a friend/date
  Achievement: Pool Shark
[ ] Win a full game of Bowling against anyone
Gobble Gobble [ ] Achievement: Gobble Gobble
   Get 3 strikes in a row
   Two full steps to the left for easy strike

[ ] R: Easy Fare
[ ] R: Jamaican Heat
[ ] Roman's Taxi: Complete 10 fares
[ ] LJ: Concrete Jungle
[ ] V: Bull in a China Shop
[ ] V: Hung Out to Dry
[ ] V: Clean Getaway
[ ] V: Ivan The Not So Terrible
  Spare Ivan
Fed The Fish[ ] R: Uncle Vlad
  Achievement: Fed The Fish
[ ] R: Crime and Punishment
Cleaned The Mean Streets[ ] Vigilante: 20 missions
  Achievement: Cleaned The Mean Streets
[ ] Most Wanted: 10 in Broker/Dukes/Bohan
[ ] F: Do You Have Protection?
[ ] LJ: Shadow
[ ] Friendship: Little Jacob
  Available: 1pm-4am, will call first time
Retail Therapy [ ] Unlock ability: Guns (75% Like)
   Achievement: Retail Therapy
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
[ ] Random Character: Real Badman
 [ ] First Encounter (East of Darts)
Courier Service[ ] Drug Delivery: 10 deliveries
  Achievement: Courier Service
  Save Huntley Sport
   Is given to Niko while finishing the last Drug Delivery

[ ] F: Final Destination
[ ] R: Logging On
Order Fulfilled[ ] Exotic Exports: 10 vehicles
  Achievement: Order Fulfilled
[ ] F: No Love Lost
[ ] F: Rigged to Blow
[ ] B: Search and Delete
[ ] B: Easy As Can Be
[ ] DR: The Master and the Molotov
[ ] DR: Russian Revolution
Lowest Point[ ] R: Roman's Sorrow
  Achievement: Lowest Point
[ ] B: Out of the Closet
[ ] Girlfriend: Carmen Ortiz (SOBOHOE)
  Available: 1pm-6am, Love-Meet -> Email
  Clothes: Modo, Perseus, Glasses
  Vehicle: Stallion, Dukes, Cavalcade, Comet, Feltzer
  Date: Bar

 [ ] Unlock ability: Health Boost (80% Fondness)
[ ] B: No. 1
  Save Comet (Unique color)
   Nice to have for Brucie's Races

[ ] Friendship: Brucie Kibbutz
  Available: 7am-1am, will call first time
That's How We Roll! [ ] Unlock ability: Heli Rides (75% Like)
   Achievement: That's How We Roll!
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Bowling
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
 [ ] Heli Ride
 [ ] Boating
[ ] Brucie's Races: Win 3 in Broker/Dukes
[ ] M: Escuela of the Streets
[ ] Random Character: Mel
 [ ] First Encounter (North of Russian Shop)
[ ] M: Street Sweeper
[ ] E: Luck Of The Irish
[ ] E: Blow Your Cover
GTA IV Checklist Part 2: Algonquin
It'll Cost Ya[ ] Achievement: It'll Cost Ya
  Take a taxi from one island to another without skipping
Sightseer[ ] Achievement: Sightseer
  Take the 5 Helitours
Finish Him[ ] Achievement: Finish Him
  Counter 10 melee attacks in 4 minutes
  Good place to do this is at Helitours location

[ ] Girlfriend: Kiki Jenkins (LAWCHICK)
  Available: 6am-2am, Love-Meet -> Email
  Clothes: Russian Shop, Hats
  Vehicle: Banshee, Comet, Feltzer
  Date: Jerkov's, Club Liberty

 [ ] Unlock ability: Remove 3-Star Wanted (80% Fondness)
[ ] Girlfriend: Alexandra Chilton (LIBERATED WOMAN)
  Available: 6am-2am, Craplist -> Email
  Clothes: Perseus
  Vehicle: Stretch, Turismo, Infernus, Comet, Feltzer
  Date: Bowling, Darts, Pool, Strip Club, Show

 [ ] Unlock ability: 50% Store Discount (80% Fondness)
Walk Free[ ] Achievement: Walk Free
  Escape a 4-star wanted level
  Use the subway for an easy escape

[ ] Achievement: Have a 6-star wanted level for 5 minutes
  Reach 6 stars near the subway, then hide inside for 5 minutes
[ ] 15 Stunt Jumps in Algonquin
[ ] 57 Pigeons in Algonquin
[ ] 6 Pigeons on Colony Island
[ ] 6 Pigeons on Happiness Island
[ ] Collect "Happiness Is...Land" sweater
  Top of the stairs on Statue of Happiness
[ ] Rob 2 Stores in Algonquin
  1 TW@, 1 Modo
[ ] Buy all clothes at Perseus
[ ] Buy all clothes at Modo
[ ] Brucie's Races: Win 3 in Algonquin
[ ] Most Wanted: 10 in Algonquin
[ ] M: The Puerto Rican Connection
[ ] Random Character: Ilyena Faustin
 [ ] First Encounter (Funland)
[ ] Random Character: Hossan Ramzy
 [ ] First Encounter (Southwest of Rotterdam Tower)
[ ] Random Character: Pathos
 [ ] First Encounter (Star Junction)
 [ ] Second Encounter (Star Junction North)
[ ] Random Character: Sara
 [ ] First Encounter (South of Rotterdam Tower)
  After Hossan Ramzy's event, 10pm-4am
 [ ] Second Encounter (Pier 45)
[ ] Make sure Michelle's Fondness is 100% (Can't be dated after next mission)
[ ] E: The Snow Storm
[ ] E: Have a Heart
[ ] X: Deconstruction for Beginners
[ ] X: Photo Shoot
[ ] Random Character: Jeff Harlingford
 [ ] First Encounter (Northeast of Middle Park)
 [ ] Second Encounter (Phonecall)
 [ ] Third Encounter (Southeast of Rotterdam Tower)
[ ] Buy all Themes and Ringtones from vipluxuryringtones.com
[ ] Give Busker $10, 3 times, recieve St. Thomas ringtone
[ ] Phonecall: Hostile Negotiation
[ ] D: Ruff Rider
  Spare Cherise Glover
[ ] D: Undress To Kill
[ ] X: The Holland Play
  Kill Playboy X
[ ] Friendship: Dwayne Forge
  Available: 12pm-1am, positive reply email -> will call first time
 [ ] Unlock ability: Backup (75% Like)
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Bowling
 [ ] Strip Club
WARNING! DO NOT do Cherise Glover's Mission before FULLY befriending Dwayne and gone to hangout at least ONCE! Otherwise Dwayne will be softlocked!
[ ] Random Character: Cherise Glover (Only if spared)
 [ ] First Encounter (North Algonquin at a Cluckin' Bell)
[ ] ?: Wrong Is Right
[ ] U: Portrait of a Killer
[ ] U: Dust Off
[ ] Phonecall: Paper Trail
  Save Helicopter (Unique design)
[ ] ?: Call and Collect
[ ] FM: Final Interview
[ ] FM: Holland Nights
  Spare Clarence Little
[ ] FM: Lure
[ ] PM: Harboring a Grudge
[ ] PM: Waste Not Want Knots
[ ] Girlfriend: Kate McReary
  Available: 8am-12am, after P.ackie's phonecall
  Clothes: Modo
  Vehicle: Comet, Feltzer, Super GT, Huntley Sport
Full Exploration  Date: Darts, Pool

[ ] PM: Three Leaf Clover
  Achievement: Full Exploration
GTA IV Checklist Part 3: Alderney
Chain Reaction[ ] Achievement: Chain Reaction
  Explode 10 vehicles in 10 seconds
  Good place to do this is inside Westdyke Autos in north Alderney

[ ] Random Character: Marnie Allen
 [ ] First Encounter (Algonquin City Hall)
   Around noon
 [ ] Second Encounter (West of Middle Park)
   Around noon
[ ] Random Character: Eddie Low
 [ ] First Encounter (Auto Eroticar, Alderney)
   10pm-4am
 [ ] Second Encounter (West Alderney)
   10pm-4am
[ ] Random Character: Ivan Bytchkov (Only if spared)
 [ ] First Encounter (Center of Alderney)
[ ] Friendship: P.ackie McReary
  Available: 4pm-6am, will call first time
Dial B For Bomb [ ] Unlock ability: Carbomb (75% Like)
   Achievement: Dial B For Bomb
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Bowling
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
Liberty City (5)[ ] Achievement: Liberty City (5)
  Reach 90% Like on all living friends
Dare Devil[ ] 18 Stunt Jumps in Alderney (50 in total)
  Achievement: Dare Devil
Endangered Species[ ] 56 Pigeons in Alderney (200 in total)
  Achievement: Endangered Species
[ ] Rob 2 Stores in Alderney
  1 TW@, 1 Laundromat
[ ] Brucie's Races: Win 3 in Alderney
Genetically Superior[ ] Achievement: Genetically Superior
  Win another 11 of Brucie's races (20 in total)
Manhunt[ ] Most Wanted: 10 in Alderney (30 in total)
  Achievement: Manhunt
Under The Radar[ ] Achievement: Under The Radar
  Fly under 14 bridges
[ ] RB: A Long Way to Fall
[ ] RB: Taking In The Trash
[ ] RB: Meltdown
Impossible Trinity[ ] RB: Museum Piece
  Achievement: Impossible Trinity
[ ] RB: No Way on the Subway
[ ] Phonecall: Weekend at Florian's
[ ] RB: Late Checkout
[ ] BC: Hating the Haters
[ ] BC: Union Drive
[ ] BC: Bouys Ahoy
  Save Striped Infernus (Unique design)
   Available after Bernie's phonecall

[ ] GM: Actions Speak Louder than Words
[ ] GM: I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle
[ ] DM: Smackdown
You Got The Message[ ] Car Thefts: Steal 30 Vehicles for Stevie
  Achievement: You Got The Message
[ ] DM: Babysitting
[ ] DM: Tunnel of Death
[ ] FM: Blood Brothers
  Call Francis when in position on rooftop, Kill Derrick
[ ] Phonecall: Undertaker
  Save Romero
   Quickly run and steal the car after mission finishes

[ ] Random Character: Clarence Little (Only if spared)
 [ ] First Encounter (Northeast of Middle Park)
Gracefully Taken[ ] GM: I'll Take Her...
  Achievement: Gracefully Taken
  Save Pink Feltzer (Unique color)
   Quickly shoot driver as he leaves after mission finishes

[ ] PM: Ransom
[ ] GM: She's a Keeper
[ ] GM: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
[ ] Random Character: Grace Ancelotti
 [ ] First Encounter (At her house)
No More Strangers[ ] Achievement: No More Strangers
  Complete "all" Random Character missions (16 in total)
  This should unlock immediately after Grace if you've followed this checklist

[ ] PB: Truck Hustle
Assassin's Greed[ ] Complete all 9 Assassination Missions (Random order)
  Achievement: Assassin's Greed
 [ ] Taken Out
 [ ] Bailing Out for Good
 [ ] R.U.B. Down
 [ ] Dead End
 [ ] Hook, Line And Sinker
 [ ] Industrial Action
 [ ] Water Hazard
 [ ] Derelict Target
 [ ] Migration Control
[ ] J: Pegorino's Pride
[ ] J: Payback
[ ] G: Entourage
[ ] G: Dining Out
[ ] G: Liquidize The Assets
[ ] PB: Catch the Wave
[ ] PB: Trespass
[ ] PB: To Live and Die in Alderney
[ ] J: Flatline
[ ] Make sure Katie's Fondness is 100% (Can't be dated after next mission)
[ ] J: Pest Control...
That Special Someone[ ] Phonecall: That Special Someone
  Achievement: That Special Someone
  Spare Darko

[ ] J: One Last Thing...
[ ] Revenge: A Dish Served Cold
[ ] Phonecall: Mr. & Mrs. Bellic
You Won![ ] Phonecall: Out of Commission
  Achievement: You Won!
Key To The City[ ] Achievement: Key To The City
  Reach 100% Completion
  Unlocks after last mission if you've followed and done all 100% tasks prior to last mission

Half Million[ ] Achievement: Half Million
  Amass a fortune of $500,000
  Will definitely be unlocked by this point. If not, sell vehicles to Stevie's garage
TLAD: Checklist
One Percenter[ ] Intro: Clean and Serene
  Achievement: One Percenter
[ ] Friendship: Jim Fitzgerald
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Air Hockey
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
[ ] Friendship: Clay Simons
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Air Hockey
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
[ ] Friendship: Terry Thorpe
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Air Hockey
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Show
[ ] Win Arm Wrestling
[ ] Win Pool
[ ] Win Darts
[ ] Win Air Hockey
[ ] 16 Seagulls in Alderney
[ ] 14 Seagulls in Algonquin
[ ] 1 Seagull on Colony Island
[ ] 1 Seagull on Charge Island
[ ] 7 Seagulls in Bohan
[ ] 11 Seagulls in Broker/Dukes
[ ] Rob 6 Stores across Liberty City
  3 TW@s, 3 Laundromats
[ ] Buy all Themes and Ringtones from vipluxuryringtones.com
[ ] Give Busker $10, 3 times, recieve ringtone
[ ] B: Angels in America
[ ] B: It's War
[ ] B: Action/Reaction
[ ] J: Liberty City Choppers
[ ] Bike Races: Win 12 across Liberty City
Get Good Wood [ ] Achievement: Get Good Wood
   Knock Off 69 Racers in total
[ ] J: Bad Cop Drop
[ ] E: Buyer's Market
[ ] S: Politics
[ ] Phonecall: Coming Down
[ ] Complete 10 of Angus' Bike Thefts
Full Chat[ ] Achievement: Full Chat
  Clay and Terry 100% Toughness
  Do Gang Wars with them

[ ] Complete 25 Gang Wars
  Save Comet (Unique vehicle)
   Appears in Gang Wars involving Yardies
  Save Slamvan (Unique colors)
   Appears in Gang Wars involving Angels of Death

[ ] Complete 25 more Gang Wars (50 in total)
  All weapons unlocked at safehouses
[ ] S: Off Route
  Save Rhapsody (Unique color)
   Across the street at start of mission
[ ] Complete 5 Stubbs' Dirty Laundry jobs (Random order)
 [ ] First Impressions
 [ ] Knowing Me, Knowing You
   Save Infernus (Unique vehicle, color, design)
    Park it outside any Safehouse, wait for time to run out and fail mission. This does not count as a mission failure in Stats

 [ ] When The Blue Chips Are Down
 [ ] Phone Ho
   Save Cognoscenti (Unique color)
    Quickly steal after mission

 [ ] Communication Breakdown
The Lost Boy[ ] B: This S.hit's Cursed
  Achievement: The Lost Boy
[ ] Random Character: Dave Grossman
 [ ] First Encounter (South Algonquin)
[ ] J: Hit the Pipe
[ ] J: End of Chapter
[ ] J: Bad Standing
  Spare Brian
[ ] Random Character: Brian Jeremy (Only if spared)
 [ ] First Encounter (Behind Gracie Ancelotti's house)
[ ] E: Heavy Toll
  Save Regina (Unique vehicle)
   Enter Slamvan and lure gang members in Reginas towards Niko's Bohan Safehouse, kill them, store the vehicle, finish mission
  Save Hakuchou Custom (Unique vehicle)
   Parked in front of garage after mission

[ ] E: Marta Full of Grace
[ ] E: Shifting Weight
[ ] Random Character: Malc
 [ ] First Encounter (North Algonquin)
   Save Bati 800 (Unique color)
    Parked nearby after first cutscene

 [ ] Second Encounter (North Algonquin)
[ ] A: Roman's Holiday
[ ] Make sure Jim's Like is 100% (Can't hangout after next mission)
[ ] RB: Diamonds in the Rough
[ ] Phonecall: Collector's Item
[ ] RB: Was It Worth It?
Easy Rider[ ] S: Get Lost
  Achievement: Easy Rider
TBoGT: Checklist
[ ] Intro: I Luv LC
  Complete in 4:30
  Take 0% damage
  Take less than 10% car damage
[ ] Friendship: Henrique Bardas
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Air Hockey
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Golf
[ ] Friendship: Armando Torres
 [ ] Eating
 [ ] Drinking
 [ ] Air Hockey
 [ ] Pool
 [ ] Darts
 [ ] Strip Club
 [ ] Golf
Catch the Bus[ ] Dance successfully in both nightclubs
  Achievement: Catch the Bus
[ ] Win the champagne drinking contest
[ ] Win Pool
[ ] Win Darts
[ ] Win Air Hockey
[ ] 4 Seagulls in Alderney
[ ] 36 Seagulls in Algonquin
[ ] 1 Seagull on Happiness Island
[ ] 2 Seagulls on Colony Island
[ ] 1 Seagull on Charge Island
[ ] 1 Seagull in Bohan
[ ] 5 Seagulls in Broker/Dukes
[ ] Rob 6 Stores across Liberty City
  3 TW@s, 3 Laundromats
[ ] Buy all Themes and Ringtones from vipluxuryringtones.com
[ ] T: Practice Swing
  Complete in 4:00
  Take less than 50% damage
  11 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Hit Union Official with each golfball
Four Play[ ] Achievement: Four Play
  Hit the golf flag with a golf ball four times in one game
[ ] Win Golf
[ ] T: Chinese Takeout
  Complete in 5:20
  Take less than 10% damage
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Only headshot kills
[ ] Random Character: Arnaud
 [ ] First Encounter (One block east of Rotterdam Tower)
 [ ] Second Encounter (Three blocks north of Niko's Bohan Safehouse)
[ ] Complete 8 Club Management jobs
  9pm-6am
 [ ] Clay "Pain Giver" Jackson
 [ ] Kerry McIntosh
 [ ] British Prince
 [ ] Poppy Mitchell
 [ ] Cloe Parker
 [ ] Al Di Napoli
 [ ] Blue Brothers
 [ ] Bruce Spade
[ ] House (M): Momma's Boy
  Complete in 3:10
  Take less than 10% damage
  Use the crowd to hold an opponent
  Use a counter attack to knock out an opponent
Bear Fight[ ] Win the L.C. Cage Fighters championship (6 rounds)
  Achievement: Bear Fight
  To make this easier; Sprint around the arena, when the opponent stops to taunt you, run into him while continously pushing him, if they fall to the floor, go ahead and melee, otherwise keep running around until the opponent taunts again. Repeat this until they're down

[ ] House (M): Corner Kids
  Complete in 7:50
  Take less than 40% damage
  20 headshot kills
  Atleast 55% accuracy
Snow Queen[ ] Complete 25 Drug Wars
  Achievement: Snow Queen
[ ] Complete 25 more Drug Wars (50 in total)
  All weapons unlocked at safehouse
[ ] House (M): Clocking Off
  Complete in 5:00
  Take less than 40% damage
  20 headshot kills
  Atleast 55% accuracy
[ ] Y: Sexy Time
  Complete in 6:00
  Take 0% damage
  Destroy four enemy boats
[ ] Y: High Dive
  Complete in 4:10
  Take less than 50% damage
  6 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Destroy four helicopters
  Freefall some height before pulling parachute
Adrenaline Junkie[ ] Achievement: Adrenaline Junkie
  Freefall for the longest time possible before pulling parachute
Gone Down[ ] Complete 15 Base Jumps
  Achievement: Gone Down
[ ] Y: Caught With Your Pants Down
  Complete in 7:25
  Take less than 50% damage
  Destroy six police cars with the APC
  Take less than 50% APC damage
  10 or less shots to disconnect the APC
[ ] Random Character: Daisy Cash-Cooze
 [ ] First Encounter (Inside Maisonette 9)
   9pm-6am
[ ] M: Kibbutz Number One
  Complete in 5:00
  Take less than 50% damage
  Take less than 60% boat damage
  Reach 70mph in boat
   First-person view helps
  10 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Kill the guy with rocket launcher before he fires a shot
[ ] M: This Ain't Checkers
  Complete in 7:30
  Take 0% damage
  Land in a boat after freefalling
  Stay in first for the whole race
[ ] Win the 3 Triathlons
[ ] M: No. 3
  Complete in 5:15
  Take less than 20% car damage
  Reach 140mph in car
  Stay close to the Kibbutz brothers through the pursuit
[ ] T: Bang Bang
  Complete in 5:00
  Take less than 50% damage
  Use only five bombs
   Three for crane, one for the subway car and one for the plane
[ ] Random Character: Margot Summers
 [ ] First Encounter (Outside Hercules)
 [ ] Second Encounter (Pier 45)
[ ] T: Blog This!...
  Complete in 2:30
  Take 0% car damage
[ ] T: Frosting on the Cake...
  Complete in 5:45
  Take less than 50% damage
  100% accuracy with sticky bombs
  Lose wanted level in 0:35
[ ] T: Boulevard Baby
  Complete in 3:10
  Take less than 40% damage
  Successfully dance with Monique
  During shootout, don't harm any civilians, or Monique
[ ] Phone: ...Blog This!
  Complete in 2:10
  Take 0% damage
  Catch the Celebinator in 0:08
Diamonds Forever[ ] T: Not So Fast
  Achievement: Diamonds Forever
  Complete in 4:35
  Take less than 20% damage
  Take less than 80% helicopter damage
[ ] T: Ladies' Night
  Complete in 8:50
  Take 0% helicopter damage
  Stay close to Patrick's Comet
  Stay low, but a reasonable altitude above Patrick's Comet
[ ] B: Going Deep
  Complete in 6:30
  Take less than 50% damage
  20 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Destroy 5 vehicles
  Properly hide the bomb
   On the bumper facing away from carpark entrance
  Kill NOOSE and FIB agents with the bomb after they gathered around the car
   Detonate when Ray Bulgarin tells you to
[ ] B: Dropping In
  Complete in 6:40
  Take less than 40% damage
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Land inside the corona after jumping from the Maverick
  Shoot Ashvilli's out the window
  Land on the truck after escaping the MeTV building
[ ] B: In the Crosshairs
  Complete in 4:30
  Take less than 40% damage
  10 headshot kills
  Atleast 60% accuracy
  At most one sniper rifle shot for each of the four snipers
[ ] Y: For the Man Who Has Everything
  Complete in 4:20
  Take less than 50% damage
  Duck under the Annihilator flying above Dillon Street
  Destroy 8 Police helicopters and Annihilators while on the subway cart
[ ] T: Ladies Half Price
  Complete in 3:55
  Lose the russian mobster in 0:07
[ ] R: Party's Over
  Complete in 4:30
  Take less than 90% damage
  25 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
  Destroy 4 enemy cars
Maestro[ ] T: Departure Time
  Achievement: Maestro
  Complete in 10:00
  Take less than 50% damage
  25 headshot kills
  Atleast 70% accuracy
Past the Velvet Rope[ ] Achievement: Past the Velvet Rope
  Score at least 80% in all missions
Gold Star[ ] Achievement: Gold Star
  Score 100% in all missions
End of walkthrough
10 Comments
FearInoculum4 11 Jun @ 3:54am 
@MellowMange You are welcome. Fantastic guide BTW.
MellowMange  [author] 11 Jun @ 3:44am 
Thanks a lot! Yeah it seems like I had 3 too many Stunt jumps in Broker/Dukes, and 1 in Algonquin. And for the pigeons it seems like I had missed the pigeon on the bridge to Charge Island, I added it on the count for Broker/Dukes.
Thanks again for the heads up!
FearInoculum4 11 Jun @ 2:04am 
FYI Your stunt jumps total comes to 54 / 50 and Pigeons total is 199 / 200, i believe the missing pigeon is in the Broker / Dukes area.
WeeHammy 10 May @ 8:28pm 
@MellowMange

Thank you for clarifying for me! Thats awesome to know and thank you for the guide! It has helped me so much so far!!
MellowMange  [author] 10 May @ 7:33pm 
@WeeHammy For an acheivement to unlock you need to complete at least the last part of it.

So by just using a finished 100% save file you won't unlock any achievements.
But by using a save file with, for example, 199/200 pigeons you will only need to find the last pigeon, and that will then unlock the achievement.
WeeHammy 10 May @ 5:43pm 
Does anyone know if you download a 100% savefile, would it unlock all the achievements relating to items?

Such as - Collect all the pigeons (200)
Fly under the bridges (14)
e.t.c
juicebytappy 28 Apr @ 4:27pm 
FWIW, that site is also not on Steam, so folks like me who, yknow, don't already visit the site, but do use Steam and its Community Hub, would never have access to this hyper-comprehensive guide otherwise.

Thanks for the evident high effort--it's well appreciated by this old fan of IV. NYC in the 2010s was a pretty special time for me and GTAIV lets me explore and remember it well (the clothes, the jargon, the debatable tunes...) and, having finished it already multiple times on consoles, cracked PC copy, etc, it's really nice to a.) have all these little excuses to come back to it, and b.) have a guide to let you do that without making it your fucking college thesis--someone else already did that, and we stand on the shoulders of giants.

Thanks again for that. Yer doing god's work.
MellowMange  [author] 2 Mar @ 2:11am 
@Aztekov, I agree, and that's why I've already linked that website at the top of the guide. However, it lacks achievement tasks, optional tasks, and the order in which they are unlocked. But thanks for the comment
Aztekov 2 Mar @ 12:18am 
Good guide, but there's a website (GTASnP) that allows you to upload your save file and view your progress checklist. There's also support for other GTA games except 2D and GTAV. The biggest plus is that it has collectible checklist so you can find that one last remaining pigeon
Zim 28 Feb @ 12:20pm 
This guy KNOWS his shit. :steamthumbsup: