🚩Criminal Activity & Gangs
Within the vast underworld of San Andreas, opportunities abound for those who dare to walk the path of crime. From engaging in high-stakes heists to establishing shady businesses, the city's seedy underbelly caters to diverse ambitions. However, be prepared to navigate the dangerous waters of rival gangs, law enforcement, and the ever-present risk of betrayal as you carve your name into the annals of San Andreas' criminal history.
Forming alliances and building a network of reliable associates can prove vital for survival and success as you immerse yourself in this clandestine world. Remember that loyalty is a rare commodity, and betrayal can lurk everywhere. Embrace your chosen identity as a criminal with caution, for the consequences of your actions may ripple far beyond what you anticipate. Whether you rise through the ranks of notoriety or face the perils of life on the run, your journey in San Andreas will be one of risk, intrigue, and the pursuit of power in a realm where every decision carries weighty implications.
Your actions may have consequences not just for yourself but also for your members and allies. Your path will be rife with challenges, but fortune favors the cunning and the vigilant. Keep your wits about you, and let the adrenaline-fueled dance with danger begin in San Andreas's sprawling and treacherous landscape.
Gangs
All gang-related issues should remain in-character at all times and not spill into any out-of-state platforms. Any issues against policies or regulations should be handled using the proper reporting process. For more information regarding gang policies, visit the Civilian R&Rs.
San Andreas is home to several gangs or organized groups throughout the state. While most gangs are known for the evil they may cause, not all are considered to be that way. You may find that some groups are known for helping old ladies cross the road safely. But beware, you may find that a gang operates an entire neighborhood or housing development.
Each group typically has a hierarchy, and most people join the group as prospects and slowly progress as they prove themselves to the leaders.
Robberies
In the streets of San Andreas, where the going gets tough, you might find yourself dipping into the pockets of others to keep your car collection growing. The following will help you understand the process behind robberies that can be done in the state.
Store Robberies
Tools Required: Either a lockpick or advanced lockpick.
Steps:
Approach: Walk behind the counter to stand in front of the register.
Initiate: USE the lockpick from your inventory.
Minigame: You'll engage in a lockpicking minigame.
Upon Successful Lockpicking:
Receive: You'll obtain Marked Money.
Next Step: Take this money to a money wash to clean it.
Additional Opportunity:
Safe Code: You might find a note containing a safe code.
Accessing the Safe: Go to the backroom, press E near the safe, and enter the numbers.
Reward: You'll receive more cash from the safe.
Jewelry Store Robbery
Requirements
Thermite (to disable the fuse box)
Lighter (to ignite thermite)
A weapon capable of breaking glass cases (e.g., Shotgun or Assault Rifle; pistols will not work)
Accessing the Building
Head to the roof of the Jewelry Store to locate the fuse box.
Use your third eye on the fuse box to start a minigame.
Successfully completing the minigame will disable the door locks, allowing you to enter the store.
Important: You’ll have 5 minutes to complete the robbery before the backup power reactivates, locking the doors.
Looting the Store
Inside, you’ll see glass display cases containing jewelry.
Equip your capable weapon and approach a display case, use your third eye, and select the "Smash Case" option.
Continue looting each display case until you're ready to leave or have cleared all of them.
Exiting the Store
Ensure you leave the building before the 5-minute timer expires. If you don’t, the doors will lock, trapping you inside until the police arrive.
Selling or Melting Stolen Jewelry
Take the stolen jewelry to the Pawnshop.
You can either sell the jewelry directly or melt it down into raw materials, depending on your needs.
Fleeca Bank Robbery
1. Preparing for the Heist Before entering Fleeca Bank, ensure you have the following items in your inventory:
2. Accessing the Vault
Electronic Kit
Trojan USB
Drill
Advanced Lockpick
3. Completing the Hack
Enter Fleeca Bank and head to the vault door at the back.
On the right-hand side of the vault door, locate the small computer mounted on the wall.
Use your Electronic Kit by dragging it from your inventory to initiate the hacking minigame.
4. Looting the Vault
The hack involves matching two sets of letters or numbers.
Use the following controls to complete the hack:
Arrow Keys: Move the selection block.
Spacebar: Confirm a match.
WASD: Navigate through the other set of blocks.
Enter Key: Confirm your match selection.
Match all pairs to finish the hack successfully.
5. Unlocking the Back Room
Once inside, use your Drill on the safes along the wall.
Use your third eye to interact with the safes and start drilling to collect loot.
6. Making Your Escape
Use your Advanced Lockpick to open the locked door leading to the back room of the vault.
Inside, repeat the drilling process on the remaining safes to secure additional loot.
After looting the safes, exit the vault and make your getaway—but be careful not to get caught!
You can take your items and sell/smelt them at the pawnshop and turn your marked money into usable cash at the Money Wash
Paleto Bank Robbery
Here’s the Paleto Bank Robbery guide restructured for clarity and flow:
Paleto Bank Robbery Guide
1. Preparing for the Heist Before entering the bank, make sure you have the following essential items:
Drill
Security Card A
Thermite
Lighter
2. Accessing the Vault
Head to the vault door and use your Security Card A to unlock it.
Once inside, use your Drill to open the safes along the walls. Use your third eye to interact with each safe and begin drilling.
3. Advancing Further into the Vault
To open the next door deeper inside the vault, use your Thermite and Lighter.
Start the process by using the Thermite, which will trigger a circle-timing minigame.
Watch for the moving green bar and click LEFT CLICK when it aligns with the circle.
Pass the minigame to proceed further into the vault.
4. Looting the Inner Vault
Once the second door is open, use your Drill again on the remaining safes.
Use your third eye to interact with the safes and collect as much loot as possible.
5. Selling and Cleaning the Loot
After leaving the bank, take your stolen items to the Pawnshop to sell or smelt them.
Convert your marked money into usable cash at a Money Wash location
6. Make Your Escape
Plan your getaway carefully to avoid law enforcement—don’t get caught!
Pacific Standard Robbery
1. Preparing for the Heist Make sure you have the following items before starting the robbery:
Security Card B
Drill
Trojan USB
Electronic Kit
Thermite
Lighter
Advanced Lockpick
2. Gaining Access to the Teller Area
Enter the bank and head to the door leading behind the teller area.
Use your Advanced Lockpick to unlock the teller door.
3. Heading to the Basement Vault
Once inside the teller area, go to the right-hand side and head toward the basement.
At the basement entrance, locate the computer on the wall and use your Security Card B to progress further.
4. Hacking the Vault Door
In the basement, proceed straight to the next computer on the wall.
Use your Electronic Kit and Trojan USB to initiate the hack (similar to the Fleeca Bank hack).
Follow the matching game process:
Arrow Keys + Spacebar: Navigate and confirm matches.
WASD + Enter Key: Move and confirm the second set of matches.
5. Opening the Vault
After passing the hack, the vault door will open.
To get past the gate, complete a circle-timing minigame:
Watch the green bar and click LEFT CLICK when it aligns with the circle.
6. Looting the Vault
Inside the first section of the vault, use your Drill to open the safes along the walls.
To access the final part of the vault, complete another circle-timing minigame at the next gate.
In the final section, use your Drill again to open the remaining safes and collect the loot.
7. Selling and Cleaning the Loot
Take the stolen items to the Pawnshop to sell or smelt them.
Convert your marked money into usable cash at a Money Wash location.
8. Making Your Escape
Plan a careful escape route to avoid law enforcement—don’t get caught!
Money Wash
1. Gaining Access to the Money Wash
Ensure you have at least one piece of marked money in your inventory to enter.
Approach the local near the entrance and use your third eye to interact with them.
You’ll need to pay a fee of $1,000-$1,500 to gain access to the location.
2. Washing Your Money Once inside, follow these steps to clean your money:
Step 1: Use the Washers
Head to the washers along the wall.
Use your third eye to interact with the washer and start cleaning your marked money.
Step 2: Dry the Money
After washing, take the wet money to the drying table with the lamp behind you.
Use your third eye to dry the money.
Step 3: Print the Money
Take the dried money to the printing press.
Stand by the right side of the press and use your third eye on the control panel to print clean money.
3. Leaving the Money Wash
Once the printing process is complete, you’ll have clean money that will go right into your pocket.
Drugs
Drugs in the game involve purchasing, delivering, and selling illegal substances, with opportunities to grow or acquire more items as you progress.
Meeting with Dealers
To meet with dealers, use your third eye on the door of a drug location to interact with them. From there, you can choose between accepting a Drug Delivery Mission or buying items. As you complete deliveries, you'll unlock more items for purchase, allowing you to progress further in the drug trade.
Drug Delivery Missions
Accept a mission to receive an email with the delivery location and a brick of weed/cocaine in your inventory.
Travel to the location and find the recipient.
Use your third eye to deliver the drugs.
Completing deliveries earns REP, unlocking better items from the dealer.
Selling to Locals
Grow your own weed or buy it from a dealer.
Open the menu: F1 > Citizen > Corner Selling this will start corner selling.
Locals will approach you to buy drugs.
Accept or decline offers using your third eye.
Be cautious—locals might try to rob you!
If robbed, fight back and search their body using your third eye to recover your items.
Weed Growing
Acquiring Seeds Start by obtaining a weed seed. You can get this through drug missions or by purchasing it from another civilian.
Preparing for Growth
Find a space where you can grow your weed plant, you'll need to do this in a property you own.
Purchase fertilizer from Smoke on the Water in Vespucci.
Planting the Seed
Go to your chosen growing location.
Double-click the weed seed in your inventory, and a pot will appear at your feet.
When you plant the weed seed, it'll start at 100% fertilization and 100% health.
Maintaining the Plant
Check on your plant daily to ensure its health stays at 100% as it progresses through its growth cycles.
If you let the health % drop, the plant will die.
Stand in front of the pot and double-click the fertilizer in your inventory and it will fertilize the plant.
The plant will indicate its current growth cycle and when it is ready to harvest.
Harvesting the Plant
Purchase empty weed bags from Smoke on the Water.
Once the plant is ready, approach it, follow the on-screen instructions, and harvest it. The weed will automatically be bagged and ready to sell.
Blackmarket
You might stumble upon a traveling black market, where rare and illegal items are up for grabs. If you encounter such a clandestine operation, locate the seller and engage them through your third eye to browse their illicit items. Keep in mind, that the assortment of goods can differ from one market to another; for instance, you might come across a Shotgun Black Market as illustrated in the photo below. Each visit could yield a different set of opportunities to acquire items not available through legal channels within the game.
Crocodile Clips
If you manage to acquire this special item, it becomes your key to uncovering the elusive Black Market locations within San Andreas. Word on the street is that Crocodile Clips can be used at phone booths designed to protect you and your equipment from the elements. With the item in your possession, engage the phone booth using your third eye. This action triggers a sequence of minigames which, once completed successfully, will reward you with a map marker directing you to the nearest Black Market.
Radar Detector/Jammer
If you acquire a radar detector you can set it up in your vehicle. The following is a guide on how to setup the radar in your vehicle.
(1) Run the command /detectormenu
(2) Press Spawn Radar Detector, Press Model: Sonoran Laser/Radar Detector.
(3) This will spawn the Radar Detector on your vehicle. You'll be prompted with a menu to attach the radar to your vehicle. You'll want to start by going down and pressing Attach. You'll use the buttons at the bottom of your screen to move the radar prop around until it sits on the dashboard of your vehicle.
This may be difficult to do without a 100% keyboard. Buttons to move the radar around will require a keypad.
(4) When you've confirmed the radar is visible and in the position you want. You will select the menu option Confirm Placement. This will set the prop's location on your vehicle. At any point you mess up in this process you may press Detach and then Attach again to reset it.
(5) You're now able to begin using the radar! When you reopen the menu going forward you'll be met with the following options.
Radar Remote Menu
This menu you'll want to press
Toggle Radar Powerthis will turn the radar power on.This will lead to a new menu area where you're able to Toggle Detection Mode and Toggle Jamming Mode.
Detection mode will let you know if you're detecting Law Enforcement Radars, it'll let of a series of beeps and noises indicating this.
Jamming Mode will JAM Law Enforcement Radars, this is ILLEGAL and may result in server penalties with the law.
Attach Radar Detector
This sends you back to step (4).
Delete the Current Radar Detector
This will remove the save from the car. As it is saved in one of the files of the position you put it in, if you delete it, you permanently delete it's saved location forever. This will then give you back the radar detector.
Money Transport Robbery
Keep an eye out for any money transports occurring within the state. These events are not random but follow certain patterns.
Required Items: To initiate the robbery, you must possess two specific items. These can be acquired by:
Approaching the back of the money transport vehicle.
Pressing E to attempt robbery, which will prompt you that you're missing the required items. This is your cue to gather them.
These DO NOT change so if you figure them out beforehand or afterward just know/remember what to gather.
When you have the items, find the right time to attack and press E at the back of the vehicle to start the process. You'll do a minigame to crack open the backdoors. Planting the Bomb: After winning the minigame, you will plant an explosive device on the doors. This requires patience as you'll need to wait approximately 20 seconds for it to detonate.
Once the doors are blown open, approach and press E to start grabbing the cash.
Important: You can press E at any time to bail out of the robbery.
Consequence of Bailing: If you choose to leave prematurely, you won't be able to return for more money, and the amount you've collected up to that point could be less than if you had continued.
Pawnshop
Enter the Pawnshop
Use your third eye on the door to interact with the Pawnshop.
Sell Items
Select Sell Items and choose what you want to sell.
Melt Items
Select Melt Items, pick what to melt. You'll need to wait as melting some items may take a while. You'll get an email letting you know your items are ready for pickup or stay until it’s done.
Pick Up Melted Items
Use third eye on the door, select Pickup Melted Items, and Sell or keep them.
Crypto Sticks
When you acquire a Crypto Stick, it contains a small amount of cryptocurrency. To decrypt it, you must complete a minigame that involves matching letters and numbers. Additional details on the minigame can be found here.
Stealing Traffic Signs
If you're interested in stealing a traffic sign, all you need to do is walk up to the sign you're interested in stealing and third-eye it. You'll be prompted to Steal Sign. When you're finished you'll have the actual sign in your inventory to use.
Stealing Vehicles
To steal a vehicle, you’ll need both a lockpick or advanced lockpick and a toolkit. Follow these steps:
Approaching the Vehicle
Stand next to the driver’s side door of the vehicle you want to steal.
Use your lockpick to initiate the lockpicking process.
Lockpicking Minigame
Successfully completed the minigame to unlock the door and gain entry to the vehicle.
If you fail, the lockpick and toolkit will be consumed.
Starting the Engine
Once inside, use the lockpick again to attempt to start the vehicle’s engine.
If you fail this step, you’ll lose both the lockpick and toolkit. Success allows you to drive the vehicle away.
Chop Shop
Before you start a chopshop mission ENSURE you have the mail app for emails on your phone.
Starting a Mission
Go to a Chop Shop location and interact with the person in charge using your third eye.
Select "Deliver a Specific Vehicle" to begin the mission.
You will receive an email with details about the vehicle, including its type, model, and plate number.
Note: Always refer to this email to ensure you target the correct vehicle, as stealing the wrong one could result in failure.
Finding and Stealing the Vehicle
The target vehicle will be marked on your map as "Chop Shop Vehicle".
Approach the vehicle and follow the steps outlined in the Vehicle Theft Guide.
Successfully unlock and start the vehicle, then drive it to any Chop Shop location in the state.
Dismantling the Vehicle
Pull the vehicle into the Chop Shop area, and you’ll be prompted to Press [E] to Chop Vehicle.
Once initiated, multiple interaction points will appear on the vehicle (see reference photo).
Approach each point, press E to remove the part, and take it to the designated storage area (see photo).
Continue until all parts are removed and stored.
Getting Paid and Rewards
Once the vehicle is fully dismantled, you’ll receive payment and materials.
Reputation System
Chop Shops have a reputation system that tracks your progress.
To view or upgrade your reputation, go to the Chop Shop and interact with the person in charge using your third eye.
A higher reputation allows you to upgrade the speed at which you dismantle vehicle parts.
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