GTA San Andreas Missions List: All Story Missions Guide & Walkthrough
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.
GTA San Andreas: All Missions Index
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.
In the Beginning
Carl makes his way back to Grove Street after five years away
1. Big Smoke
Carl reunites with Big Smoke
2. Sweet & Kendl
Sweet reunites with Carl, relaying what happened over the past five years
3. Ryder
Ryder takes Carl out on a ride round the neighbourhood
4. Tagging Up Turf
Sweet tasks Carl with getting rid of all enemy gang tags in the area.
5. Cleaning the Hood
Ryder and Carl deal with some crack dealers in the local area
6. Drive-Thru
The gang stops Ballas from getting in to Grove Street
7. Nines and AK's
8. Drive-By
9. Sweet's Girl
10. Cesar Vialpando
11. Home Invasion
12. Catalyst
13. Robbing Uncle Sam
14. OG Loc
15. Running Dog
16. Wrong Side of the Tracks
Chase down the Vagos that are escaping by train.
17. Just Business
18. Life's a Beach
19. Madd Dogg's Rhymes
Carl steals Madd Dogg's rhyme book.
20. Management Issues
21. House Party
22. Burning Desire
Carl is tasked by C.R.A.S.H to burn a Vago's member's house down.
23. Gray Imports
C.R.A.S.H tasks Carl with crashing a deal and kill an arms dealer.
24. Doberman
25. Los Sepulcros
Carl takes out Ballas leader Kane.
26. High Stakes, Low Rider
27. Reuniting the Families
28. The Green Sabre
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.
29. Badlands
Frank Tenpenny tasks Carl with taking out an FBI witness
30. First Date / Tanker Commander
31. Body Harvest
32. King in Exile
Carl reunites with Cesar and Kendl in Angel Pine.
33. First Base / Local Liquor Store
Carl and Catalina rob a liquor store in Blueberry.
34. Gone Courting / Against All Odds
Catalina tries to show her love to Carl. They go rob a betting shop in Montgomery.
35. Made in Heaven / Small Town Bank
Catalina lets her new feelings known to Carl. They go rob a bank in Palomino Creek.
36. Wu Zi Mu
37. Farewell, My Love...
38. Are You 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.
39. Wear Flowers in Your Hair
Carl recruites some help for the garage, after gettin recommendations from The Truth.
40. 555 We Tip
Carl is tasked by C.R.A.S.H to frame a district attorney.
41. Deconstruction
Kendl asks for Carl's assistance on getting revenge on some builders.
42. Photo Opportunity
Carl learns of a meeting between Ryder and the Loco Syndicate.
43. Jizzy
Carl helps Jizzy with his pimping duties.
44. Air Raid
Zero needs Carl's help with defending his transmitters from Berkley.
45. Supply Lines...
Carl destroys Berkleys courier planes.
46. New Model Army
Carl helps Zero in an RC war.
47. T-Bone Mendez
48. Mike Toreno
49. Outrider
Carl transports drugs past various roadblocks.
50. Snail Trail
C.R.A.S.H tasks Carl with sniping a journalist.
51. Ice Cold Killa
Carl breaks into the Pleasure Domes and kills Jizzy B.
52. Back to School
53. Pier 69
Cesar and Carl raid a deal between the Ballas and the Loco Syndicate
54. Toreno's Last Flight
Carl shoots down Mike Toreno's helicopter.
55. Mountain Cloud Boys
56. Ran Fa Li
57. Lure
58. Amphibious Assault
59. The Da Nang Thang
60. Yay Ka-Boom-Boom
Carl destroys the Loco Syndicate crack factory.
61. Zeroing In
Carl steals a car with a tracking system.
62. Test Drive
Carl steals and tests some racing cars.
63. Customs Fast Track
Carl steals a car from a container at the docks.
64. Puncture Wounds
Carl uses stingers to steal a car.
The Desert Missions
Below you find the 9 Story Missions of GTA San Andreas taking place in the Desert area of Bone County.
65. Monster
Carl completes a timed trial on a Monster Truck.
66. Highjack
67. Interdiction
Carl escorts and protects Toreno's helicopter.
68. Verdant Meadows
Carl purchases the Verdant Meadows airstrip.
69. Learning to Fly
Carl completes Pilot School.
- Rustler (bronze)
- Stuntplane (silver)
- Hunter (gold)
- Police Maverick spawns on the roof of the Los Santos Police Department
- Las Venturas safehouses
- 6-star wanter level avaliable
- All planes in airports
- Access to all airport runways
- Victim outlets
- Pilot's license
- Increased Flying Skill
70. N.O.E.
Toreno want Carl to deliver some packages under the radar.
71. Stowaway
Toreno needs Carl to plant a bomb on a plane.
72. Black Project
The Truth wants Carl to raid Area 69 and bring back the Black Project.
73. Green Goo
Carl steals the Green Goo from a train.
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.
74. Fender Ketchup
Carl needs to give Johnny Sindacco a scare.
75. Explosive Situation
Carl steals dynamite from the Hunter Quarry.
76. You've Had Your Chips
Carl destroys the Sindacco's fake casino chip-making machines.
77. Don Peyote
Carl rescues Maccer and Kent Paul from the desert.
78. Architectural Espionage
Carl steals the blueprints for Caligula's Casino.
79. Key to Her Heart
Carl romances Millie Perkins to gain a keycard to Caligula's Casino.
80. Dam and Blast
Carl plants explosives on the Sherman Dam.
81. Cop Wheels
Carl steals four HPW 1000 police bikes.
82. Up, Up and Away!
Carl steals a armored truck from the K.A.C.C military depot.
83. Intensive Care
84. The Meat Business
85. Madd Dogg
Carl rescues Madd Dogg from a suicide attempt.
86. Fish in a Barrel
Carl takes up co-ownership of the Four Dragons Casino.
87. Misappropriation
C.R.A.S.H tasks Carl with killing some federal agents.
88. Freefall
89. High Noon
Carl chases and kills Eddie Pulaski
90. Saint Mark's Bistro
Carl flys to Liberty City to kill Marco Forelli.
91. Breaking the Bank at Caligula's
Carl robs Caligula's Casino.
92. A Home in the Hills
Carl retakes back Madd Dogg's crib from Big Poppa
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.
93. Vertical Bird
Carl steals a Hydra and attacks some spy boatds.
94. Home Coming
Carl reunites with Sweet and takes back Ganton from the Ballas.
95. Beat Down on B Dup
Sweet and Carl reclaim Glen Park and confront B Dup.
96. Cut Throat Business
Carl chases OG Loc to reclaim back Madd Dogg's music.
97. Grove 4 Life
98. Riot
Los Santos erupts after Frank Tenpenny is cleared of all charges.
99. Los Desperados
100. End of the Line
Carl takes out his enemies for one last mission.
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.