GTA Vice City Missions List: All Story Missions Guide & Walkthrough

On this page you find the full list of all Story Missions in GTA Vice City, along with a complete guide and breakdown of what's required, what's optional, how to unlock the final mission, and more.

The game features a total of 59 story missions, but not all of them are mandatory. The requirements include 20 main storyline missions, plus the acquisition of 6 Assets and the completion of their respective missions (the 2 Print Works missions are mandatory).

The others are optional missions, such as 13 Gang Missions and 5 Pay Phone Missions. However, all 59 missions are necessary for 100% completion of the game.

The GTA Vice City missions below are listed in chronological order, even though some missions from different contacts become available at the same time, so they can be played in a different order.

Clicking on a GTA Vice City mission brings you to its full details, with Mission Objectives, Rewards, Video Walkthrough, and more information. The walkthrough also applies to the GTA Vice City Definitive Edition.

Initial Missions

Below you find the list of the first missions in GTA Vice City. Out of these 22 missions, 18 are mandatory for story progression, while 4 missions are optional (Avery's missions and "All Hands on Deck!").

In The Beginning...

Tommy escapes an ambushed drug deal involving the Vance brothers, then drives to the Ocean View Hotel.

1. An Old Friend

Sonny Forelli

Tommy calls Sonny Forelli.

2. The Party

Ken Rosenberg

Tommy meets Juan Cortez at a party on his yacht. He is introduced to Ricardo Diaz, and then gives Mercedes Cortez a ride to The Pole Position Club.

3. Back Alley Brawl

Ken Rosenberg

Tommy takes down Leo Teal, then visits an Ammu-Nation with Lance Vance.

4. Jury Fury

Ken Rosenberg

Tommy intimidates two jury members in Giorgio Forelli's fraud trial.

5. Riot

Ken Rosenberg

Tommy bankrupts a delivery company.

6. Treacherous Swine

Juan Cortez

Tommy kills Gonzales for leaking important information.

7. Mall Shootout

Juan Cortez

Tommy retrieves stolen military technology from Pierre La Ponce at the North Point Mall.

8. Guardian Angels

Juan Cortez

Tommy and Lance Vance protect Ricardo Diaz from the Haitians in a drug deal with the Cubans.

9. Four Iron

Avery Carrington Optional

Tommy takes down Avery Carrington's business rival at the Leaf Links Country Club.

10. Demolition Man

Avery Carrington Optional

Tommy uses an RC chopper to blow up a building.

11. The Chase

Ricardo Diaz

Tommy chases one of Diaz's dealers to his hideout on Prawn Island.

12. Phnom Penh '86

Ricardo Diaz

Tommy uses a helicopter to kill a thief dealer, and then retrieves the stolen money from the mansion on Prawn Island.

13. Sir, Yes Sir!

Juan Cortez

Tommy hijacks an army tank.

14. Two Bit Hit

Avery Carrington Optional

Tommy ambushes the funeral of a Haitian gang lieutenant disguised as a Cuban gang member, sparking a gang war between the Cubans and the Haitians.

15. The Fastest Boat

Ricardo Diaz

Tommy steals a speedboat from the boatyard.

16. Supply & Demand

Ricardo Diaz

Tommy completes a drug deal and takes out several gunmen in a speedboat chase.

17. Death Row

Kent Paul

Tommy saves Lance Vance from Ricardo Diaz's men and takes him to the hospital before he bleeds out.

18. All Hands On Deck!

Juan Cortez Optional

Tommy helps Juan Cortez escape French military intelligence on his yacht.

19. Rub Out

Lance Vance

Lance and Tommy infiltrate Diaz's mansion and kill him.

20. Shakedown

Lance Vance

Tommy intimidates shop owners at the North Point Mall into paying protection money.

21. Bar Brawl

Tommy Vercetti

Tommy forces the DBP Security company out of Ocean Beach.

22. Cop Land

Tommy Vercetti

Tommy disguises as a cop and blows up a store in the mall.

Gang Missions (Optional)

The following are optional missions involving various gangs and groups in Vice City: the Cubans, Haitians, Bikers, and the band Love Fist.

These missions are not required for story progression.

23. Love Juice

Love Fist

Tommy assists Love Fist, buying them drugs.

24. Psycho Killer

Love Fist

Tommy takes down an obsessed stalker of the Love Fist band.

25. Alloy Wheels of Steel

Mitch Baker

Tommy wins a bike race.

26. Messing With The Man

Mitch Baker

Tommy proves himself by causing havoc on the streets.

27. Hog Tied

Mitch Baker

Tommy retrieves a stolen Angel bike for Mitch.

28. Publicity Tour

Love Fist

Tommy drives Love Fist's limousine around while they defuse a bomb planted by the obsessed stalker.

29. Stunt Boat Challenge

Umberto Robina

Tommy wins a boat race.

30. Cannon Fodder

Umberto Robina

Tommy ambushes a drug deal between the Sharks and the Haitians.

31. Naval Engagement

Umberto Robina

Tommy steals a drug shipment.

32. Juju Scramble

Auntie Poulet

Tommy collects drug packages scattered around Little Haiti.

33. Bombs Away!

Auntie Poulet

Tommy bombs Cuban drug dealers using RC planes.

34. Dirty Lickin's

Auntie Poulet

Tommy protects the Haitian gang members in a street fight.

35. Trojan Voodoo

Umberto Robina

Tommy infiltrates and blows up a Haitian drug factory.

Pay Phone Missions (Optional)

The following are optional assassination missions given via a Pay Phone by the mysterious character Mr. Black.

These missions are not required for story progression.

36. Road Kill

Mr. Black

Tommy assassinates Carl Pearson.

37. Waste the Wife

Mr. Black

Tommy assassinates Mrs. Dawson.

38. Autocide

Mr. Black

Tommy assassinates Mike Griffin, Dick Tanner, Franco Carter, Marcus Hammond, Nick Kong and Charlie Dilson.

39. Check Out at the Check In

Mr. Black

Tommy assassinates and robs a businessman at the airport.

40. Loose Ends

Mr. Black

Tommy sabotages a deal between the Sharks and the FBI.

Asset Missions

The following are missions related to the acquisition of Assets, properties and businesses across Vice City.

Not all of these are required for story progression. However, you need to complete the missions of at least 6 of these Assets, one of which must be Print Works - while Phil's Place doesn't count.

Malibu Club

41. No Escape?

Tommy breaks Cam Jones out of jail.

42. The Shootist

Tommy and Phil Cassidy have a shooting contest.

43. The Driver

Tommy and Hillary King have a street race.

44. The Job

Tommy, Hillary, Phil and Ken rob the El Banco Corrupto Grande Bank.

Phil's Place

45. Gun Runner

Tommy kills Pedro Garcia and collects weapons for Phil.

46. Boomshine Saigon

Tommy saves Phil Cassidy after he hurts himself in an explosion.

Kaufman Cabs

47. V.I.P.

Tommy delivers a V.I.P. from the airport.

48. Friendly Rivalry

Tommy destroys three cabs from VC Cabs.

49. Cabmageddon

Tommy takes out the VC Cabs company's leader

Sunshine Autos

At least the first list of cars should be delivered to the Sunshine Autos Import Garage.

Pole Position Club

Spend $300 (5 minutes) inside the dance room of The Pole Position Club.

Viceport Boatyard

50. Checkpoint Charlie

Tommy recovers drug packages scattered across the ocean.

Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory

51. Distribution

Tommy sells drugs to the people of Vice City from the cover of an ice cream van.

InterGlobal Studios

52. Recruitment Drive

Tommy helps in recruiting actors Candy Suxxx and Mercedes Cortez for the production of a pornographic film.

53. Dildo Dodo

Tommy drops fliers advertising the Candy and Mercedes's film with a Skimmer seaplane.

54. Martha's Mug Shot

Tommy acquires incriminating pictures of Alex Shrub.

55. G-Spotlight

Tommy performs a huge publicity stunt for Candy and Mercedes's movie.

Print Works (Mandatory)

56. Spilling the Beans

Tommy raids a ship in the docks and extracts information on counterfeit plates from the head of the Vice City Triads.

57. Hit the Courier

Tommy steals the counterfeit plates from the courier.

Final Storyline Missions

After completing the missions for at least 6 assets (including Print Works), you will unlock access to the two final story missions of GTA Vice City:

58. Cap The Collector

Earnest Kelly, Print Works

Tommy kills the collectors taxing the Print Works businesses.

59. Keep Your Friends Close...

Tommy Vercetti

Tommy takes down Lance Vance and Sonny Forelli.

Frequently Asked Questions - GTA Vice City Storyline Explained:

How many missions are in GTA Vice City?

There are 59 main story missions in GTA Vice City in total. You can find them all listed on this page.

There are 20 main missions required, 22 optional missions, and 17 asset missions where only 2 are mandatory.

Below you find a full breakdown of what is required for story progression and what is not.

How to unlock the Final Mission in GTA Vice City?

In order to unlock the last mission in GTA Vice City, you must purchase and complete the missions for 6 Assets Properties. This is in addition to the Vercetti Estate which is automatically unlocked.

After completing the mission "Shakedown", you have a total of 9 available assets in GTA Vice City. The choice is mostly yours on which 6 you decide to purchase and focus on, with a couple of exceptions:

• Print Works is mandatory, and the two Print Works missions must be completed
• Phil's Place doesn't count towards the 6, as it doesn't generate monetary profit

Once you have a total of 7 Profitable Places marked with $ (also counting the Vercetti Estate), you will unlock the final two missions of the GTA Vice City storyline, "Cap the Collector", and "Keep Your Friends Close".

What are the Required Missions in GTA Vice City?

The required missions in GTA Vice City include 20 main storyline missions and the acquisition of 6 Assets (including Print Works).

• 18 of the Initial Missions
• The acquisition and completion of at least 6 Assets (7 with the Vercetti Estate)
  
  • The 2 Print Works missions are mandatory
• 2 Final Missions

What are the Optional Missions in GTA Vice City?

There are 22 optional story missions in GTA Vice City:

• 4 of the Initial Missions (Avery's missions and "All Hands on Deck!" are optional)
• 13 Gang Missions (Love Fist, Mitch Baker, Umberto Robina, Auntie Poulet)
• 5 Pay Phone Missions (Mr. Black)

These are not necessary for story progression, meaning they can be completed at any time, even after the main storyline is completed.

Despite many missions being optional, all of these missions are required if you want to achieve 100% completion of the game.

What to do if there are no missions in GTA Vice City?

Due to the way GTA Vice City's mission tree is set up, you might encounter a point where no more missions are visible and no map icons are available.

If you find yourself in this situation, this means that you completed all the initial mandatory missions, and you need to focus on the Asset Missions.

To progress forward, you need to purchase and complete the missions for at least 6 Assets Properties (one of which must be "Print Works", and "Phil's Place" doesn't count). This will result in a total of 7 Profitable Places (counting the Vercetti Estate), marked with a $ icon on the map.

Once you have a total of 7 Profitable Places, you will unlock the final two missions of the game.

What is the minimum number of missions required in GTA Vice City?

For you speedrunners out there, you might be wondering what is the least amount of missions required to get to the end of the GTA Vice City storyline.

As mentioned above, the mandatory tasks included 20 missions plus the completion of 6 Assets (with Print Works being mandatory).

If we choose the 6 assets with the least amount of missions (Phil's Place doesn't count), here is what we have:

• Pole Position Club (0 missions, just spending $300 in the dance room)
• Sunshine Autos (0 missions, but the first list of cars must be delivered to the garage)
• Viceport Boatyard (1 mission)
• Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory (1 mission)
• Print Works (2 missions)
• Kaufman Cabs (3 missions)

This gives a total of 27 minimum missions required to complete the GTA Vice City story mode.

However, it's a different story when it comes to 100% Completion of the game, as this requires completing all 59 Story Missions, plus Side missions and many more endeavors.

How to unlock the closed bridges in GTA Vice City?

When you start off Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, you will be playing on the right side of the map - this being Vice City Beach.

The bridges that connect to the other side of the map, Vice City Mainland, are closed off due to hurricane warnings.

The hurricane warning will be lifted as you progress through the story, and access to Vice City Mainland will be unlocked after completing the mission "Phnom Penh '86".

GTA Vice City Side Missions

See our section dedicated to the Side Missions in GTA Vice City, for a guide on all optional endeavors in the game, including Races, Stadium Events, the Sunshine Autos Import Garage, the vehicles-based Sub-Missions, and more Challenges.