GTA IV Achievement Walkthrough Guideby Prolo
There are a lot of threads asking for help with certain achievements, so I thought I would write up a guide on how to get them all. Hopefully, this will stop all the individual repeated achievement posts! Thanks for all the positive responses with the last three versions. This the final revised version. I added alot of information about individual achievements and Mike Double U has re-organized the guide and he wrote the guide for the Key To The City achievement.
Notes:
-Cheating disables some achievements! You can see what cheats affect what achievements here. So make sure you check that the “Times Cheated” stat says 0.
-Throughout this guide there will be spoilers written in gray. You have to highlight them to read them. They are marked with parenthesis ( ).
Story Achievements -- 210G:
(These will unlock by simply playing through the story)
[] 1. Off The Boat - 5G - Complete the first mission.
[] 2. Lowest Point - 5G - Complete mission "Roman's Sorrow".
[] 3. Fed The Fish - 5G - Complete the mission "Uncle Vlad".
[] 4. Impossible Trinity - 10G - Complete mission "Museum Piece".
[] 5. Gracefully Taken - 10G - Complete mission "I'll Take Her".
[] 6. That Special Someone - 10G - Complete mission "That Special Someone".
[] 7. You Won! - 60G - Complete the final mission.
[] 8. Full Exploration - 20G - Unlock all the islands.
[] 9. Half Million - 55G - Reach a balance of $500,000.
This needs to be at one point in time, as in cash in hand. Just work towards the main story and do some side missions. I have made over $1,500,000 in game now. (You will rob a bank for $250,000 and at the very end of the game you get a choice, if you select to make the deal (rather than kill him) you get another $250,000 for that mission.)
[] 10. Liberty City Minute - 30G - Complete the story missions in less than 30 hours.
This one is easily doable if you just stick to the main story when playing, I watched all cut scenes, used taxis to go everywhere (skipping the journey), and reloaded if I died, failed or got arrested. I had a lot of hours to spare after it. The main story missions are the ones which flow on from each other. All of the story missions will be located on the radar, while secondary missions usually require you to ring the person up to activate them. It has been said by a couple of people this is bugged, and that it will only activate if you watch part or all of the credits, I do not know if this is true!
Multiplayer Achievements -- 140G:
[] 11. Teamplayer - 10G - Kill 5 players who are not in your team, in any ranked multiplayer team game.
This is easiest in a long time limit Team Deathmatch game.
[] 12. Cut Your Teeth - 5G - Earn a personal rank promotion in multiplayer.
Earn $1,000 online. You get $100 for each kill in Team Deathmatch.
[] 13. Join The Midnight Club - 10G - Win a ranked multiplayer race without damaging your vehicle too much and with damage enabled.
Simple as the title says, you cannot get a single bit of damage, this is easiest imo with a helicopter race as long as you are a good pilot!
[] 14. Fly The Co-op - 15G - Beat our time in ranked versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II".
Here are the times to beat:
-Deal Breaker - 7:03
-Hangman's NOOSE - Time To Beat - 2:32
-Bomb Da Base II - Time To Beat - 5:32
[] 15. Taking It For The Team - 10G - Be on the winning team in all ranked multiplayer team games.
You need to win at least at least once in each of the following: Team Mafiya Work, Team Deathmatch, Team Car Jack City, Cops' N Crooks (each side), and Turf War.
[] 16. Top Of The Food Chain - 10G - Kill 20 players with a pistol in a ranked multiplayer deathmatch.
This is easiest in a long time limit Team Deathmatch game.
[] 17. Top The Midnight Club - 20G - Come first in 20 different ranked standard multiplayer races.
For this one you need to win in each type of race, there are 20 different types: 16 car races, 2 boat races, 1 helicopter race and a free race. Winning the same race twice does not count for this!
[] 18. Wanted - 20G - Achieve the highest personal rank in multiplayer.
You need to earn $5,000,000 online. Fastest way to earn money is in Hangman's NOOSE. At least $3,775 each time you complete the mission.
[] 19. Auf Wiedersehen Petrovic - 30G - Win all ranked multiplayer variations, all races and "Cops 'n Crooks", as both sides.
This needs you to win on every mode, win all types of race in both “Race” & “GTA Race” and win on both sides of “Cops ‘n Crooks”, so this will take some time to get. Here is a chart.
[] 20. Let Sleeping Rockstars Lie - 10G - Kill a Rockstar developer in a ranked multiplayer match.
This achievement is viral now so just play Deathmatch for a while and you will get it in at least 30 mins.
Single Player – 650G:
(These can't be done in Free Roam).
[] 21. One Hundred And Eighty - 10G - In a darts game score 180 with 3 darts.
Hit triple 20 three times in one turn. Triple 20
[] 22. Pool Shark - 10G - Beat a friend at pool.
Simple enough, pot all your balls before your friend pots theirs.
[] 23. King of QUB3D - 15G - Beat the High Score in QUB3D.
You will find QUB3D machines in pubs, bars and strip clubs. The high score at the start is 10,950. It is quite easy to do once you know how to play the game, you need to get 4 blocks of the same colour next to each other, if you make a square you get a special attack which can remove a lot of blocks, you fail if the blocks get to the top of the screen, similar to Tetris.
[] 24. Finish Him - 15G - Complete 10 melee counters in 4 minutes.
Just watch this video. It is easier than explaining in words.
[] 25. Genetically Superior - 25G - Come first in 20 singleplayer street races.
When you become good friends with Bruice you can call him up and do a race, you need to win 20 of these, there are 3 races on each island to compete in, they take roughly 4-6 minutes to complete each race so this will take a while to get! (Please note, you will get a call off him after you have finished 9 races, this is not what is needed for the achievement!).
[] 26. Wheelie Rider - 30G - Do a wheelie lasting at least 500 feet on a motorbike.
The easiest way to do this is to get on a Faggio, then go to the airport simply pull all the way back and hold the throttle, you can even turn slightly.
[] 27. Gobble Gobble - 10G - Score 3 strikes in a row, a turkey, in 10-pin bowling.
In the first lane take 2 full steps to the left then throw the ball without altering it. It is best to do this steadily, pull back on the stick (count to 1), then steadily push forward (count to 1). Here is a video.
[] 28. Driving Mr. Bellic - 10G - Unlock the special ability of taxi.
Hang out with Roman until you get to 60% Like with him.
[] 29. Rolled Over - 30G - Do 5 car rolls in a row from one crash.
This is hard to do, and seems that it can be glitch! Go to the airport in one of the faster cars, or a cop car (you will be surrounded by them so they will not be in short supply), then drive down the long stretches of grass next to the runway and hit the yellow signs with 2 wheels. You should then roll in the air, this will take a lot of tries. I have just gotten this using an Infernus, it is a rare car and is one of the fastest, but it is damaged quite easy, if you have one, make sure to safe before you attempt this as you do not want to lose it! But keep trying and you will eventually get it.
[] 30. Walk Free - 50G - Lose a 4 star wanted rating by outrunning the cops.
An easy way to do this, which I do not see mentioned often, is to go to an internet café and go to: www.Littlelacysurprisepageant.com you will instantly get 4 stars, now run outside and get in a car and drive away, as long as there are no cop cars outside you should have a good head start to out run them. Alternatively go to the airport and drive down the sandy side of the runway and hit a jump into the sea at the end, you should get out of the radius if you are going fast enough.
[] 31. Courier Service - 10G - Complete all 10 package delivery jobs.
When you have done a few missions and met Jacob you can call him and select Job in the phone, there will be a car you need to pick up and drive to a drop off point, there are 3 variants; timed, police bust and rival gang. Do all 10 of these missions.
[] 32. Retail Therapy - 10G - Unlock the special ability of buying guns from a friend.
Hang out with Jacob until you get to 75% Like with him.
[] 33. Chain Reaction - 20G - You must blow up 10 vehicles in 10 seconds.
I was on a bridge on the 3rd island and there were road works making it change to one lane (with a barrier in the middle so the other side is not connected) and I crashed into the car in front, this made a pile up of 3 cars, I then waited for more cars to come behind me and counted them to make sure there was 10. Now just run down dropping a grenade as often as possible! Here is a video of a different method.
[] 34. One Man Army - 40G - Survive 5 minutes on 6 star wanted level.
The easiest way is to start a new save so you don't have any islands unlocked. Get in a boat and drive around the islands you haven't unlocked yet for 5 mins.
[] 35. Order Fulfilled - 10G - Complete all 10 Exotic Export orders.
Bruice will send you emails asking for certain cars, you must get a specific car from a specific location (not just any car of the same type). Reply positively to the email then drive to the car and take it to Bruice’s garage, there are 10 to do.
[] 36. Manhunt - 15G - Complete the most wanted side missions from the police computer.
Get in a police car and press “LB” while stationary, then select the “Most Wanted” option, select a person and click locate, you now need to drive to them and eliminate all the people marked on the radar. There are 10 of these to do on each of the 3 main islands. So 30 in total.
[] 37. Cleaned The Mean Streets - 20G - Capture 20 criminals through the police computer.
On the police computer again (“LB” when inside a police car) you can select “Criminal Activity”, select a crime and go kill all the people at the scene on the radar. Do this 20 times on any island. This and “Manhunt” are not related. It is easiest to pick the criminals which are on foot, as some of them you can just drive straight into them and it is over and done within seconds.
[] 38. It'll Cost Ya - 5G - Complete a taxi ride without skipping from one island to another.
Set a waypoint to another island (you will need to have unlocked one first) and then watch the whole journey, do not skip it! But you can tell the driver to hurry it up (Press “X”). I guess you can go faster by calling a taxi right next to a bridge.
[] 39. Sightseer - 5G - Fly on all helicopter tours of Liberty City.
On the second island there is a “Helicopter Tour” located on the southeast corner (It should be on your map), there are 6 landing pads shaped like a T, there are not always helicopters on the landing pads though, you need to take each tour once (I only took 5 tours and got it). As the tours are not there at the same time, you need to come back at different times of the day to find the different tours. You can skip through the tours if you want.
[] 40. Warm Coffee - 5G - Successfully date a girl to be invited into her house.
After a date you get the option to end the date or ask to be invited inside, you need to ask to come in and then go in, if successfully you will get a cut scene where you can hear them going at it. Check the stats to see how much they like you before trying this, I was like 90% and got accepted first time.
[] 41. That's How We Roll! - 10G - Unlock the special ability of helicopter.
Hang out with Bruice until you get to 70% Like with him.
[] 42. You Got The Message - 20G - Deliver all 30 cars ordered through text message.
Car Locations Later in the game Bruice will give you Steve’s number, who will send you a text message with a picture of a car; you must find the car and deliver it, you are not told where the car is, you are just given a rough location! You take it to Steve’s garage which is labelled on your map.
[] 43. Dare Devil - 30G - Complete 100% of the unique stunt jumps.
Stunt Jump Locations w/ Videos Find and land all 50 stunt jumps.
[] 44. Assassin's Greed - 20G - Complete all 9 assassin missions.
When you meet Phil in the story, he will tell you to call his friend, but he will only use a hard line. You will be able to go to a phone box and ring an unknown person, he will give you someone to kill, simply do all 9 missions. This is located on the radar but does not count towards the main story.
[] 45. Endangered Species - 50G - Collect every hidden package in the game.
Pigeon Locations w/ Videos Pictures Around the city you will see and hear pigeons which have a red glow (like weapons), simply kill them all.
[] 46. Under The Radar - 40G - Fly underneath the main bridges in the game that cross water with a helicopter.
Bridge Locations Get in a helicopter and fly underneath all 14 of the bridges, some of them are very low to the water. The most South Western bridge is a bit buggy, if you fly under the curved bit which is directly above the water it may not register, you need to fly under the left section (if flying from the east to west) which is only slightly over the water to make it register if you have this problem!
[] 47. Dial B For Bomb - 10G - Unlock the special ability of phoning for a bomb to be placed.
Hang out with Packie until you get to 75% Like with him.
[] 48. Liberty City (5) - 20G - After meeting all possible friends, the ones left alive all like you above 90%.
Roman, Jacob, Bruice, Packie, and Dwayne. Get these characters to like you above 90% by doing activities with them. Spoiler (If they are dead then they are not counted, so you could have just 3 friends to get to like you!
If you chose Dwayne over Playboy X then you need to check you emails and reply positively for Dwayne to become your friend)
[] 49. No More Strangers – 5G - Meet all random characters.
Stranger Locations There are 14 random people around the city, when you go near them they temporarily appear on your radar, walking near them activates a cut scene and sometimes they ask you to help them on a mission. If you have a choice to kill someone then they are not counted towards this, so you just need to find the ones left alive! They will only be at the places on the map at certain times of the day.
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