GTA 5 Missions: How Many There Are and the Full List

GTA 5 has 69 story missions according to its own completion checklist, from the Prologue in North Yankton to one of three endings. Fan lists that run to 73 or more are counting every heist approach and all three endings separately. You only play one version of each, which is why the checklist settles on 69. On top of the story come dozens of optional Strangers and Freaks missions, explained at the end of this guide.

Why mission counts disagree

Four heists let you choose an approach, and each approach has its own setup missions. The Jewel Store Job needs Carbine Rifles if you go loud, or Bugstars Equipment and BZ Gas Grenades if you go smart. The Big Score needs Stingers and Gauntlet for the Subtle approach, Driller and Sidetracked for the Obvious one. The story then splits three ways at the end. GTA Wiki notes that the checklist’s 69 also includes Lester’s five assassination missions for Franklin, only the first of which, The Hotel Assassination, is required by the story.

The list below shows every main story mission in the order GTA Wiki lays them out, which is also the order most players meet them. Many can be done in a different order, because several characters offer missions at the same time. Each character’s own missions, however, always come in this order.

The full GTA 5 mission list

#	Mission	Given by	Note
1	Prologue	Opening mission	North Yankton, 2004
2	Franklin and Lamar	Simeon Yetarian
3	Repossession	Simeon Yetarian
4	Complications	Simeon Yetarian
5	Father/Son	Michael
6	Marriage Counseling	Michael
7	Daddy’s Little Girl	Michael
8	Chop	Lamar
9	The Long Stretch	Lamar
10	Friend Request	Lester
11	Casing the Jewel Store	Lester	Choose Loud or Smart
12	Carbine Rifles	Lester	Loud only
13	Bugstars Equipment	Lester	Smart only
14	BZ Gas Grenades	Lester	Smart only
15	The Jewel Store Job	Heist
16	Mr. Philips	Trevor
17	Nervous Ron	Trevor
18	Trevor Philips Industries	Tao Cheng
19	Crystal Maze	Tao Cheng
20	Friends Reunited	Trevor
21	Fame or Shame	Michael
22	Dead Man Walking	Dave Norton (FIB)
23	Three’s Company	Dave Norton (FIB)
24	By the Book	Steve Haines (FIB)
25	Scouting the Port	Trevor	Choose Freighter or Offshore
26	Minisub	Trevor	Both approaches
27	Cargobob	Trevor	Offshore only
28	The Merryweather Heist	Heist
29	Did Somebody Say Yoga?	Michael
30	Hood Safari	Lamar
31	The Hotel Assassination	Lester	Only assassination the story requires
32	Blitz Play Intro	Steve Haines (FIB)
33	Masks	Heist setup
34	Boiler Suits	Heist setup
35	Trash Truck	Heist setup
36	Tow Truck	Heist setup
37	Blitz Play	Heist
38	I Fought the Law…	Devin Weston
39	Eye in the Sky	Devin Weston
40	Mr. Richards	Solomon Richards
41	Caida Libre	Martin Madrazo
42	Deep Inside	Devin Weston
43	Minor Turbulence	Trevor
44	Paleto Score Setup	Steve Haines (FIB)
45	Military Hardware	Steve Haines (FIB)
46	Predator	Trevor
47	The Paleto Score	Heist
48	Derailed	Trevor
49	Monkey Business	Steve Haines (FIB)
50	Hang Ten	Trevor
51	Surveying the Score	Trevor
52	Bury the Hatchet	Michael	Back to North Yankton
53	Pack Man	Devin Weston
54	Fresh Meat	Franklin
55	Cleaning out the Bureau	Lester
56	Architect’s Plans	Lester	Choose Fire Crew or Roof Entry
57	Fire Truck	Lester	Fire Crew only
58	Reuniting the Family	Michael
59	The Bureau Raid	Heist
60	The Wrap Up	Dave Norton (FIB)
61	Lamar Down	Franklin
62	The Ballad of Rocco	Solomon Richards
63	Legal Trouble	Solomon Richards
64	Meltdown	Michael
65	Planning the Big Score	Lester	Choose Subtle or Obvious
66	Stingers	Lester	Subtle only
67	Gauntlet	Lester	Subtle only
68	Driller	Lester	Obvious only
69	Sidetracked	Lester	Obvious only
70	The Big Score	Heist
71	Something Sensible	Steve Haines (FIB)	Ending A: kill Trevor
72	The Time’s Come	Devin Weston	Ending B: kill Michael
73	The Third Way	Lester	Ending C: Deathwish

Franklin’s first three missions are for Simeon Yetarian, whose car dealership you can find on our 3D map. For what each heist pays and which crew to hire, see our GTA 5 heists guide. For what happens after each of the three final choices, read our guide to the GTA 5 endings.

Other side missions

Three more groups of missions sit outside the main list:

• Lester’s assassinations, for Franklin: The Hotel Assassination, The Multi Target Assassination, The Vice Assassination, The Bus Assassination and The Construction Assassination. They are tied to the stock market and are best left until after The Big Score.
• Family missions, for Michael: The Good Husband, Doting Dad and Parenting 101.
• Therapy sessions with Dr. Friedlander, also for Michael.

Strangers and Freaks, explained

Strangers and Freaks are side missions given by eccentric characters you meet around San Andreas. Each strand belongs to one protagonist and unlocks early: Franklin’s after Repossession, Michael’s after Complications, Trevor’s after Mr. Philips. GTA Wiki counts 24 for Franklin plus The Last One, 12 for Michael and 29 for Trevor, his five rampages included.

Only Franklin’s count toward 100% completion, and only 20 of them move the percentage, each worth 0.5%. Our GTA 5 100% checklist lists exactly which.

Character	Protagonist	What the missions involve
Tonya Wiggins	Franklin	Five towing jobs; the first, Pulling Favors, is required by the story
Beverly Felton	Franklin	Paparazzo missions chasing celebrities
Dom Beasley	Franklin	Four extreme sports stunts; the last needs all 13 parachute jumps
Omega	Franklin	Collect the 50 Spaceship Parts, reward the Space Docker
Peter Dreyfuss	Franklin	A Starlet in Vinewood, after collecting all 50 Letter Scraps
Barry	All three	Grass Roots, a campaign for marijuana legalisation
The Epsilon Program	Michael	Eight cult missions; at the end you can steal $2.1 million
Nigel and Mrs. Thornhill	Trevor	Seven Vinewood Souvenirs missions stalking celebrities
Josh Bernstein	Trevor	Four jobs for a struggling real estate agent
Rampages	Trevor	Five: Rednecks, Vagos, Ballas, Military and Hipsters
The Last One	Franklin	Unlocked only after reaching 100%

Strangers and Freaks can be finished after the story ends, but if your final choice kills Michael or Trevor, their unfinished strands are gone with them. None of theirs are needed for 100%.