GTA SA 100% Checklist: Every Requirement (Tick-Off List)

Achieving 100% completion in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is one of the greatest milestones in gaming history. To reach that perfect score on your stats screen, you must conquer every main story mission, take over profitable business assets, master all four vehicle schools, complete demanding emergency services jobs, and locate 250 hidden collectibles across the entire state of San Andreas.

Many players spend dozens of hours exploring only to get stuck just short of 100% because of easily overlooked requirements. This master checklist provides an exhaustive, verified roadmap covering every single mandatory task, highlights activities you can safely skip, explains the rewards unlocked upon completion, and shows you how to troubleshoot the infamous 99% progress stall.

The Complete 100% Checklist (Tick It Off as You Go)

Everything the game counts toward 100%, grouped the way you'll actually play it. Tick items off as you finish them: your progress is saved in this browser, so you can come back between sessions.

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Overview: What Counts Toward 100% (And What You Can Skip)

Not every activity in San Andreas contributes to your final completion percentage. As cataloged on the official GTA Wiki 100% Completion Database, the game engine tracks exactly 100 specific criteria toward completion. Understanding what the engine measures saves dozens of hours of unnecessary grinding:

1. Storyline and Heist Missions (Mandatory)

You must finish every story mission across all three major acts, concluding with the fiery citywide confrontation in Los Santos:

• Act 1: Los Santos (Missions 1 to 24): From CJ's arrival in Ganton through gang turf initiation, drive-bys with Big Smoke and Ryder, leading to the heartbreaking betrayal in The Green Sabre.
• Countryside & Badlands (Missions 25 to 28): Officer Tenpenny's blackmail tasks in the countryside, meeting The Truth, and teaming up with Catalina for rural robberies.
• Act 2: San Fierro (Missions 29 to 53): Establishing the Doherty garage with Cesar, taking down the Loco Syndicate (Jizzy B, T-Bone Mendez, and Mike Toreno), and finishing with the destruction of the drug factory in Yay Ka-Boom-Boom.
• Desert & Bone County (Missions 54 to 63): Working government missions for Mike Toreno, stealing the jetpack from Area 69 in Black Project, and acquiring the abandoned airstrip in Verdant Meadows.
• Act 3: Las Venturas (Missions 64 to 87): Managing the Four Dragons Casino with Wu Zi Mu, infiltrating Caligula's Palace, executing the complex multi-step casino vault robbery in Breaking the Bank at Caligula's, and rescuing Madd Dogg.
• The Finale: Return to Los Santos (Missions 88 to 100): Reclaiming Grove Street turf, liberating Madd Dogg's mansion, navigating the Los Santos riots, and fighting through the crack fortress in End of the Line.

2. Asset Properties and Safehouse Acquisitions

San Andreas requires you to purchase all available residential properties and complete the storyline objectives for every profitable business asset:

Purchasing All 29 Safehouses

You must buy every single purchasable house, apartment, and hotel suite across the state. Safehouses rewarded automatically through story missions count automatically once unlocked.

Business Asset Missions

3. Courier Delivery Missions

You must hop on designated delivery two-wheelers and throw packages through storefront coronas across four escalating delivery waves:

• Roboi's Food Mart (Commerce, Los Santos): Ride the Boxville / BMX bicycle outside the grocery store and complete all 4 package delivery stages ($2,000 daily asset payout).
• Hippy Shopper (Queens, San Fierro): Ride the Freeway motorcycle parked in front of the store and finish 4 delivery runs ($2,000 daily asset payout).
• Burger Shot (Redsands East, Las Venturas): Ride the Faggio scooter behind the restaurant and complete all 4 fast-food delivery waves ($2,000 daily asset payout).

4. Vehicle Schools and Flight Training

You must attend and pass all four specialized vehicle schools located throughout San Andreas. You only need at least a Bronze medal (70% score) on every individual test to satisfy 100% completion requirements (Gold medals provide bonus vehicle spawns, but do not add extra completion percentage):

5. Stadium Race Events and Vehicle Challenges

San Andreas features four major indoor stadium events and three outdoor timed checkpoint courses that must be completed with a 1st place victory:

Race Tournaments (22 Races, All Required)

This is the requirement most guides forget, and the most common reason players end up short of 100%. You must win every race at the three race tournament markers and the Las Venturas airport:

• Los Santos (6): Little Loop, Backroad Wanderer, City Circuit, Vinewood, Freeway, Into the Country.
• San Fierro (6): Dirtbike Danger, Bandito County, Go-Go Karting, San Fierro Fastlane, San Fierro Hills, Country Endurance.
• Las Venturas freight depot (4): SF to LV, Dam Rider, Desert Tricks, LV Ringroad.
• Las Venturas airport checkpoint races (6): World War Ace, Barnstorming, Military Service, Chopper Checkpoint, Whirly Bird Waypoint, Heli Hell.

Stadium Tournaments (4 Events)

• 8-Track (Los Santos Forum): 12-lap stock car endurance race against 11 aggressive competitors. Keep your Hotring Racer steady and avoid head-on spinouts.
• Blood Bowl (Corvin Stadium, San Fierro): Demolition derby checkpoint battle. Ram other vehicles to gain time bonus seconds until the countdown clock reaches 1 minute.
• Dirt Track (Dirtring Stadium, Las Venturas): 25-lap dirt bike race on a Sanchez. Available exclusively on Mondays and Wednesdays in-game.
• Kickstart (Dirtring Stadium, Las Venturas): Obstacle trials course on a Sanchez dirt bike requiring you to collect at least 26 score points within 4 minutes. Available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Outdoor Vehicle Challenges (3 Challenges)

• BMX Challenge: Located at the Glen Park skatepark in Los Santos. Hop on the parked BMX inside the concrete bowl and collect all 19 corona rings within the time limit.
• NRG-500 Challenge: Located at the dry dock in Easter Basin, San Fierro. Ride the high-speed motorcycle and collect all 18 coronas along the curved concrete halfpipe walls.
• Mount Chiliad Challenge (3 Races): Climb to the summit of Mount Chiliad between 07:00 and 18:00 on a mountain bike and finish 1st in the Scotchguard, Birdseye, and Cobra Run downhill races.

6. Vehicle Odd Jobs (R3 Sub-Missions)

Hijacking public service and commercial vehicles allows you to trigger sub-missions by pressing the sub-mission key (R3 on controllers, 2 on keyboard). Complete these tiers to unlock critical passive perks:

• Paramedic (Ambulance): Complete Level 12 in one continuous session. Reward: Increases Carl Johnson's maximum health bar to 150%. Tip: Complete this early in the small rural town of Angel Pine where patients spawn within short walking distances.
• Firefighter (Fire Truck): Complete Level 12 in one continuous session. Reward: Grants permanent fireproof immunity to CJ (extremely helpful for the finale mission).
• Vigilante (Police Car, Enforcer, Rhino, or Hunter): Complete Level 12. Reward: Increases maximum body armor capacity to 150%.
• Taxi Driver (Cabbie or Taxi): Complete 50 cumulative passenger drop-offs (does not need to be in one sitting). Reward: Unlocks hydraulic suspension and unlimited nitrous boost on all civilian taxis.
• Pimping (Broadway): Complete Level 10 in one session. Reward: Companions pay CJ money instead of charging him.
• Freight Train Driver (Brown Streak Train): Complete Level 2 of cargo delivery. Reward: Grants $50,000 cash and free train travel.

7. Collectibles and Import / Export Lists

There are 250 individual collectibles scattered across San Andreas. Collecting each complete set unlocks infinite weapon spawns at CJ's safehouses:

• 100 Gang Tags in Los Santos: Spray green Grove Street tags over rival Ballas and Vagos tags using a spray can. Reward: Spawns Molotov Cocktails, Sawn-off Shotguns, TEC-9s, and AK-47s inside the Johnson House kitchen.
• 50 Snapshots in San Fierro: Photograph floating camera symbols visible between 00:00 and 23:59 using a regular camera. Reward: Spawns a Sniper Rifle, Micro-SMG, Shotgun, and Grenades at the Doherty Garage.
• 50 Horseshoes in Las Venturas: Collect glowing horseshoes on casino rooftops, balconies, and freeway signs. Reward: Maxes out luck stat to 1,000 and spawns an M4, MP5, Combat Shotgun, and Satchel Charges at The Four Dragons Casino.
• 50 Oysters Across Statewide Waters: Dive underwater in rivers, lakes, oceans, and swimming pools. Reward: Grants maximum lung capacity and allows CJ to date any girlfriend regardless of physical appearance.
• Easter Basin Vehicle Export Crane (30 Cars Total): Deliver all three 10-vehicle wishlists to the cargo ship crane in San Fierro docks. Unlocks custom vehicle purchases on specific delivery days.

The 30 Export Cars (Easter Basin Crane, San Fierro)

Each list unlocks after the previous one is finished. Deliver them in any order within a list:

• List 1: Patriot, Sanchez, Stretch, Feltzer, Remington, Buffalo, Sentinel, Infernus, Camper, Admiral.
• List 2: Slamvan, Blista Compact, Stafford, Sabre, FCR-900, Cheetah, Rancher, Stallion, Tanker, Comet.
• List 3: Blade, Freeway, Mesa Grande, ZR-350, Euros, Super GT, Journey, Huntley, BF Injection, Banshee.

For where to find each car, see our vehicle export guide.

8. Combat Gyms and Ammu-Nation Shooting Ranges

• Gym Fighting Styles: Defeat the head trainer in each major city gym to learn their unique unarmed combat maneuvers:
  • Los Santos Gym: Boxing combinations and power punches.
  • Cobra Gym (San Fierro): Martial arts spin kicks and flying kicks.
  • Below the Belt Gym (Las Venturas): Muay Thai knee strikes and elbow drops.
• Ammu-Nation Shooting Challenge: Visit any large Ammu-Nation with an indoor target range and complete all 3 rounds across each of the 4 weapons: Pistol, Micro-SMG, Shotgun, and AK-47.

9. Rewards for Achieving 100% Game Completion

When your stats screen ticks over to 100.00%, the game awards you the ultimate completion package:

10. Stuck Below 100%? What Players Most Often Miss

If you think you did everything but the stats screen is stuck in the high 90s, the game isn't glitched. You've almost certainly missed one of these. The race tournaments are the most common gap, followed by the three below:

Frequently Asked Questions