Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition: 100%, All Achievements, Linear Checklist

Are you ready to conquer Grand Theft Auto: Vice City like a pro? With our “from start to finish” checklist, you can achieve 100% completion and unlock all achievements in no time. Keep reading to learn how to dominate the game.

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Introduction

Are you about to play GTA Vice City after several years, or maybe on your way to do your first playthrough and/or want to experience every little thing this game has to offer?

This walkthrough will let you efficiently finish Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition while unlocking all achievements and getting 100% completion.
Missions, sidemissions and other tasks are in order of when they are unlocked, or in the order that makes the most sense.

Some tasks in the list are not necessary for either 100% or an achievement.

Usage example

Create a new note for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition and copy the checklist section you want to work on from this guide into it.
That way you can use the steam overlay to check off any task that you’ve done.
Notes on steam can be a bit buggy if they are too long, keep each section as its own note.

Checklist explanation

Bold = 100% task
Underlined = Achievement task
Normal = Optional task
Italic = Comments

Time to finish

30 hours

External tools

https://mapgenie.io/ – Map Genie – Great for finding collectibles, stunt jumps, missions and/or all other kind of things.
https://gtasnp.com/ – GTASnP – Online tool for uploading your save files and being able to check your progress.

Checklist Part 1: Vice City Beach

[ ] Intro: In The Beginning…
[ ] Intro: An Old Friend

[ ] Achievement: Greasy Palms
Use a police bribe
[ ] Pizza Boy – Level 10
Unlocks 150 Health
Pie Guy

[ ] Achievement: Pie Guy
Deliver 10 pizzas

[ ] Paramedic – Level 12
Achievement: Somebody Call the Wambulance?
Unlocks Infinite Sprint
[ ] Firefighter – Level 12
Unlocks Fireproof

[ ] Achievement: High Quality H2O
Extinguish 10 fires

[ ] Vigilante – Level 12
Achievement: Running Rampant
Unlocks 150 Armor
Born in the 80's

[ ] Achievement: Born in the 80’s
Listen to all radio stations
Listen to each station for ~5 minutes
Do this while driving taxi
[ ] Taxi – 100 fares in total
Unlocks Boost Jump on taxis

[ ] Achievement: Point A to Point B
Complete 25 taxi fares

[ ] Top Fun: RC Bandit Race
Achievement: Just Like the Real Thing
[ ] Top Fun: RC Baron Race
[ ] Off-Road: PCJ Playground

[ ] Achievement: One is Better Than Two
Wheelie for 30 seconds
[ ] Off-Road: Cone Crazy
Each tiny improvement doubles the reward. Can be extremely profitable, and can therefore cut down on criminal rating grinding at the end of the game
[ ] 35 Hidden Packages in Vice City Beach
Three additional ones not accessible without helicopter, will be accounted for later
Two additional ones not accessible without boat, will be accounted for later
[ ] 5 Hidden Packages in Leaf Links (Golf island)
[ ] 5 Hidden Packages on Prawn Island (North island)

[ ] Achievement: Target Practice
Perform 50 headshots
Can be reached during rampages
[ ] 16 Rampages in Vice City Beach
One additional one not accessible without boat, will be accounted for later
[ ] 16 Unique Stunt Jumps in Vice City Beach
Two additional ones not accessible yet, will be accounted for later
[ ] 1 Unique Stunt Jump on Prawn Island (North island)
[ ] Rob 8 Stores in Vice City Beach
[ ] Pick up passengers in a Coach
[ ] Help the police catch a criminal (Good Citizen Bonus)
[ ] Buy 5 Safehouses in Vice City Beach

[ ] Achievement: Offender
Attain a total of 50 wanted stars
[ ] L: The Party
[ ] L: Back Alley Brawl
[ ] L: Jury Fury
[ ] Payphone: Road Kill

[ ] L: Riot
Achievement: Legal Counsel
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] A: Four Iron
Iron-y

[ ] Achievement: Iron-y
Kill the property owner with a Golf Club
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] A: Demolition Man
Chopper'd Up

[ ] Achievement: Chopper’d Up
Kill all Construction and Security Workers with the RC chopper’s blades
[ ] C: Treacherous Swine
[ ] C: Mall Shootout
[ ] Payphone: Waste The Wife
[ ] C: Guardian Angels
Save Diaz’s Admiral (Bullet, fire, explosion, and damage proof)
As soon as mission ends, quickly run after and steal Diaz’s vehicle
Unlocks Starfish Island
Unlocks five-star wanted level

[ ] Achievement: Keepie-Uppy Okie Dokie
Earn a high-score of 5 with the Beach Ball
Located in a pool on Starfish Island
[ ] 5 Hidden Packages on Starfish Island
[ ] 1 Unique Stunt Jump on Starfish Island
[ ] 1 Rampage on Starfish Island
[ ] D: The Chase
[ ] D: Phnom Penh ’86
Unlocks Vice City Mainland
[ ] Top Fun: RC Raider Pickup
[ ] Off-Road: Test Track
[ ] Off-Road: Trial by Dirt
[ ] Stadium: Hotring (1st place)
8pm-12am, rotating events each day
[ ] Stadium: Bloodring
8pm-12am, rotating events each day
[ ] Stadium: Dirtring
8pm-12am, rotating events each day
[ ] 45 Hidden Packages in Vice City Mainland

[ ] Achievement: Scouring the City
Find 50 hidden packages
[ ] 3 Hidden Packages back in Vice City Beach, on buildings
[ ] 2 Hidden Packages on rocks south of Vice City Beach

[ ] Achievement: City Sleuth
Find all 100 hidden packages
[ ] 17 Rampages in Vice City Mainland
[ ] 1 Rampage on wooden structure south of Vice City Beach
[ ] 13 Unique Stunt Jumps in Vice City Mainland
Three additional ones not accessible until a mission, will be accounted for later
[ ] Rob 7 Stores in Vice City Mainland
Put 'Em Up

[ ] Achievement: Put ‘Em Up
Rob 15 stores
[ ] Buy 2 Safehouses in Vice City Mainland
[ ] D: The Fastest Boat
[ ] Payphone: Autocide
Save PCJ-600s (Unique colors, silver and cobalt blue)

[ ] D: Supply & Demand
Achievement: South American Connection
[ ] A: Two Bit Hit
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] C: Sir, Yes Sir!

[ ] Achievement: Baked Distractions
Highjack the tank without alerting the army
Steal the Tank when they exit for donuts
[ ] K: Deathrow

[ ] C: All Hands On Deck!
Achievement: Life of the Party
[ ] 2 Unique Stunt Jumps on the docks of Ocean Bay Marina
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] D: Rub Out

[ ] Achievement: Salutations My Little Friend
Kill Diaz using an M4
Unlocks six-star wanted level

Checklist Part 2: Vice City Mainland

[ ] Achievement: Catch Me if You Can
Get a six-star wanted level
[ ] Chopper CP: Ocean Beach
[ ] Chopper CP: Vice Point
[ ] Chopper CP: Little Haiti
[ ] Cuban: Stunt Boat Challenge
[ ] Cuban: Cannon Fodder
[ ] Cuban: Naval Engagement
[ ] Haitian: Juju Scramble
[ ] Haitian: Bombs Away
[ ] Haitian: Dirty Lickin’s
Last Cuban mission makes Haitians hostile, will be accounted for later
[ ] Love Fist: Love Juice
[ ] Love Fist: Psycho Killer
[ ] Biker: Alloy Wheels of Steel
[ ] Biker: Messing with the Man

[ ] Biker: Hog Tied
Achievement: Tommy Two-Wheels

[ ] Love Fist: Publicity Tour
Achievement: Chauffeur
[ ] V: Shakedown
[ ] Buy all 8 Assets

[ ] Achievement: Vice City Mogul
Own 10 properties

[ ] Achievement: Prime Real Estate
Own all properties
[ ] Payphone: Check Out at the Check In
[ ] V: Bar Brawl
[ ] V: Cop Land
[ ] Complete The Pole Position Club asset
[ ] Spend $300 inside the “Dance Room”
[ ] Complete Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory asset

[ ] Distribution (50 sold consecutively)
Achievement: Vice Vice Baby
[ ] Complete Boatyard asset
[ ] Checkpoint Charlie
[ ] Complete Checkpoint Charlie 5 more times
[ ] Win all 6 Vice Street Racer races
[ ] Terminal Velocity
[ ] Ocean Drive
[ ] Border Run
[ ] Capital Cruise
[ ] Tour!
[ ] V.C. Endurance
[ ] Complete Sunshine Autos asset
[ ] Import Garage List 1
[ ] Blista Compact
[ ] Esperanto
[ ] Idaho
[ ] Landstalker
[ ] Rancher
[ ] Stallion
[ ] Import Garage List 2
[ ] Admiral
[ ] Sabre
[ ] Sentinel
[ ] Stretch
[ ] Virgo
[ ] Washington
[ ] Import Garage List 3
[ ] Banshee
[ ] Cheetah
[ ] Comet
[ ] Infernus
[ ] Phoenix
[ ] Stinger
[ ] Import Garage List 4
[ ] Baggage
[ ] Caddy
[ ] Cuban Hermes
[ ] Mr. Whoopee
[ ] Pizza Boy
[ ] Voodoo

[ ] Achievement: Grand Theft Auto
Complete all 4 import lists
Don't Need Roads

[ ] Achievement: Don’t Need Roads
Reach max speed in a Deluxo
[ ] Complete InterGlobal Studios asset
[ ] Recruitment Drive
[ ] Dildo Dodo
[ ] Martha’s Mug Shot
!!!NOTE!!! Next mission contains a missable achievement!
[ ] G-Spotlight

[ ] Achievement: Not my First Time
Complete the missions without falling off rooftops
[ ] 3 Unique Stunt Jumps along the rooftops of Downtown Vice City

[ ] Achievement: Daredevil
Complete all 36 unique stunt jumps
[ ] Chopper CP: Downtown
[ ] Complete Kaufman Cabs asset
[ ] V.I.P.
[ ] Friendly Rivalry
[ ] Cabmaggedon
[ ] Complete Malibu Club asset
[ ] No Escape?
[ ] The Shootist
[ ] The Driver
[ ] The Job
[ ] Shooting Range: Get at least 45 points
[ ] Payphone: Loose Ends

[ ] Achievement: Gun for Hire
Complete all 5 assassination missions
[ ] P: Gun Runner
[ ] P: Boomshine Saigon
[ ] Complete Print Works asset
[ ] Spilling the Beans
[ ] Hit the Courier
[ ] Cap the Collector

[ ] Cuban: Trojan Voodoo
Achievement: Big Heat from Little Havana
The Haitians become hostile after this mission

[ ] V: Keep Your Friends Close…
Achievement: Mischief Managed

[ ] Achievement: Done it All
Reach 100% Completion
Unlocks after last mission if you’ve followed and done all 100% tasks prior to last mission

[ ] Achievement: Retro Lewk
Wear all 12 outfits at least once

For these last 5 (6) achievements we need to start grinding to raise our stats. Some of these might already be unlocked from just playing the game normally, but in either case, here is a good way to grind them.
Steal a Hunter from the military compound north of the airport and start Brown Thunder (Vigilante). Using the Hunter you can reach a really high streak and earn several thousands of dollars each round.
[ ] Achievement: Break it Up
Cause $500,000 in damage
[ ] Achievement: Bull in a China Shop
Cause $1,000,000 in damage
[ ] Achievement: Bloodstained Hands
Earn the Butcher criminal rating
[ ] Achievement: Take the Cannoli
Earn the Godfather criminal rating
I'm Famous! [ ] Achievement: I’m Famous!
Earn the Stuff of Legends media attention rating
Kingpin [ ] Achievement: Kingpin
Unlock all (Steam) achievements

End of walkthrough

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