Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas remains one of the most beloved open-world games ever created. Released by Rockstar Games, this massive title offers hundreds of hours of content spread across three major cities and countless rural areas. Achieving full completion in this game is a monumental task that only the most dedicated players accomplish.

This detailed checklist covers every single requirement you need to fulfill to reach that coveted 100% completion status in GTA San Andreas. From main story missions and side activities to hidden collectibles and vehicle challenges, nothing is left out. Use this guide as your definitive reference to track your progress and ensure nothing is missed along the way.

1. What 100% Completion Actually Means

Before diving into the checklist, it is important to understand what Rockstar Games considers full completion in GTA San Andreas. The game tracks your progress through a completion percentage displayed in the stats menu. Reaching exactly 100% requires completing a specific set of tasks. Not everything in the game counts toward this percentage, so knowing what matters and what does not is essential.

What Counts Toward Completion

Only specific missions, collectibles, challenges, and activities contribute to the completion percentage. These include main story missions, certain side missions, all collectibles, vehicle missions, school challenges, races, property acquisitions, stadium events, and gang territory control. Each completed task adds a specific amount to your overall percentage.

What Does Not Count

Many activities in the game are enjoyable but do not affect your completion percentage. Dating girlfriends beyond the required ones, achieving maximum weapon skill with every weapon, exploring every interior, and completing certain mini-games like pool or basketball for fun do not contribute to the 100% total. Focus your efforts on the tasks listed in this guide to avoid wasting time on non-essential activities.

2. Main Story Missions Checklist

The main storyline is the backbone of GTA San Andreas and represents the largest single contribution to your completion percentage. There are approximately 100 main story missions spread across the entire game.

Los Santos Missions

The game begins in Los Santos where CJ returns home after his mother's death. Los Santos missions introduce core characters and gameplay mechanics. You must complete every mission given by Sweet, Big Smoke, Ryder, OG Loc, Cesar Vialpando, and other Los Santos contacts. These missions establish the story foundation and cannot be skipped.

Badlands and San Fierro Missions

After the Los Santos chapter, CJ moves through the Badlands countryside and eventually reaches San Fierro. Missions here involve building the garage business, working with The Truth, Jizzy, T-Bone Mendez, and Wu Zi Mu. Every mission in this chapter is mandatory for completion. The San Fierro storyline culminates in taking down the Loco Syndicate.

Las Venturas and Desert Missions

The Las Venturas chapter involves casino heists, working with the Triads, and confronting old enemies. Desert missions with Mike Toreno are also required. This chapter concludes with the final return to Los Santos for the endgame missions. Every single mission in this sequence must be completed to reach 100%.

Final Los Santos Missions

The game concludes with CJ returning to Los Santos to reclaim Grove Street and confront the main antagonists. These final missions are intense and challenging but are essential for both story completion and the 100% target. The final mission called End of the Line must be completed to finish the main story.

3. Side Missions and Odd Jobs

Beyond the main story, several side missions and odd jobs contribute to your completion percentage.

Vigilante Missions

Enter any police vehicle and activate vigilante mode. You must reach at least level 12 to complete this requirement. Vigilante missions involve chasing down and eliminating criminal targets across the map. Completing level 12 also grants you the bonus of maximum armor capacity being increased to 150.

Firefighter Missions

Steal a fire truck and begin firefighter missions. Complete level 12 to satisfy this requirement. You must extinguish fires and rescue people from burning vehicles. Successfully completing this challenge makes CJ fireproof, which is an extremely useful reward for the rest of the game.

Paramedic Missions

Use an ambulance to start paramedic missions. Reach level 12 by picking up patients and delivering them to the hospital within the time limit. Completing this challenge increases your maximum health to 150, making all future missions easier.

Taxi Missions

Enter any taxi or cab and begin fare missions. Complete 50 total fares to satisfy this requirement. Fares can be completed across multiple sessions and do not need to be done consecutively. After 50 fares, taxis gain a nitrous boost ability.

Pimping Missions

Use the Broadway vehicle found in certain locations to start pimping missions. Complete level 10 to fulfill this requirement. After completing these missions, certain interactions in the game are reversed so that you receive money instead of spending it.

Freight Train Missions

Find a freight train and begin delivery missions. Complete both level 1 and level 2 of the freight missions. These involve stopping the train at designated stations within the time limit. Completing both levels counts toward your percentage.

4. All Collectibles and Their Locations

Collectibles represent one of the most time-consuming aspects of achieving 100% completion. There are several categories of collectibles spread across the entire map.

100 Graffiti Tags

All 100 graffiti tags are located in Los Santos. You must spray over rival gang tags with your own spray can. These tags are found on walls, buildings, bridges, and other surfaces throughout the city. Completing all 100 tags spawns useful weapons at Grove Street.

50 Snapshots

All 50 snapshot locations are found in San Fierro. You must use the camera to photograph specific targets marked by glowing icons that are only visible through the camera lens at night. Completing all 50 snapshots spawns weapons at your San Fierro safehouse.

50 Horseshoes

All 50 horseshoes are located in Las Venturas. These small collectibles are scattered across the city on rooftops, ledges, signs, and other elevated locations. Finding all 50 increases your luck stat to maximum and spawns weapons at your Las Venturas safehouse.

50 Oysters

All 50 oysters are found underwater throughout the entire map. You must swim and dive to collect them from rivers, lakes, ocean floors, and harbors. Collecting all 50 oysters provides a gameplay bonus that maximizes your sex appeal stat and provides lung capacity benefits.

5. Vehicle-Based Missions

Several vehicle-specific challenges must be completed for full completion.

BMX Challenge

Complete the BMX challenge found at Glen Park in Los Santos. This timed challenge requires you to ride through a series of checkpoints on a BMX bicycle within the time limit.

NRG-500 Challenge

Complete the NRG-500 motorcycle challenge at the Easter Basin docks in San Fierro. This involves riding through corona checkpoints on the NRG-500 motorcycle within the arena area.

Chiliad Challenge

Complete all three mountain bike races on Mount Chiliad. These downhill races are available at the peak of the mountain and must all be finished to count toward completion.

6. All Schools and Training Challenges

GTA San Andreas features four schools that teach advanced vehicle handling skills. All four must be completed with at least a bronze medal on every lesson, though achieving all gold medals provides the best vehicle rewards.

Driving School

Located in San Fierro, the driving school teaches advanced car handling techniques. Complete all 12 lessons to satisfy this requirement. Earning all gold medals rewards you with a special vehicle.

Flying School

Found at the Verdant Meadows airstrip in the desert, the flying school covers airplane and helicopter piloting. All lessons must be passed. This school is mandatory for the story and for completion.

Boat School

Located near Bayside Marina, the boat school teaches watercraft handling. Complete all lessons to add this to your completion percentage.

Bike School

Found in Las Venturas, the motorcycle school covers advanced bike riding techniques. All lessons must be completed with at least a passing grade.

7. Street Races and Competitions

Street races and other competitions are required for full completion.

Los Santos Street Races

Win all available street races in Los Santos. These are accessible through Cesar after completing certain story missions. Each race must be won at least once.

San Fierro and Las Venturas Races

Additional street races become available in San Fierro and Las Venturas as you progress through the story. All races across every city must be completed.

Air Races

Complete all air races available at the various airports. These timed challenges test your piloting skills through checkpoint courses in the sky.

8. Gym Challenges and Player Stats

While maximizing every stat is not required for 100%, certain gym-related activities are necessary.

Gym Moves

Visit all three gyms in the game and learn the special fighting moves from each one. Each gym teaches a different fighting style. You must learn moves from the gyms in Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas. Learning all fighting styles is required for completion.

9. Properties and Assets

Purchasing specific properties and completing their associated asset missions is required for 100% completion.

Safehouses

Purchase all available safehouses across all three cities and rural areas. Each safehouse provides a save point and garage. All purchasable properties must be bought to contribute to your percentage.

Asset Properties

Certain properties generate income after you complete their associated mission chains. The Wang Cars showroom in San Fierro and the Verdant Meadows airstrip are examples. Complete all asset missions to receive ongoing income and completion credit.

10. Stadium Events

Three stadium events must be completed for full completion.

8-Track

Win the 8-Track demolition derby race at the Los Santos stadium. This involves racing against opponents on a figure-eight track while vehicles crash into each other.

Blood Bowl

Complete the Blood Bowl event at the Las Venturas stadium. This is a timed destruction derby where you must destroy all opponent vehicles within the time limit.

Kickstart

Complete the Kickstart dirt bike challenge at the Las Venturas stadium. This involves riding a dirt bike through a course collecting points from corona markers within the time limit.

11. Gang Territory Control

Controlling gang territories is a significant requirement for 100% completion.

Territory Takeover

You must take over all gang territories on the map by winning gang wars. Gang wars are triggered by eliminating three gang members in rival territory. After triggering a war, you must survive three waves of attacking gang members to claim the territory. All territories across Los Santos must be colored green on your map indicating Grove Street Families control.

Defending Territories

After claiming territories, rival gangs will periodically attack to reclaim them. You must defend your territories when attacked or they will be lost. Keep all territories under your control while working toward full completion.

12. Miscellaneous Requirements

Several additional tasks round out the 100% completion requirements.

Courier Missions

Complete all courier delivery missions in Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas. These involve delivering packages on a motorcycle within time limits. All three cities have separate courier mission sets that must be finished.

Quarry Missions

Complete all seven quarry missions at the Hunter Quarry in the desert. These missions involve operating heavy machinery and vehicles within the quarry grounds.

Trucking Missions

Complete all eight trucking delivery missions starting from the RS Haul depot in Las Venturas. Each mission requires delivering cargo to specific destinations within time limits.

Import and Export

Complete all three lists for the vehicle import and export operation at the Easter Basin docks in San Fierro. Each list contains ten specific vehicles that must be found and delivered to the crane at the docks.

13. Rewards for 100% Completion

Achieving 100% completion in GTA San Andreas unlocks several exclusive rewards that make the effort worthwhile.

Exclusive Rewards

  • Infinite ammo for all weapons
  • A Hydra jet spawns at your airstrip
  • A Rhino tank spawns at Grove Street
  • CJ's stats never decrease from their current levels
  • Vehicles in your garage gain extra durability
  • Special vehicles appear at specific locations

Bragging Rights

Beyond tangible rewards, reaching 100% in GTA San Andreas is a significant gaming achievement. The game's massive scope means that full completion requires genuine dedication, skill, and patience. Very few players accomplish this feat, making it a proud milestone for anyone who reaches it.

14. Tips for Tracking Your Progress

Keeping track of everything required for 100% can be overwhelming without a system.

Use the Stats Menu

The in-game stats menu shows your current completion percentage and tracks many individual tasks. Check this menu regularly to monitor your progress and identify areas where you might be falling behind.

Save Frequently

Create multiple save files at different stages of your progress. If you accidentally miss something or make a mistake that affects your completion, having backup saves allows you to go back without restarting the entire game.

Work Systematically

Tackle completion requirements in an organized manner. Complete all tasks in one city before moving to the next. Finish all collectibles in a category before starting a new one. This systematic approach prevents confusion and ensures nothing is overlooked.

15. Conclusion

Achieving 100% completion in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is one of the greatest challenges in gaming history. The sheer volume of content packed into this game means that full completion requires dozens of hours of focused effort beyond simply finishing the main story. However, the journey itself is incredibly rewarding, as it forces you to experience every corner of the massive game world that Rockstar Games created.

Use this checklist as your roadmap to full completion. Check off each requirement as you finish it, stay organized, and remember to enjoy the process. The state of San Andreas has countless stories, secrets, and experiences waiting for you in every city, desert, and countryside road. Take your time, be thorough, and that 100% completion screen will be yours.

Good luck out there, and remember to save often.

Disclaimer: This article is an informational guide created for fans of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. All game content, trademarks, and intellectual property belong to Rockstar Games. This article is not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the game developers or publishers.