GTA San Andreas missions

Updated 30 October 2026 · Fan site. Not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive.

The story missions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) follow CJ in six stages: Los Santos, the countryside, San Fierro, the desert, Las Venturas and a return to Los Santos. The GTA Wiki lists 101 missions in total. The story opens with In the Beginning and ends with End of the Line, which needs 35% of Los Santos gang territory.

How many missions are in GTA San Andreas?

The GTA Wiki's mission list for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas gives a total of 101 missions. That count mixes the main storyline with a few optional strands, so you will see slightly different numbers quoted elsewhere. Wikipedia describes the missions as linear scenarios with set goals that move the story on, while the rest of the open world is there to explore between them. The plot itself is covered on our game page and on CJ's page; this page maps where each job sits. Contacts appear as letters on the radar, and the tables group their jobs by region in story order. The GTA Wiki's 100% guide marks Zero's remote-control jobs, the Wang Cars missions and Back to School as optional for the story but needed for full completion; open-world work such as taxi driving is on our side missions page. Wikipedia's reception section notes that some critics found long drives and replays after failure tiring, and the hardest-remembered job, Wrong Side of the Tracks, became a meme.

Los Santos missions

The first act takes place in Los Santos. CJ is back home after his mother's death and helps his brother Sweet rebuild the Grove Street Families against the Ballas. Side contacts include Cesar Vialpando, who brings in lowrider events and street racing, and the would-be rapper OG Loc. The act ends with The Green Sabre, where the betrayal by Big Smoke and Ryder comes out.

Countryside missions

After The Green Sabre, Tenpenny leaves CJ in Angel Pine and orders him to stay out of the city. The countryside jobs are spread over Red County, Flint County and Whetstone. CJ meets the ageing hippie The Truth, is reunited with Cesar, and pulls robberies with Catalina, Cesar's cousin, whose partnership with CJ ends badly. The blind Triad leader Wu Zi Mu also enters the story here.

San Fierro missions

In San Fierro CJ turns into a businessman. Wikipedia's summary says he wins a garage through street racing, turns it into a chop shop and gets inside the Loco Syndicate, which leads him to Mike Toreno. Woozie's Triads are his main allies. This is also where Ryder dies, in Pier 69.

Desert missions

The desert act in Tierra Robada and Bone County belongs mostly to Mike Toreno, who has survived and reveals he works for the government. Wikipedia says CJ does his shady jobs in return for Sweet's release. CJ buys an abandoned airstrip at Verdant Meadows, where flying becomes central. The GTA Wiki notes that all nine desert missions are needed to move the story on.

Las Venturas missions

In Las Venturas CJ helps Woozie run the Four Dragons Casino and plans the robbery of Caligula's Palace. He also protects the lawyer Ken Rosenberg, saves the rapper Madd Dogg from a suicide attempt, and takes jobs from Salvatore Leone of the Leone family. The act closes with C.R.A.S.H. turning on its own.

Return to Los Santos missions

Once Sweet is out of prison, CJ moves back to Los Santos and the brothers retake their turf. Wikipedia records that Tenpenny's charges are dropped, which starts a riot across the city. The last strand belongs to Sweet and ends with End of the Line, where CJ faces Big Smoke and Tenpenny.