“Predator” mission: See Bigfoot
During the mission you end up in a helicopter chasing two targets through the Cassidy Creek forest. You will have a rifle equipped with a thermal scope. Aim down and to the right and search for a larger than human thermal signature, which will almost immediately disappear. You can turn off the scope to get a blurrier real view of it.
Easy money
- To get an easy $5,000, watch for armored cars to appear. They are marked by blue dots on the map. You can get the money easily by killing the guard before he enters the armored car. If you have to open the armored car to get the money, drive into water to pop open the rear doors.
- Take note of the rivalries between large corporations. Lester will give you information about which companies are rivals. Destroying the assets of a corporation will cause their rival’s stock to rise. Use this to your advantage by first investing in the rival’s stock. For example, destroying planes belonging to AirEmu at the Los Santos Airport will cause stocks in FlyUS to rise. The same can be done with oil derricks belonging to RonOil or LTDOil. When a mission objective includes destroying a corporation’s asset or reputation, make sure you first invest in their competitor.
- After getting two playable characters, go to Paleto Bay and swim into the ocean. Dive at the indicated location and collect the $12,000 from the crashed airplane. Switch characters, then switch back to your original character. This will respawn the underwater money, as well as restore your oxygen. Collect the money again and repeat the process.
- Take a sub to the indicated location on the seafloor. You will find a structure that resembles the sub, only much larger. Upon closer inspection you can find an RPG on the seafloor next to it, and a briefcase containing $25,000 dollars laying on top next to the open hatch.
Special Edition map secrets
When the paper map included in the Special Edition version of the game is put under a black (ultraviolet) light, the following text will appear on the back.
- Great Ocean Highway
- Through North Chumask
- 0.5 miles past Raton Canyon
- ← When guard rail ends
- Follow the dirt road
- Down to the Docks
- Bring $500,000 CASH
Getting Trevor a shaved head (bald) haircut
Go to the Bob Mulét hair salon in Rockford Hills and choose the “Clean Razor” option. This is the only barber shop that allows all of his hair to be removed.
Alien in ice
During the introduction mission in North Yankton, while driving from the police instead of following the destination marker, drive to the right of the bridge down to the frozen river. Exit your vehicle and look down to see a frozen alien in the ice.
Playboy mansion
One of the mansions in the Richman area is Los Santos’ version of the Playboy mansion. It even includes the backyard grotto with pool and hot tubs. When visited at night, you may be able to crash a party in the back.
Hippy Jesus
Talk to “Jesse”, a pedestrian standing near a lamppost on the Del Perro beach boardwalk. His dialog makes it clear that he is a stoned version of Jesus.
Crashed UFO
Take a submarine into the Pacific Ocean in the north part of the map. You can find an crashed UFO deep underwater.
Ghost
When you visit the top of Mt. Gordo between 11:00 pm and midnight, you can see the ghostly form of a woman.
Minigun
HVY Dump Industrial truck
Snowman
You can find a giant snowman hidden behind pallets of merchandise inside the Fridgit warehouse in La Mesa.
Big rolling ball
You can find a juice stand with a large orange ball sign on its roof at the highest point of one of the roads in Vinewood Hills. Climb on top of the roof and punch or kick the ball off its base to send it rolling down the hill.
Flipping people off
Hold L1 PlayStation3 or LB Xbox 360 when inside any vehicle while not holding a weapon to flip people off with your middle finger.
Dead Island reference
You can find billboards advertising “Rehab Island”, that feature a logo very similar to that from Dead Island.
Grand Theft Auto 4 references
- You can read posts by Brucie Kibbutz on Bleeper.
- Franklin can help Packie McReary during a heist, and he will become a crew member.
- Johnny Klebitz from The Lost And Damned accuses Trevor of sleeping with his girlfriend, Ashley.
- In the first mission for setting up the jewelry heist, when Lester is telling Michael that all the old crew is gone, he mentions a Eastern European guy from Liberty City.
- Play the mission as Michael for the FIB to steal the supposed nerve agent that actually turns out to be perfume from what the radio says. The gentleman in the suit with glasses who works for the lab that you are stealing from tells the guards to detain the FIB agent, who shoots himself in the leg to cover for his friends, is the same person known as Edward T. Fortune that gives Nikko the information he seeks in return for him doing missions for the United Liberty Paper in Grand Theft Auto 4.
Red Dead Redemption reference
Search Franklin’s bookshelves to find a book titled “Red Dead”, authored by J. Marston. In Red Dead Redemption, Jack Marston mentioned that he was going to write a book about his father and the Wild West
