Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas/In the beginning

Prerequisites
None

Introduction
This is not technically a mission, since it doesn't bring you any reward, but rather refers to the events which occur upon starting a new game, but prior to triggering the first real mission. In the beginning is the name used for the savegame slot if you manage to save the game during this period; interestingly, these are also the first three words of the bible.

Cutscene
CAPTION: Francis INTL. Airport, Liberty City, 1992.

FADE IN:

CJ checks in his luggage.

CAPTION: Los Santos International Airport.

CJ collects his luggage from the belt.

SFX: (Phone ringing)

CJ gets into a taxi, which drives off.

The taxi is pulled over by a police car. Tenpenny, Pulaski, and Hernandez exit the police car.

Hernandez removes a wad of cash from CJ's back pocket.

Hernandez hands the wad to Tenpenny.

The police car drives off.

As the police car continues driving towards Jefferson, we hear dialogue from inside the car.

CJ is thrown out of the car, which quickly drives away.

CJ walks towards a bicycle.

Walkthrough
You start in Jefferson with very little to show for yourself, although contrary to the preceding dialogue, Tenpenny doesn't take all of your money, but, in fact, you start with $350. Since this is not really a mission, you have a choice as to what to do next.

There is nowhere you can currently save your game, but if you can scrape together at least $10,000, you can buy one of the safehouses, and save there. Some people like to do this to create a useful save game, which they can use to max out their stats, or complete other tedious missions (particularly spraying all 100 Gang Tags), before even starting the first mission. This way, if they should decide to play the game again from the beginning, they won't have to endure all the tedium again.

Alternatively, if you pass the first real mission you get a free safehouse to save at. To start this mission, you need to get to your house, which is marked with a "CJ" icon. Since this is the first interactive part of the game, I will describe a route to take to trigger the mission, but not with subsequent missions.


 * 1) Either get on the BMX bike marked with a blue arrow, or if you prefer, you can use another vehicle instead. Either way, I'm assuming you start from the location of the bike.
 * 2) Turn right out of the alley, and continue to the end of the road.
 * 3) Turn left here, then take the first right.
 * 4) Continue on this road until you cross over the freeway, then take the first left on to Grove Street.
 * 5) Continue along here until you see the red marker. This is your house. Put your vehicle in the attached garage if you want to keep it.

Tip

 * If you pedal all the way back your bike stats will get an early boost.

New Missions Available

 * Story Missions
 * Big Smoke
 * Asset Missions
 * Los Santos Courier
 * Vehicle Missions
 * Taxi Driver
 * Paramedic
 * Pimping
 * Vigilante
 * Firefighter
 * Burglar (not required for 100% completion)
 * Challenge Missions
 * BMX (requires 20%? Cycling Skill)
 * 8-Track (requires 20%? Driving Skill)
 * Collection Missions
 * Oysters
 * Gang Tags
 * Unique Stunt Jumps (not required for 100% completion)