You do not have to complete everything in Grand Theft Auto 5 to reach 100%. Story Mode uses five category targets: 69 Story Missions, 20 Strangers & Freaks entries, 42 Hobbies and Pastimes, any 14 qualifying Random Events and 16 Miscellaneous objectives.
Gold Medals are not required, most optional side content can be ignored, and the cleanup can be completed after the ending. What matters is finishing the exact objectives that the 100% Checklist recognises.
In this guide:
| Category | Required | Weight | Main rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Story Missions | 69 entries | 55% | Reach any ending and complete every required mission, setup and Lester assassination recorded by your chosen story path. |
| Strangers & Freaks | 20 entries | 10% | Complete the required Franklin mission chains. Michael's and Trevor's side missions do not count. |
| Hobbies and Pastimes | 42 entries | 10% | These are 42 specific activities, not any 42 from the full list. |
| Random Events | Any 14 | 5% | This is the flexible category: any 14 qualifying Random Events can fill it. |
| Miscellaneous | 16 objectives | 20% | All 16 fixed objectives listed below are required. |
| Total | 161 required credits | 100% | The five required totals add up to 161, although the tracker also displays optional content and more Random Events than you need. |
Open the Pause Menu and select Stats > 100% Checklist. This gives you the completed and required total for each category. If your Rockstar account is linked, the Rockstar Games checklist provides a more detailed breakdown.
The detailed tracker lists optional content as well as required content. Only entries marked as contributing to 100% move the completion percentage, so an uncompleted grey or optional entry is not necessarily a problem.
Finish the main storyline from Prologue through one of the three endings. The mission list adapts to your heist approaches and story choices, so you do not need to replay both versions of every heist. Any of the three endings can lead to 100% completion.
The 69 entries include all five of Lester's assassination missions. The Hotel Assassination is required during the story. The Multi Target Assassination, The Vice Assassination, The Bus Assassination and The Construction Assassination can be postponed until after the final heist.
Delaying those four missions is the best option if you also want to maximise each protagonist's fortune. Our GTA 5 Stock Market guide explains the investment order, while the Story Mode money guide covers the wider strategy.
Only the required Strangers & Freaks chains played as Franklin contribute to 100%. The checklist displays 20 completed entries, but finishing those entries involves playing 24 missions because parts of the Barry and Beverly chains are grouped rather than credited as separate progress entries.
| Contact | Checklist entries | Missions to complete |
|---|---|---|
| Tonya Wiggins | 5 | Pulling Favors; Pulling Another Favor; Pulling Favors Again; Still Pulling Favors; Pulling One Last Favor |
| Hao | 1 | Shift Work. Hao's four later Street Races count under Hobbies and Pastimes. |
| Beverly Felton | 4 | Paparazzo; Paparazzo - The Sex Tape; Paparazzo - The Partnership; Paparazzo - The Highness; Paparazzo - The Meltdown; Paparazzo - Reality Check |
| Barry | 2 | Grass Roots - Franklin; Grass Roots - The Pickup; Grass Roots - The Drag; Grass Roots - The Smoke-In |
| Mary-Ann Quinn | 1 | Exercising Demons - Franklin |
| Dom Beasley | 4 | Risk Assessment; Liquidity Risk; Targeted Risk; Uncalculated Risk |
| Omega | 2 | Far Out; The Final Frontier |
| Peter Dreyfuss | 1 | A Starlet in Vinewood |
| Total | 20 | 24 playable missions |
Two chains depend on collectibles. Collecting all 50 Spaceship Parts unlocks The Final Frontier, and collecting all 50 Letter Scraps unlocks A Starlet in Vinewood. Collecting the sets advances Miscellaneous progress; completing their follow-up missions advances Strangers & Freaks progress.
You cannot simply finish any 42 activities. GTA 5 requires the fixed combination below. Optional activities such as Yoga, Hunting, Arms Trafficking and Bail Bonds cannot replace a missing race, lesson or challenge.
| Activity group | Entries | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Shooting Range | 6 | Earn a medal in all three challenges in each of the six required weapon categories. |
| Flight School | 12 | Earn Bronze or better in all 12 lessons. |
| Street Races | 5 | Finish third or better in all five Franklin races. |
| Off-Road Races | 6 | Finish third or better in all six races. |
| Sea Races | 4 | Finish third or better in all four races. |
| Triathlons | 3 | Finish third or better in all three events. |
| Parachuting | 2 | Complete all five Base Jumps for one entry and all eight Helicopter Jumps for the other. |
| Tennis | 1 | Win a match; a one-game match is enough. |
| Golf | 1 | Complete all nine holes at even par or below. |
| Darts | 1 | Win one complete game. |
| Strip Club | 1 | Purchase and complete one private dance. |
| Total | 42 | All entries in this table are fixed requirements. |
See our complete GTA 5 Hobbies and Pastimes guide for every race, Flight School lesson, Shooting Range category, Parachute Jump, unlock condition and character restriction.
Random Events are the only category in which you can choose any qualifying entries. Complete 14 successful encounters while exploring Los Santos and Blaine County. They normally appear as blue or red dots on the minimap when you approach their trigger areas.
The original PS3 and Xbox 360 releases contain 57 Random Events, while later editions add more. The requirement remains 14 regardless of platform. You do not need to find every event, and a failed encounter does not count as a successful completion.
The detailed checklist displays additional Miscellaneous activities, but only the following 16 advance the 100% total. They are fixed requirements; optional tasks cannot substitute for one of them.
| No. | Required objective | What counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purchase any five qualifying Properties | Buy five income-producing Story Mode businesses. Vehicle-storage properties - character garages, marina berths, Vespucci Helipads and LSIA Hangars - do not count, and neither does the Vanilla Unicorn. McKenzie Field Hangar is a qualifying business. See the GTA 5 Properties guide. |
| 2 | Purchase a Vehicle from a Website | Use the in-game internet to buy a vehicle from a vehicle retailer. See the GTA 5 Story Mode cars list. |
| 3 | Walk and Play Fetch with Chop | Take Chop for a walk as Franklin and throw his ball for him to retrieve. Merely approaching or petting him is not enough. |
| 4 | Complete a Booty Call | Unlock an eligible contact and complete the home visit. A private dance on its own is a different requirement. |
| 5 | Receive a Prostitute Service | Pick up a prostitute in a compatible vehicle and purchase one service. See our GTA 5 Prostitutes guide. |
| 6 | Hold Up a Store | Aim a weapon at a convenience-store clerk, wait for the cash and complete the robbery. You only need one store for 100%. |
| 7 | Visit the Cinema | Buy a ticket and start a film while alone. This is separate from visiting a cinema with a friend. |
| 8 | Friend Activity: Visit the Cinema | Call an available friend, collect them and go to a cinema together. |
| 9 | Friend Activity: Visit a Bar | Complete a bar outing with an available friend. |
| 10 | Friend Activity: Visit the Strip Club | Complete a Strip Club outing with an available friend. This is separate from the solo private dance. |
| 11 | Friend Activity: Play Darts | Play Darts during a friend outing. This is separate from winning the solo Darts game counted under Hobbies. |
| 12 | Collect all 50 Spaceship Parts | Start Far Out, then collect all 50 parts. Any protagonist can collect them, but Franklin begins and finishes Omega's chain. |
| 13 | Collect all 50 Letter Scraps | Find the complete set across Los Santos and Blaine County; then finish the unlocked Franklin mission for the related Strangers & Freaks entry. |
| 14 | Complete 25 of 50 Stunt Jumps | Only 25 are required for 100%. Completing all 50 is required separately for the Show Off achievement or trophy. |
| 15 | Complete 25 of 50 Under the Bridge challenges | Any successful 25 count. All 50 are needed, together with all Knife Flights, for Close Shave. |
| 16 | Complete 8 of 15 Knife Flights | Only eight are required for 100%. Close Shave requires all 15 plus all 50 Under the Bridge challenges. |
The game contains much more content than its official completion target. The following activities may provide money, rewards or separate achievements, but they are not part of the requirements for 100%:
Some optional activities are still needed for other achievements or trophies. A save can show 100% without having unlocked every single-player achievement.
| Reward | What changes |
|---|---|
| Career Criminal | The achievement or trophy unlocks when the completion total reaches 100%. |
| Franklin's 100% T-shirt | An orange T-shirt with a large 100% design is added to Franklin's wardrobe. |
| The Last One | A final Strangers & Freaks mission becomes available to Franklin in the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness. |
| UFO sightings | UFOs can be encountered above Mount Chiliad, Fort Zancudo and Sandy Shores; the Mount Chiliad sighting has additional time and weather conditions. |
| Later-edition Golden Peyote path | This is not a direct 100% reward. In compatible editions, the Golden Peyote and Beast sequence also requires completing The Last One, collecting all 27 standard Peyote Plants and meeting its day, time and weather conditions. |
There is no direct cash, weapon or general vehicle reward for reaching 100%. The Space Docker comes from completing The Final Frontier and should not be confused with the main 100% reward set.
The required checklist is the same on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC Legacy and PC Enhanced: 69 Story Missions, 20 Strangers & Freaks entries, 42 Hobbies and Pastimes, 14 Random Events and 16 Miscellaneous objectives.
| Edition | Available content | Effect on 100% |
|---|---|---|
| Original PS3 and Xbox 360 | Standard editions contain 58 Hobbies and Pastimes; Special and Collector's Editions contain 59 because they add the optional Stunt Plane Time Trials. Both contain 57 Random Events. | The required totals remain 42 Hobbies and 14 Random Events. |
| PS4, Xbox One and PC Legacy | Additional returning-player activities and Random Events increase the available totals. | The extra content is optional and cannot replace one of the 42 fixed Hobbies. |
| PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC Enhanced | Newer technical features and edition-specific content are available. | The Story Mode 100% checklist itself remains unchanged. |
GTA Online services closing on an older platform does not prevent Story Mode from reaching 100%, because Online progress has never been part of this checklist.
| Problem | What to check |
|---|---|
| Strangers & Freaks shows 19/20 | Call Tonya for later towing missions; finish the complete Barry and Beverly chains; complete all Parachute Jumps for Uncalculated Risk; and finish the Omega and Dreyfuss missions unlocked by the two 50-item collections. |
| Hobbies shows 41/42 | Check all three challenges in every Shooting Range category, all 12 Flight School lessons, both Parachuting groups and the private dance. Optional Hobbies do not fill a required gap. |
| Miscellaneous shows 15/16 | Check the three commonly duplicated activities: cinema alone versus cinema with a friend, private dance versus Booty Call, and solo Darts versus friend Darts. Also confirm Chop played fetch and all five purchased properties qualify. |
| Collectibles are complete but the side-mission count is not | Return as Franklin and finish The Final Frontier after the Spaceship Parts and A Starlet in Vinewood after the Letter Scraps. |
| Random Events is below 14 | Discovering or failing an encounter is not enough. Complete another qualifying blue- or red-dot event and verify the category counter. |
| A challenge total looks one short | Confirm 25 successful Stunt Jumps, 25 successful Under the Bridge flights and eight successful Knife Flights. Use the Stats checklist rather than the number of attempts. |
| The Last One has not appeared | Make sure the displayed total is exactly 100%, switch to Franklin, allow some in-game time to pass and check the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness for the new marker. |
No. The required cleanup can be completed after the main story. Some optional scenes and side content can be missed, but they are not part of the official 100% checklist.
No. Story Missions and Strangers & Freaks only need to be completed. Required lessons and challenges generally need Bronze or better, while races and Triathlons need the result specified in the Hobbies checklist. The 70 Gold Medals challenge belongs to a separate achievement or trophy.
No. Only the required Franklin chains count. Michael's and Trevor's Strangers & Freaks missions are optional for 100%.
No. Any 14 qualifying Random Events are enough, even in editions containing 60 events.
No. The 100% checklist requires 25 Stunt Jumps, 25 Under the Bridge challenges and eight Knife Flights. Completing every location is only necessary for their separate achievements or trophies.
Yes. Any ending can lead to 100%, and almost all players will finish much of the remaining checklist in the post-game. Ending C is simply the most convenient choice.
No. The checklist, percentage and Career Criminal reward described here belong entirely to GTA 5 Story Mode.
Cheats do not permanently remove checklist progress, but activating them disables achievements or trophies for the current play session and some missions or activities may reject them. Save first and reload a clean save before continuing your completion run.
Switch to Franklin, check his wardrobe for the orange 100% T-shirt, look for The Last One in the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness and explore the newly available UFO sightings. Players on compatible editions can then continue with the additional conditions in our Golden Peyote guide.
For the rest of the game, return to our complete Grand Theft Auto V guide.
